Lewis MacDougall Faces Down a Monster by Jay S. Jacobs It’s quite an impressive and scary achievement, a twelve-year-old boy, appearing in only his second film, gets the starring role. His character is the main thrust of the movie, and on screen almost the entirety of the film. It is based on a critically acclaimed … Continue reading
A MONSTER CALLS (2016) Starring Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Kebbell, Ben Moor, James Melville, Oliver Steer, Dominic Boyle, Jennifer Lim, Max Gabbay, Morgan Symes, Max Golds, Frida Palsson, Wanda Opalinska, Patrick Taggart, Lily Rose Aslandogdu, Geraldine Chaplin and the voice of Liam Neeson. Screenplay by Patrick Ness. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Distributed … Continue reading
Liam Neeson A Master Calls by Jay S. Jacobs In casting the title character of the film A Monster Calls, a forty-foot tall behemoth made of trees and earth who helps a small child come to cope with the impending death of his mother, you just can’t have the normal casting call. The actor must … Continue reading
GHOSTBUSTERS (2016) Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams, Neil Casey, Karan Soni, Cecily Strong, Matt Walsh, Zach Woods, Ed Begley Jr., Andy Garcia, Milana Vayntrub, Ozzy Osbourne, Al Roker, Joel Murray, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Daniel Ramis and Annie Potts. Screenplay … Continue reading
FINDING DORY (2016) Featuring the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Hayden Rolence, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Sloane Murray, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Kate McKinnon, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Brad Garrett, Austin Pendleton, Vicki Lewis and Stephen Root. Screenplay by Andrew … Continue reading
Vamps Vamps director Amy Heckerling has a good track record for taking books and turning them into light comic entertainment. Her two biggest films are Clueless, in which she gave a glossy 90s sheen to Jane Austen’s Emma, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which fictionalized Cameron Crowe’s non-fiction sociology experiment about California teens in … Continue reading
ANNIE HALL (1977) Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Mordecai Lawner, Joan Newman, Jonathan Munk, Ruth Volner, Martin Rosenblatt, Beverly D’Angelo, Shelley Hack, Jeff Goldblum, Lucy Lee Flippen, Gary Muledeer, Marshall McLuhan, Dick Cavett and Sigourney Weaver. Screenplay … Continue reading
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Get High With Paul by Brad Balfour In Paul, screenwriters/actors Nick Frost and Simon Pegg crash the San Diego Comic-Con, forever endear themselves to the fanboys, mark off some of the talent they have on their “favorite stars to work with” list and get the girl… or alien. It was inevitable … Continue reading
AVATAR (2009) Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso and Dileep Rao. Screenplay by James Cameron. Directed by James Cameron. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 165 minutes. Rated PG-13. James Cameron is a big picture kind of guy. If you … Continue reading
BABY MAMA (2008) Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Maura Tierney, Steve Martin, Holland Taylor, Dennis Albanese, Curt Carlson, Will Forte, Tom McCarthy and Fred Armisen. Screenplay by Michael McCullers. Directed by Michael McCullers. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. I guess it was just a … Continue reading
