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    SambWrite Blog Contributor: LUCY

    July 25, 2014 /

    The film revolves around Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) – a 25-year-old student, who may or may not be studying abroad, but definitely partying it up, in Taiwain. Her friend Richard (Pilou Asbæk) forces her to deliver a suitcase to some pretty bad people led by Mr. Jang (Choi Min-shik), who we find out plans to distribute the next “it” drug across Europe. Problem is, Jang needs mules to deliver said drugs to targeted cities...

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    Wish I had loved it: WISH I WAS HERE

    July 24, 2014 /

    All of these themes are great to explore in an Indie-ish/dram-edy, and it is an enjoyable movie, the issue being it's overly earnest and heavy handed in its sentimentality. For instance, when Grace cuts off all her hair and Aidan takes his daughter to get a wig, he says, "You can pick out any wig in the store as long as it's as unique and amazing as you"...

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    THE PURGE ANARCHY: Quick Chat with Actor Frank Grillo in Philly

    July 14, 2014 /

    Post Update 7/18   Some of my readers may know I was a huge fan of the daytime soap Guiding Light (click for post) Frank Grillo played an important character on the show (1997-1999) Hart Jessup who was involved with another favorite character, wickedly wonderful Dinah Marler (Wendy Moniz)  I never knew until this week, when I saw a tweet from Wendy Moniz Grillo about The Purge: Anarchy that she and Frank Grillo got married!  Which means they’ve been together for about 15 years.  I love that 🙂 In terms of a really quick review of the movie: It’s definitely more the mayhem and mass chaos movie I imagined for…

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  • Interviews Archives,  Movie News

    Interview with writer/director Fernando J. Scarpa: DORADUS

    July 8, 2014 /

    Synopsis: Living out of the public eye for years, Hollywood producer Eleonore Donte (Mara New) is still a powerful woman of beauty, class and genius; whose movies are considered a part of Cinematic History. To his great surprise, young TV writer Demitri Christon receives an invitation to Eleonore’s private estate where he pitches his script ‘Doradus’; a story of ghosts. But… does Demitri believe in ghosts?... 

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  • Film & Movie Archives,  Interviews Archives,  Movie News,  Philly Spotlight

    Debbie Allen Does Philly (Brothers of the Knight & Entrepreneur Works “Actors Studio”)

    July 4, 2014 /

      Debbie Allen graciously gave a free “Inside the Actors Studio” type visit to Philly at International House on July 2, 2014. Full of saucy humor and passion, Ms. Allen lectured on creativity, her life’s journey, what it means to be an artist, her relationship with her sister Phylicia Rashād, the 18 years it took to get AMISTAD made and so much more… The below video is just a small excerpt of her address to us lucky enough to attend this inspiring and insightful event: Ms Allen is in Philadelphia to present her newest staged musical Brothers of the Knight, (July 3 – 6) a hip, rejuvenated adaptation of the…

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