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    Mar 22, 2011 |Story| AM News

  1. Out on Home Video: 'Skyline' released this week

    <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">SKYLINE</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (2010/B-/</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Directed by Colin and Greg Strause/</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Starring Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, David Zayas, Crystal Reed, Robin Gammell, J. Paul Boehmer, Tanya Newbould, Tony Black, Pam Levin/</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Universal/Rated PG-13/Sci-Fi/94 minutes/</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Available on: DVD and Blu-ray):</span><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> "Skyline" presents viewers with a vision of hard-working, yet self-indulgent adults who remain unmarried and childless into their late 20s and early 30s. Elaine (Scottie Thompson) and Jarrod (Eric Balfour), are a smitten young couple traveling to Los Angeles for friend Terry's (Donald Faison) birthday celebration. After a night spent drinking with Terry, his girlfriend Candice (Brittany Daniel) and secretary Denise (Crystal Reed), the revelers awaken in Terry's posh high-rise apartment to an eerie blue light from outside. Looking into the light hypnotizes the viewer who is subsequently vacuumed into its source. The Strause Brother's aliens are spiny, shape-shifting space ships, flying seekers, giant crushers, and tentacled beasts that hunt down those humans surviving the initial onslaught. Up and down, in and out of the high-rise the survivors go, joining other survivors, or succumbing to the invaders. The film illustrates a bleak vision that coincides with predictions of extraterrestrial visitors presented by preeminent scientist, Stephen Hawking. Comparisons to "Star Trek's" alien Borg or to the plot line of "War of the Worlds," may be inevitable, though this vision is reasonably fresh. "Skyline's" flaw lies in its disposable humans, as the characters assume a low priority in the minds of the Strauses who own the special effects company that made such a movie possible on a mere $10 million dollar budget. DVD features: Commentary with Directors Greg and Colin Strause or Commentary with Co-writer/Producer Liam O'Donnell and Co-writer Joshua Cordes, deleted and extended scenes, alternate scenes, Pre-Visualization, English, French or Spanish language tracks, widescreen. Blu-ray features same plus: D-Box Enabled.</span>
    limiro@juno.com
    SKYLINE (2010/B-/Directed by Colin and Greg Strause/Starring Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, David Zayas, Crystal Reed, Robin Gammell, J. Paul Boehmer, Tanya Newbould, Tony Black, Pam Levin/Universal/Rated PG-13/Sci-Fi/94...

    Tags: Donald Faison, Emily Osment, Human Interest, Politics, Massachusetts

    2. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. MyFrenchFilmFestival.com begins Thursday

    Lovers of French films often have limited choices at their local theaters, and traveling regularly to Paris to catch the latest titles isn't an option for many.
    Lovers of French films often have limited choices at their local theaters, and traveling regularly to Paris to catch the latest titles isn't an option for many. Enter MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, a celebration of contemporary French cinema, which...

    Tags: Lucrecia Martel, Apple iTunes, Artists, Air France-KLM, Michel Hazanavicius

    3. Dec 13, 2012 |Story| Zap2It

  3. 'The Intouchables'

    Based on a true story, this seriocomic French film by writer-directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano earned international raves for its two stars ... veteran actor Francois Cluzet as a rich aristocrat suddenly incapacitated while paragliding, and Omar...

    Tags: The Intouchables (movie), Celebrities, Movies, Blu-ray Discs, France

    4. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Review: 'Port of Shadows' restored to its poetic realist glory

    It was the only French film of the 1930s, Simone de Beauvoir reported, that she and Jean-Paul Sartre jointly admired, largely for "the fog of despair enveloping the entire film." Yet it was banned by the Vichy government on moral grounds, accused of contributing to a national malaise that led to the German occupation and condemned by a French Catholic organization for telling "a profoundly demoralizing, somber story." It's "Port of Shadows," one of the treasures of French cinema now newly restored to its original glory.
    It was the only French film of the 1930s, Simone de Beauvoir reported, that she and Jean-Paul Sartre jointly admired, largely for "the fog of despair enveloping the entire film." Yet it was banned by the Vichy government on moral grounds, accused of...

    Tags: Michele Morgan, Celebrities, Panama, The Hustler (movie), Movies

    5. Jan 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. The difficult path to a foreign-language film Oscar

    Something like a glammed-up re-imagining of the United Nations, year-in, year-out the foreign-language film category at the Oscars is a home to diplomacy, drama, intrigue and heartbreak. And that's just the process to secure a nomination and then the...

    Tags: Film Festivals, Mark Johnson, United Nations, Swiss Confederation, Awards and Prizes

    6. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Fontella Bass: An appreciation

    There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power.
    There are two works that illustrate the range of Fontella Bass' singing power. One is a gut-busting soul cry, “Rescue Me,” a propellant R&B banger from 1965 that became Bass' signature. The other, equally vital, is a nine-minute thrill...

    Tags: Popular Music (genre), Aretha Franklin, Josephine Baker, Etta James, Music Industry

    7. Dec 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Omar Sy of 'The Intouchables' hits his stride

    "The Intouchables" can justifiably be called an international sensation. Having taken in more than $414 million worldwide, including some $13 million in the U.S., is impressive enough. That the film is a French comedy-drama based on a simple story of two men makes it all the more impressive. The film is also France's submission for the foreign language Academy Award, a prize the country has not captured now for 20 years.
    "The Intouchables" can justifiably be called an international sensation. Having taken in more than $414 million worldwide, including some $13 million in the U.S., is impressive enough. That the film is a French comedy-drama based on a simple story of...

    Tags: Celebrities, Awards and Prizes, Comedy (genre), Jean Dujardin, France

    8. Jan 1, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. How much is it worth to be a U.S. citizen?

    We read about famous people like French film star Gerard Depardieu, who moved to Belgium to avoid a 75 percent income tax on millionaires proposed by France's Socialist government (a measure rejected last week by a French council, though French leadership...

    Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Politics, Lawyers, France, Interior Policy

    9. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  9. World War II Roundtable celebrates with veterans

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    Submitted photo World War II veterans and a number of others attended a Roundtable Christmas party were dressed in uniform in honor of the occasion. The Potomac Highlands World War II Roundtable held its fourth annual Christmas Party honoring World...

    Tags: Human Interest, Religious Festivals, World War I (1914-1918), American Legion, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    10. Dec 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'Amour,' 'Intouchables' make academy's foreign language film shortlist

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday moved forward with nine potential nominated movies for the next round of voting in the foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards, narrowing the field from 71 qualifying films....

    Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Swiss Confederation, Mads Mikkelsen, Gael Garcia Bernal

    11. Nov 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Decent debuts for 'Hitchcock,' 'Rust and Bone' in limited release

    Moviegoers didn't exactly go psycho for "Hitchcock" at the box office this weekend, but the film didn't get slaughtered either.
    Moviegoers didn't exactly go psycho for "Hitchcock" at the box office this weekend, but the film didn't get slaughtered either. The movie starring Anthony Hopkins as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock debuted in 17 theaters this weekend and...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Greenwich Village, Academy Awards, Lincoln Square (Manhattan, New York), Arts and Culture

    12. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  12. 'Taken 2' manages to be both fresh and stale

    Windber
    Olivier Megaton is a French film director, writer and editor who was formerly a graffiti artist. Recently, he has directed "Taken 2." Even though the film was action packed, I only gave it a rating of 4/5. I enjoyed that this movie has a different plot...

    Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Maggie Grace, Movies, Liam Neeson, Taken 2 (movie)

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