Get ready for an unforgettable journey into the world of timeless treasures on “Antiques Roadshow,” airing on PBS this Monday, May 27th, at 8:00 Pm. In this captivating episode titled “I Was There,” viewers will be treated to a fascinating showcase of remarkable artifacts and collectibles from various eras.
Among the highlights of the episode are Disney animation art dating back to 1938, offering a rare glimpse into the early days of beloved Disney classics. Additionally, viewers will have the opportunity to marvel at a collection of Jimi Hendrix memorabilia from the iconic musician’s legendary career in the 1970s.
Adding to the excitement, the episode features a Norman Rockwell oil painting and chair dating back to 1952, providing insight into the acclaimed artist’s enduring legacy. From priceless artworks to unique historical artifacts, “I Was There” promises to captivate audiences with its diverse array of antiques and the stories behind them.
Among the highlights of the episode are Disney animation art dating back to 1938, offering a rare glimpse into the early days of beloved Disney classics. Additionally, viewers will have the opportunity to marvel at a collection of Jimi Hendrix memorabilia from the iconic musician’s legendary career in the 1970s.
Adding to the excitement, the episode features a Norman Rockwell oil painting and chair dating back to 1952, providing insight into the acclaimed artist’s enduring legacy. From priceless artworks to unique historical artifacts, “I Was There” promises to captivate audiences with its diverse array of antiques and the stories behind them.
- 5/20/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Emily Alyn Lind is still haunted by her work on horror movie 'Enter the Void' when she was five years old.The 'Gossip Girl' star played a young girl who sees her family killed in a car accident in the 2009 film, and she remembers the gory scenes vividly despite her young age and believes it inspired her to take on darker parts as an adult.Emily, now 21, told The Hollywood Reporter: "That [film] was such an experience in and of itself. I don’t know if it’s paranormal, but it feels like the ghost of my past at this point. I was like five years old, and it was the craziest experience. "People tell me: 'Oh, you don’t remember being five or six years old,' and I’m always like: 'I do, because I basically lived through a traumatic experience'."Yes, it was fake,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Louise Mary Randell
- Bang Showbiz
Nominations voting is from January 11–16, 2024, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23, 2024. Final voting is February 22–27, 2024. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2024 Oscar picks.
The State of the Race
The animated short Oscar nominees are all acclaimed indies that explore such heady themes as the Holocaust, war, gender restrictions, incest, and mortality. They hail from the U.S., France, Israel, and Iran and embrace CG, 2D, stop-motion, and mixed media.
The field is led by the timely “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”, about a chess game played across enemy lines of an alternative World War I, with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon. It was specifically inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s popular protest song,...
The State of the Race
The animated short Oscar nominees are all acclaimed indies that explore such heady themes as the Holocaust, war, gender restrictions, incest, and mortality. They hail from the U.S., France, Israel, and Iran and embrace CG, 2D, stop-motion, and mixed media.
The field is led by the timely “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”, about a chess game played across enemy lines of an alternative World War I, with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon. It was specifically inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s popular protest song,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Oscar-shortlisted and Annie-nominated animated short “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” couldn’t be (sadly) timelier with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The 11-minute indie takes place in an alternate World War I, where a secret chess match is played across enemy lines with the assistance of a heroic carrier pigeon that delivers the chess moves over the battlefield. Pixar alum Dave Mullins wrote and directed the short, animated by Wētā FX Limited and executive produced by Sean Ono Lennon.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coincided with Lennon wanting to make an animated project around his parents’ popular protest song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” So he approached a friend at Pixar, who recommended Mullins (“Lou”), who left Pixar on his 20th anniversary in 2021 and started ElectroLeague, a real-time animation company with co-founder Brad Booker (producer of “War Is Over”).
“And so we met,...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coincided with Lennon wanting to make an animated project around his parents’ popular protest song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” So he approached a friend at Pixar, who recommended Mullins (“Lou”), who left Pixar on his 20th anniversary in 2021 and started ElectroLeague, a real-time animation company with co-founder Brad Booker (producer of “War Is Over”).
“And so we met,...
- 1/13/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
After Dan Levy first created "Schitt's Creek" back in 2015, he and the Television Gods rested on the seventh day, looked back at the game-changing series, and declared that it was good. Since its finale in 2020 left fans itching for more, however, Levy has attempted to fill that hole by staying inordinately busy. He soon lined up a new animated series called "Standing Up," he's maintained a steady presence on the other side of the camera through appearances in HBO's "The Idol" and Netflix's "Sex Education" (sandwiched in between a cameo in Disney's "Haunted Mansion" remake), and he's now ready to unleash his feature film debut as writer and director with "Good Grief."
As the first major project coming out of his lucrative deal with Netflix, "Good Grief" promises to tell a deeply moving and heartfelt story all about -- you guessed it -- processing grief. If the moody music,...
As the first major project coming out of his lucrative deal with Netflix, "Good Grief" promises to tell a deeply moving and heartfelt story all about -- you guessed it -- processing grief. If the moody music,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
In 2021, Sean Ono Lennon was looking for a way to make a music video for one of his parents’ signature songs and feeling creatively stuck—until he had a meeting with former Pixar animator Dave Mullins. The song, 1971’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over), is probably the most popular piece of music John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote as a couple. But beyond appearing reliably on playlists around the world every Christmas, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is also a peace anthem, and Sean wanted to reintroduce the song’s message. The song “just felt like it deserved some kind of piece to help get it out there for another generation,” Lennon says. The only problem was that every music video idea seemed to trivialize it. “It almost felt goofy,” Lennon says. “Like a Hallmark kind of thing. What are we going to show, a family sitting around a fire?...
- 12/5/2023
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Depiction doesn’t equal endorsement, director David Fincher helpfully reminded folks in a new interview.
The filmmaker, whose new movie “The Killer” is out now in a limited release before arriving on Netflix next week, was asked in an interview with The Guardian how he felt about his 1999 movie “Fight Club” being embraced by misogynists and those who align with the far right of the political spectrum.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said when the topic of “incels” and the “alt-right” appreciation of his film was broached. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.”
Pushed by the interviewer about the film becoming a “touchstone” for the far right, Fincher added, “Ok, fine. It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography,… we didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“Fight Club...
The filmmaker, whose new movie “The Killer” is out now in a limited release before arriving on Netflix next week, was asked in an interview with The Guardian how he felt about his 1999 movie “Fight Club” being embraced by misogynists and those who align with the far right of the political spectrum.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said when the topic of “incels” and the “alt-right” appreciation of his film was broached. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.”
Pushed by the interviewer about the film becoming a “touchstone” for the far right, Fincher added, “Ok, fine. It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography,… we didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“Fight Club...
