Loathed

Comedians like Monty Python legend and former Masked Singer contestant Eric Idle are always good for making a splash on the internet. Sometimes those efforts are harmless, like that time Idle didn’t recognize his EPCOT attraction co-star. However, the story we’re about to dig into is much more serious, and very much a heartbreaker. As Idle has made some serious accusations that have kicked up drama with the surviving members of Monty Python, John Cleese himself has made some remarks that later needed some clarification.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJulia Roberts has opened up about the part of Notting Hill she “loathed” making.Roberts, most recently seen in Netflix film Leave the World Behind, starred in the 1999 romantic comedy as a Hollywood film actor who finds romance with a British bookshop owner, played by Wonka actor Hugh Grant.At the time, Roberts was a bonafide star of her own, having starred in Pretty Woman in 1990 and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJulia Roberts has opened up about the part of Notting Hill she “loathed” making.Roberts, most recently seen in Netflix film Leave the World Behind, starred in the 1999 romantic comedy as a Hollywood film actor who finds romance with a British bookshop owner, played by Wonka actor Hugh Grant.At the time, Roberts was a bonafide star of her own, having starred in Pretty Woman in 1990 and…

Despite not standing out as a cheerful personality, nothing could’ve prepared us for Hugh Grant’s candid reaction to filming the upcoming prequel movie, Wonka.The 63-year-old actor plays an oompa loompa, alongside Timothée Chalamet, who assumed the protagonist role of Willy Wonka, previously portrayed by Johnny Depp and Gene Wilder.To achieve the otherworldly look of an oompa loompa, the production reportedly used a mixture of animation, motion capture, and multiple cameras on Hugh’s face to capture his facial…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSylvester Stallone has recounted his former feud with fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.While the two Hollywood legends are now good friends, having even co-starred in a few films, including The Expendables and Escape Plan, things weren’t always smooth sailing, Stallone admitted.During the 1980s and 1990s, the two were major box office rivals, having both pioneered similar genres. On…

via Sony Even though they didn’t feature onscreen, the marketing campaign for this year’s Where the Crawdads Sing played up the involvement of producer Reese Witherspoon and contributing songwriter Taylor Swift, which no doubt helped the mystery thriller become one of 2022’s most unsung box office smash hits. On a budget of $24 million, the literary adaptation went on to haul in $137 million during its theatrical run, splitting opinion right down the middle in the process. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an…