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
Angourie Rice, Armani Jackson and Amy Keum High School Confidential by Jay S. Jacobs High school can be a jungle. Students climb all over each other trying to be the best – the best student, the best athlete, the best looking, the best dressed, the most accomplished. And yet not everyone can be best, leaving … Continue reading
Cristin Milioti, William Jackson Harper, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Skyler Gisondo, Nina Bloomgarden & Andy Siara Getting to the Heart of the Mystery of The Resort at San Diego Comic-Con 2022! by Lindsey Blick According to its new broadcast home Peacock, The Resort is a fast-paced mystery disguised as a multi-generational love story. Series creator Andy … Continue reading
Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Dhanush, Julia Butters, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfre Woodard, Regé-Jean Page, Jessica Henwick, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo An Incredible Cast Is Assembled for The Russo Brothers’ Action Thriller The Gray Man by Brad Balfour So far this summer, I’ve put in my time superhero-fied watching Taika Waititi’s Thor: … Continue reading
David Del Rio Glimpsing Into the Future with Maggie By Jay S. Jacobs Suppose you had the ability to see the future just by touching someone else. What if you touch a stranger you have met at a party and you have a vision of yourself marrying him. Then, later when you touch him, you … Continue reading
Ciro Dapagio From the Web To Cinemas, MobKing is a Name to Reckon With by Brad Balfour With a name like Mike White one might assume he’s a pretty bland character — one who might blend into the background. But like so many things that seem to be background-able, there’s much more to the story. … Continue reading
Brian O’Halloran Was Not Even Supposed to be Here Today By Jay S. Jacobs “I’m not even supposed to be here today!” With that frustrated complaint, small New Jersey convenience store clerk Dante Hicks – and Brian O’Halloran, the actor who played him – tried to deal with the longest day of his life. It … Continue reading
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