Having already parodied Birdman earlier this season, the cast of Saturday Night Live had to find something different to do with this past weekend’s guest host Michael Keaton. Can’t say that I would necessarily ask a question that was marginally different from the one that they asked.
A film fan since he first saw that Rebel Blockade Runner fleeing the massive Imperial Star Destroyer at the tender age of 8 and a veteran freelance journalist with twenty-five years experience writing about film and pop culture. He is a member of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle.
Ben Stiller wanted to be SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s Generation X version of Albert Brooks. When that didn’t happen, he created a show that made him a superstar.
1. Inglorious Basterds (Universal, 3,165 Theaters, 153 Minutes, Rated R): The criticism aimed at Quentin Tarantino’s last effort–“Death Proof” in Grindhouse–was that he played up to his own excesses, that it was too much of [click for more]
