Thursday, December 31, 2015

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)



Directed By: J.J. Abrams 
Written By: J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan & Michael Arndt 
Cinematography By: Daniel Mindel 
Editor: Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey 
Based On Characters Created By: George Lucas 


Cast: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver, Oscar Issac, Carrie Fisher, Domnhall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Lupit Nyong’o, Max Von Sydow, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels

Sunday, December 27, 2015

SISTERS (2015)


Directed By: Jason Moore 
Written By: Paula Pell 
Cinematography By: Barry Peterson 
Editor: Lee Haxall 


Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Samantha Bee, John Leguizamo, Bobby Moynihan, James Brolin, Diane Wiest, Greta Lee, Heather Matarazzo, Kate McKinnon, Jon Glaser, Chris Parnell, Paula Pell, Dan Byrd, John Lutz, Brian D'arcy James

Saturday, December 26, 2015

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (2012)



Directed By: Derek Cianfrance 
Written By: Derek Cianfrance , Ben Coccio & Darius Marder 
Story By: Derek Cianfrance & Ben Coccio 
Cinematography By: Sean Bobbitt 
Editor: Jim Helton & Ron Patane 
Music By: Mike Patton 

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Harris Yulin, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Dale DeHaan, Emory Cohen, Bruce Greenwood, Robert Clohessy, Gabe Fazio

THE HIDDEN FACE (La cara Oculta) (2011)



Directed By: Andi Biaz 
Written By: Andi Biaz & Hatem Khraiche 
Story By: Hetem Khariche & Arturo Infante 
Cinematography By: Josep M. Civit 
Editor: Robert Otero 

Cast: Quim Gutierrez, Martina Garcia, Maria Soledad Rodriguez, Jose Luis Garcia, Marcela mar, Clara Lago

KINGDOM COME (2011)



Edited, Written & Directed By: Paiman Kalayeh & John Lyons Murphy 
Cinematography By: Patrick Kelly, Jeff Maksym, Steven Parker, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin &  Adrian Selkowitx 


Featuring: Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Leigh Cook, Daniel Gilles, Robert Townsend, Marc Forseter, Illeana Douglas, Selma Blair, Edward Burns, Bruce Campbell, Lizzy Caplan, Seymour Cassel, Don Cheadle, Tom DiCillo, Alan Cummings, Keith Gordon, Seth Green, John Hawkes, thomas Jane, Nicole Holfcener, Eddie Jemison, Harry Lennix, Breckin Meyer, Kathy Najimy, Ron Perlman, Tim Roth, Kevin Smith, Boaz Yakin, Morgan Spurlock

Thursday, December 24, 2015

PAPER TOWNS (2015)



Directed By: Jake Schreier 
Written By: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber 
Based on the Book by: John Green 
Cinematography By: David Lanzenberg 
Editor: Jacob Craycroft & Jennifer Lame 


Cast: Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith, Halston Sage, Jaz Sinclair, Cara Buono

Saturday, December 19, 2015

AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN (1997)



Directed By: Arthur Hiller (As Alan Smithee) 
Written By: Joe Esztherhas 
Cinematography By: Reynaldo Villalobos 
Editor: L. James Langlois 


Cast: Eric Idle, Ryan O’Neal, Richard Jeni, Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Chan, Chuck D, Coolio, Sandra Bernhard, Harvey Weinstein, Leslie Stefanson, MC Lyte, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Piddock, Suli McCullough, Naomi Campbell, Robert Evans, Robert Shapiro, Shane Black, Billy Bob Thornton, Dominick Dunne, Joe Eszterhas, Larry King, Peter Bart

STATE & MAIN (2000)



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


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

ROAD HARD (2015)



Written & Directed By: Adam Carolla & Kevin Hench 
Cinematography By: Marten Tedin 
Editor: Ryan Brown 


Cast: Adam Carolla, David Alan Grier, Diane Farr, Illeana Douglas, Jay Mohr, Philip Rosenthal, David Koechner, Larry Miller, Jim O’Heir, Cynthy Wu, Dana Gould, Sam McMurray, Alison Rosen, Steve Hofsetter, Jimmy Pardo, Howie Mandel

