Yesterday, at the Berlin Film Festival, it was announced that actor Bill Paxton is planning on directing a film version of Joe Lansdale's THE BOTTOMS. Its 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and...
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 film...
After word came that Anton Yelchin and Willem Defore signed on the film version of Dean Koontz's ODD THOMAS, it seemed as though the sky was the limit. But the final product has been flying under the radar. Having Stephen Sommers (VAN HELSING, THE MUMMY RETURNS) as...
Philip Seymour Hoffman July 23, 1967 - February 2, 2014 My first memory of seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman on screen is the small role he had in Scent Of A Woman. He played a privileged rich kid used to getting his way, that guy we all knew in high school who did what...
Directed by Martin Scorsese Based on autobiography of Jordan Belfort Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Kyle Chandler, Margaret Robbie, Rob Reiner Based on the autobiography of Jordan Belfort, it is hard to distinguish this from GOOD FELLOWS, WALL STREET and...
THE PAST (in French and Farsi with subtitles) Writer-Director, Asghar Farhadi Starring: Ali Mosaffa, Berenice Bejo, Jeanne Jestin, Elyes Agius, Pauline Burlet, Tahar Rahim I have been waiting for another movie from Farhadi since THE SEPARATION, and although this does...
