People Like Us Reviews, Interviews & More
This week isn’t great for new releases, unless you’re a Tim Burton apologist, but it does have a classic Disney film, one of the best films of the last twenty years, and some great and not so great ghoulish delights. It must be October…
Sci-fi experts Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are well-established in their chosen genre, but now it seems they are venturing into the unknown realm of fantasy; both are attached to produce Dragonology, a film based on the series of books, beginning with 2003’s Dugald Steer's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons.
There aren't too many admirable female artists out there nowadays who haven't degraded themselves through their own lyrics. Liz Phair is not only a powerful voice but is a sweet, down-to-Earth rocker woman with talent that has broadened over the past decade. Her music has been influential in the lives of many, and one of those people includes Alex Kurtzman. Phair's albums had an effect on...
Family is one of the most important things in a person's life. Alex Kurtzman demonstrates that fact in his directorial debut People Like Us. The film may not be particularly ground-breaking, but its sentimentality and sweet story is enough to warm moviegoer's hearts across the nation.
So, this weekend would look to be the quiet before the storm. Next week is dominated by Spider-Man (Amazing or not), then comes the Ice Age, and then a little film called The Dark Knight Rises. But Warner Brothers has smartly targeted women for Magic Mike, and it went from little awareness...
We're used to hearing the term "passion project" associated with a student's film thesis or maybe a micro budget indie film. Rarely do you pair that with a mainstream movie. But in Alex Kurtzman's character driven drama People Like Us, viewers can see right off the bat that this film is near and dear to the famed writer-producer's heart.
The closest people in our lives, the ones we trust the most, are our relatives. We may have our fair share of differences, but they're always there for us. The concept of family is something that's been explored for decades in cinema, but Alex Kurtzman's People Like Us, takes a deeper look at the tumultuous dynamic between brothers and sisters.
