Ben Affleck, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina & Matthew Maher In the Air Tonight by Jay S. Jacobs There are lots of iconic moments in history, many of which are turned into films. However, who would have thought that one of the better films of the year would be about the meeting of Michael … Continue reading
Jeremy Jordan and Timothy Scott Bogart People Out There Spinning Music Into Gold by Jay S. Jacobs There are lots of people whose name you probably don’t know who are responsible for much of the music which has made up the soundtrack of your life. People like Neil Bogart. Neil Bogart started as a singer … Continue reading
Brian O’Halloran Clerks Star Recalls His Career and Irish Heritage by Brad Balfour If it weren’t for events such as the Big Apple Comic Con — now taking place this March 25th and 26th (www.bigapplecc.com) — American actor, producer, and podcaster Brian O’Halloran wouldn’t have had the chance to reach out and meet his audience … Continue reading
Tom Berenger Serving a Black Warrant by Ronald Sklar What do Tom Berenger and William Shakespeare have in common? They both insist that the play’s the thing. Tom says, “the whole play is the most important thing, and your part is secondary to that. You should be supportive of the playwright.” This rule of Tom’s … Continue reading
Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Tanya Moodie and Sam Mendes Reflecting on Empire of Light by Jay S. Jacobs The flickering lights. The moving pictures. The classic stories. The grand surroundings. The stars, the music, the action, and the heartache. The love and the loss. All with a large, buttered popcorn, some candy and … Continue reading
Gary Carr Using Peripheral Vision by Jay S. Jacobs The new futuristic action drama The Peripheral on Amazon Prime Video either takes place in a futuristic London and North Carolina, or in a virtual reality video game, or perhaps in just a very strange mind trip. Based on the novel by William Gibson, it tells … Continue reading
Acting – Not Queerbaiting – Is at the Heart of Heartstopper By Mark Mussari The young British actor Kit Connor took to Twitter recently to come out as bisexual. The fact that an eighteen-year-old actor would announce his gender identity on social media is barely news these days – but Connor felt forced rather than … Continue reading
Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Judith Light, John Leguizamo, Aimee Carrero & Mark Mylod Mayhem on The Menu by Jay S. Jacobs You hear talk about Hell’s Kitchen, but the gourmet restaurant in the new comic thriller The Menu really turns up the heat. It tells the story about a group of uptight upper-class … Continue reading
Jalyn Hall Plays a Civil Rights Icon in Till by Jay S. Jacobs It’s quite a challenge for a young actor to play a civil rights icon. Therefore, Jalyn Hall took very seriously the idea of playing Emmett Till – a fourteen-year-old Black boy who was tortured, mutilated and killed for supposedly flirting with a … Continue reading
James Morosini, Claudia Sulewski & Rachel Dratch Love Their Dads by Jay S. Jacobs The new film I Love My Dad rides on a particular nightmare of modern social media life – what if that cute girl you met on Facebook turns out to be your father? This is based on a true occurrence in … Continue reading
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