It’s a rare type of cinephile who wasn’t introduced to the idea of film as more than just idle entertainment by the ritual of the Academy Awards. And it’s an even rarer type of cinephile who didn’t soon thereafter vehemently reject the Oscar as the ultimate barometer of a film’s artistic worth. Those of us who started off with The Godfather, Schindler’s List, All About Eve, or Casablanca all eventually got around to Out of Africa, Around the World in 80 Days, The Greatest Show on Earth, Cimarron, and Cavalcade. First loves being first loves, we still find ourselves regressing if for only one night a year, succumbing to the allure of instant canonization even as it comes in the form of repeated slap-in-the-face reminders of Oscar’s bracing wrongness: Gladiator, Braveheart, Chicago, Crash. In that sense, consider this project part cathartic exorcism and part...
- 3/17/2024
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Super Bowl Lviii is in the books, and with the big game comes the big game TV spots for upcoming anticipated films. Viewers were able to get a peek at trailers for Kung Fu Panda 4, Deadpool & Wolverine, Wicked, If, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Twisters and more. In addition to movie ads, Super Bowl commercials would feature traditional cameos from various notable names. In a T-Mobile ad, the cast of Suits would reunite along with several other appearances by Academy Award hopeful Bradley Cooper, Common, Donald Faison and Zach Braff. State Farm pulled out a big gun with Arnold Schwarzenegger starring in a fictional action movie and playing on his accent in a joke that resembled a classic Simpsons gag.
Then, we have the star-studded affair from Dunkin’, formerly Dunkin’ Donuts. The Hollywood Reporter spotlights a humorous ad in which Jennifer Lopez’s music recording session gets interrupted by her hubby,...
Then, we have the star-studded affair from Dunkin’, formerly Dunkin’ Donuts. The Hollywood Reporter spotlights a humorous ad in which Jennifer Lopez’s music recording session gets interrupted by her hubby,...
- 2/12/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
HGTV‘s Home Town star Erin Napier is celebrating her husband Ben‘s 40th birthday with a heartfelt message and a shirtless pic, showing off the renovator’s impressive body transformation. Erin took to Instagram on Sunday, September 24, where she wrote a sweet tribute to her hubby, Ben, and her father, Phil, who recently celebrated his 70th birthday. She shared two photos alongside the message, the first showing Ben and Phil holding a birthday cake adorned with the numbers “70” and “40.” The second snap was Ben showing off his upper body in a gym mirror selfie. “Lordy lordy, Big Ben is 40! He and my daddy both had milestone birthdays this week!” Erin wrote. “I want to be like you, @scotsman.co: never looking back or feeling sad about our youth getting further away, but always feeling so grateful for right now.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Erin Napier (@erinapier) She continued,...
- 9/26/2023
- TV Insider
The producers of 2003’s Willard chose to nix “remake” from the film’s marketing vocabulary, but 2003’s Willard adaptation is irrefutably a remake of 1971’s furry social outcast chiller. At the forefront of 2000s remake trends, Glen Morgan‘s Willard features altered themes and a deeper thirst for suspense, going the “darker and grittier” route displayed by subsequent studio remakes (including Morgan’s 2006 Black Christmas slasher). Stephen Gilbert’s novel Ratman’s Notebooks inspires both pictures, although neither dare touch the subplot about “Ratman Robberies” — the narrator steals money from shopkeepers and neighbors before the whole workplace murder climax. Where’s my movie about a criminal aided by rat accomplices? Rat King in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will do, I guess.
It’s daffy to think that 2003’s Willard was hidden as a remake when you watch them back-to-back, but the general moviegoer wouldn’t know any different. That’s...
It’s daffy to think that 2003’s Willard was hidden as a remake when you watch them back-to-back, but the general moviegoer wouldn’t know any different. That’s...
