It turns out that Morgan Freeman’s first big break in show business was just kid’s stuff. After working in a few unmemorable productions, Freeman caught on with PBS’s The Electric Company, a show from the Children’s Television Workshop designed to teach basic reading skills to kids from 7 to 10 years old. The gig ran for six seasons and 780 episodes.
He next grabbed attention in 1980 with performances in Brubaker with Robert Redford and TV movie Attica, he broke out in Street Smart, which earned him the first of five Academy Award nominations. Freeman received Best Actor nominations for Oscar-winning Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994) before winning for his Best Supporting Actor role in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby (2004). He also received a Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Invictius (2009).
While Freeman’s career may have been slow to start, once he...
He next grabbed attention in 1980 with performances in Brubaker with Robert Redford and TV movie Attica, he broke out in Street Smart, which earned him the first of five Academy Award nominations. Freeman received Best Actor nominations for Oscar-winning Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994) before winning for his Best Supporting Actor role in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby (2004). He also received a Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Invictius (2009).
While Freeman’s career may have been slow to start, once he...
- 4/4/2024
- by David Morgan
- Deadline Film + TV
M. Emmet Walsh, who excelled when playing characters that brought a delightfully menacing presence to films such as Blade Runner and Blood Simple, has died at the age of 88.
His longtime manager Sandy Joseph confirmed his death, and said he died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday in St. Albans, Vermont.
While Walsh would go on to play numerous supportive roles throughout his career, he took on a rare leading role as private detective Loren Visser in then-unknowns Joel and Ethan Coens’ 1984 film Blood Simple. The Coen brothers said that they...
His longtime manager Sandy Joseph confirmed his death, and said he died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday in St. Albans, Vermont.
While Walsh would go on to play numerous supportive roles throughout his career, he took on a rare leading role as private detective Loren Visser in then-unknowns Joel and Ethan Coens’ 1984 film Blood Simple. The Coen brothers said that they...
- 3/21/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
M. Emmet Walsh, the wily character actor who became an audience favorite for his deliciously despicable performances in such films as Blood Simple, Blade Runner, Brubaker and The Jerk, has died. He was 88.
Walsh died Tuesday in St. Albans, Vermont, his longtime manager, Sandy Joseph, told The Hollywood Reporter. The cause was cardiac arrest.
With his distinctive lumbering form and droll delivery, Walsh was an ideal supporting player. A master of off-kilter comic delivery and dogged edginess, he excelled at roles that dwelled in the darker corners of humanity. No matter whom he played, he made a colorful impact.
“A consummate old pro of the second-banana business, Walsh has left his mark on 109 movies and counting, with the grin of that big bastard who stands between you and something else — and knows it,” Nicolas Rapold wrote in a 2011 profile of the actor for L.A. Weekly.
In the same piece, Walsh...
Walsh died Tuesday in St. Albans, Vermont, his longtime manager, Sandy Joseph, told The Hollywood Reporter. The cause was cardiac arrest.
With his distinctive lumbering form and droll delivery, Walsh was an ideal supporting player. A master of off-kilter comic delivery and dogged edginess, he excelled at roles that dwelled in the darker corners of humanity. No matter whom he played, he made a colorful impact.
“A consummate old pro of the second-banana business, Walsh has left his mark on 109 movies and counting, with the grin of that big bastard who stands between you and something else — and knows it,” Nicolas Rapold wrote in a 2011 profile of the actor for L.A. Weekly.
In the same piece, Walsh...
- 3/20/2024
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Very sad news today as it’s been reported that M. Emmet Walsh has died at the age of 88. No matter the size of the role, the prolific character actor always made a unique impression throughout his long career, which spanned six decades.
M. Emmet Walsh is best known for playing Bryant in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, the captain of the Los Angeles Police Department who tasks Deckard with tracking down the replicants at the beginning of the film. He told THR that the cast and crew weren’t quite sure what the make of the movie when they first saw it. “I don’t know if I really understood what in the hell it was all about,” Walsh said. “We all sat there and it ended. And nothing. We didn’t know what to say or to think or do! We didn’t know what in the hell we had done!
M. Emmet Walsh is best known for playing Bryant in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, the captain of the Los Angeles Police Department who tasks Deckard with tracking down the replicants at the beginning of the film. He told THR that the cast and crew weren’t quite sure what the make of the movie when they first saw it. “I don’t know if I really understood what in the hell it was all about,” Walsh said. “We all sat there and it ended. And nothing. We didn’t know what to say or to think or do! We didn’t know what in the hell we had done!
- 3/20/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Mickey Gilbert, the fearless stunt performer who jumped off a cliff for Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and doubled for Gene Wilder in films including Blazing Saddles, Silver Streak and The Frisco Kid, has died. He was 87.
Gilbert died Monday of natural causes at his home in Camarillo, California, his oldest son, Tim Gilbert, also a stunt performer, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Early in his career, Gilbert was a horse wrangler in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959) and a bank robber in Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch (1969). Years later, he took the lumps for Lee Majors’ Colt Seavers on the 1981-86 ABC action show The Fall Guy.
Though they weren’t friends at the time, Gilbert and Redford were in the same class at Van Nuys High School, graduating in 1954. They got together on George Roy Hill’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) when Redford...
Gilbert died Monday of natural causes at his home in Camarillo, California, his oldest son, Tim Gilbert, also a stunt performer, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Early in his career, Gilbert was a horse wrangler in William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (1959) and a bank robber in Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch (1969). Years later, he took the lumps for Lee Majors’ Colt Seavers on the 1981-86 ABC action show The Fall Guy.
Though they weren’t friends at the time, Gilbert and Redford were in the same class at Van Nuys High School, graduating in 1954. They got together on George Roy Hill’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) when Redford...
- 2/6/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Many people often blasphemously (and hilariously) joke around that Morgan Freeman is God. Not only because of his pitch perfect casting as God but also due to his smooth, defining and, yes, god-like is Morgan Freeman’s voice that one can’t picture penguins or parts of nature or, yes, God, without hearing the man. One reason could be that we’ve only ever really known Morgan Freeman as an older actor, not striking a chord with mainstream audiences until he was in his 50s.
Soon enough his skills, screen presences and voice had Hollywood calling every time they needed a kind wise grandfather types or a grizzled vet from either side of the the law or any type of narration in any type of film. That persona has marked him as a welcome figure throughout modern cinema – despite the nearly constant cash grabs that pad out the unfortunate bulk of his filmography.
Soon enough his skills, screen presences and voice had Hollywood calling every time they needed a kind wise grandfather types or a grizzled vet from either side of the the law or any type of narration in any type of film. That persona has marked him as a welcome figure throughout modern cinema – despite the nearly constant cash grabs that pad out the unfortunate bulk of his filmography.
- 2/2/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Los Angeles, Aug 13 (Ians) Linda Haynes who is best remembered for her role in films such as ‘Rolling Thunder’, ‘Brubaker’, and ‘Human Experiments’, has died at the age of 75, in her sleep.
As reported by People magazine, Haynes’ son Greg Sylvander shared the news in a statement and said: “It is with great sadness that I report that my mother, Linda Haynes Sylvander, has passed away, peacefully at home. My mom moved up to South Carolina to live with us over three years ago, and it was some of our very best times together.”
