According to Simmons himself, he struggled with overeating as early as four years old, and by the time he was in his twenties his large frame led to background roles in Fellini’s “Satyricon” and “The Clowns,” which he filmed while he studied art in Florence. After he went on an unhealthy crash diet to lose … Read more
Disney is currently eyeing The Good Place vet Manny Jacinto to join the Freaky Friday 2 cast for the long-awaited sequel to 2003’s fan-favorite fantasy comedy. This would mark Jacinto’s latest collaboration with Disney, as he’s currently starring in the recently released Star Wars: The Acolyte series on Disney+. Who is part of the Freaky … Read more
A few years after Oliver Stone made “The Doors,” he released “Nixon,” which starred Anthony Hopkins as the disgraced 37th president. The Oscar-winning actor did the cursory work of changing his countenance and voice to appear more Tricky Dick-esque, but this was hardly an instance of someone “disappearing” into the role. In the film, he … Read more
George Clooney will make his Broadway debut in a play based on a film he himself directed and co-wrote: Good Night, and Good Luck, about the life of famed television journalist Edward R. Murrow. In the film version, released in 2005, Clooney portrayed Murrow’s producer Fred Friendly. In the Broadway stage play, Clooney will play Murrow … Read more
For kids of the 1980s and ’90s, two words (and one letter) represented a paradise beyond imagination: Chuck E. Cheese. Launched in the late 1970s by one of the founders of Atari, the chain was known for its arcade games, small rides, mediocre pizza, and especially its musical stage show featuring human-sized animatronics. But that is … Read more
I thought the film was also poking fun at the glorification of spiraling. In the film’s case, it leads to dead bodies. Yeah, that’s the old ‘crime doesn’t pay’ adage. It’s true. That’s the Westerns: you try to have a good point and reason in life, and you end up getting shot in the ditch. What’s … Read more
The cast, which also includes Zazie Beetz and Juno Temple, gears up for a new time-hopping action comedy that comes from Constantin Films. Gore Verbinski would seem to have hit a snag in his big-budget blockbuster career after his Lone Ranger movie for Disney became a notoriously bloated flop. However, he was able to return … Read more
The old saying goes “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” That is especially true in the world of movies. There isn’t a film out there that everyone universally loves or everyone universally hates. There are people who think The Godfather is overrated and people who think Gigli is a misunderstood classic. Cinematic beauty is always in the eyes … Read more
The original cast of Good Times react to the controversial trailer for Netflix’s upcoming animated reboot series. The first trailer for Netflix’s animated reboot of the iconic ’70s sitcom Good Times was released last week, and the reaction has been… let’s say, mixed. The original Norman Lear sitcom ran for six seasons from 1974 to … Read more
86-year-old Billy Dee Williams is down to play Lando Calrissian again…provided he gets paid enough to return. Star Wars fans haven’t seen Lando Calrissian – that is, the Billy Dee Williams version – on the big screen in five years. But will we ever again? With so many Star Wars projects on the horizon, it’s … Read more