When it was released in January of 2001, Richard Kelly's bleak time-travel psychological drama "Donnie Darko" caused a notable stir. The title character, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is a teen struggling with schizophrenia in 1988, a time when Reagan's great Conservative revolution was drawing to a close and adults clung to suburban conformity as it crumbled under them. Donnie is obsessed with time-travel and regularly hallucinates a vicious, strange anthropomorphic rabbit monster named Frank (all while attempting to socialize at school and foster a romance with a classmate played by Jena Malone). Patrick Swayze appears as a cheesy self-self guru, Drew Barrymore plays one of Donnie's teachers, and Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Donnie's sister.
By turns psychedelic and weirdly moving (in a Goth sort of way), "Donnie Darko" quickly became a cult hit and rotated directly into the local midnight movie circuit, attracting a wide swath of misfits and night people.
By turns psychedelic and weirdly moving (in a Goth sort of way), "Donnie Darko" quickly became a cult hit and rotated directly into the local midnight movie circuit, attracting a wide swath of misfits and night people.
- 5/19/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The Beatles’ songs from A to Z are a study of how the band changed the course of pop music. The songwriting, melodies, instrumentals, and recording technqiues established the band as among the most influential in music history. But for all their success, The Beatles remained active for a relatively short period of time.
In 10 years, The Beatles released 14 albums in what’s considered their core catalog. It includes just over 200 songs from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Some are much more memorable than others, but every Beatles song from A to Z has its own story and interesting facts to keep listeners entertained even when the music stops.
Beatles songs starting with ‘A’ “Across the Universe” The song holds a Guinness World Record that involves outer space. “Act Naturally” It replaced a “weird” Ringo Starr song initially meant for the album. “All I’ve Got...
In 10 years, The Beatles released 14 albums in what’s considered their core catalog. It includes just over 200 songs from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Some are much more memorable than others, but every Beatles song from A to Z has its own story and interesting facts to keep listeners entertained even when the music stops.
Beatles songs starting with ‘A’ “Across the Universe” The song holds a Guinness World Record that involves outer space. “Act Naturally” It replaced a “weird” Ringo Starr song initially meant for the album. “All I’ve Got...
- 2/26/2024
- by Matt Moore
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles‘ catalog is filled with ignored gems. One of The Beatles’ No. 1 songs is mostly forgotten today. Here’s why it’s great and What Paul McCartney had to say about it.
1 of The Beatles’ underrated songs has a perfect hard-rock riff
The Beatles’ “I Feel Fine” is not a groundbreaking psychedelic relic like “A Day in the Life” or “Revolution 9.” It’s not a stadium anthem like “Hey Jude” or “Let It Be.” Nor is it a radio staple.
But that riff is one of the best in The Beatles’ discography. It’s the perfect blend of bubblegum with hard-rock. Pop music is supposed to make people happy. I doubt anyone could listen to “I Feel Fine” without absorbing some of its joy. “I Feel Fine” is a silly love song but it’s one of The Beatles’ best.
Paul McCartney said the song was more popular than...
1 of The Beatles’ underrated songs has a perfect hard-rock riff
The Beatles’ “I Feel Fine” is not a groundbreaking psychedelic relic like “A Day in the Life” or “Revolution 9.” It’s not a stadium anthem like “Hey Jude” or “Let It Be.” Nor is it a radio staple.
But that riff is one of the best in The Beatles’ discography. It’s the perfect blend of bubblegum with hard-rock. Pop music is supposed to make people happy. I doubt anyone could listen to “I Feel Fine” without absorbing some of its joy. “I Feel Fine” is a silly love song but it’s one of The Beatles’ best.
Paul McCartney said the song was more popular than...
- 2/11/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
On June 17, 1972, thieves acting on behalf of Richard Nixon's presidential campaign broke into the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC, the location of the Democratic National Committee headquarters. The group was looking for papers and secrets that would have given Nixon an unfair advantage in the election. Nixon was bafflingly still elected during this kerfuffle and served as president for two more years before enough details about the break-in emerged to warrant his infamous resignation from office. The many, many details of the Watergate scandal have been recorded in innumerable books, documentaries, and Hollywood dramas in the ensuing decades, and Watergate shows are being made to this day; the miniseries "Gaslit" aired in 2022 and "White House Plumbers" in 2023.
The Watergate scandal represented a loss of American innocence for many. It was positive proof that the Republican party was openly corrupt. The scandal was bad enough, but then Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon of all his recorded,...
The Watergate scandal represented a loss of American innocence for many. It was positive proof that the Republican party was openly corrupt. The scandal was bad enough, but then Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon of all his recorded,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The Rolling Stones built their reputation by playing blue-blooded rock music. Yet many of their No. 1 hits were heartstring-tugging ballads. Here are some of The Rolling Stones’ best ballads from their 60-year career.
(l-r) Rolling Stones members Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, and Keith Richards | Pa Images via Getty Images 1. ‘As Tears Go By’
The Rolling Stones essentially covered this song by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. They handed it to Marianne Faithfull (Jagger’s girlfriend at the time), who recorded her version first.
Somehow, the 20-something Jagger convincingly conveyed the longing and loneliness of old age with just a few lines of lyrics in a song lasting less than three minutes. The gently plucked acoustic guitar and syrupy strings added to the effect. The Stones dropped the folk-tinged “As Tears Go By” in 1966, and it stands as one of their finest ballads decades later.
2. ‘Ruby Tuesday...
(l-r) Rolling Stones members Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, and Keith Richards | Pa Images via Getty Images 1. ‘As Tears Go By’
The Rolling Stones essentially covered this song by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. They handed it to Marianne Faithfull (Jagger’s girlfriend at the time), who recorded her version first.
Somehow, the 20-something Jagger convincingly conveyed the longing and loneliness of old age with just a few lines of lyrics in a song lasting less than three minutes. The gently plucked acoustic guitar and syrupy strings added to the effect. The Stones dropped the folk-tinged “As Tears Go By” in 1966, and it stands as one of their finest ballads decades later.
2. ‘Ruby Tuesday...
- 5/18/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles experimented with many different styles of music. “Yer Blues” was the band’s attempt at an American blues song, while songs like “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” saw the band capturing a more folkish sound. One Beatles song Paul McCartney said he and John Lennon wrote in a “waltz time.”
‘Baby’s in Black’ is one of the final songs John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote together Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Val Wilmer/Redferns
While many songs by The Beatles are credited to the Lennon-McCartney duo, the pair stopped collaborating as often in the band’s later years. The band started writing together on their earliest hits, like “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” However, by 1964, the two were starting to work more independently.
