Brittany Ashton Holmes, an American former actress from California, found fame as a child with her portrayal of Darla in Penelope Spheeris’ The Little Rascals. Starring alongside Travis Tedford and Bug Hall, the 1994 family comedy film adapted from Hal Roach’s Our Gang, in retrospect, was a stepping stone for Holmes to pursue greater heights as a performer. That didn’t happen as she seemingly abandoned acting for another profession, to the surprise of fans who related to her character in the film. Born on the 27th of February 1989, Holmes was only five when she played Darla, a role that...
- 7/31/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
The Little Rascals will go down in history as one of our all-time favorite childhood movies. The 1994 flick showed us the "seriousness" of young love as we watched Alfalfa (Bug Hall) attempt to woo Darla (Brittany Ashton Holmes) while his he-man-woman-hating friends did everything they could to sabotage their romance. The other obstacle he faced was none other than Waldo Aloysius Johnston III. The snooty, musically-talented anti-hero was played by Blake McIver Ewing whose perfectly styled hair gave Alfalfa and his terrible cowlick quite the competition in winning over Darla's affection. But where is Waldo now? Ewing is 32 years old and living in Los Angeles, and...
- 1/11/2018
- E! Online
It was one of the most beloved children’s movies of the 1990s and “Little Rascals” just turned an unbelievable 20 years old.
The team over at 22 Vision put together a reunion for the original cast to see where they’ve been and what they’ve been up to since their silver screen moment of glory.
From Ross Bagley (Buckwheat), to Zac Mabry (Porky), Brittany Ashton Holmes (Darla), Travis Tedford (Spanky), Kevin Jamal Woods (Stymie), Blake McIver Ewing (Waldo) and Bug Hall (Alfalfa), it sounds like the whole crew has gone on to do great things, including acting, screenwriting, music, family expansion, and pursuing higher education.
Check out the exclusive 22 Vision reunion video and head over to 22Vision.com to view the rest of the photos from the throwback photo shoot!
The team over at 22 Vision put together a reunion for the original cast to see where they’ve been and what they’ve been up to since their silver screen moment of glory.
From Ross Bagley (Buckwheat), to Zac Mabry (Porky), Brittany Ashton Holmes (Darla), Travis Tedford (Spanky), Kevin Jamal Woods (Stymie), Blake McIver Ewing (Waldo) and Bug Hall (Alfalfa), it sounds like the whole crew has gone on to do great things, including acting, screenwriting, music, family expansion, and pursuing higher education.
Check out the exclusive 22 Vision reunion video and head over to 22Vision.com to view the rest of the photos from the throwback photo shoot!
- 9/4/2014
- GossipCenter
Best. Photo. Ever. In honor of the 20th anniversary of Little Rascals, the film's stars, including Blake McIver (Waldo), Kevin Jamal Woods (Stymie), Travis Tedford (Spanky), Bug Hall (Alfalfa) Brittany Ashton Holmes (Darla), Courtland Mead (Uh Huh), Ross Bagley (Buckwheat), Sam Saletta (Butch) and Blake Jeremy Collins (Woim) recreated the poster for the iconic comedy...and the amazing results will send you into 90s overdrive. "It's #Rascals20th day! Hooray!" McIver captioned the pic, which is even complete with the gang's dog Petey. But in case you haven't had enough of your He-Man-Woman-Hating fix, the cast also recreated memorable moments from the...
- 9/3/2014
- E! Online
It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since Forrest Gump hit theaters, but the film returns to IMAX screens this weekend for an anniversary re-release for one week only. But another lesser celebrated film from 1994 is also 20 years old, and that's The Little Rascals. The contemporary big screen adaptation of the classic TV series of the same name is certainly a nostalgic movie for kids of the 90s, and 20 years later, a production company called 22 Vision (specializing in celebrating films by reuniting cast members from movies of the past), has brought the cast together for an adorable photoshoot to celebrate the film. Look! Here's a video from AOL talking about The Little Rascals reunion, looking at the cast then and now: And here's just some of the photos of 20th anniversary reunion from 22 Vision: Pretty much everyone came back for this shoot: Bug Hall as Alfalfa, Travis Tedford as Spanky,...
