There was a song I was taught in school when we were learning how to write all the letters that was set to The Addams Family theme song tune. It went “Start at the top!” *snap snap* “Start at the top!” *snap snap* … etc. It meant that when you are writing print (non-cursive) letters, you start the lines from the top of the shape. It comes to mind when I start writing about superhero movie news a lot, because I’m not sure what “the top” is, but I think I should start there.
I’ll take a bold guess at topness and touch on something else before we get to Captain America: Civil War and changes with Infinity War Parts 1 and 2.
We’ve heard a rumor that Marvel Studios has found their Captain Marvel (!!!), but is a secret and we don’t know what actress got the part. The...
I’ll take a bold guess at topness and touch on something else before we get to Captain America: Civil War and changes with Infinity War Parts 1 and 2.
We’ve heard a rumor that Marvel Studios has found their Captain Marvel (!!!), but is a secret and we don’t know what actress got the part. The...
- 5/4/2016
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
Chicago – It’s “Cabaret” for god’s sake. It’s not “Bambi”. You’re supposed to need to leave the kids at home watching their own Disney flick. You don’t go to McDonald’s to eat healthy just like you don’t go to “Cabaret” for good clean fun.
Play Rating: 3.5/5.0
The show at Chicagoland’s Marriott Theatre starts off with so much potential because of a promise from our Emcee (Stephen Schellhardt). He guarantees we’ll delve into the sketchy world of sin in the Kit Kat Klub where we can put our real-world worries aside. It’s a “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” kind of warranty, but you never feel it realized. And that is the show’s biggest downfall.
Stephen Schellhardt as the Emcee in “Cabaret”.
Photo credit: Peter Coombs and the Marriott Theatre
For a moment, I considered that I’ve already “seen...
Play Rating: 3.5/5.0
The show at Chicagoland’s Marriott Theatre starts off with so much potential because of a promise from our Emcee (Stephen Schellhardt). He guarantees we’ll delve into the sketchy world of sin in the Kit Kat Klub where we can put our real-world worries aside. It’s a “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” kind of warranty, but you never feel it realized. And that is the show’s biggest downfall.
Stephen Schellhardt as the Emcee in “Cabaret”.
Photo credit: Peter Coombs and the Marriott Theatre
For a moment, I considered that I’ve already “seen...
- 1/26/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This is the first sign of a big problem for studios.
On one hand, comics fans have always wanted crossovers within the Cinematic Marvel Universe. We’ve come to expect them from the comics, especially with a brand like Marvel that put all it’s superheroes in a real city – New York – where they were bouncing off each other.
On the other hand, movies are a whole different ball game. Up until now, every attempt to cross-brands from Disney to Fox to Sony and back has resulted in a big goose-egg of easter eggs. There was even a short amount of uproar online this summer when someone saw a Stark Industries motorcycle right off the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Problem was it was a person’s custom paint job on his bike, not an actual prop that would appear in the movie.
The reason this is a big problem...
On one hand, comics fans have always wanted crossovers within the Cinematic Marvel Universe. We’ve come to expect them from the comics, especially with a brand like Marvel that put all it’s superheroes in a real city – New York – where they were bouncing off each other.
On the other hand, movies are a whole different ball game. Up until now, every attempt to cross-brands from Disney to Fox to Sony and back has resulted in a big goose-egg of easter eggs. There was even a short amount of uproar online this summer when someone saw a Stark Industries motorcycle right off the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Problem was it was a person’s custom paint job on his bike, not an actual prop that would appear in the movie.
The reason this is a big problem...
- 9/10/2013
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
"The Wolverine" is not "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." Unfortunately, the trailers for the film don't really convey that, something director James Mangold isn't thrilled with. "The Wolverine" is not a kids movie, even though those trailers kind of make it look like a kids movie. (For instance, a lot of the film is in Japanese with English subtitles.) It also doesn't feature a rampaging enemy causing city-wide destruction -- which is a rare thing this summer. Then again, this should not come as too big of a surprise considering that Mangold is the guy who brought us "Cop Land."
Unlike it's stand-alone Wolverine predecessor, "The Wolverine" picks up after "X-Men: The Last Stand." The film finds Logan (Hugh Jackman) living alone on the woods, still mourning the loss of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). Soon, he gets an odd request to visit a dying friend in Japan, sending Wolverine on what ends up being a gritty,...
Unlike it's stand-alone Wolverine predecessor, "The Wolverine" picks up after "X-Men: The Last Stand." The film finds Logan (Hugh Jackman) living alone on the woods, still mourning the loss of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). Soon, he gets an odd request to visit a dying friend in Japan, sending Wolverine on what ends up being a gritty,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Mike Ryan
- Huffington Post
Kevin Costner's voice is immediately recognizable in a "Kevin Costner" sort of way. So much so that when Costner called for our interview and asked for me by name, I felt stupid playing along by responding "This is Mike," as opposed to just blurting out, "I know you are Kevin Costner and I have a million things that I want to ask you about."