“Baby’s in Black” is a song from 1964’s Beatles for Sale. It’s one...
‘Baby’s in Black’ is one of the final songs John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote together Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Val Wilmer/Redferns
While many songs by The Beatles are credited to the Lennon-McCartney duo, the pair stopped collaborating as often in the band’s later years. The band started writing together on their earliest hits, like “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” However, by 1964, the two were starting to work more independently.
“Baby’s in Black” is a song from 1964’s Beatles for Sale. It’s one...
- 5/8/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Twenty-three years into this new millennium, the war film genre feels at once antiquated and freshly-evolving. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant plays like a bridge between both. Paced like a gritty, ’70s actioner while confronting the broken promises of our modern, battle-worn nation, the film is a fascinating piece of work.
Ahead of the film’s release this Friday, we were lucky enough to have a quick chat with co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim about the tough shoot, war movies, and hidden gems in their careers that they’d recommend. Check out the video interview below, followed by a transcription.
The Film Stage: So this looked like quite an arduous shoot. What was the hardest day on set?
Dar Salim: Physically, I think for me, it would have to be pushing Jake up the mountains. They had this stunt fight and I hurt my knee but things were going…...
Ahead of the film’s release this Friday, we were lucky enough to have a quick chat with co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim about the tough shoot, war movies, and hidden gems in their careers that they’d recommend. Check out the video interview below, followed by a transcription.
The Film Stage: So this looked like quite an arduous shoot. What was the hardest day on set?
Dar Salim: Physically, I think for me, it would have to be pushing Jake up the mountains. They had this stunt fight and I hurt my knee but things were going…...
- 4/20/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
What is considered the best Rolling Stones album? It’s a fair question, and there are plenty to choose from. Would it be one of the classics the band strung together in the 1960s and 1970s? Would it be one of the albums that peaked at No. 2 despite housing incredible songs? Or one of the many compilations stacked with hits (and some of the band’s controversial songs)? Best is subjective, but we know which of the nine Rolling Stones albums to reach No. 1 were the most commercially successful of the group’s records (thanks to some help from Billboard’s meticulous record-keeping).
Note: We used the time spent at No. 1 as the benchmark of success. We broke the ties in the middle of the pack by looking at duration on the charts.
(l-r) Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, and Bill Wyman | Jorgen Angel/Redferns 9. ‘It’s...
Note: We used the time spent at No. 1 as the benchmark of success. We broke the ties in the middle of the pack by looking at duration on the charts.
(l-r) Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, and Bill Wyman | Jorgen Angel/Redferns 9. ‘It’s...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
There aren’t many miserable Beatles songs, but the few in the group’s catalog dealt with lost romance or overall sorrow. Here are 15 of the most miserable Beatles songs with either sad lyrics or dejected vibes.
The Beatles | Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images 15. ‘Misery’
“Misery” is obviously one of the most miserable Beatles breakup songs. It’s literally in the title. The tune is straight rock ‘n’ roll blues with simple lyrics. The speaker has lost their love and is now miserable, wishing their ex would return to them. Even on their earliest albums, The Beatles knew how to write about heartbreak.
14. ‘Don’t Bother Me’
“Don’t Bother Me” is miserable because the speaker doesn’t want to talk to or be near anyone since they lost their love. However, George Harrison wrote it while he was sick during a tour circuit in Bournemouth. That’s where the “don’t bother me” came from.
The Beatles | Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images 15. ‘Misery’
“Misery” is obviously one of the most miserable Beatles breakup songs. It’s literally in the title. The tune is straight rock ‘n’ roll blues with simple lyrics. The speaker has lost their love and is now miserable, wishing their ex would return to them. Even on their earliest albums, The Beatles knew how to write about heartbreak.
14. ‘Don’t Bother Me’
“Don’t Bother Me” is miserable because the speaker doesn’t want to talk to or be near anyone since they lost their love. However, George Harrison wrote it while he was sick during a tour circuit in Bournemouth. That’s where the “don’t bother me” came from.
- 3/25/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles‘ darkest love songs are interesting for a couple of reasons. While the Fab Four knew how to write romantic tunes like “All My Loving” and “She Loves You,” they also knew how to make darker, moodier love songs. They knew what it felt like to have all-consuming love, but they also knew of the dangers, insecurities, and fears that it could bring. Here are the 10 darkest Beatles songs that describe that.
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images 10. ‘Chains’
The Beatles’ “Chains” is one of their darkest love songs because it speaks about the mental chains that can wrap around someone in a relationship. The speaker admits their lover has them in metaphorical chains, and they’re not opposed to them. Despite the person being willing to be bound, it’s still dark and possessive.
9. ‘Misery’
“Misery” is a song about being miserable after a relationship ends. Everyone’s had their breakups,...
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images 10. ‘Chains’
The Beatles’ “Chains” is one of their darkest love songs because it speaks about the mental chains that can wrap around someone in a relationship. The speaker admits their lover has them in metaphorical chains, and they’re not opposed to them. Despite the person being willing to be bound, it’s still dark and possessive.
9. ‘Misery’
“Misery” is a song about being miserable after a relationship ends. Everyone’s had their breakups,...
- 3/23/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Mick Jagger is more than just The Rolling Stones frontman. He writes many of the band’s songs, and even Keith Richards praises his musical talents. Still, Jagger gave up playing one of his signature songs on acoustic guitar, and his explanation makes so much sense.
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger | Wally McNamee/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Mick Jagger gave up playing acoustic guitar on The Rolling Stones song ‘Moonlight Mile’
Jagger wrote Sticky Fingers closer “Moonlight Mile” while on tour in 1970. Initially about the loneliness of life on the road, the singer said the song morphed to focus more on joyful homecoming after the tour ended and he returned home to England. Jagger felt more invigorated and less lonely, per Anatomy of a Song author Marc Myers.
The song came to life on Jagger’s acoustic guitar. His hopeful yet melancholy acoustic strumming opens the song and sets the tone.
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger | Wally McNamee/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Mick Jagger gave up playing acoustic guitar on The Rolling Stones song ‘Moonlight Mile’
Jagger wrote Sticky Fingers closer “Moonlight Mile” while on tour in 1970. Initially about the loneliness of life on the road, the singer said the song morphed to focus more on joyful homecoming after the tour ended and he returned home to England. Jagger felt more invigorated and less lonely, per Anatomy of a Song author Marc Myers.
The song came to life on Jagger’s acoustic guitar. His hopeful yet melancholy acoustic strumming opens the song and sets the tone.
- 3/23/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The creepiest Beatles love songs might surprise some. On first listen, some of them seem like ordinary love songs. However, when you read the lyrics, the message is creepy or just downright bizarre.
