John Cleese and his then-wife Connie Booth's classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers will return in a sequel series to be produced by Rob Reiner's company Castle Rock You heard that right Basil Fawlty is coming back, and Meathead is his new boss! It's like a Classic Sitcom Singularity! In case you're too young to get[...]
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Every Princess Bride fan who wants to see that perfect movie preserved from Hollywood politics makes it now." The Q&A to be held by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin includes stars Cary Elwes (Westley), Robin Wright (Buttercup), Carol Kane (Valerie), Chris Sarandon (Humperdinck), Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya), Wallace Shawn (Vizzini), Billy Crystal (Miracle Max), director[...]
We get to hear from Sid Haig and Rob Zombie talking about The Devil's Rejects, Ed Neal reminiscing about Texas Chainsaw Massacre on location at the house where the movie was made, Gina Gershon dishing about Showgirls, Jeff Goldblum re-familiarizing himself with Buckaroo Banzai. In fact, it's fun to see the endless parade of talking heads, including directors Martha Coolidge,[...]
But they also featured pretty fantastic cinematography and were early examples of women empowerment in film when you dig into the minutiae of the movies themselves.
Rob Reiner as himself in TIME WARP: THE GREATEST CULT FILMS OF ALL-TIME, VOLUME 1 MIDNIGHT MADNESS, a Quiver Distribution release Photo courtesy of Quiver Distribution.
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While 90% of the special features have been released before, there is a delightful new conversation with Billy Crystal and Rob Reiner that runs 44 minutes but feels like 10 All kinds of aspects of the filmmaking process are covered here, and it is a treat to see these old friends discuss this film This[...]
Featuring a new 4k transfer of the film and new interviews with star Billy Crystal and director Rob Reiner there will be other special features included as well, with two commentary tracks featuring Reiner, Crystal, and screenwriter Nora Ephron Look for it on shelves January 8th.
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And it's not out of line to declare a simple kind of happiness not only seeing Rob Reiner acting again, but to see him as a towering, sweary man of old school familial anger Matthew McConaughey has a lot of fun in his brief early cameo, which must've been filmed alongside (the insanely far superior)[...]
Rob Reiner is turning to TV for one of his upcoming projects, developing an adaptation of Carl Hiaasen novel Basket Case for Spike TV, reports Deadline.
I haven't read the book, but it sounds like fun and like a good fit for both Reiner's playful sensibility and also Spike's male-centric demographic It centers on an[...]