“Say no more”: How Paul Newman was forced into making ‘A New Kind of Love’
Newman realised that making this picture wasn’t just about him.
Author: Michael Gordon Archives: 02/2025
Five movies whose chances of success were torpedoed by their own controversial stars
It’s hard to be a hit when your star keeps committing crimes.
‘Batman’: the one movie Jack Nicholson took “more seriously than anyone”
Jack was never one to phone it in.
“I’m not used to”: Why Jack Black had trouble starring in ‘The Holiday’
Even someone as confident as Black feels nervous from time to time.
From ‘Riders of Destiny’ to ‘The Conqueror’: the movies that embarrassed John Wayne
The Duke definitely should’ve thought twice about these pictures.
“It just struck me”: Robin Williams on how ‘Dr Strangelove’ changed his life
This classic satire changed how Williams perceived comedy as a whole.
From Julia Roberts to Kathleen Turner: the iconic female stars Sharon Stone owes her career to
Without these ladies, Stone may have never become one of the biggest stars of the ’90s.
Antoine Fuqua: the director who got fired for disagreeing with Sean Connery over the making of ‘Entrapment’
Ah, creative differences – that old chestnut.
‘Ghost in the Noonday Sun’: the movie an “insane” Peter Sellers sabotaged
Sellers was on a mission to get this movie shut down.
David Fincher thinks ‘films’ and ‘movies’ are two very different beasts, but is he right?
Is this art vs commerce by any other name?
Ray Charles: the best ever ‘SNL’ host, according to Bill Murray
Murray was blown away by this genius.