The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Daniel Day-Lewis

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of leading man/director/producer extraordinaire George Clooney, certainly one of the most consistent people in the biz. That said there are actors and there are actors and this week’s candidate is...

Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are unlikely partners in the teaser for the cop comedy Ride Along

Posted 13 years ago

I hate this new trend of "safe" buddy cop movies. The sub-genre was invented for violent and funny pairings that didn't hold back. 48 HRS, LETHAL WEAPON, TANGO & CASH. None of these would work in a PG-13 environment. Even...

Cool Videos: See Nicolas Cage’s lost audition for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln!

Posted 13 years ago

All right, all right, so it’s not the REAL Nicolas Cage auditioning for LINCOLN, but it’s a pretty damn funny rendition of what it might have been like, as performed by Big Bang Theory’s Simon Helberg. The actual role was...

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas foresee an “implosion” and radical shift in the film industry

Posted 13 years ago

When Steven Spielberg and George Lucas talk, Hollywood listens. The two friends also represent some very different things: Spielberg is the ultimate studio director who has been able to get practically any film made while Lucas has become one of...

Cool Videos: Watch President Obama play Daniel Day-Lewis for Steven Spielberg

Posted 13 years ago

The annual White House Correspondents Dinner was on Saturday night and it was chock full of actors, athletes, celebrities and oh yeah, politicians. In recent years the event has been criticized for being too much about the famous faces (Lindsay...

Awfully Good: FDR: American Badass

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Jason The U.S. celebrated President’s Day this past Monday and now we celebrate the most badass of all American leaders. FDR: American Badass (2012) Director: Garrett Brawith Stars: Barry Bostwick, Bruce McGill, Lin Shaye After contracting polio from an untimely...

A new 20 minute featurette on Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, plus changes to the film for international release

Posted 13 years ago

Despite garnering 12 Academy Award nominations and grossing over $150 million in the US, LINCOLN is far from a sure bet for Best Picture at the Oscars. In fact, despite critical acclaim, the movie may not have as much success...

Lincoln leads the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards; directors Affleck, Tarantino, and Bigelow snubbed

Posted 13 years ago

The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced today, with a few notable snubs.  We expected movies like LINCOLN, LES MISERABLES, ARGO, and ZERO DARK THIRTY to take a lot of nominations, but to leave out the directors for...

Steven Spielberg shares Daniel Day-Lewis’ Lincoln rejection letter

Posted 13 years ago

It took a few tries before Steven Spielberg got Daniel Day-Lewis for LINCOLN. The first time he was asked– he passed. The second time they wrote an entirely new script, which was sent to the actor– he passed. The third...

Review: Lincoln

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Near the start of his second term in office- and in the forth bloody year of the Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) fights to abolish slavery by putting forth an amendment in the House of Representatives- which...

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