Michael Apted How Sweet the Sound by Jay S. Jacobs In 1963, when a twenty-two-year-old researcher for Granada Television in England was sent out to find a representative sampling of British children for a special program on how seven-year olds saw the world, he never realized that assignment would completely change his life. Forty-four years … Continue reading
DARFUR NOW (2007) Featuring Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde, Ahmed Mohammed Abakar, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Adam Sterling, George Clooney, Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Written by Ted Braun. Directed by Ted Braun. Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures. 99 minutes. Rated PG. It’s not easy to make an uplifting film about genocide, but Darfur Now does … Continue reading
THE OUTSIDERS OF NEW ORLEANS – LOUJON PRESS (2007) Featuring Louise “Gypsy Lou” Webb, Jon Edgar Webb, Wayne Ewing and the voice of Charles Bukowski. Directed by Wayne Ewing. Distributed by Wayne Ewing Films. 58 minutes. Not Rated. This short documentary pays tribute to LouJon Press, a little-known self-run publishing house that in a small … Continue reading
Andy Dick First-Time Director by Jay S. Jacobs Love him or hate him, one thing’s for sure – you simply can’t ignore Andy Dick. One of the most irreverent comic voices on the scene, Dick has occupied his own unique niche in show biz. He has played goofy sidekicks on two long-running show-biz themed sitcoms (NewsRadio and Less … Continue reading
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS NOT FAKING IT by Jay S. Jacobs You may have thought that you were catching something brand new when the passionate anti-domestic violence song “Face Down” started taking the music world by storm this summer. With its disgusted and angry lyrics (“Do you feel like a man when you push her … Continue reading
BROKEN (2007) Starring Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto, Valerie Azlynn, Randall Batinkoff, James Brandon, Jake Busey, Scarlett Chorvat, Chad Cunningham, Kevin Daniels, Michael A. Goorjian, Linda Hamilton, Tess Harper, Joe Hursley, Martin Kelly, Bianca Lawson, Marc Lynn, Billy Marti, Navid Negahban, Adam Nelson, Peter Pasco, Mark Sheppard, Jessica Stroup and Arthur Williams Jr. Screenplay by Drew … Continue reading
MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) Starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O’Keefe, Ken Howard, Sean Cullen, Austin Williams, Terry Serpico and Remy Auberjonois. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy. Directed by Tony Gilroy. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 119 minutes. Rated R. It takes some real confidence for a filmmaker to name a movie Michael Clayton. … Continue reading
STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME (2007) Featuring Jack Polak, Ina Soep and the voices of Jeroen Krabbé and Ellen Ten Damme. Written by Michèle Ohayon. Directed by Michèle Ohayon. Distributed by Red Envelope Entertainment. 94 minutes. Not Rated. Love is never really thought to have bloomed in the Holocaust. With the horrible conditions, the desperation … Continue reading
RENDITION (2007) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Omar Metwally, Igal Naor, Moa Khouas, Zineb Oukach, Aramis Knight, Rosie Malek-Yonan and J.K. Simmons. Screenplay by Kelley Sane. Directed by Gavin Hood. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 120 minutes. Rated R. Rendition is a movie which wears its political convictions on its … Continue reading
PLANET TERROR (2007) Starring Rose McGowan, Freddie Rodriguez, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Michael Biehn, Naveen Andrews, Michael Parks, Jerili Romeo, Tom Savini, Jeff Fahey, Nicky Katt, Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, Quentin Tarantino and Bruce Willis. Screenplay by Robert Rodriguez. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Distributed by Dimension Films. 105 minutes. Not Rated. With the surprising and massive … Continue reading
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