Art Show Confidential What is Los Angeles? You could say an overpopulated city or the star-studded place to be. To many, Los Angeles is the creative epicenter for art, music, and fashion, and the LA Art Show is just one demonstration of it all. The show is currently celebrating its 25th birthday and celebrating the … Continue reading
Dana Carvey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Making Good First Impressions by Jay S. Jacobs Everyone has one. An impression, that is. The ability to change your voice and mannerisms to portray another person – usually a celebrity – for a good-natured laugh. While impressions play a huge role in comedy television, it’s rather surprising that … Continue reading
HOT PURSUIT (2015) Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Kazinsky, Joaquin Cosio, Richard T. Jones, Mike Birbiglia, Jim Gaffigan, Vincent Laresca, Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley, Benny Nieves, Michael Ray Escamilla, Abigail James Witherspoon, Harley Graham, Bryce Romero and Joe Camp III. Screenplay by David Feeney and John Quaintance. Directed by Anne … Continue reading
Chef http://www.popentertainment.com/movie_revs/chef.htm Writer, director and actor Jon Favreau has spent most of the last decade as part of the Hollywood hit-making factory. As a director he has toiled on blockbusters like Iron Man (which granted, was terrific),Iron Man 2 (which was not so much) and Cowboys & Aliens (which was pretty damned awful). As an actor, he was a supporting … Continue reading
John Turturro, Sofia Vergara and Vanessa Paradis Don’t Want To Fade Away by Jay S. Jacobs You can thank John Turturro’s barber for connecting him with Woody Allen. Turturro is a well-known character actor, who in a career that runs for well over 30 years has been in such varied projects as Do The Right Thing, Barton Fink, Quiz … Continue reading
Fading Gigolo It’s not very often that you find a movie which explores both male prostitution and Hassidic Judaism. It is even more rare when both of them come out looking kind of charming. But that is where this wistful comedy finds itself. And it is all the more amiable for it. Written and directed … Continue reading
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