SIR BEN KINGSLEY TRAVELS THROUGH TIME AS TWO VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS by Brad Balfour While veteran actor Sir Ben Kingsley remains one of our greatest working thespians–having accrued numerous Academy nominations and won an Oscar for Gandhi – he rarely has two films with such different roles being released virtually at the same time. In Peter … Continue reading
Perry King A Different Story by Ronald Sklar “I did a [Family Channel] movie with Sean Young called The Cowboy and the Movie Star,” underrated actor Perry King tells me recently. “I was playing a guy who has a cattle ranch who is getting divorced and about to lose the property. And just after that movie, the same … Continue reading
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (2005) Starring David Strathairn, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Ray Wise, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, George Clooney, Tate Donovan, Tom McCarthy, Matt Ross, Reed Diamond, Robert John Burke, Grant Heslov, Alex Borstein, Rose Abdoo, Glenn Morshower, Don Creech, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Robert Knepper, JD Cullum, Simon Helberg, Peter Jacobson and Dianne … Continue reading
LORD OF WAR (2005) Starring Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ian Holm, Eammon Walker, Sammi Rotibi, Ethan Hawke, Shake Toukhmanian, Jean-Pierre Nshanian, Donald Sutherland, Liya Kabede, Jasmone Burgess, Carlin April, Gugu Zulu, Debbie Jones, Mirriam Ngomani and Eugene Lazarev. Screenplay by Andrew Niccol. Directed by Andrew Niccol. Distributed by Lionsgate Films. 122 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Elijah Wood, Liev Schreiber and Eugene Hutz Illuminate Us by Jay S. Jacobs Everything Is Illuminated is the debut writing and directing project by respected New York-based actor Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate, Scream, Kate and Leopold.) The film is based on a portion of the fanciful and yet disturbing best-selling novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran … Continue reading
EAST OF SUNSET (2005) Starring Emily Stiles, Jimmy Wayne Farley, Dikla Marshall, Greg Garritano, Lucia Sullivan, Robby Morris, Jeff Gargiulo, Nino Cirabisi, Conor Jonathan, Eimer Devlin, Monte Vallier and Will Waghorn. Screenplay by Heather Miller. Directed by Brian McNelis. Distributed by Blixa Films. 89 minutes. Rated NC-17. East of Sunset is the story of two alcoholic … Continue reading
INSIDE DEEP THROAT (2005) Starring Harry Reems, Linda Lovelace, Gerard Damiano, Linda Marchiano, Arthur Sommer, Herb Kassner, Larry Parrish, Bill Maher, Hugh Hefner, Wes Craven, Norman Mailer, Dick Cavett, Carl Bernstein, Helen Gurley Brown, Lenny Camp, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Flynt, Al Goldstein, Xaviera Hollander, Erica Jong, Charles Keating, Camille Paglia, Georgina Spelvin, Andrea True, Gore … Continue reading
THE STING (1973) Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, John Heffernan, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, Dimitra Arliss, Robertearl Jones, James J. Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Lee Paul, Sally Kirkland, Avon Long, Arch Johnson, Ed Bakey, Brad Sullivan and John Quade. Screenplay by David S. Ward. Directed by … Continue reading
The Nanny The Complete First Season – 1993-1994 (Sony-2005) The Nanny is a series that is sure to turn off a large portion of the population immediately. How unfortunate. It’s so much better than the initial impression it makes. For a show that celebrates life on the shallow surface, it should not be dismissed as such. … Continue reading
Davey and Goliath Volume 1 (Starlight Home Entertainment-2005) OH DAVEY!… Beloved pop culture icons Davey and Goliath first broke into the public consciousness in the late 50’s, a perfect time for their emergence against the “safe as milk” backdrop of that era. Produced by Clokey Productions Inc., under the direction of Art and Ruth Clokey (who also brought you another … Continue reading
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