Category Archives: Movies & the Arts in Iowa
Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor
Tyler Perry’s new movie takes awhile to digest (not that I’m saying it is hard to stomach). It starts so slow, but it winds up so well! That is when you realize he just crushed Hollywood under his heel (not … Continue reading
Speaking of sequels and remakes…
“There’s a standard formula for success in the entertainment medium, and that is: “Beat it to death if it succeeds.”” – Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962) American comedian, actor, television pioneer [I have a slight dislike for Hollywood. Okay, complete and total. … Continue reading
Madea Gets a Job!
I love that man! Tyler Perry takes his most famous character to the stage. It was such an innovative idea for a “movie”. It was my first exposure to Madea. They replayed his NPR interview with Terry Gross on Friday … Continue reading
A Cove in Summer
“A Cove in Summer”, by Barbara Appleyard from Art.com . It was mounted and matted at the Walnut Street Gallery in Ankeny. A similar winter scene from Appleyard is available at Prints.com .
Tyler Perry nails it as ‘Alex Cross’
Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air had a really good interview with Tyler Perry last week to promote his new movie ‘Alex Cross’, where he plays a police detective who has to stop this psychopathic serial killer in Detroit. I … Continue reading
Now that was fun! The “Manhattan Short” film festival!
The Manhattan Short Film Festival is billed as “The World’s First Global Film Festival”. The films are shown around the world, and what looks to be every State in the U.S.. In Iowa, the Art Center in Des Moines was … Continue reading
10,000 scripts in Hollywood and we get ‘Total Recall’?
The joke is that everyone who lives in LA has a movie script. I know people in Iowa who have a script. You have to figure that with those kind of numbers, that there are some unique and thought provoking … Continue reading
What drugs was Ebert on? (5 Stars to ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’??)
Having seen the new wonder movie, ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’, I’m trying to figure out what movie Roger Ebert watched. In the 7/27 Register he gave it 5 stars. Very few movies get 5 stars. Sure, Quvenzhane Wallis and … Continue reading
Bluegrass band ‘Four Mile Creek’ at Roosevelt concert
Mixed bag at Tanna Frederick’s Iowa Independent Film Festival
The Iowa Independent Film Festival in Clear Lake which ran July 13 – 15 had some really nice films and some really not so nice. Technical glitches with projection units hit all 3 venues causing major time delays. The weather … Continue reading
