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Liz & Dick
I voluntarily watched Liz & Dick a couple of months ago because I’m a fan of Paul Scheer’s podcast, How Did This Get Made? and I always try to watch the various terrible movies they’re going to discuss before listening to the episode. While Liz & Dick is among the better movies the podcast has [...]
China Beach: The Complete Series
China Beach aired on ABC from 1988-1991, wowing critics and (its tragically few) dedicated viewers with a bold and emotional take on a war series. Set during the Vietnam War at the 510th Evacuation Hospital and R&R center on China Beach, the series recounts the day-to-day exploits of the US Army doctors, nurses, Red Cross [...]
Tribeca Film Festival Exclusive: Scott Coffey talks Adult World
“Fame is this generation’s black plague,” is one of Scott Coffey’s favorite lines from his second feature as a director, Adult World. “I thought it was kind of great line and a great truth,” says Coffey. “We all kind of want it and like it, but to seek fame only is shallow.” Uttered by John [...]
Tribeca Film Festival 2013: Jenée LaMarque and Zoe Kazan discuss The Pretty One
There are two things that screenwriter and director Jenée LaMarque confirms with her first full-length feature film The Pretty One—A)That complex females characters can be brought to life and celebrated on screen in a refreshing, honest, interesting and humorous way; And B) that Jake Johnson has crazy chemistry with actresses named Zoe/Zooey. It took LaMarque, [...]
Alternate Awareness Option for Affleck’s Live Below the Line Pledge
Actor/director Ben Affleck has made a pledge to live on $1.50 per day for for five days. This is the “Live Below the Line” challenge, taking place from April 29 through May 3. The following countries are participating in the challenge: U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. Participants can only spend the equivalent of [...]
Greetings from Tim Buckley – Tribeca Film Festival 2013
I thought there was no damn way Penn Badgley was performing the vocals as Jeff Buckley in “Greetings from Tim Buckley,” until he confirmed the contrary during a Q&A after the film’s US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this week. Actor Frank Wood, who plays renowned guitarist and songwriter Gary Lucas, said the [...]
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season Three) on Blu-ray
There are folks out there who still don’t see the point in buying any Blu-ray of a film or series made prior to The Matrix, people for whom anything that didn’t make generous use of digital effects is simply not worthy of a full HD transfer. They fail to see the benefits that 1080p resolution [...]
Room 237
Few films have provoked audiences to a degree of obsessive debate as much as Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic The Shining, and in the new documentary Room 237, director Rodney Ascher examines the iconic film and the seemingly infinite possibilities as to its true meaning. With the participation of 5 interviewees including a veteran ABC [...]
Before Midnight- Tribeca Film Festival 2013
I couldn’t think of a better way to start talking about the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival than to highlight the highly-anticipated Before Midnight, premeiring at the festival later this month. This is the third installment in the ever-engaging story of Jesse and Celine following the beloved Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset(2004). And, what a sweet, satisfying, fulfilling third chapter it [...]
Evil Dead (2013) Review
Fede Alvarez’s remake/reboot of Evil Dead is fiercely relentless and one of the best big budget horror offerings I’ve seen in awhile. While the film isn’t perfect, it gets the big epic moments right, which makes it extremely easy to look past its flaws. While it still retains the kids being cooped up in a [...]
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