SNOW ANGELS (2007)



Directed By: David Gordon Green
Written By: David Gordon Green; 

Based On The Novel By: Stewart O’Nan
Cinematography By: Tim Orr

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Thirlby, Amy Sedaris, Tom Noonan, Nicky Katt, Griffen Dunne


Wednesday, December 16, 2015

THE OVERNIGHT (2015)



Written & Directed By: Patrick Brice 
Cinematography By: John Guleserian 
Editor: Christopher Donlon 


Cast: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Judith Godreche, Jason Schwartzman

Saturday, December 12, 2015

CRIME + PUNISHMENT IN SUBURBIA (2000)



Directed By: Rob Schmidt 
Written By: Larry Gross 
Cinematography By: Bobby Bukowski 
Editor: Gabriel Wyre 


Cast: Monica Keena, Vincent Kartheiser, James DeBello, Ellen Barkin, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Ironside, Conchata Ferrell, Nicki Aycox, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Somerville, Marshall R. Teague 


EROS (2004)


Directed By: Kar Wai Wong (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Michelangelo Antonioni (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 

Written By: Kar Wai Wong (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Michelangelo Antonioni & Tonino Guerra (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 
THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS Based on the book By: Michelangelo Antonioni 

Cinematography By: Christopher Doyle (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh * As Peter Andrews (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Marco Pontecarvo (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 

Editor: William Chang (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh * Mary Ann Bernard (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Claudio Di Mauro (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 


Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Alan Arkin, Gong Li, Ele Keats, Chen Chang, Regina Nemni, Luisa Raneri

NAOMI & ELY'S NO KISS LIST (2015)



Directed By:Kristin Hanggi 
Written By: Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer 
Based On The Novel By: Rachel Cohn & David Leviathan 
Cinematography By: Anka Malatynska 
Editor: Michelle Harrison 



Cast: Victoria Justice, Monique Coleman, Pierson Fode, Matthew Daddario, Maddie Corman

FLIRTING (1991)



Directed & Written By: John Duigan 
Cinematography By: Geoff Burton 
Editor: Liz Mullinar

Cast: Noah Taylor, Nicole Kidman, Thandie Newton, Naomi Watts, Kym Wilson 


Monday, December 7, 2015

THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT (2015)



Edited & Directed By: Kyle Patrick Alvarez 
Written By: Tim Talbott 
Cinematography By: Jas Shelton 


Cast: Billy Crudup, Nelsan Ellis, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano, Ki Hong Lee, Nicholas Braun, Matt Bennett, Tye Sheridan, Thomas Mann, Logan Miller, Olivia Thrilby, Kier Gilchrist, Moises Arias, Gaius Charles, Johnny Simmons, Jack Kilmer

Saturday, December 5, 2015

THE BOYS IN THE BAND (1970)


Directed By: William Friedkin
Written By: Matt Crowley
Cinematography By: Arthur J. Ornitz
Production Designer: John Robert Lloyd
Set Decoration: Phillip Smith
Costume Design By: W. Robert La Vine
Editor: Gerald B. Greenberg &  Carl Lerner

Cast: Cliff Gorman, Kenneth Nelson, Peter White, Rueben Greene, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice, Robert La Tourneaux, Laurence Luckinbill,


THE BASKETBALL DIARIES (1995)




Directed By: Scott Kalvert
Written By: Bryan Goluboff; 
 Based on The Book By: Jim Carroll
Cinematography By: David Phillips
Editor: Dana Congdon

Cast: Leonardo Dicaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Patrick McGaw, James Madio, Josh Mostel, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco, Juliette Lewis, Michael Rappaport, Ernie Hudson, Brittany Daniel, Cynthia Daniel, Toby Huss, Jim Carroll, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore

HOW TO ROB A BANK (2007)


Written & Directed By: Andrew Jenkins
Director Of Photography: Joe Meade
Editors: Dennis M. Hill & M. Scott Smith

