John Hughes Filmmaker John Hughes, who died Aug. 6 from a heart attack, was famous for coming-of-age movies that were sweet, sometimes sentimental celebrations of geeks and misfits. The big-screen heroes and heroines, writes The News’ David Hinckley, “were rewarded for the basic virtues[...]
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July 19th, 2009 - 6:12 am § in Film
Less Potter by the media “? Boy Wizard fans stunned movie as the book long ago disappeared
Do not Mess With Harry Potter – Harry Potter, or, for that matter. That is the message that readers J.K. Rowling books, the filmmaker behind “Half-Blood Prince.” Movies have come to the big screen version of the Potter series in record time numbers, but many leave the theater disa[...]
Johnny Depp as John Dillenger Michael Mann is the “public enemy” only blood
Movies about the era of depression often gangster children play with toy guns: You see the spark of “That’s cool!” But a sentence. The underconceived “public enemy” who is not unity, but Johnny Depp is so urgent and charismatic as John Dillinger, enough firepower to th[...]
April 24th, 2009 - 12:20 am § in Music
New York Night
Crazy bunch of folks known as the Killing Devils put this together. The young filmmaker Mallory Box from St. Louis shot and edited the video. Hope you enjoy. We love to play for you. Paul [...]