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Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg’s Boston Marathon bombing movie Patriots Day gets a first trailer

October 5, 2016 by Justin Cook

  Coming off of the slightly disappointing opening weekend results for Deepwater Horizon, CBS Films has released the first trailer for Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg’s second collaboration of the year, Patriots Day. Much like Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day is based on fairly recent true events, in this case, the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News Tagged With: Alex Wolff, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman, kevin bacon, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Benoist, Michael Beach, Michelle Monaghan, patriots' day, Peter Berg, Rachel Brosnahan

Movie Review – The Accountant (2016)

October 15, 2016 by Robert Kojder

The Accountant, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, John Lithgow, and Jeffrey Tambor. SYNOPSIS: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise. Sometimes, too much going on in the script […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Anna Kendrick, Ben Affleck, Gavin O'Connor, J.K. Simmons, Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow, Jon Bernthal, The Accountant

J.K. Simmons wants to explore Commissioner Gordon’s “badass side” in Justice League

July 3, 2016 by Gary Collinson

As production continues on next year’s huge DC blockbuster Justice League, J.K. Simmons has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about his role as Commissioner Gordon, stating that he hopes to explore the character’s “badass side” in the superhero ensemble. “People of my generation remember Commissioner Gordon as this jolly, ineffectual Santa Claus type, and I […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, J.K. Simmons, Justice League

J.K. Simmons will only have a “very small” role in Justice League Part One

April 27, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last month, it was revealed that J.K. Simmons is set to portray the character of Commissioner Gordon in the currently-in-production Justice League Part One, and the Oscar-winner has revealed that his first foray into the DC Extended Universe will be a very minor role, although he is hoping it will lead to bigger things further […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, J.K. Simmons, Justice League, Justice League Part One

J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Joan Cusack and Rashida Jones set for animated Santa origin story Klaus

November 21, 2017 by Gary Collinson

The Tracking Board is reporting that J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Joan Cusack and Rashida Jones have signed on to lend their voices to Klaus, a new animated feature from Despicable Me writer Sergio Pablos. The family comedy will mark the directorial debut of Pablos and tells the story of a desperate postman who accidentally brings about the genesis […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Joan Cusack, Rashida Jones

J.K. Simmons on his preparations for Commissioner Gordon role in Justice League

April 18, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Last month it was announced that J.K. Simmons is set to portray Commissioner Gordon in Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie, and with production now underway on the DC team-up, the Oscar-winning actor has been speaking to Collider about his preparations for the role. “Obviously, a lot of really wonderful actors have played that character previously, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, J.K. Simmons, Justice League, Spider-Man

Gary Oldman gives J.K. Simmons advice on playing Commissioner Gordon in Justice League

April 10, 2016 by Justin Cook

In 2017’s Justice League Part One, Oscar winner J.K. Simmons will be taking on the iconic role of Gotham City’s Commissioner James Gordon, making him the first actor to play the part in a live-action film since Gary Oldman did so in The Dark Knight Rises. In fact, Oldman, who was among a slew of […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Gary Oldman, J.K. Simmons, Justice League Part One

Stephen Rea, Richard Schiff and Sarah Bolger cast in Counterpart

January 20, 2017 by Ricky Church

Starz has cast three actors in their upcoming original series Counterpart: V for Vendetta‘s Stephen Rea, The West Wing‘s Richard Schiff and The Tudors‘ Sarah Bolger. They will appear in recurring roles in the series led by J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). Counterpart is the story of Howard Silk (Simmons), a lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency, who discovers that the agency […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Counterpart, J.K. Simmons, Richard Schiff, Sarah Bolger, Starz, Stephen Rea

J.K. Simmons chose between two different roles for La La Land

January 13, 2017 by Justin Cook

Over the past few weeks, La La Land has become a force to be reckoned with. Between its seven Golden Globe wins (and a slew of other accolades) and strong numbers at the box office, the film’s director, Damien Chazelle, has truly outdone himself, a seemingly impossible task seeing as how his previous film, Whiplash, set […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News Tagged With: damien chazelle, J.K. Simmons, la la land

Second Opinion – Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

March 15, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Kung Fu Panda 3, 2016. Directed by Jennifer Yuh & Alessandro Carloni. Starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston, J.K. Simmons, Kate Hudson, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Lucy Liu and Jackie Chan. SYNOPSIS: Third instalment of the animated series, in which Po, the titular panda, finally meets his […]

Filed Under: Eric Bay-Andersen, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alessandro Carloni, Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston, David Cross, Dustin Hoffman, J.K. Simmons, Jack Black, Jackie Chan, James Hong, Jennifer Yuh, Kate Hudson, Kung Fu Panda 3, Lucy Liu, Randall Duk Kim, Seth Rogan, Seth Rogen

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