Daniel Ellsberg died on Friday at 92 years after a battle with cancer and barely six weeks after concluding 40 hours of interviews with documentary maker Paul Jay, who is at work on How to Stop a Nuclear War. The feature follows the Pentagon Papers leaker’s efforts to raise an alarm about the threat of a devastating nuclear war.
On Monday, Jay told The Hollywood Reporter that the man who sounded the alarm about the Vietnam War was far more concerned for the rest of his life about the United States and Russia planning for a globally destructive nuclear attack that could be launched by accident, or intentionally.
“Dan considered today’s world more dangerous than during the Cuban Missile Crisis,” the Toronto-based filmmaker said of the Oct. 1962 stand-off between U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro that nearly resulted in a nuclear war.
On Monday, Jay told The Hollywood Reporter that the man who sounded the alarm about the Vietnam War was far more concerned for the rest of his life about the United States and Russia planning for a globally destructive nuclear attack that could be launched by accident, or intentionally.
“Dan considered today’s world more dangerous than during the Cuban Missile Crisis,” the Toronto-based filmmaker said of the Oct. 1962 stand-off between U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro that nearly resulted in a nuclear war.
- 6/19/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emma Thompson is set to narrate a feature doc about Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg, dubbed “the most dangerous man in America” by then U.S. President Richard Nixon.
The Hollywood actress will lend her voice to director Paul Jay’s How to Stop a Nuclear War, which is based on the book Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Ellsberg.
In extensive interviews with Jay for the feature, Ellsberg explains the “institutional madness” of American nuclear war plans and how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made the world far more dangerous, according to a synopsis by the filmmakers.
In a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Thompson said she had been fearful of nuclear weapons in her youth and participated in protests against their use, and feels a need to get active again.
“Making the connection between the climate crisis movement and the anti-nuclear movement has never been more essential.
The Hollywood actress will lend her voice to director Paul Jay’s How to Stop a Nuclear War, which is based on the book Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Ellsberg.
In extensive interviews with Jay for the feature, Ellsberg explains the “institutional madness” of American nuclear war plans and how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made the world far more dangerous, according to a synopsis by the filmmakers.
In a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Thompson said she had been fearful of nuclear weapons in her youth and participated in protests against their use, and feels a need to get active again.
“Making the connection between the climate crisis movement and the anti-nuclear movement has never been more essential.
- 1/31/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Character actress Alberta Watson passed away on Saturday due to cancer, her agent has reported. Watson was 60.
Watson began her acting career in Canada with national broadcaster CBC, gaining notice for a key role in the 1978 feature In Praise of Older Women. Watson went on to a variety of roles in movies such as 1981’s Black Mirror and 1983’s The Keep, as well as guest stints on shows such as Kane & Abel.
Watson got her first major television role in Buck James, following that up with guest appearances on shows such as The Equalizer and Street Legal. As the 90s came around, she became a more prominent fixture in television, appearing on shows such as Law & Order and The Outer Limits. Watson also appeared in David O. Russell’s 1994 feature Spanking the Monkey, garnering acclaim for her role of Susan Aibelli. She followed that up with roles in the 1995 feature Hackers,...
Watson began her acting career in Canada with national broadcaster CBC, gaining notice for a key role in the 1978 feature In Praise of Older Women. Watson went on to a variety of roles in movies such as 1981’s Black Mirror and 1983’s The Keep, as well as guest stints on shows such as Kane & Abel.
Watson got her first major television role in Buck James, following that up with guest appearances on shows such as The Equalizer and Street Legal. As the 90s came around, she became a more prominent fixture in television, appearing on shows such as Law & Order and The Outer Limits. Watson also appeared in David O. Russell’s 1994 feature Spanking the Monkey, garnering acclaim for her role of Susan Aibelli. She followed that up with roles in the 1995 feature Hackers,...
