The most interesting Draculas of the 2000s are Jonathan Rhys Meyers' principled, love-sick, brilliant inventor/entrepreneur in the short-lived NBC TV series; Richard Roxburgh's rattled, sardonic, paternal, philosophical, yet ultimately villainous portrayal in the vastly underrated Van Helsing; and Luke Evans' family man and conscientious prince who must sacrifice his own humanity to protect his people from the rapacious Ottomans in the 15th century of Dracula Untold.
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Movie Review: ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ – Watching with my Son 34 Years After First Seeing the Film
If you have never done so, sit down and watch this film with your kids (or your grandkids); you’ll be glad that you did.
Read More »LAFF Interview: ‘Quirky Female Protagonist’ Creator Shares Her Secrets
I caught up with the creator of web series "Quirky Female Protagonist" at this year's LA Film Festival. She shared her secrets with me.
Read More »LAFF Movie Review: ‘Don’t Think Twice’ with Keegan-Michael Key – Success Can Be Both Funny and Sad – But Mostly Funny
The new dramedy "Don’t Think Twice" begins as if it’s a documentary on how to do improv. Then the members of the fictional improv group, The Commune, violate all the rules in their improv dire results, in their personal lives.
Read More »DWF Interview: ‘Creedmoria’ Director Alicia Slimmer Admits Coming-of-Age Flick is All About Her
'Creedmoria', a film by first-time writer/director Alicia Slimmer, made its SoCal premier at the Dances With Films Festival. It chronicles the efforts of sweet-sixteen Candy Cahill, played by Stef Dawson, to come of age in one of the most dysfunctional families in movie history. As I watched the film, I hoped, for Slimmer’s sake, that this movie wasn’t too autobiographical. It turns out that it was.
Read More »DWF Interview: ‘Virtual Revolution’ Writer/Director Guy-Roger Duvert Spills Real and VR Blood in His First Feature
'Before the shooting, people were asking me all the time in which studio I would be filming, assuming that most of the film would be shot in front of green screens. The reality is very different. Out of the 30 days of shooting, we shot only one day in a green screen studio.'
Read More »LAFF Movie Review: ‘Opening Night’ – A Screenwriting School in Ninety Minutes
The LA Film Festival 'Opening Night' world premiere was Screenwriting 101 in 90 minutes. Filmmakers did everything right in this film, which stars Topher Grace as a failed Broadway star.
Read More »Interview: Corey Grant, Director and Producer of Nominated 2016 ABFF Film , ‘Illicit’
I just hope to raise the bar in terms of how people respond to independent film, in particular black independent film.
Read More »LAFF Film Review: ‘Girl Flu’ – A Movie About Firsts that Gives New Meaning to the Phrase ‘Period Piece’
In Hollywood parlance, a “period piece” is a script or film that takes place in the past. 'Girl Flu', a film written and directed by Dorie Barton, gave a new meaning to that phrase. It's a film about firsts. Without a doubt, it is the only film you'll ever call charming, funny and heartwarming that has menstruation as its focus.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Little Men’ Starring Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle with Alfred Molina
To gain a friend is golden; to lose a friend is heartbreaking.
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