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
Saved by the Bell‘s Season 1 finale serves up more questions than it does answers. For instance, was Tori Scott just a fever dream? A figment of Zack Morris’ heightened imagination used to fill the void when Kelly Kapowski and Jessie Spano disappeared for large swaths of senior year?
The Peacock revival references Leanna Creel’s leather jacket-clad character, who appeared in a grand total of 10 episodes throughout the original series’ final season, only never to be seen or heard from again. The namedrop comes just minutes into Episode 10, as Mac fills his parents in on the PTA’s efforts...
The Peacock revival references Leanna Creel’s leather jacket-clad character, who appeared in a grand total of 10 episodes throughout the original series’ final season, only never to be seen or heard from again. The namedrop comes just minutes into Episode 10, as Mac fills his parents in on the PTA’s efforts...
- 11/28/2020
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Before Peacock's Saved by the Bell reboot arrives later this month, we're revisiting how the original series ended! Technically, though, the original Saved by the Bell had a few different "finales," thanks to multiple TV movies and spinoffs. Let's break down exactly where each show left off, and where we bid farewell to the main characters decades ago.
How Did the Original Saved by the Bell End?
The fourth and final season of Saved by the Bell had a major cast change to deal with: NBC unexpectedly ordered more episodes than planned, which required redoing the cast's contracts. Two of the main cast members, Tiffani Thiessen (Kelly) and Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie), were already moving on from the show, so they didn't sign on for the extra episodes. Instead, a new character, Tori (played by Leanna Creel) was created and inserted into the show as if she'd always been there.
Because...
How Did the Original Saved by the Bell End?
The fourth and final season of Saved by the Bell had a major cast change to deal with: NBC unexpectedly ordered more episodes than planned, which required redoing the cast's contracts. Two of the main cast members, Tiffani Thiessen (Kelly) and Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie), were already moving on from the show, so they didn't sign on for the extra episodes. Instead, a new character, Tori (played by Leanna Creel) was created and inserted into the show as if she'd always been there.
Because...
- 11/20/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Saved by the Bell premiered 30 years ago on NBC on Aug. 20, 1989.
The series followed Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and his friends at Bayside High School as they navigated their teenage years. While the show mostly focused on light-hearted topics such as dating and friendship, it also touched on serious issues including drug use, drunk driving, homelessness and environmental issues.
Tiffani Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley, Lark Voorhies and Leanna Creel also starred as Zack's friends and classmates, while Dennis Haskins appeared as the school's principal Mr. Belding.
Saved by the Bell was followed ...
The series followed Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and his friends at Bayside High School as they navigated their teenage years. While the show mostly focused on light-hearted topics such as dating and friendship, it also touched on serious issues including drug use, drunk driving, homelessness and environmental issues.
Tiffani Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley, Lark Voorhies and Leanna Creel also starred as Zack's friends and classmates, while Dennis Haskins appeared as the school's principal Mr. Belding.
Saved by the Bell was followed ...
- 9/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jenny Morrill Dec 9, 2016
The cast of Saved By The Bell have made a lot of Christmas films. And we've just watched them all...
Some people collect stamps. I wish I collected stamps, that would be infinitely easier than my hobby, which is collecting Saved By The Bell cast members in Christmas movies. Think of it as Panini stickers on ultra hard mode.
Sadly, my collection depends on the whims and careers of the various Bayside alumni. I'm not doing too badly; so far I have five of the six main cast members, and a few supporting characters. But the hunt for the missing actors takes up far too much of my time, time that could be spent watching Homes Under The Hammer and crying.
Here are the actors I have in my strange, fictional sticker album so far...
Mark Paul Gosselaar (Zack): 12 Dates Of Christmas
Plot: A newly single...
The cast of Saved By The Bell have made a lot of Christmas films. And we've just watched them all...
Some people collect stamps. I wish I collected stamps, that would be infinitely easier than my hobby, which is collecting Saved By The Bell cast members in Christmas movies. Think of it as Panini stickers on ultra hard mode.
Sadly, my collection depends on the whims and careers of the various Bayside alumni. I'm not doing too badly; so far I have five of the six main cast members, and a few supporting characters. But the hunt for the missing actors takes up far too much of my time, time that could be spent watching Homes Under The Hammer and crying.
Here are the actors I have in my strange, fictional sticker album so far...
Mark Paul Gosselaar (Zack): 12 Dates Of Christmas
Plot: A newly single...
- 12/5/2016
- Den of Geek
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In its special episodes, Saved By The Bell wasn't afraid to get real. Or kill ducks. All together now, "I'm so excited! I'm so excited!..."
