"Star Trek" is notoriously good to its actors. If a hard-working performer gets a small gig in one episode of "Star Trek," it becomes incredibly likely they'll be invited back for another. Armin Shimerman, for instance, played a talking treasure chest and a random Ferengi character on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" years before he was offered the main role of Quark on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Likewise, Tim Russ played a terrorist on the "Next Generation" episode "Starship Mine" before he became Tuvok on "Star Trek: Voyager." There are dozens of other examples. Once you're in the "Star Trek" family, you'll be a part of it for life.
According to the book "Star Trek: The Next Generation 365," by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann, actress Famke Janssen was offered a venerated spot in the Trek family ... that she turned down. Janssen appeared in the episode "The Perfect Mate" as Kamala,...
According to the book "Star Trek: The Next Generation 365," by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann, actress Famke Janssen was offered a venerated spot in the Trek family ... that she turned down. Janssen appeared in the episode "The Perfect Mate" as Kamala,...
- 3/24/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
This generation of filmgoers mostly probably thinks of Irish actor-director Kenneth Branagh as Agatha Christie’s mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022) and the upcoming A Haunting in Venice.
But there is so much more to Branagh’s career. As a director, he’s dabbled in multiple genres, including fantasy, action, science fiction, thriller, comedy and superhero.
Branaghs career as an actor has been equally as diverse. He’s acted in legal thrillers, Westerns, romantic thrillers, animation, fantasy pics and dramedies.
And then there’s Shakespeare. There’s always Shakespeare. Branagh has a self-professed love of the Bard. He’s acted in and directed...
But there is so much more to Branagh’s career. As a director, he’s dabbled in multiple genres, including fantasy, action, science fiction, thriller, comedy and superhero.
Branaghs career as an actor has been equally as diverse. He’s acted in legal thrillers, Westerns, romantic thrillers, animation, fantasy pics and dramedies.
And then there’s Shakespeare. There’s always Shakespeare. Branagh has a self-professed love of the Bard. He’s acted in and directed...
- 9/15/2023
- by David Morgan
- Deadline Film + TV
Tl;Dr:
A classic Frankie Avalon song played when Elvis Presley met Priscilla Presley during his time in the army. A famous indie rock band is planning on covering Avalon’s song. Avalon described the track as “Muzak.”
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley met in Germany when a Frankie Avalon song was playing. Subsequently, a director announced Avalon’s song will play a major role in an upcoming movie about Elvis and Priscilla. Notably, Avalon said he’s not a big fan of the song in question.
Frankie Avalon’s song will be a theme song in a film about Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley
The Hollywood Reporter says Elvis and Priscilla met when the former was stationed in Germany during his time in the U.S. Army. Avalon’s song “Venus” was playing when the two first crossed paths. Notably, Priscilla had the discernment not to tell anybody about their meeting after it happened.
A classic Frankie Avalon song played when Elvis Presley met Priscilla Presley during his time in the army. A famous indie rock band is planning on covering Avalon’s song. Avalon described the track as “Muzak.”
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley met in Germany when a Frankie Avalon song was playing. Subsequently, a director announced Avalon’s song will play a major role in an upcoming movie about Elvis and Priscilla. Notably, Avalon said he’s not a big fan of the song in question.
Frankie Avalon’s song will be a theme song in a film about Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley
The Hollywood Reporter says Elvis and Priscilla met when the former was stationed in Germany during his time in the U.S. Army. Avalon’s song “Venus” was playing when the two first crossed paths. Notably, Priscilla had the discernment not to tell anybody about their meeting after it happened.
- 8/26/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The idea of retelling placid and gentle children's fairy tales in a bloody, horror milieu is hardly new. Think of a fairy tale or beloved children's classic, and odds are good that someone has already transformed it into a horror movie. Off the top of my head: Neil Jordan made a horror movie out of Little Red Riding Hood with "The Company of Wolves" in 1984. Later, in 1996, filmmaker Matthew Bright brought the same story into a scuzzy modern setting with "Freeway." 1997 saw the release of "Snow White: A Tale of Terror" with Sigourney Weaver as the evil queen.
"The Little Mermaid" was transformed into an awesome 2015 horror musical called "The Lure." Pinocchio starred in "Pinocchio's Revenge." The Gingerbread Man was transformed into "The Gingerdead Man". A quick stroll through the spider-webbed hallways of Tubi might reveal titles like "The Curse of Sleeping Beauty," 1995's "Rumplestiltskin," and multiple films called "The Tooth Fairy.
"The Little Mermaid" was transformed into an awesome 2015 horror musical called "The Lure." Pinocchio starred in "Pinocchio's Revenge." The Gingerbread Man was transformed into "The Gingerdead Man". A quick stroll through the spider-webbed hallways of Tubi might reveal titles like "The Curse of Sleeping Beauty," 1995's "Rumplestiltskin," and multiple films called "The Tooth Fairy.
- 5/22/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Fame really is in the eye of the beholder.
“GoldenEye” breakout Famke Janssen reflected on her tenuous experience with the press after her skyrocket to celebrity in 1995, starring alongside Pierce Brosnan in the now-iconic James Bond film.
“The Bond movie dictated a lot of my relationship with the press,” Janssen told The Independent. “Honestly, after ‘GoldenEye,’ I felt like I was thrown to the wolves. It was just an onslaught of attention, good and bad and everything in between. I realize every actor in the world thinks they can control the press, but ultimately the press always wins.”
Janssen continued, “I already had to deal with the stereotype of having been a model, but then I added another thing: model turned actress turned Bond Girl. I feel incredibly misunderstood at times. It’s the dichotomy between the way I look and what is happening inside. But that comes with being...
“GoldenEye” breakout Famke Janssen reflected on her tenuous experience with the press after her skyrocket to celebrity in 1995, starring alongside Pierce Brosnan in the now-iconic James Bond film.
