Few actors can make a successful jump from the front of the camera to behind it. While stars like Ben Affleck have navigated this transition, Taylor Sheridan has proved that he isn’t far behind. The star who became a recognizable face on television in shows like Sons of Anarchy and Veronica Mars, found his true calling as a writer with his hugely popular series Yellowstone.
Taylor Sheridan in Yellowstone
Encouraged by the success of the show, Sheridan went on to create two prequels namely 1883, and its immediate sequel 1923 which starred Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in the lead roles. The series, which has been renewed for a 2nd season, was initially given a different title by the writer, but was subsequently modified following the change in its historical setting.
How Did Taylor Sheridan’s 1932 Become 1923?
Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western drama series Yellowstone follows the Dutton family and their feud...
Taylor Sheridan in Yellowstone
Encouraged by the success of the show, Sheridan went on to create two prequels namely 1883, and its immediate sequel 1923 which starred Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in the lead roles. The series, which has been renewed for a 2nd season, was initially given a different title by the writer, but was subsequently modified following the change in its historical setting.
How Did Taylor Sheridan’s 1932 Become 1923?
Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western drama series Yellowstone follows the Dutton family and their feud...
- 4/26/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
Think of Louisiana, and the debauchery of Mardi Gras comes easily to mind. But in the northwest corner of the state — closer to Dallas than to New Orleans, the Red River than the Mississippi — sits the town of Minden, about 30 miles from Shreveport. This is deep-red America, part of a tri-state region known as Ark-la-Tex, and arguably the buckle of the Bible Belt.
Minden is a pious place, counting more than 20 Baptist congregations alone, and it entered the 21st century still embracing a tradition of forbidding alcohol.
When local business leaders began pushing,...
Minden is a pious place, counting more than 20 Baptist congregations alone, and it entered the 21st century still embracing a tradition of forbidding alcohol.
When local business leaders began pushing,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Yellowstone: Two New Spin-Offs and the Grand Finale of a TV Legend? Read on for more information ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Saddle up, Yellowstone enthusiasts, because the Duttons are back in the spotlight, and the ranch is buzzing with more drama than ever before! If you haven’t been following the riveting saga of the Dutton family in the TV goldmine that is “Yellowstone,” you’ve been missing out on a wild ride.
The recent season kicked off with a bang, lassoing in a staggering 17 million viewers. Can we get a round of applause for that monumental achievement? But that’s not all – get ready for the grand finale dropping in November 2024. And hold onto your hats because Paramount just greenlit not one, but Two spin-offs – “1944” and an unnamed series set in the present day. Yes, you heard it right: more Dutton magic is on the horizon!
Already, we’ve...
Saddle up, Yellowstone enthusiasts, because the Duttons are back in the spotlight, and the ranch is buzzing with more drama than ever before! If you haven’t been following the riveting saga of the Dutton family in the TV goldmine that is “Yellowstone,” you’ve been missing out on a wild ride.
The recent season kicked off with a bang, lassoing in a staggering 17 million viewers. Can we get a round of applause for that monumental achievement? But that’s not all – get ready for the grand finale dropping in November 2024. And hold onto your hats because Paramount just greenlit not one, but Two spin-offs – “1944” and an unnamed series set in the present day. Yes, you heard it right: more Dutton magic is on the horizon!
Already, we’ve...
- 12/13/2023
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
The Yellowstone universe continues growing as Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren join yet another prequel introducing another generation of Duttons. In the Western drama series 1923, Mirren and Ford play Cara and Jacob Dutton. But the English actor recently revealed what annoys her about many American Westerns.
‘1923’ takes place during Prohibition Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in ‘1923’ | Emerson Miller/Paramount+
1923 is set 40 years after the events of 1883 and Elsa Dutton’s death. Harrison Ford’s character, Jacob, is the patriarch of the Dutton ranch and is married to Cara. Jacob and Cara don’t have children, but they raise their nephews Spencer and John as their own.
The prequel follows the Duttons as they navigate hard times from drought to Prohibition and the early stages of the Great Depression that took its toll on Montana even before the 1929 Stock Market Crash. 1923 premiered on Paramount+ on Dec. 18, 2022, with Ford and Mirren in the lead.
‘1923’ takes place during Prohibition Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in ‘1923’ | Emerson Miller/Paramount+
1923 is set 40 years after the events of 1883 and Elsa Dutton’s death. Harrison Ford’s character, Jacob, is the patriarch of the Dutton ranch and is married to Cara. Jacob and Cara don’t have children, but they raise their nephews Spencer and John as their own.
The prequel follows the Duttons as they navigate hard times from drought to Prohibition and the early stages of the Great Depression that took its toll on Montana even before the 1929 Stock Market Crash. 1923 premiered on Paramount+ on Dec. 18, 2022, with Ford and Mirren in the lead.
- 2/5/2023
- by Produced by Digital Editors
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"Boardwalk Empire" is something of an outlier in the so-called "Golden Age of Television." The show premiered on September 19, 2010 and received robust critical praise. Despite the reviews, "Boardwalk Empire" did not find the audience enjoyed by its contemporaries and it has not yet matched the reputation of its predecessors. One way or another, the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson has been outflanked by "Breaking Bad," "Game of Thrones," "The Sopranos," and "The Wire." Consequently, eight years after its expedited fifth and final season, it's time for something of a retrospective.Set during the 13 years of Prohibition, "Boardwalk Empire" spins fact and fiction into an exquisite tapestry of family, greed, lust, and brutal gangster politics. Nucky Thompson's grip on Atlantic City may be the show's center of gravity, but it also captures the zeitgeist of American organized crime in the early 20th century. The real-life figures are too numerous to quantify here,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Jack Hawkins
- Slash Film
The Prohibition era becomes the backdrop in which the mafia, a young entrepreneur, and vampires cross paths in the new comic book series Blood Oath. With the first issue of Blood Oath now available from ComiXology Originals, we caught up with co-writers Rob Hart and Alex Segura to discuss collaborating on the ambitious new horror series, and we also have the debut of the cover art for issue #2 to share with Daily Dead readers!
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer questions for us, Alex and Rob, and congratulations on your new comic book series Blood Oath! How and when did you first come up with the idea for this series?
Rob Hart: Alex reached out to me back in 2019 about this, I think. He wanted to do something with vampires and the mob, and we spitballed a little back and forth until we settled on Prohibition as a setting.
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer questions for us, Alex and Rob, and congratulations on your new comic book series Blood Oath! How and when did you first come up with the idea for this series?
