Links: Lynskey, Castillo, Cho, and Missing 80s Movies
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 11:48PM • THR a reporter on the next tense moments at Netflix as they try to make their original movies more culturally impactful to continue to lure filmmakers. Roma and The Irishman are going to be crucial to their plans
• Awards Daily Melanie Lynskey talks about her work on Castle Rock
• EW high powered producer Craig Zadan, who brought lots of musicals to the screen and also produced the Oscars, died unexpectedly at just 69. Hollywood is paying tribute.
• Playbill cast announced for the Broadway aimed Beetlejuice musical. Includes Kerry Butler in the Geena Davis role!
• ScriptNotes a great discussion about the new silent-movie like loss of old movies (particularly from the 70s and 80s) in the streaming era. It springs from this article...
• BlackList "In search of the last great video store" - the writer had a craving for Fresh Horses starring Molly Ringwald and couldn't find it. (We've been there MANY times)
• Filmmaker Raúl Castillo talks about his career from his theater roots, through Looking, and on to We the Animals
• Variety Aretha Franklin apparently didn't leave a will before she died
• Coming Soon Crazy Rich Asians sequel is moving forward. That's great news for Gemma Chan and Harry Shum Jr who feature prominently in the book's sequel
• My New Plaid Pants John Cho seven times
• The AV Club Hulu wants to revive Veronica Mars
• Vulture looks into the climactic mahjong showdown in Crazy Rich Asians
Reader Comments (5)
Libraries are an excellent source of out-of-print or otherwise hard to find movies. I had a really difficult time trying to find They Shoot Horses Don't They? a few years ago and didn't want to commit to buying a standard definition DVD. Lo and behold, my local library had a copy. Can't get better than free, although it doesn't solve the HD problem.
I'm happy for the local library as they always have films I missed out in theaters as well as some obscure gems.
Yessss! People were beaming in the theatre yesterday when Harry appeared onscreen. I just want him to get a chance to be a big movie star. Hollywood doesn't know how much they need this to happen too!
Very happy that China Rich Girlfriend is going forward. Let's hope they really go through with it. Gemma Chan was the secret MVP of Crazy Rich Asians (Awkwafina being the not so secret one!).
I miss "Looking"