Mary Poppins Returns MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018) Starring Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Colin Firth, Nathanael Saleh, Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Meryl Streep, Dick Van Dyke, Julie Walters, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Jeremy Swift, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Jim Norton, Noma Dumezweni and the voices of Chris O’Dowd, Mark Addy and Edward Hibbert. Screenplay by David Magee. Directed by Rob Marshall. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture

Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd at the New York press day for “Juliet, Naked” at the Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo on August 13, 2018. Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd Get Unplugged with Juliet, Naked by Jay S. Jacobs Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd play a long-time couple coming to the end of the road in the music-oriented romantic comedy Juliet, Naked. However, you wouldn’t have been able to tell that when we recently met up with the two at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York to discuss t

Juliet, Naked JULIET, NAKED (2018) Starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O’Dowd, Azhy Robertson, Ayoola Smart, Megan Dodds, Jimmy O. Yang, Lily Newmark, Johanna Thea, Lily Brazier, Paul Blackwell, Michael Chapman, Georgina Bevan, Janine Catterall, Karol Steele, Lee Byford, Ko Iwagami, Thomas Gray, Steve Barnett and Tom Patrick Stephens. Screenplay by Evgenia Peretz and Jim Taylor & Tamara Jenkins. Directed by Jesse Peretz. Distributed by Roadside Attractions. 105 minutes. R

The Cloverfield Paradox THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018) Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz, Chris O’Dowd, Aksel Hennie, Zhang Ziyi, Elizabeth Debicki, Roger Davies, Clover Nee, Jordan Rivera, Michael Stokes III, Celeste Clark, Nathan Oliver, Suzanne Cryer, Donal Logue and the voices of Ken Olin, Simon Pegg and Greg Grunberg. Screenplay by Oren Uziel. Directed by Julius Onah. Distributed Netflix. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. It took over a decade for

Molly’s Game MOLLY’S GAME (2017) Starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd, J.C. MacKenzie, Brian d’Arcy James, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Justin Kirk, Angela Gots, Natalie Krill, Stephanie Herfield, Madison McKinley, Joe Keery, Michael Kostroff, Claire Rankin, Victor Serfaty and Whitney Peak. Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Directed by Aaron Sorkin. Distributed by STXfilms. 141 minutes. Rated PG-13. It seemed a little odd that

Hugh Welchman Hugh Welchman Paints an Incredible Picture with the New Film Loving Vincent by Brad Balfour With his collaborator and wife, Dorota Kobiela, Loving Vincent co-director Hugh Welchman digitally paints an incredible picture of Vincent van Gogh. But these two didn’t just tell an intriguing and intimate mystery since it is set a year after this painter of visually stunning images had killed himself. They decided to take the live-action footage they shot on digital cam

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016) Starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Allison Janney, Chris O’Dowd, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Finlay MacMillan, Lauren McCrostie, Hayden Keeler-Stone, Georgia Pemberton, Milo Parker, Raffiella Chapman and Pixie Davies. Screenplay by Jane Goldman. Directed by Tim Burton. Distributed by 20th Century Fox Pictures.  127 minutes.  Rated PG

Calvary CALVARY (2014) Starring Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Isaach De Bankolé, M. Emmet Walsh, Marie-Josée Croze, Domhnall Gleeson, David Wilmot, Pat Shortt, Gary Lydon, Killian Scott, Orla O’Rourke, Owen Sharpe, David McSavage, Mark O’Halloran, Declan Conlon, Anabel Sweeney and Mícheál Óg Lane. Screenplay by John Michael McDonagh. Directed by John Michael McDonagh. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.  100 minutes.  Rated R. An

Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly and John Michael McDonagh at the New York press day from “Calvary” at the Crosby Street Hotel, July 25, 2014. Photo copyright 2014 Jay S. Jacobs. Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly and John Michael McDonagh Take a Dark Look At Religion In Calvary by Jay S. Jacobs When Irish actor Brendan Gleeson and writer/director John Michael McDonagh worked together on the surprisingly popular 2011 hit The Guard, a movie dream team was born. Gleeson and McDonagh sa

The Double THE DOUBLE (2014) Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Cathy Moriarty, Noah Taylor, Yasmin Paige, Paddy Considine, Chris O’Dowd, Rade Serbedzija, Craig Roberts, James Fox, Nathalie Cox, Christopher Morris, Phyllis Somerville, Sally Hawkins, Natalia Warner, Susan Blommaert, J Mascis, Lydia Ayoade, Tony Rohn, Tim Key and Gemma Chan. Screenplay by Richard Ayoade and Avi Korine. Directed by Richard Ayoade. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 93 minute

The Secret Policeman’s Ball – USA THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL - USA (2012) Featuring Ben Stiller, Paul Rudd, Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Sarah Silverman, Kristen Wiig, Fred Armison, Bill Hader, Seth Myers, Jason Sudeikis, David Cross, Rob Odenkirk, Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Beavis & Butthead, Matt Berry, Richard Branson, Hannibal Buress, Jimmy Carr, Robert De Niro, Rachel Dratch, Noel Fielding, Micky Flanagan, Whoopi Goldberg, Eric Idle, Rashida Jon