Willie Soke returns for another R-rated holiday heist later this month with the release of the comedy sequel Bad Santa 2, and we’ve got a selection of video interviews featuring cast members Billy Bob Thornton (Willie), Christina Hendricks (Diane), Kathy Bates (Sunny Soke), Tony Cox (Marcus) and Brett Kelly (Thurman Merman), which you can watch […]
Trailer for Franka Potente’s directorial debut Home starring Kathy Bates and Jake McLaughlin
Ahead of its digital release this January, a trailer, poster and images have arrived online for the upcoming thriller Home. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Franka Potente (Run Lola Run) and features a cast that includes Kathy Bates, Jake McLaughlin, and Aisling Franciosi; take a look here… When a 40-year-old man returns […]
John Cena and Kathy Bates to run for President in thriller The Independent
John Cena (The Suicide Squad) and Kathy Bates (Misery) are set to portray Presidential candidates in The Independent, a political thriller starring Brian Cox (Succession) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim). Directed by Amy Rice (By The People: The Election of Barack Obama) and from a Black List script by Evan Parter, The Independent is […]
Kathy Bates joins Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Kathy Bates (Richard Jewel) has joined Kelly Fremon Craig’s upcoming adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. She will star alongside Abby Ryder Fortson (Ant-Man and The Wasp) and Rachel McAdams (Game Night). Bates will play Sylvia, Margaret’s beloved grandmother. Fortson will play the title role of Margaret, a young […]
Misery at 30: Why the story of an obsessive superfan is even more potent three decades on
With Rob Reiner’s thriller celebrating its 30th anniversary, George Nash looks at the alarming relevance of Misery in the modern era… Movies, and perhaps most patently horror movies, are like mirrors. For well over a century, in the familiar setting of the living room or dark sanctuary of the multiplex, in the perceived safety of […]
October Horrors 2020 – Misery (1990)
Misery, 1990. Directed by Rob Reiner. Starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen and Lauren Bacall. SYNOPSIS: After a car crash, successful novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by Annie Wilkes, an eccentric woman who is Paul’s “number one fan”. As he recovers from his injuries, Paul quickly discovers that far from being rescued, […]
Macaulay Culkin joins season 10 of American Horror Story
Macaulay Culkin is now part of the American Horror Story franchise, recently being added for the upcoming tenth season. Creator Ryan Murphy announced the cast members with a video posted to his Instagram, featuring the song “Dead of Night” by Orville Peck. Is that a clue at the upcoming season’s theme? There is still no […]
Movie Review – Richard Jewell (2019)
Richard Jewell, 2019. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Dylan Kussman, Mike Pniewski, Billy Slaughter, Niko Nicotera, Alex Collins, Desmond Phillips, Grant Roberts, Ronnie Allen, Garon Grigsby, Brian Brightman, David de Vries, and David Shae. SYNOPSIS: American security guard Richard Jewell […]
Kathy Bates praises Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as Arthur Fleck in Joker
American Horror Story and Misery star Kathy Bates has praised Joaquin Phoenix’s Golden Globe-winning performance as Arthur Fleck in the Todd Phillips directed film, Joker. In an interview with Deadline, Bates said she found Phoenix’s performance to be “electrifying” and it has inspired her to “do better” with her own performances and to see what’s possible. “Well, recently […]
Movie Review – Richard Jewell (2019)
Richard Jewell. 2019 Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Dylan Kussman, Mike Pniewski, Billy Slaughter, Niko Nicotera, Alex Collins, Desmond Phillips, Grant Roberts, Ronnie Allen, Garon Grigsby, Brian Brightman, David de Vries, and David Shae SYNOPSIS: American security guard Richard Jewell […]
