Mackenzie Lansing Mackenzie of Easttown By Ariella Lafayette Picture this. You’re a young upcoming actress trying to make a name for yourself. You get a juicy supporting role in a TV limited series. Fast forward a bit and the show has become one of the hottest things on television – and your character plays a … Continue reading
Big Little Lies The Complete Second Season (2019) (Warner Bros.-2020) When Big Little Lies debuted on HBO in 2017, it was proof positive – if more was needed – that television drama had surpassed film as the go-to destination for Hollywood’s creative community. Created by longtime television icon David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice), … Continue reading
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING (2018) Featuring Amy Cappellazzo, Stefan Edlis, Gael Neeson, Gerhard Richter, Jeff Koons, Larry Poons, George Condo, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Margaret Lee, Marylin Minter, Robert Rauschenberg, Jerry Saltz, Alexander Nemerov and Mary Boone. Directed by Nathaniel Kahn. Distributed by HBO Documentary Films. 98 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2018 Philadelphia Film … Continue reading
HALLOWEEN (2018) Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner, Nick Castle, James Jude Courtney, Jefferson Hall, Rhian Rees, Toby Huss, Haluk Bilginer, Dylan Arnold, Miles Robbins, Drew Scheid, Jibrail Nantambu, Michael Harrity, William Matthew Anderson, Diva Tyler, Brien Gregorie, Vince Mattis, Omar Dorsey and PJ Soles. Screenplay by Jeff Fradley … Continue reading
The Deuce The Complete First Season (HBO Home Entertainment – 2018) New York City in the 70s was dirty, sleazy, violent and wild, but it also had a certain throbbing energy that the current Disney-ification of the city has pretty much defanged. Long before sky-high rents and massive chain stores turned the city into the … Continue reading
PERMANENT (2017) Starring Patricia Arquette, Rainn Wilson, Kira Mclean, Jane McNeill, Aidan Fiske, Kaleigh Keller, Michael Greene, Abby Wathen, Sean Ramey, Jenna Brister, Brian Bremer, Kim Cheek, Paul D’Elia, Chelsea Laren, Mark Scarboro, Molly Nugent, Kassidy Slaughter and Robert Shepherd. Screenplay by Colette Burson. Directed by Colette Burson. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Hanging with the Ballers Professional Football isn’t all that meets the eye. There is a whole different game behind the scenes: from lying and cheating to using drugs and partying. The hit HBO show Ballers explores exactly that. In the first season of the series Spencer Strasmore, played by Dwayne Johnson, is struggling to find … Continue reading
Violett Beane Quick As a Flash by Jay S. Jacobs There’s a new speedster coming to Central City. And she’s been hiding right under our noses. Jesse Wells, played by young actress Violett Beane, is the daughter of parallel dimension Earth-2’s Dr. Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh). Beane was added to the cast of the popular … Continue reading
SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE (2008) Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Jennifer Hudson, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Mario Cantone, Lynn Cohen, Willie Garson, Candace Bergen and Joanna Gleason. Screenplay by Michael Patrick King. Directed by Michael Patrick King. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 146 minutes. … Continue reading
Spike Lee Knows What It Means to Miss New Orleans by Jay S. Jacobs Spike Lee has experienced many things in the twenty years since he exploded out of NYU with She’s Gotta Have It and Do the Right Thing. His films have looked unflinchingly at some of the most polarizing subjects of modern life; race relations, drug abuse, … Continue reading
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