Ivan F. Boesky, the disgraced 1980s financier who inspired the cutthroat corporate raider Gordon Gekko character of Oliver Stone’s 1987 film Wall Street, died in his sleep today at his home in San Diego. He was 87.
His death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter Marianne Boesky.
Even before Michael Douglas’ indelible portrayal of Gekko made “Greed Is Good” a mantra of the Reagan Era, Boesky had already become a Wall Street evangelist of amoral, me-first philosophy. According to The Times, Boesky said in a 1986 commencement speech at the University of California, Berkeley, “Greed is all right, by the way. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.” (Boesky would later say he didn’t recall making the statement.)
By the end of the decade, however, Boesky, once ranked among the richest Americans, would become a prison inmate: Implicated in...
His death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter Marianne Boesky.
Even before Michael Douglas’ indelible portrayal of Gekko made “Greed Is Good” a mantra of the Reagan Era, Boesky had already become a Wall Street evangelist of amoral, me-first philosophy. According to The Times, Boesky said in a 1986 commencement speech at the University of California, Berkeley, “Greed is all right, by the way. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.” (Boesky would later say he didn’t recall making the statement.)
By the end of the decade, however, Boesky, once ranked among the richest Americans, would become a prison inmate: Implicated in...
- 5/20/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoilers for "Killers of the Flower Moon" follow.
Martin Scorsese is the great American filmmaker of his generation — and I don't just mean in nationality. The American Dream underpins Scorsese's films, whether unfolding in his hometown of New York City or the Oklahoma plains like his latest, "Killers of the Flower Moon." Based on David Grann's non-fiction novel, the film is set in 1920s Osage County, Oklahoma. The indigenous Osage tribe came into wealth upon discovering oil on their land — so white settlers murdered them to steal it. While ringleaders William King Hale (Robert De Niro) and Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) were prosecuted, they avoided life in prison. Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone), Ernest's wife and poisoning victim, dies at the age of 50 without her family, while the Osage's wealth dries up. It's hardly a victory for justice, even if the tribe refuses to be forgotten by history.
This...
Martin Scorsese is the great American filmmaker of his generation — and I don't just mean in nationality. The American Dream underpins Scorsese's films, whether unfolding in his hometown of New York City or the Oklahoma plains like his latest, "Killers of the Flower Moon." Based on David Grann's non-fiction novel, the film is set in 1920s Osage County, Oklahoma. The indigenous Osage tribe came into wealth upon discovering oil on their land — so white settlers murdered them to steal it. While ringleaders William King Hale (Robert De Niro) and Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) were prosecuted, they avoided life in prison. Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone), Ernest's wife and poisoning victim, dies at the age of 50 without her family, while the Osage's wealth dries up. It's hardly a victory for justice, even if the tribe refuses to be forgotten by history.
This...
- 10/23/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Actor Shia Labeouf was briefly involved in a relationship with his Wall Street Money Never Sleeps co-star Carey Mulligan. But their relationship was something that Michael Douglas, who played Mulligan’s father, felt would’ve been a bad idea.
Michael Douglas didn’t think Shia Labeouf and Carrey Mulligan would end well Shia Labeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan | Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images
Labeouf and Mulligan first met on the set of the Dougas feature Wall Street Money Never Sleeps. The film took place decades after the first Wall Street, with Douglas reprising his role as the conniving Gordon Gekko. Mulligan played his daughter in the film, and Labeouf portrayed Mulligan’s fiancé. But after working alongside each other, life would imitate art. Labeouf and Mulligan fell for each other in real life, enjoying a brief relationship with each other.
In an interview with GQ, Labeouf gave a bit...
Michael Douglas didn’t think Shia Labeouf and Carrey Mulligan would end well Shia Labeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan | Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images
Labeouf and Mulligan first met on the set of the Dougas feature Wall Street Money Never Sleeps. The film took place decades after the first Wall Street, with Douglas reprising his role as the conniving Gordon Gekko. Mulligan played his daughter in the film, and Labeouf portrayed Mulligan’s fiancé. But after working alongside each other, life would imitate art. Labeouf and Mulligan fell for each other in real life, enjoying a brief relationship with each other.
In an interview with GQ, Labeouf gave a bit...
- 10/9/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks."
The Ferengi have popped up a few times before on "Star Trek: Lower Decks." Back in last season's "Hear All, Trust Nothing," when the USS Cerritos visited Deep Space Nine, we got to check back in on everyone's favorite bartender Quark (Armin Shimerman). In this season's latest outing, "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place," we again meet his younger brother, Rom (Max Grodénchik). Continuing on from where "Deep Space Nine" left off, Rom is the Grand Nagus (Chief Executive) of Ferenginar.
Why is the Cerritos visiting the Ferengi homeworld? Because Rom has plans to bring his homeworld into the Federation. This is quite an about-face for the Ferengi. They were introduced as villains in season 1 of "The Next Generation," but poor reception turned them into comic nuisances. It was "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" that gave them depth, and...
The Ferengi have popped up a few times before on "Star Trek: Lower Decks." Back in last season's "Hear All, Trust Nothing," when the USS Cerritos visited Deep Space Nine, we got to check back in on everyone's favorite bartender Quark (Armin Shimerman). In this season's latest outing, "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place," we again meet his younger brother, Rom (Max Grodénchik). Continuing on from where "Deep Space Nine" left off, Rom is the Grand Nagus (Chief Executive) of Ferenginar.
Why is the Cerritos visiting the Ferengi homeworld? Because Rom has plans to bring his homeworld into the Federation. This is quite an about-face for the Ferengi. They were introduced as villains in season 1 of "The Next Generation," but poor reception turned them into comic nuisances. It was "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" that gave them depth, and...
- 10/5/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
There’s an eight-minute window, just after 9 a.m. Et every weekday morning, when Vladimir Duthiers goes Awol on live TV. Viewers might think he’s just off camera at the CBS News Streaming Network anchor desk that he shares with Anne-Marie Green, but the 53-year-old newsman is frantically covering over a mile of midtown Manhattan that separates his company’s two studios.
“I start the day on CBS Mornings in Times Square, do the top of the streaming show remote from there, toss to Anne-Marie and make my way up here during her first interview,” he explains in his 57th Street office during a mid-September meeting after one such sprint. “I run out of the car, throw all my shit in the closet, race onto set, and by 9:15 I’m at the desk.”
Since becoming a featured host at CBS Mornings in March, on top of his anchoring duties for the streamer,...
“I start the day on CBS Mornings in Times Square, do the top of the streaming show remote from there, toss to Anne-Marie and make my way up here during her first interview,” he explains in his 57th Street office during a mid-September meeting after one such sprint. “I run out of the car, throw all my shit in the closet, race onto set, and by 9:15 I’m at the desk.”
Since becoming a featured host at CBS Mornings in March, on top of his anchoring duties for the streamer,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dumb Money is a biographical comedy-drama film directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. Based on a novel by Ben Mezrich titled The Antisocial Network, the film chronicles the GameStop short squeeze, which happened in January 2021. Dumb Money stars Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, America Ferrera, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Sebastian Stan. So, if you loved the comedy-drama film here are some similar movies you could check out next.
