Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by: Sean Durkin Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Hugh Dancy Running Time: 2 hrs Rating: R Release Date: November 4, 2011 (Portland) PLOT: Martha (Olsen) leaves a cult and its leader (Hawkes) and stays with her sister (Paulson) and her husband (Dancy). She’s haunted by painful memories and [...]
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Jake’s Takes: ‘Puss In Boots’ interviews with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek
Puss In Boots Directed by: Chris Miller Cast: (voices of) Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins Rating: PG Release Date: October 28, 2011 PLOT: Puss in Boots (Banderas) is a sword-fighting cat. He and Humpty Dumpty (Galifianakis) are in pursuit of a golden goose, in order to clear their [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Real Steel’ interviews with Hugh Jackman and Sugar Ray Leaonard
Real Steel Directed by: Shawn Levy Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie Running Time: 2 hrs and 7 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: October 7, 2011 PLOT: In the future, boxers are robots. Now Charlie, a former boxer, manages a string of failures, but when his son Max (Goyo) is back in [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘The Three Musketeers’ interviews with Logan Lerman, Orlando Bloom and Milla Jovovich
The Three Musketeers Directed by: Paul W.S Anderson Cast: Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson, Milla Jovovich, Christoph Waltz, Orlando Bloom Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: October 21, 2011 PLOT: When a royal necklace is stolen from the Queen of France, the Musketeers (Macfadyen, Evans, Stevenson) and the [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘The Ides of March’ interviews with Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood and Jeffrey Wright
The Ides of March Directed by: George Clooney Cast: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright Running Time: 1 hr 41 mins Rating: R Release Date: October 7, 2011 PLOT: Based on a play by Beau Willimon, while assisting the campaign manager (Hoffman), Stephen (Gosling) gets [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ interviews with Gerard Butler and Michelle Monaghan
Machine Gun Preacher Directed by: Marc Forster Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon Running Time: 2 hrs and 7 mins Rating: R Release Date: September 30, 2011 PLOT: The story of Sam Childers (Butler), a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been [...]
Jake’s Takes: ’50/50′ interviews with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen
50/50 Directed by: Jonathan Levine Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anna Kendrick Running Time: 1 hr 39 mins Rating: R Release Date: September 30, 2011 PLOT: Adam (Gordon-Levitt) thinks he is happy and healthy until the 27-year-old is diagnosed with a rare cancer that has a 50 percent survival rate. His dysfunctional [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Abduction’ interview with Taylor Lautner
Abduction Directed by: John Singleton Cast: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina Running Time: 1 hr 46 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: September 23, 2011 PLOT: A young man (Lautner) needs to find the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website. Jake’s take on his interview with Taylor [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Moneyball’ interview with Jonah Hill
Moneyball Directed by: Bennett Miller Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Chris Pratt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright Running Time: 2 hrs 13 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: September 23, 2011 PLOT: Based on the true story of the Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Pitt) and his success when he puts together a baseball club [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Dolphin Tale’ interview with Morgan Freeman
Dolphin Tale in 3D Directed by: Charles Martin Smith Cast: Nathan Gamble, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman Running Time: 1 hr 53 mins Rating: PG Release Date: September 23, 2011 PLOT: A boy (Gamble) makes a strong connection with a dolphin named Winter, whose tail was lost. Jake’s take on his interview with [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Contagion’ interview with Matt Damon
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Conan the Barbarian’ interview with Jason Momoa
Conan the Barbarian Directed by: Marcus Nispel Cast: Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan Running Time: 1 hr 52 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: August 19, 2011 PLOT: Conan (Momoa) is a barbarian hell bent on revenge for the death of his father. Jake’s take on his interviews with Jason Momoa [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ interviews with Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore
Crazy, Stupid, Love. Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon Running Time: 1 hr 58 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: July 29, 2011 PLOT: Emily (Moore) tells Cal (Carell) she wants a divorce. Now Cal must figure out how to move on, and a ladies [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ interviews with Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and Jon Favreau
Cowboys & Aliens Directed by: Jon Favreau Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano Running Time: 1 hr 58 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: July 29, 2011 PLOT: A gunslinger (Craig) and a tyrant (Ford) have to settle their differences in Arizona, 1873, as aliens have come to town looking to [...]
Jake’s Takes: ’30 Minutes or Less’ interviews with with Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson
30 Minutes or Less Directed by: Ruben Fleischer Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson Running Time: 1 hr 22 mins Rating: R Release Date: August 12, 2011 PLOT: Two small-time criminals (McBride and Swardson) kidnap a pizza delivery guy (Eisenberg), strap a bomb to his chest, and tell him he has to [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ interview with Chris Evans
Captain America: The First Avenger Directed by: Joe Johnston Cast: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones, Sebastian Stan Running Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: July 22, 2011 PLOT: During World War II, the army recruits skinny Steve Rodgers (Evans) and turns him into Captain America, a super soldier. [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2′ interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman and Matthew Lewis
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Directed by: David Yates Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman Running Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: July 15, 2011 PLOT: Harry Potter (Radcliffe) must destroy the remaining horcruxes, while Voldermort (Fiennes) vows to kill everyone who stands in [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Horrible Bosses’ interviews with Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis
Horrible Bosses Directed by: Seth Gordon Cast: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins Rating: R Release Date: July 8, 2011 PLOT: Three friends plan on murdering their terrible bosses. Problems arise. Jake’s take on his interviews with Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason [...]
Jake’s Takes: ‘Larry Crowne’ interview with Tom Hanks
Larry Crowne Directed by: Tom Hanks Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, George Takei Running Time: 1 hr 39 mins Rating: PG-13 Release Date: July 1, 2011 PLOT: Larry (Hanks) loses his retail job and decides to go to community college. Ms. Tainot (Roberts) is his speech teacher who is going through struggles of [...]
