Disney’s 1992 musical News was a financial disaster, but the main role of Jack “Cowboy” Kelly gave Christian Bale the opportunity to prove that he was ready to be a movie star. At the time, Bale was a child star in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun Four years before, with News Being an important transition into more mature roles for Bale. News is a musical about the newsboys’ strike of 1899 in New York City, when the teenagers and children who sold newspapers went on strike to protest the newspaper conglomerates who raised the price of a newspaper. As…
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Meryl Streep starred The Devil Wears Prada as the cold and formidable Miranda Priestly, and two years later she played the spontaneous and free-spirited Donna Sheridan in Mom Mia!and although the characters couldn’t be more different, Miranda and Donna are connected through a costume detail. Miranda is editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine, leading the cast of The Devil Wears Prada with an iron fist and beautiful shoes. Donna wears her signature baggy overalls as she runs the charming but run-down hotel in Greece featured in Mom Mia! Streep’s characters exist in such different worlds that it’s hard to imagine…
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story It’s about a team of misfits who win it all against all odds, but the ending that writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber originally wanted would have completely changed the tone of the film. bouncers follows Vince Vaughn’s Peter LaFleur as he reluctantly leads a team of misfits to save their hideout, the Average Joe’s Gym, from foreclosure by Ben Stiller’s White Goodman, making bouncers One of Ben Stiller’s best films. Classic film”The story of David and Goliath”Where is the cast bouncersThe sleazy characters beat the soulless Globo Gym franchise to the climax. Big summer comedies and…
Christopher Nolan is known for his inspired casting, and one of his most ingenious and unconventional castings was his supporting role in Prestige. Nolan combines an unexpected cast with deep character development, resulting in a performance that surprises and captivates audiences and critics alike. For example, announcements about the casting of Heath Ledger for the role of the Joker in Dark Knight and Harry Styles as Alex Dunkirk were met with skepticism, but the performances captivated the audience. Likewise, Bowie’s depiction of Nikola Tesla in Prestige stands out as one of Nolan’s best casting decisions. In real life, Nikola Tesla…
Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker shared the screen as two of the Sanderson sisters in the Halloween cult classic Hocus PocusThen they used to enter together The First Wives ClubBut the relationship between their characters completely flips. in Hocus PocusMidler’s Winifred “Winnie” Sanderson is the unquestioned leader of the Sanderson sisters’ witch coven, often biting Parker’s flying Sarah. However, while this created an iconic dynamic between the pair, it wasn’t the only example of their on-screen potential. While Midler and Parker lead the cast of Hocus Pocus With Magical Sister, just three years later they were cast in roles…
Twisters A romance was teased throughout the movie but didn’t deliver the expected final kiss, perhaps as an overcorrection to the awkward ending of the 1996 original. Twister. Twisters Starring Glen Powell as “Tornado Wrestler”Taylor Owens and Daisy Edgar-Jones as researcher Kate Carter. Glenn and Daisy share the same undeniable chemistry that Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton had in the original TwisterBut while their characters Jo and Bill got their kiss at the end, the director of Twisters deliberately kept Taylor and Kate from kissing. at the end of TwistersTaylor and Kate share a tentative goodbye at the airport. very”Dorothy”…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Fallout and Twisted Metal.Fallout was loved by audiences for being a faithful adaptation of its gaming source material and for finding the balance between dark humor and violence characteristic of the Fallout universe, But there’s a different video game-inspired TV show that’s the perfect fix for fans in need of a streaming binge. Twisted metalA Peacock original TV series, adapting the vehicular combat video game of the same name, it shares post-apocalyptic DNA and macabre humor with Amazon’s hit series, but adds a buddy-romcom road trip element. Fallout was a massive success for Amazon,…
Barbie was a phenomenon, but the story is strikingly similar to Amy Adam’s fantasy romcom movie, Enchanted. in EnchantedAmy Adams’ character, Giselle, finds herself taken from a fairy-tale world to the “Real world”, where there are no happy endings. Like Barbie’s journey in BarbieGiselle goes through an adventure of self-actualization that leaves Giselle unable to return to who she used to be. BarbieWhich felt so modern and fresh, had a lot in common with EnchantedWhich came out almost two decades ago. Barbie And Enchanted are both meta-commentaries on feminismA fun gender-bent twist on the traditional hero’s journey. Enchanted was released…
Black-ish pushed comedic boundaries throughout its run, but the show’s Halloween specials surpassed even that Brooklyn no-nos notorious episodes of Halloween heist. The heists started as a spontaneous Halloween bet to see who was the better detective, and over the seasons, Brooklyn no-nos Halloween heists escalated to wild proportions. The Halloween heists are always fun, but they use the holiday of Halloween as a backdrop without embracing the specificity of Halloween to the same degree that Black-ish Does. Black-ish appear at the same time as Brooklyn no-noAnd the Johnson family goes all in for Halloween. Black-ish Did not achieve the…
How I Met Your Mother is a legendary sitcom beloved by critics and audiences, but there is another TV show that aired at the same time that offered an even better comedy about finding love. The 2000s saw many sitcoms like How I Met Your Mother Try to reinvent the Friends Format of a close-knit friend group, and How I Met Your Mother was one of the most successful and longest-running of these shows. Happy Endings was a critically acclaimed and criminally short-lived sitcom, as well as a perfect replacement show for HIMYM. Both shows use romantic narrative devices. HIMYM…