megalyn echikunwoke taking the coroner office on csi: miami by jay s. jacobs Even before she started popping up all over television when she was barely in her teens, Megalyn Echikunwoke had lived a fascinating, unique life. As a child, Echikunwoke (the name means “leader of men”) grew up on a remote Indian Reservation – despite the … Continue reading
Sharon Little Perfect Time for a Breakout by Jay S. Jacobs Just two years ago, Sharon Little was waiting tables. Now she has released her debut CD. One of her songs has been chosen as the theme song to a television series. She was personally picked to open a tour by this year’s biggest Grammy winners – … Continue reading
SWING VOTE (2008) Starring Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Lane, George Lopez, Judge Reinhold, Charles Esten, Mare Winningham, Mark Moses, Willie Nelson, Richard Petty, Chris Matthews, Larry King, James Carville, Tucker Carlson, Mary Hart, Arianna Huffington and Bill Maher. Screenplay by Jason Richman and Joshua Michael Stern. … Continue reading
PAUL BLART: MALL COP (2009) Starring Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O’Donnell, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Rannazzisi, Shirley Knight, Raini Rodriguez, Peter Gerety, Adam Ferrara, Jamal Mixon, Adhir Kalyan, Erick Avari, Gary Valentine and Allen Covert. Screenplay by Kevin James and Nick Bakay. Directed by Steve Carr. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 87 minutes. Rated PG. I’m … Continue reading
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008) Starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Mahur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Tanay Hemant Chheda, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail. Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy. Directed by Danny Boyle. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. British director Danny Boyle’s labor-of-love drama … Continue reading
THE LODGER (2009) Starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Simon West, Donal Logue, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mel Harris, Philip Baker Hall, Rebecca Pidgeon, Daphne Ashbrook, Kirk Fox, David Sullivan and Ernie Grunwald. Screenplay by David Ondaatje. Directed by David Ondaatje. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 95 minutes. Rated R. There is a lot of history … Continue reading
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (2008) Featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Frank Langella, Sigourney Weaver, Tracey Ullman, Christopher Lloyd, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin Kline, Richard Jenkins, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tony Hale, Ciarán Hinds, Frances Conroy, Charles Shaughnessy, Bronson Pinchot and James Nesbitt. Screenplay by Gary Ross and Kate DiCamillo. Directed … Continue reading
THE WRESTLER (2008) Starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry, Wass Stevens, Judah Friedlander, Ernest Miller, Dylan Summers, Tommy Farra, Mike Miller, Marcia Jean Kurtz, John D’Leo, Ajay Naidu and Gregg Bello. Screenplay by Rob Siegel. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 115 minutes. Rated R. Much … Continue reading
FROST/NIXON (2008) Starring Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt, Matthew Macfayden, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder, Kate Jennings Grant, Gabriel Jarret, Jim Meskimen, Geoffrey Blake, Clint Howard and Patty McCormack. Screenplay by Peter Morgan. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 122 minutes. Rated R. The lessons that the … Continue reading
Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (Verve) The music behind James Bond has always been part of the allure of the super-spy, a loungy, seductive musical canon tailor-made to naked women dancing in silhouette behind the opening credits – vaguely suggesting danger and the good life. As the Bond film series approaches its 50th anniversary, … Continue reading
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