To paraphrase all those singing nuns, how do you solve a problem like Jack Reacher? If you're Christopher McQuarrie, you hire your movie star pal, Tom Cruise (despite the actor's notable height difference from the character as depicted in author Lee Child's novels — more on that later), and make a fabulous, still-underseen '70s-style political thriller/neo-noir film. If you're showrunner Nick Santora, you develop a TV series for Prime Video, hire the biggest Mack truck-looking dude you can, and make "a sharp, self-aware action caper," as /Film's own Valerie Ettenhoffer described it.
However, if you're Edward Zwick, you team up with your old "The Last Samurai" cohort Cruise and attempt to follow up McQuarrie's film with something a little bit different, seeing if there may be more to Reacher beneath his brooding brutality. Sadly, this approach failed to connect with audiences when Zwick's film, "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,...
However, if you're Edward Zwick, you team up with your old "The Last Samurai" cohort Cruise and attempt to follow up McQuarrie's film with something a little bit different, seeing if there may be more to Reacher beneath his brooding brutality. Sadly, this approach failed to connect with audiences when Zwick's film, "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Milo Ventimiglia is opening up about the Heroes reboot and the possibility of a new revival. The actor also revealed why he won’t be auditioning for the Batman role in The Brave and the Bold film that James Gunn is working on as part of the new DC Universe he is constructing alongside Peter Safran.
In a new interview, the This Is Us alum was pessimistic about the idea of bringing back Heroes, the 2006 Tim Kring-created superhero series that aired on NBC for four seasons.
“I feel like I’ve been trained to say ‘never say never.’ But I think when they tried to bring back Heroes and reboot Heroes, it was a bit of a soft landing,” Ventimiglia said in an interview with ComicBook. “I don’t think that one’s gonna be revisited again.”
Ventimiglia played the role of Peter Petrelli, a hospice nurse who can mimic other people’s abilities.
In a new interview, the This Is Us alum was pessimistic about the idea of bringing back Heroes, the 2006 Tim Kring-created superhero series that aired on NBC for four seasons.
“I feel like I’ve been trained to say ‘never say never.’ But I think when they tried to bring back Heroes and reboot Heroes, it was a bit of a soft landing,” Ventimiglia said in an interview with ComicBook. “I don’t think that one’s gonna be revisited again.”
Ventimiglia played the role of Peter Petrelli, a hospice nurse who can mimic other people’s abilities.
- 2/13/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
No, the local Arcadia, Louisiana police weren’t kicking off the annual Purge. But to citizens already jittery from the Covid-19 virus, the eerie sound of the familiar siren from the horror film frayed nerves.
The Arcadia police, in an effort to remind the locals of a 9 Pm curfew, used an alarm that fans of horror classic The Purge instantly recognized. In the film and its series, the sound is used to kick off 12 hours of mayhem in which all crimes are legal, including murder and assault.
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Acadia Parish in Louisiana is currently under a 9 Pm to 6 Am curfew. Citizens are not to leave home, and could be cited if they do.
The Arcadia police, in an effort to remind the locals of a 9 Pm curfew, used an alarm that fans of horror classic The Purge instantly recognized. In the film and its series, the sound is used to kick off 12 hours of mayhem in which all crimes are legal, including murder and assault.
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Acadia Parish in Louisiana is currently under a 9 Pm to 6 Am curfew. Citizens are not to leave home, and could be cited if they do.
- 4/8/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Ben becomes an unwitting pop culture icon thanks to his inability to control Purging.
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The Purge Season 2 Episode 7
It wouldn't be The Purge without actual Purge content, and while the second season opened with America's night to murder, it appears as though it will close with that, too. An effective, violent book-end for the series seems to be a good idea. That's what people watch for, right? Even though the second season has been solidly entertaining and suspenseful, even without the threat of violence, what the world is here for is Purge Night, either figuratively in the terms of TV viewers or literally in terms of Purge tourists rolling into New Orleans with a booked hotel room, bodyguards, and guns.
In a way, focusing on the back story to a Purge night was a bold choice. The first season leaned heavily on violence,...
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This The Purge review contains spoilers.
The Purge Season 2 Episode 7
It wouldn't be The Purge without actual Purge content, and while the second season opened with America's night to murder, it appears as though it will close with that, too. An effective, violent book-end for the series seems to be a good idea. That's what people watch for, right? Even though the second season has been solidly entertaining and suspenseful, even without the threat of violence, what the world is here for is Purge Night, either figuratively in the terms of TV viewers or literally in terms of Purge tourists rolling into New Orleans with a booked hotel room, bodyguards, and guns.
In a way, focusing on the back story to a Purge night was a bold choice. The first season leaned heavily on violence,...
- 11/27/2019
- Den of Geek
The Goldbergs are going on vacay with some special guest stars this fall.
The ABC comedy’s Season 7 premiere — an homage to National Lampoon’s Vacation — will feature Anthony Michael Hall and Christie Brinkley in unspecified roles, it was announced Monday. Hall co-starred in the 1983 film as Russell “Rusty” Griswold, while Brinkley appeared as the Girl in the Red Ferrari.
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In the episode,...
The ABC comedy’s Season 7 premiere — an homage to National Lampoon’s Vacation — will feature Anthony Michael Hall and Christie Brinkley in unspecified roles, it was announced Monday. Hall co-starred in the 1983 film as Russell “Rusty” Griswold, while Brinkley appeared as the Girl in the Red Ferrari.
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In the episode,...
- 8/5/2019
- TVLine.com
Rochelle Aytes (Mistresses) and Danika Yarosh (Greenhouse Academy) are set to recur in Season 2 of USA Network series The Purge, from Blumhouse Television and Ucp.
Based on the movie franchise, the series revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Set in an altered America ruled by a totalitarian political party, Season 1 followed several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. As the clock winds down, they are forced to reckon with their past as they discover how far they will go to survive the night. Derek Luke, Max Martini, Joel Allen and Paola Nunez,
Aytes will play Michelle Moore, a woman who must rebuild her world after her peaceful existence is shattered when an assassin breaks into her and her husband Marcus’ (Luke) home on Purge night. Yarosh is set as Kelen Stewart, a college student who tries to help her boyfriend Ben (Joel...
Based on the movie franchise, the series revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Set in an altered America ruled by a totalitarian political party, Season 1 followed several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. As the clock winds down, they are forced to reckon with their past as they discover how far they will go to survive the night. Derek Luke, Max Martini, Joel Allen and Paola Nunez,
Aytes will play Michelle Moore, a woman who must rebuild her world after her peaceful existence is shattered when an assassin breaks into her and her husband Marcus’ (Luke) home on Purge night. Yarosh is set as Kelen Stewart, a college student who tries to help her boyfriend Ben (Joel...
- 8/5/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Purge will return to USA Network for season 2 in October.
