Joey Lauren Adams

Sundance 2013: Icy abstraction of D.C. snipers in 'Blue Caprice'

2013-01-21 09:00:00

It seemed like a nightmare become real -- a string of random shootings in the Washington, D.C., area in October 2002 that gripped the nation with fear and confusion. That the perpetrators, once captured, turned out to be a former soldier and a teenage boy...

'Elvira,' 'Screech' and stars of 'The Walking Dead' among celebrities at Fanboy Expo

2013-05-17 00:00:00

"Six Millon Dollar Man" star Lee Majors, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, stars of "The Walking Dead," wrestlers Jerry Lawler, Roddy Piper and Jake "The Snake" Roberts and many other movie and television stars will appear at the Fanboy Expo, May 31-June 2, at...

Sundance unveils 2013 competition lineup: Sexuality a major theme in dramatic slate; documentaries, NEXT also announced

2012-11-28 16:30:12

Films devoted to exploring the myriad forms of human sexuality have an unusually prominent place in the 2013 Sundance program, festival director John Cooper noted as he unveiled the fest's competition slates on Wednesday. Citing titles slotted into the U....

Thesps ascend indie 'Sequoia': Andy Landen directing drama for Honora Productions, Audire Films

2012-11-12 14:30:12

Aly Michalka ("Easy A"), Dustin Milligan ("Extract") and Joey Lauren Adams are toplining indie drama "Sequoia," directed by Andy Landen. "Sequoia" is produced by Ashleigh Phillips, Giles Andrew and Jessica Latham through Honora Productions and Audire...

Video reviews: 'Kites,' 'Unstoppable' released on DVD

2011-02-21 11:36:00

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (2010) * *1/2 (B-) Directed by Woody Allen Starring Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch, Naomi Watts, Pauline Collins Narrated by and Zak Orth Sony//Rated R//Drama//99...

'The Break-Up'

2006-06-02 00:00:00

It's hard to talk about "The Break-Up," which stars Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston as an uncoupling couple bound together by a condo, without getting a couple of words on Vaughn and Aniston's real-life romance, Aniston's recent real-life break-up and...

Fast-Paised review: The Break-Up'

2006-05-19 14:28:52

Big question: Chicago bus tour guide Gary (Vince Vaughn) and art gallery employee Brooke (Jennifer Aniston) split up but continue to share a condo. Does "The Break-Up" live up to all the hype surrounding Vaughnifer? Skip it: "The Break-Up" isn't sure...

Movie review: The Break-Up'

2006-05-19 14:46:28

2� stars (out of four) Sometimes, no matter how badly you want something to work, it just doesn't. And the best you can do is walk away with what's left of your dignity and, if you're very lucky, a modicum of grace. With "The Break-Up," Vince Vaughn...

Sundance set

2005-11-28 17:17:29

Ashley Judd, Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson, Paul Giamatti, Maggie Gyllenhaal and singer Tom Waits are among the stars appearing in movies competing for top honors at January's Sundance Film Festival. On Monday, festival organizers announced 64...

Fast-Paised review: 'Come Early Morning'

2006-11-09 00:00:00

Lucille (Ashley Judd), a southern gal who will sleep with anyone who buys her five beers, has a new man (Jeffrey Donovan). That's about it. Big question: Can Joey Lauren Adams' ("The Break-Up," "Chasing Amy") debut as a writer-director reflect...

Movie review: 'Come Early Morning'

2006-11-09 00:00:00

2� stars (out of four) It's tough to accurately rate a movie that's good in a lot of ways but grating in so many others. Such is the case with "Come Early Morning," a slip of a film starring Ashley Judd. Artfully shot and excruciatingly honest, the movie...

Lots more film fest reviews!

2006-10-04 15:43:38

Stranger Than Fiction (U.S.) **1/2 In this bit of Charlie Kaufman lite, IRS agent Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) hears his life narrated, and the voice tells him he's going to die soon. He's actually a character in a novelist's (Emma Thompson) book. Cute...

"Top of the Heap" was a sitcom spun off from "Married ... With Children" that starred Joseph Bologna and Matt LeBlanc as a father and son enamored of get-rich-quick schemes (it also, incidentally, featured Joey Lauren Adams pre-"Dazed and Confused").

2012-04-20 19:27:00