Malcolm McDowell Takes His Pound of Flesh by Jay S. Jacobs My mother has been having nightmares about Malcolm McDowell for years. It’s not his fault really; he was just doing his job to the best of his ability. It all started in 1971 when my stepfather took her to see the buzzed-about new film … Continue reading
HOW DO YOU KNOW (2010) Starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Linn-Baker, Lenny Venito, Molly Price, Ron McLarty, Shelley Conn, Domenick Lombardozzi, John Tormey, Teyonah Parris, Dean Norris, Jim Bouton, Tara Subkoff and Tony Shalhoub. Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Directed by James L. Brooks. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. … Continue reading
Kevin Spacey – Making a Bet on Casino Jack by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on December 21, 2010. There is probably no one in the world more perfect to play disgraced conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff than Kevin Spacey. After all, Spacey has made something of a specialty of playing charming but ethically bankrupt types … Continue reading
CASINO JACK (2010) Starring Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz, Rachelle LeFevre, Maury Chaykin, Yannick Bisson, Eric Schweig, Christian Campbell, Spencer Garrett and Graham Greene. Screenplay by Norman Snider. Directed by George Hickenlooper. Distributed by ATO Pictures. 108 minutes. Rated R. The scandals and crimes of the George W. Bush administration have made … Continue reading
STEP UP 3D (2010) Starring Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Keith “Remedy” Stallworth, Kendra Andrews, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Martín Lombard, Facundo Lombard, Oren ‘Flearock’ Michaeli, Joe Slaughter, Daniel ‘Cloud’ Campos, Harry Shum Jr., Jason Etter and Kathy Najimy. Screenplay by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Distributed … Continue reading
LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (2010) Starring Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad, Judy Greer, Gabriel Macht, Jaimie Alexander, George Segal, Jill Clayburgh, Katheryn Winnick, Kate Jennings Grant, Kimberly Scott, Peter Friedman and Nikki Deloach. Screenplay by Charles Randolph, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. Directed by Edward Zwick. Distributed by 20th Century … Continue reading
Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer by Jay S. Jacobs For years it was unheard of for movie actors to take roles on television series, but Kyra Sedgwick has played a huge role in changing that concept. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Sedgwick had made a name for herself in … Continue reading
Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula Knocking Back a Few with Men of a Certain Age by Jay S. Jacobs How do you follow up arguably the most popular situation comedy of the last decade? Ray Romano faced that dilemma just a couple of years ago when his classic sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond went out on … Continue reading
FLIPPED (2010) Starring Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney, Penelope Ann Miller, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Weisman, Morgan Lily, Ryan Ketzner, Cody Horn, Michael Christopher Bolten, Shane Harper, Ashley Taylor, Israel Broussard, Stefanie Scott and Jake Reiner. Screenplay by Rob Reiner & Andrew Scheinman. Directed by Rob Reiner. Distributed by Warner … Continue reading
POUND OF FLESH (2010) Starring Malcolm McDowell, Angus Macfadyen, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Timothy Bottoms, Taryn Southern, Whitney Able, Lilly McDowell, Bellamy Young, Ashley Wren Collins, Seán McCarthy and Dee Wallace. Screenplay by Tamar Simon Hoffs. Directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs. Distributed by American World Pictures. 97 minutes. Not Rated. Probably the biggest problem with Pound of Flesh – … Continue reading
