Tag: Mad Men
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‘Maggie Moore(s)’ Review: Jon Hamm & Tina Fey Can’t Save This Tonal Mess Of A Crime Comedy [Tribeca]
Sometimes, a company logo in the opening credits says it all. Redbox Entertainment – yes, they of the DVD kiosks that still exist – helped produce “Maggie Moore(s).” It’s easy to see why they would want a part of the film: stick the distinctive mugs of stars Jon Hamm and Tina Fey on a tile,…
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‘Maggie Moore(s)’ Review: A Mess That Needs to Do Less
Maggie Moore(s) has all the makings of a great film. There is an A-list cast that includes Jon Hamm, Tina Fey, and Nick Mohammed, as well as a director in Mad Men star John Slattery, who previously helmed five episodes of the acclaimed series. It is all set against a visually interesting desert town backdrop.…
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The Mad Men Season 5 Moment That Made Elizabeth Moss Cry Wasn’t Even In The Script
Although Peggy Olsen starts off “Mad Men” as Don Draper’s quiet new secretary, by season 5 she has risen up the copywriting ranks and become Don’s confident right-hand man. There’s just one problem with Peggy’s rise up the corporate ladder: Technically, she owes a ton of her success to Don, and Don’s kind of a…
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FX’s The Shield ‘Never Should Have Happened’ Yet Changed The Network Forever
When “The Shield” premiered on FX in March 2002, it was entering a prestige-tv landscape that was still relatively young. “The Sopranos” had just begun its HBO run three years earlier, and AMC shows like “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” — with protagonists cut from the same antihero cloth as Tony Soprano — had not…
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From ‘Bloodline’ to ‘Dead to Me’: 10 Essential Linda Cardellini Performances Throughout Her Acting Career
Linda Cardellini is a born and raised Californian girl who has been acting since a young age. She landed her first major acting role as Lindsay Weir on NBC’s Freaks and Geeks, a show which gave her much success and prominence as an actress in the Hollywood scene. A few years later, she would star…
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Taylor Swift Would Switch Places with Guillermo Del Toro for a Day: ‘Imagine Having that Imagination’
To Taylor Swift, Guillermo del Toro is the real “Mastermind.”The multi-hyphenate Grammy darling raved about the “Shape of Water” Oscar-winning filmmaker during The Hollywood Reporter’s 2022 Women in Entertainment Power 100 Q&a, revealing she would want to trade places with del Toro for a day.“Imagine having that imagination, that visual vocabulary and that astonishing body…
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The Walking Dead’s Pilot is Horror Filmmaking at Its Finest
Has The Walking Dead ever produced a more iconic image than Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) riding into an abandoned Atlanta via an empty highway? It’s a wonderfully bleak shot that establishes the tone flawlessly, and its reputation has spread so far that even people who have never watched the show can recognize it. Seemingly AMC…
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Quentin Tarantino: I Used to Chalk Up Harvey Weinstein’s Rumored Behavior as Like ‘Mad Men’
Quentin Tarantino is continuing to speak out on former collaborator Harvey Weinstein.The disgraced Miramax and Weinstein Company mega-producer was convicted of rape in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Weinstein produced nine films with Tarantino before parting ways in October 2017 amid the #MeToo movement allegations against Weinstein.“I’d never heard the stories that…
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John Slattery Claims ‘Mad Men’ Actors Would Forget Their Lines Just Looking at Jon Hamm
According to John Slattery, it was hard not to be starstruck by Don Draper himself.The “Mad Men” actor revealed that guest stars on the Emmy-winning AMC series would forgot their lines on set while acting opposite Hamm.“When Hamm walked into a room in that get-up, people would just go catatonic,” Slattery told The Independent. “Guest…
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The Crown Season 5 Review: Bad Times For The Old Royals
‘Even the televisions are metaphors in this place,” says Queen Elizabeth II when her ancient TV suddenly goes on the fritz, its screen fuzzy and fading. It’s a cheeky, winking little line from the writers of “The Crown” as the series enters an era of decline for the royal family. Things are falling apart left…