Jrpg fans are a starving lot, stuck in an era of replaying their golden oldies and praying the latest indie game on Steam at least partially sticks the landing. Even recommending the classics can be difficult. Many of the best games have never received a revival port, or, worse, the revival is still up in the air. That’s the fate of the Suikoden franchise, whose first two games received a Japan-only PSP port in 2006 and which was originally meant to be released on modern consoles last year.
It’s another indignity for a series whose Western introduction in 1996 was festooned with an infamously bad replacement cover because Konami thought Westerners didn’t like manga. Or something.
Yet the turn-based franchise, which consistently featured a cast of over 100 characters to collect and a lively if simple settlement-building system, remains beloved to those hardcore RPG devotees that can find it. Continually...
It’s another indignity for a series whose Western introduction in 1996 was festooned with an infamously bad replacement cover because Konami thought Westerners didn’t like manga. Or something.
Yet the turn-based franchise, which consistently featured a cast of over 100 characters to collect and a lively if simple settlement-building system, remains beloved to those hardcore RPG devotees that can find it. Continually...
- 4/24/2024
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Actor, who starred in films including 1971’s Canterbury Tales, died in Paris on 13 July, her family said
Josephine Chaplin, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O’Neill, died on 13 July in Paris, her family said on Friday. The actor, who starred in films including Pier Paolo Pasolini‘s The Canterbury Tales, was 74.
Josephine Chaplin was the sixth of 11 children fathered by the comedic screen legend and the third of eight with O’Neill, an actor and daughter of the Nobel prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill.
Josephine Chaplin, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O’Neill, died on 13 July in Paris, her family said on Friday. The actor, who starred in films including Pier Paolo Pasolini‘s The Canterbury Tales, was 74.
Josephine Chaplin was the sixth of 11 children fathered by the comedic screen legend and the third of eight with O’Neill, an actor and daughter of the Nobel prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill.
- 7/21/2023
- by Edward Helmore in New York
- The Guardian - Film News
This year’s Tonys will be held on June 11, so the American Theatre Wing will likely be announcing its lifetime achievement award recipient in the near future. Who do you think should take home this prestigious trophy, which honors an individual’s body of work? It has gone to veteran stage performers, directors, choreographers, playwrights, songwriters, producers, and designers. In some years we get multiple recipients.
Last year legendary five-time competitive Tony winner Angela Lansbury received this honor about four months before her death on October 11 at the age of 96. The following living performers have also already received this award and thus won’t be chosen again: Tommy Tune, James Earl Jones, Chita Rivera, and Rosemary Harris.
Here are the 10 possibilities featured in our poll below, all performers over the age of 65. Vote to let us know who you’d like to see honored.
SEEBrian d’Arcy James (‘Into the...
Last year legendary five-time competitive Tony winner Angela Lansbury received this honor about four months before her death on October 11 at the age of 96. The following living performers have also already received this award and thus won’t be chosen again: Tommy Tune, James Earl Jones, Chita Rivera, and Rosemary Harris.
Here are the 10 possibilities featured in our poll below, all performers over the age of 65. Vote to let us know who you’d like to see honored.
SEEBrian d’Arcy James (‘Into the...
- 3/18/2023
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
The prolific, veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri, best known as the star of British films “My Son the Fanatic” and “East is East,” died yesterday at the age of 66, reported the Indian Express.
Born in in 1950, Puri attended the Film and Television Institute of India as well as National School of Drama, and later made his film debut in the 1976 film “Ghashiram Kotwal.” He quickly followed it up with award-winning performances in films like “Aakrosh” in 1980, for which he won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, “Arohan” in 1982 and “Ardh Satya” in 1983, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor two years in a row.
Besides his many character roles in Bollywood film, Puri also appeared or starred in numerous English and Hollywood films and TV shows as well. He co-starred in 90s American films like “City of Joy,” “Wolf” and “The Ghost and the Darkness.” He...
Born in in 1950, Puri attended the Film and Television Institute of India as well as National School of Drama, and later made his film debut in the 1976 film “Ghashiram Kotwal.” He quickly followed it up with award-winning performances in films like “Aakrosh” in 1980, for which he won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, “Arohan” in 1982 and “Ardh Satya” in 1983, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor two years in a row.
Besides his many character roles in Bollywood film, Puri also appeared or starred in numerous English and Hollywood films and TV shows as well. He co-starred in 90s American films like “City of Joy,” “Wolf” and “The Ghost and the Darkness.” He...
