Tom Jolliffe looks at a productive year for Shia LaBeouf, in what could be a triumphant comeback… There was a time, at the height of his blockbuster fame, when Shia LaBeouf was a persistent presence in the media spotlight. That presence too, as he transitioned into adulthood from teen (and pre-teen) superstar, was often connected […]
Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2019
The Flickering Myth writing team present our top ten movies of 2019… 2019. A year that has seen Disney dominating the multiplexes, the Mouse House setting records left, right and centre (not least Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which dethroned 2009’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all-time). It’s seen legendary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese […]
Movie Review – Honey Boy (2019)
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, FKA Twigs, Natasha Lyonne, Maika Monroe, Clifton Collins Jr., and Martin Starr. SYNOPSIS: A young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. […]
Movie Review – Honey Boy (2019)
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Shia LaBeouf, FKA Twigs, Maika Monroe and Natasha Lyonne. SYNOPSIS: A former child star in rehab looks back on his youthful fame, as well as his abusive, alcoholic father. There is a lot of talk this year about auto-fiction, in which filmmakers give […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Honey Boy
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, and Noah Jupe. SYNOPSIS: A young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Braced somewhere between film-as-therapy and surreal performance-art project, Honey Boy is a Shia LaBeouf-penned collaboration with Alma […]
Shia LaBeouf revisits his troubled past in trailer for autobiographical drama Honey Boy
Amazon Studios has debuted the first red band trailer for director Alma Har’el’s upcoming drama Honey Boy. Written by Shia LaBeouf, the film explores his life and struggles from childhood to his early adult years and stars Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as the fictionalised LaBeouf character Otis Lort across different stages in his career, […]
Maika Monroe joins Shia LaBeouf biopic Honey Boy
It Follows and Independence Day: Resurgence star Maika Monroe has become the latest addition to the cast of Honey Boy, a drama based upon the life of Shia LaBeouf. The film is being directed by Alma Har’el (Bombay Beach) from a script by LaBeouf under the pen name Otis Lort. Lucas Hedges (Lady Bird) and […]
A Quiet Place’s Noah Jupe to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy
Last month it was announced that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a film exploring the actor’s relationship with his father (who’ll also be played by LaBeouf himself). Well, now comes word of a new addition to the cast of the film, […]
Lucas Hedges to play Shia LaBeouf in biopic Honey Boy, with LaBeouf as his father
THR is reporting that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a drama exploring LaBeouf’s relationship with his father. Transformers star LaBeouf has penned the script under the pseudonym Otis Lort, and will also appear in the film as his father, while Hedges […]