“The Bond movie dictated a lot of my relationship with the press,” Janssen told The Independent. “Honestly, after ‘GoldenEye,’ I felt like I was thrown to the wolves. It was just an onslaught of attention, good and bad and everything in between. I realize every actor in the world thinks they can control the press, but ultimately the press always wins.”
Janssen continued, “I already had to deal with the stereotype of having been a model, but then I added another thing: model turned actress turned Bond Girl. I feel incredibly misunderstood at times. It’s the dichotomy between the way I look and what is happening inside. But that comes with being...
- 9/20/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Spring has not yet sprung, but we’re getting ready for it. Between the new fiction coming from long-established speculative fiction masters to the debut books coming from some exciting new voices on the scene, there’s lots to look forward to if you are a love of science fiction and fantasy. In anticipation, we’ve compiled a list of the new books we’re most looking forward to in spring 2021…
Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
Publisher: Del Rey
Out now
Two centuries before The Phantom Menace, The High Republic is Star Wars’ latest canon expansion, exploring a pre-Empire golden age. Comics writer Soule’s inaugural installment follows Jedi Avar Kriss and comrades as a hyperspace disaster illuminates a new threat. Follow-up novels and comics come from Daniel José Older, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and Claudia Gray (Into the Dark is also out...
Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
Publisher: Del Rey
Out now
Two centuries before The Phantom Menace, The High Republic is Star Wars’ latest canon expansion, exploring a pre-Empire golden age. Comics writer Soule’s inaugural installment follows Jedi Avar Kriss and comrades as a hyperspace disaster illuminates a new threat. Follow-up novels and comics come from Daniel José Older, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and Claudia Gray (Into the Dark is also out...
- 2/20/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Horror fans know the name William Butler well. The horror veteran is the writer/director of modern cult classics like Madhouse, Furnace, and The Gingerbread Man franchise. He’s also the actor who played Michael in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. Now, Butler is veering into the arena of family-friendly action with his upcoming […] The post Horror Veteran William Butler Enlists Famous Friends to Fight Evil in My Babysitter The Superhero appeared first on Dread Central.
- 5/25/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
As we pass another marker on our way to subterranean forevers and/or meeting our makers (my money’s on Xenu), let’s lay on the brakes for a bit and count our horror blessings, shall we? 2018 was another great year, from the page to the screen and everything in between. Here are some of my favorite things that inundated my ears and eyeholes throughout the year:
Favorite Books
Chasing around two grandkids put a major cramp on my reading this year, unless I can include The Gingerbread Man on my list. However, I did squeeze in one earlier this year, and made a mad dash to finish another as it was a Christmas gift and I kind of figured it would make my list. P.S. I did read other books this year, but they were older and aged, much like myself.
Paperbacks from Hell: Author Grady Hendrix digs...
Favorite Books
Chasing around two grandkids put a major cramp on my reading this year, unless I can include The Gingerbread Man on my list. However, I did squeeze in one earlier this year, and made a mad dash to finish another as it was a Christmas gift and I kind of figured it would make my list. P.S. I did read other books this year, but they were older and aged, much like myself.
Paperbacks from Hell: Author Grady Hendrix digs...
- 1/3/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
From the B-side of Robert Altman’s filmography is his 1998 attempt at neo-noir with The Gingerbread Man, based on an original screenplay by John Grisham, re-worked to such an extent the lawyerly scribe receives only a story credit (with pseudonym Al Hayes used for the script). Source material was often the fodder Altman would chew up and spit out into his own particular dismantling of whatever genre he was working within, such as his evident disdain for Edmund Naughton’s source novel upon which his 1971 classic McCabe & Mrs. Miller (review) was based (which Altman references as the most basic template from which to work from).…...
- 12/11/2018
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
“Altman Meets Grisham”
By Raymond Benson
Eccentric, quirky, and often brilliant director Robert Altman had a hit-and-miss career spanning six decades. After a mostly spectacular run of cutting-edge comedies and dramas in the 1970s, Altman’s pictures in the 1980s faltered. He lost some of the value in his stock that he had gained after such hits as M*A*S*H and Nashville. However, he had a strong come-back in the 1990s with The Player and Short Cuts, and he made a few more interesting movies in the last ten years of his life.
One of these was The Gingerbread Man, based on an original story by legal-thriller author John Grisham. Apparently, Grisham had also tried his hand at the screenplay, too, and successfully sold it. Altman, however, rewrote it himself, and then Al Hayes (credited for the film’s screenplay) finished it. Curiously, the picture is more of...
By Raymond Benson
Eccentric, quirky, and often brilliant director Robert Altman had a hit-and-miss career spanning six decades. After a mostly spectacular run of cutting-edge comedies and dramas in the 1970s, Altman’s pictures in the 1980s faltered. He lost some of the value in his stock that he had gained after such hits as M*A*S*H and Nashville. However, he had a strong come-back in the 1990s with The Player and Short Cuts, and he made a few more interesting movies in the last ten years of his life.
One of these was The Gingerbread Man, based on an original story by legal-thriller author John Grisham. Apparently, Grisham had also tried his hand at the screenplay, too, and successfully sold it. Altman, however, rewrote it himself, and then Al Hayes (credited for the film’s screenplay) finished it. Curiously, the picture is more of...
- 11/28/2018
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Robert Altman’s first opportunity to cut loose with an entirely personal film is this scattershot comedy that satirizes the American scene, taking pokes at patriotism, greed, and silly police movies. To his favorite eccentrics from M*As*H Bud Cort and Sally Kellerman he adds the new discovery Shelley Duvall; the movie’s like a bag of absurdist jokes that spilled onto a Houston Highway.