Rob Hart: Alex reached out to me back in 2019 about this, I think. He wanted to do something with vampires and the mob, and we spitballed a little back and forth until we settled on Prohibition as a setting.
- 8/30/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
American period drama "Boardwalk Empire" ended its five-season run, plot-wise, with the termination of Prohibition in the early 1930s. Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and his disreputable associates rose and fell alongside the crest of a nationwide ban on alcoholic beverage sales the decade prior. Speaking to Esquire at the celebrated series' conclusion in 2014, creator Terence Winter recalled Martin Scorsese's involvement in the show, which quickly evolved from producing to directing the pilot:
"HBO told me, 'You're going to go to Martin Scorsese's house and meet him to talk about the show' and I was like a girl going to the prom. What should I wear? [laughs] Literally, I got to his house 20 minutes early and walked around the block. I didn't want to be too early, I didn't want to be too late, I didn't want to appear too eager. This was one of my idols. It's really kind of goofy,...
"HBO told me, 'You're going to go to Martin Scorsese's house and meet him to talk about the show' and I was like a girl going to the prom. What should I wear? [laughs] Literally, I got to his house 20 minutes early and walked around the block. I didn't want to be too early, I didn't want to be too late, I didn't want to appear too eager. This was one of my idols. It's really kind of goofy,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
Editors’ Note: With acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With Covid-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for an exchange of ideas and experiences, and suggestions on how businesses and individuals can best ride out a crisis that doesn’t look like it will abate any time soon.
While U.S. prisons face the terrifying and inescapable threat of Covid-19 within their walls, vital education resources for the incarcerated have been horribly impacted—a situation documentary filmmaker Lynn Novick and Jule Hall, a graduate of the Bard College Prison Initiative (BPI), want to highlight here.
Novick’s PBS docuseries College Behind Bars focused on the...
While U.S. prisons face the terrifying and inescapable threat of Covid-19 within their walls, vital education resources for the incarcerated have been horribly impacted—a situation documentary filmmaker Lynn Novick and Jule Hall, a graduate of the Bard College Prison Initiative (BPI), want to highlight here.
Novick’s PBS docuseries College Behind Bars focused on the...
- 5/12/2020
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
When Prohibition first went into effect 100 years ago — the 18th Amendment was ratified Jan. 19, 1919 — Hollywood thought movie theaters would be flooded with former barflies. But the real gains were felt by screenwriters.
"The stories that resulted from Prohibition were irresistible," says Ken Burns, director of the 2011 docuseries Prohibition. "The gangster, the flapper, the G-man — it opened unlimited new plotlines with kingpins and Al Capone's and a more open sexuality. Hollywood couldn't help but make movies about the glamorous mistakes that Prohibition created." The era's films were certainly ...
"The stories that resulted from Prohibition were irresistible," says Ken Burns, director of the 2011 docuseries Prohibition. "The gangster, the flapper, the G-man — it opened unlimited new plotlines with kingpins and Al Capone's and a more open sexuality. Hollywood couldn't help but make movies about the glamorous mistakes that Prohibition created." The era's films were certainly ...
- 1/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
When Prohibition first went into effect 100 years ago — the 18th Amendment was ratified Jan. 19, 1919 — Hollywood thought movie theaters would be flooded with former barflies. But the real gains were felt by screenwriters.
"The stories that resulted from Prohibition were irresistible," says Ken Burns, director of the 2011 docuseries Prohibition. "The gangster, the flapper, the G-man — it opened unlimited new plotlines with kingpins and Al Capone's and a more open sexuality. Hollywood couldn't help but make movies about the glamorous mistakes that Prohibition created." The era's films were certainly ...
"The stories that resulted from Prohibition were irresistible," says Ken Burns, director of the 2011 docuseries Prohibition. "The gangster, the flapper, the G-man — it opened unlimited new plotlines with kingpins and Al Capone's and a more open sexuality. Hollywood couldn't help but make movies about the glamorous mistakes that Prohibition created." The era's films were certainly ...
- 1/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A version of this story on Lynn Novick first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
Lynn Novick has worked with Ken Burns on a series of celebrated, epic-length documentaries: “Baseball” in 1994, “Jazz” in 2001 and “Prohibition” in 2011 among them.
Their latest collaboration is “The Vietnam War,” a 10-part examination of the war in Southeast Asia that took a decade to make and includes interviews with 79 different witnesses from all sides of the conflict.
The show’s four nominations include one for Novick and Burns for directing Episode 8, which deals with the stormy period in 1969 and 1970 when opposition to the war intensified in the U.S. and protests on college campuses were met with violence.
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What was the biggest challenge of the series?
On some level, I would...
Lynn Novick has worked with Ken Burns on a series of celebrated, epic-length documentaries: “Baseball” in 1994, “Jazz” in 2001 and “Prohibition” in 2011 among them.
Their latest collaboration is “The Vietnam War,” a 10-part examination of the war in Southeast Asia that took a decade to make and includes interviews with 79 different witnesses from all sides of the conflict.
The show’s four nominations include one for Novick and Burns for directing Episode 8, which deals with the stormy period in 1969 and 1970 when opposition to the war intensified in the U.S. and protests on college campuses were met with violence.
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What was the biggest challenge of the series?
On some level, I would...
- 8/19/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
If you work in television in any capacity, there are over a hundred categories in which you could be nominated for an Emmy, largely in below-the-line capacities. And what we find every year is how often, behind the scenes, the nominees still happen to be heavily male versus female — while certain fields like casting and make-up do lean heavily towards women nominees, there are still many areas where they struggle to be acknowledged.
Below are some (not all) of the shows featuring deserving women who, this year, received important recognition by the Academy for the work that happens behind the scenes, from writing to editing to production design to directing.
“Twin Peaks”
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
This was the only production nominated in this category that featured an all-female production team as nominees, including production designer Ruth De Jong, art director Cara Brower,...
Below are some (not all) of the shows featuring deserving women who, this year, received important recognition by the Academy for the work that happens behind the scenes, from writing to editing to production design to directing.
“Twin Peaks”
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
This was the only production nominated in this category that featured an all-female production team as nominees, including production designer Ruth De Jong, art director Cara Brower,...
- 7/20/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s “The Vietnam War” is arguably one of the most important television events of the year, and viewership has backed that up. In particular, its first episode has garnered record numbers, and the 10-part series continues to air and be streamed throughout the country as well as in Vietnam.
