By: debbie lynn elias There’s a new director on my radar named Anne Renton. Making her feature film directorial debut with THE PERFECT FAMILY, Renton is a director with a clear vision and approach to storytelling that allows performances to flow and a story to unfold and fuel itself on
By: debbie lynn elias There is no doubt that we face a fresh water crisis in the world today. And yes, I say “world” as this is a matter of global proportion. However, because media focus of drought and contamination is primarily on “third world countries” or Africa, those in
By: debbie lynn elias Every little girl (and even some little boys) and aspiring ballerina knows what “first position” is: arms slightly bent with hands gracefully resting across the navel area of the torso as if floating on air. It is from this “first position” from which all other ballet
By: debbie lynn elias Fox Searchlight has gone and done it again and picked another winner as THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL is, without a doubt, a mandatory nominee for Oscar – several! Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and more than likely, Best Supporting Actress for Maggie Smith
By: debbie lynn elias To paraphrase Edgar Allan Poe’s own descriptive terms in The Tell-Tale Heart, what many may mistake for my own madness is but over-acuteness of the senses when it comes to THE RAVEN. In a phrase, A MASTERPIECE! Thanks to an inventive, intriguing and intricately twisting script
By: debbie lynn elias While I may not be a Steve Harvey fan per se, I am a fan of all things funny, especially when funny comes in the form of a great ensemble cast, well told organically unfolding intertwining stories and characters, and all packaged as a gem of
By: debbie lynn elias It’s a rare and wondrous thing to be amongst kindred spirits talking “all things Whedon, Buffy and Angel“, let alone sitting down for a 1:1 interview with one of the gurus of the Whedon World. But that’s exactly what I did during the recent press tour
By: debbie lynn elias With THE HUNTER, director Daniel Nettheim brings us an intensely fascinating and stirring character study of Martin David, a mercenary hired by a biotech company to track down the last living Tasmanian Tiger, extract its DNA, and kill it so that no one else can try to repopulate
By: debbie lynn elias A non-stop adrenalin rush from start to finish, LOCKOUT is the film that action junkies – especially those who love those 80’s action flicks – have begged for. Proving that good things come to those who wait, LOCKOUT is a very good thing. With glorious touchstones
By: debbie lynn elias With THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, let’s just say, Welcome to the World of Whedon. Co-written by uber genius Joss Whedon (the brains behind Buffy the Vamire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly) and Drew Goddard (a man initiated into the Whedon World during Season 7 of Buffy
