“That story’s so crazy”: snail mail, Vicodin, grilled cheese, and the art of casting Bill Murray in your movie
Taking the long route.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 04/2026
The 1998 movie Kevin Bacon called “the trashiest piece of crap” and the scene ruined by a real dead body
“I think I just saw a floater.”
“How shocking, how irresponsible”: Michael Caine’s 1987 sex scene that caused uproar in America
Not a lot of people know that.
“You laugh for hours afterwards”: Al Pacino names the greatest comedy actor of all time
Laugh-a-minute stuff.
“This movie hits on the same level”: the band Brad Pitt called the ‘Fight Club’ of music
An interesting comparison.
“I love to hear her scream”: Mel Gibson, a freeze-dried rat, and a traumatised Julia Roberts
Calm down, Jared Leto.
Matt Damon, the 1996 role that got away, and the “epiphany” it gave him that changed everything
It all worked out in the end.
“Six-foot sonofabitch with no talent”: the director John Wayne shamed out of cinema
They’d never helm a feature again.