Aston Barrett, the Jamaican bassist known as “Family Man” who served as the rhythmic architect for reggae legends like Bob Marley and the Wailers, Burning Spear, and Augustus Pablo, has died at the age of 77.
Barrett’s death was announced on social media Saturday by his son Aston Barrett Jr. “With the heaviest of hearts, we share the news of the passing of our beloved Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett after a long medical battle,” Barrett Jr. wrote. “This morning, the world lost not just an iconic musician and the backbone of...
Barrett’s death was announced on social media Saturday by his son Aston Barrett Jr. “With the heaviest of hearts, we share the news of the passing of our beloved Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett after a long medical battle,” Barrett Jr. wrote. “This morning, the world lost not just an iconic musician and the backbone of...
- 2/3/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the comedy Mountain Men, starring Chace Crawford and Tyler Labine. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Directed by Cameron Labine, who wrote the script with Elan Mastai, Mountain Men has the following synopsis: Mountain Men is a comedy/drama that follows two estranged brothers, Toph and Cooper, as they journey to a remote family cabin in the mountains to evict a squatter. Buried resentment and bruised egos soon derail the plan and when the smoke clears they’ve destroyed their car and burned down the cabin, leaving them...
Directed by Cameron Labine, who wrote the script with Elan Mastai, Mountain Men has the following synopsis: Mountain Men is a comedy/drama that follows two estranged brothers, Toph and Cooper, as they journey to a remote family cabin in the mountains to evict a squatter. Buried resentment and bruised egos soon derail the plan and when the smoke clears they’ve destroyed their car and burned down the cabin, leaving them...
- 5/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
“The Bachelor” creator Mike Fleiss is exiting the reality TV franchise after 20 years, TheWrap has learned.
Following Fleiss’ exit, two former showrunners of “The Bachelor,” Claire Freeland, who previously served as showrunner of Canada’s “The Bachelor” franchise, and Jason Ehrlich, who previously showran several seasons of “The Bachelor,” as well as longtime executive producer Bennett Graebner will step in as executive producers and showrunners for “The Bachelor” franchise. The team has already been working on new season of “The Bachelorette,” led by Charity Lawson.
Monday’s finale of “The Bachelor” Season 27, headed by leading man Zach Shallcross, marked Fleiss’ last season with Bachelor Nation.
“First and foremost, congratulations are in order for Zach and Kaity. I wish them a long and happy life together,” Fleiss said in a statement, provided to TheWrap on Tuesday. “I want to thank Wbtv and ABC for 21 extraordinary years. They’ve found the perfect...
Following Fleiss’ exit, two former showrunners of “The Bachelor,” Claire Freeland, who previously served as showrunner of Canada’s “The Bachelor” franchise, and Jason Ehrlich, who previously showran several seasons of “The Bachelor,” as well as longtime executive producer Bennett Graebner will step in as executive producers and showrunners for “The Bachelor” franchise. The team has already been working on new season of “The Bachelorette,” led by Charity Lawson.
Monday’s finale of “The Bachelor” Season 27, headed by leading man Zach Shallcross, marked Fleiss’ last season with Bachelor Nation.
“First and foremost, congratulations are in order for Zach and Kaity. I wish them a long and happy life together,” Fleiss said in a statement, provided to TheWrap on Tuesday. “I want to thank Wbtv and ABC for 21 extraordinary years. They’ve found the perfect...
- 3/28/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
From Well Go USA: With the likes of Charlize Theron kicking butt in The Old Guard, 2020 is turning into the year of the strong female action hero, and joining “Wonder Woman”, “Mulan” and “Black Widow” is “The Legend Of Tomiris”, the epic drama on one of the world’s first female warlords, debuting on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD September 29 from Well Go USA Entertainment.
Directed by award-winning director Akan Satayev (“The Liquidator”), this is the story of the life of the great queen of the steppe – the legendary Tomiris, a woman destined to become a skillful warrior and strategist, unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority, and slay the founder and first king of the Persian empire. The Legend Of Tomiris, the highest-grossing action film in Kazakhstan, stars Almira Tursyn, Adil Akhmetov, Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Berik Aitzhanov, Azamat Satybaldy, Aizhan Lighg and Ghassan Massoud (“Kingdom of Heaven...
