While the summer movie season is over, U.S. theaters are looking to reinvigorate interest in filmgoing with National Cinema Day, a one-day event that will see participating locations sell movie tickets for prices as low as three dollars.
Without Blood: Angelina Jolie’s New Movie (Shot in Italy)
Director-Oscar winning actor Jolie shoots latest drama in Italy with Oscar nominees Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir
Film Theory: Remakes
Aug 25, 2022 Select Biblio: Druxman, Michael B. Make It Again, Sam: A Survey of Movie Remakes. NY: AS Barnes, 1975. Similarities and differences between originals and remakes. Comparison of remakes as the acid test of directorial differences. Boggs: Remakes allow the original to age for awhile, sometimes long enough for a whole new generation […]
Christmas Movies: Love Actually
Love Actually The 2003’s Love Actually features a sprawling cast of adorable characters whose intersecting stories explore different aspects of love. Hugh Grant stars as the impossibly good-looking (and single) British prime minister, who finds love with a Downing Street staffer (Martine McCutcheon), while Liam Neeson plays a widower who helps his stepson (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) muster up the courage […]
St. Ives (1976): J. Lee Thompson’s Crime Thriller, Starring Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell
The first of nine collaborations between star Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson, St Ives was a mediocre crime thriller, slightly elevated by its supporting cast: John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Maximilian Schell. St. Ives Theatrical release poster The novel The Procane Chronicle was published in 1972 written by Ross Thomas under the pen […]






