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Jillian Bell’s directorial debut is a drop-dead funny “Risky Business” riff that would have killed in theaters

Some movies feel like they sprang organically from the hearts and souls of their creators. Others, like Jillian Bell’s directorial debut “Summer of 69,” seem to have been reverse-engineered from a clever title. I can’t say for sure that Bell and/or her co-writers Liz Nico and Jules Byrne came up with the idea for a movie about a teen girl hiring a sex worker to teach her how to “69” her prospective boyfriend by working backwards from the phrase “Summer of 69.” But I can say that if they just happened to come up with a 69-centric comedy premise, it sure was kismet that the words “Summer of 69” were already out there, even if the movie really is more of a late spring affair.

“Summer of 69” stars Sam Morelos as Abby Flores,...

"Heeh! Heeh! Heeh!" With a wheezy laugh and goofy grins, "Revenge of the Nerds" took 1984 by storm. In a theatrical year dominated by Axel Foley, Indiana Jones, Gizmo, the Ghostbusters, and Mr. Miyagi, it was a raunchy college comedy for the older kids, promoting the triumph of the intelligent and the uncool over the strong and the sexy. 

Beloved at the time, it has aged poorly in some respects, as it treats sorority girls as prizes to be won, and depicts some decidedly non-consensual intimate moments exploited and played for pranks. For the sequel, which helped launch Bradley Whitford's career, the nerds' hijinks were toned down to a PG-13, and two subsequent films, made for TV, had to deal with even stricter network censorship. There's still occasional talk of a reboot at some point though.

Most of the main cast returned for every installment, while others went on to bigger things,...

It seems as though most surviving former Saturday Night Live cast members were invited to attend February’s 50th anniversary celebration, even if they weren’t actually participating in the show itself. And while some ex-SNL stars bailed on the event for mysterious reasons, others were more than happy to come sit in the audience.

In the latter camp was Jay Mohr, who called his time at SNL50 the “greatest weekend of my life.” But according to Mohr, he did believe that there was a slight chance that he might be asked to fill in for a deceased star.

During a recent episode of his podcast Mohr Stories, the one-time Jerry Maguire villain told guest Will Forte that he spent the lead-up to the show fantasizing that Lorne Michaels and company would request that he impersonate the late Norm Macdonald. “(In) my delusional brain at SNL50, I’m like,...

Shawn C. Phillips is at it again with his crazy horror comedy sequel, Desert Fiends 2 which proves to be bigger, gorier, and grosser than the original.

Desert Fiends 2 follows a group of elite bounty hunters on the trail to track down and kill The Desert Fiends. Meanwhile, a TikTok style influencer has come into town and is having a meet up and the Desert Fiends are heading that way to eliminate that meet up.

Written and directed by Shawn C. Phillips and Ethan Phillips and starring Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Ginger Lynn (The Devil’s Rejects), Vanessa Angel (Kingpin), Robert Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds), Robert Lasardo (The Mule), Larry Hankin (Breaking Bad), and Martin Klebba (Snow White).

Producers Nicole Butler Vegas and Jon Swango

Desert Fiends 2 crushed it’s Indiegogo goal and is approaching it’s $140,000 stretch goal. You can support this film here: https://www.

Nepo babies have been around as long as there have been artists. The idea of a "legacy" is one we humans simply cannot get away from. As storytelling beings, we will have always constructed -- and will continue to construct -- broad, historical, intergenerational narratives for ourselves. We can't stop tracing our professional and personal origins among the ancients, and writing their stories directly into our own. We simply shed our fascination with the possibility that talents can be passed from one generation to the next. 

That's certainly the case in Hollywood, a relatively recent art institution in human history, but still rife with its own multigenerational legacies. It's likely you read the headline above and instantly thought of the Coppola clan. The Coppola family has, as of this writing, accrued 12 Oscar wins and 40 nominations between them, and they currently hold the record for the family with the most members to be nominated for Oscars.

Alice Hirson, who played a confidante of Barbara Bel Geddes’ Miss Ellie Ewing on Dallas and the mother of Ellen DeGeneres’ character on the comic’s groundbreaking ABC sitcom, has died. She was 95.

Hirson died Friday of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her son David Hirson told The Hollywood Reporter. She had been there for about a year.

From 1969-93, Hirson appeared on such daytime soap operas as CBS’ The Edge of Night as Stephanie Martin; on NBC’s Another World and its spinoff, Somerset, as Marsha Davis; on ABC’s One Life to Live as Eileen Siegel; on ABC’s General Hospital as Mrs. Van Gelder; and on ABC’s Loving as Dr. Lisa Helman.

On the big screen, she played the wife of Colonel Thornbush (Robert Webber), head of the paratrooper unit known as the Thornbirds, in Private Benjamin...

