Tag: Ansel Elgort

West Side Story [Video Review]

Definitely not a copy and paste job but there is indeed an air of familiarity that moves beyond the creative casting of actress Rita...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Bill Oliver’s Jonathan

A film graduate (M.F.A. in Directing from the American Film Institute) who to this point, has had more experience working as a playwright, Bill Oliver...

The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1| Review

Once More With(out) Feeling: Schwentke Barrels Along with Malingering Franchise If we’ve reached uncomfortable saturation levels with super hero tent poles, the same conversations should...

Insurgent | Review

Rebel Heart: Schwentke Usurps Plebeian YA Franchise In many ways, Insurgent is an easier film to watch than its 2014 predecessor, Divergent, in which we...

Men, Women & Children | Review

I Tumblr For You; The Kids Aren't Alright in Reitman's Latest Parents and their burgeoning teenagers battle their insecurities and repressed sexuality amidst ever present technology...

The Fault in Our Stars | Review

Never Having to Say You’re Sorry: Boone’s Adaptation Jerks Your Tears Director Josh Boone adapts John Green’s popular 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars...

Divergent | Review

Dissatisfaction: Burger Launches the Next YA Dystopia to Unwieldy Lengths Director Neil Burger joins genre courting/sci-fi alum Andrew Niccol’s dip into the abscessed pool of...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #159. Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children

Men, Women & Children Director: Jason Reitman Writer(s): Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson Producers: Right of Way Films' Helen Estabrook & Reitman U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures Cast: Adam Sandler,...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.