Settle in, Mother Scratchers! We’re going back to the salad days of Joel and Ethan Coen‘s fabled partnership for the duo’s unconventional comedy about an unlikely courtship, unwanted house guests, a cigar-chomping pale rider, the best deals on furniture in the Southwestern portion of the United States, and baby stealing! Slap your ass, and don’t forget the Huggies because we’re revisiting the Coen Brothers’ 1987 crime comedy Raising Arizona.
The dynamic duo of Joel and Ethan Coen made the Hollywood scene in 1984 with the neo-noir crime drama Blood Simple. Featuring John Getz, Francis McDormand, and Dan Hedaya, Blood Simple helped define the brothers as a creative team to watch, with critics taking a shine to the thriller’s harsh Texas setting, twisting plot, and hypnotic characters. Not all filmmakers come out of the gate swinging, but the Coens delivered a haymaker for film buffs craving something dark,...
The dynamic duo of Joel and Ethan Coen made the Hollywood scene in 1984 with the neo-noir crime drama Blood Simple. Featuring John Getz, Francis McDormand, and Dan Hedaya, Blood Simple helped define the brothers as a creative team to watch, with critics taking a shine to the thriller’s harsh Texas setting, twisting plot, and hypnotic characters. Not all filmmakers come out of the gate swinging, but the Coens delivered a haymaker for film buffs craving something dark,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Mark L. Lester's ultra-violent 1985 actioner "Commando" is entertainingly ridiculous and ridiculously entertaining. Few films of the era reflect on the ultra-violent military fantasies of Reagan's America better than "Commando," an irony to be sure, as it stars a massive Austrian actor. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a former Special Forces Colonel named John Matrix who is attempting to live a quiet life with his sweet daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano). When Jenny is kidnapped by a vengeful villain played by Dan Hedaya, it gives John the moral license to murder about a thousand people in a violent quest to rescue her. John Matrix shoots, explodes, cuts, stabs, and buzzsaw-frisbees his way through Hedaya's minions without a scratch, a military superman with untouchable skill and an unslaked bloodlust.
The violence in "Commando" is horrifying and spectacular. Looking over the film's parental advisory on IMDb may sell the film better than any conventional advertisement.
The violence in "Commando" is horrifying and spectacular. Looking over the film's parental advisory on IMDb may sell the film better than any conventional advertisement.
- 2/9/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Alien and Aliens are two of the most highly respected and beloved sci-fi horror films ever made… and all of the films that have followed have either been divisive in one way or another, or just flat-out poorly received. One of the least popular entries in the franchise is the 1997 installment Alien: Resurrection (watch it Here), which put some fans off with its wild and weird tone and its crazy ideas. Decades down the line, Alien: Resurrection director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is currently doing the press rounds to promote a theatrical re-release of his very popular 2001 romantic comedy Amélie, and JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols took the opportunity to ask him about the making of his Alien sequel. Here’s how it went:
Tyler Nichols: I’m also a big horror fan, so I have to ask you about your work on Alien: Resurrection. Because I still think of the underwater...
Tyler Nichols: I’m also a big horror fan, so I have to ask you about your work on Alien: Resurrection. Because I still think of the underwater...
- 2/2/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"Cheers" dominated the TV landscape in the 1980s. Viewers were caught up in the relationship between bartender/bar owner Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and the barmaid who felt like she was too good for the job, Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). Would she unbend enough actually to have fun with Sam? Could he manage to stand how pretentious she was? Hanging out with Sam, Diane, and the bar denizens of "Cheers" was like visiting old friends, gossiping about their lives, and getting invested in relationships that we weren't part of.
As it turns out, Shelley Long was as invested as fans were in the Sam and Diane storyline. In fact, there was an episode early on that had the actor breaking down behind the scenes, according to a 25th-anniversary feature in The Hollywood Reporter from 2018. That episode involved a moment between Sam and Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) that Diane wasn't even there for.
As it turns out, Shelley Long was as invested as fans were in the Sam and Diane storyline. In fact, there was an episode early on that had the actor breaking down behind the scenes, according to a 25th-anniversary feature in The Hollywood Reporter from 2018. That episode involved a moment between Sam and Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) that Diane wasn't even there for.
- 12/10/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
As the daughter of the misanthropic waitress Carla (Rhea Perlman) and Nick Tortelli (Dan Hedaya) on "Cheers," the role of Serafina Tortelli was a highly coveted role for many of the young actresses in Hollywood in the early 1990s. The character was ultimately played by Leah Remini, who at the time had been making a name for herself on TV shows like "Who's The Boss," "Living Dolls," and "Saved by the Bell." This was obviously years before she'd become one of the leading sitcom wives thanks to "King of Queens" and a host with "The Talk" and "People Puzzler," but the early career role is still beloved by her fans.
In her 2015 memoir "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology," Remini claimed the role of Serafina Tortelli on "Cheers" was between her and Jennifer Aniston. Hollywood can be a cutthroat industry, but Remini said that she and Aniston had a friendly rapport...
In her 2015 memoir "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology," Remini claimed the role of Serafina Tortelli on "Cheers" was between her and Jennifer Aniston. Hollywood can be a cutthroat industry, but Remini said that she and Aniston had a friendly rapport...
- 12/3/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Ted Lasso" season 3.
"Ted Lasso" season 3 has just come to an end, leaving the fictional team of AFC Richmond at a crossroads after their head coach leaves his fish-and-chips-out-of-water life in London behind. Overall, the supposedly last season of the Apple TV+ phenomenon left a lot to be desired, failing to live up to the high points of the first two seasons where the jokes that hit far outweighed the ones that fell flat. While a lot of the episodes in season 3 felt overly long and unnecessarily melodramatic, the overall spirit of the show managed to stay intact thanks to Jason Sudeikis' naively positive "aw shucks" attitude as Ted.
Ted isn't only a sports fan, he's a pop culture aficionado raised on Thursday night primetime sitcoms from the '80s. Throughout its entire run, "Ted Lasso" has peppered in a number of clever references to the golden years of U.
"Ted Lasso" season 3 has just come to an end, leaving the fictional team of AFC Richmond at a crossroads after their head coach leaves his fish-and-chips-out-of-water life in London behind. Overall, the supposedly last season of the Apple TV+ phenomenon left a lot to be desired, failing to live up to the high points of the first two seasons where the jokes that hit far outweighed the ones that fell flat. While a lot of the episodes in season 3 felt overly long and unnecessarily melodramatic, the overall spirit of the show managed to stay intact thanks to Jason Sudeikis' naively positive "aw shucks" attitude as Ted.
