Ben Stiller, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Horovitz & Noah Baumbach Examine Life While They’re Young by Jay S. Jacobs What happens when hip young professionals in New York City reach their forties and realize that they are no longer as hip nor as young as they had always imagined? This is the quandary behind Noah Baumbach’s … Continue reading
Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin Dark Days at Bates Motel by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always dangerous trying to update a masterpiece, so people were understandably concerned when A&E announced a few years ago that they were creating a modern-day prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho. Two years later, though, … Continue reading
Denny Tedesco, Hal Blaine and Don Randi Building Up the Wrecking Crew by Jay S. Jacobs The Wrecking Crew was the house band for an entire generation. But chances are, you’ve never heard of them. The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of studio musicians who played on many of the biggest hits of the … Continue reading
ROAD HARD (2015) Starring Adam Carolla, Diane Farr, Jay Mohr, Cynthy Wu, David Koechner, David Alan Grier, Philip Rosenthal, Larry Miller, Illeana Douglas, Dana Gould, Howie Mandel, Brooke Smith, Robyn Cohen, Jim O’Heir and Alison Rosen. Screenplay by Adam Carolla and Kevin Hench. Directed by Adam Carolla and Kevin Hench. Distributed by FilmBuff. 98 minutes. … Continue reading
Adam Carolla Road Hard and Put Away Wet by Jay S. Jacobs They always say to write what you know, and Adam Carolla knows life on the road. Therefore Road Hard, which Carolla not only stars in but co-wrote and co-directed with his long-time collaborator Kevin Hench, tells the story of a stand-up comedian who … Continue reading
Damián Szifrón Argentine Director Unleashes Wild Tales, Gets Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour Opening this Oscar weekend, Argentina’s Best Foreign Language Feature nominee Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes), lined up with breaking news of the homeland. Boy has Argentina been in the spotlight lately. Ever a media subject, Pope Francis – the former archbishop of Buenos … Continue reading
DUMB AND DUMBER TO (2015) Starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden, Rachel Melvin, Steve Tom, Tembi Locke, Paul Blackthorne, Michael Yama, Nancy Yee, Grant James, Taylor St. Clair, Don Lake, Patricia French, Lindsay Ayliffe, Eddie Shin, Atkins Estimond, Billy Snider, Brady Bluhm, Cam Neely, June Shannon, Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean … Continue reading
Hugh Grant, Chris Elliot & Marc Lawrence Work Out The Rewrite by Brad Balfour Whether as a heartthrob or villain, the 54-year-old Hugh Grant plays most of his characters with a wry approach, imbuing his alter-egos with a genial humanity. Though never taking the job of actor too seriously, this British actor nonetheless has been … Continue reading
ROSEWATER (2014) Starring Gael García Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas, Haluk Bilginer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, GolshiftehFarahani, Claire Foy, Amir El-Masry, Nasser Faris, Kambiz Hosseini, Numan Acar, Ayman Sharaiha, Zeid Kattan, Ali Elayan, Nidal Ali and Jason Jones. Screenplay by Jon Stewart. Directed by Jon Stewart. Distributed by Open Road Films. 103 minutes. Rated R. At first … Continue reading
Megan Boone & Jon Bokenkamp Back in Blacklist by Jay S. Jacobs When we last left Elizabeth Keen and her team several weeks ago her life and her career was in complete chaos. First of all, she had freed her two-timing double-agent former husband Tom (Ryan Eggold) from a watery prison. Her partner Ressler (Diego … Continue reading
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