Saturday, November 24, 2018
DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT (2018)
Written & Directed By: Gus Van Sant
Based On The Book By: John Callahan
Story By: Gus Van Sant, John Callahan, Jack Gibson & William Andrew Eatman
Cinematography By: Christopher Blauvelt
Editor: David Marks & Gus Van Sant
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Beth Ditto, Kim Gordon, Carrie Brownstein, Udo Kier, Mark Webber, Emilio Rivera, Angelique Rivera, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Tony Greenhand, Matt Bennett, Mireille Enos
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
ILL MANORS (2012)
Written & Directed By: Ben Drew (Plan B)
Cinematography By: Gary Shaw
Editor: Farrah Drabu, David Freeman, Sotira Kyriacou & Hugh Williams
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Lee Allen, Andrew Akello, Eloise Smyth, Natalie Press, Jo Hartley
The lives of four drug dealers, one user and two prostitutes and so much more.
Labels:
Ben Drew,
DRAMA,
Ed Skrein,
Jo Hartley,
Natalie Press,
Plan B,
Riz Ahmed,
United Kingdom
LOST ANGELS (1989)
Directed By: Hugh Hudson
Written By: Michael Weller
Cinematography By: Juan Ruiz Anchia
Editor: David Gladwell
Cast: Adam Horovitz, Donald Sutherland, Amy Locane, Kevin Corrigan, Celia Weston, Graham Beckel, Nina Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Patricia Richardson, William O’Leary, David Herman, Max Perlich, Kevin Tighe, John C. McGinley, Frances Fisher, Park Overall, Pauly Shore
A troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.
A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN (2017)
Directed By: Jean-Stephane Suavarie
Written By: Jonathan Hirschbein & Nick Saltrese
Cinematography By: David Ungaro
Editor: Marc Boucrot
Cast: Joe Cole
Billy Moore, an English boxer, down on his luck, addicted to Ya Ba, and stuck in Thailand, ends up getting arrested and sent to Chiang Mai Prison, where he struggles to survive and eventually ends up fighting in Muay Tai boxing tournaments.
Labels:
2017,
DRAMA,
Jean-Stephane Suvarie,
Joe Cole
RESERVATION ROAD (2007)
Directed By: Terry George
Written By: Terry George & John Burnham Schwartz
Based On The Novel By: John Burnham Schwartz
Cinematography By: John Lindley
Editor: Naomi Geraghty
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connolly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning, John Slattery, Bill Camp, Gary Kohn
The lives of two families change forever after a fatal tragedy takes place on Reservation Road.
Saturday, November 17, 2018
JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0054: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002)
Directed By: George Clooney
Written By: Charlie Kaufman
Based on the Novel By: Chuck Barris
Cinematography By: Newtom Thomas Sigel
Editor: Stephen Mirrione
Cast: Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Rugter Hauer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Cera, Robert John Burke, Rachelle Lefevre, Jerry Weintraub, Richard Kind, James Urbaniak
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
LOVE GILDA (2018)
Directed By: Lisa D’Apolito
With: Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Laraine Newman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Hader, Chevy Chase, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Maya Rudolph
In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes, LOVE Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.
THE WRECKING CREW (2008)
Directed By: Danny Tedesco
Featuring: Danny Tedesco, Brian Wilson, Cher, Dick Clark, Glenn Campbell, Nancy Sinatra, Micky Dolenz
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew", a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and Bing Crosby.
Labels:
2008,
Brian Wilson,
Cher,
Danny Tedesco,
Dick Clark,
Documentary,
Glenn Campbell,
Micky Dolenz,
Nancy Sinatra
Thursday, November 8, 2018
WRONG TURN (2003)
Directed By: Rob Schmidt
Written By: Alan McElroy
Cinematography By: John S. Bartley
Editor: Michael Ross
Cast: Eliza Dushku, Desmond Herrington, Emanuelle Chiriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Lindy Booth, Kevin Zegers
Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of West Virginia, hunted down by cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding.
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (2010)
Directed By: Pierre Morel
Written By: Adi Hasak
Story By: Luc Besson
Cinematography By: Michael Abramowicz
Editor: Frederic Thoraval
Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Amber Rose Revah, Richard Durden
James Reece is an ambitious aide to the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, doing little jobs for the CIA and hoping to get into black ops. On the night he and his girlfriend, Caroline, become engaged, he's told to pick up Charlie Wax at Orly. Charlie is an unorthodox government employee - large, bald and bearded, foul-mouthed and eccentric. Charlie immediately takes James on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, through ethnic enclaves. As bodies pile up, the purpose remains opaque to James. Caroline, unhappy that James has been out of touch for a day, tells him to bring Charlie for dinner. Charlie can be charming - where will it lead? Does the chess-playing James have what it takes?
THE GUNMAN (2015)
Directed By: Pierre Morel
Written By: Sean Penn, Pete Travis & Don McPherson
Based on the Novel By: Jean-Patrick Machette
Cinematography By: Flavio Martinez Labiano
Editor: Frederic Thoraval
Cast: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca, Peter Franzen
A sniper on a mercenary assassination team kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself.
Labels:
2015,
Frederic Thorval,
Idris Elba,
JAVIER BARDEM,
Mark Rylance,
Pierre Morel,
Ray Winstone,
Sean Penn,
THRILLER
Sunday, November 4, 2018
DOMINO (2005)
Directed By: Tony Scott
Written By: Richard Kelly
Story By: Richard Kelly & Steve Barancik
Cinematography By: Dan Mindel
Editor: William Goldenberg & Christian Wagner
Cast: Kiera Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo, Mo’Nique, Christopher Walken, Mena Suvari, Tom Waits, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Lew Temple, Lucy Liu, Dale Dickey, Jaqueline Bisset, Macy Gray, T.K. Carter, Dabney Coleman, Peter Jacobson, Jerry Springer, Frederick Koehler, Andy Milder
The daughter of an actor father and a social-climber mother, Domino Harvey, bored with her life, decides to join the team of Ed Moseby and becomes a bounty hunter. But she gets in trouble when the Mafia's money is stolen from an armored truck, while Moseby and his crew are participating in a reality show produced by Mark Heiss. The situation gets out of control when the sons of a rival mobster are kidnapped while the FBI is monitoring two gangs of mobsters.
DEEP END (1970)
Directed By: Jerzy Skolimowski
Written By: Jerzy Skolimowski & J. Gruza & B. Sulik
Cinematography By: Charly Steinberger
Editor: Barrie Vince
Cast: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sanford, Diana Dors, Louise Martini
15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes increasingly desperate to have Susan for himself, with tragic results.
Labels:
1970,
Coming Of Age,
Diana Dors,
DRAMA,
Erotic,
Jane Asher,
Jerzy Skolimowski,
John Moulder-Brown
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