Saved By The Bell wasn't just Zack and Slater having a dance off. Yes it was. However, the show also tried its hand at a number of 'very special episodes'. These typically featured problems encountered by all teens at some point, like drinking half a can of beer, dead ducks, and getting off your tits on Pro Plus.
I grew up watching Saved By The Bell, and thanks to its teachings I am a well adjusted individual. Not like those weirdos who only ever make one joke about how they're a bit odd, and everything they ever write is a rubbish variation of that joke mixed in with jokes about Bungle.
Let's have a look at how Zack, Josh, Twinkie and Billy...
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In its special episodes, Saved By The Bell wasn't afraid to get real. Or kill ducks. All together now, "I'm so excited! I'm so excited!..."
Saved By The Bell wasn't just Zack and Slater having a dance off. Yes it was. However, the show also tried its hand at a number of 'very special episodes'. These typically featured problems encountered by all teens at some point, like drinking half a can of beer, dead ducks, and getting off your tits on Pro Plus.
I grew up watching Saved By The Bell, and thanks to its teachings I am a well adjusted individual. Not like those weirdos who only ever make one joke about how they're a bit odd, and everything they ever write is a rubbish variation of that joke mixed in with jokes about Bungle.
Let's have a look at how Zack, Josh, Twinkie and Billy...
- 3/17/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
There's straight-to-video shame, then there's straight to TV shame. The following small screen follow-ups, then, are the most shameful of the lot.
Please note, however: all of the following first aired on the small screen. They may have ended up on DVD later, but they're telly specials through and through...
1. Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist (2012)
Original film: Home Alone (1990)
Returning cast members: None
Stars: Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell
You'll remember the first two, and might have a dim recollection of the third - new kid, new goons - and the fourth will, hopefully, mean nothing to you (old kid, new actor playing kid, old goons, new actors playing goons, shot in South Africa).
The fifth, however, is the biggest stinker of the lot, a schmaltzy Christmas edition with a new kid, new family and new goons. Also, Malcolm McDowell - of Clockwork Orange fame - is in it,...
Please note, however: all of the following first aired on the small screen. They may have ended up on DVD later, but they're telly specials through and through...
1. Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist (2012)
Original film: Home Alone (1990)
Returning cast members: None
Stars: Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell
You'll remember the first two, and might have a dim recollection of the third - new kid, new goons - and the fourth will, hopefully, mean nothing to you (old kid, new actor playing kid, old goons, new actors playing goons, shot in South Africa).
The fifth, however, is the biggest stinker of the lot, a schmaltzy Christmas edition with a new kid, new family and new goons. Also, Malcolm McDowell - of Clockwork Orange fame - is in it,...
- 9/19/2015
- Digital Spy
"Tori Scott" from "Saved by the Bell" says only one actress is worthy of slipping on her leather jacket and roaming Bayside High for a new Lifetime movie -- and she's an Oscar nominee. Leanna Creel tells TMZ she'd love to see Ellen Page play her in "The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story" ... but says she realizes it's unlikely since it's not a feature film. A girl can dream, can't she? As far as...
- 6/23/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The "Saved By The Bell" finale aired 20 years ago on May 22, 1993, but the Bayside High crew will forever be in our hearts.
From caffeine pills to oil drills, Hot Sundae to house parities, the Max to the mall, Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani Thiessen), A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez), Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley), Samuel "Screech" Powers (Dustin Diamond), Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), Mr. Belding (Dennis Haskins) and even Tori Scott (Leanna Creel) made lasting impressions on every child of the '80s and '90s.
Like they sang at their high school graduation in the "Saved By The Bell" finale, "Now our high school story finally ends. But years from now, no matter where we travel, we'll all look back and think about our friends."
And that we will. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the "Saved By The Bell" finale, check out 20 reasons we still love this childhood gem in video,...
From caffeine pills to oil drills, Hot Sundae to house parities, the Max to the mall, Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani Thiessen), A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez), Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley), Samuel "Screech" Powers (Dustin Diamond), Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), Mr. Belding (Dennis Haskins) and even Tori Scott (Leanna Creel) made lasting impressions on every child of the '80s and '90s.
Like they sang at their high school graduation in the "Saved By The Bell" finale, "Now our high school story finally ends. But years from now, no matter where we travel, we'll all look back and think about our friends."
And that we will. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the "Saved By The Bell" finale, check out 20 reasons we still love this childhood gem in video,...
