Opening night June 9th at CineVegas as great as always!
The Hollywood Reporter’s cocktail party was fun, and a good meet and greet event for filmmakers, cast
members, etc. to all chat about their films.
After the party we went to the opening night screening review of Strangers With Candy.
|
Trevor Groth (in the background), Director
of Programming for CineVegas at the
Hollywood Reporter party thanking hosts.
|
Hollywood Reporter party at Ghost Bar at
the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
|
Danny Greenspun talking with Dennis
Hopper who serves as the festival’s
President and Chairman of the Creative
Advisory Board for CineVegas.
Hollywood Reporter party.
|
June 10. 2006
The films at CineVegas are so good this year it is hard to decide which ones to see. So I charted out
several films to spread out over the week of the film festival. Click on the name of the films to go to
my review. I am only doing mini reviews, but will do full reviews of some of the films that are already
out for distribution.
Todays films 13 TZAMETI , and THE PUFFY CHAIR.
In the "Shorts Two" group there were two very outstanding short films: "Denial" and "One Rat Short."
June 11, 2006
Movie Team Project with the Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas,
presented by Hollywood HEART and Cinevegas.
This was a cute film that the Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas did this
year. It had aliens (so common for Las Vegas), rap and some one fan
of a certain actor.:)
It is so enjoyable to see how excited and involved in the film
probject the kids get. Who knows some may become filmmakers in
the future.
This is a fun event for the boys & girls to see their film on the big
screen in a movie theatre.
For information about this project click here.
Photo of actors from the film.
|
Photo of “Thanks to Gravity”
Producers: Amy Greenspun, Gina Philips, and Elayne Keratsis
|
“Thanks to Gravity”
(World Premiere)
Dirctor Jessica Kavana
Cast: Sean Astin, Gina Philips, Shirley Knight, Adam Rodriguez, Bryan Greenberg, Rachel Miner
Synopsis: Set amidst the eccentric intellectual world of debate, a Jewish Latin-American girl
struggles with questions of identity, culture, tradition, and love to find out for herself if a woman
can really have it all.
I will do a full review of this wonderful film later. It is one that if you are attending CineVegas you
should not miss!
“5 Up 2 Down”
(World Premiere)
Director Steven Kessler
Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Kirk Acevedo, Paz de la Huerta, Andre Royo, Tia Texada, David Vadim
Synopsis: Struggling with drug addiction in New York, an artist and his best friend complete a
spiritual journey started 140 years earlier.
Another good film and I will do a longer review later, off to view more films today!
June 12
DANIKA
(World Premiere)
Director Ariel Vromen
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Craig Bierko, Regina Hall, Kyle Gallner, Nicki Prian, Ridge Canipe, Bailey
Hughes
Synopsis: When a devoted wife and mother begins experiencing a series of terrifying delusions,
she wonders whether she is actually having visions of future events or she is slowly slipping into
insanity.
This is a fantastic film and I hope it makes its way the your local movie theatre. The ending is a
real surprise. There will be more of a review later.
Red Carpet - Denial (Shorts Two) at Brenden Theatres at the
Palms Casino Resort
Director/writer Joel Kelly, Courtney Ford, and Brandon Routh
See Brandon Routh in Superman Returns opening in
IMAX3D at Brenden Theatres in Las Vegas.
|
June 13, 2006
“Wet Dreams” (Bellagio Hotel fountain show)
(World Premiere)
Director Steve Willis,
Cast: Rebecca Romijn, Steve Willis, Jerry O'Connell, Mark Fuller, Jim Doyle,
Peter Kopik
Great documentary about the fountain show at Bellagio. Click here for our
review and chat with the director.
June 14, 2006
A Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of "Rocky."
Presentation – Sylvester Stallone/CineVegas & Brenden Theatres Star
at the Palms Casino Resort
|
FULL GROWN MEN
Director David Munro
Cast: Matt McGrath, Judah Friedlander, Alan Cumming, Deborah Harry,
Amy Sedaris, Joie Lee
A man refuses to grow up and leaves his wife and son. He looks for his
boyhood friend trying to reclaim his childhood. Sometimes you can't go
home and other people around you grow up. This film had great opening
credits and some wonderful acting. One of the best parts was Alan
Cumming. Too me it was more sad than funny.
THE 4TH DIMENSION
(World Premiere)
Directors Tom Mattera & Dave Mazzoni
Cast: Louis Morabito, Miles Williams, Karen Peakes, Kate LaRoss, Suzanne
Inman
This was an interesting film as it was about a man who at very young age
was a genius. With several twist it led you on a path with an ending that you
would not expect. Also an ending to solve. Had he solved the questions
about time travel and was he in another dimension or not?
CineVegas 2006 Vegas' Arts & Entertainment Corner Coverage
Lights -- Camera -- Action!
Vegas' Arts & Entertainment Corner
