Tag: Gotti
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One of the Worst Movies Ever Made Also Stars John Travolta
While there is rarely any enjoyment to be found in watching an awful film, there is something uniquely maddening about the experience of sitting through Entourage actor Kevin Connolly’s 2018 biopic Gotti. The film’s script is such a jumbled and incoherent mess that it’s tempting to think the screenwriters tossed their scene cards into the…
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John Travolta Is Swoon-Worthy in This Western-Themed Romance
Although now he primarily stars in low-budget crime films, action thrillers, and future cult classics (such as the bizarre stalked film The Fanatic and the misguided mafia biopic Gotti), it’s easy to forget that John Travolta was once the most popular young romantic heartthrob of his generation. Travolta had immediately established himself as an actor…
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The Fanatic review – John Travolta plumbs the depths in grisly stalker flick
Travolta plays an isolated obsessive who tracks down his movie hero in this nasty drama, directed by former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred DurstThis marks yet another rung down on John Travolta’s ladder of career ignominy after his most recent flops, Gotti and Speed Kills. It’s a grotesque drama in which Travolta plays a disturbed fan.…
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‘Holmes & Watson’ and ‘Gotti’ Lead 2019 Razzie Nominations for Worst Picture
If their dismal reviews wasn’t punishment enough, for the 39th year, the Razzie Awards seek to recognize the achievements of the worst movies of the year. And for 2019’s crop of nominees, John Travolta’s “Gotti” and Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s “Holmes & Watson” both received the “honor” of being nominated for Worst Picture…
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The Worst Movies of 2018, According to Metacritic: ‘Death of a Nation’ Tops the List
You’ve read about the best movies of 2018 — IndieWire’s staff list is topped by “Roma,” followed by “First Reformed,” “The Favourite,” “Cold War,” and “Shoplifters” — but what about the worst? As they do every year, the fine folks at Metacritic have crunched the numbers and come out with a list of the most…
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Now Stream This: ‘The Immigrant’, ‘Let the Corpses Tan’, ‘The Dead Zone’, ‘Gotti’ and More
(Welcome to Now Stream This, a column dedicated to the best movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and every other streaming service out there.) Welcome back, streamers. Come along with me as I take you on a journey through several great films you can stream right now. As always, I’m trying to highlight titles that…
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John Travolta’s ‘Gotti’ Whacked at Box Office With $1.6 Million Debut
After an extremely bumpy road into theaters, the John Travolta crime biopic “Gotti” has gotten kneecapped at the box office, earning just $1.67 million from 503 screens.While almost all of Travolta’s films in the last 30 years have been either in extremely limited release or with screen counts of 2,500 or more, this counts as…
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Travolta to Receive Variety’s Cinema Icon Award at Cannes
Variety will honor John Travolta at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with its inaugural Cinema Icon Award.Travolta’s latest film film “Gotti” will premiere at the festival in a special gala screening May 15. Following the screening, Travolta will receive his award at the Hotel du Cap.Steven Gaydos, Variety vice president and executive editor, said Travolta’s…
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Pitbull To Compose The Score For John Travolta’s Upcoming Cannes Film ‘Gotti’
Lately, we’ve been following the happenings with the upcoming film “Gotti.” The film that many people forgot was even a thing has burst back into the public consciousness thanks to a late announcement that it would premiere at Cannes and a well-timed new trailer. Now, we have another bit of news that we can’t pass…