General Hospital (Gh) star, Chris McKenna (Jack Brennan) recently hopped on social media to reveal some sad news. He posted about One Life to Live (Oltl) fellow alum, Alice Hirson, who passed away at the age of 95. More details on this are below.

Remembering Alice Hirson

McKenna shared a number of photos of Hirson on Instagram. In the caption he started with, “We lost a radiant soul and a daytime legend yesterday. Alice Hirson shone her light on this world for 95 glorious years.”

McKenna went on to say, “My family and I were so blessed to have her in our lives however briefly. Unforgettable woman. Her final words were ‘It’s nice to have an audience.’”

He ended the caption with, “Thank you, Alice. Good night. Legend. #Gh #Oltl #Dallas #Ellen”

Hirson’s Incredible Career

Hirson first began her soap opera career on the CBS daytime drama The Edge of Night...

General Hospital, The Edge of Night, Another World, and One Life to Live alum Alice Hirson has died according to Chris McKenna. The legendary actress was 95 years old.

Rest In Peace

Gh actor Chris McKenna (Jack Brennan) took to Instagram to remember Hirson. He shared several photos of Hirson. He captioned them, We lost a radiant soul and a daytime legend yesterday. Alice Hirson shone her light on this world for 95 glorious years. My family and I were so blessed to have her in our lives however briefly. Unforgettable woman. Her final words were ‘It’s nice to have an audience.’ Thank you, Alice. Good night. Legend. #Gh #Oltl #Dallas #Ellen”

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Hirson portrayed Stephanie Martin on The Edge of Night. She was Marsha Davis on Another World. On Oltl, Hirson was Eileen Riley Siegle. In 1993, she added Loving...

The original inspiration for Family Matters’ Urkel was a combination of Pee-wee Herman, the dorks from Revenge of the Nerds and Martin Short’s Ed Grimley, reveals Jaleel White in his memoir Growing Up Urkel. But on a recent episode of the Really No Really? podcast, White revealed that another TV character had a heavy influence on Urkel’s evolution.

“You guys were just killing it,” White told host Jason Alexander about Seinfeld, a show that was peaking while the 16-year-old starred on his Tgif sitcom. “I’m looking at Kramer now as my role model because I’m seeing the spastic nature of his character, and I’m also watching the evolution of his character. Because it wasn’t nearly as spastic in the beginning and neither was mine. That’s something that just kind of happens once the audience starts to hang on to every word because they...

Robin Williams is best known for his film comedies, such as Mrs. Doubtfire and Aladdin, but when asked about his own prized performances, Williams leaned toward more dramatic work. Forget Mork & Mindy – here are six roles that the comic named as his favorites, as reported by Far Out…

1 Dead Poets Society

According to the Williams biography, Robin, Dead Poets Society was originally slated to be directed by Jeff Kanew, the auteur behind Revenge of the Nerds. Williams didn’t see the story as a comedy and wouldn’t commit until Peter Weir signed on to direct. Williams identified with the story’s plot about a young man who dreams of becoming an actor but is opposed by a stern father who wants him to be more responsible. “It talks about something of the heart and of pursuing that which is a dream — and in some cases, to a tragic end,...

Nerd movies, like geeks themselves, have come a long way over the last few decades. When films about nerds and geeks started becoming popular in the 1980s, they showed the characters as losers, misfits, and outsiders who had to face bullies, who were often the cool, popular kids. Since the 80s, the roles have stayed the same concerning their brains and status as misfits, but these characters have become more prestigious and important, as brains are more important than brawn in today's society.

When it comes to movies about nerds and geeks, they are no longer just about nerds being picked on by jocks and having to survive. They have become films about the smartest kids in the class doing things that no one ever imagined they could do. Geeks today are cool and often have more in common with regular people than the jocks that used to rule the class.

Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady's 2007 sitcom "The Big Ban Theory" was hotly contested when it was on the air. In the early 2000s, certain kinds of "geek" interests moved from the cultural fringe directly into the mainstream, and previously derided niche interests like "Dungeons & Dragons," comic books, long-form video games, astronomy, trivia, and fantasy in general all became widely accepted as a new entertainment zeitgeist. New kinds of kid-acceptable pop artists came to be canonized. The geek ecosystem was widespread and easily available to any curious takers.

"The Big Bang Theory," however, was lambasted by some viewers for its inaccurate portrayals of modern-day geeks. The characters on "Big Bang" were all scientists or intellectuals, and they all loved "Star Wars," comic books, and RPGs, but they didn't talk the way geeks talked, nor did they organically celebrate geek culture. "The Big Bang Theory" relied too heavily on outdated...

