Posts Tagged ‘Films’
Brazilian Film Festival Returns to New York
Margaret Mee e a Flor da Lua I recently got some mail about a film festival that’s been running every year for the past 11. It’s the Brazilian Film Festival (BFF). The Inffinito Festival Circuit will be presenting the 11th annual Brazilian Film Festival from June 12th to the 16th. There will be feature films, shorts, animations and [...]
Rooftop Films Announces Summer Lineup
John Gallagher Jr. and Brie Larson in SHORT TERM 12 The Rooftop Films Summer Series begins on May 10. The full schedule including locations and dates will be announced in the coming weeks. Below is the entire lineup: 12 O’Clock Boys (Dir. Lotfy Nathan) NY Premiere Part of Rooftop’s SXSW weekend Pug, a young boy growing up on a [...]
An Original Love Story: “Sightseers,” Out in May
It’s hard to find a good love story that won’t make you sick to your stomach. But if there is one film that won’t, it’s “Sightseers.” “Sightseers” is about Chris and Tina, played by Steve Oram and Alice Lowe. Chris looks to show Tina his world and literally won’t let anyone get in his way. They journey through British [...]
Movie Review: Electrick Children
While topics like religion and rock and roll crossing paths aren’t that original in Hollywood, I don’t think you’ll ever find one as original as this in “Electrick Children.” Raised in Utah, a Mormon 15-year-old, Rachel, hears rock and roll music for the first time and falls in love with it. A couple of months later she thinks the [...]
Girls’ Cast Member Has Two New Movies Coming Out
What better way to cash in on a hit TV show you’re apart of then releasing two new movies? Alex Karpovsky, who plays Ray Ploshansky on the HBO show, “Girls,” has got two new movies coming out in “Red Flag” and “Rubberneck” on February 22nd. Based on the two trailers, they look like two top notch films of different [...]
New Viggo Mortensen Movie Out in March!
It’s not exactly a “Eastern Promises” sequel but Viggo Mortensen is at it again speaking another language in a new movie called, “Everybody Has a Plan.” If you’re a Mortensen fan, you’re going to love this film because he plays two roles. He portrays a set of brothers, Agustín and Pedro. Agustín tries hard to put his life in [...]
“Any Day Now,” Starring Alan Cumming Out This December
Alan Cumming fans can rejoice in a new role of his. He’s got a very dramatic role in “Any Day Now” coming out soon. Cumming plays Rudy, a guy who wants to do everything in his power to adopt Marco, played by Isaac Leyva. Marco is a teenager with down syndrome who has been abandoned by his mother. You think this whole thing [...]
Movie Review: “Starlet”
Who is to say that good things don't come from the bad? Do things really happen for a reason? Are our friends meant to be in our lives for a reason? "Starlet" explores these things in a unique friendship between the 21-year-old Jane played by Dree Hemingway and an elderly woman named, Sadie, played by Besedka Johnson. Jane is a kid pretty [...]
How to Get More Out of Your Netflix Account
We’re all trying to save a buck these days and going to the theater only seems to get more expensive, which is probably why a lot of us have a Netflix account. I’m here to help you try to get more use out of your Netflix. Tip #1: Here’s how you get the movie you want, no matter how new it is! Have a short queue! That’s how Netflix [...]
RZA to Take on Two New Films
If you thought RZA’s directorial debut, “The Man with the Iron Fists,” was a one-time thing than you’re wrong. Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to fuck with as they say! The rapper/filmmaker already has two new projects on hand. The Wu-Tang frontman will be directing John Milius’ biopic, “Gengis Khan,” and be at the helm of the [...]
