Robert De Niro
-
Thompson on Hollywood1 commentlike0tweet0
In the Works: David O. Russell to Direct Leonardo DiCaprio's JFK Conspiracy Thriller 'Legacy of Secrecy,' Robert De Niro On Board
Long-gestating JFK assassination conspiracy film "Legacy of Secrecy" is reportedly finally coming to fruition, with director David O. Russell at the helm. First announced in 2010 by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way banner, the film centers on FBI informant Jack Laningham and on Mafia kingpin Carlos Ma...
Read More » -
The Playlist5 commentslike0tweet0
David O. Russell To Direct JFK Conspiracy Movie 'Legacy Of Secrecy' For Leonardo DiCaprio
With the 50th anniversary coming up this November, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in November 1963 is clearly capturing the attention of filmmakers again, more than twenty years after the release of Oliver Stone's "JFK." Tom Hanks is producing the ensemble drama "Parkland,"...
Read More » -
The Playlist1 commentlike0tweet0
Watch: Morgan Freeman Gets His Vodka Red Bull On In Teaser For 'Last Vegas'
Trailer placement is a very important thing. You get your promo in front of a film that has the same target audience, and turns out to be a big hit, and you're potentially laughing all the way to the bank. And that's why we've just seen a trailer for "Last Vegas" over at Yahoo -- "The Hangover Part ...
Read More » -
The Playlist1 commentlike0tweet0
Christoph Waltz Going To Stephen Gaghan's 'Candy Store' With Jason Clarke, Robert De Niro & Omar Sy
But there's always room for one more, and in this case, it's a project that Waltz has been linked to for the best part of a year; a press release, via Deadline and others report that the Austrian actor has signed on to "Syriana" director Stephen Gaghan's "Candy Store." Waltz was first mentioned for ...
Read More » -
The Playlist1 commentlike0tweet0
Casting: Robert De Niro Visits Stephen Gaghan’s ‘Candy Store’; Alicia Vikander Joins Alex Garland's Robot Thriller & More
Writer/director Stephen Gaghan has given us the scripts to Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic” "Rules of Engagement," and "The Alamo," but turned full-fledged filmmaker with 2005's excellent political drama, "Syriana." He hasn’t directed a film since, but not for want of trying. Gaghan’s been attached to ...
Read More » -
Thompson on Hollywood0 commentslike0tweet0
Bradley Cooper Is New Model Smart Star
As "Silver Linings Playbook" comes out on DVD, which earned Bradley Cooper his first best actor Oscar nomination, well-reviewed "Place Beyond the Pines" is playing around the country, "The Hangover Part III" hits theaters on May 24, and Steven Spielberg has picked as his next movie "American Sniper,...
Read More » -
The Playlist2 commentslike0tweet0
Tribeca: Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese & Jerry Lewis Reflect On 'The King Of Comedy,' Improv, Deleted Scenes & More
The Tribeca Film Festival closed last night with a digitally-restored screening of “The King Of Comedy.” Thirty years later, the film still reverberates as an acidic take on celebrity worship that has, oddly enough, become timeless, and the re-master is gorgeous. The film was greeted with rapturous ...
Read More » -
The Playlist13 commentslike0tweet0
Watch: 4-Minute Alternate Ending For 'Silver Linings Playbook' Gets The Entire Gang Back Together
While we anxiously await the oddball awesomeness David O. Russell is cooking up with "American Hustle," let's take a victory lap with "Silver Linings Playbook." The screwball rom-com nabbed 8 Oscar nominations resulting in a Best Actress win for Jennifer Lawrence, who shined among a uniformly excell...
Read More » -
The Playlist34 commentslike0tweet0
10 Essential Cinematic Antiheroes
30 years since its release, the undersung "The King of Comedy" seems finally to be edging into the sun, to take its deserved place as not just one of the finest, smartest and most daring Martin Scorsese movies, but one of the greatest American movie satires, period. It's an excoriating, often excruc...
Read More » -
Criticwire1 commentlike0tweet0
VidCritz: Don't Cry, Robert De Niro
Watch a supercut of Robert De Niro weeping like someone just told him he had to make a sequel to "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle."
Read More »
fresh from the blogs
-
The 2013 Cannes Review Report: 'Jodorowsky's Dune'Criticwire
-
Watch: First 2 Clips From Steamy 3-Hour Cannes Entry ...The Playlist
-
'Precious Jones' And Our 'Classist Conditioning' (Things ...Shadow and Act
-
The Coens, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan & Oscar ...Thompson on Hollywood
-
Sony Head Amy Pascal on Women Directors: The Whole ...Women and Hollywood
-
CANNES 2013: Nicholas Winding Refn's ONLY GOD FORG ...Press Play
-
Good Night, Lost Boy(s)The Lost Boys
-
In Search Of ‘The Searchers’Leonard Maltin
on 
