Westend Films is teaming with Bob Barney's new label Picturehouse for "The Great Gilly Project," the latest adaptation from "Bridge to Terabithia" author Katherine Paterson. Kathy Bates and Danny Glover are attached to star, while Stephen Herek ("101 Dalmations") is set to helm. The film centers on ...
Read More »I was charmed, and pleasantly surprised, when I saw 'Ice Age' a decade ago. Its enormous success has prompted multiple sequels, which have made a ton of money around the world (with Fox cannily hiring well-known actors and comedians to provide the voices for their individual countries). This money m...
Read More »One of the recurring discussions about this second season of "Game Of Thrones" concerns how much the television show is changed from the novels. While the merits of the specific changes are debatable, a running theme of both my reviews and those of other critics is that the show is more confident in...
Read More »It seems we're entering a bit of a renaissance in terms of movies about filmmakers. One could easily argue that Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" was a biopic of Georges Melies and there are already two Alfred Hitchcock centered flicks on the way: "The Girl" and "Hitchcock.&q...
Read More »If you're devoting any time this weekend to delving into the back catalog of a show for a refresher (or to catch up) it's most likely "Mad Men," which makes its triumphant return on AMC on Sunday night after a long 17 months between seasons. (In brief: Advertising, infidelity, smok...
Read More »Receiving his big break in the 2001 Victor Salva-helmed “Jeepers Creepers,” actor Justin Long has since made a name of his dopey brand of humor in comedies like “Accepted” and “Dodgeball,” while also mixing it up with supporting roles in genre fare like “Dra...
Read More »Exclusive: Just because Peter Dinklage has appeared in an installment of "The Chronicles of Narnia" and won an Emmy for "Game of Thrones" does not automatically make him a fantasy fan -- but he is headed to Fantasy Island, thanks to "My Dinner with Hervé."
Read More »Peter Dinklage – he of the recent Emmy win for the HBO series “Game of Thrones” -- has been in his fair share of indie films (“The Station Agent,” “Living in Oblivion,” “Human Nature,” “Saint John of Las Vegas”). So when his friend Al...
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