“I think United 93 is the best film of the year so far. I almost wished I hadn’t seen the A&E telefilm. I thought it was cool that John Rothman (older brother of Fox honcho Tom Rothman) and David Rasche (star of TV’s Sledgehammer series) were in it as two of the passengers. [Director Paul] Greengrass is opposed to the war in Iraq, so the ending card — ‘America’s war on terror had begun’ — that you cited smacks to me of studio meddling.” — Connected industry guy
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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