Richard E. Grant at the New York Press Day for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” at the Whitby Hotel on October 13, 2018. Richard E. Grant Forms an Odd Couple with Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Jay S. Jacobs Richard E. Grant has been quietly putting together one hell of a career for himself in the three decades since he exploded on the scene as the title character in the film Withnail & I. Since then, Grant has disappeared into dozens of roles, in things like the S

Cosplay at Wizard World On Top of the Wizard World by Jay S. Jacobs Such a feeling is coming over us. There is wonder in most everything we see. The reason is clear, it’s because Wizard World is back. Philly’s baby sister to San Diego and New York’s huge corporate Comic-Cons, Wizard World Philadelphia is a more intimate and easy to manage melding of the stars, the cars, the paraphernalia, the games (video and board), the cosplayers, the food and drink (all at stadium prices),

Logan LOGAN (2016) Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen, Doris Morgado, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daniel Bernhardt, Saber Bankson, Mary Peyton Stewart, Lauren Gros, Krzysztof Soszynski, Elise Neal and Eriq La Salle. Screenplay by Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green. Directed by James Mangold. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.  135 minutes.  Rated R. Most of the Marvel Comics characters have film rights owned

Doctor Strange DOCTOR STRANGE (2016) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Zara Phythian, Alaa Safi, Katrina Durden, Topo Wresniwiro, Umit Ulgen, Linda Louise Duan, Mark Anthony Brighton, Chris Hemsworth and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  115 minutes.  Rated

Deadpool DEADPOOL (2016) Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano, Leslie Uggams, Brianna Hildebrand, Karan Soni, Jed Rees, Stefan Kapicic, Randal Reeder, Isaac C. Singleton Jr. and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Directed by Tim Miller. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.  107 minutes.  Rated R. Turn your snark and violence meter up to 11, here comes Deadpool. Based on a cult-favorite Marvel comic book series, but only t

Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman and Rooney Mara in PAN. Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, Levi Miller, Jason Fuchs and Joe Wright Give A New Life to Peter Pan In Prequel by Brad Balfour Ever since Scottish novelist/playwright J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan first appeared over a hundred years ago, the play and novel became source material for a slew of retellings. No wonder, it’s a classic story about a boy who flies, doesn’t grow up, has his gang of “lost boys” and lives in plac

Liev Schreiber Liev Schreiber Making Every Day Special by Brad Balfour Actor Liev Schreiber commands his fair share of big-budget dramas such as The Manchurian Candidate, but it is starring in personal films like A Walk on the Moon, off-Broadway shows, or even directing others like in the emotionally invested Everything is Illuminated that stimulates his urge to be in this risky business. It’s been an auspicious time for the 43-year-old Schreiber. When he recently announced t

Steven Strait at the NY press day for “10000 BC” Steven Strait An Actor Travels to Civilization in 10,000 BC by Brad Balfour No one ever expected a special-effects laden epic conceived and crafted by producer/director Roland Emmerich to be concerned about gaps in logic or story structure. So it goes with the German-born impressario’s latest faux-legend, the prehistoric 10,000 BC. From his civilization-destroying tentpole pictures like The Day After Tomorrow and Independence D