Nebraska Nebraska Bruce Dern was one of the finest actors of the 60s and 70s.  However, somehow he never quite received the notice of some of his contemporar...

Gabriela Cowperthwaite, director of the acclaimed documentary “Blackfish.” Blackfish Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite Searches For the Truth by Brad Balfour W...

Saving Mr. Banks Saving Mr. Banks It’s not often when a studio creates a drama about the making of one of their classic films.  However, it makes a certain a...

Philomena Philomena One of the most difficult parts of filmmaking is precisely judging the tone to use in what is essentially a tragic story.  If the movie t...

Brandon T Jackson stars in “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.” Brandon T. Jackson Goes Mythical On Us in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters by Jay S. Jacobs One da...

Idris Elba in “Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom.” Idris Elba Brit Actor Wins Global Recognition & Award Noms as Well by Brad Balfour For London-born actor I...

Mary Poppins on Blu-ray Mary Poppins As the story of the making of the film about the beloved Disney nanny is coming to theaters soon in the Tom Hanks film S...

Dallas Buyers Club Dallas Buyers Club Once upon a time, early on in his career, Matthew McConaughey was a respected actor. When he first broke out in the 90s...

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane All the Boys Love Mandy Lane You may be watching All the Boys Love Mandy Lane thinking: Wow, Amber Heard and Anson Mount are su...

Sara Paxton stars in “Static.” Sara Paxton No Static At All by Jay S. Jacobs Young actress Sara Paxton is always a favorite interview of ours, in fact we’ve ...

Last Vegas Last Vegas The cheesy pun in the title of Last Vegas pretty much lets you know how seriously this film can – or should – be taken.  It’s silly, it...

New York Comic-Con 2013 at Jacob Javits Center, Manhattan. Picture copyright 2013 by Mark Doyle. Comic-Con 2013 – Geeks Run Amok in New York! Story and photo...

Monsters University Monsters University Pixar has been in the middle of a minor slump, as far as making films go.  For the company’s first decade or so, they...

Static Static A young couple, author Jonathan Dade (Milo Ventimiglia of Heroes) and his wife Addie (Sarah Shahi of Fairly Legal), have been staying at a love...

About Time About Time About Time is literally about time: time travel, to be exact.  But more to the point it is about love and family and embracing all the ...

Carrie (2013) Carrie Carrie was responsible for a lot of firsts. The original 1974 novel was horror master Stephen King’s first published book. (He had writt...

Gravity Gravity There are certain films that you know are so well made that you feel that you should like them more than you do.  For me, Gravity is one of t...

Harry Lennix stars in “The Blacklist.” Harry Lennix Exposing The Blacklist and the Bard by Jay S. Jacobs Many actors wait around for years to land the perfec...

James Spader stars as Raymond “Red” Reddington in “The Blacklist.” James Spader Fade to Blacklist by Jay S. Jacobs James Spader has made something of a speci...

Sandra Bullock stars in “Gravity.” Sandra Bullock, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman & Jonás Cuarón – Defying and Defining Gravity by Jay S. Jacobs Even before sh...