Thursday, September 27, 2018

WHITE BOY RICK (2018)



Directed By: Yann Demange 
Written By: Andy Weiss, Noah Miller & Logan Miller 
Cinematography By: Tat Radcliffe 
Editor: Chris Wyatt 


Cast: Richie Merritt, Matthew McCognahey, Bel Powley, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rory Cochrane, Brian Tyree Henry, RJ Cyler, Eddie Marsan, Jonathan Majors, YG 

The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

DISTURBIA (2007)


Directed By: D.J. Caruso 
Written By: Christopher Landon & Carl Ellsworth 
Story By: Christopher Landon 
Cinematography By: Rogier Stoffers 
Editor: Jim Page 


Cast: Shai LeBouf, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Viola Davis, Matt Craven, Jose Pablo Cantillo 


After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Turner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom?

THE FAN (1996)



Directed By: Tony Scott 
Written By: Pheoff Sutton 
Based On The Book By: Peter Abrahms 
Cinematography By: Dariusz Wolski 
Editor: Claire Simpson & Christian Wagner 

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Benecio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin, Patti D’Arbanville-Quinn, Brandon Hammond, Chris Mulkey, Dan Butler, Kurt Fuller, Michael Jace, M.C. Gainey, Richard Riehle, John Carroll Lynch 

Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins the San Francisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.

HOMICIDE (1991)



Written & Directed By: David Mamet 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Barbara Tulliver 

Cast: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, J.J. Johnston, Rebecca Pidgeon, Vincent Gustaferro, Ron Butler, Erica Gimpel, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Katz, Ricky Jay 


Policeman Bob Gold has to capture a murderer that not even the FBI has been able to find. But before he can even start he is re-assigned to the murder of an old Jewish lady in a black area. The evidence points at a Jewish hate group and he discovers connections between them and his previous case.

Friday, September 21, 2018

PITCH PERFECT 3 (2017)



Directed By: Trish Sie 
Written By: Kay Cannon & Mike White 
Story By: Kay Cannon 
Based On The Book By: Mickey Rapkin 
Cinematography By: Matthew Clark 
Editor: Craig Alpert & Colin Patton 


Cast: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, John Lithgow, Matt Lanter, Guy Burnet, DJ Khaled, Moises Arias, Ruby Rose, Trinidad James, Alexis Knapp


After the highs of winning the World Championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music, and some questionable decisions, one last time.

LIKE FATHER (2018)



Written & Directed By: Lauren Logan Miller 
Story By: Lauren Logan Miller & Anders Bard 
Cinematography By: Seamus Tierney 
Editor: Mollie Goldstein 


Cast: Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Rogen, Kimiko Glenn, Jon Foster, Brett Gelman, Paul Downs 

A workaholic woman who is left at the altar takes her honeymoon trip anyway, joined by her overachieving father, who left her mother because he believed his family was holding back his career.

CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (2003)



Directed By: McG 
Written By: John August Cormac Wibberley &Marianne Wibberley 
Based On The TV-Series By: Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts 
Story By: John August 
Cinematography By: Russell Carpenter 
Editor: Wayne Wahrman 


Cast: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore, Shia LeBouf, Justin Theroux, Crispin Glover, Robert Patrick, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, John Cleese, Eric Bogosian, Andrew Wilson, Rodrigo Santoro, Robert Forester, Carrie Fisher, Chris Pontius, Big Boy, Anthony Griffith

The Angels--Natalie, Dylan, and Alex are back again but this time they're preparing for a strike without even warning as they go undercover to retrieve two missing silver bands. These are no ordinary rings. They contain valuable encrypted information that reveal the new identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program. When witnesses start turning up dead, only the Angels, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts can stop the perpetrator, a mysterious "fallen" Angel. Aided by their trusty colleague, Jimmy Bosley, the Angels' adventure begins at a remote Mongolian outpost and ends only after Dylan is forced to face a dark secret from her past--a secret that puts the lives of her two best friends in danger.

MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (2007)



Written & Directed By: Noah Baumbach 
Cinematography By: Harris Savides 
Editor: Carol Littleton 


Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jack Black, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Halley Feiffer, John Turturro, Cirian Hinds, Zane Pais, Seth Barrish, Flora Closs, Michael Cullen 

 A slice of family life: sisters, husbands, children, history, secrets, jealousies. Margot and her teen son, Claude, travel from Manhattan to her family's Long Island home, occupied by sister Pauline, Pauline's daughter, and Malcolm, the slacker Pauline will marry outdoors that week under a tree neighbors want removed. Backbiting marks family discussion, particularly between the sisters and in Margot's cutting remarks to Claude. Pauline tells Margot a secret that Margot promptly tells Claude. Margot dislikes Malcolm and undermines him. She also has marital problems and a lover nearby. People are cruel, inside and outside their families. Is there a refuge for Margot or for Pauline?