- 5/22/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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As a child of the '90s, I grew up consuming a lot of pop culture about girls my age or just a bit older. Although tomboys have been a part of TV, movies and books, it felt like most of my favorite things to re-watch or re-read had one among them. At the time, of course, I had no idea why that was, especially considering I was not a tomboy myself. But now it's very clear to me I was hardcore crushing on these girls and, in some cases, my unknowing gaydar was not far off.
Roberta, Now and Then
Christina Ricci played a softball-loving tough chick who taped her boobs down and wasn't afraid to throw a punch if a boy disrespected her. I was so mad Christina kissed Devon Sawa, as were all my other girl friends,...
As a child of the '90s, I grew up consuming a lot of pop culture about girls my age or just a bit older. Although tomboys have been a part of TV, movies and books, it felt like most of my favorite things to re-watch or re-read had one among them. At the time, of course, I had no idea why that was, especially considering I was not a tomboy myself. But now it's very clear to me I was hardcore crushing on these girls and, in some cases, my unknowing gaydar was not far off.
Roberta, Now and Then
Christina Ricci played a softball-loving tough chick who taped her boobs down and wasn't afraid to throw a punch if a boy disrespected her. I was so mad Christina kissed Devon Sawa, as were all my other girl friends,...
- 2/27/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
Want to know the status of a particular movie, TV show, or band? Wondering what a certain actress is up to these days? Send your entertainment-related questions to askafterellen@gmail.com — with your first name, city and country — and we'll try to answer as many as we can.
Question: Loving Annabelle's official MySpace page posted a blog a few months ago promising a "surprise" and a re-release of the film in April 2009. It's already June, and I can't find any re-released version. Is the release not going to happen, or has it been delayed?
― Kathryn Clark, Toronto, Canada
Question: Is there a release date for Katherine Brooks's new movie Waking Madison? Will it be released in theaters or straight to DVD?
―Vicki, Boston, Massachusetts
Writer/director Katherine Brooks and friend
Answer: The films ― past, present, and future ― of Katherine Brooks are so often in the subject line of the AskAfterEllen.
Question: Loving Annabelle's official MySpace page posted a blog a few months ago promising a "surprise" and a re-release of the film in April 2009. It's already June, and I can't find any re-released version. Is the release not going to happen, or has it been delayed?
― Kathryn Clark, Toronto, Canada
Question: Is there a release date for Katherine Brooks's new movie Waking Madison? Will it be released in theaters or straight to DVD?
―Vicki, Boston, Massachusetts
Writer/director Katherine Brooks and friend
Answer: The films ― past, present, and future ― of Katherine Brooks are so often in the subject line of the AskAfterEllen.
- 7/1/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
A fractured, comic folly about life in roadside-attraction America, Morgan J. Freeman's "Desert Blue" is a rollicking, off-road venture that will tickle the sensibilities of independent film fans. Wonderfully loony and touching, it played to wildly enthusiastic acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Set smack-dab on the fringes of an eastern California town passed up by the interstate, it's a hilarious look at people who live outside the lines of power. In this case, Baxter (population 89) is, essentially, a ghost town gone belly up after the mines closed. Its dubious claim to fame is the world's tallest Ice Cream cone, erected to generate tourist business. Less well-known is that it's also home to Baxter Beach, the world's creakiest unfinished ocean park and the inspired dream of one of the town's late crackpots who figured if you have sand, it's ridiculous not to have a beach.
Into town wanders a professor of popular culture (John Heard) who has lugged his ungrateful, TV actress daughter (Kate Hudson) on a tour of U.S. back roads. The good, goofy professor chronicles American oddities, peculiarities of small-town boosterism -- burgs that build things such as huge thermometers and palaces made of corn to attract attention and economic interest.
Structurally, "Desert Blue" ambles out like an old-time western as the professor and his daughter encounter the coots and crazies who eke out a living in the tumble-down town. As soon as they get there, however, a trucker toting ingredients for a newfangled soda is killed in a highway accident. The authorities surmise that he was somehow poisoned by the contents of his load.
No sooner than you can say "bring in the outsiders," the FBI and EPA arrive in storm-trooper force and quarantine the town. This causes great consternation among the townsfolk: It will upset their daily routines of drinking, off-road biking and mucking about.
While the plot is not particularly remarkable, the storytelling and capture of locale and mind-set is cunningly brainy. Writer-director Freeman (who did "Hurricane Streets", which won the 1997 Sundance Audience Award) has wired together a most-peculiar pastiche of folks living on society's fringes.
The story line is wacky yet endearingly affecting, in part because of strong, offbeat performances from a cast led by Christina Ricci, who is hilarious as an angry young girl who gets her kicks from blowing things up. She's a virtual one-woman demolition derby. And Casey Affleck is a kick as a rowdy whose only dream is to defend his all-terrain vehicle racing championship.
