MTV Movie Awards Mixes it Up With a Pirate, a Queen and a Caped Crusader
It’s a tribute to the influence of the MTV Movie Awards that so many A-listers show up for the annual kudo-fest. The 2012 edition, the cable net’s 21st, aired live Sunday night from a packed Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, featured — in addition to a bevy of up-and-comers — people who have had collective decades in the spotlight, including Jodie Foster, Johnny Depp, Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston and Christian...
Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Sweet Dreams Are Made of Fish…
Sushi lovers will delight in this inspirational tale of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He runs the 10-seat Tokyo restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro which is located in an unlikely place for such an acclaimed establishment, a subway station. Fans and foodies from around the world make reservations months in advance and shell out big bucks for one of the...
Get Up Stand Up and Go See the New Bob Marley Documentary
There have been many projects done about the late, great Bob Marley, but “Marley” is the first to be not only officially sanctioned by his family, but to involve their major participation, both on and off screen. Ziggy Marley, the reggae star’s oldest son, is an executive producer, along with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. There’s another first for this nearly two-and-a-half hour long documentary,...
From Despair to Elation: A Love Triangle in The Deep Blue Sea
You might call it the anti-“Hunger Games.” Opening on March 23 in New York and Los Angeles, ” The Deep Blue Sea ” is set in England in the torn and tattered aftermath of World War II, and stars Rachel Weisz as a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a judge, but who finds passion with a former fighter pilot. The film is directed by Terence Davies and adapted by him from a 1952 play by Terence Ratigan,...
Young Directors at LACMA Share Spotlight With the Rock
A sold-out crowd at LACMA’s Bing Theater was on hand for the 11th annual Muse Young Directors Night to view a diverse slate of short films and then pick the winning director. There was laughter, there were some shrieks and possibly even some tears as the movies unspooled during the two-hour program “A Sushi Love Story” from director Mike Blaney was an homage to George Melies and the early days of cinema, a symbolic...
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