For fans of Independent Films, the Bay area offers quite a selection. From San Francisco, East Bay, to South Bay or "The Peninsula", the Landmark Theaters are dedicated to marketing independent films. With five locations in San Francisco, four in East bay and two in South Bay, locals can choose between Embarcadero Center Cinema, Shattuck…
The year 1990 might not have been a time of laughter for many, especially those living in Kuwait. However, Hollywood still churned out some decent comedy movies to try and lighten things up. I was only eight years old so I was pretty goofy and light hearted already and these movies were the type to…
One of the all time greatest outdor movies made was On Golden Pond, directed by Mark Rydell and produced by Bruce Gilbert. Although On Golden Pond debuted in movie theatres twenty-eight years ago, it still holds its own even in 2010. On Golden Pond was originally a 1979 screen play written by Ernest Thompson. The…
Macbeth movies are relatively few in number compared to film treatments of other plays by Shakespeare. Still, the best Macbeth movies are so good they could make you forget the curse that keeps superstitious actors from speaking the name of the Scottish play. These are 5 of the best Macbeth films including one that never…
According to the blurb on the box, director Susan Seidelman's 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan is about a simple, presumably comic case of mistaken identity. Rosanna Arquette's character Roberta, a New Jersey housewife, gets hit on the head, develops amnesia, and is mistaken for "free spirit" Susan, played by Madonna. What the blurb doesn't intimate,…
Ever since a few movie studios have made their homes in Atlanta, jobs as move extras, and other movie related jobs and businesses have begun to crop up. Considering our very poor economy, this is very encouraging. Hopefully some of the riches of the East Coast will transfer over to GA, hopefully without all of…
**1/2 out of **** Night Shyamalan is back, although maybe not in the form many had wished he would return. With The Happening, the Signs writer/producer/director gives a shot at a slightly different genre, that of the disaster movie. Blending horror, disaster, and family drama, The Happening is light-years beyond Shyamalan's painful Lady in the…
If you haven't gotten enough of Keifer Sutherland in '24', there are several movies you can watch with Kiefer Sutherland in them. Even though '24' will be ending May 24, 2010, this really isn't the end of the show. There is a feature film in the works where you will see Sutherland as Jack Bauer…
This is a short primer for bizarre kids movie known as Shorts. This movie will be in theaters on August 21st, 2009. The trailer for this film can be found at http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/shorts/ The Plot: Black Falls is your typical suburban neighborhood on the surface and the Thompson's appear to be your typical suburban family. That…
Down in the Valley is the kind of movie I'd like to like, but I don't. It seems like a good premise: we've got Edward Norton playing a character with a slightly skewed perspective on reality. That kind of mindset spawned Fight Club and American History X, arguably some of Norton's best work. It doesn't…
