The Greatest

Feste was inspired by the psychological insight into family disruptions of "Ordinary People" in making her film, and one critical result of this influence was her recruitment of that picture's cinematographer, John Bailey, whose work here is superlative; the compositions are bold and strong, the lighting exquisite, making "The Greatest" a visual pleasure. ... Full Review

the heightened emotions associated with grief can lead to great drama....the revealing of their individual secret pains can sometimes feel like forced plot twists rather than organic story developments.....like that Oscar-winner The Greatest uses a son's death as a springboard to expose the cracks in a family's foundation.....Her effective use of black humour goes a long way to temper the melancholy that's inherent in the material.... ... Full Review

A weekend crowd was deeply moved and challenged by this vigorously wrought film, which should do a distributor proud on the select-site circuit. As the young woman who is pregnant by the deceased son, Carey Mulligan bestows an unlikely, beatific wisdom on the troubled family. ... Full Review

The Greatest has moments of levity that keep the movie from becoming entirely too depressing but for the most part, this is a film about love and grief. It's a very emotional film all around that will likely have people dabbing their eyes as they watch two parents come to terms with the loss of their son. ... Full Review

A few weeks ago they acquired the best movie of Sundance 08.......The Greatest has been picked up by Senator Entertainment.......He didn't always get the best Bond scripts....he absolutely cannot sing, Pierce Brosnan is keen to get back to doing some spying..... ... Full Review

Let kids and adults with special needs entertain you and help you usher in the holiday season with "Flutes, Friends and Fa-La-La." It's a benefit show for Birmingham's Variety FAR Conservatory, which helps students learn about the arts, music and... ... Full Article

Knight William Marshal, from hostage to champion HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 10/2/2009 - "I came to love historical fiction partly through drama, partly through books and television," says The Greatest Knight author Elizabeth Chadwick. ... Full Article

You got those middle management guys staring into the middle distance nonchalantly twirling fire on a rope as if that suddenly makes them at one with the earth. ... Full Article

Everyone knows he directed E.T. , Jaws , The Color Purple , and Hook . It seems that he can direct dramas, war movies, suspense, action, and even films with dinosaurs like no other. ... Full Article

Jordanne C. Abudalboh | Published July 22, 2009 Michael Moore is at it again. The moviemaker who is well known as one of the most opinionated people of our time is playing host to the Traverse City Film Festival ,... ... Full Article

Some, like Scary Spice , got a little bit carried away, and now she's got Peter Andre 's 1990s stomach, which resembles tight latex stretched over two giant packets of Wrigley's Extra. ... Full Article