Ted isn't only a sports fan, he's a pop culture aficionado raised on Thursday night primetime sitcoms from the '80s. Throughout its entire run, "Ted Lasso" has peppered in a number of clever references to the golden years of U.
- 5/31/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
The little-seen 2003 movie "The Cooler" tells the story of a man so unlucky that he can make a living in casinos by bumming out a player's winning streak just by standing next to them. Who else in the modern history of cinema could play that part better than William H. Macy?
He has had a career spanning over 40 years and in that time he has played cops, lawyers, principals, army men, doctors, former quiz champions, and devoted fathers and husbands. But few actors can do squirmy desperation better, and his screen persona is defined by playing the pathetic, browbeaten, hapless losers of the world. Those roles may only make up a small proportion of his extensive filmography but they're the ones that really stick, most notably scheming car salesman Jerry Lundegaard in "Fargo" and the publicly cuckolded Little Bill in "Boogie Nights."
Those roles brought him to international attention, making...
He has had a career spanning over 40 years and in that time he has played cops, lawyers, principals, army men, doctors, former quiz champions, and devoted fathers and husbands. But few actors can do squirmy desperation better, and his screen persona is defined by playing the pathetic, browbeaten, hapless losers of the world. Those roles may only make up a small proportion of his extensive filmography but they're the ones that really stick, most notably scheming car salesman Jerry Lundegaard in "Fargo" and the publicly cuckolded Little Bill in "Boogie Nights."
Those roles brought him to international attention, making...
- 4/6/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
There’s a scene in Clueless that finds Alicia Silverstone’s Cher fielding a surprise phone call from her father, Mel Horowitz, played by the late and great Dan Hedaya, who wants her home immediately. “I expect you to walk in this door in 20 minutes,” he demands, a tall order considering Cher is a party in the Valley and far from home in the 90210. “Everywhere in L.A. takes 20 minutes.”
That line manages to sneak its way into many L.A. conversations, and it was perhaps never more true than during the crush of the early pandemic when streets were fairly empty and freeways more so. Those days are done and the city is more congested than ever, especially on an Oscar weekend like the one we just had with a dizzying number of parties. Things are so back to normal that people everywhere were saying it felt like “the before times,...
That line manages to sneak its way into many L.A. conversations, and it was perhaps never more true than during the crush of the early pandemic when streets were fairly empty and freeways more so. Those days are done and the city is more congested than ever, especially on an Oscar weekend like the one we just had with a dizzying number of parties. Things are so back to normal that people everywhere were saying it felt like “the before times,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's not a secret that Hollywood has a really sordid history with the way transgender characters have been presented on film. While bigoted pundits like to pretend that trans people and trans representation in entertainment is somehow a new concept, films like "Myra Breckinridge" were shocking and subverting audience expectations over half a century ago. Unlike the transgender media of our current era that often put cis men like Jared Leto, Eddie Redmayne, and Jeffrey Tambor in drag, "Myra Breckinridge" instead chose to cast Raquel Welch, an international sex symbol at the time, in the titular role.
The film was an adaptation of Gore Vidal's controversial book of the same name, a title that was equal parts bestseller and banned text. It's one of the earliest known novels to feature a protagonist who has undergone gender affirmation surgery and dissects themes of feminism, gender performance, America's unhealthy relationship with toxic masculinity,...
The film was an adaptation of Gore Vidal's controversial book of the same name, a title that was equal parts bestseller and banned text. It's one of the earliest known novels to feature a protagonist who has undergone gender affirmation surgery and dissects themes of feminism, gender performance, America's unhealthy relationship with toxic masculinity,...
- 2/16/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Writer Alex Tse discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Watchmen (2009)
Superfly (2018)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Independence Day (1996)
Clueless (1995)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Goonies (1985)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Infested (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Altered States (1980) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Return Of The Ape Man (1944)
Major League (1989)
The Sting (1973)
Angels In The Outfield (1951)
Rocky (1976)
Slap Shot (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Eight Men Out (1988)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Fritz The Cat (1972) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Killer Snakes (1974)
Zodiac (2007)
Se7en (1995)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary,...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Watchmen (2009)
Superfly (2018)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Independence Day (1996)
Clueless (1995)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Goonies (1985)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Infested (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Altered States (1980) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Return Of The Ape Man (1944)
Major League (1989)
The Sting (1973)
Angels In The Outfield (1951)
Rocky (1976)
Slap Shot (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Eight Men Out (1988)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Fritz The Cat (1972) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Killer Snakes (1974)
Zodiac (2007)
Se7en (1995)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
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[The following story includes major spoilers from Wednesday season one and plot details from Smallville.]
With the Netflix series Wednesday, creators Al Gough and Miles Millar gave viewers something they had never seen before: the world of Wednesday Addams, away from her kooky, lovable family.
The breakout show, which opened to the second-largest premiere week in the two-year history of Nielsen’s weekly rankings, is the latest in a long list of Addams Family adaptations. What’s unique about Wednesday, however, is that it largely follows one member of the clan (with a helping hand, ahem, from Thing) and her life at Nevermore Academy, a boarding school for “outcasts, freaks and monsters.” Within days of being at her new school, the teen goth icon is wrapped up in a fantastical whodunnit that she’ll spend the entirety of the first season solving: Who’s killing Nevermore students, and why?
By the end of the finale, Wednesday discovers that her almost-beau,...
[The following story includes major spoilers from Wednesday season one and plot details from Smallville.]
With the Netflix series Wednesday, creators Al Gough and Miles Millar gave viewers something they had never seen before: the world of Wednesday Addams, away from her kooky, lovable family.
The breakout show, which opened to the second-largest premiere week in the two-year history of Nielsen’s weekly rankings, is the latest in a long list of Addams Family adaptations. What’s unique about Wednesday, however, is that it largely follows one member of the clan (with a helping hand, ahem, from Thing) and her life at Nevermore Academy, a boarding school for “outcasts, freaks and monsters.” Within days of being at her new school, the teen goth icon is wrapped up in a fantastical whodunnit that she’ll spend the entirety of the first season solving: Who’s killing Nevermore students, and why?
By the end of the finale, Wednesday discovers that her almost-beau,...
- 12/23/2022
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of the company’s secret releases for their Black Friday Sale, Vinegar Syndrome has just given 1996’s Freeway a 4K Ultra HD upgrade and it’s packed with fresh new material.
