Justin Currie Fighting the Great War by Jay S. Jacobs Justin Currie is in the midst of a somewhat common predicament for the former lead singers of popular bands. Is it possible to create intriguing, challenging music without riding the coattails of the old band or recreating the old sound? Also, as an older, more … Continue reading
STONES IN EXILE (2010) Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor, Martin Scorsese, Anita Pallenberg, Jimmy Miller, Andy Johns, Dominique Tarlé, Bobby Keys, Sheryl Crow, Jack White, will.i.am, Don Was, Liz Phair, Jake Weber and Benicio Del Toro. Directed by Stephen Kijak. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 59 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
TOY STORY 3 (2010) Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, Jodi Benson, Emily Hahn, Blake Clark, Teddy Newton, Bud Luckey, Beatrice Miller, Javier Fernandez Pena, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal, Jeff Garlin, Bonnie Hunt, John Cygan, … Continue reading
Jason Lee Walking in Memphis by Jay S. Jacobs After a few years of playing the title character in the popular sitcom My Name Is Earl and starring in such kid-friendly comedies as Alvin and the Chipmunks and Underdog, Jason Lee is taking a totally different tack for his return to series television. Memphis Beat is a moody and slightly downbeat, yet … Continue reading
HOMELAND (2008) Starring Max Rhyser, Yifat Sharabi, Penny Bittone, Shalin Agarwal, Radhika Vaz, Laurence Cantor, Ellie Diez, Pia Shah, Shayna Padovano, Anne-Marie Moloney, Bern Cohen, Ed Eldridge, Michael Eldridge, Tracie Jules, Ross Massood and Haythem Noor. Screenplay by Brad Rothschild. Directed by Michael Eldridge. Distributed by New Films International. 93 minutes. Not Rated. The animosity … Continue reading
THE A-TEAM (2010) Starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Patrick Wilson, Gerald McRaney, Henry Czerny, Yul Vazquez, Brian Bloom, Maury Sterling, Terry Chen and Omari Hardwick. Screenplay by Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom and Skip Woods. Directed by Joe Carnahan. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. The … Continue reading
Timothy Hutton Gaining His Leverage by Jay S. Jacobs It’s a huge honor but also a big responsibility when in your first film role you end up winning an Oscar. Timothy Hutton knows this all too well. He had grown up around show business, his father Jim Hutton was a well-known character actor in the … Continue reading
Alyssa Jacey Everything is Better in Blue by Jay S. Jacobs Alyssa Jacey popped on our radar about four years ago after she contacted us when she read an interview, I had done with a high school friend, singer Tristan Prettyman. Jacey had recently moved from Los Angeles – where she was both a professional … Continue reading
WHEN IN ROME (2010) Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Danny DeVito, Will Arnett, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Alexis Dziena, Kate Micucci, Don Johnson, Peggy Lipton, Luca Calvani, Keir O’Donnell, Bobby Moynihan, Lee Pace, Kristen Schaal, Judith Malina, Natalie Joy Johnson, Brian Golub, Efren Ramirez, Shaquille O’Neal, Lawrence Taylor and Ghostface Killah. Screenplay by … Continue reading
IRON MAN 2 (2010) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Garry Shandling, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Jon Favreau, Kate Mara, Leslie Bibb, Olivia Munn and Adam ‘DJ AM’ Goldstein. Screenplay by Justin Theroux. Directed by Jon Favreau. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 125 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
