Category: Movies

Biff from “Back to the Future” Is Doing Stand-Up Shows

Tom Wilson Comedian

Tom Wilson, who famously played Biff in the Back to the Future movie series, now has a career as a stand-up comic. He had started out doing stand-up comedy as a teenager while he was launching his acting career. In addition to his work in the Back to the Future films, he has worked in a number of movies and TV shows, including doing voices for the SpongeBob Squarepants series. According to his website, though, he is most at home doing comedy on stage.

In the video below from one of his stand-up performances, Wilson makes fun of his work at sci-fi conventions with a song. Check it out.

Wilson earlier wrote a song “Biff’s Question Song” to address the annoying questions he constantly gets about the Back to the Future trilogy.

If you want to know more about Wilson’s thoughts on Back to the Future (his favorite was the third in the series), he put together a “Fact Sheet” to address all of the most common questions about the movies. For more on his stand-up career, check out his website.

Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    What if William Randolph Hearst Could Hack?

    The Interview Citizen Kane For a short time, it looked like hackers (initially reported to be from North Korea) might prevent Sony from releasing the movie The Interview in theaters. According to early reports, out of fear, Sony was going to pull the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy from distribution. Meanwhile, commentators debated the possibility of censoring the movie out of fear. But ultimately, freedom prevailed and Sony released the movie both in theaters and online.

    The controversy surrounding The Interview reminds me of William Randolph Hearst’s attempts to prevent the release of Citizen Kane (1941). Hearst did not like the way Orson Welles re-imagined Hearst’s career and relationship with Marion Davies (who in real life was a talented actress), so he took a number of measures to try to prevent the release of the film. Fortunately for us, he was unsuccessful, and one of the greatest movies of all time sits in a DVD case on my shelf.

    One good version of the story behind Citizen Kane is from The American Experience series on PBS.  Check out the episode The Battle Over Citizen Kane. [Update: Unfortunately it is no longer available for embedding.]  Another funnier source is Drunk History‘s retelling of the Citizen Kane story featuring Jack Black as Welles.

    Unfortunately, technology has given censors a new avenue of attack, which is sad. But I suspect that humor and satire will find a way to survive.


    What do you think of Sony’s decision? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Trailer for “The Little Prince”

    Little Prince Trailer

    The beloved classic 1943 book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), is being made into an animated movie. The film, directed by Mark Osborne, first will be released October 7, 2015 in France.

    As you can hear from the new trailer (update: which unfortunately is no longer available), the movie is in French, but apparently it also will be released in English.

    The English version of The Little Prince will feature the voices of Jeff Bridges, James Franco, Benicio del Toro, and Rachel McAdams.

    Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Wes Anderson’s “Bottle Rocket”: The Short Film Version

    Wes Anderson short
    In 1994, writer-director Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson produced their first short film together. The black and white short, Bottle Rocket, would later provide the basis for the 1996 feature film of the same name, which also starred Owen and his brother Luke Wilson.

    As The Playlist recently noted, it is interesting to watch the entertaining short film and recognize the absence of many of the trademark techniques that would later populate Anderson’s films. For now, you may watch the entire short film Bottle Rocket below.

    What do you think of Bottle Rocket? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Imagining a Modern Trailer for “The Empire Strikes Back”

    Cameron Arrigioni has made a fan trailer for The Empire Strikes Back, attempting to create what a modern trailer for the 1980 movie might look like today. The trailer emphasizes the epic scale of the classic Star Wars movie, incorporating key scenes and music from the first Star Trek film directed by J.J. Abrams. Check it out.

    If you wish to compare this “modern” concept of the trailer to the real theatrical trailer for The Empire Strikes Back, check out the theatrical trailer below.

    Either way, I still think The Empire Strikes Back is the highlight of the Star Wars franchise.

    Do you prefer modern trailers, which often include spoilers, over older trailers? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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