Josh Brolin Goes from Angry Man To Hero In Weapons – Making Such a Turn is a Skill He’s Demonstrated in His Many Movies by Brad Balfour Thanks to the success of director Zach Cregger’s astoundingly weird horror film, Weapons, its male lead, actor Josh Brolin, is getting attention way beyond expectation. Everything about the … Continue reading
Oscars On My Mind – To Worry About Them in This Age of Greater Anxiety The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony Dolby Theatre Los Angeles Feb. 9th, 2020 airs live on ABC starting at 8 pm Yes, I have been anguishing over the upcoming Oscars far more than I should in light of all the other … Continue reading
ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) Starring Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Dakota Fanning, Damon Herriman, Austin Butler, Emile Hirsch, Scoot McNairy, Luke Perry, Al Pacino, Nicholas Hammond, Spencer Garrett, Mike Moh, Lena Dunham, Damian Lewis, Bruce Dern, Kurt Russell, Timothy Olyphant, Zoë Bell, James Marsden, Michael Madsen, James Remar and Brenda Vaccaro. … Continue reading
THE GREAT BUSTER: A CELEBRATION (2018) Featuring Dick Van Dyke, Johnny Knoxville, Werner Herzog, Quentin Tarantino, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Bill Hader, Richard Lewis, Jon Watts, Nick Kroll, French Stewart, Cybill Shepherd, Paul Dooley, Patty Tobias, Bob Borgen, James Curtis, James Karen, Leonard Maltin, Norman Lloyd, Bill Irwin and Ben Mankiewicz. Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich. … Continue reading
Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen Holed Up With The Hateful Eight by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always a spectacular when a new Quentin Tarantino film rides into theaters. The writer and director has been well-known for his hyper-intelligent dialogue and rampant violence … Continue reading
KILL ME THREE TIMES (2015) Starring Simon Pegg, Sullivan Stapleton, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Bryan Brown and Steve Le Marquand. Screenplay by James McFarland. Directed by Kriv Stenders. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 90 minutes. Rated R. It seemed like finally, two decades hence, we’d made it past the Quentin Tarantino-wannabe films. … Continue reading
Christoph Waltz Unchained by Brad Balfour When Vienna-born Christoph Waltz got the part of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, few thought this Austrian actor – well known back home, but a question mark for film fans here – would so define a character and himself through this Quentin Tarantino film. Now with Django Unchained, Tarantino … Continue reading
Dennis Christopher An Actor’s Life: From Fellini to Breaking Away to Django Unchained by Jay S. Jacobs You couldn’t make up Dennis Christopher’s life if you tried. It has been a wild ride made up of raw talent, hard work and sheer luck and it has translated into a show business career that has been … Continue reading
DJANGO UNCHAINED (2012) Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, James Remar, Walton Goggins, Jonah Hill, James Russo, Bruce Dern, Michael Parks, Gary Grubbs, M.C. Gainey, Todd Allen, Dennis Christopher, Jarrod Bunch, Rex Linn, Michael Bacall, Tom Wopat, J.D. Evermore, Lewis Smith, Ned Bellamy, John Jarratt, Miriam F. … Continue reading
CAT RUN (2011) Starring Paz Vega, Scott Mechlowicz, Alphonso McAuley, Janet McTeer, Christopher McDonald, Tony Curran, D.L. Hughley, Karel Roden, Michelle Lombardo, Branko Djuric, Jelena Gavrilovic, Radik Golovkov, Heather Chasen and Bill Perkins. Screenplay by Nick Ball & John Niven. Directed by John Stockwell. Distributed by LLeju Productions. 102 minutes. Rated R. Despite her quite … Continue reading
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