I PLAY ROCKY (2026) Starring Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, Toby Kebbell, P. J. Byrne, Jay Duplass, Matt Dillon, Stephan James, Tracy Letts, Kiki Seto, Robert Morgan, Saul Stein, Trevor St. John, Erik Palladino, Rob Demery, Scot Teller, J Nycole, Diego Pope, Arthur Mercante Jr., Anthony Ventola, Michael Fuchs, Martin Fisher, Paul Sloan, Baxter Rogers and … Continue reading
Dave Raymond, Tom Burgoyne and Hoag Kepner Hanging With the Phanatics by Jay S. Jacobs As a Philadelphian, I may be biased, but of all of the mascots in sports history, the greatest one is The Phillie Phanatic. A large green, umm, thing – no one seems to know exactly what the Phanatic is supposed … Continue reading
THE DINK (2026) Starring Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Andy Roddick, Ben Stiller, Patton Oswalt, Chloe Fineman, Chris Parnell, Aaron Chen, Martin Kove, Christine Taylor, John McEnroe, Lynne Marie Stewart, Cayden Romero, River Beier, Robert Rebetsky, Boone Nelson, Nathan Blair, Indiana Elle, Cooper Woestendick, Don Lake, Wayne Wilderson and Lennon Parham. Screenplay by Sean … Continue reading
Ronald Lee Oliver on Chip Oliver Those Were the Days By Ronald Sklar The late Chip Oliver’s life reads like a parable of late-1960s America: discipline and rebellion, muscle and mysticism, Hollywood lights and San Francisco communes. Told here through the voice of his younger brother, Ronald Lee Oliver, it’s also a story about family … Continue reading
THE SMASHING MACHINE (2025) Starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk, Lyndsey Gavin, Satoshi Ishii, James Moontasri, Yoko Hamamura, Stephen Quadros, Paul Cheng, Cyborg Abreu, Andre Tricoteux, Marcus Aurélio, Whitney Moore, Paul Lazenby, Olga Dzyurak, Eric Odbaatar, Zoe Kosovic, Nate Williams, “Dirty” Dutch Mantell, James Romero and Nick Toren. Screenplay by … Continue reading
HIM (2025) Starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, Tim Heidecker, Jim Jefferies, Naomi Grossman, GiGi Erneta, Norman Towns, Maurice Greene, Guapdad 4000, Tierra Whack, Naomi Grossman, Gabriela Alicia Ortega, Alana Nguyen, Don Benjamin, Chase Garland, Kiara Gomez Glad Bak, Indira G. Wilson, Sean Dillingham, Richard Lippert and Jackie Suerth. Screenplay by Skip Bronkie & … Continue reading
F1® THE MOVIE (2025) Starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Javier Bardem, Kim Bodnia, Shea Whigham, Joseph Balderrama, Sarah Niles, Samson Kayo, Callie Cooke, Will Merrick, Layne Harper, Simone Ashley, Abdul Salis, Guenther Steiner, Benoît Tréluyer, Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. Screenplay by … Continue reading
Charlie Hall Merges Football and the Holidays with the Philly Specials By Jay S. Jacobs Charlie Hall had his share of adventures long before he became the producer and one of the driving forces of the Philly Specials – a popular musical group made up of three Philadelphia Eagles star offensive linemen, the recently retired … Continue reading
James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist and Robert Kolodny Requiem for The Featherweight By Jay S. Jacobs There are certain people who shine so brightly in their fields and yet over the years they are not remembered. Take, for example, boxer Guglielmo Papaleo – better known by his ring name Willie Pep. Willie Pep was … Continue reading
NEXT GOAL WINS (2023) Starring Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House, Beulah Koale, Will Arnett, Elisabeth Moss, Uli Latukefu, Chris Alosio, Lehi Makisi Falepapalangi, Semu Filipo, Ioane Goodhue, Rhys Darby, Angus Sampson, Luke Hemsworth, Kaitlyn Dever, Hio Pelesasa, David Tu’itupou, Levy Tuiala, Loretta Ables Sayre, Frankie Adams and Taika Waititi. Screenplay by … Continue reading