Brewster McCloud
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1970 / Color / 2:35 enhanced widescreen / 105 min. / Street Date November 27, 2018 / available through the Warner Archive Collection / 21.99
Starring: Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy, William Windom, Shelley Duvall, Rene Auberjonois, Stacy Keach, John Schuck, Margaret Hamilton, Jennifer Salt, Corey Fischer, G. Wood, Bert Remsen.
Cinematography: Lamar Boren, Jordan Cronenweth
Film Editor: Lou Lombardo
Original Music: Gene Page
Written by Doran William Cannon
Produced by Lou Adler
Directed by Robert Altman
Robert Altman may be gone but he’s far from forgotten...
Brewster McCloud
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1970 / Color / 2:35 enhanced widescreen / 105 min. / Street Date November 27, 2018 / available through the Warner Archive Collection / 21.99
Starring: Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy, William Windom, Shelley Duvall, Rene Auberjonois, Stacy Keach, John Schuck, Margaret Hamilton, Jennifer Salt, Corey Fischer, G. Wood, Bert Remsen.
Cinematography: Lamar Boren, Jordan Cronenweth
Film Editor: Lou Lombardo
Original Music: Gene Page
Written by Doran William Cannon
Produced by Lou Adler
Directed by Robert Altman
Robert Altman may be gone but he’s far from forgotten...
- 11/24/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Ben Affleck’s future playing Batman on the big screen may be over — in part because the cost of insuring him may have gotten too steep, multiple industry insiders told TheWrap.
The actor, a recovering alcoholic who checked himself into rehab last week for the third time in the last two decades and the second time in just over a year, may have priced himself out of a pricey tentpole studio movie like Warner Bros.’ upcoming “The Batman.”
“More than likely the studio will replace him because the insurance costs are going to go through the roof,” a representative for a completion bond company told TheWrap.
Also Read: Ben Affleck Responds to New Yorker Fat-Shaming Article: 'Thick Skin Bolstered by Garish Tattoos'
“He would be bondable, but the deductible would be really high, probably the budget of the film,” the bond company insider added.
The bond company insider said insurers...
The actor, a recovering alcoholic who checked himself into rehab last week for the third time in the last two decades and the second time in just over a year, may have priced himself out of a pricey tentpole studio movie like Warner Bros.’ upcoming “The Batman.”
“More than likely the studio will replace him because the insurance costs are going to go through the roof,” a representative for a completion bond company told TheWrap.
Also Read: Ben Affleck Responds to New Yorker Fat-Shaming Article: 'Thick Skin Bolstered by Garish Tattoos'
“He would be bondable, but the deductible would be really high, probably the budget of the film,” the bond company insider added.
The bond company insider said insurers...
- 8/28/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
It’s been 25 years since “The Firm” raced its way into theaters, introducing audiences to the dynamic storytelling style of John Grisham and making a ton of a money in the process. The success of “The Firm” made Grisham’s distinct blend of clever legal thrills and pulpy melodrama attract some of the best filmmakers of the decade, turning smart dramas into major blockbusters and earning multiple Oscar nominations in the process.
Although the wave of Grisham adaptations eventually died down, they helped define a box office era. So let’s take a look at every feature-length film based on a Grisham story to see which films are classics, and which ones should be found in contempt.
11. The Chamber (1996)
Chris O’Donnell is a young lawyer trying to keep his racist grandfather, played by Gene Hackman, out of the gas chamber. James Foley’s adaptation tries to balance serious conversations...
Although the wave of Grisham adaptations eventually died down, they helped define a box office era. So let’s take a look at every feature-length film based on a Grisham story to see which films are classics, and which ones should be found in contempt.
11. The Chamber (1996)
Chris O’Donnell is a young lawyer trying to keep his racist grandfather, played by Gene Hackman, out of the gas chamber. James Foley’s adaptation tries to balance serious conversations...
- 6/26/2018
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
The 1990s was a good time to be a John Grisham fan. For a decade or so, the author had many of his novels successfully adapted. From The Client, A Time to Kill, The Firm, to even Robert Altman’s shaggy but atmospheric The Gingerbread Man, Hollywood was making some good dramas with Grisham’s material, and […]
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- 10/14/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
The first production still has been released from Cargo, starring Sherlock.s Martin Freeman.
Currently shooting in South Australia, the film is based on Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling.s 2013 Tropfest short. Ramke wrote the script, and tshe and Howling are making their feature directorial debuts.
Causeway Films producers Samantha Jennings (The Pretend One) and Kristina Ceyton (The Babadook) are working alongside Addictive Pictures. Russell Ackerman (Hellboy II) and John Schoenfelder, with Mark Patterson attached as South Australian producer.
Cargo follows an infected man stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic. He desperately seeks a new guardian for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his burgeoning zombification.
Salvation may lie with an isolated Aboriginal tribe, but to gain access he must first earn the allegiance of a young Indigenous girl on a tragic quest of her own.
Freeman stars alongside David Gulpilil (Charlie.s Country,...
Currently shooting in South Australia, the film is based on Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling.s 2013 Tropfest short. Ramke wrote the script, and tshe and Howling are making their feature directorial debuts.
Causeway Films producers Samantha Jennings (The Pretend One) and Kristina Ceyton (The Babadook) are working alongside Addictive Pictures. Russell Ackerman (Hellboy II) and John Schoenfelder, with Mark Patterson attached as South Australian producer.
Cargo follows an infected man stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic. He desperately seeks a new guardian for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his burgeoning zombification.
Salvation may lie with an isolated Aboriginal tribe, but to gain access he must first earn the allegiance of a young Indigenous girl on a tragic quest of her own.
Freeman stars alongside David Gulpilil (Charlie.s Country,...
- 9/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Kino Lorber has acquired Us rights from Mongrel international to Simon Stone’s drama starring Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie, Paul Schneider, Miranda Otto, Anna Torv, Odessa Young and Sam Neill.
