Saturday, December 31, 2022

THE MUNSTERS (2022)

 


Written & Directed By: Rob Zombie Based On Characters Developed By: Norm Liebmann and Ed Haas From a format By: Al Burns & Chris Hayward  Cinematography: Zoraida Popovic Editor: Vanick Moradian 


Cast: Sherri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Daniel Roebuck, Richard Brake, Catherine Schell, Cassandra Petersen, Tomas Boykin, Jorge Garcia

Reboot of "The Munsters," which followed a family of monsters who moved from Transylvania to an American suburb.

Friday, December 30, 2022

HELLRAISER (2022)

 


Directed By: David Bruckner  Written By: Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski Story By: Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski and David S. Goyer  Based On The Book By: Clive Barker Cinematography: Eli Born  Editor: David Marks 


Cast: Odessa A’Zion, Jamie Clayton, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Goran Visnijc, Hiam Abbass 

A take on Clive Barker's 1987 horror classic where a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.

Thursday, December 29, 2022

THE A-TEAM (2010)

 


Directed By: Joe Carnahan Written By: Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom and Skip Woods Based On The Television Series Created By: Frank Lupo & Stephen J. Cannell Cinematography: Mauro Fiore Editor: Jim May & Roger Barton 


Cast: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Sharito Copley, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Gerald McRaney, Yul Vazquez, Brian Bloom, Henry Czerny, Terry Chan, Omari Hardwick 

A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

TANK GIRL (1995)

 


Directed By: Rachel Talalay

Written By: Tedi Sarafin

Based on a Comic-Strip By: Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin 

Cinematography: Gale Tattersall

Editor: James R. Symons 


Cast: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell, Don Harvey, Jeff Kober, Reg E. Cathey, Scott Coffey, Ann Cusack, Iggy Pop, Brian Wimmer, Billy L. Sullivan, James Hong, Doug Jones, Stacy Linn Ramsowar 


A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.


Saturday, December 24, 2022

DO REVENGE (2022)

 


Directed By: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson  Written By: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and Celeste Ballard  Cinematography: Brian Burgoyne Editor: Lori Bell and David S. Clark 


Cast: Camilla Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Alisha Boe, Talia Ryder, Rish Shah, Ava Capri, Paris Berelc, Sophie Turner, Sarah Michelle Gellar 

Drea and Eleanor agree to go after one another's bullies.

Friday, December 23, 2022

FUNNY PAGES (2022)

 


Written & Directed By: Owen Kline  Cinematography: Sean Price Williams and Hunter Zimny Editor: Owen Kline And Erin DeWitt 


Cast: Daniel Zolghadri, Matthew Maher, Josh Pais, Maria Dizzia, Miles Emanuel, Stephen Adly Gurgis, Marcus DeBonis, Michael Townsend Wright 

A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for his soul.

Thursday, December 22, 2022

MOONRISE KINGDOM (2012)

 


Directed By: Wes Anderson  Written By: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola  Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman Editor: Andrew Weisblum


Cast: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban, Lucas Hedges 

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down - which might not be such a bad thing.

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0070: BABY, IT’S YOU (1983)

 


Written & Directed By: John Sayles Based on a Story by: Amy Robinson  Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus  Editor: Sonya Polonsky 

Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Matthew Modine, Sam McMurray, Tracy Pollan, Frank Vincent, Robert Downey Jr., Caroline Aaron, Fisher Stevens, Joanna Merlin


In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way into a first love romance.  

Saturday, December 17, 2022

THE OUTFIT (2022)

 


Directed By: Graham Moore Written By: Graham Moore & Jonathan McClain Cinematography: Dick Pope Editor: William Goldenberg 


Cast: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Johnny Flynn, Simon Russell Beale, Alan Mehdizadeh, Nikki Amuka-Bird 

An expert cutter must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

Friday, December 16, 2022

THE INNKEEPERS (2011)

 


Written, Directed & Edited By: Ti West  Cinematography: Eliot Rockett


Cast: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, Brenda Cooney, Lena Dunham

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

Thursday, December 15, 2022

THE HOUSE OF YES (1997)

 



Written & Directed By: Mark Waters Based on The play By: Wendy Macleod Cinematography: Michael Spiller Editor: Pamela Martin 


Cast: Parker Posey, Tori Spelling, Josh Hamilton, Freddie Prinze Jr., Genevieve Bujold, Rachael Leigh Cook

A mentally unbalanced young woman - convinced she is Jackie Kennedy - flies into a murderous rage when her brother returns home to reveal he is engaged.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

VANYA ON 42ND STREET (1994)

 


Directed By: Louis Malle Screenplay By: Andre Gregory  Based On The Play “DYADYA  VANYA” By Anton Chekhov Play Adaptation By: David Mamet  Cinematography: Declan Quinn Editor: Nancy Baker 


Cast: Julianne Moore, Wallace Shawn, Lynn Cohen, Larry Pine, Brooke Smith, Jerry Mayer, Andre Gregory, George Gaynes, Phoebe Brand, Madhur Jeffrey 


An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props, and scenery is soon forgotten.

