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Are you as pumped as I am to see 42, the new movie about Jackie Robinson ?
The afterlife is a topic that just won't die.
We're inching closer to the big spring movie season, and the first entry comes this weekend: Oz the Great and Powerful, a prequel to the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, which became an annual viewing experience in the homes of many a boomer during their growing up years.
As Gomer Pyle would have said, "Golllll-eeee!" How could Sunday night's Oscarcast have neglected to mention the late great Andy Griffith among the stars who died in the past year?
Remember when the movie musical was dead? Well, Sunday night's Academy Awards telecast will be a resounding reminder that, in the immortal words of Dr. Frankenstein, "It's ALIVE!!"
Dustin Hoffman once told our West Coast Editor Meg Grant that he would give up acting in a minute if he could only become a jazz musician. That switcheroo doesn't appear imminent, but last year at age 75 Hoffman did direct his first movie - the funny, warm Quartet.
"Ed Koch!"
Two weeks ago Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to action films in The Last Stand; Two weeks hence Bruce Willis pulls the trigger on A Good Day to Die Hard. This week it's Sylvester Stallone in a new shoot-'em-up, Bullet to the Head, directed by Walter Hill. For this week's video review, Bill Newcott…
Dustin Hoffman steps behind the camera to direct his first movie, the warmly wonderful comedy Quartet. In this week's video review and clips, Bill Newcott marvels at how Hoffman lets his veteran cast do what they do best.
After 10 years in the California governor's mansion, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in The Last Stand, his first post-Governator lead role. In this video review, Movies for Grownups' Bill Newcott says Arnold is just fine as a small-town Arizona sheriff ... so long as you don't think about it too much.