Annie Wersching, an actress known for her roles in TV dramas Bosch and 24, as well as her portrayal of Leslie Dean, the mother of alien superhero Karolina on Marvel’s Runaways, has died. She was 45.
Wersching died from cancer on Sunday morning in Los Angeles, a rep for the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement, her husband Stephen Full remembered his wife and the mother of their three children.
“There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it,” he said. “She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall.”
“As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would yell Bye!
Wersching died from cancer on Sunday morning in Los Angeles, a rep for the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement, her husband Stephen Full remembered his wife and the mother of their three children.
“There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it,” he said. “She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall.”
“As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would yell Bye!
- 1/29/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sad news out of the TV world today as it has been revealed that actress Annie Wersching has died at 45.
Deadline first reported the news.
Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and continued to work on The Rookie and Star Trek: Picard.
Stephen Full, Wersching's husband, issued a statement.
"There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it," the statement reads.
"She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn't require music to dance."
"She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. 'Go find it. It's everywhere.' And find it we shall."
"As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would yell Bye! until we were out of earshot and into the world. I can still hear it ringing. Bye my Buddie. 'I love you little family…...
Deadline first reported the news.
Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and continued to work on The Rookie and Star Trek: Picard.
Stephen Full, Wersching's husband, issued a statement.
"There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it," the statement reads.
"She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn't require music to dance."
"She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. 'Go find it. It's everywhere.' And find it we shall."
"As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would yell Bye! until we were out of earshot and into the world. I can still hear it ringing. Bye my Buddie. 'I love you little family…...
- 1/29/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Above all else, 5 Seasons of Revolution is a visceral bit of filmmaking. Directed by Lina, a video reporter required to shield her identity, this documentary captures––in an engaging, fractured aesthetic––the broken promise of revolution following the Arab Spring. Living in Damascus, Lina and her tight-knit group of young, activist friends attempt to build off energy of the movement through peaceful protest and steadfast documentation. Before long it’s clear these non-violent demonstrations and legitimate reporting will be met with violence by the State. Footage is stitched to build a long-form narrative from what’s mostly a series of vignettes.
Lina and her friend Bassel interview witnesses after the security forces allegedly opened fire on protestors. Her camera is chaotic, scenes often interrupted by check-stops or the shake from a nearby explosion. A dangerous trip into Aleppo is underlined by a scant amount of video taken from the confines of a car.
Lina and her friend Bassel interview witnesses after the security forces allegedly opened fire on protestors. Her camera is chaotic, scenes often interrupted by check-stops or the shake from a nearby explosion. A dangerous trip into Aleppo is underlined by a scant amount of video taken from the confines of a car.
- 1/25/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Arturo Sampson will be the new Head of Production at Isaac Lee’s Exile Content Studios, which focuses on acquiring and developing premium original content for audiences across the U.S. and Latin America.
Based in Mexico, Sampson will oversee scripted and unscripted projects in Mexico, Spain, Colombia and the U.S. With Sampson on board, Exile Content will build out its production arm for exclusive branded content as well as a production services arm to non-Exile projects.
“We are very excited to welcome Arturo as our new Head of Production,” said Daniel Eilemberg, Exile’s President of Content. “His addition adds a physical production component to our work, further ensuring the highest quality on all our projects. I am looking forward to working closely with him on upcoming projects.”
Alejandro Uribe, Exile’s CEO, adds, “Arturo’s hire sets Exile Content up for further success, solidifying our...
Based in Mexico, Sampson will oversee scripted and unscripted projects in Mexico, Spain, Colombia and the U.S. With Sampson on board, Exile Content will build out its production arm for exclusive branded content as well as a production services arm to non-Exile projects.
“We are very excited to welcome Arturo as our new Head of Production,” said Daniel Eilemberg, Exile’s President of Content. “His addition adds a physical production component to our work, further ensuring the highest quality on all our projects. I am looking forward to working closely with him on upcoming projects.”
Alejandro Uribe, Exile’s CEO, adds, “Arturo’s hire sets Exile Content up for further success, solidifying our...
- 8/3/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Winter is indeed upon us, as “Game of Thrones” has just wrapped its truncated seventh season with a jaw-dropping finale that moves plenty of pieces (most of them terrifying, ice-cold, and dragon-aided) into place for a game-changer of a final season…that won’t come until sometime in 2018. It’s the Long Night, all over again (and, if those gently falling snowflakes during some of the finale’s last moments are any indication, fans of the HBO series aren’t the only ones headed for a chilling, unforgiving few months).
In order to keep diehard viewers sated until its last episodes hit the small screen, here are some ideas for films that might help ease the pain, from classic Westerns to underseen historical dramas, all with that special “Thrones” touch (murderous, political, bloody, and at least partially beholden to mythical beasts).
Read More:‘Game of Thrones’ Review: Finale ‘The Dragon...
In order to keep diehard viewers sated until its last episodes hit the small screen, here are some ideas for films that might help ease the pain, from classic Westerns to underseen historical dramas, all with that special “Thrones” touch (murderous, political, bloody, and at least partially beholden to mythical beasts).
Read More:‘Game of Thrones’ Review: Finale ‘The Dragon...
- 8/28/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Diane Keaton has never been married, but she’s had plenty of high-profile romances — and she clearly lingers in the minds of her men.
On June 9, when she received the American Film Institute’s 45th Lifetime Achievement Award, former boyfriends and costars Warren Beatty, Al Pacino and Woody Allen were among the Hollywood luminaries on hand to sing her praises. “You’re a great artist,” Pacino told her from the stage at the Dolby Theater. “I love you forever.”
The Annie Hall star, now 71, has her own fond memories of her “many loves,” as she laughingly calls her exes.
She...
On June 9, when she received the American Film Institute’s 45th Lifetime Achievement Award, former boyfriends and costars Warren Beatty, Al Pacino and Woody Allen were among the Hollywood luminaries on hand to sing her praises. “You’re a great artist,” Pacino told her from the stage at the Dolby Theater. “I love you forever.”
The Annie Hall star, now 71, has her own fond memories of her “many loves,” as she laughingly calls her exes.
She...
- 6/15/2017
- by Kim Hubbard
- PEOPLE.com
Peter Hansen, who for decades played General Hospital legal eagle Lee Baldwin, died on Sunday at age 95.
Prior to his esteemed Gh run (where in 1965 he replaced Ross Elliott as the eventual adoptive father to Scott and husband of Gail), Hansen appeared on such series as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Sea Hunt and Gomer Pyle: Usmc. His TV credits also include How the West Was Won, Coach, Golden Girls and the Gh spinoff Port Charles.
For his work as Gh‘s Lee, a recovering alcoholic and onetime Port Charles mayor, Hansen earned two Daytime Emmy nominations,...
Prior to his esteemed Gh run (where in 1965 he replaced Ross Elliott as the eventual adoptive father to Scott and husband of Gail), Hansen appeared on such series as The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Sea Hunt and Gomer Pyle: Usmc. His TV credits also include How the West Was Won, Coach, Golden Girls and the Gh spinoff Port Charles.
For his work as Gh‘s Lee, a recovering alcoholic and onetime Port Charles mayor, Hansen earned two Daytime Emmy nominations,...
- 4/11/2017
- TVLine.com
This post originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly.
Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.
Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...
Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.
Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...
- 1/19/2017
- by Mark Marino
- PEOPLE.com
Sometimes, all it takes is something housed in a cave to stir up some serious controversy. The first trailer for the Antonio Banderas-led Finding Altamira has arrived, following an archaeologist (Banderas) in 1879 who stumbles upon paintings with his daughter in a cave in northern Spain that brings to question the current conceptions of faith and being.
These revelations — and the questions they bring with them — threaten to tear apart his familial life, as well as the world at large, as the understanding of wall paintings over 10,000 years old strike at the hearts and minds of the faithful. The film is directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire), and also stars Rupert Everett, Irene Escolar, Tábata Cerezo, Javivi, and About Elly and Paterson‘s Golshifteh Farahani.
See the trailer below, along with the poster.
In 1879, Spanish archaeologist Marcelino (Banderas) and his daughter Maria (Allen) discover seemingly impossible paintings of galloping...
These revelations — and the questions they bring with them — threaten to tear apart his familial life, as well as the world at large, as the understanding of wall paintings over 10,000 years old strike at the hearts and minds of the faithful. The film is directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire), and also stars Rupert Everett, Irene Escolar, Tábata Cerezo, Javivi, and About Elly and Paterson‘s Golshifteh Farahani.
See the trailer below, along with the poster.
In 1879, Spanish archaeologist Marcelino (Banderas) and his daughter Maria (Allen) discover seemingly impossible paintings of galloping...
- 8/2/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
There aren’t a great many artists big enough to help the top grossing nightclub in the world celebrate its seventh anniversary. Hip-hop and bass music icon Diplo fits the bill, though, and he’s uploaded his two-and-a-half-hour set from the March 21st celebration to his SoundCloud account for everyone who wasn’t able to attend.
Before going in, though, it’s worth noting that this was one of Diplo’s more mainstream-friendly performances. Las Vegas nightclubs go for a very specific sound – so where his recent Diplo and Friends set showcased his expert ear for hip-hop, his Xs performance predominantly consisted of big room house and ringtone rap edits.