The modern take on Little Red Riding Hood was directed by Matthew Bright, with Reese Witherspoon as Little Red Riding Hood and Kiefer Sutherland as the Big Bad Wolf.
Vinegar Syndrome writes, “Among the most notorious and jaw dropping “mainstream” movies of the 90s, Freeway has earned a reputation as a neo-exploitation classic and critically acclaimed indie thriller thanks to its unhinged violence, sharply written dialogue, and general non-stop barrage on good taste, all wrapped up as one truly twisted fairytale.
Starring Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon alongside film and TV superstar Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys), and co-starring Emmy nominee Bokeem Woodbine (Dead Presidents), along with acclaimed character actors Wolfgang Bodison (A Few Good Men), and Dan Hedaya...
The modern take on Little Red Riding Hood was directed by Matthew Bright, with Reese Witherspoon as Little Red Riding Hood and Kiefer Sutherland as the Big Bad Wolf.
Vinegar Syndrome writes, “Among the most notorious and jaw dropping “mainstream” movies of the 90s, Freeway has earned a reputation as a neo-exploitation classic and critically acclaimed indie thriller thanks to its unhinged violence, sharply written dialogue, and general non-stop barrage on good taste, all wrapped up as one truly twisted fairytale.
Starring Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon alongside film and TV superstar Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys), and co-starring Emmy nominee Bokeem Woodbine (Dead Presidents), along with acclaimed character actors Wolfgang Bodison (A Few Good Men), and Dan Hedaya...
- 11/28/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bette Midler is finally revealing why “The First Wives Club” didn’t get a second shot.
The classic 1996 film starred Midler, Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn as a trio of jilted women who seek revenge on their respective former spouses. Midler’s “Hocus Pocus 2” co-star Sarah Jessica Parker played the mistress Midler’s husband (Dan Hedaya) was cheating with in the film.
Stockard Channing, Maggie Smith, Rob Reiner, Marcia Gay Harden, Victor Garberm Timothy Olyphant, J.K. Simmons, Jon Stewart, and Gloria Steinem also starred. Based on the 1992 novel by Olivia Goldsmith, the Hugh Wilson-directed comedy grossed 180 million at the global box office. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Music.
Now, over 25 years later, Midler opened up about why the studio did not greenlight a sequel.
“I used to lobby for ‘First Wives Club 2,’ but there were political reasons they didn’t want to do that again.
The classic 1996 film starred Midler, Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn as a trio of jilted women who seek revenge on their respective former spouses. Midler’s “Hocus Pocus 2” co-star Sarah Jessica Parker played the mistress Midler’s husband (Dan Hedaya) was cheating with in the film.
Stockard Channing, Maggie Smith, Rob Reiner, Marcia Gay Harden, Victor Garberm Timothy Olyphant, J.K. Simmons, Jon Stewart, and Gloria Steinem also starred. Based on the 1992 novel by Olivia Goldsmith, the Hugh Wilson-directed comedy grossed 180 million at the global box office. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Music.
Now, over 25 years later, Midler opened up about why the studio did not greenlight a sequel.
“I used to lobby for ‘First Wives Club 2,’ but there were political reasons they didn’t want to do that again.
- 10/1/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Slapface | Available on VOD, Digital HD, DVD July 26th Directed and Written by Jeremiah Kipp Starring August Maturo, Mike Manning, Libe Barer, Dan Hedaya After the death of his mother, Lucas, a loner who lives in a rundown home with his brother, Tom, regularly seeks solace in the nearby woods. With his only “friends” …
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- 7/2/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
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Fascination over the mysterious identity of Deep Throat, the Watergate whistleblower, helped fuel the success of 1976’s Oscar-winning All the President’s Men, but it also led to another, far unlikelier project: 1999’s Dick, a bouncy comedy about two teen girls who unwittingly find themselves at the center of the scandal.
Dick focused on Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene (Michelle Williams), a pair of 15-year-old best friends who wind up as President Nixon’s dog walkers and, somehow, become famed informant Deep Throat for Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward (Will Ferrell) and Carl Bernstein (Bruce McCulloch). (It wasn’t until 2005 that former FBI associate director Mark Felt revealed himself to have been the Post’s anonymous source.)
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters on June 17, 1972, which led to Nixon’s resignation following his administration’s efforts to cover up its involvement,...
Fascination over the mysterious identity of Deep Throat, the Watergate whistleblower, helped fuel the success of 1976’s Oscar-winning All the President’s Men, but it also led to another, far unlikelier project: 1999’s Dick, a bouncy comedy about two teen girls who unwittingly find themselves at the center of the scandal.
Dick focused on Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene (Michelle Williams), a pair of 15-year-old best friends who wind up as President Nixon’s dog walkers and, somehow, become famed informant Deep Throat for Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward (Will Ferrell) and Carl Bernstein (Bruce McCulloch). (It wasn’t until 2005 that former FBI associate director Mark Felt revealed himself to have been the Post’s anonymous source.)
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters on June 17, 1972, which led to Nixon’s resignation following his administration’s efforts to cover up its involvement,...
- 6/17/2022
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With winter storms still sweeping through the land, it might be nice to stay in and watch some movies on your streamer of choice. While Netflix is increasingly interested in its own original films, they are still committed to bringing you plenty of classic catalogue titles, including a whole bunch in February. It was hard to pick our favorites, but we tried anyway.
Below are the best new movies on Netflix in February 2022.
The Addams Family Paramount Pictures
There’s been so much “Addams Family”-related stuff since the two original theatrical films in the 1990s that it’s easy to forget just how good they both were. The first film, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and co-written by Burton collaborators Larry Wilson and Caroline Thompson (and later re-written by Paul Rudnick), doesn’t have quite the same edge as the sequel but it did establish the world beautifully. This is...
Below are the best new movies on Netflix in February 2022.
The Addams Family Paramount Pictures
There’s been so much “Addams Family”-related stuff since the two original theatrical films in the 1990s that it’s easy to forget just how good they both were. The first film, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and co-written by Burton collaborators Larry Wilson and Caroline Thompson (and later re-written by Paul Rudnick), doesn’t have quite the same edge as the sequel but it did establish the world beautifully. This is...
- 2/6/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Stars: August Maturo, Mike Manning, Libe Barer, Dan Hedaya, Bianca D’Ambrosio, Chiara D’Ambrosio, Mirabelle Lee, Lukas Hassel | Written and Directed by Jeremiah Kipp
Writer/director Jeremiah Kipp has expanded his short, also titled Slapface, into feature-length; which, as with any short, is a risky undertaking. What works at fifteen or twenty minutes may be drawn out and dull at ninety. Changes to the plot may ruin the mood or message of the original. That’s even more true for something like Slapface which relied heavily on feeling and emotion.