Directed by award-winning director Akan Satayev (“The Liquidator”), this is the story of the life of the great queen of the steppe – the legendary Tomiris, a woman destined to become a skillful warrior and strategist, unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority, and slay the founder and first king of the Persian empire. The Legend Of Tomiris, the highest-grossing action film in Kazakhstan, stars Almira Tursyn, Adil Akhmetov, Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Berik Aitzhanov, Azamat Satybaldy, Aizhan Lighg and Ghassan Massoud (“Kingdom of Heaven...
- 8/24/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Sales agency Arclight Films has closed multiple key distribution deals for “Tomiris,” the epic action-adventure about the legendary Kazak warrior queen, directed by Akan Satayev (“The Liquidator”).
The latest deals include Blue Swan for Italy, Snd Films for France, Art Mood for Spain, At Entertainment for Japan, Gulf Film for Middle East, Challan for South Korea, Paradise/Mgn for Cis, Shaw for Singapore, Program 4 Media for Romania, and Siyah Bayez Movies for Turkey. Arclight announced earlier this month that the U.S. rights of the film were picked up by Well Go USA.
The film tells the real-life story of Queen Tomiris who, along with her female warriors, united divided nomadic tribes to create a powerful nation capable of repelling the likes of Persia. According to historical accounts, Tomiris and her army likely brought about the downfall of Cyrus the Great of Persia, who attacked the peoples of the Great Steppe.
The latest deals include Blue Swan for Italy, Snd Films for France, Art Mood for Spain, At Entertainment for Japan, Gulf Film for Middle East, Challan for South Korea, Paradise/Mgn for Cis, Shaw for Singapore, Program 4 Media for Romania, and Siyah Bayez Movies for Turkey. Arclight announced earlier this month that the U.S. rights of the film were picked up by Well Go USA.
The film tells the real-life story of Queen Tomiris who, along with her female warriors, united divided nomadic tribes to create a powerful nation capable of repelling the likes of Persia. According to historical accounts, Tomiris and her army likely brought about the downfall of Cyrus the Great of Persia, who attacked the peoples of the Great Steppe.
- 6/25/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Arclight Films has secured all U.S. distribution rights with Well Go USA for the action-adventure Tomiris, about legendary Queen Tomiris. The movie was released in Kazakhstan on Oct. 1 and became one of the country’s highest grossing movies.
Starring Kazakhstan stars Almira Tursyn (as Tomiris), Adil Akhmetov (as Argun), and Aizhan Lighg (as Sardana) and directed by Akan Sataytev (The Liquidator), Tomiris tells the real-life story of the great queen who, along with her female warriors, united divided nomadic tribes to create a powerful nation capable of repelling the likes of Persia. According to historical accounts, Tomiris and her army very likely served as the downfall of Cyrus the Great, who was foolish enough to challenge the peoples of the Great Steppe and their inimitable leader.
“We are grateful to live in a world where there is a strong appetite for real-life stories of powerful women, stories that deserve to be told,...
Starring Kazakhstan stars Almira Tursyn (as Tomiris), Adil Akhmetov (as Argun), and Aizhan Lighg (as Sardana) and directed by Akan Sataytev (The Liquidator), Tomiris tells the real-life story of the great queen who, along with her female warriors, united divided nomadic tribes to create a powerful nation capable of repelling the likes of Persia. According to historical accounts, Tomiris and her army very likely served as the downfall of Cyrus the Great, who was foolish enough to challenge the peoples of the Great Steppe and their inimitable leader.
“We are grateful to live in a world where there is a strong appetite for real-life stories of powerful women, stories that deserve to be told,...
- 6/4/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Well Go USA has nabbed the U.S. distribution rights to action-adventure feature Tomiris, an epic tale of Queen Tomiris and her female warriors, directed by Kazakhstan's Akan Satayev (The Liquidator).
