DEATH OF A PRESIDENT (2006) Starring Hend Ayoub, Becky Ann Baker, James Urbaniak, Brian Boland, Michael Reilly Burke, Neko Parham, Jay Whittaker, Chavez Ravine, Jay Patterson and footage of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush. Screenplay by Gabriel Range and Simon Finch. Directed by Gabriel Range. Distributed by New Market Films. 90 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
THE PRESTIGE (2006) Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Piper Perabo, Samantha Mahurin, David Bowie, Andy Serkis, Daniel Davis, Jim Piddock, Christopher Neame, Mark Ryan, Roger Rees, Jamie Harris, Edward Hibbert and Ricky Jay. Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Distributed by Newmarket Films. 128 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006) Starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Linda Hunt, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Kristen Chenowith, Christian Stolte and Celeste Pechous. Screenplay by Zach Helm. Directed by Mark Forster. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. Who would have thought? Will Ferrell can actually act. Really, seriously … Continue reading
CONVENTIONEERS (2006) Starring Matthew Mabe, Woodwyn Koons, Alek Friedman, Basil Stephens, Alicia Harding, Jennifer Brown, Krista Kujat, T. Sahara Meer, Trevor Murphy, Joe Schiappa, Damien Smith, Wayne Price, Robert O’Gorman, Matthew Korahais, Mike De Seve, John Lake, Michael Moore, George W Bush, George HW Bush and Al Franken. Screenplay by Mora Stephens and Joel Viertel. … Continue reading
INFAMOUS (2006) Starring Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdonovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Juliet Stevenson, Sigourney Weaver and Lee Pace. Screenplay by Douglas McGrath. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures. 118 minutes. Rated R. It was just a matter of bad timing that Infamous and Capote come a mere year … Continue reading
Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver & Douglas McGrath Living in Infamy by Jay S. Jacobs Imagine you have spent years of your life and incredible effort to put together a movie script. You finally get it finished, get interest for the sale of the movie and even get an all-star cast including Sandra Bullock, … Continue reading
CATCH A FIRE (2006) Starring Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna, Robert Hobbs, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho K. Masha, Sithembiso Khumalo, Terry Pheto, Michele Burgers, Mpho Lovinga, Mxo, Jessica Anstey, Charlotte Savage and Nomhle Nkonyeni. Screenplay by Shawn Slovo. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Distributed by Focus Features. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. With the world at war … Continue reading
The Job The Complete Series (2001-2002) (Shout! Factory-2005) It is a mystery why Denis Leary has never become huge. He’s one of the funniest guys in show business, and yet none of his films or TV ventures seems to catch on. He is a brilliant stand-up comedian (just track down his old CD No Cure for … Continue reading
HARD CANDY (2006) Starring Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae and Gilbert Johns. Screenplay by Brian Nelson. Directed by David Slade. Distributed by Lions Gate Pictures. 105 minutes. Rated R. Hard Candy has an extremely disturbing, but all too common, start. A thirtyish man (Patrick Wilson) who works as a photographer meets a fourteen-year-young … Continue reading
JIMMY AND JUDY (2006) Starring Edward Furlong, Rachael Bella, Chaney Klay, William Sadler, AJ Buckley, Gay Storm, James Eckhouse, Gregory Patrick Agnew, Lindsay Beamish, Jane Leigh Connelly, Denver Jade, Crystal Wilson and Patrick Bristow. Screenplay by Randall K. Rubin and Jon Schroder. Directed by Randall K. Rubin and Jon Schroder. Distributed by Outsider Pictures. 97 … Continue reading
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