Season 2 of Shrinking delivered gut punch after emotional gut punch. It was also full of witty banter, poignant witticisms, and moments that made us think. One character rose to the top through it all: Derek, played by Ted McGinley. Derek's wife, Liz, and the couple have a unique relationship. Derek is patient, laid-back, and supportive, while Liz is intense, shrewd, and not to be messed with. They're a perfect match. The same is true for his friendships, with Derek bringing calm to the general chaos at nearly every turn.

Shrinking is a departure for McGinley, who, before playing Derek, was known for roles like Jefferson D'Arcy on Married... with Children and Stan Gabel in Revenge of the Nerds. Perhaps not taken seriously for much of his earlier work, McGinley's increased screen time during the second season of Shrinking made it a better show. McGinley knows how special Derek is to audiences and,...

"Talk to me, Goose," whispered Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) in "Top Gun: Maverick." But Goose couldn't due to being dead. That's what die-hard fans of the original film would've already been aware of when Tom Cruise's heroic hot shot alter ego, took to the sky in the 2022 sequel from director Joseph Kosinski. Besides blowing past the $1 billion mark, the second film reunited us with Maverick who had demons to address, most specifically getting over the death of his late Bff.

The wingman of wingmen, Nick "Goose" Bradshaw was the glue that kept "Top Gun" grounded in Tony Scott's 1986 film right up until he couldn't, and the action movie-loving world wept from his death. But just who was Goose? What was he to Maverick and what was the reasoning behind his untimely demise? Well, to find out the who, what, why, and when of his best friend's passing, we...

From time to time, "The Big Bang Theory" would bring on some pretty big names to play the family members of its main characters. Just to name a few, Christine Baranski plays Dr. Beverly Hofstadter, mother to Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), Laurie Metcalf plays Sheldon Cooper's (Jim Parsons) mom Mary Cooper, and Kathy Bates shows up as Mrs. Fowler, the mom of Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik). Dads get some play too; memorably, Penny's (Kaley Cuoco) dad Wyatt is played by "Revenge of the Nerds" star Keith Carradine. But what about Howard Wolowitz, played by Simon Helberg? We hear but never see his mother, voiced by character actor Carol Ann Susi, but we never meet his dad. Apparently, though, Helberg and some of the show's producers really, really wanted "Ghostbusters," "Little Shop of Horrors," and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" star Rick Moranis to play Mr. Wolowitz.

Executive producer...

Writer-director Thomas J. Churchill, known for his work on The Amityville Trilogy and Big Freaking Rat, has announced his next feature film, The 3 Killer Pigs, a horror-thriller which begins shooting this month in Los Angeles. The film features an all-star cast, including television icon Anson Williams, Robert Carradine, Brian Austin Green, Richard Gabai (Night of the Living Dead 2025) and Robert Lasardo, along with William McNamara, James Pratt, Sadie Katz, Jody Quigley, Tommy Morgan Jr. (The Bridge to Nowhere), social media sensation Rachel Pizzolato and Dancing with the Stars alumni, Sharna Burgess in her feature film debut.

A local Farmer is desperate after running through all his livestock, he does the unthinkable when he attempts to steal his neighbor’s stock by murder. All goes awry as the farmer comes face to face with his past. When the Farmer is recognized, a blood oath is put in place when the...

There’s scene in 1984’s Bachelor Party perfectly sums up just how stupid – and hilarious – the movie is. It involves a donkey overdosing on cocaine. Not because anyone gave the donkey cocaine, mind you. No, it’s the donkey’s choice, as he strolls over to a table full of drugs, chops up some lines with his hoof, and goes to town. He then dies of a massive heart attack. A cautionary tale, to be sure. If you haven’t seen Bachelor Party and that joke strikes you as in particularly bad taste, you probably don’t need to track this movie down because it doesn’t get any classier.

However, for a generation of us, Bachelor Party was a late night sleepover classic. It was like The Hangover of the 1980s, albeit not as big of a hit. It’s the raciest movie Tom Hanks ever made, with him...

Anson Williams of Happy Days and Brian Austin Green of Beverly Hills, 90210 are teaming up to star in and produce the horror thriller The Three Killer Pigs, Deadline reports. Said to be an homage to Italian genre movies, the project is expected to start filming in Los Angeles at the beginning of next month.

Written and directed by Thomas J. Churchill, The Three Killer Pigs has the following synopsis: A local farmer is desperate and does the unthinkable in his attempt to get his precious livestock back. A blood oath is put in place when the killer pigs make their way back to where their nightmare began. Darkness shrouds the farmhouse and its occupants when the three piggies come home.

Williams and Green are joined in the cast by Robert Lasardo (The Mule), Tommy Morgan, Jr. (The Bridge to Nowhere), Sharna Burgess (Dancing with the Stars), Tank Jones (Amityville Uprising...

