Julie Benz Living Life off the Ricochet by Jay S. Jacobs Julie Benz has made a career as part of mysterious, dark, brooding TV drama, so it’s not a huge surprise that her latest role – that of the wife of a southern judge involved in a murder in the TNT adaptation of Sandra Brown’s best selling … Continue reading
Marcia Gay Harden Is Not That Innocent by Jay S. Jacobs For years now, Marcia Gay Harden has been one of the finest actresses on stage, screen and TV. Yet, despite the fact that she has a face that everyone knows, somehow, she has never completely become a household name. Still, she plugs away, having … Continue reading
Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up Dirty Girl by Brad Balfour Despite a substantial effort to integrate gays into mainstream America, anti-homosexual violence continues for those who don’t conform to this country’s far-too-conservative mores. Though it’s hard to believe that it continues, bullying still spurs teen suicides in a country charged by Tea Party … Continue reading
Katie Holmes and Guillermo del Toro Are Not Afraid of the Dark By Jay S. Jacobs When Guillermo del Toro was a little boy growing up in Mexico, he and his brother watched a 1973 TV movie called Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – which scared the bejesus out of the young boy. The movie, which … Continue reading
Anne Hathaway One Day in Her Life by Jay S. Jacobs It seems like we’ve known Anne Hathaway forever, but surprisingly we’ve just passed the ten-year anniversary of her first film, The Princess Diaries. It’s been quite a whirlwind of a decade for the perky, beautiful actress. We have watched her grow up as she has become a superstar … Continue reading
Mélanie Laurent Vive la Beginner by Jay S. Jacobs Even though she has made over 20 films in her native France, unless you are a regular at your local art-film house, in the US the only way you have likely heard of Mélanie Laurent is for her appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. In that film, Laurent played Shoshanna, … Continue reading
THE HANGOVER PART II (2011) Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Paul Giamatti, Mike Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Mason Lee, Jamie Chung, Nirut Sirichanya, Sasha Barrese, Gillian Vigman, Bryan Callen, Yasmin Lee, Sondra Currie and Nick Cassavetes. Screenplay by Craig Mazin, Scot Armstrong and Todd Phillips. Directed by Todd Phillips. Distributed … Continue reading
Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Kat Dennings, Jaimie Alexander and Idris Elba Put the Hammer Down for Thor by Brad Balfour Inspired by in the very chilly Scandinavian country of Norway, the Marvel Comics-based Thor – with its roots in the legends of the Norse Gods and their fabled home of Asgard – puts … Continue reading
Mary McCormack and Fred Weller Back in Witness Protection by Jay S. Jacobs The popular series In Plain Sight returns to the USA Network tonight with lots of changes and some question marks, but it also has a solid core and a reinvigorated cast. Stars Mary McCormack and Fred Weller – who play WITSEC (Witness Protection Service) Marshalls Mary Shannon and … Continue reading
Rachel Nichols Building Her Dreams with Criminal Minds by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always a particularly daunting adventure to join the cast of a well-known and established television series. By recently joining the hit CBS crime procedural Criminal Minds, Rachel Nichols has now achieved that twice. Pretty impressive for a woman who just about a decade ago was … Continue reading
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