Film
John Sayles is a master filmmaker whose greatest strength is his humility. His latest film is the crime thriller “Go For Sisters,” about intense relationships framed in a sleazy Mexican border town. Bernice (LisaGay Hamilton) and Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) grew up together but life sent them in opposite directions. Twenty years later, Fontayne is on parole … Read more
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In Kevin Macdonald’s adventure thriller, the movie ‘Black Sea,’ Law’s character Captain Robinson has been kicked out of the British Navy. Then he discovers a Russian U-boat that he believes to contain Russian gold sent to Hitler as a bribe from Stalin. The movie is about greed and love.
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Justin Long and his younger brother, Christian, co-wrote the romantic comedy “A Case of You” about hack writer Sam (Long) and coffee shop worker Birdie (Evan Rachel Wood). Nerdy Sam thinks he’s not enough for free-spirited Birdie, so he stalks her online. The rom-com is loaded with comedy heavyweights Peter Dinklage, Sam Rockwell and Vince Vaughn. The cast also includes Brendan Fraser, Busy … Read more
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Ralph Fiennes spoke at the New York Film Festival NYFF
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“Valentine Road” is a documentary telling the story of 15-year-old Larry King, who was shot twice in the back of the head by classmate Brandon McInerney in Oxnard, CA, in 2008. It aired on HBO on Oct. 7. Filmmaker Marta Cunningham did a thorough job of depicting the details of the tragedy in a reporting mode rather than editorializing. The audience is left to come to their own conclusions.
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Written for TheBlot Yesterday in midtown Manhattan, Paul Giamatti sat down with TheBlot to talk about his upcoming movies, not reading scripts when he doesn’t want to, and how a character’s hairdo helps him decide on a role. Dorri Olds: What do you look for in a project? Paul Giamatti: Facial hair. What kind of facial hair will … Read more
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Written for TheBlot Yesterday TheBlot caught up with director Stu Zicherman and actor Adam Scott to talk about their Indie, “A.C.O.D,” which opened in theaters today. A.C.O.D. stands for Adult Children of Divorce and this is a darkish comedy about Carter (Adam Scott), a self-diagnosed, well-adjusted restaurateur in a stable relationship with a beautiful girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Carter … Read more
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Sexy Chris Hemsworth stars as race car driver James Hunt in Ron Howard’s movie ‘Rush.
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And While We Were Here is an indie starring Kate Bosworth as Jane, a writer whose marriage is strained-to-breaking. She is aching to find meaning in her life. Jane accompanies her husband Leonard (Iddo Goldberg) to Italy’s Amalfi Coast paradise where she has decided she will spend the time revisiting a recorded interview she did with her grandmother (narrated by Claire Bloom) and mold the WWII stories into a memoir. We find out through a casual remark how bored Jane has been with writing fluff pieces for a magazine. – See more at: http://theblot.com/movie-and-while-we-were-here-breathes-life-into-sad-cliches-774319#sthash.7pkYaQQe.dpuf
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September 7th is the 480th birthday of Queen Elizabeth I, also known as Good Queen Bess. From November 17th, 1558, until her death on March 24th, 1603, Queen Elizabeth I was the queen regnant of England and Ireland. She has been depicted in over 20 films and more than twice that amount of television series and miniseries. After so many performances, only the best stick out, so to celebrate the Virgin Queen’s birthday, here is a list of the top 5 actresses to portray her.
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