Happy Days may not have been the first TV experiment in nostalgia.

But co-creators Michael Eisner and Tom Miller definitely knew they were taking a risk when they pitched the show to Paramount.

Not surprisingly, the concept didn’t fare well with execs, and the studio passed.

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The market research department said a coming-of-age sitcom about the idealism and innocence of 1950s youth would never work in the trippy 1970s.

But over time, with a little push from George Lucas, Happy Days made history as one of the most significant nostalgia-based shows of all time.

And ever since Fonz and Richie Cunningham showed us how to laugh at our childhood, TV audiences have had a love affair with nostalgic TV shows.

Many new TV shows also followed the Happy Days formula, whether it was The Wonder Years, set in the late 1960s while airing in the late 1980s,...

Steve Urkel was only supposed to appear in a single episode of Family Matters. It was the 12th episode of the new ABC sitcom about a working-class family in Chicago, and the script called for a hopeless nerd with a penchant for swallowing mice to ask eldest daughter Laura (Kellie Shanygne Williams) to a school dance. But 13-year-old Jaleel White left such a strong impression with the audience during his few minutes onscreen as Steve Urkel that he was quickly written into the following episode. When the second season rolled out,...

True or false, Rich Eisen asked Ted McGinley on a recent episode of his eponymous talk show: “You actually had a beef with the nerds on the Revenge of the Nerds set at first, and it took you a few weeks to warm up to them.”

“True,” said McGinley without hesitation. The actor played Alpha Beta president and star quarterback Stan Gable in the film, sworn mortal enemy of the Lambda Lambda Lambda nerds. And according to McGinley, the plot’s animosity spilled over into off-the-set hate. “I didn’t start the beef,” McGinley claimed (but would you expect any less from an Alpha Beta?). The actors who played the nerds “showed up with some serious attitude, they showed up with some serious nerd attitude, which I was not expecting.”

According to McGinley, the nerd actors “were separatists. They wanted no part of us. And so after a while, I was like,...

Airing for roughly fifteen years, ER saw the death and abrupt exits of many beloved characters, most notably Dr. Mark Greene in season 8 but why did actor Anthony Edwards leave ER? Created by physician and sci-fi novelist Michael Crichton (creator of Jurassic Park and Westworld), ER made its debut on NBC in 1994, achieving overwhelming success with a total of 331 episodes over the course of 15 seasons before ending in 2009, making it the second-longest-running medical drama behind Grey's Anatomy. Like Grey's Anatomy, many cast members came and went over the course of the long-running series, but Dr. Mark Greene was there for more than half of the show's run.

Played by Anthony Edwards, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning star of Top Gun and Revenge of the Nerds, Dr. Greene was one of ER's most inherently likable leading men, as well as, arguably, the main protagonist through ER season 8. From ER's pilot episode,...

As both a critical and popular success, Joss Whedons Buffy the Vampire Slayer earned legions of loyal fans over the course of its seven seasons. It continues to draw in new fans who are finding it on streaming platforms, further cementing its status as a cult favorite, decades after the final episode aired. However, as with most shows that have a lengthy run, there is a consensus basement-dweller of an episode. In this case, its Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 4, Episode 5, Beer Bad.

The episode shows a heartbroken Buffy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, drowning her sorrows with beer and the company of frat boys at a college bar. While there are legitimate gripes with the preachy tone of the episode, there are still some redeeming qualities and even a bad Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode is better than a lot of other teen dramas.

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During the 12 season run of "The Big Bang Theory," the audience meet the main characters' parents and extended families from time to time — and those parents and family members are usually played by some pretty big performers. Laurie Metcalf plays Mary Cooper, mother to Jim Parsons' Sheldon Cooper, and Tony and Emmy Award winner Christine Baranski also shows up a few times as Leonard's mother Dr. Beverly Hofstadter. Penny's (Kaley Cuoco) parents are played by Katey Sagal (in a nod to Cuoco and Sagal's sitcom "8 Simple Rules") and Keith Carradine.

So, what about Howard Wolowitz, played by Simon Helberg? We hear his mother Mrs. Wolowitz off-screen — she's voiced by Carol Ann Susi, who passed away in 2014, as did the character — but we never meet his dad. According to Jessica Radloff's book "The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive,...

Plot: Tom is a scholarship student desperate to break free from his working-class background. He is charmed by the prestigious Kna fraternity’s promises of high social status and alumni connections that open doors. But upon beginning a romance with Annabelle, a classmate outside of his social circle, and the manipulative schemes of his fraternity president unfolding during the hazing of new members, Tom finds himself ensnared in a perilous game of ambition and loyalty.

