One-hit-wonders are an unusual thing. There are endless examples of artists that create something monumental that blasts its way into the pop culture zeitgeist and temporarily enchants and captures our attention. Then as quickly as they came, they seem to disappear. That is the idea behind 1996’s That Thing You Do! Written, directed by, and starring Tom Hanks as Mr. White- a big-time record producer who’s just discovered his next big talent- a small-town Pennsylvania rock n’ roll band with the potential to be the next big thing.
Now this movie was released in 1996 (as was a former entry into our own The Best Movie You Never Saw) and was Tom Hanks’ writing and directorial debut. Honestly, this is quite the freshman effort from the talented showman. The movie centers around The Wonders (formely the One-Ders), a local band that is struggling to find a good drummer before...
Now this movie was released in 1996 (as was a former entry into our own The Best Movie You Never Saw) and was Tom Hanks’ writing and directorial debut. Honestly, this is quite the freshman effort from the talented showman. The movie centers around The Wonders (formely the One-Ders), a local band that is struggling to find a good drummer before...
- 1/7/2024
- by Kier Gomes
- JoBlo.com
Melanie Lynskey is opening up about why she initially turned down auditioning for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
During a recent interview with Shut Up Evan: The Newsletter, conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, the actress explained why she didn’t feel like she was ready to make the jump from film to television at the time.
“It was kind of a visa issue, but not really,” she said. “I also was not sure about doing television at that time. It was very early in my career. I had a very old-school agent who was like, ‘TV? That’s for has-beens!’ and I was like, ‘I don’t think it is anymore.’ Certainly, now things have really changed, but I just wasn’t super into it (TV) at the time.”
Before the Sarah Michelle Gellar-led series made its debut in 1997, Lynskey made her acting debut in Peter Jackson’s 1994 film Heavenly Creatures,...
During a recent interview with Shut Up Evan: The Newsletter, conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, the actress explained why she didn’t feel like she was ready to make the jump from film to television at the time.
“It was kind of a visa issue, but not really,” she said. “I also was not sure about doing television at that time. It was very early in my career. I had a very old-school agent who was like, ‘TV? That’s for has-beens!’ and I was like, ‘I don’t think it is anymore.’ Certainly, now things have really changed, but I just wasn’t super into it (TV) at the time.”
Before the Sarah Michelle Gellar-led series made its debut in 1997, Lynskey made her acting debut in Peter Jackson’s 1994 film Heavenly Creatures,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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