Tweet The whirlwind celebrity over British author and former TV executive E.L. James continues to build with some 500 people packing Miami’s Biltmore Hotel for a recent signing of her erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, about a young, college…
Month: April 2012
Let Us Now Praise: The Five-Year Engagement actress Emily Blunt
Tweet One of my favorite books is James Agee‘s 1941 collaboration with photographer Walker Evans, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Agee’s book about Alabama sharecroppers, a community of hardworking but mostly forgotten people, reminds me of the supporting players,…
‘The Island President’ Review: Director Jon Shenk makes the climate change issue into a story of one man’s amazing journey
Tweet The Island President Samuel Goldwyn Films Rated PG Running Time: 101 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS A talent for storytelling is what separates veteran documentary filmmaker Jon Shenk from the scorched landscape of reality television. His belief…
The Morning Feed: Michel Gondry’s ‘The We and I’ leads Cannes 2012 Directors’ Fortnight
Tweet Film buffs worldwide received more Cannes 2012 programming news today as Edouard Waintrop, artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival‘s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, announced the section lineup this morning in Paris. According to the Popcorn Biz blog for NBCNewYork,…
The Morning Feed: Brad Pitt’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ Joins Cannes 2012 Lineup
Tweet Film buffs worldwide are already debating the movies chosen for the 65th Cannes Film Festival, which announced its program today via a press conference led by delegate general Thierry Fremaux at Paris’ Grand Hotel. London’s The Guardian posts a…
The Morning Feed: Tupac hologram may go on tour after successful Coachella debut
Tweet Coachella fans are still talking about Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg dueting onstage with a hologram Tupac as part of a tribute to the late rapper who was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996 at age…
The Morning Feed: ‘Little Birds’ director Elgin James confirms new project, ‘Come Sundown’
Tweet The dramatic life journey for former gang leader and rising indie filmmaker Elgin James is back on the upswing with the online trade Deadline reporting James’ deal to direct Come Sundown, a thriller about fugitives holding a family hostage…
The Morning Feed: Gary Ross says ‘No Thanks’ to directing ‘Catching Fire’
Tweet The weeklong, he will/he won’t debate over The Hunger Games director and co-writer Gary Ross and his decision to remain with the franchise phenomenon and direct its sequel Catching Fire is finally over. Pundits who sided with the ‘he…
The Morning Feed: Tom Hanks joins making of ‘Mary Poppins’ drama ‘Saving Mr. Banks’
Tweet Writer Lance Ulanoff pushes aside all the debate over Facebook (FB) buying Instagram for $1 billion dollars and the instant feedback from digital consumers that FB will ruin the popular digital photo app with a great Mashable column about…
‘American Reunion’ Commentary: Gross-Out Gags and Nostalgia Do Not Mix
Tweet The laughs bubble to the surface far too easy. Just like yesterday, you can picture Jason Biggs as the gangly teen Jim Levenstein having R-rated fun in the kitchen with his mom’s apple pie or performing a bedroom striptease…