Monthly Archives: October 2012
Rise Of The Guardians is an epic and magical adventure that tells the story of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost.s legendary characters with previously unknown extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces to protect the hopes,...
It was horrifying news to wake up this morning and find out that the great Harris Savides had died. Though he leaves behind quite a legacy, his best being his work on David Fincher’s Zodiac, but also The Game but also his work with Sofia Coppola. None of the obits, however, can lead with “Academy Award nominee” or “Oscar winner.” Why? Because...
He gave us the gliding and often dreamlike images of Zodiac, The Game, Milk, Elephant, Somewhere, Birth. The great Harris Savides has left us way too soon at the age of 55. A favorite collaborator of David Fincher, Noah Baumbach, Woody Allen and Sofia Coppola, Savides shot his last scenes for Coppola’s The Bling Ring, now in post-production. Take a ride on Savides’...
The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “The Education of Mohammad Hussein,” Loki Films “Inocente,” Shine Global, Inc. “Kings Point,” Kings Point Documentary, Inc. “Mondays at Racine,” Cynthia Wade Productions “Open Heart,” Urban Landscapes Inc. “ParaÍso,”...
EW’s Anthony Breznican gets to scoop the news that James Gandolfini will play Leon Panetta in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty: James Gandolfini will appear as one of the highest-ranking government figures featured in the film — Leon Panetta, the current Secretary of Defense, who was head of the CIA when bin Laden was found and killed. There’s a too-easy...
Wilshire and Washington points us to this great piece by Ken Burns, arguably one of the giants on PBS who makes, it should be said, non-partisan, much beloved documentaries like War, The Civil War, and the upcoming Dust Bowl. I don’t want to live in a country that doesn’t value such a thing. Leave it up to the private sector only and it morphs into Keeping...