Thanks to a tweet from my friend Ted, I learned that my long-time crush Gerry Butler is in negotiation to star in a submarine thriller Hunter Killer. Per LatinoReview, the movie is based on the novel, Firing Point from authors George Wallace and Don Keith, here's the plot: An untested submarine captain must work with …
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Random Thoughts: Sam Worthington’s Five Fave Flicks
My go-to review site RottenTomatoes.com has a regular feature where random movie actors/directors list their five favorite movies and why. Earlier this month, it featured AVATAR's star Sam Worthington's Five Favorite Films. Please note these are his favorites, not his 'best films' list: Lethal Weapon 2 (1989, 82% Tomatometer) Lethal Weapon 2 -- because that's …
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Why the Brits/Aussies will always rule US TV
Upon learning this news that David Tenant — the popular star of BBC's Dr. Who — will be a part of the Peacock network, I thought I'd resurrect my old post I did back in June. Funny how things haven't changed one bit since then. Brits/Aussies still very much saturate our shows. Just this Fall, another …
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Time Traveling with Sam Worthington
Sam Worthington's got to be the most enviable young actor working today. Though he's not exactly a novice acting-wise, most US audiences have only seen him recently in Terminator Salvation. Yet, instead of working his way up in supporting roles or ensemble cast type of stuff, Hollywood readily entrusts him to be the next big …
Hollywood Casting News: Flixchatter highlights
When I was little, every time the inevitable "what do you want to be when you grow up?" question came up, I always answered with all the tenacity a teeny girl I could muster: a screenwriter. A rather unusual reply for a wee kid barely able to scribble a decent sentence, let alone a paragraph. …
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Tired of boys ruling Hollywood? Get these real men to the rescue.
British and US press alike have been saying this over and over. Real men are but bygones in today's Hollywood movies, as more and more boys dominate the box office. The biggest money makers of late are mostly under the age of 25! Shia La Beouf, Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson and Daniel Radcliffe have all …
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300 & Gladiator sequel talks? Oh, please don’t!
All the rumors swirling about a sequel/prequel of 300 just got a new boost now that director Zack Snyder told IGN at the Comic Con this weekend that he's basically just waiting for Frank Miller's draft of the comic. Snyder said that there's a lot of Spartan history to draw inspiration from. He also hinted …
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