- 1/6/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
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At the Upfront presentation, IFC announced it has eight new comedies in development. The projects hail from talent including Bryan Cranston, Steven Weber, Allison Anders, Above Average, and Sharon Horgan. These projects join previously announced development series Jon Benjamin’s 100 Erotic Nights and The Jim Norton Project (working title).
The new comedy TV shows in development at IFC are: Todd Barth Can Help You, Canterbury Tales, Detective Lady, How to Rig an Election, Grand Lake, Laughs in Translation, Living With Yourself, and This Land Is Ours.
Read More…...
At the Upfront presentation, IFC announced it has eight new comedies in development. The projects hail from talent including Bryan Cranston, Steven Weber, Allison Anders, Above Average, and Sharon Horgan. These projects join previously announced development series Jon Benjamin’s 100 Erotic Nights and The Jim Norton Project (working title).
The new comedy TV shows in development at IFC are: Todd Barth Can Help You, Canterbury Tales, Detective Lady, How to Rig an Election, Grand Lake, Laughs in Translation, Living With Yourself, and This Land Is Ours.
Read More…...
- 4/25/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Bruce Hyde, who played the role of Lt. Kevin Riley on the original Star Trek series has died after a battle with throat cancer.
Hyde died last week on Oct. 13 at the age of 74, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Hyde's other television accomplishments include Dr. Kildare, That Girl and The Beverly Hillbillies. The actor also did stage performance including one part in Broadway's Canterbury Tales.
According to EW, Hyde eventually stepped away from acting and became a professor at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where he taught classes in the Theatre & Film Department and the Communication Studies Department.
His wife Susan Saetre,...
Hyde died last week on Oct. 13 at the age of 74, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Hyde's other television accomplishments include Dr. Kildare, That Girl and The Beverly Hillbillies. The actor also did stage performance including one part in Broadway's Canterbury Tales.
According to EW, Hyde eventually stepped away from acting and became a professor at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where he taught classes in the Theatre & Film Department and the Communication Studies Department.
His wife Susan Saetre,...
- 10/20/2015
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- People.com - TV Watch
The Dan Simmons novel Hyperion, along with its companion/second-half novel The Fall of Hyperion, is one of the great modern works of science fiction. With a story of seven characters on a pilgrimage to enter a time-warped tomb, the story adopts the structure of the Canterbury Tales to weave together disparate genres, the influence of poetry by […]
The post ‘Hyperion’ Becomes Syfy Event Series Produced by Bradley Cooper, Graham King and Todd Phillips appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘Hyperion’ Becomes Syfy Event Series Produced by Bradley Cooper, Graham King and Todd Phillips appeared first on /Film.
- 6/10/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
The Ribald Tales Of Canterbury
(dir: Bud Lee, 1985)
We’ve all been there at some point. A long journey with nothing to do. All of a sudden, someone comes up with the idea of sharing stories and laughs to help pass the time. Yeah, maybe not everyone has been there, but I had to set the scene somehow right? The first film on this double feature release from Vinegar Syndrome follows the journey of a group of noblemen and women headed by the Hostess Hyapatia Lee (Let’s Get Physical) en route to Canterbury. She proposes a wager with her fellow travellers. Each places the grand sum of 20 pence in to a small pouch and whoever can recall the best erotic tale on their journey wins all. It’s certainly a novel way to pass the time! The stories range from a humble knight having a surprising (in the best...
(dir: Bud Lee, 1985)
We’ve all been there at some point. A long journey with nothing to do. All of a sudden, someone comes up with the idea of sharing stories and laughs to help pass the time. Yeah, maybe not everyone has been there, but I had to set the scene somehow right? The first film on this double feature release from Vinegar Syndrome follows the journey of a group of noblemen and women headed by the Hostess Hyapatia Lee (Let’s Get Physical) en route to Canterbury. She proposes a wager with her fellow travellers. Each places the grand sum of 20 pence in to a small pouch and whoever can recall the best erotic tale on their journey wins all. It’s certainly a novel way to pass the time! The stories range from a humble knight having a surprising (in the best...
- 2/21/2015
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
Bloody hell, where's Brendan Sheerin when you need him? Mind you, we're not even sure the hero of Coach Trip could have saved the dreadful tours the candidates on The Apprentice served up tonight.
Admittedly, it doesn't help that coach trips themselves seem rather outdated to us - hell, when we heard Team Summit's project manager Sanjay was planning on charging £60 per seat, we thought that was steep, and it turned out he'd actually undervalued the whole experience. You know, the experience of sitting on a coach on a motorway, being dragged around two 'attractions' and getting a weak sandwich thrown in.
