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
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard – Looking Back on 12 Years a Slave by Jay S. Jacobs Director Steve McQueen’s film version of former slave Solomon Northrop’s autobiography 12 Years a Slave takes an eye-opening look at one of the great shames of American history, the prevalence of the violent slave … Continue reading
Harry Lennix Exposing The Blacklist and the Bard by Jay S. Jacobs Many actors wait around for years to land the perfect role. Harry Lennix has more radical thinking when it comes to his career. He’s not going to wait around for fickle producers to contact him. He’ll create his own perfect roles, thank you … Continue reading
James Spader Fade to Blacklist by Jay S. Jacobs James Spader has made something of a specialty in playing suave, sophisticated, seductive and morally bankrupt men. As such, he may have found his alpha character in master-criminal Raymond “Red” Reddington in NBC’s new hit series The Blacklist. Red is a super-criminal, the top of the FBI’s … Continue reading
6 SOULS (2013) Starring Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Conroy, Nathan Corddry, Brooklynn Proulx, Brian A. Wilson, Joyce Feurring, Steven Rishard, Charles Techman, John Peakes, Michael Graves, Chaz Moneypenny, Charles D. Richards and Rick Applegate. Screenplay by Michael Cooney. Directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. Distributed by RADiUS-The Weinstein Company. 112 … Continue reading
BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013) Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Walter Lassally, Yannis Papadopoulos, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Ariane Labed, Panos Koronis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Yota Argyropoulou, Serafeim Radis, Enrico Focardi, Manolis Goussias and Anouk Servera. Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. Directed by Richard Linklater. Distributed by Sony Pictures … Continue reading
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black Recruited by Harvey Milk by Jay S. Jacobs “I’m Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you!” This was the battle cry of 1970s San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man voted into public office … Continue reading
Tom Arnold Has a Dark Night of the Soul by Jay S. Jacobs When one thinks of comedian-turned-actor Tom Arnold, normally they do not picture the serious side of the guy. Instead they picture the lighthearted roles, the tabloid gossip and the sitcoms. The man has made a name as a good-natured, slightly shallow goofball. … Continue reading
CAR BABES (2007) Starring Ben Savage, Jon Gries, Blake Clark, Donnell Rawlings, Marshall Manesh, David Shackleford, John Campo, Carolina Garcia, Kevan Blackton, Stephanie Keeney, Arj Barker, George Maguire, Amy Resnick, Jeff Ingram, Cindy Goldfield and Heather Ashley. Screenplay by Blake Dirickson, Nick Fumia and Chris Wolf. Directed by Nick Fumia and Chris Wolf. Distributed by … Continue reading
DESCENT (2007) Starring Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick, Christopher DiBlasio, Vanessa Ferlito, Spencer Grammer, Jacqueline Duprey, Alexie Gilmore, Melissa Gallo, Connor Fux, Sergia Louise Anderson, Scott Bailey, John Budinoff, Isabel Dawson and Tracie Thoms. Screenplay by Talia Lugacy. Directed by Talia Lugacy. Distributed by City Lights Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated NC-17. In the carnival … Continue reading
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