René Auberjonois, best known for his roles in “Boston Legal” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” died at his home in Los Angeles due to metastatic lung cancer. He was 79.
His son Rèmy-Luc confirmed the news to the Associated Press.
Auberjonois was a prolific television actor, appearing as Paul Lewiston in 71 episodes of “Boston Legal” and as Clayton Runnymede Endicott III in ABC’s long-running sitcom “Benson.” He played Odo in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” and carried that role into video games, voicing the same role in “Harbinger” and “The Fallen.”
He appeared in the movie “Mash” as Father Mulcahy. Other film credits include Roy Balgey in 1976’s “King Kong” and Reverend Oliver in “The Patriot,” as well as parts in “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” “Eyes of Laura Mars” and “Walker.”
Auberjonois was also known for his voice roles, particularly in 1989’s Disney Renaissance hit “The Little Mermaid,” in...
His son Rèmy-Luc confirmed the news to the Associated Press.
Auberjonois was a prolific television actor, appearing as Paul Lewiston in 71 episodes of “Boston Legal” and as Clayton Runnymede Endicott III in ABC’s long-running sitcom “Benson.” He played Odo in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” and carried that role into video games, voicing the same role in “Harbinger” and “The Fallen.”
He appeared in the movie “Mash” as Father Mulcahy. Other film credits include Roy Balgey in 1976’s “King Kong” and Reverend Oliver in “The Patriot,” as well as parts in “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” “Eyes of Laura Mars” and “Walker.”
Auberjonois was also known for his voice roles, particularly in 1989’s Disney Renaissance hit “The Little Mermaid,” in...
- 12/8/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Supernatural star Jared Padalecki has spoken out since being arrested last week for assault in Austin. The arrest has not affected his work on the 15th and final season of his long-running CW series as Deadline has learned that he will return to work this week.
“I want to sincerely thank my family and friends for all of your love and support,” Padalecki tweeted on Sunday. “So sad to miss the #SPNFamily at #dccon but I hope to see y’all soon. ❤️”
During DC Con, Supernatural‘s Jensen Ackles appeared without his partner in crime and joked about his co-star saying “We all miss my big, dumb friend.” He added “I’ll just say it now, he had a bad weekend last weekend. He’s dealing with what he’s gotta deal with so just send him support and some love and have a good weekend this weekend.”
Padalecki was...
“I want to sincerely thank my family and friends for all of your love and support,” Padalecki tweeted on Sunday. “So sad to miss the #SPNFamily at #dccon but I hope to see y’all soon. ❤️”
During DC Con, Supernatural‘s Jensen Ackles appeared without his partner in crime and joked about his co-star saying “We all miss my big, dumb friend.” He added “I’ll just say it now, he had a bad weekend last weekend. He’s dealing with what he’s gotta deal with so just send him support and some love and have a good weekend this weekend.”
Padalecki was...
- 11/4/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Forster, the longtime character actor who experienced a career resurgence after his Oscar-nominated performance in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, has died at the age of 78.
The actor’s publicist confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Forster died Friday at his Los Angeles home following a battle with brain cancer.
Forster’s death came the same day his final role was released on Netflix: A reprisal of his Breaking Bad role of Ed “the Disappearer” in the spinoff film El Camino.
“With more than 100 film credits spanning six decades,...
The actor’s publicist confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Forster died Friday at his Los Angeles home following a battle with brain cancer.
Forster’s death came the same day his final role was released on Netflix: A reprisal of his Breaking Bad role of Ed “the Disappearer” in the spinoff film El Camino.
“With more than 100 film credits spanning six decades,...
- 10/12/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Forster, an Academy Award nominee for 1997’s Jackie Brown and who reprised his Breaking Bad role in the just-released El Camino follow-up movie, died on Friday following a battle with brain cancer. He was 78.
After starting out his career with roles in such movies as Reflections in a Golden Eye (opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando) and Medium Cool, Forster headlined a pair of short-lived TV series, NBC’s Banyon and then ABC’s Nakia.
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After starting out his career with roles in such movies as Reflections in a Golden Eye (opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando) and Medium Cool, Forster headlined a pair of short-lived TV series, NBC’s Banyon and then ABC’s Nakia.
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- 10/12/2019
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: As he’s preparing to bid farewell to Sam Winchester, Supernatural star Jared Padalecki is gearing up for another run on the CW in a new character. The network has landed for development Walker, a reimagining of CBS’ 1990s action/crime series Walker, Texas Ranger, with Padalecki set to star and executive producing.
Walker extends Padalecki’s stay at the CW and predecessor the WB, which he had called home for the past two decades with roles on Gilmore Girls and Supernatural.
As we reported last month, the CW emerged early on as the leading contender for the new show, written/executive produced by Anna Fricke (Valor) and executive produced by Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon).
Like the original series, created by Albert S. Ruddy & Leslie Greif, the reboot, in which Walker is getting a female partner, will explore morality, family, and rediscovering our lost common ground. It centers on...
Walker extends Padalecki’s stay at the CW and predecessor the WB, which he had called home for the past two decades with roles on Gilmore Girls and Supernatural.
As we reported last month, the CW emerged early on as the leading contender for the new show, written/executive produced by Anna Fricke (Valor) and executive produced by Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon).
Like the original series, created by Albert S. Ruddy & Leslie Greif, the reboot, in which Walker is getting a female partner, will explore morality, family, and rediscovering our lost common ground. It centers on...
- 10/11/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jared Padalecki is staying put at The CW.
The network has snagged a remake of 1990s series Walker, Texas Ranger that has the Supernatural star attached to executive produce and play the lead role. The news comes a day after Supernatural began its 15th and final season on The CW.
The new version, simply titled Walker, comes from CBS Television Studios. ViacomCBS is a part-owner of The CW; the studio produces Nancy Drew, Charmed, In the Dark and Dynasty and co-produces The 100, Roswell, New Mexico and All American with Warner Bros. TV (whose parent WarnerMedia also has a stake in the network).
Padalecki will play Cordell ...
The network has snagged a remake of 1990s series Walker, Texas Ranger that has the Supernatural star attached to executive produce and play the lead role. The news comes a day after Supernatural began its 15th and final season on The CW.
The new version, simply titled Walker, comes from CBS Television Studios. ViacomCBS is a part-owner of The CW; the studio produces Nancy Drew, Charmed, In the Dark and Dynasty and co-produces The 100, Roswell, New Mexico and All American with Warner Bros. TV (whose parent WarnerMedia also has a stake in the network).
Padalecki will play Cordell ...
- 10/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The classic Chuck Norris action/crime series Walker, Texas Ranger is getting rebooted by CBS TV Studios, and Supernatural star Jared Padalecki is set to star in and executive produce the show, which will be called Walker.
I’m sorry, I know that Padalecki has a big fanbase, but let’s face it, he just can’t properly fill the shoes of a legend like Chuck Norris. But good luck to him anyway!
The project is being written and executive produced by Anna Fricke (Valor) and executive produced by Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon). The original show was created by Albert S. Ruddy and Leslie Greif, and Deadline offers some details on what we can expect from the reboot.
