Showing posts with label zac efron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zac efron. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Let's Talk About the Oscars (and 'Love Lies Bleeding' and 'Ricky Stanicky')

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How was your Oscars? We review the show on this week's episode. Then we dig into the latest from Kristen Stewart and Peter Farrelly. (Th...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

'The Iron Claw' Review

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Sean Durkin is now three for three. I reviewed his latest, The Iron Claw , for Screen International .
Thursday, October 13, 2022

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Blonde' and 'Bros'

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We took a week off, so we're back with reviews of four new movies: Amsterdam , Blonde , Bros and The Greatest Beer Run Ever . Two we li...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Toronto 2022: 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' Review

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Four years ago, Green Book premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Now, Peter Farrelly is back at the festival with his follow-up film, whi...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

'Firestarter' Review

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I didn't love the original Firestarter , so the remake didn't have a high bar to get over. Alas, this new version isn't so hot e...

When Young Actors Pivot to Dad Roles

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The internet went into a tizzy about the fact that Zac Efron is now old enough to play a father in the new Firestarter . For all young actor...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': 'Lucy and Desi' and 'Gold'

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Christy Lemire and I dug into four new releases on KCRW last week, including Turning Red and The Adam Project . But let me direct you to th...
Tuesday, May 07, 2019

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Charlize Theron, Ted Bundy and Your 2019 Summer Movie Preview

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On this week's episode, we agree that Long Shot is bad (but that Charlize Theron is great in it). We differ on Extremely Wicked, Sho...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

Sundance 2019: 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile' Review

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Greetings from Park City. I reviewed the new Ted Bundy biopic, which stars Zac Efron as the serial killer. Extremely Wicked has a clever...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

'The Greatest Showman' Review

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Hugh Jackman plays P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman , which is chockablock with musical numbers and razzle-dazzle. I found it pretty t...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'War Machine,' 'Baywatch,' Johnny Depp and 'George Washington'

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We had lots to cover in this week's podcast. First up, I recap the Cannes Film Festival. Then, Will and I review War Machine , Baywat...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

'Baywatch' Review

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You see these people? They made my life miserable for two hours. Folks, Baywatch stinks. It's just awful. It's not funny. It'...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

'We Are Your Friends' Review

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I'm not so far removed from my youth that I can't feel a kinship to something like We Are Your Friends , which stars Zac Efron as...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

'Neighbors' Review

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It's so rare to find a legitimately funny comedy. But Neighbors is one; it made me laugh pretty consistently. Defiantly lowbrow but w...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

'At Any Price' Review

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The betting is that most people will think of At Any Price as "the Zac Efron film," but for fans of its director, Ramin Bahran...