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August 22, 2014 Leave a comment
With the virtually universal success that occurs every time a Marvel comic is made into a blockbuster film, no one should surprised when Hollywood reaches-out to some of their lesser known works. Odds are pretty good, if you don’t spend your Saturday nights hanging-out at a comic book store, you never heard of the “Guardians of the Galaxy “- well that’s about to change.
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May 30, 2014 Leave a comment
I am heart-sick over the news that Malik Bendjelloul, the director whose documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” won an academy award last year, has killed himself. The Swedish film director was just 36 years old and left behind a grieving family that called him a man who “chased the world for stories to tell.”
“Searching for Sugar Man” won major awards from the Oscars to the writers guilds, as well as awards at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie also gave Sugar Man Rodriguez back the life in the spotlight he so richly deserves. He opened my eyes to a great talent who’s music moves me despite me being just 18 yrs old, and I have had the good fortune of being able to see him perform live twice. Once was at a concert, but the first was at the Traverse City Film Festival when he surprised the audience by performing a few songs after the showing of the film “Searching for Sugar Man.”
I also count myself lucky that I got to meet Malik Bendjelloul while working at the festival. I do not understand what drives one to kill them-self, but I saw nothing that game me any insight as to why he would have taken his own life. He was talented, personable modest and kind. His death is a great loss.
Lane J. Lubell
April 17, 2014 Leave a comment
I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Chicago Premier by Jeff Garlin, the executive producer. It was also interesting to get to talk to the directors John Maloof and Charlie Siskel as well as sit through the Q & A after the showing.
I must say this was a story that, as a filmmaker and Chicago resident, is a must see.
November 13, 2013 Leave a comment
This is my newest review. I saw this film Saturday night and was quite impressed.
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October 4, 2013 Leave a comment
Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt),a 20 something bartender, opens the movie by listing those things that he values most, his car, his family, his church, and the unending stream of women he picks up in bars. He seems so successful at these conquests that the His two friends, that routinely accompany him, nick-named him “Don Jon.” Despite his ability to reliably attract “10s” into his bed each weekend; it is his obsession to watching porn that he tells us is his real climax.
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July 8, 2013 Leave a comment
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Superman is America. He stands as a symbol of hope and patriotism, and, if director Zack Snyder is to be believed (which I do), the Superman S is the second most recognizable symbol in the world, just after the Christian cross. As if that wasn’t enough, Superman has too many powers. By the time Richard Donner, the director of the original Superman films, was done with him, Superman was out right invincible, prompting Bryan Singer (the director of the 2006 mockery, Superman Returns) to force a situation where Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey in that movie) tried to build an entire continent out of Kryptonite.
In short, reinventing the Man of Steel is no easy feat. Somehow though, Snyder and writers David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan (of the stunning Dark Knight trilogy) have managed to do just that.
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April 23, 2013 Leave a comment
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio,
Ryan Gosling … Luke
Eva Mendes … Romina
Anthony Pizza … Baby Jason (as Anthony Angelo Pizza, Jr.)
Craig Van Hook … Jack
Mahershala Ali … Kofi
April 23, 2013 Leave a comment
Director: Fede Alvarez
Writers: Fede Alvarez (screenplay), Rodo Sayagues (screenplay),
Jane Levy … Mia
Shiloh Fernandez … David
Lou Taylor Pucci … Eric
Jessica Lucas … Olivia
Elizabeth Blackmore … Natalie
April 4, 2013 Leave a comment
Roger Ebert, a man who without doubt was the world’s most famous film critic, has died at age 70. He had been battling thyroid cancer since 2002,and as the cancer spread requiring surgeries that left him unable to speak.
Sick as he was he continued to fight on and continue to write reviews and be a force in the world of film. As the sickness progressed he was forced to issue the following statement.
Ebert wrote that he would be taking a “leave of presence,” as he underwent radiation treatment, but it appears the cancer was too far gone already.
“It means I am not going away,” Ebert explained. “My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me. What’s more, I’ll be able at last to do what I’ve always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review.”
Ebert worked as the film critic for the Sun-Times for 46 years and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975. But he will be best remembered along side his co-host Gene Siskel as they gave “Thumbs up or thumbs-down” to the latest films on their very popular TV show.
As a person who loves film, and enjoys adding my voice to the list of people taking time to review them; I have always had great respect for Ebert’s writing. His reviews are insightful, entertaining and he has the rare ability to write in a way that is of value to a wide range of readers. He was a great talent and a powerful voice in the world of film.
Lane J. Lubell
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