“Some time ago… there was an Ojibwe man who got a little sick and wandered West.” So begins Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.’s “Wild Indian,” which adapts that folkloric tone into the airless language of a contemporary serial-killer drama. We learn that the Ojibwe man was a little sicker than his legend suggested.
When we meet Makwa, he’s as a troubled pre-teen in the 1980s, when he lives in an oppressively gray stretch of middle American nowhere with abusive parents. Played in these formative years by a remarkable young actor named Phoenix Wilson — whose punctured tire of a voice sounds like on the brink of crying over a sense of dispossession he doesn’t have words to describe — Makwa is held in the grip of an anger that seems much older than he is.
The priest at the local Catholic school preaches about Cain’s sacrifice and the poison of a tortured spirit,...
When we meet Makwa, he’s as a troubled pre-teen in the 1980s, when he lives in an oppressively gray stretch of middle American nowhere with abusive parents. Played in these formative years by a remarkable young actor named Phoenix Wilson — whose punctured tire of a voice sounds like on the brink of crying over a sense of dispossession he doesn’t have words to describe — Makwa is held in the grip of an anger that seems much older than he is.
The priest at the local Catholic school preaches about Cain’s sacrifice and the poison of a tortured spirit,...
- 1/30/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Photo: 'The Marksman'/Open Road Films ‘The Marksman’ - A Wound that Has Not Healed Perhaps the most memorable detail in ‘The Marksman’, the new Liam Neeson action film in theaters this week, is the small bandage that sticks to the face of the cartel assassin that murderously pursues Neeson and the young Mexican boy he’s promised to protect. It’s about the size of a pencil eraser--it’s the kind of bandage you might apply if you’ve cut yourself shaving. It appears on his face after a desert shootout involving automatic weapons that leaves two people dead. The assassin, named Maurico, is not overtly presented as a Patrick Bateman type, particularly concerned about his appearance. He’s not a camp cliche, nor is he flamboyant or effeminate. At yet, there it is, the comically small bandage that conspicuously sits right in the middle of his otherwise unblemished cheek.
- 1/16/2021
- by Trent Kinnucan
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
In 2020, it’s hard to imagine a workplace that engenders less sympathy than the trading floor of a City bank. A puppy-kicking farm, perhaps? The Trump Campaign? Being asked to experience fellow-feeling for the people who choose to work in the gurgling bastard tank of corporate finance is a tall order. We all recognise City traders as the bad guys – to a one, rapacious, conscience-free, Patrick Bateman-alike monsters who’d sell their grandmother a bundle of toxic assets if it turned them a profit.
A viewer could be forgiven then, for approaching a drama about a cohort of graduate interns at a top London investment bank in a spirit of mean-hearted glee. What knobbers has the show lined up for us to loathe? Will it be all burning £50 notes in front of homeless people, doing bumps off the face of a Philippe Patek and high-fiving over sex workers’ backs,...
A viewer could be forgiven then, for approaching a drama about a cohort of graduate interns at a top London investment bank in a spirit of mean-hearted glee. What knobbers has the show lined up for us to loathe? Will it be all burning £50 notes in front of homeless people, doing bumps off the face of a Philippe Patek and high-fiving over sex workers’ backs,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
In the latest socially distanced episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by friends of the show Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, of The Hill’s “Rising.”
For Republicans Suck, Matt submits a clip of Jared Kushner that’s made the rounds for it’s repugnant take on how a Trump government can address social equity.
“One thing we’ve seen in a lot of the black community, which is mostly Democrat, is that President Trump’s policies are the policies that can...
For Republicans Suck, Matt submits a clip of Jared Kushner that’s made the rounds for it’s repugnant take on how a Trump government can address social equity.
“One thing we’ve seen in a lot of the black community, which is mostly Democrat, is that President Trump’s policies are the policies that can...
- 10/30/2020
- by Reed Dunlea
- Rollingstone.com
Ah, the 1980s, when shoulder pads, hair and egos ran sky high. Reaganomics created a crop of bullish investment bankers, yuppies dug into Caesar salads, greed was good and it all ended up mercilessly mocked by Bret Easton Ellis in American Psycho. But Patrick Bateman is a fictional character. The Billionaire Boys Club was real. Even Hollywood and Crime host Tracy Pattin—whose latest podcast takes on the twisted '80s-era tale of money, lies, manipulation and cold-blooded murder—summed it all up at first with a simple "wow." And she's excited to expand on that "wow" because, though it's been the subject of books and...
- 8/22/2020
- E! Online
With new cases spiking across the country, a second round of mandatory quarantine and social distancing appears to be more likely than ever. For some states, it’s already a reality. Fear not, however, because this time – like last time – Netflix will be there to keep you company throughout your lonely indoor days.
The coronavirus pandemic has boosted people’s appetite for content and Netflix, among other platforms, have reported a substantial increase in its subscriber base while other businesses in the entertainment industry are flailing. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, though, as each week the streamer needs to find more and more content to satiate viewers. This time around, Netflix has gotten its hands on a forgotten Christian Bale movie, which just hit the site today.
The Promise first released back in 2016. Directed by Terry George and based on a script he co-authored with Robin Swicord, it stars Oscar Isaac,...
The coronavirus pandemic has boosted people’s appetite for content and Netflix, among other platforms, have reported a substantial increase in its subscriber base while other businesses in the entertainment industry are flailing. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, though, as each week the streamer needs to find more and more content to satiate viewers. This time around, Netflix has gotten its hands on a forgotten Christian Bale movie, which just hit the site today.
The Promise first released back in 2016. Directed by Terry George and based on a script he co-authored with Robin Swicord, it stars Oscar Isaac,...
- 8/8/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
Richard (Lukas Haas) keeps his furniture wrapped in plastic. It makes him look like a serial killer, says the superintendent of his building, his self-appointed friend. Richard simply says that he doesn't want to get it dirty. He likes everything in his life to be be neatly packaged and ready to move on. He's a man who lies in his neighbour's bed after sex arranging another hookup whilst she washes. Nothing is fixed or permanent; although he's always online, he has few real points of connection.
