John Boyega Gets The Role of a Lifetime As Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Brad Balfour In April, 2014, British actor John Boyega was cast as storm trooper Finn, a lead character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens – changing his personal and professional life and guaranteeing megastar status forever, especially at … Continue reading
wilco Wilco & Steve Gunn – DAR Constitution Hall – Washington, DC – February 7, 2016 I never even felt the littlest bit like there was a choice — live music would always win out over pigskin, especially when the live experience is in the form of Wilco. Certainly one of the finest modern rock … Continue reading
STAR WARS – THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Peter Mayhew, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Max Von Sydow, Gwendoline Christie, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Greg Grunberg, Billie Lourd, Tim Rose, Ken Leung, Christina Chong, Jessica Henwick, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Mark Hamill. Screenplay … Continue reading
Keira Knightley – The Actress (and Now Singer) Has a Grand Slam Year by Brad Balfour The great thing about having a bunch of good-to-great films out in one year is that you land in front of audiences so often that they think of you during award season. Certainly, that’s been the case with the … Continue reading
George Lucas Master Filmmaker Stirs Up Strange Magic by Brad Balfour When director/writer/producer George Lucas was pitching the concept of Star Wars after he had a hit with American Graffiti, his nostalgic paean to boys in cars, the studios didn’t want to hear of it, let alone produce and release his space adventure. Boy, did those who passed … Continue reading
Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker – Veteran Actors on the Run in Taken 3 by Brad Balfour From Transporter to the Taxi series, the French producer/director/writer Luc Besson has displayed a uncanny instinct in making action thrillers that find passionate audiences. What makes the Taken series all the more remarkable – other than the 50-something … Continue reading
Eduardo Sánchez – The Blair Witch Director Takes On Bigfoot by Jay S. Jacobs Fifteen years ago, a little mega-low-budget film called The Blair Witch Project became one of the biggest surprise hits in independent film history. The movie was created by unknown co-writer/directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, two former film students who decided that … Continue reading
Terri Nunn of Berlin – Embraces Her Animal Instincts by Jay S. Jacobs Berlin rode the synthesized new wave to pop stardom in the early 80s. The band was formed in Santa Monica, California, in the late 70s when songwriter and producer John Crawford hooked up with former actress and model Terri Nunn to take … Continue reading
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (2013) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Heather Langenkamp and Leonard Nimoy. Screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. Directed by JJ Abrams. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 132 minutes. Rated PG-13. Hardcore … Continue reading
Ben Barnes The Actor Fights The Supernatural In Seventh Son and Discusses Narnia, the Craft Of Acting, and How He’d Love To Work With J.J. Abrams by Arlene R. Weiss British actor Ben Barnes is most well known for his work so indelibly and wonderfully portraying the dashing, heroic Caspian X in the second and third films … Continue reading
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