GCFC welcomes "Little Evil" to Cleveland

[Press release from the Greater Cleveland Film Commission.]

The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) is excited to announce that the feature film "Little Evil" has begun shooting in Northeast Ohio.

Eli Craig, the man behind the cult horror comedy "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil," will direct "Little Evil" from his own screenplay.  Starring Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly, the story follows Gary (Scott), who just married Samantha (Lilly) only to find out that her 6-year-old son is the Antichrist. Donald Faison and Chris D'Elia also will appear in the film, along with Brad Williams, Bridget Everett, Clancy Brown, Marcus Terrell Smith and Tyler Labine. Owen Atlas will be playing the young Antichrist.

Ant-Man

Review by Ric Nimrod

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been around exactly as long as my son, well... two month longer than my son. The first Iron Man movie came out 2 months before his birth and it kickstarted a seemingly unstoppable film franchise. Together my son and I have discussed possibilities, great scenes and pure superhero joy; these films mean something to us. His first big movie experience was the first Avengers movie and he has seen every one of them in the theater since, and he has loved them... but with the exception of the non-stop pace and space adventure that is Guardians Of The Galaxy he has not had to sit through an origin story. Ant-Man is an origin story.

As my son and I walked out of the theater after seeing Ant-Man I asked him how he felt and he replied with 'I thought it was boring'. I was taken aback as I found the film to be another solid home run for Marvel. Then I realized why my 6 year old didn't love the movie like I did, there was not as much action as he is used to in these type of movies.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Review by Pete Roche

Bilbo Baggins and the Company of Dwarves continue their quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain of Erebor for would-be dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield in THE HOBBIT:  THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG.

The second chapter in Peter Jackson’s tripartite prequel to last decade’s acclaimed THE LORD OF THE RINGS saga will be revered with the best middling movie installments for its effectiveness in fleshing out characters we’ve already met, thrusting them into knuckle-whitening new perils, and setting up narrative dominoes we know will topple next time out (or saw unfold already in LOTR). 

Don’t worry if you’re a little hazy on your Tolkien.  Like his celluloid LOTR adaptations, Jackson’s HOBBIT films are as long and winding as the journeys undertaken by their protagonists, and it’s easy to get lost among the colorful characters and fanciful places—or forget a few plot points between outings.