Movies & TV, Creative Loafing Atlanta

Bros face the apocalypse in 'This Is the End'

Curt Holman — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Hilarious Hollywood satire proves to be a revelation by Curt Holman Dying horribly on camera almost resembles a badge of honor in an early sequence of the apocalyptic comedy This Is the End. Catastrophe strikes James Franco's housewarming party, with a sinkhole on the scale of a Hellmouth opening up in the 127 Hours actor's front yard.…

Fast and Furious, now for the sixth time

Curt Holman — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

What to make of this street racing oeuvre? by Curt Holman No one loves illegal street racing as much as skanky supermodels. At least, that's the unifying thread I found when I spent a week watching all of the Fast & Furious films, including the sixth and latest one.…

Which summer movie is right for you?

Curt Holman — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Our critic has made a flowchart to help you decide by Curt Holman

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Hollywood Product: Peeples

Edward Adams — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Granted its funny, but feels like a ripoff of something I've seen before by Edward Adams GENRE: (Sub)urban Comedy THE PITCH: Wade (Craig Robinson), a children's music performer decides its time to propose to his girl Grace Peeples (Kerry Washington) the weekend of the Peeples' annual reunion in the Hamptons.…

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children hits theatres

Gabe Wardell — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The celebrated novelist and director Deepa Mehta talk about the difficulty of adapting a novel for the screen by Gabe Wardell In 2006, Sir Salman Rushdie sat in to guest host "The Charlie Rose Show" to interview Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta about Water, the third film of her Elements trilogy. A beautiful friendship began, which ultimately brought Rushdie's celebrated 1981 novel Midnight's Children to the big screen.…

Ray McKinnon reigns as one of the South's most insightful filmmakers

Curt Holman — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:10:00 -0400

His new Georgia-based series "Rectify" debuts April 22 on Sundance by Curt Holman On the Sundance Channel's new drama "Rectify," premiering Mon., April 22, Georgia death row inmates wear white scrubs that look incongruously pristine, given the magnitude of the convicts' crimes. Consistent with actual Georgia prison garb, the white costume proves appropriately symbolic for the show's central character, Daniel Holden (Aden Young).…

Dixie's on Ray McKinnon's mind

Curt Holman — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:10:00 -0400

The films of the most original and insightful observer of the New South working today by Curt Holman The films of Ray McKinnon "THE ACCOUNTANT" (2001)…

Stylish Trance leaves viewers less than spellbound

Curt Holman — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Danny Boyle's hypno-thriller falls short of entrancing intro by Curt Holman Reportedly, director Danny Boyle used Inception as a point of comparison when raising money for Trance, his new thriller about art theft and hypnosis. Both films take labyrinthine detours through the human psyche, but Trance doesn't live up to Inception's standard.…

It's bigger than 'Love and Hip Hop'

Rodney Carmichael — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Show creator Mona Scott-Young, the Sheryl Sandberg of rap, plots her next takeover by Rodney Carmichael Mona Scott-Young, executive producer of the "Love & Hip Hop" franchise, takes her seat at the head of a conference table in a 40th floor suite of the Atlantic building overlooking west Midtown in Atlanta. In addition to giving the urban entertainment bloggers on hand the early scoop on season two of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta," her new VH1 reality show "The Gossip Game," and forthcoming Bravo network endeavor "Taking Atlanta," she's here to introduce her latest venture, Myx Fusion, a new alcoholic beverage line that comes in three appropriately girlie flavors: peach, coconut, and Moscato.…