Like the original series, the reboot, “in which Walker is getting a female partner, will explore morality, family, and rediscovering our lost common ground. At the center of the series is Cordell...
I’m sorry, I know that Padalecki has a big fanbase, but let’s face it, he just can’t properly fill the shoes of a legend like Chuck Norris. But good luck to him anyway!
The project is being written and executive produced by Anna Fricke (Valor) and executive produced by Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon). The original show was created by Albert S. Ruddy and Leslie Greif, and Deadline offers some details on what we can expect from the reboot.
Like the original series, the reboot, “in which Walker is getting a female partner, will explore morality, family, and rediscovering our lost common ground. At the center of the series is Cordell...
- 9/23/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Texas forever! Supernatural star Jared Padalecki is lining up his next project after that long-running series ends next year: a reboot of the series Walker, Texas Ranger, which he'll executive-produce and star in as the titular hero, TV Guide has learned. If it's picked up, it will be his first role
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- 9/23/2019
- by Liam Mathews
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Kip Niven, a veteran character actor whose career ranged from early-’70s TV and the first two Sensurround films to regional theater and starring in 2014’s Jayhawkers, has died. He was 73. Local media outlets in his native Kansas City, Mo, said Niven died Monday of a heart attack.
Born on May 27, 1945, he got his start with guest roles in such 1970s TV dramas as Night Gallery, Escape and Emergency! before landing a key role in the first Dirty Harry sequel. In 1973’s Magnum Force, Niven played “Red” Astrachan, one of the vigilante rookie cops who terrorize San Francisco’s underworld — and eventually Clint Eastwood, who eventually gets his revenge. Astrachan’s comrades were played by future stars Robert Urich, Tim Matheson and David Soul.
After that, Niven would appear in dozens of TV shows and more than a dozen features including Earthquake (1974) and Midway (1976), the first two movies released in...
Born on May 27, 1945, he got his start with guest roles in such 1970s TV dramas as Night Gallery, Escape and Emergency! before landing a key role in the first Dirty Harry sequel. In 1973’s Magnum Force, Niven played “Red” Astrachan, one of the vigilante rookie cops who terrorize San Francisco’s underworld — and eventually Clint Eastwood, who eventually gets his revenge. Astrachan’s comrades were played by future stars Robert Urich, Tim Matheson and David Soul.
After that, Niven would appear in dozens of TV shows and more than a dozen features including Earthquake (1974) and Midway (1976), the first two movies released in...
- 5/9/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Based on Frank De Felitta's unsettling book of the same name, 1983's The Entity is coming to Blu-ray like never before in a new Collector's Edition from Scream Factory, and we've been provided with the full list of special features ahead of its June 11th release, including a new interview with star Barbara Hershey.
Press Release: Carla Moran, a hard-working single mother whose life becomes a nightmare when she is attacked in her bedroom by someone – or something – that she cannot see. Disbelieved by her friends and dismissed by skeptical psychiatrists, Carla begins to lose her grip as she is repeatedly attacked in her car, in the bath, and even in front of her children. Could this be a case of hysteria, a manifestation of childhood sexual trauma, or something even more horrific? Seeking help from a group of daring parapsychologists, Carla will attempt an unthinkable experiment: to seduce,...
Press Release: Carla Moran, a hard-working single mother whose life becomes a nightmare when she is attacked in her bedroom by someone – or something – that she cannot see. Disbelieved by her friends and dismissed by skeptical psychiatrists, Carla begins to lose her grip as she is repeatedly attacked in her car, in the bath, and even in front of her children. Could this be a case of hysteria, a manifestation of childhood sexual trauma, or something even more horrific? Seeking help from a group of daring parapsychologists, Carla will attempt an unthinkable experiment: to seduce,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Allan Cole, a screenwriter, author and award-winning journalist, has died. He was 75. The WGA said he died Friday, in Boca Raton, Fl, after battling cancer.
Cole and his late writing partner, Chris Bunch, sold more than 150 television and film scripts, but he probably was best known for co-authoring the Sten science fiction series.
The son of a CIA operative, Cole was born in Philadelphia and moved around with his family before settling in California.
He worked as a journalist for 14 years, taking on jobs at several Los Angeles-area newspapers including the Inglewood Daily News; San Gabriel Valley Tribune; and the Santa Monica Outlook, where he was city editor and national news editor.
Cole and Bunch earning writing credits on such hit TV shows as Magnum, P.I.; Quincy, M.E.; The Incredible Hulk; The A-Team; and Walker, Texas Ranger. They also were story editors on Galactica 1980, Code Red, Gavilan,...
Cole and his late writing partner, Chris Bunch, sold more than 150 television and film scripts, but he probably was best known for co-authoring the Sten science fiction series.
The son of a CIA operative, Cole was born in Philadelphia and moved around with his family before settling in California.
He worked as a journalist for 14 years, taking on jobs at several Los Angeles-area newspapers including the Inglewood Daily News; San Gabriel Valley Tribune; and the Santa Monica Outlook, where he was city editor and national news editor.
Cole and Bunch earning writing credits on such hit TV shows as Magnum, P.I.; Quincy, M.E.; The Incredible Hulk; The A-Team; and Walker, Texas Ranger. They also were story editors on Galactica 1980, Code Red, Gavilan,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
“No No Sleep” is another entry in Tsai Ming-liang’s “Walker”-series, in which he portrays a monk walking slowly and silent through various locations. This time the monk, who is always played by Lee Khang-Sheng (“Rebels of the Neon God” 1992), sets out for Tokyo and meets Masanobu Ando in a spa.
“No No Sleep” is screening at Taiwan Film Festival UK
Let’s “Take a walk on the wild side”. The outline already gives out a promise. Whether you will take the patience to watch the film or not. There is not much movement in “No No Sleep”. Tsai Ming-liang rather manages to create a dynamic inside the singular frame. The static and suggestive compositions are undertaking the task of the usual storyteller. Although the plot is very shallow on the first sight, the director scatters certain, even sexual connotations into the relaxing and meditative mood.
Different from other...
“No No Sleep” is screening at Taiwan Film Festival UK
Let’s “Take a walk on the wild side”. The outline already gives out a promise. Whether you will take the patience to watch the film or not. There is not much movement in “No No Sleep”. Tsai Ming-liang rather manages to create a dynamic inside the singular frame. The static and suggestive compositions are undertaking the task of the usual storyteller. Although the plot is very shallow on the first sight, the director scatters certain, even sexual connotations into the relaxing and meditative mood.
Different from other...
- 4/1/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
Thinkfactory Media CEO Leslie Greif is departing the production company, which he launched in 2011. The move comes as ITV Plc has acquired the remainder of Thinkfactory Media five years after Greif sold a 65% stake to the UK-based media conglom. He will launch a new entertainment venture.
Adam Reed, a 14-year Thinkfactory Media veteran, has been named new CEO. Likely in preparation for the transition, Greif promoted Reed to President of Thiunkfactory in 2016. Overseeing all aspects of production, creative and business development for the company, Reed has helped grow its footprint.