But that's just us. Lord Sugar had decided there was money to be made, and so the teams piled onto two coaches in hideous outfits - poor Tenacity looked like walking bananas in their yellow livery - in an attempt to plug the British experience to unsuspecting tourists.
Admittedly, it doesn't help that coach trips themselves seem rather outdated to us - hell, when we heard Team Summit's project manager Sanjay was planning on charging £60 per seat, we thought that was steep, and it turned out he'd actually undervalued the whole experience. You know, the experience of sitting on a coach on a motorway, being dragged around two 'attractions' and getting a weak sandwich thrown in.
But that's just us. Lord Sugar had decided there was money to be made, and so the teams piled onto two coaches in hideous outfits - poor Tenacity looked like walking bananas in their yellow livery - in an attempt to plug the British experience to unsuspecting tourists.
- 11/5/2014
- Digital Spy
“So Blake Lively just launched her Goop” is how someone explained Blake Lively’s new website to me a few hours ago. Now, I am not a cynical person. I believe in giving everything at least half a chance. I can acknowledge that Goop is a thing that people care about, even though nobody can figure out whether to spell it “Goop” or “goop” or “Goop.”
And to the extent that every generation needs their Goop–just like every generation needs a hero or a Highlander or a defining entry in the MarioKart series–Blake Lively seems like someone who could pull that off.
And to the extent that every generation needs their Goop–just like every generation needs a hero or a Highlander or a defining entry in the MarioKart series–Blake Lively seems like someone who could pull that off.
- 7/22/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Feature Alex Westthorp 9 Apr 2014 - 07:00
In the next part of his series, Alex talks us through the film careers of the second and fourth Doctors, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker...
Read Alex's retrospective on the film careers of William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, here.
Like their fellow Time Lord actors, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker also shared certain genres of film. Both appeared, before and after their time as the Doctor, in horror movies and both worked on Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films.
Patrick George Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London on March 25th 1920. He made his film debut aged 28 in the 1948 B-Movie The Escape. Troughton's was a very minor role. Among the better known cast was William Hartnell, though even Hartnell's role was small and the two didn't share any scenes together. From the late Forties, Troughton found more success on the small screen,...
In the next part of his series, Alex talks us through the film careers of the second and fourth Doctors, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker...
Read Alex's retrospective on the film careers of William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, here.
Like their fellow Time Lord actors, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker also shared certain genres of film. Both appeared, before and after their time as the Doctor, in horror movies and both worked on Ray Harryhausen Sinbad films.
Patrick George Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London on March 25th 1920. He made his film debut aged 28 in the 1948 B-Movie The Escape. Troughton's was a very minor role. Among the better known cast was William Hartnell, though even Hartnell's role was small and the two didn't share any scenes together. From the late Forties, Troughton found more success on the small screen,...
- 4/8/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Sex sells, and I’m buying! I have a confession to make that shames me. I have never read 50 Shades of Grey. It just got so mainstream and the ‘done thing’ to do. I couldn’t even tell you what its about. However, I am very acquainted with classic erotic literature which has long been a passion of mine for years.
Erotica has been around for centuries – from the bawdiness of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (beautifully brought to life in Pasolini’s cinematic version of the work) right up to feminist neurotica erotica novel Fear of Flying. And a lot of us have had a gander at it over the years. Has it made corrupt perverts out of us? We will be discreet about that issue and take up our prime positions for filth mongering at 10 classic works of erotic fiction…
10. Candy – Terry Southern
18 years old Candy Christian is a...
Erotica has been around for centuries – from the bawdiness of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (beautifully brought to life in Pasolini’s cinematic version of the work) right up to feminist neurotica erotica novel Fear of Flying. And a lot of us have had a gander at it over the years. Has it made corrupt perverts out of us? We will be discreet about that issue and take up our prime positions for filth mongering at 10 classic works of erotic fiction…
10. Candy – Terry Southern
18 years old Candy Christian is a...
- 11/7/2013
- by Clare Simpson
- Obsessed with Film
Valentine’s Day causes a plethora of problems for The Big Bang Theory geniuses, who run into girl (or, in Raj’s case, lack-of-girl) trouble as the holiday unfolds. Let’s take a look at how everyone weathers the big day.
