Stars: Theo James, Emily Ratajkowski, Fred Melamed, Frank Gallegos, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Aris Alvarado, Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Written by Matt Aselton, Adam Nagata | Directed by Matt Aselton
If there’s one genre I love as much as horror it’s heist movies, in particular the kind of quirky, independent, often direct to DVD movies. Over the past few years there have been some great indie-comedy heist movies: films like Flypaper, How to Rob a Bank and The Maiden Heist – all of which I’d easily consider my favourites of the genre (Flypaper would even make my all-time favourite films list too).
And what do they have in common?
Well they all successfully balance quirky, offbeat comedy with traditional “heist-film” storytelling. They also all feature a cool and charismatic cast. And surprisingly Lying and Stealing follows suit, whilst also feeling very much like the more “glamorous” more-romantic crime caper films of the 60s.
If there’s one genre I love as much as horror it’s heist movies, in particular the kind of quirky, independent, often direct to DVD movies. Over the past few years there have been some great indie-comedy heist movies: films like Flypaper, How to Rob a Bank and The Maiden Heist – all of which I’d easily consider my favourites of the genre (Flypaper would even make my all-time favourite films list too).
And what do they have in common?
Well they all successfully balance quirky, offbeat comedy with traditional “heist-film” storytelling. They also all feature a cool and charismatic cast. And surprisingly Lying and Stealing follows suit, whilst also feeling very much like the more “glamorous” more-romantic crime caper films of the 60s.
- 11/15/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Alexis Bledel sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Monday’s Tonight Show, where she revealed some of her favorite Gilmore Girls characters (other than her own character, Rory Gilmore). “I think Caesar (Aris Alvarado) is awesome,” Bledel shared. “He works at Luke’s [Diner]. I think he kind of runs the place… he’s awesome.” Watch: Alexis Bledel […]...
- 11/29/2016
- by kmorawetz
- ET Canada
Alexis Bledel sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Monday's Tonight Show, where she revealed some of her favorite Gilmore Girls characters (other than her own character, Rory Gilmore).
"I think Caesar (Aris Alvarado) is awesome," Bledel shared. "He works at Luke's [Diner]. I think he kind of runs the place… he's awesome."
Watch: Alexis Bledel and Matt Czuchry Defend Rory and Logan's 'Surprising' Relationship Choices on 'Gilmore Girls'
However, there's no shortage of Stars Hollow residents that Bledel has a fondness for, including Babette Dell (Sally Struthers), Miss Patty (Liz Torres) and Kirk Gleason (Sean Gunn).
"Every time they would come to set they would like get together and sing show tunes," Bledel said of Struthers and Torres. "It was such a raucous [time] on set every day they were there, so I have to appreciate them."
The 35-year-old actress also addressed recent online criticism surrounding the Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life promo photos, in which Bledel...
"I think Caesar (Aris Alvarado) is awesome," Bledel shared. "He works at Luke's [Diner]. I think he kind of runs the place… he's awesome."
Watch: Alexis Bledel and Matt Czuchry Defend Rory and Logan's 'Surprising' Relationship Choices on 'Gilmore Girls'
However, there's no shortage of Stars Hollow residents that Bledel has a fondness for, including Babette Dell (Sally Struthers), Miss Patty (Liz Torres) and Kirk Gleason (Sean Gunn).
"Every time they would come to set they would like get together and sing show tunes," Bledel said of Struthers and Torres. "It was such a raucous [time] on set every day they were there, so I have to appreciate them."
The 35-year-old actress also addressed recent online criticism surrounding the Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life promo photos, in which Bledel...
- 11/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Scott Patterson Teases Gilmore Girls: A Year In the LifeWhile promoting Gilmore Girls: A Year In the Life, Scott Patterson had some fun with TV Line's Michael Ausiello about the much teased final four words of the Netflix revival series. What do you think they will be?The Gilmore Girls TV show revival drops to Netflix Friday, November 25th. Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Kelly Bishop, Keiko Agena, Aris Alvarado, and Matt Czuchry also star. Find out what Patterson had to say, after the jump.Read More…...
