I AM LEGEND (2008) Starring Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Joanna Numata and Emma Thompson. Screenplay by Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. I Am Legend has a bit of a pedigree. The movie is based on … Continue reading
IN BRUGES (2008) Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy, Jeremie Renier, Thekla Reute, Jordan Prentice, Zeljko Ivanek, Eric Godon, Mark Donovan, Rudy Blomme, Theo Stevenson, Elizabeth Berrington and Cieran Hinds. Screenplay by Martin McDonagh. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Distributed by Focus Features. 107 minutes. Rated R. Beauty and ugliness, grandeur and seediness, … Continue reading
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007) Starring Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel, Alicia Coppola, Joel Gretsch, Bruce Greenwood and Randy Travis. Screenplay by The Webberleys. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 124 minutes. Rated PG. Interesting trivia fact: Before National Treasure: Book of Secrets, … Continue reading
RUSH HOUR 3 (2007) Starring Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yvan Attal, Youki Kudoh, Noemie Lenoir, Jingchou Zhang, Tzi Ma, Roman Polanski, Henry O, Dana Ivey and Philip Baker Hall. Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. Directed by Brett Ratner. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Somehow there has been … Continue reading
DEATH SENTENCE (2007) Starring Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett, Stuart Lafferty, Aisha Tyler, John Goodman, Matt O’Leary, Edi Gathegi, Yorgo Constantine and Leigh Wannell. Screenplay by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Directed by James Wan. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 110 minutes. Rated R. In the early 1970s, a pulp writer named Brian Garfield … Continue reading
Marisol Nichols Is Having One Hell of a Day by Jay S. Jacobs It takes a rather special person to run CTU – the fictional super-secret counter-terrorism agency that is the focus of the popular Kiefer Sutherland adventure series 24. Which brings us to Marisol Nichols, the actress and philanthropist that spent season six of the show as Nadia Yassir, … Continue reading
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (2007) Starring Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Straithairn, Julia Stiles, Scott Glenn, Albert Finney, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez, Chris Cooper and Brian Cox. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy and Scott Z. Burns and George Nolfi. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. I sort of missed the boat … Continue reading
ATONEMENT (2007) Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Juno Temple, Michelle Duncan, Gina McKee, Harriet Walters and Anthony Minghella. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by Focus Features. 123 minutes. Rated R. When a film has a title like Atonement, you’re probably not in for an uplifting … Continue reading
PLANET TERROR (2007) Starring Rose McGowan, Freddie Rodriguez, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Michael Parks, Jerili Romeo, Tom Savini, Jeff Fahey, Nicky Katt, Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, Quentin Tarantino and Bruce Willis. Screenplay by Robert Rodriguez. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Distributed by Dimension Films. 105 minutes. Not Rated. With the surprising and massive … Continue reading
AMAURY NOLASCO BREAKING OUT by Jay S. Jacobs Had things broken a little differently, Amaury Nolasco might still be living in his native Puerto Rico telling patients to turn and cough. After all, that was always the plan. His family was made up almost exclusively of doctors, and when he was growing up in an upscale area … Continue reading
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