The Purge season 2 will continue to terrify citizens everywhere on USA Network. The network confirmed The Purge Season 2 renewal, another sign of the network's continued commitment to scripted genre programming. Who would have thought that a series of subversive b-movies would spark a successful TV series, right?
The first season was executive produced by James DeMonaco (the creator of the franchise and director of all but one of the films) and Thomas Kelly, who served as the showrunner. Presumably DeMonaco, ringmaster of all things Purge related, will return for The Purge Season 2.
Here is everything we know about The Purge season 2.
The Purge Season 2 Release Date
The Purge Season 2 will premiere on USA Network on Tuesday, October 15.
The Purge Season 2 Trailer
The Purge season 2 trailer is here! "Without the Purge, this is what our world could look like everyday.
The Purge will return to USA Network for season 2 in October.
The Purge season 2 will continue to terrify citizens everywhere on USA Network. The network confirmed The Purge Season 2 renewal, another sign of the network's continued commitment to scripted genre programming. Who would have thought that a series of subversive b-movies would spark a successful TV series, right?
The first season was executive produced by James DeMonaco (the creator of the franchise and director of all but one of the films) and Thomas Kelly, who served as the showrunner. Presumably DeMonaco, ringmaster of all things Purge related, will return for The Purge Season 2.
Here is everything we know about The Purge season 2.
The Purge Season 2 Release Date
The Purge Season 2 will premiere on USA Network on Tuesday, October 15.
The Purge Season 2 Trailer
The Purge season 2 trailer is here! "Without the Purge, this is what our world could look like everyday.
- 11/6/2018
- Den of Geek
Danika Yarosh (Back Roads) is set as a series regular in the upcoming third season of Netflix’s tween series Greenhouse Academy in a recasting.
Yarosh takes over over the role of Brooke Osmond, played by Grace Van Dien in the first two seasons. Van Dien is exiting for a series regular role in NBC’s The Village, which was picked up to series for a midseason premiere.
Created by Giora Chamizer, Greenhouse Academy is set at an elite Southern California boarding school where students from two rival dormitories combine forces to thwart an evil plot.
Yarosh’s Osmond is the Head Master’s daughter.
Greenhouse Academy is co-written by Chamizer and Paula Yoo. Nutz Productions, a subsidiary of Ananey Communications, produces the series for Netflix.
Yarosh was most recently seen on the big screen in Back Roads, Alex Pettyfer’s feature film directorial debut. Her TV credits include Heroes Reborn,...
Yarosh takes over over the role of Brooke Osmond, played by Grace Van Dien in the first two seasons. Van Dien is exiting for a series regular role in NBC’s The Village, which was picked up to series for a midseason premiere.
Created by Giora Chamizer, Greenhouse Academy is set at an elite Southern California boarding school where students from two rival dormitories combine forces to thwart an evil plot.
Yarosh’s Osmond is the Head Master’s daughter.
Greenhouse Academy is co-written by Chamizer and Paula Yoo. Nutz Productions, a subsidiary of Ananey Communications, produces the series for Netflix.
Yarosh was most recently seen on the big screen in Back Roads, Alex Pettyfer’s feature film directorial debut. Her TV credits include Heroes Reborn,...
- 9/4/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, FandangoNOW, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical The Miracle Season Tully Overboard Final Portrait (biographical drama about Swiss painter-sculptor Alberto Giacometti; Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clémence Poésy; rated R) Anything (romantic...
- 7/31/2018
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
Glee alum Heather Morris is attached to star in the indie dance film, Back To 1, along with Drew Seeley (Another Cinderella Story) and Mekia Cox. Doug Penikas is directing the film from a script he wrote. It follows a principle ballerina who, before her debut, suffers a career-ending injury and must find a new life outside the world of dance. But when she befriends a gifted local composer, together they encourage each other to get back to 1. More Brandy Productions is producing the pic, which will feature original music by composer Bryan Arata with lyrics by Douglas Lyons, and choreography by Emmy-winners Bonnie Story and Chucky Klapow.
Actress Danika Yarosh has been cast in the Svetlana Cvetko-directed drama, Foreign Exchange, opposite Teri Polo and Dylan Walsh. Written by Chris Sivertson, the story follows Ana, an exchange...
Actress Danika Yarosh has been cast in the Svetlana Cvetko-directed drama, Foreign Exchange, opposite Teri Polo and Dylan Walsh. Written by Chris Sivertson, the story follows Ana, an exchange...
- 5/4/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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Blockers [my review]
Kay Cannon directs this ensemble comedy about parents and their teen daughters. Costarring Leslie Mann, Kathryn Newton, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Gideon Adlon. (male screenwriters)
The Miracle Season [IMDb] pictured
Elissa Matsueda cowrites the screenplay of the sports drama about a high-school girls’ volleyball team that must come together to win a championship after a tragedy. Starring Helen Hunt, Tiera Skovbye, Erin Moriarty, and Danika Yarosh. (male director)
A Quiet Place [my review]
Emily Blunt and Millicent Simmonds costar as the mother and daughter of a small family trying to survive a monster apocalypse. (male writers and director)
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You Were Never Really Here [IMDb]
Lynne Ramsay writes and directs this thriller about a (male) veteran who rescues underage girls from sex trafficking.
Where Is Kyra? [IMDb]
Michelle Pfeiffer stars in this drama as a woman rapidly descending into poverty. Cowritten by Darci Picoult. (male director)
Shelter [IMDb]
Golshifteh Farahani and Neta Riskin star...
Blockers [my review]
Kay Cannon directs this ensemble comedy about parents and their teen daughters. Costarring Leslie Mann, Kathryn Newton, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Gideon Adlon. (male screenwriters)
The Miracle Season [IMDb] pictured
Elissa Matsueda cowrites the screenplay of the sports drama about a high-school girls’ volleyball team that must come together to win a championship after a tragedy. Starring Helen Hunt, Tiera Skovbye, Erin Moriarty, and Danika Yarosh. (male director)
A Quiet Place [my review]
Emily Blunt and Millicent Simmonds costar as the mother and daughter of a small family trying to survive a monster apocalypse. (male writers and director)
limited
You Were Never Really Here [IMDb]
Lynne Ramsay writes and directs this thriller about a (male) veteran who rescues underage girls from sex trafficking.
Where Is Kyra? [IMDb]
Michelle Pfeiffer stars in this drama as a woman rapidly descending into poverty. Cowritten by Darci Picoult. (male director)
Shelter [IMDb]
Golshifteh Farahani and Neta Riskin star...