If Richard does resemble a serial killer, it's Patrick Bateman, simply because there's the same sense here that nothing really exists beneath the surface. Like Bateman, he has a work colleague who provides the only real human warmth in his life - someone who might feel differently if she knew how he thinks about women. There's no real sense of aggression or malice here,...
If Richard does resemble a serial killer, it's Patrick Bateman, simply because there's the same sense here that nothing really exists beneath the surface. Like Bateman, he has a work colleague who provides the only real human warmth in his life - someone who might feel differently if she knew how he thinks about women. There's no real sense of aggression or malice here,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Behind the (Movie) Killer series is something that likely plays up to a lot of people’s questioning nature about movies such as American Psycho since to be fair it was an intriguing movie all on its own and managed to raise a lot of questions since it was pretty intense. Patrick Bateman was the kind of guy that you might look at and think that he’s pretty much a rich jerk that has to have everything his way or the world is going to end, but there was definitely more to him than that. The unfortunate part is that
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Patrick Bateman Gets Investigated in “Behind the Movie Killer” Series...
- 5/25/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
“American Psycho” director Mary Harron made headlines earlier this month for revealing she was originally fired from the movie for rejecting the casting of Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Patrick Bateman. Harron wanted Christian Bale from the start, but DiCaprio was hired after expressing interest in making “Psycho” his follow-up to “Titanic.” Harron said DiCaprio exited the film over creative differences with Oliver Stone, who the studio hired as Harron’s replacement, but the film’s co-writer Guinevere Turner remembers the events somewhat differently. In an oral history of the film published by Vice this week to mark its 20th anniversary, Turner said she heard it was actually Gloria Steinem’s crusade against “American Psycho” that played a role in DiCaprio’s exit.
“My friend, who had just spoken to Gloria Steinem, said that Gloria Steinem took Leonardo DiCaprio to a Yankees game,” Turner said. “I believe, she said,...
“My friend, who had just spoken to Gloria Steinem, said that Gloria Steinem took Leonardo DiCaprio to a Yankees game,” Turner said. “I believe, she said,...
- 4/24/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
It is April, in the year of our Lord 2000. I am sighing with relief that the whole Y2K thing had turned out to be just a lot of techno-paranoia. I am discussing the recent political primaries, as both Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and George Walker Bush had secured their parties’ nominations the month before. I need to go return some videotapes. I am sitting in a movie theater, listening to a man — wow, is that the kid from Empire of the Sun? How did he get so jacked? — talk...
- 4/16/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
It’s a very thin line to walk between comedy and horror. Yet filmmaker Mary Harron skipped over it so perfectly with American Psycho that, 20 years later, people are still talking about it. Indeed, we recently unpacked the subversive feminism Harron brought to Patrick Bateman, a yuppie serial killer in Armani suits as realized by author Bret Easton Ellis, and Harron herself is now making the press rounds to talk about the film—including how she almost didn’t make it when Lionsgate fired her and her early choice for Bateman: Christian Bale.
As hard as it is to imagine now, there was once a time where Bale was not a movie star, and even though he had done sterling work in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun and Gillian Armstrong’s definitive adaptation of Little Women, he remained a mystery to studios who were eager to cast bankable...
As hard as it is to imagine now, there was once a time where Bale was not a movie star, and even though he had done sterling work in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun and Gillian Armstrong’s definitive adaptation of Little Women, he remained a mystery to studios who were eager to cast bankable...
- 4/15/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho” is such an iconic role for Christian Bale that it’s hard to imagine any other actor as the chiseled murderer, but there was a moment two decades ago where the role was set for Leonardo DiCaprio. “American Psycho” director Mary Harron is making the press rounds in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary, and she revealed to Little White Lies she nearly lost the project entirely when DiCaprio became interested in playing Bateman. DiCaprio was fresh off “Titanic” at the time, but Harron preferred Bale from the start.
“I didn’t agree with that,” Harron said about the potential casting of DiCaprio as Bateman, “partly because he was such a big star but also because he had a teenage girl fanbase. I just didn’t think he was right for it – so I was fired from the movie for a while.”
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“I didn’t agree with that,” Harron said about the potential casting of DiCaprio as Bateman, “partly because he was such a big star but also because he had a teenage girl fanbase. I just didn’t think he was right for it – so I was fired from the movie for a while.”
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- 4/14/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
by Jason Adams
I don't think there's any good faith argument to be made that Mary Harron's American Psycho, which turns 20 today, is not Christian Bale's movie. His serial killing investment banker Patrick Bateman, now an icon for the ages for better or for worse, is in very nearly every scene -- Harron cuts away from his perspective only twice (both pointed moments I'll dig into below). We are, terrifyingly, trapped inside this most beautiful madman for every dissection and Whitney Houston diatribe -- it's much like Bret Easton Ellis' book that way.
But Harron, bless her, found ways to make the experience survivable, hell even somehow giddy and a deranged sort of fun, whereas Ellis' book is an undertaking swathed in ugliness and despair I've had no desire to revisit since my one and only traumatic read-through a good 25 years back. Harron navigated a supernaturally exquisite balance between her satire and horror,...
I don't think there's any good faith argument to be made that Mary Harron's American Psycho, which turns 20 today, is not Christian Bale's movie. His serial killing investment banker Patrick Bateman, now an icon for the ages for better or for worse, is in very nearly every scene -- Harron cuts away from his perspective only twice (both pointed moments I'll dig into below). We are, terrifyingly, trapped inside this most beautiful madman for every dissection and Whitney Houston diatribe -- it's much like Bret Easton Ellis' book that way.
But Harron, bless her, found ways to make the experience survivable, hell even somehow giddy and a deranged sort of fun, whereas Ellis' book is an undertaking swathed in ugliness and despair I've had no desire to revisit since my one and only traumatic read-through a good 25 years back. Harron navigated a supernaturally exquisite balance between her satire and horror,...
- 4/14/2020
- by JA
- FilmExperience
It's been 20 years since American Psycho hit theaters April 14, 2000.
The satirical psychological horror film follows wealthy New York City investment banking executive Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), who hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends. Throughout the pic he becomes more entangled in his violent and self-indulgent fantasies.
Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, Chloe Sevigny, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner and Reese Witherspoon rounded out the cast of the Mary Harron-directed film. Harron and Turner co-wrote the screenplay, which was based on the novel of the same ...
