Last week, I reviewed the premiere of Splinterheads , starring Lea Thompson , Dean Winters , Christopher McDonald , Rachael Taylor , and newcomer Thomas Middleditch . The rom-com made a comedic impression on me as a film, but I was mainly captivated by it's leading man. I was left with the feeling that this up and coming comedian, Middleditch, is destined to carve out his own niche, or ditch as the...
As a rule of thumb, I do not go out in NYC on the weekends, especially not to the movies. However, I was willing to elbow my way through the crowds at Regal Cinema Union Square this Friday night to view the New York City Premiere of Splinterheads . Motivators:a stellar cast including; Lea Thompson , Christopher McDonald , my fave bad boy Dean Winters , Rachel Taylor , and the much buzzed about newcomer-...
Great Scott! On this day in 1955 -- in the fiction of "Back to the Future" anyway -- Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) discovered the secret of time travel. In his own words: "I was standing on the edge of my toilet hanging a clock, the porcelain was wet, I slipped, hit my head [...]
Clockwise from upper left: Splinterheads, Ghost World, An Education, House of the Devil . Opening . Amiable and pleasant, Splinterheads revolves around a romance between Justin ( Thomas Middleditch ), an aimless small town dreamer, and Galaxy ( Rachael Taylor ), a gorgeous grifter who (literally) bumps into him at a gas station. She's more interested in separating him from his money than getting to...
Some people remember “Red Dawn” as an Eighties classic powered by Cold War paranoia. Others think back to recent events and recall that it was one of the greatest films in the career of recently-deceased Patrick Swayze. Still others may remember it as the first movie to ever be released with a PG-13 rating. The [...]
"Paranormal Activity" has now made more than $85 million thanks to moviegoers literally demanding to see the low-budget horror flick in their city. And while grassroots promotional campaigns are nothing new in the film industry, this recent success is sure to spur more elaborate strategies from the studios. Well MTV isn't going to wait for [...]
Lea Thompson and her two daughters - Madeline , 18, and Zoey , 14 - were spotted having lunch at Du-pars in Studio City, Calif. on Thursday (October 29). Thompson is best known for her role as the mother of Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. She also starred in the popular '80s flick Some Kind of Wonderful where she met her hubby, film director Howard Deutch.
Please upgrade your browser Splinterheads tells the story of Justin Frost, a slacker whose life is turned upside down when a traveling carnival rolls in to town for the summer, bringing with it an outrageous crew of carnival workers, who call themselves ’splinterheads’ and earn a living by hustling an endless stream of townies [...]
FLORENCE - James Tolkan, the actor who added the word “slacker” to every educator’s vocabulary, will join actress Lea Thompson and screenwriter Bob Gale as a guest of the 13th George Lindsey/University of North Alabama Film Festival. The festival will be March 4-7.
By Michelle Rupe Eubanks, Staff Writer Although he's seen a number of Lea Thompson's films, it's the "Back to the Future" trilogy that most appeals to Stephen Clark, a University of North Alabama graduate who is helping the George Lindsey/UNA Film Festival committee bring the members of the cast and crew to the Shoals for the 2010 event.
By Michelle Eubanks Staff Writer Actor, producer and director Lea Thompson will be a special guest of the Geroge Lindsey/University of North Alabama Film Festival scheduled for March 4-7.
Synopsis Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) whisks Marty (Michael J. Fox) and his girlfriend Jennifer (Elisabeth Shue) into the future to present some future problems with his kids. Wondering if he should take a Sports Almanac back to 1985 to bet on games, Marty inadvertently sets off a chain of events that ruins 1985 and causes a return to 1955 (again) to set things straight.
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