"We have a passion for incredible stories, and few are more compelling than the almost unfathomable life story of the first historical queen of the Amazons," Doris Pfardrescher, president and CEO of Well Go USA Entertainment, said in a statement.
The sword-and-sandals pic stars Almira Tursyn as Tomiris as well as Adil Akhmetov and Aizhan Lighg, and portrays the real-life sixth century B.C. female warlord and ...
"We have a passion for incredible stories, and few are more compelling than the almost unfathomable life story of the first historical queen of the Amazons," Doris Pfardrescher, president and CEO of Well Go USA Entertainment, said in a statement.
The sword-and-sandals pic stars Almira Tursyn as Tomiris as well as Adil Akhmetov and Aizhan Lighg, and portrays the real-life sixth century B.C. female warlord and ...
Well Go USA has nabbed the U.S. distribution rights to action-adventure feature Tomiris, an epic tale of Queen Tomiris and her female warriors, directed by Kazakhstan's Akan Satayev (The Liquidator).
"We have a passion for incredible stories, and few are more compelling than the almost unfathomable life story of the first historical queen of the Amazons," Doris Pfardrescher, president and CEO of Well Go USA Entertainment, said in a statement.
The sword-and-sandals pic stars Almira Tursyn as Tomiris as well as Adil Akhmetov and Aizhan Lighg, and portrays the real-life sixth century B.C. female warlord and ...
"We have a passion for incredible stories, and few are more compelling than the almost unfathomable life story of the first historical queen of the Amazons," Doris Pfardrescher, president and CEO of Well Go USA Entertainment, said in a statement.
The sword-and-sandals pic stars Almira Tursyn as Tomiris as well as Adil Akhmetov and Aizhan Lighg, and portrays the real-life sixth century B.C. female warlord and ...
By Mark Cerulli
Forty eight years ago, United Artists continued their series of highly profitable Bond double features by releasing arguably the biggest 00 double bill of them all – Thunderball and You Only Live Twice. Both films had coined money on their initial releases, with Thunderball being the highest-grossing 007 film of that era – in fact, of many eras, right up until Skyfall in 2012. Thunderball earned a stunning $141 Million worldwide (over one billion dollars in today’s money), a number that must have had UA’s finance department humming the Bond theme at 727 Seventh Avenue. You Only Live Twice pulled in over $111 Million worldwide, its profits squeezed perhaps by a competing Bond film, the over-the-top comedy, Casino Royale with Peter Sellers, David Niven, Terence Cooper and Woody Allen as various Bonds or an Italian spy knockoff starring Sean Connery’s younger brother, Neil. (More on that later.)
Throughout the 60s, 70s and into the early 80s,...
Forty eight years ago, United Artists continued their series of highly profitable Bond double features by releasing arguably the biggest 00 double bill of them all – Thunderball and You Only Live Twice. Both films had coined money on their initial releases, with Thunderball being the highest-grossing 007 film of that era – in fact, of many eras, right up until Skyfall in 2012. Thunderball earned a stunning $141 Million worldwide (over one billion dollars in today’s money), a number that must have had UA’s finance department humming the Bond theme at 727 Seventh Avenue. You Only Live Twice pulled in over $111 Million worldwide, its profits squeezed perhaps by a competing Bond film, the over-the-top comedy, Casino Royale with Peter Sellers, David Niven, Terence Cooper and Woody Allen as various Bonds or an Italian spy knockoff starring Sean Connery’s younger brother, Neil. (More on that later.)
Throughout the 60s, 70s and into the early 80s,...
- 8/8/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Jeff Schwarz, aka reality TV star of "The Liquidator" is holding a props, clothing and set sale, January 26 and January 27, 2019 in North Vancouver, offering items from Season 1 and Season 2 of the Netflix sci-fi series "Travelers", starring Erik McCormick:
"...'Travelers' is starting a new chapter in Season 3 and parting with their beloved 'time machine'. Shoppers can travel through time at the set and décor sale happening in North Vancouver. Sci-fi buffs need not miss this event. Have a chance to buy Adam's wardrobe and apartment, Erik McCormick's clothing, props from the show and a whole lot more..."
