You know you're watching a film noir when the main character is presented with two choices and never picks the right one. Of course, if people in movies did the right thing, made the correct, morally responsible decisions and acted like good, upstanding citizens, we wouldn't have a movie. In Ridley Scott's The Counselor, Michael Fassbender stars in the title role of a … [Read more...] about THE COUNSELOR New Movie Review
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YOURE NEXT New Movie Review
It happens at least once a year. A horror film premieres at a film festival and emerges surrounded by such buzz that it becomes a gotta-see-it phenomenon. The problem is you can’t always trust the word of mouth from an audience. I once suffered through a horror fest screening of Chillerama, a movie even the most forgiving horror fans have noted to be a new low for the genre. … [Read more...] about YOURE NEXT New Movie Review
Your Guide To The Maui Film Festival Galas And Parties
This year the Maui Film Festival celebrates 14 years of joining the film industry with our island culture. And Hawaii will be at the forefront, with the festival starting with the debut screening of Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau by Sam George at the Celestial Cinema, as well as a Visionary Award presentation for Aikau (represented by his family) and Nainoa Thompson of the … [Read more...] about Your Guide To The Maui Film Festival Galas And Parties
Third Annual Lanai Film Festival
The theater in Lanai City has stood empty and unused for years, but that won’t stop visitors and residents from gathering around premier feature films this weekend at the free Lanai Film Festival, hosted at the Lodge at Koele. Filmmaker and event producer Ken Martinez Burgmaier will bring the independently produced festival back for its third year. Highlights include the … [Read more...] about Third Annual Lanai Film Festival
This Is 40 New Movie Review
Judd Apatow continues to expand on his brand of comedy, giving us films that are deeper, more risk taking and edgy in their humor than The 40-Year Old Virgin. I’m a big fan of his dark, not easy to like but truly hilarious Funny People and felt The Five Year Engagement, which he produced and was released this year, was underrated. His most famous film as a director is … [Read more...] about This Is 40 New Movie Review