- 11/18/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 10 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “God Bless America” hosted by star and Chicago native Joel Murray!
“God Bless America” also stars Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Guerrin Gardner, Kellie Ramdhanie, Andrea Harper, David Mendenhall, Juliana Acosta, Steve Agee, Iris Almario, Aris Alvarado and Carson Aune from writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait.
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“God Bless America” also stars Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Guerrin Gardner, Kellie Ramdhanie, Andrea Harper, David Mendenhall, Juliana Acosta, Steve Agee, Iris Almario, Aris Alvarado and Carson Aune from writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait.
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- 4/23/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By MoreHorror.com
Dawna Lee Heising of MoreHorror.com had a chance to interview the wonderful writer and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait about his movie God Bless America at a screening in La last week.
Check out the video interview blow the details which includes the trailer of the film for your enjoyment.
From The Press Release:
Magnolia Pictures and Darko Entertainment In Association with Jerkschool Productions Presented Writer and Director Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America
Dawna Lee Heising and John Cox for attended the screening of God Bless America from filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait for MoreHorror.com on Monday, April 9th at 7:30 p.m. at the Clarity Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Heising interviewed Goldthwait at the reception prior to the screening.
God Bless America was written and directed by Goldthwait, through Magnolia Pictures and Darko Entertainment in association with Jerkschool Productions. The film is produced by Sean McKittrick,...
Dawna Lee Heising of MoreHorror.com had a chance to interview the wonderful writer and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait about his movie God Bless America at a screening in La last week.
Check out the video interview blow the details which includes the trailer of the film for your enjoyment.
From The Press Release:
Magnolia Pictures and Darko Entertainment In Association with Jerkschool Productions Presented Writer and Director Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America
Dawna Lee Heising and John Cox for attended the screening of God Bless America from filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait for MoreHorror.com on Monday, April 9th at 7:30 p.m. at the Clarity Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Heising interviewed Goldthwait at the reception prior to the screening.
God Bless America was written and directed by Goldthwait, through Magnolia Pictures and Darko Entertainment in association with Jerkschool Productions. The film is produced by Sean McKittrick,...
- 4/16/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Head Case revolves around a therapist who works with celebrities in Los Angeles. The performers sometimes have to deal with big professional disappointments, like when their TV shows are cancelled. Unfortunately, the actors on the Starz series now have firsthand knowledge of how that feels.
Alexandra Wentworth stars as Dr. Elizabeth Goode, an unapologetically frank therapist. Her unconventional methods have made her the "It" counselor in Hollywood and her practice has thrived. Regular performers on the series also include Steve Landesberg, Michelle Arthur, Candace Dean Brown, Rob Benedict, and Aris Alvarado.
The Starz series debuted in April of 2007 as 10-minute vignettes and evolved into half-hour episodes. Head Case became a showcase for performers who wanted to play themselves and get some "tough love" onscreen. Those that have been "helped" include Andy Dick, Greg Grunberg, Jeff Probst, Tori Spelling, Tom Sizemore, Jason Lewis, Sean...
Alexandra Wentworth stars as Dr. Elizabeth Goode, an unapologetically frank therapist. Her unconventional methods have made her the "It" counselor in Hollywood and her practice has thrived. Regular performers on the series also include Steve Landesberg, Michelle Arthur, Candace Dean Brown, Rob Benedict, and Aris Alvarado.
The Starz series debuted in April of 2007 as 10-minute vignettes and evolved into half-hour episodes. Head Case became a showcase for performers who wanted to play themselves and get some "tough love" onscreen. Those that have been "helped" include Andy Dick, Greg Grunberg, Jeff Probst, Tori Spelling, Tom Sizemore, Jason Lewis, Sean...
- 1/20/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Kickin' It Old Skool."NEW YORK -- Apparently determined to exploit the full comic potential of white boys attempting hip-hop, Jamie Kennedy ("Malibu's Most Wanted") shows up in this high-concept comedy about a 12-year-old boy who lapses into a coma in 1985, only to wake up a grown man 20 years later. Released on Friday without being press screened as part of the pre-"Spider-Man 3" picture dump, "Kickin' It Old Skool" fails to live up to even the feeble potential of its premise.
