Jews in the News

Jews in the News: Kenneth Lonergan, Rikki Lake and Rashida Jones

Manchester”: A Major Oscar Contender

“Manchester by the Sea”, opened in a few cities on Nov. 25. But will not open in  most places until Dec. 2 or later. It has already got good-to-great reviews from major critics and Oscar-talk is in the air for the lead actors and KENNETH LONERGAN,…

Jews in the News: Jake Gyllenhaal, Lizzie Caplan and Matthew Broderick

At the Movies: Opened Wednesday, Nov. 23

“Nocturnal Animals” won the Grand Jury prize at the prestigious Venice Film Festival. It’s really three movies in one. JAKE GYLLENHAAL, 35, plays a novelist and the main character in this novelist’s new book. He gives the manuscript to his ex…

Jews in the News: Hailee Steinfeld, Dan Fogler and Norman Lear

A  Veritable Feast of Cinematic Hebrews

Four movies with major Jewish connections open on Friday, Nov. 18.  The first is “Bleed for This,” a bio-pic about real-life middleweight boxer Vinny Pazienza (played by Miles Teller). In 1991, shortly after winning a title fight, Pazienza was i…

Jews in the News: David Blaine, Winona Ryder and Leonard Cohen

Blaine’s New/Old Tricks

Magician DAVID BLAINE, 43, has a new ABC Special, “Beyond Magic”. It airs Tuesday, Nov. 15. at 10PM. He’ll be returning to the illusions, sleight-of-hand tricks, and “street magic” that first made him famous, and not do the endurance feats he’s recently…

Jews in the News: Andrew Garfield, Jessica Chaffin and Leonard Cohen

Mad Mel Comeback?

“Hacksaw Ridge” is really a two-layered movie event. First, it’s a bio-pic about Desmond Doss, a real Army medic and Seventh Day Adventist whose religious beliefs prohibited taking human life. His heroism during the WWII battle of Okinawa (evacuating the wounded unde…