- 10/31/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
It can sound pretentious, but art really can truly be interpreted in any way by the viewer. In some cases, there are villains in movies that can win over audiences if they’re written well enough or performed well enough. Michael Douglas once expressed his frustration over some people taking to his Wall Street character, Gordon Gecko, even though it was intended that he was the antagonist. Al Pacino’s Scarface is seen by some as sort of a folk, anti-hero as Tony Montana came from the gutter and became a powerful figure with an unbreakable spirit. And now, David Fincher is being asked by The Guardian about his feelings of disenfranchised extremists holding his Fight Club film to high regard with its anti-establishment theme.
According to Variety, the director of the upcoming Michael Fassbender film, The Killer (check out our review), doesn’t feel it’s his duty to...
According to Variety, the director of the upcoming Michael Fassbender film, The Killer (check out our review), doesn’t feel it’s his duty to...
- 10/31/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
From Patrick Bateman to Tyler Durden, Men’s Rights Activists, incels, and other misogynistic men have a tendency to idolize fictional characters that are meant to be cautionary tales. David Fincher — who brought Durden to the big screen with Fight Club — is as baffled by it as you and me.
Starring Edward Norton as the disaffected Narrator and Brad Pitt as Durden, Fight Club — Fincher’s 1999 adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel of the same name — tackled the same middle class ennui as Office Space, but took its characters’ frustrations to much more violent ends. Steve Rose of The Guardian asked Fincher about the film’s negative impact in a new interview, but Fincher was quick to avoid taking any personal responsibility for the rise of incel culture.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.” Pressed on the number of male supremacists...
Starring Edward Norton as the disaffected Narrator and Brad Pitt as Durden, Fight Club — Fincher’s 1999 adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel of the same name — tackled the same middle class ennui as Office Space, but took its characters’ frustrations to much more violent ends. Steve Rose of The Guardian asked Fincher about the film’s negative impact in a new interview, but Fincher was quick to avoid taking any personal responsibility for the rise of incel culture.
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things,” Fincher said. “Language evolves. Symbols evolve.” Pressed on the number of male supremacists...
- 10/31/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Film News
David Fincher's 1999 film "Fight Club" may be one of the most widely misinterpreted films of all time.
"Fight Club" follows a nameless office wonk (Edward Norton) who finds that modern life is sapping him of his passions and forcing him to become a mindless consumer. He eventually achieves catharsis in under the tutelage of the ultra-cool Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a devil-may-care soap salesman who espouses an ultra-masculine philosophy of strength through personal violence. He and the Norton character begin hosting underground bare-knuckle fight clubs with other equally pathetic men seeking to assert their masculinity. A lot of knuckles are skinned, eyes damaged, and bruises inflicted.
Eventually, Tyler has formed a cult of put-upon middle-class white service workers who begin tainting customers' food and committing city-wide acts of vandalism as a form of punk rock defiance. But then, a line is crossed. Tyler's cult turns to military-like tactics and bomb-making.
"Fight Club" follows a nameless office wonk (Edward Norton) who finds that modern life is sapping him of his passions and forcing him to become a mindless consumer. He eventually achieves catharsis in under the tutelage of the ultra-cool Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a devil-may-care soap salesman who espouses an ultra-masculine philosophy of strength through personal violence. He and the Norton character begin hosting underground bare-knuckle fight clubs with other equally pathetic men seeking to assert their masculinity. A lot of knuckles are skinned, eyes damaged, and bruises inflicted.
Eventually, Tyler has formed a cult of put-upon middle-class white service workers who begin tainting customers' food and committing city-wide acts of vandalism as a form of punk rock defiance. But then, a line is crossed. Tyler's cult turns to military-like tactics and bomb-making.
- 10/30/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
David Fincher was recently asked by The Guardian about how his 1999 directorial effort “Fight Club” has become a favorite amongst incels and far-right groups for depicting disenfranchised white men coming together to rally against capitalist society. The director distanced himself from such a topic, telling the publication, “I’m not responsible for how people interpret things…Language evolves. Symbols evolve.”
“Ok, fine,” Fincher replied when the Guardian writer said “Fight Club” has become a touchstone for the far right. “It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography.” Is the director bothered by that? “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica,” he reasoned, reiterating that he’s not responsible for how people interpret his work.
“It’s impossible for me to imagine that people don’t understand that Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) is a negative influence,...
“Ok, fine,” Fincher replied when the Guardian writer said “Fight Club” has become a touchstone for the far right. “It’s one of many touchstones in their lexicography.” Is the director bothered by that? “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica,” he reasoned, reiterating that he’s not responsible for how people interpret his work.
“It’s impossible for me to imagine that people don’t understand that Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) is a negative influence,...
- 10/30/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Since its release in 1999, “Fight Club” has become a cultural touchstone for a subset of the human population referred to as the manosphere — men who are known as “incels” and are typically steeped in misogyny and Neo-Nazi beliefs. If anyone is surprised by that, it’s the movie’s director David Fincher.
Addressing the extremist audience that has embraced a film he himself hasn’t seen in two decades, Fincher told The Guardian, “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things. Language evolves. Symbols evolve,” Fincher added. Still, he understands that the movie is “one of many touchstones in their lexicography.”
This echoes comments from the author of the “Fight Club” book. In 2018, Chuck Palahniuk told the same outlet that it’s “fascinating...
Addressing the extremist audience that has embraced a film he himself hasn’t seen in two decades, Fincher told The Guardian, “We didn’t make it for them, but people will see what they’re going to see in a Norman Rockwell painting, or [Picasso’s] Guernica.”
“I’m not responsible for how people interpret things. Language evolves. Symbols evolve,” Fincher added. Still, he understands that the movie is “one of many touchstones in their lexicography.”
This echoes comments from the author of the “Fight Club” book. In 2018, Chuck Palahniuk told the same outlet that it’s “fascinating...
- 10/28/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
There have been plenty of home invasion movies. And there have been plenty of alien invasion movies. So it only seems logical that there would eventually be an alien home invasion movie. Writer-director Brian Duffield has delivered just that with his sci-fi suspenser featuring Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart, Dopesick) in a virtually solo, virtually silent performance as a young woman battling a formidable array of extraterrestrials who are definitely not of the cute and cuddly E.T. variety. Premiering on Hulu to provide scares through Halloween, No One Will Save You proves a singularly intense experience.
So intense, in fact, that it’s a shame that it’s been relegated to streaming. Deeply dependent on its imaginative sound effects, powerful visuals and nerve-jangling score by Joseph Trapanese, the film would benefit greatly from immersive theatrical viewing.
The story revolves around Brynn (Dever), who lives alone in a large house in the...
So intense, in fact, that it’s a shame that it’s been relegated to streaming. Deeply dependent on its imaginative sound effects, powerful visuals and nerve-jangling score by Joseph Trapanese, the film would benefit greatly from immersive theatrical viewing.
The story revolves around Brynn (Dever), who lives alone in a large house in the...
- 9/22/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to “Awesome Artist We’ve Found Around The Net.” In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up-and-coming, or well-established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com. This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art of…
Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson is an award-winning Theatrical Designer,...
Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson is an award-winning Theatrical Designer,...
- 8/5/2023
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
The Shining & Jaws Prints from Readful Things
Best known for his one-of-a-kind pop culture action figures, Readful Things is also a talented artist beyond the realm of toys. He reimagined two classic Norman Rockwell paintings with characters from The Shining and Jaws.
“The Runaway” is parodied with Jack Torrance, Danny Torrance, and Lloyd the Bartender on 12×16 matte prints for $35.
“Freedom of Speech” is parodied with Mayor Larry Vaughn on 12×18 matte prints for $40.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Shirt from Fright-Rags
It’s hard to believe we’re two decades removed from Platinum Dunes’ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which helped usher in remake trend that dominated much of the early 2000s.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary with new shirts from Fright-Rags,...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
The Shining & Jaws Prints from Readful Things
Best known for his one-of-a-kind pop culture action figures, Readful Things is also a talented artist beyond the realm of toys. He reimagined two classic Norman Rockwell paintings with characters from The Shining and Jaws.
“The Runaway” is parodied with Jack Torrance, Danny Torrance, and Lloyd the Bartender on 12×16 matte prints for $35.
“Freedom of Speech” is parodied with Mayor Larry Vaughn on 12×18 matte prints for $40.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Shirt from Fright-Rags
It’s hard to believe we’re two decades removed from Platinum Dunes’ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which helped usher in remake trend that dominated much of the early 2000s.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary with new shirts from Fright-Rags,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Since 2010, the CBS police procedural drama television series, Blue Bloods, has entertained audiences with the fictional story of the Reagan family, led by Tom Selleck, who plays a stoic police chief. Intertwined with New York’s criminal justice system, the long-running series focuses on the interaction of the family and each unique role they play in seeking justice for others.
The heart of Blue Bloods is the family dinner scenes where the entire Catholic Irish-American clan gathers together to dissect the challenges of their daily lives. While many a meal has been served over the show’s long-running history, fish has never found a place on the dinner table, and with good reason!
What’s for dinner?
It feels so good to be back at this table! ? Catch up and watch the season premiere of #BlueBloods now on @ParamountPlus: https://t.co/c1weRM8dg2 pic.twitter.com/rD9asaHopQ...
The heart of Blue Bloods is the family dinner scenes where the entire Catholic Irish-American clan gathers together to dissect the challenges of their daily lives. While many a meal has been served over the show’s long-running history, fish has never found a place on the dinner table, and with good reason!
What’s for dinner?
It feels so good to be back at this table! ? Catch up and watch the season premiere of #BlueBloods now on @ParamountPlus: https://t.co/c1weRM8dg2 pic.twitter.com/rD9asaHopQ...
- 4/21/2023
- by Mama Rita
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Director Euzhan Palcy is speaking out about the reversal of a ban on her 1998 Disney film Ruby Bridges in a St. Petersburg, Florida, elementary school.
“Truth will out!” Palcy, 65, says in a statement issued to The Hollywood Reporter. “I commend the seven Florida teachers for standing up for truth by unanimously clearing Ruby Bridges for screening in the public schools”
“This is a victory for hope as portrayed in my film by the courage of children to turn their backs on bigotry, hatred and racism,” Palcy continues. “The teachers’ action sticks a thorn in the bubble of ignorance in which the enlightened parents wish to surrounded their children. Guess what will happen to those children when that bubble bursts?”
The controversy around Ruby Bridges began last month, when a parent at North Shore Elementary School complained that the film — about the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated a New Orleans in...
“Truth will out!” Palcy, 65, says in a statement issued to The Hollywood Reporter. “I commend the seven Florida teachers for standing up for truth by unanimously clearing Ruby Bridges for screening in the public schools”
“This is a victory for hope as portrayed in my film by the courage of children to turn their backs on bigotry, hatred and racism,” Palcy continues. “The teachers’ action sticks a thorn in the bubble of ignorance in which the enlightened parents wish to surrounded their children. Guess what will happen to those children when that bubble bursts?”
The controversy around Ruby Bridges began last month, when a parent at North Shore Elementary School complained that the film — about the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated a New Orleans in...
- 4/14/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Critters 2: The Main Course was Written by Matthew Pejkovic, Narrated by Tyler Nichols, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Viewed by many as a low-budget rip-off of Gremlins, the 1986 sci-fi horror film Critters was a box-office success that spawned a film franchise. Critters 2: The Main Course (watch it Here), could not repeat the success of the first film, yet has gone on to become a cult favourite that marked the directorial debut of Mick Garris, the legendary horror filmmaker who took on the task of continuing the adventures of small yet deadly carnivorous aliens who eat their way through small town America. This time, however, box-office expectations were placed on the shoulders of the young filmmaker who found his first foray into directing a challenging yet educational experience, resulting in what Garris would later...
Viewed by many as a low-budget rip-off of Gremlins, the 1986 sci-fi horror film Critters was a box-office success that spawned a film franchise. Critters 2: The Main Course (watch it Here), could not repeat the success of the first film, yet has gone on to become a cult favourite that marked the directorial debut of Mick Garris, the legendary horror filmmaker who took on the task of continuing the adventures of small yet deadly carnivorous aliens who eat their way through small town America. This time, however, box-office expectations were placed on the shoulders of the young filmmaker who found his first foray into directing a challenging yet educational experience, resulting in what Garris would later...
- 4/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Following the news of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ unethical friendship with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, more details about the Texas real estate mogul have emerged, including a report that Crow is an avid collector of Adolf Hitler items.
The Washingtonian on Friday resurfaced a 2014 article by the Dallas Morning News where a tour of Crow’s Dallas-area mansion revealed the billionaire’s historical collection includes a startling amount of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by the author himself, a pair of the failed artist-turned-dictator’s cityscape paintings,...
The Washingtonian on Friday resurfaced a 2014 article by the Dallas Morning News where a tour of Crow’s Dallas-area mansion revealed the billionaire’s historical collection includes a startling amount of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by the author himself, a pair of the failed artist-turned-dictator’s cityscape paintings,...
- 4/8/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
As reported by the New York Times, on March 8, 2023, prolific B-movie filmmaker Bert I. Gordon passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He was 100 years old.
Bert I. Gordon is a name many may not be familiar with unless they were prone to visiting drive-in theaters in the 1950s, staying up late and watching monster movies on Uhf TV in the 1980s, or were paying attention to "Mystery Science Theater 3000" in the 1990s. Gordon was the director behind such low-budget classics as 1955's "King Dinosaur," 1957's "The Amazing Colossal Man," its sequel from the next year, "War of the Colossal Beast," the 1965 outsized J.D. flick, "Village of the Giants," the 1976 H.G. Wells adaptation, "Food of the Gods," and the 1976 giant ant film "Empire of the Ants." One might note that all the films listed above involve giants of some stripe. One might also want to take note of Bert I.