Sometimes love makes people think and do horrible things. The Beatles wanted to warn people about that. Having a love that’s depicted in songs like “All My Loving” and “She Loves You” is great, but there’s always a dark side to love, like what’s portrayed in songs like “Run For Your Life” and “You Like Me Too Much.”
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images 11. ‘Please Please Me’
While “Please Please Me” is considered one of the best love songs, it’s also one of the creepiest Beatles love songs. Something is unsettling about the lyrics: “Last night I said these words to my girl/ I know you never even try girl.” The person urges his love to please him.
Sometimes love makes people think and do horrible things. The Beatles wanted to warn people about that. Having a love that’s depicted in songs like “All My Loving” and “She Loves You” is great, but there’s always a dark side to love, like what’s portrayed in songs like “Run For Your Life” and “You Like Me Too Much.”
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images 11. ‘Please Please Me’
While “Please Please Me” is considered one of the best love songs, it’s also one of the creepiest Beatles love songs. Something is unsettling about the lyrics: “Last night I said these words to my girl/ I know you never even try girl.” The person urges his love to please him.
- 3/5/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The world knows so many different Paul McCartneys: the charming young moptop, the Sixties avant-garde innovator, the bearded family man, the rock & roll legend. But the stunning new Hulu docuseries McCartney 3, 2, 1 presents Paul like we’ve never seen him before: the proud music geek. It’s just Macca in deep conversation with fellow legend Rick Rubin, as they listen close to the Beatles’ music, sharing memories and focusing on the sonic details. 3, 2, 1 has struck a nerve with fans, because there’s never been a music doc quite like it.
- 8/9/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
As it turns out, Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” might be only the second-most satisfying authorized Beatles documentary of 2021 when it comes out around Thanksgiving time. Or maybe it’ll come out as the toppermost of the poppermost after all in fan rankings of these thing. But what’s for sure is that the Rick Rubin-hosted “McCartney 3, 2, 1” is such an unerring delight that it sets a very high bar for Beatlemania satiation this year. Not because it’s that artfully created or brilliantly hosted, but maybe because it doesn’t aspire to impress anyone with anything except how effortlessly it prompts the most talented musician of the last century to empty out a good portion of his brainpan for public perusal.
If you saw the teasers for the six-part series, and saw the shots of McCartney and Rubin standing over a mixing board and both nodding their heads vigorously...
If you saw the teasers for the six-part series, and saw the shots of McCartney and Rubin standing over a mixing board and both nodding their heads vigorously...
- 7/20/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Meet Paul McCartney: the ultimate Beatles geek. The excellent new Hulu documentary series McCartney 3, 2, 1 gets up close with the most legendary of rock stars, alone in the studio with Rick Rubin, telling stories and listening deep to the Beatles. It’s a fascinating thrill just to listen with him. Like anyone else, he’s mystified by how these four nowhere boys from Liverpool managed to create this music. As Paul says, “For me, I’ve grown to be a fan of the Beatles. Because then, I was just a Beatle.
- 7/13/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
When Keith Richards first met Gram Parsons in 1968, he felt he’d known him all his life. “There was an immediate recognition,” he wrote in his autobiography, Life. “What we could have done if we’d known each other earlier.”
It’s easy to discern the influence Parsons had on Richards, who had a cosmic country streak with 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo with the Byrds and 1969’s The Gilded Palace of Sin with the Flying Burrito Brothers. His death at the age of 26 only further cemented his legacy as a country-rock pioneer,...
It’s easy to discern the influence Parsons had on Richards, who had a cosmic country streak with 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo with the Byrds and 1969’s The Gilded Palace of Sin with the Flying Burrito Brothers. His death at the age of 26 only further cemented his legacy as a country-rock pioneer,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Prolific TV director-producer Brad Silberling has signed with ICM Partners.
Silberling serves as an executive producer and director on the CW’s drama series Dynasty, currently in its third season and renewed for a fourth for 2020-2021. He also is directing and executive producing the first two episodes of the upcoming Netflix series Dash & Lilly.
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Silberling directed the CW/CBS Studios pilots Charmed, Reign, Jane the Virgin and No Tomorrow, all of which went to series. His company, Reveal, is under a deal with CBS TV Studios.
On the film side, Silberling is known for directing such features as Casper, City of Angels, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and Moonlight Mile, based on...
Silberling serves as an executive producer and director on the CW’s drama series Dynasty, currently in its third season and renewed for a fourth for 2020-2021. He also is directing and executive producing the first two episodes of the upcoming Netflix series Dash & Lilly.
More from DeadlineReality TV Producer Lee Metzger Signs With ICM PartnersFormer Laker & NBA Champ Matt Barnes Signs With ICM PartnersICM Signs Cooper Raiff, Filmmaker Behind SXSW Jury Prize Winning Narrative 'Shithouse'
Silberling directed the CW/CBS Studios pilots Charmed, Reign, Jane the Virgin and No Tomorrow, all of which went to series. His company, Reveal, is under a deal with CBS TV Studios.
On the film side, Silberling is known for directing such features as Casper, City of Angels, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and Moonlight Mile, based on...
- 5/1/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
"I raised him! And it's my job to protect him!" A trailer has debuted for an indie drama called Skipping Stones, arriving in theaters later in 2020. This indie drama originally used the title Skipping Stones to Madonna, but they took out that second name and went with the shorter version for release. The film tells the story of a girl coming to terms with the loss of her brother and her deep friendship with her brother's best friend. This stars Michael Ironside, Patricia Charbonneau, Chase Masterson, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Gabby Kalomiris, & Nathaniel Ansbach. It's described as inspired by other small town dramas like Ordinary People, Moonlight Mile, Stand By Me. But it doesn't seem like it's worth writing home about. Here's the first official trailer for S.J. Creazzo's Skipping Stones, direct from the film's own YouTube: Skipping Stones to Madonna tells the story of a young girl (Amanda...
- 12/27/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Despite being someone known for family-friendly fare (Casper and A Series of Unfortunate Events), Brad Silberling was always the guy behind the under-rated Moonlight Mile to me. Beyond its sentimentality and contrivances, it cemented his name as one to follow. Besides 10 Items or Less, however, he career mostly shifted from film to television. I’ll admit I eventually forgot this name during the fifteen years since taking note, its appearance as writer and director of An Ordinary Man reminding me of the potential it held. Even so, I can’t say a film about a war criminal that appeared to want to shine a sympathetic light upon him sounded like it could ever legitimately work, but I was pleasantly surprised to discover it did.