Lucas and Tom lost their parents in a car accident, leaving Tom an unprepared and somewhat unwilling guardian for his younger brother. He would much rather be at the bar with Anna than be at home, or at work for that matter. This leaves Lucas on his own a lot and he spends his time wandering around the woods and getting into trouble with the cops,...
Writer/director Jeremiah Kipp has expanded his short, also titled Slapface, into feature-length; which, as with any short, is a risky undertaking. What works at fifteen or twenty minutes may be drawn out and dull at ninety. Changes to the plot may ruin the mood or message of the original. That’s even more true for something like Slapface which relied heavily on feeling and emotion.
Lucas and Tom lost their parents in a car accident, leaving Tom an unprepared and somewhat unwilling guardian for his younger brother. He would much rather be at the bar with Anna than be at home, or at work for that matter. This leaves Lucas on his own a lot and he spends his time wandering around the woods and getting into trouble with the cops,...
- 2/3/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
"What happened?" "Did you see it?" Shudder has revealed the official trailer for Slapface, an indie horror film landing on the streaming service this February. It originally premiered last year at the Cinequest Film Festival and FrightFest, also stopping by Grimmfest and the Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival in Belgium. A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a dangerous relationship with a monster rumored to live in the woods. When the two reach a tentative trust, a bizarre friendship is born, and Lucas is swept up in a series of primal adventures. The film stars August Maturo as Lucas, with Mike Manning, Dan Hedaya, Mirabelle Lee, Lukas Hassel, Libe Barer, Bianca D’Ambrosio, and Chiara D'Ambrosio. This won the Audience Award at Cinequest, and looks like a thrilling little horror film with a good twist in the story. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jeremiah Kipp's Slapface,...
- 1/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Writer/director Adam McKay kicks off Season 5 by discussing a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Parasite (2019) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
The Big Short (2015)
Vice (2018)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary links
The Second Civil War (1997) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante revisits the movie
Network (1976) – Chris Wilkinson’s trailer commentary
Broadcast News (1987)
To Die For (1995) – Illeana Douglas’s trailer commentary
The Hospital (1971) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ace In The Hole (1951) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Over The Edge (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Warriors (1979)
River’s Edge (1986)
Tex (1982)
Rumble Fish (1983) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Parasite (2019) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
The Big Short (2015)
Vice (2018)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary links
The Second Civil War (1997) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante revisits the movie
Network (1976) – Chris Wilkinson’s trailer commentary
Broadcast News (1987)
To Die For (1995) – Illeana Douglas’s trailer commentary
The Hospital (1971) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ace In The Hole (1951) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Over The Edge (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Warriors (1979)
River’s Edge (1986)
Tex (1982)
Rumble Fish (1983) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray...
- 1/18/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
This one delivers the 4K ‘experience’ — and David Lynch’s mesmerizing visuals and Angelo Badalamenti’s seductive music once again pull us into a different dimension. Four or five viewings down the line, the ‘storyline’ of this TV show-become-feature film is if anything less understandable. But it’s no less pleasantly weird — we can’t keep our eyes off of Naomi Watts and Laura Harring. My ‘quality’ section debates a question I’m getting more often: are 4K discs worth the upgrade?
Mulholland Dr. 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 779
2001 / Color / 1:85 / 146 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 16, 2021 / 49.95
Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Scott Wulff, Robert Forster, Brent Briscoe, Maya Bond, Patrick Fischler, Michael Cooke, Bonnie Aarons, Lee Grant, Chad Everett, James Karen, Dan Hedaya, Monty Montgomery, Rebekah Del Rio.
Cinematography: Peter Deming
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Film Editor: Mary Sweeney...
Mulholland Dr. 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 779
2001 / Color / 1:85 / 146 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 16, 2021 / 49.95
Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Scott Wulff, Robert Forster, Brent Briscoe, Maya Bond, Patrick Fischler, Michael Cooke, Bonnie Aarons, Lee Grant, Chad Everett, James Karen, Dan Hedaya, Monty Montgomery, Rebekah Del Rio.
Cinematography: Peter Deming
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Film Editor: Mary Sweeney...
- 12/4/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Barry Sonnenfeld leaped from hot cinematographer status to A- list director with this sure-footed big screen adaptation of the TV show based on Charles Addams’s marvelously morbid New Yorker cartoons. The cast is ideal: Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia complement TV’s Carolyn Jones and John Astin without inviting comparisons. Winning an imaginary award for making sick jokes safe for PG-13, the script has true wit. The characters have depth as well, which is wonderful. Daring to be out of step with the times, the elaborate production, costumes and special effects are all on the same page: director Sonnenfeld and producer Scott Rudin see to it that the goofy premise never wears thin. The 4K encoding is a dazzler.
The Addams Family
4K Ultra-hd + Digital Code
‘With More Mamushka!’
Paramount Home Video
1991 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date November 23, 2021 /
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Wilson,...
The Addams Family
4K Ultra-hd + Digital Code
‘With More Mamushka!’
Paramount Home Video
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- 11/23/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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Baseball fans are gearing up for a real-life “Field of Dreams” experience. After more than two years of planning, and six years after the idea first came about, Major League Baseball will unveil a specially constructed ballpark in Iowa on Thursday.
The Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees will face off at the baseball field located next to the cornfield where “Field of Dreams” was filmed.
The “MLB at Field of Dreams” event will include a “corn maze” featuring the MLB silhouetted batter logo, and a first-of-its-kind LED lighting system that will illuminate most of the 159 acres of corn fields surrounding the ballpark. Players will also sport special uniforms for the game.
Baseball fans are gearing up for a real-life “Field of Dreams” experience. After more than two years of planning, and six years after the idea first came about, Major League Baseball will unveil a specially constructed ballpark in Iowa on Thursday.
The Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees will face off at the baseball field located next to the cornfield where “Field of Dreams” was filmed.
The “MLB at Field of Dreams” event will include a “corn maze” featuring the MLB silhouetted batter logo, and a first-of-its-kind LED lighting system that will illuminate most of the 159 acres of corn fields surrounding the ballpark. Players will also sport special uniforms for the game.