- 4/6/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Once more the multiplex turns into a “rec center” for another sports-themed flick (after all, the Olympic torch was extinguished more than a month ago). Oh, and this is another “inspired by true events’ athletic film, which usually means a tale of tragedy and ultimate triumph. It’s been a winning movie formula for decades, from The Pride Of The Yankees to We Are Marshall to 2016’s Bleed For This. Fate throws a curve at a plucky young athlete, forcing them to pick up the pieces and return to the arena (or field, or ring, etc.) by sheer force of will along with a winning spirit and attitude. Sure, there are countless docudramas set in the competitive worlds of baseball, football, basketball, even soccer. This new release highlights a sport rarely seen in feature films, aside from bits in bikini beach fluff and that Top Gun shirtless hunk fantasy, namely...
- 4/5/2018
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Evidenced by closing-credits photographs and footage of the real athletes and adults involved, “The Miracle Season” could have worked powerfully as a documentary. But as a faith-based re-enactment of Iowa high school students rallying for a second championship volleyball season after suffering an unimaginable personal loss, Sean McNamara’s film barely qualifies as a story at all — except where dramatic license was conspicuously taken to make sure it adhered to almost every cliché in the sports-movie playbook.
Danika Yarosh (“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”) plays Caroline “Line” Found, an effervescent, beloved, boundlessly energetic senior at Iowa City West High School. As captain of the women’s volleyball team, she led them to victory as a junior, and considers back-to-back championships an inevitable fulfillment of their athletic destiny, especially after dedicating their season to her ailing mother, Ellyn (Jillian Fargey, “Bates Motel”).
But when Line dies in a scooter accident the night after their first game, her best friend, Kelly (Erin Moriarty, “Captain Fantastic”), and the rest of the team are devastated, and not even Kathy “Coach Bres” Bresnahan (Helen Hunt), their stern, no-nonsense coach, can rekindle their love for the game.
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Coach Bres eventually tasks Kelly with the responsibility of rallying her teammates, despite Kelly’s reservations over whether she can fill Line’s shoes as team captain. But after scoring their first victory, the team decides to dedicate its season to her and to follow through with their tribute by overcoming those early losses to win another state championship on her behalf.
Movies like are typically so saccharine that audiences end up with a cavity by the final scene, but the only way in which “The Miracle Season” distinguishes itself is by being so clean-cut and wholesome that it makes a Noxzema commercial seem gritty by comparison. (It features possibly the only scene in movie history where a group of otherwise unsupervised teenagers are actively disappointed that the only attending parent, who was performing magic, no less, decides to turn in for the night.)
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McNamara, who directed “Soul Surfer,” exerts a light touch on the spiritual themes — worry not, those of ye who are uncertain whether Line’s father, Ernie, played effortlessly by William Hurt, will reconcile with God after losing his daughter and his wife within two weeks of one another — but in this case, that’s a bad thing: There are no other themes to replace them, leaving only the wheezing machinery of a sports underdog story in which the team is comprised of title-winning athletes.
Portraying a real-life teenager, much less such a revered one as Found, was no doubt a challenge for Yarosh, but I’m not fully sure her “more is more” approach to the role turns the character’s charm offensive into actual charm. Moriarty, on the other hand, wrestles with more emotion than her co-star, but despite the appealing balance of reluctance and determination she brings to Kelly, she occasionally seems adrift in the formulaic adversity thrown into her path to make their journey seem not quite as predestined from the first frame.
Meanwhile, Hunt throws her all into the coach who learns how to feel again by coaching these grieving young women to victory, but Midwest mannerisms (like repeatedly calling Line, and later Kelly, “cap’n”) disrupt what never seems to settle into a consistent take on the character. Does Bres struggle with literally any emotion? Did Line’s death specifically affect her? Or is there an additional or other back story, hinted at in her opening scene, that we don’t know about?
And as Ernie, Hurt supplies unsurprising volumes of gravitas and vulnerability, but the work is all so simple and surface-level for a guy capable of such powerful depths that none of it resonates particularly deeply.
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There’s also a love interest for Kelly, a hunky Anson Elgort type played by Burkely Duffield (“Warcraft”) who, in an almost refreshing reversal, has literally nothing to do except look good and blandly support his lady. But otherwise, the film isn’t interested in challenging conventional expectations, or much of anything else; last year’s nonfiction “Step,” by comparison, chronicled the adversity of a group of reigning champions with much more complexity, and consequently, emotional heft.
Ultimately, “The Miracle Season” mistakes an inspiring true story for one that needs or deserves to be told cinematically; it isn’t awful, but it’s not a film, it’s a tribute, and unfortunately, one to the memory of a young woman who would be better honored by people actually “living like Line” than watching a formulaic, fictionalized retelling of her community learning what that means.
Read original story ‘The Miracle Season’ Film Review: Volleyball Drama Serves Few Dramatic Spikes At TheWrap...
Danika Yarosh (“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”) plays Caroline “Line” Found, an effervescent, beloved, boundlessly energetic senior at Iowa City West High School. As captain of the women’s volleyball team, she led them to victory as a junior, and considers back-to-back championships an inevitable fulfillment of their athletic destiny, especially after dedicating their season to her ailing mother, Ellyn (Jillian Fargey, “Bates Motel”).
But when Line dies in a scooter accident the night after their first game, her best friend, Kelly (Erin Moriarty, “Captain Fantastic”), and the rest of the team are devastated, and not even Kathy “Coach Bres” Bresnahan (Helen Hunt), their stern, no-nonsense coach, can rekindle their love for the game.
Also Read: 'Mad About You': Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt in Talks for Revival Limited Series
Coach Bres eventually tasks Kelly with the responsibility of rallying her teammates, despite Kelly’s reservations over whether she can fill Line’s shoes as team captain. But after scoring their first victory, the team decides to dedicate its season to her and to follow through with their tribute by overcoming those early losses to win another state championship on her behalf.
Movies like are typically so saccharine that audiences end up with a cavity by the final scene, but the only way in which “The Miracle Season” distinguishes itself is by being so clean-cut and wholesome that it makes a Noxzema commercial seem gritty by comparison. (It features possibly the only scene in movie history where a group of otherwise unsupervised teenagers are actively disappointed that the only attending parent, who was performing magic, no less, decides to turn in for the night.)
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McNamara, who directed “Soul Surfer,” exerts a light touch on the spiritual themes — worry not, those of ye who are uncertain whether Line’s father, Ernie, played effortlessly by William Hurt, will reconcile with God after losing his daughter and his wife within two weeks of one another — but in this case, that’s a bad thing: There are no other themes to replace them, leaving only the wheezing machinery of a sports underdog story in which the team is comprised of title-winning athletes.
Portraying a real-life teenager, much less such a revered one as Found, was no doubt a challenge for Yarosh, but I’m not fully sure her “more is more” approach to the role turns the character’s charm offensive into actual charm. Moriarty, on the other hand, wrestles with more emotion than her co-star, but despite the appealing balance of reluctance and determination she brings to Kelly, she occasionally seems adrift in the formulaic adversity thrown into her path to make their journey seem not quite as predestined from the first frame.
