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Before Sunrise at 30: The Story Behind the Masterful Romantic Drama

January 19, 2025 by admin

Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Before Sunrise as the film celebrates its 30th anniversary… Richard Linklater was one of the most talented and successful filmmakers to emerge during the American independent film renaissance period of the ‘90s. A self-taught writer-director by nature Linklater played an instrumental role in establishing the movie scene of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: before sunrise, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater

Movie Review – Hit Man (2023)

June 7, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

Hit Man, 2023 Directed by Richard Linklater Starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Evan Holtzman, Sanjay Rao, Gralen Bryant Banks, Molly Bernard and Mike Markoff SYNOPSIS:  Strait-laced professor, Gary Johnson (Glen Powell), moonlights as phony hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. He excels at entrapping hapless victims, that is until he […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, Reviews, Top Stories Tagged With: Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Evan Holtzman, Glen Powell, Gralen Bryant Banks, Hit Man, Mike Markoff, Molly Bernard, netflix, Retta, Richard Linklater, Sanjay Rao

Movie Review – Hit Man (2023)

June 5, 2024 by Robert Kojder

Hit Man, 2024. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Molly Bernard, Evan Holtzman, Mike Markoff, Ritchie Montgomery, Kate Adair, Beth Bartley, Morgana Shaw, Richard Robichaux, Bryant Carroll, Stephanie Hong, Gralen Bryant Banks, Jonas Lerway, Murphee Bloom, KC Simms, Jordan Joseph, Joel Griffin, and Garrison Allen. SYNOPSIS: A […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder, Top Stories Tagged With: Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Beth Bartley, Bryant Carroll, Evan Holtzman, Garrison Allen, Glen Powell, Gralen Bryant Banks, Hit Man, Joel Griffin, Jonas Lerway, Jordan Joseph, Kate Adair, KC Simms, Mike Markoff, Molly Bernard, Morgana Shaw, Murphee Bloom, netflix, Retta, Richard Linklater, Richard Robichaux, Ritchie Montgomery, Sanjay Rao, Stephanie Hong

New trailer for Richard Linklater’s Hit Man starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona

April 18, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has shared a new trailer and poster for Hit Man, the action rom-com from Richard Linklater. Based on Skip Hollandsworth’s 2001 Texas Monthly magazine article of the same name, the film follows Gary Johnson (Anyone But You’s Glen Powell), a professor who finds his hidden talent moonlighting as a fake hit man. Watch the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Evan Holtzman, Glen Powell, Hit Man, Molly Bernard, netflix, Retta, Richard Linklater, Sanjay Rao

Teaser trailer for Richard Linklater’s Hit Man starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona

January 22, 2024 by EJ Moreno

With its June release slowly inching closer and ahead of its Spotlight Premiere at the 40th Sundance Film Festival, Netflix gives us another look at Hit Man with the release of a new trailer. The new movie from Richard Linklater sees Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You) leading in a somehow true story […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories, Trailers Tagged With: Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Evan Holtzman, Glen Powell, Molly Bernard, Retta, Richard Linklater, Sanjay Rao

Blu-ray Review – School of Rock (2003)

September 27, 2023 by Brad Cook

School of Rock, 2003. Directed by Richard Linklater Starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman. SYNOPSIS: Paramount is celebrating the 20th anniversary of School of Rock by issuing it in a handsome SteelBook package. It’s the same Blu-ray they’ve put out before, but if you don’t have this movie in your collection yet, […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Richard Linklater, Sarah Silverman, School of Rock

Movie Review – Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)

April 1, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, 2022. Written and Directed by Richard Linklater. Featuring the voice talents of Glen Powell, Zachary Levi, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Jack Black, Josh Wiggins, Natalie L’Amoreaux, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Sam Chipman, Danielle Guilbot, Samuel Davis, Nick Stevenson, Brian Villalobos, David DeLao, Holt Boggs, and Avery Joy Davis. […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood, Avery Joy Davis, Bill Wise, Brian Villalobos, Danielle Guilbot, David DeLao, Glen Powell, Holt Boggs, Jack Black, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Josh Wiggins, Lee Eddy, Milo Coy, Natalie L'Amoreaux, netflix, Nick Stevenson, Richard Linklater, Sam Chipman, Samuel Davis, Zachary Levi

Netflix launches trailer for Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood

March 7, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

Employing the same rotoscoping techniques used on his 2006 Philip K. Dick adaptation A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater returns with  Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood, which tells the story of the first moon landing in 1969 from two different perspectives – the astronaut and mission control, and through the eyes of a boy […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood, Jack Black, Richard Linklater, Zachary Levi

Richard Linklater to spend 20 years making Merrily We Roll Along

September 1, 2019 by Gary Collinson

After spending twelve years filming the Oscar-nominated coming of age drama Boyhood, it seems that director Richard Linklater is thinking even longer term for his next project, with Variety revealing that the filmmaker is teaming with Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect) and Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) for an adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Beanie Feldstein, Merrily We Roll Along, Richard Linklater

Movie Review – Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019)

August 16, 2019 by Robert Kojder

Where’d You Go, Bernadette, 2019. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Cate Blanchett, Emma Nelson, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Troian Bellisario, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, James Urbaniak, Claudia Doumit, Kate Easton, Lana Young, Zoe Chao, Megan Mullally, and Steve Zahn. SYNOPSIS: A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: billy crudup, Cate Blanchett, Claudia Doumit, Emma Nelson, James Urbaniak, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Judy Greer, Kate Easton, Kristen Wiig, Lana Young, Laurence Fishburne, Megan Mullally, Richard Linklater, Steve Zahn, Troian Bellisario, Where'd You Go Bernadette?, Zoe Chao

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