The young Justin Schumacher (Alexander Calvert) falls into his decades-long slumber after hitting his head while attempting a particularly dangerous break-dancing move during a school competition. During the next 20 years, his perpetually battling parents (Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp) exhaust their financial resources trying to keep up with his medical bills.
When the now-adult Justin (Kennedy) regains consciousness after hearing a snippet of a vintage pop tune, he finds himself -- like Tom Hanks in "Big" and myriad other cinematic variations -- a boy trapped in a grown man's body, with an '80s sensibility in a 21st century world to boot.
Attempting to win a large sum of money for his parents by winning a modern hip-hop dancing competition, he reunites his old multiracial crew, composed of henpecked husband and would-be inventor Darnell (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.); geeky office worker Aki (Bobby Lee); and overweight Hector (Aris Alvarado). Along the way, he reunites with childhood sweetheart Jen (Maria Menounos), now engaged to his old nemesis (Michael Rosenbaum).
While the film dutifully evokes a variety of '80s cultural artifacts (Garbage Pail Kids, "Flashdance", Beta tapes, etc.) and features cameos from such celebrity figures from the era as David Hasselhoff and Emmanuel Lewis, it doesn't really have much fun with the contrast between then and now. And Kennedy's character seems less a grown-up kid than simply, to quote the offensive word oft recited in the film, retarded.
There are a few decent lines -- Justin complains of having missed out on, among other things, "Gremlins 2" and "Ghostbusters 2" -- but most of the gags, such as his being mistaken for a pedophile while being friendly to a kid in a toy store, are tasteless without being particularly funny. And far too much of the film's overlong 107-minute running time is consumed by endless hip-hop dancing routines.
Clearly still attempting to follow in the footsteps of Jim Carrey ("Son of the Mask" is among his credits), Kennedy will need to find better material than this to put him on the film comedy A-list.
KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL
Yari Film Group Releasing
A Bob Yari production in association with Jizzy Entertainment and Hi-Def Entertainment
Credits:
Director: Harvey Glazer
Screenplay: Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
Producers: Philip Glasser, John H. Hermansen, Jamie Kennedy, Bob Yari
Executive producers: Jeff Cooper, Jeffrey Cooper, Josh H. Etting, Paul C. Rogers, Scott G. Stone, Stuart Stone
Film editor: Sandy S. Solowitz
Production designer: Tink
Director of photography: Robert M. Stevens
Costume designer: Maria Livingstone
Original music: Richard Glasser
Cast:
Justin Schumacher: Jamie Kennedy
Darnell Jackson: Miguel A. Nunez Jr.
Jennifer Stone: Maria Menounos
Kip Unger: Michael Rosenbaum
Aki Terasaki: Bobby Lee
Hector Jimenez: Aris Alvarado
Mary Schumacher: Debra Jo Rupp
Marv Schumacher: Christopher McDonald
Roxanne Jackson: Vivica A. Fox
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The young Justin Schumacher (Alexander Calvert) falls into his decades-long slumber after hitting his head while attempting a particularly dangerous break-dancing move during a school competition. During the next 20 years, his perpetually battling parents (Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp) exhaust their financial resources trying to keep up with his medical bills.
When the now-adult Justin (Kennedy) regains consciousness after hearing a snippet of a vintage pop tune, he finds himself -- like Tom Hanks in "Big" and myriad other cinematic variations -- a boy trapped in a grown man's body, with an '80s sensibility in a 21st century world to boot.
Attempting to win a large sum of money for his parents by winning a modern hip-hop dancing competition, he reunites his old multiracial crew, composed of henpecked husband and would-be inventor Darnell (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.); geeky office worker Aki (Bobby Lee); and overweight Hector (Aris Alvarado). Along the way, he reunites with childhood sweetheart Jen (Maria Menounos), now engaged to his old nemesis (Michael Rosenbaum).
