Bill Pohlad, Donnie Emerson and Nancy Emerson In Their Wildest Dreams By Jay S. Jacobs Thirty-some years is a long time for it to take to become an overnight success. Just ask brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. In the late 1970s, they were teenagers living on a sprawling farm in the tiny town of Fruitland, … Continue reading
THE DRIFTLESS AREA (2015) Starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Aubrey Plaza, Ciarán Hinds, Frank Langella, Benjamin Rogers, Primo Allon, Gary Hetherington, Lucia Frangione, Elika Portnoy and Amitai Marmorstein. Screenplay by Tom Drury & Zachary Sluser. Directed by Zachary Sluser. Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 96 minutes. Rated R. Zooey Deschanel … Continue reading
Jake Johnson and Rosemarie DeWitt Are Digging on Digging for Fire by Jay S. Jacobs Jake Johnson has become Hollywood’s go-to guy for playing aging party boys who don’t want to grow up. Beyond his lead role as Nick on the popular Zooey Deschanel sitcom New Girl, Johnson has been digging into feature films, with … Continue reading
OUR IDIOT BROTHER (2011) Starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Shirley Knight, T J Miller, Adam Scott, Janet Montgomery, Sterling Brown and Matthew Mindler. Screenplay by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall. Directed by Jesse Peretz. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 90 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (2009) Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Rachel Boston, Minka Kelly, Ian Reed Kesler, Darryl Alan Reed, Valente Rodriguez, Yvette Nicole Brown, Nicole Vicius, Natalie Boren, Maile Flanagan, Darryl Sivad and Gregory A. Thompson. Screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. … Continue reading
YES MAN (2008) Starring Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Darby, John Michael Higgins, Danny Masterson, Terence Stamp, Sasha Alexander, Devin ‘Poetri’ Smith, Molly Sims, Fionnula Flanagan and Luis Guzman. Screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel and Danny Wallace. Directed by Peyton Reed. Distributed by Warner Bros. 104 minutes. Rated PG-13. It … Continue reading
GIGANTIC (2009) Starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, Ed Asner, Jane Alexander, John Goodman, Sean Dugan, Sean Dugan, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Zach Galifianakis, Frank Harts, Tatsuo Ichikawa, Ilana Levine, Susan Misner, Kenji Nakano and Clarke Peters. Screenplay by Matt Aselton and Adam Nagata. Directed by Matt Aselton. Distributed by First Independent Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
THE GOOD LIFE (2007) Starring Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Paxton, Chris Klein, Drea De Matteo, Harry Dean Stanton, Patrick Fugit, Deborah Rush, Donal Logue, Bruce McGill and Michael Baxter. Screenplay by Steve Berra. Directed by Steve Berra. Distributed by Farfalla Films. 89 minutes. Rated R. There are certain films which are obviously created simply … Continue reading
Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan by Brad Balfour Like his work or not, director M. Night Shyamalan employs big ideas and challenges himself and his viewers with unusual and dark storylines with the framework to express them. After his incredible success with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he was hailed as a youthful wunderkind with a … Continue reading
FAILURE TO LAUNCH (2006) Starring Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates, Tyrell Jackson Williams, Katheryn Winnick, Rob Corddry, Patton Oswalt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Adam Alexi-Malle and Gretchen Cleevely. Screenplay by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember. Directed by Tom Dey. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 97 … Continue reading
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