So many things happening, I hardly know where to start. I guess I’ll start s of chronologically. In this week’s “Weird, but I would have watched it for sure” story, Apparently the Will Ferrell film Anchorman had a VERY different plot before it was rewritten to the film we now know. Will Ferrell explained, while…
DetailsOh look, it’s another week already. More stuff! More happenings! More! In this week’s “Surprise casting” story, actress Glenn Close will return to television in Amazon’s Sea Oak, a half-hour comedy pilot described as a zombie drama and family revenge comedy. Sea Oak revolves around Aunt Bernie (Close), a meek, unmarried woman with no children…
DetailsI wonder mostly why we must navel gaze at this movie so much. There’s a lot of talk about how it’s the best DC comic book movie in a week of Wednesdays. And that feels like a valid discussion to have if you want. There’s the same, horribly necessary, dialog about the black and brown…
DetailsHas it been a week already? Well, stuff keeps happening, so here we go! In this week’s “Too many losses” story, actress Glenn Headly has passed away at the age of 62. The Emmy-winning actress was a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and was in production on the Hulu series Future Man, and…
DetailsPetty Jenkins used Richard Donner’s Superman (1978) as her model for Wonder Woman, her first feature film since Monster (2003), and the influence is clear and astute. Like Donner’s film, Jenkins’ take on the Amazonian warrior is fuelled by goodness, romance, gentle humour and, well, wonder – specifically the wonder a 5,000 year old Amazonian finds when experiencing the “world of…
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