Top 10 performances directed by Martin ScorseseTop 10 performances directed by Martin ScorseseShane McNeil1/4/2017 11:30:00 Am
On January 6th 2017, Martin Scorsese's passion project Silence finally hits the big screen.
Based on the Japanese novel by Shûsaku Endô, Silence tells the story of two Jesuit priests who face torture and persecution after traveling to Japan to find their mentor and spread the word of Catholicism. It's bound to be a heavy handed film, and with Scorsese directing, we wouldn't be wrong to expect another masterpiece from the legendary filmmaker.
Here he directs stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson, the three of which look to be Oscar contenders for their performances. While none of them have been nominated by the Golden Globes or the Screen Actors Guild, there's a good chance the very late in the year release of Silence (it plays just in time in New York and Los...
On January 6th 2017, Martin Scorsese's passion project Silence finally hits the big screen.
Based on the Japanese novel by Shûsaku Endô, Silence tells the story of two Jesuit priests who face torture and persecution after traveling to Japan to find their mentor and spread the word of Catholicism. It's bound to be a heavy handed film, and with Scorsese directing, we wouldn't be wrong to expect another masterpiece from the legendary filmmaker.
Here he directs stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson, the three of which look to be Oscar contenders for their performances. While none of them have been nominated by the Golden Globes or the Screen Actors Guild, there's a good chance the very late in the year release of Silence (it plays just in time in New York and Los...
- 1/4/2017
- by Shane McNeil
- Cineplex
“The Color of Money” wasn’t a Martin Scorsese project: iI was a Paul Newman project. The acclaimed actor, an enormous fan of “Raging Bull,” wrote the director a fan letter asking to make a picture based on a 1984 novel by Walter Tevis. The resulting film is one of Scorsese’s most uncharacteristic, framing the story as comeback narrative for Newman’s pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson — though it’s arguable they never really show him leaving the game at all.
The final film lets Newman’s star persona bounce off the power of a rising Tom Cruise in an oddly sweet and optimistic package, one that would finally win Paul Newman his first Oscar in 1987 for Best Actor. A few weeks before the ceremony, Newman sat down with “Film 87” host Russell Harty to talk about that elusive trophy, as well as what it’s like to be Paul Newman...
The final film lets Newman’s star persona bounce off the power of a rising Tom Cruise in an oddly sweet and optimistic package, one that would finally win Paul Newman his first Oscar in 1987 for Best Actor. A few weeks before the ceremony, Newman sat down with “Film 87” host Russell Harty to talk about that elusive trophy, as well as what it’s like to be Paul Newman...
- 6/30/2016
- by Russell Goldman
- Indiewire
Piper Laurie Keeps Her Chin Up
By Alex Simon
Few living actors can claim to have experienced the Hollywood machine in all its iterations more than three-time Oscar nominee Piper Laurie. Signed by Universal Pictures at 17, their youngest contract player in years, she was in the last generation that were part of the Hollywood “factory,” pushed into “cheesecake” roles that accented physical attributes, as opposed to talent. It was the beginning of a journey.
She was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, on January 22, 1932, to immigrant parents of Polish and Russian Jewish descent. When she was still five, the family sent her and her sister to a children’s sanatorium in the mountains to see if her sister’s asthma could be cured. Three years later after being reunited with her family she decided she wanted to become an actress and studied with Benno and Betomi Schneider for several years...
By Alex Simon
Few living actors can claim to have experienced the Hollywood machine in all its iterations more than three-time Oscar nominee Piper Laurie. Signed by Universal Pictures at 17, their youngest contract player in years, she was in the last generation that were part of the Hollywood “factory,” pushed into “cheesecake” roles that accented physical attributes, as opposed to talent. It was the beginning of a journey.
She was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, on January 22, 1932, to immigrant parents of Polish and Russian Jewish descent. When she was still five, the family sent her and her sister to a children’s sanatorium in the mountains to see if her sister’s asthma could be cured. Three years later after being reunited with her family she decided she wanted to become an actress and studied with Benno and Betomi Schneider for several years...
- 6/9/2016
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The Royale Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a 55th anniversary screening of Robert Rossen’s The Hustler. The 134-minute film, which stars Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton, and both Jake Lamotta and Vincent Gardenia as bartenders, will be screened on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
- 3/9/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Royale Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a 55th anniversary screening of Robert Rossen’s The Hustler. The 134-minute film, which stars Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton, and both Jake Lamotta and Vincent Gardenia as bartenders, will be screened on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
- 3/9/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Royale Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a 55th anniversary screening of Robert Rossen’s The Hustler. The 134-minute film, which stars Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton, and both Jake Lamotta and Vincent Gardenia as bartenders, will be screened on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
- 3/9/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Royale Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a 55th anniversary screening of Robert Rossen’s The Hustler. The 134-minute film, which stars Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton, and both Jake Lamotta and Vincent Gardenia as bartenders, will be screened on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
- 3/9/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Royale Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a 55th anniversary screening of Robert Rossen’s The Hustler. The 134-minute film, which stars Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton, and both Jake Lamotta and Vincent Gardenia as bartenders, will be screened on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
Actress Piper Laurie, who appears in the film as Sarah Packard, is scheduled to appear at a Q&A session after the film to discuss her role and career.
From the press release:
The Hustler
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: laemmle.com/ac.
The Hustler (1961)
55th Anniversary Screening
Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 Pm at the Royal Theatre
Three-Time Oscar Nominee Piper Laurie in person for Q&A after the screening
Robert Rossen’s The Hustler, one of the most incisive character dramas of the 1960s, earned nine Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars,...
