Tag: Wall Street
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Oliver Stone Settles the Score with Cannes Debut ‘JFK Revisited,’ Feels Unappreciated at Home
When you think reliable narrator, Oliver Stone doesn’t exactly come to mind. Since his start as a director in the 1970s, the lightning-rod filmmaker, now 74, has leaned into fiction narratives with political points of view, from “Salvador,” “Wall Street,” and “W.” to Best Director Oscar-winners “Platoon” and “Born on the Fourth of July.” His…
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Emmy Winning and Oscar Nominated Actor Hal Holbrook is Dead at 95
Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Hal Holbrook, whose acting career spanned more than six decades and included roles in classic films like Wall Street and All The President’s Men and in beloved shows like The West Wing, has died. He was 95. Holbrook, a stalwart character actor who has portrayed everyone from Mark Twain to…
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Stream of the Day: Oliver Stone’s ‘Talk Radio’ Shows Impotent Rage Has Always Demanded an Outlet
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.Long before the immediacy of the internet and its attendant social media platforms, impotent rage and loose-lipped hatred had another home in America: talk radio. While the form…
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Tom Holland Celebrates ‘Spider-Man’ McU Return With Epic ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Speech
Tom Holland is reacting to the news that his Spider-Man character will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe by letting Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf Of Wall Street” do all the talking. The 23-year-old actor uploaded a famous scene from Scorsese’s 2013 black comedy in which Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jordan Belfort addresses his employees and passionately screams…
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Box Office: ‘Hustlers’ Dances Toward $32 Million Opening Weekend
“Hustlers” is eyeing the biggest opening weekend ever for STXFilms, following a Friday domestic ticket haul of $13.1 million from 3,250 theaters.If estimates hold, the stripper saga could take home around $32 million come Sunday, marking the best live-action opening of Jennifer Lopez’s career. “Hustlers” follows a group of former strip club dancers, led by…
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STX Has Acquired Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Hustlers’; Constance Wu Joins
Exclusive, Updated with more info: STX has acquired the Jennifer Lopez Hustlers project. At the same time, Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu has joined.Soon after the news broke today that Annapurna was pulling out of Jay Roach’s Roger Ailes feature, Deadline confirmed that the Hustlers project based on the New York magazine piece “The…
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‘Black Monday’ Teaser: Seth Rogen Puts on His Director’s Hat for New Showtime Series About ’80s Excess — Watch
Seth Rogen is putting on his director’s hat for “Black Monday,” a Showtime series starring Don Cheadle. In addition to executive producing the 1987-set comedy about the worst stock-market crash in Wall Street history, Rogen co-directed the pilot along with his usual creative partner Evan Goldberg. Watch the teaser below.Intended as a commentary on ’80s…