Posted on December 10, 2015 at 5:36 pm
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is a brilliant novel about humanity, nature, obsession, power, and pretty much everything else, with a lot of technical information about whaling thrown in for good measure and metaphor. Nathaniel Philbrick’s acclaimed book about the tragic real-life whaling expedition that inspired Melville to write Moby Dick is In the Heart of …
Posted on December 10, 2015 at 8:00 am
Trevor Habberstad, a second generation stuntman, coordinated the stunts for the Marvel movie, Ant-Man. In an interview, we talked about the special challenges of creating stunts for a superhero who is only a fraction of an inch high. “We had a lot of time during pre-production to work on it. We had three months of …
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Posted on December 9, 2015 at 8:00 am
Quentin Tarantino’s new film, “The Hateful Eight,” was filmed in Ultra-Panavision for a rare experience of totally immersive vistas. Be on the lookout for the old-school “roadshow” release, with overture, intermission, and program!
Posted on December 9, 2015 at 8:00 am
I am delighted to have three copies of “Walt Before Mickey” to give away. Thomas Ian Nicholas plays Walt and Jon Heder plays his brother Roy in this low-key story of the early years of big dreams and big challenges. Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with “Walt” in the subject line and tell me …
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Posted on December 8, 2015 at 3:58 pm
William Riead is the writer/director of the lovely film about Mother Teresa called The Letters. It was a great pleasure to talk to him about his dedication to sharing her story. “I wanted the story to be accurate when I started researching Mother Teresa’s life. What I wanted to do was let the chips fall …
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