Because the big game is coming I thought it would be fun to explore some of the movies that I think of when I think of football. Some of them are light and fun, others, however, challenge the strange relationship I have with the almost-embarrassingly violent game I love. When compiling this Top 5 Football Movies …
The thing about most fictional bands in film is that they don’t represent music, not really. They represent ideas. They stand for what it means to love a band, or a genre, or a moment, or an experience. Perhaps no band in the history of film does this better than Stillwater from Almost Famous. Even within …
Skyfall and Casino Royale helped usher in such a vastly new appreciation for the James Bond franchise that with Sam Mendes returning to direct the still untitled Bond 24 and rumored to direct Bond 25, excitement remains high for any new details about the project. And though Daniel Craig has been much less the casanova since …
Remembers Jonathan Lipnicki, the adorable kid in Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire? Well he’s back. Now eighteen years after he played Ray Boyd, the 23 old actor stars in this hilarious new comedy sketch titled You Used to Be Cute, and defending himself against all sorts of false accusations. The clip opens with Lipnicki reading an …
When Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away, film fans remember his subtle genius in his performances. Even though he has been celebrated for his later roles, the performance that resonates with me the most is his turn as the late rock journalist, Lester Bangs in Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous. But, with Bangs also being …
Herbie, The Love Bug Written by Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson Starring Dean Jones, Patricia Harty, Nicky Katt, Larry Linville, Claudia Wells When people speak of the possibility of alternate dimensions, they leave out the one closest to us all. We like to imagine a universe so similar to our own, nearly identical to the …
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced that they will open with the premiere of Cameron Crowe’s documentary The Union, which records the musical alliance between life-long friends Elton John and Leon Russell. Crowe documented the entire writing and recording development of the musician’s joint album of the same title. Following the screening, there will …
Writer-director Cameron Crowe (whom we all love for his classic romantic comedy Say Anything), has passed along the script for his latest film We Bought A Zoo to actor Matt Damon. Speaking with MTV, Matt Damon revealed, “When [Cameron Crowe] gave me the screenplay, it came with music.” According to Damon, the music consisted of …