Fresh off their latest collaboration One Battle After Another, Warner Bros. has announced that Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed 1997 drama Boogie Nights is heading to 4K Ultra HD for the very first time this December; take a look at the cover artwork and details here… Boogie Nights Digital release and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Longest Yard (1974)
The Longest Yard, 1974. Directed by Robert Aldrich. Starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Bernadette Peters, and Mike Conrad. SYNOPSIS: The 1974 comedic drama The Longest Yard, starring Burt Reynolds, arrives on 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Kino Lorber, which commissioned a new 4K restoration that has the film looking better than ever on […]
Paramount developing another remake of The Longest Yard
Paramount Pictures are working on yet another remake of popular prison sports comedy The Longest Yard. According to Deadline the studio, who released both the Burt Reynolds 1974 version and the 2005 Adam Sandler remake, have tapped Rodney Barnes (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) to write the script for the film. Directed […]
Movie Review – The Last Movie Star (2017)
The Last Movie Star, 2017. Written and directed by Adam Rifkin. Starring Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Chevy Chase, Clark Duke, Ellar Coltrane, and Nikki Blonsky. SYNOPSIS: An aging film star is invited to receive a lifetime achievement award in Middle America… This rites of passage road trip movie written and directed by Adam Rifkin does […]
Bruce Dern replaces Burt Reynolds in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Deadline is reporting that Bruce Dern is set to reunite with his The Hateful Eight director Quentin Tarantino on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with Dern taking over the role originally earmarked for his long time friend, the late Burt Reynolds. Reynolds originally signed on to portray George Spahn, the owner of the ranch where […]
Burt Reynolds was yet to shoot Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Following on from the passing of Burt Reynolds earlier this week, THR has now confirmed that the screen legend was yet to shoot his scenes for Quentin Tarantino’s hotly-anticipated next film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Reynolds signed on to the project back in May and was set to portray George Spahn, the owner […]
R.I.P. Burt Reynolds (1936 – 2018)
Some sad news this evening, as Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds has passed away aged 82, with US Weekly reporting that the Oscar-nominated actor suffered a fatal heart attack in Florida. Born in Lansing, Michigan in 1936, Reynolds enjoyed a career that spanned seven decades, starting out in television in the late 1950s and making his […]
Movie Review – The Last Movie Star (2017)
The Last Movie Star, 2017. Written and directed by Adam Rifkin. Starring Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Chevy Chase, Clark Duke, Ellar Coltrane, and Nikki Blonsky. SYNOPSIS: An aging former movie star is forced to face the reality that his glory days are behind him. On its surface, the film is a tale about faded fame. […]
Margot Robbie confirmed as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
After months of speculation, Margot Robbie has now officially signed up to play Manson victim Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino is also in talks with Burt Reynolds to play ranch owner George Spahn and is discussing minor roles with The Hateful Eight alumni Tim Roth, Kurt […]
Blu-ray Review – The Cannonball Run (1981)
The Cannonball Run, 1981. Directed by Hal Needham. Starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Adrienne Barbeau, Jackie Chan, Peter Fonda, Jack Elam and Tara Buckman. SYNOPSIS: An illegal cross-country car race attracts an eclectic bunch of characters with their eyes on the prize, and they’ll do anything […]