Review: Few cultures have proven as toxic as fraternities and sororities. Over the years, hazing has transformed from comedy fodder in films like Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds to the notorious stuff of headline news. Countless frats across the United States have been shuttered due to criminal activity that has resulted in jail time and even deaths. The Line is a story that is a damning indictment of frat life and the personalities...

The story of therapist Jimmy Laird will finally continue after over a year of fan anticipation, with Shrinking returning to Apple TV+ later this month. Last season, viewers saw Laird - played by Jason Segel - take on an unorthodox approach with his clients and tell them how he truly feels. This backfired at the end of Shrinking season 1, when one of his patients shoves her abusive husband off of a cliff.

Shrinking features a star-studded cast of actors alongside Segel, including long-time comedic actor Ted McGinley. Since his career first began in the 1980s, McGinley has become known for his roles in things like Happy Days, Married with Children, and Revenge of the Nerds, and has now taken up the role of Derek, Jimmys neighbor whos married to his friend Liz (Christa Miller). McGinley will take on a bigger role this season, officially becoming a series regular.

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The vampire is a staple of horror films that have sustained longevity since cinema's earliest days. From the ghoulish appearance of Max Shreck in Nosferatu to the sensual pairing of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Interview With the Vampire, these creatures of the night have always found a way to captivate our imaginations in a variety of ways. Whether it's a blood-soaked opera or a timeless tale of love, the vampire can be adapted into a never-ending variety of incarnations. The horror comedy has seen its fair share of vampire offerings, such as Love at First Bite and Dracula: Dead and Loving It.

Currently streaming on Tubi is Vamp, released in 1986, and an entry that seamlessly blends comedy, sensuality, and a strong emphasis on style, making it one of the unique vampire films that one can really sink their fangs into. In a decade full of raucous teen comedies...

Michelle Meyrink isn't an A-list celebrity, but she was a low-key staple of 1980s cinema, known for her quirky charm and ability to bring eccentric characters to life. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Meyrink pursued her passion for acting at a young age, quickly making a name for herself in Hollywood (via The Biography). She began with small but memorable roles in films like The Outsiders and Valley Girl, but her big break came with the 1984 cult classic Revenge of the Nerds, where she played Judy, a lovable female nerd.

Meyrink's career continued to thrive with roles in films like Real Genius, where her portrayal of the hyperactive genius Jordan Cochran became one of her most celebrated performances. Though she left acting in the late '80s, her roles in movies like One Magic Christmas and Permanent Record showcased her versatility, leaving a lasting impression on the cinema of the decade.

Frank Griffin, who nosed out another makeup artist to work with Steve Martin on Roxanne, just one of the 20 movies they did together, has died. He was 95.

Griffin died Wednesday of cancer at his home in Studio City, his daughter Roxane Griffin, a veteran Hollywood hairstylist (Avatar, Transparent, 80 for Brady), told The Hollywood Reporter.

Frank Griffin started out in Hollywood as an actor and studio laborer before turning to makeup in the mid-1960s, and he went on to work on Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Scarecrow (1973), Westworld (1973), Cinderella Liberty (1973), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Urban Cowboy (1980), Midnight Run (1988), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Vacation (1983), Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985).

Survivors also include his sister Debra Paget, who starred in such films as Broken Arrow (1950), Love Me Tender (1956) — Elvis Presley’s first movie — and The Ten Commandments (1956).

His other two sisters were actresses as well: Lisa Gaye,...

The 1995 film "12 Monkeys" was one of the few times a Terry Gilliam film wasn't beset with chaos and production problems. Gilliam is notoriously unlucky — not to mention incredibly headstrong — so many of his features were only made after last-minute disasters, deaths, or other major catastrophes. One can see Gilliam's unluckiness in play in Keith Fulton's and Louis Pepe's 2002 documentary "Lost in La Mancha," which traced the director's first, stalled attempt to make "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." Also, one doesn't need to be a deep-cut cineaste to know all about the issues Gilliam had with his 1983 sci-fi film "Brazil," a picture that was re-cut multiple times.

For "12 Monkeys," though, everything seemed to work out okay. Based on Chris Marker's 1962 short film "La Jetée," the film begins in 2035 after most of humanity has been killed by a lethal virus. Survivors were forced into underground prisons,...

Content warning: This article contains references to sexual assault. Spoilers for "The Boys" season 4 also follow.

"The Boy" season 4 episode 6 "Dirty Business" has proven to be one of the show's most controversial, even for a program that thrives on trampling good taste into the dust. In it, our everyman lead Hughie (Jack Quaid) went undercover to investigate the Batman-esque super detective Tek Knight. Disguised head to toe as the supe Webweaver, Hughie wound up tied down in Tek Knight's sex dungeon and tortured; his captors think it's just kinky fun, but for Hughie, it's actually painful — he tries to opt out but doesn't know what Webweaver's safe word is.

