autobiographical

Film: The InspectionCast: Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union, Bokeem Woodbine, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Nicholas Logan, Eman Esfandi, Aaron Dominguez, Aubrey Joseph, Andrew Kai, Tyler Merritt, Steve MokateDirector: Elegance BrattonRating: 3/5 Elegance Bratton`s directorial debut, this film is a boot camp movie that follows a troubled young person as he enlists for the army, and is targeted throughout a rough energy-sapping training period -even the drill instructor Gunnery Sgt. Laws (Bokeem Woodbine)is…

via Gage Skidmore on Flickr There’s a semi-autobiographical movie on the way from legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg called The Fabelmans, and a new poster for the film just dropped. The movie reportedly follows the exploits of a young would-be filmmaker (reportedly based on Spielberg) who chases his dreams of making it in Hollywood. The poster is a movie lover’s dream, with the silhouette image of a man walking across a soundstage toward old-school reels of film featuring the movie’s characters. There’s…

While reading about you, I noticed that some people describe you as Egyptian American, others call you Italian American, and some introduce you as Jewish American. What resonates most with you? Yes, it’s a bit funny, isn’t it? First of all, I was born in Egypt but I was never Egyptian. I became Italian when I was probably 10 or 11 years old, and I didn’t even know Italian at the time that we became Italian. And then I lived in Italy but eventually my Italian citizenship lapsed entirely. I can no longer retrieve it since…