Jan Chapman and Nicole O’Donohue produced The Daughter and principal investor Screen Australia financed in association with Screen Nsw, Roadshow Films, Kazstar and The Gingerbread Man.
The film is scheduled for national theatrical release this winter and follows a man’s fateful return to his family home for his father’s wedding.
The Daughter debuted in competition at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival and was the closing night film at Venice Days and a Special Presentation slot at Tiff last year.
Mongrel International has licensed to more than 45 territories and Village Roadshow distributed in Australia.
Jan Chapman and Nicole O’Donohue produced The Daughter and principal investor Screen Australia financed in association with Screen Nsw, Roadshow Films, Kazstar and The Gingerbread Man.
The film is scheduled for national theatrical release this winter and follows a man’s fateful return to his family home for his father’s wedding.
The Daughter debuted in competition at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival and was the closing night film at Venice Days and a Special Presentation slot at Tiff last year.
Mongrel International has licensed to more than 45 territories and Village Roadshow distributed in Australia.
- 9/7/2016
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Daughter.
Us distributor Kino Lorber has acquired the rights to Simon Stone's The Daughter. Per Deadline, the film, starring Geoffrey Rush, Ewan Leslie, Miranda Otto and Sam Neill, is set for a winter theatre release in the States. The Daughter,.which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival last year, is inspired by Stone.s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen.s The Wild Duck, which was first performed at Sydney's Belvoir.
The film was produced Jan Chapman (The Piano, Lantana) and Nicole O.Donohue, and financed by principal investor Screen Australia in association with Screen Nsw, Roadshow Films, Kazstar and The Gingerbread Man.
Mongrel International brokered the deal.
Us distributor Kino Lorber has acquired the rights to Simon Stone's The Daughter. Per Deadline, the film, starring Geoffrey Rush, Ewan Leslie, Miranda Otto and Sam Neill, is set for a winter theatre release in the States. The Daughter,.which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival last year, is inspired by Stone.s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen.s The Wild Duck, which was first performed at Sydney's Belvoir.
The film was produced Jan Chapman (The Piano, Lantana) and Nicole O.Donohue, and financed by principal investor Screen Australia in association with Screen Nsw, Roadshow Films, Kazstar and The Gingerbread Man.
Mongrel International brokered the deal.
- 7/22/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Plus: Kino Lorber acquires The Daughter; Aspen Film appoints industry trio for flagship events; and more…
Voltage Pictures CEO Nicolas Chartier announced on Wednesday that the company has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Alissa Phillips to make features, TV series and mini-series.
Phillips will work alongside the Voltage production team of partner and president of Voltage Productions Craig Flores, Voltage Pictures president of production Zev Foreman, and senior vice-president Dom Rustam.
Prior to Voltage Phillips was a producer with Michael De Luca where she produced Moneyball, Dracula Untold and Butter. She is serving as executive producer on the Focus Features film On The Brinks.
“We are incredibly excited to have Alissa work with us. Her studio experience and multi layered production experience will be a great compliment to our existing team,” said Chartier (pictured).
“I’m delighted to join the Voltage team,” said Philips. “I’ve admired Nicolas’ award-winning work from afar for some time and...
Voltage Pictures CEO Nicolas Chartier announced on Wednesday that the company has entered into an exclusive arrangement with Alissa Phillips to make features, TV series and mini-series.
Phillips will work alongside the Voltage production team of partner and president of Voltage Productions Craig Flores, Voltage Pictures president of production Zev Foreman, and senior vice-president Dom Rustam.
Prior to Voltage Phillips was a producer with Michael De Luca where she produced Moneyball, Dracula Untold and Butter. She is serving as executive producer on the Focus Features film On The Brinks.
“We are incredibly excited to have Alissa work with us. Her studio experience and multi layered production experience will be a great compliment to our existing team,” said Chartier (pictured).
“I’m delighted to join the Voltage team,” said Philips. “I’ve admired Nicolas’ award-winning work from afar for some time and...
- 7/20/2016
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
An Australian feature-length documentary which turns a light on the dark side of human behaviour and challenges audiences on what they would do if ordered to inflict pain on another person will get a national release. Writer-director Kathryn Millard.s Shock Room combines dramatisations, animation, archival film and interviews with psychologists to debunk Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram.s infamous 1960s .Obedience to Authority. experiment. Believing they were participating in a study on memory and learning, participants were asked to inflict apparently lethal shocks on a fellow human. Milgram later famously claimed that 65 per cent of us will blindly follow orders. Extensive research from Millard, who is Professor of Screen and Creative Arts at Macquarie University, reveals that Milgram ran more than 25 versions of his experiment but filmed only one. And that, overall, the majority of people actually resisted. Shock Room will screen at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival in...
- 10/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Keisha Castle-Hughes and Adam Saunders have finished shooting Find Your Voice, an Australian-New Zealand film about a young Sydney Maori and musician who returns home after winning the lottery.
Now the producers aim to raise $30,000 via Indiegogo by December 24 to complete the film (formerly known as Million Dollar Mate), including editing, colour grade and sound design.
It.s the feature directing debut of Chris Herd, who developed the script with Saunders. The actor, whose credits include Blue Water High and Home and Away, plays Elvis .E. Pineaha, who has lost sight of who he is and what really counts. After winning the lottery, he returns to New Zealand on a journey of self-discovery.
In Auckland E meets the captivating Grace (Game of Thrones. Castle-Hughes), but she is initially put off by his brash manner. Soon, however, sparks fly.
The cast includes Tama Lundon of reggae group Herbs, Cold Chisel.s Ian Moss and Danielle Hayes,...
Now the producers aim to raise $30,000 via Indiegogo by December 24 to complete the film (formerly known as Million Dollar Mate), including editing, colour grade and sound design.
