Philip Bolden is best known for playing the young troublemaking passenger Kevin -- opposite his on-screen sister Lindsey played by Aleisha Allen -- in the 1995 Ice Cube commuter movie, 'Are We There Yet?' Guess what he looks like now! Read more...
- 9/25/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A good part of my day is spent getting schooled, be it from my professors, mother or smart-aleck roommate. Spending another two hours of my life watching the musical development of a group of youngsters on the big screen during Thursday's The School of Rock ten-year reunion at The Paramount (my preview) may not have been the wisest decision, especially because I skipped class (is it still considered skipping when you notify your professors ahead of time?) and have homework due, but it was definitely more fun.
Some of The School of Rock cast members had similar college woes, like Aleisha Allen, who says she recently graduated from Pace University. Allen played Alicia, one of the band's designated backup singers. Despite a degree in speech pathology and an education minor, the New York native says her musical aspirations haven't waned.
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Some of The School of Rock cast members had similar college woes, like Aleisha Allen, who says she recently graduated from Pace University. Allen played Alicia, one of the band's designated backup singers. Despite a degree in speech pathology and an education minor, the New York native says her musical aspirations haven't waned.
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- 9/2/2013
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
The cast of School of Rock have reunited ten years after the film's release.
Jack Black posed for photographs with his young co-stars from the 2003 comedy hit at a reunion event in Austin, Texas on Thursday (August 29).
Miranda Cosgrove - who found fame after appearing in the film - also appeared at the event, which saw the cast meet fans before attending a screening and Q&A session.
Cosgrove posted a picture with Black, 44, with the caption: "10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories."
17 stars, including Jordan-Claire Green, Joey Gaydos Jr, Robert Tsai, Kevin Alexander Clark, Aleisha Allen, Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale and Rebecca Brown, also attended.
They were joined by writer and star Mike White and director Richard Linklater.
According to Us Weekly, the cast reunited on stage for a performance at the after party.
Earlier this year, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that...
Jack Black posed for photographs with his young co-stars from the 2003 comedy hit at a reunion event in Austin, Texas on Thursday (August 29).
Miranda Cosgrove - who found fame after appearing in the film - also appeared at the event, which saw the cast meet fans before attending a screening and Q&A session.
Cosgrove posted a picture with Black, 44, with the caption: "10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories."
17 stars, including Jordan-Claire Green, Joey Gaydos Jr, Robert Tsai, Kevin Alexander Clark, Aleisha Allen, Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale and Rebecca Brown, also attended.
They were joined by writer and star Mike White and director Richard Linklater.
According to Us Weekly, the cast reunited on stage for a performance at the after party.
Earlier this year, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that...
- 8/31/2013
- Digital Spy
“Now raise your goblet of rock. It’s a toast to those who rock!” Last night the Austin Film Society hosted a 10th anniversary screening of Richard Linklater’s hard-rocking crowd pleaser School of Rock. Mr. Schneee S.’s whole class came to party, from now heavy weight Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove to Robert Tsai (“You’re a fat loser and you have body odor”) to the back-up singers (Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale, Aleisha Allen). Jack Black held court during the terrifically freewheeling Q&A after the screening. When a fan asked him for a song, Black broke into an...
- 8/30/2013
- by Karen Valby
- EW - Inside Movies
Are We Done Yet?
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Are We Done Yet?"
Mr. Cube builds his dream house in "Are We Done Yet?" which essentially takes the "Are We There Yet?" characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the classic RKO comedy "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," in which Cary Grant played Mr. Blandings, a man who predated "Green Acres' " Oliver Douglas by a couple of decades.
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those "Cheaper by the Dozen" remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's ("Scrubs" regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's "Next Friday", and adapted by Hank Nelken ("Saving Silverman"), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn "Citizen Kane" into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Mr. Cube builds his dream house in "Are We Done Yet?" which essentially takes the "Are We There Yet?" characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the classic RKO comedy "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," in which Cary Grant played Mr. Blandings, a man who predated "Green Acres' " Oliver Douglas by a couple of decades.
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those "Cheaper by the Dozen" remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's ("Scrubs" regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's "Next Friday", and adapted by Hank Nelken ("Saving Silverman"), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn "Citizen Kane" into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 4/4/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Are We Done Yet?
Mr. Cube builds his dream house in Are We Done Yet? which essentially takes the Are We There Yet? characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the classic RKO comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, in which Cary Grant played Mr. Blandings, a man who predated "Green Acres' " Oliver Douglas by a couple of decades.
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those Cheaper by the Dozen remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's (Scrubs regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's Next Friday, and adapted by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn Citizen Kane into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those Cheaper by the Dozen remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's (Scrubs regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's Next Friday, and adapted by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn Citizen Kane into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 4/4/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Are We There Yet?
Are We There Yet? runs 96 minutes but feels like so much more. There is only one gag: Two thoroughly spoiled and obnoxious youngsters make life miserable for a poor guy doing them a favor by driving 300 miles to deliver them to their mom. Some of the cruel tricks played on the hapless man are simply infantile. Others -- such as pretending he is a kidnapper -- flirt with dangerous pranks unlikely to produce laughs from anyone other than those who will laugh at anything. Is this what passes for family entertainment these days?
The always welcome presence of Ice Cube should bring out his core following on opening weekend. A few tykes might chuckle at the urination joke and the attack deer, but the grindingly awful, predictable gags will wear down even Ice Cube's most loyal fans.
Nick (Ice Cube), a former pro baseball player who runs a sports memorabilia store in Portland, Ore., splurges to purchase a brand-new Lincoln Navigator, mostly to impress the ladies. The lady he most wants to impress is Nia Long's frisky divorcee Suzanne. The downside here is her two bratty kids, precocious Kevin (Philip Daniel Bolden), age 7, and stuck-up Lindsey (Aleisha Allen), age 11.
