RICHARD JEWELL (2019) Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Wayne Duvall, Charles Green, Mike Pniewski, Grant Roberts, Alan Heckner, Desmond Phillips, Alex Collins, Michael Otis, Izzy Herbert, Kelly Collins Lintz, Jonathan D Bergman, Eric Mendenhali and David Shae. Screenplay by Billy Ray. Directed by Clint … Continue reading
BOOKSMART (2019) Starring Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Billie Lourd, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, Lisa Kudrow, Austin Crute, Victoria Ruesga, Eduardo Franco, Noah Galvin, Skyler Gisondo, Mason Gooding, Molly Gordon, Nico Hiraga, Diana Silvers, Mike O’Brien, Stephanie Styles, Deb Hiett, Bluesy Burke, Christopher Avila and the voice of Maya Rudolph. Screenplay by Katie Silberman, … Continue reading
Her Modern romance has become more and more complicated, but this is undoubtedly the first love story between a human being and a computer operating system. Surprisingly, Her does not treat its story as a comedy of a human in love with an inanimate object – like the fine 2007 comic drama Lars and the Real Girl. No, … Continue reading
Spike Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde Give Life To Her by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2013 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Originally Posted: October 17, 2013. http://popentertainment-interviews.tumblr.com/post/96395346849/spike-jonze-joaquin-phoenix-amy-adams-rooney Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) is tired of trying to meet girls sometimes in near-future Los Angeles (which looks a lot like modern day Shanghai). He’s a sensitive guy … Continue reading
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone A good magician knows how to make his audience look in one direction when he is performing the trick in the other. This kind of subtle sleight of hand is not exactly in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone‘s bag. However, the movie has an obvious passion for the world of magic and … Continue reading
Butter Jennifer Garner is in an interesting point in her career. On the same day this week, she has two films being released on video after short-lived theatrical releases. And the ideas behind both of the movies are, umm, well a little odd. Which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, there have been … Continue reading
COWBOYS AND ALIENS (2011) Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Keith Carradine, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown, Noah Ringer, Chris Browning, Keith Carradine, Abigail Spencer, Ana de la Reguera, Walton Goggins, Julio Cesar Cedillo, David O’Hara, Brian Duffy, Brendan Wayne, Raoul Trujillo, Gavin Grazer, Troy Huss, Wyatt Russell and Kenny Call. … Continue reading
FIX (2008) Starring Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tao Ruspoli, Dedee Pfeiffer, Polly Brown, Rodney Eastman, Aesop Aquarian and Jacob Von Eichel. Screenplay by Tao Ruspoli and Jeremy C. Fels. Directed by Tao Ruspoli. Distributed by LAFCO and Mangusta Pictures. 90 minutes. Rated R. In Tao Ruspoli’s Fix, a smart-but-naïve liberal documentary filmmaker and his … Continue reading
ALPHA DOG (2007) Starring Justin Timberlake, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Anton Yelchin, Christopher Marquette, Heather Wahlquist, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas, Alex Kingston, Dominique Swain, Shera Danese, Janet Jones Gretzky and Harry Dean Stanton. Screenplay by Nick Cassavettes. Directed by Nick Cassavettes. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 122 minutes. … Continue reading
Justin Timberlake, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Anton Yelchin and Shawn Hatosy This Team of Actors is Down in the Dogs by Brad Balfour Talk about going against type. After Nick Cassavettes made the treacly The Notebook, few believed he could go on to direct the likes of Alpha Dog – a nasty, unrepentant documentary-like drama about some pretty … Continue reading