Ben Kingsley stars as “The General.” This is how we know him because it is how everyone else does too. Some say it with reverence while...
Ben Kingsley stars as “The General.” This is how we know him because it is how everyone else does too. Some say it with reverence while...
- 4/11/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Holly Hunter missed out on a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Oscars for “The Big Sick” despite reaping SAG, Critics Choice, and Indie Spirit bids, but she’ll have a chance to pick up an Emmy later this year in the Best Drama Actress category for “Here and Now.” Created by Alan Ball (“American Beauty,” “Six Feet Under,” “True Blood”), the HBO series focuses on a multi-racial family whose bond is tested when one of their children begins seeing things which the rest cannot. Hunter plays Audrey Bayer, a therapist and the family matriarch. In honor of her recent small-screen achievement, let’s take a look back at some of the actress’s best big-screen performances. Tour through our photo gallery above of Hunter’s 12 greatest films, ranked from worst to best.
Despite her recent snub, Hunter has been popular at the Oscars. She won Best Actress for “The Piano...
Despite her recent snub, Hunter has been popular at the Oscars. She won Best Actress for “The Piano...
- 3/24/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
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Fans of Originals and Vampire Diaries star Joseph Morgan won't have time to miss him! He's snagged the lead in the Gone Baby Gone TV series.
There some secrets you keep, and others you don’t. The casting of Fox’s television remake of Gone Baby Gone is one you don’t. Hence why it was announced Monday that Joseph Morgan, current star of CW’s The Originals TV series, will be turning in vampire lore for some New England hospitality - by way of Boston’s famed Dorchester neighborhood.
Morgan will be one of the two leads of the series where he’ll play Patrick Kenzie, Dennis Lehane’s famous literary private eye and all-around hard case. In the original Gone Baby Gone novel, the fourth in the Kenzie-Gennaro book series, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are private investigators hired to look into the disappearance of a little girl.
Fans of Originals and Vampire Diaries star Joseph Morgan won't have time to miss him! He's snagged the lead in the Gone Baby Gone TV series.
There some secrets you keep, and others you don’t. The casting of Fox’s television remake of Gone Baby Gone is one you don’t. Hence why it was announced Monday that Joseph Morgan, current star of CW’s The Originals TV series, will be turning in vampire lore for some New England hospitality - by way of Boston’s famed Dorchester neighborhood.
Morgan will be one of the two leads of the series where he’ll play Patrick Kenzie, Dennis Lehane’s famous literary private eye and all-around hard case. In the original Gone Baby Gone novel, the fourth in the Kenzie-Gennaro book series, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are private investigators hired to look into the disappearance of a little girl.
- 2/26/2018
- Den of Geek
Mary Ellen Trainor, a fixture of 1980s movies such as Lethal Weapon and Romancing The Stone, died last month at the age of 62.Trainor, who was born in San Francisco, studied broadcast journalism at San Diego State, where she was a college roommate with future Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy. While studying, she was offered a spot as a radio personality for a local station and eventually went on to become station editor at Kcbs.She moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and started her career in film and television as a production assistant. She also met and married Robert Zemeckis, appearing in several of his films. Her first screen appearance, though, was a small role on an episode of Cheers. Film-wise, her big break was in Zemeckis’ Romancing The Stone where she played Kathleen Turner’s sister, Elaine. From there she would become a stalwart character performer in movies such as The Goonies,...
- 6/9/2015
- EmpireOnline
Prolific film and television director and producer Brad Silberling has signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios. Under the two-year pact, Silberling will develop and produce projects for the studio. Silberling's credits include directing the film's “City of Angels,” “Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,” 10 Items or Less” and “Moonlight Mile,” which he also wrote. See photos: Fall TV Preview: 85 New and Returning Shows On the television side, he directed CW's “Jane the Virgin” pilot, more than 20 episodes of “Reign” and “NYPD Blue,” among many others. He just directed the half-hour pilot “Down Dog” for Amazon with Bob.
- 10/22/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Exclusive: After her debut feature Broken English snagged distribution out of Sundance and a pair of Independent Spirit Award nominations, filmmaker Zoe Cassavetes linked up with actress pal Alexia Landeau to write her sophomore feature. Landeau, who appeared in Cassavetes’ first film, the 2000 short Men Make Women Crazy Theory, now leads the Day Out Of Days cast as a 40-year-old actress struggling to make it in the cutthroat business of Hollywood while contending with ever-youthful competition.
Joining Landeau in Day Out Of Days are Melanie Griffith, Eddie Izzard, Cheyenne Jackson, Vincent Kartheiser, Alessandro Nivola, Brooke Smith and Bellamy Young. Cassavetes just wrapped a 17-day shoot on location in La, a production made possible by a successful $60,000 FundAnything crowdfunding campaign that Cassavetes and her fellow producers Gina Kwon (Camp X-Ray, The Future, The Motel, Me and You and Everyone We Know) and Kate Roughan (Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives) launched last year.
Joining Landeau in Day Out Of Days are Melanie Griffith, Eddie Izzard, Cheyenne Jackson, Vincent Kartheiser, Alessandro Nivola, Brooke Smith and Bellamy Young. Cassavetes just wrapped a 17-day shoot on location in La, a production made possible by a successful $60,000 FundAnything crowdfunding campaign that Cassavetes and her fellow producers Gina Kwon (Camp X-Ray, The Future, The Motel, Me and You and Everyone We Know) and Kate Roughan (Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives) launched last year.
- 8/20/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Jake Gyllenhaal to be honored with the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award at the Hollywood Film Awards
Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive producer of the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, announced today that Academy Award®-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal will be honored with this year’s Hollywood Supporting Actor Award for his extraordinary work in Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed thriller “Prisoners.” The award will be bestowed at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony on Monday evening, October 21, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. “We are thrilled to present the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award to Jake Gyllenhaal for his unforgettable performance in ‘Prisoners,’” said de Abreu. “His is a truly compelling, subtly layered portrayal of a man tasked with the impossible and driven by the demons of his own past. Jake has given a myriad of outstanding performances throughout his career, but his work in ‘Prisoners’ delivers a new level of complexity, as reflected in the rave reviews the film has received.” Jake Gyllenhaal received...
- 9/23/2013
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
The CW announced its fall 2013-14 slate earlier today, adding five new dramas including a drama about Mary, Queen of Scots called Reign, as well as the highly anticipated Vampire Diaries spinoff titled The Originals, and The Tomorrow People, starring Robbie Amell, brother of Arrow’s Stephen Amell. The network has also released trailers which you can watch below. Let us know which shows you are interested in watching.
