Jeremy Jordan and Timothy Scott Bogart People Out There Spinning Music Into Gold by Jay S. Jacobs There are lots of people whose name you probably don’t know who are responsible for much of the music which has made up the soundtrack of your life. People like Neil Bogart. Neil Bogart started as a singer … Continue reading
Category Archives: Directors
Rian Johnson – Peeling A Glass Onion
Rian Johnson Peeling A Glass Onion by Jay S. Jacobs The new face of modern mystery may very well be Rian Johnson. The writer director is releasing Glass Onion the second film of a planned series of Knives Out mysteries which will be filmed for Netflix. The first Knives Out film was a huge hit … Continue reading
Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Tanya Moodie and Sam Mendes – Reflecting on Empire of Light
Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Tanya Moodie and Sam Mendes Reflecting on Empire of Light by Jay S. Jacobs The flickering lights. The moving pictures. The classic stories. The grand surroundings. The stars, the music, the action, and the heartache. The love and the loss. All with a large, buttered popcorn, some candy and … Continue reading
Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Judith Light, John Leguizamo, Aimee Carrero & Mark Mylod – Mayhem on The Menu
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
Phyllis Nagy and Wunmi Mosaku – When In Need Call Jane
Phyllis Nagy and Wunmi Mosaku When In Need Call Jane by Jay S. Jacobs It’s rare that a film happens to capture the cultural zeitgeist of American beliefs with the force of Call Jane. Not that it was planned – or even wanted. Just a matter of months after the Supreme Court delivered the Dobbs … Continue reading
Mye Hoang – Year of the Cat Daddies
Mye Hoang Year of the Cat Daddies By Jay S. Jacobs We all know the old saying that dogs are a man’s best friend. But what about cats? After all, cats are the most second most popular pets in the United States. And cat videos have become ubiquitous on the internet. Some men must have … Continue reading
James Morosini, Claudia Sulewski & Rachel Dratch Love Their Dads
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
Cristin Milioti, William Jackson Harper, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Nina Bloomgarden, Gabriela Cartol & Andy Siara – Getting to the Heart of the Mystery of The Resort at San Diego Comic-Con 2022
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
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
Anthony Fabian Takes a Trip with Mrs. Harris
Anthony Fabian Takes a Trip with Mrs. Harris by Jay S. Jacobs Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is a sweet and charming look at life in the Paris fashion world in the 1950s, and yet the new film version of it does feel strangely contemporary. Based on a beloved 1958 novel of the same name … Continue reading