It.s the feature directing debut of Chris Herd, who developed the script with Saunders. The actor, whose credits include Blue Water High and Home and Away, plays Elvis .E. Pineaha, who has lost sight of who he is and what really counts. After winning the lottery, he returns to New Zealand on a journey of self-discovery.
In Auckland E meets the captivating Grace (Game of Thrones. Castle-Hughes), but she is initially put off by his brash manner. Soon, however, sparks fly.
The cast includes Tama Lundon of reggae group Herbs, Cold Chisel.s Ian Moss and Danielle Hayes,...
- 12/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Robert Downey Jr has revealed that his The Judge co-star Robert Duvall did not remember that the pair had worked together before.
Downey Jr was speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show about his new film, when he told the host that Duvall "doesn't really recall" working on the same films as him.
They appeared in 1989's The Gingerbread Man and 2007's Lucky You together, making The Judge their third shared project.
He added: "I've also gone up to him at restaurants and went, 'Mr Duvall, I just want to...' and he's like, 'What?' and then he didn't know who I was.
"He also said that his favourite movie of mine is Chaplin, even though he hasn't seen it!"
He joked: "When you're Robert Duvall you can say that sort of stuff!"
The Judge stars Downey Jr as Hank, a successful lawyer who moves back home after his mother dies.
Downey Jr was speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show about his new film, when he told the host that Duvall "doesn't really recall" working on the same films as him.
They appeared in 1989's The Gingerbread Man and 2007's Lucky You together, making The Judge their third shared project.
He added: "I've also gone up to him at restaurants and went, 'Mr Duvall, I just want to...' and he's like, 'What?' and then he didn't know who I was.
"He also said that his favourite movie of mine is Chaplin, even though he hasn't seen it!"
He joked: "When you're Robert Duvall you can say that sort of stuff!"
The Judge stars Downey Jr as Hank, a successful lawyer who moves back home after his mother dies.
- 10/9/2014
- Digital Spy
If you're as respected as Robert Duvall, you can pretty much get away with anything — including totally burning Robert Downey Jr. Downey told Jimmy Fallon that his The Judge co-star didn't remember the two previous times they'd been in the same film (1989's The Gingerbread Man and 2007's Lucky You), and that when he used to see Duvall out on the town, he'd attempt to pay homage — only to be politely rebuffed. Read more Robert Downey Jr. Teases His 'Iron Man' Future "His favorite movie of mine is Chaplin, even though he hasn't seen it," Downey
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- 10/9/2014
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The prime minister named the final part of the movie as one of his favourite film moments. Is he just trying to be edgy and populist, or is he on to something?
David Cameron is something of a renegade. He walks his own path, dances to the beat of his own rhythms. That's why, when the Daily Mail asked him for his five favourite films, he listed five classics (including Lawrence of Arabia, Casablanca and Schindler's List) before adding "and the last 10 minutes of Shrek 2".
While Cameron's inclusion of Shrek 2 might simply be a misjudged stab at tedious zoinks-a-lummy political faux-populism, perhaps he's on to something. Perhaps the last 10 minutes of Shrek 2 really do constitute the sixth-best film of all time. Let's take a closer look at it – completely out of context, because if the rest of the film isn't good enough for David Cameron, it's not...
David Cameron is something of a renegade. He walks his own path, dances to the beat of his own rhythms. That's why, when the Daily Mail asked him for his five favourite films, he listed five classics (including Lawrence of Arabia, Casablanca and Schindler's List) before adding "and the last 10 minutes of Shrek 2".
While Cameron's inclusion of Shrek 2 might simply be a misjudged stab at tedious zoinks-a-lummy political faux-populism, perhaps he's on to something. Perhaps the last 10 minutes of Shrek 2 really do constitute the sixth-best film of all time. Let's take a closer look at it – completely out of context, because if the rest of the film isn't good enough for David Cameron, it's not...
- 1/21/2014
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
The strength of the horror movie to a large extent depends on the quality of its villain. Freddie Kruger – scary. Michael Myers – frightening. Leatherface – bloody terrifying.
The films below all lost the ability to scare people through having ‘villains’ that were seriously sub par. And to top it off, they were just plain old bad movies – shoddy acting, poor direction, laughable dialogue, corny special effects. These factors, combined with stupid villains, produced works of considerable ignominy. Despite this, some of these films have considerable cult classics, but they do have lame villains. Really, really pathetic ones.
9. Gingerdead Man (2005)
First of all, it rips off the plot of Child’s Play – a evil murderer’s spirit gets locked into a gingerbread man and comes alive (comparable with a killer’s murderous spirit getting into the doll and animating Chucky as a vessel for his crimes). Secondly, you can laugh for all...
The films below all lost the ability to scare people through having ‘villains’ that were seriously sub par. And to top it off, they were just plain old bad movies – shoddy acting, poor direction, laughable dialogue, corny special effects. These factors, combined with stupid villains, produced works of considerable ignominy. Despite this, some of these films have considerable cult classics, but they do have lame villains. Really, really pathetic ones.
9. Gingerdead Man (2005)
First of all, it rips off the plot of Child’s Play – a evil murderer’s spirit gets locked into a gingerbread man and comes alive (comparable with a killer’s murderous spirit getting into the doll and animating Chucky as a vessel for his crimes). Secondly, you can laugh for all...
- 11/28/2013
- by Clare Simpson
- Obsessed with Film
Director Robert Altman.
Robert Altman: Eclectic Maverick
By
Alex Simon
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the April 1999 issue of Venice Magazine.
It's the Fall of 1977 and I'm a bored and rebellious ten year old in search of a new movie to occupy my underworked and creativity-starved brain, feeling far too mature for previous favorites Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Return of the Pink Panther (1975), and wanting something more up-to-date and edgy than Chaplin's City Lights (1931). I needed a movie to call my favorite that would be symbolic of my own new-found manhood (and something that would really piss off my parents and teachers). Mom and Dad were going out for the evening, leaving me with whatever unfortunate baby-sitter happened to need the $10 badly enough to play mother hen to an obnoxiously precocious only child like myself. I scanned the TV Guide for what...
