AMERICAN ASSASSIN PRESS INTERVIEWS Here are the videos from the American Assassin press junket. it’s the new government/spy action thriller based on the best-selling book series by Vince Flynn. Michael Keaton “Stan Hurley” & Dylan O’Brien “Mitch Rapp” Taylor Kitsch “Ghost” Shiva Negar “Annika” Currently playing in theaters On BluRay/DVD/Video On Demand December 12, 2017 click HERE for my review of American AssassinRead More →
AMERICAN ASSASSIN Director: Michael Cuesta Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar Dylan O’Brien is best known for his teen friendly roles in the YA genre whether it’s MTV’s Teen Wolf or The Maze Runner franchise. It’s evident that with American Assassin he’s ready to shed that innocent side of him for grittier material. He plays Mitch Rapp, the lead character in a series of books from Vince Flynn. This book was his eleventh in the series but tells the origin story of Rapp. It’s a great starting off point for a potential new action series. It all started on aRead More →
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Director: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Abraham Attah, Hannibal Buress If you think three different iterations of Spider-Man within a ten-year period were too many, you may be right. I present to you Spider-Man: Homecoming, which may change your mind a bit after the disappointing Amazing Spider-Man movies. We were first introduced to actor Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man last year in Captain America: Civil War. Homecoming opens in the aftermath of the first Avengers movie with Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes collecting various alien debrisRead More →
THE FOUNDER Director: John Lee Hancock Starring: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Laura Dern, B.J. Novak, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson I couldn’t tell you the last time I stepped into a McDonald’s restaurant. It’s probably been a good two months since I even went through the drive-thru line and that was only because we were traveling. What I didn’t know is that there is a plaque in every restaurant dedicated to Ray Kroc. My husband had to fill me in on this detail. Who is Ray Kroc? Does the average McDonald’s customer stopping in for a Quarter Pounder or Big Mac know theRead More →
MY DEFINITIVE RANKING OF BATMAN ON THE BIG SCREEN Batman is making another return to the big screen this weekend with Zach Snyder’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. This is the second film in DC Comics’ larger Justice League universe. The Caped Crusader is my all-time favorite superhero. I even donned the cape and cowl for Halloween one year when I was a kid. I thought I would take a look back at the many iterations we’ve seen of the character. We’ve seen a variety of Oscar winners, villains, styles, themes, bat logos, and nipples in the eight movies that have come before. Let’sRead More →
SPOTLIGHT Director: Tom McCarthy Starring: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Adams, Brian D’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, John Slattery, Billy Crudup It seems to be commonly thought that journalism is not what it used to be. Instead of simply covering the story, there’s a bias thrown in or you expect a certain political angle depending on what channel news you are watching. When you actually stick to the facts and let them speak for themselves, it can in turn be effective and powerful. Director Tom McCarthy takes that approach with the dynamic and moving Spotlight. In July 2001, the Boston Globe received a new editor whenRead More →
MINIONS Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin Starring: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Katy Mixon The scene-stealers from the Despicable Me movies have received their own movie, and it’s a prequel! The minions are continually in search for a proper master that they can work for which ends up being a harder task than they had envisioned. Centuries pass taking them from dinosaurs to world leaders, but none of them work out. Without a master, they feel like they have no purpose. After spending time in frozen tundra, Bob, Stuart, and Kevin (all voiced by director PierreRead More →
THE 72nd GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS Here are the nominations for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards brought to you by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association BEST MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA 1. Boyhood 2. Foxcatcher 3. The Imitation Game 4. Selma 5. The Theory of Everything BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS-DRAMA 1. Jennifer Aniston, Cake 2. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything 3. Julianne Moore, Still Alice 4. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl 5. Reese Witherspoon, Wild BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR-DRAMA 1. Steve Carell, Foxcatcher 2. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game 3. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler 4. David Oyelowo, Selma 5. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything BESTRead More →
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 2014 OSCARS ROUNDTABLE: THE ACTORS The Hollywood Reporter offers insightful roundtable discussions with some of the best talent working in the business. I love their Oscar Roundtable series every year, and I try to post each one of them. Here are six actors that are getting some buzz for their work. They discuss playing real life characters, the stereotypes behind British actors versus American actors, and Timothy Spall informs the group of a phantom pooper that may be lurking around the National Theater. Enjoy! The Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game Ethan Hawke, Boyhood MichaelRead More →
BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Zach Galifianakis, Merritt Weaver, Lindsay Duncan No, this is not another Marvel release. Birdman is not even some obscure comic book character given the big screen treatment. For actor Riggan Thompson (Keaton), Birdman is the character he will always be remembered for throughout his career. Despite leaving the franchise after three films, he is at that point in his life where he is considered washed up, irrelevant, and forgotten. He has never truly been able to let that character go as he is haunted andRead More →