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Author Archives: Ed Rampell
About Ed Rampell
L.A.-based film historian/critic Ed Rampell was named after legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and majored in Cinema at Manhattan’s Hunter College.Posted on August 13, 2012 by Ed Rampell
So, how did Zoe Kazan score the lead in a movie about a fantasy girl made flesh? The old fashioned way: Kazan was born into Hollywood royalty, wrote the role for herself, executive produced the Fox Searchlight movie and co-starred … Continue reading →
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Posted on July 26, 2012 by Ed Rampell
In the new rom com Ruby Sparks, Zoe Kazan stars as an unlikely dream girl, conjured off of the page and into real life by a lonely novelist. After writing a bestseller, Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) suffers from writer’s block, … Continue reading →
Posted on July 5, 2012 by Ed Rampell
Oliver Stone, the master of war movies, is back with a new film about another armed conflict: Mexico’s Drug War. The Oscar-winning director and screenwriter is known for hard-hitting, politically charged films, including 1986’s Central America drama Salvador, the 1986 … Continue reading →





