I am not sure what happened to Angelina Jolie. She exploded onto the A-list with the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted in 1999, before her turn as Lara Croft turned her into a sex symbol and a blockbuster star. Mr & Mrs Smith, The Good Shepherd, Salt,
Warners In For RATTLECREEK
Warner Bros. has a brand new label for more “speciality” content. No, not gentlemen’s rhythm material. They haven’t started a grot studio. Clockwork was founded to focus on lower-budget films either acquired or made in-house, and “targeted mainly at digital natives and Gen Z audiences” with innovative marketing campaigns. It plans to
BETTY BOOP Making A Comeback?
It’s been a long time since we saw Betty Boop, boop-boop-a-doop. Originally created by Grim Natwick, at the request of Max Fleischer, in the 1930s. She became a ‘pop sensation’ and appeared in 90 theatrical cartoons. Betty was a Jazz Age flapper, yeah, I had to look that up as
ADOLESCENCE Team To THE GETAWAY
Netflix’s Adolescence sparked a real debate when it screened. It was held up as “important”, shining a light into the rise of so-called “incel culture”. On the other side of the debate were child psychologists and educators, decrying that the series amplified fear-based parenting without offering constructive solutions. The more
Bay To Tackle Iran War Rescue
It is now nearly the end of May. The Iran-Israel-US War started in February and now seems locked in a perpetual state of ceasefire as the US wants out, but no further because Iran won’t do what is demanded. And so we enter summer… This won’t stop Michael Bay, because