Contagion Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: September 9, 2011 PLOT: A woman (Paltrow) gets a new disease on a business trip and brings it back to the States. When it begins to spread, the entire world must react. Jake’s take [...]
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Jake’s Takes: ‘Warrior’ interviews Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte
Warrior Directed by: Gavin O’Connor Cast: Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison Running Time: 2 hrs 19 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: September 9, 2011 PLOT: Tommy (Hardy) is back from the Marines, and decides to start fighting again. His brother Brendan needs money to keep his family’s house, so he starts fighting again. Both of them enter [...]
‘Higher Ground’ interview with actress/director Vera Farmiga
Oscar-nominated actress Vera Farmiga speaks in winding contemplative sentences, and sometimes even ends her thoughts with a bashful dismissal of her own thoughts. When discussing omnipotent subjects like spirituality, she seems to answer to her questions with more questions. Fitting it should be that Farmiga’s debut as a director, Higher Ground, should offer never-ending questions, with answers that we may [...]
Flicks on 6: Jeff Bayer interviews Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington from ‘The Debt’
The Debt Directed by: John Madden Cast: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain Running Time: 1 hr 54 mins Rating: R Release Date: August 31, 2011 PLOT: Retired Mossad agents Rachel (Mirren), Stefan (Wilkinson) and David (Hinds) look back on a mission they undertook in 1966 when they tried to track down a Nazi war criminal in East [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘One Day’ interviews with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess
One Day Directed by: Lone Scherfig Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson Running Time: 1 hr 48 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: August 19, 2011 PLOT: Based on the novel by David Nicholls, Dexter (Sturgess) and Emma (Hathaway) spend the night together after college graduation and then are shown each year on the same date for many years after. [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ interviews with James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Directed by: Rupert Wyatt Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto Running Time: 1 hr 45 min Rating: PG-13 Release Date: August 5, 2011 PLOT: Dr. Will Rodman (Franco) is on the verge of curing Alzheimer’s with a formula that improves mental capacity in primates. After a crucial experiment goes wrong, [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Fright Night’ interviews with Colin Farrell and director Craig Gillespie
Fright Night Directed by: Craig Gillespie Cast: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Imogen Poots, David Tennant Running Time: 1 hr 46 mins Rating: R Release Date: August 19, 2011 PLOT: A teenager (Yelchin) begins to suspect his neighbor (Farrell) is a vampire after kids start disappearing from school. Jake’s take on his interviews with Colin Farrell and director Craig Gillespie … [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘The Help’ interviews with Octavia Spencer and Tate Taylor
The Help Directed by: Tate Taylor Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard Running Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: August 10, 2011 PLOT: Based on Kathryn Stockett’s book, the story of one woman (Stone) looking into the ways that white people mistreat their black housekeepers in the segregated South in the 1960s. Jake’s [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘The Change-Up’ interviews with Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman and Leslie Mann
The Change-Up Directed by: David Dobkin Cast: Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde Running Time: 1 hr 52 mins Rating: R Release Date: August 5, 2011 PLOT: A married family man (Bateman) accidentally switches bodies with his single best friend (Reynolds) when they both urinate in a magic fountain. Now they each have to deal with many new [...]










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