Meanwhile, Hunt throws her all into the coach who learns how to feel again by coaching these grieving young women to victory, but Midwest mannerisms (like repeatedly calling Line, and later Kelly, “cap’n”) disrupt what never seems to settle into a consistent take on the character. Does Bres struggle with literally any emotion? Did Line’s death specifically affect her? Or is there an additional or other back story, hinted at in her opening scene, that we don’t know about?
And as Ernie, Hurt supplies unsurprising volumes of gravitas and vulnerability, but the work is all so simple and surface-level for a guy capable of such powerful depths that none of it resonates particularly deeply.
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There’s also a love interest for Kelly, a hunky Anson Elgort type played by Burkely Duffield (“Warcraft”) who, in an almost refreshing reversal, has literally nothing to do except look good and blandly support his lady. But otherwise, the film isn’t interested in challenging conventional expectations, or much of anything else; last year’s nonfiction “Step,” by comparison, chronicled the adversity of a group of reigning champions with much more complexity, and consequently, emotional heft.
Ultimately, “The Miracle Season” mistakes an inspiring true story for one that needs or deserves to be told cinematically; it isn’t awful, but it’s not a film, it’s a tribute, and unfortunately, one to the memory of a young woman who would be better honored by people actually “living like Line” than watching a formulaic, fictionalized retelling of her community learning what that means.
Read original story ‘The Miracle Season’ Film Review: Volleyball Drama Serves Few Dramatic Spikes At TheWrap...
- 4/5/2018
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Wrap
“The Miracle Season” is a religious sports film — and by that, I don’t just mean that it’s a drama sprinkled with faith-based fairy dust (though you don’t have to look hard between the lines to see that it is). I mean that it’s a movie of fundamentalist feel-good fervor.
Set in 2011, it’s based on the true story of a high-school girls’ volleyball team — the West High Trojans of Iowa City — who won the state championship two years in a row, and it’s all about how they took their inspiration from tragedy. Just as that second season was getting under way, the team’s star center and most popular player, a 17-year-old senior named Caroline Found (known by her nickname, “Line”), was killed in an accident while driving a moped. Caroline, by all accounts, was a highly adored student: fiery, virtuous, charismatic, good. Her disconsolate...
Set in 2011, it’s based on the true story of a high-school girls’ volleyball team — the West High Trojans of Iowa City — who won the state championship two years in a row, and it’s all about how they took their inspiration from tragedy. Just as that second season was getting under way, the team’s star center and most popular player, a 17-year-old senior named Caroline Found (known by her nickname, “Line”), was killed in an accident while driving a moped. Caroline, by all accounts, was a highly adored student: fiery, virtuous, charismatic, good. Her disconsolate...
- 4/5/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
In the battle between SXSW world premieres, Paramount’s silent horror thriller A Quiet Place is set to open in the top spot with a mid-$20M start, a debut that’s in line with the studio’s 10 Cloverfield Lane ($24.7M) two years ago.
The film directed by and starring John Krasinski alongside wife Emily Blunt follows a family on a rural farm who are forced to live in a life of silence due to a looming vicious threat around them. Much like Ready Player One, A Quiet Place received an enthusiastic response in Austin, with the film currently boasting a 98% fresh score with critics. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes produced the pic, which was made for a net cost of $17M. A Quiet Place will play in about 3,490 theaters, with previews starting at 7 Pm Thursday. Interest and first choice skews to the younger under-25 quadrants, with young females outpacing young guys in first choice.
The film directed by and starring John Krasinski alongside wife Emily Blunt follows a family on a rural farm who are forced to live in a life of silence due to a looming vicious threat around them. Much like Ready Player One, A Quiet Place received an enthusiastic response in Austin, with the film currently boasting a 98% fresh score with critics. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes produced the pic, which was made for a net cost of $17M. A Quiet Place will play in about 3,490 theaters, with previews starting at 7 Pm Thursday. Interest and first choice skews to the younger under-25 quadrants, with young females outpacing young guys in first choice.
- 4/4/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
While sci-fi epics and action-adventures have dominated theaters over the past few months, two fresh genres are looking to shake things up at the domestic box office.
Horror thriller “A Quiet Place” and R-rated comedy “Blockers” are expected to have solid openings this weekend, with the former likely to take the crown.
Paramount Pictures’ “A Quiet Place” — John Krasinski’s third directorial effort and first for a major studio — could launch to as much as $30 million from 3,200 locations, but other estimates are in the low-$20 millions. The film, which opened at South by Southwest to rave reviews, currently boasts a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
“The Office” star Krasinski co-wrote the movie and stars alongside his real-life wife, Emily Blunt. The pic follows a family of four who must live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Another title hoping to translate SXSW enthusiasm into box office success is Universal’s “Blockers.
Horror thriller “A Quiet Place” and R-rated comedy “Blockers” are expected to have solid openings this weekend, with the former likely to take the crown.
Paramount Pictures’ “A Quiet Place” — John Krasinski’s third directorial effort and first for a major studio — could launch to as much as $30 million from 3,200 locations, but other estimates are in the low-$20 millions. The film, which opened at South by Southwest to rave reviews, currently boasts a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
“The Office” star Krasinski co-wrote the movie and stars alongside his real-life wife, Emily Blunt. The pic follows a family of four who must live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Another title hoping to translate SXSW enthusiasm into box office success is Universal’s “Blockers.
- 4/3/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
"If we can win one game, shouldn't we try?" Nothing like an inspirational sports movie to make everything better, right? Ld Entertainment has debuted a second trailer for a true story movie called The Miracle Season, about a high school girls' volleyball team that had to overcome a tragic loss of one of their players. The cast of the film is lead by Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Danika Yarosh, Erin Moriarty, as well as Tiera Skovbye and Nesta Cooper. The Miracle Season is based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls' volleyball team. In 2011, their star player Caroline Found tragically died in a moped accident, but the team (and town) came together and overcame the hardship to win the season. The story was already profiled on HBO's "Real Sports" series, but this looks like an emotional sports drama maybe worth a watch. Here's the second official...
- 3/16/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sneak Peek more new images, plus footage from the PG-rated volleyball sports drama "The Miracle Season", directed by Sean McNamara, starring Tiera Skovbye, Danika Yarosh and Helen Hunt, opening April 13, 2018:
"...after the death of star volleyball player 'Caroline Found', a team of dispirited high school girls must band together...
"...under the guidance of their tough-love coach...
"...in hopes of winning the state championship..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Miracle Season"...
"...after the death of star volleyball player 'Caroline Found', a team of dispirited high school girls must band together...
"...under the guidance of their tough-love coach...
"...in hopes of winning the state championship..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Miracle Season"...
- 1/24/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from the PG-rated volleyball sports drama "The Miracle Season", directed by Sean McNamara, starring Tiera Skovbye, Danika Yarosh and Helen Hunt, opening April 13, 2018:
"...after the death of star volleyball player 'Caroline Found', a team of dispirited high school girls must band together...
