Saturday, February 28, 2015

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (2012)



Written & Directed By: Ava DuVernay 
Cinematography By: Bradford Young 
Editor: Spencer Averick 

Cast: Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Omari Hardwick, Sharon Lawrence, Edwina Findley, Maya Gilbert, Dondre Whitfiled

2 DAYS IN NEW YORK (2012)



Music & Directed By: Julie Delpy 
Written By: Julie Delpy & Alexia Landeau 
Cinematography By: Lubomir Bakchev 
Editor: Julie Brenta & Isabelle Devinck 


Cast: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Dylan Baker, Malinda Williams, Daniel Bruhl, Alex Nahon, Kate Burton, Darlene Violette

Friday, February 27, 2015

NEVER DIE ALONE (2004)



Directed By: Ernest R. Dickerson 
Written By: James Gibson 
Based On The Novel By Donald Goines 
Cinematography By: Matthew Labitque 
Editor: Stephen Lovejoy 


Cast: DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Drew Sidora, Antwon Tanner, Luenell, Clifton Powell, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Jennifer Sky, Aisha Tyler

BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES (2004)



Written & Directed By: Daniel Taplitz 
Cinematography By: David Hennings 
Editor: Robert Frazen 


Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gabrielle Union, Morris Chesnut, Peter MacNicol, Jennifer Esposito, Bianca Lawson, Jill Ritchie, Danny Comden, Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (2015)



Directed By: Matthew Vaughn 
Written By: Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn 
Based On The Graphic Novel “The Secret Service” By: Mark Millar & Dave Gibbons Cinematography By: George Richmond 
Editor: Eddie Hamilton & Jon Harris 
Music By: Henry Jackman & Matthew Margeson 

Cast: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Michael Caine, Sophia Boutella, Jack Davenport, Mark Hammil, Fiona Hampton, Anna Halstrom

Friday, February 20, 2015

SCARY MOVIE 2 (2001)



Directed By: Keenan Ivory Wayans 
Written By: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans & Craig Wayans, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabinski, Dave Folsky, Michael Anthony Snowden 
Based on Characters Created By: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beaumn, Aaron Seltzer & Jason Friedberg 
Cinematography By: Steven Bernstein Editor: Tom Nordberg, Richard Pearson & Peter Teschner 

Cast: Anna Faris, Christopher Masterson, Chris Elliott, Regina Hall, David Cross, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Tori Spelling, Kathleen Robertson, James Woods, Natasha Lyonne, Richard Moll, James DeBello, Andy Richter, Veronica Cartwright, Robert Schimmel, Tim Curry

THE EXPRESS (2008)



Directed By: Gary Fleder 
Written By: Charles Leavitt 
Based on the book "Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express" By: Robert Gallagher 
Cinematography By: Kramer Morgenthau 
Editor: Padraic McKinley & William Steinkamp 

Cast: Rob Thomas, Dennis Quaid, Aujanue Ellis, Clancy Brown, Omar Benson Miller, Charles S. Dutton, Nelson Ellis, Nicole Beharie, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Saul Rubinek, Chadwick Boseman

THE LONGSHOTS (2008)



Directed By: Fred Durst 
Written By: Nick Santora 
Cinematography By: Conrad W. Hall 
Editor: Jeffrey Wolf 

Cast: Ice Cube, KeKe Palmer, Dash Mihok, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Matt Craven, Glenn Plummer, Garrett Morris, Earthquake, Caleb Landry Jones, Vincent LaResca

THE SAMARITAN (2012)



Directed By: David Weaver 
Written By: David Weaver & Elan Mastai 
Cinematography By: Francois Dagenais 
Editor: Geoff Ashenhurst 


Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Ruth Negga, Gil Bellows, Luke Kirby, Tom Wilkinson, Deborah Kara Unger

Saturday, February 14, 2015

THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE (2013)



Directed By: George Tillman Jr. 
Written By: Michael Starrbury 
Cinematography By: Reed Morano 
Editor: Jamie Kirkpatrick 

Cast: Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Anthony Mackie, Jeffrey Wright, Julito McCullum

BE COOL (2005)



Directed By: F. Gary Grey 
Written By: Peter Steinfeld 
Based on the novel by: Elmore Leonard 
Cinematography By: Jeffrey L. Kimball 
Editor: Sheldon Kahn 


