I always like to fit in some shorts at NBFF. From time to time I?ve seen shorts here that end up with Oscar nomination the following year. I started my day with a group of shorts called ?Held Back & Shortly Set Free?, which was described in the program as ?Insights into the human condition…
Welcome to the 19th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival. Over the next week over 350 films will be showing at various venues on the Orange Coast.
It’s hard to believe when you look back at it that it has been 10 years since Marvel Studios–then on its own–embarked on a bold strategy to change cinematic storytelling as we knew it. What started in 2008 with Iron Man has evolved into what can arguably be called the standard of superhero film-making. Of…
Now, you can assemble the Avengers yourself! In Avengers:?Infinity War,?Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the team unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet — the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The…
Avengers: Infinity War?offers the (penultimate) event of the Avenger universe. When evil overlord, Thanos, threatens to destroy the galaxy in the midst of his hunt for the Infinity Stones, the Avengers must assemble one more time to attempt to save humanity from his violent clutches. Billed as the ?biggest cross-over event in history?, Infinity War?features…
For me this issue is most clearly seen in listening to a group of SAT tutors?people who make money off of training people for the test?talking about how long it has been known (as one of them puts it) that ?the emperor has no clothes.?
In Rampage, primatologist Davis Okoye (global action icon, Dwayne ?The Rock? Johnson) shares an unshakable bond with George, an extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his care since his youth. However, when a genetic experiment goes wrong and George is one of several animals transformed into raging giant beasts, Okoye must race against…
?We have a moral obligation to tell the whole story.? ? Brea (TRAFFIK) Written and directed by Deon Taylor, Traffik?tells the story of Brea (Paula Patton), a struggling journalist looking for a big story. When she and her boyfriend John (Omar Epps) travel to the mountains for a romantic weekend, they are confronted by a…
In his latest film, Traffik, writer/director Deon Taylor tells the story of Brea (Paula Patton), a struggling journalist looking for a big story. When she and her boyfriend John (Omar Epps) travel to the mountains for a romantic weekend, they are confronted by a group of men on motorcycles. When they reach their destination, they…
Lives Well Lived seeks to bring us the experience of a group of forty men and women aged 76-103 who have come to their knowledge of what makes a good life by having lived long enough to look back.