- 12/2/2022
- by Matt Donato
- bloody-disgusting.com
Detective Marcus Dante (Tory Kittles) has something very personal to deal with in the November 13 episode of The Equalizer: his father (Danny Johnson’s Benjamin “Big Ben” Dante) might be getting out of prison. “Dante resents his father, but he also loves his father. He’s been carrying the weight of his father’s mistakes for a long time, and though he’s tried, he hasn’t been able to let go of these feelings,” Kittles tells TV Insider. “The possibility of his father getting out of prison has brought a lot of his old wounds to the forefront of his life, but this is something he knows he has to deal with for the sake of his sons,” he continues. Watch an exclusive sneak peek above of the moment in “Blowback” that Big Ben drops that bombshell on his son — and why it’s happening now. With Dante...
- 11/11/2022
- TV Insider
Title: Into the Woods (1991 Original Broadway Production) Rlj Entertainment / Image Entertainment Director: James Lapine Writer: James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim Cast: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg Running time: 153 minutes, Not Rated Special Features: None Available December 2nd The 1991 Broadway filming of a musical about several storybook characters whose lives intertwine. The baker (Chip Zien) and his wife (Joanna Gleason) are childless and make a wish to have a child. Jack (Ben Wright) and his mother (Barbara Bryne) are penniless and make a wish that the selling of their milk-less cow will bring them some money. Cinderella (Kim Crosby) is denied by [ Read More ]
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- 12/5/2014
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Audiences have an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to journey back into the woods and American musical theater history with the creators and original Broadway cast of the award-winning musical Into the Woods on Sunday, November 9 at 6 p.m. in Segerstrom Hall. Part conversation, part musical selections, this one-night-only reunion celebration is being written and produced by Eileen Roberts in association with Segerstrom Center for the Arts. It features special guests composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and author and director James Lapine, along with original Broadway cast members Bernadette Peters The Witch, Joanna Gleason The Baker's Wife, Chip Zien The Baker, Robert Westenberg Cinderella's Prince and Wolf, Kim Crosby Cinderella, Danielle Ferland Little Red Riding Hood and Ben Wright Jack. Mo Rocca is the moderator Tedd Firth is the musical director.
- 9/9/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Review Written by Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com
“Dog Soldiers” (2002)
Directed By: Neil Marshall
Written By: Neil Marshall
Starring: Sean Pertwee (Sgt. Harry Wells), Kevin McKidd (Pvt. Cooper), Emma Cleasby (Megan), Liam Cunningham (Capt. Ryan), Thomas Lockyer (Cpl. Bruce Campbell), Darren Morfitt (‘Spoon’ Witherspoon), Chris Robson(Pvt. Joe Kirkley), Leslie Simpson (Pvt. Terry Milburn), Tina Landini (Camper), Craig Conway (Camper), Vilrikke’s Acer (Sam the Dog), Bryn Walters (Werewolf), Ben Wright (Werewolf), Brian Claxton Payne (Werewolf)
Werewolf movies can truly be hits and misses. They are like slasher movies because you feel like you are watching the same plot in every movie that is made about them. This movie is unique as it breaks apart from the traditional format for werewolves in the conventional sense. Thankfully, it is very difficult to get bored during this British horror film!
The plot begins with a group of British military men on a training...
“Dog Soldiers” (2002)
Directed By: Neil Marshall
Written By: Neil Marshall
Starring: Sean Pertwee (Sgt. Harry Wells), Kevin McKidd (Pvt. Cooper), Emma Cleasby (Megan), Liam Cunningham (Capt. Ryan), Thomas Lockyer (Cpl. Bruce Campbell), Darren Morfitt (‘Spoon’ Witherspoon), Chris Robson(Pvt. Joe Kirkley), Leslie Simpson (Pvt. Terry Milburn), Tina Landini (Camper), Craig Conway (Camper), Vilrikke’s Acer (Sam the Dog), Bryn Walters (Werewolf), Ben Wright (Werewolf), Brian Claxton Payne (Werewolf)
Werewolf movies can truly be hits and misses. They are like slasher movies because you feel like you are watching the same plot in every movie that is made about them. This movie is unique as it breaks apart from the traditional format for werewolves in the conventional sense. Thankfully, it is very difficult to get bored during this British horror film!
The plot begins with a group of British military men on a training...
- 1/15/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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