- 3/9/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Oscar nominations spawned new records for some of Hollywood’s most decorated actors. Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet both received their seventh nominations, joining an exclusive club that includes Ingrid Bergman, Richard Burton, Judi Dench, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Jane Fonda, Greer Garson, and Dustin Hoffman; every actor except Burton is an Oscar winner. Sylvester Stallone’s nomination for his performance as Rocky Balboa in “Creed” comes 39 years after originating the role in “Rocky.” This breaks Paul Newman’s 25-year record set for his portrayal of “Fast Eddie” Felson in 1961’s “The Hustler” and then again in 1986’s “The Color of Money.” The latter performance landed the actor an Oscar. Meanwhile, at 25, Jennifer Lawrence becomes the youngest person to receive four acting nominations. The following 12 actors are currently Oscar’s record-holders for receiving the most nominations. Meryl Streep (19 Nominations)Streep has an unprecedented run with the Oscars. Her 19 nominations...
- 2/17/2016
- backstage.com
Ben Stiller's professional onscreen career is officially turning 30 this year — that's roughly 412 in comedian years. In a business where funny people tend to quickly exhaust their limited charm and sink from telling jokes to becoming a punchline, the restless and versatile Stiller has managed to sustain one of the most consistent comic careers this side of Bob Hope. From his days as a bit player to his later emergence as a force of nature in front of the camera and behind the scenes (you have his production company Red...
- 2/13/2016
- Rollingstone.com
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
Creed, the latest film in the Rocky franchise, opens today bolstered by a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is anchored by strong performances from 28-year-old Michael B. Jordan, who stars as boxer Adonis Johnson, the son of late boxer and former Rocky Balboa rival, Apollo Creed, and Sylvester Stallone, who returns for the seventh time to the role that earned him the only two Oscar nominations in his career and made him a star nearly 40 years ago.
39 years ago, in 1976, Stallone premiered the first film in the pugilistic franchise and it paid off in big dividends for the then-30-year-old actor. In addition to a best actor nomination that year, Stallone also earned a nomination for best original screenplay, becoming only the third person in history to earn nominations for both starring in and writing the same film. If that wasn’t enough, the...
Managing Editor
Creed, the latest film in the Rocky franchise, opens today bolstered by a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is anchored by strong performances from 28-year-old Michael B. Jordan, who stars as boxer Adonis Johnson, the son of late boxer and former Rocky Balboa rival, Apollo Creed, and Sylvester Stallone, who returns for the seventh time to the role that earned him the only two Oscar nominations in his career and made him a star nearly 40 years ago.
39 years ago, in 1976, Stallone premiered the first film in the pugilistic franchise and it paid off in big dividends for the then-30-year-old actor. In addition to a best actor nomination that year, Stallone also earned a nomination for best original screenplay, becoming only the third person in history to earn nominations for both starring in and writing the same film. If that wasn’t enough, the...
- 11/25/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
Being a successful gambler, especially in poker, requires a certain amount of acting skill. Maintaining a calm and rational demeanor no matter if you are on a hot streak or a dry spell (and, of course maintaining a stonewall poker face) is key to making the hobby a lucrative one.
As hard as that is to do in real life, we admire those talented actors that are able to do it in front of a camera and film crew. Below is our list of the best casino, poker, and gambling movie actors.
5) Edward Norton
While Matt Damon has appeared in a few gambling-related movies, and John Malkovich’s role as Teddy Kgb makes Rounders the most quoted gambling movie out there, for us it’s Edward Norton’s role in the 1998 poker drama that carries the film for us.
The cocky and slick Worm introduced the ‘mechanic’s grip’ and...
As hard as that is to do in real life, we admire those talented actors that are able to do it in front of a camera and film crew. Below is our list of the best casino, poker, and gambling movie actors.
5) Edward Norton
While Matt Damon has appeared in a few gambling-related movies, and John Malkovich’s role as Teddy Kgb makes Rounders the most quoted gambling movie out there, for us it’s Edward Norton’s role in the 1998 poker drama that carries the film for us.
The cocky and slick Worm introduced the ‘mechanic’s grip’ and...
- 11/9/2015
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
Twenty years ago today, Bryan Singer, the director of the “good X-Men movies” (read: all of them except X3), and writer Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible – Rogue One) rounded up five thieves for the heist of the 90’s. It all starts out with a seemingly harmless lineup, but Keyser Söze – bogeyman of the criminal underworld – has very specific (and sinister) plans for The Usual Suspects’ Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), McManus (Stephen Baldwin), Fenster (Benicio del Toro), Hockney (Kevin Pollak), and Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey). Bonus points to Singer for casting Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad”’s Gus Fring), who looks ridiculously young as one of the FBI agents after Keyser Söze.
From pool sharks and grifters to tricksters, card cheats and American hustlers, here’s our rundown of the most memorable con artists in movie history.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Fast Eddie Felson – The Hustler (1961)
One of the finest fraudster films to ever...
From pool sharks and grifters to tricksters, card cheats and American hustlers, here’s our rundown of the most memorable con artists in movie history.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Fast Eddie Felson – The Hustler (1961)
One of the finest fraudster films to ever...
- 8/18/2015
- by Daniel Bettridge
- Cineplex
This gritty, downbeat adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel was director Robert Rossen’s favorite of his films, and one of Paul Newman’s as well. He reprised his role as pool shark Fast Eddie Felson in Martin Scorsese’s 1986 "The Color of Money" and won the Oscar that eluded him here. Pool pro Willie Moscone coached Newman and served as hand double for the close-up shots. The supporting cast is Aces.
- 6/3/2015
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
I liked a lot of Friday (March 13) night's episode of "The Amazing Race," but maybe I didn't like it as an episode of "The Amazing Race," if you know what I mean. No? I really did find myself getting a kick out of all of the bickering couples, but I may just have been amused by how silly they made this season's twist/theme look. I enjoyed some of the things the pairs were getting to do, even though they didn't feel like "Amazing Race" kinds of things to do. And I found myself really rooting for the team that went home, even though I never felt for a second like they had any chance of cheating their fate again... More after the break... So for the third consecutive episode, the team that started the Leg in last ended the Leg in last and, for the third consecutive episode, that...
