Minions-The Rise of Gru, Review: One in a minion
Minion and Villain don’t rhyme. They shouldn’t. After all, what is a primary school kid doing? Yes, he is almost a dwarf, and we would love to see his rise. But rise as what? An arch-villain? A super-villain? There are some movies in which good, clean, animation fun turns into adult stuff that can affect the mind-set of millions of viewers. Films need not preach or moralise, but they need not glorify villainy either. This is one suc...
A Quiet Place, Review: Silence is Golden
In 2017, the world undergoes lockdown as blind monsters search for victims by sound. The few survivors of an unknown attack in New York appear as the Abbott family, who are visiting a supermarket, while maintaining total silence. The family is mourning the death of Beau, a victim to the monsters a year earlier.
Back home, following several prior encounters, the monsters become aware of the family’s presence while Lee Abbott develops a sound-proo...
"I started to shoot films at the age of 13 because nothing else was even half as fun for me. Now at the age of 65, I still get that same feeling of excitement. The day that feeling disappears, I'll stop making films. "
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FILM LINEUP LosAngeles United isproud to present an amazing list of Feature-Length Narratives andDocumentaries. All films will be Los Angeles Premieres or Special EngagementScreenings and will be preceded by a few Award-Winning Short Films. **All film screenings are $10 and AllAccess Passes will be available.For more information, please visitthe official festival website: www.theunitedfest.comThursday, April 30th, 2009 - "Kickoff Film" & "Beer PongAfter Party""Las...
Los Angeles United Film Festival The Los Angeles United Film Festival, bringing art and creativity together to create a united film community, will be held at the historic Los Feliz 3 Cinema on April 30th - May 7th. The festival's focus is to bring together talented filmmakers from diverse backgrounds, thus creating a "United" showcase of creative energy and talent. This is a film festival for everyone, a place where art and community converge.A Tulsa native filmmaker, Jason Connel...
This Wednesday night at 10PM (EST), MOVIE GEEKS UNITED! will feature new interviews with the makers of "The Shark Is Still Working" and "Your Mommy Kills Animals". We will also replay an earlier interview with Anthony Giacchino, director of the upcoming New York City release "The Camden 28" and John Swinglish, an original member of the protest group. Below is a director's statement with Mr. Giacchino discussing the film and the cause. Director's Statem...
