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Extended Thoughts on ‘Herbie Goes Bananas’
26 May 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Written by Gordon Buford and Don Tait
USA, 1980
I cannot believe that a movie as wrongheaded and idiotic as Herbie Goes Bananas exists. Herbie Goes Bananas is so bad, it makes Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo look like the combined 1940s output of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (better known as The Archers), from The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp to The Small Back Room. In fact, I’m insulting The Archers’ films by even including them in the same sentence as anything pertaining to Herbie Goes Bananas. I could, frankly, spend this entire column cataloguing the many things in the world that are more enjoyable, funny, exciting, and lively than Herbie Goes Bananas. But while it’d be fun…well, I’m not sure how to finish that sentence. Let’s just assume the alternate-universe column where I tell you exactly »
- Josh Spiegel
"True Blood"'s 30 Greatest Moments
25 May 2012 8:12 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
In a few short weeks HBO will unleash a new season of its supernatural soap True Blood on an eager audience, and we'll be here to recap it, as ever. Sadly, the amaaahhhhhhhzing Steven Frank, who has been recapping the show brilliantly for several seasons, will not be returning this year. So I will be stepping into his shoes - and having had the pleasure of meeting Steven several times, let me assure you that they are very spiffy shoes, indeed. I hope I can do them justice.
Back when True Blood was still a fringey phenomenon and not the massive hit it is now, I was actually AfterElton's resident Truebie: I recapped the show in a weekly vlog called Blood Work!, even luring the charming Nelsan Ellis to appear in one of the early episodes. After leaving AfterElton I continued the series on my own gay horror website, CampBlood. »
- brian
Timothy Bottoms: The Hollywood Interview
21 May 2012 6:21 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Timothy Bottoms Gets His Pound Of Flesh
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Timothy Bottoms became an overnight sensation at the height of the so-called “Easy Riders and Raging Bulls” era, after landing the leading role in The Last Picture Show (1971), Peter Bogdanovich’s film about the social and sexual rites of small town Texans in the early 1950s. Internationally acclaimed for his portrait of Sonny, a sensitive kid struggling to find his way in the harsh landscape of post-war America, the then-twenty year-old Bottoms suddenly found himself not only in-demand as a rising young star, but a major celebrity, as well, with younger brothers Sam (who co-starred in The Last Picture Show), Joseph and Ben following in their older brother’s footsteps, making names for themselves on stage and screen. Bottoms reprised the role of Sonny for Picture Show's 1990 sequel, Texasville.
After another triumphant turn with the lead in James Bridges’ The Paper Chase »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
ABC Bets on Devilish Digs, Hayden Panettiere For Fall
16 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerThe upfront media caravan, loaded with cameras, camels and expectations, moved onto ABC's presentation in Manhattan Tuesday afternoon. The network heads into fall with several concerns: Dancing with the Stars has been registering fewer happy feet in the ratings - Jimmy Kimmel, in his annual standup appearance, suggested the only way you'll see stars on the show is if you bang your head - and Desperate Housewives, a long-running signature hit, just ended Sunday. Well, Paul Lee, president of the ABC Entertainment Group, quickly addressed those points on Tuesday afternoon: Revenge, which is as perfect as a primetime melodrama can be, »
- Tom Gliatto
Peeking into the Fox Studios Emmy campaign
15 May 2012 6:05 PM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
While "Modern Family" airs on ABC, it is actually a production of Fox Studios and is once again a key part of their Emmy Awards campaign. It will be returning to defend its two consecutive trophies for Best Comedy Series and also has its six adult stars in contention again in the supporting categories. Golden Globe nominated comedy "New Girl" is among the rookie programs aiming to claim new Emmy slots for Fox. Its star Zooey Deschanel is a good bet to compete as Best Comedy Actress, as is one of the season's highlights, Max Greenfield, in supporting. Other freshman series include "Awake," "Don't Trust," "Last Man Standing," and "Touch." Among returning shows, all acting placements are in line with last year with the exception of Cloris Leachman moving from guest to supporting and Garret Dillahunt trying for the lead race after failing to receive a supporting bid for "Raising Hope. »
Cloris Leachman Steals the Show in the Eerie Horror "The Fields"
15 May 2012 4:12 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Tom Mattera and David Mazzoni’s film about dark things happening to a young boy and his older relatives living on a farm never really manages to spook its audience beyond its creation of an eerie atmosphere, but it does succeed tremendously on one front. Much like television’s comedy Raising Hope, The Fields reminds us exactly why Cloris Leachman has won an Oscar, numerous Emmy Awards, and many others: she gets lost in her characters so effortlessly that she can make everyone else in a production look like chumps. Along with child star Joshua Ormond, Leachman does her best to fill out the moody dramatic horror, and they do well enough to keep things interesting, but the plot retreads horror elements that have been overused as of late without adding anything new.