- 8/12/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo, Dan Hedaya, Patricia R. Floyd, Peter Kim, Motell Gyn Foster, Patricia Mauceri, Kyle Moore, Maurizio Di Meo | Written and Directed by Austin Stark
Who lives, who dies? They decide… Three patients wait to see if they will live or die as a hospital committee decides to grant a lifesaving heart transplant to one of them. Seven years later the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.
Austin Stark, director the 2015 political drama The Runner (which starred Nicolas Cage), steps back behind the camera for The God Committee – a film which is based on a stage play by Mark St. Germain which was called a cross between Twelve Angry Men and ER… Which, on paper, and on the stage, makes for an interesting premise. However on film, The God Committee is anything but interesting, instead it’s frustrating.
Frustrating...
Who lives, who dies? They decide… Three patients wait to see if they will live or die as a hospital committee decides to grant a lifesaving heart transplant to one of them. Seven years later the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.
Austin Stark, director the 2015 political drama The Runner (which starred Nicolas Cage), steps back behind the camera for The God Committee – a film which is based on a stage play by Mark St. Germain which was called a cross between Twelve Angry Men and ER… Which, on paper, and on the stage, makes for an interesting premise. However on film, The God Committee is anything but interesting, instead it’s frustrating.
Frustrating...
- 7/26/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We totally paused... from seeing Alicia Silverstone barely aging a day and lip-syncing to her Clueless character, Cher Horowitz, in a new video. The 44-year-old actress acted out the 1995 scene in which her character Cher and her dad (Dan Hedaya) were having a playful argument over her supposedly scandalous outfit. In the TikTok video, Alicia, of course, played Cher, while her son Bear Blu Jarecki, 10, played her dad. They both dressed up for the scene, with Alicia wearing a cream-colored silk dress, and her son in an oversized suit and glasses. "What the hell is that," her son said, acting out the line. Alicia, as Cher, replied, "A dress." When Bear asked "Says...
- 7/19/2021
- E! Online
This look at the ethics of transplantation, starring Grammer as a surgeon, doesn’t wind up as tough-minded as it first appears
There’s something about organ-transplant movies that encourages sentimentality and wishy-washy melodrama; looking back to movies such as Return to Me or Seven Pounds or My Sister’s Keeper. But this one promises a more hard-edged look at the ethics, the compromises and the difficult choices. “The heart is just a muscle,” grunts top surgeon Andre Boxer, played by Kelsey Grammer. Boxer is a gruff, cheerless workaholic who smokes like a chimney and often looks terrible. It’s a bravely unflattering and un-Frasier-like role, though somewhat improbably, Boxer is sleeping with a colleague played by Julia Stiles, a good 25 years his junior.
The crux of the story is an urgent debate over who should receive a heart that has unexpectedly become available. Alongside Grammer and Stiles on the transplant...
There’s something about organ-transplant movies that encourages sentimentality and wishy-washy melodrama; looking back to movies such as Return to Me or Seven Pounds or My Sister’s Keeper. But this one promises a more hard-edged look at the ethics, the compromises and the difficult choices. “The heart is just a muscle,” grunts top surgeon Andre Boxer, played by Kelsey Grammer. Boxer is a gruff, cheerless workaholic who smokes like a chimney and often looks terrible. It’s a bravely unflattering and un-Frasier-like role, though somewhat improbably, Boxer is sleeping with a colleague played by Julia Stiles, a good 25 years his junior.
The crux of the story is an urgent debate over who should receive a heart that has unexpectedly become available. Alongside Grammer and Stiles on the transplant...
- 7/12/2021
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles do not make a natural romantic couple, and their awkward pairing is the largest misstep made by “The God Committee,” writer-director Austin Stark’s adaptation of Mark St. Germain’s play about a group of doctors tasked with deciding which of three patients should receive a heart transplant. Often resembling a schematic variation on “Twelve Angry Men” by way of “Grey’s Anatomy,” this earnest drama is That won’t be enough to garner it much box-office traction, but it does make it a solid option for adult VOD viewers.
In November 2014, a New York City hospital’s transplant committee is confronted with a crisis: With the intended recipient of a fresh heart perishing on the operating table, a new beneficiary must be selected in one hour, lest the in-demand organ expire. That sets the ticking-time-bomb tone for the ensuing action, which centers on esteemed Dr.
In November 2014, a New York City hospital’s transplant committee is confronted with a crisis: With the intended recipient of a fresh heart perishing on the operating table, a new beneficiary must be selected in one hour, lest the in-demand organ expire. That sets the ticking-time-bomb tone for the ensuing action, which centers on esteemed Dr.
- 7/2/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
"It's blood money." Vertical Entertainment has released the first official trailer for The God Committee, a new medical drama about doctors from filmmaker Austin Stark (The Runner). The film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month before opening in select theaters starting in July. It follows a group of medical professionals who are forced to "play God," as they a part of a hospital committee that must decide which patients will receive necessary organ transplants. It begs many moral questions that nurses/doctors have dealt with over the past year, while also having a suspenseful plot that keeps you guessing through the end. The film features an excellent cast: Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Janeane Garofalo, Peter Y. Kim, Caroline Lagerfelt, Elizabeth Masucci, with Dan Hedaya and Colman Domingo. This looks like an utterly fascinating, impassioned film about the literal life-or-death decisions that doctors must make. Here's the...
- 6/3/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to medical thriller The God Committee, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, with plans to release the film theatrically and on demand on July 2nd.
Written and directed by Austin Stark (The Runner), The God Committee examines today’s organ transplant system, through the eyes of those involved and affected by it, moving between two timelines. In the first, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. The other, set seven years later, explores the impact of that fateful decision. Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars in the feature, opposite Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects).
“We are thrilled to be working with Vertical,” Stark said in a statement. “Our film shines a light on the transplant system,...
Written and directed by Austin Stark (The Runner), The God Committee examines today’s organ transplant system, through the eyes of those involved and affected by it, moving between two timelines. In the first, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. The other, set seven years later, explores the impact of that fateful decision. Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars in the feature, opposite Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects).
“We are thrilled to be working with Vertical,” Stark said in a statement. “Our film shines a light on the transplant system,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Patrick Hipes and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A young man looking for vengeance and a young woman looking for a new start cross paths in New York City and become outcast avengers in the new movie Funny Face. Written and directed by Tim Sutton, Funny Face is now available on Digital platforms via Gravitas Ventures, and as part of our Indie Horror Month celebration on Daily Dead, we caught up with Sutton in a new Q&a feature to discuss making his "DIY superhero origin story," including tackling the timely issue of gentrification in Brooklyn, being influenced by New York City movies such as Taxi Driver, and working with a cast that includes Cheers alums Dan Hedaya and Rhea Perlman.