Bert I. Gordon is a name many may not be familiar with unless they were prone to visiting drive-in theaters in the 1950s, staying up late and watching monster movies on Uhf TV in the 1980s, or were paying attention to "Mystery Science Theater 3000" in the 1990s. Gordon was the director behind such low-budget classics as 1955's "King Dinosaur," 1957's "The Amazing Colossal Man," its sequel from the next year, "War of the Colossal Beast," the 1965 outsized J.D. flick, "Village of the Giants," the 1976 H.G. Wells adaptation, "Food of the Gods," and the 1976 giant ant film "Empire of the Ants." One might note that all the films listed above involve giants of some stripe. One might also want to take note of Bert I.
- 3/9/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Talk about a cliffhanger!
9-1-1 Season 6 Episode 10 leaves on the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers, as Buck finds himself in danger and the 118 rushes to save him. It's a gripping ending for a beautiful episode of the Fox hit series.
Coming off such an emotional ride, we got to break it all down with Executive Producer Kristen Reidel, who took us through the hour and previewed what's the come for the remainder of this season. Dig in and enjoy this fantastic chat!
We just spoke back in November, and you were telling me that the first episode was going to go off on a cliffhanger, and I had no idea what to expect, and it does go off on a pretty huge cliffhanger.
Yeah, I think it's probably one of the biggest we've ever done, aside from Tsunami.
The whole scene, I think my heart was in my throat. Can...
9-1-1 Season 6 Episode 10 leaves on the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers, as Buck finds himself in danger and the 118 rushes to save him. It's a gripping ending for a beautiful episode of the Fox hit series.
Coming off such an emotional ride, we got to break it all down with Executive Producer Kristen Reidel, who took us through the hour and previewed what's the come for the remainder of this season. Dig in and enjoy this fantastic chat!
We just spoke back in November, and you were telling me that the first episode was going to go off on a cliffhanger, and I had no idea what to expect, and it does go off on a pretty huge cliffhanger.
Yeah, I think it's probably one of the biggest we've ever done, aside from Tsunami.
The whole scene, I think my heart was in my throat. Can...
- 3/7/2023
- by Whitney Evans
- TVfanatic
In its most infamous monster-of-the-week episode, "Home," Fox's "The X-Files" took the idea of small-town American isolationism to the furthest extreme network TV would allow. First broadcast in October 1996 — two months before the TV Parental Guidelines system went into effect — "Home" juxtaposes Norman Rockwell images with hidden horrors that could be triggering even now for some viewers. In the span of one hour, the episode toggles between blue skies, baseball, a cornfield and Cadillac, '50s pop, references to "The Andy Griffith Show," and much uglier subject matter like infanticide, birth defects, home invasion, violence against Black people, and an incestuous mutant family.
To say it delved into taboos would be an understatement. This wouldn't be your average rerun: Fox withheld airing "Home" again for a full three years until October 1999, by which time the episode would be carrying the show's first and last TV-ma rating. "Only on Halloween ... would...
To say it delved into taboos would be an understatement. This wouldn't be your average rerun: Fox withheld airing "Home" again for a full three years until October 1999, by which time the episode would be carrying the show's first and last TV-ma rating. "Only on Halloween ... would...
- 3/4/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Tom Selleck has long since been the face of Blue Bloods, but fans’ favorite part of many episodes in the CBS series is the family dinner scenes. Those family dinners provide a sense of nostalgia or perhaps a reminder to gather one’s own family around the table.
Whatever emotions they evoke in viewers, the Reagan family dinners in every Blue Bloods episode aren’t a coincidence. No matter the chaos that might swirl in the NYPD or a city courthouse that day, the family always gathers for evening meals, with patriarch Frank Reagan (Selleck) at the head of the table and “Pop” Reagan (Len Cariou) opposite him. The dinners have become integral to the show — even if Selleck didn’t think they would survive the pilot.
The ‘Blue Bloods’ family dinner scenes are now iconic
It feels so good to be back at this table! ? Catch up and watch...
Whatever emotions they evoke in viewers, the Reagan family dinners in every Blue Bloods episode aren’t a coincidence. No matter the chaos that might swirl in the NYPD or a city courthouse that day, the family always gathers for evening meals, with patriarch Frank Reagan (Selleck) at the head of the table and “Pop” Reagan (Len Cariou) opposite him. The dinners have become integral to the show — even if Selleck didn’t think they would survive the pilot.
The ‘Blue Bloods’ family dinner scenes are now iconic
It feels so good to be back at this table! ? Catch up and watch...
- 3/4/2023
- by Nikelle Murphy
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
How I Caught My Killer is a true crime series type that is screened on Disney+ and Hulu. Each chapter is a different story with a varied style and formula that will stun those who thought this channel was still exclusively about charming princesses and mermaids.
Not everyone has liked it and it has bothered some viewers… it is a true crime and we all know that real crime subjects are not liked by all. However, it is a change in style in the network that seems to not set its limits on its traditional subjects.
We all know, not only Netflix is a source for true crimes, now Disney+ arrives with its offers… for some these are sordid, for others enjoyable cases about true murders with investigation, clues, interviews… And very, very sordid details about murders.
Hope you like it.
As of Thursday 12th of January on Hulu.
Where...
Not everyone has liked it and it has bothered some viewers… it is a true crime and we all know that real crime subjects are not liked by all. However, it is a change in style in the network that seems to not set its limits on its traditional subjects.
We all know, not only Netflix is a source for true crimes, now Disney+ arrives with its offers… for some these are sordid, for others enjoyable cases about true murders with investigation, clues, interviews… And very, very sordid details about murders.
Hope you like it.
As of Thursday 12th of January on Hulu.
Where...
- 1/13/2023
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid - TV
It's undeniable that the films in the National Lampoon's "Vacation" franchise have become comedy classics. The misadventures of the Griswold family of patriarch Clark (Chevy Chase), wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), daughter Audrey (Dana Barron/Dana Hill/Juliette Lewis/Marisol Nichols/Leslie Mann), son Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall/Jason Lively/Johnny Galecki/Ethan Embry/Ed Helms), and cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) have become seminal watches for multiple generations, and remain endlessly quotable after nearly 40 years.
The Griswolds were a relatable look at the average, white, middle-class American family, replacing the Norman Rockwell-esque presentation of yesteryear with more authentic and unconventional problems sprinkled throughout. Okay, so maybe we don't all know what it's like to lose our Great Aunt and have to strap her to the top of the car with the luggage in the rain, but we probably know what it feels like to expect a Christmas bonus but get...
The Griswolds were a relatable look at the average, white, middle-class American family, replacing the Norman Rockwell-esque presentation of yesteryear with more authentic and unconventional problems sprinkled throughout. Okay, so maybe we don't all know what it's like to lose our Great Aunt and have to strap her to the top of the car with the luggage in the rain, but we probably know what it feels like to expect a Christmas bonus but get...
- 1/7/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
It’s always fun and games until someone bites another person’s finger off.