Related | Big Bang Theory Casts Raising Hope Actress as [Spoiler]‘s Love Interest
Leonard And Penny | Deeming himself a “romance ninja,” Leonard plans the perfect romantic dinner at a restaurant, despite Penny’s assertion that Valentine’s Day “never works out.” Their evening begins well but hits a Cupid-sized speedbump when Penny’s ex and his new love – her former...
Related | Big Bang Theory Casts Raising Hope Actress as [Spoiler]‘s Love Interest
Leonard And Penny | Deeming himself a “romance ninja,” Leonard plans the perfect romantic dinner at a restaurant, despite Penny’s assertion that Valentine’s Day “never works out.” Their evening begins well but hits a Cupid-sized speedbump when Penny’s ex and his new love – her former...
- 2/15/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
The Accused: “Exposé,” an episode from the third season of Lost which focused entirely on the much-despised new characters Nikki and Paulo.
The Crimes: The first half of Lost’s third season incited a now-legendary storm of fan rage. The show had plenty of legitimate problems. Half of the characters were imprisoned, for reasons that were initially nebulous and then just stupid. The mysterious Others were suddenly characters, and they were almost uniformly boring. Mr. Eko got killed by a giant smoke fist. Bai Ling happened. ABC made the curious decision to split the show’s run, with six episodes...
The Crimes: The first half of Lost’s third season incited a now-legendary storm of fan rage. The show had plenty of legitimate problems. Half of the characters were imprisoned, for reasons that were initially nebulous and then just stupid. The mysterious Others were suddenly characters, and they were almost uniformly boring. Mr. Eko got killed by a giant smoke fist. Bai Ling happened. ABC made the curious decision to split the show’s run, with six episodes...
- 1/16/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
There might be nothing that secures a public figure’s iconic status so much as assassination. Pier Paolo Pasoloni’s murder at the hands of the Italian government may not be a matter of official record (though there’s considerable evidence that this is the case), but the suggestion nonetheless contributes to his reputation as a radical. An open homosexual, an unrepentant leftist, and a highly successful poet and film-maker, Pasolini represented a cultural threat to authority on several fronts, perhaps most notably for his Salo, The 120 Days of Sodom, a novella by the Marqis de Sade retold as a parable about fascist Italy. But around the same time, he also produced this Trilogy of Life, adaptations of The Decameron, Canterbury Tales, and Arabian Nights. Though each is entertaining in its own rite, they start to take on a greater significance when placed in a context of other literary adaptations,...
- 11/27/2012
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Yes, that credit does have the faint whiff of "by William Shakespeare, additional dialogue by Sam Taylor" to it, but it can't be helped. Anything needs to be adapted if it's going to work in another medium -- which is a big "if" -- and having it done by one person, who then lays out and draws the thing himself, is about as pure an auteur case as you can get. And it's not as if most people encounter The Canterbury Tales in their pure form, anyway -- when I read them, way back in college years, my class was atypical in using an edition with Chaucer's original spelling and grammar, but even we read an abridged version. The full-on Early Modern English Canterbury Tales has been primarily for scholars for generations now, so any time it comes close to a mass audience -- which is not that often -- you're looking at an adaptation.
- 7/1/2012
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
How best to celebrate the arrival of the fifth month, PopWatchers? Lacking a May pole in EW’s office, I decided to turn to pop culture. Though I considered expanding the net to include non-traditional picks like bunkin’ cousin Maeby Fünke from Arrested Development and Ghost’s Oda Mae Brown (“Molly, you in danger, girl!”), there was plenty of May love to go around without getting Fünke with it. Below, five of my favorite May touchstones.
“The Lusty Month of May,” Camelot
If this number from Lerner and Loewe’s hit 1960 musical doesn’t, ahem, get you in the mood for a new month,...
“The Lusty Month of May,” Camelot
If this number from Lerner and Loewe’s hit 1960 musical doesn’t, ahem, get you in the mood for a new month,...
- 5/1/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
There are hoaxes all over the internet on April 1st. A "True Blood"/"Vampire Diaries" crossover was a funny one we came across this morning. (Also, would that not be brilliant?) You're probably pranking your friends and family right now, with fake vomit, erroneous news reports and death hoaxes. (Those seem to happen every day on Twitter.) If you're French or Italian, you're sticking paper fish to other people's backs. Here is a look at where the holiday came from.
April Fool's Day has been around a long time. The first recorded mention of the holiday is in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in 1392. The line read "Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two." In the story, the cook Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox. Other people believed this to mean March 32. Other people believe it came from the change in the Georgian Calendar that gave this widespread notice. New Year's Day...
