Elizabeth Banks is an American actress, director, producer and writer. She is best known for her roles in the Pitch Perfect film series, The Hunger Games film series as Effie Trinket, as well as her role of Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the musical comedy film series, The Rock of Ages. Elizabeth has also starred in many other successful films such as Wet Hot American Summer, Seabiscuit, Meet Dave, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
Elizabeth Banks. Depostiphotos
Elizabeth’s career began off-Broadway at the Wpa theater in New York City with her debut in Shakespeare’s The Tempest which was followed by numerous other stage works. Elizabeth transitioned to television with a recurring role on the NBC drama series Third Watch. Elizabeth’s wide range of acting credits includes notable roles in television shows such as Modern Family, 30 Rock and Scrubs. Elizabeth made her...
Elizabeth Banks. Depostiphotos
Elizabeth’s career began off-Broadway at the Wpa theater in New York City with her debut in Shakespeare’s The Tempest which was followed by numerous other stage works. Elizabeth transitioned to television with a recurring role on the NBC drama series Third Watch. Elizabeth’s wide range of acting credits includes notable roles in television shows such as Modern Family, 30 Rock and Scrubs. Elizabeth made her...
- 3/15/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Cocaine Bear is directed by Elizabeth Banks, with an ensemble cast that includes Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings and Alden Ehrenreich.
A movie that starts off with a comic bump and cites Wikipedia as a source can’t be bad, can it?
If you take it seriously, it’s a B-movie with little plot and a series of “well-worn” jokes that are probably funnier after you’ve had two or three whiskeys or your favorite substance.
If you don’t take it seriously: it’s an eighties revival that’s lot of fun and is done with period effects.
Very funny.
Plot (to call it something)
A guy throws some packets of cocaine out of a plane, which end up in the paws of a bear, which dances furiously in a park that is similar to Yellowstone – but with an entirely different Yogi there…
About the Movie
Funny,...
A movie that starts off with a comic bump and cites Wikipedia as a source can’t be bad, can it?
If you take it seriously, it’s a B-movie with little plot and a series of “well-worn” jokes that are probably funnier after you’ve had two or three whiskeys or your favorite substance.
If you don’t take it seriously: it’s an eighties revival that’s lot of fun and is done with period effects.
Very funny.
Plot (to call it something)
A guy throws some packets of cocaine out of a plane, which end up in the paws of a bear, which dances furiously in a park that is similar to Yellowstone – but with an entirely different Yogi there…
About the Movie
Funny,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Robert Pollard almost threw up on New Year’s Eve when Guided by Voices kicked off 2020 with a 100-song set at Los Angeles’ The Teragram Ballroom.
“It was difficult because I have a bum hip,” the intrepid high-kicker tells Rolling Stone. “It felt fine for about the first two hours of the show and then it started hurting. … I didn’t hold back at all in the vocal department. You can’t. The songs are what they are and I really belt them out. There’s no way to really...
“It was difficult because I have a bum hip,” the intrepid high-kicker tells Rolling Stone. “It felt fine for about the first two hours of the show and then it started hurting. … I didn’t hold back at all in the vocal department. You can’t. The songs are what they are and I really belt them out. There’s no way to really...
- 1/7/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Take another look @ "Charlie's Angels" director Elizabeth Banks in "...a sexy and surreal..." fashion spread, photographed by Hunter & Gatti for "Flaunt" magazine:
"People treat comedy like it's some frilly, unsubstantial thing," said Banks. "But we're bringing fucking joy!
"We're spreading joy 24/7!'...there is some skill behind what I'm doing..."
Banks made her film debut in the indie feature "Surrender Dorothy" (1998), followed by roles in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–2007), followed by the "40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005)...
..."Zack and Miri Make a Porno" (2008), "Role Models" (2008), "The Next Three Days" (2010), "Pitch Perfect" (2012), "The Lego Movie" (2014), and "The Hunger Games" films (2012–2015). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with "Pitch Perfect 2", earning $69M opening weekend, setting a record for a first time director.
Also in 2015, Banks portrayed 'Melinda Ledbetter Wilson' in director Bill Pohlad's "Beach Boys" bio, "Love & Mercy".
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"People treat comedy like it's some frilly, unsubstantial thing," said Banks. "But we're bringing fucking joy!
"We're spreading joy 24/7!'...there is some skill behind what I'm doing..."
Banks made her film debut in the indie feature "Surrender Dorothy" (1998), followed by roles in director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–2007), followed by the "40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005)...
..."Zack and Miri Make a Porno" (2008), "Role Models" (2008), "The Next Three Days" (2010), "Pitch Perfect" (2012), "The Lego Movie" (2014), and "The Hunger Games" films (2012–2015). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with "Pitch Perfect 2", earning $69M opening weekend, setting a record for a first time director.
Also in 2015, Banks portrayed 'Melinda Ledbetter Wilson' in director Bill Pohlad's "Beach Boys" bio, "Love & Mercy".
Click the images to enlarge...
- 2/15/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
When Roger was asked to start a film festival by Kim Rotzoll, the dean of the College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, we had no idea it would exist 20 years later. The idea was to do a one-time festival as a follow up to the successful Cyberfest, the birthday party for Hal 9000, the computer in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” who says in the movie that he was born in Urbana, Illinois. Roger had something in common with Hal 9000, he too was born in Urbana. And so Roger agreed to undertake the task. Besides, Roger was a proponent of the civilizing effect that watching movies communally could have. He said that movies are a giant machine that generates empathy, letting us know about the different hopes, aspirations, dreams, and fears of others and helps us to identify with the people who are sharing this journey with us.
- 4/18/2018
- by Chaz Ebert
- Variety Film + TV
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