Directed by: Jake Schreier Cast: Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Susan Sarandon (Jeff, Who lives At Home), James Marsden (Straw Dogs), Liv Tyler (The Ledge), Rachael Ma (A Novel Romance) I first became aware of actor Frank Langella in 1979 when he reprized his brilliant and steamy Broadway performance of DRACULA on screen. It was certainly not the best Dracula film around, but … [Read more...] about Robot & Frank
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Killer Joe
Don’t mess with this Texan! The H-Bomb: Chris Smith (Emile Hirsch) is a twenty-something, trailer trash drug dealer with a gambling problem and an overdue debt to some nasty, nasty folks. To climb out of this hole, he comes up with the worst idea possible; to kill his alcoholic bitch of a mother in order to collect $50,000 life insurance that will be paid to his … [Read more...] about Killer Joe
Premium Rush
We get paid to ride, what could be better than that? Swift shot: What do Brian Trenchard-Smith and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have in common, besides hyphenated names? They were both a part of stand-out cycling flicks that I rather enjoyed. BT-S directed the cult classic, BMX Bandits, starring a very young Nicole Kidman in 1983, and while I enjoyed all the cool bicycle … [Read more...] about Premium Rush
Get the Gringo
‘Mad Mel’ is back! The H-Bomb: A nameless career criminal (Mel Gibson) known only as the Driver (sounds oddly familiar) wrecks his getaway car on the Mexican side of the border and is collared by the local authorities. Since the policia in good old Mexico are so well known for being upright and honest, they steal Mel’s loot, the sum of which is around four million, and … [Read more...] about Get the Gringo
Ruby Sparks
Reviewed by Alyn Darnay Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) Written by Zoe Kazan Starring: Paul Dano (Cowboys & Aliens), Zoe Kazan(It’s Complicated), Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould I’m going to ask you to use your imagination here for one minute. I want you to pretend you’re a writer, who by a … [Read more...] about Ruby Sparks