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- Lex Walker
'Desperate Housewives': After that heart-wrenching finale, what's next for Mrs. McCluskey actress Kathryn Joosten?
15 May 2012 10:11 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
As my colleague Mandi Bierly wrote in her recap of Sunday’s series finale of ABC’s long-running soap Desperate Housewives, Kathryn Joosten’s Mrs. McCluskey “was the real heart” of the episode.
Besides possibly nabbing herself a fourth Emmy nomination (and a third win) for playing the cantankerous Wisteria Lane neighbor for eight seasons, the big question for Joosten is: Where does she go from here? EW recently sat down with the 72-year-old actress to discuss how her ending came together on Desperate Housewives; why she’ll likely never work with West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin again; her own »
- Tanner Stransky
CBS Films Release Date Shuffle: Gambit, Starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz, Moved Up to October 12; Thriller 7500 Pushed to 2013
9 May 2012 2:01 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
CBS Films has done a bit of release date shuffling for two of their upcoming releases. First up, director Michael Hoffman’s remake of the 1966 caper comedy Gambit has been moved up from January 11th, 2013 to October 12th of this year (per Box Office Mojo). Cameron Diaz and Colin Firth star as partners in a con to sell a fake Monet painting, and the film has a script by Joel and Ethan Coen. Given the caliber of talent involved, the January date was always a bit of a puzzler. The film will now square off against Ben Affleck’s stellar looking period thriller Argo and the Kevin James “comedy” Here Comes the Boom. Hit the jump for more, including release date news concerning The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu’s airplane thriller 7500. CBS Films has certainly seen a cut of Gambit by now, and one has to wonder if they think »
- Adam Chitwood
Johnny Depp Links Up With His Costars For a West Coast Dark Shadows Premiere
8 May 2012 7:24 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Johnny Depp had the company of his Dark Shadows costars, Michelle Pfeiffer, in Lanvin, a Tom Ford-clad Eva Green, and Chloe Moretz last night for their big La premiere. Director Tim Burton was on hand as well, and he stopped to pose for a handful of photos with his frequent collaborator Johnny. Johnny and Tim's latest effort, the story of a vampire who comes back to life after being buried for 200 years, is out in the Us on Friday, May 11. On the black carpet, Johnny spoke about what scares him. He said, "Dancing. The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me. I'd rather fight a buzz saw than dance." Johnny apparently even invited Steven Tyler to the premiere! Steven, who planted a kiss on Cloris Leachman in full view of the photographers, said Johnny personally called to extend an invitation. Steven said that Johnny pleaded, "Come to »
- Allie Merriam
Johnny Depp Links Up With His Costars For a West Coast Dark Shadows Premiere
8 May 2012 7:24 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Johnny Depp had the company of his Dark Shadows costars Michelle Pfeiffer, in Lanvin, a Tom-Ford clad Eva Green, and Chloe Moretz last night for their big La premiere. Director Tim Burton was on hand as well, and he stopped to pose for a handful of photos with his frequent collaborator Johnny. Johnny and Tim's latest effort, the story of a vampire who comes back to life after being buried for 200 years, is out in the Us on Friday, May 11. On the red carpet, Johnny spoke about what scares him. He said, "Dancing. The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me. I'd rather fight a buzzsaw than dance." Johnny apparently even invited Steven Tyler to the premiere! Steven, who planed a kiss on Cloris Leachman in full view of the photographers, said Johnny personally called to extend an invitation. Steven said that Johnny pleaded, "Come to the »
- Allie Merriam
Fall in love with Matthew Perry as he rips writers claiming women "suddenly became funny"
7 May 2012 5:30 PM, PDT | Nerve | See recent Nerve news »
Since Bridesmaids' crazy success, a lot of those inane "women aren't funny" articles have thankfully disappeared off the face of the internet. But unfortunately, they seem to have disappeared with the implication that women only got hilarious last year when Melissa McCarthy wore a golf hat. Matthew Perry, noted sarcastic dreamboat, was on hand at the Comedy Awards to tell people just how stupid that idea is. Perry's takedown aired on Sunday night during Comedy Central's second annual awards show. Here's the entire speech: "This year we saw many hilarious performances by women, as well as many idiotic articles from men about how women suddenly became funny. Yes, imagine how great The Mary Tyler Moore Show would've been had Mary, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, and Valerie Harper actually been funny. If only Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner, or Julia Louis-Dreyfus [...] »
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2 May 2012 9:49 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Prometheus? Pah. The Dark Knight Rises? So what? This blockbuster comes to you courtesy of a marketing visionary
Since this summer is brimming with an unusually large brace of colossal blockbusters, it's only natural that some are going to get left behind. Hopefully, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure won't be one of them.