The Big Short (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything. Based on the true story and best-selling book by Michael Lewis,...
The Big Short (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything. Based on the true story and best-selling book by Michael Lewis,...
- 9/23/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
When Sharon Stone steps in front of the camera, it's basically over for her costars. Even in an underwritten role (and she spent the first decade of her career making the most out of nothing parts), she's the person you've got to watch -- and it's not always to the film's benefit. After she finally earned her richly deserved stardom, she had a propensity to dominate. This could be a product of having been passed over for major roles until she was in her thirties. Whatever the reason, once she seized the spotlight, she wasn't letting go, and she stole whole movies from very good actors as a result.
Unfortunately, many of these movies weren't worth stealing, and this, coupled with a Sean Penn-esque surfeit of candor in interviews, has possibly hardened moviegoers, who should be lobbying for a career revival as they've rightfully done for greats such as Michelle Pfeiffer,...
Unfortunately, many of these movies weren't worth stealing, and this, coupled with a Sean Penn-esque surfeit of candor in interviews, has possibly hardened moviegoers, who should be lobbying for a career revival as they've rightfully done for greats such as Michelle Pfeiffer,...
- 9/23/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
It’s been four years since the first season of Good Omens premiered on Prime Video, and now, to celebrate the arrival of Good Omens Season 2, Michael Sheen (Aziraphale) and David Tennant (Crowley) say a third chapter of the fantasy epic could happen. Gaiman has been on the ground floor of the new season. He’s also said the latest episodes act like a bridge between the first book and an idea for an original sequel. This tidbit implies we could get Good Omens Season 3 if all goes well.
Speaking with Comicbook.com about the possibility of a third season, Sheen and Tennant hinted at the door being wide open for the story to continue.
“Well, it’s not in our gift,” Tennant said when asked if fans will encounter the forces of good and evil alongside Crowley and Aziraphale again. “Yeah. If it was up to us, that would be one thing,...
Speaking with Comicbook.com about the possibility of a third season, Sheen and Tennant hinted at the door being wide open for the story to continue.
“Well, it’s not in our gift,” Tennant said when asked if fans will encounter the forces of good and evil alongside Crowley and Aziraphale again. “Yeah. If it was up to us, that would be one thing,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
This article contains spoilers for "Barbie."
In Greta Gerwig's "Barbie," Ken (Ryan Gosling) leaves Barbieland and falls in love with everything our patriarchal real world has to offer, from sleek buildings with men in tailored business suits to the sweaty gyms where men grunt loudly and flex their strength. On the gym walls, as a form of inspiration, there are posters of the "Rocky" movies and other images of Sylvester Stallone. Stallone is just one of the many robust male leaders, including presidents and cowboys, that Ken aspires to be, but once he sees the action movie legend wearing a luxurious fur coat, he realizes his destiny.
When he returns to Barbieland, Ken copies Sylvester Stallone's aesthetic by wearing a long, white fur coat, red boxing gloves, and diamond jewelry. He trades in his pastel-colored beach ensembles for a more bold and macho look. Much like the uproarious "Barbie" movie as a whole,...
In Greta Gerwig's "Barbie," Ken (Ryan Gosling) leaves Barbieland and falls in love with everything our patriarchal real world has to offer, from sleek buildings with men in tailored business suits to the sweaty gyms where men grunt loudly and flex their strength. On the gym walls, as a form of inspiration, there are posters of the "Rocky" movies and other images of Sylvester Stallone. Stallone is just one of the many robust male leaders, including presidents and cowboys, that Ken aspires to be, but once he sees the action movie legend wearing a luxurious fur coat, he realizes his destiny.
When he returns to Barbieland, Ken copies Sylvester Stallone's aesthetic by wearing a long, white fur coat, red boxing gloves, and diamond jewelry. He trades in his pastel-colored beach ensembles for a more bold and macho look. Much like the uproarious "Barbie" movie as a whole,...
- 7/22/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Actor Michael Douglas felt British stars were getting more cinema roles than their American counterparts. According to Douglas, social media and sexuality played a part in stagnating many American performers’ careers.
Michael Douglas once shared what he believed held back young American actors Michael Douglas | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Thanks to his longevity, Douglas has seen how the film industry changed over the years. Recently, Douglas saw a shift where Australian and British actors seemed to be costing American actors film opportunities. The veteran star believed that social media was the source of this issue.
“There’s something going on with young American actors – both men and women – because the Brits and Australians are taking many of the best American roles from them,” Douglas once told The Independent. “Clearly, it breaks down on two fronts. In Britain they take their training seriously while in the States we’re going through a...
Michael Douglas once shared what he believed held back young American actors Michael Douglas | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Thanks to his longevity, Douglas has seen how the film industry changed over the years. Recently, Douglas saw a shift where Australian and British actors seemed to be costing American actors film opportunities. The veteran star believed that social media was the source of this issue.
“There’s something going on with young American actors – both men and women – because the Brits and Australians are taking many of the best American roles from them,” Douglas once told The Independent. “Clearly, it breaks down on two fronts. In Britain they take their training seriously while in the States we’re going through a...
- 7/4/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paris, May 3 (Ians) Multiple award-winning actor Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, reports ‘Variety’.
Cannes revealed that the ‘Basic Instinct’ star will return to the Croisette this month for the festival — and will be honoured as part of the May 16 opening ceremony.
Douglas’s first time in Cannes was the 32nd edition of the festival in 1979, with James Bridges’ disaster thriller movie ‘The China Syndrome’, adds ‘Variety’.
He returned for ‘Basic Instinct’ in 1992 and again in 1993 for ‘Falling Down’. He was most recently in Cannes for Steven Soderbergh’s 2013 movie, ‘Behind the Candelabra’, where he played the pianist-singer Liberace.
“It is always a breath of fresh air to be at Cannes, which has long provided a wonderful platform for bold creators, artistic audacities and excellence in storytelling,” Douglas said in a statement, quoted by ‘Variety’.
Douglas’ first venture as a producer,...
Cannes revealed that the ‘Basic Instinct’ star will return to the Croisette this month for the festival — and will be honoured as part of the May 16 opening ceremony.
Douglas’s first time in Cannes was the 32nd edition of the festival in 1979, with James Bridges’ disaster thriller movie ‘The China Syndrome’, adds ‘Variety’.
He returned for ‘Basic Instinct’ in 1992 and again in 1993 for ‘Falling Down’. He was most recently in Cannes for Steven Soderbergh’s 2013 movie, ‘Behind the Candelabra’, where he played the pianist-singer Liberace.
“It is always a breath of fresh air to be at Cannes, which has long provided a wonderful platform for bold creators, artistic audacities and excellence in storytelling,” Douglas said in a statement, quoted by ‘Variety’.
Douglas’ first venture as a producer,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes revealed on Tuesday that the “Basic Instinct” star will return to the Croisette this month for the festival, and will be honored as part of the May 16 opening ceremony.
Douglas’ first time in Cannes was the 32nd edition of the festival in 1979, with James Bridges’ “The China Syndrome.” He returned for “Basic Instinct” in 1992 and again in 1993 for “Falling Down.” He was most recently in Cannes for Steven Soderbergh’s “Behind the Candelabra.”