- 9/3/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
"We've got a dollar, we've got a dollar, we've got a dollar, hey, hey, hey, hey."
If you were a child of the '90s -- or a parent or grandparent-- you probably know what movie we're referencing. In 1994, "The Little Rascals" introduced a younger generation to a group of seven-year-old "womun" haters who refused to play nice with girls. After all, they did have cooties.
Based on the famed "Our Gang" series of short films -- which aired on television under the name "Little Rascals" -- the family comedy focused on how things started to change for the He-Man Women Hater's Club when Alfalfa (Bug Hall), club member and best friend to president Spanky (Travis Tedford), got a girlfriend (Brittany Ashton Holmes).
Alfalfa may have gotten more screen time (and one of the most memorable hairdos in movie history), but the other rascals -- Buckwheat (Ross Bagley), Stymie (Kevin Jamal Woods...
If you were a child of the '90s -- or a parent or grandparent-- you probably know what movie we're referencing. In 1994, "The Little Rascals" introduced a younger generation to a group of seven-year-old "womun" haters who refused to play nice with girls. After all, they did have cooties.
Based on the famed "Our Gang" series of short films -- which aired on television under the name "Little Rascals" -- the family comedy focused on how things started to change for the He-Man Women Hater's Club when Alfalfa (Bug Hall), club member and best friend to president Spanky (Travis Tedford), got a girlfriend (Brittany Ashton Holmes).
Alfalfa may have gotten more screen time (and one of the most memorable hairdos in movie history), but the other rascals -- Buckwheat (Ross Bagley), Stymie (Kevin Jamal Woods...
- 7/9/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
NATURAL BORN KILLERS
Warner Bros.
That old ultra-violence, American-style, is served up in double-barreled salvos in Oliver Stone's semi-automatic treatise on our culture of killing. A rewrite of a Quentin Tarantino screenplay, ''Natural Born Killers'' is a relentless onslaught of murderous carnage culled from the bloody, cross-country rampage of two modern-day boneheads.
Those who've always wanted to know what ''Action News'' looked like on hallucinogens will probably be the only demographic target this film will hit. Mainstream mallers who don't bring their flack jackets to the multiplex may find its artillery and bloodletting excessively disgusting in relation to the not-so-subtle niceties of its philosophizing.
The media seem to be dead center in Stone's sights in this provocatively surreal and stylishly executed ''love story'' about Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and lady love Mallory (Juliette Lewis), who both blaze around the boonies pumping lead into counter girls and pump jockeys. Low-grade predators, abused as children and too stupid to sublimate their lust in more acceptable endeavors, M&M run and gun.
Peppering their deadly path with reptilian imagery, Stone has spun an extravagantly weird tapestry of a country run aground in self-perpetuating violence. Although the mystical symbolism and jarring juxtapositions are decidedly heavy-handed, it's a generally mesmerizingly crafted essay on a society that's O.J.-ed on violence: How gruesome acts stir public fascination, which the media, in turn, flames to outlandish proportion for commercial benefit. A particular highlight is Robert Downey Jr.'s depiction of a smug, parasitic ''reality TV'' host.
In general, the performances are finely tuned and controlled considering the over-the-top nature of this ''satire'' (HR 8/8).-- Duane Byrge
THE LITTLE RASCALS
Universal Pictures
Undaunted by the lukewarm reception for last year's ''The Beverly Hillbillies, '' director Penelope Spheeris -- now light years away from her punk documentary ''The Decline of Western Civilization'' -- can chalk up a winner with ''The Little Rascals, '' a movie that's unabashedly old-fashioned but reminds one how much well-imagined escapism has been missing from current films.
Preteen youngsters are the most likely to respond at the boxoffice, and Universal should deplete a few allowances in the last few weeks of the summer. Parents should be amused, but teens and young adults will stay away.
Spheeris concentrates on the personalities of the children and the goofy fun they have playing jokes on each other and concocting absurd schemes. Cribbing plots from such ''Our Gang'' shorts as ''Auto Antics'' (1939) and ''Mail and Female'' (1937), the story line, set in the present day, is silly and slight, but there's still plenty of conflicts and complications.