That said, Diplo‘s DJ set at Xs Las Vegas’ 7th anniversary celebration certainly still had its gems. He was nice enough to scrawl out a tracklist as well, so if you hear something you like then find it by...
Before going in, though, it’s worth noting that this was one of Diplo’s more mainstream-friendly performances. Las Vegas nightclubs go for a very specific sound – so where his recent Diplo and Friends set showcased his expert ear for hip-hop, his Xs performance predominantly consisted of big room house and ringtone rap edits.
That said, Diplo‘s DJ set at Xs Las Vegas’ 7th anniversary celebration certainly still had its gems. He was nice enough to scrawl out a tracklist as well, so if you hear something you like then find it by...
- 3/29/2016
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Donald Sutherland, Liam Hemsworth, Willow Shields, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Natalie Dormer and Jeffrey Wright, along with director Francis Lawrence, production designer Philip Messina, makeup designer Ve Neill and producer Nina Jacobson, discuss the phenomenon that is The Hunger Games in this in-depth featurette.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 now brings the franchise to its powerful final chapter in which Katniss Everdeen Jennifer Lawrence realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival – they are for the future.
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 now brings the franchise to its powerful final chapter in which Katniss Everdeen Jennifer Lawrence realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival – they are for the future.
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her.
- 11/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“One way or another, this war is going to come to an end.”
Here’s your first look at the exciting teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
The blockbuster Hunger Games franchise has taken audiences by storm around the world, grossing more than $2.2 billion at the global box office. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 now brings the franchise to its powerful final chapter in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival – they are for the future.
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and...
Here’s your first look at the exciting teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
The blockbuster Hunger Games franchise has taken audiences by storm around the world, grossing more than $2.2 billion at the global box office. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 now brings the franchise to its powerful final chapter in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival – they are for the future.
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and...
- 6/9/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Just days after the final scene was shot, Lionsgate has released the first The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 trailer for director Francis Lawrence's final installment of the franchise. In the conclusion, Panem has gone to war, and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and President Snow (Donald Sutherland) have come to their final confrontation. As this is just a teaser trailer it doesn't reveal too much, but it's clear that Francis Lawrence is closing out this franchise with an honest-to-goodness war picture. We see glimpses of the rebels preparing for battle, as well as the descent upon the Capitol and even a look at Gwendoline Christie's character, and it all looks fantastic. I've been incredibly impressed with how this series has turned out thus far. Gary Ross kicked things off with a thoughtful and visceral first picture, and Lawrence picked up the baton and continued to explore serious and weighty themes in the subsequent sequels.
- 6/9/2015
- by Adam Chitwood
- Collider.com
Sean Penn: Honorary César goes Hollywood – again (photo: Sean Penn in '21 Grams') Sean Penn, 54, will receive the 2015 Honorary César (César d'Honneur), the French Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Crafts has announced. That means the French Academy's powers-that-be are once again trying to make the Prix César ceremony relevant to the American media. Their tactic is to hand out the career award to a widely known and relatively young – i.e., media friendly – Hollywood celebrity. (Scroll down for more such examples.) In the words of the French Academy, Honorary César 2015 recipient Sean Penn is a "living legend" and "a stand-alone icon in American cinema." It has also hailed the two-time Best Actor Oscar winner as a "mythical actor, a politically active personality and an exceptional director." Penn will be honored at the César Awards ceremony on Feb. 20, 2015. Sean Penn movies Sean Penn movies range from the teen comedy...
- 1/28/2015
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Few directors can be said to have changed the way films are made, but Mike Nichols, who died Wednesday at 83, was one of them. His first film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966), ended decades of Hollywood censorship of adult content and freed the movies for mature language and subject matter ever after. His second film, "The Graduate," was the first serious mainstream movie to feature a rock soundtrack (spawning Simon and Garfunkel's hit "Mrs. Robinson") and, through its casting of Dustin Hoffman, expanded Hollywood's notion of what a leading man ought to look and sound like.
Nichols wasn't born in America (he and his family escaped from Nazi Germany when he was a child), but he was one of the best chroniclers of contemporary America -- its politics, its aspirations, its dreams, its aristocracy, and its successes and failures -- in movies. His youth in Manhattan as the son...
Nichols wasn't born in America (he and his family escaped from Nazi Germany when he was a child), but he was one of the best chroniclers of contemporary America -- its politics, its aspirations, its dreams, its aristocracy, and its successes and failures -- in movies. His youth in Manhattan as the son...
- 11/20/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
As The Hunger Games nears its end with Mockingjay - Part 1, James looks at the side effects of the billion-dollar franchise...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is now in the cinemas and that means that we've reached the beginning of the end. With the climactic novel of Suzanne Collins' trilogy split into two movies, this first part will take eager audiences into the end game and start to detail a denouement that, frustratingly, we'll have to wait until next autumn to finally witness.
I have no idea what's going to happen because I haven't read the books. (It's keeping the movies surprising, I guess.) Still, what I do know is that things are building up in Panem and that Mockingjay will up the stakes and drama several notches in what has already been a gripping series. We have rebellion against the Capitol! We have heartrending separations! We...
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is now in the cinemas and that means that we've reached the beginning of the end. With the climactic novel of Suzanne Collins' trilogy split into two movies, this first part will take eager audiences into the end game and start to detail a denouement that, frustratingly, we'll have to wait until next autumn to finally witness.
I have no idea what's going to happen because I haven't read the books. (It's keeping the movies surprising, I guess.) Still, what I do know is that things are building up in Panem and that Mockingjay will up the stakes and drama several notches in what has already been a gripping series. We have rebellion against the Capitol! We have heartrending separations! We...
- 11/20/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The 39th Toronto International Film Festival has announced its initial slate of galas and special presentations, which includes 37 world premieres and several films with Oscar ambitions. The Judge, which stars Robert Downey Jr. as a big-city lawyer who reluctantly returns home and ends up defending his revered father (Robert Duvall) against criminal charges, will have its world premiere in Toronto. His Avengers pal, Chris Evans, will unveil his own directorial debut in Toronto, titled Before We Go.
Also noteworthy: James Gandolfini’s final film, The Drop, which also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace; another Jason Reitman Toronto world premiere,...
Also noteworthy: James Gandolfini’s final film, The Drop, which also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace; another Jason Reitman Toronto world premiere,...
- 7/22/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its initial wave of 2014 premieres and galas this morning and it features some familiar awards titles, some big stars and some unexpected studio titles. Among the major studio films, David Dobkin's "The Judge" with Robert Downey Jr. and Antoine Fuqua's "The Equalizer" each received gala slots and should premiere over the festival's opening weekend. Other announced galas so far include Bennett Miller's acclaimed "Foxcatcher," which debuted at Cannes, and Mike Binder's "Black and White" starring Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer and Anthony Mackie. Toronto has also scheduled special gala screenings for David Cronenberg's "Map to the Stars" with Julianne Moore and Robert Pattinson, François Ozon's "The New Girlfriend," Ed Zwick's "Pawn Sacrifice" with Tobey Maguire, Lone Scherfig's "The Riot Club," Jean-Marc Vallée's "Wild," Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's "Samba" and Shawn Levy's "This is Where I Leave You...
- 7/22/2014
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
The Supporting Actress Smackdown of '73 arrives on July 31st, just over two weeks from now. You need to get your votes in too if you want to participate (instructions at the bottom of this post). If you've wandered in from elsewhere and are like, "What's a Smackdown?," here's how it started.
The Smackdown Panel for July
Without further ado let's meet our panel who will be discussing popular classics Paper Moon, The Exorcist, and American Graffiti as well as the more obscure title Summer Wishes Winter Dreams. All of the Supporting Actress nominees this Oscar vintage were first timers and so are our Smackdown panelists.
Special Guest
Dana Delany
Dana Delany is an actress working on stage, screen, television and now internet. She was last seen starring in "Body of Proof" on ABC. In August you can rate and review the pilot "Hand of God" in which she co-stars with Ron Perlman on Amazon.
The Smackdown Panel for July
Without further ado let's meet our panel who will be discussing popular classics Paper Moon, The Exorcist, and American Graffiti as well as the more obscure title Summer Wishes Winter Dreams. All of the Supporting Actress nominees this Oscar vintage were first timers and so are our Smackdown panelists.
Special Guest
Dana Delany
Dana Delany is an actress working on stage, screen, television and now internet. She was last seen starring in "Body of Proof" on ABC. In August you can rate and review the pilot "Hand of God" in which she co-stars with Ron Perlman on Amazon.
- 7/14/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The old saying goes is that if you want to win an Academy Award then the best way is to undertake playing a disabled part or portraying a famous personality in a biopic. In some cases, actors have accomplished both themes and reached their Oscar-attaining goals (see Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker or Daniel-Day Lewis in My Left Foot for instance).
In Able to Disable: Top 10 Oscar-Winning Disability-Bound Movie Characters we will look at the top movie characters that became Academy Award-winning figures within their films. Interestingly, there have been a couple of performers that were real-life disabled individuals that convincingly embodied their fictional disabled alter egos (see Harold Russell from The Best Days of Our Lives or Marlee Matlin from Children of a Lesser God).
Anyway, this selection of Able to Disable: Top 10 Oscar-Winning Disability-Bound Movie Characters are (in alphabetical order according to film title):...