“It is always a breath of fresh air to be at Cannes, which has long provided a wonderful platform for bold creators, artistic audacities and excellence in storytelling,” said Douglas in a statement.
“From my first time here in 1979 for ‘The China Syndrome’ to my most recent premiere for ‘Behind the Candelabra’ in 2013, the festival has always reminded me that...
Cannes revealed on Tuesday that the “Basic Instinct” star will return to the Croisette this month for the festival, and will be honored as part of the May 16 opening ceremony.
Douglas’ first time in Cannes was the 32nd edition of the festival in 1979, with James Bridges’ “The China Syndrome.” He returned for “Basic Instinct” in 1992 and again in 1993 for “Falling Down.” He was most recently in Cannes for Steven Soderbergh’s “Behind the Candelabra.”
“It is always a breath of fresh air to be at Cannes, which has long provided a wonderful platform for bold creators, artistic audacities and excellence in storytelling,” said Douglas in a statement.
“From my first time here in 1979 for ‘The China Syndrome’ to my most recent premiere for ‘Behind the Candelabra’ in 2013, the festival has always reminded me that...
- 5/3/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Oliver Stone directs Wall Street, a fantastic film about the world of the stock market that gave Michael Douglas the Academy Award for best actor. With Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox.
Wall Street is marvelous in the dialogues and, above all, in the rhythm (Mr. Oliver Stone handled the editing wonderfully). Its two main actors are great. Great movie.
Plot
Bud Fox is a Manhattan broker with a great desire to succeed. He feels a brutal admiration for a financial shark, Gordon Gekko, with whom he finally manages to get in touch. He makes him a proposal and, little by little, he enters his circle and begins to discover the real world of finance.
Wall Street (1987) The Movie
Fantastic in every aspect. We are used to seeing Martin Sheen playing comedy roles and we sometimes hear a little about his conflicted private life, but here he performs really well except for one problem…...
Wall Street is marvelous in the dialogues and, above all, in the rhythm (Mr. Oliver Stone handled the editing wonderfully). Its two main actors are great. Great movie.
Plot
Bud Fox is a Manhattan broker with a great desire to succeed. He feels a brutal admiration for a financial shark, Gordon Gekko, with whom he finally manages to get in touch. He makes him a proposal and, little by little, he enters his circle and begins to discover the real world of finance.
Wall Street (1987) The Movie
Fantastic in every aspect. We are used to seeing Martin Sheen playing comedy roles and we sometimes hear a little about his conflicted private life, but here he performs really well except for one problem…...
- 4/24/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Michael Douglas, an iconic actor and producer, has graced our screens for decades with memorable performances in a wide variety of roles. From his early days in television to his starring roles in blockbuster films, Douglas has consistently captivated audiences with his talent and charisma. In this article, we will examine Michael Douglas’s versatility and impact in cinema, exploring his most memorable roles and the legacy he has left in Hollywood.
Born in 1944, Michael Douglas comes from a family of Hollywood royalty. His father, Kirk Douglas, was a renowned actor, while his mother, Diana Dill, was an actress and model. Growing up in the shadow of his father’s success, it was perhaps inevitable that Michael would pursue a career in acting. After attending the prestigious American Place Theatre and studying under legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner, Michael began his foray into the world of acting and never looked back.
Born in 1944, Michael Douglas comes from a family of Hollywood royalty. His father, Kirk Douglas, was a renowned actor, while his mother, Diana Dill, was an actress and model. Growing up in the shadow of his father’s success, it was perhaps inevitable that Michael would pursue a career in acting. After attending the prestigious American Place Theatre and studying under legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner, Michael began his foray into the world of acting and never looked back.
- 4/20/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has definitely taken some chances over the years by embracing some of the more cosmic, psychedelic aspects of the comic books that Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and others made famous. James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy" managed to turn a sentient alien tree and a gun-toting talking raccoon into pop culture sensations, and the sequel featured a cameo by the Watchers -- the egg-headed omnipotent beings that quietly observe all the past, present and future events in the universe. Still, perhaps no MCU project to date has gone into weirder territory than Peyton Reed's "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania," a movie that featured the microscopic Quantum Realm, an infinite amount of Kangs as the villain(s), an unsettling depiction of fan favorite sidekick M.O.D.O.K., and a gelatinous pink blob named Veb (voiced by David Dastmalchian).
Inside the trippy mini-world of the Quantum Realm,...
Inside the trippy mini-world of the Quantum Realm,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
There never has been a movie star quite like Nicolas Cage. While obviously handsome and gifted with backlogs of charisma, beneath the surface there lies an unmistakable hunger, a sense of searching, and what some might even call a mania to take a role to its fullest extreme. Even when Cage is taking the “paycheck” parts, be it in glossy ‘90s Hollywood star vehicles or some of his lesser 2010s straight-to-digital efforts, the actor’s tangible desire to push boundaries and experiment is nothing short of riveting.
In a Reddit Ama, Cage once said the following about his craft: “I think many of the choices I’ve made have been inspired by film stars from the silent era, as well as cultural expression of performance like Kabuki and some of the Golden Age actors like [James] Cagney, so I don’t know how to say I’ve done something new because...
In a Reddit Ama, Cage once said the following about his craft: “I think many of the choices I’ve made have been inspired by film stars from the silent era, as well as cultural expression of performance like Kabuki and some of the Golden Age actors like [James] Cagney, so I don’t know how to say I’ve done something new because...
- 4/15/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
A life well-lived is best directed by doing what you love with people you love. And my father, Edward R. Pressman — a film producer, jazz lover, student of philosophy, constant reader and Dodgers fanatic who would have turned 80 on Tuesday — had a life filled to the brim.
On Jan. 17, in the last moments of my father’s life, his family and his company, which has always been family to Ed, surrounded him. We listened to “Gassenhauer,” the theme of Badlands, my father’s fourth film as a producer. He looked so peaceful and beautiful.
Earlier, on this last day, we watched Phantom of the Paradise. I’ve always been in awe of that film. The joy and chaos that is in each frame; the music that, like old souls, lasts forever. You can feel the way that Ed and director Brian De Palma were experimenting together, pushing cinematic boundaries while...
On Jan. 17, in the last moments of my father’s life, his family and his company, which has always been family to Ed, surrounded him. We listened to “Gassenhauer,” the theme of Badlands, my father’s fourth film as a producer. He looked so peaceful and beautiful.
Earlier, on this last day, we watched Phantom of the Paradise. I’ve always been in awe of that film. The joy and chaos that is in each frame; the music that, like old souls, lasts forever. You can feel the way that Ed and director Brian De Palma were experimenting together, pushing cinematic boundaries while...
- 4/11/2023
- by Sam Pressman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains minor spoilers for various Michael Douglas movies
A vintage nepo baby whose Hollywood career first began in the mid-1960s, Michael Douglas has starred in many hit movies over the decades, but today we are bold enough to argue that the real star of those films was not Douglas himself but his impressive hair, so we’re here to run down the absolute, official, and definitive ranking of performances by the actor’s mane during its decades in the industry.