- 3/14/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Most people never step inside a casino until they’ve reached adulthood. When they do, they typically approach them with expectations of smartly dressed punters, towers of chips exchanging hands around a poker table, and hundreds of flashing, buzzing slots contraptions with waterfalls of coins pouting out. The reason for these particular images? Hollywood. Casinos have starred in the movies for decades. Bright, exotic and ever-so-slightly decadent, they make a perfect setting for every kind of story. From drama to comedy films, casinos have provided audiences with thrills and laughs in equal measures, and in this article we review five top movies that are based on gambling.
The Hustler (1961)
Credit: 20th Century Fox
Director: Robert Rossen
Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Running time: 134 min
The Hustler tells the story of ‘Fast Eddie’ Felson, a pool shark who’s grown too big for his pond and is searching for bigger fish to slay.
The Hustler (1961)
Credit: 20th Century Fox
Director: Robert Rossen
Stars: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Running time: 134 min
The Hustler tells the story of ‘Fast Eddie’ Felson, a pool shark who’s grown too big for his pond and is searching for bigger fish to slay.
- 11/19/2014
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Not alike the world chess player superstars or the pool cue strutting creation of The Color of Money’s Fast Eddie Felson, eccentric legends are indeed born and bred in the unlikeliest of sports and settings. After releasing Michael Tully’s ode to the 80′s and the racket sport in Ping Pong Summer, the Gravitas Ventures are serving auds with a second match of table tennis personas with Leo Leigh’s Fact or Fiction: The Life and Times of a Ping Pong Hustler – the last stages of his life portrait of one Marty Reisman, who appears to have parlayed a passion for a plastic ball into a way to make some dollars on the side. The docu preems on VOD on August 1st, and is available for preorder on iTunes. Here is an exclusive look.
- 7/25/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Actor Bob Hoskins, who appeared in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Hook and Brazil, among other films, has died at age 71. He had been hospitalized with a bout of pneumonia, according to Associated Press.
A diverse résumé of roles varying from the Peter Pan pirate softie Smee in Hook to the ever-complex J. Edgar Hoover in Nixon – the latter of which earned Hoskins a Screen Actor's Guild nomination – made the British-born actor familiar yet unpredictable to moviegoers. Hoskins first caught critics' attentions in the 1980 gangster movie The Long Good Friday and the 1983 country-in-upheaval-themed Beyond the Limit,...
A diverse résumé of roles varying from the Peter Pan pirate softie Smee in Hook to the ever-complex J. Edgar Hoover in Nixon – the latter of which earned Hoskins a Screen Actor's Guild nomination – made the British-born actor familiar yet unpredictable to moviegoers. Hoskins first caught critics' attentions in the 1980 gangster movie The Long Good Friday and the 1983 country-in-upheaval-themed Beyond the Limit,...
- 4/30/2014
- Rollingstone.com
As newly restored versions of James Dean's three films come to BFI Southbank, John Patterson reflects on the star's enduring acting style
What if he'd lived, James Byron Dean? What if he'd never ploughed his Porsche Spyder into that oncoming station wagon, had won his auto race that afternoon in Paso Robles, and gone back to work after the weekend to reshoot his final drunk scene from Giant, the one he'd botched the week before?
Would he have had Paul Newman's career: expertly managed, disciplined, intelligent, building himself year upon year towards the iconic status he finally achieved, and two-page spread obits on his death? It's not implausible to think of Newman as someone who benefited directly from Dean's death he inherited Dean's role in the 1956 boxing picture Somebody Up There Likes Me or as an actor who many times in the late 50s and 60s played characters (Hud,...
What if he'd lived, James Byron Dean? What if he'd never ploughed his Porsche Spyder into that oncoming station wagon, had won his auto race that afternoon in Paso Robles, and gone back to work after the weekend to reshoot his final drunk scene from Giant, the one he'd botched the week before?
Would he have had Paul Newman's career: expertly managed, disciplined, intelligent, building himself year upon year towards the iconic status he finally achieved, and two-page spread obits on his death? It's not implausible to think of Newman as someone who benefited directly from Dean's death he inherited Dean's role in the 1956 boxing picture Somebody Up There Likes Me or as an actor who many times in the late 50s and 60s played characters (Hud,...
- 4/14/2014
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Fighting, dying, hoping, hating … great sports films are about far more than sport itself. Here Guardian and Observer critics pick their 10 best
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10. This Sporting Life
Lindsay Anderson brought to bear on his adaptation of David Storey's first novel, all the poetic-realist instincts he had been honing for the previous decade as a documentarian in the Humphrey Jennings mould. (Anderson had won the 1953 best doc Oscar for Thursday's Children.) Filmed partly in Halifax and Leeds, but mainly in and around Wakefield Trinity Rugby League Club, one of its incidental attractions is its record of a northern, working-class sports culture that would change out of all recognition over the next couple of decades.
The story of Frank Machin, a miner who becomes a star on the rugby field,...
• Top 10 superhero movies
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• Top 10 documentaries
• Top 10 movie adaptations
• Top 10 animated movies
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• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. This Sporting Life
Lindsay Anderson brought to bear on his adaptation of David Storey's first novel, all the poetic-realist instincts he had been honing for the previous decade as a documentarian in the Humphrey Jennings mould. (Anderson had won the 1953 best doc Oscar for Thursday's Children.) Filmed partly in Halifax and Leeds, but mainly in and around Wakefield Trinity Rugby League Club, one of its incidental attractions is its record of a northern, working-class sports culture that would change out of all recognition over the next couple of decades.
The story of Frank Machin, a miner who becomes a star on the rugby field,...
- 11/25/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Perhaps inspired by what she saw during Paris Fashion Week, Renee Zellweger hit up the Prada store in Paris, France on Monday (March 4).
The "Bridget Jones Diary" star was bundled up in a long black coat with blue jeans and black heels as she slung her purse over her shoulder and gave a little wave to photographers.
Soon, the Oscar-winning actress will hit the stage in an upcoming adaptation of the 1959 novel "The Hustler." Fans might remember the 1961 film version, starring Paul Newman.