Robert Altman: Eclectic Maverick
By
Alex Simon
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the April 1999 issue of Venice Magazine.
It's the Fall of 1977 and I'm a bored and rebellious ten year old in search of a new movie to occupy my underworked and creativity-starved brain, feeling far too mature for previous favorites Wily Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Return of the Pink Panther (1975), and wanting something more up-to-date and edgy than Chaplin's City Lights (1931). I needed a movie to call my favorite that would be symbolic of my own new-found manhood (and something that would really piss off my parents and teachers). Mom and Dad were going out for the evening, leaving me with whatever unfortunate baby-sitter happened to need the $10 badly enough to play mother hen to an obnoxiously precocious only child like myself. I scanned the TV Guide for what...
- 2/15/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Back in the 1990s, you could hardly move for John Grisham adaptations. In the space of five years there were films of The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time To Kill, The Chamber, The Rainmaker and The Gingerbread Man (an original Grisham screenplay), often attracting hugely impressive casts, and directors of the calibre of Francis Coppola and Robert Altman. That hot streak may have burned out, but now Mark Wahlberg has belatedly jumped on the bandwagon. He's planning to produce and star in The Partner.The Partner was written in 1997, towards the end of that Grisham heyday, perhaps explaining how it missed being picked up before. This one's about a lawyer - of course - who's become disgruntled with his lot, and sets about embezzling a fortune from his firm and faking his own death. It works for a while, but his perfect crime eventually ends up not quite going according to plan,...
- 4/11/2012
- EmpireOnline
Everett Kenneth Branagh in “The Gingerbread Man” (1988)
Although he’s been nominated five times by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, most recently for his portrayal of Sir Laurence Olivier in “My Week With Marilyn,” Kenneth Branagh has yet to take home an Oscar. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
Long before Branagh was dreaming of golden statues, Shakespeare or Norse mythology, he was just a boy in Northern Ireland with a paper route.
“I was 11. My...
Although he’s been nominated five times by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, most recently for his portrayal of Sir Laurence Olivier in “My Week With Marilyn,” Kenneth Branagh has yet to take home an Oscar. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
Long before Branagh was dreaming of golden statues, Shakespeare or Norse mythology, he was just a boy in Northern Ireland with a paper route.
“I was 11. My...
- 1/25/2012
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
After being milked as second banana to a farting ogre in what seems like umpteen "Shrek" movies, Antonio Banderas' popular Puss in Boots has strayed into a movie of his own. Considering how that franchise has supposedly come to a close, this spin-off is, yes, a crassly commercial method of Dreamworks Animation continuing to generate green from green. But there's a good reason the cat came back to the silver screen in a film all his own as opposed to, say, The Gingerbread Man, Donkey, or Princess Fiona....
- 10/31/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier, My Week with Marilyn Once upon a time, Kenneth Branagh was hailed as the new Laurence Olivier. Back in early 1990, Branagh was nominated for two Academy Awards for directing and starring in Henry V, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play that back in early 1947 had earned Olivier a Best Actor nomination and an Honorary Award for "his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen." More Olivier comparisons followed as Branagh went on to tackle Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), and Hamlet (1996). The latter two had served as prestigious Olivier vehicles: Best Picture Oscar winner Hamlet (1948) earned Olivier a Best Actor Oscar and a Best Director nomination; the originally made-for-television Othello (1965) received several special big-screen showings and ended up earning Olivier his seventh Best Actor Oscar nod. (Note: Olivier had the title role in Othello; Branagh played Iago...
- 9/1/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Hollywood – The 25th American Cinematheque Award will be presented to two-time Academy Award® nominee Robert Downey, Jr. at the Cinematheque’s annual benefit gala, American Cinematheque Board chairman Rick Nicita announced today. The presentation takes place Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel’s International Ballroom in Beverly Hills.
“The American Cinematheque is extremely pleased to honor Robert Downey, Jr. as the 25th recipient of the American Cinematheque award at our celebration this year,” said Rick Nicita. “The pleasure that we receive from his charismatic and nuanced performances is matched only by the respect that he has earned for his personal and professional journey. The wide range of his talent has kept us enthralled in movies from a biopic like “Chaplin” to outrageous comedies like “Tropic Thunder” to franchises like “Sherlock Holmes” and, of course, “Iron Man.” While we have been enjoying him for years, it seems that he’s...
“The American Cinematheque is extremely pleased to honor Robert Downey, Jr. as the 25th recipient of the American Cinematheque award at our celebration this year,” said Rick Nicita. “The pleasure that we receive from his charismatic and nuanced performances is matched only by the respect that he has earned for his personal and professional journey. The wide range of his talent has kept us enthralled in movies from a biopic like “Chaplin” to outrageous comedies like “Tropic Thunder” to franchises like “Sherlock Holmes” and, of course, “Iron Man.” While we have been enjoying him for years, it seems that he’s...
- 5/6/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The case: courtroom movies are a crime against cinema. The accused? Matthew McConaughey's latest. Judge John Patterson will see you now
The arrival of handsome-super-lawyer flick The Lincoln Lawyer reminds me of an old bugbear: we need to crack down on courtroom movies and legal thrillers, and especially courtroom-showdown climaxes in otherwise non-legal movies. Getting the law involved just kills a movie stone dead every time.
In that last category alone there are dozens of movies that simply throw in the storytelling towel in the last act and allow their narratives to become enmeshed in the courtroom Sargasso of legal back-and-forth, declamatory utterances by the attorneys and whatever character-acting old geezer is today manning the bench. Films as diverse as Eureka, They Drive By Night and White Squall were all roaring along nicely until they screeched to a halt in courtrooms 20 minutes before their actual running-times expired.
