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No Effects, No Set Pieces, Just Exceptional Acting: Glengarry Glen Ross Revisited

October 2, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

Released on this day in 1992, Tom Jolliffe looks back at Glengarry Glen Ross, a masterclass in screen acting… The lights go down, the film rolls and everyone in the cinema (except THAT guy) go silent in anticipation of what’s to come. The film must then grip its audience. The cohesion between writer, director and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, News, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Glengarry Glen Ross, Jack Lemmon, James Foley, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin Spacey

Oscar winner Alan Arkin passes away at age 89

June 30, 2023 by EJ Moreno

The world has lost one of its best actors. We’ve learned Alan Arkin has died at the age of 89 in his home in Califonia. Arkin had quite the career, spanning over seven decades and going from the stage to the big & small screen. He was best known for his dry wit and ability […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Alan Arkin

Movie Review – Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

July 1, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Minions: The Rise of Gru, 2022. Directed by Kyle Balda. Featuring the voice talents of Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Russell Brand, Alan Arkin, Taraji P. Henson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Lawless, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Michelle Yeoh, Julie Andrews, and RZA. SYNOPSIS: A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Danny Trejo, Despicable Me, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julie Andrews, Kyle Balda, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Yeoh, Minions, minions: The rise of gru, Pierre Coffin, Russell Brand, RZA, Steve Carell, taraji p henson

Minions: The Rise of Gru trailer explores of the origin of a despicable supervillain

March 31, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Illumination Entertainment has released a new poster and trailer for the Despicable Me prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru. Set in the 1970s, the animated origin story centres on 12 year old Gru as he plots to take over the world and dreams of becoming the world’s greatest supervillain; take a look here… Long before […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Danny Trejo, Despicable Me, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julie Andrews, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Yeoh, Minions, minions: The rise of gru, Russell Brand, RZA, Steve Carell, taraji p henson

The John Cusack Pinnacle: Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity

June 28, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the two films that most typify John Cusack’s qualities, Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity… Top five John Cusack films? Well, Say Anything has got to be there. Perhaps the thoroughly underrated Grifters? What else? Being John Malkovich has got to be in the running too. During Cusack’s rising years in […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Being John Malkovich, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dan Aykroyd, Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Jeremy Piven, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Lili Taylor, Lisa Bonet, Minnie Driver, Say Anything

4K Ultra HD Review – Gattaca (1997)

March 22, 2021 by Brad Cook

Gattaca, 1997. Directed by Andrew Niccol. Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, and Gore Vidal. SYNOPSIS: Gattaca arrives on 4K, which is welcome news to the fans who have made it a cult classic on home video after its poor 1997 box office results. The remastered print is […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Andrew Niccol, Ernest Borgnine, Ethan Hawke, Gattaca, Gore Vidal, Jude Law, Loren Dean, uma thurman

The Kominsky Method renewed for third and final season

July 5, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin will be returning as Sandy Kominsky and Norman Newlander one last time, with Netflix renewing the half-hour comedy series The Kominsky Method for a third and final season. “The Kominsky Method has been a true passion project for me and it’s been an incredible experience to see the warm response […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Chuck Lorre, Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

Mark Wahlberg is out for justice in first trailer for Spenser Confidential

January 20, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released the first trailer and a poster for Spenser Confidential, director Peter Berg’s upcoming adaptation of Ace Atkins’ best-selling novel Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland. The thriller stars Mark Wahlberg as Spenser, an ex-cop and ex-con who enlists the help of his roommate and MMA fighter Hawk (Winston Duke) to help him investigate the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Austin Post, Bokeem Woodbine, Iliza Shlesinger, Marc Maron, Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Spenser Confidential, Winston Duke

Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are back in first images from The Kominsky Method season 2

August 17, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released five first-look images from the second season of the award-winning comedy series The Kominsky Method featuring Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, Nancy Travis, Paul Reiser, Sarah Baker, and Jane Seymour, along with a premiere date reveal on October 26th; take a look here… The sun isn’t setting yet on the once famous Sandy […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Jane Seymour, Michael Douglas, nancy travis, Paul Reiser, Sarah Baker, The Kominsky Method

Movie Review – Dumbo (2019)

March 30, 2019 by Shaun Munro

Dumbo, 2019. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Danny DeVito, Nico Parker, Alan Arkin, Finley Hobbins, Joseph Gatt, DeObia Oparei, Roshan Seth, Sharon Rooney,  and Douglas Reith. SYNOPSIS: A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Alan Arkin, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, DeObia Oparei, Douglas Reith, Dumbo, Eva Green, Finley Hobbins, Joseph Gatt, Michael Keaton, Nico Parker, Roshan Seth, Sharon Rooney, Tim Burton

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