April Fool's Day has been around a long time. The first recorded mention of the holiday is in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in 1392. The line read "Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two." In the story, the cook Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox. Other people believed this to mean March 32. Other people believe it came from the change in the Georgian Calendar that gave this widespread notice. New Year's Day...
- 4/1/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
On October 30, 1975, three days before he was murdered, Pier Paolo Pasolini was in Stockholm to present what was to be his last film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, to Swedish critics. A roundtable discussion was recorded with the intent of turning it into a radio broadcast but news of the filmmaker's death oddly resulted in the withholding of the recording rather than, as would surely happen today, an immediate publication. Eventually, the recording was lost, but as Eric Loret and Robert Maggiori tell the story in Libération, Pasolini's Swedish translator, Carl Henrik Svenstedt, a passionate archivist, recently discovered his own private copy. In December, the Italian newsweekly L'espresso posted the audio recording and published an Italian transcript. Here, for the first time, is an English translation. After a couple of informal questions, the roundtable officially opens with "Ladies and gentlemen…"
What do you know about Swedish cinema?
I know Bergman,...
What do you know about Swedish cinema?
I know Bergman,...
- 1/17/2012
- MUBI
Is it possible to make a movie about religious faith -- why it works for some people, why it doesn’t for others -- that explicates the matter in ways that anyone can appreciate, even if they don’t agree with it? Can a movie about spirituality be inclusive rather than devisive? Yes: hell, yes. Writer-director Emilio Estevez (Bobby) has pulled it off with his very powerful and deeply moving The Way... and I say that as someone who is not at all religious, as someone who is actively disdainful of religion. Martin Sheen (Love Happens) is a mourning father who travels from California to France to collect the body of his adventurous son (Estevez himself, in a few brief yet touching flashbacks and grief-visions), who died in an accident at the beginning of the Camino de Santiago, an ancient 500-mile hike-slash-pilgrimage through rural France and into Spain. To honor his son,...
- 10/13/2011
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Sandman Meditations – Worlds’ End: Sequences at the Inn & A Tale of Two Cities
Worlds’ End begins with a prelude illustrated by Bryan Talbot and Mark Buckingham in which two people get in a car crash during a mysterious June snowstorm and find their way to a magical inn, the Worlds’ End.
That plural apostrophe is easy to overlook, but the plurality of worlds at the inn is immediately apparent to the viewer from the first panel on page seven, which offers our initial sight of the other characters who are waiting out the storm, or storms — characters of such physiognomic variety that they might be ready to attend Mardi Gras or a particularly good Halloween party. We’re experienced enough by now with The Sandman, though, to suspect these aren’t costumes.
Brant is still in shock from the crash and from carrying the unconscious Charlene to the inn, and...
Worlds’ End begins with a prelude illustrated by Bryan Talbot and Mark Buckingham in which two people get in a car crash during a mysterious June snowstorm and find their way to a magical inn, the Worlds’ End.
That plural apostrophe is easy to overlook, but the plurality of worlds at the inn is immediately apparent to the viewer from the first panel on page seven, which offers our initial sight of the other characters who are waiting out the storm, or storms — characters of such physiognomic variety that they might be ready to attend Mardi Gras or a particularly good Halloween party. We’re experienced enough by now with The Sandman, though, to suspect these aren’t costumes.
Brant is still in shock from the crash and from carrying the unconscious Charlene to the inn, and...
- 9/13/2011
- by Matthew Cheney
- Boomtron
It seems like San Diego Comic-Con 2011 is right around the corner, and it's going to be one hell of a glorious weekend of geek awesomeness. Comic-Con International has unleashed the full schedule for Friday July 22nd, once again we have a full day of fun and excitement. There's so much I want to see here, including The Amazing Spider-Man, The Walking Dead, Total Recal, Batman: Year One, Locke & Key, Haywire, Raven and more!
I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we want to cover. Let us know what panels and events you would like to know about and we will try and get them covered for you! If you are actually going to be at the con, what will you be checking out?
GeekTyrant will once again be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you the best maximum super rad coverage.
I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we want to cover. Let us know what panels and events you would like to know about and we will try and get them covered for you! If you are actually going to be at the con, what will you be checking out?
GeekTyrant will once again be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you the best maximum super rad coverage.
- 7/8/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Screen Australia has annouced development investment for 13 features, two animated shorts, two games and the completion of two shorts.
