The Jerk, 1979. Directed by Carl Reiner. Starring Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Mason, Dickie O’Neill, and Mabel King. SYNOPSIS: This year marks four decades since Steve Martin and Carl Reiner’s The Jerk hit theaters and showcased the young comic’s skills. If, like me, you have fond memories of catching this one […]
The Definitive Thanksgiving Film: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the definitive Thanksgiving film… Thanksgiving is upon our American cousins. Just in case any of you celebrating with a nicely bronzed Turkey are wondering about the definitive film accompaniment for such a day, then a Brit is here, with his monocle on, cup of […]
Movie Review – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. 2016 Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Chris Tucker, Makenzie Leigh, Ben Platt, Beau Knapp, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee, Barney Harris, and Steve Martin. SYNOPSIS: 19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. […]
Final trailer for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Ahead of its release next month, Sony Pictures has debuted a new trailer for Ang Lee’s hotly-anticipated war drama Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which is based on Ben Fountain’s 2012 novel of the same name and stars Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, Vin Diesel and Steve Martin; watch it below after the official […]
Mean Girls director Mark Waters to helm Disney’s Magic Camp
According to The Tracking Board, director Mark Waters (Mean Girls) has signed on to direct Disney’s long-gestating live-action family comedy Magic Camp, which has Steve Martin attached to star. The site reports that Magic Camp “follows a rigid and cautious banker who returns to the summer camp he attended as a boy: a camp for […]
Movie Review – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors, 1986. Directed by Frank Oz. Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia and Steve Martin. SYNOPSIS: A little shop becomes exceptionally successful after flower shop assistant Seymour finds an alien plant. But the cost of fame, fortune and love may be a little too high… In an era whereby Avenue Q and Book […]
New promo clip for DreamWorks Animation’s Home
Ahead of its release next month, a new promo clip has arrived online for Home, the latest film from DreamWorks Animation, which features a voice cast that includes Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steven Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Matt Jones. Take a look below after the official synopsis… SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for Home When […]
New trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Home fetauring Rihanna and Jim Parsons
Following on from the latest poster comes a new trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s extraterrestrial comedy adventure Home, which you can check out below after the official synopsis… When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all […]
DreamWorks Animation’s Home gets a poster
20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation have released a new poster for Home, the upcoming adaptation of Adam Rex’s 2007 children’s book The True Meaning of Smekday, which features a voice cast that includes Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez… When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in […]