Saturday, December 10, 2022

BEING THE RICARDOS (2021)

 


Written & Directed By: Aaron Sorkin  Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth Editor: Alan Baumgarten


Cast: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jake Lacy, Linda Lavin, Ronny Cox, Clark Gregg, Nelson Franklin 

September 6, 1953. With Hollywood facing the ever-present threat of Joseph McCarthy's smear campaign, Lucille Ball, America's beloved redhead and star of the tremendously popular CBS sitcom I Love Lucy , finds herself confronted with the Red Scare hysteria. As the American columnist and radio personality Walter Winchell drops a bombshell at the end of his broadcast, Lucille and her Cuban-American actor husband Desi Arnaz must survive one long, overwhelmingly eventful week, as if navigating a rocky marriage wasn't enough. As a result, in the following seven distressful days, scandalous gossip and ongoing infidelity will put the couple's relationship to the test.

Friday, December 9, 2022

HURLY-BURLY (1998)

 


Directed By: Anthony Drazan Written By: David Rabe (Screenplay/play) Cinematography: Changwei Gu Editor: Dylan Tichenor 


Cast: Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Meg Ryan, Garry Shandling, Anna Paquin, Chazz Palminteri 

Hollywood movers and shakers dissect their own personal lives when everything seems to clash together.

Thursday, December 8, 2022

STATE AND MAIN (2000)

 


Written & Directed By: David Mamet Cinematography: Oliver Stapleton  Editor: Barbara Tulliver 


Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Clark Gregg, Julia Stiles, Patti LuPone, Charles Durning, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, David Paymer, Jonathan Katz, Matt Malloy, Laura Silverman 

Having left New Hampshire over excessive demands by the locals, the cast and crew of "The Old Mill" move their movie shoot to a small town in Vermont. However, they soon discover that The Old Mill burned down in 1960, the star can't keep his pants zipped, the starlet won't take her top off, and the locals aren't quite as easily conned as they appear.

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

HOLLYWOOD ENDING (2002)

 


Written & Directed By: Woody Allen  Cinematography: Wedigo Von Schultzendorff  Editor: Alisa Lepselter


Cast: Woody Allen, Tea Leoni, Treat Williams, George Hamilton, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell, Isaac Mizrahi, Erica Leerhsen, Aaron Stanford, Fred Melamed, Douglas McGrath, Lu Yu, Barney Chang, Marian Saldes, Tiffani Theissen, Greg Mottola, Mark Webber 


A director is forced to work with his ex-wife, who left him for the boss of the studio bankrolling his new film. But the night before the first day of shooting, he develops a case of psychosomatic blindness.

Saturday, December 3, 2022

EMA (2019)

 


Directed By: Pablo Larrain Written By: Pablo Larrain, Giillermo Calderon and Alejandro Moreno Cinematography: Sergio Armstrong  Editor: Sebastian Sepulveda


Cast: Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini, Cristian Suarez, Giannina Fruttero 

A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.

Friday, December 2, 2022

HOLLYWOOD STARGIRL (2022)

 


Directed By: Julia Hart Written By: Julia Hart & Jordan Horowitz  Based On Characters from the novel STAR GIRL By: Jerry Spinelli  Cinematography: Bryce Fortner  Editor: Shayer Bhansali & Tracey Wadmore-Smith 


Cast: Grace VanderWall, Elijah Richardson, Judy Greer, Uma Thurman, Judd Hirsch, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Chris Williams, Al Madrigal, Nija Okoro, Sarayu Blue 

Stargirl Caraway as she journeys out of Mica into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibility.

Thursday, December 1, 2022

LISZTOMANIA (1975)

 


Written & Directed By: Ken Russell Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky Editor: Stuart Baird 


Cast: Roger Daltrey, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr, Sara Kestelman, Rick Wakeman, Fiona Lewis, John Justin, Veronica Quilligan, Nell Campbell 


Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner.