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Commentary – Due Date and Unstoppable
UNSTOPPABLE – There’s plenty of cliches you can use to describe this movie, like – “it’s a non-stop thrill ride”, “It’s got enough steam to be a run away hit” or “Catch this power packed vehicle before it leaves the theater”. All apt descriptions, as director Tony Scott has delivered a really intense action movie that had our preview audience noticeably cringing, rooting and cheering for veteran train engineer, Frank (Denzel Washington) and newbie Will (Chris Pine) as they try to chase down a runaway train, carrying highly toxic and flammable material into populated areas outside of Pittsburgh…. Continued on PFS site DUE DATE -I can say, I think the…
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Commentary – Red
…once again the love affair between a graphic novel and Hollywood has been consummated to satisfaction. Bruce Willis plays Paul Moses who is a retired CIA agent. Although the back story for his early retirement is rather mundane and never becomes a plot point, the opening montage does a good job of showing us that although he’s living among average suburbanites, he’s not feeling content. The highlight of his month is pretending his pension check has not arrived, giving him an excuse to call Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker), a customer service, paper pusher who has no idea she even inadvertently works for the CIA. Their understated, flirtatious phone romance, picks…
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Cheap Trick at the Piazza / Submit Film to PFF
Had my blogging hat on for Philadelphia Film Society last night, at their screening of Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan at the Piazza. I also put on my interviewing hat. Here’s an except from the post. Click the link below to read full post on PFS site. …And later during the film I sat in front of these two gentlemen, from their comments I could tell they were really familiar with the music. On the right is Robert, he has a masters in music composition. On the left is Derrick, he’s a musician that still plays quite a bit. And here’s their take on Cheap Trick: The band is one…
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Commentary – Jonah Hex
PFS held a preview of Jonah Hex on Wednesday, June 16th. For those of you as in the dark as I was, Jonah Hex is a Sci-Fi, Western DC comic book character. I don’t believe Josh Brolin who plays the lead character will be as immortalized as Jonah Hex as Robert Downey Jr is as Iron Man, but then again, everyone knows my lust and love for the latter makes me biased. Read Tinsel & Tine Jonah Hex film commentary on the Philadelphia Film Society website.
