It’s a very thin line to walk between comedy and horror. Yet filmmaker Mary Harron skipped over it so perfectly with American Psycho that, 20 years later, people are still talking about it. Indeed, we recently unpacked the subversive feminism Harron brought to Patrick Bateman, a yuppie serial killer in Armani suits as realized by author Bret Easton Ellis, and Harron herself is now making the press rounds to talk about the film—including how she almost didn’t make it when Lionsgate fired her and her early choice for Bateman: Christian Bale.
As hard as it is to imagine now, there was once a time where Bale was not a movie star, and even though he had done sterling work in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun and Gillian Armstrong’s definitive adaptation of Little Women, he remained a mystery to studios who were eager to cast bankable...
As hard as it is to imagine now, there was once a time where Bale was not a movie star, and even though he had done sterling work in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun and Gillian Armstrong’s definitive adaptation of Little Women, he remained a mystery to studios who were eager to cast bankable...
- 4/15/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
They're funny and passionate. One of them can even rock a pastel pantsuit. Hadley Freeman hails her female heroes whose accomplishments deserve some serious respect
Betty White
These days, White is mainly known for two things: 1. Being old, and 2. Being funny about it. But there is so much more to her than geriatric self-mockery. Aside from her brilliant performances on The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, White was one of the first women to take control of her own acting career by co-founding a TV production company in the 1950s. She was also nominated for the first best-actress Emmy in 1950, and her book about this period of her life, Here We Go Again: My Life in Television, is as funny as it is inspirational. Still sharp as a tack in her 10th decade, she is not only a hilarious actor but a hysterical off-the-cuff guest on American talk shows,...
Betty White
These days, White is mainly known for two things: 1. Being old, and 2. Being funny about it. But there is so much more to her than geriatric self-mockery. Aside from her brilliant performances on The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, White was one of the first women to take control of her own acting career by co-founding a TV production company in the 1950s. She was also nominated for the first best-actress Emmy in 1950, and her book about this period of her life, Here We Go Again: My Life in Television, is as funny as it is inspirational. Still sharp as a tack in her 10th decade, she is not only a hilarious actor but a hysterical off-the-cuff guest on American talk shows,...
- 4/23/2013
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
You may think you know Christian Bale as a talented actor with some eccentricities and an obvious anger management problem. Sure, he's spoiled, narcissistic, and feels a bit entitled, but we forgive him these negatives because of the admiration we all share in his ability to transport audiences into his fantasy. Reading Cheung's account of his time with Bale, you'll have a vastly superior understanding about what makes the actor tick. While Bale's negatives are still there and in no way excused, some empathy is embued by learning about the interesting details that only Cheung and close family relations witnessed. Considered "family" himself by Christian's manipulative father, Harrison becomes an unconventional ally of David Bale's crusade to make Christian a blockbuster star. Harrison describes David, a self-described con-artist who's biography is completely made up, as a charming Adam West look-alike and an enabler of epic proportions--although incredibly adept at...
- 8/6/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
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