Posts Tagged ‘Juliette Lewis’
Film Review – Kelly & Cal
The title of writer Amy Lowe Starbin and director Jen McGowan’s film is Kelly & Cal (2014), but this is more about Kelly than it is about Cal. Kelly is played by Juliette Lewis, in a nice, subdued turn. The problem is, Lewis tries to…
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Film Review – August: Osage County
An ensemble of talented, well-known actors has always been a worry for me. When that much talent is thrown together, it can mean pretty much one of two things: first, the material is really good and it has gotten the interest of several people who…
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Bird Watching – Kathryn Bigelow’s “Strange Days”
It’s probably fair to say that Kathryn Bigelow is the most famous female film director working today. Maybe that’s why I’ve taken my time in getting to discussing any of her work in this column. Nobody needs to be told who she is. She has,…
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Directed by Tony Goldwyn, the new movie Conviction tells the true life story of Betty Anne Waters, played by Hillary Swank. Growing up in Ayer, Massachusetts with her older brother Kenny (played by the wonderful Sam Rockwell), they would escape from life with their neglectful…
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Conviction Interviews – Part 3: Juliette Lewis
The new film Conviction is based on a true story. Hillary Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, a High School dropout whose brother Kenny (played by Sam Rockwell) was wrongfully arrested for murder in 1983. The film portrays Betty Anne’s struggle to free her brother, going…
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Conviction Interviews – Part 2: Tony Goldwyn
The new film Conviction is based on a true story. Hillary Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, a High School dropout whose brother Kenny (played by Sam Rockwell) was wrongfully arrested for murder in 1983. The film portrays Betty Anne’s struggle to free her brother, going…
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Conviction Interviews – Part 1: Betty Anne Waters
The new film Conviction is based on a true story. Hillary Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, a High School dropout whose brother Kenny (played by Sam Rockwell) was wrongfully arrested for murder in 1983. The film portrays Betty Anne’s struggle to free her brother, going…
READ MOREFilm Review – Conviction
The title of director Tony Goldwyn’s Conviction (2010) really works on two different fronts. The first about the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of a man who fit the mold of a brutal killer, but swears it wasn’t him. It also works as the representation of…
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