Not all of Douglas’ films are listed here, to be completely transparent. We have focused on the big ones, nixing fare like the entertaining Behind the Candelabra, for example, because he wore wigs. Offerings like Coma and A Perfect Murder also took a back seat due to the unexceptional appearance of his locks therein.
10. Wall Street
You can’t help but feel outraged by Wall Street. The...
A vintage nepo baby whose Hollywood career first began in the mid-1960s, Michael Douglas has starred in many hit movies over the decades, but today we are bold enough to argue that the real star of those films was not Douglas himself but his impressive hair, so we’re here to run down the absolute, official, and definitive ranking of performances by the actor’s mane during its decades in the industry.
Not all of Douglas’ films are listed here, to be completely transparent. We have focused on the big ones, nixing fare like the entertaining Behind the Candelabra, for example, because he wore wigs. Offerings like Coma and A Perfect Murder also took a back seat due to the unexceptional appearance of his locks therein.
10. Wall Street
You can’t help but feel outraged by Wall Street. The...
- 2/15/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
1987's "Wall Street" was released in theaters two months after Black Monday: the day the real stock market took a dive. In the timely film, Charlie Sheen plays Bud Fox, a young stockbroker who admires underhanded corporate raider Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). Bud pursues Gekko as a client with non-stop calls and contraband Cuban cigars, and when he finally makes contact, his entire life changes. Under the influence of Gekko, who famously utters the line "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good," Bud does some terrible things, including offering up insider information that could destroy his blue-collar father, played by Charlie Sheen's real-life dad, Martin Sheen.
The film, which won Douglas an Academy Award for Best Actor, was directed by Oliver Stone, who allowed the young actor to pick the person who would play his father in the film. He was given the choice between Jack Lemmon or...
The film, which won Douglas an Academy Award for Best Actor, was directed by Oliver Stone, who allowed the young actor to pick the person who would play his father in the film. He was given the choice between Jack Lemmon or...
- 2/12/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
In the early 1980s, Sean Young was primed for stardom. She'd turned in two strikingly different supporting performances in Ivan Reitman's "Stripes" and Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner," and possessed an ineffable magnetism that drew you in. In "Stripes," she's Louise Cooper, a Fort Arnold MP who's down for a bit of mischief with Harold Ramis' incorrigible Russell Ziskey. It's a thinly written role, but Young's so darn cute and charming that you'd rather spend time with her than the two leads. As Rachael in "Blade Runner," she looks the glam part of a femme fatale, smashingly so, but as a replicant, we feel for her rather than fear her.
After getting lost in the clutter of David Lynch's "Dune" in 1984, she rebounded with a smoldering performance in Roger Donaldson's deliciously nasty B-thriller "No Way Out." Her limousine sex scene with Kevin Costner was so hot it...
After getting lost in the clutter of David Lynch's "Dune" in 1984, she rebounded with a smoldering performance in Roger Donaldson's deliciously nasty B-thriller "No Way Out." Her limousine sex scene with Kevin Costner was so hot it...
- 2/5/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
You can call Fair Play a lot of things: a finance-industy psychodrama about paying the cost to be the boss, a treatise on power dynamics in relationships, the surprise hit out of Sundance’s first weekend and the film festival’s first big-ticket sales item. (How Netflix plans on recouping its 20 million investment when it will likely only give this a mild theatrical release is not ours to guess. We’d merely like to nudge them to acknowledge what a crowd-friendly experience they have here and congratulate writer-director Chloe Domont...
- 1/24/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc will be 16th film character to inspire multiple Golden Globe nominations
Nearly three decades into his acting career, Daniel Craig earned his first Golden Globe notice for his lead performance as eccentric detective Benoit Blanc in the 2019 mystery movie “Knives Out.” Although he was defeated in this Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor race by Taron Egerton (“Rocketman”), his portrayal of Blanc may still be honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association since the character’s story has now continued in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” Even a nomination for the sequel would make him only the 16th performer to receive multiple Golden Globe mentions for playing a single film character.
Three years ago, Craig placed fourth in Gold Derby’s final Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor nominations predictions, and his “Glass Onion” performance puts him two spots higher on our current list. The only actor outpacing him this time is “The Banshees of Inisherin” star Colin Farrell, who is seeking...
Three years ago, Craig placed fourth in Gold Derby’s final Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor nominations predictions, and his “Glass Onion” performance puts him two spots higher on our current list. The only actor outpacing him this time is “The Banshees of Inisherin” star Colin Farrell, who is seeking...
- 12/8/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Galling Oscar snubs are often as well remembered as the actual winners. R. Lee Ermey's performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" is a legendary one, but it was totally unrecognized by the Academy. Ermey, a former Marine and drill instructor himself, drew on his past life to play the psychopathic Sergeant. Hartman goes above and beyond what's required of him, speaking in a constantly raised tone and saying nothing but bigotry and abuse. In the end, he pushes Private Leonard Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio) too far and gets a personal taste of how successful he was at making the boy into a killer.
When awards season came around, the best result Ermey came to was a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor nomination (he also won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor). Matthew Modine, who played the movie's protagonist Private...
When awards season came around, the best result Ermey came to was a Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor nomination (he also won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor). Matthew Modine, who played the movie's protagonist Private...
- 11/14/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Chances are if you've seen an American war film in the last 30 years, the name Dale Dye might ring a bell. Dye is a former Marine captain whose brief cameos and appearances are peppered throughout action films like "Under Siege," "Mission: Impossible," "Starship Troopers," and "Saving Private Ryan." After his first onscreen appearance in Tobe Hooper's "Invaders from Mars," Dye played Captain Harris in Oliver Stone's semi-autobiographical war epic "Platoon." The concept of actor boot camps is nothing new, and the intense soldier training that goes on at these grueling sessions does tend to bond the players together. The experience can also add some verisimilitude that pays respect to the actual soldiers that had to go through actual boot camp. Dale Dye's actor boot camps are legendary in the business. Apparently, the one that Charlie Sheen and the other actors went through during the making of "Platoon" in 1986 was particularly brutal.
- 11/14/2022
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
As far as American cinema was concerned, the 1980s were a heavily bifurcated time. On the one hand, there were numerous films about the glory days, the music, and the nostalgia of the 1950s reflected in films like "Diner," "Stand By Me," or "The Big Chill." At the same time, many films just as aggressively satirized the rising tide of conservatism in the U.S., using punk and paranoia to undo the decade's tendency to look backward. Films like "Parents," "Christine," and "A Christmas Story" painted the 1950s as a darker time, and films about the modern yuppie milieu depicted the decade's callow rich as Earth's newest supervillains.
Oliver Stone's 1987 film "Wall Street" was the crown jewel of the anti-yuppie movie movement, depicting cutthroat stockbrokers as amoral jerks who would stab anyone in the back if it meant they could close a deal, manipulate stocks, and make a few more million dollars.
Oliver Stone's 1987 film "Wall Street" was the crown jewel of the anti-yuppie movie movement, depicting cutthroat stockbrokers as amoral jerks who would stab anyone in the back if it meant they could close a deal, manipulate stocks, and make a few more million dollars.
