Tag: Good Will Hunting
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How Gus Vant Sant’s ‘Psycho’ Compares to Alfred Hitchcock’s
Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of Psycho is one of the strangest “blank check” type movies from an important American auteur. Fresh off the breakout success of Good Will Hunting, Van Sant had the clout and resources to realize any dream project, and he chose to remake one of the most important and influential horror…
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The Oscars Let Robin Williams Show Off His Comedy Genius
Few artists and creative figures share the same unmistakable presence and electric show-stopping prowess as the late great Robin Williams. He imprinted his mark on television with Mork & Mindy, was revered for his stand-up, and gifted us with a number of excellent comedic and dramatic performances in films such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will…
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‘Dune’ Star Stellan Skarsgård to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival
Veteran Swedish star Stellan Skarsgård, who plays villain Baron Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” – part two of which will be released in November – will be honoured by the Locarno Film Festival with its Leopard Club Award.Skarsgård, who started his Hollywood career working with top directors such as StevenSpielberg in “Amistad” (1997) and Gus…
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All 100 Movies Coming to Max in July
Max will enter its second full month after transitioning from HBO Max in late May, and July looks to be one exciting month for the service. Not only will they be streaming exciting new series like Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded limited series Full Circle, the animated series My Adventures with Superman, and the reboot of Project…
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Oscar-Winning Editor Pietro Scalia to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival
Two-time Oscar-winning editor Pietro Scalia will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Vision Award honoring technical achievements and advancements in film.Scalia, who was born in Sicily but grew up in Switzerland and studied film at UCLA, has won Oscars for “JFK” and “Black Hawk Down.” Over the past two decades he’s collaborated…
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Matt Damon on Finally Being Directed by Ben Affleck: ‘He’s Been Directing Me for Like 40-Something Years’
Nearly three decades after Ben Affleck and Matt Damon burst into Hollywood history with their Oscar-winning “Good Will Hunting,” the long-time pals and collaborators are still finding new ways to work together. Next up: “Air,” in which the pair not only share the screen as Nike founder Phil Knight (Affleck) and his “basketball guru” marketing…
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‘Dogma’ Remains the Best Ben Affleck-Matt Damon Team-up
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon do some of their best work together. Not only are they two of the best actors working today, they’re also accomplished screenwriters, having penned the award-winning Good Will Hunting as well as Ridley Scott’s medieval epic, The Last Duel. And they’ve even starred in a few films together, including the…
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Minnie Driver Was Told She Was ‘Not Sexy’ Enough to Star in ‘Good Will Hunting’: It Was ‘Devastating’
Minnie Driver has been in Hollywood for decades, but apparently some things just haven’t changed when it comes to casting actresses for their looks.“There are still just times when people are like ‘she’s too old’ or ‘she’s too tall,’” Driver told The Cut. “I’ve always thought about how things get distilled. There’s this notion of…
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How Robin Williams Got Matt Damon His Saving Private Ryan Role
Real-life pals and would-be kissing buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck broke out as not just actors but also writers thanks to 19997’s “Good Will Hunting,” a drama that landed the pair Oscars for their original script. It also snagged an Academy Award for Robin Williams’ performance as Sean Maguire, the haunted therapist who connects…