Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen The World is Full of Tiny Perfect Things by Jay S. Jacobs People are fascinated by the idea of having the ability to do things over until they get them right. But what if you must keep doing them until you do? This is a conundrum that has fascinated filmmakers … Continue reading
Andrew Bowler If He Could Turn Back Time by Jay S. Jacobs Andrew Bowler has spent most of the last decade thinking about time machines, and he’s not so sure they would be a good thing. The writer/director first started writing about them in about 2010, which led to the 2012 short “Time Freak,” which … Continue reading
INCEPTION (2010) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas and Talulah Riley. Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Distributed by Warner Bros. 148 minutes. Rated PG-13. Christopher Nolan has made something of a specialty out … Continue reading
Mark Ruffalo Shaking Up the Kids by Jay S. Jacobs Mark Ruffalo had quite a Sundance Festival. His directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious premiered to mixed reviews, but it was his latest independent comedy/drama which really made a splash. The Kids Are All Right is the acclaimed film, the story of an aging lesbian couple (Annette Bening and … 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
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Thomas Jay Ryan, David Cross, Jane Adams, Deirdre O’Connell, Gerry Robert Byrne, Ryan Whitney, Debbon Ayer, Amir Ali Said, Brian Price, Paul Litowsky, Josh Flitter, Lola Daehler and Lauren Adler. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Directed … 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
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