Opening in the West End in London, the play features the 43-year-old actress as Fast Eddie Felson's girlfriend.
The "Bridget Jones Diary" star was bundled up in a long black coat with blue jeans and black heels as she slung her purse over her shoulder and gave a little wave to photographers.
Soon, the Oscar-winning actress will hit the stage in an upcoming adaptation of the 1959 novel "The Hustler." Fans might remember the 1961 film version, starring Paul Newman.
Opening in the West End in London, the play features the 43-year-old actress as Fast Eddie Felson's girlfriend.
- 3/5/2013
- GossipCenter
Tom Cruise, for many reasons, has been the punchline to a lot of jokes of recent years. His highly public courting and marriage and divorce to Katie Holmes, his controversial affiliation with Scientology, a string of under-performing or disappointing films and just some general weirdness has meant some of the great work Cruise has done has been knocked and criticised unfairly.
Cruise has made a bunch of bad movies, and when he’s bad he’s really bad, but he didn’t become the biggest movie star in the world and a three time Oscar nominee for no reason. Cruise has shown considerable range in his thirty year career, from his defining role in Risky Business to a sociopathic hitman in Collateral, and despite his miniature height, he’s one of the mightiest screen-presence’s of his generation.
Tom Cruise’s successes have always come when partnered with a great director.
Cruise has made a bunch of bad movies, and when he’s bad he’s really bad, but he didn’t become the biggest movie star in the world and a three time Oscar nominee for no reason. Cruise has shown considerable range in his thirty year career, from his defining role in Risky Business to a sociopathic hitman in Collateral, and despite his miniature height, he’s one of the mightiest screen-presence’s of his generation.
Tom Cruise’s successes have always come when partnered with a great director.
- 12/21/2012
- by Sam Moore
- Obsessed with Film
Bam Margera has seen a lot of crazy stunts pulled during his career as a "Jackass" star. But even he was shocked last week when the "Viva La Bam" star was woken up in the middle of the night by a naked woman standing over his bed.
The 32-year-old Margera dialed 911, but in a bizarre twist, as he spoke with dispatchers, the nude intruder dropped to the floor of the West Chester, Pa., home and started to masturbate, according to TMZ.
The woman, identified as 24-year-old Amanda Lanise Vadis Myers, woke Margera up by kissing his neck, and at first he thought she was his girlfriend.
"I look up and see a shadow of a girl who's naked, I'm like who are you?" Margera told NBC10. "I never thought I'd be scared of a 30-year-old naked woman! But I was, I didn't know what she was capable of," he said.
The 32-year-old Margera dialed 911, but in a bizarre twist, as he spoke with dispatchers, the nude intruder dropped to the floor of the West Chester, Pa., home and started to masturbate, according to TMZ.
The woman, identified as 24-year-old Amanda Lanise Vadis Myers, woke Margera up by kissing his neck, and at first he thought she was his girlfriend.
"I look up and see a shadow of a girl who's naked, I'm like who are you?" Margera told NBC10. "I never thought I'd be scared of a 30-year-old naked woman! But I was, I didn't know what she was capable of," he said.
- 9/19/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The naked girl who allegedly broke into Bam Margera's house and masturbated on his bedroom floor didn't just appear out of nowhere -- she had secretly been Living in Bam's tree house for weeks ... the "Jackass" star tells TMZ.As we first reported, cops arrested the 24-year-old woman Friday in the area surrounding Bam's Pennsylvania mansion ... and according Bam, the girl told police she had been living on his property for weeks leading up to her wild bedroom invasion.
- 9/19/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Bridget Jones star reported to be following up her film directing debut by appearing in stage adaption of The Hustler
As if one first were not enough, Renée Zellweger will follow her forthcoming film directorial debut with a stage debut on Broadway, according to Deadline.
The entertainment industry website has reported that Zellweger is set to star in a stage adaptation of the 1961 film The Hustler, which starred Paul Newman and Piper Laurie, itself based on a novel written by Walter Tevis two years earlier. The plot centres on a young pool shark, Edward "Fast Eddie" Felson, and the doomed young woman who loves him.
Dates for the project have no yet been announced, though Zellweger is due to direct and star in a feature film, 4½ Minutes, in February.
Warrior writer Anthony Tambakis is reportedly working on scripts for both projects, in addition to collaborating with Zellweger on a TV drama called Cinammon Girl,...
As if one first were not enough, Renée Zellweger will follow her forthcoming film directorial debut with a stage debut on Broadway, according to Deadline.
The entertainment industry website has reported that Zellweger is set to star in a stage adaptation of the 1961 film The Hustler, which starred Paul Newman and Piper Laurie, itself based on a novel written by Walter Tevis two years earlier. The plot centres on a young pool shark, Edward "Fast Eddie" Felson, and the doomed young woman who loves him.
Dates for the project have no yet been announced, though Zellweger is due to direct and star in a feature film, 4½ Minutes, in February.
Warrior writer Anthony Tambakis is reportedly working on scripts for both projects, in addition to collaborating with Zellweger on a TV drama called Cinammon Girl,...
- 9/11/2012
- by Matt Trueman
- The Guardian - Film News
The Movie Pool racks up the new Blu-ray for the Martin Scorsese classic The Color of Money, with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise!
The Set-up
Aging hustler Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) takes a promising young pool shark (Tom Cruise) under his wing, and finds teaching him the game is not easy. Also stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
The Delivery
Martin Scorsese's follow-up to the 1961 classic The Hustler brings Paul Newman back to one of his best roles, and the Academy recognized it by giving him the Oscar for Best Actor of 1986. With Scorsese at the helm, The Color of Money is a superb character drama that is dripping with the director's signature style. It is also relentlessly entertaining.
Newman's anti-hero of "Fast Eddie" Felson finds a kindred spirit in Vince (Cruise), a cocky tool with a Jersey Shore hairdo who just may be a better pool player than him.
