In a Sunday ‘The New York Times’ column titled ‘Hollywood on Wall Street,’ former food critic Frank Bruni sounds off on the left-leaning celebrities who have expressed solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, either in person or via their Twitter feeds. Though he acknowledges that entertainers have as much right as anyone to join the protest, he argues that their involvement could undercut its already muddled message
Last week, director Jafar Panahi’s latest movie was screened at the New York Film Festival, even as an appeals court in his native Iran upheld his sentence, calling for six years of imprisonment and a 20-year ban on filmmaking or travel outside his homeland. He’s one of several of Iran’s most prominent filmmakers who’ve faced harsh sentences in recent weeks. Now, Hollywood has come together in support of the jailed… More
Judging from the box office results of ‘Fright Night,’ ‘Conan the Barbarian,’ ‘Footloose’ and ‘The Thing,’ the ’80s are officially officially over. Not that Hollywood is concerned: just this week it was revealed that ‘The Cannonball Run’ may become the next ’80s classic to get the remake treatment, a decision that seems like the equivalent of an ostrich sticking its head in the sand. Isn’t it… More
Usually, when writing about a new movie, it’s customary to provide a plot summary and any other important information at the top of your piece. When talking about this weekend’s ‘The Thing,’ however… eh, what’s the point? If you’re really interested in seeing ‘The Thing,’ you can stay in this weekend and watch it on DVD; it was made in 1982 by John Carpenter (itself an entirely radical new interpretation… More
Dear Hollywood,
If you weren’t joyfully jumping around your living room watching Peter Dinklage accept his Emmy for Game of Thrones a couple weeks ago then I don’t want to know you because …
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Pearl Jam Twenty (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)In honor of Pearl Jam’s twentieth anniversary, award-winning director and music journalist Cameron Crowe created a definitive port…
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“We must be willing, individually and as a Nation, to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. A people that values its privileges above
Just a few months ago, Libyan soccer player-turned-movie mogul Saadi Gadhafi was touting his new $ 100 million Hollywood production fund, with plans to make inexpensive thrillers and other mid-priced movies that would appeal to audiences across the globe. Today, he’s under arrest, along with two of his brothers, in the midst of the rebel coup in Tripoli… More
On July 18, 1986, Sigourney Weaver returned to her most iconic character — the sci-fi action heroine Ellen Ripley — for James Cameron’s ‘Aliens.’ The film, a sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 ‘Alien,’ amped-up the outer-space horror with fully-loaded action; the end result was a box-office smash of over 100 million dollars and unanimous critical praise, particularly for the film’s leading lady.
In between her breakout performance in the first ‘Alien’… More
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Seth Worley is living the Hollywood dream. A relative unknown a few weeks ago, the fledgling filmmaker is now the talk of the town thanks to his short film/product promo Plot Device. The micro film has industry execs so excited that Worley is set to head to Tinseltown to meet with agents and producers. Not bad for a guy… More