- 11/4/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
What's Christian Bale's best performance? For me, it's still the American psycho himself, Patrick Bateman. Why does his acting in the 2000 horror-thriller stand above the rest of his filmography? Because Bale acted like he was in a comedy. Director Mary Harron said that she ultimately decided to cast Bale because she "sort of had the feeling a lot of the other actors kind of thought Bateman was cool. And he didn't." Together, she and Bale made a pitch-black, gut-busting comedy.
Bale's Patrick, even when's he not violent, is too phony to be charming. It's possible that Bateman is only imagining being a serial killer, but he's definitely a psychopath. His preppy accent is layered on top of a dull monotone and too-slow staccato intonations. Whether rattling off praise for his favorite musicians or championing political causes, it all sounds rehearsed because Bateman doesn't know what sincerity sounds like. When he laughs,...
Bale's Patrick, even when's he not violent, is too phony to be charming. It's possible that Bateman is only imagining being a serial killer, but he's definitely a psychopath. His preppy accent is layered on top of a dull monotone and too-slow staccato intonations. Whether rattling off praise for his favorite musicians or championing political causes, it all sounds rehearsed because Bateman doesn't know what sincerity sounds like. When he laughs,...
- 10/23/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
With so many films done on the subject, the subject of Finance & Banking, particularly in the setting of Wall Street, is no longer surprising to moviegoers. From a wide range of names, titles, and genres,covering from real world finances,to metaverse and AI bots, we have chosen 5 films that not only accurately depict this subject but also suit the goal of English language instruction.
1. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
A young man named Jake Moore works for Gordon Gekko, his mentor, at an investment firm. At work, Jake engages in a bloody duel with another person where the victor takes all. Jake developed a new perception of the well-liked Gordon during that conflict: that of a cutthroat financial specialist with access to insider information and dirty techniques. Will Jake become a Gordon-like manipulator by losing himself in the cycle of power, violence, and money?
2. The Bank (2001)
Jim Doyle is...
1. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
A young man named Jake Moore works for Gordon Gekko, his mentor, at an investment firm. At work, Jake engages in a bloody duel with another person where the victor takes all. Jake developed a new perception of the well-liked Gordon during that conflict: that of a cutthroat financial specialist with access to insider information and dirty techniques. Will Jake become a Gordon-like manipulator by losing himself in the cycle of power, violence, and money?
2. The Bank (2001)
Jim Doyle is...
- 10/20/2022
- by James Smith
- Nerdly
The 1990 romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" helped launch Julia Roberts' career into the stratosphere. Starring opposite Richard Gere, Roberts played Vivian Ward, a streetwalker with a heart of gold who wins the affection of her cold-hearted client. The role earned Roberts a Best Actress Oscar nomination and turned her into an overnight Hollywood sensation. Her performance prompted Roger Ebert to prophetically write, "Actresses who can do that and look great can have whatever they want in Hollywood." Roberts would become synonymous with the romantic comedy genre.
It is hard to imagine anyone other than Roberts in "Pretty Woman". To do so, we need to go back ... to the future. Heading into the 1990s, Lea Thompson was coming off the massive success of two "Back to the Future" movies and a string of films that included "Casual Sex?" and "Some Kind of Wonderful."
The versatile actress certainly had the chops to play...
It is hard to imagine anyone other than Roberts in "Pretty Woman". To do so, we need to go back ... to the future. Heading into the 1990s, Lea Thompson was coming off the massive success of two "Back to the Future" movies and a string of films that included "Casual Sex?" and "Some Kind of Wonderful."
The versatile actress certainly had the chops to play...
- 8/30/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
The 1980s was a time of excess. Neon color schemes splashed storefronts in malls across the country. You weren't cool unless you had the latest gadget, car, or fashion. Some might say it was driven by greed. And "greed, for lack of a better word, is good." At least that what Gordon Gekko of "Wall Street" would have you believe.
The decade was marked by style over substance and quantity over quality. Much of the driving force was popular culture. MTV put a face to music, making image almost as important as the music. The toy industry was transformed by movie merchandising...
The post Why Michael Douglas Feels Bittersweet About Gordon Gekko's Impact In Wall Street appeared first on /Film.
The decade was marked by style over substance and quantity over quality. Much of the driving force was popular culture. MTV put a face to music, making image almost as important as the music. The toy industry was transformed by movie merchandising...
The post Why Michael Douglas Feels Bittersweet About Gordon Gekko's Impact In Wall Street appeared first on /Film.
- 5/19/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for “The Best Is Yet to Come,” the March 20 episode of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” which is now streaming on HBO Max.
On the third episode of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” audiences are introduced to an NBA figure that even a fair-weather basketball fan should be familiar with. Pat Riley has been a towering force in basketball for more than half of the sport’s professional history, earning 10 NBA championships between his time playing, coaching and serving as an executive. Riley has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, but before that, he helmed highly successful coaching runs with the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers, two other massive NBA institutions.
Yet when Riley (Adrien Brody) first enters “Winning Time,” the destined leader is a far cry from the Armani suits...
On the third episode of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” audiences are introduced to an NBA figure that even a fair-weather basketball fan should be familiar with. Pat Riley has been a towering force in basketball for more than half of the sport’s professional history, earning 10 NBA championships between his time playing, coaching and serving as an executive. Riley has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, but before that, he helmed highly successful coaching runs with the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers, two other massive NBA institutions.
Yet when Riley (Adrien Brody) first enters “Winning Time,” the destined leader is a far cry from the Armani suits...
- 3/21/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Douglas will star as U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in a new limited series for Apple, Variety has learned.
The untitled series is based on the book “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America” by Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff. Kirk Ellis, the writer behind HBO’s “John Adams” series, will write the show for Apple and serve as an executive producer.
Emmy-winning director Tim Van Patten will direct and executive produce. Douglas will executive produce in addition to starring. Richard Plepler will executive produce via Eden Productions, which is currently under an overall deal at Apple. Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures and Mark Mostyn also executive produce, with Schiff co-executive producing. Apple Studios and ITV Studios will co-produce.
The series will explore the story of one of the greatest gambles of Franklin’s career. At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced France – an...
The untitled series is based on the book “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America” by Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff. Kirk Ellis, the writer behind HBO’s “John Adams” series, will write the show for Apple and serve as an executive producer.
Emmy-winning director Tim Van Patten will direct and executive produce. Douglas will executive produce in addition to starring. Richard Plepler will executive produce via Eden Productions, which is currently under an overall deal at Apple. Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures and Mark Mostyn also executive produce, with Schiff co-executive producing. Apple Studios and ITV Studios will co-produce.
The series will explore the story of one of the greatest gambles of Franklin’s career. At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced France – an...