It is common practice for the owners of independent production companies who sell a majority stake to stay on for the mandated five years after the sale, until the buyer exercises an option to acquire the rest, before they move on to launch another company they could sell one day.
Greif, who founded what was originally The Greif Company in...
Adam Reed, a 14-year Thinkfactory Media veteran, has been named new CEO. Likely in preparation for the transition, Greif promoted Reed to President of Thiunkfactory in 2016. Overseeing all aspects of production, creative and business development for the company, Reed has helped grow its footprint.
It is common practice for the owners of independent production companies who sell a majority stake to stay on for the mandated five years after the sale, until the buyer exercises an option to acquire the rest, before they move on to launch another company they could sell one day.
Greif, who founded what was originally The Greif Company in...
- 10/30/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Love them or hate them, The Conners (and company) are worth some serious cash. Question is, just how impressive are the Roseanne cast members' net worths? From Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert to Roseanne Barr herself, these actors have been making audiences laugh for years — and they've been laughing all the way to the bank! Scroll down to see how much your favorite Roseanne cast members are worth! What is Roseanne Barr's net worth? (Photo Credit: Getty Images) As the matriarch of the Conner family, Roseanne has to be bringing in the big bucks, right? You bet. At 65 years old, Roseanne Barr's estimated net worth is a whopping $80 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Outside of the original and rebooted television series named after her, Roseanne has been working as an actor, comedian, author, television producer, and screenwriter, among many other roles, since the mid-80s. What is John Goodman's net worth?...
- 5/8/2018
- by Melissa Copelton
- Closer Weekly
In Ed Harris‘s over-40-year career he has surprisingly never won an Oscar or an Emmy, despite four nominations from the motion picture academy and two from the TV academy. Emmy voters can start to make up for that this year as the second season of HBO’s “Westworld” premieres on Sunday, April 22. In honor of his return to the small screen, let’s take a look back at some of his best big-screen performances. Tour through our photo gallery above of Harris’s 15 greatest films, ranked from worst to best.
Harris received his first Oscar nomination in 1995 after almost two decades in front of the camera: Best Supporting Actor for “Apollo 13.” He subsequently competed for “The Truman Show” (Best Supporting Actor in 1998), “Pollock” (Best Actor in 2000), and “The Hours” (Best Supporting Actor in 2002). He didn’t win any of those, and he hasn’t been nominated since,...
Harris received his first Oscar nomination in 1995 after almost two decades in front of the camera: Best Supporting Actor for “Apollo 13.” He subsequently competed for “The Truman Show” (Best Supporting Actor in 1998), “Pollock” (Best Actor in 2000), and “The Hours” (Best Supporting Actor in 2002). He didn’t win any of those, and he hasn’t been nominated since,...
- 4/21/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Character actor Tim O’Connor, best known for his role as Elliot Carson in 1960s prime time soap Peyton Place, has died. He passed in his sleep on April 5 in his longtime home of Nevada City, California at age 90.
O’Connor had a long career on stage and particularly television, where he had appearances in such iconic shows as All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, General Hospital, Dynasty, and Star Trek.
Born in Chicago, his career spanned Broadway, television and films. He worked with such actors as Sir Laurence Olivier, George C. Scott, Edward G. Robinson, Jessica Tandy, Maximilian Schell, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff, among others.
Arriving in Hollywood in 1965, O’Connor moved to Santa Monica, California, and gained national recognition as one of the stars of Peyton Place. He starred as Elliot Carson, father of Mia Farrow’s Allison, in more than...
O’Connor had a long career on stage and particularly television, where he had appearances in such iconic shows as All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, General Hospital, Dynasty, and Star Trek.
Born in Chicago, his career spanned Broadway, television and films. He worked with such actors as Sir Laurence Olivier, George C. Scott, Edward G. Robinson, Jessica Tandy, Maximilian Schell, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff, among others.
Arriving in Hollywood in 1965, O’Connor moved to Santa Monica, California, and gained national recognition as one of the stars of Peyton Place. He starred as Elliot Carson, father of Mia Farrow’s Allison, in more than...
- 4/13/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Salling has died of apparent suicide just a month before he was to be sentenced to prison for possession of child pornography. He was 35.
“I can confirm that Mark Salling passed away early this morning,” his attorney Michael Proctor told People. “Mark was a gentle and loving person, a person of great creativity, who was doing his best to atone for some serious mistakes and errors of judgment. He is survived by his mother and father, and his brother. The Salling family appreciates the support they have been receiving and asks for their privacy to be respected.”
Salling was...
“I can confirm that Mark Salling passed away early this morning,” his attorney Michael Proctor told People. “Mark was a gentle and loving person, a person of great creativity, who was doing his best to atone for some serious mistakes and errors of judgment. He is survived by his mother and father, and his brother. The Salling family appreciates the support they have been receiving and asks for their privacy to be respected.”
Salling was...
- 1/30/2018
- by Michele Corrison and Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Star Trek: Discovery, This Is Us, Chicago Fire and Grey’s Anatomy!
1 | How would Fuller House‘s Danny have gone through an entire divorce without anyone in the family finding out? And after visiting the straight-out-of-a-Disney Channel sitcom Gibbler house, do you maybe wish that Kimmy’s childhood home had been kept a mystery?
2 | Outlander purists, how are you feeling about the Starz series’ resurrection of Murtagh?
3 | Did Star Trek: Discovery give...
1 | How would Fuller House‘s Danny have gone through an entire divorce without anyone in the family finding out? And after visiting the straight-out-of-a-Disney Channel sitcom Gibbler house, do you maybe wish that Kimmy’s childhood home had been kept a mystery?
2 | Outlander purists, how are you feeling about the Starz series’ resurrection of Murtagh?
3 | Did Star Trek: Discovery give...
- 9/29/2017
- TVLine.com
When Miley Cyrus spins her Voice chair around and chooses you, it means you’ve gone from an ordinary contestant to her new best friend—so says Ali Caldwell, Darby Walker and Aaron Gibson, the three last standing singers on the star’s team.
With season 11 well underway, the first-time coach feels that forging a deep connection with her team with help them feel right at home in Los Angeles and, most importantly, be themselves.
“Working with Miley has been like the best decision I’ve ever made,” Gibson tells People backstage at the first live show, where the Top...
With season 11 well underway, the first-time coach feels that forging a deep connection with her team with help them feel right at home in Los Angeles and, most importantly, be themselves.
“Working with Miley has been like the best decision I’ve ever made,” Gibson tells People backstage at the first live show, where the Top...
- 11/15/2016
- by nicolesandspeople
- PEOPLE.com
On Wednesday, November 9 to Sunday, November 13, the Loft Cinema presents the seventh annual Loft Film Fest, featuring appearances by an amazing array of acclaimed filmmakers and a stellar program of world, North American, Southwest and Arizona premieres selected from prestigious festivals around the globe, including Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice and more.
