MIRRORS (2008) Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Cameron Boyce, Erica Gluck, Amy Smart, Mary Beth Peil, John Shrapnel, Jason Flemyng, Tim Ahern, Julian Glover, Josh Cole and Ezra Buzzington. Screenplay by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 110 minutes. Rated R. French director Alexandre Aja has a … Continue reading
HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE (2008) Starring Simon Pegg, Kirstin Dunst, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Max Minghella, Margo Stilley, Kimberly Magness, Eliezer Meyer and Thandie Newton. Screenplay by Peter Straughan. Directed by Robert B. Weide. Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. 110 minutes. Rated R. How to Lose Friends and … Continue reading
Steph Green Living on the Short Circuit by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not like film directors just appear working feature films with no prior experience. Most great directors have gotten their feet wet working on short films: including Steven Spielberg (“Amblin’”), Martin Scorsese (“What’s A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?”), … Continue reading
60 Minutes Presents Obama: All Access Barack Obama’s Road to the White House (CBS/Paramount Home Video-2009) It seems so long ago now, even though it has only been three months since Barack Obama won the Presidency of the United States and less than three weeks since he was sworn in to take over the job. Like … Continue reading
MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (2008) Starring Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Naomi Campbell and John Turturro. Screenplay by James McBride. Directed by Spike Lee. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 160 minutes. Rated R. Miracle at St. Anna is director Spike Lee’s response … Continue reading
SOUL MEN (2008) Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes, Affion Crockett, Adam Herschman, John Legend, Fatso-Fasano, Jackie Long, Mike Epps, Isaac Hayes, Vanessa Del Rio, P.J. Byrne, Ken Davitian, Jennifer Coolidge, Sara Erikson, Soledad O’Brien, Millie Jackson and the voice of Randy Jackson. Screenplay by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone. Directed … Continue reading
THE UNINVITED (2009) Starring Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Maya Massar, Kevin McNulty, Jesse Moss, Dean Paul Gibson, Don S. Davis, Lex Burnham, Matthew Bristol, Danny Bristol and Heather Doerksen. Screenplay by Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. Directed by Charles and Thomas Guard. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. 87 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
matt nix burn notice after reading by jay s. jacobs It takes skills to reinvigorate a tried-and-true genre like the spy story, however with his fast and funny hit series Burn Notice, Matt Nix is doing what he can to throw the style a changeup. Nix created and still runs the popular USA Network drama, about a former spy … Continue reading
THE LUCKY ONES (2008) Starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña, Molly Hagan, Spencer Garrett, Arden Myrin, Kirk B.R. Woller, Annie Corley, Christian Stolte, John Heard and Katherine LaNasa. Screenplay by Neil Burger and Dirk Wittenborn. Directed by Neil Burger. Distributed by Lionsgate Films. 104 minutes. Rated R. An interesting thing about the movies made … Continue reading
OLIVER AND COMPANY – 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1988) Featuring the voices of Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dom DeLuise, Taurean Blacque, Carl Weintraub, Robert Loggia, Natalie Gregory, William Glover, Bette Midler, Frank Welker and Jonathan Brandis. Screenplay by Jim Cox & Timothy J. Disney & James … Continue reading
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