- 2/28/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Back in the mid-1980’s, Oliver Stone met with famed financier Carl Icahn about a movie he was writing called “Wall Street.” The meeting provided the director with much of the inspiration for the film’s villain Gordon Gekko. Stone speaks about the meeting in HBO’s documentary “Icahn: The Restless Billionaire,” debuting on Feb. 15. Along with Stone, the 100-minute docu features interviews with Icahn, his wife Gail and children Brett and Michelle.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and business journalists including Andrew Ross Sorkin (New York Times), Cara Lombardo (The Wall Street Journal) and Rana Foroohar (Financial Times) also help director Bruce David Klein unpack many of the octogenarian billionaire’s legendary business dealings. Corporate deals that include Icahn’s takeover of Twa in the 1980s, his 2013 high-profile investment in Apple, which provoked a stock rise of $17 billion dollars, his public battle with Bill Ackman over Herbalife that same year,...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and business journalists including Andrew Ross Sorkin (New York Times), Cara Lombardo (The Wall Street Journal) and Rana Foroohar (Financial Times) also help director Bruce David Klein unpack many of the octogenarian billionaire’s legendary business dealings. Corporate deals that include Icahn’s takeover of Twa in the 1980s, his 2013 high-profile investment in Apple, which provoked a stock rise of $17 billion dollars, his public battle with Bill Ackman over Herbalife that same year,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The Mean Street for this Martin Scorsese picture is Wall Street. His show pushes the hard- R rating to depict the wild life and times of a stock-selling pirate who bilks investors for millions that fuel a ten-year spree of obscene consumption, Bad Boy decadence and absurd levels of sex and drug abuse. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort beautifully, surrounded by a corps of terrific players (including Margot Robbie) given clear characters by Terence Winter and superb direction by Scorsese. The surprise is that the show is not a facile take-down of the American Dream. Screaming greed is the lure and the joke’s on us. Co-starring Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin and Joanna Lumley.
The Wolf of Wall Street
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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill,...
The Wolf of Wall Street
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2013 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 190 min. / Street Date December 14, 2021 / Available from / 25.99
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill,...
- 12/14/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This article contains I Care a Lot spoilers.
It’s an emotionally fraught conclusion. Before our very eyes, I Care a Lot’s protagonist—its ostensible hero—is bleeding out inside an asphalt parking lot. But then, was she or anyone else ever a hero in this story? Just seconds before she was gunned down, Rosamund Pike’s Marla Grayson is seen, smilingly lying about how great her new predatory company is, and how she’s figured out a way to turn elder abuse into a sanitized illusion of “eldercare.”
She is a monster with a sunshine smile.
By contrast, the man who waits outside an unnamed cable network with a gun is clearly a hard to like individual. With his long unkempt beard and red baseball cap—technically for a sports team instead of a political cause—Mr. Feldstrom (Macon Blair) resembles a collection of unsavory stereotypes and clichés.
It’s an emotionally fraught conclusion. Before our very eyes, I Care a Lot’s protagonist—its ostensible hero—is bleeding out inside an asphalt parking lot. But then, was she or anyone else ever a hero in this story? Just seconds before she was gunned down, Rosamund Pike’s Marla Grayson is seen, smilingly lying about how great her new predatory company is, and how she’s figured out a way to turn elder abuse into a sanitized illusion of “eldercare.”
She is a monster with a sunshine smile.
By contrast, the man who waits outside an unnamed cable network with a gun is clearly a hard to like individual. With his long unkempt beard and red baseball cap—technically for a sports team instead of a political cause—Mr. Feldstrom (Macon Blair) resembles a collection of unsavory stereotypes and clichés.
- 2/19/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Stardom never comes overnight. Take Chilean actor Pedro Pascal, 45. He has been steadily rising for years now, using his hard-earned theater chops to carve out a character actor career. And his breakout roles on HBO’s Season 4 of “Game of Thrones” (swashbuckling Red Viper/Oberyn Martell) followed by Netflix’s 2015 series “Narcos” (DEA agent Javier Peña) yielded even more chances to show what he can do.
Last year, Pascal exploded. First, he nabbed the title role in Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s “Star Wars” spin-off “The Mandalorian,” which launched on November 12, 2019, skyrocketing to become the first megahit lure for thousands of subscribers of Disney+. Season 2 premiered on October 30, 2020 to (presumably) even more eyeballs. Then came “Wonder Woman 1984,” which after several pandemic delays, finally debuted on December 25, day and date in global theaters and on HBO Max. Due to the global health crisis, it was not possible for the...
Last year, Pascal exploded. First, he nabbed the title role in Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s “Star Wars” spin-off “The Mandalorian,” which launched on November 12, 2019, skyrocketing to become the first megahit lure for thousands of subscribers of Disney+. Season 2 premiered on October 30, 2020 to (presumably) even more eyeballs. Then came “Wonder Woman 1984,” which after several pandemic delays, finally debuted on December 25, day and date in global theaters and on HBO Max. Due to the global health crisis, it was not possible for the...
- 1/18/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Stardom never comes overnight. Take Chilean actor Pedro Pascal, 45. He has been steadily rising for years now, using his hard-earned theater chops to carve out a character actor career. And his breakout roles on HBO’s Season 4 of “Game of Thrones” (swashbuckling Red Viper/Oberyn Martell) followed by Netflix’s 2015 series “Narcos” (DEA agent Javier Peña) yielded even more chances to show what he can do.
Last year, Pascal exploded. First, he nabbed the title role in Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s “Star Wars” spin-off “The Mandalorian,” which launched on November 12, 2019, skyrocketing to become the first megahit lure for thousands of subscribers of Disney+. Season 2 premiered on October 30, 2020 to (presumably) even more eyeballs. Then came “Wonder Woman 1984,” which after several pandemic delays, finally debuted on December 25, day and date in global theaters and on HBO Max. Due to the global health crisis, it was not possible for the...
Last year, Pascal exploded. First, he nabbed the title role in Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s “Star Wars” spin-off “The Mandalorian,” which launched on November 12, 2019, skyrocketing to become the first megahit lure for thousands of subscribers of Disney+. Season 2 premiered on October 30, 2020 to (presumably) even more eyeballs. Then came “Wonder Woman 1984,” which after several pandemic delays, finally debuted on December 25, day and date in global theaters and on HBO Max. Due to the global health crisis, it was not possible for the...
- 1/18/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The creation of the supporting Oscar categories in 1937 clarified the intention that the lead acting categories are meant to honor true star turns. While most Best Actor wins have aligned with that idea, there have been more than a few whose placement has been called into question due to low screen time. Here is a look at the 10 shortest winners in the category:
10. Gary Cooper (“High Noon”)
40 minutes, 57 seconds (48.35% of the film)
Five-time Best Actor Oscar nominee Cooper earned his second win in 1953 for playing morally conflicted Marshal Will Kane in “High Noon.” By appearing in less than half of the 85-minute film, Cooper made history by holding two screen time records at once. At the time, his one-hour, 30-minute, 55-second performance in 1941’s “Sergeant York” was the longest to have won in the Best Actor category. His second win broke a 21-year record for shortest, which was previously held...
10. Gary Cooper (“High Noon”)
40 minutes, 57 seconds (48.35% of the film)
Five-time Best Actor Oscar nominee Cooper earned his second win in 1953 for playing morally conflicted Marshal Will Kane in “High Noon.” By appearing in less than half of the 85-minute film, Cooper made history by holding two screen time records at once. At the time, his one-hour, 30-minute, 55-second performance in 1941’s “Sergeant York” was the longest to have won in the Best Actor category. His second win broke a 21-year record for shortest, which was previously held...
