By: debbie lynn elias There’s thin ice. There’s black ice. Put them both together as a showcase for Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin and you’ve got yourself THIN ICE – one of the blackest comedies around. And while there are safe patches of solid black comedy, unfortunately, overall THIN ICE
By: debbie lynn elias Although combat journalists/photojournalists have been a recognized and vital part of the world going back centuries, since the inception of the Iraq War, the world has become more intimately familiar with these men and women placing themselves in harms way as they embed with combat troops
By: debbie lynn elias The women finally get their day with Liza Johnson’s RETURN, the moving character study of Kelli, a wife, mother and soldier who is more than anxious to return to her small town life in the Rust Belt of the United States and resume the longed for
By: debbie lynn elias Known best for her roles as Nurse Samantha Taggert on ER and as Velma in the Scooby-Doo live action movies, Linda Cardellini is a woman passionate about her craft. One always ready to grow as a woman and an actress and tackle complex characters, Cardellini broke
By: debbie lynn elias Woody Harrelson, Oren Moverman and Ben Foster are the perfect filmmaking triumvirate. Many talk about the relationship between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton which, while distinctive and exciting, pales in comparison to the cerebral and emotional intensity of story and film achieved by Harrelson, Moverman and
By: debbie lynn elias I am a die-hard Halston fan and have been since the 70’s. I owned a Halston gown. I lived in his Halston III collection. I loved ultrasuede in clothes and handbags. I loved Halston’s use of jersey and its introduction into the fashion mainstream. I worshiped
By: debbie lynn elias Daniel Radcliffe fans, never fear! There is life after Harry Potter..albeit dealing with the afterlife. Wielding a more mature type of magic (i.e., his acting skills), with THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Radcliffe casts a spell of suspense and spine chilling thrills that will have you jumping
By: debbie lynn elias You think you know everything about Oscar? Well think again, because Oscar wasn’t always Oscar. Initially started in 1928 as the Academy Award of Merit, the Oscar is a actually a brave knight holding a crusader’s sword standing atop a reel of film with five spokes
By: debbie lynn elias You won’t be fooled by the title of MAN ON A LEDGE for as you will quickly see, we really do have a “man on a ledge” and it’s that man and that ledge that set the creative wheels in motion for this emotionally charged, vertigo-infused,
By: debbie lynn elias Well, yes, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and overall, not in a good way. This is another example of why we constantly question the making of certain films and monetary expenditures, asking “who” or “why” would anyone invest in a project. WE NEED TO TALK
