This Year’s Oscars Were About Much More Than Will Smith’s Face Punch by Brad Balfour All the brouhaha about actor Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony has overshadowed other aspects and wins from that evening. Yes, Smith’s actions loom large in the public’s mind. It was one thing … Continue reading
MARRY ME (2022) Starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Maluma, Sarah Silverman, John Bradley, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Buteau, Stephen Wallem, Jameela Jamil, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Brady Noon, Connor Noon, Nicole Suarez, Justin Sylvester, Khalil Middleton, Kat Cunning, Taliyah Whitaker, Diego Lucano, Ryan Foust, Léah Jiménez Zelaya, Hoda Kotb and Jimmy Fallon. Screenplay by John Rogers & Tami … Continue reading
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Tyler Perry, Scott Mescudi, Meryl Streep and Adam McKay At The Don’t Look Up Press Conference, Its A-List Actors Discuss The Comedy of A Planet-Killing Event by Brad Balfour Known for his raft of successful left-leaning satires such as Vice and The Big Short, Director Adam McKay once again tries … Continue reading
THE LOST CITY (2022) Starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt, Patti Harrison, Oscar Nuñez, Raymond Lee, Adam Nee, Bowen Yang, Joan Pringle, Thomas Forbes-Johnson, Héctor Aníbal, Katherine Montes, Danny Radhames Vasquez Castillo and Marcos Sánchez. Screenplay by Oren Uziel and Dana Fox and Adam Nee & Aaron Nee. Directed … Continue reading
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson & cast Director and Cast of Oscar-Nominated The Lost Daughter Examines Its Truths and Illusions by Brad Balfour Written and directed by veteran actor Maggie Gyllenhaal (in her feature directorial debut), The Lost Daughter – a complex psychological drama based on the novel of the same name by the mysterious Elena Ferrante … Continue reading
Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur CODA stars Reveal the Process Behind Their Award-Winning Film by Brad Balfour In a major triumph for deaf representation in cinema, the ensemble of CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) clinched the top prize at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards winning the coveted prize for Performance by a Cast in a Motion … Continue reading
Michael Ironside Not Such a Bad Guy By Jay S. Jacobs If you feel just a tiny bit of unease when you see Michael Ironside, well you can blame Hollywood for that misconception. The long-time character actor has often played villains and creeps in a series of big-name movies, but that is not who he … Continue reading
MASTER (2022) Starring Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Amber Gray, Molly Bernard, Nike Kadri, Ella Hunt, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam, Bruce Altman, Noa Fisher, Anna Van Patten, D.C. Anderson, Angela Grovey , Will Hochman, John Kroft, Kara Young, Emmett Carnahan, Megan Byrne, Orlagh Cassidy, Robert Emmet Lunney, Joel de la Fuente, Jennifer Dundas and Julia Nightingale. … Continue reading
THE OUTFIT (2022) Starring Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O’Brien, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Simon Russell Beale, Alan Mehdizadeh, Scoop Wasserstein and Johnathan McClain. Screenplay by Graham Moore and Johnathan McClain. Directed by Graham Moore. Distributed by Focus Features. 106 minutes. Rated R. The Outfit explores the not very well explored crossroads where violent organized … Continue reading
Lisa Hurwitz Traveling Back to The Automat by Jay S. Jacobs The automat. It is a world lost in time, but for much of the 20th century, it was a little haven for the people of New York and Philadelphia. Horn & Hardart restaurants, which were just in those two big cities, nonetheless became legendary … Continue reading
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