It.s a forgone conclusion that, in addition to your favorite film franchise being rebooted, it.s going to have a broadway musical made about it as well. Such has been the case with the likes of School of Rock and Legally Blonde. Such will be the case with the likes of 1995's Clueless. Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed the original film, also handled the musical adaptation, and while she says the stage version is coming, it.s not coming nearly fast enough for her taste. Amy Heckerling is responsible for some incredibly popular films, including the Look Who.s Talking series and the 1980s classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High. However, one of the films at the top of the list has to be her modern retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, Clueless. Entertainment Weekly spoke with the writer on the eve of a retrospective of her greatest films,...
- 5/13/2016
- cinemablend.com
Sometimes we need a serious pick-me-up, and the only cure is a good dose of film or TV. Whether it's a boost of comforting nostalgia or a heart-warming tale of boy-meets-girl (or whatever your preference), we all have our feel-good go-tos.
Here are some great shows and movies (all available on Netflix now) to watch when you're having a bad day or just want to chill out with some stress-free TV:
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
In the opening episode of Tina Fey's new comedy series, Kimmy emerges after 15 years' imprisonment underground by the charismatic and manipulative Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne into a world she doesn't quite understand.
Rather than giving up in the face of adversity, she decides to squeeze everything she can out of life. Her childlike joy at the simplest of modern conveniences gives us the opportunity to look around at the things we take for granted with fresh eyes,...
Here are some great shows and movies (all available on Netflix now) to watch when you're having a bad day or just want to chill out with some stress-free TV:
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
In the opening episode of Tina Fey's new comedy series, Kimmy emerges after 15 years' imprisonment underground by the charismatic and manipulative Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne into a world she doesn't quite understand.
Rather than giving up in the face of adversity, she decides to squeeze everything she can out of life. Her childlike joy at the simplest of modern conveniences gives us the opportunity to look around at the things we take for granted with fresh eyes,...
- 5/28/2015
- Digital Spy
The Muppets - 1.15pm, BBC One
Featuring original songs written by Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie, The Muppets sees Gary (Jason Segel), his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) and his brother Walter (voiced by Peter Linz) attempt to save the Muppet theatre by getting Kermit and the gang back together for one final performance.
Et: The Extra-Terrestrial - 3.15pm, ITV2
In this classic family adventure from Steven Spielberg, 10-year-old Elliott (Henry Thomas) bonds with a being from another planet, which sets the scene for a thrilling and emotional finale.
Clueless - 3.10pm, Film4
Jane Austen's Emma is given a makeover as a pulpy teen rom-com starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd. Zippy one-liners and a great cast make this one of the all-time great high school movies.
The Iron Giant - 5.05pm, Film4
One of the few animated classics that doesn't originate from the Disney powerhouse, The Iron Giant...
Featuring original songs written by Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie, The Muppets sees Gary (Jason Segel), his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) and his brother Walter (voiced by Peter Linz) attempt to save the Muppet theatre by getting Kermit and the gang back together for one final performance.
Et: The Extra-Terrestrial - 3.15pm, ITV2
In this classic family adventure from Steven Spielberg, 10-year-old Elliott (Henry Thomas) bonds with a being from another planet, which sets the scene for a thrilling and emotional finale.
Clueless - 3.10pm, Film4
Jane Austen's Emma is given a makeover as a pulpy teen rom-com starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd. Zippy one-liners and a great cast make this one of the all-time great high school movies.
The Iron Giant - 5.05pm, Film4
One of the few animated classics that doesn't originate from the Disney powerhouse, The Iron Giant...
- 4/5/2015
- Digital Spy
The Muppets - 1.15pm, BBC One
Featuring original songs written by Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie, The Muppets sees Gary (Jason Segel), his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) and his brother Walter (voiced by Peter Linz) attempt to save the Muppet theatre by getting Kermit and the gang back together for one final performance.
