Siddharth Dhananjay Playing Patti Cake$ with Film Stardom by Jay S. Jacobs Siddharth Dhananjay has had one of the weirdest rides to the big time in recent memory. The young Indian/American actor has recently done his first acting job ever, co-starring as best friend Jheri in the critically acclaimed new film Patti Cake$. Not bad … Continue reading
CHUCK (2017) Starring Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Naomi Watts, Ron Perlman, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport, Morgan Spector, Pooch Hall, Wass Stevens, Megan Sikora, Melo Ludwig, Sadie Sink, Jason Jones, Catherine Corcoran, Ivan Martin, Angela Marie Roy, William Hill and John Brodeur. Screenplay by Jeff Feuerzeig and Jerry Stahl. Directed by Philippe Falardeau. Distributed by IFC … Continue reading
PERSON TO PERSON (2017) Starring Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Bene Coopersmith, George Sample III, Philip Baker Hall, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Michaela Watkins, Olivia Luccardi, Ben Rosenfield, Buddy Duress, Eleonore Hendricks, Benny Safdie, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Okieriete Onandowan, Brian Tyree Henry, Steve Urbanski, Craig Butta, Dakota O’Hara and David Zellner. Screenplay by Dustin Guy … Continue reading
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL – TRUTH TO POWER (2017) Featuring Al Gore, Dale Ross, Chris Hayes, Justin Trudeau and news footage of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, John Kerry, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merckel, Jim Inhof, Tom Rielly and Xi Jinping. Directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 100 … Continue reading
Miriam Morales Pidge is the New Black By Jay S. Jacobs Imagine this. You’re a huge fan of a TV show. You binge it as soon as it hits Netflix. Then, suddenly, you’re offered a role on the series. How cool would that be? Ask Miriam Morales, who was an Orange is the New Black … Continue reading
Paul Dooley World’s Greatest Movie Dad by Jay S. Jacobs Like the old saying goes, if you look up the word “Dad” in the dictionary, chances are good that you will find Paul Dooley’s picture. A veteran character actor whose career has spanned six decades. In the ‘70s and ‘80s, Dooley’s hangdog gruffness and genial … Continue reading
THE BIG SICK (2017) Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar, Bo Burnham, Aidy Bryant, Kurt Braunohler, Vella Lovell, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Jeremy Shamos, David Alan Grier, Ed Herbstman, Shenaz Treasurywala, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kuhoo Verma, Mitra Jouhari, Celeste Arias, Linda Emond, Shana Solomon, Jeff Blumenkrantz and … Continue reading
BURNING ANNIE (2004) Starring Gary Lundy, Sara Downing, Kim Murphy Zandell, Brian Klugman, Jay Paulson, Rini Bell, Todd Duffey, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Jason Risner, Carrie Freedle, Keith Page, David Hall, Alex Bolano, Evan Price and Jaisey Bates. Screenplay by Zack Ordynans. Directed by Van Flesher. Distributed by Armak Productions. 94 minutes. Not Rated. Woody Allen’s … Continue reading
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (2017) Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Golshifteh Farahani, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, Angus Barnett, Martin Klebba, Adam Brown, Giles New, Paul McCartney, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen … Continue reading
BAYWATCH (2017) Starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Priyanka Chopra, Jon Bass, Iifenesh Hadera, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Hannibal Buress, Rob Huebel, Amin Joseph, Jack Kesy, Oscar Nuñez, Clem Cheung, Charlotte McKinney, Izabel Goulart, David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson. Screenplay by Damian Shannon & Mark Swift. Directed by Seth Gordon. Distributed by Paramount … Continue reading
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