The Originals – Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed and the bonds of family are broken. Time, tragedy and hunger for power have torn the Original Family apart. When Klaus Mikaelson, the original vampire-werewolf hybrid, receives a mysterious tip that a plot is brewing against him in the supernatural melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans, he...
The Originals – Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed and the bonds of family are broken. Time, tragedy and hunger for power have torn the Original Family apart. When Klaus Mikaelson, the original vampire-werewolf hybrid, receives a mysterious tip that a plot is brewing against him in the supernatural melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans, he...
- 5/16/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the fifth and final one announced today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on The CW.
After targeting teen girls for so long, The CW has widened their demographic focus and in the process have improved their fortunes with three of their five new shows from last year returning. One in particular, "Arrow," has been a big hit for them. As a result this year's line-up sticks heavily with genre fare - sci-fi, supernatural, and even a period piece.
The network's troubled "Nikita" has scored a six episode third season order to wrap up its story lines, no word on when those episodes will air just yet. In fact, specific premiere dates for all their shows have yet to be set.
Several other pilots didn't make the...
After targeting teen girls for so long, The CW has widened their demographic focus and in the process have improved their fortunes with three of their five new shows from last year returning. One in particular, "Arrow," has been a big hit for them. As a result this year's line-up sticks heavily with genre fare - sci-fi, supernatural, and even a period piece.
The network's troubled "Nikita" has scored a six episode third season order to wrap up its story lines, no word on when those episodes will air just yet. In fact, specific premiere dates for all their shows have yet to be set.
Several other pilots didn't make the...
- 5/16/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Chicago – The CW is shaking things up this Fall, perhaps recognizing that their audience doesn’t care as much what night of the week their shows are on as they’re getting increasingly likely to DVR, download, or stream them. 40% of the net’s line-up is switching nights, moving around three new shows in the mid-section of the week.
“Nikita“‘s final season is being held to mid-season.
Full schedule below, followed by new show descriptions.
*-new show
Monday
7pm “Hart of Dixie”
8pm “Beauty & the Beast”
Tuesday
7pm “The Originals”*
8pm “Supernatural”
Wednesday
7pm “Arrow”
8pm “The Tomorrow People”*
Thursday
7pm “The Vampire Diaries”
8pm “Reign”*
Friday
7pm “The Carrie Diaries”
8pm “America’s Next Top Model”
New Show Descriptions
“The Originals”
The Originals
Photo credit: The CW
Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together,...
“Nikita“‘s final season is being held to mid-season.
Full schedule below, followed by new show descriptions.
*-new show
Monday
7pm “Hart of Dixie”
8pm “Beauty & the Beast”
Tuesday
7pm “The Originals”*
8pm “Supernatural”
Wednesday
7pm “Arrow”
8pm “The Tomorrow People”*
Thursday
7pm “The Vampire Diaries”
8pm “Reign”*
Friday
7pm “The Carrie Diaries”
8pm “America’s Next Top Model”
New Show Descriptions
“The Originals”
The Originals
Photo credit: The CW
Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together,...
- 5/16/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
New York -- After "The Sopranos" went black, David Chase's next move was never in question: He would make a movie.
In all Chase's time toiling as a writer in television before "The Sopranos" – decades ranging from "The Rockford Files" to "Northern Exposure" – the big screen had beckoned. It reached back to his days as a teenager taking stills of "8 1/2" and "Dr. Strangelove" (clear touchstones, still: one, Italian and surreal; the other, darkly comic).
After his first stab at writing a psychological thriller went begging, he turned to an idea of his since the `80s, one he occasionally kicked around in the "Sopranos" writers room.
"I love rock `n' roll so much that I really wanted to make a movie about the music, not about the personalities involved, not about the ups and downs or the rise and fall of it," says Chase. "I didn't want to do a biopic.
In all Chase's time toiling as a writer in television before "The Sopranos" – decades ranging from "The Rockford Files" to "Northern Exposure" – the big screen had beckoned. It reached back to his days as a teenager taking stills of "8 1/2" and "Dr. Strangelove" (clear touchstones, still: one, Italian and surreal; the other, darkly comic).
After his first stab at writing a psychological thriller went begging, he turned to an idea of his since the `80s, one he occasionally kicked around in the "Sopranos" writers room.
"I love rock `n' roll so much that I really wanted to make a movie about the music, not about the personalities involved, not about the ups and downs or the rise and fall of it," says Chase. "I didn't want to do a biopic.
- 12/17/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
New York -- After "The Sopranos" went black, David Chase's next move was never in question: He would make a movie.
In all Chase's time toiling as a writer in television before "The Sopranos" – decades ranging from "The Rockford Files" to "Northern Exposure" – the big screen had beckoned. It reached back to his days as a teenager taking stills of "8 1/2" and "Dr. Strangelove" (clear touchstones, still: one, Italian and surreal; the other, darkly comic).
After his first stab at writing a psychological thriller went begging, he turned to an idea of his since the `80s, one he occasionally kicked around in the "Sopranos" writers room.
"I love rock `n' roll so much that I really wanted to make a movie about the music, not about the personalities involved, not about the ups and downs or the rise and fall of it," says Chase. "I didn't want to do a biopic.
In all Chase's time toiling as a writer in television before "The Sopranos" – decades ranging from "The Rockford Files" to "Northern Exposure" – the big screen had beckoned. It reached back to his days as a teenager taking stills of "8 1/2" and "Dr. Strangelove" (clear touchstones, still: one, Italian and surreal; the other, darkly comic).
After his first stab at writing a psychological thriller went begging, he turned to an idea of his since the `80s, one he occasionally kicked around in the "Sopranos" writers room.
"I love rock `n' roll so much that I really wanted to make a movie about the music, not about the personalities involved, not about the ups and downs or the rise and fall of it," says Chase. "I didn't want to do a biopic.
- 12/17/2012
- by AP
- Aol TV.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger continues his streak of gritty action films, signing on to star in the thriller Ten, Open Road Films announced today. David Ayer (Street Kings, End of Watch) will direct the script by Skip Woods (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, A Good Day to Die Hard), which follows a team of crooked DEA agents who start getting mysteriously executed after a dirty drug raid. Schwarzenegger’s role in the film is unclear, but we’re guessing it’s light on introspective soliloquies.
• Disney’s Maleficent is filling out its cast around Angelina Jolie’s title sorceress: Harry Potter alums Imelda Staunton and Miranda Richardson,...
• Disney’s Maleficent is filling out its cast around Angelina Jolie’s title sorceress: Harry Potter alums Imelda Staunton and Miranda Richardson,...