Et: The Extra-Terrestrial - 3.15pm, ITV2
In this classic family adventure from Steven Spielberg, 10-year-old Elliott (Henry Thomas) bonds with a being from another planet, which sets the scene for a thrilling and emotional finale.
Clueless - 3.10pm, Film4
Jane Austen's Emma is given a makeover as a pulpy teen rom-com starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd. Zippy one-liners and a great cast make this one of the all-time great high school movies.
The Iron Giant - 5.05pm, Film4
One of the few animated classics that doesn't originate from the Disney powerhouse, The Iron Giant...
Featuring original songs written by Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie, The Muppets sees Gary (Jason Segel), his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) and his brother Walter (voiced by Peter Linz) attempt to save the Muppet theatre by getting Kermit and the gang back together for one final performance.
Et: The Extra-Terrestrial - 3.15pm, ITV2
In this classic family adventure from Steven Spielberg, 10-year-old Elliott (Henry Thomas) bonds with a being from another planet, which sets the scene for a thrilling and emotional finale.
Clueless - 3.10pm, Film4
Jane Austen's Emma is given a makeover as a pulpy teen rom-com starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd. Zippy one-liners and a great cast make this one of the all-time great high school movies.
The Iron Giant - 5.05pm, Film4
One of the few animated classics that doesn't originate from the Disney powerhouse, The Iron Giant...
- 4/5/2015
- Digital Spy
Released just four years after 1995's disarmingly smart Clueless became a teen sleeper hit, 10 Things I Hate About You shared some of its sly, sidelong perspective on high school dynamics, not to mention its literary pedigree. Today marks 16 years since the film's Us release date, meaning 10 Things has officially come of age, but its modern day screwball romance and salty humour hasn't aged a day.
Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is a less widely-read source text than Jane Austen's Emma, and 10 Things is by necessity a looser adaptation than Clueless - Shrew's much-discussed ending, which concludes that women must learn to be subservient to their husbands, wouldn't fly even as irony in the present day.
Only the skeleton of Shakespeare's plot remains, and proves just how timeless the rom-com conventions which he originated have become. The overprotective father of pretty, popular high schooler Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) forbids her from dating...
Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is a less widely-read source text than Jane Austen's Emma, and 10 Things is by necessity a looser adaptation than Clueless - Shrew's much-discussed ending, which concludes that women must learn to be subservient to their husbands, wouldn't fly even as irony in the present day.
Only the skeleton of Shakespeare's plot remains, and proves just how timeless the rom-com conventions which he originated have become. The overprotective father of pretty, popular high schooler Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) forbids her from dating...
- 3/31/2015
- Digital Spy
The inspirational mentor is dead. On screen, that is. In recent years we've seen a drop-off in this once-beloved trope, with distinctly anti-heroic teachers, instructors and father figures coming to the forefront – see Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson, Steve Carell in Foxcatcher, Breaking Bad's Walter White, etc.
The latest example is Terence Fletcher, Jk Simmons's fearsome and sadistic jazz instructor who terrorises Miles Teller into greatness in this week's stunning Whiplash.
Below, Digital Spy picks out 11 more of the very best and very worst mentors in cinema history.
Best: Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting)
It was a close run thing in this spot between "Carpe diem" and "It's not your fault", and in truth about half of Robin Williams's characters could qualify for this list.
But avuncular therapist Sean is everything you could wish for in a mentor, gently chipping away at Will's (Matt Damon) self-destructive defence...
The latest example is Terence Fletcher, Jk Simmons's fearsome and sadistic jazz instructor who terrorises Miles Teller into greatness in this week's stunning Whiplash.
Below, Digital Spy picks out 11 more of the very best and very worst mentors in cinema history.
Best: Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting)
It was a close run thing in this spot between "Carpe diem" and "It's not your fault", and in truth about half of Robin Williams's characters could qualify for this list.