Now, there...
The arrival of handsome-super-lawyer flick The Lincoln Lawyer reminds me of an old bugbear: we need to crack down on courtroom movies and legal thrillers, and especially courtroom-showdown climaxes in otherwise non-legal movies. Getting the law involved just kills a movie stone dead every time.
In that last category alone there are dozens of movies that simply throw in the storytelling towel in the last act and allow their narratives to become enmeshed in the courtroom Sargasso of legal back-and-forth, declamatory utterances by the attorneys and whatever character-acting old geezer is today manning the bench. Films as diverse as Eureka, They Drive By Night and White Squall were all roaring along nicely until they screeched to a halt in courtrooms 20 minutes before their actual running-times expired.
Now, there...
- 3/12/2011
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
ChaCha put together a list of actors who have died the most in their movies. Topping the list is Robert De Niro with fifteen deaths, including ones in "Cape Fear," "Frankenstein" and "Jackie Brown." Bruce Willis also made the list and was actually killed twice by his ex-wife Demi Moore in "Mortal Thoughts" and "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle." Brad Pitt is in top ten as well, but his deaths are a bit odd. He died in "Cool World," but returned as an animated character. He died in "Fight Club," but never actually existed. And he died in "Meet Joe Black," but came back as Death. The list is far from perfect, since it doesn't include Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, Titanic, Blood Diamond), Kevin Spacey (Se7en, American Beauty, La Confidential), Samuel L. Jackson (Deep Blue Sea, True Romance, Jurassic Park), or John Travolta (Pulp Fiction, Face/Off, The Punisher). Plus, there...
- 12/28/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
Remember the obsession with John Grisham back in the '90s? It started with the The Firm, followed into The Pelican Brief, and continued with The Client, A Time to Kill, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, and The Gingerbread Man. For a handful of years, his stories spread like wildfire. But they also burnt out quickly, and the 2000s have only offered Runaway Jury in the typical thriller vein, plus the easily forgotten Christmas with the Kranks and the screenplay for Mickey.
At the end of 2008, it looked like the scribe might be slated for a return to form with Shia Labeouf starring in his not-yet-out novel, The Associate. Though the project hasn't moved much recently, it's finally gotten new life as new reports see Tony Scott circling the project.
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At the end of 2008, it looked like the scribe might be slated for a return to form with Shia Labeouf starring in his not-yet-out novel, The Associate. Though the project hasn't moved much recently, it's finally gotten new life as new reports see Tony Scott circling the project.
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- 8/5/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Robert Downey, Jr. has pulled off an incredible feat in his career, going from nearly less than zero for around 25 years to box office hero in the last two. Aside from supporting roles in a few popular movies, Mr. Downey could have been labeled box office poison for most of his career, better known for the poisons he was putting into his system than for his movies. But despite so many commercial strikes, Hollywood kept letting him play, and it finally paid off in 2008. Following supporting work in movies like Back to School and Weird Science, Robert Downey, Jr.'s first at-bat as a leading man was The Pick-Up Artist in 1987, playing a womanizer opposite Molly Ringwald. The comedy wasn't disastrous in its first September weekend, grossing $4.5 million at 1,129 theaters, but it was overshadowed by the debut of Fatal Attraction that same weekend and fizzled out rapidly by the era's standards,...
- 6/10/2010
- by Brandon Gray <[email protected]>
- Box Office Mojo
I was all prepared to be the pretentious douche who, when ranking Robert Downey, Jr.'s five best roles, weighed the list heavy with pre-rehabbed Downey. Until Iron Man, Downey had always been a brilliant but under-appreciated actor. Even still, most of his pre-comeback script choices were spotty, at best. He used to excel at the smarmy sleazy guy with the occasional bit of charm (The Pick-Up Arist, Two Girls and a Guy) and, up until around 1995 -- when his career went off the rails -- he made a lot of bad to mediocre guilty pleasure movies, like Heart and Souls, Air America, Chances Are and Only You (if he wasn't snorting coke before Only You, that movie probably would've driven him to it). He was trying really hard, I suppose, to be a romantic comedy leading man, and had drugs not taken over his life, it's sad to think...
- 5/11/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Jenny McCarthy gets in the gifting spirit! Who said great beauty gifts have to be expensive?!
Check out these 16, totally covetable and totally affordable beauty gifts. From pretty palettes, to lip gloss sets, to glittery finishings, we’ve got them all. So, surprise your friends, sisters and moms this holiday with something sparkly and special without breaking the bank. We promise we wont tell if you just happen to pick one up for yourself, too!– Marta Topran
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Check out these 16, totally covetable and totally affordable beauty gifts. From pretty palettes, to lip gloss sets, to glittery finishings, we’ve got them all. So, surprise your friends, sisters and moms this holiday with something sparkly and special without breaking the bank. We promise we wont tell if you just happen to pick one up for yourself, too!– Marta Topran
.
Vs Beauty Heidi Klum Eyeshadow Palette, $24
Stila Lip Glaze Collection, $25 .
Sephora Makeup Palette To Go in Warm Tones, $15
Philosophy The Gingerbread Man, $25 .
Too Faced Mini Starry Eyed Liner Set, $25
Ole Henricksen Worship Your Body, $24 .
Tarte Three Carats Mini Cheek Stain Set, $25
Tokyomilk Eiffel Tower Bon Bon Bubbling Bath, $24 .
Bliss Spa-la-la-la-’aaah’ Gift Set, $25
Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Travel Kit, $24.50 .
Clinique Long Last Shine Limited Edition, $25
Fresh Sugar Potion, $21 .
Estee Lauder Mascara Traveler, $25
Mark Super Flip Color Kit,...
