John Turturro
Movie Review: The Room Next Door
4 stars out of 5 Ticket clerk: “You’re in Theater 1.” Me: “Yes, but what’s in… the room next door?” After that bit of hilarity, I was ready to purchase my popcorn and settle in for Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature with the boffo leads Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. On the surface, this is […]
The Plot Against Hoboken Jack
AN OPPORTUNITY CAME UP AND I THOUGHT OF YOU! read the e-mail’s subject line. My spam radar went off but, no, the sender was totally legit: Gail Solomon, VP of communications at my beloved Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. Evidently, a casting agency had contacted her, looking for a white, caucasian, double amputee (check, check, and […]
Movie Review: Fading Gigolo
3.5 stars out of 5 In 1987, I saw John Turturro throw his mother out the window. Don’t worry, he was playing Heinz in the excellent movie Five Corners. Twenty-seven years later, Turturro is throwing decorum out the window as the title character in Fading Gigolo. Triple-threat Turturro is the writer, director, and star of […]
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