- 3/23/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Matt McGorry is on leave from Litchfield, so he can work the red carpet - literally. The Orange Is the New Black security guard is serving as this year's social media ambassador for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. One of McGorry's many important duties included rolling out the red carpet the day before the big night. Now, the event is set and the celebrities are arriving, but McGorry's job isn't over yet. The How to Get Away with Murder actor will be Tweeting, Instagramming and Facebooking behind-the-scenes moments from the SAGs. Fans can also keep an eye out for McGorry on the big stage,...
- 1/25/2015
- by Kelli Bender, @kbendernyc
- PEOPLE.com
If there's one thing we can all appreciate about Channing Tatum (note: there are actually many things), it's his charming willingness to poke fun at himself and his own silly action movies. He doesn't tread into disrespectful territory by any stretch, 'cause that's not cool, but he is willing to call it like it is here and there with a shrug and a smile that intones, "Sure, I made a cheesy, predictable, smash-'em-up-bang-bang movie, but you'll see it and you know it, and what's more is you'll love it."
Annnnd so here we go again with this weekend's over-the-top political action fare "White House Down," which is tracking only so-so but which has been marketing the stuffing out its lead's humor palette (Channing all over Tatums and such). As a last-minute nudge, Tatum hit up "Jimmy Kimmel Live" again last night to make a new video funny — this time positing...
Annnnd so here we go again with this weekend's over-the-top political action fare "White House Down," which is tracking only so-so but which has been marketing the stuffing out its lead's humor palette (Channing all over Tatums and such). As a last-minute nudge, Tatum hit up "Jimmy Kimmel Live" again last night to make a new video funny — this time positing...
- 6/28/2013
- by Amanda Bell
- NextMovie
"Spock, I do not know too much about these little Tribbles yet, but there is one thing that I have discovered. I like them … better than I like you." –Dr. McCoy, "Star Trek" (1967)
Greetings from the apocalypse! The trouble with Tribbles is not how cute they are but how much they multiply, or in the case of "Star Trek Into Darkness," the silly plot point for which they cameo. That's the only thing I'll spoil from that movie (besides that it stinks), but luckily there's some sweet alternatives this week that boldly go where no J.J. Abrams movie has gone before … coherence.
Friday, May 17
Pow! In Theaters
Oh boy. "Star Trek Into Dumbness" finally fulfills J.J. Abrams' five-year mission to run this franchise through a Cuisinart of stupidity. I would need a spoiler avalanche to make a proper case for how this sequel squanders classic characters and scenarios from...
Greetings from the apocalypse! The trouble with Tribbles is not how cute they are but how much they multiply, or in the case of "Star Trek Into Darkness," the silly plot point for which they cameo. That's the only thing I'll spoil from that movie (besides that it stinks), but luckily there's some sweet alternatives this week that boldly go where no J.J. Abrams movie has gone before … coherence.
Friday, May 17
Pow! In Theaters
Oh boy. "Star Trek Into Dumbness" finally fulfills J.J. Abrams' five-year mission to run this franchise through a Cuisinart of stupidity. I would need a spoiler avalanche to make a proper case for how this sequel squanders classic characters and scenarios from...
- 5/17/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Is Season 2 of "Homeland" over after just its fourth episode? Because really, where can they possibly go after the conclusion of "New Car Smell"?
That's a rhetorical question, of course, because "Homeland's" Emmy-winning executive producers, Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, seem to take a perverse pleasure in writing themselves into a corner. (Full disclosure: We've seen next week's episode and know just how brilliantly they succeed.)
Game Over: "You disgraced your nation, Sgt. Nicholas Brody: You're a traitor and a terrorist and now it's time that you pay for that," says reinstated CIA operative Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) before the congressman (Damian Lewis) is arrested. Once Saul (Mandy Patinkin) found Brody's suicide video it seemed this scene was bound to happen ... in the season finale! Instead, we were just as shocked as Carrie's colleagues watching the situation unfold via surveillance video.