The Set-up
Aging hustler Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) takes a promising young pool shark (Tom Cruise) under his wing, and finds teaching him the game is not easy. Also stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
The Delivery
Martin Scorsese's follow-up to the 1961 classic The Hustler brings Paul Newman back to one of his best roles, and the Academy recognized it by giving him the Oscar for Best Actor of 1986. With Scorsese at the helm, The Color of Money is a superb character drama that is dripping with the director's signature style. It is also relentlessly entertaining.
Newman's anti-hero of "Fast Eddie" Felson finds a kindred spirit in Vince (Cruise), a cocky tool with a Jersey Shore hairdo who just may be a better pool player than him.
- 7/10/2012
- by feeds@themoviepool.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
The French gave us the word “demimonde” – literally, half the world. But what it has come to mean in English, or so says Webster, is “a distinct circle or world that is often an isolated part of a larger world.”
Storytellers have always held a fascination with the dark side of human nature; that part of the psyche which is normally restrained and leashed, taught to be obedient, held in check – as Conrad wrote in Heart of Darkness – by the reproving looks of our neighbors. After all, what was Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but a probing of that other, id-driven half and the entrancing appeal of doing what one wants instead of what one should.
Film is no different than literature, and from its beginning the movies have produced a rich vein of stories about society’s fringe dwellers, those who operate by necessity,...
Storytellers have always held a fascination with the dark side of human nature; that part of the psyche which is normally restrained and leashed, taught to be obedient, held in check – as Conrad wrote in Heart of Darkness – by the reproving looks of our neighbors. After all, what was Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but a probing of that other, id-driven half and the entrancing appeal of doing what one wants instead of what one should.
Film is no different than literature, and from its beginning the movies have produced a rich vein of stories about society’s fringe dwellers, those who operate by necessity,...
- 5/27/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
As far as I’m concerned, anything that brings up the late, great Paul Newman warrants your attention — regardless of any finer details. Fortunately, this story pertains to something that might end up being good in its own right, with Deadline informing us that Newman‘s widow, Joanne Woodward, has helped assemble the cast for Lucky Them. What does this have to do with Fast Eddie Felson? As I learned whilst reading the article — and as you’ll learn when you’re done reading this interjection — Lucky Them inspired strong interest in and attention from the actor before his death.
Some years later, Marisa Tomei, Thomas Haden Church, and Allison Janney are set to star for Huck Botko — who, along with Emily Wachtel, wrote the screenplay, which focuses on “a fortysomething rock journalist who gets an assignment to find her ex-boyfriend.” Turns out this “late bloomers coming-of-age romantic comedy” is semi-autobiographical for Wachtel,...
Some years later, Marisa Tomei, Thomas Haden Church, and Allison Janney are set to star for Huck Botko — who, along with Emily Wachtel, wrote the screenplay, which focuses on “a fortysomething rock journalist who gets an assignment to find her ex-boyfriend.” Turns out this “late bloomers coming-of-age romantic comedy” is semi-autobiographical for Wachtel,...
- 1/31/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Paramount Pictures Asa Butterfield and Chloe Grace Moretz in ‘Hugo.’
On a weekend in late October, a friend and I, marooned in New Hampshire by a canceled half-marathon during the freak snowstorm, decided to go to the movies. Our choices at the cineplex that weekend were pretty dreary: a Hugh Jackman martial arts movie, a slew of cheesy-looking kids’ movies and “Paranormal Activity 3.”
The more depressing thing was that we knew, in two months time, that multiplex would be...
On a weekend in late October, a friend and I, marooned in New Hampshire by a canceled half-marathon during the freak snowstorm, decided to go to the movies. Our choices at the cineplex that weekend were pretty dreary: a Hugh Jackman martial arts movie, a slew of cheesy-looking kids’ movies and “Paranormal Activity 3.”
The more depressing thing was that we knew, in two months time, that multiplex would be...
- 1/7/2012
- by Anthony Giardina
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Exclusive: Anthony Tambakis, who teamed with Gavin O’Connor and Cliff Dorfman to write the underrated film Warrior, has sold his novel Swimming With Bridgeport Girls to Simon & Schuster for spring 2013 publication. This comes at a time when Tambakis and O’Connor are teamed on a stage play adaptation of The Hustler, the Walter Tevis novel that was turned into the 1961 pool hustler film that starred Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. Tambakis and O’Connor are writing it and eyeing a Broadway bow, with Renee Zellweger aboard to play Sarah Packard, Fast Eddie Felson’s companion. Swimming With Bridgeport Girls is a romantic comedy about a charismatic young gambler who loses everything and sets off on a quest to win back his wife, using a faulty recollection of the climax of The Great Gatsby as his inspiration. Tambakis will adapt the novel for the screen, and The Gotham Group will produce.
- 11/30/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
There is a scene in Alexander Payne’s The Descendants after George Clooney’s Matt King waves goodbye to the last guests to leave the “party” he’s thrown to inform his close friends that his wife will never recover from her coma. Once they’re out of sight, he turns to walk back towards the house, but he’s completely shattered. His shoulders sag, his face is ashen, and every step looks like it could be his last. He crumbles to his knees, but it’s those last few tottering steps that took the wind out of me as a viewer.
- 11/21/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
Filed under: Best Movies Ever, Columns, This Week in Movies
Rack 'em! This week marks the 50th anniversary of 'The Hustler,' the landmark drama that cemented Paul Newman's stardom and gave him his signature rebellious antihero role, pool shark Fast Eddie Felson. It was a movie that sparked a real-life pool craze and inspired an actual pool hustler to rise to fame by renaming himself Minnesota Fats after Jackie Gleason's on-screen pool hall king. In honor of the film's golden anniversary, here are 25 things you may not have known about the grimy classic, including how Bobby Darin got hustled out of the movie, how the film helped Piper Laurie's love life while sidelining her career, and why it took a quarter-century to make the sequel, 'The Color of Money.'
