by Danny Miller | Nov 17, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Features
A weekly feature in which my four-year-old son is let loose on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Los Angeles, and chooses a star from among the more than 2,500 honorees. His “random” picks sometimes reveal unexplained...
by Sean Axmaker | Nov 16, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Home Viewing
JFK 50th Commemorative Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Warner, Blu-ray) – Say what you want to about Oliver Stone, America’s pop historian auteur knows how to court controversy. His 1991 epic conspiracy drama tosses plenty of theories around as facts and turns one man’s...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Nov 15, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Reviews
Much has been made about the supposed “redemption” of Matthew McConaughey as an actor, through a serious of credible and laudable roles in such movies as Killer Joe (2011), Magic Mike (2012), Mud (2012) and, most recently, Dallas Buyers Club. What hasn’t gotten much...
by Danny Miller | Nov 15, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Reviews
Shia LaBeouf sees dead people. Sorta. At the beginning of Fredrik Bond’s Charlie Countryman, Charlie (LaBeouf) is about to lose his mother (the always great Melissa Leo) to cancer. Charlie can’t take it and in her final moments escapes into the hospital corridor,...
by Danny Miller | Nov 14, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Interviews
Since the early days of film, disability portrayals on film have gone through many changes. Jenni Gold’s provocative and entertaining documentary takes a close look at the evolution of portrayals of disability in entertainment through vivid clips from some of...
by James Rocchi | Nov 14, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Interviews, Podcast
John Sayles is one of greatest and most prolific directors in American independent film — and with his latest, Go for Sisters, he’s still making rich, real films his way and offering both audiences and his actors the kind of films that reward you with character,...