Newspaper coverage of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé is about to get even bigger, with Gannett this week posting job listings for dedicated reporters for each of the artists at USA Today and The Tennessean. The announcements by the largest newspaper chain in the United States have struck a false note with some in the media.
The job description for “Taylor Swift Reporter” says Gannett is seeking “an experienced, video-forward journalist to capture the music and cultural impact of Taylor Swift” who “will identify why the pop star’s influence only expands, what her fanbase stands for in pop culture, and the effect she has across the music and business worlds.”
The one for “Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Reporter” says the successful candidate will “chronicle the music, fashion, cultural and economic influence” of the international superstar and icon, capturing “her effect not only on the many industries in which she operates, but also...
The job description for “Taylor Swift Reporter” says Gannett is seeking “an experienced, video-forward journalist to capture the music and cultural impact of Taylor Swift” who “will identify why the pop star’s influence only expands, what her fanbase stands for in pop culture, and the effect she has across the music and business worlds.”
The one for “Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Reporter” says the successful candidate will “chronicle the music, fashion, cultural and economic influence” of the international superstar and icon, capturing “her effect not only on the many industries in which she operates, but also...
- 9/14/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Kristos Andrews, Louis Mandylor, Brian Krause, Tom Sizemore | Written by Brandon Slagle, Robert Thompson | Directed by Brandon Slagle
Prolific director Brandon Slagle opens his latest film centring on a speeding car, as Vincent Baros (Kristos Andrews) drives from a successful score. A shootout with a pursuing car ends with the driver being shot, only to reveal his status as an undercover police officer. This results in a prison sentence for Vincent, where he is visited by his estranged father, Alex (Louis Mandylor).
Any hopes of mending their relationship are interrupted when the maximum-security prison is taken over, as terrorist mastermind Max Chandler (Brian Krause) recruits the prisoners while making demands to the hostage negotiator (Tom Sizemore). However, nobody counted on Alex’s presence, as the retired Black Ops agent puts his skills towards stopping the takeover.
Co-writers Slagle and Robert Thompson have crafted their own prison-set take on Die Hard,...
Prolific director Brandon Slagle opens his latest film centring on a speeding car, as Vincent Baros (Kristos Andrews) drives from a successful score. A shootout with a pursuing car ends with the driver being shot, only to reveal his status as an undercover police officer. This results in a prison sentence for Vincent, where he is visited by his estranged father, Alex (Louis Mandylor).
Any hopes of mending their relationship are interrupted when the maximum-security prison is taken over, as terrorist mastermind Max Chandler (Brian Krause) recruits the prisoners while making demands to the hostage negotiator (Tom Sizemore). However, nobody counted on Alex’s presence, as the retired Black Ops agent puts his skills towards stopping the takeover.
Co-writers Slagle and Robert Thompson have crafted their own prison-set take on Die Hard,...
- 3/29/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
With the massive success of Carrie (1976), telekinesis was quickly added to horror filmmakers’ arsenal as a new weapon to terrify audiences. The immense power of the film left some reticent to tackle the subject for fear of falling short; however Brian DePalma stepped up to the plate with The Fury (1978), and that same year fledgling Australian filmmaker Richard Franklin made Patrick, a suspenseful, darkly humorous tale of a nurse and the psychokinetically disposed comatose patient that loves her.
Released on its native soil October 1st, 1978, Patrick was bought up for distribution by over 30 countries after a successful screening at the Cannes Film Festival, easily earning back its $400,000 Aud budget (half of which was chipped in by the Australian Film Commission). More good news followed as Patrick was well received by critics, and rightly so – it’s a tense little beaut with an emphasis on character and scattered shocks throughout.
The...
Released on its native soil October 1st, 1978, Patrick was bought up for distribution by over 30 countries after a successful screening at the Cannes Film Festival, easily earning back its $400,000 Aud budget (half of which was chipped in by the Australian Film Commission). More good news followed as Patrick was well received by critics, and rightly so – it’s a tense little beaut with an emphasis on character and scattered shocks throughout.
The...
- 10/15/2016
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Special Mention: Gojira (Godzilla)
Written and directed by Ishirô Honda
Japan, 1954
Ishiro Honda’s grim, black-and-white post-Hiroshima nightmare stands the test of time. This allegory for the devastation wrought on Japan by the atomic bomb is quite simply a powerful statement about mankind’s insistence to continue to destroy everyone and everything the surrounds us. With just one shot (a single pan across the ruins of Tokyo), Honda manages to express the devastation that Godzilla represents. Since its debut, Godzilla has become a worldwide cultural icon, but very little is said about actor Takashi Shimura, who adds great depth as Dr. Yamane; his performance is stunning. Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya originally wanted to use classic stop-motion animation to portray Godzilla, but time and budget limitations forced him to dress actors up in monster suits. Despite this minor setback, Tsuburaya’s scale sets of Tokyo are crafted with such great attention to detail,...
Written and directed by Ishirô Honda
Japan, 1954
Ishiro Honda’s grim, black-and-white post-Hiroshima nightmare stands the test of time. This allegory for the devastation wrought on Japan by the atomic bomb is quite simply a powerful statement about mankind’s insistence to continue to destroy everyone and everything the surrounds us. With just one shot (a single pan across the ruins of Tokyo), Honda manages to express the devastation that Godzilla represents. Since its debut, Godzilla has become a worldwide cultural icon, but very little is said about actor Takashi Shimura, who adds great depth as Dr. Yamane; his performance is stunning. Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya originally wanted to use classic stop-motion animation to portray Godzilla, but time and budget limitations forced him to dress actors up in monster suits. Despite this minor setback, Tsuburaya’s scale sets of Tokyo are crafted with such great attention to detail,...