Playing at this well-known, though rather out-of-the-way film festival in Tucson, Arizona are exciting new films starring such big screen favorites as Gael Garcia Bernal in “Neruda”, the possible Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Catherine Deneuve in “The Brand New Testament” one of the funniest and most original stories I have ever seen; Michael Fassbender in “Trespass Against Us”, Adam Smith’s gangster film, so far unknown in the U.S., — except that whatever Michael Fassbender, the Irish-German actor, is in is always astounding.
Catherine Deneuve in “The Brand New Testament”
Opening night features the North...
Playing at this well-known, though rather out-of-the-way film festival in Tucson, Arizona are exciting new films starring such big screen favorites as Gael Garcia Bernal in “Neruda”, the possible Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Catherine Deneuve in “The Brand New Testament” one of the funniest and most original stories I have ever seen; Michael Fassbender in “Trespass Against Us”, Adam Smith’s gangster film, so far unknown in the U.S., — except that whatever Michael Fassbender, the Irish-German actor, is in is always astounding.
Catherine Deneuve in “The Brand New Testament”
Opening night features the North...
- 11/2/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Wednesday, November 9 — Sunday, November 13Presented by Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment
This November, The Loft Cinema presents the seventh annual Loft Film Fest, featuring appearances by an amazing array of acclaimed filmmakers and a stellar program of world, North American, Southwest and Arizona premieres selected from prestigious festivals around the globe, including Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice and more!
Playing at this well-known, though rather out-of-the-way film festival in Tucson, Arizona are exciting new films starring such big screen favorites as Gael Garcia Bernal in “Neruda”, the possible Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film), Catherine Deneuve in “Brand New Testament” one of the funniest and most original stories I have ever seen; Michael Fassbender in “Trespass Against Us”, a complete unknown except that whatever Michael Fassbender, the Irish-German actor, is in is always astounding, John Malkovich, another great actor, too rarely seen, in “Dominion” about the last days of the...
This November, The Loft Cinema presents the seventh annual Loft Film Fest, featuring appearances by an amazing array of acclaimed filmmakers and a stellar program of world, North American, Southwest and Arizona premieres selected from prestigious festivals around the globe, including Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice and more!
Playing at this well-known, though rather out-of-the-way film festival in Tucson, Arizona are exciting new films starring such big screen favorites as Gael Garcia Bernal in “Neruda”, the possible Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film), Catherine Deneuve in “Brand New Testament” one of the funniest and most original stories I have ever seen; Michael Fassbender in “Trespass Against Us”, a complete unknown except that whatever Michael Fassbender, the Irish-German actor, is in is always astounding, John Malkovich, another great actor, too rarely seen, in “Dominion” about the last days of the...
- 11/1/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
A mini Disney Channel team-up took place on “The Voice” Sunday night when a “Girl Meets World” star auditioned and caught the attention of judge (and “Hannah Montana” alum) Miley Cyrus. Darby Walker, who plays Riley’s classmate Darby on Disney’s “Girl Meets World,” sang a soulful cover of Ben E. Smith’s “Stand By Me” and drew the first chair-turn from Cyrus. Ultimately, Walker’s talents prompted judges Alicia Keys and Blake Shelton to turn their chairs as well, indicating she had her choice of three mentors/judges. Also Read: 'Girl Meets World' Answers a Dangling...
- 8/22/2016
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
The podcast returns with Joakim being joined by Ian Schultz to discuss Alex Cox’s Repo Man.
From Masters of Cinema:
Arguably the defining cult film of the Reagan era, the feature debut of Alex Cox (Sid & Nancy, Walker, Straight to Hell) is a genre-busting mash-up of atomic-age science fiction, post-punk anarchism, and conspiracy paranoia, all shot through with heavy doses of deadpan humour and offbeat philosophy.
After quitting his dead-end supermarket job, young punk Otto (Emilio Estevez) is initiated as a “repo man” after a chance encounter with automobile repossessor Bud (Harry Dean Stanton). An illicit, high-voltage life follows, including an adrenalised search for a mysterious ‘64 Chevy Malibu loaded with radioactive – and extragalactic – cargo… With an iconic soundtrack (Iggy Pop, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies), stunning Robby Müller cinematography, and iconoclastic direction, Repo Man remains one of the great debuts of the 1980s.
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From Masters of Cinema:
Arguably the defining cult film of the Reagan era, the feature debut of Alex Cox (Sid & Nancy, Walker, Straight to Hell) is a genre-busting mash-up of atomic-age science fiction, post-punk anarchism, and conspiracy paranoia, all shot through with heavy doses of deadpan humour and offbeat philosophy.
After quitting his dead-end supermarket job, young punk Otto (Emilio Estevez) is initiated as a “repo man” after a chance encounter with automobile repossessor Bud (Harry Dean Stanton). An illicit, high-voltage life follows, including an adrenalised search for a mysterious ‘64 Chevy Malibu loaded with radioactive – and extragalactic – cargo… With an iconic soundtrack (Iggy Pop, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies), stunning Robby Müller cinematography, and iconoclastic direction, Repo Man remains one of the great debuts of the 1980s.
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- 10/6/2015
- by Tom Jennings
- CriterionCast
One of the most beloved characters from Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series has now been cast in AMC's TV series adaptation.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Payne (Luck, The Physician) has been cast as Paul Monroe, aka Jesus (known as such due to his similar appearance to the biblical figure), in The Walking Dead. Payne will make his first appearance as the character sometime in season six.
For those unfamiliar with the comic book series, Jesus is revered by readers for many reasons [spoilers ahead]. Artist Charlie Adlard first brought Jesus to life in issue #91. A skilled hand-to-hand fighter and resourceful survivor, Jesus hearkens from the Hilltop Colony and helps maintain relationships between his home and other communities. Below, you can view an image of Jesus from the comics.
Payne joins a growing season six cast that recently added Xander Berkeley in an unknown role (that could...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Payne (Luck, The Physician) has been cast as Paul Monroe, aka Jesus (known as such due to his similar appearance to the biblical figure), in The Walking Dead. Payne will make his first appearance as the character sometime in season six.
For those unfamiliar with the comic book series, Jesus is revered by readers for many reasons [spoilers ahead]. Artist Charlie Adlard first brought Jesus to life in issue #91. A skilled hand-to-hand fighter and resourceful survivor, Jesus hearkens from the Hilltop Colony and helps maintain relationships between his home and other communities. Below, you can view an image of Jesus from the comics.
Payne joins a growing season six cast that recently added Xander Berkeley in an unknown role (that could...
- 9/23/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Here they are America, your Top 12! After weeks of auditions and hard cuts by the judges, American Idol has revealed final 12 contestants. But who has what it takes to actually become the fourteenth winner of the Fox reality series? People breaks down the contestants: Quentin Alexander, 21Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana Audition City: New Orleans Audition Song: "Royals", originally performed by Lorde Why He Might Win: The Big Easy's own Harry Connick, Jr. has said that Alexander encapsulates the music scene of his hometown and his unique fashion and song choices certainly make him stand out from the crowd. Why...
- 3/12/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
Here they are America, your Top 12!
After weeks of auditions and hard cuts by the judges, American Idol has revealed final 12 contestants.
But who has what it takes to actually become the fourteenth winner of the Fox reality series?
