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18 1/2 Philadelphia Film Festival Opening Night
No Jamie or Gerard on the Red Carpet, but director, F. Gary Gray, Regina Hall and Bruce McGill from the Opening Night Film Law Abiding Citizen were in attendance and they showered Philly, the Phillies and Sharon Pinkenson and the Philadelphia Film Office with love! Law Abiding Citizen review will be posted later this afternoon, look for it below this post. And I’m so excited because it will be done from my new Netbook! You really can’t be an effective blogger without one. I went with the Samsung NC10 in pink. I’ve redefined the term “party animal” for myself – you know how you can’t put food for a week…
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Commentary – Law Abiding Citizen
F. Gary Gray has directed more of a slasher flick than an Action/Thriller. You never know who’s gonna get it, when or how. The opening scene is nightmarish! However the movie is wrapped in a calculating and technically thought out script. And Philadelphia’s City Hall is a perfect backdrop, made-to-order, interiors and exteriors. To summarize Clyde (Gerard Butler) has been the victim of a ruthless, random act of violence that kills his wife and child. Nick (Jamie Foxx) is a prosecuting attorney in the Justice Department. Not, by the way, his best roll. Foxx seemed unsure of his character and is a bad on screen kisser. Nick agrees to a…
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Film is Alive In And Around Philadelphia
A lot going on this Thursday-Sunday – first I’ll be covering the 181/2 Philadelphia Film Festival running Thursday, October 15th-18th. The Opening night film is Law Abiding Citizen (shot in Philadelphia)(Jamie Fox and Gerard Butler) Screening will take place at The Prince Theater, Red Carpet 6pm, 8pm encore. Ritz at the Bourse is the festival’s other venue. And I will now be attending the Opening Night Party at the Radisson Warwick. I did notice that an earlier e-mail from Philadelphia Film Society used the same program titles as PCA’s CineFest, such as “Danger After Dark”, “Fade To Black” and “American Independents”, however, PFF’s beautiful, easy to navigate program book, doesn’t…
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Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF 2009)
Prior commitments prevented me from seeing the other venue – Asian Arts Initiative and from screenings of the shorts and documentaries. I liked the idea that PAAFF presented shorts Light and Dark. I also wanted to see Operation Babylift about President Ford’s initiative in 1975 to airlift over 2500 orphans out of Vietnam and the effects 30 years later. To my discredit, my coverage is very incomplete in the fact that I also didn’t see the Centerpiece Presentation – Formosa Betrayed featuring James Van Der Beek as an FBI agent who gets in over his head with the Chinese Mafia and the Nationalist Chinese Government. As always, I encourage attendees…
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Commentary – Story of Wine
The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival chose a food related film for closing night, much to Tinsel & Tine’s delight! Followed by a party in the lobby of IHouse where the film was screened, featuring wines from World Shippers and Importers and catered by Steven Starr’s Elvez. Story of Wine is delightful entertainment, it’s Korean with English subtitles, which I’m not sure technically makes it Asian American. In fact, I was even going to link the interview of the actors on youtube, but that would require a translator. The film opens up to a celebration, a Wine Bar named Story of Wine is celebrating it’s 1 year anniversary. After the…
