Born in Elgin, Illinois, Shales worked as an editor at The Washington Examiner before getting hired as a writer for The Washington Post‘s Style desk in 1972. Five years later, he was named TV critic. His default voice was that of a skeptical midwestern curmudgeon who could be roused to righteous ire when confronted with a program he found … Read more
Though the mystery is solved a quick ten minutes into the film, this, of course, doesn’t spell the end for the Angel killer or Winnie’s problems. It’s difficult to think of a story more copied than “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but somehow, someway, screenwriter Michael Kennedy finds a distinct spin. A year after the murders, the … Read more
PLOT: Wes Anderson directs an all-star collection of short films based on the work of Roald Dahl. REVIEW: What exactly is Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar? When the famed director was first linked with this Netflix adaptation, everyone assumed he would be making a feature, but that’s not what this is. It’s … Read more
RLJE Films will be giving the Christmas slasher It’s a Wonderful Knife a theatrical release in the United States this November Earlier this year, we shared the news that Tragedy Girls director Tyler MacIntyre had teamed up with Freaky screenwriter Michael Kennedy for a Christmas slasher called It’s a Wonderful Knife, which had just wrapped production at … Read more
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, along with Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, have acquired all English-Language Territory rights to the horror film, It’s a Wonderful Knife and have announced a release date. It’s a Wonderful Knife Release Date The film will make its world premiere at Beyond Fest … Read more
It’s not animated—the actors are live-action and are a familiar and reliable bunch. Ralph Fiennes plays a version of Dahl; the movie opens in an Andersonian recreation of the writer’s real-life “writing hut,” where, after mumbling a list of what it takes to get him started on a story, Fiennes starts telling what purports to … Read more
Wes Anderson has shared a first look at The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. This upcoming short film will be 37 minutes long and is based on the short story by Roald Dahl. Anderson, director of recent movies like Asteroid City, The French Dispatch, and Isle of Dogs, writes, directs, and produces this adventure comedy … Read more