The show seemed to be handling this decently; Hughie broke down and his girlfriend, Annie (Erin Moriarty) offered him a comforting shoulder. Then show creator Eric Kripke spoiled the mood in an interview with Variety. Writer Jennifer Maas echoed most fan...

The return of Eddie Murphy to the iconic role of Axel Foley has the internet abuzz. Not only has Murphy been making the most of his press tour, but he’s also having fun reliving Beverly Hills Cop as a major franchise in pop culture. With the recent release of Axel F, we thought it was time to rank the iconic series that helped turn Eddie Murphy into a superstar. Check out our ranking below!

Suggested“One crazy guy worth working with”: Eddie Murphy Actually Considered Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Insane’ Beverly Hills Cop Pitch 4. Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) – Directed by John Landis

From its opening set piece, Beverly Hills Cop just feels off. Murphy gave the movie his all, and reuniting with John Landis looked good on paper. However, by 1994, Landis lost his touch as the director who once helmed Coming to America and Animal House. Even a theme...

Published in the '80s, Gary Larson's The Far Side released at a time when pop culture was strangely obsessed with stereotypical nerds. Larson imagines nerds in the worlds of sharks, cowboys, kangaroos and dinosaurs. While Larson's nerds don't have an easy ride - even being consigned to Hell - they actually make out better than his average human character.

Published in the '80s, Gary Larson's The Far Side released at a time when pop culture was strangely obsessed with stereotypical nerds, with movies like Weird Science and Revenge of the Nerds and TV shows like Family Matters and Saved by the Bell putting poindexters front and center. While nerd culture inarguably won out in the decades after, making 'nerd' pop culture properties the most popular in the world, that wasn't always the case, and Larson plays with the archetype of the 'nerd' as it existed in the era of mirrored sunglasses,...

Curtis Armstrong Once Detailed Tom Cruise’s Alleged S*x Life With Multiple Girls(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Tom Cruise is one of the most popular stars worldwide. When it comes to pulling off deadly stunts, no one is even close to the superstar. The same could be said even about his personal life. Over the years, the Mission Impossible star has been embroiled in several controversies, most of which have been related to his love life or affairs. Keep reading to know more!

The Top Gun Maverick star is an exciting personality who grabs attention with whatever he does. However, this has turned out to be a big negative on several occasions, as he has attracted a lot of unwanted attention. Many times, his co-stars have talked about Tom being a magnet and highly popular among females. One such incident was shared by Tom’s co-star, who also talked about...

One of the classic movie tropes of studio comedies, and especially in the 70s and 80s- is the ever-clever “slobs vs snobs” tale. You know, the blue-collar underdog against a preppy, often annoyingly sophisticated social elite. Movies like Revenge of the Nerds, Animal House, Wayne’s World, or Caddyshack make this the crux of their stories and often use multiple characters in each category to drive the shenanigans all the way up. But in some cases, a movie will tell the story with just one slob and one snob- and crank them both to their absolute extremes- and then throw in a heist because… we love that stuff.

In today’s episode of Revisited, we’re going to be talking about 1988’s buddy comedy classic- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. This movie stars Steve Martin and (the now retired) Michael Caine as two con artists who make an old western-style bet to run each other out of town.

Tom Cruise's Risky Business joins the prestigious Criterion Collection, marking a pivotal moment in his career. The film is praised for blending tender romance with a sharp critique of capitalism, even if it's goofy fun on the surface. Criterion's release includes a 4K Uhd restoration, special features, and interviews, making it a must-have for film and Cruise enthusiasts.

Tom Cruise has been one of the biggest Hollywood stars for four decades, and has starred in almost 50 movies, but until today, none of them have been represented in the most prestigious film collection in the world — the Criterion Collection. The home media distributor collects the greatest or most culturally important films of all time and immaculately restores them and curates magnificent special features. And now, Cruise's 1983 film Risky Business will be the 1,227th movie added to the collection.

The Criterion Collection announced its inclusion today, April 15, with the film being...

The year was 1985 when Super Mario Bros. took the Nintendo Entertainment System by storm; Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes debuted in newspapers, and two unlikely friends named Marty McFly and Emmett Lathrop Brown piloted cinema’s most iconic time machine to a year when Panama hats and kitten heels were all the rage, 1955.

Fiercely protected at a level akin to Ghostbusters and Star Wars by millennials worldwide, Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future sits enthroned at Nostalgia Mountain’s top. The original film has spawned two sequels, a cartoon series, video game adaptations, a Broadway musical, and more. But how does it hold up by today’s standards? Strap on your seatbelt, and prepare yourselves to see some serious shit because this is Back to the Future Revisited.

In 1977, Robert Zemeckis did the unthinkable. He bulldozed into Amblin Entertainment without an appointment, heading straight for Steven Spielberg’s office.

