There’s a scene in A Prayer Before Dawn, the film adaptation of Billy Moore’s prison memoir, in which the convict hits rock bottom. An Englishman incarcerated in a rough Thai jailhouse dubbed the “Bangkok Hilton,” he’s strung out on drugs and has nearly killed a man. Before Moore was a …
Read More »10 Best Movies to See in Aug.: Bad Muppets, 'BlacKkKlansman' and Statham vs. Shark
August — it’s the January of summer! This is the part of the summer-movie season when studios trot out the properties too offbeat (read: light on explosions) to compete with your typical June and July blockbusters. You know, the time of year when the idea of a big-budget bonanza is …
Read More »Samantha Bee: Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan 'As Compromised By Russia as Trump'
During Wednesday’s Full Frontal, Samantha Bee called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan as being “every bit as compromised by Russia as [President] Trump.” In fact, she said, “They’re worse! McConnell and Ryan have so far put up with whatever [Russian President Vladimir …
Read More »'Bohemian Rhapsody': New Trailer Shows Queen's Early Days, Origins of 'We Will Rock You'
Queen‘s roots are the focus of the new trailer for the long-awaited biopicBohemian Rhapsody, which stars Mr. Robot‘s Rami Malek as the late singer Freddie Mercury. In the trailer, Mercury attends Brian May (Gwilym Lee) and Roger Taylor’s (Ben Hardy) show while they were performing as Smile. “I enjoyed the …
Read More »Freddie Goes to Hollywood: How 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Finally Got Made
When the teaser trailer for the upcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody hit the Internet in May, the entire world finally got to see Mr. Robot star Rami Malek‘s stunning transformation into Freddie Mercury. What they didn’t see was the long, torturous journey this movie took before filming wrapped – which …
Read More »Samantha Bee Eviscerates Trump, Sessions for Migrant Family Separation
On Wednesday’s Full Frontal,Samantha Beerecapped the whirlwind headlines related to migrant family separation – from the Trump administration’s contradictory defenses of their controversial policy to the massive outpouring of charitable donations made in response. The comedian opened her two-part segment with a glimmer of hope. “I’m very impressed with how …
Read More »'Gotti' Review: A Mobster Biopic That Deserves to Get Whacked
John Travolta, trying earnestly to act his way through a ton of lousy makeup and an even heavier slab of bad screenwriting, plays mafioso John Gotti in this chaotic biopic that jumps all over the place but still fails to manifest a pulse. As the Teflon Don tells us upfront: …
Read More »Nick Offerman: My 5 Favorite Dad-Rock Songs
Meet Nick Offerman, and you might expect to hear growling Libertarian rants, or manly odes to the glories of outdoor living and Scotch, or perhaps hear nothing at all – just be greeted by a stern, steel-melting glare, the kind that Ron Swanson used to silence folks who crossed his …
Read More »Pixar's John Lasseter to Leave Disney After 'Missteps,' Sabbatical
Disney announced Friday that Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter would leave the company at the end of the year. The announcement follows Lasseter’s six-month sabbatical that began in November 2017 after the Toy Story director admitted to “missteps” involving female Pixar employees. “The last six months have provided an …
Read More »'Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind': See Intimate First Trailer
“You’re only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you’re nothing,” the late Robin Williams says in the first trailer for HBO’s documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind. The film, which premiered at Sundance, features rare footage, including scenes from the comedian’s standup appearances interspersed …
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