SPARTAN (2004) Starring Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Tia Texada, Kristen Bell, William H. Macy, Ed O’Neill, Jeremie Campbell, Bob Jennings, Lionel Mark Smith, Johnny Messner, Chris LaCentra, Renato Magno, Mark Fitzgerald, Tony Mamet, Clark Gregg, Ron Butler, Stephen Culp, Lauren Bowles and David Paymer. Screenplay by David Mamet. Directed by David Mamet. Distributed by Warner … Continue reading
Jonatha Brooke – Back in the Circus (Bad Dog/Verve) Jonatha Brooke has been out in the folk-pop trenches for almost twenty years, working up a great reputation in music circles, first as half of the acoustic duo The Story and then as a solo artist. Her music has mostly been released independently; only two Story albums and one solo were … Continue reading
SECRET WINDOW (2004) Starring Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton, Len Cariou, Joan Heney, John Dunn-Hill. Vlasta Vrana, Matt Holland, Gillian Ferrabee, Bronwen Mantel, Elizabeth Marleau, Kyle Allatt, Richard Jutras, Kevin Woodhouse, Vito DeFilippo and Sarah Allen. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by David Koepp. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 97 … Continue reading
MY ARCHITECT – A SON’S JOURNEY (2004) Featuring Louis I. Kahn, Nathaniel Kahn, Sue Ann Kahn, Harriet Pattison, Anne Tyng, Alexandra Tyng, I.M. Pei, Moshe Safdie, Robert A.M. Stern, Edmund Bacon, Shamsul Wares, Philip Johnson and Frank O. Gehry. Written by Nathaniel Kahn. Directed by Nathaniel Kahn. Distributed by New Yorker Films. 116 minutes. Not … Continue reading
STARSKY & HUTCH (2004) Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Snoop Dogg, Fred Williamson, Juliette Lewis, Jason Bateman, Amy Smart, Carmen Electra, George Kee Cheung, Chris Penn, Brande Roderick, Molly Sims, Matt Walsh, Patton Oswalt, Will Ferrell, David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser. Screenplay by John O’Brien and Todd Phillips & Scot Armstrong. Directed … Continue reading
Toby Lightman Devils and an Angel by Jay S. Jacobs The music biz is always hungrily searching for the next big thing. They’re trying to find an artist that has the talent and the vibe and the chops to make a huge splash in the choppy waters of popular culture. It should be someone who has … Continue reading
joe mantegna one of us by jay s. jacobs When Joe Mantegna was a student at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, he would to pick up a play and turn the page that listed the original cast. It always fascinated him. Who originated these roles? What did they do later? Did they become a star … Continue reading
Kylie Minogue – Body Language (Capitol) You don’t get to be a diva for going on twenty years without a little chameleon in you. After a few missteps in the 90s, Kylie Minogue has shown an amazing ability to adapt to the changing styles and subjects of the musical world; reinventing herself again and again so … Continue reading
MONSTER (2003) Starring Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marco St. John, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson, Rus Blackwell, Tim Ware, Robb Chamberlain, Stephan Jones, Brett Rice, Kaitlin Riley, Catherine Mangan, T. Robert Pigott and Chandra Leigh. Screenplay by Patty Jenkins. Directed by Patty Jenkins. Distributed by Newmarket Films. … Continue reading
fountains of wayne bright future in record sales by jay s. Jacobs When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences released their 2004 Grammy nominations, Fountains of Wayne were one of the acts nominated as Best New Artist. This must have surprised the members of the band, who were under the impression that they’d been playing together for over a decade. They believed … Continue reading
