Band Aid BAND AID (2017) Starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman, Hannah Simone, Ravi Patel, Jorma Taccone, Jesse Williams, Brooklyn Decker, Angelique Cabral, Jaime Chung, Erinn Hayes, Gillian Zinser, Retta, Majandra Delfino, Chris D’Elia and Colin Hanks. Screenplay by Zoe Lister-Jones. Directed by Zoe Lister-Jones. Distributed by IFC Films. 94 minutes. Not Rated. Over the years, people have started bands for a multitude of reasons: raw talent; to me

Elvis & Nixon ELVIS & NIXON (2016) Starring Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters, Sky Ferreira, Tracy Letts, Tate Donovan, Ashley Benson, Dylan Penn, Ritchie Montgomery, Danny McCarthy, Ian Hoch and Jeff Caperton. Screenplay by Joey Sagal & Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes. Directed by Liza Johnson. Distributed by Bleecker Street.  86 minutes.  Rated R. The most requested photograph in the National Archives turns out to be one of

Michael Shannon, Liza Johnson and Kevin Spacey at the New York Press Conference for “Elvis & Nixon” at the Conrad New York April 18, 2016. Photo copyright 2016 Jay S. Jacobs. Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville & Liza Johnson Dramatize a Famous Meeting of the Minds with Elvis & Nixon by Jay S. Jacobs There are few meetings in American history which are quite as surreal as the December 1970 pow wow between then President Richard Milhaus

Vacation VACATION (2015) Starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, Chris Hemsworth, Leslie Mann, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Charlie Day, Catherine Missal, Charlie Day, Ron Livingston, Norman Reedus, Keegan-Michael Key, Regina Hall, Emyri Crutchfield, Alkoya Brunson, Nick Kroll, Tim Heidecker, Kaitlin Olson, Michael Peña, Colin Hanks, Kirstin Ford, Ethan Maher, Hannah Davis, Elizabeth Gillies, Cristina Squyres, Nadine Avola, Ryan Cartwright a

Joey King in New York City. Photo © 2014 Mark Doyle. All rights reserved. Joey King Wish She Was Here by Jay S. Jacobs It seems almost like a cliché to say that Joey King has grown up before our eyes, but literally that is true.  The young actress, who will be turning 15 next month, has been in front of the cameras since she was only six, when appearances on commercials led to her first TV role in a couple of episodes of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. And what an action-packe

Look LOOK (2007) Starring Jamie McShane, Spencer Redford, Hayes MacArthur, Nichelle Hines, Ben Weber, Paul Schackman, Chris Williams, Jennifer Fontaine, Giuseppe Andrews, Miles Dougal, Rhys Coiro, Sebastian Feldman, Jackie Geary, Heather Hogan and Kimberly Quinn. Screenplay by Adam Rifkin. Directed by Adam Rifkin. Distributed by Liberated Artists. 102 minutes. Rated R. At the very beginning of Look, a title scroll points out that everyone in the United States is filmed by app

ALONE WITH HER  (2007) Starring Colin Hanks, Ana Claudia Talancon, Jordana Spiro, Jonathon Trent, Alex Boling, Mel Gorham, Ashley McCarthy and Christina Suavé. Screenplay by Eric Nicholas. Directed by Eric Nicholas. Distributed by IFC Films.  78 minutes.  Not Rated. In the modern age, voyeurism is easy.  There are webcams, the internet, industrial mikes and spy equipment that the most sophisticated spy could only dream of a couple of decades ago – all easily attainable and su

King Kong KING KONG (2005) Starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler, Lobo Chan, Thomas Kretschmann, Evan Parke, Colin Hanks, John Sumner, David Dengelo, Stephen Hall, Richard Kavanaugh, Louis Sutherland, Ray Woolf, Geraldine Brophy, Joe Folau, John Clarke and William Wallace. Screenplay by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh. Directed by Peter Jackson. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 187 minutes. Rated PG-13. How many