Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon by Brad Balfour Few performances can rival veteran actor Frank Langella’s portrait of the late President Richard Nixon in the Ron Howard film, Frost/Nixon. Originally a stage play — based on the actual interviews conducted by British TV talk show host David Frost in 1977 — the cinematic version fleshes out … Continue reading
FILTH AND WISDOM (2008) Starring Eugene Hutz, Holly Weston, Vicky McClure, Richard E. Grant, Inder Manocha, Elliot Levey, Francesca Kingdon, Ade and Gogol Bordello. Screenplay by Madonna and Dan Cadan. Directed by Madonna. Distributed by IFC Films. 84 minutes. Rated R. For a lover of good cinema, there can be few terms more potentially horrifying … Continue reading
Lucy Woodward Is Gonna Get You by Jay S. Jacobs If you really want to get Lucy Woodward hot and bothered, all you have to do is bring her… cheese? “Love gets me hot and bothered. [And] I guess, cheese…,” Woodward laughs as we sit together in a Cosi coffee shop in the Olde City section … Continue reading
THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (2008) Starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner, Mitch Pileggi, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley, Alex Diakun, Nicki Aycox, Fagin Woodcock, Marco Niccoli, Carrie Ruscheinsky and Spencer Maybee. Screenplay by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz. Directed by Chris Carter. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. … Continue reading
BOLT (2008) Featuring the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essner, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton, Greg Germann, Diedrich Bader, Ronn Moss and Nick Swardson. Screenplay by Dan Fogelman and Chris Williams. Directed by Byron Howard and Chris Williams. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG. Bolt is a good enough, though … Continue reading
TOOTS (2008) Featuring Maury Allen, Dave Anderson, Yogi Berra, David Brown, Bill Buchbinder, John Clancy, Perian Conerly, Walter Cronkite, Peter Duchin, Whitey Ford, Bill Fugazy, Pat Futcher, Bill Gallo, Joe Garagiola, Frank Gifford, Pete Hamill, Kerry Jacobson, Harry Lavin, Larry Merchant, Liz Murray, LeRoy Neiman, Nicholas Pileggi, Charles Reilly, Gianni Russo, Dick Sherman, Bert Randolph … Continue reading
MILK (2008) Starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Allison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O’Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel, Brandon Royce, Zvi Howard Rosenman and Kelvin Yu. Screenplay by Dustin Lance Black. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Distributed by Focus Features. 128 minutes. Rated R. For those of you … Continue reading
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black Recruited by Harvey Milk by Jay S. Jacobs “I’m Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you!” This was the battle cry of 1970s San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man voted into public office … Continue reading
Labelle – Back to Now (Verve) You wouldn’t normally expect there to be that much expectation for the reunion of a band which broke up about 30 years ago after doing six mostly-ignored and long-forgotten albums on three labels – all of which spawned a total of only one hit single. Of course, that one hit single in … Continue reading
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO (2008) Starring Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Katie Morgan, Traci Lords, Ricky Mabe, Jennifer Schwalbach, Anne Wade, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Tom Savini, Gerry Bednob, Jim Norton, Lena Cheney, Justin Long and Brandon Routh. Screenplay by Kevin Smith. Directed by Kevin Smith. Distributed by The Weinstein … Continue reading