- 5/8/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Golden Globe nominated Brendan Gleeson (The Guard, In Bruges) and Abbie Cornish (Bright Star, W.E.) are set to star in the new dramatic thriller An Ordinary Man for Brad Silberling (City Of Angels, Moonlight Mile) who will direct from his own original script.
The contemporary suspense tale centers on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact — his maid.
Silberling produces the film through his Reveal Entertainment banner, in a co-production with Disruptive Media and producers Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter. David Lonner executive produces the film that is targeted to start principal photography in the Fall 2012 on location in Belgrade, Serbia.
Radiant Films International helmed by President and CEO Mimi Steinbauer will handle international rights to the film and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
On the announcement of the film Silberling said, .There...
The contemporary suspense tale centers on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact — his maid.
Silberling produces the film through his Reveal Entertainment banner, in a co-production with Disruptive Media and producers Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter. David Lonner executive produces the film that is targeted to start principal photography in the Fall 2012 on location in Belgrade, Serbia.
Radiant Films International helmed by President and CEO Mimi Steinbauer will handle international rights to the film and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
On the announcement of the film Silberling said, .There...
- 5/7/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish will star in “An Ordinary Man,” the latest film from Brad Silberling, director of “Moonlight Mile” and “Land of the Lost.” Silberling will direct from his own script about the relationship between a war criminal in hiding and his maid. Radiant Films International will handle international rights and shop it at the Cannes Film Market. “There’s no greater pleasure than crafting a tale for brilliant actors to sink their teeth into, and with Brandon and Abbie, I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot,” Silberling said in a...
- 5/7/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
"An Ordinary Man" directed by Brad Silberling....does it sound vaguely familiar? Well, if you have a good memory, you might remember this project came up on the radar two years ago but it now looks like things are ready to press forward.
Radiant Films International has announced they have obtained the international sales rights on the thriller that now has Abbie Cornish and Brendan Gleeson set to star. The picture, set to be written and directed by Silberling, will be a nice shift in gears for the helmer who is probably best known for "Moonlight Mile" and "City Of Angels." The story will center on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact -- his maid. Back when the project was initially brewing, Liam Neeson was eyeing the lead role, said to be partially based on former Serbian leader and convicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic.
Radiant Films International has announced they have obtained the international sales rights on the thriller that now has Abbie Cornish and Brendan Gleeson set to star. The picture, set to be written and directed by Silberling, will be a nice shift in gears for the helmer who is probably best known for "Moonlight Mile" and "City Of Angels." The story will center on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact -- his maid. Back when the project was initially brewing, Liam Neeson was eyeing the lead role, said to be partially based on former Serbian leader and convicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic.
- 5/7/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Golden Globe nominated Brendan Gleeson ( The Guard , In Bruges ) and Abbie Cornish ( Bright Star , W.E. ) are set to star in the new dramatic thriller An Ordinary Man for Brad Silberling ( City of Angels , Moonlight Mile , Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ) who will direct from his own original script. The contemporary suspense tale centers on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact -- his maid. Silberling produces the film through his Reveal Entertainment banner, in a co-production with Disruptive Media and producers Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter. David Lonner executive produces the film that is targeted to start principal photography this fall on location in Belgrade, Serbia....
- 5/7/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Warner Bros has bought the rights to a movie adaptation of Live By Night, an upcoming novel by Dennis Lehane. Lehane is known for several books which have been adapted for the screen, including Mystic River, Moonlight Mile and Gone, Baby Gone. According to Deadline, the project has been acquired to serve as a star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred in Shutter Island, another Lehane adaptation. DiCaprio and his partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran at Appian Way Productions (more)...
- 4/15/2012
- by By Zeba Blay
- Digital Spy
Jake Gyllenhaal once tried to woo Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo by calling her the "most beautiful thing" he'd ever seen - but she refused to date him because he was too young.
The actress had a fateful meeting with Gyllenhaal in a street more than 10 years ago, and was stunned to bump into him just weeks later while auditioning for the 2002 movie Moonlight Mile.
She explains, "I was... in the waiting room and the director and this guy, Jake Gyllenhaal, who I had never heard of - no one had ever heard of him at that point - walked past me. I (had) my head down... so I didn't get a look at Jake.
"I had met Jake a couple of weeks prior on the sidewalk! I walked into the (audition) room and I saw Jake and I said, 'Oh my God, it's you!' We sort of bumped into each other. He told me I was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen."
Director Brad Silberling noticed the palpable tension between the two during their tryout and asked if they were already acquainted.
Pompeo recalls, "We were like, 'No, we don't know each other. We made love to each other not speaking on the sidewalk, but we don't know each other!'"
But Pompeo admits she ruled out a romance with the hunky actor - because he's 11 years her junior: "I said, 'He's 12! And maybe we'll see each other again and I should leave!' There were sparks, but we just bolted... Listen, he is a handsome guy and a great actor (but) he is 20 years younger than me!"
Pompeo is now married to music producer Chris Ivery.
The actress had a fateful meeting with Gyllenhaal in a street more than 10 years ago, and was stunned to bump into him just weeks later while auditioning for the 2002 movie Moonlight Mile.
She explains, "I was... in the waiting room and the director and this guy, Jake Gyllenhaal, who I had never heard of - no one had ever heard of him at that point - walked past me. I (had) my head down... so I didn't get a look at Jake.
"I had met Jake a couple of weeks prior on the sidewalk! I walked into the (audition) room and I saw Jake and I said, 'Oh my God, it's you!' We sort of bumped into each other. He told me I was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen."
Director Brad Silberling noticed the palpable tension between the two during their tryout and asked if they were already acquainted.
Pompeo recalls, "We were like, 'No, we don't know each other. We made love to each other not speaking on the sidewalk, but we don't know each other!'"
But Pompeo admits she ruled out a romance with the hunky actor - because he's 11 years her junior: "I said, 'He's 12! And maybe we'll see each other again and I should leave!' There were sparks, but we just bolted... Listen, he is a handsome guy and a great actor (but) he is 20 years younger than me!"
Pompeo is now married to music producer Chris Ivery.
- 4/4/2012
- WENN
Jake Gyllenhaal has proven he can play the leading man in very successful blockbuster films. He is out to continue that streak with Source Code out this Friday, April 1.
We love us some cute Jake, so we thought we'd look at the top 10 Jake Gyllenhaal flicks in this week's "Top 10 Movies"
What's your favorite Jake Gyllenhaal flick? Take a look at our list for some inspiration.
Check out our list after the jump!
