Eric Stoltz Tagged Articles at Cinematical
Eric Stoltz Heads to 'Fort McCoy'
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Casting », Cinematical Indie », War »
One man to not truly break through the 1980s stigma and revamp his career is Eric Stoltz. James Spader did a heck of a job with it, now being smarmy fun on Boston Legal, as did the likes of Jon Cryer, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, and more. But then again, even Stoltz's '80s classics, Mask and Some Kind of Wonderful, were drowned by the likes of Molly Ringwald and her swarm of teen romances, so it's not like he ever had a bit spotlight.Stoltz remains a bit on the outside, but still working as hard as ever. He's got a bit of a role in Milk, and now Variety reports that he's joining a wartime indie drama called Fort McCoy. Along with the likes of Brendan Fehr, Camryn Manheim, Lyndsy Fonseca, Seymour Cassel, and Kate Connor, Stoltz is nestled in Wisconsin shooting the true story, based on a script from Connor.
McCoy centers on "a barber who moves with his family during WWII to a POW camp in Wisconsin, where the children are the sole youngsters on the base -- save for a German teenager who forges an alliance that crosses language barriers with the barber's little girl." I imagine we can see how this plays out sometime during next year's festival season, with hopefully a release after that.
SXSW Review: The Lather Effect
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Independent », SXSW », Theatrical Reviews »
We were bound to come across something like this eventually: a movie best described as "The Big Chill for Generation X." Yep, if you grew up during the early to mid-'80s, you'll probably find a whole lot to like in Sarah Kelly's The Lather Effect -- and I'm not just talking about the funky soundtrack so overstuffed with '80s classics that it'd make John Hughes green with envy. Equal parts witty, warm and almost painfully nostalgic, The Lather Effect might not be as professionally-crafted as is The Big Chill, but the sentiments are the same -- and the cast, while not as flashy, is just as strong.
The plot's as simple as the one found in Kasdan's film (or perhaps even The Breakfast Club): A gang of old high school pals, the members of which are all firmly stuck in their mid-30s, get together for one (probably final) night of drunken debauchery, salacious sexiness, and good old fashioned mayhem. The music, the fashions and the memories are yanked from two decades worth of mothballs, and of course a lot of old "personal" issues are coming home to roost. But Kelly's not all that interested in the actual party. The Lather Effect actually opens on the morning after a certifiably insane shin-dig, which starts the flick off on the right foot: We're not here to revel with the friends as they have a ball; we're there to watch them clean up the mess, get things organized, and reminisce over all the good times.
Kurt Cobain in Pulp Fiction?
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », RumorMonger », DIY/Filmmaking », Quentin Tarantino »
On a relatively slow news day, here's a story I found somewhat interesting. Prior to his death in 1994, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love were offered small roles in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Had Cobain not turned down the role, pic would have marked his feature debut as an actor and, since he died shortly after, there's a possibility the film would have deterred him from committing suicide. But that's just my own wacky speculation.
Can you guess who the couple would have played? No, not Pumpkin (Tim Roth) and Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) -- although that would have been rather hilarious and disturbing to watch. Had they hopped onboard, Cobain and Love would have taken on the roles of a neurotic drug dealer and his heavily pierced edgy girlfriend. However, after the Nirvana singer passed, Eric Stoltz and Rosanna Arquette came along and snatched the memorable characters up.
While I'm sure Love would have maintained the hyper-active absurdity Arquette brought to the role, I have a feeling Cobain might have toned down the comedic anxiety present in Stoltz's character. What do you think?
New On DVD - Chicken Little, Dreamer, The Squid And The Whale
Filed under: New Releases », DVD Reviews », New on DVD », Home Entertainment »
- Bukowski: Born in to This - There is a morbidly fascinating fly-on-the-wall vibe that pervades John Dullaghan's profile of the late Beat writer Charles Bukowski, a base familiarity that parallels the Ham On Rye author's own inimitable hard-lived life and style. Epic in scope (and length), first-time director Dullaghan compiles dozens of meticulously screened hours of archival footage, coupling the best of it with new interviews with Bukowski survivors to present a terrifically real character study of a little-studied real character. The watchable Chuck-alike Happy Hour, starring Anthony LaPaglia as a booze-addled writer, is also just out.
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