Russell Crowe in The Exorcism

I saw this trailer yesterday. It looks horrible. I was surprised to see Samantha Mathis's name pop up in the cast list--haven't seen her around in much lately.

I'll watch it. I'm a sucker for shitty horror films, and no matter how fat he gets, I'll always have a soft spot for Rusty.

Niles IS Father Merrin redux!

Didn’t he already make an exorcism movie?

Yeah, this one. Was pretty crappy.

Do these nepo kids wake-up at age 40 and decide it's time to find a career?

Is he seriously trying to kill his career?

Why Joshua Miller is probably making this movie (about movie sets being attacked by demonic forces):

—Multiple deaths during filming of The Exorcist

—Multiple injuries (Jason Patric, Miller's oldest son, was almost killed)

—Set burned down (only Regan's bedroom)

—Mercedes McCambridge son - family murder & suicide

I'm not saying the movie will be good, I'm just saying that there has been enough chatter about the happenings related to this movie that it's spawned a documentary and lots of actors (such as Ellen Burstyn) coming forward and saying that they believed the set was "under attack". It's a great premise for a movie.

Bottom line, there were way too many things that happened that cannot be easily explained away as coincidence. I know I won't convince the majority atheist audience here but it's what I believe. Along with many others.

More in article at link.

^ 🤪 cuckoo cuckoo!

She knows!

Joshua Miller has been a writer/producer for 20 years.

Crowe looks like he weighs about 400 pounds.

David Hyde Pierce is obviously the big bad, right?

Sad last days!

Crowe was ok in the last exorcism movie he made as the motorcycle driving exorcist. He got better ink than the film got. His sidekick priest wasn't bad either. Maybe this will be a recurring character? Don't know much about this one but I'll see it for Russell.

Joshua Miller was that creepy kid in Near Dark.

Exorcism films no longer work because most of the Western world has turned against religion and especially the Catholic Church. It’s not frightening anymore. This stuff works on third world places where they don’t have money to see films.

Didn’t he just do The Pope’s Exorcism?

He did “The Pope’s Exorcist” last year. Now this?! They’re not even related films. They’re both exorcism films. Weird.

I saw an interview with RC about "The Pope's Exorcist". Crowe said that he had no idea that there really is such a person - who Crowe met seeking some help with his character.

I remember that RC said he asked him which movie, if any, can closest to what really happened with actual exorcisms.

The response from the priest was "The Exorcist".

No surprise Joshua Miller is gay.

Count me in. I’ll watch anything with Russell in it. The Pope’s Exorcist was decent. Hell of a lot better than that terrible Exorcist reboot that came out last year.

Is this a documentary about Russell Crowe trying to exorcise his addiction to alcohol, pills, or Krispy Kreme donuts?

I started watching The Pope’s Exorcist a few months ago but lost interest. It didn’t help that his character drove from Italy to Spain on a Mobylette.

I hated this movie (Pope's Exorcism) and hated Crowe in it (I'm usually indifferent to him). Yet, weirdly, family and co-workers enjoyed it. Aside from the hot young Italian priest, there was nothing salvageable from this late-entry Conjuring knock-off.

That's a different movie.

I know, I was referencing Pope Exorcism since it's already been brought up. I should have said "that" instead of "this"

Joshua Miller wrote a semi autobiographical novel about a child star who is sexually abused by his father.

Russell has been my go-to since The Quick and the Dead in 1994. He's old, he's fat, but I'd still buy a ticket to watch him mow the yard or paint a fence.

[QUOTE] I started watching The Pope’s Exorcist a few months ago but lost interest. It didn’t help that his character drove from Italy to Spain on a Mobylette.

Are you kidding me? That scooter probably accounted for half the film’s revenue. It made for a great marketing device. In fact when the director announced the sequel on Twitter, he told everyone to “gas up their Lambrettas.” The fans loved seeing the Father on his scooter and when they start running ads for the sequel, I guarantee that’s the first thing you’ll see.

R28, I doubt Russ would have the energy to do either without an oxygen tank and a Vitamin B drip.

Oh, and R28, if you thought Russ was hot in the Quick and the Dead, go see him in "The Sum of Us" playing a gay footballer down under.

Joshua John Miller was also the weird younger brother in "Teen Witch".

Damn! Jason Patric took all of daddy's good looks and left Josh was nothing.

Josh inherited Jackie Gleason's looks and that's not even his grandpa!