- 12/9/2009
- by wgutierrez
- HollywoodLife
Burg, Koules to get ShoWest producing nod
Mark Burg and Oren Koules will be honored with the ShoWest Award of Excellence in Producing at the annual convention, which kicks off Monday at the Paris and Bally's hotels in Las Vegas.
The producers launched Lionsgate's Saw franchise in 2004.
Said Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of ShoWest, "Burg and Koules have successfully reinvented the modern-day horror film."
They will be honored Wednesday at the Lionsgate luncheon.
The success of the first "Saw" led to a distribution deal with Lionsgate and the subsequent formation of the pair's production company, Twisted Pictures. In 2005, Burg and Koules produced Saw II, which opened at No. 1 on Halloween weekend and became that year's top-grossing horror movie. The subsequent Saw III opened at No. 1 in North America, the U.K. and Australia during the weekend of Oct. 27. Saw IV is in preproduction.
Burg's early producing credits include Bull Durham and Can't Buy Me Love. He served for several years as president of Island Pictures, where he produced or executive produced such films as Toy Soldiers, Airheads, The Cure, Don't Be a Menace and The Gingerbread Man. Koules began his film career in the mid-1990s, when he partnered with Dale Pollock in Peak Prods.
The producers launched Lionsgate's Saw franchise in 2004.
Said Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of ShoWest, "Burg and Koules have successfully reinvented the modern-day horror film."
They will be honored Wednesday at the Lionsgate luncheon.
The success of the first "Saw" led to a distribution deal with Lionsgate and the subsequent formation of the pair's production company, Twisted Pictures. In 2005, Burg and Koules produced Saw II, which opened at No. 1 on Halloween weekend and became that year's top-grossing horror movie. The subsequent Saw III opened at No. 1 in North America, the U.K. and Australia during the weekend of Oct. 27. Saw IV is in preproduction.
Burg's early producing credits include Bull Durham and Can't Buy Me Love. He served for several years as president of Island Pictures, where he produced or executive produced such films as Toy Soldiers, Airheads, The Cure, Don't Be a Menace and The Gingerbread Man. Koules began his film career in the mid-1990s, when he partnered with Dale Pollock in Peak Prods.
- 3/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Robert Altman, the legendary director behind such modern classics as MASH, Nashville, The Player, and Gosford Park, died Monday night in Los Angeles; he was 81. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed, and a statement released Tuesday afternoon stated that Altman died from complications due to cancer; the news release also said that Altman had been in pre-production for a film he was slated to start shooting in February. When he was presented with an honorary Academy Award just last year, Altman revealed that he had been the recipient of a heart transplant within the past ten years, a fact he hadn't made public because he feared it would hinder his ability to get work. One of the most influential and well-respected directors of modern cinema, Altman's work was marked by a naturalistic approach that favored long, unbroken tracking shots and overlapping dialogue (as well as storylines), as well as improvisation, usually among a large ensemble cast. Though now regarded as one of the premier American filmmakers, Altman had a career that reached both popular and critical highs as well as lows, as he burst onto the scene in the early '70s with very acclaimed films, but had a string of commercial and critical failures as well. All told, he received five Oscar nominations for directing MASH, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts and most recently Gosford Park. Other numerous awards include two Cannes Film Festival wins (for The Player and MASH), a Golden Globe (for Gosford Park) and an Emmy (for the TV series Tanner 88). Born in Kansas City, Altman attended Catholic schools as well as a military academy before enlisting in the Air Force in 1945. After being discharged, Altman tried his hand at acting and writing in both Los Angeles and New York before returning home to Kansas City, where he started making industrial films for the Calvin Company. After numerous false starts, Altman finally made the full move to Hollywood, and in 1957 directed his first theatrical film, The Delinquents. Though it didn't start him on the road to fame, the film was good enough to secure Altman work in television, particularly for Alfred Hitchcock and his Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series. In 1969, Altman was offered the script for MASH, which had been rejected by numerous other filmmakers. The movie, a black comedy set during the Korean War (and a thinly veiled attack on the then-raging Vietnam War), was a rousing commercial and critical success, scoring Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Director and, most famously, inspiring the successful TV sitcom, which took on a very different tone. His films after MASH included the revisionist western McCabe and Mrs. Miller and the updated California noir The Long Goodbye, but it was 1975's Nashville, a multi-layered film centered around the country music capital and the wildly divergent Americans who converged there, that would be his next major success, also receiving Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Director. After Nashville, Altman more often than not found himself on the opposite end of the spectrum, with films such as the acclaimed but sometimes puzzling 3 Women as well as the commercial flop A Wedding and, most notoriously, the Robin Williams version of Popeye, which was technically a hit but seen as an artistic failure. Altman worked constantly through the '80s - his films included Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Streamers, Secret Honor, and Fool for Love - but it wasn't until the HBO series Tanner 88, about a fictional candidate's run for the presidency, that he found favor again. In the early '90s, the one-two punch of The Player (a biting Hollywood satire) and Short Cuts (based on the stories of Raymond Carver) put him back on the map, but he followed those with the less well-received Pret-a-Porter, The Gingerbread Man, and Cookie's Fortune. True to the ups-and-downs of his career, Altman was back on top with Gosford Park, a British-set ensemble film that combined comedy, drama and mystery, and marked his first Best Picture nominee since Nashville. His last films included a revisit to the world of Tanner 88 with Tanner on Tanner, and just this year, A Prairie Home Companion, based on the radio show by Garrison Keillor. Upon receiving his honorary Oscar last year, Altman appeared to be in fine health, but reportedly directed most of A Prairie Home Companion from a wheelchair, with the Altman-influenced director Paul Thomas Anderson on hand. Altman is survived by his third wife, Kathryn, their two sons, and a daughter and two other sons from two previous marriages. --Mark Englehart, IMDb staff...
- 11/21/2006
- IMDb News
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