In Able to Disable: Top 10 Oscar-Winning Disability-Bound Movie Characters we will look at the top movie characters that became Academy Award-winning figures within their films. Interestingly, there have been a couple of performers that were real-life disabled individuals that convincingly embodied their fictional disabled alter egos (see Harold Russell from The Best Days of Our Lives or Marlee Matlin from Children of a Lesser God).
Anyway, this selection of Able to Disable: Top 10 Oscar-Winning Disability-Bound Movie Characters are (in alphabetical order according to film title):...
- 7/13/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Adhouse Books
Basewood Hc (not verified by Diamond), $19.95
Andrews McMeel
For Better Or For Worse It’s One Thing After Another Tp, $22.99
Ape Entertainment
Black Coat The Blackest Dye Gn, $12.99
Archie Comics
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Francesco Francavilla Regular Cover), $2.99
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Tim Seeley Variant Cover), $2.99
Archie Double Digest #249, $3.99
Mega Man #34 (Ben Bates Mega Man X Variant Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #34 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Sonic Super Sized Super Digest #6, $6.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Mega Man Worlds Collide Volume 2 Into The Warzone Tp, $11.99
World Of Archie Double Digest #37, $3.99
Avatar Press
Extinction Parade #5 (Raulo Caceres Leather Cover), $14.99
God Is Dead #8 (German Nobile Carnage Wraparound Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows End Of Days Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows Gilded Incentive...
Adhouse Books
Basewood Hc (not verified by Diamond), $19.95
Andrews McMeel
For Better Or For Worse It’s One Thing After Another Tp, $22.99
Ape Entertainment
Black Coat The Blackest Dye Gn, $12.99
Archie Comics
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Francesco Francavilla Regular Cover), $2.99
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Tim Seeley Variant Cover), $2.99
Archie Double Digest #249, $3.99
Mega Man #34 (Ben Bates Mega Man X Variant Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #34 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Sonic Super Sized Super Digest #6, $6.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Mega Man Worlds Collide Volume 2 Into The Warzone Tp, $11.99
World Of Archie Double Digest #37, $3.99
Avatar Press
Extinction Parade #5 (Raulo Caceres Leather Cover), $14.99
God Is Dead #8 (German Nobile Carnage Wraparound Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows End Of Days Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows Gilded Incentive...
- 3/3/2014
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
AC Comics
Crypt Of Horror Volume 20 Tp, $29.95
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Platinum Volume 6 Tp, $14.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie #652 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Archie #652 (Stephanie Buscema Retro Concert Poster Variant Cover), $2.99
Fox #4 (David Mack Daddy Variant Cover), $2.99
Fox #4 (Dean Haspiel Regular Cover), $2.99
Sabrina The Teenage Witch The Magic Within Volume 4 Tp, $10.99
Sonic Universe #60 (Tracy Yardley Regular Cover), $2.99
Sonic Universe #60 (Vincent Riley Alien Invasion Variant Cover), $2.99
Avatar Press
Ferals Volume 3 Tp, $19.99
God Is Dead #1 (Jacen Burrows Enhanced Connecting Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Jacen Burrows End Of Days Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Jacen Burrows Gilded Incentive Cover), Ar
God Is Dead #6 (Jacen Burrows Iconic Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Jonathan Hickman Regular Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Rafa Ortiz Carnage Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Rover...
AC Comics
Crypt Of Horror Volume 20 Tp, $29.95
Antarctic Press
Gold Digger Platinum Volume 6 Tp, $14.99
Archie Comic Publications
Archie #652 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99
Archie #652 (Stephanie Buscema Retro Concert Poster Variant Cover), $2.99
Fox #4 (David Mack Daddy Variant Cover), $2.99
Fox #4 (Dean Haspiel Regular Cover), $2.99
Sabrina The Teenage Witch The Magic Within Volume 4 Tp, $10.99
Sonic Universe #60 (Tracy Yardley Regular Cover), $2.99
Sonic Universe #60 (Vincent Riley Alien Invasion Variant Cover), $2.99
Avatar Press
Ferals Volume 3 Tp, $19.99
God Is Dead #1 (Jacen Burrows Enhanced Connecting Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Jacen Burrows End Of Days Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Jacen Burrows Gilded Incentive Cover), Ar
God Is Dead #6 (Jacen Burrows Iconic Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Jonathan Hickman Regular Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #6 (Rafa Ortiz Carnage Wraparound Cover), $3.99
Rover...
- 2/3/2014
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
As fascist states go, President Snow's postapocalyptic Us is pretty phenomenal – if you overlook the games themselves
Three cheers for President Snow! Like zillions of people, I've seen The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, so I suppose I should be furiously opposed to the fascist state he governs. Donald Sutherland, who plays the president, even said he hoped the film would incite its young fans to revolution. But let's not be hasty. Running a country isn't easy and, to give credit where it's due, Snow is doing a tremendous job.
For one thing, his postapocalyptic Us, renamed Panem, has survived for 75 years – which is pretty phenomenal as fascist states go. For another, it boasts full employment. Each of its 12 outlying districts is devoted to a different industry, so nothing need be imported from the rest of the (presumably radioactive) world. How many countries can make that claim?
The main industry in...
Three cheers for President Snow! Like zillions of people, I've seen The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, so I suppose I should be furiously opposed to the fascist state he governs. Donald Sutherland, who plays the president, even said he hoped the film would incite its young fans to revolution. But let's not be hasty. Running a country isn't easy and, to give credit where it's due, Snow is doing a tremendous job.
For one thing, his postapocalyptic Us, renamed Panem, has survived for 75 years – which is pretty phenomenal as fascist states go. For another, it boasts full employment. Each of its 12 outlying districts is devoted to a different industry, so nothing need be imported from the rest of the (presumably radioactive) world. How many countries can make that claim?
The main industry in...
- 11/29/2013
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Guardian - Film News
Title: Defiance Starring: Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Graham Greene, Tony Curran, Jesse Rath, Mia Kirshner Running time: 9 hrs, 8 min (3 discs), Unrated (Tvma) Special Features: Deleted Scenes; Gag Reel; Defiance: A Transmedia Revolution; Making Defiance; Behind the Scenes with Jesse Rath It’s 2046 in the state of what used to be Missouri. Over the past 30 years, several alien races (known collectively as “The Voltans”) have arrived on earth and terraformed the landscape, bringing new plant life and creatures that have improved and also devastated the land. Former Marine, Joshua Nolan (Grant Bowler) and his adopted Irathient daughter Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas) are scavenging wreckage and barely [ Read More ]
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- 10/31/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Cinema Retro Issue #27, The Final Issue Of Season 9, Has Now Shipped To All Subscribers Worldwide.
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Highlights Of Issue #27 Include: Don L. Stradley examines the dramatic life and career of Lolita star Sue Lyon John Exshaw's unpublished interview with screen legend Peter Cushing Adrian Smith interviews Hugh Hudson, director of Revolution and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Dean Brierly looks at classic Japanese crime movies Stephen C. Jilks celebrates the British werewolf films. David Savage examines Liz Taylor's little-seen, late career bizarro cult movie The Driver's Seat Howard Hughes continues his history of Oakmont...
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Highlights Of Issue #27 Include: Don L. Stradley examines the dramatic life and career of Lolita star Sue Lyon John Exshaw's unpublished interview with screen legend Peter Cushing Adrian Smith interviews Hugh Hudson, director of Revolution and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Dean Brierly looks at classic Japanese crime movies Stephen C. Jilks celebrates the British werewolf films. David Savage examines Liz Taylor's little-seen, late career bizarro cult movie The Driver's Seat Howard Hughes continues his history of Oakmont...
- 9/20/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Feature Michael Noble 19 Sep 2013 - 07:00
Michael talks us through some of the historical background to superb new BBC Two drama, Peaky Blinders...
Grace, whatever it is, it’s on the house - Harry
That name. Oh dear. It sounds like the name of a music hall revivalist troupe treading the boards at Edinburgh. Possibly internet slang for some hideous sexual practice, the precise mechanics of which shall remain unexplored for the purposes of this article. But a violent gang? It’s hardly the Crips or the Bloods. It’s barely the Scooby Gang. It is, however, 100% accurate. And sinister. Peaky Blinders was the name to real Birmingham gang members of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Not so much an actual gang as a rubric name (Philip Gooderson, author of The Gangs of Birmingham describes it as being akin to the modern usage of ‘chav’), it derives from...
Michael talks us through some of the historical background to superb new BBC Two drama, Peaky Blinders...
Grace, whatever it is, it’s on the house - Harry
That name. Oh dear. It sounds like the name of a music hall revivalist troupe treading the boards at Edinburgh. Possibly internet slang for some hideous sexual practice, the precise mechanics of which shall remain unexplored for the purposes of this article. But a violent gang? It’s hardly the Crips or the Bloods. It’s barely the Scooby Gang. It is, however, 100% accurate. And sinister. Peaky Blinders was the name to real Birmingham gang members of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Not so much an actual gang as a rubric name (Philip Gooderson, author of The Gangs of Birmingham describes it as being akin to the modern usage of ‘chav’), it derives from...
- 9/18/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Browse all the sections of the 57th London Film Festival (Oct 9-20) including the galas, competition titles and individual sections.
