The A-Team – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.ateam-movie.com/ Release Date: June 11th Rated PG for violence, and language may offend Running time: 117 minutes John Carnahan (dir.) Joe Carnahan (writer) Brian Bloom (writer) Skip Woods (writer) Frank Lupo (TV series) Stephen J. Cannell (TV series) Alan Silvestri (music) Liam… Read More Movie Review: The A-Team
Released June 1st, 2010 Page count: 350 pages Size: 7” x 10” Producer to Producer By Maureen A. Ryan Published By Michael Wiese Publications http://www.mwp.com/ http://www.producertoproducer.com/ ______________________________________________ Producer to Producer Book Review By Erin V. The best place to start, is at the beginning… But where is the beginning when you’re new to producing a… Read More Book Review: Producer to Producer
From the makers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, comes Life – now available (since June 1st) as a Blu-Ray 4-disc box set. Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, this is an 11-part mini-series, that if you’ve enjoyed the others in the BBC Earth line, you’ll want to add to your collection.… Read More Blu-ray Release: BBC/Discovery Channel series ‘Life’
By John C. As many of you know, the Ashton Kutcher/Kathrine Heigl vehicle Killers opened this past Friday. The Canadian distributor, Maple Pictures, followed the lead of the American distributor, Lionsgate, and did not screen the film for press in advance of release. I found out about this 3-weeks ago, before the official announcement was… Read More “Killers” Wasn’t Screened, So Critics Couldn’t Kill It
Marmaduke – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.themarmadukemovie.com/ Release Date: June 4th Rated G Running time: 87 minutes Tom Dey (dir.) Tim Rasmussen (writer) Vince Di Meglio (writer) Brad Anderson (comic) Phil Leeming (comic) Christopher Lennertz (music) Owen Wilson as Marmaduke (voice) Emma Stone as Mazie (voice) George Lopez as… Read More Movie Review: Marmaduke
Released May 2010 Page count: 477 pages Size: 6” x 9” Film + Video Budgets, 5th Ed. By Deke Simon Published By Michael Wiese Publications http://www.mwp.com/ __________________________________________________ Film + Video Budgets, 5th Ed. Book Review By Erin V. Especially for those just starting out, the information here is invaluable. One of the most overwhelming aspects… Read More Book Review: Film + Video Budgets, 5th Ed.
Today, a day that could be considered frabjous, Disney has released Tim Burton’s most curiouser and curiouser film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland on DVD and Blu-Ray. We reviewed this strangely wonderful film when it opened in theatres on March 5th, all giving it a most excellent review. You can read our reviews of the… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Alice in Wonderland
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing Clint Eastwood in The Man With No Name Trilogy on Blu-Ray. This definitive 3-disc set includes director Sergio Leone’s classic spaghetti westerns A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Arriving just in time… Read More Blu-ray Release: Clint Eastwood: The Man With No Name Trilogy
Leap Year – A Universal Pictures’ Release http://universalpictures.com/leapyear/ DVD Release Date: May 4th, 2010 Rated PG for violence, language may offend, and mature theme Running time: 101 minutes Anand Tucker (dir.) Deborah Kaplan (writer) Harry Elfont (writer) Randy Edelman (music) Amy Adams as Anna Brady Matthew Goode as Declan Adam Scott as Jeremy John Lithgow… Read More DVD Review: Leap Year
Born May 17th, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, Dennis Hopper made his directorial debut with the 1969 film Easy Rider, and is best known for his roles in such films as Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, Hoosiers and Speed. Today, the legendary actor and director has passed away, due to a long battle with prostate cancer.… Read More Dennis Hopper (1936-2010)
Released March 23rd, 2010 Page count: 72 pages Size: 9.25” x 6.25” Disney’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – The Visual Guide Published By Dorling Kindersley http://www.dk.com/ __________________________________________ Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – The Visual Guide Book Review By Erin V. To coincide with the release of Disney’s Prince of Persia: The… Read More Book Review: Prince of Persia The Sands of Time – The Visual Guide
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/princeofpersia/ Release Date: May 28th Rated PG for violence and gory scenes Running time: 116 minutes Mike Newell (dir.) Boaz Yakin (screenplay) Doug Miro (screenplay) Carlo Bernard (screenplay) Jordan Mechner (screen story) Jordan Mechner (video game series “Prince of Persia”)… Read More Movie Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Sex and the City – A Warner Bros. Release http://www.sexandthecitymovie.com/ Release Date: May 27th Rated 18A for some strong sexual content and language. Running time: 147 minutes Michael Patrick King (dir.) Michael Patrick King (writer) Based on the characters from the book by Candace Bushnell Based on the TV series created by Darren Star Aaron… Read More Movie Review: Sex and the City 2
Today, Alliance Films’ released the Nicholas Sparks film Dear John on DVD. Out of the two adaptations of Sparks’ books this year (The Last Song being the other), I personally liked this one better. The wonderful performance by Richard Jenkins as a man with Aspergers is worth checking out. We reviewed the film when it… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Dear John
Last Tuesday, Warner Home Video released the rom-com Valentine’s Day on Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. We reviewed the film when it opened in theatres on February 12th, our consensus was: “While it seems to serve it’s purpose for a rom-com for Valentine’s Day, this film just has too many characters to really work. With… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Valentine’s Day
Back on May 4th, Warner Home Video released a 45th anniversary edition of the classic film Doctor Zhivago on Blu-Ray. The discs come in a nice book type packaging, much like some of WHV’s other Blu-Ray re-releases, and contains 44 pages of production history, bios, and trivia. Disc one includes: • The film, with… Read More Blu-ray Release: 45th Anniversary Ed. of Doctor Zhivago
It recently came to my attention that 3 weeks ago on May 4th, Films We Like released Michael Orion Scott’s wonderful documentary The Horse Boy on DVD. Adapted from the book of the same name by Rupert Isaacson, this is the incredible true story of a father’s journey to Mongolia in a quest to heal his autistic… Read More DVD Release: The Horse Boy
By John C. It’s hard too believe it’s been nearly a year. Nearly a year since I sat in a less-than-crowded screening room at the Varsity on the morning of June 1st, watching David Bezmozgis’s wonderful coming-of-age story, Victoria Day, play out on-screen. Nearly a year since I interviewed the two main actors of Victoria… Read More Life Changes in a Flash: A Retrospective on “Victoria Day”
Shrek Forever After – A DreamWorks Animation Release http://www.shrek.com/ Release Date: May 21st, 2010 Rated PG for mild action, some rude humour, and brief language. Running time: 93 minutes Mike Mitchell (dir.) Josh Klausner (writer) Darren Lemke (writer) Christopher Beck (music) Mike Myers as Shrek (voice) Eddie Murphy as Donkey (voice) Cameron Diaz as Princess… Read More Movie Review: Shrek Forever After
Mid-August Lunch – A Films We Like Release Release Date: May 21st, 2010 @ The Royal Rated G Running time: 74 minutes Gianni Di Gregorio (dir.) Gianni Di Gregorio (story) Simone Riccardini (story) Gianni Di Gregorio (screenplay) Gianni Di Gregorio as Gianni Valeria De Franciscis as Gianni’s mother Marina Cacciotti as Alfonso’s mother Maria Calì… Read More Movie Review: Mid-August Lunch
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