By: debbie lynn elias With Oscar voting opening up shortly for Academy members, of whom many of my readers are, let’s shed a little light on a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee vying for the little golden statuette on February 24th – from Chile, it’s NO. Written by Pedro
By: debbie lynn elias What’s not to love when you’ve got Taylor Hackford behind the camera and Jason Statham, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins Jr., Micah Hauptman, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez and Patti Lupone in front of it! Stepping into the action genre for the first time in his
By: debbie lynn elias With a well worn premise of “good cop gone bad trying to be good but now facing a redemptive price” and a cast of established genre heavyweights like James Woods, Stephen Dorff, David Boreanaz, Dominic Purcell and Walton Goggins, OFFICER DOWN should be a much anticipated
By: debbie lynn elias We got a taste with Expendables and then he left us salivating for more with Expendables 2, but now, with THE LAST STAND, it’s official – Arnold is back with a vengeance, proving that he is not at all expendable when it comes to movies and
By: debbie lynn elias With an awkward beauty celebrating the beauty of awkwardness that hits you like a bolt of emotional lightning in the third act, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING is a heartfelt charmer (which means, bring tissues, especially knowing that “[Colfer’s] mom cries hysterically every time she sees it.”). Refreshing
By: debbie lynn elias At age 75, Dustin Hoffman marks his directorial debut in splendor with the emotionally exuberant and fulfilling, QUARTET. A witty, smartly crafted, intelligent, tapestried and textured film, QUARTET features high level production design, meticulous timing and direction, and a formidable cast, including the casting of and performances
By: debbie lynn elias Everyone knows the extreme level of trepidation I have when it comes to remakes, reboots or reimaginations of movies, and given the exhaustive amount of sequels, remakes, tv interpretations, short films and even video games that have been done ad nauseam to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
By: debbie lynn elias Timely and topical, PROMISED LAND speaks to your heart; it speaks to your mind; it opens your eyes to “the big environmental picture”; and although honing in on the one issue of fracking as a means to obtain natural gas, it takes all the environmental and
By: debbie lynn elias Although BLANCANIEVES didn’t make the short list of potential Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film, it more than makes my list of Top Five Foreign Language Films of the Year and one of my top overall film picks for 2012. Creative in its story structure and
By: debblie lynn elia Ewan McGregor is no stranger to the challenges of bringing characters to life, be they based on real individuals or pure fantasy or, in finding the truth in a story or character and staying true to that truth. However, as Henry Belon in The Impossible, he was
