Read More: Momentum Pictures and Orion Releasing Acquire Scott Eastwood Civil War Thriller 'Diablo' Momentum Pictures is ringing in the New Year with Lawrence Roeck's Civil War-set "Diablo," starring Scott Eastwood, Walton Goggins, Danny Glover, Adam Beach and Camilla Belle. The drama centers on a former soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder who hits the trail in an attempt to rescue his young wife from kidnappers. Along the way, he begins to unravel as the horrors of war come back to haunt him. In an exclusive clip above, Eastwood faces a roadblock in his rescue attempt after waking up in the camp of two Native Americans. Momentum Pictures will release "Diablo" in theaters and on VOD and iTunes on January 8. Read More: Westward Ho! Westerns Hitting Screens from Tarantino, Inarritu and More...
- 12/28/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Quentin Tarantino's script for grisly, gonzo "True Romance" (1993) will receive the Live read treatment from Jason Reitman next month—but who should the "Casual" and "Up in the Air" director cast? His choices for last year's "American Beauty" live read were starry (Bryan Cranston as Lester Burnham) and occasionally unexpected (Christina Hendricks as Lester's uptight wife, Carolyn). Below, read our suggestions for reviving "True Romance," more than two decades after its debut. And tell us your picks in the comments. Purchase tickets for the Dec.16 event, all proceeds of which go to Film Independent, here. Read More: "Westward Ho! Westerns Hitting Screens from Tarantino, Inarritu and More" Joseph Gordon-Levitt as comic-book nerd and Elvis obsessive Clarence Worley (Christian Slater). (Imagine him in Christian Slater's wide-lapel pink shirt!) As he showed us in Rian Johnson's...
- 11/20/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Read More: Momentum Pictures Acquires Luke Wilson Western 'Outlaws & Angels' Momentum Pictures and Orion Pictures have acquired worldwide rights to director Lawrence Roeck's "Diablo," which premiered at the 2015 San Diego Film Festival and won the Jury Award for Best Feature Film. The film stars Scott Eastwood and Walton Goggins, with Danny Glover, Camilla Belle, Adam Beach and Joaquim de Almieda in supporting roles. The synopsis is as follows: "'Diablo' follows Jackson, a young Civil War veteran who wakes up to find his beautiful wife kidnapped by ruthless bandits. With killers around every corner, the lines begin to blur between who the good and the bad are, including Jackson. As a final gunfight looms for our hero, he is asked to risk it all to save the woman he loves." The film will be available in select markets theatrically on January 8, 2016 and on VOD the following day. Read More: Westward Ho!
- 11/16/2015
- by Wil Barlow
- Indiewire
Welcome to a new weekly feature where we’ll be reprinting vintage movie ads. I can’t get enough of these, and I hope you’ll share my enthusiasm as we step back in time. Today we visit San Jose, California for a pair of ads that appeared some months apart: on the left, from August of 1935, John Wayne takes second billing to Laurel & Hardy in his first starring feature for Republic Pictures. (In fact, Westward Ho! was the very first Republic release.) The second ad is from Christmas week of 1934 at another Fox Theatre in downtown San Jose. The Garbo film played on a single bill, but the short subjects got notice in the ad lest anyone think they weren’t getting their money’s...
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- 7/10/2014
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
"Hung Like an Outlaw". These are hilarious. Comedian/filmmaker/actor Seth MacFarlane has debuted a handful of 8 brand new character posters for his upcoming western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West, featuring the movie's cast: Charlize Theron - "Smoking Guns", Amanda Seyfried - "Gold Digger", Neil Patrick Harris - "Lady Tickler", Giovanni Ribisi - "Virgin Territory", Sarah Silverman - "Westward Ho" and Liam Neeson - "Hung Like an Outlaw", plus MacFarlane himself - "Black Sheep". This is fun and ingenious way to introduce all the characters, and I'm looking forward to seeing the trailer next. Here's all 8 of the character posters, debuted one-by-one online via MacFarlane, for your viewing pleasure: Click above for any of the original images, directed from @SethMacFarlane's Twitter. Trailer coming soon. Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West official synopsis: After a cowardly sheep farmer (MacFarlane) backs out of a gunfight,...
- 1/29/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Moviefone's New Release of the Week "Lincoln" What's It About? Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis take on the story of The Great Emancipator in "Lincoln." The film centers on honest Abe's final months in office, trying to unite a divided country and abolish slavery. See It Because: With the incomparably method Day-Lewis at the forefront, looking like the spitting image of the 16th President, he successfully altered the public's perception of Lincoln -- and went on to win an unprecedented third Academy Award for Best Actor . New on DVD & Blu-ray "Easy Money" What's It About? Three men -- a status-chasing business student, a two-bit crook, and a single-dad mafia hitman -- collide in this heavy, stylish Swedish crime thriller. In or Out?: In. "The Collection" What's It About? A poor man's version of the "Saw" franchise tries to get a sequel off the ground, and fails. In or Out?...
- 3/28/2013
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
"I was on Babylon 5 , so I'm used to bizarre creatures who shed their old skin."
This week's episode of Gbc opens with the worst thing to happen to Texas since James Van Der Beek's drawl in Varsity Blues. Amanda shows up to church ... in slacks. Gigi is horrified beyond belief, but Amanda tells her that as long as she shows up, she doesn't think God minds what she wears. "That's fine," Gigi responds, "As long as you don't mind everyone else thinking you're a lesbian."
And we're off.
We're introduced to Carlene's Uncle Burl (Bruce Boxleitner), who's been gone for two years "distributing bibles to folks in the third world countries ... from his yacht." It's obvious Gigi has a spark for him, but she'd like to take a torch to his wife, the scheming, cold Bitsy, played by the faboo Donna Mills, who knows a thing or two about cold and scheming.
