‘Raising Renee’ from Newton MA based filmmakers Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher tells the story of artist Beverly McIver and her promise to take care of her mentally disabled sister Renee when their mother dies – a promise that comes due just as Beverly’s career is taking off. The trailer paints an emotional yet heartwarming …
Green – a film by Sophia Takal – Trailer from Sophia Takal on Vimeo. ‘Green,’ winner of the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Women Director Award will be having its East Coast Premiere at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. The film, which also stars its director Sophia Takal is drama about the toll jealousy …
‘Windfall’ from director Laura Israel tells the story of Meredith, a community in upstate New York, and a proposal by a developer looking to supplement the town’s failing economy with 40 industrial wind turbines. At first attracted to the idea, the townspeople grow increasingly alarmed as they discover the impacts of what the proposed windmills …
‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes,’ the new ‘Apes’ prequel/reboot from 20th Century released a trailer today. The film takes place in the present day, and shows how animal testing leads to the….you guessed it…Rise of the Apes. I’m not sure how to feel about this film. I’ve never been a huge fan of …
January Jones best known for her role in Mad Men, is starring as Emma Frost in the new X-Men: First Class film coming from Matthew Vaughn. The film will be focusing on the relationship between a young Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) as they plan for the future of mutants. January Jones …
Opening November 12th and starring Donald Faison, Eric Balfour, David Zayas, Scottie Thompson and Brittany Daniel, ‘Skyline,’ is a sci-fi thriller from Colin and Greg Strause (Alien Vs Predators: Requiem). The official synopsis from Universal Pictures: After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead of the night by an …
So, of course, besides running Lonely Reviewer.com, I’m also a filmmaker in my own right. And I recently participated in an fake trailer contest here in Boston, at the Brattle Theatre. The subject was “Labor Day,” and I created this fake trailer with a vague story and a lot of visual effects. Our video won …
The X-Men: First Class is getting more and more interesting. Several news outlets are reporting that Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man) will be playing young Beast, Lucas Till (Hannah Montana) will be playing Havok, and Kevin Bacon will be cast as the villain. There was a persistent rumor that Aaron Johnson, the lead from ‘Kick-Ass’ …
“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.” So says the end of a fairly ominous feeling teaser trailer to the upcoming David Fincher directed film. The subject of this film? Facebook. We covered this a while back, but in case you’ve forgotten the details. The film is written by Aaron …
Universal Studios has announced the upcoming remaster and blu-ray release of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, ‘Psycho.’ It is the 50th anniversary of the classic film that drove everyone who saw it to sponge baths. The film will be in Blu-Ray high-def, and will feature a new 5.1 surround sound mix. Ever since entering the world of …