He added: “As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
Born Linda Lee Sylvander on November 4, 1947, in Miami,...
As reported by People magazine, Haynes’ son Greg Sylvander shared the news in a statement and said: “It is with great sadness that I report that my mother, Linda Haynes Sylvander, has passed away, peacefully at home. My mom moved up to South Carolina to live with us over three years ago, and it was some of our very best times together.”
He added: “As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
Born Linda Lee Sylvander on November 4, 1947, in Miami,...
- 8/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Rest in peace to Linda Haynes.
The actress, who appeared in several roles in films like “Rolling Thunder”, “Human Experiments” and “Brubaker”, died July 17 in South Carolina at 75 years old.
The actress’s son, Greg Sylvander, revealed the tragic news on his Facebook on Friday.
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“It is with great sadness that I report that my mother, Linda Haynes Sylvander, has passed away, peacefully at home,” he began. “My mom moved up to South Carolina to live with us over three years ago, and it was some of our very best times together.”
“As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
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The actress, who appeared in several roles in films like “Rolling Thunder”, “Human Experiments” and “Brubaker”, died July 17 in South Carolina at 75 years old.
The actress’s son, Greg Sylvander, revealed the tragic news on his Facebook on Friday.
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“It is with great sadness that I report that my mother, Linda Haynes Sylvander, has passed away, peacefully at home,” he began. “My mom moved up to South Carolina to live with us over three years ago, and it was some of our very best times together.”
“As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
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- 8/12/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Linda Haynes, an actress in films including Rolling Thunder and Brubaker, has died. She was 75.
She died “peacefully, with her family by her side” on July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina, it was announced. No cause of death was revealed.
“As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life,” her son, Greg Sylvander, wrote Friday on Facebook. “I find peace in the knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, [my wife] Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
Born Linda Lee Sylvander on Nov. 4, 1947, in Miami, Haynes made her acting debut as Dr. Anne Barton in Latitude Zero (1969). She played barmaid Linda Forchet in the psychological thriller Rolling Thunder (1977) opposite William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones and Carol in Brubaker (1980), starring Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman.
Quentin Tarantino is a big fan of Rolling Thunder and Haynes.
She died “peacefully, with her family by her side” on July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina, it was announced. No cause of death was revealed.
“As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life,” her son, Greg Sylvander, wrote Friday on Facebook. “I find peace in the knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, [my wife] Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
Born Linda Lee Sylvander on Nov. 4, 1947, in Miami, Haynes made her acting debut as Dr. Anne Barton in Latitude Zero (1969). She played barmaid Linda Forchet in the psychological thriller Rolling Thunder (1977) opposite William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones and Carol in Brubaker (1980), starring Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman.
Quentin Tarantino is a big fan of Rolling Thunder and Haynes.
- 8/12/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Linda Lee Sylvander, known during her acting career as Linda Haynes, died July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina at 75, with the death only recently coming to public attention. No cause was given by her family, who said she died “peacefully”
Born November 4th, 1947, in Miami, Fl, she was immersed in show business from 1969 to the early 1980s. A life member of The Actor’s Studio, Haynes made her film debut as Dr. Anne Barton in the 1969 Japanse sci-fi monster flick, Latitude Zero.
From there, she appeared in such films as Coffy (1973) and The Nickel Ride (1974). That served as a springboard to her best work, a portrayal of a world-weary barmaid in the revenge thriller Rolling Thunder (1977). She went on to star in the women-in-prison flick Human Experiments (1979), then neatly segued to another prison film, Brubaker (1980).
She wrapped up her acting career with the made-for-tv movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones...
Born November 4th, 1947, in Miami, Fl, she was immersed in show business from 1969 to the early 1980s. A life member of The Actor’s Studio, Haynes made her film debut as Dr. Anne Barton in the 1969 Japanse sci-fi monster flick, Latitude Zero.
From there, she appeared in such films as Coffy (1973) and The Nickel Ride (1974). That served as a springboard to her best work, a portrayal of a world-weary barmaid in the revenge thriller Rolling Thunder (1977). She went on to star in the women-in-prison flick Human Experiments (1979), then neatly segued to another prison film, Brubaker (1980).
She wrapped up her acting career with the made-for-tv movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones...
- 8/12/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Linda Haynes, who notably appeared in films including “Coffy,” “Rolling Thunder,” “The Drowning Pool” and “Brubaker,” died July 17 in South Carolina — the news had not spread widely until Friday. She was 75.
“It is with great sadness that I report that my mother, Linda Haynes Sylvander has passed away, peacefully at home,” her son Greg Sylvander wrote on Facebook on Friday. She had moved to South Carolina three years ago to live with Greg. “As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in the knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
Haynes’ first film was 1969’s “Latitude Zero,” an international co-production directed by legendary Japanese filmmaker Ishirō Honda. The movie co-starred Joseph Cotton and Cesar Romero, among others. It was in the 1970s,...
“It is with great sadness that I report that my mother, Linda Haynes Sylvander has passed away, peacefully at home,” her son Greg Sylvander wrote on Facebook on Friday. She had moved to South Carolina three years ago to live with Greg. “As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in the knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely.”
Haynes’ first film was 1969’s “Latitude Zero,” an international co-production directed by legendary Japanese filmmaker Ishirō Honda. The movie co-starred Joseph Cotton and Cesar Romero, among others. It was in the 1970s,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Linda Haynes, who appeared in films including “Rolling Thunder,” “Drowning Pool” and “Brubaker,” died July 17 in South Carolina. She was 75.
Her son Greg Sylvander reported her death on Facebook.
“As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in the knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely,” he wrote.
In 1977, Haynes co-starred in John Flynn’s psychological thriller “Rolling Thunder,” written by Paul Schrader and starring William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and James Best. The film follows former Vietnam prisoner of war Charles Rane who, after surviving a violent home invasion and losing a hand, sets out on a crusade to get revenge with help from a friend. Haynes played Linda Forchet, a Southern belle who welcomes Rane back...
Her son Greg Sylvander reported her death on Facebook.
“As an only child, I have dreaded these times my entire life. I find peace in the knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these final years together with her grandchildren, Courtney Sylvander and I. We are going to miss my mom immensely,” he wrote.
In 1977, Haynes co-starred in John Flynn’s psychological thriller “Rolling Thunder,” written by Paul Schrader and starring William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and James Best. The film follows former Vietnam prisoner of war Charles Rane who, after surviving a violent home invasion and losing a hand, sets out on a crusade to get revenge with help from a friend. Haynes played Linda Forchet, a Southern belle who welcomes Rane back...
- 8/11/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Olli Haaskivi (Oppenheimer) is the latest actor to join Apple TV+’s six-episode Huey P. Newton series The Big Cigar in a recurring role. He joins an ensemble fronted by André Holland, which also includes the previously announced Alessandro Nivola, Tiffany Boone, Pj Byrne, Marc Menchaca, Jordane Christie and Moses Ingram.
Based on the Playboy magazine article of the same name by Argo‘s Joshuah Bearman, The Big Cigar will tell the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Black Panther leader Newton (Holland) relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider (Nivola) — the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider — to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being pursued into exile by the FBI.
Haaskivi will play Artie Ross, the screenwriter behind such titles as Brubaker and Creature from the Black Lagoon, who was at one point blacklisted as the Red Scare infiltrated Hollywood.
