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.
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  • Review: “Black Rock”
  • Review: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
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  • Review: “Pain & Gain”
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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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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

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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

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