Like Carl Franklin, John Dahl, and Daniel Minahan, Keith Gordon is a director who seems to only work in TV despite having made 5-star films. Gordon’s got nothing like the reputation he deserves after becoming one of the most sensitive, sensuous adapters of great novels and a fierce stylist to boot. He created these gorgeously fraught … Read more
The mother of one Family Guy star hates the animated series so much she actually tried to get it cancelled. Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, but if Patrick Warburton’s parents had their way, the long-running animated comedy series would be dead and buried. Patrick Warburton has voiced Joe Swanson … Read more
Jake Lloyd’s mother details her son’s mental health struggles over the years and what he really thinks of Star Wars. George Lucas handpicked Jake Lloyd to play young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace out of thousands of kids. However, time hasn’t been kind to Lloyd, as the actor has faced a variety … Read more
Mark Hamill finally met his Star Wars mother Natalie Portman at the Golden Globes Awards ceremony over the weekend. Padmé Amidala died moments after giving birth to Luke and Leia in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Although Luke Skywalker would meet his father in the Original Trilogy, he never had a reunion with his … Read more
That’s “incredible” in the sense of “too ludicrous to be believed,” not in the awestruck meaning of the word. “The Good Mother” starts depressingly realistic, as Marissa wakes up one morning on her couch with a half-empty bottle on the coffee table in front of her. Hungover and scowling—her default setting, as it turns out—she … Read more
Riley Keough will now be in charge of her late mother Lisa Marie Presley’s estate, in addition to grandfather Elvis’ Graceland. Riley Keough, the daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley and granddaughter of Elvis Presley, has been named the sole heir to her mother’s estate, also putting her in charge of Graceland, the King … Read more
Eustache reportedly drew the film’s emotional content from his own life, and I think that is one key to its greatness: It has the gut-level passion and authenticity of a first-hand account, one by an artist who perhaps sensed that he needed to pack everything he had to say into one massive opus. Autobiography in … Read more
“The Last Dance” chronicled the six championships won by larger-than-life basketball legend Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, while Alex Convery’s debut script for “Air” portrays the methods utilized by shoe salesman Sonny Vaccarro (played so convincingly by Matt Damon ) in leading the Nike brand to pursue Jordan. The A-list ensemble includes the always … Read more
“The Mother” was screened for critics in theaters, where the immersive setup makes the paint-by-numbers portions of the plot really stick out. A handful of odd stylistic choices also attract attention in this format: A recurring visual motif of wide-angle shots with blurred edges; odd, jumpy edits seem to compensate for a lack of coverage … Read more
Jennifer Lopez is a badass assassin protecting her daughter in this lean but well-made action-thriller. Plot: A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men. Review: Since it was first announced over a year ago, I have been mildly … Read more