"...under the guidance of their tough-love coach...
"...in hopes of winning the state championship..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Miracle Season"...
"...after the death of star volleyball player 'Caroline Found', a team of dispirited high school girls must band together...
"...under the guidance of their tough-love coach...
"...in hopes of winning the state championship..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Miracle Season"...
- 12/23/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
A teammate they’ll never forget. A season they never expected.
Ld Entertainment has just released the official trailer for The Miracle Season. The film is based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls’ volleyball team. After the tragic death of the school’s star player Caroline “Line” Found, the remaining players must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
The film stars Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Erin Moriarty and Danika Yarosh.
Watch the new trailer now.
Based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls’ volleyball team. After the tragic death of the school’s star player Caroline “Line” Found, the remaining team players must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hope of winning the state championship.
The Miracle Season opens in theaters everywhere on April 13, 2018.
The Miracle Season:
Website: miracleseason.
Ld Entertainment has just released the official trailer for The Miracle Season. The film is based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls’ volleyball team. After the tragic death of the school’s star player Caroline “Line” Found, the remaining players must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
The film stars Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Erin Moriarty and Danika Yarosh.
Watch the new trailer now.
Based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls’ volleyball team. After the tragic death of the school’s star player Caroline “Line” Found, the remaining team players must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hope of winning the state championship.
The Miracle Season opens in theaters everywhere on April 13, 2018.
The Miracle Season:
Website: miracleseason.
- 12/14/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"How is the team looking?" Ld Entertainment has debuted a trailer for a true story film titled The Miracle Season, about a high school girls' volleyball team that had to overcome a tragic loss of one of their players. The cast of the film is lead by Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Danika Yarosh, Erin Moriarty, as well as Tiera Skovbye and Nesta Cooper. The Miracle Season is based on the inspiring true story of West High School girls' volleyball team. In 2011, their star player Caroline Found tragically died in a moped accident, but the team (and the entire town) came together and overcame the odds. The story was already profiled on HBO's "Real Sports" series, but this is the feature film version. The title reminds me of The Winning Season, but this is probably closer to We Are Marshall than anything else. Another inspiring sports story to enjoy. Here's the...
- 12/14/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
This week's episode of Chicago Pd was not the episode to watch if you wanted to feel good about the world. Or if you had fond memories of your teenage years. In general, Chicago Pd Season 4 Episode 13 was a downer all the way around.
"I Remember Her Now" told a bleak story about a facility for troubled girls that had been turned into a prostitution ring by an opportunistic resident and an equally deplorable security supervisor. It's the kind of story that's been used on crime dramas before, and it's depressing every single time.
It even had the whole speech from the perpetrator about how she should actually be appreciated for giving her victims a better life, because it's not as if the police care. You've seen and heard this before - maybe not this exact plot but at least one that's similarly about abusing the less fortunate.
And chances...
"I Remember Her Now" told a bleak story about a facility for troubled girls that had been turned into a prostitution ring by an opportunistic resident and an equally deplorable security supervisor. It's the kind of story that's been used on crime dramas before, and it's depressing every single time.
It even had the whole speech from the perpetrator about how she should actually be appreciated for giving her victims a better life, because it's not as if the police care. You've seen and heard this before - maybe not this exact plot but at least one that's similarly about abusing the less fortunate.
And chances...
- 2/9/2017
- by Brittany Frederick
- TVfanatic
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Closet Monster (Stephen Dunn)
Writer/director Stephen Dunn’s feature debut Closet Monster cares little about convention to tell the story of Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) growing up with a psychological revulsion to his sexual urges, all thanks to an extremely disturbing event witnessed as a child. This prologue glimpse at his youth (played by Jack Fulton) is a mash-up of tough coming-of-age-dramatics and a dark-edged imaginative whimsy that intrigues to draw you closer.
Closet Monster (Stephen Dunn)
Writer/director Stephen Dunn’s feature debut Closet Monster cares little about convention to tell the story of Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) growing up with a psychological revulsion to his sexual urges, all thanks to an extremely disturbing event witnessed as a child. This prologue glimpse at his youth (played by Jack Fulton) is a mash-up of tough coming-of-age-dramatics and a dark-edged imaginative whimsy that intrigues to draw you closer.
- 1/20/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Tom Cruise returns as the taciturn hero in a single-minded adventure with a bland supporting cast
Never Go Back isn’t the most auspicious subtitle for a sequel, but Tom Cruise returns with reasonable honour as Lee Child’s taciturn ex-army drifter-cum-Übermensch-without-portfolio. Jack Reacher, directed by Christopher McQuarrie four years ago, was admirably to the point, and this follow-up by dependable veteran Edward Zwick (Legends of the Fall, The Last Samurai) is similarly fat-free. Admittedly, it’s also a touch flavour-free, but it applies itself to telling its story single-mindedly, with a minimum of digression and frills. Here, Reacher teams up with a plucky teen (Danika Yarosh) and a Us army major (Cobie Smulders, from Agents of Shield et al) who’s been targeted by a nefarious Halliburton-esque corporation. They all run a lot, but you can tell that this franchise has been set up as a way for Cruise...
Never Go Back isn’t the most auspicious subtitle for a sequel, but Tom Cruise returns with reasonable honour as Lee Child’s taciturn ex-army drifter-cum-Übermensch-without-portfolio. Jack Reacher, directed by Christopher McQuarrie four years ago, was admirably to the point, and this follow-up by dependable veteran Edward Zwick (Legends of the Fall, The Last Samurai) is similarly fat-free. Admittedly, it’s also a touch flavour-free, but it applies itself to telling its story single-mindedly, with a minimum of digression and frills. Here, Reacher teams up with a plucky teen (Danika Yarosh) and a Us army major (Cobie Smulders, from Agents of Shield et al) who’s been targeted by a nefarious Halliburton-esque corporation. They all run a lot, but you can tell that this franchise has been set up as a way for Cruise...
- 10/23/2016
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
Chicago – The title of Tom Cruise’s second Jack Reacher adventure has almost prophetic ring to it – but we all would have been better off if the writers, and director and star of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” had heeded the advice. This film seems more like one of those bargain-bin-just-barely-released thrillers than a major studio action movie.
Rating: 1.5/5.0
In his “Mission Impossible” films we’ve come to expect crazy stunts and relentless intensity from Cruise as he runs all over the world. In “Jack Reacher 2,” Tom Cruise brings his steely intensity, but there’s not much else. Instead, we get a cruddy and cheap looking series of modest chase scenes through tax-friendly shooting locations.The first half hour or so is comprised almost entirely of a scenic tour of seedy motels and cheap diners, as the title character hitchhikes among the amber waves of grain of the good ol U.