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Tim, and congratulations on your new movie, Funny Face! How and when did you first come up with the idea for this film?
Tim Sutton: I’ve...
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Tim, and congratulations on your new movie, Funny Face! How and when did you first come up with the idea for this film?
Tim Sutton: I’ve...
- 4/8/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Funny Face Tim Sutton’s dark fairy tale follows two misfit avengers who take on the corporate overlords rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn Opens Friday April 2 via Gravitas Ventures Written and directed by Tim Sutton Starring: Dela Meskienyar, Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Victor Garber, Dan Hedaya, Rhea Perlman, and Jeremy Bobb Origin Story. …
The post Tim Sutton’s Dark NY Fairy Tale Funny Face Opens April 2 appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.
The post Tim Sutton’s Dark NY Fairy Tale Funny Face Opens April 2 appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.
- 3/28/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
The latest entry in the unsettling cinematic canon of men donning terrifying masks, Funny Face brings its own singular take, courtesy of director Tim Sutton. The story follows a young Muslim runaway who befriends a disturbed young man who wears a mask and moonlights as Funny Face, hellbent on seeking revenge on a real estate developer who displaced his grandfather and grandmother. The unlikely duo find comfort in one another as they set their sights on taking down the developer. The trailer for the film strikes a particular tone that mixes pulsing anxiety and underlying wit. Sutton achieved success with 2018’s Donnybrook, a drama about bare-knuckle fighters starring Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley. Set to arrive at the end of March on VOD, the cast of Funny Face includes Cosmo Jarvis, Dela Meskienyar, Jonny Lee Miller, Victor Garber, Rhea Pearlman, and Dan Hedaya.
Rory O’Connor said in his review, “What...
Rory O’Connor said in his review, “What...
- 2/26/2021
- by Stephen Hladik
- The Film Stage
"Money!!!!" Gravitas has released an official trailer for an indie drama titled Funny Face, the latest from indie filmmaker Tim Sutton, who often makes low key unsettling films where nothing much happens. The destruction of his grandparents' home leads a young man to take revenge under a masked persona. It's kind of a different take on Joker. Cosmo Jarvis stars as a disturbed man from Coney Island who dons the menacing “Funny Face” mask, transforming himself into a makeshift superhero with a rage disorder as he seeks revenge on the Real Estate Developer of a soulless high rise that has displaced his grandparents. Also stars Jonny Lee Miller, Dela Meskienyar, Victor Garber, Dan Hedaya, Jeremy Bobb, and Rhea Perlman. This seems like one of those "acquired taste" kind of films. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Tim Sutton's Funny Face, direct from Gravitas' YouTube: An Origin Story: A...
- 2/25/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk about the 1996 hit movie 'The First Wives Club.' In addition to their in-depth analysis of the comedic talents of Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton, they also discuss Eileen Heckart, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stockard Channing, Elizabeth Berkley, Timothy Olyphant, Victor Garber, Bronson Pinchot, Dan Hedaya, Lea Delaria, Debra Monk, J.K. Simmons, Kate Burton, Marc Shaiman, and Maggie Smith. Ben and Daniel also share personal stories of when they discovered the film and how it's stayed with them since.
- 7/27/2020
- by Ben Rimalower
- BroadwayWorld.com
In the entertainment industry, it is not uncommon for stars to fizzle out to obscurity. It is a very competitive and unpredictable sector, where even accomplished actors can disappear from the limelight. One actor who went low key after a spell of success is Dan Hedaya. He was a popular figure in our screens during the 80s and 90s, taking part in action films and television projects. However, at the turn of the new millennium, his face faded from television with fewer appearances and credits. So, whatever happened to Dan Hedaya? This article looks at some of the possible ventures
Whatever Happened To Dan Hedaya?...
Whatever Happened To Dan Hedaya?...
- 5/24/2020
- by Jennifer Borama
- TVovermind.com
The Beverly Hills High Class of 1995 is making a comeback in the most tubular way for the 25th anniversary of one of the most iconic films to hit the big screen: Clueless is returning to theaters! The Amy Heckerling-directed phenom will ring in 25 years of being the quintessential '90s teen flick with a three-day run only this May.
Thanks to Fathom Events and Paramount Pictures, fans can now purchase tickets to check out Clueless on the big screen on May 3, May 4, and May 6 in more than 600 movie theaters nationwide. Not only will viewers be able to dive back into the melodrama surrounding Cher Horowitz and her stylish gang of peers, but the film will be accompanied by a featurette highlighting the slang created by the movie that still lives on in American culture.
Related: 35 Totally Rad Clueless Quotes That Summarize Your Adulthood
Originally released in July 1995, the comedy...
Thanks to Fathom Events and Paramount Pictures, fans can now purchase tickets to check out Clueless on the big screen on May 3, May 4, and May 6 in more than 600 movie theaters nationwide. Not only will viewers be able to dive back into the melodrama surrounding Cher Horowitz and her stylish gang of peers, but the film will be accompanied by a featurette highlighting the slang created by the movie that still lives on in American culture.
Related: 35 Totally Rad Clueless Quotes That Summarize Your Adulthood
Originally released in July 1995, the comedy...
- 3/6/2020
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Vulture Watch
What's on the menu for Tray? Has The Last Og TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on TBS? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Last Og, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A TBS sitcom from creators Jordan Peele and John Carcieri, The Last Og stars Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul, Taylor Mosby, and Dante Hoagland. Season two guest stars include: Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Bresha Webb, Diarra Kilpatrick, Anna Maria Horsford, Joshua Rivera, Dan Hedaya, Brian Sacca, and Jack McBrayer. The comedy centers on Tray (Morgan), who is released from prison after 15 years. Back in...
What's on the menu for Tray? Has The Last Og TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on TBS? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Last Og, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A TBS sitcom from creators Jordan Peele and John Carcieri, The Last Og stars Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul, Taylor Mosby, and Dante Hoagland. Season two guest stars include: Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Bresha Webb, Diarra Kilpatrick, Anna Maria Horsford, Joshua Rivera, Dan Hedaya, Brian Sacca, and Jack McBrayer. The comedy centers on Tray (Morgan), who is released from prison after 15 years. Back in...
