Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the US, German and Scandinavian rights to Paul Haggis’ “Third Person.” Written and directed by Haggis, the film had its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and features an all-star cast, including Liam Neeson, Kim Basinger, Adrien Brody, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis and Maria Bello. […][...]
Review: Narco Cultura
— by RON WILKINSON — This raucous cinema verite’ features rock star Edgar Quintero and Mexican drug cop Riccardo “Richi” Soto, two men caught up in a crime war that has taken on a life of its own. Quintero is the lead singer of wildly rich and popular rock group BuKnas de Culiacan that exploits […][...]
Review: Cut to Black
— by RON WILKINSON — Bill Ivers has had some tough times. But his tough times have only just begun and we are going to be part of the toughest time of his life. A former NYPD detective, Ivers was disgraced as part of the routine of crime in the big city. Out of the […][...]
Paramount offering Bad Grandpa ticket deal
Paramount Pictures is partnering with theater exhibitors to give Jackass fans another serving of Irving with a special Buy 2, Get 1 Free offer to see Johnny Knoxville’s comedy “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” in theaters before its gone. For a limited time only — beginning Friday, Nov. 22 — moviegoers will receive a free ticket […][...]
Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
— by JAMES SHAW — We are now in a time when Hollywood seems to be translating every young adult novel to the big screen (everything from “Twilight” to “Mortal Instruments”). The most successful novel series since Harry Potter is The Hunger Games trilogy and despite being only one movie in, The Hunger Games series […][...]
Review: The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)
— by RON WILKINSON — Paolo Sorrentino’s updated “La Dolce Vita” has neither story nor direction by the great Fellini, nor the gravitas and bodies of Mastroianni or Ekberg. But it has everything else. The people are twice as beautiful, the costumes are twice as unabashedly rich, the music is twice as outrageous and the […][...]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: TV Spot
— by CHERRY BELL — Just when you thought that the new campaign materials were coming to a close for Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” fans got an exclusive release online with a Subway TV spot featuring Christina Aguilera’s newest release for the official soundtrack, “We Remain.” The song reveals an emotional video that […][...]
Review: Dallas Buyers Club
— by RON WILKINSON — It is 1985 and the sexual expectations of freedom loving Americans are about to be turned one hundred and eighty degrees. The HIV virus hits gay males the hardest, intravenous drug users the second hardest and rodeo cowboys. Rodeo cowboys contract HIV? Yep, some of them do, and unlucky Ron […][...]
Review: Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey
— by BEV QUESTAD — I never like to read or watch anything more than once, but this adventure doc I could watch over and over. It is the story of a 440 mile eco-trek through the Ladakh region bordering the Himalayas. Vistas of land without telephone wires, clear sounds of nature with its rushing […][...]