It can be argued that Marilyn Monroe is one of the most iconic actresses in American cinema. Her ability to capture an audience (both on screen and in person) was something to behold. MY WEEK WITH MARILYN is the true story of a young third assistant director who had the privilege to spend seven days [...]
Long before TOOTSIE, MRS. DOUBTFIRE and WHITE CHICKS hit the silver screen the original men in drag shtick happened in 1959 when Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon donned dresses, wigs, and rouge in the classic comedy SOME LIKE IT HOT. Set in 1929, two musicians (Curtis and Lemmon) witness the famed Chicago St. Valentine’s Day [...]
In the 1961 film, THE MISFITS, blonde bombshell Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe) goes to Reno, Nevada to file for divorce from her husband. While there she rents a room from an older divorcee, Isabelle Steers (Thelma Ritter) who acts as a mother figure of sorts. When Roslyn and Isabelle stop into a casino for a [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant BBC Films is making a film entitled MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, which will star Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe. The movie will follow a relationship that Ms. Monroe had with Colin Clark, a regular guy who worked on the set of her film THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL. Although BBC Films [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Andrew O’Hagan announced that his book ‘The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend, Marilyn Monroe’ was going to be adapted into a film and would be starring George Clooney as Frank Sinatra and Angelina Jolie as Marilyn Monroe. The [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant There are a couple of competing Marilyn Monroe projects that are moving full speed ahead, one of which stars Naomi Watts as the famous blond actress and the other will star Michelle Williams. At the Cannes film festival, a French website has managed to snap a look at a promo image [...]
by: Rebeca Surber Finding diamonds in the rough is a wonderful feeling, but in order to do so, you usually have to watch a lot of bad movies. Flix66.com takes the pain away by recommending a movie that you may have never heard of, or missed when it first came out. One Valentine’s Day some [...]
