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Tribeca Review: Yonkers Joe
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Tribeca », Theatrical Reviews », Festival Reports », Cinematical Indie »
Something about Yonkers Joe bugged me.
Don't get me wrong; it was a very well-made and well-acted film, with a very touching story about fathers, sons, and the difficulties of raising special needs kids. It's got two stars, Chazz Palminteri and Christine Lahti, that give their usual solid performances. And it even has a story that's got some nice tension and is emotionally satisfying.
But something bugged me. And I couldn't put my finger on why until the very end, but when I did, it made my discomfort crystal clear: This guy's a crook. Why should I care about him at all?
ThinkFilm buys the rights to Eat
Filed under: Comedy », Independent », Deals », ThinkFilm », Distribution », Cinematical Indie »
The North American rights to When
Do We Eat?, an independent film described by producers as "the first Passover comedy," have been
acquired by ThinkFilm. (Hell, I'd pick it up based on that tag-line alone.) The film, which stars Lesley Ann Warren, Michael
Lerner, and Jack Klugman, sounds pretty outrageous: after years of
fighting and conflict among extended family at Passover dinners, the son of Lerner's character decides that the solution
to all of their problems is to...drug his dad. Seriously. So he secretly feeds Pops ecstasy, which results, apparently,
in Lerner "fervently [trying] to reunite his squabbling family." So, basically, it's like the dinner scene in
Flirting
with Disaster, except for 90 minutes - and with even more Jews? Sweet!Not surprisingly, ThinkFilm plans to give the film a Passover release (that's in April).
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SDCC Update: Cinematical Has Seen 'Fanboys'!
SDCC Panel: Robert Rodriguez's 'Red Sonja'
Review: The X-Files: I Want To Believe
Live from SDCC: Preview Night Gallery!
Live from SDCC: Time to Get Our Con On!
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