Alphabetical list of titles by section including feature premiere status
Wp = Wp
Ep = European Premiere
IP = International Premiere
UK = UK Premiere
Gala’s
Opening Night
Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass (Us) Ep
Closing Night
Saving Mr Banks, John Lee Hancock (Us/UK) Ep
Philomena, Stephen Frears (UK) UK12 Years A Slave, Steve Mcqueen (UK) EPGravity, Alfonso Cuaron (Us) UKInside Llewyn Davis, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (Us) UKLabor Day, Jason Reitman (Us) EPThe Invisible Woman, Ralph Fiennes (UK), EPThe Epic Of Everest, John Noel (UK) WPBlue Is The Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche (France) UKNight Moves, Kelly Reichardt (Us) UKStranger By The Lake, Alain Guiraudie (France) UKDon Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Us) UKMystery Road, Ivan Sen (Australia) UKOnly Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch (Us) UKNebraska, Alexander Payne (Us) UKWe Are The Best!, Lukas Moodysson (Sweden) EPFoosball 3D, Juan Jose Campanella (Argentina...
Alphabetical list of titles by section including feature premiere status
Wp = Wp
Ep = European Premiere
IP = International Premiere
UK = UK Premiere
Gala’s
Opening Night
Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass (Us) Ep
Closing Night
Saving Mr Banks, John Lee Hancock (Us/UK) Ep
Philomena, Stephen Frears (UK) UK12 Years A Slave, Steve Mcqueen (UK) EPGravity, Alfonso Cuaron (Us) UKInside Llewyn Davis, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (Us) UKLabor Day, Jason Reitman (Us) EPThe Invisible Woman, Ralph Fiennes (UK), EPThe Epic Of Everest, John Noel (UK) WPBlue Is The Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche (France) UKNight Moves, Kelly Reichardt (Us) UKStranger By The Lake, Alain Guiraudie (France) UKDon Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Us) UKMystery Road, Ivan Sen (Australia) UKOnly Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch (Us) UKNebraska, Alexander Payne (Us) UKWe Are The Best!, Lukas Moodysson (Sweden) EPFoosball 3D, Juan Jose Campanella (Argentina...
- 9/4/2013
- ScreenDaily
Hugh Hudson is perhaps best known as the director of the critically acclaimed 1981 film Chariots of Fire. Philip French's reassessment of his 1985 film Revolution prompted Hudson to include his review in a booklet accompanying its DVD release in 2008. French stated: "Revolution was misunderstood and unjustly treated on its first appearance 20 years ago. Seeing it again in the director's slightly revised version, it now strikes me as a masterpiece – profound, poetic and original."
The thing about Philip is that he is a very truthful, very fair journalist who considers carefully what he writes, unlike many film critics who are inclined to be very hurried in their assessment, often acting like lobbyists. He never had his pet hates or favourites. I'll never forget Ken Russell on TV whacking Evening Standard critic Alex Walker on the head with his own rolled-up paper, for calling his film The Devils "monstrously indecent"!
Typical of Philip's...
The thing about Philip is that he is a very truthful, very fair journalist who considers carefully what he writes, unlike many film critics who are inclined to be very hurried in their assessment, often acting like lobbyists. He never had his pet hates or favourites. I'll never forget Ken Russell on TV whacking Evening Standard critic Alex Walker on the head with his own rolled-up paper, for calling his film The Devils "monstrously indecent"!
Typical of Philip's...
- 8/24/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Combining epic scope with the intrigue of a small-town drama comes Defiance: Season One, the critically acclaimed action-packed tale of courage and survival. Defiance: Season One will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD, each with Digital including Ultraviolet™ with collectible lenticular packaging for a limited time only on October 15, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Defiance: Season One is the first-ever convergence of television and a multi-platform video game, featuring an interconnected world between the two mediums as they evolve together into one overall story. It's 2046 and over 30 years have passed since aliens arrived, changing life on Earth forever. In the frontier town of Defiance, a drifter-turned-lawkeeper, Nolan (Grant Bowler, True Blood) and Mayor Rosewater (Julie Benz, Dexter) attempt to lead the human and alien residents through the prejudices and politics that threaten the fragile peace they've fought for. Watch every riveting episode back to back and uninterrupted,...
Defiance: Season One is the first-ever convergence of television and a multi-platform video game, featuring an interconnected world between the two mediums as they evolve together into one overall story. It's 2046 and over 30 years have passed since aliens arrived, changing life on Earth forever. In the frontier town of Defiance, a drifter-turned-lawkeeper, Nolan (Grant Bowler, True Blood) and Mayor Rosewater (Julie Benz, Dexter) attempt to lead the human and alien residents through the prejudices and politics that threaten the fragile peace they've fought for. Watch every riveting episode back to back and uninterrupted,...
- 7/25/2013
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
How high are the stakes in the "Hunger Games" sequel? As David Bowie once sang, "It's no game."
Hot on the heels of the Lionsgate panel at the San Diego Comic-Con comes the official second trailer to one of the upcoming holiday season's most anticipated releases, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." It's a remarkable improvement over the first trailer, which failed to distinguish this bigger and much darker story from the first movie — indeed, until today, "Catching Fire" looked exactly like "The Hunger Games," except now with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The new trailer is Katniss-centric, as we open with her embracing her little sister Primrose (whom is apparently finally too old to be referred to as "Little Duck") before she's plunged into the whirlwind that is the Victory Tour across Panem, where she and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson, seemingly reduced to a mere sidekick) become a symbol of the People's Revolution...
Hot on the heels of the Lionsgate panel at the San Diego Comic-Con comes the official second trailer to one of the upcoming holiday season's most anticipated releases, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." It's a remarkable improvement over the first trailer, which failed to distinguish this bigger and much darker story from the first movie — indeed, until today, "Catching Fire" looked exactly like "The Hunger Games," except now with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The new trailer is Katniss-centric, as we open with her embracing her little sister Primrose (whom is apparently finally too old to be referred to as "Little Duck") before she's plunged into the whirlwind that is the Victory Tour across Panem, where she and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson, seemingly reduced to a mere sidekick) become a symbol of the People's Revolution...
- 7/20/2013
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival wrapped in Monaco tonight with the Golden Nymph Awards handed out at the Grimaldi Forum. Hungarian coming-of-age TV movie Aglaja, directed by Krisztina Deák, was the big winner with four prizes. Breaking Bad, Modern Family, Borgen and Fresh Meat were also singled out. The festival has been attracting an increasing number of high-profile talent to the principality with cast members and execs in attendance this year from such shows as The Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Crossing Lines, Dallas, Grimm, Hatfields & McCoys, Once Upon A Time, Revenge, Revolution and Scandal. Donald Sutherland received a Crystal Nymph Award earlier this week. Below is the full list of tonight’s winners for excellence in international television: TV Movies Best Television Film Aglaja M-rtl Zrt, Hungary Outstanding Director Krisztina Deák, Aglaja M-rtl Zrt, Hungary Outstanding Actor Arsher Ali, Complicit Many Rivers Films, UK Outstanding Actress Eszter Ónodi, Aglaja M-rtl Zrt,...
- 6/13/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Plus NBC names the new Late Night host, will Dan Harmon return to Community and does the How I Met Your Mother finale include a big reveal? News
Did I say this time of the year is my Christmas? Scratch that, it’s Thanksgiving before I learned to take tiny portions the first time around and wait twenty minutes before getting more. I am in whatever you’d call the TV industry junkie version of a tryptophan coma. There’s a whole lof of news and hopefully I’ve managed to take Instagram pictures of all all the interesting dishes.
NBC announced its fall schedule with Parenthood moving to Thursday, James Spader procedural The Blacklist getting the post-Voice slot and a pair of thrillers (Dracula and the pirate drama Crossbones) set to follow Grimm on Friday nights. Vulture‘s Josef Adalian notes that the network seems to be lurching towards the mainstream,...
Did I say this time of the year is my Christmas? Scratch that, it’s Thanksgiving before I learned to take tiny portions the first time around and wait twenty minutes before getting more. I am in whatever you’d call the TV industry junkie version of a tryptophan coma. There’s a whole lof of news and hopefully I’ve managed to take Instagram pictures of all all the interesting dishes.
NBC announced its fall schedule with Parenthood moving to Thursday, James Spader procedural The Blacklist getting the post-Voice slot and a pair of thrillers (Dracula and the pirate drama Crossbones) set to follow Grimm on Friday nights. Vulture‘s Josef Adalian notes that the network seems to be lurching towards the mainstream,...
- 5/13/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Action and intrigue are promised every time you tune in to SyFy’s Defiance. We hope you’re enjoying Rockne S. O’Bannon’s series, which he executive produces with Kevin Murphy
and Michael Taylor because we hear a second season is very likely.
“New Earth. New Rules.” That’s the tagline for this fresh series. Will you join the fight? Here’s the set up. The year is 2046, just thirty years after a whole slew of different alien races arrived on Earth. The landscape of the planet we once knew has completely changed, thanks to terraforming efforts.
This takes us to the town of Defiance, sitting where St. Louis used to be. Enter Nolan, acted by Grant Bowler, and his associate, Irisa, acted by Stephanie Leonidas. They settle in Defiance and meet the residents, Julie Benze acting as the mayor, Amanda Rosewater , the powerful Rafe McCawley. acted by Graham Greene,...
and Michael Taylor because we hear a second season is very likely.
“New Earth. New Rules.” That’s the tagline for this fresh series. Will you join the fight? Here’s the set up. The year is 2046, just thirty years after a whole slew of different alien races arrived on Earth. The landscape of the planet we once knew has completely changed, thanks to terraforming efforts.
