Earlier this week, I attended the New York premiere of filmmaker Joanna Rudnick's first-person documentary, In the Family, at the Paley Center for Media. Scheduled to run on October 1st on PBS, the film chronicles Rudnick's efforts to ...READ»
When Disturbia, the pre-Transformers Shia LaBeouf-vehicle hit theaters last year, most critics made reference to its similarities to Hitchcock's universally hailed Rear Window. Both featured a murderer next door, an intently curious ...READ»
In the past year or so, two MMA related films have come out. One is Never Back Down, the other is Red Belt. There has been a lot of talk about the legitimacy of these films. These films have one thing in common- MMA. Outside of that, ...READ»
Two polar ends of the glitzy blockbuster--Sex And The City and The Dark Knight--have been entrusted with quite a bit of cultural weight this summer. While one has been mocked for advocating materialism in the face of recession and the ...READ»
Last week at E3, both Microsoft and Sony made announcements related to video. Microsoft announced a partnership with Netflix to make streaming video available on the Xbox 360. Microsoft also announced an expansion of the console's ...READ»
The Hollywood blockbuster hero--from a whip-wielding archeologist to a Blahnik-sporting sex columnist--is alive and well. And come next Friday, Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is likely to face a dethroning from the top of 2008's box ...READ»
The television series Secret Diary of a Call Girl debuts on Showtime tonight. The show's subject is readily apparent. The background of the show needs explanation: It's a British series that first aired there in September. It is ...READ»
Sure Sex and the City has become a cultural phenomenon regarding relationships and the challenges 30-something women face. But let’s get real -- this film is all about the money.
And money it has certainly delivered. According to ...READ»
A week before his obsessively anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in U.S theaters, George Lucas has a reason to bite his fingernails--and not just because Iron Man seems to already have become the ...READ»
At age 100, Elena Bautista became a movie star. For a woman who doesn’t even have a physical memento or photograph of her own mother, it's significant that Bautista, now 101, is the subject of her filmmaker granddaughter’s ...READ»
Last night I saw an early preview of Iron Man. I am not going to say much more than it was a solid film that will appeal to a wide audience. And that is an accomplishment.
Every since the Lord of the Rings films, what has been ...READ»
Welcome to Hollywood, Tom Cruise.
After his move to head up United Artists with producing partner Paula Wagner in late 2006, the publicly ridiculed star hasn't been able to reheat his career--even through films produced by his ...READ»
That the New York indie theater scene is drawing forced breaths and the gap between Broadway and off is more pronounced than ever is no news to arts-inclined locals. Sure, performers and writers are still everywhere, but Manhattan's ...READ»
Over the past couple of years, Bravo network has accomplished a paradoxical feat by adding a highbrow-dimension to the reality television phenomenon. That I watch Rock of Love on VH1 every Sunday isn't likely to come up at an ...READ»
A Long Walk On A Short Path
Keeping in the tradition of providing clever and entertaining instruction for people to grow their lives, I have teamed up with a new author, Leslie Ann Smith, to help develop an ...READ»
At their most thought-provoking, works of art can provide a welcome news hook for resurfacing otherwise overlooked societal issues . Such is the case with two recent autism-related documentaries that delve into thedaily lives of ...READ»
As more and more indie films enter production, less of them have a chance of being reviewed, writes Gregg Goldstein in today's Hollywood Reporter. There simply aren't enough critics to do the job.
In ...READ»
A recession might be inevitable,
but for the gilded film industry, this slump in the nation's psyche
might be good for business.
Last week, Reuters and the
AP connected a troubled economy with a well-fed box ...READ»
Brands that establish emotional connections can survive twenty years of stagnation.
In other words, I can't wait to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
This morning I watched the trailer on Yahoo. As ...READ»