The satirical psychological horror film follows wealthy New York City investment banking executive Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), who hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends. Throughout the pic he becomes more entangled in his violent and self-indulgent fantasies.
Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, Chloe Sevigny, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner and Reese Witherspoon rounded out the cast of the Mary Harron-directed film. Harron and Turner co-wrote the screenplay, which was based on the novel of the same ...
- 4/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It's been 20 years since American Psycho hit theaters April 14, 2000.
The satirical psychological horror film follows wealthy New York City investment banking executive Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), who hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends. Throughout the pic he becomes more entangled in his violent and self-indulgent fantasies.
Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, Chloe Sevigny, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner and Reese Witherspoon rounded out the cast of the Mary Harron-directed film. Harron and Turner co-wrote the screenplay, which was based on the novel of the same ...
The satirical psychological horror film follows wealthy New York City investment banking executive Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), who hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends. Throughout the pic he becomes more entangled in his violent and self-indulgent fantasies.
Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Bill Sage, Chloe Sevigny, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner and Reese Witherspoon rounded out the cast of the Mary Harron-directed film. Harron and Turner co-wrote the screenplay, which was based on the novel of the same ...
- 4/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?" Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) enlightens a drunk and unknowingly captive Paul Allen (Jared Leto) on the genius of the band. Still talking, with a high-energy affectation that smacks of snobbery and pretension, Bateman briskly moves to the bathroom, puts on a clear raincoat and picks up a gleaming ax. Paul notices the newspaper on the floor and the sheets covering the furniture as Bateman dances back into the living room and over to his stereo. He plays what he considers to be the band's "undisputed masterpiece," "Hip ...
- 4/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
"Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?" Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) enlightens a drunk and unknowingly captive Paul Allen (Jared Leto) on the genius of the band. Still talking, with a high-energy affectation that smacks of snobbery and pretension, Bateman briskly moves to the bathroom, puts on a clear raincoat and picks up a gleaming ax. Paul notices the newspaper on the floor and the sheets covering the furniture as Bateman dances back into the living room and over to his stereo. He plays what he considers to be the band's "undisputed masterpiece," "Hip ...
- 4/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Patrick Bateman is almost in tears during one of American Psycho’s most famous scenes. Bedecked in a trendy raincoat that he surely purchased at Barneys, and dancing to his favorite Huey Lewis and the News song off their “masterpiece” album, Fore!, the yuppie is at his wits’ end. No, it’s not because of the axe in his hand or the coworker whose skull he’s about to plant it in. It’s because nobody, especially that bastard Paul Allen, understands the depths of “Hip to Be Square.”
“It’s a song so catchy people probably don’t listen to the lyrics,” Patrick says with a shimmy before turning red. “But they should, because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of friends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself!” It’s also a personal statement about Patrick Bateman himself. No...
“It’s a song so catchy people probably don’t listen to the lyrics,” Patrick says with a shimmy before turning red. “But they should, because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of friends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself!” It’s also a personal statement about Patrick Bateman himself. No...
- 4/14/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Kumail Nanjiani doesn’t mind posing for shirtless pics. At least, not these days after getting ridiculously jacked for his upcoming role in The Eternals. If you’ll recall, photos circulated late last year of the comedian’s incredible transformation and now, he’s at it again.
While appearing in Men’s Health Magazine, Nanjiani recreated some iconic shirtless scenes in movies including the volleyball scene from Top Gun, Patrick Bateman’s workout routine in American Psycho, John McClane crawling through a ventilation duct in Die Hard and as Hugh Jackman’s iconic turn as Wolverine.
In fact, Jackman was shown Nanjiani’s reenactment while appearing on Fox News and the actor was very impressed with the likeness, saying:
“Wow! That really looks like the set. That is so cool… If you’ve done all that work, get your shirt off.”
The Eternals' Kumail Nanjiani Becomes Wolverine In Awesome New...
While appearing in Men’s Health Magazine, Nanjiani recreated some iconic shirtless scenes in movies including the volleyball scene from Top Gun, Patrick Bateman’s workout routine in American Psycho, John McClane crawling through a ventilation duct in Die Hard and as Hugh Jackman’s iconic turn as Wolverine.
In fact, Jackman was shown Nanjiani’s reenactment while appearing on Fox News and the actor was very impressed with the likeness, saying:
“Wow! That really looks like the set. That is so cool… If you’ve done all that work, get your shirt off.”
The Eternals' Kumail Nanjiani Becomes Wolverine In Awesome New...
- 3/15/2020
- by Ryan Beltram
- We Got This Covered
Kumail Nanjiani is about to join the McU in this year’s The Eternals, where he’ll play Kingo, but the comedian/actor gets into character as a very different Marvel hero in this new photo shoot: none other than Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.
The internet was blown away when the Silicon Valley star revealed his superhero bod transformation late last year, and now Men’s Health Magazine has capitalized on his ripped figure to have Nanjiani recreate famous movie scenes as iconic jacked characters. These include Bruce Willis’ John McClane (Die Hard), Tom Cruise’s Maverick from Top Gun, American Psycho‘s Patrick Bateman (as played by Christian Bale) and yes, Jackman’s Logan.
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The internet was blown away when the Silicon Valley star revealed his superhero bod transformation late last year, and now Men’s Health Magazine has capitalized on his ripped figure to have Nanjiani recreate famous movie scenes as iconic jacked characters. These include Bruce Willis’ John McClane (Die Hard), Tom Cruise’s Maverick from Top Gun, American Psycho‘s Patrick Bateman (as played by Christian Bale) and yes, Jackman’s Logan.
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- 3/10/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Mark Stanley is superb in this unflinching real-life story of a man left alienated from society as a result of a childhood ordeal
Sulphur and White is a painful, disturbing and absorbing episodic drama based on the life of Nspcc campaigner and abuse survivor David Tait – played here by Mark Stanley. As a young man in his 20s, Tait is a London financial trader with the sharp suits and dead-eyed demeanour of Patrick Bateman, the reptilian monster of American Psycho. But we can see that this master of the universe is the way he is because of a terrible childhood wound. Growing up in South Africa, his unhappy mum (Anna Friel) was bullied by an insecure dad (Dougray Scott) who, nervously keen to fit in with the social circle, allowed his teen son David to work part-time job at the petrol station where he was being abused by a paedophile ring of local men.