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Rack 'em! This week marks the 50th anniversary of 'The Hustler,' the landmark drama that cemented Paul Newman's stardom and gave him his signature rebellious antihero role, pool shark Fast Eddie Felson. It was a movie that sparked a real-life pool craze and inspired an actual pool hustler to rise to fame by renaming himself Minnesota Fats after Jackie Gleason's on-screen pool hall king. In honor of the film's golden anniversary, here are 25 things you may not have known about the grimy classic, including how Bobby Darin got hustled out of the movie, how the film helped Piper Laurie's love life while sidelining her career, and why it took a quarter-century to make the sequel, 'The Color of Money.'
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- 10/1/2011
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Breaking: In a high-six-figure deal, Warner Bros has acquired The Samurai, a spec script that will be the next film directed by Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor. The intention is to get it into production quickly, because O’Connor is also working on a stage play adaptation of The Hustler, the Walter Tevis novel that was turned into the 1961 pool hustler film that starred Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. O’Connor secured the rights from the author’s estate and Fox and is writing the stage play with his Warrior co-writer Anthony Tambackis. They are deep into it, and while they’ve not yet taken the play out for financing, O’Connor is eyeing a Broadway bow and said he’s got a commitment from Renee Zellweger to play Sarah Packard, the companion of Fast Eddie Felson who was played in the film by Piper Laurie. As for The Samurai,...
- 9/30/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Here are the finalists for the Dream House contest from Wamg. All that was required was to submit a photo and/or story of a haunted, abandoned house in your neighborhood.
The winner will receive a prize pack with tickets to the advance screening (Thursday, September 29 at 10pm at Ronnie.s 20 Cine) of Dream House, posters and other goodies! Let us know in the comments section below who the winner is.
#1 North St. Louis (Photo and Story)
The Red Brick House on Prairie
In North St. Louis, they tell the tale of the red brick house on Prairie Ave. It is rumored that Fat Woods and Earl Killer Williams, two Black gangsters who, in the early seventies took over North St. Louis territory after the mob left, used the cellar to kill (Fast) Eddie Kane (a small level drug dealer wannabe pimp)and Sugar Baby, his main lady. The rumors...
The winner will receive a prize pack with tickets to the advance screening (Thursday, September 29 at 10pm at Ronnie.s 20 Cine) of Dream House, posters and other goodies! Let us know in the comments section below who the winner is.
#1 North St. Louis (Photo and Story)
The Red Brick House on Prairie
In North St. Louis, they tell the tale of the red brick house on Prairie Ave. It is rumored that Fat Woods and Earl Killer Williams, two Black gangsters who, in the early seventies took over North St. Louis territory after the mob left, used the cellar to kill (Fast) Eddie Kane (a small level drug dealer wannabe pimp)and Sugar Baby, his main lady. The rumors...
- 9/28/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Far too films hold up to the test of time, their iconic nature re-evaluated through a modern prism and found wanting. Memorable performances or screen characters suddenly look one-dimensional or wanting. Then there are those that grew in stature through the years as audiences and critics catch up to the creators’ vision. Those are the ones that are hailed in retrospectives, make it to the National Film Registry and get the deluxe treatment when released on home video. The Hustler, the 1961 film about pool and people, is one such film and is this week making its Blu-ray debut courtesy of 20th Century Home Entertainment.
It used to be, pool sharks could tour the country, play high stakes games and eke out a living of sorts. Legendary pool players had a word-of-mouth reputation every bit as powerful as celebrities made famous by Espn. The great novelist Walter Tevis captured these players...
It used to be, pool sharks could tour the country, play high stakes games and eke out a living of sorts. Legendary pool players had a word-of-mouth reputation every bit as powerful as celebrities made famous by Espn. The great novelist Walter Tevis captured these players...
- 5/21/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Chicago – Two of cinema’s most iconic actors appeared on Blu-ray new release shelves this week with excellent HD transfers and hours of special features for 50th Anniversary Editions of Paul Newman’s “The Hustler” and John Wayne’s “The Comancheros.” History has well-documented that the Newman is one of the best films from one of the form’s best actors. The Wayne film may have a more niche audience but they’re surely be satisfied with a very solid release.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Packaged like hardcover books with photos and essays included in the actual packaging, the releases of “The Hustler” and “The Comancheros” are appealing before the disc has even been put in your machine. There’s not a lot of information in the books but they get you in the mood to watch the movie, not unlike leafing through a program before a play.
The Hustler was released...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Packaged like hardcover books with photos and essays included in the actual packaging, the releases of “The Hustler” and “The Comancheros” are appealing before the disc has even been put in your machine. There’s not a lot of information in the books but they get you in the mood to watch the movie, not unlike leafing through a program before a play.
The Hustler was released...
- 5/20/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The classic Paul Newman film The Hustler has arrived on Blu-ray in a 50th Anniversary Edition from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and M&C.s giving away three copies! With his boyish grin and laid-back good looks, Fast Eddie Felson has fleeced his share of pool-hall gamblers. Now the brash pool shark is after the king of the cue stick: Minnesota Fats. But after losing to Fats in a grueling, 36-hour match, Eddie hits the skids. Only the intervention of a ruthless gambler, who stakes his claim to Eddie's soul, can teach this hustler the cruel art of winning. Special features include audio commentary by Paul Newman, Life In The Fast Lane, Swimming With Sharks: The Art of...
- 5/19/2011
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Having escaped the Funky Bunch with some level of integrity, the former Marky Mark has begun a mission to rehabilitate other potential victims of teen pop stardom. This is the only explanation we can come up with to explain why Mark Wahlberg is apparently actively producing a film vehicle for chart-dominating goblin Justin Bieber.Wahlberg, the story goes, was so impressed by Bieber's basketball skills at an all-star NBA game weekend in February, that he's itching to give him a movie. How To Make It In America writer Ian Edelman has been charged with creating a hoop-shooting script channelling The Colour of Money and The Karate Kid.Wahlberg will also co-star, we'd surmise, given the pitch, in some sort of Mr Miyagi / Fast Eddie Felson role, and his co-producers are Stephen Levinson (who he works with on America, Boardwalk Empire and Entourage) and Bieber's manager Scooter Braun.The deal is being set up at Paramount,...
