By: debbie lynn elias John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton team up (who’da thunk it) under the direction of Harold Ramis for one of the quirkiest holiday films around. (Come on! It’s stars Billy Bob. It’s GOT to be quirky.) After “Badder Santa” and now “The Ice Harvest”, looks like
By: debbie lynn elias Going through winter sports withdrawal thanks to the NHL strike and no Olympics? Yearning for the crisp sound of a well sharpened blade sliding through the ice? Need a little bit of glitz and glamour? Well, look no further than the big screen because Disney has
By: debbie lynn elias The name of Martin McDonagh should be well familiar to all you theatre afficionados. Internationally renowned writer and director for works such as “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” and “The Pillowman”, McDonagh already had two Olivier Awards and four Tony Award nominations to his name when he
By: debbie lynn elias One of the highlights – and most well received and attended screening – of the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival was without a doubt, former Vice-President Al Gore presenting his film AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. In an open air plaza in downtown LA, movie-goers were greeted by
By: debbie lynn elias It has long been said that all good things come to those who wait. Well, we’ve waited 19 years for Harrison Ford to don his fedora and crack his whip and let me tell you, Ford and company more than prove that INDIANA JONES AND THE
By: debbie lynn elias Forget everything you know or think you know about Truman Capote. Forget about everything you know or think you know based on 2005’s “Capote” and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Oscar winning performance of the title role. Forget everything you know or think you know about New York
By: debbie lynn elias 51 year old Dan Foreman has escaped termination from his job as head ad executive for the magazine Sports America. Good news, right? Wrong. Although Dan retains employment, he gets demoted to act as an assistant to nubie 26 year old Carter Duryea. As if the
By: debbie lynn elias Written and directed by Samantha Lavin and starring Maryfrances Carreccia, Tasha Ames and Marina Benedict, this is the story of friendship and the tolls exacted by time, circumstance and hidden secrets. After eight years, a young lawyer returns home to her best friend’s wedding. While at
By: debbie lynn elias The best part of “In the Cut” is when it ends. The worst part is that you have to endure 118 minutes of senseless, gratuitous repugnance to reach the end and when it’s over, you will definitely NOT want what Meg Ryan’s having. Frannie Avery is
By: debbie lynn elias At the premier for “Intolerable Cruelty”, arriving guests were asked what they considered to be an “intolerable cruelty.” Responses ranged from the humorous to driving manners (yeah, Bonnie Hunt!) to the serious. After seeing this film, I think we will all agree that one of the