To be fair, Maren — the young hero of Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, one half of its red-hot killer couple, our tour guide of ’80s Rust-Belt America and the role that officially confirms actor Taylor Russell as a best-of-generation contender — has sampled human flesh before. Her tastes first manifested themselves when she was three years old, we’re told, and her father (Andre Holland) has been shepherding Maren around from city to city, state to state ever since.
To be fair, Maren — the young hero of Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, one half of its red-hot killer couple, our tour guide of ’80s Rust-Belt America and the role that officially confirms actor Taylor Russell as a best-of-generation contender — has sampled human flesh before. Her tastes first manifested themselves when she was three years old, we’re told, and her father (Andre Holland) has been shepherding Maren around from city to city, state to state ever since.
- 11/21/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
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George Lois, the hard-selling, charismatic advertising man and designer who fashioned some of the most daring magazine images of the 1960s and popularized such catchphrases and brand names as “I Want My MTV” and “Lean Cuisine,” has died. He was 91.
Lois’ son, the photographer Luke Lois, said he died “peacefully” Friday at his home in Manhattan.
Nicknamed the “Golden Greek” and later (to his displeasure) an “Original Mad Man,” George Lois was among a wave of advertisers who launched the “Creative Revolution” that jolted Madison Avenue and the world beyond in the late 1950s and ’60s. He was boastful and provocative, willing and able to offend, and was a master of finding just the right image or words to capture a moment or create a demand.
His Esquire magazine covers, from Muhammad Ali posing as the martyr Saint Sebastian to Andy Warhol sinking...
George Lois, the hard-selling, charismatic advertising man and designer who fashioned some of the most daring magazine images of the 1960s and popularized such catchphrases and brand names as “I Want My MTV” and “Lean Cuisine,” has died. He was 91.
Lois’ son, the photographer Luke Lois, said he died “peacefully” Friday at his home in Manhattan.
Nicknamed the “Golden Greek” and later (to his displeasure) an “Original Mad Man,” George Lois was among a wave of advertisers who launched the “Creative Revolution” that jolted Madison Avenue and the world beyond in the late 1950s and ’60s. He was boastful and provocative, willing and able to offend, and was a master of finding just the right image or words to capture a moment or create a demand.
His Esquire magazine covers, from Muhammad Ali posing as the martyr Saint Sebastian to Andy Warhol sinking...
- 11/20/2022
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been almost 40 years since the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" followed young Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) as he pined for the ultimate Christmas gift back in the glory days of the 1940s: an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time. The original 1983 holiday comedy has become a fierce favorite around the holidays, so much so that it's earned a now-traditional 24-hour marathon every single year, stretching from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day.
Now Peter Billingsley has returned for "A Christmas Story Christmas," which seeks to give fans a legacy-quel that follows an adult Ralphie as he attempts to give his own family a Christmas they'll never forget. Not only is Billingsley back as Ralphie in front of the camera, with his brilliant and occasionally mischievous blue eyes still shining bright behind rounded spectacles, but...
Now Peter Billingsley has returned for "A Christmas Story Christmas," which seeks to give fans a legacy-quel that follows an adult Ralphie as he attempts to give his own family a Christmas they'll never forget. Not only is Billingsley back as Ralphie in front of the camera, with his brilliant and occasionally mischievous blue eyes still shining bright behind rounded spectacles, but...
- 11/16/2022
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Because 1983’s “A Christmas Story” has achieved iconic status among holiday movies and has become a nostalgic cornerstone to millions of fans who revisit it every December, it’s easy to forget that the film’s initial success came from its skewering of nostalgia itself.
The original tagline ironically called the film “A Tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas,” and director Bob Clark’s adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s comic reminiscences struck a chord precisely because it revealed the greed, venality, occasional cruelty, and recognizably human behavior that lurked beneath the Norman Rockwell façade of hazy Yuletide memories.
After several unsuccessful attempts to craft a sequel to Clark’s film, we finally get “A Christmas Story Christmas,” which brings back several of the original movie’s cast members. While it spends perhaps too much of its running time either recreating or directly quoting moments from its 1983 predecessor,...
The original tagline ironically called the film “A Tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas,” and director Bob Clark’s adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s comic reminiscences struck a chord precisely because it revealed the greed, venality, occasional cruelty, and recognizably human behavior that lurked beneath the Norman Rockwell façade of hazy Yuletide memories.
After several unsuccessful attempts to craft a sequel to Clark’s film, we finally get “A Christmas Story Christmas,” which brings back several of the original movie’s cast members. While it spends perhaps too much of its running time either recreating or directly quoting moments from its 1983 predecessor,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
“Nothing excites me more than the lack of a genre,” reveals four-time Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman about his latest score for Noah Baumbach‘s anticipated “White Noise.” For our recent webchat he adds, “as I started working on the film, people would ask me, how would you describe this movie? I don’t know how to describe it. It’s cynical, but it’s not, It’s satirical, or social satire, but it’s not a social satire. It’s romantic, but it’s not a romance. It’s got thriller elements, but it’s definitely not a thriller. So I have no idea how to describe it. That to me is very exciting.” We talked with Elfman as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022/2023 awards contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
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“White Noise” is...
See dozens of interviews with 2022/2023 awards contenders
“White Noise” is...
- 11/13/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
"Shazam! Fury of the Gods" is officially in the can.
Marvel is making more big video games.
Hugh Jackman promises an angry Wolverine in "Deadpool 3."
Keke Palmer proves she should be the new Rogue.
All that and more!
Watch The Marvel's Midnight Suns Prequel Short, Salem Sisters
In the lead up to "Marvel's Midnight Suns" video game this December, Marvel has decided to release a series of animated shorts to help fill in some backstory for the characters. In this case, we are going to "Travel back in time to the late 1600s to learn the Hunter's tragic origin story,...
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
"Shazam! Fury of the Gods" is officially in the can.
Marvel is making more big video games.
Hugh Jackman promises an angry Wolverine in "Deadpool 3."
Keke Palmer proves she should be the new Rogue.
All that and more!
Watch The Marvel's Midnight Suns Prequel Short, Salem Sisters
In the lead up to "Marvel's Midnight Suns" video game this December, Marvel has decided to release a series of animated shorts to help fill in some backstory for the characters. In this case, we are going to "Travel back in time to the late 1600s to learn the Hunter's tragic origin story,...
- 10/31/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
This article contains very mild Don’t Worry Darling spoilers.
Harry Styles is not terrible in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling. Which is not to say he is particularly good. Like a fancy ‘50s dinner party where the meal is neither fish nor fowl, the performance is adequate; a rough-around-the-edges first attempt at being a leading man that doesn’t technically distract from the movie. It doesn’t help it either.
Unfortunately, with a film titled Don’t Worry Darling that is a problem. By the very notion of its moniker, in which the slow-boiling menace of being gaslit by your partner is implicit, the most important role after the “darling”—who is here portrayed by a magnetic Florence Pugh—is that of the husband telling her not to worry. In the actual Gaslight movie of 1944, from which sprang the popular term for misleading the almost always female spouse, Ingrid Bergman...