- 4/28/2011
- EmpireOnline
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Hustler and The Comancheros On Blu-ray For the First Time May 17th And Relive the Intense Vietnam Story Tigerland on Blu-ray For the First Time May 24th
Hold on to your hats and get ready for three action-packed films when The Hustler, The Comancheros and Tigerland come to Blu-ray for the first time from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. In honor of the 50th Anniversary of The Hustler andTHE Comancheros, the two classic films are available in special Blu-ray book packaging, including rare photos from the Fox archives and brand new special features.
The Comancheros
John Wayne is Capt. Jake Cutter, a Texas Ranger determined to crush a powerful outlaw gang that’s selling guns to the Indians. Cutter is also trying to bring in gambler Paul Regret (Whitman), who’s wanted for murder. Both missions get entangled when Cutter crosses paths with Regret unexpectedly,...
Hold on to your hats and get ready for three action-packed films when The Hustler, The Comancheros and Tigerland come to Blu-ray for the first time from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. In honor of the 50th Anniversary of The Hustler andTHE Comancheros, the two classic films are available in special Blu-ray book packaging, including rare photos from the Fox archives and brand new special features.
The Comancheros
John Wayne is Capt. Jake Cutter, a Texas Ranger determined to crush a powerful outlaw gang that’s selling guns to the Indians. Cutter is also trying to bring in gambler Paul Regret (Whitman), who’s wanted for murder. Both missions get entangled when Cutter crosses paths with Regret unexpectedly,...
- 4/20/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release The Hustler 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray starring the legendary Paul Newman (Road to Perdition) as pool shark Fast Eddie Felson on May 17, marking the classic film’s high-definition debut. It will carry a list price of $34.98.
Paul Newman is Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler.
In the movie drama, Fast Eddie has fleeced his share of pool-hall gamblers, but now has his eye on one man: pool champ Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason, Skidoo). But after losing to Fats in a grueling, 36-hour match, Eddie hits the skids. Only the intervention of a ruthless gambler (George C. Scott, Taps) who stakes his claim to Eddie’s soul can teach this hustler the cruel art of winning.
Directed by Robert Rossen, The Hustler racked up nine Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture, and features one of the late Newman’s most powerful and memorable performances.
Paul Newman is Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler.
In the movie drama, Fast Eddie has fleeced his share of pool-hall gamblers, but now has his eye on one man: pool champ Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason, Skidoo). But after losing to Fats in a grueling, 36-hour match, Eddie hits the skids. Only the intervention of a ruthless gambler (George C. Scott, Taps) who stakes his claim to Eddie’s soul can teach this hustler the cruel art of winning.
Directed by Robert Rossen, The Hustler racked up nine Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture, and features one of the late Newman’s most powerful and memorable performances.
- 4/18/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Willie MosconiSerious Film's Michael C. here. 2011 will mark the 50th anniversary of Robert Rossen's classic The Hustler, so in this episode of Unsung Heroes I thought it a great opportunity to tip my hat to a man who is a large part of why the film is still watched and loved five decades later.
There is a vibe you get from certain films, a vibe that tells you “this movie knows what it’s talking about. This is how it really is.” The film's subject may be totally unfamiliar, space travel or gourmet cooking, but you can still sense when a film has done its homework and when it’s faking it. It’s the difference between the poker movie which simply gives the hero a royal flush, and the poker movie that knows it is more impressive to watch the hero play an average hand brilliantly.
Robert Rossen...
There is a vibe you get from certain films, a vibe that tells you “this movie knows what it’s talking about. This is how it really is.” The film's subject may be totally unfamiliar, space travel or gourmet cooking, but you can still sense when a film has done its homework and when it’s faking it. It’s the difference between the poker movie which simply gives the hero a royal flush, and the poker movie that knows it is more impressive to watch the hero play an average hand brilliantly.
Robert Rossen...
- 4/8/2011
- by Michael C.
- FilmExperience
Raise your hands if you’d like to see a sequel to The Fighter. When Mark Wahlberg, during an interview with EW’s Jeff Labrecque, announced that he was interested in making one, my first reaction, I’ll be honest, was fairly cynical, with a touch of knee-jerk mockery. The Fighter, a movie I thought was flat-out terrific, brought Wahlberg, as both actor and behind-the-scenes producer-packager, what is probably his greatest blast of triumph since he made his first big splash on the movie scene back in 1997 with Boogie Nights. By all means, I thought, he should build on that success,...
- 3/16/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
This gritty, downbeat adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel was director Robert Rossen's favorite of his films, and one of Paul Newman's as well. He reprised his role as pool shark Fast Eddie Felson in Martin Scorsese's 1986 The Color of Money and won the Oscar that eluded him here. Pool pro Willie Moscone coached Newman and served as hand double for the close-up shots. The supporting cast is Aces.
- 1/6/2011
- Trailers from Hell
'Those innocent days have gone for ever. The genie is long out of the bottle'
Iam not quite as heartbroken as I was when Paul Newman died. (How could I be? There was only one Hud, only one Cool Hand Luke, only one "Fast Eddie" Felson, and certainly only one Brick more beautiful than Elizabeth Taylor's Maggie.) But the news that Tony Curtis has died, at the age of 85, still produces a genuine sadness.
When film stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood die, it feels as if a link with the past has been broken. Much more so than after the deaths of more technically "important" figures – politicians, humanitarians, game-changing scientists or Nobel laureates. The magic of film preserves them. Iconic actors exist, in celluloid form, in their prime for ever.
I fell in love with Hud when I was 14, he was 30 and the actor who played him...
