IFC Films has released the first trailer for the upcoming musical biographical drama Blaze. Directed by Ethan Hawke, the film is based on the life of Blaze Foley and is adapted from Sybil Rosen’s novel Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze. Newcomer Ben Dickey leads the cast as the country musician alongside Alia […]
Movie Review – Last Flag Flying (2017)
Last Flag Flying, 2017. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, J. Quinton Johnson, Deanna Reed-Foster, Yul Vasquez, Graham Wolfe, Jeff Monahan, and Cicely Tyson. SYNOPSIS: Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Last Flag Flying (2017)
Last Flag Flying, 2017. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, J. Quinton Johnson, Deanna Reed-Foster, Yul Vasquez, Graham Wolfe, Jeff Monahan, and Cicely Tyson. SYNOPSIS: Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Flag Flying (2017)
Last Flag Flying, 2017. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne and J. Quinton Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine […]
First trailer for Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying
Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for director Richard Linklater’s upcoming film Last Flag Flying. The film is an adaptation of Darryl Ponicsan’s 2005 novel of the same name (a sequel to his 1970 book The Last Detail) and features a cast that includes Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne; take a look at the […]
Movie Review – Forgotten Man (2017)
Forgotten Man, 2017. Directed by Arran Shearing Starring Toby Wharton, Obi Abili, Will Alexander, Oya Bacak and Tyler Dawson. SYNOPSIS: A troubled young actor in an East London Theatre Company for the homeless romances a wealthy out-of-towner in the bustling streets of contemporary London. Written and directed by debut feature filmmaker, Arran Shearing, Forgotten Man […]
Richard Linklater and Robert Downey Jr. teaming for con man tale
THR is reporting that Richard Linklater and Robert Downey Jr. are teaming up for an as-yet-untitled con man tale based upon the ‘Man of the People’ episode of Gimlet Media’s Reply All podcast. The project will tell the story of two doctors, “Dr. John Brinkley, who scammed his way to fame and fortune using fake […]
DVD Review – Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Everybody Wants Some!!, 2016. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Wyatt Russell and Glen Powell. SYNOPSIS: A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Blake Jenner stars as Jake Bradford, a freshman heading to college early to get settled and spend some […]
Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne join Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying
Boyhood and Everybody Wants Some!! helmer Richard Linklater is currently developing his next movie Last Flag Flying, a “sort of” sequel to Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail, and THR is reporting that Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) and Laurence Fishburne (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) are all in talks to appear in the […]
Movie Review – Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Everybody Wants Some!!, 2016. Written and Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Blake Jenner, Zoey Deutch, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Glenn Powell, Austin Amelio, Juston Street, Will Brittain, Temple Baker, J. Quinton Johnson, and Wyatt Russell. SYNOPSIS: A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Everybody Wants […]