Chloë Sevigny Is Totally Worth The Wait by Jay S. Jacobs We’ve been watching Chloë Sevigny since she was literally a kid: playing a standout role in Larry Clark’sKids, the hard-hitting 1995 cult drama about wasted youth. Nearly twenty years later and the quirky actress still fascinates. As an actress, she is an odd contradiction: pretty but not … Continue reading
The Fifth Estate It’s always a bit tricky to make a film based on recent history. Most of the audience who has any interest in the subject will already have relatively strong opinions about the cases and the characters. Besides, the stories are already are saturated in our minds, so seeing a recreation of what … Continue reading
Billy Campbell and Jordan Hayes Take On a Pandemic in Helix by Jay S. Jacobs The Syfy Channel has high hopes for its new snowbound thriller series Helix. A shiny new variation of many science fiction nightmares has a mysterious and deadly disease – which may or may not be manmade – turning a bunch of scientists … Continue reading
Gimme Shelter A few months ago I was reading about the fact that Rick Santorum – evangelical Christian and mega-conservative politician who came in second for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination – was starting a new film company to create religious “family-friendly” films. The first of those, The Christmas Candle,blew out with barely a flutter over … Continue reading
Emblem3 Hitting the Road with the #BandLife Tour by Deborah Wagner If I had to describe Emblem3 in one sentence, I would say: Emblem3 is a group of three socially responsible guys who are stealing the hearts of girls around the world, and oh yeah… they can sing too! This statement perfectly describes the musical trio, known … Continue reading
Her Modern romance has become more and more complicated, but this is undoubtedly the first love story between a human being and a computer operating system. Surprisingly, Her does not treat its story as a comedy of a human in love with an inanimate object – like the fine 2007 comic drama Lars and the Real Girl. No, … Continue reading
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard – Looking Back on 12 Years a Slave by Jay S. Jacobs Director Steve McQueen’s film version of former slave Solomon Northrop’s autobiography 12 Years a Slave takes an eye-opening look at one of the great shames of American history, the prevalence of the violent slave … Continue reading
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues About a year and a half ago, when we were talking with Steve Carell about his then-upcoming filmSeeking a Friend For the End of the World, he broke the news that due to popular demand, there would be a sequel for Will Ferrell’s cult movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron … Continue reading
Hiroyuki Sanada Adds Mystery To Helix by London Christopher His Scientist Adds Mystery To A Pandemic In Syfy’s Helix, and He Discusses His New Steven Spielberg/Halle Berry TV Series Extant,Voicing A Despicable Me Minion and His Extraordinary Career FromKing Lear To The Last Samurai! Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada is best known for his superb portrayal of the reluctant Samurai, Seibei Iguchi, a sensitive … Continue reading
A.C.O.D. (Adult Children of Divorce) I’m not going to lie, I didn’t have high hopes when I first received the Blu-ray release of A.C.O.D. First of all, there was the title. It’s like what is that supposed to mean? If you don’t notice the small-printed explanation “Adult Children of Divorce,” the A.C.O.D. could be about absolutely anything. Then … Continue reading
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