The Legally Blonde prequel series just added TV royalty to its cast. James Van Der Beek is back, joining the upcoming series Elle alongside Lexi Minetree, who will star as Elle Woods during her high school years. Van Der Beek will play Dean Wilson, described as “the city’s new mayoral candidate and current school district […]
Legally Blonde prequel series finds its young Elle
Last year it was announced that Amazon had granted a series order to a Legally Blonde prequel series from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine production company, and now comes word that Lexi Minetree (The Murdaugh Murders) is set to portray a young Elle Woods in Prime Video’s Elle. “Allow me to introduce you to the new […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Paul Verhoeven
Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to iconic directors with controversial Dutch director, Paul Verhoeven… A man who never does anything by halves, Paul Verhoeven is a director who has courted controversy throughout his career. With a long and varied resume, spanning beginnings in Dutch TV and film, then in and out of […]
Reese Witherspoon-produced Legally Blonde prequel Elle gets series order
Legally Blonde became a cultural touchstone for many in the 00s, and now, with a new prequel series, we’ll be able to revisit the pink and blonde world of Elle Woods. As we reported previously, a new Legally Blonde project was in development. We’ve learned it will be a prequel series following a young Elle […]
20 Great Performances from the Past Decade
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 20 great performances from the past decade… There have been plenty of legendary performances through the years. Some gain the greatest of acclaim from the off, culminating in Oscar glory. Others hit below the radar, or don’t get the marketing push required for an Oscar run. Award season is in […]
Ranking the Films of Paul Verhoeven
George Nash assesses the cinematic output of the subversive Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven… On the Rotten Tomatoes page of Showgirls, the critical consensus reads as follows: “Vile, contemptible, garish, and misogynistic — and that might just be exactly Showgirls‘ point”. It’s about as perfect as any summation could hope to be in capturing the journey taken […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Elle (2016)
Elle, 2016. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Laffite, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Christian Berkel and Jonas Bloquet. SYNOPSIS: Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. However her life takes a dramatic turn when she is raped in […]
