Tag: A Few Good Men
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‘Holiday’ Review – Margherita Corradi Anchors Throwaway Thriller
Courtroom dramas have been a staple of the screen for decades, giving audiences some of the most compelling stories ever put to screen. From To Kill a Mockingbird to A Few Good Men, there are a whole host of iconic films set within the confines of a courthouse. Very few of these films, however, have…
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This Tom Cruise Performance Was Written With Tom Hanks in Mind
Although Tom Cruise is most closely associated with the action genre due to the success of Top Gun and Mission: Impossible, in the 1990s, it feels like he made it a goal to work with nearly every great filmmaker on a prestige project. Between Sydney Pollack’s The Firm, Rob Reiner’s A Few Good Men, Neil…
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Christopher McQuarrie Confirms Tom Cruise’s R-Rated Movie Is Still Happening
Tom Cruise might be known as Mr. Action these days, the most daring man in all of Hollywood, but it’s easy to forget that he is also an outstanding actor. Appearing in films like Born on the Fourth of July, The Color of Money, A Few Good Men and Jerry Maguire, the fella is a…
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Aaron Sorkin: ‘Screenwriters write about people who are cooler than we are’
The American writer known for The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network on adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage in the 21st centuryAaron Sorkin, 60, is that rare screenwriter who qualifies as a household name. Starting out in theatre in the 1980s, the former actor broke into movies with the hit 1992…
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Between ‘Being the Ricardos’ and ‘Spider-Man,’ J.K. Simmons Continues to Win the ‘Perfect Casting’ Game
Though it would take three decades for “Being the Ricardos” writer-director Aaron Sorkin to cast J.K. Simmons in something Sorkin wrote, the filmmaker well remembers when the urge first came to him.“He was an understudy in my first play ‘A Few Good Men,’ back in 1990,” Sorkin told IndieWire of the now widely esteemed actor,…
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Tom Cruise Protests HFPA by Returning His Three Golden Globes Trophies
Tom Cruise is returning his three Golden Globes trophies in protest of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, IndieWire confirms. Deadline was the first to report on the story. Cruise sent his three Globes trophies to the HFPA headquarters on May 10. News about Cruise’s protest broke just as NBC confirmed it would not be airing…
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Aaron Sorkin Explains Why Most Of His Films Take Place Indoors: “I Need Four Walls Very Badly”
When you think of some of the most iconic moments in an Aaron Sorkin-written film or TV show, they all likely take place indoors. Whether it’s a boardroom in “Social Network” or a courtroom in films such as “The Trial of the Chicago 7” or even “A Few Good Men,” many of the most memorable…
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Deconstructing Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7,’ from Spielberg to Netflix
Yes, Aaron Sorkin is a skilled dramatist — and has an Oscar to show for it for “The Social Network” — and we know he can deliver a courtroom drama — he adapted his own play “A Few Good Men” for filmmaker Rob Reiner. But “The Trial of the Chicago 7” is a triumph of…
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‘Blade Runner 2049’ Star Ana de Armas Joins Kevin Pollak Thriller
Ana de Armas is set to take the title role in ‘Waiting for Helen,’ a noir thriller directed by Kevin Pollak.The Cuban actress came to prominence last year with her performance as holographic companion Joi in ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ opposite Ryan Gosling.In ‘Waiting for Helen,’ she will play a waitress who may be an innocent…