The Big Cigar‘s showrunner...
Based on the Playboy magazine article of the same name by Argo‘s Joshuah Bearman, The Big Cigar will tell the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Black Panther leader Newton (Holland) relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider (Nivola) — the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider — to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while being pursued into exile by the FBI.
Haaskivi will play Artie Ross, the screenwriter behind such titles as Brubaker and Creature from the Black Lagoon, who was at one point blacklisted as the Red Scare infiltrated Hollywood.
The Big Cigar‘s showrunner...
- 8/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
By Lee Pfeiffer
I know I'm not only getting old, but I'm there already. That's apparent in the fact that I remember seeing the 1981 comedy "All Night Long" at an advanced critic's screening in New York. Back in those prehistoric days before the internet, you had to read trade industry publications to get the background story or buzz on forthcoming films. Sure, the general public was always aware that expensive epics were experiencing production problems, but everyday movie fans were generally unaware of the scuttlebutt on mid-range fare. Within industry circles, however, the word-of-mouth was negative about the film despite the fact that it starred Gene Hackman and Barbra Streisand, both then very much at the peak of their acting careers. The film had gone through some almost surrealistic production problems that involved high profile people and had come in massively over the original budget estimate. I recalled thinking the...
I know I'm not only getting old, but I'm there already. That's apparent in the fact that I remember seeing the 1981 comedy "All Night Long" at an advanced critic's screening in New York. Back in those prehistoric days before the internet, you had to read trade industry publications to get the background story or buzz on forthcoming films. Sure, the general public was always aware that expensive epics were experiencing production problems, but everyday movie fans were generally unaware of the scuttlebutt on mid-range fare. Within industry circles, however, the word-of-mouth was negative about the film despite the fact that it starred Gene Hackman and Barbra Streisand, both then very much at the peak of their acting careers. The film had gone through some almost surrealistic production problems that involved high profile people and had come in massively over the original budget estimate. I recalled thinking the...
- 3/6/2022
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
LeBron James might be out of the NBA playoffs, but he’s still angling to be a big part of the summer entertainment season. That’s because HBO Max’s list of new releases for July 2021 is highlighted by a very special sequel.
Space Jam: A New Legacy premieres on July 16. will find LeBron teaming up with the Looney Tunes in a Warner Bros. IP-extravaganza. Can ‘Bron and the Looney Tunes beat the Goon Squad before Warner Bros.’ server steals LeBron “Bronny” Jr.’s soul (or something)? Let’s hope so. The two other major WB releases this month, No Sudden Move and Tom and Jerry in New York, both come to HBO Max on July 1.
HBO Max is also bringing some fun TV shows to its stream this month. The long-awaited Gossip Girl revival premieres on July 8. That will be followed by Mike White’s satirical limited series The White Lotus...
Space Jam: A New Legacy premieres on July 16. will find LeBron teaming up with the Looney Tunes in a Warner Bros. IP-extravaganza. Can ‘Bron and the Looney Tunes beat the Goon Squad before Warner Bros.’ server steals LeBron “Bronny” Jr.’s soul (or something)? Let’s hope so. The two other major WB releases this month, No Sudden Move and Tom and Jerry in New York, both come to HBO Max on July 1.
HBO Max is also bringing some fun TV shows to its stream this month. The long-awaited Gossip Girl revival premieres on July 8. That will be followed by Mike White’s satirical limited series The White Lotus...
- 7/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Summer is officially here and with it comes a surfeit of new movies and television shows available on HBO Max. Next month, the WarnerMedia streaming service will debut the long-awaited sequel to “Space Jam” with Lebron James taking the baton from Michael Jordan and the latest heist movie from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh. But while those titles arrive, others depart, including “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” and “In the Heights.”
Ahead, highlights of the month ahead on HBO Max, plus the full list of July programming.
“No Sudden Move” (July 1): Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Kieran Culkin, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, and “Uncut Gems” breakout Julia Fox, among others, the heist thriller is set in 1950s Detroit and “enters on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong,...
Ahead, highlights of the month ahead on HBO Max, plus the full list of July programming.
“No Sudden Move” (July 1): Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Kieran Culkin, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, and “Uncut Gems” breakout Julia Fox, among others, the heist thriller is set in 1950s Detroit and “enters on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Following the death of actor Yaphet Kotto earlier this week, Sigourney Weaver honored the actor with a memory from their days working on the set of “Alien.”
“Every day Yaphet Kotto blew me away on the set of ‘Alien,’” Weaver wrote. “He just went for it in every scene, making the stakes higher and higher and giving each scene a terrifying reality. It was a nonstop master class for me and I will always be grateful to him. Rest In Peace Parker…Over and out, Ripley.”
In the 1979 sci fi-horror classic, Kotto’s Dennis Parker, the Nostromo’s chief engineer, is the first person to witness the fully-grown Alien. He also saves Ripley (Weaver), but ultimately is killed by the Alien before they can escape.
Kotto talked about his character’s demise in “Alien” in an IGN interview, “I knew before I opened the script that my character wasn’t...
“Every day Yaphet Kotto blew me away on the set of ‘Alien,’” Weaver wrote. “He just went for it in every scene, making the stakes higher and higher and giving each scene a terrifying reality. It was a nonstop master class for me and I will always be grateful to him. Rest In Peace Parker…Over and out, Ripley.”
In the 1979 sci fi-horror classic, Kotto’s Dennis Parker, the Nostromo’s chief engineer, is the first person to witness the fully-grown Alien. He also saves Ripley (Weaver), but ultimately is killed by the Alien before they can escape.
Kotto talked about his character’s demise in “Alien” in an IGN interview, “I knew before I opened the script that my character wasn’t...
- 3/17/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
By Lee Pfeiffer
Yaphet Kotto, the distinctive and distinguished actor, has passed away at age 81. Kotto was born in Harlem and began to study acting at age 16. He made his big screen debut in 1964 in the acclaimed race-themed drama "Nothing But a Man" opposite Ivan Dixon, a fellow African-American whose star would rise on the basis of the film. Kotto also appeared in "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) and was a regular presence in guest star roles on top TV series such as "Gunsmoke", "Daniel Boone", "Night Gallery", "The Big Valley", "Hawaii Five-0", "Mannix" and "The High Chapparal". He was nominated for an Emmy award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 1976 TV production of "Raid on Entebbe". Kotto simultaneously kept landing good parts in major movies such as "5 Card Stud", "The Liberation of L.B. Jones" and "Across 110th Street". In 1973, he appeared in what is perhaps his most memorable role,...
Yaphet Kotto, the distinctive and distinguished actor, has passed away at age 81. Kotto was born in Harlem and began to study acting at age 16. He made his big screen debut in 1964 in the acclaimed race-themed drama "Nothing But a Man" opposite Ivan Dixon, a fellow African-American whose star would rise on the basis of the film. Kotto also appeared in "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) and was a regular presence in guest star roles on top TV series such as "Gunsmoke", "Daniel Boone", "Night Gallery", "The Big Valley", "Hawaii Five-0", "Mannix" and "The High Chapparal". He was nominated for an Emmy award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 1976 TV production of "Raid on Entebbe". Kotto simultaneously kept landing good parts in major movies such as "5 Card Stud", "The Liberation of L.B. Jones" and "Across 110th Street". In 1973, he appeared in what is perhaps his most memorable role,...