People breaks down the contestants:
Quentin Alexander, 21
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Audition City: New Orleans
Audition Song: "Royals", originally performed by Lorde
Why He Might Win: The Big Easy's own Harry Connick, Jr. has said that Alexander encapsulates the music scene of his hometown and his unique fashion and song choices certainly make him stand out from the crowd.
Why...
After weeks of auditions and hard cuts by the judges, American Idol has revealed final 12 contestants.
But who has what it takes to actually become the fourteenth winner of the Fox reality series?
People breaks down the contestants:
Quentin Alexander, 21
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Audition City: New Orleans
Audition Song: "Royals", originally performed by Lorde
Why He Might Win: The Big Easy's own Harry Connick, Jr. has said that Alexander encapsulates the music scene of his hometown and his unique fashion and song choices certainly make him stand out from the crowd.
Why...
- 3/12/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- People.com - TV Watch
The Criterion Collection has no shortage of great filmmakers in their rolodex (do people use those anymore?), and over the past little while, they've invited great directors, actors, and more to step into their coveted closet and talk about some of the boutique label's great films, and take some of them home. We've seen the likes of William Friedkin, Mike Leigh, and Bong Joon-ho share their passion and love of cinema with Criterion, and Edgar Wright is the latest to smuggle some great DVDs home from the company. In his visit, the director snapped up copies of the cult fave "Eyes Without A Face" (to give to his Dad), cult filmmaker Alex Cox's "Walker" (which Wright hasn't yet seen), Akira Kurosawa's "Throne Of Blood" (which he only recently caught up with on the big screen), and the unassailable "Don't Look Now." Even though he's a bit jet-lagged, once...
- 3/4/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Edgar Wright popped into the Criterion Collection closet for a look and to tell some stories about a few of the titles he was picking up and adding to his bag. Over the course of the video's four minutes he chats about Eyes Without a Face (read my review here), Alex Cox's Walker, Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (read my review here) and Don't Look Now, which he calls one of his top ten of all time, and you can read my review here, though Wright suggests you see it without reading anything about it. Watch below. yt id="M99gL8IBMZw" width="500"...
- 3/4/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Having recently completed post-production on his new feature, Bill, The Galactic Hero, Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Walker) is almost ready to release the film for free online. Adapted from Harry Harrison's novel of the same name, and funded through Kickstarter, the project has been a collaboration between Cox and students at the University of Colorado, where Cox currently teaches production and screenwriting. Blending science-fiction with satire, it's a micro-budget feature, shot in black and white, and incorporating Cox's own brand of dark comedy, and politically conscious, counter-culture attitude.
Having taken almost 30 years to get the film into production (studios considered it "too anti-war") it's fantastic that he has finally been able make the f [Continued ...]...
Having taken almost 30 years to get the film into production (studios considered it "too anti-war") it's fantastic that he has finally been able make the f [Continued ...]...
- 1/21/2015
- QuietEarth.us
"American Idol" is back for Season 14 and it's important to remind you: The last two winners have been Candice Glover and Caleb Johnson. For the past few years, the ability to make stars has been the thing "Idol" has used to set it apart from the higher-rated "Voice." It's not like the coronation of Phillip Phillips, an artist with probably more album sales than every "Voice" winner combined, was that long ago, but in a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business, "Idol" could use another breakout soon. [Note that ratings were Way down for "The Voice" this past season, as the NBC singing competition appears to have peaked and be heading into the predictable slide that almost all competition shows eventually go into. While pundits love to talk trash about the decline in "Idol" ratings, folks were oddly silent about "The Voice" in the fall. Shrug.] Expect more declines for "Idol" this season, but a breakout, incandescent star might help. So let's get down to the business of recapping Wednesday (January 7) night's premiere! With Fox sending out screeners, the live-blog times line up with episode time-code and not with any time from a real clock. Oh and Thursday's (January 8) two-hour...
- 1/8/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
‘Girls’ Star Zosia Mamet to Workshop Reese Witherspoon Role in ‘American Psycho’ Musical (Exclusive)
“Girls” star Zosia Mamet will workshop the role of Patrick Bateman’s girlfriend in the upcoming “American Psycho” musical starring Benjamin Walker, TheWrap has learned.
Rights holder Act 4 Productions and producer Ed Pressman (the “American Psycho” movie) are behind the U.S. musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ classic novel, which could be heading to Broadway in the spring, according to media reports.
Duncan Sheik scored the Rupert Goold-directed London show starring Matt Smith of “Doctor Who” fame, while Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the book.
Also Read: ‘American Psycho’ Sequel Series in the Works at FX
The show’s U.
Rights holder Act 4 Productions and producer Ed Pressman (the “American Psycho” movie) are behind the U.S. musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ classic novel, which could be heading to Broadway in the spring, according to media reports.
Duncan Sheik scored the Rupert Goold-directed London show starring Matt Smith of “Doctor Who” fame, while Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote the book.
Also Read: ‘American Psycho’ Sequel Series in the Works at FX
The show’s U.
- 12/20/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Repo Man director close to $100,000 target for low-budget film adaptation of Harry Harrison's satirical science-fiction novel
The director of Repo Man, Alex Cox, is nearing a $100,000 target on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to fund science-fiction film Bill the Galactic Hero.
With four days of his campaign to go, Cox has received $91,897 toward what would be his first film since 2009's Repo Chick. The British film-maker, who has struggled for studio funding since the financial failure of his 1987 "acid western" Walker, intends to make the movie with the help of his students at the University of Colorado.
Bill the Galactic Hero is based on the 1965 satirical sci-fi novel by Harry Harrison, which was written as a counterweight to Robert A Heinlein's neo-fascist 1960 book Starship Troopers (itself borrowed by Paul Verhoeven for a 1997 film that heavily satirised its source's militaristic leanings).
"Bill the Galactic Hero is a feature-length science-fiction comedy set...
The director of Repo Man, Alex Cox, is nearing a $100,000 target on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to fund science-fiction film Bill the Galactic Hero.
With four days of his campaign to go, Cox has received $91,897 toward what would be his first film since 2009's Repo Chick. The British film-maker, who has struggled for studio funding since the financial failure of his 1987 "acid western" Walker, intends to make the movie with the help of his students at the University of Colorado.
Bill the Galactic Hero is based on the 1965 satirical sci-fi novel by Harry Harrison, which was written as a counterweight to Robert A Heinlein's neo-fascist 1960 book Starship Troopers (itself borrowed by Paul Verhoeven for a 1997 film that heavily satirised its source's militaristic leanings).
"Bill the Galactic Hero is a feature-length science-fiction comedy set...
- 4/17/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Nissan Australia has constructed a 4×4 track to reflect the sound wave of Beethoven’s ninth symphony for the car company’s latest campaign.
The track was constructed in an attempt to show off the Nissan Patrol’s handling and 4×4 capabilities while suggesting a refined quality.
The branded entertainment campaign – Patrol Vs Beethoven – was created by Whybin\Tbwa Melbourne.
The mountain of dirt was driven by 4×4 expert and TV personality Pat Callinan in a tuxedo and cowboy hat in a four minute clip on YouTube.
