I'm of the opinion 2013 was a great year for movies overall, but at the same time it wasn't necessarily a great year with a ton of great movies, thus making my top ten of 2013 a little harder than I'd expected to put together. Before finalizing the list I attempted to watch and rewatch as many movies as I could fit in while at the same time hoping to create some distance from those experiences, expecting a certain grouping of films to eventually bubble to the surface as the most memorable and emotional affecting in what really ended up being a rather dark and melancholy year at the cinema. For me, a year end top ten is about the films I want to watch again. Films that, as soon as they end, you could watch them all over again immediately, not wanting whatever connection to what you just saw to go away.
- 12/30/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Are you still wallowing in a post-Breaking Bad puddle of despair and Netflix re-runs? Is trying to recover from the reality that we won't ever see any more of Walt, Jesse, Skyler and Hank proving tougher than giving up blue meth addiction?
Trust us, we know how you feel, but we might be able to help. The only true cure for a TV addiction is finding a new one, and a crack squad of TV fanatics at Digital Spy have already started hunting down shows to fill a Heisenberg-shaped hole.
Here are our five best tips for recovering from the Breaking Bad blues.
1. 'Peaky Blinders' on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer - Alex Fletcher, Deputy Editor
Terrible name. Incredible show. Peaky Blinders is the most ambitious drama on British television at the moment and, in this writer's opinion, the best. Based around Tommy Shelby, played by the...
Trust us, we know how you feel, but we might be able to help. The only true cure for a TV addiction is finding a new one, and a crack squad of TV fanatics at Digital Spy have already started hunting down shows to fill a Heisenberg-shaped hole.
Here are our five best tips for recovering from the Breaking Bad blues.
1. 'Peaky Blinders' on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer - Alex Fletcher, Deputy Editor
Terrible name. Incredible show. Peaky Blinders is the most ambitious drama on British television at the moment and, in this writer's opinion, the best. Based around Tommy Shelby, played by the...
- 10/8/2013
- Digital Spy
From Vienna in Before Sunrise to Paris in Before Sunset, the story of Celine and Jesse is obviously the heart of why we love these films so much, but the locations speak to that sense of romance in us all. Meeting someone in a foreign country and enjoying a passionate, one night affair, believing you can't exist without them. Nine years pass without a word and you see them again, in Paris of all places. You walk, talk and fall for each other all over again, realizing this is something more than just puppy love. But these are the stories of the first two films in this franchise, Before Midnight is something of a different beast as we once again step into the lives of Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) as they are vacationing with their two girls in Southern Peloponnese, Greece. Today's map highlights the locations from...
- 5/22/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Jesse James' sister is standing by him. Julie James England tells E! News exclusively that the beleaguered star's revelation on Nightline about his dad physically abusing him as a child was "completely true." "I saw it," she says. "I lived there with my dad, and he was very aggressive with Jesse and I. He did abuse Jesse." This is not how their father remembers things, however. Responding to Jesse's story about having his arm broken at age 7 by his father, Jesse's dad, Larry, told RadarOnline that his son hurt himself when he fell off a fence, which he was climbing to retrieve a ball from their neighbor's yard. "Just to show...
- 5/27/2010
- E! Online
Jesse James claimed in his Nightline interview that his dad Larry abused him when he was a child, and the abuse turned him into a womanizer and cheater. "I was a terrorized kid," Jesse said. "I was petrified of my dad ... It wasn't so much getting the shit beat out of me or getting my arm broken or getting kicked or whatever or punched, it was the in-between time. It was the fear of that happening again." Now Larry tells Radaronline.com that Jesse's story is nothing but a lie. "None of it is true," Larry said. "My kids were my whole life. I would never ever hurt any one of them. I would have died before I would have hurt them." Larry also explained how Jesse broke him arm. "Just to show off...he dove over the fence, landed on the ground,...
- 5/26/2010
- by Katy Hall
- Huffington Post
Jonathan Mossek's "As Good As Dead," starring Andie MacDowell and Cary Elwes, will kick off the 10th annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival on April 14 at the Clarity Theater in Beverly Hills.
It will be preceded earlier that evening by the premiere of "Jesse's Story," Mark Jacobs' documentary about surfer Jesse Billauer, as well as the North American premiere of the Brazilian documentary "Sequestro" (Kidnapping), directed by Jorge W. Atalla.
Producer Frank Yablans will be the third annual recipient of the Legends Award, which will be presented at the closing night awards ceremony April 18 at the Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills Hotel.
Bhff founder Nino Simone will be presented with the Parajanov-Vartanov Award for his commitment to independent cinema and for his support of filmmakers Sergei Parajanov and Mikhail Vartanov.
It will be preceded earlier that evening by the premiere of "Jesse's Story," Mark Jacobs' documentary about surfer Jesse Billauer, as well as the North American premiere of the Brazilian documentary "Sequestro" (Kidnapping), directed by Jorge W. Atalla.
Producer Frank Yablans will be the third annual recipient of the Legends Award, which will be presented at the closing night awards ceremony April 18 at the Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills Hotel.
Bhff founder Nino Simone will be presented with the Parajanov-Vartanov Award for his commitment to independent cinema and for his support of filmmakers Sergei Parajanov and Mikhail Vartanov.
- 3/30/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Jacobs' "Jesse's Story" -- a documentary about surfer Jesse Billauer, who suffered a paralyzing spinal chord injury but continued surfing -- will be the opening night film at the 10th annual Malibu Film Festival. The fest runs from Thursday through Saturday at the Malibu Cinemas and the Ocean Avenue Screening Room in Santa Monica.
The documentary also features Christopher Reeve, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Bob Hurley, Rob Machado, Kelly Slater and Shane Dorian with music by Johnson, Harper, Jason Mraz and G. Love.
Domestix, the Beverly Hills-based domestic sales company, is handling the film.
The documentary also features Christopher Reeve, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Bob Hurley, Rob Machado, Kelly Slater and Shane Dorian with music by Johnson, Harper, Jason Mraz and G. Love.
Domestix, the Beverly Hills-based domestic sales company, is handling the film.
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