The film is cast with a wonderfully talented group of youngsters ages 5-9. Newcomers Travis Tedford as Spanky, Bug Hall as Alfalfa, Brittany Ashton Holmes as Darla and Ross Elliot Bagley as Buckwheat are more than a match for the brief cameos by Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, Daryl Hannah, Reba McEntire and Lea Thompson as thoroughly peripheral adults.
From a hillside near downtown L.A., where the gang's clubhouse resides, to hilly suburban streets, the film looks simultaneously new and old -- part shantytown, part housing tract. Using fast-motion and other techniques, Spheeris constantly tries to enliven the material and generally succeeds.
Technical credits are exemplary, particularly Jami Burrows' eclectic costuming that ranges from pint-sized Depression-era duds to adorable pajamas (HR 8/5-7).-- David Hunter...
Warner Bros.
That old ultra-violence, American-style, is served up in double-barreled salvos in Oliver Stone's semi-automatic treatise on our culture of killing. A rewrite of a Quentin Tarantino screenplay, ''Natural Born Killers'' is a relentless onslaught of murderous carnage culled from the bloody, cross-country rampage of two modern-day boneheads.
Those who've always wanted to know what ''Action News'' looked like on hallucinogens will probably be the only demographic target this film will hit. Mainstream mallers who don't bring their flack jackets to the multiplex may find its artillery and bloodletting excessively disgusting in relation to the not-so-subtle niceties of its philosophizing.
The media seem to be dead center in Stone's sights in this provocatively surreal and stylishly executed ''love story'' about Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and lady love Mallory (Juliette Lewis), who both blaze around the boonies pumping lead into counter girls and pump jockeys. Low-grade predators, abused as children and too stupid to sublimate their lust in more acceptable endeavors, M&M run and gun.
Peppering their deadly path with reptilian imagery, Stone has spun an extravagantly weird tapestry of a country run aground in self-perpetuating violence. Although the mystical symbolism and jarring juxtapositions are decidedly heavy-handed, it's a generally mesmerizingly crafted essay on a society that's O.J.-ed on violence: How gruesome acts stir public fascination, which the media, in turn, flames to outlandish proportion for commercial benefit. A particular highlight is Robert Downey Jr.'s depiction of a smug, parasitic ''reality TV'' host.
In general, the performances are finely tuned and controlled considering the over-the-top nature of this ''satire'' (HR 8/8).-- Duane Byrge
THE LITTLE RASCALS
Universal Pictures
Undaunted by the lukewarm reception for last year's ''The Beverly Hillbillies, '' director Penelope Spheeris -- now light years away from her punk documentary ''The Decline of Western Civilization'' -- can chalk up a winner with ''The Little Rascals, '' a movie that's unabashedly old-fashioned but reminds one how much well-imagined escapism has been missing from current films.
Preteen youngsters are the most likely to respond at the boxoffice, and Universal should deplete a few allowances in the last few weeks of the summer. Parents should be amused, but teens and young adults will stay away.
Spheeris concentrates on the personalities of the children and the goofy fun they have playing jokes on each other and concocting absurd schemes. Cribbing plots from such ''Our Gang'' shorts as ''Auto Antics'' (1939) and ''Mail and Female'' (1937), the story line, set in the present day, is silly and slight, but there's still plenty of conflicts and complications.
The film is cast with a wonderfully talented group of youngsters ages 5-9. Newcomers Travis Tedford as Spanky, Bug Hall as Alfalfa, Brittany Ashton Holmes as Darla and Ross Elliot Bagley as Buckwheat are more than a match for the brief cameos by Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, Daryl Hannah, Reba McEntire and Lea Thompson as thoroughly peripheral adults.
From a hillside near downtown L.A., where the gang's clubhouse resides, to hilly suburban streets, the film looks simultaneously new and old -- part shantytown, part housing tract. Using fast-motion and other techniques, Spheeris constantly tries to enliven the material and generally succeeds.
Technical credits are exemplary, particularly Jami Burrows' eclectic costuming that ranges from pint-sized Depression-era duds to adorable pajamas (HR 8/5-7).-- David Hunter...
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