Sulphur and White is a painful, disturbing and absorbing episodic drama based on the life of Nspcc campaigner and abuse survivor David Tait – played here by Mark Stanley. As a young man in his 20s, Tait is a London financial trader with the sharp suits and dead-eyed demeanour of Patrick Bateman, the reptilian monster of American Psycho. But we can see that this master of the universe is the way he is because of a terrible childhood wound. Growing up in South Africa, his unhappy mum (Anna Friel) was bullied by an insecure dad (Dougray Scott) who, nervously keen to fit in with the social circle, allowed his teen son David to work part-time job at the petrol station where he was being abused by a paedophile ring of local men.
- 3/5/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Even though the winners in the game of capitalism may differ with each year, the ideology itself will probably last longer than some had anticipated, eventually outliving its alternatives. All round us, we witness the devastating effects of this system, from climate change to growing civil unrest and a rise of populism, while fighting against it always carries the air of backwardness and impractical fantasy and is labeled accordingly. As the time of the great conflicts come to an end, we face the eventual challenge of the haves and the have-nots through various agent’s wars all around the globe. In his short film “A Path Where No Man Goes” Vietnamese YouTuber Viet Tran (Jv) aims to show a shocking image of the system following the concept of the chamber drama and the various formulas of success of modern business.
“A Path Where No Man Goes” is screening at Winter...
“A Path Where No Man Goes” is screening at Winter...
- 3/1/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
For many film fans, Christian Bale is considered part of the upper echelon of actors working today. Not only is he just a great performer, but he’s also someone that is willing to do just about anything physically possible to add to the film, whether that’s losing a bunch of weight, gain a bunch of weight, wear prosthetics, etc… And for “American Psycho,” Bale was able to not only give a great performance but also look exactly as Patrick Bateman should, in all his douchey, ridiculous glory.
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Continue reading ‘American Psycho’ Cast Secretly Thought Christian Bale Was “The Worst Actor They’d Ever Seen” at The Playlist.
- 2/21/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Academy Award-winning Christian Bale has a habit of laughing in between the scenes if he knows his co-stars too well.
In an interview to MovieMaker.com, Christian spoke about his role of Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho" and how he tries to adopt a method acting approach to stop himself from disrupting filming, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
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"I start laughing if I know people too well. I start laughing in the middle of scenes. Especially with a character like that," he said.
Even, Christian's co-star Chloe Sevigny found shooting with him "pretty hard"
She said: "Working with Christian was pretty hard because I didn't know this whole Method thing. I was pretty fresh. I hadn't done that many films before, and that an actor would lose himself to such a degree and was so consumed by the part, I was...
In an interview to MovieMaker.com, Christian spoke about his role of Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho" and how he tries to adopt a method acting approach to stop himself from disrupting filming, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Also Read:?Christian Bale to star in upcoming Marvel film?
"I start laughing if I know people too well. I start laughing in the middle of scenes. Especially with a character like that," he said.
Even, Christian's co-star Chloe Sevigny found shooting with him "pretty hard"
She said: "Working with Christian was pretty hard because I didn't know this whole Method thing. I was pretty fresh. I hadn't done that many films before, and that an actor would lose himself to such a degree and was so consumed by the part, I was...
- 1/24/2020
- GlamSham
Christian Bale emulated a charismatic yet insane Wall Street murderer in American Psycho — but he almost lost the part to Leonardo DiCaprio.
On the 20th anniversary of the film, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis, Bale, 45, and director Mary Harron, along with some of the cast from the movie remembered how the film could have turned out differently in an oral history published by MovieMaker.
“Obviously, I think DiCaprio’s a great actor, but I thought he was wrong for it,” Harron, 67, told the magazine of Lionsgate’s move to pay DiCaprio $20 million to...
On the 20th anniversary of the film, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis, Bale, 45, and director Mary Harron, along with some of the cast from the movie remembered how the film could have turned out differently in an oral history published by MovieMaker.
“Obviously, I think DiCaprio’s a great actor, but I thought he was wrong for it,” Harron, 67, told the magazine of Lionsgate’s move to pay DiCaprio $20 million to...
- 1/22/2020
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Welcome back for another installment of Daily Dead’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide! Today, we’re putting the spotlight on one of my own personal obsessions—enamel pins—by highlighting some of the fantastic sites where you can find tons of killer pin designs. So, if you’re looking for some awesome stocking stuffers this holiday season, be sure to check out what all these great online retailers have to offer.
Happy shopping, y’all!
Pixel Elixir:
I absolutely adore Pixel Elixir and all their enamel pin designs (the recently released Santa Claws? Amazing). Here’s a look at just a few of their pixel-perfect pins from their online store:
Santa Claws Enamel Pin Mister Sandman Enamel Pin Slay-Puft Marshmallow Man Enamel Pin Dimensions Of Fear - Haddonfield Enamel Pin (Set Of 3) Häxan "Flying" Hard Enamel Pin Krampus Enamel Pin
Mondo:
What can’t Mondo do? Their collections of artwork, apparel,...
Happy shopping, y’all!
Pixel Elixir:
I absolutely adore Pixel Elixir and all their enamel pin designs (the recently released Santa Claws? Amazing). Here’s a look at just a few of their pixel-perfect pins from their online store:
Santa Claws Enamel Pin Mister Sandman Enamel Pin Slay-Puft Marshmallow Man Enamel Pin Dimensions Of Fear - Haddonfield Enamel Pin (Set Of 3) Häxan "Flying" Hard Enamel Pin Krampus Enamel Pin
Mondo:
What can’t Mondo do? Their collections of artwork, apparel,...
- 12/10/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Patrick Schwarzenegger has a process for reading scripts. On his first time through, he’s just trying to get a sense of the story. Then he goes back and re-reads it through the eyes of the characters. On his third pass, he tries to put everything together thematically.
