Singer Al Martino, known for the songs “Spanish Eyes,” and “Volare,” but best known to movie fans as “Godfather” singer Johnny Fontaine has died at age 82. Fonatine was the singer who came to visit Don Corleone during the wedding that opens the first movie, asking for Corleone’s help in giving him a movie career. …
He helped revive one franchise, why not two? Reports this morning say that Chris Pine, best known for playing James Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek,” movie, will be playing Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character in a re-boot of the series. Ryan had been played in previous movies by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben …
Rock and roll may never die, but sometimes it needs to take a part-time job. In the 1980s, Canadian heavy metal band Anvil was on top of the world. Touring with acts like Slayer, Metallica and Motorhead. However, while these bands found a place at the top of the charts, for some reason Anvil never …
It’s been talked and rumored about for some time now. Usually the person doing the talking have been someone with no ties to the project, or one of the cast members of the TV show, but now, Reuters is reporting that creator Mitch Hurwitz and co-executive producer James Vallely are working on the “Arrested Development” …
You can’t go to a Michael Moore movie without knowing what you’re getting into. You’ve already made up your mind years ago whether or not you agree with Moore or you don’t. Moore’s latest movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” will probably not change your mind.
Ghost House Pictures, the production company run by Sam Rami has announced that they’re starting Spooky Pictures, a division designed to create thrillers for family audiences. Their first production will be a re-make of “The Substitute.” It’s based on a Danish movie about a sixth-grade class that tires to warn their parents that their substitute …
If you’ve read the books by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, you know there is a problem with food in this country. If you haven’t, take 90 minutes and check out the distilled, easily digestible (pun intended,) and incredibly informative movie by Robert Kenner, “Food, Inc..”
If you’re at all familiar with the work of Ricky Gervais, you know it’s smart, funny and, usually a little squirm inducing. His latest movie, (one which he co-wrote, co-directed and stars in,) is more of the same. (And that’s a good thing.
A new film from Lonely Reviewer friends Anna Bean and Gillian Robespierre has just debuted on-line and we wanted to let you know ’cause it’s really good. It stars Jenny Slate. (You may have seen her debut last week on ‘Saturday Night Live.’) It’s a touching comedy about abortion and relationships. I know the phrase …
The first picture from Steve Carrell and Tina Fey’s new movie, “Date Night,” has been released. The story is about a long-married couple who try to revive their relationship by going out on dates together as different people. Sounds like a good idea, well, that is, until they run into a case of mobsters and …