Tag Archives: Jack Poessiger
New Jack City: Shrinking Star Plays Hide & Seek in Snow!
I may actually be the next-to-last subscriber to THE KANSAS CITY STAR on my block…
Better (or worse) yet I also subscribe to USA TODAY and the Sunday NEW YORK TIMES. Guess I’m Old School.
Does all that entitle me to a little TLC by the newspapers?
Not in your dreams!
The ever shrinking STAR comes wrapped in plastic…mostly pure white, clear, or orange wrappings.
Ditto USA TODAY.
Therein lies the problem! Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Denzel Washington vs. Gary Oldman for BOOK OF ELI!
Is Hollywood trying to tell us something?
THE BOOK OF ELI is now the third America-in-Ruins, post-apocalyptic action thriller following Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: The Lovely Bones; Uplifting but Hard to Watch!
From Alice Sebold’s moving novel THE LOVELY BONES, director Peter Jackson unleashes his credible screen adaptation of the fantasy-based, suspense thriller.
It’s the Continue reading
New Jack City: Leno’s Prime Time Bomb–You had to see it Coming!
Hollywood’s got to be CHEERING!
NBC’s announced early demise of their 5-month long JAY LENO SHOW experiment in prime time should result in the (re)creation of roughly 970 jobs in Tinsel Town.
How did I come up with that number?
The average five hour-long scripted dramas which Leno replaced – usually Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Michael Cera Scores Subversive Laffs with YOUTH IN REVOLT!
He was good in JUNO and SUPERBAD. But as Nick Twisp, Michael Cera is terrific!
We’re talking the popular coming-of-age screen adaptation of C.D. Payne’s cult-hit novel YOUTH IN REVOLT which may just go down as the quintessential teenage angst comedy!
Cera plays the brainy-son of low-rent parents Steve Buscemi and Jean Smart. He wants to lose his virginity in the worst way—and his chance may be just around the corner.
It all starts to come together when dad drags him on a vacation to a seedy trailer park in Utah. That’s where he falls head-over-heels in love–or lust–with smart, cute, and sexy neighbor Sheeni played perfectly by newcomer Portia Doubleday. Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Leap Year Gives Chick-Flick Genre a Black Eye!
Last summer’s THE PROPOSAL was a great Chick-Flick…
IT’S COMPLICATED currently in theaters is a good Chick-Flick.
LEAP YEAR, opening this weekend, imparts the kind of cinematic numbness that gives Chick-Flicks a bad name.
It also calls into question whether cute and perky Amy Adams is strong enough to singlehandely carry a movie.
Remember that in both DOUBT and JULIE AND JULIA she was Meryl Streep’s backup!
But back to LEAP YEAR, which for all I know could’ve been written by a programmed computer. It’s THAT predictable! Continue reading
New Jack City: Ryan Bingam’s (George Clooney) Rules of Travel!
In last week’s column about Airlines at their Worst and Wackiest I promised Efficiency Travel Tips courtesy of frequent flyer ‘Ryan Bingam’ who spends half of his life in Continue reading
New Jack City: AMC lays down the Law!
First AMC slapped our hands for contraband candies Continue reading
New Jack City: Airlines at their Worst & Wackiest!
Things are getting GRIM Continue reading
New Jack City: Jack’s Dreaded Year End Hit & Misses List!
The year 2009 has been Continue reading
New Jack City: K.C. to Honor, Roast Rock ‘N Roll General Max Floyd!
Former KY-102 ‘glory days’ general manager Bob Garrett says it’s high time one of Kansas City’s true radio legends receives the recognition he deserves..
And friends of KY-102’s legendary first program director and air personality Max Floyd have been planning it for some time.
Now it’s going to happen!
But wait! This isn’t going to be some kind of exclusive private schmooze or behind-closed-doors love fest! Instead Max will be properly ROASTED…and everyone’s invited to join in the festivities.
Name of the game: Continue reading
New Jack City: Your Next Date with the Twilight Saga is Near
Seems like only yesterday that TWILIGHT SAGA mania swept the local multiplexes.
Come to think of it—it was just yesterday. Actually November 20th when TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON unspooled in Kansas City to hysterical audience reaction and mega ticket sales.
Well guess what? The countdown for the third installment in the franchise is on! Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: K.C.’s Holiday Wrap now at MultiPlexes!
Here’s My Take on Santa’s final bag of cinematic tricks—which also mark 2009’s final major studio releases!
Upfront, director Guy Ritchie’s dynamic reinvention of old Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes and sidekick Doctor Watson.
To say Ritchie’s overloaded Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic creation would be an understatement.
He turned it into a bombastic sleuth adventure headlined by Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law and their female interests Rachel McAdams and Kelly Reilly.
Baker Street Continue reading
New Jack City: Newest Screenland Unveiled at Crown Center
SCREENLAND AT CROWN CENTER channels the concepts Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Jack’s choice for BEST PICTURE Here this Weekend!
For my money, here’s the film of the year!
UP IN THE AIR is director Jason (“Juno”) Reitman’s razer sharp and wickedly funny dark satiric-drama about a business model that seems to be flourishing during these tough economic times.
…the DOWNSIZING EXPERTS!
George Clooney stars as hatchet man Ryan Bingham who’s one of the best.
His smooth-as-silk approach leaves a lot of his blindsided Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: AVATAR delivers the Goods. Digital 3-D Soars to New Horizons!
Welcome to 2154’s alien-world of “Pandora,” director James Cameron’s spectacular creation beyond imagination…
A world in which former wheelchair-confined Marine Jake Sully–played by Sam Worthington–is transported Continue reading
New Jack City: ‘Up in the Air’ to open Early, Exclusive – Next ‘Twilight’ conquers IMAX!
This just in!
Paramount will open UP IN THE AIR here early afterall. The just announced KC date is Continue reading
Jack Goes Confidential: Clint Eastwood directs Morgan Freeman to Possible Oscar Honors!
Another potential Oscar contender enters Kansas City’s megaplexes this weekend!
It’s INVICTUS, the historical Bio-Drama which combines the acting talents of Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon with those of producer-director Clint Eastwood.
So what about this title?
Well INVICTUS in Latin stands for UNCONQUERABLE—which makes sense when applied to the story, but none when it comes to marketing this class motion picture.
INVICTUS is the true and inspiring story of how South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, united his country by embracing the national rugby team’s persuit of the 1995 World Cup against New Zealand
Matt Damon takes the role of Francois Pienaar, the buffed, beefed-up and pure muscle blond Afrikaner-captain of the national team—and pulls it off! Continue reading
New Jack City: ‘Up In The Air’ to be part of K.C.’s Cinematic Holiday Mix!
Let me be the first to share it Continue reading
New Jack City: Screenland Crown Center Approaches!
Local art house movie maestro Continue reading
