From The Producers to Blazing Saddles, from Young Frankenstein to See No Evil, Hear No Evil there isn’t a person in the world who isn’t sad about the passing Gene Wilder. He truly was a comic genius and a brilliant actor. The world won’t be the same out him nor should it be. To honor the great Gene Wilder, let’s take a look at him with some of his leading ladies. … read more
I was traveling all day as Movieline’s report from the Savannah Film Festival picked up steam around the blogosphere, but early on it was clear that two polar-opposite reactions were building in response to Universal Studios chief Ron Meyer’s comments about his studio’s well-publicized (at least, outside of the studio) recent flops. Either you love his blazing moment of candor — because we’ve all thought the same about most, if not all, of the woeful Universal films mentioned — or you despise what he stands for. But Meyer is a businessman, the President and COO of one of the largest movie studios and theme park conglomerates in the business. Should more filmmakers and studio heads follow suit?