CHARLOTTE MARTIN A SHORE THING by JAY S. JACOBS Everybody wants to be loved. That’s why we do most of the things we do in life. Even more than most, people in the arts crave acceptance. However, sometimes it is enough to just get a strong reaction. Case in point, Charlotte Martin. With the release of her … Continue reading
The Munsters The Complete First Season – 1964 (Universal-2004) Other than the Seavers on Growing Pains, was there ever a more shockingly grotesque suburban TV family than the Munsters? America’s automatic response, of course, is The Addams Family, but don’t even go there. Sure, the Addams were creepy, kooky and altogether ooky, but they were far from … Continue reading
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (2004) Starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling, Omid Djalili, Trevor Baxter, Julian Curry, Peter Law, Jon Rumney, Khan Bonfils, Samta Gyatso, Louis Hilyer, Mark Wells, James Cash and Sir Laurence Olivier. Screenplay by Kerry Conran. Directed by Kerry Conran. Distributed by … Continue reading
Here’s Lucy Best Loved Episodes from the TV Series (Shout! Factory-2004) Apparently, there were enough gay men and grandmas to keep Here’s Lucy firmly planted on CBS’ prime-time schedule during the most unlikely years of 1968-1974. For those of you who can’t keep your Lucy series straight, this one opened each episode with a winking, … Continue reading
The Man Show Season One – Volume One (Red Distribution-2003) When Comedy Central actually lives up to its name, the result is raw and raucous. With the hilarious The Man Show debuting in 1999 (and this first season now available on DVD), the comedy channel proves that there isn’t any shame in getting your chauvinism on — in fact, its … Continue reading
AROUND THE BEND (2004) Starring Josh Lucas, Christopher Walken, Michael Caine, Jonah Bobo, Glenne Headley, Kathryn Hahn, David Eigenberg, Robert Douglas, Carlos Cabarcas, Gerry Bamman, Jean Effron, Lily Knight, Rick Negron, David Marciano, Norbert Weisser, Laurie O’Brien and Michael O’Neill. Screenplay by Jordan Roberts. Directed by Jordan Roberts. Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures. 85 minutes. … Continue reading
GARDEN STATE (2004) Starring Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Ron Liebman, Method Man, Jean Smart, Ann Dowd, Denis O’Hare, Geoffrey Arend, Alex Burns, Jackie Hoffman, Michael Weston, Chris Carley, Armando Riesco, Amy Ferguson, Trisha LaFrache, Jim Parsons, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe, Austin Lysy, Gary Gilbert, Jill Flint and Debbon Ayer. Screenplay … Continue reading
ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (2004) Starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, Tommy Flanagan, Joseph Rye, Agatha de la Boulaye, Carsten Norgaard, Sam Troughton, Petr Jakl, Pavel Bezdek, Kieran Bew, Carsten Voigt and Jan Pavel Filipensky. Screenplay by Paul W.S. Anderson. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. 101 … Continue reading
The Night Stalker / The Night Strangler Double Feature (MGM-2004) Description: Back in 1972, TV movies were still new enough that they were not stuck in the hard and fast rules they suffer by now. Back then it didn’t have to be about a brave person fighting a disease. Or a woman being mistreated by … Continue reading
Mark Ruffalo, Peter Krause, Laura Dern and John Curran Adultery Education by Jay S. Jacobs We Don’t Live Here Anymore is a haunting, sometimes even devastating, look at modern marriage. Based on two short stories by Andre Dubus (“We Don’t Live Here Anymore” and “Adultery”), the movie focuses on two couples. The film chronicles the casually cruel … Continue reading
