WB’s live-action Peter Pan movie is continuing to add big names to its cast. Variety reports that Hugh Jackman has officially closed a deal to play the pirate Blackbeard. Yesterday brought word that Garret Hedlund of Tron: Legacy fame was in talks to star as Hook. Jackman wasn’t the studio’s first choice. The studio had … Continue reading
Here’s a quick round-up of all the major movie news going on this morning. — It’s good to be Gal Gadot. Variety reports that the recently cast Wonder Woman will appear in three films as the Amazon Princess. In addition to her appearance in Zack Snyder’s Batman/Superman movie, Gadot will “play a role in a … Continue reading
What are you most looking forward to over the next three months? Jump over to the Fall Movie gallery where I highlight the 40 Biggest Movies opening this Fall! Oh, and my answer: Gravity. Continue reading
Buried beneath the mountain of classic Stanley Kubrick movies like A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr. Strangelove is a gem of a heist movie called The Killing. The story is very simple – a group of crooks plan out a robbery at a horse-racing track. Only, of course, things don’t go as … Continue reading
I’m exhausted. And this time it has nothing to do with this movie marathon. This time, it has to do with waking up at 5a.m. to beat the crowd down to Harbor UCLA hospital to check my dad in. And seeing as how the wait times there are often ridiculous (see yesterday’s post for more … Continue reading
I was tempted to watch my grandfather’s favorite movie ever, Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney, but decided to go with the more mainstream classic, Casablanca. Watching this movie again, it’s funny how many great one-liners there are. There’s even a YouTube video for them. That been said, while it remains an American classic, it’s … Continue reading
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