Lawrence Bender has produced such well regarded and award-laden films as Good Will Hunting and An Inconvenient Truth, as well as each of Quentin Tarantino’s films (though he’s not working with him on Django Unchained), yet he considers himself to be a political activist at heart, involving himself in documentaries in order to further an overall message that is close to his heart.
He was recently presented with an award by the National Wildlife Federation for his contribution to the protection of wildlife and is serving as producer on Countdown to Zero, a new documentary by Lucy Walker about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and what can and must be done to stop it.
I had the privilege and pleasure of speaking with Lawrence Bender recently in order to discuss Countdown to Zero and the process of it making its way to the screen. We also discussed the...
He was recently presented with an award by the National Wildlife Federation for his contribution to the protection of wildlife and is serving as producer on Countdown to Zero, a new documentary by Lucy Walker about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and what can and must be done to stop it.
I had the privilege and pleasure of speaking with Lawrence Bender recently in order to discuss Countdown to Zero and the process of it making its way to the screen. We also discussed the...
- 6/17/2011
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Burlesque – Christina Aguilera, Cher
Faster – Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Maggie Grace
Love and Other Drugs – Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway
Tangled – Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Ron Perlman
Movie of the Week
Faster
The Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Maggie Grace
The Plot: An ex-con (Johnson) sets out to avenge his brother’s death.
The Buzz: Dwayne Johnson is back in straight-up action mode — after The Tooth Fairy and The Race to Witch Mountain — I was wondering if he’d ever return. Yes, Faster is certainly an action film, but it appears to be more than that; it appears to be a wildly rampaging, no-holds-barred, glorious tale of bullet-sweet vengeance. Well, that’s my gut-shot feeling anyway. Billy Bob Thornton is poised to play the perfect foil as the “slow justice” cop that stands in Johnson’s vengeful way. There are a couple solid female actresses here as well,...
Burlesque – Christina Aguilera, Cher
Faster – Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Maggie Grace
Love and Other Drugs – Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway
Tangled – Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Ron Perlman
Movie of the Week
Faster
The Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Maggie Grace
The Plot: An ex-con (Johnson) sets out to avenge his brother’s death.
The Buzz: Dwayne Johnson is back in straight-up action mode — after The Tooth Fairy and The Race to Witch Mountain — I was wondering if he’d ever return. Yes, Faster is certainly an action film, but it appears to be more than that; it appears to be a wildly rampaging, no-holds-barred, glorious tale of bullet-sweet vengeance. Well, that’s my gut-shot feeling anyway. Billy Bob Thornton is poised to play the perfect foil as the “slow justice” cop that stands in Johnson’s vengeful way. There are a couple solid female actresses here as well,...
- 11/24/2010
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
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