Posted on December 12, 2015 at 3:26 pm
Juliet Stevenson plays Mother Teresa in William Riead‘s The Letters. In our interview, I began by asking her about playing the famously tiny nun when she is a tall woman. ” You’re absolutely right and one of the first things I said to Bill Riead when he rang me and asked me to do it …
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Posted on December 12, 2015 at 10:09 am
Happy centenary to the Chairman of the Board, the Voice, Old Blue-Eyes, Frank Sinatra, one of the greatest stars of all time. These are some of my favorite Sinatra movies. On the Town, with Gene Kelly and Jules Munchin He won an Oscar for From Here to Eternity: He played Nathan Detroit in Guys and …
Posted on December 12, 2015 at 8:00 am
Roald Dahl’s book about The BFG (big friendly giant) is coming to theaters, directed by Steven Spielberg and with a script from “E.T” screenwriter Melissa Mathison. (It has a bit of an “E.T.” feel to it, don’t you think?)
Posted on December 11, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Coming next summer: “Kubo and the Two Strings” is an epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of “Game of Thrones”) ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Hashi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) and …
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Posted on December 10, 2015 at 6:16 pm
A| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity |
| Profanity: | Constant very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, crude humor, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Fraud, corruption, economic upheavals |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | December 11, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: | March 15, 2016 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B0177ZM3LO |
Director Adam McKay is so obsessed with the 2008 financial meltdown that he inserted a series of charts and graphs and statistics about it over the closing credits of the silly buddy-cop comedy, The Other Guys. Yes, there was a villain played by Steve Coogan who was up to some financial jiggery pokery, but only …
