Two of the biggest stars in Hollywood have managed to give us a Big Fat Bomb -- a big fat summer flop.
I'm talking about Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.
Hey, Hanks seems to be a nice enough guy -- even though he's hopelessly misguided politically. Ditto, Roberts. But despite her equally kooky political ideas (near epidemic in Hollywood) Roberts is till entertaining and great fun to look at. And Hanks is Hanks -- the actor who seem feel is the modern-day equivalent of Henry Fonda or Jimmy Stewart.
Anyway, word is that their new movie (Larry Crowne) is a flop. The box office receipts have been limp.
Since neither of these superstars has made a movie in years, this film was widely awaited. There were high expectations. Very high. But the flick fizzled.
Well, big stars making bad movies is nothing new in Hollywood. Every major star has wound up in a bomb from time to time. Some "stars" (like Robin Williams) seem to make strings of flops and still survive. Beats me.
Other stars don't seem to be able to survive even one bomb. Go figure,
Hooray for Hollywood!
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