But avuncular therapist Sean is everything you could wish for in a mentor, gently chipping away at Will's (Matt Damon) self-destructive defence...
- 1/18/2015
- Digital Spy
The cast and crew of Clueless reunited for a special screening on Tuesday (May 6).
Alicia Silverstone appeared alongside co-stars Stacey Dash and Elisa Donovan at the event, which was held as part of this year's Los Angeles Film Festival.
They were joined by the 1995 film's director Amy Heckerling, costume designer Mona May and producer Stephanie Allain.
Silverstone played Cher in the comedy, which reimagined Jane Austen's Emma in modern-day Beverly Hills. Dash starred as Cher's best friend Dionne, while Donovan played her rival Amber.
Male stars Paul Rudd and Breckin Meyer were absent from the event, but previously took part in a 2012 reunion for Entertainment Weekly.
Brittany Murphy - who passed away from pneumonia, anemia and cardiac arrest in 2009 - starred as Tai in the film, which recently inspired Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' music video.
Clueless: What the cast did after hit teen comedy
Watch a trailer for Clueless...
Alicia Silverstone appeared alongside co-stars Stacey Dash and Elisa Donovan at the event, which was held as part of this year's Los Angeles Film Festival.
They were joined by the 1995 film's director Amy Heckerling, costume designer Mona May and producer Stephanie Allain.
Silverstone played Cher in the comedy, which reimagined Jane Austen's Emma in modern-day Beverly Hills. Dash starred as Cher's best friend Dionne, while Donovan played her rival Amber.
Male stars Paul Rudd and Breckin Meyer were absent from the event, but previously took part in a 2012 reunion for Entertainment Weekly.
Brittany Murphy - who passed away from pneumonia, anemia and cardiac arrest in 2009 - starred as Tai in the film, which recently inspired Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' music video.
Clueless: What the cast did after hit teen comedy
Watch a trailer for Clueless...
- 5/7/2014
- Digital Spy
Projects by Stephan Elliott, The Babadook writer- director Jennifer Kent, Ben Elton, Rowan Woods, Trent O'Donnell and Jacqueline McKenzie are among the recipients of the latest round of development funding from Screen Australia.
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
- 4/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Iggy Azalea paid tribute to cult teen classic Clueless in her recent music video for 'Fancy'.
The Australian rapper appears as Alicia Silverstone's iconic character Cher in the video, which was released online last week.
As stars continue to be inspired by the movie almost 20 years on, we take a fond look back at the cast and what they went on to do after Clueless:
Alicia Silverstone (Cher Horowitz)
Alicia Silverstone played seemingly shallow socialite Cher - famously branded "a virgin who can't drive" and "hymenally challenged" - in the high-school adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma.
Prior to Clueless, Silverstone's credits included ABC comedy-drama The Wonder Years and a number of Aerosmith videos. The film propelled her to further fame, and she went on to star in Joel Schumacher's 1997 movie Batman & Robin, crime-comedy Excess Baggage (1997) with Benicio Del Toro and Christopher Walken, and romantic drama Blast from the Past (1999) opposite Brendan Fraser.
The Australian rapper appears as Alicia Silverstone's iconic character Cher in the video, which was released online last week.
As stars continue to be inspired by the movie almost 20 years on, we take a fond look back at the cast and what they went on to do after Clueless:
Alicia Silverstone (Cher Horowitz)
Alicia Silverstone played seemingly shallow socialite Cher - famously branded "a virgin who can't drive" and "hymenally challenged" - in the high-school adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma.
Prior to Clueless, Silverstone's credits included ABC comedy-drama The Wonder Years and a number of Aerosmith videos. The film propelled her to further fame, and she went on to star in Joel Schumacher's 1997 movie Batman & Robin, crime-comedy Excess Baggage (1997) with Benicio Del Toro and Christopher Walken, and romantic drama Blast from the Past (1999) opposite Brendan Fraser.
- 3/11/2014
- Digital Spy
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