Cast: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Harvey Kietel, Christina Milian, Kimberly J. Brown, James Woods, Cedric The Entertainer, Andre Benjamin, Vince Vaughn, Steven Tyler, Danny DeVito, Robert Pastorelli, Dwayne Johnson, Arielle Kebbel, Scott Adsit, Gregory Alan Williams, Paul Adelstein, Debi Mazar

MISS DIAL (2013)



Written & Directed By: David H. Steinberg 
Cinematography By: Benjamin Kantor 
Editor: Nathaniel Atcheson 

Cast: Robinne Lee, Sam Jaeger, Jon Huertas, Sara Rue, Amanda Crew, Beth Grant, Gabrielle Union, Dule Hill, Samm Levine, Hill Harper, Molly Hagan

THE LIST (2007)



Directed By: Brandon Sonnier 
Written By: Marcus Folmar 
Cinematography By: Graham Futerfas 
Editor: Tracy Wadmore-Smith 

Cast: Wayne Brady, Sydney Tamila Poitier, Illeana Douglas, Tatayana Ali, Brad Dourif, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Flex Alexander, Jane Lynch

Friday, February 13, 2015

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0037: TWO LOVERS (2008)


Directed By: James Gray 
Written By: James Gray & Ric Minello 
Cinematography: Joaquin Baca-Asay 
Editor: John Axelrad 


Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Patrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rosselini, Elias Koates

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

FOXCATCHER (2014)



Directed By: Bennett Miller 
Written By: E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman 
 Cinematography By: Greg Fraser 
Editor: Jay Cassidy, Stuart Levy and Conor O’Neill 

Cast: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Michael Hall, Guy Boyd, Brett Rice

Saturday, February 7, 2015

TORQUE (2004)



Directed By: Joseph Kahn 
Written By: Matt Johnson 
Cinematography By: Peter Levy 
Editor: David Blackburn & Howard E. Smith 


Cast: Martin Henderson, Monet Mazur, Dane Cook, Ice Cube, Max Beesley, Adam Scott, John Doe, Jay Hernandez, Christina Milian, Jaime Pressley, Fredro Starr, Eddie Steeples, Will Yun Lee, Faizon Love, Justina Machado

EDDIE (1996)


Directed By: Steve Rash
Written By: Jon Connolly, David Loucka, Keith Mitchell, Jeff Buhai, Steve Zacharias & Eric Champnella
Story By: Steve Zacharias, David Loucka, Jeff Buhai and Jon Connolly
Cinematography By: Victor J. Kemper
Editor: Richard Halsey

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, John Salley, Rick Fox, Dennis Farina, Troy Beyer, Lisa Ann Walter,John Benjamin Hickey, Malik Sealey, Mark Jackson

WHO'S THE MAN? (1993)



Directed By: Ted Demme 
Written By: Seth Greenland 
Story By: Doctor Dre, Ed Lover & Seth Greenland 
Cinematography By: Adam Kimmel 
Editor: John Gilroy & Jeffrey Wolf 

Cast: Ed Lover, Doctor Dre, Nick Moody, Ice-T, Badja Djola, Denis Leary, Bill Bellamy, Colin Quinn, Bernie Mac, Kurt Loder, Vincent Pastore, Fab 5 Freddy, Richard Bright, Krs-One, Karen Duffy, Terrence Howard

WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (1995)



Written & Directed By: Desmond Nakano 
Cinematography By: Willy Kurant 
Editor: Nancy Richardson 

Cast: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Andrew Lawrence, Bumper Robinson, Tom Wright, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Michael Beach, Seth Green, Carrie Snodgrass, Alexis Arquette, Ingrid Rogers

Friday, February 6, 2015

THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (REMAKE) (2014)



Directed By: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon 
Written By: Roberto Agguire-Sacasa 
Based On the Screenplay of the 1976 film Written By: Earl E. Smith 
Cinematography By: Michael Goi 
Editor: Joe Leonard 

Cast: Anthony Anderson, Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Travis Tope, Ed Lauter, Gary Cole, Joshua Leonard, Edward Herrman, Arabella Field, Spencer Treat Clark, Denis O’Hare

Sunday, February 1, 2015

KILLER JOE (2011)


Poster Art By: Neil Cook


Directed By: William Friedkin 
Written By: Tracy Letts (Based On His Play) 
Cinematography By: Caleb Deschanel 
Editor: Darrin Navarro 

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple, Marc Macauley

MOVIES WATCHED IN JANUARY (2015)