Tom Jolliffe looks at a productive year for Shia LaBeouf, in what could be a triumphant comeback… There was a time, at the height of his blockbuster fame, when Shia LaBeouf was a persistent presence in the media spotlight. That presence too, as he transitioned into adulthood from teen (and pre-teen) superstar, was often connected […]
Movie Review – Honey Boy (2019)
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Shia LaBeouf, FKA Twigs, Maika Monroe and Natasha Lyonne. SYNOPSIS: A former child star in rehab looks back on his youthful fame, as well as his abusive, alcoholic father. There is a lot of talk this year about auto-fiction, in which filmmakers give […]
Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby set for dark drama Pieces of a Woman
Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy) and Vanessa Kirby (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) are set to lead the cast of Pieces of a Woman, a “dark drama” from White God director Kornel Mundruczo and writer Kata Weber. According to Entertainment Weekly, the film will revolve around the strained relationship of a grieving husband and […]
Movie Review – The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
The Peanut Butter Falcon, 2019. Written and Directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Jon Bernthal, Thomas Haden Church, Jermaine Rivers, Mick Foley, and Jake “The Snake” Roberts. SYNOPSIS: Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a wrestler […]
Movie Review – Honey Boy (2019)
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, FKA Twigs, Natasha Lyonne, Maika Monroe, Clifton Collins Jr., and Martin Starr. SYNOPSIS: A young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Honey Boy
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, and Noah Jupe. SYNOPSIS: A young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Braced somewhere between film-as-therapy and surreal performance-art project, Honey Boy is a Shia LaBeouf-penned collaboration with Alma […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Peanut Butter Falcon, 2019. Directed by Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz. Starring Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Jon Bernthal, Thomas Haden Church, Yelawolf, Jake Roberts, and Mick Foley. SYNOPSIS: A man with Down syndrome and a passion for wrestling escapes from a nursing home and joins a man on […]
Shailene Woodley joins Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro in After Exile
Divergent and Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley has signed on to the independent crime drama After Exile, where she joins the previously announced Shia La Beouf (The Peanut Butter Falcon) and Robert De Niro (The Irishman). The film sees LaBeouf portraying Mike Delaney, an ex-con who is released from prison and returns home only […]
Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro team for After Exile
Deadline is reporting that Shia LaBeouf and Robert De Niro have been cast in After Exile, a drama from director Joshua Michael Stern (Jobs, Graves) and screenwriters Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo. The film will see LaBeouf portraying Mike Delaney, a man who is released from prison after killing an innocent man during a robbery, […]
Shia LaBeouf revisits his troubled past in trailer for autobiographical drama Honey Boy
Amazon Studios has debuted the first red band trailer for director Alma Har’el’s upcoming drama Honey Boy. Written by Shia LaBeouf, the film explores his life and struggles from childhood to his early adult years and stars Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as the fictionalised LaBeouf character Otis Lort across different stages in his career, […]
