THE INDUSTRY OF REMAKES (RANT)

A RANT

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0029: LILA SAYS (2004)

Directed By: Ziad Doueiri 
Written By: Ziad Doueiri, Mark Lawrence & Joelle Touma 
Based On The Book by: Chimo 
Cinematography By: John Daly 
Editor: Tina Baz 

 Cast: Vahina Giocante, Moa Khoaus, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri

IN THE HOUSE (2012)

Written & Directed By: Francois Ozon 
Based on the play "El chico de la última fila" By: Juan Mayorga 
Cinematography By: Jerome Almeras 
Editor: Laure Gardette 

 Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Menochet

A TEACHER (2013)

Written & Directed By: Hannah Fidell 
Cinematography By: Andrew Droz Palermo 
Editor: Sofi Marshall 

 Cast: Lindsay Burge, Will Brittain, Jennifer Prediger, Julie Dell Phillips, Jonny Mars

ANTICHRIST (2009)

Written & Directed By: Lars Von Trier 
Cinematography By: Anthony Dod Mantle 
Editor: Asa Mosberg & Anders Refn 

 Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg

MUST SEE/WANT TO SEE LIST 2014

LONE SURVIVOR (2013)

Written & Directed By: Peter Berg 
Based On The Novel By: Marcus Lutrrell & Patrick Robinson 
Cinematography By: Tobias A. Schliessler 
Editor: Colby Parker Jr. 

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana, Yousef Azami, Alexander Ludwig, Jerry Ferrara, Peter Berg

KISS OF THE DAMNED (2013)

Written & Directed By: Xan Cassavettes 
Cinematography By: Tobias Datum 
Editor: Taylor Gianotas & John F. Lyons 

Cast: Josephine De La Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida, Michael Rappaport, Anna Mouglalis, Riley Keough, Jonathan Caouette

9 SONGS (2004) (ONE MORE CHANCE)

Written & Directed By: Michael Winterbotom 
Cinematography By: Marcel Zyskind 
Editor: Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross 

Cast: Kieran O’Brien, Margo Stilley

 ONE MORE CHANCE - is a film that has great premise or great ideas and coulD have been great or a classic bit somehow ruined it's promise and just went down a bad road.

FINGERS (1978)

Written & Directed By: James Toback 
Cinematography By: Michael Chapman 
Editor: Robert Lawrence 

 Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Michael V. Gazzo, Jim Brown, Mirian Seldes, Danny Aiello, Ed Marinaro, Tanya Roberts, Tony Sirico, Dominic Chainese

JEFF'S TOP MOVIES OF THE YEAR FOR 2013

Well it is finally that time to premiere my list. Though to keep the suspense going i have a few lists until you get to the good stuff

ODDS & ENDS: 2013 MOVIE LIST

Not my top Movies of the year that is coming but a lead up of some movie lists and awards.

DICK TRACY (1990)

Directed By: Warren Beatty 
Written By: Jack Epps Jr. & Jim Cash 
Based on Characters created by: Chester Gould 
Cinematography By: Vittorio Storaro 
Editor: Richard Marks 
Music By: Danny Elfman 
Production Design: Richard Sylbert 


 Cast: Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Madonna, Gleanne Headly, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, William Forsythe, Dick Van Dyke, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Estelle Parsons, Michael J. Pollard, Seymour Cassel, James Keane, Charles Durning, Allen Garfield, Charles Fleischer, Mandy Patinkin, Paul Sorovino, Catherine O’Hara, Colm Meaney, Henry Silva, Mary Wornov

DRILLBIT TAYLOR (2008)

Directed By: Steven Brill 
Written By: Kristofor Brown & Seth Rogen 
 Story By: John Hughes, Kristofer Brown & Seth Rogen 
Cinematography By: Fred Murphy 
Editor: Brady Heck & Thomas J. Nordberg 

Cast: Owen Wilson, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, Ian Roberts, Lisa Ann Walter, Beth Littleford, Lisa Lampanelli, David Koechner, Matt Walsh, David Dorfman, Shaun Weiss, Alex Frost, Josh Peck, Leslie Mann, Stephen Root, Danny McBride, Tichina Arnold, Cedric Yarbrough, Robert Musgrave, Rance Howard, Steve Bannos, Adam Baldwin, Frank Whaley, Chuck Liddell, Matt Besser, Kevin Hart, Jerry Minor

THE NANNY DIARIES (2007)

Written & Directed By: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini 
Based On The Novel By: Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus 
Cinematography By: Terry Stacey 
Editor: Robert Pulcini 

 Cast: Scarlett Johannson, Laura Linney, Chris Evans, Alicia Keys, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy, Cady Huffman, Nate Coddry, Julie White, James Urbaniak

THE ROOMMATE (2011)

Directed By: Christian E. Christiansen 
Written By: Sonny Malhi, Nick Bylsma, Chris Bylsma & Richard Robertson 
Cinematography By: Phil Parmet 
Editor: Randy Bricker 

 Cast: Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, Aly Michalka , Cam Gigandet, Daneel Ackles, Frances Fisher, Billy Zane, Nina Dobrev, Kat Graham, Matt Lanter

THE TO DO LIST (2013)

Written & Directed By: Maggie Carey 
Cinematography By: Doug Emmett 
Editor: Paul Frank 

 Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Connie Britton, Rachel Bilson, Donald Glover, Christophe Mintz-Plasse, Scott Porter, Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele, Clark Gregg, Andy Samberg, Adam Pally, D.C.Pierson, Dominic Dierkes

COLOMBIANA (2011)

Directed By: Olivier Megaton 
Written By: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen 
 Cinematography By: Romain Lacourbas 
Editor: Camille Delamarre 

 Cast: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Cliff Curtis, Jesse Borrego, Max Martini

GINGER & ROSA (2012)

Written & Directed By: Sally Potter 
Cinematography By: Robbie Ryan 
Editor: Anders Refn 

 Cast: Elle Fanning, Alessandro Nivola, Annette Bening, Jodhi May, Alice Englert, Oliver Platt, Timothy Spall, Christina Hendricks,

SUCKER PUNCH (2011)

Story & Directed By: Zach Snyder 
Written By: Zach Snyder & Steve Shibuya 
Cinematography By: Larry Fong 
Editor: William Hoy 

 Cast: Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish, Carla Gugino, Oscar Issac, Scott Glenn, Jon Hamm

MOVIES WATCHED IN DECEMBER 2013

JEFF'S WORST MOVIES OF 2013