Seems their deadbeat dad dumped everyone a while back, but the kids still believe he will return any day. So they must keep mom single. This they do by declaring war on any eligible man who comes near her. That she hasn't caught on to their strategy yet speaks poorly of her parenting skills but nevermind.
Nick and Suzanne are still in the "friend zone" when work requires her to leave for Vancouver after Christmas. Nick offers to bring her kids to Vancouver for New Year's Eve. When the youngsters sabotage his plans to fly and then to take a train, he is forced to drive them in his new SUV. You can pretty much guess that the car will not survive the trip. No amount of guess work, though, can deduce why Nick -- after his car, body and reputation are destroyed by these relentless brats -- would say "I love you guys" at trip's end.
This is a comedy of exasperation where teams of writers go to the same well scene after scene to see how far they can go in testing the patience of their characters -- and audience. Gags are designed around stunts rather than logic. And the actors have little to play other than annoyance, panic or rage.
To break the monotony, someone dreamed up the idea of sticking a bobble-head doll of baseball legend Satchel Paige on Nick's dashboard. This becomes animated so Satchel can discuss the deteriorating situation with the car's owner during the ride. (Tracy Morgan does Paige's voice.) The comedy here is as flat as everywhere else.
Director Brian Levant, who helmed the similarly misanthropic Jingle All the Way, gives the slapstick little rhythm and even less reason. And since the four credited writers never allow Nick to retaliate or outwit the kids, the movie squanders Ice Cube's comic talents. (Don't feel too sorry for him, though, as his company produced the film.) Long virtually disappears once the road trip begins. And the young actors are, not too surprisingly, unable to play malevolence and cuteness at the same time.
Tech credits are routine.
ARE WE THERE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presentsa Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Brian Levant
Screnwriters: Steven Gary Banks, Claudia Grazioso
Story by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudia Grazioso, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
Producers: Dan Kolsrud, Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube
Executive producers: Todd Garner, Derek Dauchy
Director of photography: Thomas Ackerman
Production designer: Stephen Lineweaver
Music: David Newman
Costumes: Gersha Phillips
Editor: Lawrence Jordan
Cast:
Nick: Ice Cube
Suzanne: Nia Long
Lindsey: Aleisha Allen
Kevin: Philip Daniel Bolden
Marty: Jay Mohr
Al: M.C. Gainey
Voice of Satchel Paige: Tracy Morgan
Miss Marble: Nichelle Nichols
MPAA rating: PG
Running time -- 96 minutes...
The always welcome presence of Ice Cube should bring out his core following on opening weekend. A few tykes might chuckle at the urination joke and the attack deer, but the grindingly awful, predictable gags will wear down even Ice Cube's most loyal fans.
Nick (Ice Cube), a former pro baseball player who runs a sports memorabilia store in Portland, Ore., splurges to purchase a brand-new Lincoln Navigator, mostly to impress the ladies. The lady he most wants to impress is Nia Long's frisky divorcee Suzanne. The downside here is her two bratty kids, precocious Kevin (Philip Daniel Bolden), age 7, and stuck-up Lindsey (Aleisha Allen), age 11.
Seems their deadbeat dad dumped everyone a while back, but the kids still believe he will return any day. So they must keep mom single. This they do by declaring war on any eligible man who comes near her. That she hasn't caught on to their strategy yet speaks poorly of her parenting skills but nevermind.
Nick and Suzanne are still in the "friend zone" when work requires her to leave for Vancouver after Christmas. Nick offers to bring her kids to Vancouver for New Year's Eve. When the youngsters sabotage his plans to fly and then to take a train, he is forced to drive them in his new SUV. You can pretty much guess that the car will not survive the trip. No amount of guess work, though, can deduce why Nick -- after his car, body and reputation are destroyed by these relentless brats -- would say "I love you guys" at trip's end.
This is a comedy of exasperation where teams of writers go to the same well scene after scene to see how far they can go in testing the patience of their characters -- and audience. Gags are designed around stunts rather than logic. And the actors have little to play other than annoyance, panic or rage.
To break the monotony, someone dreamed up the idea of sticking a bobble-head doll of baseball legend Satchel Paige on Nick's dashboard. This becomes animated so Satchel can discuss the deteriorating situation with the car's owner during the ride. (Tracy Morgan does Paige's voice.) The comedy here is as flat as everywhere else.
Director Brian Levant, who helmed the similarly misanthropic Jingle All the Way, gives the slapstick little rhythm and even less reason. And since the four credited writers never allow Nick to retaliate or outwit the kids, the movie squanders Ice Cube's comic talents. (Don't feel too sorry for him, though, as his company produced the film.) Long virtually disappears once the road trip begins. And the young actors are, not too surprisingly, unable to play malevolence and cuteness at the same time.
Tech credits are routine.
ARE WE THERE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presentsa Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Brian Levant
Screnwriters: Steven Gary Banks, Claudia Grazioso
Story by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudia Grazioso, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
Producers: Dan Kolsrud, Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube
Executive producers: Todd Garner, Derek Dauchy
Director of photography: Thomas Ackerman
Production designer: Stephen Lineweaver
Music: David Newman
Costumes: Gersha Phillips
Editor: Lawrence Jordan
Cast:
Nick: Ice Cube
Suzanne: Nia Long
Lindsey: Aleisha Allen
Kevin: Philip Daniel Bolden
Marty: Jay Mohr
Al: M.C. Gainey
Voice of Satchel Paige: Tracy Morgan
Miss Marble: Nichelle Nichols
MPAA rating: PG
Running time -- 96 minutes...
- 2/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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