- 10/3/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
Mark Hartley's remake of the Ozploitation classic remains faithful to the original in spirit, but makes some bold changes
The 1978 Ozploitation horror flick, Patrick, had an irresistible plot about a psychopathic but comatose patient who becomes obsessed with a pretty nurse and takes over a sinister hospital using telekinesis. It's not hard to see why it has come up for the remake treatment.
Re-doing classic films is rarely a good idea – indeed it's often disastrous – but as Steven Soderbergh demonstrated with Ocean's Eleven, remaking flawed movies can be productive, especially when the source material is a neat concept that somehow failed in the translation.
Richard Franklin and Everett De Roche's original Patrick is one of the more widely celebrated of the gleefully disreputable genre movies that Australia produced in the 1970s and '80s – although seen in the harsh light of today it looks more of an ingenious...
The 1978 Ozploitation horror flick, Patrick, had an irresistible plot about a psychopathic but comatose patient who becomes obsessed with a pretty nurse and takes over a sinister hospital using telekinesis. It's not hard to see why it has come up for the remake treatment.
Re-doing classic films is rarely a good idea – indeed it's often disastrous – but as Steven Soderbergh demonstrated with Ocean's Eleven, remaking flawed movies can be productive, especially when the source material is a neat concept that somehow failed in the translation.
Richard Franklin and Everett De Roche's original Patrick is one of the more widely celebrated of the gleefully disreputable genre movies that Australia produced in the 1970s and '80s – although seen in the harsh light of today it looks more of an ingenious...
- 7/28/2013
- by Lynden Barber
- The Guardian - Film News
Mark Hartley's remake of the Ozploitation classic remains faithful to the original in spirit, but makes some bold changes
The 1978 Ozploitation horror flick, Patrick, had an irresistible plot about a psychopathic but comatose patient who becomes obsessed with a pretty nurse and takes over a sinister hospital using telekinesis. It's not hard to see why it has come up for the remake treatment.
Re-doing classic films is rarely a good idea – indeed it's often disastrous – but as Steven Soderbergh demonstrated with Ocean's Eleven, remaking flawed movies can be productive, especially when the source material is a neat concept that somehow failed in the translation.
Richard Franklin and Everett De Roche's original Patrick is one of the more widely celebrated of the gleefully disreputable genre movies that Australia produced in the 1970s and '80s – although seen in the harsh light of today it looks more of an ingenious...
The 1978 Ozploitation horror flick, Patrick, had an irresistible plot about a psychopathic but comatose patient who becomes obsessed with a pretty nurse and takes over a sinister hospital using telekinesis. It's not hard to see why it has come up for the remake treatment.
Re-doing classic films is rarely a good idea – indeed it's often disastrous – but as Steven Soderbergh demonstrated with Ocean's Eleven, remaking flawed movies can be productive, especially when the source material is a neat concept that somehow failed in the translation.
Richard Franklin and Everett De Roche's original Patrick is one of the more widely celebrated of the gleefully disreputable genre movies that Australia produced in the 1970s and '80s – although seen in the harsh light of today it looks more of an ingenious...
- 7/28/2013
- by Lynden Barber
- The Guardian - Film News
The Beatles are set to dominate the charts at home in Britain and globally, based on strong first-day sales of the remastered CDs -- although supplies of the box sets may be an issue in some territories.
"The Beatles Rock Band" game for various platforms does not appear to be doing such good business yet. The Nintendo Wii edition is currently at No. 12 on Amazon.co.uk's videogame category bestsellers.
But Beatlemania 2.0 is a genuine phenomenon based on CD and box set sales on the first day. In the U.K., the Official Charts Co said that the Beatles will dominate the albums chart on Sunday based on pre-orders and one-day sales. The band is set to take up to five top 20 places and 15 in the top 75.
"This massive project has come together so well through a great partnership between Apple Corps and Emi, and several years of hard work by both,...
"The Beatles Rock Band" game for various platforms does not appear to be doing such good business yet. The Nintendo Wii edition is currently at No. 12 on Amazon.co.uk's videogame category bestsellers.
But Beatlemania 2.0 is a genuine phenomenon based on CD and box set sales on the first day. In the U.K., the Official Charts Co said that the Beatles will dominate the albums chart on Sunday based on pre-orders and one-day sales. The band is set to take up to five top 20 places and 15 in the top 75.
"This massive project has come together so well through a great partnership between Apple Corps and Emi, and several years of hard work by both,...
- 9/10/2009
- by By Andre Paine, Wolfgang Spahr, Lars Brandle and Rob Schwartz, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For anyone who grew up in the mid ‘80s Canada and saw those hilariously awful informercials, the phrase, “It’s Patrick. He took out life insurance. Good for you, son!” might give you that warm and fuzzy nostalgic feeling. It is a feeling you probably will not find looking into Robert Thompson‘s wide and memorably creepy eyes as he lays comatose in a hospital bed. Patrick, a 1978 Australian Giallo influenced exploiter, features a fine pedigree behind and in front of the camera is neither warm and fuzzy or awful: It is quite the little gem. This is no small accomplishment when your villain doesn’t movie, speak or even blink (outside of a pre-credit sequence) and is rarely even on screen. Thompson, despite being the title character and the source of almost all the creepiness gets a lowly 8th billing in the films credits. Great cinematography, a full orchestral score,...
- 10/31/2008
- by Kurt Halfyard
- Screen Anarchy
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