After getting pulled from the History channel’s lineup, the highly anticipated and controversial drama series “The Kennedys” has found a new home — on the ReelzChannel TV network. The epic eight-part movie event will have its world premiere April 3. “We’re not beh[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Barry Pepper’
Under Review: ‘Casino Jack’
– by CHRIS HYATT – Movies based on actual political events tend to be a little dicey for me because there are just way too many ways to mess it up. The last political movie I watched, “Frost/Nixon,” wasn’t bad per se, but it was certainly too long and too boring for me [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘True Grit’
– by CAM SMITH – Last week, a teaser trailer was released for Joel and Ethan Coen’s feverishly anticipated “True Grit.” The film, an adaptation of Charles Portis’ 1968 novel — which previously inspired the 1969 John Wayne late-career classic directed by Henry Hathaway ̵[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Bagman’ (aka ‘Casino Jack’)
– by BEV QUESTAD – Kevin Spacey becomes the self-assured, aggrandizing, lying snake-oil salesman Jack Abramoff in all his insane duplicity and dare-devil deals in the short little snippets that tantalize us in this trailer. “Bagman” is an exposé on the life and times of one of the g[...]