Harry Styles is not terrible in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling. Which is not to say he is particularly good. Like a fancy ‘50s dinner party where the meal is neither fish nor fowl, the performance is adequate; a rough-around-the-edges first attempt at being a leading man that doesn’t technically distract from the movie. It doesn’t help it either.
Unfortunately, with a film titled Don’t Worry Darling that is a problem. By the very notion of its moniker, in which the slow-boiling menace of being gaslit by your partner is implicit, the most important role after the “darling”—who is here portrayed by a magnetic Florence Pugh—is that of the husband telling her not to worry. In the actual Gaslight movie of 1944, from which sprang the popular term for misleading the almost always female spouse, Ingrid Bergman...
- 9/25/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Those wishing to indulge in the collections presented at the forthcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will have to wait a little bit longer to do so. The museum had hoped to open its doors to the public next year, but unfortunately, according to The Hollywood Reporter, it will now not open for another two years until 2025. That means that it will have been over a decade from when the project was first announced to when it is a proper reality.
While most see the name George Lucas and think that this will be a museum solely dedicated to filmmaking, that is not the case. Yes, filmmaking will be part of the collection. Most notably, it will house the Lucasfilm archive that I'm sure so many "Star Wars" fans cannot wait to gawk at. Cinematically speaking, the museum will also be where people can dig into the Separate Cinema Archive,...
While most see the name George Lucas and think that this will be a museum solely dedicated to filmmaking, that is not the case. Yes, filmmaking will be part of the collection. Most notably, it will house the Lucasfilm archive that I'm sure so many "Star Wars" fans cannot wait to gawk at. Cinematically speaking, the museum will also be where people can dig into the Separate Cinema Archive,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
“Superman & Lois,” whose second season arrives on HBO Max today, isn’t your typical Superman story. For one thing, it gives the Man of Steel and his Pulitzer-winning wife a pair of teenage sons. For another, it has a distinctly modern — see also: post-recession — approach to Superman’s hometown, which it achieves through its expert interplay between production design and photography. If you aren’t watching the show, you might be missing out on a timely depiction of Superman’s home, one that demands to be seen not only on its own terms, but as a thoughtful update to the version that exists within the cinematic memory.
After Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch) lose their jobs at the Daily Planet, courtesy of a corporate buyout, they move their family from the bustling Metropolis to Smallville, Kansas, where their sons Jordan (Alex Garfin) and Johnathan (Jordan Elsass) have never lived.
After Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch) lose their jobs at the Daily Planet, courtesy of a corporate buyout, they move their family from the bustling Metropolis to Smallville, Kansas, where their sons Jordan (Alex Garfin) and Johnathan (Jordan Elsass) have never lived.
- 7/29/2022
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Indiewire
Tim Sale, the acclaimed comic book artist behind classic DC Comics such as “Batman: The Long Halloween” and “Superman for All Seasons,” died on Thursday, DC Comics confirmed in a press release. He was 66.
DC Comics publisher and chief creative officer Jim Lee announced that Sale had been admitted to the hospital due to health issues on Monday. The cause of death has not been announced.
In a statement for DC Comics, Lee said: “The entire DC family is heartbroken at the news of Tim’s passing. Tim was an extraordinary artist, who was masterful at storytelling and panel layouts and his compositions were second to none. I was always so impressed and inspired by his use of lighting and shadows which infused his work with foreboding gravitas and dramatic noir sensibilities.”
Tim Sale was an incredible artist, whose take on iconic characters had real human depth, and his groundbreaking...
DC Comics publisher and chief creative officer Jim Lee announced that Sale had been admitted to the hospital due to health issues on Monday. The cause of death has not been announced.
In a statement for DC Comics, Lee said: “The entire DC family is heartbroken at the news of Tim’s passing. Tim was an extraordinary artist, who was masterful at storytelling and panel layouts and his compositions were second to none. I was always so impressed and inspired by his use of lighting and shadows which infused his work with foreboding gravitas and dramatic noir sensibilities.”
Tim Sale was an incredible artist, whose take on iconic characters had real human depth, and his groundbreaking...
- 6/16/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
On the heels of the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy in 2020, more than 82,000 sexual abuse claimants came forward against the organization before a court-mandated deadline for participation in a 2.7 billion settlement. The case appears to be the impetus for the documentary “Leave No Trace,” premiering at the 2022 Tribeca Festival ahead of its June 16 theatrical release and streaming on Hulu.
Although rampant sex abuse and coverup is the focus, director Irene Taylor (an Oscar nominee for co-directing the doc short “The Final Inch”) spends significant time exploring the Scouts’ American-as-apple-pie brand and the wickedness lurking within its ethos.
The century-old organization has been maintaining files on “ineligible volunteers” since the 1920s; the “red” list, as it was known then, was mistaken as an effort to root out communists rather than child molesters. Citing privacy concerns, the nonprofit has been adamant about keeping the files secret, never voluntarily sharing the info with law enforcement.
Although rampant sex abuse and coverup is the focus, director Irene Taylor (an Oscar nominee for co-directing the doc short “The Final Inch”) spends significant time exploring the Scouts’ American-as-apple-pie brand and the wickedness lurking within its ethos.
The century-old organization has been maintaining files on “ineligible volunteers” since the 1920s; the “red” list, as it was known then, was mistaken as an effort to root out communists rather than child molesters. Citing privacy concerns, the nonprofit has been adamant about keeping the files secret, never voluntarily sharing the info with law enforcement.
- 6/15/2022
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
“So few people have heard of J.C. Leyendecker, and sort of shamefully I’m one of those people who had never heard of him,” reveals director Ryan White about the subject of his film “Coded,” which is on the shortlist of 15 films being considered for Best Documentary Short at the Oscars. He talked to us as part of our panel of short-film directors being considered by the academy this year. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Coded” looks back at the life and career of Leyendecker, a celebrated artist during the early 20th century who was known for his advertising illustrations and magazine covers. He was also a gay man whose work contained subtle hints of homoerotic desire. But despite the mainstream success he enjoyed in his heyday, especially in the 1920s, he is less well-remembered now than artists who followed him like Norman Rockwell.
White first learned about...
“Coded” looks back at the life and career of Leyendecker, a celebrated artist during the early 20th century who was known for his advertising illustrations and magazine covers. He was also a gay man whose work contained subtle hints of homoerotic desire. But despite the mainstream success he enjoyed in his heyday, especially in the 1920s, he is less well-remembered now than artists who followed him like Norman Rockwell.
White first learned about...
- 1/24/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Who wouldn't want to wake up in the morning and find a surprise, homemade dish of lasagna in their fridge?
Well, the Conners got just that surprise on The Conners Season 4 Episode 10, but it came with a price -- a price that was way too high, a price they've already paid.
