SHOPLIFTERS (2018) Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kiki Kirin, Mayu Matsuoka, Kengo Kora, Chizuru Ikewake, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Akira Emoto, Naoto Ogata and Moemi Katayama. Screenplay by Hirokazu Koreeda. Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. Shoplifters has been getting such accolades – … Continue reading
SONG OF BACK AND NECK (2018) Starring Paul Lieberstein, Rosemarie DeWitt, Robert Pine, Brian d’Arcy James, Clark Duke, Paul Feig, Sam Anderson, Ike Barinholtz, Alice Wen, Raymond Ma, Janine Poreba, Luke Spencer Roberts, Daniel Thrasher, William Wang, Edwin Kho, Coca Xie, Paul Kwo, Trinka Stotsky Soloway, Rajeev Chhibber, Treisa Gary and Jessica McKenna. Screenplay by … Continue reading
CREED II (2018) Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Florian Munteanu, Russell Hornsby, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad, Kristina Aponte, Monica Haynes, Darin Ferraro, Andre Ward, Myles Humphus, Ivo Nandi, Roy Jones Jr., Kristoffe Brodeur, Elizabeth Gaynor, Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran, Michael Buffer and Brigitte Nielsen. Screenplay by Juel Taylor & Sylvester Stallone. … Continue reading
DOG DAYS (2018) Starring Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Adam Pally, Eva Longoria, Rob Corddry, Tone Bell, Jon Bass, Michael Cassidy, Thomas Lennon, Tig Notaro, Finn Wolfhard, Ron Cephas Jones, Ryan Hansen, Jessica St. Clair, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Elizabeth Phoenix Caro, Jon Bass, Lauren Lapkus, Jessica Lowe, John Gemberling, Mo Gaffney and David Wain. Screenplay by … Continue reading
Josh Groban & Idina Menzel – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA – November 12, 2018 Broadway came to the Wells Fargo Center on Monday as Josh Groban (The Great Comet of 1812, the album Stages) and diva Idina Menzel (Wicked, Rent) shared the stage. Menzel opened the night with a stellar set, mixing her … Continue reading
Joel Edgerton Rewriting Boy Erased By Jay S. Jacobs This seems to be a fertile time for actors to take a more hands-on approach to filmmaking and write and direct their own films. Take Joel Edgerton. The Australian-born actor has been slowly-but-surely building a big name in the States with roles in such films as … Continue reading
EVANESCENCE: SYNTHESIS LIVE (2018) Featuring Amy Lee, Will Hunt, Troy McLawhorn, Tim McCord, Jen Majura, Will B. Hunt, Dave Eggar, Susie Selter, David Campbell and Steve Trudell. Directed by P.R. Brown. Distributed by Eagle Vision. 130 minutes. Not Rated. There have been a lot of changes in Evanescence since their debut album Fallen became an … Continue reading
Jason Reitman Looks Back at a Political Shift with The Front Runner By Jay S. Jacobs Director Jason Reitman is known for taking on some pretty big subjects in his films. He took on lobbying in Thank You for Smoking. He set his sights on teenage pregnancy in Juno and corporate soullessness and greed in … Continue reading
Paul Dano It’s A Wild Wildlife By Jay S. Jacobs We know Paul Dano as an actor with over a decade of quirky movie choices behind him. Perhaps you remember him best as the twin preachers in There Will Be Blood. Or perhaps as the young Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy. Or, then again … Continue reading
Richard E. Grant Forms an Odd Couple with Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Jay S. Jacobs Richard E. Grant has been quietly putting together one hell of a career for himself in the three decades since he exploded on the scene as the title character in the film Withnail & I. … Continue reading
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