This takes us to the town of Defiance, sitting where St. Louis used to be. Enter Nolan, acted by Grant Bowler, and his associate, Irisa, acted by Stephanie Leonidas. They settle in Defiance and meet the residents, Julie Benze acting as the mayor, Amanda Rosewater , the powerful Rafe McCawley. acted by Graham Greene,...
- 4/30/2013
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
Can’t we all just get along?
That question is raised by Syfy’s Defiance, premiering Monday at 9/8c and presenting a 2046 Earth that has received an extreme makeover via terraforming and the colonization by seven alien races (collectively dubbed Votans).
The title refers to the St. Louis-adjacent town where humans coexist alongside milky-skinned and aristocratic Castithans (fronted by Tony Curran and Warehouse 13′s Jaime Murray as Datak and Stahma Tarr), Steampunky Irathients, bulging Biomen, the vicious Volge and other species.
Video | Syfy’s Defiance Explores a ‘Brave’ New World
Julie Benz (Dexter, Angel) plays Amanda Rosewater, the newly...
That question is raised by Syfy’s Defiance, premiering Monday at 9/8c and presenting a 2046 Earth that has received an extreme makeover via terraforming and the colonization by seven alien races (collectively dubbed Votans).
The title refers to the St. Louis-adjacent town where humans coexist alongside milky-skinned and aristocratic Castithans (fronted by Tony Curran and Warehouse 13′s Jaime Murray as Datak and Stahma Tarr), Steampunky Irathients, bulging Biomen, the vicious Volge and other species.
Video | Syfy’s Defiance Explores a ‘Brave’ New World
Julie Benz (Dexter, Angel) plays Amanda Rosewater, the newly...
- 4/14/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
We’ve been telling you about the TV series/Mmo video game crossover Defiance since it was first announced at E3 in 2011. We’ve been watching the show and the game take shape in the intervening months, and now finally the launch of the game and the premiere of the series are less than one month away.
SciFiMafia.com attended a set tour and press conference a few months ago and we have chosen a sampling from the sheer tonnage of pics taken to share with you, to accompany this first Making Of featurette of the game and series and the newest trailer for the series and TV spot for the game. Watch for additional featurettes and pics for the series and for the game, as well as a review of the series premiere and an interview with the series showrunner and a Trion VP, in the coming days.
Trailer:...
SciFiMafia.com attended a set tour and press conference a few months ago and we have chosen a sampling from the sheer tonnage of pics taken to share with you, to accompany this first Making Of featurette of the game and series and the newest trailer for the series and TV spot for the game. Watch for additional featurettes and pics for the series and for the game, as well as a review of the series premiere and an interview with the series showrunner and a Trion VP, in the coming days.
Trailer:...
- 3/27/2013
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Warner Bros. has reportedly closed on a deal to adapt Nathaniel Philbrick's upcoming book Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution with Ben Affleck tagged to possibly direct. Affleck will send the book to screenwriter Chris Terrio (Argo) which marks it as a substantial project moving forward. Affleck is currently busy adapting the Dennis Lehane novel Live By Night which he'll direct, produce and star in. Hit the jump for more on Bunker Hill. Deadline reports on WB's acquisition of Bunker Hill with Affleck possibly directing. Author Philbrick is the man behind the pen of In the Heart of the Sea, which has an adaptation set up for Ron Howard to direct and possibly star Chris Hemsworth. Bunker Hill will take Affleck back to New England to tell the story of the bloody clash between American colonists and British troops that united the colonies in their war for independence.
- 3/18/2013
- by Dave Trumbore
- Collider.com
Exclusive: Warner Bros has just closed a high six-figure against seven-figure deal for screen rights to Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution, a book by Nathaniel Philbrick that will be published April 30 by Viking. The project was acquired for Pearl Street Films as a potential directing vehicle for Argo helmer Ben Affleck, who partners in the company with Matt Damon. Word is that Affleck (who is busy adapting the Dennis Lehane novel Live By Night to direct, star in and produce) will turn the book over to his Argo scribe Chris Terrio, making this a major project. Philbrick is the author of Mayflower and the National Book Award-winning In The Heart Of The Sea, the real story beyond the white whale that informed Moby Dick, and the struggle of the whalers to survive after the giant whale split their ship in half. That book has long been at...
- 3/18/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
It.s that time again, continuing our yearly tradition of compiling my best of the best interviews and review stand-ups of 2012. From .The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. to .Les Miserables,. I compiled the very best of my reviews, celebrity interviews, and movie specials.
This is a showcase of what I.ve done in 2012 . and with positive energy from the universe, I hope to continue doing what I love in 2013!
So here it is, my 2012 .best of. reel, or as we like to call it, Mtmg version 6.0!
Here's a breakdown of what you saw on my reel:
.Man On A Ledge. Movie Review
.Madagascar 3. Movie Review
.Magic Mike. Movie Review
Matthew McConaughey And Channing Tatum Interview For .Magic Mike.
.Moonrise Kingdom. Interview With Director Wes Anderson
.Ice Age: Continental Drift. Movie Review
.The Dark Knight Rises. Movie Review
.Step Up Revolution. Movie Review
.Anna Karenina. Interview With Matthew MacFadyen
.Les...
This is a showcase of what I.ve done in 2012 . and with positive energy from the universe, I hope to continue doing what I love in 2013!
So here it is, my 2012 .best of. reel, or as we like to call it, Mtmg version 6.0!
Here's a breakdown of what you saw on my reel:
.Man On A Ledge. Movie Review
.Madagascar 3. Movie Review
.Magic Mike. Movie Review
Matthew McConaughey And Channing Tatum Interview For .Magic Mike.
.Moonrise Kingdom. Interview With Director Wes Anderson
.Ice Age: Continental Drift. Movie Review
.The Dark Knight Rises. Movie Review
.Step Up Revolution. Movie Review
.Anna Karenina. Interview With Matthew MacFadyen
.Les...
- 1/23/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
It’s January, time for some TV pageantry. I’m not talking about beauty pageant pro Honey Boo Boo’s Sunday return to TV with several specials on TLC, but rather about the semi-annual tradition known as Television Critics Association press tour, which starts today in Pasadena. The two-week affair features broadcast and cable networks touting their upcoming shows. Increasingly, hit series make repeat appearances alongside newbies. This time around, that includes NBC’s Revolution and Grimm, ABC’s Shark Tank and CBS’ Elementary (tied to the freshman’s post-Super Bowl episode). For the casts and producers of Revolution and Elementary, this marks the second consecutive TCA press tour after first facing the critics in July. Also returning to TCA after a decade-long break is Arrested Development, which has been revived by Netflix. Below is a basic schedule for the tour, which kicks off with a packed lineup that includes...
- 1/4/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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The Invisible War written and directed by Kirby Dick
The Invisible War is a documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem— the film claims that today a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. The filmmakers’ state that the Department of Defense estimates there were 22,800 violent sex crimes in the military in 2011, that 20% of all active‐duty female soldiers are sexually assaulted and that female soldiers aged 18 to 21 account for more than half of the victims.
Focusing on the powerfully emotional stories of rape victims, The Invisible War suggests a systemic cover-up of military sex crimes by the military. The film chronicles women’s struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice within and outside the military and features interviews with high-ranking military officials and members of Congress that reveal the conditions that exist for rape in the military, its long history, and suggests what can be done to bring about much-needed change.
Oscar and Emmy nominated director Kirby Dick (Outrage, This Film Is Not Yet Rated), found the inspiration for The Invisible War from a 2007 Salon.com article about women serving in Iraq entitled “The Private War of Women Soldiers,” by Columbia University journalism professor Helen Benedict. When Dick and Emmy-nominated producing partner Amy Ziering (Outrage) read Benedict's piece, they were astounded by the prevalence of sexual assault in the military.
This film is beautifully made, shot, directed and produced. It is one of the strongest films of the year. It shows that rape and other sexually based harassment seems to be wide spread in our military and that the military is unwilling to adjust its culture to effect the necessary change to provide a safe work environment for all of its members. The filmmakers make excellent choices in terms of who they interview, whose stories they tell. This is a strong advocacy film that can make a difference and start pushing the civilians who control our military to demand to make the necessary changes to protect the men and women who serve from each other. Frankly, it has to have a zero tolerance for any kind of harassment. With the striking of “don’t ask, don’t tell” the armed services are on their way to addressing this. The film was short listed for the documentary feature Academy Award.
Credits:
Director/Writer: Kirby Dick
Producers: Amy Ziering, Tanner King Barklow
Cinematography: Thaddeus Wadleigh, Kirsten Johnson
Music Supervisor: Dondi Bastone, Gary Calamar/Go
Editor, Associate Producer: Doug Blush
Executive Producer for Itvs: Sally Jo Fifer Cinedigm and Docurama Films
Revolution Reykjavík a short film by Isold Uggadottir
Gudfinna, a successful 58-year old mid-level employee of the Icelandic bank Landsbankinn, finds herself a victim of the economic failure, not only losing her job, but her lifesavings as well. Proud and independent, she struggles to shield her dire circumstances from her family members and friends. But as tensions in Icelandic society grow, so does her inner turmoil. She finds that she cannot deal with her increasingly desperate financial concerns and her ideas of self-worth. Slowly, Gudfinna, much like the Icelandic economy, finds herself metamorphosed into the utterly helpless being she never could have foreseen becoming.
