Tag: Stand And Deliver

  • ‘Radical’ Review: Mexican Superstar Eugenio Derbez Gets His Own ‘Stand and Deliver’

    ‘Radical’ Review: Mexican Superstar Eugenio Derbez Gets His Own ‘Stand and Deliver’

    The figure of the selfless teacher with an idealist mindset about education has abundant onscreen representation. Of these, Edward James Olmos’ lively, Oscar-nominated portrayal of Jaime Escalante, who taught math to marginalized teens at James A. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, in “Stand and Deliver,” serves as quintessential example of these admirable paladins…

  • Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like an imposter acting – this is what I love’

    Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like an imposter acting – this is what I love’

    He’s an acclaimed actor and director, but Paddy Considine’s first and enduring passion is music – and on his band’s new album he’s confronting the ghosts of his childhoodWere you to pass a small house on an estate in Burton upon Trent some time in the early 80s, you may have seen a young boy…

  • Netflix: Movies and TV Shows Leaving in November

    Netflix: Movies and TV Shows Leaving in November

    As Netflix adds a number of new titles, the streaming service is also saying goodbye to a trove of movies and TV shows over the next month.High-profile films leaving the streamer include the entire Ocean’s trilogy, Moneyball, The Addams Family, Stand and Deliver, West Side Story, Olympus Has Fallen, Y Tu Mamá También, Adam Sandler…

  • MoJo Global Arts unveils slate of Latinx, jazz films (exclusive)

    MoJo Global Arts unveils slate of Latinx, jazz films (exclusive)

    Company launched North American sales in Tiff on South African Oscar submission Knuckle City.Morris Ruskin and Jordan Walker-Pearlman’s new Los Angeles-based production and management company MoJo Global Arts has unveiled a slate of three projects featuring a Latinx comedy, a Jazz documentary, and an epic TV project about Harlem.MoJo has come on board as producer’s…