Friday, March 30, 2018 at 2:13PM by Nathaniel R
This week I accidently learned that Breakfast in Tiffany's famous "Cat" was also "Butch the Cat" who terrorized the title character in The Incredible Shrinking Man. The brilliant feline actor, who went by "Orangey," also cozied up to Eartha Kitt's Catwoman in the Batman TV series!
What stories that ginger tabby could have told if he deigned to speak our language.
Friday, December 15, 2017 at 7:16PM Episode something or other.... [cue link theme]
• Racked Titanic's necklace almost bankrupted a whole company!
• My New Plaid Pants geeking out over Ms. Laura Dern who spoke to NYC at the Film Society of Lincoln Center recently
• Deadline an interview with the great production designer Santo Loquasto on Wonder Wheel
• Out Ryan Murphy's Boys in the Band Broadway Revival has cast a bunch of its players already and it's basically all the famous gays: Charlie Carver, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Zachary Quinto some of whom at least have stage experience.
• The Muse talks to Glenn Close who has some interesting things to say about gossip, Harvey Weinstein, and being an older actor in Hollywood
• Indie Wire on the multi-pronged creative casting efforts for The Florida Project
• Vanity Fair interviews Joe Wright of Darkest Hour, Atonement, Pride & Prejudice fame
• Variety the Roseanne reunion sitcom will start airing March 27th. Wheeee
• Mubi on the Berlinale lineup or February 2018
• / Film If you only think of Disney/Fox merger in terms of superheroes, you'll probably be overjoyed
• Vox remembering what might be 2017's signature movie scene "No Man's Land" in Wonder Woman
• Broadway World the cast of Cats posing with adoptable felines. Awww
• Variety that young JRR Tolkien biopic starring Nicholas Hoult has wrapped. Biopics aren't always Oscar favorites anymore but we shall see.
• Film School Rejects looked at new releases of old movies on dvd: Election, China Moon and more
• Deadline TV/film producer Martin Ransohoff has died. Among his credits The Sandpiper, The Cincinatti Kid, The Beverly Hilbillies and Jagged Edge
Star Wars Time Again
• The Verge thinks Rogue One is about net neutrality
• /Film 10 the greatest female characters in the Star Wars universe (wait, there are ten?)
• Vanity Fair the plea for LGBT characters in the Star Wars movies and why they've been ignored
Exit Video
James Corden's Crosswalk the Musical welcomes The Greatest Showman's Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron
Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 11:00AM by Nathaniel R
As a self-confessed crazy cat lady, I'm not sure why it took me so long to see the Turkish documentary Kedi. But it's fitting that I finally saw it late last night. I didn't even realize until this morning that I had ushered in National Cat Day with the streetcats of Istanbul. Since I am not a frequent documentary-watcher (unlike Glenn) I tend to only see them when the subject matter really intrigues me or if awards season comes calling...
Kedi, Oscars (17), Turkey, cats, documentaries Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 10:11AM by Nathaniel R
| Weekend Box Office (Sept 29th-October 1st) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide |
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| 1. KINGSMAN 2 $16.9 (cum. $66.6) | 1.🔺 TIL DEATH DO US PART $1.5 on 562 screens |
| 2. IT $16.9 (cum. $290.7) REVIEW | 5 TAKEAWAYS | 2.🔺 VICTORIA AND ABDUL $1 on 77 screens (cum. $1.3) |
| 3. 🔺 AMERICAN MADE $16.7 | 3.🔺 A QUESTION OF FAITH $1 on 661 screens |
| 4. LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE $11.6 (cum. $35.2) | 4. 🔺 STRONGER $922k on 645 screens (cum. $3.1) REVIEW |
| 5. 🔺 FLATLINERS $6.5 | 5. 🔺 JUDWAA 2 $638k on 192 screens |
| 6. 🔺 BATTLE OF THE SEXES $3.4 (cum. $4) | 6. BRAD'S STATUS $400k on 453 screens (cum. $1.7) REVIEW |
🔺 = new or significant expansion numbers (in millions unless otherwise noted) from box office mojo |
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A bit late on the quickie box office chart this week but for a good reason. The race for #1 was so tight between three films that it took til Monday to clear it up with the Kingsman sequel topping and the new Tom Cruise actioner American Made on bottom....
Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 9:02AM Two truths.
Is Jessica Chastain the New Jessica Chastain?
— FILM TWlTTER (@filmtwiter) August 17, 2017
Biggest fight in combat sports history, sorry Mayweather/McGregor #ThorRagnarok pic.twitter.com/BjsPvqYnRN
— Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth) August 23, 2017
After the jump: cool cats, controversial fav Scorsese, eclipse jokes, Emmy jokes, niche actressexual polls, and much more...
