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February 2016 Family Films/Screenplays/Stories

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Submit your Family Film or Screenplay to the Festival:http://festivalforfamily.com

Watch the best of Family from February 2016:

ACTORFeature Screenplay – HENRIETTA’S ODYSSEY
February 2016 Reading
Written by L.R. Whittinger
ACTORFan Fiction – DOCTOR WHO “The Time Cuckoo”
February 2016 Reading
Written by David Gilbank & Paul Renhard

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13min, USA, Horror/Family

ACTORFeature Screenplay – FOUR FOR THE BORDER
February 2016 Reading
Written by Toby Roberts

****

Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: John Johnson

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Died Today (September 1st): Tommy Morrison (1969–2013)

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rommymorrison.jpgTommy Morrison (1969–2013)

Born: January 2, 1969 in Gravette, Arkansas, USA
Died: September 1, 2013 (age 44) in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

(On boxing): “It was a life changing experience. Very interesting and something I look forward to doing again. Acting is a different challenge.”

[on how he sexually-contracted HIV]: “Wilt Chamberlain had nothing on me. Infidelity was one of my biggest battles in life. I couldn’t overcome it. It probably helped my first marriage crumble”.

Happy Birthday: Dr. Phil

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philmcgraw.jpgPhil McGraw

Born: September 1, 1950 in Vinita, Oklahoma, USA

Married to:
Robin McGraw (14 August 1976 – present) (2 children)

If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I’d been gone in two weeks.

SCARY MOVIE 4
2006
dir. David Zucker
Stars:
Anna Faris
Regina Hall

 

Happy Birthday: Scott Speedman

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scottspeedman.jpgScott Speedman

Born: September 1, 1975 in London, England, UK

[on actors] What we really look for is something we haven’t done before and something that challenges us or creates a bit-of-a-fear moment when you’re reading it. Like ‘Oh Jeez, I don’t know if I can pull this off’. You always sorta can get there but it’s scary to jump off the edge.

Underworld
2003
dir. Len Wiseman
Starring
Kate Beckinsale
Speedman		 MOVIE POSTERTHE VOW
dir. Michael Sucsy
Stars:
Rachel McAdams
Channing Tatum
Underworld: EvolutionUnderworld: Evolution
2006
dir. Wiseman
starring
Kate Beckinsale
Speedman
THE CAPTIVE
2014
dir. Atom Egoyan
Stars:
Ryan Reynolds
Scott Speedman		 The StrangersThe Strangers
2008
Directed by Bryan Bertino
Starring
Liv Tyler
Speedman
TV POSTERLAST RESORT
Review of the 2012 action drama		 BARNEY'S VERSIONBARNEY’S VERSION
2011
dir. Richard J. Lewis
Starring:
Paul Giamatti
Rosamund Pike
movie reviewsXXX: STATE OF THE UNION
2005
dir. Lee Tamahori
Stars:
Samuel L. Jackson
Ice Cube

Happy Birthday: Zendaya

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zendaya.jpgZendaya

Born: September 1, 1996 in Oakland, California, USA

If I could have a Dancing with the Stars (2005) partner, it would be Michael Jackson, but since I can’t any more – sadly – it would be Roshon Fegan.

This is so beautiful, Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, this means so, so much to me. I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I do it for you guys. I just want you to know that doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it. To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: MA’ ROSA (Philippines 2016) ****

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ma_rosa_poster.jpgMA’ ROSA (Philippines 2016) ****
Directed by Brillante Mendoza

Starring: Jaclyn Jose, Julio Diaz, Baron Geisler

Review by Gilbert Seah

MA’ ROSA (Jaclyn Rose) is a plump middle-aged convenience store owner with a drug using husband and three children who are more enterprising than they let their parents to believe. Rosa does a bit of selling drugs to make ends meet.

When Rosa and her husband are arrested, she and her children do all their best to come up scott-free any way possible which includes bribing the corrupt cops. Mendoza’s (SLINGSHOT) film is done neo-realist style using non-professional actors in a real setting (a poor Manila neighbourhood).

The camera often follows behind each character, very much like in a Dardenne Brothers’ film. The result is a totally absorbing film, depressing (it rains half the time in the film) though, most of the time.

A bit of much needed humour is provided by a bitchy aunt who lends the family money but not before having her voice heard. Jaclyn Rose won her Best Actress at this year’s Cannes which is another reason to see this rare Filipino film.

Trailer: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=SQ4nqo6FuS8

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: SAND STORM (Israel 2016) ***

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Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.

sand_storm_poster.jpgSAND STORM (Israel 2016) ***
Directed by Elite Zexer

Starring: Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari

Review by Gilbert Seah

SAND STORM is the Grand Jury Prize Winner at Sundance in the Contemporary World section. The film details a little known culture in a Bedouin village. Jalila is preparing to host an awkward celebration: the marriage of her husband to a second (and noticeably younger) wife – something unheard of n western society.

