Category Archives: Jack Poessiger
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Love The Coopers’—Multigenerational Yuletime Angst
Is it time yet for a holiday movie? It may seem a bit premature but LOVE THE COOPERS could easily be set around any holiday. Think of it as dysfunctional family regifting. LOVE THE COOPERS borrows from a lot of movies—even hinting … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Bond’s Back—And He’s Bullet Proof!
I’ve been Bond-ed since the very beginning: 1962’s DR. NO… To think that SPECTRE is the 24th official installment in the longest running movie franchise ever is hard to comprehend. We’re talking half a century here! So to point fingers … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘TRUTH’—’60 Minutes’ Memogate of Embarrassing Proportions
If you can look past left-leaning elements of this film you’ll be intrigued by it the way I was… It’s also a must-see for media junkies! We’re talking the docudrama TRUTH which takes us behind the scenes of what turned … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Bridge Of Spies’— Tom Hanks Brokers Cold War Spy Exchange
Can a feel-good spy drama set during the Cold War era still work today? It can—AND DOES—when helmed by director / producer Steven Spielberg with Tom Hanks in the starring role. In BRIDGE OF SPIES Hanks plays an attorney specializing in insurance … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: ’99 Homes’ — Ambitious Morality Melodrama
It’s called 99 HOMES… You probably haven’t heard much about this movie. And I would speculate that it will probably have a pretty short shelf life in theaters. However it may find a larger audience when it hits On Demand and … Continue reading
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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: 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
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: 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
Jack Goes Confidential: Jurassic Fun With Teeth This Weekend!
The park is open and business is just fine… But JUST fine isn’t good enough anymore for the nature/amusement park’s ownership group. They’re still only getting $7.00 a pop for soda at JURASSIC WORLD. Time to boost attendance. That task falls … Continue reading
New Jack City: More Carry-On Space, Fewer Space Hogs
I’m taking an unpopular stand, but hear me out… The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced this week new shrinking guidelines for carry-on luggage. If it’s intended for the overhead bins, in the not too distant future carry ons cannot measure more … Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Melissa McCarthy In Rare Form As ‘Spy’
In case you were among the hordes of disappointed Melissa McCarthy fans let down by her less than stellar, easily forgettable TAMMY last year, I’ve got good news. McCarthy’s bounced back BIG TIME! In SPY she goes undercover as Susan Cooper, a … Continue reading
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Jack Goes Confidential: ‘Mad Max’: Off To High-Octane Man Cave
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is a two hour visual attack on your senses unlike any you have probably experienced in some time… It’s a ferocious, almost surreal action extravaganza that grabs you from the start and never lets go. When it … Continue reading
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New Jack City: In-Room Hotel Porn Going Flaccid
It’s not just newspapers and greeting cards that are getting their lunches eaten by the Almighty Internet… Even the hotel porn biz is starting to suffer. Say dad’s off to the annual industry convention in Las Vegas, Atlanta, Chicago, New … Continue reading
