— by BEV QUESTAD — This investigative documentary was posted by Robert Greenwald last week (Oct. 30, 2013 into my email) and it is just as disturbing as it is factually based. It is the story of a 16-year old boy, Tariq Aziz, who signed up to work for two non-profits involved in documenting drone […][...]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Posters
— by CHERRY BELL — There are less than three weeks until the release of the sequel to “The Hunger Games” and to keep you occupied until then, Lionsgate has released two new posters, including an intricate IMAX poster with the help of Kris Kuksi. Lionsgate and Kuksi are celebrating the second installment of the […][...]
Review: Ender’s Game
— by ADAM DALE — Author Orson Scott Card’s popular young adult novel “Ender’s Game” is part of a series of books – 18 and counting – and a film adaptation has been nearly 28 years in the making. It turns out the wait was worthwhile as the feature film is filled with spectacular effects, […][...]
Review: These Birds Walk
— by RON WILKINSON — The film opens with a very old man washing small boys in a metal tub. As he washes the boys, who seem in a state of shell shock, he comments on their bodies. The old man is not talking to the boys. They are two to five years old, malnourished […][...]
Catching Fire: Trailer and Featurette
— by CHERRY BELL — With less than a month until its release, Lionsgate is pulling all the stops for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” giving the audience more of a glimpse into the treacherous arena for the 75th Hunger Games. We also see howler monkeys, Jabberjays and, of course, Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen. The […][...]
Production has begun on Chappie
Sony Pictures Entertainment and MRC have begun production in Johannesburg, South Africa, on “Chappie,” the next film from writer-director Neill Blomkamp, it was announced by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio. “Chappie” is co-produced and co-financed by Sony Pictures and MRC; the film will be marketed […][...]
Review: Alias Ruby Blade
— by BEV QUESTAD — Abigail Disney, niece of Walt, searches for true-life Peter Pan/Cinderella stories and supports their production into the best human rights films on the face of the Earth. “Ruby Blade” is one of the best. It has all the courage, perseverance and magic that makes a Disney story a classic – […][...]
Review: The Missing Picture
— by RON WILKINSON — Screened at the 2013 New York Film Festival, Rithy Panh’s documentary is a scathing and heart rending tale of the Khmer Rouge campaign of terror. Using childlike clay figures, the film maker is able to put the audience into the place of a child who is incapable of understanding what […][...]
Review: Sweet Dreams
— by RON WILKINSON — Screened November 2012 at the third annual DOC NYC documentary film festival, “Sweet Dreams” is the story of Kiki Katese, one of the few people in crisis-torn Africa who walks her talk. Rather, perhaps it should be said that she drums her talk. She did so by founding the groundbreaking […][...]