Rating: 1.5/5.0
In his “Mission Impossible” films we’ve come to expect crazy stunts and relentless intensity from Cruise as he runs all over the world. In “Jack Reacher 2,” Tom Cruise brings his steely intensity, but there’s not much else. Instead, we get a cruddy and cheap looking series of modest chase scenes through tax-friendly shooting locations.The first half hour or so is comprised almost entirely of a scenic tour of seedy motels and cheap diners, as the title character hitchhikes among the amber waves of grain of the good ol U.
- 10/22/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Left to right: Tom Cruise plays Jack Reacher and Cobie Smulders plays Turner in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. Photo by David James. © 2016 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
Tom Cruise brings back his military action character Jack Reacher in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. With Edward Zwick directing, Cruise delivers his signature brand of action with little touches of humor and romance, in this second movie in what appears to be a franchise based on Lee Child’s action thriller books. Cruise’s return as Reacher should please his loyal fans, although other moviegoers will find little that stands out in this standard action film.
One thing that does offer a bit of fun is the movie’s setting, which is in New Orleans during Halloween instead of Mardi Gras and, in earlier scenes, in the little-seen side streets of Washington, D.C. away from the iconic Capitol buildings.
Tom Cruise brings back his military action character Jack Reacher in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. With Edward Zwick directing, Cruise delivers his signature brand of action with little touches of humor and romance, in this second movie in what appears to be a franchise based on Lee Child’s action thriller books. Cruise’s return as Reacher should please his loyal fans, although other moviegoers will find little that stands out in this standard action film.
One thing that does offer a bit of fun is the movie’s setting, which is in New Orleans during Halloween instead of Mardi Gras and, in earlier scenes, in the little-seen side streets of Washington, D.C. away from the iconic Capitol buildings.
- 10/21/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Generally, it takes a few installments before a film series sees fit to burden its lone wolf hero with extraneous partners, but Jack Reacher has done so on the mere second go-around. Framed for murder (again), Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) is on the run with his similarly framed (for espionage) onetime Military Police comrade Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), and 15-year-old Samantha (Danika Yarosh), who may or may not be his daughter and thus is at risk of the bad guys using her to get at him. As in the first film, Reacher storms about glaring at people, telling them how badly he’s going to fuck them up, and then fucking them up, solving a mystery in the gaps between doing so. But it’s a lot less fun this time around.
Samantha is a major factor in this. She’s like a Simpsons parody of an irritating teen sidekick character,...
Samantha is a major factor in this. She’s like a Simpsons parody of an irritating teen sidekick character,...
- 10/19/2016
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
MaryAnn’s quick take…
Jack Reacher is back. And no one seems to know why. Low stakes, a rote plot, and undistinguished action add up to a pointless and unnecessary sequel. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Jack Reacher is back. And no one seems to know why. The first filmic installment of the adventures of the former military investigator created by novelist Lee Child rustled up a resounding “meh” at the box office in 2012, and I cannot imagine that anyone who saw it back then could recall a single detail about it today. Other than, perhaps, the fact that star and producer Tom Cruise bears little physical or psychological resemblance to the hulking, laconic man he is in the books. (I haven’t read any of the 20 books in the series.
Jack Reacher is back. And no one seems to know why. Low stakes, a rote plot, and undistinguished action add up to a pointless and unnecessary sequel. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Jack Reacher is back. And no one seems to know why. The first filmic installment of the adventures of the former military investigator created by novelist Lee Child rustled up a resounding “meh” at the box office in 2012, and I cannot imagine that anyone who saw it back then could recall a single detail about it today. Other than, perhaps, the fact that star and producer Tom Cruise bears little physical or psychological resemblance to the hulking, laconic man he is in the books. (I haven’t read any of the 20 books in the series.
- 10/19/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Tom Cruise, putting a dimmer on his mega-watt smile, is back busting heads in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, once again playing the ex-military-cop-turned-road-warrior in defense of the disenfranchised. Critics were snotty four years ago when Cruise first played Reacher, because the 5'7" actor is the physical opposite of the six-five, 250-pound bruiser that crime novelist Lee Child created on the page. Get over it. The admirably defiant star, still a force of nature at 54, brings his own agility and quick wit to the role.
Besides, the haters are missing the point.
Besides, the haters are missing the point.
- 10/19/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Plot: Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns to his former Washington D.C command in order to clear the name of his friend, Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), who’s been accused of espionage. Along the way, he also discovers he may have a daughter (Danika Yarosh), who’s being stalked by a deadly mercenary (Patrick Heusinger) with a grudge against him. Review: The Jack Reacher franchise... Read More...
- 10/19/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
There’s almost no one left in Hollywood quite like Tom Cruise. He’s the epitome of a movie star, through and through. This week, he looks set to rule the box office and the action movie genre again with Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Another franchise outing for Cruise, it’s a very solid endeavor that plays right to his strengths. It’s the sort of thing you already know if you like or not, but if it seems up your alley, trust me when I say that it is. I saw it last night and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Cruise just knows how to pull off an action flick, while being a star in the process. It’s one of his greatest skills. The film is the next in the Jack Reacher franchise. It picks up with the title character (Cruise) doing his lone wolf thing, though periodically breaking...
- 10/19/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Less of a movie than it is a monotonous two-hour supercut of Tom Cruise elbowing people in the face, “Jack Reacher: Never Stop Never Reaching” (editor’s note: not the actual title) is a relentlessly generic star vehicle that’s been stripped down to nothing but an old engine and a rusty chassis. The jalopy still runs, of course — and not just because Cruise is now blatantly using Hollywood to subsidize his cardio routine — but it can be a pretty bumpy ride when you road-test it without luxuries like a coherent plot, compelling set pieces, or any clear reason to exist.
Adapted from the 18th novel in Lee Childs’ seemingly endless series of disposable paperback thrillers (and boy does it feel like it), “Never Go Back” is technically a sequel to 2012’s “Jack Reacher,” but the only thing they have in common are a brand, an icon, and a penchant for the practical,...
Adapted from the 18th novel in Lee Childs’ seemingly endless series of disposable paperback thrillers (and boy does it feel like it), “Never Go Back” is technically a sequel to 2012’s “Jack Reacher,” but the only thing they have in common are a brand, an icon, and a penchant for the practical,...
- 10/19/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Murder, drugs, weapons—they’re a sordid business, though none as much as that of the Hollywood machine, insistent on thoughtlessly churning out products with recognizable names in hopes of a quick buck, all cinematic standards be damned. Such is the story of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which may as well be an invitation to never return to the Cineplex after watching it.
Tom Cruise is one of those resilient box office draws, but after the original in this series received tepid audience attendance despite its overall decent quality, it’s hard to figure out what exactly these execs were thinking. More so when you spend only a few moments with the underdeveloped story of his new film, which takes an eternity in action-movie minutes to materialize, an unoriginal amalgam of spy tales the world over.
Reacher is the consummate loner do-gooder, he’s Bourne, he’s Hunt, he’s Bond,...
