Billy Crudup and Guillaume Canet – Honoring Their Blood Ties by Jay S. Jacobs Two brothers. One is a cop. The other is a gangster just getting out of an extended stay in jail and now sliding back into his old ways. That’s going to make for some uncomfortable family holiday dinners. That dichotomy is … Continue reading
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Joanna Lumley, Cristin Milioti, Christine Ebersole, Shea Whigham, Katarina Cas, P.J. Byrne, Kenneth Choi, Brian Sacca, Henry Zebrowski and Ethan Suplee. Screenplay by Terence Winter. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Distributed … Continue reading
NYMPHOMANIAC – VOLUME I Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen, Clayton Nemrow, Tomas Sinclair Spencer, Katharina Rübertus, Inga Behring and Lisa Matschke. Screenplay by Lars von Trier. Directed by Lars von Trier. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 118 minutes. Not Rated. Leave it to controversial … Continue reading
BLOOD TIES (2014) Starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Caan, Noah Emmerich, Lili Taylor, Mark Mahoney, Charlie Tahan, Daisy Tahan, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jamie Hector, John Ventimiglia, Griffin Dunne, Eve Hewson, Dominik Tiefenthaler, Yul Vazquez and Austin Williams. Screenplay by Guillaume Canet and James Gray. Directed by Guillaume … Continue reading
STRANGER BY THE LAKE (L’INCONNU DU LAC) (2013) Starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d’Assumçao, Francois Labarthe, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina, Emmanuel Daumas, Sébastien Badachaoui and Gilles Guérin. Screenplay by Alain Guiraudie. Directed by Alain Guiraudie. Distributed by Strand Releasing. 97 minutes. Not Rated. A man goes to a lake on a nearly … Continue reading
John G. Avildsen – Rocky Road To a Classic by Jay S. Jacobs In the summer of 1976, Philadelphia was the home of the American Bicentennial. However, it turned out that celebration was only the second biggest thing to come out of the City of Brotherly Love that year. A small movie about a ham-and-egg … Continue reading
BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY (2014) Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Jenn Harris, Peter Jacobson, Harrison Holzer, Sonnie Brown, Ron Heneghan, Ken Arnold, Tracy McMullen, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda. Screenplay by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier. Directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier. Distributed by Samuel … Continue reading
The Bag Man The slow-but-inescapable erosion of John Cusack’s movie career has been steadily progressing for well over a decade now, but still it is disheartening to see one of the most interesting actors of the 80s and 90s mired in garbage like The Bag Man. Of course Cusack isn’t the only one slumming here. Once … Continue reading
RETURN TO NUKE ‘EM HIGH, VOL. 1 (2014) Starring Asta Paredes, Catherine Corcoran, Zac Amico, Vito Trigo, Clay von Carlowitz, Mike Baez, Tara E. Miller, Stan Lee. Judah Friedlander. Lloyd Kaufman, Lemmy Kilmister, Debbie Rochon and Babette Bombshell. Screenplay by Travis Campbell and Lloyd Kaufman. Directed by Lloyd Kaufman. Distributed by Troma Entertainment. 85 minutes. … Continue reading
IF YOU BUILD IT (2013) Featuring Emily Pilloton, Matt Miller, Cameron Perry, Eric Wandmacher, Kerron Hayes, Stevie Mizelle, Erick Bowen, Jamesha Thompson, Rodecoe Dunlow, Anthony Johnson, CJ Robertson, Colin White, Alexia Williams, Ron Wesson, Jim Hoggard, Brad Feinknopf, Cheryl Byrum, Wilbert Bishop and Dr. Chip Zullinger. Directed by Patrick Creadon. Distributed by Long Shot Factory. … Continue reading
