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…
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…
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…
At the Movies: Opening Friday, October 21
“Keeping Up with the Joneses” is a comedy/drama about a pair of covert spies (Jon Hamm and GAL “Wonder Woman” GADOT, 31) who move into a nice suburban neighborhood. Their “simple” neighbors discover their real jobs and get embroiled in a…
At the Movies/Movie News
“The Accountant” is a thriller starring Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, a math savant with Asperger’s syndrome (he has trouble relating to people). Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, Wolff works as a freelance accountant for criminal organizations…
