Dana Carvey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Making Good First Impressions by Jay S. Jacobs Everyone has one. An impression, that is. The ability to change your voice and mannerisms to portray another person – usually a celebrity – for a good-natured laugh. While impressions play a huge role in comedy television, it’s rather surprising that … Continue reading
Game of Thrones Releases the Dragons on Philadelphia Dragons took flight over the skies of Center City Philadelphia on Wednesday. People showed up by the thousands, filling Dilworth Park and the streets surrounding City Hall to catch a glimpse at this spectacle. All of this to mark the release of Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth … Continue reading
James Burrows Mr. Must See TV by Jay S. Jacobs James Burrows has arguably given America more belly laughs over the years than anyone else, and yet many people do not even know his name. As arguably the most prolific comedy director in television over the past five decades, Burrows has shaped such classic series … Continue reading
TRUTH (2015) Starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, Bruce Greenwood, Stacy Keach, John Benjamin Hickey, Dermot Mulroney, Noni Hazlehurst, Philip Quast, David Lyons, Rachael Blake, Andrew McFarlane, Natalie Saleeba, Connor Burke and Chris Mulkey. Screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Directed by James Vanderbilt. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 121 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Jill Hennessy A Little Bit of Comfort by Jay S. Jacobs There is sometimes a bit of mistrust of actors who suddenly decide to become musicians. And while it is true that some of them are trying to exploit their name recognition, more and more often it is turning out that those actors really are … Continue reading
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION (2015) Starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin, Jens Hulten, Simon McBurney, Zhang Jingchu and Tom Hollander. Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 131 minutes. Rated R. The Mission: Impossible series is in something of an … Continue reading
THE PEANUTS MOVIE (2015) Featuring the voices of Noah Schnapp, Hadley Belle Miller, Alexander Garfin, Mariel Sheets, A.J. Tecce, Bill Melendez, Francesca Lily Capaldi, Venus Schultheis, Rebecca Bloom, Noah Johnston, Marleik Mar Mar Walker, Madisyn Shipman, William Wunsch, Anastasia Bredikhina and Kristin Chenoweth. Screenplay by Craig Schulz & Bryan Schulz and Cornelius Uliano. Directed by … Continue reading
Kirsten Dunst, Jeffrey Donovan, Bokeem Woodbine, Jean Smart, Cristin Milioti and Warren Littlefield Goin’ Back to Fargo by Jay S. Jacobs Whatcha sayin’? Fargo’s comin’ back? Oh, ya. The second season is startin’ out real good. There are few stories in history that seemed less likely (and frankly more impossible) to revisit than Joel and … Continue reading
GRANDMA (2015) Starring Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Sam Elliott, Laverne Cox, Nat Wolff, Elizabeth Peña, Sarah Burns, John Cho, Don McManus, Lauren Tom, Colleen Camp and Judy Geeson. Screenplay by Paul Weitz. Directed by Paul Weitz. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 79 minutes. Rated R. Lily Tomlin has a career … Continue reading
The Nanny The Complete Series (1993 – 1999) (Shout! Factory-2015) It’s hard to remember now, with all the years of reruns, jokes about Fran Drescher’s voice, Beautician and the Beast, the oddball tabloid stories, Happily Divorced and the inevitable marching on of time, but for a brief white hot pop culture period, The Nanny was … Continue reading
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