01.27.2023 | By Jack Rico |
As the dust settles on the 95th Annual Academy Award nominations, I had a chance to visit my friends at PIX11 News, Marysol Castro and Chris Cimino, to break it down. One thing is clear: the sci-fi epic, Everything Everywhere All at Once, is the film to beat. With a whopping 11 nominations, it has more than any other film this year. Top Gun received 7 nominations, but Tom Cruise was snubbed… again.
11.23.2014 | By Jack Rico |
With the conversion of animation to live-action, Disney could have hit stardust gold. Cinderella is the first experiment from the Walt Disney company to “refresh” their animated legacy properties to “real life”. If successful, you will see Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Tangled and yes, Frozen, be adapted to the big screen with real actors. Imagine a Frozen live-action movie? We’ve seen glimpses of how it would look like through the Broadway shows, but film is a whole other medium and beast. The amount of money to be generated from recycling old content is a potential game-changer for the Disney’s film division. Only time will tell if it works, but we at least have this trailer for now to judge it on. Have a look! Read More
08.8.2013 | By Jack Rico |
You have to love George Clooney. His new movie The Monuments Men, which he directs, writes, stars, produces and is even credited with stunt work, is another interesting story idea from the man that loves to look underneath a rock and find the small gems in stories that have been over told. Read More
07.22.2013 | By Jack Rico |
The “1-4-0″: #BlueJasmine isn’t Woody Allen’s finest drama, but Cate Blanchett provides one of the best performances of her career. An assured Oscar nod. Read More