Costner plays Jonathan Kent, the Earth-bound father to Clark Kent, a.k.a Kal-El a.k.a Superman, in the new film "Man of Steel." The 58-year-old star has been acting now for close to 35 years, and he is exactly what you would expect and hope for: polite, engaging and, at this point in his career, a straight shooter. Ahead, our longer-than-expected conversation fluctuates from refection on two of his bigger career disappointments -- "Waterworld" and "The Postman" -- to highlights that include "Bull Durham,...
Costner plays Jonathan Kent, the Earth-bound father to Clark Kent, a.k.a Kal-El a.k.a Superman, in the new film "Man of Steel." The 58-year-old star has been acting now for close to 35 years, and he is exactly what you would expect and hope for: polite, engaging and, at this point in his career, a straight shooter. Ahead, our longer-than-expected conversation fluctuates from refection on two of his bigger career disappointments -- "Waterworld" and "The Postman" -- to highlights that include "Bull Durham,...
- 6/5/2013
- by Mike Ryan
- Huffington Post
John Gatins spent 12 years working on "Flight." Today, finally, he is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, but getting the news wasn't the best thing that happened to him today. No, that came when presenter Emma Stone actually pronounced his name correctly. This is such a rare phenomenon -- the name is pronounced Gate-ins -- that he assumed he was dreaming.
It's fun to talk to nominees like Gatins -- people who have been struggling for so many years, doing everything from parking cars to watering Brad Pitt's plants (seriously), and now get to spend the rest of their lives being introduced as "Oscar nominee" so-and-so. Gatins, the son of a New York City police officer, is not going through the motions when he says how honored he is that the Academy acknowledged him -- "Flight" is literally his life work. Ahead, our chat with ... Oscar nominee John Gate-ins.
I can...
It's fun to talk to nominees like Gatins -- people who have been struggling for so many years, doing everything from parking cars to watering Brad Pitt's plants (seriously), and now get to spend the rest of their lives being introduced as "Oscar nominee" so-and-so. Gatins, the son of a New York City police officer, is not going through the motions when he says how honored he is that the Academy acknowledged him -- "Flight" is literally his life work. Ahead, our chat with ... Oscar nominee John Gate-ins.
I can...
- 1/10/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
"Silver Linings Playbook" is not necessarily a movie you'd expect from David O. Russell. It's a sweet film, and "sweet" is not the first word most people associate with Russell, the director of films such as "The Fighter," "Three Kings," and the now infamous "I Heart Huckabees." (In fact, Russell bristled a bit when I mentioned the "S"-word, before conceding that it does indeed fit.)
In "Silver Linings Playbook," Bradley Cooper plays Pat (a role, Russell reveals, originally intended for Vince Vaughn), a man suffering from bipolar disorder faced with rejoining society following a stint in a Maryland mental institution occasioned by his near-homicide of a man who was having an affair with his wife. Eventually, Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a young woman coping with depression after the death of her husband. See? It's the perfect love story. Here, Russell offers an in-depth analysis of what makes the story work -- Cooper,...
In "Silver Linings Playbook," Bradley Cooper plays Pat (a role, Russell reveals, originally intended for Vince Vaughn), a man suffering from bipolar disorder faced with rejoining society following a stint in a Maryland mental institution occasioned by his near-homicide of a man who was having an affair with his wife. Eventually, Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a young woman coping with depression after the death of her husband. See? It's the perfect love story. Here, Russell offers an in-depth analysis of what makes the story work -- Cooper,...
- 11/28/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
There has been a lot of talk about how great the summer of 1982 was for movies. And, boy, it really was. (Among the 1982 summer releases were "E.T.," "Blade Runner," "Tron," "The Road Warrior," "Rocky III" and "Poltergeist.") The summer of 1982 was so good, in fact, that for a movie writer covering these current August movies -- doldrums of August, even -- it's kind of depressing. (But, "ParaNorman" is great. I promise.)
The month of August has built itself quite an infamous reputation as one of the worst movie months of the year: The summer blockbusters have wrapped up and awards season has yet to start -- which leaves audiences with movies like "Total Recall." But 2012 is far from the worst movie August ever. So, in the spirit of 1982 being the best summer for movies, I present you with a case for the worst August in the history of movies: 1996.
Even in recent years,...
The month of August has built itself quite an infamous reputation as one of the worst movie months of the year: The summer blockbusters have wrapped up and awards season has yet to start -- which leaves audiences with movies like "Total Recall." But 2012 is far from the worst movie August ever. So, in the spirit of 1982 being the best summer for movies, I present you with a case for the worst August in the history of movies: 1996.
Even in recent years,...
- 8/8/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
What a difference 13 years makes. This weekend, Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace is being re-released in theaters, this time with an added third dimension, and not many seem to care. Contrast that to what happened in 1999, when the original release was caught up in a sixteen-year storm of hype. To help excavate our suppressed collective memories, Moviefone asked 13 writers -- including one who was there with George Lucas at the premiere at Skywalker Ranch -- to take us back to what we all thought was going to be a very glorious day. Kurt Loder, Movie Critic, Reason Online Who could forget their first exposure to The Phantom Menace? For a talented man, Lucas has a minimal flair for gripping dialogue ("Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo"), nifty plot devices (a galactic tax dispute?), colorful character names (Nute Gunray? Shmi Skywalker?), or, Lord knows,...
- 2/9/2012
- by Mike Ryan
- Moviefone
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