Even with such a specific methodology, Schwarzenegger, the 26-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, says he was initially caught off guard by the premise of “Daniel Isn’t Real,” about a young man named Luke (Miles Robbins) with an imaginary friend who goads him into committing violent acts. “When I first read the script, I was a little bit, like, ‘Whoa! What the f— is going on?,’” Schwarzenegger says. “And then, as I read it more, I got really interested. It brought up current issues — mental health and how pertinent it is today with young men, and the idea of toxic masculinity.
Even with such a specific methodology, Schwarzenegger, the 26-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, says he was initially caught off guard by the premise of “Daniel Isn’t Real,” about a young man named Luke (Miles Robbins) with an imaginary friend who goads him into committing violent acts. “When I first read the script, I was a little bit, like, ‘Whoa! What the f— is going on?,’” Schwarzenegger says. “And then, as I read it more, I got really interested. It brought up current issues — mental health and how pertinent it is today with young men, and the idea of toxic masculinity.
- 12/5/2019
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Stylist Micaela Erlanger nodded to horror film “Us” with Lupita Nyong’o’s press tour wardrobe: “It was just the right amount of spooky, but we kept it fashion-forward.”
March 8
“With Lupita, we always like to have a narrative and tell a story through the fashion choices,” Erlanger says. “‘Us’ is a horror movie and she has this dual personality, so we had fun with the dichotomy of character and juxtaposition.” Nyong’o wore this white Honayda suit to the film’s SXSW premiere. “It had cutouts and this really interesting detail on the shoulder, but a subtle detail was that her earrings were a pair of scissors — a nod to the character.” Vernon Francois styled her hair in sectioning clips and Nick Barose added ’80s-inspired makeup. “Her hair and makeup were really the standout for that outfit,” Erlanger says. “It just took it to another level.”
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Erlanger thought there...
March 8
“With Lupita, we always like to have a narrative and tell a story through the fashion choices,” Erlanger says. “‘Us’ is a horror movie and she has this dual personality, so we had fun with the dichotomy of character and juxtaposition.” Nyong’o wore this white Honayda suit to the film’s SXSW premiere. “It had cutouts and this really interesting detail on the shoulder, but a subtle detail was that her earrings were a pair of scissors — a nod to the character.” Vernon Francois styled her hair in sectioning clips and Nick Barose added ’80s-inspired makeup. “Her hair and makeup were really the standout for that outfit,” Erlanger says. “It just took it to another level.”
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Erlanger thought there...
- 12/5/2019
- by Jasmin Rosemberg
- Variety Film + TV
Although he’s often referred to as one of the best actors of his generation, Christian Bale’s acting abilities didn’t make the best first impression on his in-laws.
Speaking to People recently with his Ford v Ferrari costar Matt Damon about their family’s favorite films of theirs, Bale revealed that one of his in-laws’ very first experiences with his movies was watching one of his most complicated, violent and semi-naked performances.
“When I first got married [to wife Sibi], her grandma said, ‘So he’s an actor?’ ‘Yeah,’ she says. ‘Has he done anything? ‘Yeah, he did a film, it’s called American Psycho,...
Speaking to People recently with his Ford v Ferrari costar Matt Damon about their family’s favorite films of theirs, Bale revealed that one of his in-laws’ very first experiences with his movies was watching one of his most complicated, violent and semi-naked performances.
“When I first got married [to wife Sibi], her grandma said, ‘So he’s an actor?’ ‘Yeah,’ she says. ‘Has he done anything? ‘Yeah, he did a film, it’s called American Psycho,...
- 11/24/2019
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
For this month’s Let’s Scare Bryan to Death, we’re coming out of the spooky season with a movie picked out by Bj Colangelo, a horror writer who’s got bylines all over the place, including Fangoria, Playboy, and Bitch Flicks. She also recently released Powerbomb, a horror movie centered in the world of professional wrestling that she co-wrote with R. Zachary Shildwachter and Wes Allen, directed with Shildwachter, and produced through their production company, Sickening Pictures.
Colangelo’s choice for this month is Lucky McKee’s directorial debut, May, a film that centers on a troubled young girl named… well, May (Angela Bettis). After a childhood spent with an overly protective mother whose neuroses fixated on May’s wandering eye, a grown-up May spends most of her time alone with her only friend being the doll her mother gave her as a kid. Pining after a handsome...
Colangelo’s choice for this month is Lucky McKee’s directorial debut, May, a film that centers on a troubled young girl named… well, May (Angela Bettis). After a childhood spent with an overly protective mother whose neuroses fixated on May’s wandering eye, a grown-up May spends most of her time alone with her only friend being the doll her mother gave her as a kid. Pining after a handsome...
- 11/20/2019
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead
If you have access to social media or happen to know someone who incessantly complains about everything, then you’ve probably heard claims saying the upcoming Joker movie will inspire violence in the real world. To me, it’s kind of weird because many of those same people said in the past that movies, video games and music aren’t responsible for anyone’s actions, yet they’re now saying something to the contrary out of the other side of their mouth.
It was just recently that the DC film’s star, Joaquin Phoenix, walked out of an interview when asked if his portrayal would influence potential moviegoers to commit unspeakable acts. Similarly, director Todd Phillips was confronted with this inquiry while sitting down with the Associated Press, and answered with the following:
“I mean, I think that Aurora is obviously a horrible, horrible situation, but even that is not...
It was just recently that the DC film’s star, Joaquin Phoenix, walked out of an interview when asked if his portrayal would influence potential moviegoers to commit unspeakable acts. Similarly, director Todd Phillips was confronted with this inquiry while sitting down with the Associated Press, and answered with the following:
“I mean, I think that Aurora is obviously a horrible, horrible situation, but even that is not...
- 9/25/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, Mary Stuart Masterson, Hannah Marks, Chukwudi Iwuji, Griffin Robert Faulkner, Nathan Reid, Chase Sui Wonders, Andrew Bridges, Peter McRobbie | Written by Adam Egypt Mortimer, Brian DeLeeuw | Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer
Based on co-writer Brian DeLeeuw’s novel In This Way I Was Saved, Daniel Isn’t Real is the second feature from director Adam Egypt Mortimer (Some Kind of Hate). Dark, disturbing and beautifully made, it takes the basic idea of an evil imaginary friend and twists it into a chilling and intense nightmare that goes to some unexpected places.