10. Brothers (2009)
Our Jake stars as the less noble of two brothers in this war-thriller, co-starring Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire. Sam Cahill (Maguire) sets off for war in early 2007, while Tommy Cahill (Gyllenhaal) stays behind. Tommy is the black sheep of the family, causing trouble and creating mischief. When Sam is missing and presumed dead, his wife Grace and their two children must deal with the grief. Tommy steps up to help in their time of need,...
We love us some cute Jake, so we thought we'd look at the top 10 Jake Gyllenhaal flicks in this week's "Top 10 Movies"
What's your favorite Jake Gyllenhaal flick? Take a look at our list for some inspiration.
Check out our list after the jump!
10. Brothers (2009)
Our Jake stars as the less noble of two brothers in this war-thriller, co-starring Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire. Sam Cahill (Maguire) sets off for war in early 2007, while Tommy Cahill (Gyllenhaal) stays behind. Tommy is the black sheep of the family, causing trouble and creating mischief. When Sam is missing and presumed dead, his wife Grace and their two children must deal with the grief. Tommy steps up to help in their time of need,...
- 3/31/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
Chicago – Dennis Lehane remains one of our better fiction writers with some of his best-known material being turned into highly-acclaimed films including “Mystic River,” “Gone Baby Gone,” and “Shutter Island.” He returns to his two most beloved characters — Angie Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie — those played by Michelle Monaghan and Casey Affleck in the film version of “Gbg” to craft a direct sequel to that novel, “Moonlight Mile,” a reminder of how efficient Lehane can be when it comes to breakneck thriller pacing but a bit of a letdown if it truly is the final book with these memorable detectives.
Lehane introduced the world to Kenzie and Gennaro, a pair of tough, Boston P.I.s in the great “A Drink Before the War” in 1994. That book won an award for a first novel and spawned more adventures for the pair throughout the ’90s in “Darkness, Take My Hand,” “Sacred,” “Gone,...
Lehane introduced the world to Kenzie and Gennaro, a pair of tough, Boston P.I.s in the great “A Drink Before the War” in 1994. That book won an award for a first novel and spawned more adventures for the pair throughout the ’90s in “Darkness, Take My Hand,” “Sacred,” “Gone,...
- 11/28/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Did you know Jake Gyllenhaal began his movie career playing Billy Crystal's son in "City Slickers"? Here's some great movie moments from the "Love and Other Drugs" star's career!
Favorite Jake Gyllenhaal Movie Moments"City Slickers"(1991)
Character: Danny Robbins
Danny:“We saw a picture of you in a newspaper in your underwear.”
Kim (Walker Brandt): “Oh, well that was an advertisement. I sometimes model ladies' underwear.”
Barbara (Patricia Wettig): “You looked great.
Favorite Jake Gyllenhaal Movie Moments"City Slickers"(1991)
Character: Danny Robbins
Danny:“We saw a picture of you in a newspaper in your underwear.”
Kim (Walker Brandt): “Oh, well that was an advertisement. I sometimes model ladies' underwear.”
Barbara (Patricia Wettig): “You looked great.
- 11/28/2010
- Extra
Recent or brand new offerings from the fine land of DVD and Blu Ray including (whaddya know?) a double feature starring god herself. Which will you make me watch?
The Bounty Hunter
In which Gerard Butler allegedly continues his unbroken streak of awful movies. I say allegedly because I have only heard of (most of) the horrors.
Brooklyn's Finest
In which the likes of Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes and Ethan Hawke get caught up in cops & drugs style complications. From the director of Training Day.
Chloe
In which Julianne Moore hires hooker Amanda Seyfried for her husband but gets more than she paid for. Oopsie. From auteur Atom Egoyan.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
In which Swedish actors like Michael Nyqvist (yay!), Lena Endre (yay!) and Noomi Rapace (wait, who?) act out the allegedly misogynistic international best seller.
The Greatest
In which Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan...
The Bounty Hunter
In which Gerard Butler allegedly continues his unbroken streak of awful movies. I say allegedly because I have only heard of (most of) the horrors.
Brooklyn's Finest
In which the likes of Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes and Ethan Hawke get caught up in cops & drugs style complications. From the director of Training Day.
Chloe
In which Julianne Moore hires hooker Amanda Seyfried for her husband but gets more than she paid for. Oopsie. From auteur Atom Egoyan.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
In which Swedish actors like Michael Nyqvist (yay!), Lena Endre (yay!) and Noomi Rapace (wait, who?) act out the allegedly misogynistic international best seller.
The Greatest
In which Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan...
- 7/13/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Did you know Jake Gyllenhaal began his movie career playing Billy Crystal's son in "City Slickers"? Here's some great movie moments from the "Prince of Persia" star's career!
Favorite Jake Gyllenhaal Movie Moments"City Slickers"(1991)
Character: Danny Robbins
Danny:“We saw a picture of you in a newspaper in your underwear.”
Kim (Walker Brandt): “Oh, well that was an advertisement. I sometimes model ladies' underwear.”
Barbara (Patricia Wettig): “You looked great.
Favorite Jake Gyllenhaal Movie Moments"City Slickers"(1991)
Character: Danny Robbins
Danny:“We saw a picture of you in a newspaper in your underwear.”
Kim (Walker Brandt): “Oh, well that was an advertisement. I sometimes model ladies' underwear.”
Barbara (Patricia Wettig): “You looked great.
- 5/28/2010
- Extra
If you have seen Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the rest of the Rolling Stones hanging around a lot lately, it's because they are celebrating the release of a remastered anniversary edition of their classic 1972 album Exile on Main St. (which hits store shelves today). The newly remastered version features a second disc of songs, all 10 of which have been previously unreleased and were from the same sessions that yielded Exile on Main St.
Here's the thing about Exile on Main St.: While it's an excellent album and contains some of the band's signature hits ("Tumbling Dice," "Loving Cup," "Shine a Light") and some excellent deep cuts ("Rip This Joint," "Casino Boogie"), it's profoundly overrated — especially in the context of the rest of the Stones' catalog. It's way too long and bloated in places, and the stuff at the back end seems a little perfunctory (especially "Let It Loose...
Here's the thing about Exile on Main St.: While it's an excellent album and contains some of the band's signature hits ("Tumbling Dice," "Loving Cup," "Shine a Light") and some excellent deep cuts ("Rip This Joint," "Casino Boogie"), it's profoundly overrated — especially in the context of the rest of the Stones' catalog. It's way too long and bloated in places, and the stuff at the back end seems a little perfunctory (especially "Let It Loose...
