As Paul Harvey used to say: And now, the rest of the story. “Unbroken: Path to Redemption” serves as a kinda-sorta sequel to “Unbroken,” Angelina Jolie’s harrowing 2014 drama about the War II experiences of Louis Zamperini, the Olympian distance runner and Army Air Forces bombardier who survived 47 days on a life raft after his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, then endured two years of merciless torture in a Japanese Pow camp. This follow-up — which, like its predecessor, is taken from Lauren Hillenbrand’s nonfiction best-seller “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” — focuses on Zamperini’s postwar struggles with alcoholism, crushing disappointment (an injury prevents him from competing in another Olympics), and recurring nightmares and hallucinations triggered by Ptsd.
There is a happy ending to the story — but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive nearly soon enough.
It would be unfair, and not entirely accurate,...
There is a happy ending to the story — but, unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive nearly soon enough.
It would be unfair, and not entirely accurate,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
If you want to watch '80s comedies "Clue," "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure," or "Annie," better hurry: They're leaving Netflix on April 1. And if you want to binge on "Friday The 13th," better do it before the end of the month as Jason and his many, many victims are also checking out on April 1.
Here's a complete list of the movies that Netflix is pulling from your streaming list. And, just so you're not left empty-handed, here's a list of what's new on Netflix in April 2015. (All titles and dates provided by Netflix and subject to change.)
Leaving April 1
"28 Hotel Rooms" (2012)
"Annie" (1982)
"Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous"
"Astonishing X-Men: Torn"
"Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable"
"Baby Genius: A Trip to The San Diego Zoo"
"Baby Genius: Animal Adventures"
"Chalet Girl" (2011)
"Clue" (1985)
"Color Splash Collection: Collection 1"
"Coneheads" (1993)
"Friday The 13th" (1980)
"Friday The 13th: Part 2" (1981)
"Friday The 13th: Part 3" (1982)
"Friday The 13th...
Here's a complete list of the movies that Netflix is pulling from your streaming list. And, just so you're not left empty-handed, here's a list of what's new on Netflix in April 2015. (All titles and dates provided by Netflix and subject to change.)
Leaving April 1
"28 Hotel Rooms" (2012)
"Annie" (1982)
"Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous"
"Astonishing X-Men: Torn"
"Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable"
"Baby Genius: A Trip to The San Diego Zoo"
"Baby Genius: Animal Adventures"
"Chalet Girl" (2011)
"Clue" (1985)
"Color Splash Collection: Collection 1"
"Coneheads" (1993)
"Friday The 13th" (1980)
"Friday The 13th: Part 2" (1981)
"Friday The 13th: Part 3" (1982)
"Friday The 13th...
- 3/18/2015
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Actors who are cast in a film together often posses a certain quality or look that make them suitable as co-stars. And in this world of sequels, prequels, remakes, and competing franchises, it can be those same characteristics that also make them fitting for the same roles. Here are ten sets of actors who had played, or ended up playing, the same character as their co-star - but in a different movie (with a couple of television series exceptions):
Vito Corleone - Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro both earned Oscars for their portrayals of Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy. Decades later, the two Vito Corleones starred together in the 2001 heist thriller The Score, which was directed by the voice of Yoda himself, Frank Oz — an offer they couldn't refuse, he must have made them.
Betty Ross - Liv Tyler,...
Vito Corleone - Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro both earned Oscars for their portrayals of Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy. Decades later, the two Vito Corleones starred together in the 2001 heist thriller The Score, which was directed by the voice of Yoda himself, Frank Oz — an offer they couldn't refuse, he must have made them.
Betty Ross - Liv Tyler,...
- 2/13/2015
- by Eli Reyes
- GeekTyrant
With hoards of paparazzi, smart phones and increasingly savvy social networks, the red carpet has become a minefield of sorts. Celebrities are never truly safe from the watchful eyes of the global media (just ask Julianne Moore).
But it wasn't always this way. Liv Tyler addresses this new Hollywood ethos -- specifically the requirement of professional help with hair, makeup and styling -- in her recent interview with Into The Gloss. Beauty norms have shifted significantly since the actress shot to fame in the '90s, and Liv is well aware of the ever-rising standards:
"Everything has changed so much in fashion and beauty since the '90s, when I was starting out ... I would go to things all the time where I did my own hair and makeup. Or, when I did 'Inventing the Abbotts' with Joaquin Phoenix, we were dating at the time, and I threw...