Daniel Isn’t Real begins in New York, where eight year old Luke (Griffin Robert Faulkner) gains an imaginary friend called Daniel (Nathan Reid) as a way of coping with both his divorcing parents and the fact that he’s just stumbled upon the aftermath of a mass shooting. However, when Daniel...
Based on co-writer Brian DeLeeuw’s novel In This Way I Was Saved, Daniel Isn’t Real is the second feature from director Adam Egypt Mortimer (Some Kind of Hate). Dark, disturbing and beautifully made, it takes the basic idea of an evil imaginary friend and twists it into a chilling and intense nightmare that goes to some unexpected places.
Daniel Isn’t Real begins in New York, where eight year old Luke (Griffin Robert Faulkner) gains an imaginary friend called Daniel (Nathan Reid) as a way of coping with both his divorcing parents and the fact that he’s just stumbled upon the aftermath of a mass shooting. However, when Daniel...
- 8/30/2019
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Warning: this video is definitely Not Safe For Work. YouTube’s Ctrl Shift Face recently went viral for casting Jim Carrey in Kubrick’s The Shining, and he’s back this week with a brand new “Deepfake”: Tom Cruise in American Psycho! The YouTuber used “Deepfake” technology to replace Christian Bale’s Patrick Bateman with Tom Cruise’s Patrick Bateman […]...
- 8/5/2019
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
You’d never guess what the Emmy-nominated music supervisor for edgy TV shows like Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” and, most recently, the Drake-produced “Euphoria” chills out to during her downtime. “On the weekends, I love to listen to the yacht rock station on Sirius Xm. It just calms me,” says Jen Malone, who previously worked as a publicist for the likes of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. “It’s funny because whenever I listen to music — for better or for worse — it’s like, ‘Hmmm, what project could this fit in?’ And I don’t do that when I listen to yacht rock.”
But her familiarity with that genre came in handy for one of the acclaimed HBO drama’s graphic depictions of violence: A young man who has been accused of rape gets beaten within an inch of his life and lies on the floor, barely breathing and bleeding,...
But her familiarity with that genre came in handy for one of the acclaimed HBO drama’s graphic depictions of violence: A young man who has been accused of rape gets beaten within an inch of his life and lies on the floor, barely breathing and bleeding,...
- 8/5/2019
- by James Patrick Herman
- Variety Film + TV
When do Hollywood’s efforts at increased diversity feel like progress, and when do they feel like pandering? That’s the question pondered on the latest “Low Key” podcast, thanks to a report that a black actress, Lashana Lynch, may play 007 in the next James Bond film. You can listen below or right here:
On every episode of the “Low Key” podcast, co-hosts Aaron Lanton, Keith Dennie and me talk about pop culture subtleties, often through a racial lens. This week we’re joined by super-guest host Sarah Lanton, who happens to be married to Aaron.
On this episode, we talk about how we’re happy to hear that Lashana Lynch might play 007 (James Bond will reportedly still be played by Daniel Craig) — but wonder if her casting is meant as a way to placate fans who want a black James Bond — specifically Idris Elba.
Our discussion of the Bond...
On every episode of the “Low Key” podcast, co-hosts Aaron Lanton, Keith Dennie and me talk about pop culture subtleties, often through a racial lens. This week we’re joined by super-guest host Sarah Lanton, who happens to be married to Aaron.
On this episode, we talk about how we’re happy to hear that Lashana Lynch might play 007 (James Bond will reportedly still be played by Daniel Craig) — but wonder if her casting is meant as a way to placate fans who want a black James Bond — specifically Idris Elba.
Our discussion of the Bond...
- 7/21/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
In her first feature, I Shot Andy Warhol, Mary Harron remembered the craziness of the ‘60s. With her adaptation of novelist Bret Easton Ellis’ satirical gorefest, American Psycho, she coolly captured the money-driven insanity of the ’80s. From our print issue archives, and appearing online for the first time, is this Winter, 2000 cover story: Peter Bowen talks to Harron about social satire, interior design, and Leonardo. In 1991, Bret Easton Ellis’ satirical novel American Psycho caused a minor scandal. Readers and critics could not agree as to whether its icy portrayal of the young, handsome, successful Patrick Bateman, an uber-yuppie who divided […]...
- 7/15/2019
- by Peter Bowen
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In her first feature, I Shot Andy Warhol, Mary Harron remembered the craziness of the ‘60s. With her adaptation of novelist Bret Easton Ellis’ satirical gorefest, American Psycho, she coolly captured the money-driven insanity of the ’80s. From our print issue archives, and appearing online for the first time, is this Winter, 2000 cover story: Peter Bowen talks to Harron about social satire, interior design, and Leonardo. In 1991, Bret Easton Ellis’ satirical novel American Psycho caused a minor scandal. Readers and critics could not agree as to whether its icy portrayal of the young, handsome, successful Patrick Bateman, an uber-yuppie who divided […]...
- 7/15/2019
- by Peter Bowen
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
You don’t hear the 1986 Genesis song “Tonight Tonight Tonight” very often these days, but back then it was absolutely inescapable. This was a weird period of time where seemingly half the songs on the radio were either by Genesis or one of the many offshoot acts like Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, or Gtr.
When Genesis hit the road in 1986 to promote Invisible Touch, the tour was sponsored by Michelob and they shot a commercial for the beer company that used “Tonight Tonight Tonight,” which you can see right here.
When Genesis hit the road in 1986 to promote Invisible Touch, the tour was sponsored by Michelob and they shot a commercial for the beer company that used “Tonight Tonight Tonight,” which you can see right here.
- 6/4/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Mary Harron speaks about Charles Manson with the detached empathy of a psychiatrist. In discussions with Matt Smith, who transforms wildly from the Prince Philip we know and love to hate on “The Crown” into the famed cult leader in “Charlie Says,” Harron’s new film, the director emphasized Manson’s tough upbringing. Manson was institutionalized from a young age, having “grown up in prison” from the age of 12. He was raped and beaten up due to the fact that he was “small and weedy.” Her insights about him are intensely precise, displaying an almost intimate knowledge of this larger than life figure’s innermost psyche.
