The Bottom Line Should you see it? No. Why? Poorly-drawn, unlikable characters in a character-driven story? No thanks. Hesher ends with the giant tattoo of the title character, a middle finger in a familiar pose, placed on the screen before the end credits. Indeed, the entire film is one giant fuck you to all of us. There is little to like, and nothing to endear us to any of the characters who appear in the film. I am Joseph Gordon-Levitt's biggest champion. He was always the scrawny Third...Read Full Story
Loud new music. Pornography. Crude tattoos. Burning things with the ground. They’re some of Heshers beloved items.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Natalie Portman. Rainn Wilson.Odd little indie dramas. Bad-ass, scene-stealing movie characters. They’re some of my beloved items.
All of such beloved items (equally mine and Hesher’s) plus much more might be found in the new indie film Hesher, opening this weekend in NOLA.
When the tragic loss of his mother, T.J. and his grieving, pill-popping father are...Read Full Story
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A Singing Plant. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. A "Glee" Writer. A Broadway Producer. Just don't feed the plants. Yep, they're doing another Little Shop of Horrors remake. Variety was the first to report on the news that Warner Bros is in the works on another Little Shop with "Glee" co-producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa in early negotiations to write the screenplay. THR, on the other hand is reporting that actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is partially...
The film industry has been arguing for a while now that nothing—not Batman, not a Quentin Tarantino movie, not Tony Danza—cannot be improved by the addition of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Now that hypothesis is going to be put to the test with a remake of Little Shop Of Horrors, the 1986 movie musical about the dangers of being peer pressured by plants and why dentists are totally fucked up. Little Shop, of...
There have been two big-screen versions of Little Shop of Horrors, which was originally a farce directed by Roger Corman. The comedy story of geeky floral assistant and a plant that feeds on humans has roots in a story from the ’30s, but the Corman film version became surprisingly iconic, spawning a stage musical, a [...]
In a new Little Shop Of Horrors remakeWe often like to refer to the never-ending hunger for remakes, reboots, prequels and sequels as the giant development maw. But rarely do films getting the re-imagining treatment feature actual, huge mouths. Warner Bros. planned new take on Little Shop Of Horrors is an exception to that rule, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt is considering trying to feed it. Broadway and film producing veteran Marc Platt, who...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, has dazzled with intense turns in dramas like “Mysterious Skin,” and now he gets to prove he can carry the gun, or at least the mail, as a bike messenger in this thriller. In "Premium Rush," Gordon-Levitt has a package that a ...
While the rest of the country waits (impatiently) for the release of The Dark Knight Rises on July 20, the superhero film’s co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt is already busy working on his next project. The Hollywood Reporter announced yesterday that the actor is in discussions to play the socially awkward, yet, lovable florist Seymour in a remake of the cult-classic film/musical Little Shop of Horrors.
Glee writer/co-producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is working on a script for a third movie adaptation of the colourful stageshow, according to The Hollywood Reporter - and Gordon-Levitt is reportedly close to signing on as lovestruck hero Seymour.
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