Linker in the Rye
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 9:48PM WTF w/ Marc Maron talks to Peter Bogdanovich
Yahoo! has the first image of Michael Fassbender in Assassin's Creed but don't get too excited because it could be anyone, given that the character loves those face covering hoods
EW everything Mads Mikkelsen wore on Hannibal thanks to costume designer Christopher Hargadon. So much fine suitage!
Awards Daily Nicolas Hoult to play JD Salinger in a biopic Rebel in the Rye. Danny Strong is on writer/director duties
Variety Penny Dreadful S3 adds Wes Studi (remember how good he was in Last of the Mohicans), Shazad Latif, Jessica Barden, and Patti LuPone (!) as a regular now, albeit in a new role since her witch died last season
Deep Dish [nsfw] celebrates 66 factoids about Richard Gere for his recent birthday - I didn't know a lot of the off-movie stuff
Tracking Board Michael J Fox is voicing a robotic canine for a new film called A.R.C.H.I.E. as befits an 80s sounding high concept comedy
Empire Sam Worthington and Ruth Wilson to headline a new sci-fi picture called The Titan about a military family participating in an experiment in space
Empire French filmmaker Pascal Chaumeil (Heartbreaker) dies at 54
Film School Rejects has a bathe with A Room With a View... such a great movie
We ♥ to Watch
Gizmodo Amazon Prime now first subscription service to offer download / watch offline
Cinematically Insane looks at the changes at TCM and what that might mean down the road. I'm so wary of this because even if they rebrand to be less about "old" movies then agreed upon "greats" how will we see the really old movies that are harder and harder to find with the death of DVD? I know I'm not alone among cinephiles in the desire to see less-than-great films regularly so as to get context for a career (director or actor) or timeframe at the movies
/Films warns you about all the films leaving Netflix in September. (I'm so glad i never gave up my dvds since the range of their streaming options get grosser and grosser beyond their original content)
For LOLz
The Toast A League of Their Own inspired thinkpieces. Inspired silliness.
MNPP Michel Huisman strutting around New Orleans
Back of the Cereal Box discovers an old Meryl Streep joke that still holds up
Off Screen
Boy Culture a-ha's "Hunting High and Low" to receive 30 year anniversary rerelease. Such an amazing album - pity that people only think of "Take On Me"
Playbill Jim Broadbent returns to the West End toplay Scrooge in A Christmas Carol this season
Towleroad author Oliver Sacks who wrote Awakenings (which became an Oscar nominated movie) recently died (RIP)
Finally
The trailer to the final season of Downton Abbey. So many big shows wrapping up lately.
Reader Comments (11)
Love the Meryl joke!
And what about Applegate's Funny or Die Lifetime movie of Meryl??
I'm still DYING for a tv show to use Patti Lupone properly. AHS: Coven was a travesty, best was still on Will & Grace.
I would say Penny Dreadful used LuPone more than adequately in her guest-starring episode. She killed.
Paul - Agreed on that, wonder if she qualifies for a guest emmy next year.
Has Geena Davis retired,Damn Renny Harlin.
I liked Patti on Girls too, a fictionalized (?) version of herself. I don't think she was on Will and Grace, was she? Are you thinking of Frasier?
I always had a soft spot for A League of Their Own since it's based (loosely) on my hometown.
Paul -- agreed. she totally earned that series regular... though its weird that they'll be giving her a new role.
Nat: That confuses me too. She's a WITCH. Stage a resurrection scene and boom, you're done!
I'm surprisingly sad about Downton's end, even though I skipped this past season. The Brits know when to call it quits at least.
Loved the Emma Thompson interview at Vulture - that woman never disappoints.
Also the appreciation shown to "Room with a View" is marvelous. Such an outstanding cast, such a rewarding re-watch. Perhaps there should be a podcast devoted to Merchant / Ivory productions ? (hint)