On the telecast side, the premiere of “The Vietnam War,” which aired on Sunday, Sept. 17, drew an audience of 9.6 million viewers with a 6.0 household rating, according to a report released by PBS. That makes it PBS’ highest-rated telecast for the season and best-performing telecast since the series finale of “Downton Abbey” in March 2016. It’s also one of the highest-rated episodes of all time for a Ken Burns/Lynn Novick series, far above their acclaimed “Prohibition,” “The War,” and “Jazz.” That 6.0 household rating also means that “The Vietnam War” is more than 300 greater than PBS’ average primetime rating.
On the telecast side, the premiere of “The Vietnam War,” which aired on Sunday, Sept. 17, drew an audience of 9.6 million viewers with a 6.0 household rating, according to a report released by PBS. That makes it PBS’ highest-rated telecast for the season and best-performing telecast since the series finale of “Downton Abbey” in March 2016. It’s also one of the highest-rated episodes of all time for a Ken Burns/Lynn Novick series, far above their acclaimed “Prohibition,” “The War,” and “Jazz.” That 6.0 household rating also means that “The Vietnam War” is more than 300 greater than PBS’ average primetime rating.
- 10/13/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
“The Vietnam War,” which began airing on PBS last weekend, is very much a Ken Burns documentary: It’s 18 hours long, covers one of the most significant events in American history, and takes an exhaustive look at its subject. Burns’ films on everything from baseball and jazz to Prohibition and the Central Park Five have earned him many admirers, to be sure, but detractors as well. A new video essay makes a case for the nonfiction stalwart by arguing in favor of his approach to covering history.
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“Even though I’m not American, I have always admired Ken Burns and the way he captures American history,” intones the narrator. He singles out the filmmaker’s use of still photography and individual stories and defends Burns against the accusations...
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“Even though I’m not American, I have always admired Ken Burns and the way he captures American history,” intones the narrator. He singles out the filmmaker’s use of still photography and individual stories and defends Burns against the accusations...
- 9/23/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
For years, Ice-t has helped uphold the law as Odafin Tutuola, but in the new horror film Bloodrunners, the renowned actor and musician plays jazz club owner—and vampire—Chesterfield, who is looking to bootleg a little booze and a whole lot of blood during the Prohibition era. With Bloodrunners out now on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD, I had the great pleasure of speaking with Ice-t about sinking his teeth into the juicy role, his band Body Count's upcoming album Bloodlust, and much more.
Congratulations on the film, Ice-t. I haven't had this much with a vampire movie in a while, and it was so unique, too, with the Prohibition setting, so hats off you and the entire team for putting this together.
Ice-t: Me and Mike Harvey work on Law & Order [Special Victims Unit] together, and he's the makeup and special effects guy from this film. So he was...
Congratulations on the film, Ice-t. I haven't had this much with a vampire movie in a while, and it was so unique, too, with the Prohibition setting, so hats off you and the entire team for putting this together.
Ice-t: Me and Mike Harvey work on Law & Order [Special Victims Unit] together, and he's the makeup and special effects guy from this film. So he was...
- 3/14/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If you’re among those who’d been clamoring for more Lucifer/Chloe interaction in Season 2 of the Fox drama, recent episodes — including this week’s — certainly delivered.
At least up until that happened. (And, even worse, with that seemed poised to happen!)
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To backtrack a bit….
In one of the episode title’s multiple interpretations, this hour found Lucifer facing eviction, when the real estate tycoon with whom he made a lipstick-on-thong deal to lease Lux turned up dead. Was this a ploy by Mum, to deprive Lucifer of the new home...
At least up until that happened. (And, even worse, with that seemed poised to happen!)
RelatedFox’s Lucifer Snags Full Season 2 Pickup
To backtrack a bit….
In one of the episode title’s multiple interpretations, this hour found Lucifer facing eviction, when the real estate tycoon with whom he made a lipstick-on-thong deal to lease Lux turned up dead. Was this a ploy by Mum, to deprive Lucifer of the new home...
- 11/22/2016
- TVLine.com
Rob Leane Oct 28, 2016
Looking ahead to the movies heading to cinemas in time for Christmas...
The festive season is a great time to go to the pictures. There’s nothing quite like taking solace when it’s cold outside by cramming in with some like-minded folk to see a (hopefully) great movie.
Unsurprisingly, Hollywood studios have cottoned on to this. Year on year, there seems to more and more choice at the cinema come Christmas time. It’s almost like a second summer season, in terms of the sheer volume of major movies on offer. This isn’t likely to change any time soon, especially when you look at the cash banked by Star Wars: The Force Awakens last Christmas. And that's not to mention the festive season's nearness to the Oscar race, which means that the major movies keep coming well into January.
There are many movies rocking around the multiplex during this Yuletide,...
Looking ahead to the movies heading to cinemas in time for Christmas...
The festive season is a great time to go to the pictures. There’s nothing quite like taking solace when it’s cold outside by cramming in with some like-minded folk to see a (hopefully) great movie.
Unsurprisingly, Hollywood studios have cottoned on to this. Year on year, there seems to more and more choice at the cinema come Christmas time. It’s almost like a second summer season, in terms of the sheer volume of major movies on offer. This isn’t likely to change any time soon, especially when you look at the cash banked by Star Wars: The Force Awakens last Christmas. And that's not to mention the festive season's nearness to the Oscar race, which means that the major movies keep coming well into January.
There are many movies rocking around the multiplex during this Yuletide,...
- 10/25/2016
- Den of Geek
History can be chock full of details that get glossed over in any sort of theatrical adaptation. With "The Galactic Civil War," we get a glimpse at what a Ken Burns style documentary covering the events of the original Star Wars trilogy would look like, and you can see that video below. While we've seen scientific analysis on the Battle Of Endor, and the economic analysis of the Galactic Empire's building of two Death Stars, we haven't seen anything as comprehensive as this documentary. And we can thank The Washington Post for this little taste of the extremely expansive approach that documentarian Burns has taken on such subjects as Jazz, Baseball, Prohibition, and, of course, the actual Civil War. While the facts haven't changed, the different approach to the original trilogy's story does make it seem all the greater to watch. Han Solo's character arc of going from a carefree...
- 12/30/2015
- cinemablend.com
The year that gave us Gremlins, Ghostbusters and The Temple Of Doom also gave us these 20 underappreciated movies...
It's been said that 1984 was a vintage year for movies, and looking back, it's easy to see why. The likes of Ghostbusters and Gremlins served up comedy, action and the macabre in equal measure. James Cameron's The Terminator cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's star status and gave us one of the greatest sci-fi action movies of the decade.
