On October 14th, a film is coming your way that deconstructs dysfunction in a way few efforts have dared. Fireflies in the Garden is the story of a seemingly regular family with a less than normal background reality. You might not guess it from the trailer actually, but the family is, to outward appearances, rather standard. Successful, but rather normal. As we dig deeper, it comes to light … [Read more...]
Generally, such news is not the sort of thing I find worth mentioning, but despite even the inclusion of Julia Roberts (because I am no sort of fan of hers), I find myself bizarrely excited for this project. The day-to-day news release of yet another cast member became something of a joke among film bloggers, but that doesn't mean it isn't an interesting cast that was being reported. However, … [Read more...]
Mystic Pizza is a fairly polarizing film, and one that even its staunchest supporters aren't likely to need on Blu-Ray, but the upgraded release is a somewhat refreshing acknowledgement of the abilities of the less sensational efforts. At a time when every TV show ever made is finding a home in the DVD/Blu-Ray market, it's nice to see that a fair number of "lesser" films aren't being overlooked as … [Read more...]
There are films that test a movie critic, and I imagine that Eat Pray Love is going to become a solid example of such a film. Back in 1966, a little movie directed by John Huston came out called, The Bible: In the Beginning.... Huston also starred in the film, along with George C. Scott, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, and several others. You may know it. Upon it's release, not one … [Read more...]
In addition to the pre-built popularity of the film Eat Pray Love that is based solely on book sales, it also has the instant box office of any film starring Julia Roberts. It isn't hard to figure out why so many popular books make their way to the big screen. Obviously, the risk is a very different thing when you can start production with a certain number of guaranteed sales. But, there are a … [Read more...]
This week is flying like mad with things to let you know about, and there may be a special weekend edition of ScreenIt? this week, so I'm doubly inspired to get this out to you early. There may be a weekend edition this week, because next week there won't be a ScreenIt? at all. Why? I'm glad you asked. I'll be having a tricky go of it next week in terms of getting things out that I probably … [Read more...]
