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Jason Derulo Really Thought ‘Cats’ Was “Gonna Change The World”

Remember “Cats“? The big-budget adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical that became part of our collective nightmares the moment the first trailer came out? Though the film was neither the critical nor a commercial success that director Tom Hooper intended, probably no one was as disappointed with the film’s failure than singer and […]

‘Ode to Passion’: Film Review

At the risk of overgeneralizing, why is it that cheapie musicals are so much more charming to watch on screen than they are when some friend invites you to whatever way-off-Broadway show they’ve managed to get mixed up in? Heck, these tiny film projects are often more endearing than the relatively big-budget ones the Hollywood […]

Did You Hate James Corden’s Performance in ‘Cats’? So Did Andrew Lloyd Webber

Remember Cats? The nightmarish film adaptation of the hit musical feels as if it hit theaters 100 years ago, but it was actually only six months. Since then, real-life horrors have superseded those of the digital fur variety, but that doesn’t mean Andrew Lloyd Webber is ready to let bygones be bygones. The composer recently […]

Darren Aronofsky Wanted Joaquin Phoenix for His ‘Batman’ Movie

Anyone who saw yesterday’s ramblings on Hugh Jackman almost starring in Cats knows that we here at Collider are obsessed with alternate timeline movies, a.k.a. the big projects we almost got before plans fell through. At the top of that list is Darren Aronofsky’s Batman movie, which the filmmaker came close to making after the […]

‘Splash’ Goes Viral After 36 Years for Bizarre VFX Used to Hide Nudity on Disney+

Only in the age of streaming could Ron Howard’s 1984 fantasy romance “Splash” find itself going viral. A rather bizarre edit of the movie on Disney+ is making the rounds on social media due to the fuzzy visual effects that have been added to the movie in order to hide the nudity on display. It […]

Yes, Buttholes Had to Be Edited out of ‘Cats’

Cats was perhaps destined for failure. As Lindsay Ellis points out in her recent video essay, Universal’s thinking was that a hit stage musical combined with a prestige director like Tom Hooper would equal massive success and lots of awards, and they could not have been more wrong. The key conflict is that Tom Hooper […]

‘In homage to cockroach limbs’: Tom Hooper’s Cats commentary deepens the mystery

The man behind the much-maligned musical film has shared some of its secrets – prepare to be baffledTom Hooper, the Oscar-winning director of The King’s Speech, has revealed (some of) the logic behind the creative choices guiding his most recent film, Cats.A starry version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit stage musical, Cats primarily met with […]

Seth Rogen’s Live-Tweeting of ‘Cats’ While ‘Pretty Stoned’ Is Purrfect Distraction Right Now

Like an act of divine intervention, Tom Hooper’s big-budget bomb “Cats” was made available for digital rental on Tuesday while the world is home alone and self-isolated, and thankfully, Seth Rogen took to Twitter to entertain us all by live-tweeting his surreal and “trippy” experience watching it.Rogen on Tuesday night said he got high and […]

Paw performance: Cats dominates Razzie nominations

British actors including Judi Dench and James Corden among worst actor nomineesThe widely panned movie musical Cats and four of its stars have been nominated for Razzie awards, an annual ritual that lampoons the worst of cinema.James Corden, Judi Dench, Rebel Wilson and Francesca Hayward received Razzie acting nominations for their Cats roles, in which […]

Brian Blessed: ‘All my life, 90% of men have bored the arse off me’

Dressed in pyjamas and wellies, the great actor talks about his astronaut training in Russia, the original Cats – and putting his might behind his daughter Rosalind’s very personal playsOn a shelf in Brian Blessed’s study is a plastic toy, a replica of himself as Prince Vultan in the film Flash Gordon. There is a […]

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