Showing posts with label val kilmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label val kilmer. Show all posts
Thursday, April 03, 2025

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Remembering Val Kilmer

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  Val Kilmer died on Tuesday at the age of 65 . I went on Press Play to talk about his career and legacy, spending extra time focusing on h...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Why Do We Care If Actors Look Like Their Real-Life Subjects?

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Inspired by the rumored casting news about the Beatles biopics, I decided to write an essay about our obsession with whether or not an actor...
Sunday, December 03, 2023

What's the Funniest Christmas Movie?

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I have the answer over at Cracked .
Saturday, June 04, 2022

How 'Val' Informs 'Top Gun: Maverick'

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Top Gun: Maverick 's most emotional scene, involving Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, hits a little harder if you seen Kilmer's 2021 doc...
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

'The Doors' and the Bygone Rock 'n' Roll Era

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Oliver Stone's tribute to Jim Morrison is now on Hulu. I've never stopped thinking about The Doors since I saw it opening night bac...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: M. Night, G.I. Joe and 'Tombstone'

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Some weeks, it's a bit brutal on the podcast because the movies aren't so hot. But that can be fun, too: It's nice to just reall...
Wednesday, July 07, 2021

Cannes 2021: 'Val' Review

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Val Kilmer seems to have fallen off the radar lately. Well, there's a good reason for that: He's been battling health issues for a...
Monday, April 02, 2018

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Nostalgia, 'Real Genius' and 'Labyrinth'

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A movie about '80s nostalgia and two Reboot films from the '80s: Welcome to this week's episode. Will and I review Ready Play...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Misleading Men: Val Kilmer

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The latest installment in my MEL series on actors who were Hollywood's A-listers for a minute is dedicated to Val Kilmer. The more I...