With Silence getting the critics salivating, Sean Wilson examines what is possibly Martin Scorsese’s greatest – and almost certainly most underrated – film, The King of Comedy… Do portrayals of celebrity culture and fan worship get more lacerating and acute than 1983’s masterpiece The King of Comedy? Martin Scorsese’s follow-up to Raging Bull is quite […]
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman will digitally de-age Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are set to reunite for the first time since 1995’s Casino with The Irishman, a biopic of mob hitman Frank Sheeran, and it seems the film will be employing the same kind of digital de-aging we’ve seen recently in Captain America: Civil War and Rogue One: A Star Wars […]
Sylvester Stallone replaces Robert De Niro in Idol’s Eye
THR has revealed that Sylvester Stallone is replacing his Cop Land co-star Robert De Niro in director Olivier Assayas’ (Personal Shopper) heist thriller Idol’s Eye, where he’ll star alongside Robert Pattinson (Twilight) and Rachel Weisz (The Light Between Oceans). The film sees Pattinson as “a thief who unknowingly steals a blue diamond from Chicago mob […]
Blu-ray Review – Midnight Run: Collector’s Edition (1988)
Midnight Run, 1988. Directed by Martin Brest. Starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina and Joe Pantoliano. SYNOPSIS: Midnight Run arrives on Blu-ray in the US in a new Collector’s Edition from Shout! Factory that includes a new interview with Robert De Niro along with the interviews that were part […]
Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore to headline David O. Russell TV drama
Deadline is reporting that Oscar-winners Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore are set to headline a new TV drama project from director David O. Russell. Details on the series are scarce, but the site reveals that it is a crime/cop thriller which may be set in the 1990s, and is designed to run for multiple […]
When Actors Stop Acting And Start Living A Role
This week, Neil Calloway argues that method acting is often unnecessary… This week it was revealed that Jared Leto sent pornography and condoms to his Suicide Squad co-stars in preparation for his role as the Joker. When I did that with my work colleagues I got arrested, but it turns out to be OK if […]
Second Opinion – Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Dirty Grandpa, 2016. Directed by Dan Mazer. Starring Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break. You really don’t need a review to come to the conclusion that Dirty […]
Movie Review – Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Dirty Grandpa, 2016. Directed by Dan Mazer. Starring Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, Julianne Hough, Zoey Deutch, Jason Mantzoukas and Dermot Mulroney. SYNOPSIS: Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break. Think of the worst moments you have […]
Movie Review – Joy (2015)
Joy, 2015. Directed by David O. Russell. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini, Dascha Polanco, Elisabeth Rohm, and Virginia Madsen. SYNOPSIS: Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. For a director who has […]
New trailer and featurette for Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence
With less than a week to go before its Christmas Day release in the US, a new trailer and featurette entitled ‘A Life of Joy’ have arrived online for director David O. Russell’s Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence. Check them out below after the official synopsis… JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations […]
