Woody Allen has suffered his fair share of hits and misses throughout the years. However, never has his career hit such a tumultuous patch than the rut he’s currently stuck in. After gifting us with his best, most fully realized film in ages, BLUE JASMINE, the auteur fell back into the formulaic territory he’d explored in better, stronger films. His previous two, MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT and … [Read more...]
Adam McKay, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling And Steve Carell Talk Taking On The Financial Crisis In ‘The Big Short’
The director and cast of 'The Big Short' sat down to talk to press about one of this year's very likely Oscar contender picture. The film centers around the world of high finance where four outsiders predict the credit and house bubble collapse of the mid-200's and decide to take on the banks for the greed they exhibited at the time. Director Adam McKay, actors Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and … [Read more...]
REVIEW: FREEHELD Is Sorta Worth Fighting For
The case at the heart of director Cynthia Wade’s Oscar-winning documentary short FREEHELD was a landmark one. It not only captured one state’s attention, it captured the nation’s. The original idea to capture the events first came to her when she was reading the local paper. Hearing an injustice was taking place, she grabbed her camera and began shooting. The battle for LGBT rights and equality … [Read more...]
Movie Review: Foxcatcher
The sports drama Foxcatcher is the story of Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz(Played by Channing Tatum) and based on his account of the events that transpired when the wealthy John du Pont (Steve Carell) approached him for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. They develop a strong bond when Du Pont personally finances a world-class wrestling team in order to contribute to his ideas of what … [Read more...]
On The Set Of “Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
Do you ever have one of those days where it seems like everything goes wrong? I've had a few but let me tell you about the day of my very first car accident. We overslept for no reason other than instead of hitting snooze, I turned off the alarm. We rushed to get everyone to school/work and then I headed to the set of Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day which happened to be … [Read more...]