“[Manson] learned to survive by manipulating others,” said Harron. “He was, in some ways, completely feral. He was animal in his instincts, because he’d grown up, for the vast majority of his life, in a place of danger. And so, like a wild animal,...
“[Manson] learned to survive by manipulating others,” said Harron. “He was, in some ways, completely feral. He was animal in his instincts, because he’d grown up, for the vast majority of his life, in a place of danger. And so, like a wild animal,...
- 5/10/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Director Mary Harron is best known for bringing one of fiction’s most notorious killers to the screen with Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho,” and now she’s focusing on one of the real world’s most infamous villains. But while Charlie Manson is the figure ostensibly at the heart of “Charlie Says,” Harron and screenwriter Guinevere Turner center their story more on a trio of women who devoted themselves to the charismatic cult leader, sharing their experience with Manson as well as in prison for the crimes they committed at his command.
Continue reading ‘Charlie Says’: Mary Harron’s Look At Charles Manson’s Family Of Women Lacks A Sharp Edge [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Charlie Says’: Mary Harron’s Look At Charles Manson’s Family Of Women Lacks A Sharp Edge [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.
- 5/3/2019
- by Kimber Myers
- The Playlist
There’s something fitting about the fact that Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ “Swallow” — a provocative and frequently brilliant thriller about the patriarchal control over female bodies — is set in a purgatorial stretch of upstate New York that’s roughly equidistant from both Jeanne Dielman’s home at 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels, and the arid San Fernando Valley that almost suffocates Carol White to death in “Safe.” While he might not possess Chantal Akerman’s visionary patience, or exhibit Todd Haynes’ singular talent for mining horror from metaphor, Mirabella-Davis has crafted a sharp and surprising modern fable around a woman whose environment has been weaponized against her since birth.
The submissive but subtly demented housewife of a standard-issue Patrick Bateman wannabe (Austin Stowell), Hunter spends her days trapped in the gilded cage of a glass home they share along the Hudson River. Portrayed by an extraordinary Haley Bennett — whose forced smile of a lead...
The submissive but subtly demented housewife of a standard-issue Patrick Bateman wannabe (Austin Stowell), Hunter spends her days trapped in the gilded cage of a glass home they share along the Hudson River. Portrayed by an extraordinary Haley Bennett — whose forced smile of a lead...
- 4/29/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Black Cat” (1843) a large feline named Pluto follows the narrator “with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.” Poe’s narrator struggles to put into words how, exactly, this pursuit fills him with terror. Cinema has provided a solution to capturing the elusive, uncanny cat: its quiet steps, eerily graceful jumps, gleaming eyes, and mythologized ability to dodge death nine-fold. Unlike dogs, cats are more independent and can’t be relied on to come when they’re called. Cats are expert at hiding, fitting into unbelievably tiny spaces, and their claws are extremely sharp. Hovering in the liminal field between wilderness and domestication, the house cat is often used in horror to parallel the genre’s interest in showing the disintegration of the home or domestic life into chaos. Poe’s story has been loosely adapted as a horror film several times,...
- 4/18/2019
- MUBI
2019 is set to be a big year when it comes to seeing Charles Manson in cinemas. This month, for instance, The Haunting of Sharon Tate touched down and has Ben Mellish in the role opposite Hilary Duff as the killer’s most famous victim. But that’s not all, as soon we’ll see Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which will feature Damon Herriman’s take on the figure when it drops in July. And in between, we’ve got Charlie Says, which is headed for cinemas on May 17th.
The movie had its premiere back in the fall at the Venice Film Festival, and since then, the critics have been pretty mixed on it. As it stands, Charlie Says sits at 44% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 9 reviews, with many feeling that Matt Smith is miscast as the titular murderer. Nonetheless, the marketing campaign continues on and below,...
The movie had its premiere back in the fall at the Venice Film Festival, and since then, the critics have been pretty mixed on it. As it stands, Charlie Says sits at 44% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 9 reviews, with many feeling that Matt Smith is miscast as the titular murderer. Nonetheless, the marketing campaign continues on and below,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Years after the shocking murders that made the name Charles Manson synonymous with pure evil, the three women who killed for him—Leslie Van Houten (Hannah Murray), Patricia Krenwinkel (Sosie Bacon), and Susan Atkins (Marianne Rendón)—remain under the spell of the infamous cult leader (Matt Smith). Confined to an isolated cellblock in a California penitentiary, the trio seem destined to live out the rest of their lives under the delusion that their crimes were part of a cosmic plan—until empathetic graduate student Karlene Faith (Merritt Wever) is enlisted to rehabilitate them.
Convinced the prisoners are not the inhuman monsters the world believes them to be, Karlene begins the arduous process of breaking down the psychological barriers erected by Manson. But are the women ready to confront the horror of what they did?
Charlie Says premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival and will be released theatrically by IFC Films...
Convinced the prisoners are not the inhuman monsters the world believes them to be, Karlene begins the arduous process of breaking down the psychological barriers erected by Manson. But are the women ready to confront the horror of what they did?
Charlie Says premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival and will be released theatrically by IFC Films...
- 3/13/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
From lady “Ghostbusters” to talk of a female James Bond, Hollywood has taken a shine to remaking classic movies or TV shows with gender-swapped leads as a way of mixing up a tried and true formula. But the trend dates back farther than to just the last few years. The latest example of this is “What Men Want” opening Friday, which swaps out Mel Gibson for Taraji P. Henson. But here are some other movies that looked to remake something old with not just a fresh face but from an entirely different point of view.
“His Girl Friday” (1940)
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell move a mile a minute and have a natural chemistry as reporters Walter Burns and Hildy Johnson in Howard Hawks’s screwball comedy classic “His Girl Friday.” But missing from its source material, both the play and the movie “The Front Page” by playwright Ben Hecht, is...
“His Girl Friday” (1940)
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell move a mile a minute and have a natural chemistry as reporters Walter Burns and Hildy Johnson in Howard Hawks’s screwball comedy classic “His Girl Friday.” But missing from its source material, both the play and the movie “The Front Page” by playwright Ben Hecht, is...
