Perhaps the smartest thing about “Dick” is the genuine affection it has for Betsy and Arlene. Contemporary reviews of the film have described them as bimbos and airheads and such, but, they’re just ordinary teenage girls—a bit giggly and silly, to be sure, but not dumb by any means. And the screenplay doesn’t treat them … Read more
I couldn’t comprehend why people would destroy the universities and send 20 million young people away to a labor camp. But that actually helped forge my character, and the grit from going through a hard time like that helped me later in life overcome difficulties. In the movie, we see the world change through the lens … Read more
By the time the Seventies came around, Corman had begun to tire of directing and after shooting “Von Richthofen and Brown” in 1970, he founded New World Studios, an independent production and distribution outfit. At first, the output was the same kind of exploitation fare that he had succeeded with in the past, including strings … Read more
Actor Robert Downey Jr. has called Oppenheimer the best movie he’s ever been in. Downey Jr., best known for playing Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has had a long career of work behind him. Beyond his work in the superhero genre, he has worked with David Fincher in the 2007 movie Zodiac, … Read more
Chukwudi Iwuji stars in the recently released Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as the High Evolutionary. Now, James Gunn has stated Iwuji is one of the best actors he’s ever gotten to work with. What did James Gunn say about Chukwudi Iwuji? Speaking to Variety for a recent profile on the actor, Gunn praised … Read more