By Ted Reyes NEW YORK– It was a task that not even Washington diplomats from the cold war era were able to accomplish: Make the Russians laugh. But for Phil Rosenthal, creator of the hit American television show, Everybody loves Raymond, the task was not a problem at all. He thought he could just bring [...]
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Exporting Raymond: Laughter is Universal
Posted by Ted Reyes on August 20th, 2011
RAKENROL: An Ode to the Ills and Thrills of Life in the Filipino Rock Music Scene
Posted by Ted Reyes on August 15th, 2011
By Ted Reyes NEW YORK– There was a moment in Quark Henares’ film Rakenrol when the show promoter at a club (Mayric’s–now Sazi’s Bar) refused to pay the band Hapipaks after playing a set in an all-death metal gig. Using various excuses from the band destroying the production outfit’s equipment to the drum set [...]
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No Comments »Film Review: Beginners
Posted by holliejones on June 13th, 2011
We are all familiar with the Hollywood love story. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. They break up. They make up. And it all ends happily ever after. Released this Friday, “Beginners” is refreshingly different. It’s the latest offering from critically acclaimed writer/director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker, 2005), starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer [...]
Posted in Film, Film News, News, Reviews Tags: beginners, christopher plummer, ewan mcgregor, film, indie film, melanie laurent, mike mills, movie review, romance No Comments »Film Review: Hard Breakers
Posted by tamsinholleran on May 24th, 2011
By Tamsin Holleran THE premise of the movie Hard Breakers has a certain appeal. Comedy? Check. Scantily clad, hot cast? Check. Goofy story line? Also check. Despite having all of the ingredients for a potentially great movie, Hard Breakers manages to fall flat on its face, with best friends Lindsay (Sophie Monk) and Alexis (Cameron [...]
Posted in Film, Reviews Tags: cameron richardson, comdey, film, film review, hard breakers, hard breakers review, indie film, movie review, movies, sophie monk, wayan brothers No Comments »Film Review: Jesus Henry Christ
Posted by Ted Reyes on May 3rd, 2011
By Ted Reyes NEW YORK- After the success of The Kids Are All Right, filmmakers have, pardon my lack of a better term, been shooting a lot of “sperm-donor” movies. This is true in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Two movies that are getting quite a buzz here have sperm donation as backbones for their [...]
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