Tag: johnhawkes
Now on VOD: Logan Lerman, John Hawkes in END OF SENTENCE
Logan Lerman, who recently displayed a wide range of anger in the Amazon Prime series Hunters, and John Hawkes, who began his career in the 1980s and has distinguished himself in a host of films and TV shows from Hollywood...
Blu-ray Review: Criterion Welcomes ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
As everything is going wonky in the world, it’s only fitting that July is early this year. Even more fitting that it’s not the month, but the filmmaking lady, Miranda July. It bears celebrating that quite recently this past spring,...
Review: THE DRIFTLESS AREA, A Metaphysical Marvel
We humans often like to think of ourselves as creatures of habit. It helps to compartmentalize our world, making order out of chaos. As someone who operates quite often from his head, habits are important. Writing movie reviews, attempting to...
Review: TOO LATE, A Los Angeles Private Eye Tale In 35MM
There is a classic Hollywood feel that prevails throughout Dennis Hauck's debut feature Too Late. Namely this is due to the fact that it's shot on good old 35MM film -- a feat almost never attempted in today's world of...
Review: EVEREST Tackles Disaster With Diplomacy At The Top Of The World
Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur tackles his largest Hollywood project to-date, with this epically staged account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers perished on the Himalayan peak in a single day. Featuring a robust ensemble cast and...
LA Film Fest 2015 Review: TOO LATE A Confident, Stylish Debut
There is a classic Hollywood feel that prevails throughout Dennis Hauck's debut feature Too Late. Namely this is due to the fact that it's shot on good old 35MM film -- a feat almost never attempted in today's world of...
Gyllenhaal, Brolin, Clarke And Hawkes Head Up The Hill And Down Again In First EVEREST Trailer
Iceland's Baltasar Kormakur takes an all star cast (Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson) up the world's tallest peak in upcoming survival thriller Everest. With a title like that the...
HOW & WHY, Charlie Kaufman TV Show, Does Not Pass Go At FX
It sounded like a triumphant return to television for Charlie Kaufman, the Academy Award-winning writer of Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, but 'twas not to be, at least at one U.S. cable broadcaster. How & Why, a comedy pilot created...
Cera And Hawkes Lead Cast Of Charlie Kaufman's HOW & WHY
Charlie Kaufman's very particular brand of oddity is headed to the small screen, the Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Adaptation writer set to write and direct the pilot episode of his new half hour comedy How & Why...
Review: ARCADIA Brings Freshness To The Coming-Of-Age Tale And The Road Movie
The coming-of-age story is a well-worn, indeed over-familiar mode of narrative, especially in films, but director Olivia Silver's feature debut Arcadia overcomes this pitfall by bringing great sensitivity and a nicely-honed sense of poignancy, as well as some fine performances...
The Stack: February Episode Two Includes THE MASTER, SKYFALL, New Shout Factory and More
Welcome back to The Stack! This installment showcases Oscar winners and losers Skyfall, The Master, Argo, and The Sessions, as well as new vintage SE's from Shout Factory, including Terror Vision, The Video Dead, The Joshua Tree and Prison. The truly...
Win THE SESSIONS On Blu-ray!
John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, and William H. Macy star in the sensitive, wry, and romantic drama The Sessions, which hits DVD and Blu-ray next Tuesday, February 12. And you might be able to enjoy the film in the high definition...
Review: THE SESSIONS Helps Everybody Get Their Jollies
The Sessions tells a true story about a physically disabled man who enlists a professional sex surrogate to help him through the difficulties, both emotional and logistical, of losing his virginity. That may sound like shameless Oscar-bait -- a perception...
Fantasia 2010: Eve's Necklace
Things are going well for Eva and William. They're happy and in love with each other. Eva is expecting their first child and they are preparing for the arrival when Ramon unexpectedly shows up at the door. Ramon knew Eva before...
Wooden Acting? Plastic Stars? Hell no! Well, er, actually yes.
[Insert Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz joke here] Actually, there are probably a lot of fans of the strange Japanese satire, The Fuccon's around these parts, so having actual Mannequins do the visual portion of the acting is not a new...
