Dale Watson Lone Star State of Mind by Ronald Sklar How’s this for irony: Dale Watson – who embodies both the past and the promise (but possibly not the future) of country music – is talking to me on his cell phone. Forget about me – I’m about as far away from country as you … Continue reading
Shadoe Stevens Voice on the Air by Ronald Sklar When asked if he was indeed the world’s youngest DJ, at age 11, in Jamestown, North Dakota, Shadoe Stevens answers like a true native. “Yah,” he says, in that clipped Midwestern drawl, like a character out of the flick Fargo. The answer is true, but the “yah” … Continue reading
BROKEN ENGLISH (2007) Starring Parker Posey, Drea DeMatteo, Melvil Poupaud, Gena Rowlands, Peter Bogdanovich, Roy Thinnes, Michael Panes, Philip Pavel, Justin Theroux, Tim Guinee and Dana Ivey. Written by Zoe Cassavettes. Directed by Zoe Cassavettes. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Broken English writer/director Zoë Cassavettes is the latest to make a mark from … Continue reading
Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 29, 2007. Susan Minot’s novel Evening was embraced by a huge readership upon being released. The novel is about the choices people make and how they are formed by them. A woman at the end of … Continue reading
Natasha Richardson Late in the Evening by Jay S. Jacobs In Evening, Natasha Richardson plays a difficult role, that of an adult daughter watching her mother slowly losing the fight for life. The part is probably doubly heart-wrenching for the actress because her own mother – screen legend Vanessa Redgrave – plays the elderly woman coming … Continue reading
Action The Complete Series – Uncut and Unbleeped (1999) (Sony Home Video-2006) Of the unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century – JFK’s assassination, Y2K, the popularity of tattoos – probably the most baffling of all was the cancellation of the dish-dirty Fox comedy Action. The series, starring an amazingly funny Jay Mohr in a tour … Continue reading
MAE – Tweeter Center – Camden, NJ – June 24, 2007 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2007. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Peter Stickles Something in the Lair by Ronald Sklar Photography by Eugene Gallegos When New-York-based actor Peter Stickles yearned for a role he could sink his teeth into, he wasn’t just whistling “Dixie.” As the lead vampire in the new Here TV drama The Lair, Stickles plays a vampire so evil that his name is Damian. … Continue reading
KNOCKED UP (2007) Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Martin Starr, Harold Ramis, Joanna Kerns, Alan Tudyk, Kristen Wiig, Charlene Yi, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Adam Scott, Loudon Wainwright III, Mo Collins, Paul Feig, Ryan Seacrest, James Franco, Eva Mendes, Fergie, Jessica Simpson and Steve Carell. … Continue reading
THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 (2007) Starring Michael McMillian, Jessica Stroup, Daniella Alonso, Jacob Vargas, Lee Thompson Young, Ben Crowley, Eric Edelstein, Reshad Strik, Michael Bailey Smith, David Reynolds, Derek Mears, Tyrell Kemlo, Jason Oettle, Gaspar Szabo, Jeff Kober, Jay Acovone and Archie Kao. Screenplay by Jonathan Craven & Wes Craven. Directed by Martin Weisz. … Continue reading