"It's always fun to do a 'set and dec' sale," said Schwarz. "You get to buy cool things you've seen on the show, see the stars wardrobes and look into some of the TV characters through their actual sets..."
The sale takes place at 2218 Front St. North Vancouver, January 26 and January 27, from 10am to 5pm.
"...'Travelers' is starting a new chapter in Season 3 and parting with their beloved 'time machine'. Shoppers can travel through time at the set and décor sale happening in North Vancouver. Sci-fi buffs need not miss this event. Have a chance to buy Adam's wardrobe and apartment, Erik McCormick's clothing, props from the show and a whole lot more..."
"It's always fun to do a 'set and dec' sale," said Schwarz. "You get to buy cool things you've seen on the show, see the stars wardrobes and look into some of the TV characters through their actual sets..."
The sale takes place at 2218 Front St. North Vancouver, January 26 and January 27, from 10am to 5pm.
- 1/22/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The Liquidator is a new crime thriller from Mainland China that stars Deng Chao (The Mermaid), Ethan Juan (Monga) and Cecilia Liu (Brotherhood Of Blades). A criminal psychologist and a forensic fingerprint expert work together to track down a serial killer who targets people who have been acquitted of notable crimes and uses their guilt as his modus operandi. Thanks to Magnum Films, we have Five double passes for the film to give away to our readers. For a chance to win, all you have to do is to follow these two steps: 1) Like the Magnum Film Facebook page, and 2) Email your name and postal address to me at: hugo[at]screenanarchy.com The Liquidator will open in Australian cinemas...
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- 12/27/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle storms to $49.5m including remarkable $7.1m in Malaysia; Paddington 2 crosses $100m.
Lucasfilm’s latest entry in the 40-year franchise vaulted to $745.4m worldwide as Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought in a further $143.6m in the second session.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Last week the sci-fi adventure pushed The Walt Disney Company past the $6bn worldwide mark, and it was in fine form over the holiday weekend, adding $75.1m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International to stand at $380.3m, and has reached $365.1m in North America.
Heading into the full vacation period the UK leads the way on $67.4m ahead of the January 5 launch in China, while Germany has generated $40m, France $29.3m, Japan $28.5m, and Australia $26.9m.
Spain has delivered $13.6m, Brazil $12.1m, Russia $11.9m, Italy $10.7m, Mexico $10m, Sweden $8.5m, South Korea and Poland $7.1m, and Denmark $6.4m.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi...
Lucasfilm’s latest entry in the 40-year franchise vaulted to $745.4m worldwide as Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought in a further $143.6m in the second session.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Last week the sci-fi adventure pushed The Walt Disney Company past the $6bn worldwide mark, and it was in fine form over the holiday weekend, adding $75.1m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International to stand at $380.3m, and has reached $365.1m in North America.
Heading into the full vacation period the UK leads the way on $67.4m ahead of the January 5 launch in China, while Germany has generated $40m, France $29.3m, Japan $28.5m, and Australia $26.9m.
Spain has delivered $13.6m, Brazil $12.1m, Russia $11.9m, Italy $10.7m, Mexico $10m, Sweden $8.5m, South Korea and Poland $7.1m, and Denmark $6.4m.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi...
- 12/24/2017
- by Jeremy Kay
- Screen Daily Test
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle storms to $49.5m including remarkable $7.1m in Malaysia; Paddington 2 crosses $100m.
Lucasfilm’s latest entry in the 40-year franchise vaulted to $745.4m worldwide as Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought in a further $143.6m in the second session.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Last week the sci-fi adventure pushed The Walt Disney Company past the $6bn worldwide mark, and it was in fine form over the holiday weekend, adding $75.1m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International to stand at $380.3m, and has reached $365.1m in North America.
Heading into the full vacation period the UK leads the way on $67.4m ahead of the January 5 launch in China, while Germany has generated $40m, France $29.3m, Japan $28.5m, and Australia $26.9m.
