Modern celebrity is a hard concept to parody. The 24-hour news cycle and websites operating click-bait headlines drive the madness while social media shoulder the personal aspect of the downfall. But these are merely the instruments that over-bloated egos hoist … Continue reading POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING
If there is anything I have learned from watching movies, never, ever take that one last job. No matter how much money, no matter how great the chance of fame, no matter the guilt involved, never take that last gig. … Continue reading GREEN ROOM
How do I begin? Knight of Cups, the latest movie from writer/director Terrence Malick, follows Hollywood screenwriter Rick (Christian Bale) as he tries to understand what his life is now that his brother has died and his career is on … Continue reading KNIGHT OF CUPS
Jimi: All Is by My Side, Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley’s second foray in the director’s chair, is a biopic of famed guitarist Jimi Hendrix. André Benjamin, of Outkast fame, plays Hendrix. Benjamin happens to look so similar to Hendrix … Continue reading JIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE
The Look of Love is a biopic about Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan), Britain’s richest man. Matt Greenhalgh wrote the script, with the bulk of the material coming from Paul Willetts’s biography, Members Only: The Life and Times of Paul Raymond. Paul Raymond … Continue reading THE LOOK OF LOVE
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