I find people often quickly disregard Keanu Reeves films simply due to his presence. As an avid fan of the Bill and Ted films, as well as Point Break, I've always held a special place in my heart for Mr. Reeves' blank, yet slightly awed stare.
Review: Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • February 11, 2005 @ 11:59am
In 1926, A.A. Milne invited us into the world of Winnie-the-Pooh, drawing upon the lovable gang of the Hundred Acre Wood. You don't have to be of any particular age to love the adventures of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo. Being in a theatre watching Walt Disney's Heffalump Movie, you can feel the excitement radiating surrounded by giggling children.
How can one improve on the most formulaic of genres? The romantic comedy probably suffers more from formula than any other genre on the silver screen.
What goes through the mind of your average TV star? Well Bob Crane, star of the successful 1960's TV series Hogan's Heroes, wasn't quite your average guy.
Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) was thrust into the public eye with the help of his successful comedy series.
Over the years there have been many great actors who have given many great performances. A list of performances worthy of that honor would be impossible to compile. After all, how can you compare the careers of so many actors against one another when each actor is so uniquely different from the next.
At some point in all of our lives we have been scared of the things that live under our beds or the creatures ready to pounce on us when we open a closed closet door. Some of us have even uttered the word "boogeyman" once in a while.
Don McKellar is known for writing intelligent movies with interesting and well-drawn, if sometimes quirky, characters. No disappointments here.
Interview: Don McKellar, writer, director, and co-star of Childstar
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • January 28, 2005 @ 7:46am
During a recent interview with Don McKellar, I had the privilege of talking to the multi-talented Canadian about his inspiration for Childstar, the acting process, and what it is like being fluid between acting, directing, and writing.
The year of 2004 brought us many things cinematically. We were treated to two films (The Passion of the Christ and Fahrenheit 9/11) that brought enormous controversy with them for different reasons, yet both ended up making huge money at the box office. Documentaries took an even bigger jump towards becoming accepted by the mainstream media.
Kevin Bacon caught my attention not in Footloose but in a small role in JFK. He played a gay convict. In The Woodsman, he plays a paroled molester of young girls. After serving a dozen years in prison, he is free, but to what??? He lives in a cheap apartment, right across from a school yard. His only friend is brother-in-law Benjamin Bratt.
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