This was also the year where the Coen brothers made their screen debut with the stunning thriller Blood Simple, and when the Zucker brothers followed up Airplane! with the equally hilarious Top Secret! And we still haven't even mentioned Beverly Hills Cop, This Is Spinal Tap, The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and the unexpectedly successful romantic comedy, Splash. Then there was Milos Forman's sumptuous period drama Amadeus, which...
It's been said that 1984 was a vintage year for movies, and looking back, it's easy to see why. The likes of Ghostbusters and Gremlins served up comedy, action and the macabre in equal measure. James Cameron's The Terminator cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's star status and gave us one of the greatest sci-fi action movies of the decade.
This was also the year where the Coen brothers made their screen debut with the stunning thriller Blood Simple, and when the Zucker brothers followed up Airplane! with the equally hilarious Top Secret! And we still haven't even mentioned Beverly Hills Cop, This Is Spinal Tap, The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and the unexpectedly successful romantic comedy, Splash. Then there was Milos Forman's sumptuous period drama Amadeus, which...
- 9/8/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
History class just got a little more interactive.
Ken Burns — the documentary filmmaker known for his style of using archival footage — partnered with digital agency Big Spaceship to create an app that curates his films into hour-long “mixtapes,” according to Wired.
The app, “Ken Burns,” allows users to surf a timeline year by year, seeing how clips from each film line up chronologically with each other. “Zoom in on 1869, for example, and a cloud of clips from The Civil War, The West, and The National Parks orbit in parallax formation around one another; swipe to 1930, and it’s clips from Jazz,...
Ken Burns — the documentary filmmaker known for his style of using archival footage — partnered with digital agency Big Spaceship to create an app that curates his films into hour-long “mixtapes,” according to Wired.
The app, “Ken Burns,” allows users to surf a timeline year by year, seeing how clips from each film line up chronologically with each other. “Zoom in on 1869, for example, and a cloud of clips from The Civil War, The West, and The National Parks orbit in parallax formation around one another; swipe to 1930, and it’s clips from Jazz,...
- 2/10/2014
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Film on Tap is a column about the many ways that beer (or sometimes booze) and cinema intersect in Austin.
The 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition was marked earlier this month with special events at local bars and brewpubs. Local PBS station Klru re-aired the 2011 Ken Burns three-part documentary Prohibition. Directed by Burns and Lynn Novick, this fascinating series documents the contributing factors of Victorian-age morality and events that led to the passage of the 18th Amendment that prohibited alcohol.
If you missed the rebroadcast of Prohibition, you can watch this well-crafted documentary on Netflix or iTunes. Prohibition is also available to rent at both locations of Vulcan Video.
Rogness Brewing Company offers a monthly film event at the brewery, and the featured film on Saturday, December 21 is indie comedy Cinema Six, which was filmed in Central Texas. Mark Potts wrote and directed this humorous film, and I'm...
The 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition was marked earlier this month with special events at local bars and brewpubs. Local PBS station Klru re-aired the 2011 Ken Burns three-part documentary Prohibition. Directed by Burns and Lynn Novick, this fascinating series documents the contributing factors of Victorian-age morality and events that led to the passage of the 18th Amendment that prohibited alcohol.
If you missed the rebroadcast of Prohibition, you can watch this well-crafted documentary on Netflix or iTunes. Prohibition is also available to rent at both locations of Vulcan Video.
Rogness Brewing Company offers a monthly film event at the brewery, and the featured film on Saturday, December 21 is indie comedy Cinema Six, which was filmed in Central Texas. Mark Potts wrote and directed this humorous film, and I'm...
- 12/17/2013
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 31 Oct 2013 - 07:01
We train our sights on the year 1996, and the 25 underappreciated films it has to offer...
Independence Day managed to revive both the alien invasion movie and the disaster flick in 1996, and just about every other mainstream picture released that year lived in its saucer-shaped shadow.
Yet beyond the aerial battles of Independence Day, the flying cows in Twister, and the high-wire antics of Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible, there sat an entire library of lesser-known and underappreciated movies.
As part of our attempts to highlight the unsung greats of the 90s, here's our selection of 25 such films from 1996 - the year chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to the might of the computer Deep Blue, and the year comedy star Jim Carrey starred in an unexpectedly dark tale of obsession...
25. The Cable Guy
We can't sit here and...
We train our sights on the year 1996, and the 25 underappreciated films it has to offer...
Independence Day managed to revive both the alien invasion movie and the disaster flick in 1996, and just about every other mainstream picture released that year lived in its saucer-shaped shadow.
Yet beyond the aerial battles of Independence Day, the flying cows in Twister, and the high-wire antics of Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible, there sat an entire library of lesser-known and underappreciated movies.
As part of our attempts to highlight the unsung greats of the 90s, here's our selection of 25 such films from 1996 - the year chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to the might of the computer Deep Blue, and the year comedy star Jim Carrey starred in an unexpectedly dark tale of obsession...
25. The Cable Guy
We can't sit here and...
- 10/30/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The 51st New York Film Festival, running September 30th – October 13th, is coming up quickly and the full lineup is well under wraps. As Sound on Sight gets pumped up for the New York hospitality, here are our picks for the most anticipated films of the 51st Nyff, along with their official synopsis and trailer.
Captain Phillips
Paul Greengrass, 2013
USA | 134 minutes
“In April 2009, four Somali teenage pirates in a stolen Taiwanese fishing vessel seized the Maersk Alabama, a cargo ship bound for Mombasa. When the crew resisted, the pirates left with the Captain, Richard Phillips, and tried to make it ashore in the ship’s high speed lifeboat. What followed was a tense stand-off that was closely watched by the entire planet. Paul Greengrass, one of the incontestable masters of reality-based fictional filmmaking, and writer Billy Ray have crafted a film (based on Phillips’ account of the incident) that is...
Captain Phillips
Paul Greengrass, 2013
USA | 134 minutes
“In April 2009, four Somali teenage pirates in a stolen Taiwanese fishing vessel seized the Maersk Alabama, a cargo ship bound for Mombasa. When the crew resisted, the pirates left with the Captain, Richard Phillips, and tried to make it ashore in the ship’s high speed lifeboat. What followed was a tense stand-off that was closely watched by the entire planet. Paul Greengrass, one of the incontestable masters of reality-based fictional filmmaking, and writer Billy Ray have crafted a film (based on Phillips’ account of the incident) that is...