Friday, September 14, 2018

LIFE OF THE PARTY (2018)



Directed By: Ben Falcone 
Written By: Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone 
Cinematography By: Julio Macat 
Editor: Brian Scott Olds 

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Matt Walsh, Julie Bowen, Molly Gordon, Gillian Jacobs, Debby Ryan, Jacki Weaver, Stephen Root, Chris Parnell, Jimmy O. Yang, Nat Faxon, Adria Arjona, Luke Benward, Jessie Ennis 

When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college - landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who's not entirely sold on the idea. Plunging headlong into the campus experience, the increasingly outspoken Deanna -- now Dee Rock -- embraces freedom, fun, and frat boys on her own terms, finding her true self in a senior year no one ever expected.

EUROTRIP (2004)



Written & Directed By: Jeff Schaffer, Alec Berg & David Mandel 
Cinematography By: David Eggby 
Editor: Roger Bondelli 

Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester, Fred Armisen, Kristen Kruek, Lucy Lawless, Joanna Lumley, Vinnie Jones, Diedrich Bader, Matt Damon, Jessica Boehrs, Rade Serbedzija, Steve Hytner, Pat Kilbane, Jana Pallaske 

When Scotty's German online pen pal suggests they meet, he initially freaks out. But then he discovers that she's gorgeous, and heads out with three friends after graduation to meet her. As they travel across Europe, the four friends have comical misadventures.

STEP-UP 2: THE STREETS (2008)


Directed By: John M. Chu 
Written By: Toni Ann Johnson & Karen Barna 
Based On Characters Created By: Duane Adler 
Cinematography By: Max Malkin 
Editor: Nicholas Erasmus & Andrew Marcus 


Cast: Briana Evigan, Cassie Ventura, Robert Hoffman, Adam G. Sevani, Danielle Polanco, Harry Shum Jr., Christopher Scott, Will Kemp, Channing Tatum, Sonja Sohn 


When her guardian threatens to send her to live in Texas, dancer Andie enrolls in the Maryland School of the Arts. There she attempts to learn the traditional technique of dance while encouraging the school misfits to embrace their own unusual dance skills and styles. This film makes sense only in it's own world. Where the dangerous gang is more a group of dancers who follow no rules. Rather than doing any actual serious crimes.

CRY UNCLE (1971)



Directed, Cinematography & Edited By: John G. Avildsen 
Written By: David Odell 
Based On The Novel By: Michael Brett 


Cast: Allen Garfield, Paul Sorovino, Debbi Morgan, Madeline Le Roux, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Lloyd Kaufman, Frank Vitale, Melvin Stuart 

 A Private detective takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

Friday, September 7, 2018

THE LAST MOVIE STAR (2018)



Written & Directed By: Adam Rifkin 
Cinematography By: Scott Winig 
Editor: Daniel Flesher 

Cast: Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Clark Duke, Ellar Coltrane, Chevy Chase, Nikki Blonsky, Cylk Cozart 

An aging former movie star is forced to face the reality that his glory days are behind him. On its surface, the film is a tale about faded fame. At its core, it's a universal story about growing old.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

BULLY (2001)



Directed By: Larry Clark 
Written By: Zachary Long & Roger Pullis 
Based on the book By: Jim Schutze 
Cinematography By: Steve Gainer 
Editor: Andrew Hafitz 


Cast: Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Daniel Franzese, Kelli Garner, Michael Pitt, Leo Fitzpatrick 


After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen.

GEMINI (2018)



Written, Edited & Directed By: Aaron Katz 
Cinematography By: Andrew Reed 


Cast: Lola Kirke, Zoe Kravitz, John Cho, Greta Lee, Ricki Lake, Michelle Forbes, Reeve Carney, Jessica Parker Kennedy, James Ransone, Todd Louiso, Nelson Franklin 


A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead of a determined policeman and confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.

TRIPLE 9 (2017)



Directed By: John Hillcoat 
Written By: Matt Cook 
Cinematography By: Nicolas Karakatsanis 
Editor: Dylan Tichenor 


Cast: Chiwetel Ejofer, Casey Affleck, Norman Reedus, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Woody Harrelson, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot, Teresa Palmer, Michael K. Williams, Michelle Ang, E. Roger Mitchell 


A crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge.

MOVIES & TELEVISION WATCHED IN AUGUST (2018)