The entire family was thrilled when Mark got into the Magnet school, but no one more than Darlene.
She always knew her son was exceptionally smart, and this proved it. It also meant he had a better chance than any of the Conners that came before him of being successful in life.
The hope was that this school would be a launching pad for Mark. That he'd do well, get a scholarship to a good college, and from then on, never have to struggle financially like the rest of his family.
But the pressure on Mark was overwhelming, and...
Well, the Conners got just that surprise on The Conners Season 4 Episode 10, but it came with a price -- a price that was way too high, a price they've already paid.
The entire family was thrilled when Mark got into the Magnet school, but no one more than Darlene.
She always knew her son was exceptionally smart, and this proved it. It also meant he had a better chance than any of the Conners that came before him of being successful in life.
The hope was that this school would be a launching pad for Mark. That he'd do well, get a scholarship to a good college, and from then on, never have to struggle financially like the rest of his family.
But the pressure on Mark was overwhelming, and...
- 1/13/2022
- by Christine Orlando
- TVfanatic
Nonfiction filmmaker Ryan White has explored queer American life in the past, with the HBO documentary “The Case Against 8” and the Apple TV+ docuseries “Visible: Out on Television.” He turns the clock farther back with the documentary short “Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker.” Could it be his Oscar breakthrough?
J.C. Leyendecker was an artist in the early 20th century who created illustrations for advertisements and magazine covers. He was also a gay man who snuck homoeroticism into his male imagery, and while he enjoyed great success during his life, he isn’t as well remembered now as Norman Rockwell, who came after him. White tells his story with a combination of animation, interviews, and archival materials, with Neil Patrick Harris narrating in the voice of Leyendecker.
SEEFilm documentary roundtable panel: ‘Becoming Cousteau,’ ‘A Cop Movie,’ ‘My Name is Pauli Murray,’ ‘Simple as Water,’ ‘The Velvet Underground...
J.C. Leyendecker was an artist in the early 20th century who created illustrations for advertisements and magazine covers. He was also a gay man who snuck homoeroticism into his male imagery, and while he enjoyed great success during his life, he isn’t as well remembered now as Norman Rockwell, who came after him. White tells his story with a combination of animation, interviews, and archival materials, with Neil Patrick Harris narrating in the voice of Leyendecker.
SEEFilm documentary roundtable panel: ‘Becoming Cousteau,’ ‘A Cop Movie,’ ‘My Name is Pauli Murray,’ ‘Simple as Water,’ ‘The Velvet Underground...
- 12/3/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The observation that men are the real monsters in Guillermo del Toro movies has become so vividly self-evident that it now offers all the same insight of noting that Quentin Tarantino loves feet, or that the old guy who popped up in the first two dozen MCU films had something to do with the comics that inspired them.
“The Shape of Water” may have been a bold choice for Best Picture, but that Oscar-winning fable about a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an imprisoned fishman stretched del Toro’s lifelong obsession with poignant genre stories to a fairy-tale ending. It was hard to imagine what “happily ever after” might look like for someone whose B-picture heart earned him prestige-picture hardware. Would he pivot away from his pet obsession, or would he use his newfound pedigree to double down like never before?
The answer, perhaps inevitably, is a bit of both.
“The Shape of Water” may have been a bold choice for Best Picture, but that Oscar-winning fable about a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an imprisoned fishman stretched del Toro’s lifelong obsession with poignant genre stories to a fairy-tale ending. It was hard to imagine what “happily ever after” might look like for someone whose B-picture heart earned him prestige-picture hardware. Would he pivot away from his pet obsession, or would he use his newfound pedigree to double down like never before?
The answer, perhaps inevitably, is a bit of both.
- 12/2/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
As host of NBC’s public affairs program Meet the Press, Chuck Todd generally can’t stray far from D.C. But for part of this week, anway, he’s venturing to the other coast.
“We’re going to Hollywood,” Todd told viewers in a promo for the Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI Fest, a showcase of “the best issue-based documentary shorts that shed light on the most consequential issues of our time.”
“This is our fifth year. This is the first time we’re bringing it to L.A.,” Todd tells Deadline, “because basically we want to expand our aperture a little bit and let people know we’re doing this.”
The event is happening in-person today, with virtual screenings accessible online. Some of the top talent at NBC News is participating. According to a release, “NBC News correspondents and anchors, including Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff,...
“We’re going to Hollywood,” Todd told viewers in a promo for the Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI Fest, a showcase of “the best issue-based documentary shorts that shed light on the most consequential issues of our time.”
“This is our fifth year. This is the first time we’re bringing it to L.A.,” Todd tells Deadline, “because basically we want to expand our aperture a little bit and let people know we’re doing this.”
The event is happening in-person today, with virtual screenings accessible online. Some of the top talent at NBC News is participating. According to a release, “NBC News correspondents and anchors, including Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
In the first season of “Taste the Nation,” Padma Lakshmi tasked herself with visiting immigrant communities across the country, explaining their entire trajectories from country of origin to the United States, and how they and their food adapted to their new home — in 30 minutes or less. It’s a hugely ambitious premise that succeeded more often than not, in large part thanks to Lakshmi’s confident, compassionate brand of hosting. Whether stirring a pot, kneading dough, or just chatting pleasant nonsense in a new friend’s kitchen, she’s perfectly congenial and more than a little mischievous. She’s always the first to offer a comforting hand when her interviews get emotional, and/or crack a winking joke about how suggestive her attempt at a dumpling looks. In these segments, Lakshmi demonstrates how much she’s learned from perfecting her “Top Chef” poise over the years, and just how good...
- 11/5/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Her roots were planted in the past. Though her life was changing fast, who she was was who she wanted to be. Twenty years ago, the now defunct WB network introduced a family sitcom starring country music icon and American treasure Reba McEntire. Appropriately titled “Reba,” in the multicamera sitcom, McEntire plays Reba Hart, a recent divorcee who now has to handle being a single mother who worked too hard — but who also loves her kids and never stops.
Of course, outside of just the financial struggles of becoming a single mother (when the father was the breadwinner), this new normal was made even more difficult for Reba with the reveal that her eldest child, popular high school cheerleader Cheyenne (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), was impregnated by her himbo boyfriend, star high school football player Van (Steve Howey). In the pilot, Van is kicked out of his home for this and moves in with the Harts,...
Of course, outside of just the financial struggles of becoming a single mother (when the father was the breadwinner), this new normal was made even more difficult for Reba with the reveal that her eldest child, popular high school cheerleader Cheyenne (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), was impregnated by her himbo boyfriend, star high school football player Van (Steve Howey). In the pilot, Van is kicked out of his home for this and moves in with the Harts,...
