Anna Boden Articles
HALF NELSON Review – Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps d: Ryan Fleck
HALF NELSON (2006) Direction: Ryan Fleck Cast: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Jeff Lima, Nathan Corbett, Tina Holmes Screenplay: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden Oscar Movies Recommended Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson Although Ryan Fleck's raw, edgy drama Half Nelson could use a little trimming, it is nevertheless a compelling drama rooted on Ryan Gosling's mesmerizing performance as Dan Dunne, a crack-addicted, inner-city high-school history teacher [...]
Wes Craven-Max Thieriot's MY SOUL TO TAKE Fizzles; Zack Snyder's LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS Holds On: Box Office
Max Thieriot in Wes Craven's My Soul to Take (top); Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis in Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's It's Kind of a Funny Story (bottom) Katherine Heigl-Josh Duhamel's LIFE AS WE KNOW IT in 2nd; Diane Lane's SECRETARIAT in 3rd: Box Office At no. 4, Zack Snyder's Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole earned $7.01m this weekend at the North American [...]
UP IN THE AIR, SUGAR Among AFI's Top Ten Films of 2009
Algenis Perez Soto in Sugar There were a couple of surprises among the American Film Institute's feature-film choices for its AFI Awards 2009: Todd Phillips' low-brow box-office smash The Hangover and Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's little-seen Sugar. The story of Dominican baseball player (Algenis Perez Soto) who dreams of one day joining the major leagues, Sugar was a particularly interesting pick as thus far [...]