This, I think, very much sums the thinking behind all those wealthy Hollywoodists in favor of ObamaCare: [emphasis added] Actor Sam Robards, the son of Lauren Bacall and the late Jason Robards, was visiting Washington last week with his children
One of the best things to happen to filmdom during the mid-eighties was the resurgence of The Mighty Dennis Hopper: “River’s Edge,” “Blue Velvet,” “Hoosiers…” From out of nowhere, this completely unconventional force of personality whose career reached all the
There’s no way to verify if this commenter is a real Hollywood Executive or not. But anyone with experience with the Hollywood mindset will tell you that the mentality and thought process on display rings pretty true. Where to begin?
The title might be a little overblown. Everywhere online you’ll find script reviews for upcoming television and film projects. Big Hollywood won’t be breaking any new ground there. However… Over the past few weeks, thanks to a courageous Whistleblower —
No one should take any pleasure when someone else loses their job (Dan Rather being the exception), not even elitist, left-wing newspaper critics. At one time or another, most of us have had the employment rug pulled out from under
—— Wait a minute, wait a minute… Did I just see no meterosexuals? Did I just see bad guys that aren’t white Czechs, or some other contrived nonsense? Was that a crucifix not dipped in urine? Men and guns and
Very smart move on Letterman’s part. Now that he once again has the gritty taste of Leno’s dust in his mouth, doing things like showing Red State, blue collar America a little respect is something he’ll need to do more
[youtube vlN0We25DF4 nolink] —– Here’s what I wrote about “Stand and Deliver” — a film Jaime Escalante called 90% truth, 10% drama — just last year: These inner city students had all kinds of reasons to fail but Jaime Escalante
After a few weeks in theatres and a couple of reviews that have already posted here on Big Hollywood, you don’t need to read yet another write up of Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland.” If there’s anything worth adding, it
The only question you’ll have after suffering through John Cusack’s soulless and forced “Hot Tub Time Machine” is what was uglier: the characters, tone, set design or cinematography? What a waste of a good title, and what an even bigger
[youtube I2S3SraFmI0 nolink] —– The Mighty Michael Caine as an elderly vigilante gunning down street punks after reaching his breaking point? Oh. God. Yes. Christian Toto has more, including a second trailer and a warning about the obvious hand-wringing we
The passing of Robert Culp earlier this week at the age of 79 also marks yet another passing, that of a unique style of acting that’s all but dead today. What I call Big Acting, where a one-of-a-kind leading man
Glamour Magazine: GLAMOUR: In past interviews, you’ve bristled on the topic of race. Why Zoe Saldana: Because ethnic is a word that doesn’t exist in my vocabulary. In Hollywood, you hear things like, “Oh, they loved you but they want
UPDATE: Note the environment Cameron’s in when he’s lashed out at conservative “Avatar” critics: According to the Hollywood Reporter Cameron called Beck a f–king a–hole “surrounded by journalists inside a West Hollywood hillside mansion.” Last month Cameron took on his
Hollywood isn’t an institution filled only with hypocrites, it’s an institution filled with scumbag hypocrites. Annually we are showered with Leftist films created by morally superior beings who lecture us on human rights, civil rights, feminism, lookism, racism and any
This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and message, I’ll get back to you. Here’s the message: You can’t remake “The Rockford Files.” You can call a television show “The Rockford Files.” Hell, you can call your
The entertainment media is doing the best they can to spin the paltry ratings for the debut of “The Pacific.” But 3.1 million viewers compared to the 10 million for the premiere of “Band of Brothers” is pretty difficult to
—– Later this week, Big Hollywood will address Tom Hanks’ comments in this interview about how long it’s taking for America to overcome racism. But for now, let us all pause and reflect on just how much more enlightened the
The poetic irony of the delayed release of the shaky-cammed Hollywood temper tantrum known as “Green Zone” couldn’t be sweeter. Yes, the very same week our Iraqi allies held a historic election that ended up much more successful than we
—– Could Sean Penn look anymore smug and sanctimonius as he allows some offscreen water carrier to fight his battle for him? At about the 20 second mark you can see the the rage build in Penn’s eyes. They scream:
You can watch these very troubling 25 seconds below and understand why Tom Hanks would never have the backbone to leave the comfortable echo chamber of MSNBC and enter an environment where he might be challenged. After the actor is
Over the weekend, Time Magazine published a long, glowing profile of Tom Hanks to help promote his upcoming HBO miniseries “The Pacific.” And as with all things entertainment media, the subject is never challenged or even made to shift uncomfortably
As the 82nd annual Academy Awards rolled into their third hour, I started joking on our live blog about how the winners and presenters were so well behaved they were leaving me nothing to write about. In fact, it’s just
[youtube uM_AMZQe__o nolink] How much carbon did the Malibu Mansion-dwelling director emit to create and promote “Avatar?” If Cameron and all the other elitists who so casually spew this socialism-disguised-as-nonsense enviro stuff really believed Global Warming was a dire threat,