Iam not quite as heartbroken as I was when Paul Newman died. (How could I be? There was only one Hud, only one Cool Hand Luke, only one "Fast Eddie" Felson, and certainly only one Brick more beautiful than Elizabeth Taylor's Maggie.) But the news that Tony Curtis has died, at the age of 85, still produces a genuine sadness.
When film stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood die, it feels as if a link with the past has been broken. Much more so than after the deaths of more technically "important" figures – politicians, humanitarians, game-changing scientists or Nobel laureates. The magic of film preserves them. Iconic actors exist, in celluloid form, in their prime for ever.
I fell in love with Hud when I was 14, he was 30 and the actor who played him...
- 10/8/2010
- by Lucy Mangan
- The Guardian - Film News
Well, it looks like greed is still good, even for a sequel that is twenty-three years removed from its predecessor. While Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps may not reward Michael Douglas with an Oscar, the kind Paul Newman got when he reprised his role of “Fast Eddie” Felson in Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money (1986), having previously played the character in 1961′s The Hustler, the actor still has his original Best Actor statutette from 1987. Oliver Stone’s timely sequel may have only made $19 million over the weekend, but it was enough to ensure that Shia...
- 9/27/2010
- by Travis Leamons, Houston Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
by Max Evry
Why do we crave sequels? Is it to revisit characters we fell in love with the first time around? To see a property improved upon by new talent? Before the "Godfather"'s and "Star Wars"' of this world, there was a time when sequels were frowned upon in Hollywood. Now they are the kneejerk reaction to nearly any film that makes bank, usually within two or three years of the original’s release. Sometimes, though, it takes a little longer…
Oliver Stone’s "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is part of a tradition of late sequels, in this case a whopping 23 years after the 1987 original, which won Michael Douglas an Oscar for his portrayal of financial shark Gordon Gekko and put Stone firmly on the map. It is a rare sequel which brings back both the original stars (including a hilarious Charlie Sheen cameo) and production...
Why do we crave sequels? Is it to revisit characters we fell in love with the first time around? To see a property improved upon by new talent? Before the "Godfather"'s and "Star Wars"' of this world, there was a time when sequels were frowned upon in Hollywood. Now they are the kneejerk reaction to nearly any film that makes bank, usually within two or three years of the original’s release. Sometimes, though, it takes a little longer…
Oliver Stone’s "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is part of a tradition of late sequels, in this case a whopping 23 years after the 1987 original, which won Michael Douglas an Oscar for his portrayal of financial shark Gordon Gekko and put Stone firmly on the map. It is a rare sequel which brings back both the original stars (including a hilarious Charlie Sheen cameo) and production...
- 9/24/2010
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, and arguably the most comprehensive ranking system on the Internet.
It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case we is myself and Gary) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list. We’ve frozen the list as of January 1st of this year. It’s not as simple as it sounds, we are watching them all in one year, 125 each.
This is our 25th update, my next five films watched for the project. You can find last week’s update here.
It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case we is myself and Gary) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list. We’ve frozen the list as of January 1st of this year. It’s not as simple as it sounds, we are watching them all in one year, 125 each.
This is our 25th update, my next five films watched for the project. You can find last week’s update here.
- 7/12/2010
- by Barry Steele
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
I like Tom Cruise movies. There, I said it. If I see his name in the credits, I expect to be entertained. For those of you who disagree, I really don’t know what you’re looking for. He throws himself into performances, cares about the finished product, and will occasionally surprise you with his range as an actor (not just superstar). But this list isn’t just about Cruise. It’s also about his choices. This Top 7 list isn’t only about his character or his performance, it’s about the movie as a whole. He doesn’t always need to be leading the way, or have the most memorable part as you’ll see with four of my five favorite Cruise movies.
complete coverage of Knight and Day, including review
Knight and Day hits the theaters on June 23, 2010. While it...
I like Tom Cruise movies. There, I said it. If I see his name in the credits, I expect to be entertained. For those of you who disagree, I really don’t know what you’re looking for. He throws himself into performances, cares about the finished product, and will occasionally surprise you with his range as an actor (not just superstar). But this list isn’t just about Cruise. It’s also about his choices. This Top 7 list isn’t only about his character or his performance, it’s about the movie as a whole. He doesn’t always need to be leading the way, or have the most memorable part as you’ll see with four of my five favorite Cruise movies.
complete coverage of Knight and Day, including review
Knight and Day hits the theaters on June 23, 2010. While it...
- 6/22/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
By Adam Stewart
Legendary dance DJ and producer Robbie Rivera has been pumping out club thumpers for the past decade, mixing old and new to generate an unmistakable big room sound. With a prolific back catalog (including remixes of Tiesto, Nelly Furtado, Kaskade and Benny Benassi) along with original smashes like his new release "Let Me Sip My Drink" (featuring Fast Eddie) and "Jersey Shore" club anthem "Vertigo," the Miami mix master shows no signs of slowing down.
"I remember playing ['Vertigo'] in New Jersey like eight years ago at this club D'Jais," Rivera told MTV News. "That was a great party man!" Rivera embraces the hit MTV show not only because it upped his exposure but because it was good for dance music. "When I saw that show, I was like this is awesome. They're wearing shirts that say 'I Love House Music,' and Pauly D plays house music.
Legendary dance DJ and producer Robbie Rivera has been pumping out club thumpers for the past decade, mixing old and new to generate an unmistakable big room sound. With a prolific back catalog (including remixes of Tiesto, Nelly Furtado, Kaskade and Benny Benassi) along with original smashes like his new release "Let Me Sip My Drink" (featuring Fast Eddie) and "Jersey Shore" club anthem "Vertigo," the Miami mix master shows no signs of slowing down.
"I remember playing ['Vertigo'] in New Jersey like eight years ago at this club D'Jais," Rivera told MTV News. "That was a great party man!" Rivera embraces the hit MTV show not only because it upped his exposure but because it was good for dance music. "When I saw that show, I was like this is awesome. They're wearing shirts that say 'I Love House Music,' and Pauly D plays house music.
- 4/7/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
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