Ken Sharp – New Mourning (Jet Fighter Records) The power pop underground keeps on keeping on although the musical style has never captured the audience that its most rabid fans feel it deserves. A delirious mixture of rock crunch and bubble gum beats that has flirted with mainstream success since the 70s, the style has … Continue reading
THE BFG (2016) Starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton, Bill Hader, Rafe Spall, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Adam Godley, Michael Adamthwaite, Daniel Bacon, Jonathan Holmes, Chris Gibbs, Paul Moniz de Sa, Marilyn Norry and Matt Frewer. Screenplay by Melissa Matheson. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 110 minutes. … Continue reading
Sam Barlow and Alon Benari Revolutionizing Filmmaking With Interactive Live-Action Gaming by Jay S. Jacobs It seems only natural – streamlining and combining the technologies of video-gaming and movie-making. It’s an idea that has been tantalizing programmers and cinephiles for a few decades now, but the technology is finally hitting a focal point where it … Continue reading
STAR TREK II – THE WRATH OF KHAN (DIRECTOR’S CUT) (1982) Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kirstie Alley, Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, John Vargas, Nicholas Guest, James Horner and Ike Eisenmann. Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Distributed … Continue reading
NOW YOU SEE ME 2 (2016) Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Jay Chou, Tsai Chin, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Justine Wachsberger, Ben Lamb, David Warshofsky and Richard Laing. Screenplay by Ed Solomon. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Distributed by Summit Entertainment. … Continue reading
Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd and Bob Gale Gotta Get Back in Time to Back to the Future by Jay S. Jacobs As hard as it is to believe, the movie Back to the Future is now further in our collective rearview mirror than the Enchantment Under the Sea dance was to Marty … Continue reading
Stephen Amell Better Watch His Speed by Jay S. Jacobs What is cooler than playing a beloved character from an iconic comic franchise? How about playing two? For several years, Stephen Amell has been making his bones playing the title character in the hit CW series Arrow, which was the cornerstone in the network’s current … Continue reading
James Solomon Revisiting an Iconic New York Crime with The Witness by Jay S. Jacobs It was arguably the one of the most storied murders in New York history, but the legend of the killing of Kitty Genovese is also one of the most misunderstood. This tragic story is famous as much or more so … Continue reading
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (2016) Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rhys Ifans, Matt Lucas, Lindsay Duncan, Leo Bill, Geraldine James, Andrew Scott, Richard Armitage, Ed Speleers, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Paul Whitehouse, Stephen Fry, Barbara Windsor, Michael Sheen and Matt Vogel. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Directed … Continue reading
2 JENNIFER (2016) Starring Hunter Johnson, David Coupe, Lara Jean Mummert, Felissa Rose, Erin Marie Hogan, Veronica Ricci, Jody Barton, James Cullen Bressack, Jarrett Furst, Josh Brown, Charles Chudabala, Matt Holbrook, Chrissy Cannone, Marv Blauvelt and Erin Killean. Screenplay by Hunter Johnson. Directed by Hunter Johnson. Distributed by Sector 5 Films. 83 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
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