Cast: Nick Stahl, Erika Christensen, Gavin Rossdale, Terry Crews, Leo Fitzpatrick, David Carradine

DONKEY PUNCH (2008)

Director: Oliver Blackburn 
Written By: Oliver Blackburn & David Bloom 
Cinematography By: Nanu Segal 
Editor: Kate Evans 


Cast: Sian Breckin,Nichola Burley, Tom Burke, Jamie Winstone, Julian Morris

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

HITMAN: AGENT 47 (2015)



Directed By: Aleksander Bach 
Written By:Skip Woods & Michael Finch 
Story By: Skip Woods 
Cinematography By: Ottar Guonason 
Editor: Nicolas De Toth 

Cast: Rupert Friend, Cirian Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Jurgen Prochnow, Angelababy

Saturday, November 28, 2015

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0043: METROPOLITAN (1990)



Written & Directed By: Whit Stillman 
Cinematography By: John Thomas 
Editor: Chris Tellefsen 


Cast: Chris Eigman, Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Tyalor Nichols, Isabel Gilles, Will Kempe, Dylan Hundley, Donal Lardner Ward

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0042: THE COMEDY (2012)



Directed By: Rick Alverson 
Written By: Rick Alverson, Robert Donne & Colm O’Leary 
Cinematography By: Mark Schwartzbard 
Editor: Michael Taylor 


Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, James Murphy, Gregg Turkington, Jeffrey Jensen, Kate Lyn Sheil, Alexia Rasmussen

TIMECODE (2000)



Story By & Directed By: Mike Figgis 
Cinematography By: Patrick Alexander Stewart 


Cast: Holly Hunter, Xander Berkley, Salma Hayek, Golden Brooks, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Danny Huston, Saffron Burrows, Viveka Davis, Mia Maestro, Richard Edson, Gleanne Headley, Daphna Kastner, Kyle Maclachlan, Leslie Mann, Zuleikha Robinson, Julian Sands, Alessandro Nivola, Steven Weber, Stellan Skarsgard, Aimee Graham

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY (2015)




Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich 
Written By: Peter Bogdanovich & Louise Stratten 
Cinematography By: Yaron Orbach 
Editor: Nick Moore & Pax Wassermann 


Cast: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Jennifer Aniston, Rhys Ifans, Austin Pendelton, Will Forte, Illeana Douglas, Jennifer Esposito, Lucy Punch, Colleen Camp, Debi Mazar, Cybill Shepherd, Richard Lewis

Sunday, November 22, 2015

FINAL GIRL (2015)



Directed By: Tyler Shields 
Written By: Adam Prince 
Story By: Johnny Silver, Alejandro Seri & Stephen Scarlata 
Cinematography By: Gregory Middleton 
Editor: Naomi Geraghty 


Cast: Abigail Breslin, Wes Bentley, Alexander Ludwig, Logan Huffman, Cameron Bright, Reece Thompson, Emma Paetz, Francesca Eastwood

Saturday, November 21, 2015

BIG BULLY (1996)



Directed By: Steve Miner 
Written By: Mark Steven Johnson 
Cinematography By: Daryn Okada 
Editor: Marshall Harvey 


Cast: Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Julianne Phillips, Faith Prince, Curtis Armstrong, Don Knotts, Jeffrey Tambor, Tony Pierce, Stuart Pankin, Blake Bashoff, Carol Kane, Cody McMains

MR. DESTINY (1990)



Directed By: James Orr 
Written By: James Orr & Jim Cruickshank 
Cinematography By: Alex Thomson 
Editor: Michael R. Miller 


Cast: Jim Belushi, Michael Caine, Linda Hamilton, Rene Russo, Jon Lovitz, Courtney Cox, Jay O. Sanders, Maury Chaykin, Tony Longo, Hart Bochner, Kathy Ireland

Thursday, November 19, 2015

THE GREEN INFERNO (2015)



Directed By: Eli Roth 
Written By: Eli Roth & Guillermo Amoedo 
Cinematography By: Antonio Quercia 
Editor: Ernesto Diaz Espinoza 

