Touch the Sound

Very intriguing...

"Touch the Sound takes us on a remarkable journey with Evelyn Glennie, one of the world's foremost musicians, a Grammy-winning classical percussionist whose solo work is unrivaled. She is also deaf."

Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Starring: Evelyn Glennie
Official website: www.touch-the-sound.com

For Fans of...Young@Heart and Through Deaf Eyes

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Freida Pinto and Dev Patel on The Today Show

The stars of Slumdog Millionaire show off some dances moves and talk Oscar buzz.

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Moccasin Flats

Mocassin Flats is a ground-breaking Canadian TV series about the gritty reality that many Native American youth face in the Saskatchewan providence. The story has also been explored through a short film and a made-for-TV movie. To purchase the DVDs check out www.bigsoul.net



Official Website: www.moccasinflats.com

For Fans of...Lincoln Heights and The Wire

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Twilight Makes $70.6 M

EDWARD
Say it...out loud.

BELLA
Sequels.

Since most people can't name five female directors it's nice to see that Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight dominated the box office. Did you embrace the Twilight mania?

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Shanghai Kiss

Because salsa dancing in laundry mats is always quirky.

"An Asian-American actor, living in Los Angeles, is forced to reconsider his roots...after suddenly inheriting his grandmother's home in Shanghai" (IMDb).

Directors: Kern Konwiser and David Ren
Starring: Ken Leung, Hayden Panettiere and Kelly Hu
Soundtrack: "The Dreaming" by Angel Tears

[Hat tip Angry Asian Man]

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Rashida Jones To Co-Star In New NBC Sitcom

She was Karen on The Office and now Rashida Jones will be playing a nurse in an untitled Amy Poehler project. It looks like NBC is hoping that Poehler will have similar success as fellow SNL alumna Tina Fey. I'm just glad Jones is getting more roles.

Anyone else remember her from Freaks & Geeks?

[source Variety]

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Seven Pounds Premiere

From the Seven Pounds premiere in Miami...


Cuteness.

[Hat tip Mad News]

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An Invisible Sign of My Own

This film isn't coming out until next year but I can't wait to see Jessica Alba play a nerdy girl! Her recent string of films have been less then stellar and she needs a role that will charm us again. If only they would have focused The Eye on the life of a blind violinist instead of all that scary stuff it could have been great.

Here's the synopsis for An Invisible Sign of My Own:

"Math whiz Mona Gray has elected to systematically withdraw from life after a mysterious illness leaves her Dad all but a shell of his former self. When she gets a job as the math teacher at an elementary school, she discovers she has an unorthodox talent for teaching and finds herself thrust back into life again, with children to care for, a man to love, and a reason to live" (IMDB).

No matter what I'll always be a Jessica Alba fan because of Dark Angel (I own both seasons). She was the coolest genetically enhanced kick-butt super soldier. And this line will always be golden: "If I just had my ass handed to me by a size three, I'd be inclined to mind my own business."

Until then check out the novel the film is based on.

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Soundtrack: "Ya Rayah" by Rachid Taha

From the film Something New...


Remember the scene where Brian picks up Kenya and takes her on a ride in his jeep? This was the song that played:



Too cool.

www.myspace.com/rachidtaha

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This Revolution

This Revolution uses the backdrop of the 2004 Republican National Convention to enter the realm of activists and their anti-Bush protests. It has a heavy indie vibe which works well for everything except the ending (it's a little far-fetched). Rosario Dawson doesn't have a lot of screen time but her scenes are the most poignant.



Director/Writer: Stephen Marshall
Starring: Rosario Dawson and Nathan Crooker
Soundtrack: "Me Tarzan You Jane" by iZLER

For Fans of...Battle in Seattle and Light It Up

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The Tyra Show Asks 'What Are You?'

In non-film news, check out this episode of Tyra about being biracial, how they identify and how other people perceive them.

As a mixed person I can relate to being mistaken for another ethnicity but some of the views these women have are so skewed, it's sad.

There's a bit of everything on here: black, Latino, Asian, white and Arab.


What are your thoughts on all this?

[Hat tip to Afro Nerd]

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Club Native

From the official website:

"On the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, located just outside the city of Montreal, Canada, there are two firm but unspoken rules drummed into every member of the community: Do not marry a white person and do not have a child with a white person. The potential consequences of ignoring these rules-loss of membership on the reserve, for yourself and your child-are clear, and for those who incur them, devastating. Break the rules, and you also risk being perceived as having betrayed the Mohawk Nation by diluting the 'purity' of the bloodline.

Club Native is a candid and deeply moving look at the pain, confusion and frustration suffered by many First Nations people as they struggle for the most important right of all: the right to belong."

Director: Tracey Deer
Official Website: Club Native

For Fans of...Smoke Signals and Tkaronto

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Gardens of the Night

This isn't a movie for the faint of heart. Gardens of the Night deals with a disturbing subject matter: kidnapping. But don't let its heavy nature scare you off because it seems like an engaging story about the bond between two people who love each other through the worst of times.



Director/Writer: Damian Harris
Starring: Evan Ross and Gillian Jacobs
Official Website: www.gardensofthenight.com

For Fans of...Hard Candy and The Woodsman

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Screenwriter Jenny Lumet Wins Award for 'Rachel Getting Married'

Jenny Lumet was honored for her script at the 2008 Behind the Camera Awards. Hopefully an Oscar nomination will be right around the corner because Rachel Getting Married is pretty awesome!

[photo via Variety]

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Rosario Dawson and Will Smith on Oprah

Will Smith and Rosario Dawson look equally fab as they discuss their upcoming film Seven Pounds.



Definitely two of the coolest people in Hollywood.

[Hat tip to Fading Ad]

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Slumdog Millionaire

This film has been getting a lot of buzz.

Slumdog Millionaire is being heralded as a heart-warming tale of a guy's grand act to show a girl how much he really loves her. It's a simple story but in the hands of Danny Boyle (Millions) I'm expecting a film full of triumphant charm. It hits select theaters Nov. 12th, 2008. So go check it out!



Directors: Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan
Writer: Simon Beaufoy
Starring: Dev Patel and Freida Pinto

For Fan Fans of...My Date with Drew and Millions

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Heavy Metal in Baghdad

The title pretty much says it all. "In the late summer of 2006, in the middle of the insurgency, filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to meet and interview the only heavy metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda" (IMDb).



Official website: www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com

For Fans of...Afro Punk and Heima

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Watching the Detectives

I came across this movie while I was shopping at Target and it seemed odd enough to give it a try. Watching the Detectives is about a video store clerk who's in love with cult films and the woman who takes his passion to a new level. Because we're used to seeing Cillian Murphy play the eerie guy and Lucy Liu is famous for kicking butt, this movie takes them out of their element and that's part of what makes it work. It's not ground-breaking or anything but it's fun.



Director/Writer: Paul Soter
Starring: Lucy Liu and Cillian Murphy

For Fans of...Be Kind Rewind and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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