The last time Kevin Costner directed and starred in an ambitious epic, it almost ruined his career
It’s a huge swing, but it could be an even bigger miss.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 05/2024
Every movie star that was cut from Terrence Malick’s ‘The Thin Red Line’
At least they got paid for it.
‘Head’: The surreal swansong for The Monkees written by Jack Nicholson
A suitably psychedelic collaboration.
“I knew it when I saw it”: the surprising movie Meryl Streep called valuable
Audiences would certainly agree.
“I was a cartoon freak”: the animations that John Goodman hated
Two-dimensional enmity spanning decades.
Mickey Rourke’s decision to reject ‘Pulp Fiction’: “I didn’t even read the script”
An Oscar-winning script, no less.
“We were all hungry”: the movie saw Tom Hanks turn a corner
He knew where he wanted to go, he just had to prove it.
From one master to another: The sci-fi director Ridley Scott claimed “raised the bar”
He knows what it takes to achieve cosmic greatness.
‘Borat’: the comedy movie that did more for tourism than any political policy
A gradual acceptance of its newfound fame.
“Hugely accomplished”: the real-life icon Cillian Murphy would love to portray
There’s no reason he couldn’t end up with another Oscar for it.
Why Terence Stamp called his time in the ‘Star Wars’ universe “boring”
With unrealised ulterior motives to boot.
The remarkable career of the great indie maverick Henry Jaglom
An outsider who never wanted to fit in.