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
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
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)
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
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
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://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
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 […]
Jacob Reviews…The Dark Knight Rises
By: Jacob Elyachar Warning! Spoilers to follow… Christopher Nolan ends his Batman franchise on a high note with the Dark Knight Rises. Taken place eight years after the events of the Dark Knight, moviegoers will find that Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has become a recluse after his traumatic life-changing battles with the Joker (the late […]
Jacob’s Eye On…The Dark Knight Rises
By: Jacob Elyachar Tonight, Christopher Nolan’s the Dark Knight Rises will be released in theatres worldwide. In order to prepare you for this epic finale, here are a couple of things I would advise you to do before you go see the film this weekend. Review the first two films: A lot of readers would […]
How the Dark Knight Rises could reignite DC Comics’ films
By: Jacob Elyachar When the clock strikes Midnight on July 20, countless of fans will begin watching the finale of Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise. Over the past seven years, both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight have earned $1.3 billion dollars in the Global Box Office. If The Dark Knight Rises continues to receive rave […]