Barry Bostwick at Wizard World Comic-con Philadelphia on June 2, 2017. Barry Bostwick Dammit Barry, We Love You! by Jay S. Jacobs The river was deep, but Barry Bostwick swam it. The road was long, but he ran it. There is a fire in his heart and we fan it, dammit! Such is the life of a cultural icon. Forty-two years ago, Barry Bostwick was a fairly well-known, handsome actor who had made a bit of a splash in musical theater, particularly for playing the lead role of Danny Zuko

Patrick WIlson at the New York press day for “Insidious: Chapter 2” at the Waldorf-Astoria. Photo copyright 2013 Jay S. Jacobs. Patrick Wilson Conjuring Up Something Insidious by Jay S. Jacobs If Patrick Wilson has been looking a little haunted lately, it is not just a coincidence. In the last few years, Wilson and horror director James Wan (Saw, Death Sentence) have teamed up on three films in which Wilson has played a family man who must deal with ghosts, demons and spirits

Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes in “Evening.” Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 29, 2007. Susan Minot’s novel Evening was embraced by a huge readership upon being released. The novel is about the choices people make and how they are formed by them. A woman at the end of her life is reliving (and revealing to her grown daughters) the story of a great love that got away – one that the daughters were not awa

Natasha Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave star in “Evening.” Natasha Richardson Late in the Evening by Jay S. Jacobs In Evening, Natasha Richardson plays a difficult role, that of an adult daughter watching her mother slowly losing the fight for life. The part is probably doubly heart-wrenching for the actress because her own mother – screen legend Vanessa Redgrave – plays the elderly woman coming to terms with her mortality and her lost opportunities. If there is any such thin

Evening EVENING (2007) Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Barry Bostwick and Eileen Atkins. Screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham. Directed by Lajos Koltai. Distributed by Focus Features.  117 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Evening wears its quality pedigree like a tiara on its stately and well-coiffured head.  This is a film that looks and feels sumptuously beauti