- 9/26/2013
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
It's a horror story that any movie fan can relate to, Twi-Hard or not: You're watching TV and you see the name of your favorite movie listed on your channel guide, only to flip over and discover that the "Twilight" they're showing doesn't have Edward and Jacob battling for the love of Bella — but instead Gene Hackman and Paul Newman fighting over Susan Sarandon.
You were just punked by Same Name Syndrome. (Hey, at least it also includes a topless Reese Witherspoon.)
It happens often. In fact, just this week, "The Butler" hits theaters ... except it's officially titled "Lee Daniels' The Butler," 'cause the rights to the title "The Butler" belong to a 1916 silent short film that no one's ever seen (yes, really). Read all about that silly saga here.
Anyway, here's our guide on How to Differentiate Movies With the Same Title (That Are Not Remakes).
'Savages' (2012) vs.
You were just punked by Same Name Syndrome. (Hey, at least it also includes a topless Reese Witherspoon.)
It happens often. In fact, just this week, "The Butler" hits theaters ... except it's officially titled "Lee Daniels' The Butler," 'cause the rights to the title "The Butler" belong to a 1916 silent short film that no one's ever seen (yes, really). Read all about that silly saga here.
Anyway, here's our guide on How to Differentiate Movies With the Same Title (That Are Not Remakes).
'Savages' (2012) vs.
- 8/12/2013
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
This is the latest volley in the arms race by streaming services to dominate children’s programming — one of the biggest attractions for subscribers. Netflix says this morning that it has an “expanded multiyear licensing agreement” with PBS Distribution for the U.S. and Canada. Beginning in 2014 it will include exclusive digital carriage for PBS Kids’ Super Why! Other kids shows in the deal include Wild Kratts, Caillou and Arthur. It also covers Ken Burns documentaries such as Prohibition and The Central Park Five, past seasons of Nova and Secrets Of The Dead and all seasons of UK murder mystery The Bletchley Circle. “While PBS stations will always be the first place to see our programming, this agreement with Netflix exposes our shows to new audiences and further expands PBS’s presence across all media platforms,” says PBS Digital Gm Jason Seiken. The announcement follows a similar deal involving kids...
- 7/3/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
PBS has expanded its licensing agreement with Netflix to include all seasons of the U.K. murder mystery The Bletchley Circle, as well as more kids programming and past seasons of Nova and Secrets of the Dead. Beginning next year, the streaming service will become the exclusive Svod home of popular pre-school program Super Why!. Additional kids series on Netflix include Wild Kratts and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood while Caillou and Arthur will continue to be available. Ken Burns’ films including Prohibition and Central Park Five and Masterpiece Classic: Great Expectations are also available. “While PBS stations will always
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- 7/3/2013
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On the eve of The Great Gatsby world premiere in New York City, F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar and fashion historian, Dr. Deirdre Clemente, was invited to the launch of the Plaza Hotel’s ‘Fitzgerald Suite’. Present was Oscar-winning costume designer Catherine Martin who has lavishly and intelligently festooned a room that offers its nightly dweller a chance to soak up all things Scott, Zelda and Gatsby. Of course they talked costume, and Clothes on Film have the exclusive.
Deirdre Clemente: Your work on the film translated into unique partnerships. Everyone is talking about Brooks Brothers and Prada, but tell me a little bit about the work you did at The Plaza. An entire suite dedicated to Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby, which of course has that amazing scene at the hotel.
Catherine Martin: The Plaza suite straddles fact and fiction. We have an entire wall of images of the Fitzgeralds,...
Deirdre Clemente: Your work on the film translated into unique partnerships. Everyone is talking about Brooks Brothers and Prada, but tell me a little bit about the work you did at The Plaza. An entire suite dedicated to Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby, which of course has that amazing scene at the hotel.
Catherine Martin: The Plaza suite straddles fact and fiction. We have an entire wall of images of the Fitzgeralds,...
- 5/20/2013
- by Contributor
- Clothes on Film
EW’s box-office prognosticator Grady Smith is on vacation. Fortunately, your grandparents just sent you an email, and they made their own predictions about the weekend box office. Read on!
Dear Sport,
Your grandmother and I sure are excited about all the movies coming out this winter. Wait, it’s summer? I must have switched up my pills again. Anyhow, you forgot about Mother’s Day. Grandmothers are still mothers!
We’ve been to the movies quite a bit lately. It’s hard to put on 3-D glasses on top of bifocals. But we were so excited about Bash Lerman’s The Great Gatsby,...
Dear Sport,
Your grandmother and I sure are excited about all the movies coming out this winter. Wait, it’s summer? I must have switched up my pills again. Anyhow, you forgot about Mother’s Day. Grandmothers are still mothers!
We’ve been to the movies quite a bit lately. It’s hard to put on 3-D glasses on top of bifocals. But we were so excited about Bash Lerman’s The Great Gatsby,...
- 5/17/2013
- by Your Grandparents
- EW.com - PopWatch
New York — New York is a safer, less fearful place than it was in 1990, when murders hit an all-time high, race relations were raw and the city felt under siege from drug dealers and gangs on "wilding" sprees. But one major piece of unfinished business from back then still hangs over the city and its legal system: the Central Park jogger case.
Five black and Hispanic boys were convicted that year in the rape and grisly beating of a white woman jogging in the park, and they went on to serve six to 13 years in prison before their convictions were thrown out in 2002 because of evidence linking someone else to the crime.
They sued police and prosecutors for $250 million. But the lawsuit has languished for a decade with no resolution in sight.
Now, a growing chorus of lawmakers is asking New York City to settle with the five men. And...
Five black and Hispanic boys were convicted that year in the rape and grisly beating of a white woman jogging in the park, and they went on to serve six to 13 years in prison before their convictions were thrown out in 2002 because of evidence linking someone else to the crime.
They sued police and prosecutors for $250 million. But the lawsuit has languished for a decade with no resolution in sight.
Now, a growing chorus of lawmakers is asking New York City to settle with the five men. And...
- 4/7/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
You can't really talk about American documentary filmmakers without mentioning Ken Burns. Practically an institution at PBS, Ken Burns has created sprawling, research heavy, detailed documentaries about monumental moments in the country's history, including "The Civil War," "Jazz" and "Prohibition" (he's not one for fancy titles). He's also turned his eye from time to time to sports, with "Baseball" and "Unforgiveable Blackness: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson." And some stories it seems are worth telling again with a bit of cinematic flair, as the latter is headed for the miniseries treatment. HBO and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone shingle are teaming with Burns for a four-to-six part mini-series, which will be penned by Beau Willimon ("Ides Of March," "House Of Cards"). Hard to argue with that talent. It's difficult to recount the entire saga of Johnson's life in a few...
