— by BEV QUESTAD — The lions hadn’t eaten for 24 hours and neither had their trainer. Finally in the ring, an animal moved to the wrong place and Mabel stumbled. Chaos erupted and two lions attacked her, clawing an eye from her socket and throwing a breast across the circus ring. “Ma[...]
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Catching Fire: Wiress has been Cast
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — The clock is ticking until production begins and there has been a furious casting race for the sequel to “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Well, another big domino fell when the filmmakers announced that Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-wi[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Red State’
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Kevin Smith wrote “Red State” around the same time he penned “Zack & Miri Make a Porno.” Let that ruminate for a second. The two films couldn’t be any more different than each other. “Zack & Miri” was a feel-good film about two friends wh[...]
Firth, Portman Lead Winners at 17th Annual SAG Awards
Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2010 at the “17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors Jan. 30 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposi[...]
Under Review: ‘The Fighter’
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Not since “Rocky” have I been moved to tears by a movie about a boxer. “The Fighter” managed to leave me shattered — but in a good way. A true-life account of two brothers, the powerful boxing movie directed by David O. Russell is not your typical [...]
Under Review: ‘Welcome to the Rileys’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Ask a parent what their biggest fear is and most will reply, “That my child dies before me.” It’s just inbred in us: the security of knowing that one day, our children will take care of us, even bury us when need be. But what happens when the natural order [...]
Under Review: ‘Conviction’
— by JESSIKA OWENS — “And the Oscar goes to …” Yes, folks, I have Oscar faith in “Conviction.” From start to finish, this film commands your full attention and I think it’s going to succeed at the next Academy Awards on both the acting as well as techn[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Conviction’
— by RACHEL COYNE — Oh man, can you smell the Oscar bait up in here? Based on a true story? Check. Starring multiple past nominees and winners? Check. Lead actor de-glamorizes to play a “real” person? Check. The drama centers around a legal and/or political problem? Check. If only Co[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Don McKay’
— by TOM ELCE — Having graced screens at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, Jake Goldberger’s film “Don McKay” makes its way towards an actual theatrical release this April, and prospective viewers can now marvel (or, maybe not) at its trailer a month before the[...]
A Clip From ‘Don McKay’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Thomas Haden Church plays the title role in “Don McKay,” a thriller from first-time writer and director Jake Goldberger. Don is a high school janitor who left his hometown 25 years ago following a tragedy. But when he gets a letter from[...]
The Top 5 Most Intriguing Films of 2010
— by CAM SMITH — In perusing this list, you might find your blood-pressure rising an iota, your mind heatedly asking “Where’s ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1’ or ‘Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate Cove’?!! How could they possibly be excluded?[...]
A Scene from ‘Welcome to the Rileys’
— by TOM ELCE — James Gandolfini asserts his authority upon Kristen Stewart in this clip from “Welcome to the Rileys,” a Sundancer in which the girl who played Bella in “Twilight” is chastised for appearing cheap, immature and uneducated. In “Twilight”[...]