Based on the 2003 investigative tome, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a methodical primer on the men who wore some of the crookedest white collars in American history. Using the same modern-doc tricks as Michael Moore (ironic pop-song score) and Errol Morris (ironic stock footage), Alex Gibney audits the heated machismo, junk-math strategies, and thumb-twiddling denials that eventually led to the arrest of former CEOs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling and ex-CFO Andrew Fastow. Read More...
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Evil Dead Rise. The most disgusting moment in writer-director Lee Cronin's just-released, gore-drenched Evil Dead Rise occurs with a typical kitchen accoutrement. Gabrielle Echols' demonically possessed teenager Bridget slams a cheese grater onto the calf of her aunt Beth (Lily Sullivan) and scrapes away a hefty chunk of flesh. It's enough to put you off Parmesan for life! After this very disturbing image was included in the film's trailer, the moment instantly became the talk of the horror community and pretty much anyone else who saw it, much to Cronin's delight. Read More...
When Jon Voight won Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie for Ray Donovan at Sunday’s Golden Globes, the 75-year-old actor looked dapper as ever — all thanks to a white scarf draped over his tux. When he spoke to reporters backstage, he explained that the scarf has been his personal awards-show signature for quite some time, thanks to an accidental accessory more than four decades ago. “I wore it to the Academy Awards once early in my career. Read More...