- 1/25/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Prohibition is a documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. If you have seen or heard of Boardwalk Empire then you will probably pick this up as it expands on the snippet of complexity depicted in the HBO drama to properly retell the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor -- and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow.This documentary looks into this era as an utterly relevant cautionary tale that raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality as America 'goes dry' and millions of law-abiding Americans become immediate lawbreakers overnight. Burns focuses on the stories of the petty whiskey-jobbers, big-time bootleggers, and of course brutal gangsters before turning...
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- 1/18/2013
- Screen Anarchy
1.) Paramount has announced a December 20, 2013 release date for Anchorman: The Legend Continues. That's exactly one year from today. Funny how that works. The entire news team is back from the first film, with Kristen Wiig among those reportedly joining the cast. They'll be in direct competition with the comedy Last Vegas, George Clooney's historical drama The Monuments Men and Saving Mr. Banks, Disney's making-of-Mary Poppins movie. I can't imagine Last Vegas wanting anything to do with Anchorman, especially with Clooney's film (and the Poppins film, to a lesser degree) targeting that coveted "older audience," so smart money has at least one of those movies moving off that spot. 2.) I scoffed a bit last month when it was announced Ben Affleck would star with Kristen Stewart in the grifter romance Focus. Well, that pairing won't come to be as Affleck has left the picture due to his busy schedule.
- 12/20/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
Amazon has released their early Black Friday Deals Week schedule beginning Monday, November 19 and running through Monday, November 26 and I have added the entire list in its state below and will be updating as more and more titles are added it to it and considering the limited number of Blu-ray titles included I have to assume this thing is going to get beefed up. There are some notable titles beginning with the Gold Box Deal on Saturday, November 24 where the Blu-ray edition of the recently released amazon asin="B006U1J5ZY" text="Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection" will be on sale. The price has not yet been announced, but as of right now it sits at $149.99 and I wouldn't be surprised if it drops under $100 on that day so stay tuned. Additional titles on sale throughout the eight day sale include X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: The Last Stand,...
- 11/17/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The iconic photos from the southern plains states during the Great Depression say it all: the haunted eyes of weary mothers, children with their faces wrapped against the choking dust and families piling their belongings into trucks and heading to California.
In the two-part documentary The Dust Bowl, filmmaker Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball, Prohibition) focuses on the nearly decade-long drought that, coupled with unsustainable farming techniques, destroyed millions of acres in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.
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In the two-part documentary The Dust Bowl, filmmaker Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball, Prohibition) focuses on the nearly decade-long drought that, coupled with unsustainable farming techniques, destroyed millions of acres in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.
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- 11/16/2012
- by Ileane Rudolph
- TVGuide - Breaking News
If you haven't seen any of Ken Burns' previous documentary films, you really need to check them out. Some of his work includes The Civil War, Jazz, The War, Baseball, Prohibition, and a ton of others that are worth your time.
His latest documentary project is called The Central Park Five and it explores the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a 29-year-old white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime, and the men falsely accused were released.
Here's the official synopsis:
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park. They spent between six and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, resulting in their convictions being overturned.
His latest documentary project is called The Central Park Five and it explores the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a 29-year-old white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime, and the men falsely accused were released.
Here's the official synopsis:
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park. They spent between six and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, resulting in their convictions being overturned.
- 10/24/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Well if you hadn't really heard of Homeland prior to this weekend, you probably have by now. The Showtime series pulled off a major upset at the 64th Annual Emmy Awards last night, winning a large chunk of the major awards in the Drama category over favourites like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones. Claire Danes and Damian Lewis both took home awards for Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series, while the show also broke Mad Men's four-year win streak for Outstanding Drama Series. Elsewhere, Aaron Paul won his second Emmy for his supporting performance as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus won Best Lead Actress in a Comedy for Veep. Modern Family still took the Outstanding Comedy Series, however, while the HBO movie Game Change took the Outstanding Mini-Series or TV Movie. Kevin Costner did manage to pick up some...
- 9/24/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Showtime series Homeland swept the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards netting popular awards for Damien Lewis (Best Actor), Claire Danes (Best Actress), and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Best Drama Series.
The Primetime wins helped Homeland secure its place as the Emmy's surprise hit of 2012. Lewis beat out Emmy favourites Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, who himself won the award twice for his role as Walter White in AMC.s Breaking Bad.
HBO.s Game Change tied with Homeland with four awards won, including Jay Roach.s Best Director for a Miniseries and Outstanding Miniseries. Combined with the Creative Arts Emmy wins, Homeland won a collective six awards this Emmy season.
Despite Showtime.s popular wins, HBO came out on top earning six awards in total for their programs nominated. ABC came soon after with five awards with its flagship show Modern Family earning an Outstanding Directing for a...
The Primetime wins helped Homeland secure its place as the Emmy's surprise hit of 2012. Lewis beat out Emmy favourites Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, who himself won the award twice for his role as Walter White in AMC.s Breaking Bad.
HBO.s Game Change tied with Homeland with four awards won, including Jay Roach.s Best Director for a Miniseries and Outstanding Miniseries. Combined with the Creative Arts Emmy wins, Homeland won a collective six awards this Emmy season.
Despite Showtime.s popular wins, HBO came out on top earning six awards in total for their programs nominated. ABC came soon after with five awards with its flagship show Modern Family earning an Outstanding Directing for a...
- 9/24/2012
- by Anthony Soegito
- IF.com.au
Amour by Michael Haneke
The Mumbai Film Festival has announced its programming highlights for its 14the edition running from 18th to 25th October, 2012. The highlights include Palme d’Or winner of the year Amour by Michael Haneke, Cosmopolis by David Cronenberg, The Angels’ Share by Ken Loach, Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin, A Throw of Dice by Franz Osten, The Leopard by Luchino Visconti, Once Upon a Time in America by Sergio Leone, On the Road by Walter Salles, Rust and Bone by Jacques Audiard and Blancanieves (Snow White) by Pablo Berger. The complete lineup will be announced on Monday, 24th September, 2012.
A Reliance Entertainment initiative, the festival is to be held from 18th – 25th October, 2012. India Gold 2012, a new competitive section, has been introduced this year to commemorate the 100 years of Indian cinema. With a total prize Rs 15 lakh plus Golden and Silver Gateway trophies, this...
