By Glenn Dunks August 5, 2014 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line. Hey, whatever. It […]
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Teaser Debut: Last Vegas
May 20, 2013 
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Everyone old is new again! The teaser for Last Vegas – looking like a cross between The Hangover and The Bucket List – touts Oscar winners Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, and Kevin Kline “like you’ve never seen them before.” Douglas plays a long-time bachelor finally bound for matrimony. He brings his three […]
Continue readingCharlie Kaufman’s Frank or Francis postponed
June 27, 2012 0 Comments
We were greatly looking forward to Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman‘s directorial follow-up to Synecdoche, New York; the insane-sounding musical Frank or Francis, starring Steve Carell as an arrogant filmmaker and Jack Black as the blogger that torments him. Co-star Elizabeth Banks dropped a bombshell this week when she told Movieline the project was no more, stating “it fell apart at […]
Continue readingKeener, Banks and Reubens join Kaufman’s Frank or Francis
January 30, 2012 0 Comments
Update: THR confirms Kate Winslet will not be involved in the film. Elizabeth Banks and Pee Wee Herman himself, Paul Reubens, will however. The original report is as follows. Charlie Kaufman’s Frank or Francis adds Kate Winslet and Catherine Keener to the cast list, according to Vulture. The film, which Kaufman wrote, will be his […]
Continue readingKevin Kline joins Charlie Kaufman’s Frank or Francis; character descriptions revealed
October 4, 2011 1 Comment
Kevin Kline is set to join Steve Carell, Jack Black and Nicolas Cage in Charlie Kaufman’s directorial follow-up to the brilliant/maddening Synecdoche New York, Variety reports. When we previously reported on the flick (titled Frank or Francis), little was known about the plot besides this logline: “The film chronicles a volatile back and forth between […]
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