Hasitha Fernando revisits The Big Lebowski at 25… Now this-a-here story I’m about to unfold revolves around a pair of upstanding American filmmakers and a little movie the duo crafted two decades prior. Over the years, this ‘ere film which goes by the name of The Big Lebowski, has gone on to become something of […]
Blu-ray Review – King Kong: Collector’s Edition (1976)
King Kong, 1976. Directed by John Guillermin. Starring Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Julius Harris, and Jack O’Halloran. SYNOPSIS: Dino De Laurentiis’s 1976 remake of King Kong tends to be forgotten in favor of Peter Jackson’s 2005 version, but many of us who were kids at the time tend to […]
Jeff Bridges is The Old Man in trailer for new FX spy series
FX has released a trailer for the upcoming small-screen adaptation of Thomas Perry’s novel The Old Man. The action thriller series stars Jeff Bridges as Dan Chase, a former CIA agent living off the grid who finds himself forced out of hiding and on the run from the FBI after he’s tracked down by an […]
Hell or High Water TV adaptation in the works at FOX
It’s time to put on the dusted up denim and start growing a huge moustache following the announcement that a small-screen adaptation of the critically acclaimed 2016 sleeper-hit Hell or High Water is in development at FOX. Variety reports that none of the original talent – Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, or writer Taylor […]
Sideshow unveils The Dude Sixth Scale Figure from The Big Lebowski
Sideshow has unveiled the 1:6 scale The Dude figure which is inspired by the likeness of Jeff Bridges in The Coen Brothers classic 1998 crime comedy The Big Lebowski. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $250; check it out here… You can call him The Dude, His Dudeness, Duder, or El Duderino […]
The Last Picture Show with Buckshot director Joshua J. Smith | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #82
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, director Joshua J. Smith stops by to delve into the monochrome nostalgia of The Last Picture Show… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Joshua J. Smith discusses his […]
Movie Review – Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018. Written and Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Nick Offerman, Manny Jacinto, Cailee Spaeny, Xavier Dolan, Katharine Isabelle, Jim O’Heir, and Lewis Pullman. SYNOPSIS: Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown […]
Jeff Bridges teases the return of The Dude
In what we strongly suspect is a similar scenario to last year’s Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home, Jeff Bridges has taken to social media to tease the return of The Dude, the iconic slacker from the Coen brothers’ The Big Lewbowski, with a 15-second teaser video that suggests all will be revealed […]
Movie Review – Wind River (2017)
Wind River, 2017. Directed by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Gil Birmingham and Jon Bernthal. SYNOPSIS: When a young Native American woman is found dead in the snow on a reservation in Wyoming, the local sheriff calls in the FBI to investigate. The nearest available agent is very much a city girl […]
Jeff Bridges to play The Old Man for FX
Deadline is reporting that Jeff Bridges is heading to the small screen to lead the cast of The Old Man, a new drama set up at FX and based upon the novel of the same name by Thomas Perry. The series has been created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine (Black Sails), and will see […]