Spain has delivered $13.6m, Brazil $12.1m, Russia $11.9m, Italy $10.7m, Mexico $10m, Sweden $8.5m, South Korea and Poland $7.1m, and Denmark $6.4m.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi ranks as the highest-grossing...
Lucasfilm’s latest entry in the 40-year franchise vaulted to $745.4m worldwide as Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought in a further $143.6m in the second session.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Last week the sci-fi adventure pushed The Walt Disney Company past the $6bn worldwide mark, and it was in fine form over the holiday weekend, adding $75.1m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International to stand at $380.3m, and has reached $365.1m in North America.
Heading into the full vacation period the UK leads the way on $67.4m ahead of the January 5 launch in China, while Germany has generated $40m, France $29.3m, Japan $28.5m, and Australia $26.9m.
Spain has delivered $13.6m, Brazil $12.1m, Russia $11.9m, Italy $10.7m, Mexico $10m, Sweden $8.5m, South Korea and Poland $7.1m, and Denmark $6.4m.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi ranks as the highest-grossing...
- 12/24/2017
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Yuen Woo Ping’s The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia opened in second.
Source: Im Global
‘Youth’
Chinese blockbusters returned to take command of the Chinese box office in the week of Dec 11-17, with Youth and The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia in the top two positions.
Chinese auteur Feng Xiaogang’s Youth opened top with $45.3m from its three-day debut. The coming of age drama, which follows a group of dancers in the People’s Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution and the Sino-Vietnam War, became the first Chinese film to top the weekly chart in eight weeks. It was originally scheduled for release in October for the National Day holidays. The film also opened higher than Feng’s last film I Am Not Madame Bovary.
Yuen Woo Ping’s The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia shifted its opening to Thursday 6pm to be ahead of Youth and grossed $31.9m from its first four days. Produced and written...
Source: Im Global
‘Youth’
Chinese blockbusters returned to take command of the Chinese box office in the week of Dec 11-17, with Youth and The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia in the top two positions.
Chinese auteur Feng Xiaogang’s Youth opened top with $45.3m from its three-day debut. The coming of age drama, which follows a group of dancers in the People’s Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution and the Sino-Vietnam War, became the first Chinese film to top the weekly chart in eight weeks. It was originally scheduled for release in October for the National Day holidays. The film also opened higher than Feng’s last film I Am Not Madame Bovary.
Yuen Woo Ping’s The Thousand Faces Of Dunjia shifted its opening to Thursday 6pm to be ahead of Youth and grossed $31.9m from its first four days. Produced and written...
- 12/18/2017
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
It’s the most celebrated, the most special, the most significant watch of all time; Rolex is symbolic of many things in the movies: style, wealth, attitude, and perhaps most importantly, taste. That is not to say a Rolex is elitist, but rather that the wearer on screen, anyone from James Bond to Steve McQueen, is someone possessed of the knowledge that there is no better. Rolex is the pinnacle.
The history of Rolex on film is not nearly as interesting as the scope of its wearers and how this simple act of either discreet or ostentatious display can define character. Take James Bond, a man whose breeding was forced upon him; he developed taste and nurtured it. Roger Moore’s incarnation of 007, the most overlooked style wise, is 100% a Rolex customer – even if his custom Submariner in Live and Let Die (1971) was modified somewhat by Q Branch. Sorry, but...
The history of Rolex on film is not nearly as interesting as the scope of its wearers and how this simple act of either discreet or ostentatious display can define character. Take James Bond, a man whose breeding was forced upon him; he developed taste and nurtured it. Roger Moore’s incarnation of 007, the most overlooked style wise, is 100% a Rolex customer – even if his custom Submariner in Live and Let Die (1971) was modified somewhat by Q Branch. Sorry, but...
- 6/10/2016
- by Lord Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Sydney-born Australian actor Rod Taylor, best known as the star of George Pal's original film adaptation of "The Time Machine" and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," died Wednesday of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He was 84.
Taylor made his feature debut in 'Time,' the 1960 screen version of H.G. Wells' classic. He followed that up voicing the lead dog in Disney's "101 Dalmatians" and delivered a strong performance in "The Birds".
