As Robert Schenkkan’s The Great Society begins pulling you back back back to a cultural moment that rivals our own in meanness, division and barrel-scraping crumminess, Brian Cox would seem to have the toughest job on Broadway. Portraying the accidental president who succeeded the martyred one only to land waste deep…
Actor Greta Gerwig has added 'director' to her resume in a big way. Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, grossed $375,612 in four theaters, giving the A24 release a sizzling $93,903 per theater average, the best of 2017. Lady Bird had plenty of competition from veteran filmmakers with well-known…
Two films by veteran filmmakers as well as a directorial debut are among the headlining Specialty newcomers rolling out in yet another packed weekend of new releases. New York Film Festival debut Last Flag Flying by Richard Linklater and starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne opens via Amazon…
If several actors can tackle the legacy of Winston Churchill and be awarded for it, then why not Lyndon Baines Johnson? In recent times we have seen British actor Tom Wilkinson take him on somewhat controversially in Selma, as well as Bryan Cranston in his Tony-winning and Emmy-nominated turn in All the Way; both were…
Rob Reiner’s film LBJ, with Woody Harrelson in the title role, was unveiled at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, but will be in theaters November 3. Those dates provide viewers a twist of the kaleidoscope, from pre-election to the end of Donald Trump’s first year in office. Any political movie is bound to provoke…
In a New Yorker Festival conversation after a screening of his film LBJ, director Rob Reiner talked a bit about Lyndon Johnson, but also hit on on an array of other issues, from President Trump to the Russia investigation to the legacy of All in the Family.
During the audience Q&A, Reiner was asked how his “community”…
Andy Serkis’ directorial debut Breathe, the period drama starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, has been tapped as the Centerpiece film at this year’s Hamptons Film Festival. The fest, celebrating its 25th anniversary, runs October 5-9 in East Hampton, NY and this morning took the covers off the first part of its…
In the new trailer for LBJ, Woody Harrelson transforms into Lyndon Baines Johnson, the VP who became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was faced with the Vietnam War and also civil unrest. The film, directed by Rob Reiner, begins after then-Senate Majority Leader Johnson loses the 1960…
UPDATED with release date info:Electric Entertainment has acquired North American rights to LBJ, director Rob Reiner's pic toplined by Woody Harrelson as the 36th President. The company has now set a November 10, 2017 bow for the pic, which premiered at Toronto and co-stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill…
EXCLUSIVE: Primed for its world premiere Thursday at the Toronto Film Festival, Rob Reiner’s new movie LBJshows President Lyndon Johnson in a different light. In LBJ we not only see the man known for pushing through the most comprehensive civil rights bill in history, but also a President who was surprisingly…
EXCLUSIVE: Among the movies for sale at this year’s Toronto Film Festival is Rob Reiner’s LBJ, a stirring biopic focusing on the achievements, insecurity and presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Woody Harrelson stars as the former President. It is the second major film project this year about Johnson after HBO’s All Th…
Allison Tolman (Fargo) and Michaela Watkins have both joined the untitled Will Ferrell/Amy Poehler comedy formerly known as The House. Currently filming in Los Angeles, the film is about parents who accidentally spend the money set aside for their daughter's college tuition. Desperate, they open an underground casino…