- 5/18/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
I first saw The Greatest at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. I remember squirming in my seat and rolling my eyes at what I felt was the phoniness of the Very Sad Story, about a family dealing with the death of their teenage son in a car accident. I remember I was especially impatient with the histrionics of the mother, played by Susan Sarandon -- a made-for-the-movies character who, in her all-consuming grief, becomes so fiercely obsessed with determining the details of the accident that she shuts out her husband and her hurting younger son and keeps a vigil by...
- 4/7/2010
- by Lisa Schwarzbaum
- EW.com - The Movie Critics
I don't mean to sound pushy, or bossy, or like I'm telling you what to do, but if you like good actressin', you need to line the hell up behind Carey Mulligan. She's just flat-fucking-out amazing. Jaw to the floor, thank you very much, come back and see us, don't let the door hit your ass amazing. If you could buy stock in an actress, I'd go all in, and go long, on Carey Mulligan. In 30 years, she's still going to be collecting Oscar nominations. She's got this fantastic bittersweet heartbreak quality about her -- she's like Keri Russell, only with genuine acting ability. I just dig her to China.
Below is the trailer for The Greatest. Carey Mulligan stars as Rose, who falls in love with Bennett (Kick-Ass's Aaron Johnson). Bennett soon thereafter dies in a car accident, and Rose arrives at Bennett's parents house a few months later pregnant.
Below is the trailer for The Greatest. Carey Mulligan stars as Rose, who falls in love with Bennett (Kick-Ass's Aaron Johnson). Bennett soon thereafter dies in a car accident, and Rose arrives at Bennett's parents house a few months later pregnant.
- 3/19/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
We haven't reported much on The Greatest, which stars Carey Mulligan as the pregnant girlfriend of a young man (Aaron Johnson) who is killed in a car crash. When she tells his grieving family (Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Johnny Simmons) that she's pregnant with his child, they take her in, despite the objections of his mother. There is now a trailer for the Us release, which you can see after the break. This actually reminds me of Moonlight Mile (trailer), which also starred Susan Sarandon as a mother who, with her husband (Dustin Hoffman) takes in the love of her deceased child. In that film, it was Jake Gyllenhall, who was the fiancee of Sarandon and Hoffman's daughter. Moonlight Mile is based in part of the experience of writer/director Brad Silberling, whose girlfriend Rebecca Shaeffer was murdered in 1989. The film is worth a look, and I'm happy enough to...
- 3/18/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
By Eric Ditzian
This week, "American Idol" veers away from its Top 40 grab bag theme (in which cuts from both Christina Aguilera and Leonard Cohen were considered fair game) and embraces just one band: The Rolling Stones. Before we get started suggesting which Stones' tunes we'd like to see Crystal Bowersox, Siobhan Magnus and the rest of the Top 12 sing, let's start with the songs that need to be banned and, if performed, should result in merciless banishment from the "Idol" stage.
"Wild Horses"
If anyone thinks covering a song made newly-famous (for about the 75th time) by Susan Boyle is a good idea, he or she can pretty much plant a flag on the grounds of Irrelevantville.
"Ruby Tuesday," "Satisfaction" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
If you're not scared off by these karaoke staples, be worried by the fact that when I asked my grandma to name three Stones tunes,...
This week, "American Idol" veers away from its Top 40 grab bag theme (in which cuts from both Christina Aguilera and Leonard Cohen were considered fair game) and embraces just one band: The Rolling Stones. Before we get started suggesting which Stones' tunes we'd like to see Crystal Bowersox, Siobhan Magnus and the rest of the Top 12 sing, let's start with the songs that need to be banned and, if performed, should result in merciless banishment from the "Idol" stage.
"Wild Horses"
If anyone thinks covering a song made newly-famous (for about the 75th time) by Susan Boyle is a good idea, he or she can pretty much plant a flag on the grounds of Irrelevantville.
"Ruby Tuesday," "Satisfaction" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
If you're not scared off by these karaoke staples, be worried by the fact that when I asked my grandma to name three Stones tunes,...
- 3/16/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Because of the commercial pressures Hollywood places on filmmakers these days, many directors adopt a sort of "one for them, one for me" career strategy that allows them to exercise their creativity while maintaining a degree of viability at the box office. Brad Silberling, despite an array of films that really do run the gamut from intimate character studies to effects-laden opuses, seems to have effectively synthesized the two more and more effectively with each subsequent effort. Starting with straightforward studio fare like Casper, he quickly graduated to meatier projects, including the semi-autobiographical Moonlight Mile, before tackling an adaptation of the first book in Daniel Handler's Lemony Snicket series.
But he seems to have truly captured both his own creative idiosyncrasies and the demands of a summer blockbuster with Land of the Lost, a sprawling, bizarre big-screen reimagining of the Sid and Marty Krofft TV series from the 1970s.
But he seems to have truly captured both his own creative idiosyncrasies and the demands of a summer blockbuster with Land of the Lost, a sprawling, bizarre big-screen reimagining of the Sid and Marty Krofft TV series from the 1970s.
- 6/6/2009
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Cinematical
As far as Sid & Marty Krofft go, I consider myself more of a H.R. Pufnstuf kind of fella than Land Of The Lost guy. I don’t know if it’s the talking flute, my affinity for the Artful Dodger (Oliver Twist’s Jack Wild) or that I would rate Witchiepoo over the Wicked Witch of the West in a poll of my favorite sinister cinema sorceresses (so sorry, Maleficent). As far as Will Ferrell goes, he’s hit-and-miss with me. I love Elf and like Old School, but I’m not a fan of Talladaga Nights or those comedies he stars in that have titles that go on longer than Bill O’Reilly. And as for director Brad Silberling, well, Casper and Lemony Snicket were forgettable, but I was impressed and moved by his 2002 drama Moonlight Mile.
As a kid during the’80s, I would occasionally watch Land Of The Lost reruns,...
As a kid during the’80s, I would occasionally watch Land Of The Lost reruns,...
- 6/4/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (ALLAN DART)
- Starlog
Ah, I see that no nods will be given to the earnestness of the original show. This makes me sad: This show warped my tiny brain as a child with its talk of time warps and intelligent dinosaurs and such, and it would have been nice to see something that engaged the young geek in me again. (I guess I’ll have to make do with the complete box set of the original show, which’ll be released on Region 1 DVD on May 26. Woo-hoo! No sign of a Region 2 release -- sorry.) Instead, I’ll just have to think of this as that movie from Brad Silberling, who made the intriguing Moonlight Mile and has now moved on to big-budget FX spectacles, in which the presence of Danny McBride is at least balanced out by that of Anna “Pushing Daisies” Friel. Matt Lauer can suck it, though. And the walnut joke is kinda funny.
- 5/7/2009
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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