‘Mulholland Drive’: How David Lynch saved Naomi Watts’ career when she felt “desperate”
A beautiful legacy.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 02/2025
How many movies has Steven Spielberg produced that he didn’t direct?
A very small few, all things considered.
“She scares me to death”: why Jane Fonda hated being mistaken for Brigitte Bardot
“She scares me to death.”
‘Freddy Got Fingered’: the critically panned movie Jack Black thought was “actually kickass”
Defending the indefensible.
The hypersexualisation of Natasha Romanoff: Scarlett Johansson’s major problem with ‘Iron Man 2’
A questionable treatment.
‘Tenet’ is Christopher Nolan’s least accurate movie with “no real content”, according to science
Poking holes in the logic.
Spoonfeeding a “stupid” audience: How Stephen King’s ‘The Running Man’ was dumbed down
Back to the drawing board.
‘Death Proof’: the movie that made Quentin Tarantino own up to being “a leering bastard”
A limited perspective.
‘Here’: the “kooky” lead role that gave Tom Hanks his biggest flop in years
This bold experiment didn’t pay off.
‘Pink Cadillac’: The disturbing Clint Eastwood movie Roger Ebert found “idiotic”
This Eastwood movie actually offended Ebert in its stupidity.
Exploring Paul Thomas Anderson’s surprising hatred of ‘Fight Club’: “It’s just unbearable”
He really didn’t like it.