- 2/27/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
(the much-loathed CEO of the Madison Square Garden Company was also namechecked in “Uncut Gems”), Tim Sutton’s “Funny Face” begins with a premise that will make perfect sense to any long-suffering New Yorker: What if the Joker were a Knicks fan? Well, begins may not be the most accurate verb to use here — as with most of Sutton’s languid and oppressively suggestive work, the movie doesn’t start with a premise so much as it watches one thaw into shape over the course of its runtime — but that question is eventually pointed at us with all the subtlety of the Bat Signal.
It might even be the clearest thing that Saul ever says, as the mealy-mouthed Coney Island misanthrope launches into an impassioned rant after someone asks him why he doesn’t just root for the transplanted Brooklyn Nets: “This city doesn’t care about the losers! It only cares about money!
It might even be the clearest thing that Saul ever says, as the mealy-mouthed Coney Island misanthrope launches into an impassioned rant after someone asks him why he doesn’t just root for the transplanted Brooklyn Nets: “This city doesn’t care about the losers! It only cares about money!
- 2/25/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20 – March 1) unveiled its Encounters program today, featuring the premieres of new works by Tim Sutton and Romanian director Cristi Puiu.
Also screening is Josephine Decker’s Shirley with Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg, marking the film’s international premiere after its upcoming Sundance bow, and Gunda by Victor Kossakovsky, whose last pic was the 2018 Venice doc Aquarela.
Encounters is a newly-created competitive section at the Berlin festival that looks to highlight “new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms.” A three-member jury will choose the winners for Best Film, Best Director and a Special Jury Award.
“As a result of passionate research, the 15 titles chosen for Encounters present the vitality of cinema in all of its forms. Each film presents a different way of interpreting the cinematic story: autobiographical, intimate, political,...
Also screening is Josephine Decker’s Shirley with Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg, marking the film’s international premiere after its upcoming Sundance bow, and Gunda by Victor Kossakovsky, whose last pic was the 2018 Venice doc Aquarela.
Encounters is a newly-created competitive section at the Berlin festival that looks to highlight “new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms.” A three-member jury will choose the winners for Best Film, Best Director and a Special Jury Award.
“As a result of passionate research, the 15 titles chosen for Encounters present the vitality of cinema in all of its forms. Each film presents a different way of interpreting the cinematic story: autobiographical, intimate, political,...
- 1/17/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryder Allen is set to join Justin Timberlake in the forthcoming drama Palmer directed by Fisher Stevens and written by Cheryl Guerriero, whose script appeared on the 2016 Blacklist.
The film features Timberlake as the titular Eddie Palmer, a former college football phenomenon who, after a stint in prison, returns to his hometown to get his life back on track. There, he faces not only lingering conflicts from his past but also a much more surprising challenge as he finds himself suddenly in charge of a unique, loner 7-year-old boy named Sam (Allen) who has been abandoned by his wayward mother. Palmer marks Allen’s feature film debut.
Academy Award-winning producer Charles B. Wessler (Green Book) will produce alongside Sk Global co-CEOs John Penotti and Charlie Corwin. Sidney Kimmel and Daniel Nadler will also produce. Sk Global and Nadler will co-finance the film.
Allen is repped by Paradigm and Trilogy Talent.
The film features Timberlake as the titular Eddie Palmer, a former college football phenomenon who, after a stint in prison, returns to his hometown to get his life back on track. There, he faces not only lingering conflicts from his past but also a much more surprising challenge as he finds himself suddenly in charge of a unique, loner 7-year-old boy named Sam (Allen) who has been abandoned by his wayward mother. Palmer marks Allen’s feature film debut.
Academy Award-winning producer Charles B. Wessler (Green Book) will produce alongside Sk Global co-CEOs John Penotti and Charlie Corwin. Sidney Kimmel and Daniel Nadler will also produce. Sk Global and Nadler will co-finance the film.
Allen is repped by Paradigm and Trilogy Talent.
- 11/11/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Hey, "Blue Bloods" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's premiere episode 1. Now that it's officially in the history books, it's time to let you guys know what the producers have in store for the next,new episode 2. Thanks to CBS' latest press release, we do have a few spoiler scoops for you guys. So, we'll definitely be referring to it for this spoiler session. To get this spoiler party started, episode 2 is officially titled, "Naughty Or Nice." It sounds like episode 2 will feature some pretty intense, dramatic, action-filled and interesting scenes as Frank and Erin butt heads! Danny and Baez recruit a mobster to work with them! Jamie attempts to carry out a decoy operation and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Frank and Erin situation. It turns out that these two will indeed run into problems agreeing with each other when...
- 9/28/2019
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
This story about “NYPD Blue” and the Emmys first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
When “Game of Thrones” received 32 Emmy nominations for its eighth and final season, the show broke a record that had stood for 25 years and had seemed unassailable for most of that time. The previous record holder was Steven Bochco and David Milch’s “NYPD Blue,” which debuted on ABC in late 1993, shocked some people by bringing profanity and nudity to broadcast television and racked up 27 nominations for its first season, a total it never again came close to achieving.
The series, which followed a group of Manhattan police detectives, dominated the Emmy drama categories at the 1994 Emmys to the point that it landed four of the five nominations in the drama-series directing category and all five in the writing category. (No show has turned that trick since then.
When “Game of Thrones” received 32 Emmy nominations for its eighth and final season, the show broke a record that had stood for 25 years and had seemed unassailable for most of that time. The previous record holder was Steven Bochco and David Milch’s “NYPD Blue,” which debuted on ABC in late 1993, shocked some people by bringing profanity and nudity to broadcast television and racked up 27 nominations for its first season, a total it never again came close to achieving.
The series, which followed a group of Manhattan police detectives, dominated the Emmy drama categories at the 1994 Emmys to the point that it landed four of the five nominations in the drama-series directing category and all five in the writing category. (No show has turned that trick since then.
- 8/12/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
What's Tray cooking up during the second season of The Last Og TV show on TBS? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Last Og is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of The Last Og season two episodes here. *Status update below.
A TBS sitcom from creators Jordan Peele and John Carcieri, The Last Og stars Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul, Taylor Mosby, and Dante Hoagland. Season two guest stars include Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Bresha Webb, Diarra Kilpatrick, Anna Maria Horsford, Joshua Rivera, Dan Hedaya, Brian...
A TBS sitcom from creators Jordan Peele and John Carcieri, The Last Og stars Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul, Taylor Mosby, and Dante Hoagland. Season two guest stars include Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Bresha Webb, Diarra Kilpatrick, Anna Maria Horsford, Joshua Rivera, Dan Hedaya, Brian...