The video has been supported with targeted banner advertising across various websites.
The main video has had nearly 25,000 views in five days.
The campaign also has four product-focused videos on the Nissan Australia YouTube channel which follows control; safety; technology and capability; and a comparison of the petrol and diesel models.
The campaign videos were produced by film company Infinity Squared.
It’s the second campaign...
The track was constructed in an attempt to show off the Nissan Patrol’s handling and 4×4 capabilities while suggesting a refined quality.
The branded entertainment campaign – Patrol Vs Beethoven – was created by Whybin\Tbwa Melbourne.
The mountain of dirt was driven by 4×4 expert and TV personality Pat Callinan in a tuxedo and cowboy hat in a four minute clip on YouTube.
The video has been supported with targeted banner advertising across various websites.
The main video has had nearly 25,000 views in five days.
The campaign also has four product-focused videos on the Nissan Australia YouTube channel which follows control; safety; technology and capability; and a comparison of the petrol and diesel models.
The campaign videos were produced by film company Infinity Squared.
It’s the second campaign...
- 1/14/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
I’m sure at least some of us take for granted what we have.
The second we hear about an interesting movie, all we have to do is whip out a smart phone and yell at it until it brings us to an IMDb page. In the past decade, our access to films, TV shows and pop culture phenomena has become a need for instantaneous access. Infamous films no longer just exist in the recesses of an older sibling’s mind waiting to scare and delight us. We have full access 24/7. And even then the information comes to us in bite-sized morsels. But some films warrant a bigger discussion. Ken Russell’s The Devils is an obscure and extreme film which has a larger story and history than what was committed to celluloid.
Canada’s leading film critic Richard Crouse (he hosted a screening of The Devils with Ken Russell...
The second we hear about an interesting movie, all we have to do is whip out a smart phone and yell at it until it brings us to an IMDb page. In the past decade, our access to films, TV shows and pop culture phenomena has become a need for instantaneous access. Infamous films no longer just exist in the recesses of an older sibling’s mind waiting to scare and delight us. We have full access 24/7. And even then the information comes to us in bite-sized morsels. But some films warrant a bigger discussion. Ken Russell’s The Devils is an obscure and extreme film which has a larger story and history than what was committed to celluloid.
Canada’s leading film critic Richard Crouse (he hosted a screening of The Devils with Ken Russell...
- 8/11/2012
- by Alexandra West
- Planet Fury
(Our review from the Berlin Film Festival re-posted as Even The Rain is finally released in UK cinemas this weekend).
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Tambian la Iluvia (Even the Rain) may be directed by the Goya-winning Iciar Bollain, but it is really a passion project for its writer Paul Laverty, whose fascination with Latin American history has shaped much of his work – which notably includes Ken Loach’s Carla’s Song. Laverty and star Luis Tosar were on hand to introduce the film as it screened in the Panorama section here and presented something quite self-consciously polemical in its approach as (like Alex Cox’s superior Walker) it likens events in recent history to those of the colonial past, with emphasis on the exploitation of local people in the pursuit of resources and wealth.
Tosar plays Costa, a movie producer who has moved production of a Christopher Columbus epic to...
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Tambian la Iluvia (Even the Rain) may be directed by the Goya-winning Iciar Bollain, but it is really a passion project for its writer Paul Laverty, whose fascination with Latin American history has shaped much of his work – which notably includes Ken Loach’s Carla’s Song. Laverty and star Luis Tosar were on hand to introduce the film as it screened in the Panorama section here and presented something quite self-consciously polemical in its approach as (like Alex Cox’s superior Walker) it likens events in recent history to those of the colonial past, with emphasis on the exploitation of local people in the pursuit of resources and wealth.
Tosar plays Costa, a movie producer who has moved production of a Christopher Columbus epic to...
- 5/15/2012
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
Reviewer: Philip Tatler IV
Rating (out of five): **** 1/2
For whatever reason, Alex Cox – the iconoclast behind Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, and Straight to Hell – has never quite enjoyed the indie godfather reputation of Jim Jarmusch or David Lynch. Having created several of the best American films of the 1980s, Cox dropped off the cultural radar after the commercial failure of the fitfully brilliant Walker – his single stab at a studio-backed, comparatively large-budgeted film. During the two decades since, while Cox has languished due to a self-proclaimed “blacklist”, he’s directed seven little-seen films.
Rating (out of five): **** 1/2
For whatever reason, Alex Cox – the iconoclast behind Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, and Straight to Hell – has never quite enjoyed the indie godfather reputation of Jim Jarmusch or David Lynch. Having created several of the best American films of the 1980s, Cox dropped off the cultural radar after the commercial failure of the fitfully brilliant Walker – his single stab at a studio-backed, comparatively large-budgeted film. During the two decades since, while Cox has languished due to a self-proclaimed “blacklist”, he’s directed seven little-seen films.
- 12/7/2011
- by weezy
- GreenCine
[1] Even as Julie Delpy gears up for a possible third Before Sunrise pic [2] with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater, the busy writer-director-actress has attached herself to helm a biopic of iconic rock musician Joe Strummer called The Right Profile. Strummer is best remembered as the frontman of British punk group The Clash, though his musical resume also includes solo work, stints with The Mescaleros and The Pogues, and the soundtracks for Walker and Sid and Nancy. (The film is named after this Clash song [3], from London Calling. The tune even points back to the movies, with lyrics about '40s film star Montgomery Clift.) Few details about the project have been revealed at this time, though we do know the film will follow Strummer's disappearance from the public spotlight in 1982. Variety [4] notes that Delpy could appear in the picture -- seeing as she's acted in nearly all of her directorial efforts,...
- 11/22/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
In the first of a new occasional series, Esther Walker and her nine-month-old daughter Kitty offer a view from parent-and-baby cinema screenings – this time at Hampstead's Everyman
When you are expecting your first child everyone tells you to go to the cinema a lot because once you have a baby you never will. And I always thought "Why not? Just get a babysitter."
And then I actually had a baby, nine months ago now, and I realise why. It's because early showings of films clash with bath-and-bedtime, and later screenings are too late for tired parents. ("So if the programme says 9pm, the film will start at 9.30 and it's two hours long. That means we won't be in bed until … midnight?! Forget it.") Lucky ones can scrabble around on pay-per-view for something that was in cinemas six months ago, but most parents are years behind everyone else when it comes to new releases.
When you are expecting your first child everyone tells you to go to the cinema a lot because once you have a baby you never will. And I always thought "Why not? Just get a babysitter."
And then I actually had a baby, nine months ago now, and I realise why. It's because early showings of films clash with bath-and-bedtime, and later screenings are too late for tired parents. ("So if the programme says 9pm, the film will start at 9.30 and it's two hours long. That means we won't be in bed until … midnight?! Forget it.") Lucky ones can scrabble around on pay-per-view for something that was in cinemas six months ago, but most parents are years behind everyone else when it comes to new releases.