- 10/4/2021
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Variety Film + TV
In the seasonal spirit of Stephen King's collaboration with artist Bernie Wrightson for Cycle of the Werewolf, author Benjamin Percy has teamed up with artist Francesco Francavilla to tell a new kind of lycanthropic tale in the illustrated novella The Wereworld. Comprised of 12 monthly chapters and set in a small Minnesota town where a werewolf infection wreaks havoc once a month, The Wereworld is now available digitally on NeoText, and we caught up with Percy in our latest Q&a feature to discuss the real-life influences behind The Wereworld, pairing his impactful prose with Francavilla's amazing illustrations, and the exciting projects he has on deck.
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Benjamin, and congratulations on The Wereworld! When did you originally get the idea for The Wereworld, and how many drafts did you go through before this novella was ready for publication?
Benjamin Percy: In 2020, when everything shut down,...
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Benjamin, and congratulations on The Wereworld! When did you originally get the idea for The Wereworld, and how many drafts did you go through before this novella was ready for publication?
Benjamin Percy: In 2020, when everything shut down,...
- 10/1/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
MTV Documentary Films has acquired Imagine Documentaries and Delirio Films’ documentary short “Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker.”
Directed by Ryan White, “Coded” tells the story of early 20th century gay illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose advertising work was often coded with LGBTQ imagery. Despite Leyendecker’s success — he had more Saturday Evening Post covers than Norman Rockwell — his legacy has largely gone unnoticed.
The film, narrated by Neil Patrick Harris, won the best documentary short award at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
MTV announced the acquisition on Thursday morning.
“I’m thrilled to partner with [executive producer, MTV Documentary Films] Sheila Nevins and the team at MTV Documentary Films to bring ‘Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C. Leyendecker’ to a global audience,” White said in a statement. “The personal story of J.C. Leyendecker has been in many ways lost to history, so I hope ‘Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C.
Directed by Ryan White, “Coded” tells the story of early 20th century gay illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose advertising work was often coded with LGBTQ imagery. Despite Leyendecker’s success — he had more Saturday Evening Post covers than Norman Rockwell — his legacy has largely gone unnoticed.
The film, narrated by Neil Patrick Harris, won the best documentary short award at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
MTV announced the acquisition on Thursday morning.
“I’m thrilled to partner with [executive producer, MTV Documentary Films] Sheila Nevins and the team at MTV Documentary Films to bring ‘Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C. Leyendecker’ to a global audience,” White said in a statement. “The personal story of J.C. Leyendecker has been in many ways lost to history, so I hope ‘Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C.
- 8/26/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Alex Cord immortalized by Norman Rockwell for the marketing campaign for the 1966 version of "Stagecoach".
By Lee Pfeiffer
Actor Alex Cord has died at age 88 in Texas. Cord overcame a childhood battle with polio to become an active horseman who could perform impressive stunts. Those abilities, along with his rugged good looks and lanky build, helped him land jobs as an actor. He appeared in popular television series beginning in the early 1960s including "Ben Casey", "Laramie", "Naked City" and "Route 66" before transitioning to the big screen. He made his feature film debut in with an uncredited role in "The Chapman Report" in 1962 but it was in the all-star 1966 remake of John Ford's classic 1939 Western "Stagecoach" that Cord was cast in the star-making role of the Ringo Kid, a sympathetic outlaw on a trail of vengeance. The role had launched John Wayne's career to a new level...
By Lee Pfeiffer
Actor Alex Cord has died at age 88 in Texas. Cord overcame a childhood battle with polio to become an active horseman who could perform impressive stunts. Those abilities, along with his rugged good looks and lanky build, helped him land jobs as an actor. He appeared in popular television series beginning in the early 1960s including "Ben Casey", "Laramie", "Naked City" and "Route 66" before transitioning to the big screen. He made his feature film debut in with an uncredited role in "The Chapman Report" in 1962 but it was in the all-star 1966 remake of John Ford's classic 1939 Western "Stagecoach" that Cord was cast in the star-making role of the Ringo Kid, a sympathetic outlaw on a trail of vengeance. The role had launched John Wayne's career to a new level...
- 8/11/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
So, we know that these new vaccines can work wonders, but could they also be a cure for “Sequelitis Interruptus”. Yeah, I made that up, but it should be a real thing that would certainly apply to this week’s big movie release. Way back in April of 2018, John Krasinski was the star, director, and co-writer of a weird hybrid flick that become an unexpected box office smash. So naturally, a sequel was in order, and after some resistance, John K was back at the helm, with a release date of March 2020. I had already RSVP’d to the press sneak peek when everything literally shutdown, in those first few weeks of the pandemic. Would it be regulated to the streaming services? “No way!”, said John K, who insisted that we’d all get to see it together when things were safe. Well he, and Paramount, have kept their promise.
- 5/27/2021
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We begin at the beginning: It’s a lovely, late spring day in Smalltown USA. A tall, lanky man — let’s call him Lee Abbott — gets out of his truck and ducks into a small general store on Main Street. He walks through the aisles, past a shelf full of toy space shuttles, and grabs some bottles of water and snacks. The owner argues with a customer as Lee nods and whizzes out the door. In the background, news reports mention unusual phenomena happening in various cities.
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- 5/25/2021
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
In 1988, Ted Turner had a vision: CNN should merge with Discovery Channel.
It was still early days for cable television (Discovery debuted an experiment called “Shark Week” that year), but the outspoken CNN founder, someone with an eye for deals, floated the consolidation. “They just belong together,” Turner told Discovery founder John Hendricks at the time, inviting him to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters for a tour.
Discovery’s board convened in the wood-paneled board room of the boutique investment firm Allen & Company, under the watchful eye of the Norman Rockwell paintings that adorned its walls. “It was clear to all ...
It was still early days for cable television (Discovery debuted an experiment called “Shark Week” that year), but the outspoken CNN founder, someone with an eye for deals, floated the consolidation. “They just belong together,” Turner told Discovery founder John Hendricks at the time, inviting him to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters for a tour.
Discovery’s board convened in the wood-paneled board room of the boutique investment firm Allen & Company, under the watchful eye of the Norman Rockwell paintings that adorned its walls. “It was clear to all ...
- 5/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In 1988, Ted Turner had a vision: CNN should merge with Discovery Channel.
It was still early days for cable television (Discovery debuted an experiment called “Shark Week” that year), but the outspoken CNN founder, someone with an eye for deals, floated the consolidation. “They just belong together,” Turner told Discovery founder John Hendricks at the time, inviting him to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters for a tour.
Discovery’s board convened in the wood-paneled board room of the boutique investment firm Allen & Company, under the watchful eye of the Norman Rockwell paintings that adorned its walls. “It was clear to all ...
It was still early days for cable television (Discovery debuted an experiment called “Shark Week” that year), but the outspoken CNN founder, someone with an eye for deals, floated the consolidation. “They just belong together,” Turner told Discovery founder John Hendricks at the time, inviting him to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters for a tour.
Discovery’s board convened in the wood-paneled board room of the boutique investment firm Allen & Company, under the watchful eye of the Norman Rockwell paintings that adorned its walls. “It was clear to all ...
- 5/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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