Talking Pictures with Paul Booth

Host Paul Booth discusses a number of cool films playing the opening weekend of Newport Beach Film Festival. Student films, to dogs, to the Blues and much more.

Host Paul Booth discusses The 2018 Newport Beach Film Festival. He will mention a few films (Poisioning Paradise and The Jazz Ambassadors) and more...

More info on films and the multiple venues:  www.newportbeachfilmfest.com

Host Paul Booth discusses The 2018 Newport Beach Film Festival. He will mention a few films (Poisioning Paradise and The Jazz Ambassadors) and more...

More info on films and the multiple venues:  www.newportbeachfilmfest.com

Host Paul Booth gives a mini-preview of THE TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL coming to Hollywood April 27/28/29.  www.tcm.com/festival

Host Paul Booth gives a mini-preview of THE TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL coming to Hollywood April 27/28/29.  www.tcm.com/festival

Host Paul Booth is joine by Film DIrector Jeanne Marie Spicuzza to discuss her film The Scarapist and some other issues in the businss.

Host Paul Booth is joine by Film DIrector Jeanne Marie Spicuzza to discuss her film The Scarapist and some other issues in the businss.

Host Paul Booth reviews Director Tony Vidal's BAJA.  

SYNOPSIS: Straight-laced Bryan (JAKE THOMAS) agrees to drive his parents’ luxury RV to Cabo over Christmas break, so they can fly down and drive back one way.  Misadventures ensue when Bryan’s wild friend, Todd (CHRIS BROCHU), talks Bryan into bringing him along with two girls, Jessica (MICHELLE DESHON) and Lisa (ARIENNE MANDI). Each has their own agenda – Todd wants to make a big score; Jessica wants to make an “extraordinary” film; Lisa wants to look up her father; and Bryan seeks sexual experience. The trouble starts when Todd makes a deal with a Mexican gangster, Jorge (ANDRES LONDON), to transport some contraband cell phones, which are then stolen by Jorge’s rivals. The group takes refuge in a remote decaying resort, La Perla, which Lisa has inherited.  When the RV is taken, the group comes up with a plan for Lisa to impersonate deceased Tex-Mex singing sensation, Lorena De Los Rios, for whom she is a dead ringer.  Will the plan raise the money needed to save La Perla, rescue the RV, and fulfill their youthful agendas?  The resolution is both surprising and magical…  

Opens in AMC Theaters: in multiple theaters/screens in Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego and San Francisco. Fandango or google for more info. Here is the key Los Angeles info below: 

Los Angeles Market 

Universal City, CA  || Citywalk Stadium 19    Long Beach, CA || Marina Pacifica 12

Host Paul Booth reviews Director Tony Vidal's BAJA.  

SYNOPSIS: Straight-laced Bryan (JAKE THOMAS) agrees to drive his parents’ luxury RV to Cabo over Christmas break, so they can fly down and drive back one way.  Misadventures ensue when Bryan’s wild friend, Todd (CHRIS BROCHU), talks Bryan into bringing him along with two girls, Jessica (MICHELLE DESHON) and Lisa (ARIENNE MANDI). Each has their own agenda – Todd wants to make a big score; Jessica wants to make an “extraordinary” film; Lisa wants to look up her father; and Bryan seeks sexual experience. The trouble starts when Todd makes a deal with a Mexican gangster, Jorge (ANDRES LONDON), to transport some contraband cell phones, which are then stolen by Jorge’s rivals. The group takes refuge in a remote decaying resort, La Perla, which Lisa has inherited.  When the RV is taken, the group comes up with a plan for Lisa to impersonate deceased Tex-Mex singing sensation, Lorena De Los Rios, for whom she is a dead ringer.  Will the plan raise the money needed to save La Perla, rescue the RV, and fulfill their youthful agendas?  The resolution is both surprising and magical…  

Opens in AMC Theaters: in multiple theaters/screens in Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego and San Francisco. Fandango or google for more info. Here is the key Los Angeles info below: 

Los Angeles Market 

Universal City, CA  || Citywalk Stadium 19    Long Beach, CA || Marina Pacifica 12

Host Paul Booth reviews I AM EVIDENCE which debuts on HBO Monday April 16th.

Directed by Trish Adlesic (Oscar nominee for Best Documentary GASLAND),

 and Geeta Gandbhir (Primetime Emmy award winner for By the People: The Election of Barack Obama and When the Levees Broke: A requiem in Four Acts)

 

Produced by Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU)

 

I AM EVIDENCE exposes the shocking number of untested rape kits in the United States today. Despite the power of DNA to solve and prevent crimes, hundreds of thousands of kits containing potentially crucial DNA evidence languish untested in police evidencestorage rooms across the country. Behind each of these kits lies an individual’s unresolved sexual assault case. Produced by Mariska Hargitay, I AM EVIDENCE follows stories of survivors who have waited years for their kits to be tested, as well as the law enforcement officials who are leading the charge to work through the backlog and pursue long-awaited justice in these cases. The film reveals the high cost of the lingering lassitude surrounding rape investigations in this country, and the positive effects of treating survivors with the respect they deserve and an opportunity for justice.

 

*** Official Selection of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival ***

 

RT: 85 Minutes