But it wasn't always this way. Liv Tyler addresses this new Hollywood ethos -- specifically the requirement of professional help with hair, makeup and styling -- in her recent interview with Into The Gloss. Beauty norms have shifted significantly since the actress shot to fame in the '90s, and Liv is well aware of the ever-rising standards:
"Everything has changed so much in fashion and beauty since the '90s, when I was starting out ... I would go to things all the time where I did my own hair and makeup. Or, when I did 'Inventing the Abbotts' with Joaquin Phoenix, we were dating at the time, and I threw...
- 5/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Biggest Asset: No one looks, sounds or moves anything like him. The Start: One of five children, Joaquin Phoenix started working as a child actor, joining older brother River in TV shows before getting cast in 1989's "Parenthood," for which he received much praise. He did not return to the big screen until 1995, when he starred in Gus Van Sant's "To Die For." Van Sant had directed River in 1991's "My Own Private Idado" before his death in 1993. "To Die For" kick-started Phoenix's adult career, with a leading role in Pat O'Connor's 'Inventing the Abbotts" and supporting role in Oliver Stone's "U Turn" following in 1997. Signature Quote: "No, I do more hip hop music...[audience laughter]...is this a joke?" - on The Letterman Show Body Of Work: After Joseph Ruben's "Return to Paradise" and David Dobkins' "Clay Pigeons," both in 1998 and with Vince...
- 9/18/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
In this weekend's "The Master," Joaquin Phoenix stars alongside Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman in a religious drama about a mentor who begins to question the motives and beliefs of his organization's leader. It's another Weinstein-produced film that could rack up tons of honors in the upcoming awards season.
Phoenix himself is no stranger to golden trophies. He picked up a Golden Globe for his performance as Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line," a role that also garnered him an Academy Award nomination. It seems pretty darn hard to pick a favorite film that Phoenix, who dabbled with retirement in a brief moment of madness, has made over the last 26 years. From indies like "Inventing the Abbotts" to blockbusters like "Gladiator," it's no question why his career has lasted so long in Hollywood.
Back when he was still going by Leaf — a pseudonym he picked out for himself to...
Phoenix himself is no stranger to golden trophies. He picked up a Golden Globe for his performance as Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line," a role that also garnered him an Academy Award nomination. It seems pretty darn hard to pick a favorite film that Phoenix, who dabbled with retirement in a brief moment of madness, has made over the last 26 years. From indies like "Inventing the Abbotts" to blockbusters like "Gladiator," it's no question why his career has lasted so long in Hollywood.
Back when he was still going by Leaf — a pseudonym he picked out for himself to...
- 9/14/2012
- by Joanna Varikos
- NextMovie
Director Sally Potter (Orlando) is rounding out the cast for her 60s anti-nuke flick and has tabbed American bombshell, Christina Hendricks to join the production. According to The Daily Mail, Hendricks will be joining Elle Fanning (Super 8), Alice Englert, and Alessandro Nivola (Inventing the Abbotts) when filming begins in February. Annette Bening is rumored for a part as well.
Bomb seems to be appropriately titled as the film takes place in 1960s London during the height of the anti-war movement and the sexual revolution.
Bomb seems to be appropriately titled as the film takes place in 1960s London during the height of the anti-war movement and the sexual revolution.
- 12/28/2011
- by Kerry Fleming
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Breast cancer has claimed the life of producer Laura Ziskin,who died Sunday at 61 years. Ms. Ziskin was well liked in a tough business. Some of her many accomplishments included being the first woman to produce the Academy Awards telecast alone in 2002. And then again, in 2007, Ziskin produced the first .green. Oscar ceremony. Most importantly, after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2004, she worked to create the Stand Up to Cancer initiative that network television supported, along with the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Ms. Ziskin was named president of Fox 2000 Pictures back in 1994, releasing Courage Under Fire, One Fine Day, Inventing the Abbotts, Volcano, Soul Food, Never Been Kissed, Fight Club, Anywhere but Here, Anna and the...
- 6/13/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
[1] Film producer and studio executive Laura Ziskin died [2] Sunday, succumbing to a seven-year battle with breast cancer. As one of Hollywood's most notable producers, Ziskin was a driving force behind films as varied and notable as Pretty Woman, Hero, As Good as It Gets, and the Spider-Man films. In addition, she was a vocal advocate for cancer research, co-founding Stand Up to Cancer in 2008. Ziskin was 61. Ziskin's long career began upon her graduation from USC's School of Cinematic Arts in 1973, when she took a job working for producer Jon Peters. She moved on to become a producer in the '80s. One of her first notable credits was Murphy's Romance in 1984, for she and partner Sally Field created the production company Fogwood Films. The film won James Garner an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1990, she produced one of the biggest films of her career -- Pretty Woman, still considered...
- 6/13/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Entertainment One will release the action comedy heist movie The Con Artist on DVD on June 14.
