George Clooney made a birthday wish come true for one elderly fan in England after making a surprise visit to her senior living facility. The Ocean’s Eleven star and his wife Amal own a countryside home near the Sunrise Sonning Retirement and Assisted Living Facility in Reading, and staff members recently decided to reach out to the actor in a bid to convince him to stop by and make Pat Adams’ dreams a reality.
Category: Crime Movies
Stewart and Assayas find a groove in the shadow of celebrity
Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York. Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York.
How cult filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto ends up in Scorsese’s Silence
Director of cult classic Tetsuo had always admired the Hollywood legend’s films and was surprised his own work was recognised by Scorcese at an audition for the role of a Christian villager in the samurai-era epic Violence pulsates in Shinya Tsukamoto’s early films, driving stories into nightmarish fantasies like in the award-winning 1989 Tetsuo , which ridicules middle-class conformity with a man-becomes-machine metamorphosis. His more recent works still depict violence, though the Japanese director says the nature of the violence has changed – from whimsical “cyberpunk” horror to horrifying reality.
The Rio Carnival Masterpiece Heist
In 2006, thieves took advantage of the bustle of the Rio Carnival, stealing five major works of art from a museum and ending up on the FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes list. As anyone who has ever watched a good art heist flick knows, the key is in the planning.
‘The Present,’ Despite Cate Blanchett, Might Be the Worst Play to Ever Hit Broadway
Fearful of being labeled “the boy who cried wolf,” I had just about decided to refrain from calling Broadway shows “the worst thing I’ve ever seen.” Then I went to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and suffered through a relentless three-hour pile of noisy, pointless and pretentious junk called The Present.