Many classic comedies from the '70s and '80s face criticism today for their insensitive portrayal of several elements. Films like Tropic Thunder, Blazing Saddles, and Sixteen Candles are now seen as problematic due to outdated humor and stereotypes. The use of blackface, racial slurs, and trivialization of serious issues in these movies highlight their inability to align with contemporary values.

Many classic comedy movies incorporate jokes and humor that reflect the era in which they were created. However, as societal norms evolve over time, certain films may now be viewed as problematic due to changing standards of acceptability. While modern comedies often push boundaries with raunchy, R-rated content, they pale in comparison to the taboo-breaking humor found in films from the '70s and '80s. Movies like Blazing Saddles, Revenge of the Nerds, and the John Hughes and Molly Ringwald classic, Sixteen Candles, once celebrated for their edgy comedy,...

The '80s is often considered a Golden Age for film, which introduced classics like Planes, Trains and Automobiles and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial that still holds up today. However, among the many gems of the time period, there are some problematic films that don't hold up under scrutiny.

Certain films, such as Revenge of the Nerds and The Toy, are obviously inappropriate and would never get past today's audience. Other films, such as Rain Man and Sixteen Candles, are still beloved classics despite their glaring issues. These '80s films did not age well and have problematic aspects and scenes that cannot be overlooked.

Revenge of the Nerds (1984) Aged Terribly Close IMDb Rating: 6.6/10 Stream On: Starz

At a glance, Revenge of the Nerds is a typical commentary on societal norms. In the plot, the "nerds" at college decide to fight back against the "jocks" that harass them. They start...

Update: In addition to being available on Hulu, the classic Bruce WIllis/ Cybill Shepherd series, Moonlighting, is now coming to digital retailers like iTunes and more. So if you want to own a digital copy of the show, now’s your chance. One caveat: no news on whether the show will be available in Canada, with it still absent from Disney Star here north of the border, making it seem like the music rights are keeping the show from being more widely available.

Original Post: Do bears bear? Do bees be? Does a Hulu subscription sound enticing now that Moonlighting is finally coming to the streaming platform? That’s right, you detectives of romance! All 67 episodes of the classic comedy series starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd will be available to stream on the service beginning on October 10, 2023.

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The Bendy and the Ink Machine video game is being adapted into a movie by Radar Pictures. No specific details have been revealed yet, including the director, cast, or release date. The film could be either live-action or animated, but an animated adaptation would align with the game's style.

The video game Bendy and the Ink Machine is now getting the big screen treatment. Published by the studio Kindly Beast in 2017, Bendy and the Ink Machine is a first-person survival horror game. Including both action and puzzles, the game follows a man named Henry, who was the lead animator at in-game animation house, Joey Drew Studio, and later receives an invitation from Joey Drew himself years later to return to the workshop.

According to the official Bendy Twitter/X page, Bendy and the Ink Machine will now get a movie adaptation. The post, which can be seen below, included a photo that said,...

James Cromwell's iconic line, "That'll do, pig," in Babe carries emotional weight for the actor, reminding him of wanting his own father's approval. Babe's success can be attributed to its impressive visual effects, earning an Oscar and critical acclaim, while James Cromwell's performance garnered him a Best Supporting Actor nomination. Cromwell's personal connection to the role of Farmer Hoggett in Babe signifies a turning point in his career, propelling him to wider recognition in both television and film.

When James Cromwell's character, farmer Arthur Hoggett says, "That'll do pig," in Babe, it is so emotionally resonant, that the veteran actor still has strong feelings about the line. Directed by Chris Noonan and written by George Miller who later directed the movie sequel Babe: Pig in the City, 1995's Babe tells the charming story of the runt of a pig litter who tries to be a sheepdog. Farmer Hoggett...

Revenge of the Nerds was released in 1984, a year of sea change in Hollywood, as the city of Los Angeles hosted a memorable Summer Olympics, and non-traditional films were again in fashion after the end of the New Hollywood era. Director Jeff Kanew directed several such comedies in the 80s, but none more celebrated than Revenge of the Nerds — which had a script inspired by an article about the 'nerds' taking over Silicon Valley. During development, Kanew saw Ted McGinley and his chiseled features on the cover of USC Magazine, and knew he'd be the perfect collegiate alpha male and head bully to oppose his heroic cadre of pencil-pushing geeks.

On the nerd team, the casting of Lewis (Robert Carradine) and Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) proved central to the film's success, as Carradine became iconic with his signature laugh and horn-rimmed spectacles, and Edwards provided the film's soul as the 'straight man' of the duo.