Oh, so the director played that little shit in River’s Edge.

He was born to have played Pugsly in those 90s Addams Family movies.

[quote] Count me in. I’ll watch anything with Russell in it.

Most middle aged A-list actors have an exploitation genre movie era as they age. I’m enjoying Russell’s. We watched his road rage movie in lockdown.

[quote]R19: I remember that RC said he asked him which movie, if any, can closest to what really happened with actual exorcisms... The response from the priest was "The Exorcist".

'𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭' (1973) gets such props because a couple of actual priests served as consultants on the film, and the actual wording of The Roman Ritual: The Rite of Exorcism was used verbatim by the actors.

None of that speaks to 'what really happens' at actual exorcisms, which isn't much. Certainly nothing supernatural.

Maybe Josh got the brains in the family. Jason always seemed like a himbo.

It was a wise decision for Josh to give up acting.

Keep telling yourself that, r38.

See you soon!

Russell’s looks don’t matter while he’s got that voice. The best voice in movies, if you ask me.

I hope Russell considers Ozempic. He's getting fatter with each movie.

[quote] Jason always seemed like a himbo.

But what a himbo. Met him once and oh my fucking God. Sex on a stick. And seemingly nice too.

[quote]Jason always seemed like a himbo.

Spent many years fighting for custody of his son.

R42 - You're absolutely correct. That voice is amazing!

[QUOTE] Russell’s looks don’t matter while he’s got that voice. The best voice in movies, if you ask me.

What’s wrong with his looks?

[quote] What’s wrong with his looks?

BIG as a HOUSE!!

Russel looks at his fattest in this movie. He doesn't seem bothered getting fatter. David Hyde Pierce looks so old now but at least doing it gracefully. Good for both of them.

[quote]It was a wise decision for Josh to give up acting.

Spoken like someone who has suffered through "Teen Witch."

Are all of his movies going to be about exorcisms now?

I think what he really needs is exercise, not exorcize.

Josh was talented. But he was never going to be a leading man with those looks.

He's journeying into Orson Welles: The Elder Years territory

Russell Crowe's Trog?

"Mwahhh the French....toast slathered in butter and chocolate sauce."

The Final Girls is a very funny and clever slasher film co-written and produced by Josh Miller.

A recent pic of Josh.

Russell Crowe IS Marlon Brando in the new bio pic A STRETCHPANTS NAMED DESSERT

Russell is only barely 60 years old. There's no need he should have just given up the battle of the waistline the way he did.

Joshua should have gotten Jason for the lead role.

I'd say he's nearly 60 -- inches in the waistline. Did he just eat a whole kangaroo?

That's drastic

Jason Miller had another son who died recently. Looks wise he was somewhere between Jason and Joshua. I wonder if they resented their older brother's good looks?

[quote]Oh, and [R28], if you thought Russ was hot in the Quick and the Dead, go see him in "The Sum of Us" playing a gay footballer down under.

[quote]David Hyde Pierce looks so old now but at least doing it gracefully.

As graceful as you can while being reduced to appearing in cheap ass horror films.

Cuckoo!

He's still sexy as hell with that belly and ciggy.

The Crowe haters love to pretend Russell isn’t attractive anymore just because he’s carrying a few extra pounds. This is what real men look like.

[quote] The Crowe haters love to pretend Russell isn’t attractive anymore just because he’s carrying a few extra pounds.

Sixty is "a few"? Right, hon.

[quote] This is what real men look like.

Tubs o' lard, according to you.

R69 - Based on the photo from R59, I would say "60 lbs." is enormously kind of you. He looks like he's tipping 300.

Nice try, haters. The photo in R59 is from the movie “Unhinged” which was filmed years ago. He purposely gained a lot of weight for the role. He dropped much of it by 2021, and was much slimmer in The Pope’s Exorcist, which came out last year. In his normal daily life, he’s just got a dad bod. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s still in better shape than some of his critics here.

Chonky

r71, you really think we're supposed to find him attractive there? He's still obese. That's not just a "dad bod"--not unless your dad was Wilford Brimley.

He's a fat tub of goo!

He threw a phone....then he ate the phone

This is what real men look like, but not Movie Stars.

Ok who is the whale/Crowe fangurl calling an obese 60 year old a hunk?

Some gay men are so desperate to get laid they’ll fuck anything, it seems.

[quote] This is what real men look like

Oh honey, I'd hate to live wherever the fuck you do.