- 3/16/2021
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Yaphet Kotto, an actor known for his performances in “Alien,” the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and the television series “Homicide: Life on the Street,” has died, his agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed to Variety. He was 81.
Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, first posted about Kotto’s death on Facebook Monday night.
“I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my husband Yaphet of 24 years. He died last night around 10:30pm Philippine time,” sge wrote. “…You played a villain on some of your movies but for me you’re a real hero and to a lot of people also. A good man, a good father, a good husband and a decent human being, very rare to find. One of the best actor in Hollywood a Legend. Rest in Peace Honey, I’m gonna miss you everyday, my bestfriend, my rock.”
In 1973’s “Live and Let Die,...
Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, first posted about Kotto’s death on Facebook Monday night.
“I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my husband Yaphet of 24 years. He died last night around 10:30pm Philippine time,” sge wrote. “…You played a villain on some of your movies but for me you’re a real hero and to a lot of people also. A good man, a good father, a good husband and a decent human being, very rare to find. One of the best actor in Hollywood a Legend. Rest in Peace Honey, I’m gonna miss you everyday, my bestfriend, my rock.”
In 1973’s “Live and Let Die,...
- 3/16/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Yaphet Kotto, who is best known for playing technician Dennis Parker in “Alien” and in his starring role on “Homicide: Life on the Street,” died Sunday night of unknown causes, his widow announced on his official Facebook page.
“I’m saddened and still in shocked [sic] of the passing of my husband Yaphet of 24 years. He died last night around 10:30pm Philippine time,” she wrote.
“This is a very painfall [sic] moment for me to inform you all fans, friends and family of my husband. We still have a lot of plans honey that we discussed you have a lot of interviews waiting and you have movie offers like G.I. Joe and the movie of Tom Cruise and others,” she continued.
“You still have plan [sic] to release your book and build a religious organization based on Yogananda’s Teachings. You played a villain on [sic] some of your movies but for me...
“I’m saddened and still in shocked [sic] of the passing of my husband Yaphet of 24 years. He died last night around 10:30pm Philippine time,” she wrote.
“This is a very painfall [sic] moment for me to inform you all fans, friends and family of my husband. We still have a lot of plans honey that we discussed you have a lot of interviews waiting and you have movie offers like G.I. Joe and the movie of Tom Cruise and others,” she continued.
“You still have plan [sic] to release your book and build a religious organization based on Yogananda’s Teachings. You played a villain on [sic] some of your movies but for me...
- 3/16/2021
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Wilford Brimley, best known for his roles in “The Natural,” the 1982 remake of “The Thing,” “The Firm” and “Cocoon,” died on Saturday. He was 85.
His agent, Lynda Bensky, told The New York Times that he had been sick with a kidney problem for two months.
Brimley was also famous for the series of commercials for Quaker Oats in which he appeared.
Pauline Kael ably summed up his appeal in a few words. Reviewing “Cocoon” for the New Yorker in 1985, she said, “Wilford Brimley, with his walrus mustache and friendly belly, brings an ornery impudence to his role.”
Brimley, who seemed to enter old age several decades ago, appeared perfectly at home in the Ron Howard-directed movie about senior citizens unintentionally rejuvenated by an alien life force in the pool where they do water aerobics even though he was only 51 at the time. Brimley’s Ben Luckett doing cannonballs in...
His agent, Lynda Bensky, told The New York Times that he had been sick with a kidney problem for two months.
Brimley was also famous for the series of commercials for Quaker Oats in which he appeared.
Pauline Kael ably summed up his appeal in a few words. Reviewing “Cocoon” for the New Yorker in 1985, she said, “Wilford Brimley, with his walrus mustache and friendly belly, brings an ornery impudence to his role.”
Brimley, who seemed to enter old age several decades ago, appeared perfectly at home in the Ron Howard-directed movie about senior citizens unintentionally rejuvenated by an alien life force in the pool where they do water aerobics even though he was only 51 at the time. Brimley’s Ben Luckett doing cannonballs in...
- 8/2/2020
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Garrison, an actor best known for his role as Tommy in the original The Karate Kid, a sequel and this year’s Cobra Kai series, has died, Deadline has confirmed. He was 59.
A cause of death was not officially released, though reports indicate he had been ill for a time.
“Rob was a great person and ambassador to The Karate Kid legacy,” said his rep Rick Henriques in a statement provided to Deadline. ” His performance in Season 2 of Cobra Kai, being his last, was simply amazing and he stole the episode. He will be missed by me and everyone he encountered”
As the franchise’s Tommy, Garrison made for an appropriately nasty foil for Ralph Macchio’s Daniel starting with the 1984 original film. He returned to the role in 1986’s Karate Kid: Part II and for an appearance in this year in the YouTube Premium Cobra Kai.
“I’m...
A cause of death was not officially released, though reports indicate he had been ill for a time.
“Rob was a great person and ambassador to The Karate Kid legacy,” said his rep Rick Henriques in a statement provided to Deadline. ” His performance in Season 2 of Cobra Kai, being his last, was simply amazing and he stole the episode. He will be missed by me and everyone he encountered”
As the franchise’s Tommy, Garrison made for an appropriately nasty foil for Ralph Macchio’s Daniel starting with the 1984 original film. He returned to the role in 1986’s Karate Kid: Part II and for an appearance in this year in the YouTube Premium Cobra Kai.
“I’m...
- 9/27/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Redford reunites with Pete’s Dragon filmmaker David Lowery with The Old Man & The Gun. The picture, which is based on the true story of stickup artist Forrest Tucker (Redford), is the actor’s final acting role. After years of putting in seminal work in The Sting, The Electric Horseman, Brubaker, and most recently All [...]
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- 9/30/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Celebrated with a career tribute at Deauville Film Festival on Friday, Morgan Freeman was moved to tears and said in French that he was “grateful” for “reasons that are deeper than usual this year.”
Freeman, who was targeted earlier this year by a CNN report about his alleged sexual misconduct, said he’s been a “lover of French cinema, history and art for most of his life.”
The 81-year old Oscar-winning actor was greeted in Deauville by hordes of fans and introduced on stage by prominent French actor Vincent Lindon (“The Measure of a Man”).
Lindon delivered a poignant homage to Freeman, praising him for paving the way for other African American actors by accessing non-stereotypical roles at a time when “the only condition for producers to cast African-American actors was to play Black characters.”
“Almost all the characters he’s played on screen could have been played by white folks,...
Freeman, who was targeted earlier this year by a CNN report about his alleged sexual misconduct, said he’s been a “lover of French cinema, history and art for most of his life.”
The 81-year old Oscar-winning actor was greeted in Deauville by hordes of fans and introduced on stage by prominent French actor Vincent Lindon (“The Measure of a Man”).
Lindon delivered a poignant homage to Freeman, praising him for paving the way for other African American actors by accessing non-stereotypical roles at a time when “the only condition for producers to cast African-American actors was to play Black characters.”
“Almost all the characters he’s played on screen could have been played by white folks,...
- 9/8/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Redford has announced his retirement from acting after nearly 60 years on screen. Here is a look at his top 20 feature films, according to IMDb user ratings. How many have you seen?