Why would it be? After all, the official synopsis is easily the equal of, say, Prometheus, given that it revolves around three friends trying to retrieve the five most magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville before returning to their cottage in time for a surprise birthday party. What's more, the poster clearly states that the film is from "the marketing visionary who brought you Teletubbies and Thomas the Tank Engine". If there's one thing that kids are guaranteed to go crazy for, it's a marketing visionary. Does The Dark Knight Rises poster celebrate a marketing visionary? »
- Stuart Heritage
AfterElton Briefs: Bryan Safi Returns, HBO Renewals, and What's Up With Gay Men Who Lesbian-Bash?
30 April 2012 4:14 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Birthday shoutouts go to 98 Degrees star and Chippendale Jeff Timmons (above), who is 39, Kirsten Dunst is 30, Dianna Agron is 26, Cloris Leachman is 86, Johnny Galecki is 37, Jane Campion is 58, and Willie Nelson is 79. What are your fave Willie songs? Here are mine: 5. "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," 4. "Let It Be Me," 3. "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond Of Each Other," 2. "Rainbow Connection" 1. "Always On My Mind." The dismissal of a lesbian boy scout leader in Ohio keeps picking up steam, with a Bsa board member now resigning in protest.Wmms in Cleveland has disciplined one of their shock jocks for telling a man who e-mailed to ask for advice on what to do about catching his teenage daughter kissing another girl to "get one of your friends to screw your daughter straight." But don't worry, the guy apologized ... "to anyone offended."Here!TV has announced a restructuring and a slate of new programming, »
- snicks
Check Out Pictures From The Fields Premiere!
19 April 2012 1:02 PM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Psychological thriller “The Fields” had its world premiere April 17 at Laemmle Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills, and Academy Award winner and Hollywood legend Cloris Leachman joined her cast members on the red carpet. Attendees included “The Fields” co-star Joshua Ormond, writer/producer B. Harrison Smith, producer Faust Checho and stars such as Valerie Harper, Adria Tennor, Leilani Sarelle, Michael Papajohn, Barbara Alyn Woods and more. “The Fields” will run from April 20-26 at 1Pm at the Laemmle NoHo 7, 5240 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood. The film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray April 24. The official synopsis of “The Fields” is: The Fields, also starring Tara Reid, [ Read More ] »
- monique
Cloris Leachman Thrills, Curses and Owns a Porn Shop
19 April 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The legendary Cloris Leachman is a salty woman with brass buttons. Her latest conquest is the suspense thriller – working alongside, seriously, Tara Reid in The Fields. Kevin Carr sits down the Oscar winner to discuss what scares her, her work with Mel Brooks and why she owns a porn shop in an upcoming movie. Plus, Eric D. Snider and Rob Hunter go head to head Movie News Pop Quiz-style, and the discussion turns to spoiler sensitivity. Download Episode #130 On This Week’s Show: Movie News Pop Quiz [Beginning - 17:45]: It’s Snider vs Hunter in a surprisingly polite dust-up which leads to analyzing spoilers in the age of The Twitter. You Can Make It Up, Whatever You Want [17:45 - The End]: Cloris Leachman saying “Fuck.” Is there anything better? As a bonus, she talks about her career, Mel Brooks, The Fields and why she once thought she was going to be kidnapped. Please go rate us on iTunes. It »
- Cole Abaius
Raising Hope: 2011-12 TV Season Ratings
18 April 2012 8:30 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
Here are the TV show ratings for Raising Hope. Jimmy Chance (Lucas Neff) and his family (Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, and Cloris Leachman) continue to adjust to raising baby Hope. The second season of Raising Hope typically airs Tuesday nights at 9:30pm on the Fox network.