Rebecca Romijn helps Rossif Sutherland see the future in The Con Artist.
When ex-con Vince (Rossif Sutherland, Timeline) is forced back into stealing cars by a vicious crime boss (Donald Sutherland, The Mechanic), he finds solace wielding sculptures out of discarded auto parts. But after a sexy and calculating art dealer (Rebecca Romijn, TV’s Ugly Betty) discovers his talent, Vince finds himself torn between the art world and a criminal lifestyle.
Directed by noted casting director Risa Bramon Garcia (who directed the minor cult title 200 Cigarettes in 1999 when she was casting such films as Twister, Inventing the Abbotts, Speed 2 and Dead Presidents), the 2010 film is premiering on DVD.
In addition to the father-and-son team of Donald and Rossif Sutherland, The Con Artist also stars Sarah Roemer (Disturbia) and Russell Peters (Source Code)
Director...
Rebecca Romijn helps Rossif Sutherland see the future in The Con Artist.
When ex-con Vince (Rossif Sutherland, Timeline) is forced back into stealing cars by a vicious crime boss (Donald Sutherland, The Mechanic), he finds solace wielding sculptures out of discarded auto parts. But after a sexy and calculating art dealer (Rebecca Romijn, TV’s Ugly Betty) discovers his talent, Vince finds himself torn between the art world and a criminal lifestyle.
Directed by noted casting director Risa Bramon Garcia (who directed the minor cult title 200 Cigarettes in 1999 when she was casting such films as Twister, Inventing the Abbotts, Speed 2 and Dead Presidents), the 2010 film is premiering on DVD.
In addition to the father-and-son team of Donald and Rossif Sutherland, The Con Artist also stars Sarah Roemer (Disturbia) and Russell Peters (Source Code)
Director...
- 3/26/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Here’s the Joaquin Phoenix trailer. We’ll talk after. I was totally unaware before this trailer that Joaquin Phoenix had ever been a mountain top water drop. When was that? Was that during Inventing The Abbotts? Or Signs maybe? But I guess I would go nuts too if that guy with that voice ever had any conversation with me. Crazy Voice Guy: You are a water drop. Me: Yikes! I’m going to be a rapper and get super weird on Letterman. Thanks, Arianna Huffington.
- 8/17/2010
- by Noah Garfinkel
- BestWeekEver
Could Joaquin Phoenix really come out of his "retirement" to play Bruce Banner/The Hulk in The Avengers? The rumor of an offer, fresh after the news that Edward Norton would not return to the part, is sparking a lot of debate as well as suggestions for alternatives. While Phoenix is equally good at playing the good guy and the monstrously evil, I see him more suited for double duty in an actual Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adaptation than in this superhero role. Personally, I wouldn't mind them bring Eric Bana back, but thinking completely of new blood, here are five possible choices for The Hulk that would be more to my liking than Phoenix:
Billy Crudup
This first idea comes from Cinematical's own William Goss, via Twitter, and I agree the Almost Famous actor should be considered. He's already played a superhero with similar origins in Watchmen,...
Billy Crudup
This first idea comes from Cinematical's own William Goss, via Twitter, and I agree the Almost Famous actor should be considered. He's already played a superhero with similar origins in Watchmen,...
- 7/13/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
The first trailer for Jake Scott’s Welcome to the Rileys starring Kristen Stewart has debuted on Yahoo.
Kristen Stewart as Mallory in Welcome to the Rileys
Jake Scott, son of Ridley Scott, directed the movie from the screenplay written by actor and writer Ken Hixon (Inventing the Abbotts, City by the Sea).
The drama also stars James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo.
Here’s the official Plot Summary: Welcome to the Rileys is a powerful drama about finding hope in the most unusual of places. Once a happily married and loving couple, Doug and Lois Riley (James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo) have grown apart since losing their teenage daughter eight years prior.
Leaving his agoraphobic wife behind to go on a business trip to New Orleans, Doug meets a 17-year-old runaway (Kristen Stewart) and the two form a platonic bond. For Lois and Doug, what initially appears to be the...
Kristen Stewart as Mallory in Welcome to the Rileys
Jake Scott, son of Ridley Scott, directed the movie from the screenplay written by actor and writer Ken Hixon (Inventing the Abbotts, City by the Sea).
The drama also stars James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo.
Here’s the official Plot Summary: Welcome to the Rileys is a powerful drama about finding hope in the most unusual of places. Once a happily married and loving couple, Doug and Lois Riley (James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo) have grown apart since losing their teenage daughter eight years prior.
Leaving his agoraphobic wife behind to go on a business trip to New Orleans, Doug meets a 17-year-old runaway (Kristen Stewart) and the two form a platonic bond. For Lois and Doug, what initially appears to be the...
