Ben Stiller, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Horovitz & Noah Baumbach Examine Life While They’re Young by Jay S. Jacobs What happens when hip young professionals in New York City reach their forties and realize that they are no longer as hip nor as young as they had always imagined? This is the quandary behind Noah Baumbach’s … Continue reading
The Fifth Estate It’s always a bit tricky to make a film based on recent history. Most of the audience who has any interest in the subject will already have relatively strong opinions about the cases and the characters. Besides, the stories are already are saturated in our minds, so seeing a recreation of what … Continue reading
LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD (2006) Starring Albert Brooks John Carroll Lynch, Sheetal Sheth, Jon Tenney, Fred Dalton Thompson, Amy Ryan, Homie Doroodian, Kavi Raz, Emma Lockhart and Penny Marshall. Screenplay by Albert Brooks. Directed by Albert Brooks. Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. The divide between the Eastern and … Continue reading
Joshua Malina Hail to the Chief by Jay S. Jacobs There are lots of ways that people go about trying to get their first big break in acting. Some people kill themselves working a minimum wage job while floating from audition to audition. Some try other arts, like music or modeling, as an entrance. Some people sit on a stool in … Continue reading
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