Joss Whedon’s dad has been asking him for years when he’d do a grown-up movie. You know, without fanciful creatures. Never, he vowed. Au contraire. Whedon’s latest picture, Much Ado About Nothing, in theaters now, is grown up, for sure.
Fifty five years ago, the great Shakespearean actor Sir Laurence Olivier teamed up with the biggest movie star in the world, Marilyn Monroe for a little comedic film called “The Prince and the Showgirl.” Olivier ,at nearly 50-years-old, directed the film and played the prince. Monroe, at 30, played the showgirl. Olivier was dedicated to […]