- 3/8/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Despite rave reviews, Steve McQueen‘s “Widows” has yet to register with the precursor prizes. Even the magnificent awards-magnet that is Viola Davis has been snubbed everywhere. But there is hope on the horizon in the form of Daniel Kaluuya, who plays mob enforcer Jatemme Manning. Below, we offer five reasons why he could follow up his Best Actor bid last year for “Get Out” with a supporting actor nomination for “Widows.”
1. He plays a villain
The academy loves to honor a juicy, villainous role, particularly in the Best Supporting Category. J.K. Simmons won for “Whiplash” as did Christoph Waltz for “Inglourious Basterds” and Heath Ledger for “The Dark Knight.” Among those nominated for playing bad boys: Tom Hardy (“The Revenant”), Michael Fassbender (“12 Years a Slave”), Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Phillips”) and Phillip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”).
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2. He was...
1. He plays a villain
The academy loves to honor a juicy, villainous role, particularly in the Best Supporting Category. J.K. Simmons won for “Whiplash” as did Christoph Waltz for “Inglourious Basterds” and Heath Ledger for “The Dark Knight.” Among those nominated for playing bad boys: Tom Hardy (“The Revenant”), Michael Fassbender (“12 Years a Slave”), Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Phillips”) and Phillip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”).
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2. He was...
- 12/31/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Much has been made of the cruelty, gore, and misogyny on display in The House That Jack Built, Lars von Trier's latest cinematic provocation. As an avid horror fan with a fairly strong stomach, I was not deterred by this. The man is capable of making great films, films that are genuinely moving, thought-provoking, if sometimes rigorous to watch. My mind was wide open for Jack, and I even expected to like it. That was not the case. Matt Dillon commits fully to the role of serial killer Jack, who works as an engineer and suffers from crippling Ocd, among other psychological issues. Like a square version of American Psycho's Patrick Bateman, Jack gleefully embraces his dark nature and never tries to thwart his heinous...
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- 12/14/2018
- Screen Anarchy
The first rule about “Vice” is that I can’t reveal much about “Vice” right now, which opens on December 25. There is a massive wall of an embargo in place that I shall not cross. But I will tell you about a thought that floated through my mind multiple times while watching Christian Bale’s transfixing transformation into the venomous, vile and wholly reprehensible political animal known as Dick Cheney.
I don’t feel so bad about Daniel Day-Lewis retiring from acting anymore.
What this 47-year-old Welsh-born Englishman does in “Vice” is the towering equal of Day-Lewis’ Oscar-winning role as Abraham Lincoln – save for the fact that, instead being inspired, one leaves Bale’s biopic with an overwhelming dread that our country’s ideals that were endangered during the George W. Bush era continue to be put through the shredder.
As for his acting, Bale pulls off quite a feat.
I don’t feel so bad about Daniel Day-Lewis retiring from acting anymore.
What this 47-year-old Welsh-born Englishman does in “Vice” is the towering equal of Day-Lewis’ Oscar-winning role as Abraham Lincoln – save for the fact that, instead being inspired, one leaves Bale’s biopic with an overwhelming dread that our country’s ideals that were endangered during the George W. Bush era continue to be put through the shredder.
As for his acting, Bale pulls off quite a feat.
- 11/29/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Kirsten Howard Nov 15, 2018
A movie can assimilate a song quite easily, and our brains are trained to keep them married...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
“Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.” “It's coooold out there every day…”
What comes to mind when you see that picture up there? Bill Murray, time loops and themes of growth or redemption? Maybe, but in all likelihood "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher kicks off, too. Part of that very song might be automatically playing in your brain right now, as clear as if it was floating along the airwaves and through a speaker next to you, wherever you are. When Harold Ramis’ timeless romantic comedy Groundhog Day was released in 1993, "I Got You Babe" joined a very select group of songs that are quite difficult to separate from the...
A movie can assimilate a song quite easily, and our brains are trained to keep them married...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
“Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.” “It's coooold out there every day…”
What comes to mind when you see that picture up there? Bill Murray, time loops and themes of growth or redemption? Maybe, but in all likelihood "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher kicks off, too. Part of that very song might be automatically playing in your brain right now, as clear as if it was floating along the airwaves and through a speaker next to you, wherever you are. When Harold Ramis’ timeless romantic comedy Groundhog Day was released in 1993, "I Got You Babe" joined a very select group of songs that are quite difficult to separate from the...
- 11/15/2018
- Den of Geek
The Best Actor Oscar race this year just might turn into the battle of the bulge, pitting a pot-bellied Dick Cheney against a chowhound Italian bodyguard going belly to belly.
In this corner, after packing on about 40 pounds for his role as President George W. Bush’s controversial ex-veep in “Vice,” due in theaters on Christmas day, is Christian Bale, 43. The Welsh actor, who dropped 30 pounds and won a supporting Academy Award for his rail-thin crack-addict boxer Dicky Eklund in 2010’s “The Fighter,” holds the unofficial title of Hollywood’s most dedicated yo-yo dieter.
Bale transformed into musclebound alpha-male sicko Patrick Bateman in 2000’s “American Psycho.” Then he dropped an alarming 60 pounds for his mad insomniac factory worker in 2004’s “The Machinist.” He next put on 30 pounds of muscle to fill out the Caped Crusader’s rubber suit starting with 2005’s “Batman Begins.” The actor then lost 55 pounds as a prisoner-of-war for 2006’s “Rescue Dawn.
In this corner, after packing on about 40 pounds for his role as President George W. Bush’s controversial ex-veep in “Vice,” due in theaters on Christmas day, is Christian Bale, 43. The Welsh actor, who dropped 30 pounds and won a supporting Academy Award for his rail-thin crack-addict boxer Dicky Eklund in 2010’s “The Fighter,” holds the unofficial title of Hollywood’s most dedicated yo-yo dieter.
Bale transformed into musclebound alpha-male sicko Patrick Bateman in 2000’s “American Psycho.” Then he dropped an alarming 60 pounds for his mad insomniac factory worker in 2004’s “The Machinist.” He next put on 30 pounds of muscle to fill out the Caped Crusader’s rubber suit starting with 2005’s “Batman Begins.” The actor then lost 55 pounds as a prisoner-of-war for 2006’s “Rescue Dawn.
- 11/13/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
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