- 10/20/2011
- by Esther Walker
- The Guardian - Film News
Elizabeth Mitchell
Previous Experience: V, Lost
Special Skills:: Aside from being an absolutely fearless actor who is capable of elevating virtually anything a writers throws at her (Seriously, did you see her recent guest spot on Law & Order: Svu?), Mitchell is a tireless team player. To the point that she took the time to attend V’s panel at San Francisco’s WonderCon despite the fact that the show so clearly had one foot in the grave.
Game For: Absolutely anything. Although if we had our druthers, we’d love to see Mitchell headline a Weeds-esque cable drama that would allow her to show off both her dramatic and comedic chops.
Ron Rifkin
Previous Experience: Brothers & Sisters, Alias
Special Skills:: Duplicity. Whether he’s lying to a fresh-faced Sydney Bristow with regards to the real purpose of Sd-6, or the entirety of the Walker family about their patriarch’s business...
Previous Experience: V, Lost
Special Skills:: Aside from being an absolutely fearless actor who is capable of elevating virtually anything a writers throws at her (Seriously, did you see her recent guest spot on Law & Order: Svu?), Mitchell is a tireless team player. To the point that she took the time to attend V’s panel at San Francisco’s WonderCon despite the fact that the show so clearly had one foot in the grave.
Game For: Absolutely anything. Although if we had our druthers, we’d love to see Mitchell headline a Weeds-esque cable drama that would allow her to show off both her dramatic and comedic chops.
Ron Rifkin
Previous Experience: Brothers & Sisters, Alias
Special Skills:: Duplicity. Whether he’s lying to a fresh-faced Sydney Bristow with regards to the real purpose of Sd-6, or the entirety of the Walker family about their patriarch’s business...
- 6/1/2011
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
Updated through 5/6.
The series Anthology Film Archives is running from Friday through May 5, Drop Edges of Yonder: The Films of Rudy Wurlitzer, takes its name from Wurlitzer's 2008 novel and complements the relatively recent reprinting of his first three, Nog (1969), Flats (1970) and Quake (1974). And the series features more than films. Drag City has released an audio version of Wurlitzer's 1984 novel Slow Fade narrated by Will Oldham and, on Friday evening, Oldham and Wurlitzer himself, accompanied by musician Ben Chasny, will be giving something of a performance built on what Joe O'Brien, introducing his 2008 interview with Wurlitzer for Arthur Magazine, calls "a dark, masterful novel written in a more straightforward style than his earlier work. It is set in the divergent worlds of Hollywood and India, and finally Nova Scotia, and exudes a spiritual exhaustion tied in with frustrations with the shuck and jive of the film business." Wurlitzer and Oldham won't be winging it,...
The series Anthology Film Archives is running from Friday through May 5, Drop Edges of Yonder: The Films of Rudy Wurlitzer, takes its name from Wurlitzer's 2008 novel and complements the relatively recent reprinting of his first three, Nog (1969), Flats (1970) and Quake (1974). And the series features more than films. Drag City has released an audio version of Wurlitzer's 1984 novel Slow Fade narrated by Will Oldham and, on Friday evening, Oldham and Wurlitzer himself, accompanied by musician Ben Chasny, will be giving something of a performance built on what Joe O'Brien, introducing his 2008 interview with Wurlitzer for Arthur Magazine, calls "a dark, masterful novel written in a more straightforward style than his earlier work. It is set in the divergent worlds of Hollywood and India, and finally Nova Scotia, and exudes a spiritual exhaustion tied in with frustrations with the shuck and jive of the film business." Wurlitzer and Oldham won't be winging it,...
- 5/6/2011
- MUBI
Celebrity Apprentice 2011! Who is Marlee Matlin and why is she famous? [Apr. 5] The youngest ever winner of an Oscar and the only deaf person ever to win an Oscar for her role in Children of a Lesser God, green celebrity Marlee Matlin never let her hearing loss get her down. Marlee Matlin regularly contributes to causes that assist those with hearing impairments, and she wrote a memoir, I’ll Scream Later, that details her experiences with sexual and domestic abuse and the drug abuse that followed. Matlin will be competing to support The Starkey Hearing Foundation. IMDb notes that Marlee also played in Walker (1987), set in Nicaragua, where she went off-set to visit the hearing impaired children in the area. Her next big role was as an assistant distract attorney in the television series, Reasonable Doubts (1991). Marlee Matlin has an interest in police and courtroom drama series and married police officer Kevin Grandalski,...
- 4/6/2011
- by Helium
- Green Celebrity
The Criterion Collection turns down the lights to honor one of the great film noirs, Kiss Me Deadly, which will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 21.
Ralph Meeker (r.) gets grilled in Kiss Me Deadly (1955).
In this 1955 movie adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Directed by Robert Aldrich (The Killing of Sister George), Kiss Me Deadly stars Ralph Meeker (Paths of Glory) as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways.
Brazen and bleak, the movie is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema.
The Blu-ray and DVD carry the list prices of $39.95 and $29.95, respectively.
As with all of Criterion’s discs,...
Ralph Meeker (r.) gets grilled in Kiss Me Deadly (1955).
In this 1955 movie adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Directed by Robert Aldrich (The Killing of Sister George), Kiss Me Deadly stars Ralph Meeker (Paths of Glory) as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways.
Brazen and bleak, the movie is a film noir masterpiece as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema.
The Blu-ray and DVD carry the list prices of $39.95 and $29.95, respectively.
As with all of Criterion’s discs,...
- 3/16/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Tambian la Iluvia (Even the Rain) may be directed by the Goya-winning Iciar Bollain, but it is really a passion project for its writer Paul Laverty, whose fascination with Latin American history has shaped much of his work – which notably includes Ken Loach’s Carla’s Song. Laverty and star Luis Tosar were on hand to introduce the film as it screened in the Panorama section here and presented something quite self-consciously polemical in its approach as (like Alex Cox’s superior Walker) it likens events in recent history to those of the colonial past, with emphasis on the exploitation of local people in the pursuit of resources and wealth.
Tosar plays Costa, a movie producer who has moved production of a Christopher Columbus epic to Bolivia in part in order to take advantage of the cheap local labour of one of the most ethnically “Indian” South American populations.
Tambian la Iluvia (Even the Rain) may be directed by the Goya-winning Iciar Bollain, but it is really a passion project for its writer Paul Laverty, whose fascination with Latin American history has shaped much of his work – which notably includes Ken Loach’s Carla’s Song. Laverty and star Luis Tosar were on hand to introduce the film as it screened in the Panorama section here and presented something quite self-consciously polemical in its approach as (like Alex Cox’s superior Walker) it likens events in recent history to those of the colonial past, with emphasis on the exploitation of local people in the pursuit of resources and wealth.
Tosar plays Costa, a movie producer who has moved production of a Christopher Columbus epic to Bolivia in part in order to take advantage of the cheap local labour of one of the most ethnically “Indian” South American populations.