Will Russell Crowe's character be possessed and viciously masturbate his ass with a bloody crucifix?

He was big as a house in Unhinged a few years ago. I was actually shocked by the weight gain. But I think Russell passed give a shit years ago. He works constantly. His IMDB is full of projects.

R80 - He's currently shooting "Denny's Big Slam Breakfast - The Movie" right now.

[QUOTE] Oh honey, I'd hate to live wherever the fuck you do.

You wouldn’t hesitate to drop to your knees for him.

He looks better chonky than a 60 year old queen keeping their high school weight of 132 lbs.

Mom, is that you?

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R83 sounds like a "chonky" 60 year tying furiously away in his XL floral print muumuu.

r96 sounds like a 60 year old queen keeping their high school weight of 132 lbs. Lamenting the loss of hisssss hairy legs. Thinking this prevents him from wearing shorts.

[quote] This is what really fat men look like, but not Movie Stars.

FIFY

[quote] He's journeying into Orson Welles: The Elder Years territory

Actually, that would be a movie I would want to see.

^ The Other Side of the Wind is my flatulent ass.

OP’s picture looks like everybody I’ve been seeing on Grindr lately.

"At my command unleash the double bacon cheeseburgers "

It looks stupid but I'll watch it for Crowe alone. DHP is a nice bonus.

Joshua Miller was also one of the kids in Halloween 3 who put on a Silver Shamrock mask.

^ So THAT'S what happened!

He got to grab Bill Paxton's nuts in Near Dark. Lucky guy.

It was Adrian Pasdar not Bill Paxton.

When is this being released?

It will premiere in Wilmington on June 12th.

[quote] It's written and directed by Joshua Miller son of Jason Miller who played Father Karras in The Exorcist

So it’s Nepo Film?

Jason Miller was a minor actor who had one big hit. I wouldn't consider that nepo.

So, just a coincidence that the director’s father’s big hit is the film that launched the franchise?

Small world.

This movie isn't part of the franchise. It's a different story.

Short interview with Joshua miller

“I was not prepared for this!” says everyone who makes an exorcism movie.

Bump

This critic sounds like she has a grudge against Joshua Miller.

47% at Rotten Tomatoes

Do we get to see his big blubbery ass?

Russell has signed on for the title role in the upcoming remake of Orca: The Killer Whale

[QUOTE] 47% at Rotten Tomatoes

[QUOTE] There's next to nothing new here (somewhat intentionally, considering the classic its riffing on), but Crowe drags the whole thing over the line through sheer force of will.

Looks like it’s a very mediocre film elevated to half-decent by Russell’s performance. About what I expected.

It was written and directed by a gay couple so there's that in it's favor.

This exorcism shit is so played out.

There was one good film 50 years ago and the concept is beyond parody at this point.

Not scary. Not even funny.

But I will give Blatty this credit: the book and film were great propaganda.

Blatty managed to blame a trouble girl's problems on the breakdown of the nuclear family and her working mother independence.

It's no surprise that he became an anti-abortion nutter.

Mike Flanagan is doing yet another remake.

Wow, 27% RT rating now. It must be complete garbage.

[quote] He looks better chonky than a 60 year old queen keeping their high school weight of 132 lbs.

Christ, are those my only two options?!

Crowe seems to be modeling his career on Christopher Walken's.

Walken has made no bones about saying he wants to work, he wants a paycheck and he's not that selective or discriminating.

There's a subplot about teen lesbians. Go woke, go broke.

R117 - They're whores, darlin'

The Omen was better.

Well , I've always got pie eating contests to fall back on.

Any one else tired of seeing him in movies, or anything else?

I am.

[Quote] Mike Flanagan is doing yet another remake.

Blumhouse paid over 400 million to secure the rights to the original. They have to make 2 more to even hope to break even. There's a reason Friedkin never got involved in any sequels but these dummies just want to cash in on the success of the original. Fifty years later to boot. The well really has run dry.

What's next for Blumhouse? Jaws? E.T.? Chinatown?

So many good horror movies are being released this year. It really got lost in the shuffle.

I salute all of you who posted the fat jokes. You’ve provided some much needed laughter.

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[QUOTE] I salute all of you who posted the fat jokes. You’ve provided some much needed laughter.

Fat isn’t funny.

Just listened to a podcast with Andrew Stevens and he said he just finished an exorcism movie and Pacino plays the Preist.