Cast: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Magda Apanowicz, Daryl Sabara, Richard Burgi, Sky Ferreira, Aaron Burns, Nicolas Martinez

Saturday, November 14, 2015

THE FRIDAY THE 13TH SERIES - ON SATURDAY THE 14TH



Not the film, but the current date. The following is a list where I put the FRIDAY THE 13th series in order from worst to best to not only honor the date anniversary, but to also honor the series. The movies aren't necessarily all that great or even good. They are a horror staple. One that I grew up with and avoided early in life, but always kept aware about and saw glimpses of until, Finally becoming a horror junkie and watching the outright.

The films follow the same simple story line of a slasher film. They never quite explain if Jason is a zombie, demon, possessed or just pure evil. Though I give the franchise credit over the years for trying to evolve or add different things to the formula to bring audiences coming back for more. While serving up the same recipe. If it ain't broke don't try to fix it.

10,000 SAINTS (2015)



Written & Directed By: Sheri Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini 
Based On The Novel By: Eleanor Henderson 
Cinematography By: Ben Hutchins 
Editor: Robert Pulcini 


Cast: Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch, Emily Mortimer, Julianne Nicholson, Avan Jogia

ASK ME ANYTHING (2014)



Written & Directed By: Alison Burnett 
Based on the Novel:  Undiscovered Gyrl By Alison Burnett
Cinematography By: Patrice Lucien Cochet 
Editor: Adam Lichenstein 


Cast: Britt Robertson, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Kimberly Williams-Paisely, Molly Hagan, Robert Patrick, Justin Long, Zuleikha Robinson, Lorraine Toussaint, Sharon Omi, Jake Hoffman, Max Carver, Gia Mantegna

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

SCOOBY DOO & KISS: ROCK AND ROLL MYSTERY (2015)



Directed By: Spike Brandt & Tony Kervone 
Written By: Kevin Shinick 
Story By: Kevin Shinick & James Krieg 
Editor: Bruce A. King 

Starring: The Voices Of: Matthew Lillard, Mindy Cohn, Pauley Perrette, Jennifer Carpenter, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley, Fred Welker, Darius Rucker, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Gary Marshall, Penny Marshall, Grey Griffin, Tommy Thayer

Saturday, November 7, 2015

FORT TILDEN (2015)



Written, Directed and Story By: Charles Rogers & Sarah-Violet Bliss 
 Cinematography By: Brian Lannin 
Editor: Sarah-Violet Bliss 


Cast: Bridey Elliot, Clare McNutly, Alysia Reiner, Neil Casey, Max Jenkins

HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT (2015)



Written & Directed By: Joshua Safdie & Ben Safdie 
Inspired By The Book Written By: Arielle Holmes 
Cinematography By: Sean Price Williams 
Editor: Ben Safdie & Ronald Bronstein 


Cast: Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones, Eleonore Hendricks, Buddy Duress, Ron Braunstein

THE ADVENTURES OF JOE DIRT (2001)



Directed By: Dennie Gordon 
Written By: David Spade & Fred Wolf 
Cinematography By: John R. Leonetti 
Editor: Peck Prior 


Cast: David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Adam Beach, Dennis Miller, Jamie Pressley, Kid Rock, Erik Per Sullivan, Christopher Walken, John Farley, Caroline Aaron, Fred Ward, Liz Torres, Chris Wylde, Bree Turner, Natalia Cigliuti, Kevin Farley, Rance Howard, Fred Stoller, Steven Schirripa, Richard Riehle, Blake Clark, Mitzi Martin

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

THE VISIT (2015)



Written & Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan 
Cinematography By: Maryse Alberti 
Editor: Luke Franco Ciarrocchi 

Cast: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Kathryn Hahn

Friday, October 16, 2015

COOTIES (2015)



Directed By: Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion 
Written By: Leigh Whannell & Ian Brennan 
Story By: Leigh Whannell, Ian Brennan & Josh C.Waller 
Cinematography By: Lyle Vincent 
Editor: Brett W. Bachman 


