flickerstick causing a commotion by jay s. jacobs The world’s gone reality show mad these days. Instead of working on and honing your craft in crappy honky-tonks and gin joints, today everyone thinks the best way to the top of the pops is to make a fool of yourself on TV. At this writing, you … Continue reading
About A Boy Starring Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small, Nicholas Hutchison, Nat Gastiain Tena and Isabel Brook. Screenplay by Nick Hornby & Peter Hedges.Directed by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz.Distributed by Universal Pictures. Rated PG-13. 102 minutes. Hugh Grant has quietly, subtly become one of our best light comic … Continue reading
THE BANGER SISTERS (2002) Starring Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen, Robin Thomas, Eva Amurri and Matthew Carey. Screenplay by Bob Dolman. Directed by Bob Dolman. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 94 minutes. Rated R. Goldie Hawn gives perhaps the best performance in a thirty-plus year acting career in The Banger Sisters, and that includes … Continue reading
KATE AND LEOPOLD (2002) Starring Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Philip Bosco, Paxton Whitehead, Spalding Gray, Josh Stamberg, Matthew Sussman and Charlotte Ayanna. Screenplay by James Mangold and Steven Rogers. Directed by James Mangold. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 118 minutes. Rated PG-13. Here is a hint for movie … Continue reading
Chicago – The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning (Rhino) Very few bands have had two completely separate stylistic periods. The late 60s-early 70s incarnation of Chicago was a pioneering force that wed rock and roll with jazz horns and improvisational playing in a way that was totally unique. By the time the late 70s … Continue reading
ONE HOUR PHOTO (2002) Starring Robin Williams. Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Erin Daniels, Paul Hansen Kim, Eriq LaSalle and Gary Cole. Screenplay by Mark Romanek. Directed by Mark Romanek. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated R. Robin Williams’ movie career had seemed to be stuck in a pool of dreck like Patch Adams and Bicentennial … Continue reading
Shakira Tour Service by Jay S. Jacobs The Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City is a world famous old restaurant right in the heart of downtown Manhattan’s entertainment district. A classic old club that was opened in 1934 in the heart of the Great Depression, designed to radiate class, glamour, elegance, luxury and the spirit of New York … Continue reading
BLOOD WORK (2002) Starring Clint Eastwood, Wanda DeJesus, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Paul Rodriquez, Tina Lifford and Dylan Walsh. Screenplay by Brian Helgeland. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 110 Minutes. Rated R. Blood Work actually takes the old standard serial killer genre and gives it an interesting twist. Clint Eastwood plays FBI profiler … Continue reading
BALLISTIC: ECKS vs. SEVER (2002) Starring Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry and Ray Park. Screenplay by Alan B. McElroy. Directed by Kaos. Distributed by Warner Brothers. 91 minutes. Rated R. Ten reasons I hated Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever: It has replaced Tori Spelling’s Mother May I Sleep With Danger? as the worst movie title ever. No matter … Continue reading
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang – A Wonderful World (RPM/Columbia) Last year’s dual tour between old smoothie Bennett and former torch-and-twang gal turned chanteuse lang turned out to be a surprisingly smart pairing. It has now spawned this album; a tribute to Tony’s old pal Louis Armstrong. While the songs of the scratchy-voiced Satchmo may seem like … Continue reading
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