The Mumbai Film Festival has announced its programming highlights for its 14the edition running from 18th to 25th October, 2012. The highlights include Palme d’Or winner of the year Amour by Michael Haneke, Cosmopolis by David Cronenberg, The Angels’ Share by Ken Loach, Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin, A Throw of Dice by Franz Osten, The Leopard by Luchino Visconti, Once Upon a Time in America by Sergio Leone, On the Road by Walter Salles, Rust and Bone by Jacques Audiard and Blancanieves (Snow White) by Pablo Berger. The complete lineup will be announced on Monday, 24th September, 2012.
A Reliance Entertainment initiative, the festival is to be held from 18th – 25th October, 2012. India Gold 2012, a new competitive section, has been introduced this year to commemorate the 100 years of Indian cinema. With a total prize Rs 15 lakh plus Golden and Silver Gateway trophies, this...
- 9/21/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Shia Labeouf and his Lawless leading lady, Jessica Chastain, teamed up for a Cinema Society screening of their film at NYC's Paley Center for Media. The screening was also sponsored by Ysl, a design house for which Jessica models. She kept up her brand loyalty, wearing a black Ysl outfit. In addition to Shia and Jessica, other stars checked out the premiere. Seth Meyers and Chloe Sevigny swung by, as did Patti Smith, Patricia Clarkson, and Melissa Leo. Later on, Shia and Jessica toasted their action movie, which is out Aug. 29, with an afterparty at Gallow Green at the McKittrick Hotel. We caught a moment with both stars on the red carpet, and they spoke about how they stuck close to the film's Prohibition-era theme by drinking moonshine after the cameras stopped rolling. Shia viewed drinking as a good bonding experience with the cast, but Jessica didn't really take to it.
- 8/14/2012
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
Forgotten Classics is a recurring feature, a look back and reflection on great motion pictures that often slip under the radar and become under-appreciated, ignored relics of a previous era or simply damned by lack of face time in the spotlight.
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Road to Perdition
Directed by Sam Mendes
Screenplay by David Self
Us, 2002
Anyone who still retains core doubts over Sam Mendes taking a shot at the Bond franchise should feel reassured by the fact that, despite having an undoubted reputation for art-house design and social drama, he’s a director not afraid to mix things up. Beyond 2005’s Jarhead, a war film with no war, is the more significant Road to Perdition, his follow up to the mega-hit American Beauty, and a tour de force in both enthralling action and arresting style.
Everything about Road seems to stand up and defy convention. After all, this is a gangster...
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Road to Perdition
Directed by Sam Mendes
Screenplay by David Self
Us, 2002
Anyone who still retains core doubts over Sam Mendes taking a shot at the Bond franchise should feel reassured by the fact that, despite having an undoubted reputation for art-house design and social drama, he’s a director not afraid to mix things up. Beyond 2005’s Jarhead, a war film with no war, is the more significant Road to Perdition, his follow up to the mega-hit American Beauty, and a tour de force in both enthralling action and arresting style.
Everything about Road seems to stand up and defy convention. After all, this is a gangster...
- 8/12/2012
- by Scott Patterson
- SoundOnSight
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards this morning. The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air live on Sunday, September 23rd at 7pm Et on ABC. Outstanding Comedy Series * The Big Bang Theory * Curb Your Enthusiasm * Girls * Modern Family * 30 Rock * Veep Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series * Girls * Mike and Molly * New Girl * Nurse Jackie * Parks And Recreation * 30 Rock * Veep Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series * Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory * Larry David- Curb Your Enthusiasm * Don Cheadle - House Of Lies * Louis C.K. - Louie * Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock * Jon Cryer - Two And A Half Men Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series * Mayim Bialik- The Big Bang Theory * Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives * Julie Bowen - Modern Family * Sofia Vergara - Modern Family * Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie * Kristen Wiig...
- 7/20/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Latchkeys #4, “The Bootleg War”, is now available for Kindle and Nook. Author Paul Kupperberg talks about the writing experience.
By Paul Kupperberg
For writers, ideas are like stacked up airplanes circling the fogged in airport. We want desperately to have all of them land safely, but some are going to have to stay up in the air a little longer than others until the weather clears or a runway opens up. As a result, we’ve all got lots of ideas circling our brains but no opportunity to bring them in for a landing on paper as quickly as we would like.
A few years back, Steven Savile, on a writers email list to which we both belong, suggested that a bunch of us join forces to take some of those high-flying ideas, throw them into a hat, and pick a few on which a dozen or so of us could work together.
By Paul Kupperberg
For writers, ideas are like stacked up airplanes circling the fogged in airport. We want desperately to have all of them land safely, but some are going to have to stay up in the air a little longer than others until the weather clears or a runway opens up. As a result, we’ve all got lots of ideas circling our brains but no opportunity to bring them in for a landing on paper as quickly as we would like.
A few years back, Steven Savile, on a writers email list to which we both belong, suggested that a bunch of us join forces to take some of those high-flying ideas, throw them into a hat, and pick a few on which a dozen or so of us could work together.
- 6/15/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
I'm an unabashed admirer of the work of doumentary filmmaker Ken Burns. His PBS extensive muti-part documentaries which chronicle the culture and history of America such Jazz, Frank Lloyd Wright, The Civil War and most recently last fall, Prohibition are amazing examples of documentary filmmaking at its most compelliing. Let's put it this way. Any filmmaker who can take a subject which bores me to tears, like baseball (which Bill Cosby once accurately called "nine guys standing out in field doing nothing") as a subject for a nine part, 18 and half hour long documentary mini-series that had me spellbound and riveted to my seat for every single minute, is one hell of a...
- 5/16/2012
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
The Summer 2012 Movie Season is here with Marvel's The Avengers getting things off to a good start and considering I've already seen that movie, and reviewed it (read that here), I decided I would leave it off this list. So, I guess, this is my Top 15 Most Anticipated Summer 2012 Movies... excluding The Avengers. However, along with The Avengers, there are three other films I've already seen and reviewed that are also hitting theaters this summer that I thought I would mention before we get started. The Avengers (May 4) Should You See It? Yes! What's It About: Superheroes teaming up to defeat an alien god flanked by an alien army that really likes blowing up cars. Review Quote: "When it comes to grandiose summer blockbuster spectacle this is the kind of movie you want to see." (Read the full review here) Polisse (May 18) Should You See It? Definitely! What's It About:...
