AMERICAN PASTORAL (USA 2016) ***

Ewan McGregor makes his directing debut and stars alongside Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning in this ambitious adaptation of Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, about a “perfect” American family that is torn apart by the social and political upheavals of the 1960s. One must give the actor credit for choosing such a dauntless task as a adapting a Roth novel for his directorial debut.

JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (USA/China 2016) ***

The plot is nothing spectacular. Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever. The story contains a few forgettable plot twists.

THE HANDMAIDEN (South Korea 2016) ***

Park’s film is told in three chapter’s from the points of view of the story’s…

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rent Opaloch is easily the most talented and sought after cinematographers in the world today. He has DP’d for director Neil Blomkamp  on “District 9”, “Elysium”, and “Chappie”,  and director’s Anthony & Joe Russo on “Captain America: Winter Soldier”, and the upcoming “Captain America: Civil War”. It was an honor to sit down with him to chat about his career and the art of cinematography.

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On Shooting the Captain America films:

It’s funny because I never really planned on ever shooting anything like that but I loved the creative approach that the Russo’s had for the film. Our whole thing was to take the edge off the genre of it all by basing it in reality as much as we could. I really liked the idea of shooting the film like a 70’s conspiracy thriller to ground the whole thing a bit. We referenced…

Hillary Clinton

Born: October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married to: Bill Clinton (11 October 1975 – present) (1 child)

Some people think elections are a game: who’s up or who’s down. It’s about our country. It’s about our kids’ future. It’s about all of us together. Some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some difficult odds. We do it, each one of us, against difficult odds. We do it because we care about our country. Some of us are right, and some of us are not. Some of us are ready, and some of us are not. Some of us know what we will do on day one, and some of us haven’t thought that through.

[on the popularity of Donald Trump] A lot of people are understandably reacting out of fear and anxiety. Mr. Trump has a great capacity to use bluster and…

Don Siegel (1912–1991)

Born: October 26, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: April 20, 1991 (age 78) in Nipomo, California, USA

[on Clint Eastwood] Hardest thing in the world is to do nothing and he does it marvelously.

I’m not a violent man . . . There are many other things that happen in our lives other than crime and violence and I think, as long as we do them entertainingly, then what’s wrong with doing them?

[on editing] If you shake a movie, ten minutes will fall out.

Escape from Alcatraz
1979
dir. Don Siegel
starring
Eastwood

Dirty Harry 1971 dir. Siegel starring Eastwood Harry Guardino

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Bob Hoskins (1942–2014)

Born: October 26, 1942 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
Died: April 29, 2014 (age 71) in London, England, UK

Married to: Linda Banwell (1982 – 29 April 2014) (his death) (2 children)

[in his last-ever interview in August 2012] My greatest pleasure in life is a completely appointment-less day with nothing to do. It means I can read a book, listen to the radio and do exactly as I wish. If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it. You can’t slip in and slip out again. You give it the business. My diary now is free, completely free. That’s the way I like it. I only do what I want to do.

The Long Good Friday 1980 dir. John Mackenzie Cast Paul Freeman Bob Hoskins

Brazil 1985 dir. Terry Gilliam Starring Robert DeNiro Jonathan Pryce Kim…

Rita Wilson

Born: October 26, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Tom Hanks (30 April 1988 – present) (2 children)

I’ve never wanted to be a big star. I just want to keep on working.

It’s Complicated dir. Nancy Meyers Stars: Meryl Streep Steve Martin Alec Baldwin Best of GOOD WIFE TV Series GIRLS Season 3 2014 Starring: Lena Dunham Adam Driver THE ART OF GETTING BY 2011 dir. Gavin Wiesen Stars Freddie Highmore Emma Roberts Best of GOOD WIFE Season 2 Stars: Julianna Margulies Chris Noth Best of GOOD WIFE Season 3 Stars: Josh Charles Matt Czuchry THAT THING YOU DO! 1996 dir. Tom Hanks Stars: Liv Tyler Charlize Theron VOLUNTEERS 1985 dir. Nicholas Meyer Stars: Tom Hanks John Candy Best of GOOD WIFE Season 4 Stars: Archie Panjabi Christine Baranski NOW AND THEN 1995 dir. Lesli Linka Glatter Starring Demi Moore Christina Ricci SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE

Dylan McDermott

Born: October 26, 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

My theory about actors is we’re all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere.

I can’t really say that I ever believed in any of that business about fate and soul mates and the one really perfect person until I met my wife… As corny as it seems, it was really love at first sight. It was like, ‘Boom!’ There it is, you know it, and everything else fades away.

THE CAMPAIGN dir. Jay Roach Stars: Will Ferrell Zach Galifianakis

HOSTAGES TV SHOW PILOT 2013 Creators: Alon Aranya, Omri Givon,Rotem Shami

In the Line of Fire 1993 dir. Wolfgang Petersen Starring Eastwood John Malkovich

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER 2012 dir. Stephen Chbosky Stars: Logan Lerman Emma Watson OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN 2013 dir. Antoine Fuqua Stars: Gerard Butler Angela Bassett Best of AMERICAN HORROR STORY American Horror Story season 1

Seth MacFarlane

Born: October 26, 1973 in Kent, Connecticut, USA

The only way it [criticism] gets to me is that it demonstrates a deterioration of the power of restrained, critical, rational thought that was once more ubiquitous in our society. In the sixties and seventies there was such a high regard in this country for the achievements of human beings in science, in technology, in space exploration. And in some ways we’ve turned into this wimpy, astrology-loving, angel-loving, pseudo-scientific culture that no longer has that ability. We’ve gotten lazy in our willingness to use our brains.

When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST 2014 dir. Seth MacFarlane Stars: Charlize Theron Liam Neeson

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Samantha Isler

Born: October 26, 1998 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I can’t wait to come back to Tulsa. It’s a great place to be.

Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family.

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