Welcome Back, Virgil: The covert operation had...
That's a rhetorical question, of course, because "Homeland's" Emmy-winning executive producers, Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, seem to take a perverse pleasure in writing themselves into a corner. (Full disclosure: We've seen next week's episode and know just how brilliantly they succeed.)
Game Over: "You disgraced your nation, Sgt. Nicholas Brody: You're a traitor and a terrorist and now it's time that you pay for that," says reinstated CIA operative Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) before the congressman (Damian Lewis) is arrested. Once Saul (Mandy Patinkin) found Brody's suicide video it seemed this scene was bound to happen ... in the season finale! Instead, we were just as shocked as Carrie's colleagues watching the situation unfold via surveillance video.
Welcome Back, Virgil: The covert operation had...
- 10/22/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
We open on Air Force Three where Susan and Dougie are watching a TV news report on the American rescue of the Chinese sub off the coast of California, then we cut to the White House Situation Room where they’re watching the same but with U.S. Naval commentary because they sprung for the DirectTV Global Rescue Package.
In the hospital, T.J. is in sedation until all the cocaine is out of his system. So, they’re giving him drugs to help him recover from a drug overdose? Odd, isn’t it? (Excuse me while I go mix a vodka and tonic. Still feeling a little fuzzy from those bottomless mimosas at brunch.) Now, where was I? Oh yeah, Elaine wants to move T.J. into Casa Barrish so Margaret and Ann need to spruce the place up. Everyone decides to keep the overdose quiet, especially because Dougie...
In the hospital, T.J. is in sedation until all the cocaine is out of his system. So, they’re giving him drugs to help him recover from a drug overdose? Odd, isn’t it? (Excuse me while I go mix a vodka and tonic. Still feeling a little fuzzy from those bottomless mimosas at brunch.) Now, where was I? Oh yeah, Elaine wants to move T.J. into Casa Barrish so Margaret and Ann need to spruce the place up. Everyone decides to keep the overdose quiet, especially because Dougie...
- 8/13/2012
- by hbeach
- The Backlot
Of all the words I would use to describe Luck – gin-soaked, smoked-out, leathery, engrossing, beautiful – sweet is not among them. Until this week. One of Luck’s strongest suits is creating intimacy between characters - human, equine, or otherwise.
As they all strive toward their ultimate goals of revenge, redemption, or success, they attempt to forge connections, reaching out in a touching and desperate way that is underlined by the ultimate isolation of existence. If the characters can bond with someone or something for even just a moment, then the loneliness and fear is forgotten and the present becomes livable.
Who the characters choose to reach out to reveals a lot about who they are. Uptight and anxious, Marcus needs Jerry, who is spontaneous and risky. But their relationship is more than just opposites that attract. Each has to deal with an illness, which adds complexity and a dash of fatalism and inevitability to them.
As they all strive toward their ultimate goals of revenge, redemption, or success, they attempt to forge connections, reaching out in a touching and desperate way that is underlined by the ultimate isolation of existence. If the characters can bond with someone or something for even just a moment, then the loneliness and fear is forgotten and the present becomes livable.
Who the characters choose to reach out to reveals a lot about who they are. Uptight and anxious, Marcus needs Jerry, who is spontaneous and risky. But their relationship is more than just opposites that attract. Each has to deal with an illness, which adds complexity and a dash of fatalism and inevitability to them.
- 2/27/2012
- by lindseyckempton@gmail.com (Lindsey Kempton)
- TVfanatic
Patricia Rozema's 1995 film When Night is Falling followed the story of Camille, a "straight" woman who is trying to find happiness in the things that are going right for her. But when her dog dies and she meets an alluring circus performer at the laundromat, things begin to shift, and she can't tell if it's for better or for worse.
Whatever came of the actors and director behind the '90s circus-lesbian flick? We'll tell you!