- 7/10/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Welcome to the Rileys premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and it wasn't that bad of a film. This is the movie where Twilight's Kristen Stewart plays a prostitute/stripper. This movie is going show off another side of Stewart in hopes that people will take her seriously as an actress. Who would of thought you had to play a whore to get some respect? Oh wait, this is Hollywood.
The movie was directed by music video director Jake Scott, whose directed some classic music videos such as Rem’s Everybody Hurts, Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees, The Cranberries’ When You’re Gone, as well as videos for Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Blind Melon, The Strokes, The Verve, U2 and more. Oh yeah! I almost forgot... he's also the son of filmmaker Ridley Scott! So he had a great freakin teacher.
The film was written by Ken Hixon...
The movie was directed by music video director Jake Scott, whose directed some classic music videos such as Rem’s Everybody Hurts, Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees, The Cranberries’ When You’re Gone, as well as videos for Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Blind Melon, The Strokes, The Verve, U2 and more. Oh yeah! I almost forgot... he's also the son of filmmaker Ridley Scott! So he had a great freakin teacher.
The film was written by Ken Hixon...
- 7/9/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
As with last year's "Monster's Ball," there's an aching sins-of-the-father theme running deeply through City by the Sea, an exceptionally acted, quietly affecting cop drama set against the decaying backdrop of the once bustling resort destination of Long Beach, Long Island.
Taking its cue from a 1997 Esquire magazine article by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael McAlary, the scenario concerns a veteran New York City homicide detective who finds himself having to do the right thing as both a law enforcer and a parent when a murder suspect turns out to be his estranged junkie son.
Despite an exceptional cast -- headed by Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand and James Franco -- that has been beautifully directed by Michael Caton-Jones, the picture's rather bleak subject matter makes for a tough sell for Warner Bros. Pictures, which, after the disastrous The Adventures of Pluto Nash and the anemic Blood Work, is looking to get back into the boxoffice groove.
De Niro, reuniting with his "This Boy's Life" director, is in fine, introspective form as Detective Vincent LaMarca, a man whose committed career with the NYPD has served to help block out a painful personal past.
His steady girlfriend, Michelle (McDormand), knows about an ex-wife (Patti LuPone) who lives back in Long Beach. But she's unaware of the young son he had left behind and of the emotionally distant LaMarca's own traumatic childhood -- his father was given the electric chair for kidnapping a baby from a wealthy family. The child accidentally suffocated in the back seat of his father's car while he was waiting for the ransom money.
But when LaMarca's now drug-addicted son, Joey (Franco), is at first implicated in the murder of a dealer and then is the prime suspect in a cop killing, his long-buried past comes back to haunt him, with the news media floating the notion of the existence of a "murder gene" that is passed down through the generations.
The turn of events has brought father and son face to face for the first time in 14 years, but the tricky outcome depends on the choices the elder LaMarca must make as a parent and an officer of the law.
What starts out as a generic, gritty crime thriller gets more interesting as it goes along as Caton-Jones and screenwriter Ken Hixon (Inventing the Abbotts) carefully add on all the layers of intrigue.
Hitting it all home in expertly modulated performances is a uniformly excellent cast. While De Niro and McDormand are a treat to watch together -- as fascinating for the choices they don't make as the ones they do -- the always interesting Franco, who made for such a convincing James Dean in the TNT movie of the same name, is equally believable as De Niro's son. He also manages to avoid the usual physical tics that go with the junkie turf.
Also doing fine work are LuPone, George Dzundza as De Niro's partner and Eliza Dushku (who also appeared in "This Boy's Life") as the struggling mother of Franco's young son.
On the technical end, cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub and production designer Jane Musky take effective advantage of the dilapidated seaside setting (with neighboring Asbury Park, N.J., subbing for the similarly shabby Long Beach), while John Murphy's low-key score gently rocks the emotional boat.
CITY BY THE SEA
Warner Bros. Pictures
Franchise Pictures presents a Brad Grey Pictures production
A film by Michael Caton- Jones
Credits: Director: Michael Caton-Jones; Screenwriter: Ken Hixon; Based on the article "Mark of a Murderer" by: Michael McAlary; Producers: Brad Grey, Elie Samaha, Michael Caton-Jones, Matthew Baer; Executive producers: Andrew Stevens, Dan Kores, Don Carmody, Roger Paradiso; Director of photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub; Production designer: Jane Musky; Editor: Jim Clark; Costume designer: Richard Owings; Music: John Murphy; Casting: Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond. Cast: Vincent LaMarca: Robert De Niro; Michelle: Frances McDormand; Joey LaMarca: James Franco; Gina: Eliza Dushku; Spyder: William Forsythe; Reginald Duffy: George Dzundza; Maggie: Patti LuPone.