1. 'The Sting' (1973): 8.3
2. 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1969): 8.1
3. 'All the President's Men' (1976): 8
4. 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' (2014): 7.8
5. 'Jeremiah Johnson' (1972): 7.6
6. 'Three Days of the Condor' (1975): 7.5
7. 'The Natural' (1984): 7.5
8. 'A Bridge Too Far' (1977): 7.4
9. 'A River Runs Through It' (1992): 7.3
10. 'The Chase' (1966): 7.3
11. 'Out of Africa' (1985): 7.2
12. 'Sneakers' (1992): 7.1
13. 'Spy Game' (2001): 7.1
14. 'The Way We Were' (1973): 7.1
15. 'This Property Is Condemned' (1966): 7.1
16. 'Brubaker' (1980): 7.1
17. 'The Candidate' (1972): 7.1
18. 'An Unfinished Life' (2005): 7
19. 'Barefoot in the Park' (1967): 7
20. 'All Is Lost' (2013): 6.9
Ranking correct as of Aug. 7, 2018.
1. 'The Sting' (1973): 8.3
2. 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1969): 8.1
3. 'All the President's Men' (1976): 8
4. 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' (2014): 7.8
5. 'Jeremiah Johnson' (1972): 7.6
6. 'Three Days of the Condor' (1975): 7.5
7. 'The Natural' (1984): 7.5
8. 'A Bridge Too Far' (1977): 7.4
9. 'A River Runs Through It' (1992): 7.3
10. 'The Chase' (1966): 7.3
11. 'Out of Africa' (1985): 7.2
12. 'Sneakers' (1992): 7.1
13. 'Spy Game' (2001): 7.1
14. 'The Way We Were' (1973): 7.1
15. 'This Property Is Condemned' (1966): 7.1
16. 'Brubaker' (1980): 7.1
17. 'The Candidate' (1972): 7.1
18. 'An Unfinished Life' (2005): 7
19. 'Barefoot in the Park' (1967): 7
20. 'All Is Lost' (2013): 6.9
Ranking correct as of Aug. 7, 2018.
- 8/7/2018
- IMDb News
Netflix has confirmed that a slew of new original series will be debuting on the streaming service in February. There will also be new to Netflix seasons of some of your favorites from other networks. Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Netflix appearances including Martin Scorsese‘s Oscar-winning “Goodfellas,” Quentin Tarantino‘s “Kill Bill” double feature, the “Oceans” trilogy, and all the films in the “American Pie” franchise.
Of the new Netflix originals, several stand out as particularly binge-worthy, including season 1 of the sci-fi series “Altered Carbon” and the sophomore edition of the teen drama “Greenhouse Academy.” And there are episodes of both the new David Letterman and Joel Hale talk shows.
Feb. 1
3000 Miles to Graceland
42 Grams
Aeon Flux
American Pie
American Pie 2
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
Ella Enchanted
Extract
Goodfellas...
Of the new Netflix originals, several stand out as particularly binge-worthy, including season 1 of the sci-fi series “Altered Carbon” and the sophomore edition of the teen drama “Greenhouse Academy.” And there are episodes of both the new David Letterman and Joel Hale talk shows.
Feb. 1
3000 Miles to Graceland
42 Grams
Aeon Flux
American Pie
American Pie 2
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
Ella Enchanted
Extract
Goodfellas...
- 1/30/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
With the blockbuster Captain America: The Winter Soldier being released on 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD this Tuesday, we catch up with the directing team of brothers Joe and Anthony Russo to find out about their experience on the iconic Marvel project…
What makes Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier stand out from other Marvel movies?
Joe: I think it is the level of realism and intensity that makes this movie stand out. Up to this point, I think Marvel films have really embraced the fantasy component, but we have tried to infuse it with intensity and edge. It’s aggressive. We wanted a movie that would grab you and wouldn’t let go until the end. Hopefully we’ve accomplished that and I think that’s what distinguishes it from other Marvel movies.
How did you accomplish this?
Joe: We talked to Marvel early on and said,...
What makes Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier stand out from other Marvel movies?
Joe: I think it is the level of realism and intensity that makes this movie stand out. Up to this point, I think Marvel films have really embraced the fantasy component, but we have tried to infuse it with intensity and edge. It’s aggressive. We wanted a movie that would grab you and wouldn’t let go until the end. Hopefully we’ve accomplished that and I think that’s what distinguishes it from other Marvel movies.
How did you accomplish this?
Joe: We talked to Marvel early on and said,...
- 9/7/2014
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Women presidents at the Academy: Cheryl Boone Isaacs is only the third one (photo: Angelina Jolie, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Brad Pitt) (See previous post: "Honorary Award Non-Winners: Too Late for Gloria Swanson, Rita Hayworth, Marlene Dietrich.") Wrapping up this four-part "Honorary Oscars Bypass Women" article, let it be noted that in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 85-year history there have been only two women presidents: two-time Oscar-winning actress Bette Davis (for two months in 1941, before the Dangerous and Jezebel star was forced to resign) and screenwriter Fay Kanin (1979-1983), whose best-known screen credit is the 1958 Doris Day-Clark Gable comedy Teacher's Pet. Additionally, following some top-level restructuring in April 2011, the Academy created the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, with the CEO post currently held by a woman, former Film Independent executive director and sometime actress Dawn Hudson. The COO post is held...
- 9/4/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Joe and Anthony Russo, the directing team behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier, discuss the film on the eve of the Blu-ray release.
With the impending release of Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier on 3D Blu-ray, 2D Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD, directors Anthony and Joe Russo discuss their hit film, including what is was like to work with the iconic Robert Redford, and how they approached a redesign of Captain America's uniform. The brothers also discussed what it was like directing a film in their hometown of Cleveland.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the second chapter in the Captain America movie franchise. The exhilarating story follows Marvel’s First Avenger, Captain America, along with Black Widow and their new ally The Falcon as they battle their most mysterious and powerful enemy yet, the Winter Soldier.
Q: What makes Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier...
With the impending release of Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier on 3D Blu-ray, 2D Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD, directors Anthony and Joe Russo discuss their hit film, including what is was like to work with the iconic Robert Redford, and how they approached a redesign of Captain America's uniform. The brothers also discussed what it was like directing a film in their hometown of Cleveland.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the second chapter in the Captain America movie franchise. The exhilarating story follows Marvel’s First Avenger, Captain America, along with Black Widow and their new ally The Falcon as they battle their most mysterious and powerful enemy yet, the Winter Soldier.
Q: What makes Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier...
- 9/3/2014
- by [email protected] (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
After working on docu-series at CNN this year, Robert Redford is moving to scripted television with "Homeland" producer Alex Cary. At Sunday's Produced By conference held by the PGA, Cary told the crowd he was working on a TV adaptation of "Brubaker," Redford's 1980 film, with the iconic actor and filmmaker. The original film told the story of a new warden who pretends to be a convict in order to expose corruption at his prison. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, "Brubaker" starred Redford and Morgan Freeman, earning an Oscar nod for screenwriters W.D. Richter and Arthur A. Ross. Redford has executive-produced many documentaries, including the 2014 CNN series "Chicagoland" and "Death Row Stories," but "Brubaker" would mark his first scripted series. It also marks yet another movie adaptation for television, following the success stories of "Fargo," "About a Boy," "Hannibal," "Parenthood," "Friday Night Lights," and many others. The trend is growing and the power players of film.
