THE LATEST – LINCOLN, MAD MAX & BILL MURRAY – 12/20/12

Steven Spielberg

DECEMBER 20, 2012
Washington politicians cut the bullshit for three hours yesterday and took in a bipartisan screening of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln”. I would love to have seen the look on their faces when the Republicans in that film sat around trying to figure out just how the heck they were going to get the Democrats to come aboard the idea of abolishing slavery…
Read about it at THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
-PP

DECEMBER 19, 2012
Mad Max: Fury Road
Principal photography is done on “Mad Max: Fury Road”, so you probably can’t stop it from coming out at this point.
Pro: It stars Tom Hardy
Con: It’s a reboot
Pro: It’s directed by original “Mad Max” director George Miller
Con: He just directed “Happy Feet”
-PP

DECEMBER 18, 2012
Alan Moore
Comic book legend Alan Moore turned his back on Hollywood right when the best films of his material were made (“V for Vendetta” and “Watchmen”). What’s he doing now? This good article from “The Guardian” fills you in.
-PP

DECEMBER 17, 2012
Pacific Rim
You can see the trailer for “Pacific Rim”, but really, will it be as good as watching the start of “Pacific Rim”‘s viral campaign? Read about it HERE.
-PP

DECEMBER 16, 2012
Bill Murray
Always ones to bring you Bill Murray news when it happens, there were some great articles about Murray in conjunction with the release of “Hyde Park on Hudson”:
Great NY Times interview
For some reason THIS exceprt from the book “Live From New York”, chronicling a great Bill Murray story about Gilda, went viral recently.
And another great interview, this one from GQ.
-PP

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