Cary Fukunaga will directBond 25, the 25th installment of the beloved franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film’s producers, Eon, also announced that production would begin March 2019 and the film would arrive in theaters February 14th, 2020 (the original release date was October 25th, 2019). Bond 25 will …
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Grief is a very tough sell as the subject of an ongoing TV show. Whatever catharsis the dramatization might offer in short bursts, the potential for the “Why am I still watching this?” reflex is incredibly high. The Leftovers tried to alleviate this problem by wrapping the whole idea in …
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Bad Reputation, the new documentary chronicling the wild life of Joan Jett, hits theaters nationwide September 28th. Best known for timeless hits like “I Love Rock’N’Roll,” Joan Jett is one of the greatest guitarists to have walked the earth — and she is no stranger to the silver screen. She …
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Norm Macdonald, the onetime SNL “Weekend Update” host and failed candidate to inherit The Late Late Show, will be back behind a prop desk this fall as the host of Netflix‘s Norm Macdonald Has a Show. A trailer for the talk show spotlights Macdonald stiffly questioning the title of the …
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The first time we lay eyes on Burt Reynolds‘ truck-driving legend Bo “Bandit” Darville in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, he’s sprawled out in a zebra-striped hammock, lazily napping when he should be hustling to make a buck by posing for pictures for a discounted 75 cents. “Looks like a …
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Stephen Colbert’s Rolling Stone cover-story interview covered a lot of ground, from his battle with anxiety to why Donald Trump is a “heretic against reality.” But there was even more to the conversation. On the lessons he learned while working onThe Dana Carvey Show I still will pull out things …
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Part wilderness survival tale, part prehistoric boy-meets-wolf love story and part American Museum of Natural History exhibit come to life, Albert Hughes’ rugged, rich epic feels just as out-of-time as its narrative of primitive hunters and their Canis lupus pals. It’s a movie devoted to overwhelming viewers with vast, lush …
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Joan Jett‘s hard-won path to fame is the focus of newdocumentary,Bad Reputation. The film hits theaters, on demand services, iTunes and Amazon September 28th. The clip opens with Jett remembering her first guitar – a Christmas present she requested at age 13 – and the surprise she felt when she …
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“Jack, you’re a grown man. You have control over your own words.” “You’re goddamn right I do. So here come two words for you: shut the fuck up.” Over the course of Midnight Run, bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) and fugitive accountant Jonathan “Duke” Mardukas (Charles Grodin) travel …
Read More »Tab Hunter, Fifties Film Star and Gay Icon, Dead at 86
Tab Hunter, the Fifties actor who became a gay icon following the publication of his 2005 memoir, has died at the age of 86. The Facebook page tied to Tab Hunter Confidential, the 2015 documentary about the actor, announced Hunter’s death Monday. “Tab passed away tonight three days shy of …
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