In 2016, Brendan Fraser began making a quiet comeback after a mysterious career absence that started with a guest spot on The Affair and led up to a leading role in the upcoming Danny Boyle FX series Trust. As detailed to Zach Baron in a fascinating new profile for GQ, Fraser’s disappearance from movie and TV screens wasn’t necessarily abrupt, nor could it be attributed to any single cause — which makes the above headline somewhat reductive. There’s just far too much to unpack in Fraser’s story, which involves extensive physical injuries, emotional struggles, and a groping allegation involving the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Bram Stoker is famous as the creator of Dracula in his 1897 novel. But did you know that Stoker also wrote a novel that became the basis for a movie about the Mummy? It’s true; Stoker’s The Jewel of Seven Stars, became the basis for the 1971 Hammer horror movie Blood From the Mummy’s Tomb. That’s just one of the spookily scarifying facts featured in the latest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Just when you thought there was no way your week could get any more depressing, Showtime’s The Affair wants to say otherwise. Head to prison, enjoy a cadre of disillusioned and broken adults attempting to rebuild their lives, and hang out with Brendan Fraser in the full Season 3 premiere, now online!
Long-delayed sequels have become a trend, between ‘Anchorman 2' and the recent release of ‘Dumb and Dumber To,’ to the upcoming ‘Jurassic World,’ studios aren’t shying away from releasing sequels years after the release of their original predecessors. But it sounds like someone has been wearing some Bad Idea Jeans, and that someone is comedian and actor Pauly Shore, who wants to get in on the delayed sequel action with a follow-up to … ‘Encino Man’? Really?