So each week with the Good Times column, I try to pick a relevant actor due to their upcoming release. This week I decided to go with two, we’ve got Jack Black appearing in “Kung Fu Panda,” and Edward Norton with “The Incredible Hulk.”
June is here, and with Memorial Day behind us Summer finally here. The Summer months are when the studios set up their tentpole pictures the movies with huge budgets and huge stars that’ll break box-office records. But those aren’t the only types of movies hitting the screen this summer, here are a few movies coming …
With Hollywood living it up by reviving trilogies from back in the day, I figured I’d offer some help. I mean, it’s my childhood they’re plundering, so at the very least I can offer insight into what I think would make a great 4th installment. Consider these few on the house ideas my thanks for …
‘Tonight I’ve got a question for you,’ sang Rhett Miller and the Old 97s. Everyone has questions. Only some people have answers. Here are three great movies that not only ask questions but also provide answers.
It was 100 years ago today that author Ian Fleming was born. Fleming, best known for creating James Bond, lived a life almost as interesting as any of his novels. A spy for the Allies during World War II, a world traveler and a bit of a ladies man, Fleming lived life to the fullest.
The writing life is a lonely one. You spend much of your day in a room. Alone with your thoughts and a typewriter. Or a computer. Or a dull #2 pencil and piece of paper. You get the point. So maybe it’s no surprise the cinema is rife with films about the loneliest pursuit in …
Man in line: Wait a minute, why can’t I give my opinion? It’s a free country! Alvy: I mean, d- He can give you- Do you hafta give it so loud? I mean, aren’t you ashamed to pontificate like that?
‘Get Carter’ was ranked 16th in the British Film Institute’s ‘100 Greatest British Films.’ ‘Get Carter’ was chosen by critics as the greatest British film of all time in Total Film Magazine. Wait- did you think I was talking about the Sylvester Stallone version?
In honor of Harrison Ford and his return to one of his most famous characters, Indiana Jones. I want to to celebrate his career, by looking at all the good times we’ve had, with Mr. Harrison Ford.
Actor John Philip Law, best known for his starring role in Mario Bava’s ‘Diabolik,’ and Roger Vadim’s ‘Barbarella,’ has died. Law passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He was 70 years old. Law also appeared in the movies, ‘The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming,’ ‘The Hawaiians,’ and the much discussed, rarely …