Film Review: THE LEGO MOVIE

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Written by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Morgan Freeman, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell “Everything is Awesome” is the tune that runs through...

Film Review: GLORIA

Directed by Sebastian Lelio Written by Lelio and Gonzalo Maza Starring Paulina Garcia, Sergio Hermandez GLORIA reminded me in some ways of THE GREAT BEAUTY from a few weeks ago. Here we have another film about a character past a certain age who is trying to...

Film Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Directed by: John Wells Written By Tracy Letts (based on his play) Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis Sometimes I wonder if an all-star cast like this one...

Sakey's BRILLIANCE gets a director

Good things do happen to good people. Talented writer, and all-around good guy, Marcus Sakey has confirmed that Julius Onah has signed on to direct the film of BRILLIANCE. In Wyoming, a little girl reads people's darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In...

Film Review: THE GREAT BEAUTY

THE GREAT BEAUTY Written and Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Starring: Toni Servillo (and many Italian actors) Jep, the author of a successful novel many years ago, is turning 65 and the movie begins with a party equaling those in a Fellini movie, which is what this...