Want to see Jim Carrey making out with Ewan McGregor?You can, thanks to former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker.The film based on Press stories he wrote about a relentless con man, I Love You Phillip Morris, will be showing at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, and publicity is starting to build.This site has several photos from the film. (He also mistakenly calls McVicker a Houston Chronicle reporter; Steve now works for an attorney in town.)
The red carpet and klieg lights are not far away for former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker, who is headed to the Sundance Film Festival this weekend in connection with the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor movie made from the stories he wrote for us about a con man.I Love You Phillip Morris will feature gay romance, laughs, tears and a possible big check for the producers and McVicker. The Hollywood website Defamer today picks it as one of the top entries likely to get a deal at the festival. Defa
Former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker is reporting from the Sundance Film Festival: Despite the economy being in the crapper, and competition for A-list stars from the Obama inauguration, the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, with its film lovers, business types, and members of the press, has still managed to bring gridlock to this usually sleepy sky resort of Park City, Utah.As one shuttle driver put it, "usually, it's like driving through a snow globe," here in Park City. But during the
Former Houston Press reporter Steve McVicker is reporting from the Sundance Film Festival:Well,
Sunday's screening of "our" film, I Love You Phillip Morris,
came and went last night, with still no official word of having been
snapped up by any major distribution company for mucho dollars. However,
if the overwhelming positive reaction of the sold-out crowd at
the 1,270-seat capacity Eccles Center last night was any indication,
an offering will soon be on the table.
In
my humb
Photo by alex-sThe Houston Chronicle bannered a headline Saturday over a story about federal inspectors criticizing the Harris County Jail: "County Jail Fails Feds' Probe."The story outlined the results of the inspection, saying "poor access to health care and life-threatening conditions" at the jail violated inmates' rights.What brought on the inspections in the first place? "The Department of Justice initiated its investigation last year after
the jail, which has failed four of its last six st
We told you yesterday about how the Houston Chronicle was being uncharacteristically modest in writing about federal inspectors criticizing the Harris County jail.Their story mentioned only how the jail "came under scrutiny" without mentioning that the scrutiny in question was spurred by Chronicle stories.Cynics that we are, we wondered if that had anything to do with the fact that the guy who wrote those stories, Steve McVicker, is suing the Chron over being laid off. Suits like that tend to ta
