Author Archives: Jack Poessiger
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘The Martian’—Thought Provoking Space Opera
THE MARTIAN: This could actually happen, you know? A mission to Mars being disrupted and going awry due to a sudden and violent wind storm on the red planet. The exploring astronauts having to seek refuge in their spaceship—except one: Matt … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Grueling ‘Everest’ Disaster Scaled
Someone asked me the other day about the movie EVEREST… He’d seen that it was playing only in IMAX and thought of it as a documentary of sorts—like something NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC might have produced. Nothing could be further from the truth! EVEREST is … Continue reading
New Jack City: What’s Wrong With This Papal Picture?
The Pope is coming! The Pope is coming! Yet he’s making Cuba his first stop—AHEAD of the United States. (Bet that won’t happen again if Trump ends up at the controls.) But that’s not all that’s different about this week’s … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Johnny Depp Leads Top Notch Crime Thriller
Gangster crime thrillers, I can taken ’em or leave ’em. The last one I really enjoyed was Martin Scorsese’s 2006 underworld drama THE DEPARTED with Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. That is, until this week! Warner Brothers kicks off the 2015 fall movie season with vibrant … Continue reading
New Jack City: The World is Yours With a U.S. Passport
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to me, but every time it happens, it does… Someone will ask me to set up a vacation package to Cancun or a Caribbean cruise. And everything is set – that is until I … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘NO ESCAPE’—An Extreme, Intense Nail Biter
I was not at all prepared for just how intense and violent things would get in this movie… After all the movie stars Owen Wilson—who is usually an easy going kinda guy. But in NO ESCAPE he helms an intense … Continue reading
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New Jack City: Big Screen Summer Replays Set
It’s that time of year again on the movie calendar… You know, the end of the summer movie season when the fat lady sings—and she’s about to cut loose. We’re heading into the dog days of late August and early … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Pushes Racist Buttons
Thirty years ago the legendary hip-hop group N.W.A. (“Niggaz Wit Attitude”) turned the music business upside down… Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E created what we now know as ‘Gangsta-Rap.’ This weekend their story of the sound and portrait of a generation … Continue reading
New Jack City: TARGET’s PC Police De-Gender Signage
Political correctness gone awry, or just plain ridiculousness? It goes without saying that TARGET has been going through turbulent times. Being at the forefront of that massive credit card security breach affected the company greatly and TARGET went out of … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘The Gift’ Keeps Audience On Tense Edge
For a contemporary psychological stalker thriller, THE GIFT does it the old-fashioned way—it earns its creepiness… With no wild digital effects or bloody shock sequences to jolt your senses into submission. Just tried and true, effective cinema tricks that keep the … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Mission: Impossible’ @ Top of its Game
Some would call MAD MAX: FURY ROAD the most exciting action thriller of the summer – others may choose JURASSIC WORLD…. Me? I say it’s MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE–ROGUE NATION. This is the fifth big screen adaptation – and in my book – the best … Continue reading
New Jack City: ‘Til Death—Or Lawyers—Do Us Part
“I should have taken a booth at the Bridal Fair,” a friend said recently… It’s wedding season and once again and businesses cashing in on the happy times are strutting their services. So is my friend a photographer, baker, bridal dress purveyor or … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Jake Gyllenhaal Scores Agonizing Knockout
There are two sides to the movie SOUTHPAW… One is the boxing story of a heavy hitter falling from the top of the heap to the bottom of the barrel—then crawling back against all odds. The other is the sensational performance by Jake Gyllenhaal who … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Ant-Man’ Downsizes Marvel Mirth To Fit Rudd
Will the superhero gravy train ever run out of steam? Not as long as fans worldwide keep supporting these bigger-then-life creations and franchises. And while ANT-MAN is no IRON MAN, it certainly another notch in Disney’s comic book, action-fantasy universe. Here Mouse … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Amy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ Fires On All Cylinders
They say timing is everything… And this may just be Amy Schumer’s time. Her new slightly subversive romantic comedy TRAINWRECK is fresh, smart, honest and right on target. And that she actually wrote the screenplay and co-produced the movie didn’t hurt. … Continue reading
New Jack City: All Hail The Filipino Kansas City Star
I’ve been making a lot of telephone calls to the Philippines of late… To check on a mail order bride, maybe? For a clandestine bank account? Or possibly arranging a trip to that exotic destination for a client? None of the above. … Continue reading
New Jack City: Hello DOJ—Good Luck With The Airlines
The Department of Justice is snooping on the airlines for possible collusion? Say it ain’t so. Code sharing, certain immunities, dynamic pricing, capacity control and airline alliances all can raise eyebrows—and SHOULD! But isn’t it a little late for all … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Schwarzenegger Reprises & Terminates
I’ll be back, gets a somewhat different play on words in TERMINATOR GENISYS… Or better put, a time shuffling of the legacy—-a cybernetic face lift. Set in 2029 John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese … Continue reading
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Jack Goes Confidential: Bawdy ‘TED 2’ Sperms It Up But Can You Bear It?
TED—as in the foul-mouthed talking teddy bear—was a smash (surprise) hit at the box office when it debuted in 2012… It would become the highest grossing ORIGINAL R-rated comedy of all time. So how would writer, director, producer and voice … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Smart Dealings For ‘DOPE’ in the Hood
DOPE is not an easy film to position even though it will be typecast as a “Black Picture” It comes off this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it not only played as a critical hit but as an audience favorite as … Continue reading