Among more-normal characters, relatively speaking, Brendan Sexton III is sympathetic as a young man who bears a tremendous personal cross, while Hudson's tawny performance as a TV starlet is altogether appealing.
But its shady squint on life gives "Desert Blue" its sheen. Freeman has wired together a terrific slant on Americana; it's neither condescending nor judgmental. In fact, it's oddly inspiring.
DESERT BLUE
Ignite Entertainment
A film by Morgan J. Freeman
Producers: Andrea Sperling, Nadia Leonelli,
Michael Burns
Screenwriter-director: Morgan J. Freeman
Executive producers: Leanna Creel,
Marc Butan, Kip Hagopian
Co-producers: Gill Holland, A. Carter Pottash
Director of photography: Enrique Chediak
Editor: Sabine Hoffman
Production designer: David Doernberg
Music: Vytas Nagisetty
Music supervisor: Tracy McNight
Sound designers: Margaret Crimmins,
Paul D. Hsu
Costume designer: Trish Summerville
Casting: Susan Shopmaker
Color/stereo
Cast:
Blue: Brendan Sexton III
Skye: Kate Hudson
Ely: Christina Ricci
Pete: Casey Affleck
Sandy: Sarah Gilbert
Lance: John Heard
Caroline: Lucina Jenney
Running time -- 92 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Set smack-dab on the fringes of an eastern California town passed up by the interstate, it's a hilarious look at people who live outside the lines of power. In this case, Baxter (population 89) is, essentially, a ghost town gone belly up after the mines closed. Its dubious claim to fame is the world's tallest Ice Cream cone, erected to generate tourist business. Less well-known is that it's also home to Baxter Beach, the world's creakiest unfinished ocean park and the inspired dream of one of the town's late crackpots who figured if you have sand, it's ridiculous not to have a beach.
Into town wanders a professor of popular culture (John Heard) who has lugged his ungrateful, TV actress daughter (Kate Hudson) on a tour of U.S. back roads. The good, goofy professor chronicles American oddities, peculiarities of small-town boosterism -- burgs that build things such as huge thermometers and palaces made of corn to attract attention and economic interest.
Structurally, "Desert Blue" ambles out like an old-time western as the professor and his daughter encounter the coots and crazies who eke out a living in the tumble-down town. As soon as they get there, however, a trucker toting ingredients for a newfangled soda is killed in a highway accident. The authorities surmise that he was somehow poisoned by the contents of his load.
No sooner than you can say "bring in the outsiders," the FBI and EPA arrive in storm-trooper force and quarantine the town. This causes great consternation among the townsfolk: It will upset their daily routines of drinking, off-road biking and mucking about.
While the plot is not particularly remarkable, the storytelling and capture of locale and mind-set is cunningly brainy. Writer-director Freeman (who did "Hurricane Streets", which won the 1997 Sundance Audience Award) has wired together a most-peculiar pastiche of folks living on society's fringes.
The story line is wacky yet endearingly affecting, in part because of strong, offbeat performances from a cast led by Christina Ricci, who is hilarious as an angry young girl who gets her kicks from blowing things up. She's a virtual one-woman demolition derby. And Casey Affleck is a kick as a rowdy whose only dream is to defend his all-terrain vehicle racing championship.
Among more-normal characters, relatively speaking, Brendan Sexton III is sympathetic as a young man who bears a tremendous personal cross, while Hudson's tawny performance as a TV starlet is altogether appealing.
But its shady squint on life gives "Desert Blue" its sheen. Freeman has wired together a terrific slant on Americana; it's neither condescending nor judgmental. In fact, it's oddly inspiring.
DESERT BLUE
Ignite Entertainment
A film by Morgan J. Freeman
Producers: Andrea Sperling, Nadia Leonelli,
Michael Burns
Screenwriter-director: Morgan J. Freeman
Executive producers: Leanna Creel,
Marc Butan, Kip Hagopian
Co-producers: Gill Holland, A. Carter Pottash
Director of photography: Enrique Chediak
Editor: Sabine Hoffman
Production designer: David Doernberg
Music: Vytas Nagisetty
Music supervisor: Tracy McNight
Sound designers: Margaret Crimmins,
Paul D. Hsu
Costume designer: Trish Summerville
Casting: Susan Shopmaker
Color/stereo
Cast:
Blue: Brendan Sexton III
Skye: Kate Hudson
Ely: Christina Ricci
Pete: Casey Affleck
Sandy: Sarah Gilbert
Lance: John Heard
Caroline: Lucina Jenney
Running time -- 92 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/16/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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