MPAA rating R, running time 108 minutes.
Taking its cue from a 1997 Esquire magazine article by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael McAlary, the scenario concerns a veteran New York City homicide detective who finds himself having to do the right thing as both a law enforcer and a parent when a murder suspect turns out to be his estranged junkie son.
Despite an exceptional cast -- headed by Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand and James Franco -- that has been beautifully directed by Michael Caton-Jones, the picture's rather bleak subject matter makes for a tough sell for Warner Bros. Pictures, which, after the disastrous The Adventures of Pluto Nash and the anemic Blood Work, is looking to get back into the boxoffice groove.
De Niro, reuniting with his "This Boy's Life" director, is in fine, introspective form as Detective Vincent LaMarca, a man whose committed career with the NYPD has served to help block out a painful personal past.
His steady girlfriend, Michelle (McDormand), knows about an ex-wife (Patti LuPone) who lives back in Long Beach. But she's unaware of the young son he had left behind and of the emotionally distant LaMarca's own traumatic childhood -- his father was given the electric chair for kidnapping a baby from a wealthy family. The child accidentally suffocated in the back seat of his father's car while he was waiting for the ransom money.
But when LaMarca's now drug-addicted son, Joey (Franco), is at first implicated in the murder of a dealer and then is the prime suspect in a cop killing, his long-buried past comes back to haunt him, with the news media floating the notion of the existence of a "murder gene" that is passed down through the generations.
The turn of events has brought father and son face to face for the first time in 14 years, but the tricky outcome depends on the choices the elder LaMarca must make as a parent and an officer of the law.
What starts out as a generic, gritty crime thriller gets more interesting as it goes along as Caton-Jones and screenwriter Ken Hixon (Inventing the Abbotts) carefully add on all the layers of intrigue.
Hitting it all home in expertly modulated performances is a uniformly excellent cast. While De Niro and McDormand are a treat to watch together -- as fascinating for the choices they don't make as the ones they do -- the always interesting Franco, who made for such a convincing James Dean in the TNT movie of the same name, is equally believable as De Niro's son. He also manages to avoid the usual physical tics that go with the junkie turf.
Also doing fine work are LuPone, George Dzundza as De Niro's partner and Eliza Dushku (who also appeared in "This Boy's Life") as the struggling mother of Franco's young son.
On the technical end, cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub and production designer Jane Musky take effective advantage of the dilapidated seaside setting (with neighboring Asbury Park, N.J., subbing for the similarly shabby Long Beach), while John Murphy's low-key score gently rocks the emotional boat.
CITY BY THE SEA
Warner Bros. Pictures
Franchise Pictures presents a Brad Grey Pictures production
A film by Michael Caton- Jones
Credits: Director: Michael Caton-Jones; Screenwriter: Ken Hixon; Based on the article "Mark of a Murderer" by: Michael McAlary; Producers: Brad Grey, Elie Samaha, Michael Caton-Jones, Matthew Baer; Executive producers: Andrew Stevens, Dan Kores, Don Carmody, Roger Paradiso; Director of photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub; Production designer: Jane Musky; Editor: Jim Clark; Costume designer: Richard Owings; Music: John Murphy; Casting: Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond. Cast: Vincent LaMarca: Robert De Niro; Michelle: Frances McDormand; Joey LaMarca: James Franco; Gina: Eliza Dushku; Spyder: William Forsythe; Reginald Duffy: George Dzundza; Maggie: Patti LuPone.
MPAA rating R, running time 108 minutes.
- 8/26/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Unlike many of her other Hollywood counterparts, Jennifer Connelly is proud of the nude scenes she's done in past movies. The sunning brunette, currently starring as Russell Crowe's wife in A Beautiful Mind, took things to shocking proportions in the gritty art film Requiem For A Dream. In the movie, Jennifer treats viewers to a full-frontal nude scene and her character becomes a drug-addicted prostitute who performs a naked lesbian show, featuring a sex toy, for a roomful of cheering businessmen. And the screen star is happy with her racy past, explaining, "I don't regret anything. Those were formative experiences. I used to be shy and timid. I was a good kid and I wanted to be one, but it can lead to a reserve that can be a little hampering. It's been a gradual unleashing." The actress, who also bared her breasts and buttocks in Waking The Dead, Inventing The Abbotts and The Hot Spot, recently won a Golden Globe for her role as Alicia Nash in A Beautiful Mind.
- 1/22/2002
- WENN
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