By: debbie lynn elias Relationships are never easy and neither are movies about relationships. In THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, writer/director Tom Gormican focuses on three male twenty-something best friends navigating the course from the male perspective on sex, love and relationships in 2014. Although falling intro some genre tropes and cliche,
By: debbie lynn elias Hollywood has long celebrated the antics and hijinks of testosterone and bachelor parties but rarely has it turned the tables and delivered the female perspective. While plenty of films have looked at brides and bridesmaids, no one but for Leslye Headland and the uproarious Bachelorette has
By: debbie lynn elias Take one look at the purity of a magically light, bright and ethereal fountain scene in AT MIDDLETON and you immediately know how love feels, or should feel; how bliss and joy feel, or should feel. Take one look at Andy Garcia’s face in the car
By: debbie lynn elias For many of us who grew up in or were familiar with the tri-state area encompassing the Delaware Valley of Philadelphia north into New York/Newark, New Jersey and southeast into Delaware, the 1980’s was a tumultuous time for not only national and international news, but local
By: debbie lynn elias Feeling a little nutty? Go see THE NUT JOB. While overall entertaining and a sure crowd-pleaser to the younger set, with THE NUT JOB, some elements of the film are chestnuty warm and tasty, roasted to perfection, while others prove to be a tough nut to
By: debbie lynn elias One of the great strengths of THE LEGEND OF HERCULES lies in the story origins and bringing in Sean Hood and Daniel Giat as screenwriters, tapping into Hood’s experience with mythology and reimagination with films like Conan the Barbarian (2011). The other is having Renny Harlin
By: debbie lynn elias Being a fan of director Francesca Gregorini’s freshman directorial effort with co-director Tatiana von Furstenberg, Tanner Hall, I was more than anxious to see what she could and would do on her own with THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL. I am far from disappointed as not only
By: debbie lynn elias Assistant District Attorney Mitch Brockden is the star of the D.A.’s office. With a winning conviction record, he has been on a hot streak for quite some time. But he sees bigger and better things for himself within the department; things that his superiors also see;
By: debbie lynn elias Adapted from the young adult novel by Meg Rosoff, screenwriters Jeremy Brock and Tony Grisoni bring this apocalyptic coming-of-age dystopian drama to life under the skilled construct of director Kevin Macdonald. HOW I LIVE NOW overwhelms one with emotion thanks to strong performances by Saoirse Ronan,
By: debbie lynn elias With THE PAST, Iran’s official submission for this year’s Best Foreign Language Oscar, writer/director Asghar Farhadi once again taps into the foibles of humanity and gives more credence to the well-oiled mantra “the best laid plans…” As he so artfully shows, each of us is our
