There is something beautiful abut a documentary that takes on a life of its own. In 1999 film maker James Solomon began researching a scripted film for HBO based on a story that defined the mean streets of New York City. The story is that of the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, reported as
You might raise an eyebrow while watching the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie when chunks of metal hurtle through an inter-dimensional portal and reassemble piece-by-piece over New York City to build a giant war machine called the Technodrome. At the center of it, is an evil warlord that is an over-sized talking brain, housed
If you think you have seen all of the most amazing documentaries in the world, you have another think coming. This much everybody knows. Former U.S. representative Anthony Weiner was a rising star. He won seven terms to the US House of Representatives but resigned after a sexting scandal. He had some undetermined therapy,
A film production company is offering people the right to live in Antigua and Barbuda in return for cash to help make a Bob Marley movie. Golden Islands Filmworks Ltd has arranged an agreement with the Caribbean nation’s government which will provide backers and their family members with citizenship to the country. In return investors
Violette, Julie Delpy’s character in the dark comedy Lolo, has a self-esteem problem. Every man she’s dated over the past twenty years has walked away from her, usually without explanation or apology. Violette has come to accept that she is undateable, unlovable, a loser in love. She finds comfort in her son Lolo and showers
As Evan Rachel Wood readily admits, her new film with Ellen Page, Into the Forest, contains “so many gruesome, horrible things”. But she adds: “There’s such a beauty to all of it at the same time.” Which, as we all know, is much like life — as Rachel Wood rightly points out. The pair’s new dystopian horror movie is
Presenting Princess Shaw, a stirring new documentary from Israel, is a modern digital fairytale about how the interconnected world of the internet can transform the lives of obscure but talented amateurs into international sensations when their videos suddenly go viral. The film, a Participant Media release, has just opened in select theaters. Magnolia Pictures is
It was obvious something was up with the release of the first teasers of this splashy tale. Yes, Linda Woolverton’s screenplay has nothing to do with Lewis Carroll’s 1871 “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There” except about half of the characters. That is not to say it is not a good story, but
Suzanne Clement stars with Julie Depardieu and Johanna ter Steege in À La Vie — the story of three Nazi concentration camp prisoners who reunite fifteen years after the war for a beach vacation in France. They’ve lived separate, ordinary lives, but always mindful of the dark clouds of the past. Their plan is to
Based on the true story, The Finest Hours features a talented ensemble cast and enough suspense to keep you hooked on the incredible story of survival. The film features a multi-layered plot to give the audience a rich story to enjoy rather than just another sinking ship drama. Based on The Finest Hours: The True