This week's episode of Gbc opens with the worst thing to happen to Texas since James Van Der Beek's drawl in Varsity Blues. Amanda shows up to church ... in slacks. Gigi is horrified beyond belief, but Amanda tells her that as long as she shows up, she doesn't think God minds what she wears. "That's fine," Gigi responds, "As long as you don't mind everyone else thinking you're a lesbian."
And we're off.
We're introduced to Carlene's Uncle Burl (Bruce Boxleitner), who's been gone for two years "distributing bibles to folks in the third world countries ... from his yacht." It's obvious Gigi has a spark for him, but she'd like to take a torch to his wife, the scheming, cold Bitsy, played by the faboo Donna Mills, who knows a thing or two about cold and scheming.
- 3/26/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
The funniest moment in the series to date took place in "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing." I couldn't stop laughing out loud at Carlene saying her son could type so fast and then realizing he wasn't typing at all. That was brilliant!
This episode probably had the least compelling stories to be told so far, but some of the best laughs. Check them out in the Gcb quotes section.
Bruce Boxleitner and Donna Mills fit right in with the rest of the cast as Burl and Bitzi. Their arrival was a great excuse for Carlene to snoop around in Amanda's bedroom for evidence of Bill's existence. Silly Cockburns were still trying to blame Amanda for their loss of money by investing with Bill.
Bravo for Carlene finally standing above Ripp, on a table no less, and giving Jesus and his rules stature above him. He kept trying to lead her...
This episode probably had the least compelling stories to be told so far, but some of the best laughs. Check them out in the Gcb quotes section.
Bruce Boxleitner and Donna Mills fit right in with the rest of the cast as Burl and Bitzi. Their arrival was a great excuse for Carlene to snoop around in Amanda's bedroom for evidence of Bill's existence. Silly Cockburns were still trying to blame Amanda for their loss of money by investing with Bill.
Bravo for Carlene finally standing above Ripp, on a table no less, and giving Jesus and his rules stature above him. He kept trying to lead her...
- 3/26/2012
- by carissa@tvfanatic.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
Actor Fess Parker starred as the iconic frontier heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in the 1950s and 1960s. Parker was also featured in the 1954 sci-fi film classic Them! as pilot Alan Crotty, whose encounter with giant flying ants placed him in a psychiatric ward. His performance in Them! was instrumental in his being cast as Davy Crockett for Walt Disney’s Disneyland television series in the mid-1950s.
Parker was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 26, 1924, and was raised on a small farm near San Angelo. He served in the Marine Corps towards the end of World War II, but his height (6′,6) disqualified him as a pilot. He attended the University of Texas after his discharge, and graduated with a degree in history in 1950. He subsequently studied drama at the University of Southern California, and made his stage debut in a production of Mister Roberts in 1951. He soon signed with Warner Bros.
Parker was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 26, 1924, and was raised on a small farm near San Angelo. He served in the Marine Corps towards the end of World War II, but his height (6′,6) disqualified him as a pilot. He attended the University of Texas after his discharge, and graduated with a degree in history in 1950. He subsequently studied drama at the University of Southern California, and made his stage debut in a production of Mister Roberts in 1951. He soon signed with Warner Bros.
- 3/24/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Fess Parker has died of natural causes at the age of 85. The actor donned a racoon-skinned cap as both Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in their respective TV series of the 1950s and '60s. A long-time contract player for Disney, Parker starred as an adventurer in movies such as The Great Locomotive Chase, Old Yeller and Westward Ho, The Wagons!. Following (more)...
- 3/18/2010
- by By Aaron Broverman
- Digital Spy
"Da-vyyyyy! Daaaa-vy Crockett! King of the Wild Frontieeeerrr..." That will be stuck in your head the rest of the day now that the sad news of Fess Parker's death has hit the wires. The 85-year-old actor made his name in Disney's '50s-era franchise about the legendary American settler, discovered by Walt Disney himself while battling authority in the schlock classic Them! His resolve, intelligence and sensitivity became the hallmark (and somewhat of an albatross) in future Disney efforts including Old Yeller and Westward Ho!, until finally breaking free of the studio shackles and becoming a renaissance man on TV and in the business field as well.
- 3/18/2010
- Movieline
Actor also appeared in Disney films like 'Old Yeller.'
By Eric Ditzian
Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, circa 1955
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images
Fess Parker, whose iconic portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett made him a TV and film star starting in the mid-1950s, died Thursday (March 18) at the age of 85, according to multiple news reports.
A family spokesman told The Associated Press that Parker died at his home of natural causes. Parker was said to be coherent and communicating with his family just minutes before his passing.
Parker launched "Davy Crockett" in December 1954, quickly inspiring an American fad for the coonskin cap his character wore in the show. The three episodes were repurposed the following year as a feature film called "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier." He followed up that success with a string of Disney films like "Old Yeller" and "Westward Ho the Wagons!
By Eric Ditzian
Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, circa 1955
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images
Fess Parker, whose iconic portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett made him a TV and film star starting in the mid-1950s, died Thursday (March 18) at the age of 85, according to multiple news reports.
A family spokesman told The Associated Press that Parker died at his home of natural causes. Parker was said to be coherent and communicating with his family just minutes before his passing.
Parker launched "Davy Crockett" in December 1954, quickly inspiring an American fad for the coonskin cap his character wore in the show. The three episodes were repurposed the following year as a feature film called "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier." He followed up that success with a string of Disney films like "Old Yeller" and "Westward Ho the Wagons!
- 3/18/2010
- MTV Music News
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