Archive for 'Views & Reviews'
Affleck Goes Back to the ‘70s Tehran, in ‘Argo’
Posted on14. May, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
The promo machine is revving up for actor-filmmaker Ben Affleck’s latest trip behind the camera. Hollywood and movies fans are buzzing about Argo following the release of its first full trailer. Will it replicate the box office success and showbiz awards aura of Affleck’s prior films, Gone Baby Gone (2007) and The Town (2010)? Brave [...]
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Hollywood Power Moms: Powerfully Wrong!?
Posted on12. May, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
A very old and very non-PC joke is: What’s the most confusing day in _____ ? (INSERT YOUR LEAST FAVORITE PART OF A CITY)? Answer: Mother’s Day. Unfortunately, the definition of a true mother has now become terminally blurred. A mother is supposed to nourish their children; not make them part of a national punch-line [...]
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Beastie Boy Adam (MCA) Yauch, Gone – Or Is He?
Posted on07. May, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Needless to say, the music world was shaken up by the demise of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, 47, leaving his group with an impossible void to fill. Or, will they fill it later…and tour? To explain, thanks to the great strides made in the hologram industry (see hologram Tupac at Coachella), a musician’s final exit [...]
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REVIEW: CABIN IN THE WOODS
Posted on20. Apr, 2012 by Harrison Cheung.
CABIN IN THE WOODS. Even the title seems oddly familiar – haven’t we seen this horror movie before? First time director, Drew Goddard, collaborated with sci-fi cult hero, Joss Whedon (FIREFLY, AVENGERS) to turn every horror movie cliche on its head with this interesting twist of a twist. The premise has been done previously – [...]
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SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED movie poster released
Posted on12. Apr, 2012 by Henry-K.
Can you say movie buzz? Here comes the poster for the highly anticipated “Safety Not Guaranteed” (by the producers of Little Miss Sunshine). Plot: when an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysteriously likable yet paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he has unlocked [...]
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Just Who is “The Lucky One?”
Posted on10. Apr, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
A scene any where in America:A couple arrives home from Walmart, count off “1-2-3!” and anxiously rip open their “Once in a lifetime sale of a discounted Thomas Kinkade original (?) “sunlight” print!” They proudly hang it in their living room and, in preparation for its Friday film opening, re-read romance novel hack Nicholas Sparks’ [...]
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Jeremy Renner Doesn’t Want To Play The Fame Game
Posted on08. Apr, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Jeremy Renner on rumors that he’s gay: “I want my personal life to be personal, and it’s not [bleeping] true,” he snarled (reports Hollywood Reporter). “And I don’t care if you’re talking about things that are true, you’re still talking about my personal life.” What Tom Cruise would think after reading the above: “Man, the press [...]
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Levi Can’t Keep It In His Levi’s
Posted on04. Apr, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Levi Johnston, the ungainfully unemployed 18 year old donor of baby batter to Bristol Palin, again has shown he has knocked up more women than female boxer Laila Ali. Yes, this time he has stuck it to Sunny Oglesby, a 20-year-old teacher (who no doubt doesn’t teach sex education) who, like Levi, is also from [...]
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Don’t Miss “Hunky Dory” Starring Minnie Driver
Posted on27. Mar, 2012 by Henry-K.
“Hunky Dory” – film review. – By Henrick Vartanian Let me tell you something about Minnie Driver. She knows what she is doing. From cameos in ABC’s runaway hit “Modern Family” to big screen roles such as “Conviction” (2010) and “Good Will Hunting” (2004), her performances are always memorable. On that note, let me tell [...]
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