- 5/2/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Cannes Film Festival bosses Thierry Fremaux and Gilles Jacob have revealed the full official selection of films to play at this year’s 65th annual extravaganza on the South of France.
The big news coming out of the Paris press-conference reveal is that two of our most anticipated forthcoming films; John Hillcoat’s ‘Lawless’ (formerly The Wettest County in the World) and Andrew Dominik’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ (formerly Cogan’s Trade) will debut on the Croisette. With their ensemble casts, intriguing concepts and exciting talent behind the camera, we had our fingers crossed tightly that they might debut in Cannes and our prayers were answered this morning.
‘Killing Them Softly’ is based on George V. Higgins’ obscure novel “Cogan’s Trade” and casts Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, “a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game” believed to have been perpetrated by...
The big news coming out of the Paris press-conference reveal is that two of our most anticipated forthcoming films; John Hillcoat’s ‘Lawless’ (formerly The Wettest County in the World) and Andrew Dominik’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ (formerly Cogan’s Trade) will debut on the Croisette. With their ensemble casts, intriguing concepts and exciting talent behind the camera, we had our fingers crossed tightly that they might debut in Cannes and our prayers were answered this morning.
‘Killing Them Softly’ is based on George V. Higgins’ obscure novel “Cogan’s Trade” and casts Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, “a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game” believed to have been perpetrated by...
- 4/19/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Last week, we took a look at the relative dearth of leading men in Hollywood: why Tom Cruise, Will Smith, et al. remain at the top of the tree and why so few serious competitors have emerged since. But one of the most exciting things about our job is getting to watch the new names that emerge, breakouts who have the potential to join the A-listers, or at the very least, deliver a host of hugely exciting performances for decades to come.
So we've decided to kick off our On The Rise selection for 2012 by looking at some of the actors who we're tipping for big things in the next few years. Last time we made these kinds of picks and predictions we did pretty well, listing the likes of Joel Edgerton, Edgar Ramirez, Jason Sudeikis, Adam Scott, Jake Johnson and David Oyelowo who have all gone on to become much-sought-after names,...
So we've decided to kick off our On The Rise selection for 2012 by looking at some of the actors who we're tipping for big things in the next few years. Last time we made these kinds of picks and predictions we did pretty well, listing the likes of Joel Edgerton, Edgar Ramirez, Jason Sudeikis, Adam Scott, Jake Johnson and David Oyelowo who have all gone on to become much-sought-after names,...
- 3/29/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
When most people hear the word "Mafia," it conjures up images of "The Godfather," "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos." But Italian-Americans are hardly the only ethnic group to establish large organized crime rings.
Irish mobsters regularly challenged the Cosa Nostra for territory throughout American history -- and like their Italian counterparts, their conquests have made for some damn fine movies, dating all the way back to the James Cagney vehicles of the 1930s.
So this St. Patrick's Day, do your part as an educated movie fan and revisit the best Irish Mafia films of all time. We guarantee you'll feel better than your Irish Car Bomb-chugging friends the morning after.
9. 'Gangs of New York' (2002)
New York City was built upon organized crime. With millions of immigrants pouring into the city during 1800s, violence regularly broke out between gangs of different ethnicities. Martin Scorsese's Best Picture nominee begins with...
Irish mobsters regularly challenged the Cosa Nostra for territory throughout American history -- and like their Italian counterparts, their conquests have made for some damn fine movies, dating all the way back to the James Cagney vehicles of the 1930s.
So this St. Patrick's Day, do your part as an educated movie fan and revisit the best Irish Mafia films of all time. We guarantee you'll feel better than your Irish Car Bomb-chugging friends the morning after.
9. 'Gangs of New York' (2002)
New York City was built upon organized crime. With millions of immigrants pouring into the city during 1800s, violence regularly broke out between gangs of different ethnicities. Martin Scorsese's Best Picture nominee begins with...
- 3/17/2012
- by Ryan McKee
- NextMovie
It has been a hell of a millennium so far for Superhero movies after a less than impressive 1990s and, quite frankly, a downright embarrassing 1980s. Should we even mention the 70s or 60s? We as a species have finally figured out how to make awesome movies with super-powered heroes and villains. Thanks be to Galactus.
These were the stories that defined my childhood. I wasn’t running around my house pretending to be John Wayne or a fireman or an astronaut. I was pretending to be the Incredible Hulk. So to see the ongoing crapfest during my childhood that was visiting the cinema each year, particularly with my favorite brand (Marvel), was in a word … heartbreaking.
There were baby steps along the way, small moments of brilliance amid a desolate wasteland of fetid turds. Hits such as Superman (1978), of course The Incredible Hulk serial (1978-82), Batman (1989), and Blade (1998). At last,...
These were the stories that defined my childhood. I wasn’t running around my house pretending to be John Wayne or a fireman or an astronaut. I was pretending to be the Incredible Hulk. So to see the ongoing crapfest during my childhood that was visiting the cinema each year, particularly with my favorite brand (Marvel), was in a word … heartbreaking.
There were baby steps along the way, small moments of brilliance amid a desolate wasteland of fetid turds. Hits such as Superman (1978), of course The Incredible Hulk serial (1978-82), Batman (1989), and Blade (1998). At last,...
- 1/9/2012
- by Robert Curtis
- Obsessed with Film
Midnight in Paris, Young Adult, and the other nominations for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards have been announced. The 64th Annual Writers Guild Awards is “a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different Us labor unions: The Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae), representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi. The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw), representing TV and film writers in Hollywood and southern California.” The 2012 Writers Guild Awards will be held on February 19, 2012.
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards nominations is below.
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Pictures
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne...
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards nominations is below.
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Pictures
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne...
- 1/6/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
TCA: PBS Unveils Premiere Dates, New Antiquing Competition Series ‘Market Wars’ Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage. At the first day of the winter TCA in Pasadena, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger found herself defending the mission of public broadcasting against comparisons to the mission of cable television — most notably HBO — particularly in light of PBS’ continued struggle to survive with dwindling public support. Prompting questions from journalists during the panel was a recent New York Times article that focused on PBS’ multiple-Emmy-winning Downton Abbey, which premiered on the “Masterpiece” anthology last January and has been widely compared to the type of programming one might view on HBO. PBS had launched an aggressive, network-style Emmy campaign for the series. Also fueling the discussion was PBS’ marketing campaign for Ken Burns’ Prohibition series, which piggybacked on the promotional blitz for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Martin Scorsese’s Prohibition-era drama series,...
- 1/4/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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