- 6/8/2014
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Before I begin, I should let you know my position as a reviewer: I enjoy movies, but I love comics more. I buy single issues every week, from Marvel to DC to Dark Horse. I’m intimately familiar with Marvel continuity. I’ve read the original “Winter Soldier” story arc more times than I can remember. I named my dog Bucky. At no point in this writeup are you going to get the opinion of a “film critic” or “casual fan”—this comes from a geek, full-stop.
And here it is: I couldn’t be happier. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is my new favorite Marvel movie.
It’s funny, well-acted, well-staged, visually exciting, and emotionally satisfying. I’m not going to summarize the plot—you can find that on IMDb. It’s a spy movie; it’s an action movie; it’s full of espionage, explosions, assassinations, and sneaky officials.
And here it is: I couldn’t be happier. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is my new favorite Marvel movie.
It’s funny, well-acted, well-staged, visually exciting, and emotionally satisfying. I’m not going to summarize the plot—you can find that on IMDb. It’s a spy movie; it’s an action movie; it’s full of espionage, explosions, assassinations, and sneaky officials.
- 4/4/2014
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Who wouldn't want to be Kevin Feige for a day?
As the president of Marvel Studios, he's likely the only guy who knows absolutely everything that's going to happen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or the McU, if you want to sound cool). After a string of hits -- "Iron Man," "Thor," "Captain America: The First Avenger" and, of course, "The Avengers" -- that interconnect like one giant armor-clad, cape-donning soap opera, it's Feige's job to make sure they all make sense -- and make money.
Marvel's latest, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," takes the titular super soldier (played by Chris Evans) and the shady security agency he works for (S.H.I.E.L.D.) and shakes them up in a way that has serious implications for the McU, including next year's "The Avengers: Age of Ultron." But Feige wants to shake things up in other ways, too. In August,...
As the president of Marvel Studios, he's likely the only guy who knows absolutely everything that's going to happen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or the McU, if you want to sound cool). After a string of hits -- "Iron Man," "Thor," "Captain America: The First Avenger" and, of course, "The Avengers" -- that interconnect like one giant armor-clad, cape-donning soap opera, it's Feige's job to make sure they all make sense -- and make money.
Marvel's latest, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," takes the titular super soldier (played by Chris Evans) and the shady security agency he works for (S.H.I.E.L.D.) and shakes them up in a way that has serious implications for the McU, including next year's "The Avengers: Age of Ultron." But Feige wants to shake things up in other ways, too. In August,...
- 3/28/2014
- by Don Kaye
- Moviefone
Feature Rob Leane 28 Mar 2014 - 06:28
Spoilers: just where does Captain America: The Winter Soldier leave the Marvel cinematic universe?
This article contains lots of spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The phrase ‘game-changer’ is bandied about a lot in the ever-growing world of superhero movies, with The Dark Knight, The Avengers and now Captain America: The Winter Soldier being three of the biggest examples in recent years.
While Nolan’s terrorism allegory and Whedon’s super team-up both changed the game for the makers of comic book movies, inspiring a string brooding blockbusters and shared universes respectively, The Winter Soldier actually changes things in a different way - by hugely shaking up the fictional world of the movie, the events of Cap’s latest adventure have steered the Marvel Cinematic Universe away from the direction many presumed it was going in.
There is a lot of spoilery discussion...
Spoilers: just where does Captain America: The Winter Soldier leave the Marvel cinematic universe?
This article contains lots of spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The phrase ‘game-changer’ is bandied about a lot in the ever-growing world of superhero movies, with The Dark Knight, The Avengers and now Captain America: The Winter Soldier being three of the biggest examples in recent years.
While Nolan’s terrorism allegory and Whedon’s super team-up both changed the game for the makers of comic book movies, inspiring a string brooding blockbusters and shared universes respectively, The Winter Soldier actually changes things in a different way - by hugely shaking up the fictional world of the movie, the events of Cap’s latest adventure have steered the Marvel Cinematic Universe away from the direction many presumed it was going in.
There is a lot of spoilery discussion...
- 3/27/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Interview Simon Brew 26 Mar 2014 - 06:14
We talk influences, Marvel, Statham and brotherly love with the directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier
There are no outright spoilers in this article, although we do talk about Captain America: The Winter Soldier quite a lot, and specific influences on it.
Having dabbled in movies before, the Russo Brothers - Joe and Anthony - went on to hit big on the small screen. In particular, their legendary work on Community - packed to the gills with more movie references and in-jokes per second than hundreds of other shows - would bring them to the attention of Marvel's Kevin Feige. And, in turn, it'd be a major stepping stone to landing the Captain America 2 director's chair.
The pair spared us some time last week to talk about the film, and we picked up the story from there...
I've worked out from watching...
We talk influences, Marvel, Statham and brotherly love with the directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier
There are no outright spoilers in this article, although we do talk about Captain America: The Winter Soldier quite a lot, and specific influences on it.
Having dabbled in movies before, the Russo Brothers - Joe and Anthony - went on to hit big on the small screen. In particular, their legendary work on Community - packed to the gills with more movie references and in-jokes per second than hundreds of other shows - would bring them to the attention of Marvel's Kevin Feige. And, in turn, it'd be a major stepping stone to landing the Captain America 2 director's chair.
The pair spared us some time last week to talk about the film, and we picked up the story from there...
I've worked out from watching...
- 3/25/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
(Cbr) After "The Winter Soldier", what’s next for Marvel’s "Captain America" franchise? We know that brothers Anthony and Joe Russo will return for the third installment, reportedly set for May 6, 2016, with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely already on board. But what will the next adventure of Steve Rogers entail? Will it dive back into the Ed Brubaker-penned comic books that inspired "The Winter Soldier‘s" story? Speaking with Den of Geek, Markus and McFeely opened up a little bit about their vision for the next chapter. “You can probably predict some of the threads we would like to pick up again that we’ve laid out there,” McFeely said. “And we always go back to the comics and dive back in and look at anything we’ve missed in the last few years that might be relevant.” “We’ve definitely set out on a more realistic road in the Cap movies,...
- 3/20/2014
- by Josh Wigler, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
What turned out to be an embarrassment of a Superbowl was made much better by Marvel’s releasing the second full-length trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, based on Ed Brubaker’s comic book run of the same name. Truth be told, I barely cared about the game after seeing this, which cranked up my already-high anticipation to three hundred. [It almost doesn't need to be said that this post will contain Spoilers Galore.]
The following analysis comes from the perspective of a longtime comic book fan who never even gave Captain America a second thought until Ed Brubaker got his mitts on the property, giving us fantastic spy stories along with the Winter Soldier character. [Read: my dog's name is Bucky, after said Winter Soldier.] And although the character’s design in the film is nearly flawless, several questions arise for fans of the comic.
1. Are they really going to try to keep the Winter Soldier’s identity a secret? Of course, unless you live in a drawer or never go on...
