Rainn Wilson Steps Out of The Office to Put On a Rock Face in The Rocker by Brad Balfour It’s an old story, as old as the Beatles. A rock combo starts out playing the clubs, building the band’s repertoire and following, and then, on the verge of signing the big deal, fires the most … Continue reading
Anna Faris Finds Herself In House Bunny by Brad Balfour Thanks to the efforts of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and now, Anna Faris, adult-oriented comedy is no longer a boys club — at least for this year. Though the feature The House Bunny may lower an IQ or two with its abundant flaunting of T&A, its fairy-tale … Continue reading
Elisabeth Shue Just Being Herself by Jay S. Jacobs We all feel like we grew up with Elisabeth Shue – ever since she first appeared on movie screens as Ralph Macchio’s cute girlfriend in The Karate Kid. Nearly 25 years later, Shue has put together a long and impressive body of work, starring in comedies like Adventures … Continue reading
Vanessa Carlton Living the Fairytale by Jay S. Jacobs It’s never easy when you capture the world’s attention fully in your first shot – because no matter how well you do, people will give you a hard time when you try to follow it up. Vanessa Carlton knows this. Her first single “A Thousand Miles” … Continue reading
Seth Rogen and James Franco Light Up Pineapple Express by Brad Balfour Over the last few years producer/writer/director Judd Apatow has made himself into a mini-mogul shepherding along a string of R-rated comedies that have varied from brilliant to inane. Along the way he has provided a platform for a crop of like-minded talents ranging … Continue reading
Hector Elizondo Mr. Elizondo and the Obsessive-Compulsive Detective by Debbie Wagner We have come to expect brilliant acting from Hector Elizondo – and since 1960, he has rarely disappointed. Elizondo has been on screens and stages all over the world for over forty years, though he seemed to pop up on most of the public’s … Continue reading
Philippe Petit Steps Out As a Man on Wire to Garner Award Accolades by Brad Balfour Just as Man on Wire is such an unusual documentary, so was this exclusive interview with its subject, Philippe Petit. Here was the man who done something that was a huge feat in of itself — walking on a wire strung … Continue reading
Matt Lanter and Amanda Walsh Would Like to Play a Game by Jay S. Jacobs It doesn’t seem like that long, but the pioneering computer movie WarGames with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy is turning 25 years old. To honor this anniversary, not only is the original film being rereleased on DVD but there is a new WarGames film, … Continue reading
ALEX GIBNEY The Director Goes Gonzo on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, His Life and Work by Brad Balfour At a time when we need counter-culture heroes more than ever, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s Gonzo-The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson explores in a relatively unvarnished fashion Rolling Stone magazine’s late wild man of journalism and a counter-culture … Continue reading
B.B. King Talking with the King by Ken Sharp B.B. King is championed by pundits as the quintessential blues guitar player. Since his emergence in the Fifties, King, trusty black Gibson “Lucille”” guitar in hand, has wowed audiences with his gritty, expressive voice and spectacular blues guitar playing. He can say more in one note … Continue reading
