by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 17, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by S.J. ClarksonWritten by Lee Hail, based on the memoir by Chef, Nigel Slater’s: Toast: The Story of a Boy’s HungerStarring: Oscar Kennedy, Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Helena Bonham Carter, Victoria HamiltonI can almost guarantee that if Helena Bonham...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 3, 2011 | Films
Directed and Written by Denis Villeneuve, based on a play by Wajdi MouawadStarring Lubna Azabal, Milssa Desormeaus-Poullin, Maxim GaudetteIn French and ArabicThis French-Canadian film may never play in your neighborhood theater, but I am sure it will be available on...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 27, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Dan Rush Written by Dan Rush, based on a story by Raymond Carver (“Why Don’t You Dance”) Starring Will Ferrell, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Rebecca Hall, Michael Pena, Laura Dern Although I’m not usually much of a Will Ferrell fan, he brought more to this...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 20, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by: Paul FeigWritten by Kristen Wiig and Annie MumoloStarring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy.Watching the previews for this film for months before it opened, I cringed. Reading the reviews after it opened, I smiled. The final result...
by Crimespree Magazine | May 6, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Xavier BeauvoisWritten by Beauvois and Etienne ComarStarring: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe LaudenbachThere is a scene near the end in this movie that brought me to tears, an uncommon event. One of the eight monks living in...
