Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville & Liza Johnson Dramatize a Famous Meeting of the Minds with Elvis & Nixon by Jay S. Jacobs There are few meetings in American history which are quite as surreal as the December 1970 pow wow between then President Richard Milhaus Nixon and the King … Continue reading
Ice Cube & Deon Cole Goin’ Back To the Barbershop by Rachel Disipio and Jay S. Jacobs Ice Cube, whose early career as a member of the groundbreaking gangsta rap group NWA was dramatized by Hollywood with last year’s hit film Straight Outta Compton, is looking back again. At this point in his career, Cube … Continue reading
Jake Gyllenhaal Demolition Man by Jay S. Jacobs When you meet him, it’s striking how normal and sane Jake Gyllenhaal seems. Not that anyone has questioned that aspect of his life, but as an actor the young Hollywood star has had a tendency to gravitate towards crazy roles – from his breakout performance in Donnie … Continue reading
DEMOLITION (2016) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, Heather Lind, Polly Draper, Brendan Dooling, Wass Stevens, C.J. Wilson, Malachy Cleary, Debra Monk, Hani Avital, Royce Johnson, Tom Kemp, Connor Keegan Dosch, Nancy Ellen Shore and Celia Au. Screenplay by Bryan Sipe. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 101 minutes. … Continue reading
LOLO (2016) Starring Dany Boon, Julie Delpy, Vincent Lacoste, Karin Viard, Antoine Lounguine, Christophe Vandevelde, Elise Larnicol, Christophe Canard, Nicolas Wanczycki, Rudy Milstein, Didier Duverger, Xavier Alcan, Fabienne Galula, Juliette Lamet, René-Alban Fleury, Alexandra Oppo, Jessica Cressy, Bertrand Burgalat, Frédéric Beigbeder and Karl Lagerfeld. Screenplay by Julie Delpy and Eugénie Grandval. Directed by Julie Delpy. … Continue reading
GREASE LIVE! (2016) Starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Carlos PenaVega, Carly Rae Jepsen, Keke Palmer, Kether Donohue, David Del Rio, Jordan Fisher, Andrew Call, Mario Lopez, Ana Gasteyer, Elle McLemore, Wendell Pierce, Eve Plumb, Haneefah Wood, Sam Clark, Didi Conn, Barry Pearl, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Noah Robbins, Joe Jonas & DNCE, Jon Robert Hall, … Continue reading
BACKTRACK (2016) Starring Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy, Bruce Spence, Jenni Baird, Chloe Bayliss, Anna Lise Phillips, George Shevtsov, Malcolm Kennard, Olga Miller, Suzie Steen, Michael Whalley, Matthew Sunderland, Barbara Gouskos, Jeanette Cronin, Emma O’Farrell, Alexander McGuire, Milan Pulvermacher, Jesse Hyde, Greg Poppleton, Jill McKay, Kirsti Swanson and Alison Benstead. Screenplay by Michael Petroni. … Continue reading
John Boyega Gets The Role of a Lifetime As Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Brad Balfour In April, 2014, British actor John Boyega was cast as storm trooper Finn, a lead character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens – changing his personal and professional life and guaranteeing megastar status forever, especially at … Continue reading
DEADPOOL (2016) Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano, Leslie Uggams, Brianna Hildebrand, Karan Soni, Jed Rees, Stefan Kapicic, Randal Reeder, Isaac C. Singleton Jr. and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Directed by Tim Miller. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 107 minutes. Rated R. Turn your snark … Continue reading
Mahershala Ali Talks Smartly About His Latest Play and More by Brad Balfour When actor Mahershala Ali joined the cast of noted playwright Lydia R. Diamond’s off-Broadway production Smart People, he added another feather in his cap. He had just finished tackling both The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 & 2 and House of Cards. Now … Continue reading
