A coach gets into trouble, suffers a career setback, and has to redeem himself — both professionally and personally — in an unusual environment. It’s a sports movie cliche as old as the peach basket… and the exact set-up of the latest effort in the genre: “Champions”. Woody Harrelson plays Coach Marcus. He an assistant […]
Since the First “Zombieland” was released 10 years ago (October 2009), here’s what has happened to the film’s stars: EMMA STONE won an Academy Award for “La La Land” and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards. Her resume include “Birdman”, “Irrational Man” and “The Amazing Spider-Man”, along with three Ryan Gosling collaborations. Total […]
John Lee Hancock is one of my favorite directors. He chooses untold, true stories. And he allows his actors the space to deliver powerhouse performances, including Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”, Emma Thompson in “Saving Mr. Banks” and Michael Keaton in “The Founder”. Hancock’s latest is “The Highwaymen”. It features yet another heavyweight at […]
No matter where you turn, Woody Harrelson always seems to be right there – in some movie or TV show (like HBO’s “True Detective”). Harrelson is the only person to receive two nominations for The Roger Ebert Actor of the Year Award at my LCJ Movie Awards for his body of work (in 2014 and […]
Director Rob Reiner’s “LBJ”, starring Woody Harrelson, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival back in Sept. 2016. That was just a few months after HBO aired its highly-acclaimed film “All the Way”, with Bryan Cranston as President Johnson and a few months before “Jackie”, the Jacqueline Kennedy biopic hit theaters. If yet another movie […]
So far in 2017, Woody Harrelson has taken-on the villain role in “War for the Planet of the Apes”, the lead in the quirky indie comedy “Wilson”, and he made history by writing, directing and starring in the first-ever “live” movie, “Lost in London”. Still to come: the sheriff character in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, […]
Woody Harrelson is best known for the classic TV comedy “Cheers”, films “White Men Can’t Jump”, “Natural Born Killers”, “The People vs. Larry Flynt” (for which he received his first of two Oscar nominations) and, more recently, for his role as Haymitch in the blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise. But his latest film may just be […]
This Thursday, Fathom Events will be presenting something truly groundbreaking. On the heels of successful live TV musicals such as “The Sound of Music”, “Grease” and “Hairspray”, Oscar-nominated actor Woody Harrelson is kicking things up a notch. He has written and will be directing and starring in the first-ever LIVE movie. “Lost in London LIVE” […]