- 5/16/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
During its freshman outing on TBS, The Last Og TV show was the cable network's top performer in the Nielsen ratings. Now that it's back for a second season, will the comedy climb to new heights, or is it all downhill from here? Will The Last Og be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
A TBS sitcom from creators Jordan Peele and John Carcieri, The Last Og stars Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul, Taylor Mosby, and Dante Hoagland. Season two guest stars include Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Bresha Webb, Diarra Kilpatrick, Anna Maria Horsford, Joshua Rivera, Dan Hedaya, Brian Sacca, and Jack McBrayer. The comedy centers on Tray (Morgan), who is released from prison after 15 years. Back in a now-gentrified Brooklyn, he finds his old love, Shay (Haddish), has married a white...
A TBS sitcom from creators Jordan Peele and John Carcieri, The Last Og stars Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul, Taylor Mosby, and Dante Hoagland. Season two guest stars include Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli, Rakim, Bresha Webb, Diarra Kilpatrick, Anna Maria Horsford, Joshua Rivera, Dan Hedaya, Brian Sacca, and Jack McBrayer. The comedy centers on Tray (Morgan), who is released from prison after 15 years. Back in a now-gentrified Brooklyn, he finds his old love, Shay (Haddish), has married a white...
- 5/16/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Seymour Cassel, an Oscar-nominated longtime actor whose 200-plus screen credits include several John Cassavetes movies and three for Wes Anderson, died Sunday of Alzheimer’s complications in Los Angeles. He was 84.
Cassel scored a Supporting Actor Oscar nom for Cassavetes’ 1968 film Faces, a role that also earned him a trophy from the National Society of Film Critics. He appeared in about a half-dozen of Cassavetes’ films and also acted opposite him in a few others. Anderson cast Cassel in his films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Rushmore (1998).
Cassel also was active in pre-merger SAG politics, running for national president in 2007 and 2009.
Born on January 22, 1935, in Detroit, Cassel’s film debut was an uncredited role in Cassavetes’ Shadows (1958). We would co-star alongside the filmmaker-actor in the early-’60s movies The Webster Boy, Too Late Blues — which Cassavetes also helmed — and The Killers, which was Ronald Reagan’s last movie.
Cassel scored a Supporting Actor Oscar nom for Cassavetes’ 1968 film Faces, a role that also earned him a trophy from the National Society of Film Critics. He appeared in about a half-dozen of Cassavetes’ films and also acted opposite him in a few others. Anderson cast Cassel in his films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Rushmore (1998).
Cassel also was active in pre-merger SAG politics, running for national president in 2007 and 2009.
Born on January 22, 1935, in Detroit, Cassel’s film debut was an uncredited role in Cassavetes’ Shadows (1958). We would co-star alongside the filmmaker-actor in the early-’60s movies The Webster Boy, Too Late Blues — which Cassavetes also helmed — and The Killers, which was Ronald Reagan’s last movie.
- 4/8/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles have been set to star in an upcoming medical thriller called The God Committee. The movie will be directed by Austin Stark (The Runner) from a script that he wrote and the actors will be joined by co-stars Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya.
The God Committee explores the U.S. organ transplant system. “The movie follows a donor heart being flown to a New York hospital, where a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient is the recipient. The story also explores the impact of that decision six years later. It is currently shooting in New York.”
Stark had this to say in a statement:
“The worldwide organ shortage continues to devastate families from all walks of life. I feel honored to be working with such an incredible ensemble –- anchored by Kelsey, Julia, Colman, Janeane and Dan –- in my...
The God Committee explores the U.S. organ transplant system. “The movie follows a donor heart being flown to a New York hospital, where a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient is the recipient. The story also explores the impact of that decision six years later. It is currently shooting in New York.”
Stark had this to say in a statement:
“The worldwide organ shortage continues to devastate families from all walks of life. I feel honored to be working with such an incredible ensemble –- anchored by Kelsey, Julia, Colman, Janeane and Dan –- in my...
- 3/29/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles have been set to star in The God Committee, a medical thriller that offers a lens into the U.S. organ transplant system. Austin Stark wrote and is directing the pic from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment, and shooting is underway in New York City.
The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a New York hospital and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
Phiphen’s Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano and Jane Oster are producing alongside Crystal City’s Ari Pinchot and Jonathan Rubenstein and Paper Street’s Stark, Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann. Joannna Meek, Ray Masucci, Erika Hampson,...
The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a New York hospital and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
Phiphen’s Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano and Jane Oster are producing alongside Crystal City’s Ari Pinchot and Jonathan Rubenstein and Paper Street’s Stark, Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann. Joannna Meek, Ray Masucci, Erika Hampson,...
- 3/28/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles are starring in medical thriller “The God Committee.”
Austin Stark is directing from his own script. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
“The God Committee” explores the U.S. organ transplant system. The movie follows a donor heart being flown to a New York hospital, where a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient is the recipient. The story also explores the impact of that decision six years later. It is currently shooting in New York.
“The worldwide organ shortage continues to devastate families from all walks of life,” Stark said. “I feel honored to be working with such an incredible ensemble –- anchored by Kelsey, Julia, Colman, Janeane and Dan –- in my quest to humanize the transplant system and bring faces to the statistics.”
Production companies behind the film include Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures, and Crystal City Entertainment.
Austin Stark is directing from his own script. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
“The God Committee” explores the U.S. organ transplant system. The movie follows a donor heart being flown to a New York hospital, where a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient is the recipient. The story also explores the impact of that decision six years later. It is currently shooting in New York.
“The worldwide organ shortage continues to devastate families from all walks of life,” Stark said. “I feel honored to be working with such an incredible ensemble –- anchored by Kelsey, Julia, Colman, Janeane and Dan –- in my quest to humanize the transplant system and bring faces to the statistics.”
Production companies behind the film include Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures, and Crystal City Entertainment.
- 3/28/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Infinitely Polar Bear producer Austin Stark directs from own screenplay.
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Infinitely Polar Bear producer Austin Stark directs from own screenplay.
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles are set to star in “The God Committee,” a medical thriller from writer and director Austin Stark. Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment announced the casting on Thursday.
Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya will co-star in “The God Committee,” which is currently shooting in New York.
“The God Committee” is a look into the U.S. organ transplant system, seen through the eyes of those personally involved and affected by it. The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a NYC hospital, and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision.
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Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya will co-star in “The God Committee,” which is currently shooting in New York.
“The God Committee” is a look into the U.S. organ transplant system, seen through the eyes of those personally involved and affected by it. The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a NYC hospital, and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision.
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- 3/28/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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