Cast: Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Leigh Whanell, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer, Nasim Pedrad, Jorge Garcia, Kate Flannery, Ian Brennan

DARK PLACES (2015)




Written & Directed By: Gilles Paquet-Brenner 
Based on the book By: Gillian Flynn 
Cinematography By: Barry Ackroyd 
Editor: Douglas Fox & Billy Crise 

Cast: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hault, Chole Grace Moretz, Corey Stoll, Tye Sheridan, Drea De Matteo, Christina Hendricks, Sean Bridges, Andrea Roth

Monday, October 12, 2015

KNOCK KNOCK (2015)



Directed By: Eli Roth 
Written By: Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez & Guillermo Amoedo 
Story By: Anthony Overman & Michael Ronald Ross 
Cinematography By: Antonio Quercia 
Editor: Diego Macho 


Cast: Keanu Reeves, Lorenaa Izzo, Ana De Armas, Aaron Burns, Colleen Camp, Ignacia Allamand

Saturday, October 10, 2015

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS : HALL OF FAME: FILE #0042: THE CROW (1994)



Directed By: Alex Proyas 
Written By: David J Schow & John Shirley 
Based On The Graphic Novel and Comic Strip By: James O’Barr 
Cinematography By: Dariusz Wolski 
Editor: Dov Hoenig & Scott Smith 
Music By: Graeme Revell 


Cast: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Anna Thompson, Ernie Hudson, Bai Ling, Jon Polito, Rochelle Davis, Tony Todd, David Patrick Kelly, Michael Massee, Laurence Mason

Friday, October 9, 2015

HALLOWEEN 2 (2008)



Written & Directed By: Rob Zombie 
Cinematography By: Brandon Trost 
Editor: Glen Garland & Joel Pashby 
Music by: Tyler Bates 


Cast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Sherri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Caroline Williams, Octavia Spencer, Margot Kidder, Richard Riehle, Sean Whalen, Brea Grant, Mary Birdsong, Angela Trimbur, Howard Hesseman, Duane Whitaker, Mark Boone Junior, Daniel Roebuck, Chris Hardwick, Weird Al Yankovich

DARK SHADOWS (2012)



Directed By: Tim Burton 
Written By: Seth Grahame-Smith 
Story By: John August & Seth Grahame-Smith 
Based On The Show By: Dan Curtis 
Cinematography By: Bruno Delbonnel 
Editor: Chris Lebenzon 
Music By: Danny Elfman 


Cast: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcorte, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Lee Miller, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Hannah Murray

THE BURNING (1981)



Directed By: Tony Maylam 
Written By: Bob Weinstein & Peter Lawrence 
Original Story By: Harvey Weinstein, Brad Grey & Tony Maylam 
Created By: Harvey Weinstein 
Cinematography By: Harvey Harrison 
Editor: Jack Shoulder 


Cast: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Baker, Ned Eisenberg, Larry Joshua, Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, Lou David, Holly Hunter

TERMINATOR: GENISYS (2015)



Directed By: Alan Taylor 
Written By: Laeta Kalogridis & Patrick Lussier 
Based On Characters Created By: James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd 
Cinematography By: Kramer Morgenthau 
Editor: Roger Barton 

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courntey, Jason Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Matt Smith, Courntey B.Vance, Sandrine Holt, Otto Sanchez, Gregory Alan Williams, Byung-Hun Lee, Michael Gladis

SPRING (2015)



Directed By: Aaron Moorehead & Justin Benson 
Written By: Justin Benson 
Cinematography By: Aaron Moorehead 
Editor: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson & Michael Felker 


Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Jeremy Gardner, Vanessa Bednar, Shane Brady

Friday, October 2, 2015

BOUND TO VENGEANCE (2015)



Directed By: Jose Manuel Cravioto 
Written By: Rock Shiank Jr. & Keith Kjornes 
Cinematography By: Byron Warner 
Editor: Jorge Macaya 

Cast: Richard Tyson, Amy Okuda, Tina Ivlev, Stephanie Charles, Bianca Malinowski