Category: Movies

Green Zone Premiere Photos

The Glitterati were out in NY last week at the World Premiere of The Green Zone. Celebrity attendees included Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Oscar nominated Director Darren Aronofsky (“The Wrestler,” & “Requiem for a Dream), Amy Ryan (“Gone Baby Gone,” “The Office”) Anthony LaPaglia, Andrew McCarthy, Beth Ostrosky & Howard Stern, Tinsley Mortimer (socialite), Constantine […]

MOVIE REVIEW: Shutter Island – Martin Scorsese’s Big, Bad [And That’s Good] B-Movie Noir!

In many reviews, I have castigated directors and writers for that matter] of failing to make a successful thriller/horror/noir film because they went into it with one tone – usually grey. There are precious few breaks in the bleakness of Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and yet I never felt bored by its unremittingly ominous tone. […]

MOVIE REVIEW: Percy Jackson & The Olympians – The Lightning Thief – Long, Unwieldy Title; Sleek, Entertaining Movie!

Christopher Columbus clearly learned a lesson from working on the first Harry Potter films – a film doesn’t need to be slavishly adapted from a book to be successful. The Lightning Thief may be almost two hours long, but it mostly zips right along. Not only are entire subplots from the book eliminated, but several […]