Revolution Reykjavík is one of the outstanding short films of the 2011/12 year. One of the few works to screen at both New Directors and Telluride and dozens of other festivals, it is evident that Isold Uggadottir, while not yet a known name as a director, is tremendously talented. Watching Gudfinna fall apart is deeply moving. Her inner struggles are evident by the nuanced direction of a subtle performance. The film is nicely shot, edited and at 19 minutes it becomes a metaphor for the 2008 Icelandic banking disaster that wiped out tens of thousands of Icelanders and three of the major banks. It caused thousands of people to lose their jobs and created a political crisis for the country. Few portfolio works try for nuanced and subtle performances but are in-your-face testosterone fueled action works. This film is a keeper.
Director/ Writer’s Bio:
Isold Uggadottir is an Icelandic writer/director. Her four short films have been invited to over 120 international film festivals, including Telluride, Sundance and New Directors/New Films hosted by Lincoln Center & MoMA. Two of her films (Clean and Committed) have been honored with Icelandic Academy Awards for Best Short Film in 2010 and 2011, while Revolution Reykjavík and Family Reunion received nominations in 2012 and 2006. Additionally, Isold has received multiple international awards, most recently in Spain and Greece.
Isold holds an Mfa in writing and directing from Columbia University in New York, where she was honored with the Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director. Screen International named her “one of the rising stars of Icelandic film.”
Credits:
Written and Directed: Isold Uggadottir
Producers: Snorri Thórisson, Isold Uggadottir
Director of Photography: Óskar Thór Axelsson
Editor: Isold Uggadottir
Academy announces 11 short films shortlisted for the Short Film Nomination
Because of a voting tie the Academy short listed 11 dramatic/fiction short films instead of 10. Culled from 125 submitted films, it is perhaps the best group of films entered in the last 30 years. These films range from a thesis work from Columbia’s University’s graduate film program to When You Find Me, directed by Bryce Howard, filmmaker Ron Howard’s 31 year old daughter, to the Danish 61 year old director Anders Walther with short film Oscar winner (and nominee) producer Tivi Magnusson for 9 Meter.
Following screenings in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December, Branch members will select three to five nominees from among the 11 semi-finalists. It will be challenging for the committees to find the five best in this really impressive group of films. It is an embarrassment of solid filmmaking from a global group of filmmakers. Please note: I have not seen two of the short listed films and I am relying on others for their synopses to be accurate.
Below is an alphabetical listing of the short listed films, the key filmmakers, the country of production and a link to a clip. Take a look and make up your own mind:
A Fábrica (The Factory), Aly Muritiba, director (Grafo Audiovisual)
“An inmate convinces his mother to take a risk smuggling a cell phone for him into the penitentiary.
Length: 15 min.
Language: Portuguese
Country: Brazil
“Asad,” Bryan Buckley, director, and Mino Jarjoura, producer (Hungry Man)
A Somali boy must choose either the life of a pirate or that of a fisherman
Length: 17 min.
Language: Somali with English subtitles.
Country: USA
“Buzkashi Boys,” Sam French, director, and Ariel Nasr, producer (Afghan Film Project)
Two young boys dream of a better life. One is without parents and the other the father wants him to follow into his blacksmithing.
Length: 30 min.
Language: Pashto
Country: Afghanistan, USA Production
“Curfew,” Shawn Christensen, director (Fuzzy Logic Pictures)
A suicidal New Yorker, Richie’s attempt to end his life is interrupted by a call from his estranged sister asking him to babysit his niece for the evening.
Length: 20 min
Language: English
Country: USA
“Death of a Shadow” (Dood van een Schaduw),” Tom Van Avermaet, director, and Ellen De Waele, producer(Serendipity Films)
This highly produced sci-fi fantasy work is about a dead Wwi soldier stuck in the limbo between life and death who has to collect shadows to regain a second chance at life.
Length: 20 min.
Language: German
Country: Belgium
“Henry,” Yan England, director (Yan England) Henry, a concert pianist, has his life thrown into turmoil the day the love of his life mysteriously disappears. (Confession, I have not seen this film.)
Length: 21 min.
Language: English
Country: Canadian
“Kiruna-Kigali,” Goran Kapetanovic, director (Hepp Film Ab)
This tour‐de‐force Swedish short begins in a mist of frost and snow. A woman is driving to the hospital in Kiruna, the northernmost city of Sweden. Under the scorching sunlight of Kigali, Rwanda,another woman is being carried to the hospital on a stretcher. The two single mothers‐to‐be are on the verge of giving birth to a baby are thousands of miles apart, but share the same fear of entering the unknown world of motherhood. I think this is the film to beat.
Length: 15 min.
Language: Swedish/ Kinyarwanda
Country: Swedish/Rwanda
“The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars,” Silvia Bizio and Paola Porrini Bisson, producers (Oh! Pen LLC)
The story of Matteo (Enrico Lo Verso), a passionate mountain climber, and Sonia (Nastassja Kinski), a married woman, also in love with mountain, as they set out to climb a peak on the Dolomites, in Trentino, Italy. (Confession, I have not seen this film.)
Length: 24 min.
Language: English
Country: USA
“9 meter,” Anders Walther, director, and Tivi Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions A/S)
A boy tries to set a new record in the long jump as his mother fights her illness. (Confession, I have not seen this film.)
Length: 18 min.
Language: Danish
Country: Danish
“Salar,” Nicholas Greene, director, and Julie Buck, producer (Nicholas Greene)
In an isolated Bolivian village, on the edge of the vast Uyuni salt flats, two lives collide. This powerful film is my favorite of the 11 short listed films.
Length: 18 min.
Language: English
Country: USA
“When you find me,” Ron Howard, executive producer, and Bryce Dallas Howard, director (Freestyle Production Company)
This Cannon sponsored film looks at the story of two sisters whose childhood bond is tested by a tragedy that they were too young to understand at the time.
Length: 29 min.
Language: English
Country: USA
Mitchell Block specializes in conceiving, producing, marketing & distributing independent features & consulting. He is an expert in placing both completed works into distribution & working with producers to make projects fundable. He conducts regular workshops in film producing in Los Angeles and most recently in Maine, Russia and in Myanmar (Burma).
"Poster Girl," produced by Block was nominated for a Documentary Academy Award and selected by the Ida as the "Best" Doc Short 2011. It was also nominated for two Emmy Awards and aired on HBO. He is an executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning PBS series "Carrier,” a 10-hour series that he conceived & co-created. Block is a graduate of Tisch School and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Television Academy, a founding member of BAFTA-la and has been teaching at USC School of Cinematic Arts since 1979. Currently Block teaches a required class in the USC Peter Stark Producing Program.
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The Invisible War written and directed by Kirby Dick
The Invisible War is a documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem— the film claims that today a female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. The filmmakers’ state that the Department of Defense estimates there were 22,800 violent sex crimes in the military in 2011, that 20% of all active‐duty female soldiers are sexually assaulted and that female soldiers aged 18 to 21 account for more than half of the victims.
Focusing on the powerfully emotional stories of rape victims, The Invisible War suggests a systemic cover-up of military sex crimes by the military. The film chronicles women’s struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice within and outside the military and features interviews with high-ranking military officials and members of Congress that reveal the conditions that exist for rape in the military, its long history, and suggests what can be done to bring about much-needed change.
Oscar and Emmy nominated director Kirby Dick (Outrage, This Film Is Not Yet Rated), found the inspiration for The Invisible War from a 2007 Salon.com article about women serving in Iraq entitled “The Private War of Women Soldiers,” by Columbia University journalism professor Helen Benedict. When Dick and Emmy-nominated producing partner Amy Ziering (Outrage) read Benedict's piece, they were astounded by the prevalence of sexual assault in the military.
This film is beautifully made, shot, directed and produced. It is one of the strongest films of the year. It shows that rape and other sexually based harassment seems to be wide spread in our military and that the military is unwilling to adjust its culture to effect the necessary change to provide a safe work environment for all of its members. The filmmakers make excellent choices in terms of who they interview, whose stories they tell. This is a strong advocacy film that can make a difference and start pushing the civilians who control our military to demand to make the necessary changes to protect the men and women who serve from each other. Frankly, it has to have a zero tolerance for any kind of harassment. With the striking of “don’t ask, don’t tell” the armed services are on their way to addressing this. The film was short listed for the documentary feature Academy Award.
Credits:
Director/Writer: Kirby Dick
Producers: Amy Ziering, Tanner King Barklow
Cinematography: Thaddeus Wadleigh, Kirsten Johnson
Music Supervisor: Dondi Bastone, Gary Calamar/Go
Editor, Associate Producer: Doug Blush
Executive Producer for Itvs: Sally Jo Fifer Cinedigm and Docurama Films
Revolution Reykjavík a short film by Isold Uggadottir
Gudfinna, a successful 58-year old mid-level employee of the Icelandic bank Landsbankinn, finds herself a victim of the economic failure, not only losing her job, but her lifesavings as well. Proud and independent, she struggles to shield her dire circumstances from her family members and friends. But as tensions in Icelandic society grow, so does her inner turmoil. She finds that she cannot deal with her increasingly desperate financial concerns and her ideas of self-worth. Slowly, Gudfinna, much like the Icelandic economy, finds herself metamorphosed into the utterly helpless being she never could have foreseen becoming.
