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ROCKET SCIENCE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

ROCKET SCIENCE

Rites of passage come in many forms, and for Hal (Reece Daniel Thompson), the game but hapless hero of ROCKET SCIENCE, that rite is pizza. Specifically, being able to overcome his stutter long enough to form the words to place the order before a lesser option is forced upon him by the bored lunch ladies… Read More »

Tagged With: Anna Kendrick, Chinatown, cinema, comedy-drama. family, coming of age, debate team, debating, film, Jeffrey Blitz, movie, narrative, Reece Daniel Thompson, ROCKET SCIENCE, self-esteem, spelling bee, stuttering

Jason Reitman is UP IN THE AIR

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jason Reitman is UP IN THE AIR

Jason Reitman was in a puckish mood when I talked to him in October of 2009.  UP IN THE AIR had not yet opened, so the critical acclaim and multiple awards hadn’t begun. During a conversation that ranged from the current economic climate, to the putative difficulty of making George Clooney look anything but ravishing, Reitman… Read More »

Tagged With: airline travel, airports, Anna Kendrick, book to film, corporate culture, Danny McBride, dark humor, downsizing, economy, George Clooney, hatchet man, Jason Bateman, Jason Reitman, Melanie Lynskey, Sam Eliot, social commentary, Vera Farmiga, Walter Kirn

Michael Pena & Natalie Martinez Take the END OF WATCH

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Michael Pena & Natalie Martinez Take the END OF WATCH

END OF WATCH is anything but a typical cop flick. Written and directed by David Ayers of TRAINING DAY fame, it makes an edgy, gritty, and engrossing film about cops, played by Michael Pena and Jake Gyllenhaal, who are neither corrupt, as in TRAINING DAY, nor of the rogue variety that are out for their own brand of… Read More »

Tagged With: action, America Ferrara, Anna Kendrick, crying on cue, David Ayers, drama, LAPD, marital happiness, Michael Pena, Natalie Martinez, thriller

Jeffrey Blitz and Reece Daniel Thomspon Explain ROCKET SCIENCE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jeffrey Blitz and Reece Daniel Thomspon Explain ROCKET SCIENCE

When I spoke to Jeffrey Blitz and Reece Daniel Thompson on May 4, 2007, the buzz about ROCKET SCIENCE had just begun. In town for a screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival, they had just completed a sword-buying trip to Chinatown before our scheduled appointment and worries had set in about how the swords… Read More »

Tagged With: Anna Kendrick, Chinatown, cinema, comedy-drama. family, coming of age, debate team, debating, film, Jeffrey Blitz, movie, narrative, Reece Daniel Thompson, ROCKET SCIENCE, self-esteem, spelling bee, sword. stuttering

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