Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel and Brad Inglesby Taken to Task By Jay S. Jacobs So how does a TV show come together? “It always starts with characters,” Brad Inglesby explained to me on the red carpet at the Philadelphia Film Festival, where the season finale of his acclaimed TV series Task was going … Continue reading
Ruby Modine & Ian Kimble It’s Just a Dead Giveaway by Jay S. Jacobs Don’t you hate it when this happens? You’re out on a Friday night. You hit a few bars, and maybe a party. You have a bit too much to drink. Or maybe a lot too much to drink. Or maybe you … Continue reading
Lucy Powers & Delilah Napier Riding the Floating Carousel By Jay S. Jacobs It all started with some bad dates. Lucy Powers and Delilah Napier, long-time friends and collaborators who have made the indie films Voyeur, “The Compound” and “Victor vs. the Metaverse” together, found the inspiration for their latest feature film when they both … Continue reading
Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh & Bill Condon Dancing With the Spider Woman By Jay S. Jacobs When Hollywood is adapting a hit Broadway musical (or making an original), chances are the first name on their speed dial is Bill Condon. Condon wrote and/or directed such popular movie musicals as Chicago, DreamGirls, the live-action version … Continue reading
Tricia Helfer Primitive Cool By Jay S. Jacobs We’ve been following Tricia Helfer for years now. The popular model-turned-actor has been a staple on TV sets ever since she broke out as seductive killer Cylon Number Six in the classic sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica back in 2004. Since then she has been in such popular … Continue reading
Rima Te Wiata In We Were Dangerous, Māori Actress is a Commanding Presence by Brad Balfour Though the nation of New Zealand may seem like a far-off isolated place, disconnected from much of the world, it is in fact a fount of creative filmmaking, and a major global cinematic center. Much of that is thanks … Continue reading
Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda and Gavin O’Connor Taking Another Appointment with The Accountant by Jay S. Jacobs It’s been almost a decade, but The Accountant is back. The action-adventure film, starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, JK Simmons and Anna Kendrick was a moderate hit when it originally played in … Continue reading
Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Li Jun Li, Wunmi Mosaku, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson and Ryan Coogler Talk About Sinners by Brad Balfour While continuing with the Creed and Black Panther franchises, director/writer Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan’s latest team-up surfaced when it was reported that the … Continue reading
Daisy Ridley of Star Wars Fame is the Heroine in a Brand-New Action Thriller Cleaner by Brad Balfour With indefatigable energy, Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley bounded to her chair on stage in the AMC theater on 42nd Street after a screening of Cleaner, her latest feature. There, she expounded on her career through Cleaner and … Continue reading
Javicia Leslie Living On High Potential by Jay S. Jacobs It seems that in the last five or six years, Javicia Leslie keeps popping up all over our television sets. The first time that many of us noticed her was as the gay sister of the lead character in God Friended Me, one of the … Continue reading
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