The following analysis comes from the perspective of a longtime comic book fan who never even gave Captain America a second thought until Ed Brubaker got his mitts on the property, giving us fantastic spy stories along with the Winter Soldier character. [Read: my dog's name is Bucky, after said Winter Soldier.] And although the character’s design in the film is nearly flawless, several questions arise for fans of the comic.
1. Are they really going to try to keep the Winter Soldier’s identity a secret? Of course, unless you live in a drawer or never go on...
- 2/3/2014
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
What turned out to be an embarrassment of a Superbowl was made much better by Marvel’s releasing the second full-length trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, based on Ed Brubaker’s comic book run of the same name. Truth be told, I barely cared about the game after seeing this, which cranked up my already-high anticipation to three hundred. [It almost doesn't need to be said that this post will contain Spoilers Galore.]
The following analysis comes from the perspective of a longtime comic book fan who never even gave Captain America a second thought until Ed Brubaker got his mitts on the property, giving us fantastic spy stories along with the Winter Soldier character. [Read: my dog's name is Bucky, after said Winter Soldier.] And although the character’s design in the film is nearly flawless, several questions arise for fans of the comic.
1. Are they really going to try to keep the Winter Soldier’s identity a secret? Of course, unless you live in a drawer or never go on...
The following analysis comes from the perspective of a longtime comic book fan who never even gave Captain America a second thought until Ed Brubaker got his mitts on the property, giving us fantastic spy stories along with the Winter Soldier character. [Read: my dog's name is Bucky, after said Winter Soldier.] And although the character’s design in the film is nearly flawless, several questions arise for fans of the comic.
1. Are they really going to try to keep the Winter Soldier’s identity a secret? Of course, unless you live in a drawer or never go on...
- 2/3/2014
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
What turned out to be an embarrassment of a Superbowl was made much better by Marvel’s releasing the second full-length trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, based on Ed Brubaker’s comic book run of the same name. Truth be told, I barely cared about the game after seeing this, which cranked up my already-high anticipation to three hundred. [It almost doesn't need to be said that this post will contain Spoilers Galore.]
The following analysis comes from the perspective of a longtime comic book fan who never even gave Captain America a second thought until Ed Brubaker got his mitts on the property, giving us fantastic spy stories along with the Winter Soldier character. [Read: my dog's name is Bucky, after said Winter Soldier.] And although the character’s design in the film is nearly flawless, several questions arise for fans of the comic.
1. Are they really going to try to keep the Winter Soldier’s identity a secret? Of course, unless you live in a drawer or never go on...
The following analysis comes from the perspective of a longtime comic book fan who never even gave Captain America a second thought until Ed Brubaker got his mitts on the property, giving us fantastic spy stories along with the Winter Soldier character. [Read: my dog's name is Bucky, after said Winter Soldier.] And although the character’s design in the film is nearly flawless, several questions arise for fans of the comic.
1. Are they really going to try to keep the Winter Soldier’s identity a secret? Of course, unless you live in a drawer or never go on...
- 2/3/2014
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Ed Brubaker has praised the script for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
The comic book writer said that he was "blown away" by the screenplay for the Marvel Studios sequel.
Brubaker also revealed his excitement about the film, which will be the first based on a specific Marvel Comics run. Brubaker launched the storyline in 2005 during his extended and acclaimed run on Captain America.
"I read the script and I was really blown away by it," he told USA Today.
"The tone of it and the Bucky stuff is so perfect and the way I'd want it to be. I was so thrilled to see that.
"But to me the biggest thing, too, is it's the first time Marvel has put out a movie where there's a specific book the title of the movie relates to. And now they're doing that with Avengers: Age of Ultron.
"They're putting out a...
The comic book writer said that he was "blown away" by the screenplay for the Marvel Studios sequel.
Brubaker also revealed his excitement about the film, which will be the first based on a specific Marvel Comics run. Brubaker launched the storyline in 2005 during his extended and acclaimed run on Captain America.
"I read the script and I was really blown away by it," he told USA Today.
"The tone of it and the Bucky stuff is so perfect and the way I'd want it to be. I was so thrilled to see that.
"But to me the biggest thing, too, is it's the first time Marvel has put out a movie where there's a specific book the title of the movie relates to. And now they're doing that with Avengers: Age of Ultron.
"They're putting out a...
- 9/23/2013
- Digital Spy
Marlene Dietrich Grandson J. Michael Riva, Robert Clatworthy, and Harper Goff: Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame 2014 Production Designers Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff, and J. Michael Riva will be posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame at the 18th Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony, to be held on February 8, 2014, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. (Photo: Production designer J. Michael Riva.) J. Michael Riva J. Michael Riva (1948-2012), grandson of Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel, Shanghai Express, A Foreign Affair), was production designer for Stuart Rosenberg / Robert Redford’s 1980 socially conscious drama Brubaker. Later on, Redford hired Riva as the art director for Ordinary People, also released in 1980. Riva’s other production design credits include the Lethal Weapon movies starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover; A Few Good Men (1992), with Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore; The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), with Will Smith; Spider-Man 3 (2007), with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst,...
- 9/12/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Photo Credit: Daniel Daza/Roadside Attractions
Academy Award winner Robert Redford stars in the brand new trailer for the film All Is Lost, an open-water thriller about one man’s battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) with a musical score by Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros), the film is a gripping, visceral and powerfully moving tribute to ingenuity and resilience.
In his review from May, Jeffrey Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere wrote,
“…J.C. Chandor‘s All Is Lost has completely blown everyone away at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s a knockout –a riveting piece of pure dialogue-free cinema, a terrific survival-on-the-high-seas tale and major acting triumph for Robert Redford, who hasn’t been this good since…what, Brubaker? All The President’s Men? A long time. It’s one of the most powerful,...
Academy Award winner Robert Redford stars in the brand new trailer for the film All Is Lost, an open-water thriller about one man’s battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) with a musical score by Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros), the film is a gripping, visceral and powerfully moving tribute to ingenuity and resilience.
In his review from May, Jeffrey Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere wrote,
“…J.C. Chandor‘s All Is Lost has completely blown everyone away at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s a knockout –a riveting piece of pure dialogue-free cinema, a terrific survival-on-the-high-seas tale and major acting triumph for Robert Redford, who hasn’t been this good since…what, Brubaker? All The President’s Men? A long time. It’s one of the most powerful,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Father's Day is just around the corner (Sunday, June 16 for all you forgetful children out there) and time to buy dad the perfect gift is slowly running out. So why not try to win him an awesome gift instead!
Moviefone has the perfect gift for classic movie-loving papas -- a prize pack filled with the most macho movies around. The prize features "The Henry Fonda Collection" on DVD, which includes "Jessie James," "The Boston Strangler," "The Grapes of Wrath," "The Longest Day," and many more.
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- 6/11/2013
- by Dana Taddeo
- Moviefone
There's no rule that says a film about prison has to plunge to the familiar depths of despair and violence of HBO's Oz when it comes to depicting life behind bars or that it can't be inspiring. Stuart Rosenberg's Brubaker takes that idea to heart in its retelling of the true story of a prison warden who covertly subjected himself to the treatment his inmates were experiencing before taking over and instigating a series of changes that spat in the face of years of corruption and indifference that reduced his prison to nothing but a supply of slave labor and a state of disrepair. Robert Redford plays the titular protagonist and he does a spectacular job, but it's hard not to feel like the film is beating us over the head with its message of maintaining one's moral convictions in the face of pressure. It's inspiring at a basic level,...