- 12/29/2020
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Wonder Woman 1984 starts with an elaborate prologue and a simple message. Back on the island of Themyscira, a young Diana Prince competes against a handful of Amazonian women in an Olympic-style tournament. Though undersized, she jumps ahead and dominates the field, swimming and riding horseback through a variety of obstacles positioned around their serene archipelago. As she approaches the final leg, however, Diana tumbles from her saddle and falls behind the pack. With her signature quick thinking, she finds a shortcut to regain her lead, but instead of being rewarded, the clever maneuver ultimately earns her a scolding and disqualification. “Greatness is not what you think,” her aunt Antiope (Robin Wright) explains, a dramatic way of telling soon-to-be Wonder Woman that the pathway to success has no detours. Then, to erase any confusion, she doubles down, prefacing the fable to come. “No true hero is born from lies.”
It’s a long-winded introduction,...
It’s a long-winded introduction,...
- 12/25/2020
- by Jake Kring-Schreifels
- The Film Stage
Gal Gadot really is Wonder Woman. She not only suffered neck and shoulder injuries while shooting “Wonder Woman 1984,” but she says the first film also landed her in the operating room.
During the entire six-week press tour for the original “Wonder Woman,” Gadot says she had a hernia in her back, something doctors attributed to a combination of her stunt work and then being pregnant after shooting “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League.”
“I couldn’t sit. I could only lay down or stand up,” Gadot says. “If you go back now and look, I’m always standing. When the movie premiered finally on [June 2], I was in the Or getting my back fixed.”
But Gadot, isn’t complaining. “It is what it is,” she says on this week’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “It’s such a physical role, like the physicality is another...
During the entire six-week press tour for the original “Wonder Woman,” Gadot says she had a hernia in her back, something doctors attributed to a combination of her stunt work and then being pregnant after shooting “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League.”
“I couldn’t sit. I could only lay down or stand up,” Gadot says. “If you go back now and look, I’m always standing. When the movie premiered finally on [June 2], I was in the Or getting my back fixed.”
But Gadot, isn’t complaining. “It is what it is,” she says on this week’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “It’s such a physical role, like the physicality is another...
- 12/23/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Pedro Pascal says he has been influenced by the 1980s, and it is something that continues to stay with him.
The actor asserted that the era added a different sort of charm to the world of the upcoming film, "Wonder Woman 1984".
"The era that has influenced me and really stayed with me the most is the eighties, for better or worse, I suppose," Pascal said.
"That feeling of nostalgia, getting to plunge into that world with a brilliant filmmaker who understands it so well... Who wouldn't want to be a part of exploring a character like Wonder Woman -- the super hero we didn't even realise we needed so badly until ('Wonder Woman' director) Patty (Jenkins) and (heroine) Gal (Gadot) brought her to us to remind us of our humanity in the most entertaining way?" he added.
"Wonder Woman 1984" casts Pascal as Maxwell Lord, who...
The actor asserted that the era added a different sort of charm to the world of the upcoming film, "Wonder Woman 1984".
"The era that has influenced me and really stayed with me the most is the eighties, for better or worse, I suppose," Pascal said.
"That feeling of nostalgia, getting to plunge into that world with a brilliant filmmaker who understands it so well... Who wouldn't want to be a part of exploring a character like Wonder Woman -- the super hero we didn't even realise we needed so badly until ('Wonder Woman' director) Patty (Jenkins) and (heroine) Gal (Gadot) brought her to us to remind us of our humanity in the most entertaining way?" he added.
"Wonder Woman 1984" casts Pascal as Maxwell Lord, who...
- 12/22/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
It’s good to have superhero movies back. The first reviews for Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot’s “Wonder Woman 1984” are in, and while some critics are calling it “cheesy,” others are heralding the blockbuster as a welcome distraction in a depressing year.
Most critics agreed that, like the original “Wonder Woman” from 2017, the new film balances corny heroics and fish-out-of-water comedy with busy action sequences that sometimes detract from the more human charms of Gadot’s titular character.
“With ‘Wonder Woman 1984,’ the highly anticipated follow-up to Jenkins’ mega-hit, the filmmaker digs her heels even further into that promise of cheesy superhero goodness, to the point of it being a potential health hazard,” Hoai-Tran Bui wrote in /Film. “But the cartoonishly optimistic charms of “Wonder Woman 1984’ feel like a direct rebuke of the current political and cultural landscape in a way that is unquestionably ham-fisted, but is...
Most critics agreed that, like the original “Wonder Woman” from 2017, the new film balances corny heroics and fish-out-of-water comedy with busy action sequences that sometimes detract from the more human charms of Gadot’s titular character.
“With ‘Wonder Woman 1984,’ the highly anticipated follow-up to Jenkins’ mega-hit, the filmmaker digs her heels even further into that promise of cheesy superhero goodness, to the point of it being a potential health hazard,” Hoai-Tran Bui wrote in /Film. “But the cartoonishly optimistic charms of “Wonder Woman 1984’ feel like a direct rebuke of the current political and cultural landscape in a way that is unquestionably ham-fisted, but is...
- 12/15/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Before WarnerMedia’s decision last week to move Warner Bros’ entire 2021 feature film slate to HBO Max along with their theatrical releases, the company made the same move with its DC tentpole Wonder Woman 1984. The sequel to the 2017 hit will still premiere in cinemas on December 25, but now also at home via streaming.
Director Patty Jenkins discussed the decision for her movie Tuesday during an interview with Jess Cagle on the SiriusXM Stars channel that will air in its entirety next week. In a nutshell: she says there was “no good option.”
“If you had told me a year ago that we would ever go straight to streaming in any way, shape or form, I would have flipped out,” said Jenkins, who was joined in the town hall discussion with the film’s stars Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal. “Like I’m not for that plan in general,...
Director Patty Jenkins discussed the decision for her movie Tuesday during an interview with Jess Cagle on the SiriusXM Stars channel that will air in its entirety next week. In a nutshell: she says there was “no good option.”
“If you had told me a year ago that we would ever go straight to streaming in any way, shape or form, I would have flipped out,” said Jenkins, who was joined in the town hall discussion with the film’s stars Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal. “Like I’m not for that plan in general,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
"The Furniture," by Daniel Walber. (Click on the images for magnified detail)
Don’t marry an investment banker!
This, as far as I can tell, is the central message of Sean Durkin’s The Nest. And it’s good advice! Rory O’Hara (Jude Law) is a Gordon Gekko without any of the charm, a stiff Englishman determined to perform his financial success in front of a vaguely imagined audience of the rich and powerful. His wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), is miserably along for the ride. It’s a period piece, but it’s laser focused on toxic aspects of our culture that certainly haven’t gone away. The ‘80s never ended, not really.
And so we watch as Allison and her two children are dragged from their house in the US, already their third home in 10 years, and across the pond to an enormous old mansion in Surrey. Rory’s...
Don’t marry an investment banker!