These are the TV show's ratings for the 2011-12 season, the best way to tell if Raising Hope is going to be cancelled or renewed for season three. Check out our Fox ratings report card to see how this show's numbers compare with the others on the network.
These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:
Season two final averages: 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.83 million total viewers.
Episode 02-22: Tuesday, 04/17/12
1.8 in the »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive Interview: Cloris Leachman Talks The Fields and More
16 April 2012 8:43 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
In the upcoming thriller The Fields, award-winning actress and comedienne Cloris Leachman portrays Gladys, a protective grandmother whose family is being harassed and threatened by a group of transients passing through her small town.
Directed by Tom Mattera and David Mazzoni, The Fields also stars Tara Reid, Joshua Ormond, Bev Appleton and Brian Anthony Wilson. On April 24th, the indie thriller comes home on DVD and in honor of its release, Dread Central had the opportunity to briefly chat with Leachman about her role in the project as well as more on her experiences working on the indie thriller and what other films the actress has coming up.
Dread Central: So how did you get involved with The Fields then?
Cloris Leachman: Well, I got involved the usual way- my manager brought me the script and since I’m originally from Iowa, the rural aspects of this story really interested me. »
- thehorrorchick
The Secret World Of Arrietty Hits On May 22 And Two Studio Ghibli Blu-Rays Come Along For The Ride
16 April 2012 9:55 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
The Secret World of Arrietty is coming your way on May 22, and like all Studio Ghibli releases, this one is a must-own family film. To round out your collection, two additional Ghibli titles are being released on the same day, for the first time on Blu-Ray.
Not only wonderful films in their own right, the Studio Ghibli releases have always included some great bonus features, and this one looks to continue that tradition. Take a look below, and mark your calendars.
Walt Disney Studios and the legendary Studio Ghibli (“Ponyo” & “Spirited Away”) proudly open the doors to “The Secret World of Arrietty” on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD, on May 22, 2012. This visually stunning animated masterpiece stars an illustrious voice cast that includes Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Bridgit Mendler, Moises Arias, David Henrie and the iconic and much beloved Carol Burnett.
Based on the acclaimed children’s book series “The Borrowers, »
- Marc Eastman
Tom Cruise, Colin Firth
14 April 2012 4:10 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Tom Cruise, Colin Firth Tom Cruise and Colin Firth are seen backstage at the 2012 Academy Awards ceremony held at the Hollywood and Highland Center on February 26. Cruise presented the Best Picture Oscar to Michel Hazanavicius' silent movie The Artist. Firth presented the Best Actress Oscar to Meryl Streep for her performance as British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady. (Photo: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible IV – Ghost Protocol was a major box-office hit and received mostly positive notices; even so, the actioner failed to be shortlisted in any Oscar category. Cruise, who turns 50 next July, will next be seen in Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages, which also features Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago), Alec Baldwin, Julianne Hough, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Hugh Forte, and Diego Boneta. Rock of Ages »
- D. Zhea
Cloris Leachman Talks 'The Fields', 'Dying Room Only', and a Very Creepy 'Hansel and Gretel'
13 April 2012 2:01 PM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman has been making people laugh with her hilarious turn as the 84-year-old grandmother with Alzheimer's, Maw Maw, on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope for the past few years. Before that, however, Leachman had already amassed a great resume of work including performances in films like Kiss Me Deadly, The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein, and The Iron Giant. Leachman's latest project is one that genre fans should really enjoy. She plays Gladys in Tom Mattera and Dave Mazzoni's indie psychological thriller based on true events, The Fields, which tells the story of a young boy (Joshua Ormond) and his family as they're terrorized by a mysterious presence emerging from the cornfields »
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