Tom Cruise is one of those resilient box office draws, but after the original in this series received tepid audience attendance despite its overall decent quality, it’s hard to figure out what exactly these execs were thinking. More so when you spend only a few moments with the underdeveloped story of his new film, which takes an eternity in action-movie minutes to materialize, an unoriginal amalgam of spy tales the world over.
Reacher is the consummate loner do-gooder, he’s Bourne, he’s Hunt, he’s Bond,...
- 10/19/2016
- by J Don Birnam
- LRMonline.com
As played by Tom Cruise, the big-screen version of Jack Reacher (the tough-guy hero of a series of novels by Lee Child) is every 15-year-old boy’s ideal: He’s always right, he’s got an endless supply of argument-ending zingers, and he can kick everyone’s ass. It’s interesting, then, that “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” pairs the character with a 15-year-old girl who, whether or not she turns out to be Reacher’s daughter, is the man’s match when it comes to thinking outside of the box and annoying authority figures. The girl is Samantha (Danika Yarosh,...
- 10/19/2016
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Tom Cruise returns for Jack Reacher 2 - and there have been welcome changes...
No, Tom Cruise was never right for Jack Reacher but here’s the thing: he has a pretty much unrivalled ability to make you accept him in a role, even when you don’t want to. Given the sometimes high profile of his personal and professional life, it’s difficult sometimes to watch him dispassionately. But I’ve heard – and not just through anonymous industry types with a vested interest, but first-hand through a friend who has worked on sets with him – that he is an incredibly friendly and approachable presence towards everyone he works with, and his more unguarded interviews like that on the Nerdist podcast seem to show a genuine love for film and thirst for learning about it.
See related Michael Keaton headed to Kong: Skull Island Looking back at Peter Jackson's...
No, Tom Cruise was never right for Jack Reacher but here’s the thing: he has a pretty much unrivalled ability to make you accept him in a role, even when you don’t want to. Given the sometimes high profile of his personal and professional life, it’s difficult sometimes to watch him dispassionately. But I’ve heard – and not just through anonymous industry types with a vested interest, but first-hand through a friend who has worked on sets with him – that he is an incredibly friendly and approachable presence towards everyone he works with, and his more unguarded interviews like that on the Nerdist podcast seem to show a genuine love for film and thirst for learning about it.
See related Michael Keaton headed to Kong: Skull Island Looking back at Peter Jackson's...
- 10/18/2016
- Den of Geek
Tom Cruise and Tilda Swinton are the guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight.05 The show will also see rockers the X Ambassadors take to the stage with Tom Morello, while singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins will perform with Cleto and the Cletones. Cruise is currently on the promotional tour for his latest movie Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, and at 54 shows no signs of slowing down. The action thriller, the sequel to 2012’s Jack Reacher, premiered on Sunday in Harahan, Louisiana, and will be released this Friday, October 21. It also stars Cobie Smulders, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh and Holt...read more...
- 10/18/2016
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated film “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” starring Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders!
“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” which opens on Oct. 21, 2016 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Robert Knepper, Danika Yarosh, Madalyn Horcher and Teri Wyble from writer and director Edward Zwick and writer Richard Wenk.
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“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” which opens on Oct. 21, 2016 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Robert Knepper, Danika Yarosh, Madalyn Horcher and Teri Wyble from writer and director Edward Zwick and writer Richard Wenk.
To win your free passes to “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
Preferably, use your computer to enter rather than your smartphone.
- 10/17/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In one week, Jack Reacher returns! The film will pick up with Tom Cruise's Reacher reconnecting with an old friend, played by Cobie Smulders, and arriving in Virginia to pay her a visit. However, once he sets foot on his old stomping grounds, he finds himself entangled in another major conspiracy and when he gets charged with a 20-year old crime, he does what he does best and goes on the run. And, if that wasn't crazy enough, he'll also encounter a young teen, played by Danika Yarosh, who claims to be his long lost daughter! Paramount Pictures has released another awesome clip from the upcoming Ed Zwick-directed sequel featuring an extended sequence from the many trailers as Reacher gets rid of an unwanted tail. Check it out below: Plus, here's over four minutes of B-roll footage and interviews with Cruise, Smulders, and Yarosh, courtesy of our friends over...
- 10/14/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Tom Cruise Lays Down The Law In New Jack Reacher: Never Go Back TV Spots; Plus Lee Child Talks Cameo
While some fans may never quite get on-board with Tom Cruise playing Jack Reacher, the author of the books, Lee Child, seems like he's more than happy with Cruise's take on the role. Speaking with People Magazine & Entertainment Weekly, Child expressed his excitement at getting to see his 2013 novel Never Go Back adapted for film and praised Cruise's complete command over the role. He was also quite enthusiastic about seeing the dynamic between Cruise and two of his co-stars: Cobie Smulders, who plays fellow badass Susan Turner, and Danika Yarosh, who plays a mysterious teenager who may or may not be Reacher's daughter. “Instead of being a lone wolf, it becomes a three-hander. The three of them have got to work together to get out of the mess. And they are unfamiliar with taking orders. They’re all alpha characters used to being their own boss.” Child, having made a...
- 10/6/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Paramount Pictures has released the IMAX trailer and poster for the upcoming sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the second film in the Jack Reacher series starring Tom Cruise.
The film also co-stars Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Austin Hebert, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, and Holt McCallany.
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns with his particular brand of justice in the highly anticipated sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. When Army Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit, is arrested for Treason, Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy involving soldiers who are being killed.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back hits theaters on October 21, 2016.
Check out the IMAX trailer and poster below.
The film also co-stars Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Austin Hebert, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, and Holt McCallany.
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns with his particular brand of justice in the highly anticipated sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. When Army Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit, is arrested for Treason, Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy involving soldiers who are being killed.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back hits theaters on October 21, 2016.
Check out the IMAX trailer and poster below.
- 9/29/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Paramount Pictures has released two action-packed new TV spots for Ed Zwick's hotly anticipated Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, offering more of Tom Cruise's badassery along with quick looks at some of the supporting players including Cobie Smulders (Avengers: Age of Ultron), who's playing opposite Cruise's Reacher as Major Susan Turner, Patrick Heusinger (Black Swan) as the film's villain, and Danika Yarosh (Heroes Reborn), who is playing a young woman who claims to be Reacher's long-lost daughter. Check them out below: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she's missing, he's being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. Making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth - and maybe even a family. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back features:...
- 9/14/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
This October, Jack Reacher returns for another kickass adventure. This time around, Tom Cruise's Reacher resurfaces to help out an old friend, played by Cobie Smulders, after she's been falsely accused of murder and in the process, unravels an entirely new conspiracy along with what could be a family.. With the Ed Zwick-directed film now only a little over a month out, Paramount Pictures has released a cool new domestic poster, check it out below: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she's missing, he's being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. Making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth - and maybe even a family. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back features: Director: Ed Zwick Tom Cruise as...