- 2/16/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
Alex Cox's 1987 spaghetti western homage was loathed on release, but its reissue is a reminder of a bygone counterculture
Nostalgia is a feeling I try to avoid. Even so, I couldn't help a pang while re-acquainting myself with Straight to Hell – director Alex Cox's berserk homage to Sergio Leone made back in distant 1987, a tribute to the spaghetti western so grubby it had blood and pasta sauce down its shirt, which is now the recipient of a polished-up DVD reissue complete with once-deleted scenes restored. It's no one's idea of a lost masterpiece; it's far from its creator's best work; and yet it's still in some small, strange way a landmark.
That said, I think we can be confident there will have been little thought while the film was being made that it would be the subject of critical pondering 23 years later. While occasionally hugely enjoyable, the whole...
Nostalgia is a feeling I try to avoid. Even so, I couldn't help a pang while re-acquainting myself with Straight to Hell – director Alex Cox's berserk homage to Sergio Leone made back in distant 1987, a tribute to the spaghetti western so grubby it had blood and pasta sauce down its shirt, which is now the recipient of a polished-up DVD reissue complete with once-deleted scenes restored. It's no one's idea of a lost masterpiece; it's far from its creator's best work; and yet it's still in some small, strange way a landmark.
That said, I think we can be confident there will have been little thought while the film was being made that it would be the subject of critical pondering 23 years later. While occasionally hugely enjoyable, the whole...
- 11/26/2010
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
A little side note, before I jump into this item. If you’ll just enter “Walker’s Wheelhouse” for a moment, as Michelle calls it. I’ve mentioned John Richards at Kexp and what an amazing DJ he is before, but this morning he is Really killing it. He’s played Dead Kennedys, The Hold Steady, Fugazi, The Clash, The Modern Lovers, Public Enemy, Gang of Four, Sex Pistols, T. Rex. I can’t type fast enough to tell you all the Kick Ass music he’s been playing. I feel like rising up and Raging Against The Machine. It’s been a good antidote if you want to fist pump and dance your way out of post Election Day frustrations. You should be listening! Now! Actually, you can download the entire show. Do that. Today’s show might not be available til tomorrow, but it’s So Good. And...
- 11/3/2010
- by Sarah Walker
- BestWeekEver
Dennis Hopper. One of the greats in cinema history. A consistent rebel in Hollywood, he pushed envelopes as often as he ripped them up and pissed on the scraps. And even when you could tell he was doing a film just for a paycheck, he did the most with that role and made us as film fans all the happier. I’m looking at you, “Waterworld”. So here at the Criterion Cast, I’ve decided to do a top 10 of my favorite Dennis Hopper roles in film. It also doesn’t hurt that he is in the Criterion Collection, in the TV series “Fishing With John”. Check it out if you haven’t already.
10. “Speed” (1994) – As villainous bomb expert Howard Payne, he more or less steals the movie from Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. But that’s like stealing candy from two rocks. I enjoy this film though, considering the...
10. “Speed” (1994) – As villainous bomb expert Howard Payne, he more or less steals the movie from Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. But that’s like stealing candy from two rocks. I enjoy this film though, considering the...
- 5/31/2010
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
Are you around the North East of Scotland this Monday? If so, you may want to be heading along to this very special evening.
Controversial and, wait for it, 'cult' director Alex Cox is the subject of the latest Director's Cut talk in Aberdeen.
This special series of events, run by the University of Aberdeen, has hosted such diverse guests as Simon Callow (Four Weddings & A Funeral), David Mackenzie (Hallam Foe), Nicolas Roeg (Don't Look Now), Guy Hamilton (Live & Let Die), Raúl Ruiz (Klimt) and Sir David Attenborough.
This Monday sees the director of films such as Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, Alex Cox, take center stage to talk about his life and work with BBC presenter Janice Forsyth (for broadcast at a later date). His film Walker, starring Ed Harris, broke new ground as an abrasive postmodern comment on the USA's military interventions in Latin America and his latest...
Controversial and, wait for it, 'cult' director Alex Cox is the subject of the latest Director's Cut talk in Aberdeen.
This special series of events, run by the University of Aberdeen, has hosted such diverse guests as Simon Callow (Four Weddings & A Funeral), David Mackenzie (Hallam Foe), Nicolas Roeg (Don't Look Now), Guy Hamilton (Live & Let Die), Raúl Ruiz (Klimt) and Sir David Attenborough.
This Monday sees the director of films such as Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, Alex Cox, take center stage to talk about his life and work with BBC presenter Janice Forsyth (for broadcast at a later date). His film Walker, starring Ed Harris, broke new ground as an abrasive postmodern comment on the USA's military interventions in Latin America and his latest...
- 3/25/2010
- Den of Geek
Alex Cox has a really crowded business card: Cult Filmmaker. Fallen from Grace. Hollywood Outsider. Looking for a Comeback. In the 1980s, he was a Next Big Thing after Repo Man (1984), which is undoutedly the greatest movie ever made about paranoia, cars, punks and aliens in Los Angeles. He quickly followed that with Sid and Nancy (1986), a dizzying biopic of Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and his deranged girlfriend Nancy Spungen. That film not only earned a cult following, but also got a fair measure of mainstream critical recognition.
Afterward, Cox's career struggled to regain the same kind of momentum. His next film, Straight to Hell (1987), was almost universally dismissed as an exercise in weird, but his fourth film, Walker (1988), was a hit among European film buffs, and it was recently bestowed with a high-class Criterion DVD release. Since then his films had very sporadic distribution and some of...
Afterward, Cox's career struggled to regain the same kind of momentum. His next film, Straight to Hell (1987), was almost universally dismissed as an exercise in weird, but his fourth film, Walker (1988), was a hit among European film buffs, and it was recently bestowed with a high-class Criterion DVD release. Since then his films had very sporadic distribution and some of...
- 8/12/2009
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
It's clear that English-born writer-director Alex Cox got into the movies to have fun. He sure didn't do it to get rich. Aside from his second and third movies, 1983's Repo Man and 1986's Sid & Nancy, Cox has had no major financial successes; he was rejected as a possible director for Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (though he worked on the script), and his most expensive picture, 1987's Walker, shot in Nicaragua, cost less than $7 million. But like most folks who hold an exalted place in the margins, Cox is full of good stories. X Films: True Confessions Of A Radical Filmmaker is Cox's filmmaking memoir, almost entirely about life on the set. He only brings up his background as it relates to moviemaking, as when he mentions his grandfather's auto-accident death as an inspiration for El Patrullero, his 1991 Mexican production. Cox intended to...
- 9/25/2008
- by Michaelangelo Matos
- avclub.com
- It was his feature film debut and over the long run became a fav among many cult film enthusiasts, but when 1984's Repo Man got released, there were heads at Universal who failed to show support for Alex Cox's debut. As the legend goes and as Cox states on his blog, it "was swiftly consigned to the Chute of No Return." Flash-forward almost two and a half decades later, and Cox, whose popularity perhaps peaked in the 80's after Sid & Nancy and Walker, is attempting to bring a timely sequel to fruition. Screen Daily reports that the Brit filmmaker has completed a screenplay entitled Repo Chick, and would include a couple of faces from the '84 film. This sees the main protag played by (see the title) a female, against the backdrop of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the Us, where repossessions of homes,
- 7/4/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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