- 5/27/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Feature Aliya Whiteley 14 May 2013 - 05:59
A true Hollywood star, Robert Redford is at his best in smaller, more personal films. Aliya picks three great films about alienation...
Robert Redford was the number one box office star of the early 70s, appearing in huge hits such as The Sting, The Way We Were, and Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. None of those three films show him at his best as an actor, or address the kind of issues he felt passionately about.
His easy camaraderie with Paul Newman and his status as a sex symbol belied the political angle that influenced his decisions in filmmaking and acting. Once he had amassed enough power in Hollywood to call the shots, the roles he took changed; for me, his most interesting performances began once he believed in the message of the film he was making.
He remains a serious and passionate actor,...
A true Hollywood star, Robert Redford is at his best in smaller, more personal films. Aliya picks three great films about alienation...
Robert Redford was the number one box office star of the early 70s, appearing in huge hits such as The Sting, The Way We Were, and Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. None of those three films show him at his best as an actor, or address the kind of issues he felt passionately about.
His easy camaraderie with Paul Newman and his status as a sex symbol belied the political angle that influenced his decisions in filmmaking and acting. Once he had amassed enough power in Hollywood to call the shots, the roles he took changed; for me, his most interesting performances began once he believed in the message of the film he was making.
He remains a serious and passionate actor,...
- 5/13/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
www.hollywoodnews.com: On Friday June 1, 2012, while on location in New Orleans, production designer J. Michael Riva was preparing to head to the studio when he suffered a severe stroke. He passed away yesterday afternoon surrounded by his family.
Michael’s family has returned to Los Angeles and a service of celebration to remember his life is pending.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a contribution to “H.O.P.E. Haiti: or A Place Called HomeTRIBUTE Statements
Quentin Tarantino, director Django
“Michael became a dear friend on this picture, as well as a magnificent, talented colleague. Every member of our Django crew family is devastated by this tragic loss as we persevere on his wonderful sets.”
Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
“Michael Riva was a great friend and a tremendous talent, able to tailor the look and mood of a story to the emotion in the script.
Michael’s family has returned to Los Angeles and a service of celebration to remember his life is pending.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a contribution to “H.O.P.E. Haiti: or A Place Called HomeTRIBUTE Statements
Quentin Tarantino, director Django
“Michael became a dear friend on this picture, as well as a magnificent, talented colleague. Every member of our Django crew family is devastated by this tragic loss as we persevere on his wonderful sets.”
Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
“Michael Riva was a great friend and a tremendous talent, able to tailor the look and mood of a story to the emotion in the script.
- 6/8/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Production designer J. Michael Riva, whose most recent work includes Quentin Tarantino’s currently filming Django Unchained and Sony’s franchise reboot The Amazing Spider-Man, has died. Riva was 63, and the circumstances and cause of death were not known but Deadline was able to confirm his passing. Very highly regarded in the industry, he was the son of actress-author Maria Riva and art director William Riva and the grandson of Marlene Dietrich and film editor Rudolph Sieber. Raised in New York City, he eventually found his way to Los Angeles. Dropping out of UCLA to pursue a career in production design, Riva apprenticed with Jackson DeGoiva and his first major movie was uncredited work with Toby Rafelson on I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). That led to Brubaker (1980) with Robert Redford and subsequently Redford hired him for Ordinary People (1980). Other work included the 1984 cult fave The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension...
- 6/8/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
For his work on such titles as Captain America and Daredevil, Ed Brubaker has won the Eisner Awards best writer prize for three of the past five years. Add to that the trophy for Best Comic Book Writer at the recent Spike TV Scream Awards.
Now he is adapting his crime-noir graphic novel Coward into a movie for Hunting Lane Films, with David Slade taking the director's chair.
Coward - the first book in the Criminal series by Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips - tells the story of Leo, a legendary thief who breaks his own life-saving set of rules when he is lured into a risky heist. On the run from cops and double-crossers, Leo must face the violence he's kept bottled up inside for 20 years.
Brubaker told Variety: "It's a good role for any actor; about a guy who's afraid to do things because of what's inside of him.
Now he is adapting his crime-noir graphic novel Coward into a movie for Hunting Lane Films, with David Slade taking the director's chair.
Coward - the first book in the Criminal series by Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips - tells the story of Leo, a legendary thief who breaks his own life-saving set of rules when he is lured into a risky heist. On the run from cops and double-crossers, Leo must face the violence he's kept bottled up inside for 20 years.
Brubaker told Variety: "It's a good role for any actor; about a guy who's afraid to do things because of what's inside of him.
- 11/1/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The prison genre, known in the trade as "the Big House movie" from the title of a seminal film of 1930, has spread from Hollywood around the world. This excellent Spanish picture has all the traditional ingredients: the fair but weak governor, the contrasted good and bad warders, the charismatic convict leader (knockout performance from Luis Tosar, famously menacing in Michael Mann's Miami Vice), the old lag, the slimy informer, the destructive riot, and the familiar message that the trouble is due to overcrowding, penny-pinching and the lack of either creative work or serious attempts at rehabilitation. The clever twist here (a variation on the opening of the Robert Redford film Brubaker) is that the sympathetic new warder, the 30-year-old Juan Oliver, is accidentally stranded inside during a preliminary tour of the premises when the riot occurs and has to pretend to be a hard-as-nails murderer in order to survive a lynching.
- 7/16/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
When Yaphet Kotto walks onscreen you take notice. His broad 6’6” figure looms. He delivers lines with vocal cords that sound like they’ve been massaged with sandpaper. In films like Alien (1979) he dominates the frame – immovable, mountainous, impossible to scale. He has an air of regality about him, but then this to be expected. Kotto is after all, the descendant of kings.
His father Njoki Manga Bell was a Cameroonian Crown Prince who immigrated to New York in the 1920s. It was in this city that Kotto was born and that mix of street kid and son of a prince would inform his personality onscreen. He can be both a regular Joe (the disgruntled worker in Blue Collar) or a powerful leader (he has played Othello more than once).
But growing up in New York City was tough. Kotto, a black Jew, found discrimination around every corner and learnt early on the need for character.
His father Njoki Manga Bell was a Cameroonian Crown Prince who immigrated to New York in the 1920s. It was in this city that Kotto was born and that mix of street kid and son of a prince would inform his personality onscreen. He can be both a regular Joe (the disgruntled worker in Blue Collar) or a powerful leader (he has played Othello more than once).
But growing up in New York City was tough. Kotto, a black Jew, found discrimination around every corner and learnt early on the need for character.
- 3/14/2011
- by Tom Fallows
- Obsessed with Film
Director Stuart Rosenberg rarely shows up in the roll call of ’60s/’70s American auteurs, and understandably so. Though Rosenberg helmed one of the best movies of the ’60s in Cool Hand Luke, and had two good-sized hits a decade later with The Amityville Horror and Brubaker, his style is often maddening. Rosenberg specialized in genre films, but largely eschewed the taut pacing and uncomplicated storytelling that makes mysteries, Westerns, and action pictures work. He preferred to explore the subtleties of human behavior, and the way people fade into their habitats, which probably explains why he made four films with ...
- 2/16/2011
- avclub.com
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