To make matters worse, her eldest, Layla, is involved in a clandestine relationship with a boy at school, all her suppressed emotion finds an outlet. Emotions run high and very member of the family feels the pressure.

Zexer moves her efficient film covering all the details and tying her film up neatly towards the end with a classy ending.

Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day.
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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: SAMI BLOOD (SAME BLOD) (Sweden/Denmark/Norway 2016) ****

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sami_blood_poster.jpgSAMI BLOOD (SAME BLOD) (Sweden/Denmark/Norway 2016) ****
Directed by Amanda Kernell

Review by Gilbert Seah

An impressive and totally compelling coming-of-age passage film of a teenage Sami girl Elle Marja (wonderfully portrayed by Lene Cecilia Sparrok). At the same time, it is a look of prejudice that was prevalent in the 30’s when the film is set.

Elle Marja is of Lapps descent and forced into an educational system that taught them that their customs and lifestyles were inferior at best. She runs away and finally gains entry to Swede education but only after overcoming surmounting odds. This is a story that needs to be told for enlightening of what occurred in the past.

The film also celebrates Lapps culture with lots of scenes with reindeer.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FFyRuwkZ94

 

 

 

Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day.
Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival:http://www.wildsound.ca

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Happy Birthday: Larry Hankin

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larryhankin.jpgLarry Hankin

Born: August 31, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA

In the season 4 Seinfeld episode, “The Pilot,” he portrayed an actor playing a character based on Cosmo Kramer. In real life, Hankin auditioned for the role of Kramer and was series co-creator Larry David’s first choice during casting, as he felt Hankin was most similar to his friend Kenny Kramer who the character was based on; however, Michael Richards was ultimately cast.

HOME ALONE
1990
dir. Chris Columbus
Stars:
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci

Escape from Alcatraz, dir. Don Siegel starring EastwoodEscape from Alcatraz
1979
dir. Don Siegel
starring
Eastwood
BREAKING BAD season 5
Best of the Season!		 MOVIE POSTERPAIN & GAIN
2013
dir. Michael Bay
Stars:
Mark Wahlberg
Dwayne Johnson
breaking badBest of BREAKING BAD TV series breaking badBest of BREAKING BAD season 3
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Happy Birthday: Richard Gere

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richardgere.jpgRichard Gere

Born: August 31, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Pretty Woman (1990) is something I never would have done. Neither is An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). I had no interest in these scripts whatsoever. It was the same person knocking my door down on both of them, Jeffrey Katzenberg, first at Paramount, then at Disney, who was one of my first friends out here and still is. At the point of Pretty Woman (1990), I had been kind of out of things for a while. I consciously [had] just said, “Going off to do other things” and I fucked up my career to the point where [people weren’t saying], “Well, let’s get Gere to do that”. I had to crawl a little bit to get scripts. Doing Internal Affairs (1990), for instance, was a very difficult decision for me to make because, potentially, that could have been such a piece of shit. It turns out to be one of my favorite movies and best experiences, too.

CHICAGO
2002
dir. Rob Marshall
Starring:
Renée Zellweger
Catherine Zeta-Jones		 SOMMERSBYSommersby
1993
dir. Jon Amiel
Starring
Richard Gere
Jodie Foster
UNFAITHFULUnfaithful
2002
dir. Adrian Lyne
Cast
Richard Gere
Diane Lane		 BROOKLYN'S FINEST Movie PosterBrooklyn’s Finest
dir.Antoine Fuqua
Stars
Richard Gere
Don Cheadle
Nights in Rodanthe
dir. George C. Wolfe
Starring
Lane
Richard Gere		 I'M NOT THEREI’m Not There
2007
dir. Todd Haynes
Cast
Christian Bale
Blanchett
MOVIE POSTERFIRST KNIGHT
1995
dir. Jerry Zucker
Starring:
Sean Connery
Richard Gere		 Amelia Movie PosterAmelia
dir. Mira Nair
Stars:
Swank
Richard Gere
Ewan McGregor

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MOVIE POSTERPRETTY WOMAN
1990
dir. Garry Marshall
Stars:
Richard Gere
Julia Roberts		 MOVIE POSTERARBITRAGE
2012
dir. Nicholas Jarecki
Stars:
Richard Gere
Susan Sarandon
THE HOAX
2006
dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Stars:
Richard Gere
Alfred Molina		 MOVIE POSTERMOVIE 43
2013
Stars:
Emma Stone
Stephen Merchant
Richard Gere
Liev Schreiber