Tag: Film

“Rise of the Guardians”: a review from the Savannah Film Festival

When Jack Frost was nipping at your nose, what did you imagine he looked like?

Matt Dillon honored at Savannah Film Festival, dedicates award to Leonard Termo

I found his brief remarks genuine and gracious. He dedicated the award to a friend who died just a couple of days ago — Leonard Termo.

Bill Murray, Laura Linney shine in “Hyde Park on Hudson” — a review

I suppose one could criticize the lightheartedness here as discordant with the horror already occurring across Europe. But I’m not going to. When the king refers to the fascist assaults on Spanish civilians, the grim present and grimmer future are right there on the surface. Hyde Park on Hudson is similar to many films about distant families and friends gathering for awkward weekends, but in this narrative the participants also have to worry about saving the free world.

Savannah Film Festival review: “Flight” never quite takes off

We know there’s going to be some redemption (it’s Denzel Washington, after all) but we don’t need to see it happen over and over again.

“On the Road”: a provocative screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s iconic novel

Is Dean Moriarty an overgrown boy still looking for his father? An intoxicant-starved addict? Rough trade who will do anything for a buck? A charismatic sociopath?

John Goodman: “Walter Sobchak said it best . . .”

Nothing wrong with the occasional F-bomb from the Trustees Theater stage.


Check out SCAD students’ bumpers for the 2012 Savannah Film Festival

We probably won’t know which student-made bumpers will be played before screenings at the upcoming Savannah Film Festival until a week from now, but lots of links have been crossing my desk(top).


Johnny Galecki as Terry Ork in “CBGB”: one photo

Terry Ork (played by Johnny Galecki in “CBGB”) is hardly a household name — he doesn’t even have a Wikipedia entry! — but he was one of those figures who just made things happen.

John Goodman joins Stan Lee and other special guests for upcoming Savannah Film Festival

The 15th Savannah Film Festival, which begins in less than three weeks, got even more exciting on Monday afternoon with the announcement of John Goodman joining the impressive guest list.


Savannah Film Festival special screenings: a list, links, a couple of previews

The special screenings at the 2012 Savannah Film Festival include “On the Road”, Walter Salles’ adaptation of the Jack Kerouac classic.

“Rise of the Guardians”: official trailers for 3D film closing the Savannah Film Festival

The Savannah Film Festival will close with Rise of the Guardians from Dreamworks Animation. It will be the first film to take advantage of the new 3D technology at Trustees Theater.

James Gandolfini, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane among guests for 2012 Savannah Film Festival

Rumble Fish!! The Outsiders!!

2012 Savannah Film Festival competition films announced by SCAD

The 2012 Savannah Film Festival — sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design — will be held Oct. 27 – Nov. 3.

New trailer for Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”: “I’m going on an adventure!”

Well this looks great, unsurprisingly. The newly released trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: