Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur CODA stars Reveal the Process Behind Their Award-Winning Film by Brad Balfour In a major triumph for deaf representation in cinema, the ensemble of CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) clinched the top prize at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards winning the coveted prize for Performance by a Cast in a Motion … Continue reading
Michael Ironside Not Such a Bad Guy By Jay S. Jacobs If you feel just a tiny bit of unease when you see Michael Ironside, well you can blame Hollywood for that misconception. The long-time character actor has often played villains and creeps in a series of big-name movies, but that is not who he … Continue reading
Scott Eastwood and Clark Backo We Want Them Back by Jay S. Jacobs We all have to ones that got away – the great loves in our lives that end up leaving us a wreck. The new film I Want You Back uses that very common occurrence as the springboard to a dark romantic comedy. … Continue reading
Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Keegan-Michael Key, Fran Drescher & David Spade Living in Transformania by Jay S. Jacobs It’s checkout time at Hotel Transylvania. Ten years and four films into the popular animated series of films, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania will tell the final chapter of the resort that is run and visited by monsters and … Continue reading
Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd, Briana Middleton, Daniel Ranieri, William Monahan and Grant Heslov Knocking Down a Few Cold Ones at The Tender Bar by Jay S. Jacobs With big names like Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan and director George Clooney, you’d think that The Tender Bar would be a huge blockbuster. However, … Continue reading
Daniel Ranieri Growing Up In The Tender Bar By Jay S. Jacobs YouTube has become a valid source for catching the eye of Hollywood casting directors. Many people put in tons of work and hours trying to go viral. Then there are cases like ten-year-old Daniel Ranieri. He hit the pop culture zeitgeist early in … Continue reading
Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, JK Simmons and Nina Arianda Have Some ‘Splaining To Do About Being the Ricardos By Jay S. Jacobs The whole world has loved Lucy for decades, but how well do we really know her? This question intrigued famed writer/director Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, The West Wing, The Trial of the … Continue reading
Rebecca Hall, Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga & André Holland Veteran Actor’s Directorial Debut Passing Explores the Lives of Two Mixed-Race Women in 1920s New York by Brad Balfour As the film Passing opens, two childhood friends run into each other while “passing” as white women shopping in midtown Manhattan. Both are living in middle class … Continue reading
Kevin Smith A Chat with Silent Bob By Jay S. Jacobs It’s been a long, winding road since the Quick Stop. In the early 1990s, Kevin Smith was a film school dropout, living in his native New Jersey and working part time at downtrodden convenience store in a little local strip mall. Little did he … Continue reading
Alessandro Nivola and Michael Gandolfini The Many Saints Come Marching In By Jay S. Jacobs It’s been nearly 15 years since Tony Soprano’s story faded to black in a Jersey diner with “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey playing on the jukebox. The Sopranos fans didn’t stop believing that someday America’s favorite crime family would return, … Continue reading
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