- 9/8/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
If Paul Greengrass welcomed the return of a true genre icon with Jason Bourne earlier this year – a reticent man of few words who lets his fists and cunning mind do the talking – fans of action cinema can look forward to Tom Cruise swinging the pendulum back towards a more light-hearted and quip-happy super spy in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Pitched as the sequel to Christopher McQuarrie’s 2012 sleeper hit – before the writer-director shifted gears into the Mission: Impossible franchise in time for Rogue Nation – Never Go Back is adapted from Lee Child’s thriller of the same name and finds our title hero making tracks for an old military base in Virginia. It’s here that Cruise’s hardman uncovers a potential conspiracy, one that threatens to engulf Cobie Smulders’ disgraced major, Susan Turner. Joining forces against corruption, Cruise and Smulders risk mutiny as they race to the...
Pitched as the sequel to Christopher McQuarrie’s 2012 sleeper hit – before the writer-director shifted gears into the Mission: Impossible franchise in time for Rogue Nation – Never Go Back is adapted from Lee Child’s thriller of the same name and finds our title hero making tracks for an old military base in Virginia. It’s here that Cruise’s hardman uncovers a potential conspiracy, one that threatens to engulf Cobie Smulders’ disgraced major, Susan Turner. Joining forces against corruption, Cruise and Smulders risk mutiny as they race to the...
- 9/5/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
In a jam-packed October, Paramount Pictures' eagerly awaited Jack Reacher: Never Go Back looks primed to steal the show. The action sequel, which is based on Lee Child's 2013 novel Never Go Back, sees superstar Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation) return as the titular Reacher and this time around, he's joined by Cobie Smulders (Avengers: Age Of Ultron), Aldis Hodge (Straight Outta Compton), Danika Yarosh (Heroes Reborn), and Patrick Heusinger (Gossip Girl), amongst others. Academy Award-winner Ed Zwick (The Last Samurai) helmed the feature. Paramount released a brand new TV spot for the film yesterday featuring a few fresh snippets of kick-ass footage. Check it out below: Plus, here are two new hi-res stills: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she's missing, he's being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago,...
- 9/3/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Emerging under the shadow of Paramount’s flagship action series Mission: Impossible, few would have predicted that Jack Reacher, a live-action adaptation that found Tom Cruise in the mighty shoes of the former major, would score $218 million at the worldwide box office with sound reviews to boot.
It may have lost director writer-director Christopher McQuarrie – snapped up by the Mission: Impossible franchise, incidentally – but Skydance is barrelling down on the release of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which welcomes series newcomer Cobie Smulders to the fray.
There, she’ll be rubbing shoulders with Cruise, Robert Catrini, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany and Austin Hebert, and today’s action-packed international poster tees up that core action duo of Cruise and Smulders. What really has us excited for Never Go Back is that, in a bid to ensure the follow-up remains faithful to Lee Child’s novel series, the...
It may have lost director writer-director Christopher McQuarrie – snapped up by the Mission: Impossible franchise, incidentally – but Skydance is barrelling down on the release of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which welcomes series newcomer Cobie Smulders to the fray.
There, she’ll be rubbing shoulders with Cruise, Robert Catrini, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany and Austin Hebert, and today’s action-packed international poster tees up that core action duo of Cruise and Smulders. What really has us excited for Never Go Back is that, in a bid to ensure the follow-up remains faithful to Lee Child’s novel series, the...
- 8/19/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Paramount Pictures UK has released the international poster for their upcoming sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, starring Tom Cruise. The sequel is directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond) from a screenplay he co-wrote along with Marshall Herskovitz and Richard Wenk.
The film also stars Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Austin Hebert, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, and Holt McCallany.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she's missing, he's being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. Making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth - and maybe even a family.
Check out the international poster below.
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The film also stars Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Austin Hebert, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, and Holt McCallany.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she's missing, he's being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. Making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth - and maybe even a family.
Check out the international poster below.
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- 8/19/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Paramount Pictures has released a new poster and exciting new footage from their upcoming sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Directed by Edward Zwick, the movie also features Cobie Smolders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is in theaters October 21, 2016.
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Left to right: Cobie Smulders plays Turner and Tom Cruise plays Jack Reacher in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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Directed by Edward Zwick, the movie also features Cobie Smolders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is in theaters October 21, 2016.
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Website: ReacherMovie.com
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Left to right: Cobie Smulders plays Turner and Tom Cruise plays Jack Reacher in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions
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- 8/11/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Why do I get the feeling you’re enjoying this?” Cobie Smulders’ disgraced high-ranking officer Susan Turner mutters in the explosive new trailer for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
That’s right, Tom Cruise’s decorated super-soldier is back on the war path in Edward Zwick’s action-packed sequel, which this time finds him pulled back to his old military base in Virginia, a placed riddled with double-crossing officials and government conspiracies. Although it’s here that Reacher digs out some old skeletons from the closet, tracing a string of clues that could potentially lead our reticent war hero toward his estranged daughter.
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Marshall Herskovitz and series mastermind Lee Child are the brains behind the script, with the general premise of Never Go Back teeing up Cruise and Smulders as two fugitives – fugitives that are about to be hunted on all fronts, based on...
That’s right, Tom Cruise’s decorated super-soldier is back on the war path in Edward Zwick’s action-packed sequel, which this time finds him pulled back to his old military base in Virginia, a placed riddled with double-crossing officials and government conspiracies. Although it’s here that Reacher digs out some old skeletons from the closet, tracing a string of clues that could potentially lead our reticent war hero toward his estranged daughter.
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Marshall Herskovitz and series mastermind Lee Child are the brains behind the script, with the general premise of Never Go Back teeing up Cruise and Smulders as two fugitives – fugitives that are about to be hunted on all fronts, based on...
- 8/10/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Paramount Pictures has released this new 60 second trailer along with the teaser poster for their upcoming sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, starring Tom Cruise. The sequel is directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond) from a screenplay he co-wrote along with Marshall Herskovitz and Richard Wenk.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back also stars Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Austin Hebert, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, and Holt McCallany.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she's missing, he's being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. Making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth - and maybe even a family.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
Please Don't forget to share this post on your Facebook wall and with your Twitter followers!
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back also stars Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Austin Hebert, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, and Holt McCallany.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she's missing, he's being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. Making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth - and maybe even a family.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
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- 8/10/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Exclusive: Erin Moriarty, who played Woody Harrelson's troubled teenage daughter on the award-winning HBO drama True Detective, and Danika Yarosh, who next will be seen opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, have been cast in Ld Entertainment’s inspirational true story Live Like Line. The film chronicles Iowa City’s West High School girls volleyball team and its improbable run to the state championship under the guidance of their tough-love coach Kathy…...
- 6/24/2016
- Deadline
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