Joey King – Wish She Was Here by Jay S. Jacobs It seems almost like a cliché to say that Joey King has grown up before our eyes, but literally that is true. The young actress, who will be turning 15 next month, has been in front of the cameras since she was only six, … Continue reading
Demián Bichir Invitation to the Adventure of a Lifetime by Jay S. Jacobs You’ve been seeing a whole lot of Mexican actor Demián Bichir in the movies and on TV these days. While Bichir has been a well-known actor in his native land for well over a decade, and even had some show-stopping turns in … Continue reading
MUPPETS MOST WANTED (2014) Starring Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell, Tony Bennett, Hugh Bonneville, William Brand, Andres Cantor, Jemaine Clement, Kenneth Collard, Sean Combs, Rob Corddry, Mackenzie Crook, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Zach Galifianakis, Josh Groban, Salma Hayek, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hollander, Toby Jones, Frank Langella, Ray Liotta, Ross Lynch, James McAvoy, Aleksander Mikic, … 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
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
IN FEAR (2013) Starring Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert and Allen Leech. Screenplay by Jeremy Lovering. Directed by Jeremy Lovering. Distributed by Anchor Bay Films. 85 minutes. Rated R. If you ever wondered what it would be like to have an Irish approximation of one of the early Wes Craven films (Last House on the … Continue reading
Vera Farmiga and Kerry Ehrin – Checking In To Bates Motel by Jay S. Jacobs It takes a certain amount of self-confidence to take on an iconic character and try to make it your own. Therefore, it must have given Vera Farmiga pause when she was offered the role of arguably the most infamous mom … Continue reading
Hany Abu-Assad On His Oscar nominated Controversial Feature Omar by Brad Balfour Palestinian director Hany Abu–Assad’s controversial Oscar–nominated feature Omar merges genres and uses flawed characters to dynamically illustrate the complex political realities between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Born October 11th, 1961, in Nazareth, Israel, Abu–Assad was first nominated for a Best Foreign Language … Continue reading
Chloë Sevigny Is Totally Worth The Wait by Jay S. Jacobs We’ve been watching Chloë Sevigny since she was literally a kid: playing a standout role in Larry Clark’sKids, the hard-hitting 1995 cult drama about wasted youth. Nearly twenty years later and the quirky actress still fascinates. As an actress, she is an odd contradiction: pretty but not … Continue reading
Billy Campbell and Jordan Hayes Take On a Pandemic in Helix by Jay S. Jacobs The Syfy Channel has high hopes for its new snowbound thriller series Helix. A shiny new variation of many science fiction nightmares has a mysterious and deadly disease – which may or may not be manmade – turning a bunch of scientists … Continue reading
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