Millennials rejoice! 26 years later, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are once again serving up fast-food morsels in the achingly-awaited "Good Burger 2." Folks who grew up on Nickelodeon's kid-friendly sketch comedy series "All That" have been clamoring for a return to the chaotically unclean confines of Good Burger, and now that it's here, I'll let those whose satiric sensibilities were partially formed by the original pass judgment on the quality of the sequel.
I do, however, know Sinbad. A comedic force of nature, I first saw the man rack up multiple wins on the Ed McMahon-hosted talent competition "Star Search" in the 1980s. I remember watching him besting a young Dennis Miller; this bothered me at the time, but considering Miller's career trajectory, I am firmly in Sinbad's camp. After all, who else possessed the bravery to ask which part of the chicken produced the Chicken McNugget?
In any event,...
I do, however, know Sinbad. A comedic force of nature, I first saw the man rack up multiple wins on the Ed McMahon-hosted talent competition "Star Search" in the 1980s. I remember watching him besting a young Dennis Miller; this bothered me at the time, but considering Miller's career trajectory, I am firmly in Sinbad's camp. After all, who else possessed the bravery to ask which part of the chicken produced the Chicken McNugget?
In any event,...
- 11/23/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Consider it a rite of passage for all the most ambitious productions. In order to film all the scenes set in the Shire for "The Lord of the Rings," Peter Jackson had his production crew plant vast amounts of gardens and vegetation in New Zealand over a year before filming even commenced to help transform the already beautiful countryside into the most idyllic parts of Middle-earth. In "Interstellar," the stubbornly practical Christopher Nolan insisted on growing over 500 acres of actual corn ... mostly just for the brief scene where Matthew McConaughey drives his pickup truck through a field to track down a drone. With "Rebel Moon," director Zack Snyder found himself in a similar predicament.
When /Film was given the opportunity to visit the set of this new space epic, which started out as a "Star Wars" pitch before the director repurposed his script into an original story, Snyder opened up...
When /Film was given the opportunity to visit the set of this new space epic, which started out as a "Star Wars" pitch before the director repurposed his script into an original story, Snyder opened up...
- 8/23/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Hong Kong – Chinese filmmakers from across generations and movie-making backgrounds have united in calling for an overhaul of Beijing’s much-maligned film censorship system, with most calling for the establishment of the internationally common system of classifying films in accordance to their suitability for audiences of different ages. Prominent directors such as Zhang Yuan (Beijing Bastards, Crazy English), Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle, 11 Flowers), Gao Qunshu (The Message, Golden Horse award-winner Beijing Blues), He Ping (Warriors of Heaven and Earth, Wheat) and Zhang Yang (Shower, Getting Home) have spoken out on Sina Weibo (China's version of Twitter) in support
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- 12/18/2012
- by Clarence Tsui
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Halloween, trick or treating, baking and eating all kinds of various baked goods, sitting around the house watching silly old horror movies, the ties of the mother / son bond - director Sage Hill managed to cram all these elements into a cohesive and stylish short film entitled Candy that ran only 8 minutes! With Candy, which also stars horror genre regular Jesse Kozel, Sage Hall showed an ability to tap into the various elements of nostalgia that are near and dear to the hearts of many a young male horror fan. With Candy, she also stepped in front of the camera as one of the film's leads. While admittedly she isn't going to be winning an Oscar anytime soon for her acting abilities, she did bring to life the idea of this over protective mom. Her performance, in essence, recalled a moment in life that I am sure every young adolescent...
- 11/7/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
There is no need to bother Leni Riefenstahl and her Triumph des Willens to demonstrate how powerful propaganda can often be, but it's exactly in cases like hers that you often wonder what her legacy would have been, if ridden of all the political ramifications of (some of) her works. That is one of the reasons why today's Mainland Cinema is so vibrant and interesting, even in its most quintessential main melody form: we're often dealing with pretty obvious pieces of cinematic propaganda, works funded by the government and whose foremost purpose is to drive the masses into supporting a certain creed or philosophy. But for every insipid turd like 建国大业 (The Founding of a Republic), you get plenty of eclectic variations on this melody, works which do fulfill their "quota" of bleeding-heart national sentimentalism, but also manage to focus a large portion of their makers' efforts in building a cohesive,...
- 11/29/2009
- Screen Anarchy
Little late on this, but hey; mainland director He Ping was supposed to get his mainstream breakout hit with the 2002 wuxia pian Warriors of Heaven and Earth. Sony Classics snapped it up hot on the heels of Crouching Tiger and Hero‘s success, hoping that with an all-star cast, score from superstar Bollywood composer Ar Rahman and Dp Zhao Fei’s epic cinematography it would be the next big thing to wow the West. Critical reception was fairly mixed and Warriors did nowhere near the business of Ang Lee or Zhang Yimou’s big hitters.
Six years later He Ping has returned to lavish period filmmaking and while Wheat looks even less likely to garner mainstream success, this seems to be the film where giving him a budget finally pays off. This is the story of two deserters in the Warring States era who end up taking refuge in an...
Six years later He Ping has returned to lavish period filmmaking and while Wheat looks even less likely to garner mainstream success, this seems to be the film where giving him a budget finally pays off. This is the story of two deserters in the Warring States era who end up taking refuge in an...
- 8/7/2009
- by Eight Rooks
- Screen Anarchy
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