Category Archives: Features

Before They Were Stars: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on Star Trek: Voyager

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Gill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8COSRIA3t4 The Rock had established himself as a wrestler by the time the year 2000 arrived, but he had yet to break into the world of professional acting. Before his extended cameo at the beginning of The Mummy Returns helped … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Tom Green Raps on “Street Cents”

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Gill

Street Cents was a TV series that aired on CBC in Canada in the early 90’s. The show was focused on such teen-centric topics as how to save your money, shop smart, which deodorants worked best, and stuff like that. … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt in a Barbie Workout Video

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Gill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfk5S2RnOrc Before she found fame on Party of Five, Jennifer Love Hewitt had a truly hilarious gig as a backup dancer in this video titled Dance! Workout with Barbie. What better way to get in shape than by imitating the … Continue reading →

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Castor’s Underrated Gems: All That Jazz (1979)

Posted on July 16, 2016 by castordurden

Warts-and-all biopics are rarely given full breadth by the subject themselves but Bob Fosse defrocked himself of all aggrandizement and his gift of disclosure was All That Jazz. It’s a blazing crowning achievement from the Broadway director who channels his … Continue reading →

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Castor’s Underrated Gems: Long Weekend (1978)

Posted on July 13, 2016 by castordurden

For those of you who thought the ecological terror that was promised in The Happening is worth another whirl, gaze your eyes backwards and discover the unsettling Australian chiller Long Weekend. The score is a discordant composition that could’ve been … Continue reading →

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Castor’s Underrated Gems: The Stuff (1985)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by castordurden

As my colleague Robin has illustrated in the past, Larry Cohen is an auteur of bizarro, idiosyncratic cult cinema. The Stuff is a serrated satire on food marketing with the premise of a Roger Corman B-picture where a sentient, Fluff-like … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: 13-Year Old Steven Spielberg Directs “Escape to Nowhere”

Posted on July 6, 2016 by robin

There haven’t been any new updates from me in awhile because I’ve been quite busy enjoying the long Canada Day weekend. However, one person who probably didn’t enjoy this past weekend was Steven Spielberg, as his latest film, The BFG, … Continue reading →

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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Salvation

Posted on June 30, 2016 by curtisrunstedler

While it doesn’t really offer the Western genre anything new, who really cares? Kristian Levring’s excellent revisionist Western The Salvation, starring Mads Mikkelsen, the always charming Eva Green, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, is a great experience and full of surprises. It’s … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: WWE Version

Posted on June 29, 2016 by robin

I’ve done a lot of “Before They Were Stars” features on World Wrestling Entertainment superstars, but the official WWE Youtube channel recently released their own compilation of “Before They Were Stars” clips. Some of these clips have been featured on … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Susan Sarandon in a Pampers Commercial

Posted on June 28, 2016 by robin

Here’s a Pampers commercial from the early 1970s featuring a young Susan Sarandon, who pretty much looks exactly the same 40+ years later.  In this ad, a pair of women with babies are lucky enough to visit a shoe salesman … Continue reading →

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