Paul Dooley World’s Greatest Movie Dad by Jay S. Jacobs Like the old saying goes, if you look up the word “Dad” in the dictionary, chances are good that you will find Paul Dooley’s picture. A veteran character actor whose career has spanned six decades. In the ‘70s and ‘80s, Dooley’s hangdog gruffness and genial … Continue reading
THE BIG SICK (2017) Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar, Bo Burnham, Aidy Bryant, Kurt Braunohler, Vella Lovell, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Jeremy Shamos, David Alan Grier, Ed Herbstman, Shenaz Treasurywala, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kuhoo Verma, Mitra Jouhari, Celeste Arias, Linda Emond, Shana Solomon, Jeff Blumenkrantz and … Continue reading
THE BEGUILED (2017) Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice, Addison Reicke, Wayne Peré, Emma Howard, Matt Story, Joel Albin and Eric Ian. Screenplay by Sofia Coppola. Directed by Sofia Coppola. Distributed by Focus Features. 94 minutes. Rated R. The lush foliage of the Virginia countryside is as much … Continue reading
MOKA (2016) Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Nathalie Baye, David Clavel, Diane Rouxel, Olivier Chantreau, Samuel Labarthe, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Marion Reymond, Paulin Jaccoud, Sakir Uyar and Ophélie Koering. Screenplay by Frédéric Mermoud and Antonin Martin-Hilbert. Directed by Frédéric Mermoud. Distributed by Film Movement. 90 minutes. Not Rated. The basic storyline of the slow-burning French film Moka makes … Continue reading
MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS (2015) Starring Alexey Serebryakov, Evgenia Brik, Yuri Stoyanov, Mikhail Efremov, Lubov Aksenova, Oleg Dolin, Anastasia Shalonko, Elena Babenko, Tamara Spiricheva, Rustam Akhmadeyev, Elena Safonova and Sergei Belov. Screenplay by Johnny O’Reilly. Directed by Johnny O’Reilly. Distributed by Cavu Pictures. 96 minutes. Not Rated. With Russia back in the news for all the … Continue reading
Touring Rosewood with the Pretty Little Liars There’s a town in Pennsylvania – well, sort of – that once entered, haunts one for life. This is the case for the five females on the hit Freeform show Pretty Little Liars. On TV, the city of Rosewood is completely eerie and dangerous. The actual set in … Continue reading
IT COMES AT NIGHT (2017) Starring Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough, Griffin Robert Faulkner, David Pendleton, Chase Joliet, Mick O’Rourke and Mikey the dog. Screenplay by Trey Edward Shults. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. Distributed by A24. 97 minutes. Rated R. Okay, I’m just going to out and say … Continue reading
Barry Bostwick Dammit Barry, We Love You! by Jay S. Jacobs The river was deep, but Barry Bostwick swam it. The road was long, but he ran it. There is a fire in his heart and we fan it, dammit! Such is the life of a cultural icon. Forty-two years ago, Barry Bostwick was a … Continue reading
BAND AID (2017) Starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman, Hannah Simone, Ravi Patel, Jorma Taccone, Jesse Williams, Brooklyn Decker, Angelique Cabral, Jaime Chung, Erinn Hayes, Gillian Zinser, Retta, Majandra Delfino, Chris D’Elia and Colin Hanks. Screenplay by Zoe Lister-Jones. Directed by Zoe Lister-Jones. Distributed by IFC Films. 94 minutes. Not Rated. Over … Continue reading
PARIS CAN WAIT (2016) Starring Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin, Cédric Monnet and the voice of Linda Gegusch. Screenplay by Eleanor Coppola. Directed by Eleanor Coppola. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 92 minutes. Rated PG. Lord knows there are much worse ways to spend an hour and a half than driving around the French … Continue reading