This, as far as I can tell, is the central message of Sean Durkin’s The Nest. And it’s good advice! Rory O’Hara (Jude Law) is a Gordon Gekko without any of the charm, a stiff Englishman determined to perform his financial success in front of a vaguely imagined audience of the rich and powerful. His wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), is miserably along for the ride. It’s a period piece, but it’s laser focused on toxic aspects of our culture that certainly haven’t gone away. The ‘80s never ended, not really.
And so we watch as Allison and her two children are dragged from their house in the US, already their third home in 10 years, and across the pond to an enormous old mansion in Surrey. Rory’s...
- 12/2/2020
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmExperience
You don’t have to be Gordon Gekko to see how spiraling anxiety over coronavirus has already wrought damage upon global industries. The arrival of James Bond’s latest outing, No Time To Die, is being delayed by six months after its backers decided that stay-at-home corona precautions could damage its box office chances in April. Airline Flybe has sunk into administration (the UK equivalent of bankruptcy) as passenger numbers plunge. And Warner Music Group, home to artists such as Ed Sheeran, Cardi B and Neil Young, this week postponed...
- 3/5/2020
- by Tim Ingham
- Rollingstone.com
You might feel a sense of shame watching Rotimi Rainwater’s “Lost in America,” an expansive documentary look at the issue of youth homelessness in a country where the problem seems unthinkable, and its victims are so often invisible. You are likely to ask yourself how many times you have passed by a homeless child and did not quite see them. The statistics are scary: According to a recent study, nearly 4.2 million kids live out on the streets due to heartbreaking reasons which Rainwater examines in his caring film, chronicling his six-year journey across 15 cities to grasp the breadth of the epidemic. One thing will be certain after tagging along that trip with him: Your eyesight will never skip over the homeless youth again.
That is mostly thanks to Rainwater’s approachable prose — not a feat of filmmaking perhaps, but an absorbing act of compassion nevertheless. As a person who...
That is mostly thanks to Rainwater’s approachable prose — not a feat of filmmaking perhaps, but an absorbing act of compassion nevertheless. As a person who...
- 2/28/2020
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
In the mood to watch some Oscar-winners but you don’t have a blu-ray player? You’re in luck! Did you know there’s a treasure trove of Academy Award-winning titles currently streaming on Hulu? Take a tour of our photo gallery to see what films you should add to your watchlist, from tech-victors to Best Picture champions.
See Oscar Best Picture Gallery: History of Every Academy Award-Winning Movie in History
Right now, you can watch William Friedkin‘s Best Picture winning classic “The French Connection” (1971), featuring Gene Hackman as a narcotics cop who fights just as dirty as the criminals he’s after (quite literally in its famously hair-raising car chase scene). You can also delight in Robert Altman‘s New Hollywood comedy “M*A*S*H” (1970) before binging its television successor.
If animation’s your thing, try revisiting the very first winner for Best Animated Feature: “Shrek” (2001). Or check out the...
See Oscar Best Picture Gallery: History of Every Academy Award-Winning Movie in History
Right now, you can watch William Friedkin‘s Best Picture winning classic “The French Connection” (1971), featuring Gene Hackman as a narcotics cop who fights just as dirty as the criminals he’s after (quite literally in its famously hair-raising car chase scene). You can also delight in Robert Altman‘s New Hollywood comedy “M*A*S*H” (1970) before binging its television successor.
If animation’s your thing, try revisiting the very first winner for Best Animated Feature: “Shrek” (2001). Or check out the...
- 2/1/2020
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Writer-director Sean Durkin’s mesmerizing debut “Martha Marcy May Marlene” may put unreasonable expectations on his long-awaited sophomore effort, “The Nest,” because the masterful psychological thriller that put Durkin on the map has a lot more going for it than the sleek, contained period piece that has followed it up. However, “Martha” casts an unmistakable shadow on “The Nest,” which displays the same complex formalism of its predecessor while settling into a more conventional mold. In Durkin’s icy, slow-burn drama, every frame benefits from masterful composition. Carrie Coon and Jude Law deliver sizzling performances defined by mutual indignation, but it
After the success of “Martha” in 2011, Durkin directed the 2013 British miniseries “Southcliffe,” and “The Nest” assembles a two-hour buildup of overlapping stories that may have benefited from the episodic approach as well. The mid-eighties saga revolves around Rory (Law), an ex-commodities broker who has been living with his wife...
After the success of “Martha” in 2011, Durkin directed the 2013 British miniseries “Southcliffe,” and “The Nest” assembles a two-hour buildup of overlapping stories that may have benefited from the episodic approach as well. The mid-eighties saga revolves around Rory (Law), an ex-commodities broker who has been living with his wife...
- 1/27/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Ask Michael Douglas — a man who’s played cops, college professors, drug czars, tech entrepreneurs, ex-pat adventurers, superhero scientists, an American President and Liberace — if he has a favorite role, and you can see the gears whirling behind the 75-year-old’s eyes. “Well, the pricks are the best roles,” he finally says. “You know, my dad played a bunch of sensitive guys early in his career. Then he plays a prick, and he wins an Oscar!”
You could say that he’s followed in his famous father’s footsteps, given...
You could say that he’s followed in his famous father’s footsteps, given...
- 12/10/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Dandy Dec 9, 2019
The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal has a big role in Wonder Woman 2. But who’s he playing?
Maxwell Lord is a fascinating inclusion in the cast of Wonder Woman 1984. The character has a...let’s just say troubled...history with Diana Prince in the comics, but he’s filled many roles in DC Comics continuity over the years. His presence in this movie possibly signals a bunch of different directions the film and the Dceu could take, and with the movie coming at us quickly, we figured it would be a great time to take A Good Look Around at what Maxwell Lord has meant to the DC Universe.
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History With the Justice League
Maxwell Lord was originally introduced to the comic world by J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Keith Giffen as part of their beloved Justice League run. anera now generally referred to as...
The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal has a big role in Wonder Woman 2. But who’s he playing?
Maxwell Lord is a fascinating inclusion in the cast of Wonder Woman 1984. The character has a...let’s just say troubled...history with Diana Prince in the comics, but he’s filled many roles in DC Comics continuity over the years. His presence in this movie possibly signals a bunch of different directions the film and the Dceu could take, and with the movie coming at us quickly, we figured it would be a great time to take A Good Look Around at what Maxwell Lord has meant to the DC Universe.
ahem...
History With the Justice League
Maxwell Lord was originally introduced to the comic world by J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, and Keith Giffen as part of their beloved Justice League run. anera now generally referred to as...
- 12/9/2019
- Den of Geek
Remember back in the 80s when Wall Street came out and Gordon Gekko was deemed one of the absolute worst human beings alive? He promoted himself as a decent person that could justify just why the things he did and said were important but beyond that he was all about the money and doing whatever it took to keep his position at the top of the heap. A couple of years ago J. Maureen Henderson from Forbes wrote an article speaking of how Wall Street was more relevant than ever now, and after only a couple of years that hasn’t
How the Movie “Wall Street” Is More Relevant Today Than Ever...
How the Movie “Wall Street” Is More Relevant Today Than Ever...
- 4/16/2019
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
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