By: Jacob Elyachar If you had a chance to spend $10 of your paycheck to go out and see a movie, then you should invest in Robert Zemeckis’ Flight. This drama focuses on William “Whip” Whitaker (Denzel Washington), an airline captain who is forced to make an important life or death decision while he […]
Jacob’s Quick Movie Reviews….Dry Season
October 24, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Recently, I stumbled upon a 12-minute movie on YouTube that was produced, edited and written by Kansas City filmmaker Bradley J. Lincoln. Dry Season focuses on a new farmer Marcus Dalton (Chris Bylsma, who was also an associate producer for the film), who struggles to keep his farm alive a difficult drought […]
Jake’s Take’s’s Halloween Villains Countdown: The 10 Best Batman Villains
October 21, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com As Halloween slowly approaches, it’s time once again for my annual Halloween Villains Countdown. While I counted down the Top 50 Fictional Villains of All-Time last year, this time around I will focus on five different groups of antagonists that stand out as the elite of all evil. The first spotlight […]
The Best James Bond Theme Songs
October 6, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Yesterday, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Adele became the latest superstar to lend her voice to a James Bond film track. (To listen to this astonishing track, click here: http://youtu.be/7HKoqNJtMTQ) Adele isn’t the only singer to record a powerful or impactful song to help Bond film franchise, this article focuses on six songs that have […]
Jacob Reviews…Michael Jackson: Live at Wembley
September 27, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar One concert that music lovers have been requesting to be released on DVD for years was one of Michael Jackson’s shows from his first solo world tour. 24 years later, Epic Records in conjunction with Legacy Records and the Michael Jackson Estate has released Michael Jackson: Live at Wembley. This concert is […]
Jacob Reviews….The Master
September 23, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar The Master is one of the most intriguing and polarizing movies that moviegoers will see this year. This period piece focuses on Freddie Quell, a former World War II officer (Joaquin Phoenix) who drifts from job-to-job before crossing paths with a controversial religious leader, Lancaster Dodd (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), who takes him […]
A Tribute to Michael Clarke Duncan (1957-2012)
September 3, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Hollywood is mourning of another shocking celebrity death after the Associated Press broke a story about the death of actor Michael Clarke Duncan. A statement released by Clarke’s fiancé and reality T.V. star Omarosa Manigault stated the 6-foot-5 actor passed away at a Los Angeles hospital earlier today. Before the Chicago native […]
Jacob’s Eye On…Floor 13 Films and the Kansas City 48 Hours Film Festival
August 12, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar While many people partied at Kansas City’s Power and Light District last weekend, a local film company Floor 13 Films was hard at work downtown focusing on creating a movie in 48 hours. For Floor 13 Films co-founder David Skaggs, this was his second time returning to the competition and hoped […]
Jacob’s 20 Best Superhero Movie Performances of All-Time: Part Two
August 3, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Before you find out who made the Top 10, click here to read part one if you have not done it already: https://www.jakes-take.com/2012/08/02/jacobs-20-best-superhero-movie-performances-of-all-time-part-one/ This is it! Here are my 10 best performances in a superhero movie: 10. Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer, Batman Returns) The best female performance in a superhero film has […]
Jacob’s 20 Best Superhero Movie Performances of All-Time: Part One
August 2, 2012 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Recently, Newsarama.com released its list of the 10 Best Comic-Book Based Movie Performances: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/best-comic-book-movie-performances.html While I applauded at some of their selections, I thought that they left out some crucial performances. In this two-part series, I will look at 20 of the best performances from superhero movies, which ranges from […]