Yet his career never really soared as high after those early successes, even though he kept working in various films such as "Sunday in New York ," "36 Hours," "Young Cassidy," "The Liquidator," "The Glass Bottom Boat," "Hotel," "Dark of the Sun," "Nobody Runs Forever," "Darker Than Amber," "The Train Robbers," "Bearcats!," "The Oregon Trail," "Masquerade," "Outlaws," "Falcon Crest," and "Welcome to Woop Woop".
His last role was that of Winston Churchill in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds".
Source:...
Taylor made his feature debut in 'Time,' the 1960 screen version of H.G. Wells' classic. He followed that up voicing the lead dog in Disney's "101 Dalmatians" and delivered a strong performance in "The Birds".
Yet his career never really soared as high after those early successes, even though he kept working in various films such as "Sunday in New York ," "36 Hours," "Young Cassidy," "The Liquidator," "The Glass Bottom Boat," "Hotel," "Dark of the Sun," "Nobody Runs Forever," "Darker Than Amber," "The Train Robbers," "Bearcats!," "The Oregon Trail," "Masquerade," "Outlaws," "Falcon Crest," and "Welcome to Woop Woop".
His last role was that of Winston Churchill in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds".
Source:...
- 1/9/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
People.com is reporting that actor Rod Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 84 of natural causes.
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
- 1/9/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Glamorous star of the 1960s television adventure series The Champions who went on to run an animal sanctuary
Alexandra Bastedo, who has died of cancer aged 67, found fame and sex-symbol status playing the secret agent and scientist Sharron Macready in the 1960s television fantasy series The Champions. She appeared with William Gaunt as Richard Barrett and Stuart Damon as Craig Stirling in the show about three agents working for the Geneva-based law-enforcement organisation Nemesis who gain superhuman powers after being rescued from a plane crash in Tibet by a mysterious lost tribe. With computer-like intelligence and Olympian levels of strength and endurance, they can communicate by telepathy and are assigned to cases where world stability is under threat.
It was one of the globally successful series made by the television mogul Lew Grade's international production and distribution company Itc. Bastedo described her butt-kicking character as a "gutsy girl before...
Alexandra Bastedo, who has died of cancer aged 67, found fame and sex-symbol status playing the secret agent and scientist Sharron Macready in the 1960s television fantasy series The Champions. She appeared with William Gaunt as Richard Barrett and Stuart Damon as Craig Stirling in the show about three agents working for the Geneva-based law-enforcement organisation Nemesis who gain superhuman powers after being rescued from a plane crash in Tibet by a mysterious lost tribe. With computer-like intelligence and Olympian levels of strength and endurance, they can communicate by telepathy and are assigned to cases where world stability is under threat.
It was one of the globally successful series made by the television mogul Lew Grade's international production and distribution company Itc. Bastedo described her butt-kicking character as a "gutsy girl before...
- 1/14/2014
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
The terrific response to Howard Hughes' and Dave Worrall's article on the 1968 adventure film Dark of the Sun in the latest issue of Cinema Retro leads us to this movie alert. Tomorrow, January 26, Turner Classic Movies (North America) is showing three Rod Taylor films back-to-back beginning with Young Cassidy at 11:30 Pm (Est), continuing with The Liquidator at 1:30 Am Friday and concluding with Dark of the Sun at 3:30 Am. Happy viewing!
- 1/25/2012
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The legendary Jack Cardiff is dead at age 94. He began his career as an actor in silent films, but later established himself as one of the industry's greatest cinematographers, with films such as The Red Shoes and The African Queen to his credit. Cardiff was a man of many talents, and dabbled in directing as well. Among his feature films were The Long Ships, Sons and Lovers, Young Cassidy and The Liquidator. Cardiff also wrote, directed and shot the popular 1960s cult film Girl on a Motorcycle (aka Naked Under Leather) starring Marianne Faithfull as a sexually promiscuous free spirit. Ironically, that film is the cover story of the latest issue of Cinema Retro, now out in England and due to ship in North America in early May. Cardiff was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth in 2000. For more on his life and career click here. ...
- 4/22/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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