I Am Link

.

--- Double Damn - Over at this Henry Cavill fan-site they got to interview Alain Moussi, the stuntman who was Henry Cavill's stunt-double in Immortals; he's also done stunt-work on films like X-Men: Days of Future Past and Pacific Rim, and he's about to tackle the actual on-screen leading role in the remake of Kickboxer. Anyway he seems like a charmer, and he tells a funny story about pranking his girlfriend with tales of Henry Cavill nudity, so click on over.

--- Forever Cathy - I've been telling you about Schitts Creek, the hysterical new Canadian comedy with Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara, for a few weeks now - well it premieres tonight in the US and Vulture has a lovely chat with its two stars right here. I love the repeated instances Catherine's obvious humility shining through - "Let's not act like it's some big coup" - even though Catherine O'Hara of all people has no reason to be humble.

--- Video Star - David Fincher's beginning to have his fingers in so many pies I can't keep up - I can't remember if we'd heard about the comedy series he's making for Netflix or not? It's called Living On Video and it's about the dawn of the music-video in 1983 Los Angeles; some kid from The Killing just got cast in the lead but more importantly the beautiful and under-exploited Sam Page is also cast, as "a meteorologist trying to transition into game-show hosting." I can totally see it. (thanks Mac)

--- Love At Any Age - There's not a ton to this news-story behind the headline but oh what a headline - apparently Bill Murray was seen putting the moves on Catherine Denueve at a restaurant in Los Angeles a couple of days ago. Can you imagine? That is the coolest pick-up scene ever. I need them to have a torrid public love affair.

--- Rosemary's Birthday - I missed Mia Farrow's 70th birthday on Monday - happy belated birthday, Mia! - but thankfully Time magazine was there and they shared a glorious collection of photographs running through the course her several decades in the public eye. (Thanks Mac) Oh and on a related note there've been some raised eyebrows about her son Ronan's inclusion on Out magazine's recent list of hot gay bachelors, since Ronan's never come out.

--- Death Squad - Not only has the cast been revealed for the terribly ill-advised American remake of Pascal Laugier's brilliant and blistering 2009 horror film Martyrs, but apparently the thing's already been filmed too! I guess it was smart of them to just get 'er done and avoid the internet noise. I don't recognize any of the people cast in it but I wouldn't have recognized any of the people cast in the original either so that can't be a knock against it.

--- Hot Time - I haven't read this entire thing yet but Variety did a pretty comprehensive look at the butchering of 54, the "Ryan Phillippe's ass at da club" movie we love despite its awfulness because, you know, Ryan Phillippe's ass, just as the film's brand-new Director's Cut played in Berlin. The good news is the movie's apparently going to play all over the place, and get released (probably on VOD) later this year! We've been waiting for this for a long long time.

--- Bitter Tears - Another movie that played at Berlin that we're very very very interested in seeing is Christian Braad Thompsen's documentary called Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands, which is that's right you guessed it about the career of the great Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The Playlist reviewed it today and it sounds smashing, with interviews with lots of Fassbinder folks.

--- The Winged Stacie - Because I was away at the end of last week I never got to link to the final couple of entries in Final Girl's VHS Week, so head over there to hear Stacie Ponder take on Larry Cohen's Q: The Winged Serpent (a personal fave), Christophe Gans' Brotherhood of the Wolf, and Stuart Gordon's Dagon, which she inspired me to post about right before I left. (And thanks for the shout-out, Stacie!)

.