Pascale Bussières as Camille, a professor at a religious university who falls for another woman
The redheaded French Canadian beauty has starred in several films in her home country, including another gay-themed film, Set Me Free (1999) and one called Replay, in which she was obsessed with her best friend. In more recent years, she's appeared on French TV shows Belle-Baie and Mirador, while continuing to make films. (She's starred in two that came out this year already.
Whatever came of the actors and director behind the '90s circus-lesbian flick? We'll tell you!
Pascale Bussières as Camille, a professor at a religious university who falls for another woman
The redheaded French Canadian beauty has starred in several films in her home country, including another gay-themed film, Set Me Free (1999) and one called Replay, in which she was obsessed with her best friend. In more recent years, she's appeared on French TV shows Belle-Baie and Mirador, while continuing to make films. (She's starred in two that came out this year already.
- 9/22/2011
- by Trish Bendix
- AfterEllen.com
If you know anything about video games you’ll know by now that La Noire is a detective thriller, set in 1940s Los Angeles and made by Rockstar – the same guys behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. You just might have heard that it was the first video game to bag a slot at the Robert De Nero’s Tribeca Film Festival, back in April. But what you most certainly know is that it boasts fantastic, hitherto unprecedented, motion capture for a video game. This development has enabled Rockstar’s Team Bondi to focus the bulk of the game around gauging the facial expressions of crime suspects.
This gameplay mechanic wouldn’t have been possible without the technology backing it up, as La Noire boasts frighteningly realistic and often incredibly subtle facial expressions. Yet Rockstar needed more than just technology if they were to create dozens of distinct...
This gameplay mechanic wouldn’t have been possible without the technology backing it up, as La Noire boasts frighteningly realistic and often incredibly subtle facial expressions. Yet Rockstar needed more than just technology if they were to create dozens of distinct...
- 5/26/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
We've all played games with the opposite sex growing up. From Doctor to Spin the Bottle to even simply just I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours. But what if one of those playful little games turned deadly? What if 7 Minutes in Heaven could lead you straight to hell?
According to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog Jj Abrams (pictured right) and his Bad Robot shingle are developing a thriller based on the teenage game of making out in the closet.
The project, named after the game 7 Minutes in Heaven, comes from an original idea by Jack Bender, who most recently directed the final episode of ABC’s “Lost.”
While plot details are being suppressed, it is known to focus on two teens who go into a closet as part of the titular game and find all their friends dead when they come back out.
That'll learn those young horny pricks!
According to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog Jj Abrams (pictured right) and his Bad Robot shingle are developing a thriller based on the teenage game of making out in the closet.
The project, named after the game 7 Minutes in Heaven, comes from an original idea by Jack Bender, who most recently directed the final episode of ABC’s “Lost.”
While plot details are being suppressed, it is known to focus on two teens who go into a closet as part of the titular game and find all their friends dead when they come back out.
That'll learn those young horny pricks!
- 8/18/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
DVD Playhouse—November 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—The Ultimate Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—The Ultimate Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
- 11/15/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Sex sells. If the average marketing campaign in the United States can convince you of anything, it’s that. Equal parts Kinsey and Ally McBeal, Show Me Yours dances along that fine line separating sexual promiscuity and exploration. So why didn’t Show Me Yours ever get the American attention such a sex-oriented feature would typically garner? Even after the first episode it’s abundantly clear that sex is the order of the day, after all, it’s at the dead center of the plot. For whatever reason, the age of Canadian-to-American television pipeline seems to have dried up. Show Me Yours may have found an American outlet via Oxygen (you know, the other channel aimed primarily at women), but it never found the audience it really deserved.
Dr. Kate Langford (Rachael Crawford) studies sex from the psychological angle. Her ideas are fresh and she even has a book deal in the works.
Dr. Kate Langford (Rachael Crawford) studies sex from the psychological angle. Her ideas are fresh and she even has a book deal in the works.
- 11/9/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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