Tweet First, let me share a quick disclosure. I’m a box office fanatic convinced that there are deep stories, big-picture trends and small release success lessons that come out of theatrical earnings stats day after day. It’s a passion that…
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Remembering Cinema Advocate and Veteran Critic Roger Ebert
I’m a proud member of the Roger Ebert army of fans; one of many who was lucky to add a firm handshake to what had been a long-distance relationship.
The Morning Feed: ‘Argo’ Wins Best Picture Oscar, Jennifer Lawrence Wins Hearts With On-Stage Stumble
Jennifer Lawrence, winner of the Actress in a Leading Role Oscar, wakes up this morning as the Oscars Cover Girl — The New York Post calls her a “Fallen Star” — thanks to a brief tumble over the ballroom bustle of her Dio Haute Couture dress.
Let Us Now Praise: ‘Warm Bodies’ Director Jonathan Levine
Writer/director Jonathan Levine adapts Isaac Marion’s YA novel ‘Warm Bodies,’ about a teen zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) who falls in love with a pretty blonde girl named Julie (Teresa Palmer).
One Sheet Wonder: Studio Ghibli’s ‘From Up On Poppy Hill’
GKIDS releases From Up On Poppy Hill March 15 in New York City and Los Angeles and expands the film nationwide March 29.
More Sundance 2013 Announcements Land Including Spotlight Films
2013 Sundance Film Festival added movies from the Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier sections to festival’s competition films.
Sundance Announces U.S. World Competition Films for 2013 Lineup including ‘Touchy Feely and ‘Citizen Koch’
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival (SFF), and his Sundance team announce U.S. and World competition segments for Sundance 2013.
Get Me Ron Perlman! Natalie Portman Joins Director Lynne Ramsay for Western ‘Jane Got A Gun’
Tweet The summer blockbuster season is underway with Men in Black 3 leading the Memorial Day 2012 pack and the season’s first phenomenon, Walt Disney’s The Avengers, continuing to attract crowds excited to watch their favorite Marvel Universe character save…
‘The House’ Review: Director Desiree Lim delivers a genre mash up in slick, sometimes silly ‘The House’
Tweet The House Unrated Running Time: 109 minutes Grade: C+ Vancouver-based filmmaker Desiree Lim re-teams with her frequent collaborator, actress Natalie Skye for the genre mash-up The House and the result is a cool, stylish drama part ghost story but…
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,…