While the film dutifully evokes a variety of '80s cultural artifacts (Garbage Pail Kids, "Flashdance", Beta tapes, etc.) and features cameos from such celebrity figures from the era as David Hasselhoff and Emmanuel Lewis, it doesn't really have much fun with the contrast between then and now. And Kennedy's character seems less a grown-up kid than simply, to quote the offensive word oft recited in the film, retarded.
There are a few decent lines -- Justin complains of having missed out on, among other things, "Gremlins 2" and "Ghostbusters 2" -- but most of the gags, such as his being mistaken for a pedophile while being friendly to a kid in a toy store, are tasteless without being particularly funny. And far too much of the film's overlong 107-minute running time is consumed by endless hip-hop dancing routines.
Clearly still attempting to follow in the footsteps of Jim Carrey ("Son of the Mask" is among his credits), Kennedy will need to find better material than this to put him on the film comedy A-list.
KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL
Yari Film Group Releasing
A Bob Yari production in association with Jizzy Entertainment and Hi-Def Entertainment
Credits:
Director: Harvey Glazer
Screenplay: Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
Producers: Philip Glasser, John H. Hermansen, Jamie Kennedy, Bob Yari
Executive producers: Jeff Cooper, Jeffrey Cooper, Josh H. Etting, Paul C. Rogers, Scott G. Stone, Stuart Stone
Film editor: Sandy S. Solowitz
Production designer: Tink
Director of photography: Robert M. Stevens
Costume designer: Maria Livingstone
Original music: Richard Glasser
Cast:
Justin Schumacher: Jamie Kennedy
Darnell Jackson: Miguel A. Nunez Jr.
Jennifer Stone: Maria Menounos
Kip Unger: Michael Rosenbaum
Aki Terasaki: Bobby Lee
Hector Jimenez: Aris Alvarado
Mary Schumacher: Debra Jo Rupp
Marv Schumacher: Christopher McDonald
Roxanne Jackson: Vivica A. Fox
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 4/30/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Apparently determined to exploit the full comic potential of white boys attempting hip-hop, Jamie Kennedy ("Malibu's Most Wanted") shows up in this high-concept comedy about a 12-year-old boy who lapses into a coma in 1985, only to wake up a grown man 20 years later. Released on Friday without being press screened as part of the pre-"Spider-Man 3" picture dump, "Kickin' It Old Skool" fails to live up to even the feeble potential of its premise.
The young Justin Schumacher (Alexander Calvert) falls into his decades-long slumber after hitting his head while attempting a particularly dangerous break-dancing move during a school competition. During the next 20 years, his perpetually battling parents (Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp) exhaust their financial resources trying to keep up with his medical bills.
When the now-adult Justin (Kennedy) regains consciousness after hearing a snippet of a vintage pop tune, he finds himself -- like Tom Hanks in "Big" and myriad other cinematic variations -- a boy trapped in a grown man's body, with an '80s sensibility in a 21st century world to boot.
Attempting to win a large sum of money for his parents by winning a modern hip-hop dancing competition, he reunites his old multiracial crew, composed of henpecked husband and would-be inventor Darnell (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.); geeky office worker Aki (Bobby Lee); and overweight Hector (Aris Alvarado). Along the way, he reunites with childhood sweetheart Jen (Maria Menounos), now engaged to his old nemesis (Michael Rosenbaum).
While the film dutifully evokes a variety of '80s cultural artifacts (Garbage Pail Kids, "Flashdance", Beta tapes, etc.) and features cameos from such celebrity figures from the era as David Hasselhoff and Emmanuel Lewis, it doesn't really have much fun with the contrast between then and now. And Kennedy's character seems less a grown-up kid than simply, to quote the offensive word oft recited in the film, retarded.
There are a few decent lines -- Justin complains of having missed out on, among other things, "Gremlins 2" and "Ghostbusters 2" -- but most of the gags, such as his being mistaken for a pedophile while being friendly to a kid in a toy store, are tasteless without being particularly funny. And far too much of the film's overlong 107-minute running time is consumed by endless hip-hop dancing routines.
Clearly still attempting to follow in the footsteps of Jim Carrey ("Son of the Mask" is among his credits), Kennedy will need to find better material than this to put him on the film comedy A-list.
KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL
Yari Film Group Releasing
A Bob Yari production in association with Jizzy Entertainment and Hi-Def Entertainment
Credits:
Director: Harvey Glazer
Screenplay: Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
Producers: Philip Glasser, John H. Hermansen, Jamie Kennedy, Bob Yari
Executive producers: Jeff Cooper, Jeffrey Cooper, Josh H. Etting, Paul C. Rogers, Scott G. Stone, Stuart Stone
Film editor: Sandy S. Solowitz
Production designer: Tink
Director of photography: Robert M. Stevens
Costume designer: Maria Livingstone
Original music: Richard Glasser
Cast:
Justin Schumacher: Jamie Kennedy
Darnell Jackson: Miguel A. Nunez Jr.
Jennifer Stone: Maria Menounos
Kip Unger: Michael Rosenbaum
Aki Terasaki: Bobby Lee
Hector Jimenez: Aris Alvarado
Mary Schumacher: Debra Jo Rupp
Marv Schumacher: Christopher McDonald
Roxanne Jackson: Vivica A. Fox
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The young Justin Schumacher (Alexander Calvert) falls into his decades-long slumber after hitting his head while attempting a particularly dangerous break-dancing move during a school competition. During the next 20 years, his perpetually battling parents (Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp) exhaust their financial resources trying to keep up with his medical bills.
When the now-adult Justin (Kennedy) regains consciousness after hearing a snippet of a vintage pop tune, he finds himself -- like Tom Hanks in "Big" and myriad other cinematic variations -- a boy trapped in a grown man's body, with an '80s sensibility in a 21st century world to boot.
Attempting to win a large sum of money for his parents by winning a modern hip-hop dancing competition, he reunites his old multiracial crew, composed of henpecked husband and would-be inventor Darnell (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.); geeky office worker Aki (Bobby Lee); and overweight Hector (Aris Alvarado). Along the way, he reunites with childhood sweetheart Jen (Maria Menounos), now engaged to his old nemesis (Michael Rosenbaum).
While the film dutifully evokes a variety of '80s cultural artifacts (Garbage Pail Kids, "Flashdance", Beta tapes, etc.) and features cameos from such celebrity figures from the era as David Hasselhoff and Emmanuel Lewis, it doesn't really have much fun with the contrast between then and now. And Kennedy's character seems less a grown-up kid than simply, to quote the offensive word oft recited in the film, retarded.
There are a few decent lines -- Justin complains of having missed out on, among other things, "Gremlins 2" and "Ghostbusters 2" -- but most of the gags, such as his being mistaken for a pedophile while being friendly to a kid in a toy store, are tasteless without being particularly funny. And far too much of the film's overlong 107-minute running time is consumed by endless hip-hop dancing routines.
Clearly still attempting to follow in the footsteps of Jim Carrey ("Son of the Mask" is among his credits), Kennedy will need to find better material than this to put him on the film comedy A-list.
KICKIN' IT OLD SKOOL
Yari Film Group Releasing
A Bob Yari production in association with Jizzy Entertainment and Hi-Def Entertainment
Credits:
Director: Harvey Glazer
Screenplay: Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
Producers: Philip Glasser, John H. Hermansen, Jamie Kennedy, Bob Yari
Executive producers: Jeff Cooper, Jeffrey Cooper, Josh H. Etting, Paul C. Rogers, Scott G. Stone, Stuart Stone
Film editor: Sandy S. Solowitz
Production designer: Tink
Director of photography: Robert M. Stevens
Costume designer: Maria Livingstone
Original music: Richard Glasser
Cast:
Justin Schumacher: Jamie Kennedy
Darnell Jackson: Miguel A. Nunez Jr.
Jennifer Stone: Maria Menounos
Kip Unger: Michael Rosenbaum
Aki Terasaki: Bobby Lee
Hector Jimenez: Aris Alvarado
Mary Schumacher: Debra Jo Rupp
Marv Schumacher: Christopher McDonald
Roxanne Jackson: Vivica A. Fox
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 4/30/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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