Revolution Reykjavík is one of the outstanding short films of the 2011/12 year. One of the few works to screen at both New Directors and Telluride and dozens of other festivals, it is evident that Isold Uggadottir, while not yet a known name as a director, is tremendously talented. Watching Gudfinna fall apart is deeply moving. Her inner struggles are evident by the nuanced direction of a subtle performance. The film is nicely shot, edited and at 19 minutes it becomes a metaphor for the 2008 Icelandic banking disaster that wiped out tens of thousands of Icelanders and three of the major banks. It caused thousands of people to lose their jobs and created a political crisis for the country. Few portfolio works try for nuanced and subtle performances but are in-your-face testosterone fueled action works. This film is a keeper.
Director/ Writer’s Bio:
Isold Uggadottir is an Icelandic writer/director. Her four short films have been invited to over 120 international film festivals, including Telluride, Sundance and New Directors/New Films hosted by Lincoln Center & MoMA. Two of her films (Clean and Committed) have been honored with Icelandic Academy Awards for Best Short Film in 2010 and 2011, while Revolution Reykjavík and Family Reunion received nominations in 2012 and 2006. Additionally, Isold has received multiple international awards, most recently in Spain and Greece.
Isold holds an Mfa in writing and directing from Columbia University in New York, where she was honored with the Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director. Screen International named her “one of the rising stars of Icelandic film.”
Credits:
Written and Directed: Isold Uggadottir
Producers: Snorri Thórisson, Isold Uggadottir
Director of Photography: Óskar Thór Axelsson
Editor: Isold Uggadottir
Academy announces 11 short films shortlisted for the Short Film Nomination
Because of a voting tie the Academy short listed 11 dramatic/fiction short films instead of 10. Culled from 125 submitted films, it is perhaps the best group of films entered in the last 30 years. These films range from a thesis work from Columbia’s University’s graduate film program to When You Find Me, directed by Bryce Howard, filmmaker Ron Howard’s 31 year old daughter, to the Danish 61 year old director Anders Walther with short film Oscar winner (and nominee) producer Tivi Magnusson for 9 Meter.
Following screenings in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December, Branch members will select three to five nominees from among the 11 semi-finalists. It will be challenging for the committees to find the five best in this really impressive group of films. It is an embarrassment of solid filmmaking from a global group of filmmakers. Please note: I have not seen two of the short listed films and I am relying on others for their synopses to be accurate.
Below is an alphabetical listing of the short listed films, the key filmmakers, the country of production and a link to a clip. Take a look and make up your own mind:
A Fábrica (The Factory), Aly Muritiba, director (Grafo Audiovisual)
“An inmate convinces his mother to take a risk smuggling a cell phone for him into the penitentiary.
Length: 15 min.
Language: Portuguese
Country: Brazil
“Asad,” Bryan Buckley, director, and Mino Jarjoura, producer (Hungry Man)
A Somali boy must choose either the life of a pirate or that of a fisherman
Length: 17 min.
Language: Somali with English subtitles.
Country: USA
“Buzkashi Boys,” Sam French, director, and Ariel Nasr, producer (Afghan Film Project)
Two young boys dream of a better life. One is without parents and the other the father wants him to follow into his blacksmithing.
Length: 30 min.
Language: Pashto
Country: Afghanistan, USA Production
“Curfew,” Shawn Christensen, director (Fuzzy Logic Pictures)
A suicidal New Yorker, Richie’s attempt to end his life is interrupted by a call from his estranged sister asking him to babysit his niece for the evening.
Length: 20 min
Language: English
Country: USA
“Death of a Shadow” (Dood van een Schaduw),” Tom Van Avermaet, director, and Ellen De Waele, producer(Serendipity Films)
This highly produced sci-fi fantasy work is about a dead Wwi soldier stuck in the limbo between life and death who has to collect shadows to regain a second chance at life.
Length: 20 min.
Language: German
Country: Belgium
“Henry,” Yan England, director (Yan England) Henry, a concert pianist, has his life thrown into turmoil the day the love of his life mysteriously disappears. (Confession, I have not seen this film.)
Length: 21 min.
Language: English
Country: Canadian
“Kiruna-Kigali,” Goran Kapetanovic, director (Hepp Film Ab)
This tour‐de‐force Swedish short begins in a mist of frost and snow. A woman is driving to the hospital in Kiruna, the northernmost city of Sweden. Under the scorching sunlight of Kigali, Rwanda,another woman is being carried to the hospital on a stretcher. The two single mothers‐to‐be are on the verge of giving birth to a baby are thousands of miles apart, but share the same fear of entering the unknown world of motherhood. I think this is the film to beat.
Length: 15 min.
Language: Swedish/ Kinyarwanda
Country: Swedish/Rwanda
“The Night Shift Belongs to the Stars,” Silvia Bizio and Paola Porrini Bisson, producers (Oh! Pen LLC)
The story of Matteo (Enrico Lo Verso), a passionate mountain climber, and Sonia (Nastassja Kinski), a married woman, also in love with mountain, as they set out to climb a peak on the Dolomites, in Trentino, Italy. (Confession, I have not seen this film.)
Length: 24 min.
Language: English
Country: USA
“9 meter,” Anders Walther, director, and Tivi Magnusson, producer (M & M Productions A/S)
A boy tries to set a new record in the long jump as his mother fights her illness. (Confession, I have not seen this film.)
Length: 18 min.
Language: Danish
Country: Danish
“Salar,” Nicholas Greene, director, and Julie Buck, producer (Nicholas Greene)
In an isolated Bolivian village, on the edge of the vast Uyuni salt flats, two lives collide. This powerful film is my favorite of the 11 short listed films.
Length: 18 min.
Language: English
Country: USA
“When you find me,” Ron Howard, executive producer, and Bryce Dallas Howard, director (Freestyle Production Company)
This Cannon sponsored film looks at the story of two sisters whose childhood bond is tested by a tragedy that they were too young to understand at the time.
Length: 29 min.
Language: English
Country: USA
Mitchell Block specializes in conceiving, producing, marketing & distributing independent features & consulting. He is an expert in placing both completed works into distribution & working with producers to make projects fundable. He conducts regular workshops in film producing in Los Angeles and most recently in Maine, Russia and in Myanmar (Burma).
"Poster Girl," produced by Block was nominated for a Documentary Academy Award and selected by the Ida as the "Best" Doc Short 2011. It was also nominated for two Emmy Awards and aired on HBO. He is an executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning PBS series "Carrier,” a 10-hour series that he conceived & co-created. Block is a graduate of Tisch School and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Television Academy, a founding member of BAFTA-la and has been teaching at USC School of Cinematic Arts since 1979. Currently Block teaches a required class in the USC Peter Stark Producing Program.
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- 12/20/2012
- by Mitchell Block
- Sydney's Buzz
Odd List Robert Keeling Dec 20, 2012
We delve back into more than a century of A Christmas Carol movies to find the best and worst adaptations of Dickens' festive tale...
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the classic story of a time travelling pensioner who sees dead people, is a festive fairytale which has itself become part of Christmas folklore. In terms of favourite Christmas tales, Rudolph and Frosty may wrap up the children's vote, but for most people, it's Dickens’ seminal work which would get the nod.
The story was written by Dickens in order to tackle the relatively new issue of urban poverty, and in particular the growing underclass of impoverished townsfolk produced by the Industrial Revolution. With the rapid shift away from conventional farming and trade practices, and with the rise in new technological advancements, many people were suddenly without work and without the necessary skills to find a job.
We delve back into more than a century of A Christmas Carol movies to find the best and worst adaptations of Dickens' festive tale...
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the classic story of a time travelling pensioner who sees dead people, is a festive fairytale which has itself become part of Christmas folklore. In terms of favourite Christmas tales, Rudolph and Frosty may wrap up the children's vote, but for most people, it's Dickens’ seminal work which would get the nod.
The story was written by Dickens in order to tackle the relatively new issue of urban poverty, and in particular the growing underclass of impoverished townsfolk produced by the Industrial Revolution. With the rapid shift away from conventional farming and trade practices, and with the rise in new technological advancements, many people were suddenly without work and without the necessary skills to find a job.
- 12/19/2012
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Day three of the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival promises more great films and an appearance at the Hi-Pointe by director Joe Dante. And there are still 8 days to go!
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Saturday, November 10th
Director Jennifer Lynch
A Fall From Grace Program is at 11:00 am at the Tivoli Theatre – A Free Event Sliff guest Jennifer Lynch (Chained.) has plans to shoot her next film, A Fall from Grace, in St. Louis. Post-Dispatch film critic Joe Williams leads a...
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Saturday, November 10th
Director Jennifer Lynch
A Fall From Grace Program is at 11:00 am at the Tivoli Theatre – A Free Event Sliff guest Jennifer Lynch (Chained.) has plans to shoot her next film, A Fall from Grace, in St. Louis. Post-Dispatch film critic Joe Williams leads a...
- 11/10/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Raindance have just announced their line-up for their 20th annual film festival. The 2012 festival will, like every year showcase some of the best independent movies that we can expect in the coming year and beyond. Raindance 2012 will take place 26th September to 7th October at the Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus in London. This year we can expect to see 105 features, more than 138 shorts, 64 UK Premieres, 13 International Premieres, 5 European Premieres, 19 World Premieres and 24 Directorial Debuts from 38 countries.