We want movies to move us. We want them to soothe us, and carry us through bad times; we want them to make us laugh, make us feel connected to others, and show us beauty and splendor we've never seen before. And, sometimes, we want movies to truly, deeply disturb us.

Never mind why; maybe we're numb and want to be rattled into feeling, maybe we're feeling too much and want to channel it all somewhere, or maybe we just want to believe the world is still capable of bowling us over despite of our defenses. Whatever the case, we all sometimes take to a movie specifically because of one particular moment in it that makes us feel horrible.

Conversely, we sometimes don't want movies to disturb us, and yet they do — when we're least expecting them to, or when we're making an earnest effort to meet them halfway, they...

Eddie Marks, a member of the costume department on such films as The Breakfast Club, The Witches of Eastwick and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and the president of the Western Costume Company since 1992, has died. He was 76.

Marks died Monday of natural causes during a visit to Prague, a spokesman for the company told The Hollywood Reporter.

Marks joined Western Costume in 1989 as a vice president and became president three years later. He helped steer the company from a cramped Melrose Avenue warehouse near the Paramount lot to a hangar-sized building on Vanowen Street in North Hollywood in 1990.

Western Costume was founded sometime between 1912 and 1915 and has been among the world’s largest suppliers of costumes ever since. “What makes us stand out from our competitors is that, over the last 30 years, I’ve bought 11 companies that were costume rental companies,” Marks told THR in a 2019 profile of Western Costume.

Edward “Eddie” Marks, the Emmy-winning president of Western Costume Company, died on Monday in Prague. He was 76.

Marks had a longstanding career in costuming, working his way up to become president of Western Costume Company, where he helped grow the brand into one of the world’s largest costume companies.

Marks was born on July 1, 1947, in Bayonne, N.J. to Lambert Marks and Beverly Hess. By 1952, Mark’s family relocated to the West side of Los Angeles, where he stayed for the rest of his life and began his career in entertainment in 1965.

Marks started out at MGM Studios, working in costuming with the likes of Elvis Presley and on film titles including “Girl Happy,” “Spinout” and “Stay Away.” After leaving MGM in 1968, he began freelancing, going on to work as the costume supervisor for the Emmy-nominated series “The Streets of San Francisco” which starred Karl Malden and Michael Douglas.

Eddie Marks, the president of Western Costume Company whose career in costuming included early collaborations on Elvis Presley films, died Monday while visiting Prague. He was 76.

His death was announced by the company. A cause of death was not disclosed.

Born Edward Howard Marks in Bayonne, NJ, Marks moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1952, and in 1957 they settled in Woodland Hills, where he remained for the rest of his life.

Beginning his career in the MGM Studios mailroom in 1965, Marks would soon work on such mid-1960s Presley films as Girl Happy, Spinout and Stay Away, Joe.

Marks went freelance in 1968, eventually becoming the costume supervisor on the hit TV series Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977) starring Karl Malden and Michael Douglas. In 1988, he received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Mini-Series or Special for his work on the CBS Movie of the Week Shakedown on Sunset Strip.

Despite being considered a classic today, Back to the Future faced numerous rejections from movie studios in the '80s due to its tone and content. Studios at the time preferred raunchy, R-rated sex comedies, but Back to the Future's balanced and grounded approach has given it lasting appeal. The film ultimately got made thanks to Steven Spielberg's support and the success of director Robert Zemeckis's previous hit, Romancing the Stone.

While Back to the Future is now considered a sci-fi classic, many studios turned the movie down for absurd reasons. It’s not controversial to state that Back to the Future is one of the best films of the '80s. The premise of a teenager who must ensure his parents get together after accidentally time-traveling back to the 1950s and messing with original events is a work of high-concept genius. While Back to the Future...

Released in 1982, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was one of many teen sex comedies flooding the market after the success of 1981’s Porky’s. Films like Revenge of the Nerds, The Bachelor Party, and The Last American Virgin were filled with the raunchy exploits of bodacious babes and sex-obsessed dudes. While Fast Times was equally focused on teen sex and female nudity, the film is surprisingly progressive for its time. In more ways than one, the coming of age film broke down numerous barriers through its positive and authentic portrayal of female sexuality in a genre where misogyny was rampant.

Movie bullies are antagonists, but not all of them are completely rotten. Yes, they're mean and abusive, but some of them have endearing qualities that make them somewhat sympathetic. That's not to say anyone is rooting for the bullies over the heroes, but some are so funny or over-the-top, that audiences can't get enough.

Fred O'Bannion (Ben Affleck's first big role) in Dazed and Confused was such an insufferable jerk that all he elicited was hatred and there was nothing but cheers when he got his comeuppance. Sgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket​​​​​​, on the other hand, was abrasive but also hilarious, and it was a real shame what happened to him. The fact is, there are some bullies audiences just love to hate.

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