By: debbie lynn elias It’s always a joy to sit down with Robert Luketic and talk movies. One of the best and the brightest in the business, Luketic took everyone by storm with the surprising success of Legally Blonde which morphed into a franchise spawning sequels upon sequels on the
By: debbie lynn elias An adaptation of Joseph Finder’s best seller of the same name, Robert Luketic’s PARANOIA is a riveting, taut, tense thriller. With the same page turning excitement and intrigue as found with Finder’s book a decade ago, director Luketic and screenwriters Jason Hall and Barry L. Levy
By: debbie lynn elias According to DISNEY’S PLANES director Klay Hall, executive producer John Lasseter has several rules that he lives by. “One of them is to do your research and then do some more research and get your facts right.” Never is this philosophy more important that in a
By: debbie lynn elias It was only a matter of time before Disney • Pixar’s “World of Cars” courtesy of Cars and Cars 2 went up and up and away into the wild blue yonder and with DISNEY’S PLANES and the artisans of Disneytoon Studios, that realization is achieved. A
By: debbie lynn elias Written and directed by first-time feature helmer Nenad Cicin-Sain, The Time Being is a moody and meditative performance piece set within and against stunning visuals, creating a simple yet elegant emotional palette for the relationship between Daniel, a struggling young artist, and Warner, a reclusive elder
By: debbie lynn elias It’s a guaranteed good time and mutual admiration society reunion whenever Wes Bentley and I get together. Putting a great deal of trust in me when it comes to his level of candor, we have braved the darkness and the light, talked about demons on screen,
By: debbie lynn elias With THE TO DO LIST, first time feature helmer, Maggie Carey takes the well-worn, tried and true, teen sex romp/coming-of-age film, and, does some fancy gender-bending, turning it upside down, telling the tale from the female point of view as opposed to the more often than
By: debbie lynn elias Who doesn’t have a favorite teacher? The one that encouraged, influenced and cheered you on through some of your most challenging academic moments. The one that helped shape your career path. The one you always remember and think of fondly. And what teacher doesn’t have a
By: debbie lynn elias Who doesn’t love an underdog story? You cheer, your heart races, you slowly rise up out of your seat in the theater as if willing your hero to victory. Well, now it’s time to cheer for one of the most unlikely of underdogs – and heroes
By: debbie lynn elias One can always count on Nicolas Winding Refn to deliver something provocative, evocative and eclectic that’s guaranteed to be talked about. As we saw with Drive, partnering Refn and Ryan Gosling is just an added insurance policy, and now with ONLY GOD FORGIVES the result is