Scroll down to see the full press release as well as all the feature films that will be showing at the festival. To find out more, click here to visit their official site.
Opening the festival on Wednesday 26th September is the International Premiere of Here Comes The Devil a powerful fantasy horror from Mexico. Shot in Tijuana, a married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana.
Scroll down to see the full press release as well as all the feature films that will be showing at the festival. To find out more, click here to visit their official site.
Opening the festival on Wednesday 26th September is the International Premiere of Here Comes The Devil a powerful fantasy horror from Mexico. Shot in Tijuana, a married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana.
- 9/4/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
(Hugh Hudson, 1985, BFI, 12)
After the critical and popular success of Chariots of Fire and Greystoke, Hugh Hudson's career suffered a major setback with the failure of Revolution, his big-budget epic about the American war of independence as experienced by a fur trapper (Al Pacino) forced into military service to protect his son, a middle-class rebel throwing herself into the revolutionary cause (Nastassja Kinski) and a sadistic English sergeant major (Donald Sutherland). While expressing my admiration for its ambition, its designers and some individual scenes, my initial review was generally unfavourable. But when the film appeared on TV in the early 1990s I suggested that "the time is ripe for reappraisal". Seeing Hudson's director's cut, which involved some re-editing, a changed final sequence and, most importantly, the addition of a commentary spoken by the Pacino character, I wrote a reassessment that was published in the programme of the 2008 Dinard British film festival,...
After the critical and popular success of Chariots of Fire and Greystoke, Hugh Hudson's career suffered a major setback with the failure of Revolution, his big-budget epic about the American war of independence as experienced by a fur trapper (Al Pacino) forced into military service to protect his son, a middle-class rebel throwing herself into the revolutionary cause (Nastassja Kinski) and a sadistic English sergeant major (Donald Sutherland). While expressing my admiration for its ambition, its designers and some individual scenes, my initial review was generally unfavourable. But when the film appeared on TV in the early 1990s I suggested that "the time is ripe for reappraisal". Seeing Hudson's director's cut, which involved some re-editing, a changed final sequence and, most importantly, the addition of a commentary spoken by the Pacino character, I wrote a reassessment that was published in the programme of the 2008 Dinard British film festival,...
- 9/1/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Above: Ernie Gehr's Auto-Collider Xv.
The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.
Galas
A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)
Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)
The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)
Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)
Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)
English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)
Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)
Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)
Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)
Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)
Looper (Rian Johnson,...
The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.
Galas
A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)
Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)
The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)
Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)
Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)
English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)
Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)
Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)
Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)
Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)
Looper (Rian Johnson,...
- 8/22/2012
- MUBI
The temptation to pat yourself on the back after making a movie that grossed $650 million worldwide must be overwhelming. At least, that’s the impression you get watching the new two-disc set of The Hunger Games (2012, PG-13, 2 hrs., 22 mins.)
As anyone who’s seen the teen blood-sport adventure knows, director Gary Ross and his trio of young stars (Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth) did a pretty remarkable job of staying true to the spirit of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel and delivering the goods without dumbing things down. They gave the book’s rabid fan base exactly what they...
As anyone who’s seen the teen blood-sport adventure knows, director Gary Ross and his trio of young stars (Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth) did a pretty remarkable job of staying true to the spirit of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel and delivering the goods without dumbing things down. They gave the book’s rabid fan base exactly what they...
- 8/17/2012
- by Chris Nashawaty
- EW - Inside Movies
Last week we got word that E. Roger Mitchell would be portraying District 11 tribute Chaff in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and now we know who's playing his partner, Seeder. Read on for the details, and look for more soon. Just 13 more tributes to go!
The part of Seeder has gone to Maria Howell, an actor, singer, and voiceover artist.
Per The Hunger Games on Facebook, Howell has appeared in Lifetime’s hit shows “Army Wives” and “Drop Dead Diva”, The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries”, Fox’s “Past Life”, and more as well as the acclaimed theatrical release The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock. She now joins the regular cast of the TV series “Revolution,” airing this fall on NBC.
Throughout her singing career, she has shared the musical stage with legendary artists like Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Ray Charles, and Earl Klugh. After a very successful stint in Asia,...
The part of Seeder has gone to Maria Howell, an actor, singer, and voiceover artist.
Per The Hunger Games on Facebook, Howell has appeared in Lifetime’s hit shows “Army Wives” and “Drop Dead Diva”, The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries”, Fox’s “Past Life”, and more as well as the acclaimed theatrical release The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock. She now joins the regular cast of the TV series “Revolution,” airing this fall on NBC.
Throughout her singing career, she has shared the musical stage with legendary artists like Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Ray Charles, and Earl Klugh. After a very successful stint in Asia,...
- 8/13/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Marvel Comics has announced that they will be liquidating a huge selection of hardcover collections to retailers at a fraction of the cost in order to flush their stocks. This was a move that DC Comics also made recently, helping to improve their dollar-per-product-item-in-stock ratio.
You can see the full list of the liquidated hardcover collections below.
5 Ronin Hc Cassaday Cvr
Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Avengers Cover
Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Dm Var Ed X-Men Cvr
Annihilators Hc Garner
Annihilators Hc Young Dm Var Ed
The Art of Spider-Man Classic (Marvel Us)
Astonishing Thor Hc
Astonishing X-Men Gifted Gn Hc W/Motion Comic Dvd
Astonishing X-Men: Monstrous
Avengers, Vol. 2 Hc
Avengers Prime Prem Hc
Avengers Contest Premiere Hc
Avengers: The Origin Hc
Avengers: The Search for She-Hulk Hc
Avengers – West Coast Avengers: Family Ties Hc
Avengers: West Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past
Avengers: West Coast...
You can see the full list of the liquidated hardcover collections below.
5 Ronin Hc Cassaday Cvr
Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Avengers Cover
Agents Of Atlas Vs Premiere Hc Dm Var Ed X-Men Cvr
Annihilators Hc Garner
Annihilators Hc Young Dm Var Ed
The Art of Spider-Man Classic (Marvel Us)
Astonishing Thor Hc
Astonishing X-Men Gifted Gn Hc W/Motion Comic Dvd
Astonishing X-Men: Monstrous
Avengers, Vol. 2 Hc
Avengers Prime Prem Hc
Avengers Contest Premiere Hc
Avengers: The Origin Hc
Avengers: The Search for She-Hulk Hc
Avengers – West Coast Avengers: Family Ties Hc
Avengers: West Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past
Avengers: West Coast...
- 7/30/2012
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Years before the current list of serious box office underachievers were exhaustively debated over for weeks on the blogosphere, notorious über flops like Ishtar and Baron Munchausen were routinely examined and dissected in film publications throughout the land. Another feature which usually factored somewhere towards the top of those lists was 1985’s period epic Revolution.
Rushed through pre-production despite director Hugh Hudson’s insistence that a voice-over was necessary to give focus to the events in the film, it resulted in a huge failure at the time, clearing up (rather unfairly) at that year’s Razzies, and causing heart-broken star Al Pacino to take a cinematic hiatus until 1989’s Sea of Love.
After tirelessly campaigning to have another crack at the film, Hudson was at the BFI last week (with a suitably intrigued audience in attendance) to present Revolution: The Director’s Cut. The film is now out on...
Rushed through pre-production despite director Hugh Hudson’s insistence that a voice-over was necessary to give focus to the events in the film, it resulted in a huge failure at the time, clearing up (rather unfairly) at that year’s Razzies, and causing heart-broken star Al Pacino to take a cinematic hiatus until 1989’s Sea of Love.
After tirelessly campaigning to have another crack at the film, Hudson was at the BFI last week (with a suitably intrigued audience in attendance) to present Revolution: The Director’s Cut. The film is now out on...
- 6/26/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This recut, refurbished version of the story of the American struggle for independence looks and sounds a lot better than the original. But it still features Sid Owen as Al Pacino's son
Director: Hugh Hudson
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: B+
In 1776, the American colonies declared independence from Britain. There followed a fierce and bloody war, which lasted more than eight years.
Reception
When director Hugh Hudson's earlier film Chariots of Fire won four Oscars in 1981, screenwriter Colin Welland famously announced: "The British are coming!" These words are traditionally (and inaccurately) attributed to Patriot rider Paul Revere, who alerted colonial rebels to the British Army's first secret attack in 1775. Two hundred and 10 years later, the British film Revolution was released. For the second time in history, the British found themselves defeated comprehensively by the American revolution. A massive critical and commercial flop on its initial release, Revolution has been...
Director: Hugh Hudson
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: B+
In 1776, the American colonies declared independence from Britain. There followed a fierce and bloody war, which lasted more than eight years.
Reception
When director Hugh Hudson's earlier film Chariots of Fire won four Oscars in 1981, screenwriter Colin Welland famously announced: "The British are coming!" These words are traditionally (and inaccurately) attributed to Patriot rider Paul Revere, who alerted colonial rebels to the British Army's first secret attack in 1775. Two hundred and 10 years later, the British film Revolution was released. For the second time in history, the British found themselves defeated comprehensively by the American revolution. A massive critical and commercial flop on its initial release, Revolution has been...
- 6/21/2012
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
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