UMMA (2022) Starring Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart, Dermot Mulroney, Odeya Rush, Tom Yi, MeeWha Alana Lee, Danielle K. Golden, Hana Marie Kim and Mark Kirksey. Screenplay by Iris K. Shim. Directed by Iris K. Shim. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. 83 minutes. Rated PG-13. With the likes of Snowpiercer, Okja, The Host, Oldboy and particularly … Continue reading
Charlotte Gainsbourg Promise of a New Role by Jay S. Jacobs “With maternal love, life makes a promise at dawn that it can never hold. You are forced to eat cold food until your days end. After that, each time a woman holds you in her arms and against her chest, these are merely condolences. … Continue reading
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2019: ANIMATION & LIVE ACTION (2019) LIVE ACTION SHORTS (Estimated Running Time: 108 minutes) Detainment – Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon, 30 mins. Fauve – Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon, 17 mins. Skin – Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman, 20 mins. Mother – Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy … 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
Tami Stronach The Childlike Empress Has Grown Up But is Still Neverending by Bonnie Paul I was 11 years old when The Neverending Story premiered in theaters in 1984. I remember, vividly, that as soon as I returned from the theater, our family pulled out paper and started writing and illustrating our own neverending stories. … Continue reading
mother! (2017) Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Kristen Wiig, Stephen McHattie, Jovan Adepo, Amanda Chiu, Patricia Summersett, Eric Davis, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Cristina Rosato and Emily Hampshire. Screenplay by Darren Aronofsky. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. It must be a very … Continue reading
20th CENTURY WOMEN (2017) Starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup, Alison Elliott, Thea Gill, Vitaly A. Lebeau, Olivia Hone, Waleed Zuaiter, Curran Walters, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Alia Shawkat, Nathalie Love, Cameron Protzman and John Billingsley. Screenplay by Mike Mills. Directed by Mike Mills. Distributed by A24. 118 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
KT Tunstall Eyes to the Skies by Jay S. Jacobs Is it possible that the next big thing in music is a thirtyish woman from Scotland? An adopted daughter of a scientist who had no real interest to speak of in music? An iconoclast who became a figurehead of a local music scene where lack … Continue reading
LISA MARIE PRESLEY NOW WHAT…? By Ken Sharp Throw out all your pre-conceptions and dispose of the unyielding weight of those unfair comparisons to her father, Lisa Marie Presley is the real deal. Her new CD, Now What is a strong collection of immaculately crafted, emotionally charged songs that showcase Lisa’s distinctive smoky voice and display her uncompromising … Continue reading
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