Projects include B Model, to be directed and produced by Rachel Griffiths, as well as new projects from the Spierig Brothers (Jungle), Bruce Beresford (The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney, co-production with China), Emile Sherman (Tracks) and Gregor Jordan (Five Spice)
Hannah Hilliard (Franswa Sharl) and Callum Cooper (Little Brother) were announced as the first recipients of the new Director’s Acclaim Fund, which recognises the importance of directors maintaining momentum following critical acclaim of their short film.
The projects are:
Features
B Model
Producers Rachel Griffiths, Louise Smith
Writer Samantha Strauss
Director Rachel Griffiths
Synopsis A young Australian girl gets swept up into the chaotic, exciting world of high fashion modelling. Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. An innocent in a sex-soaked business, she is seeking love and validation, but isn...
Projects include B Model, to be directed and produced by Rachel Griffiths, as well as new projects from the Spierig Brothers (Jungle), Bruce Beresford (The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney, co-production with China), Emile Sherman (Tracks) and Gregor Jordan (Five Spice)
Hannah Hilliard (Franswa Sharl) and Callum Cooper (Little Brother) were announced as the first recipients of the new Director’s Acclaim Fund, which recognises the importance of directors maintaining momentum following critical acclaim of their short film.
The projects are:
Features
B Model
Producers Rachel Griffiths, Louise Smith
Writer Samantha Strauss
Director Rachel Griffiths
Synopsis A young Australian girl gets swept up into the chaotic, exciting world of high fashion modelling. Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. An innocent in a sex-soaked business, she is seeking love and validation, but isn...
- 4/19/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The “maverick doctor” is a staple of television, with the contemporary benchmark being Fox’s House; a series ITV1′s new medical drama won’t escape lazy comparison to. But neurosurgeon Gabriel Monroe (James Nesbitt) isn’t a grouchy Holmesian genius — he’s an egomaniac with a better bedside manner, and a repertoire of great lines like “you’re taking a knife to someone’s head; the only difference between you and a psychopath is good A-levels.”
Nothing about Monroe’s premise is exactly fresh and original, but it’s a good example of classic ideas, elevated by Nesbitt’s magnetic performance, an intelligent script from Peter Bowker (Blackpool), and slick direction by Paul McGuigan (the filmmaker behind Gangster No1 who’s carving a niche for himself on UK drama between this and BBC1′s Sherlock.) McGuigan brings plenty of stylish tricks to the party; flashy scene transitions, staccato camera...
Nothing about Monroe’s premise is exactly fresh and original, but it’s a good example of classic ideas, elevated by Nesbitt’s magnetic performance, an intelligent script from Peter Bowker (Blackpool), and slick direction by Paul McGuigan (the filmmaker behind Gangster No1 who’s carving a niche for himself on UK drama between this and BBC1′s Sherlock.) McGuigan brings plenty of stylish tricks to the party; flashy scene transitions, staccato camera...
- 3/11/2011
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
Previously adapted for television in 1968, renowned author M.R James’s classic ghost story “Oh, Whistle & I’ll Come To You, My Lad” is updated for modern audiences by writer Neil Cross (Spooks, Luther) and director Andy de Emmony (Cutting It, Canterbury Tales), with the estimable John Hurt as this version’s victim of a restless coastal spirit…
Retired astronomer James Parkin (Hurt) is forced to relinquish his catatonic wife Alice (Gemma Jones) to a care home, while he goes on a respite holiday to an idyllic seaside town they used to visit in their youth. Parkin arrives at a quiet hotel and settles down for a few day’s rest in his portentous double room, before discovering a ring buried on a beach inscribed “Who Is This, Who Is Coming?” Taking the ring back to his room as found treasure, this “theft” seems to attract the attention of a shrouded apparition,...
Retired astronomer James Parkin (Hurt) is forced to relinquish his catatonic wife Alice (Gemma Jones) to a care home, while he goes on a respite holiday to an idyllic seaside town they used to visit in their youth. Parkin arrives at a quiet hotel and settles down for a few day’s rest in his portentous double room, before discovering a ring buried on a beach inscribed “Who Is This, Who Is Coming?” Taking the ring back to his room as found treasure, this “theft” seems to attract the attention of a shrouded apparition,...
- 12/26/2010
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
Books: They’re just like movies, only without CGI.
So it’s no wonder that over the past century, Hollywood has consistently turned to books to provide the basis for some of its best works. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” for instance, was based on a book, while “Gigli” wasn’t. See how that works?
With that in mind, then, we decided to put together a sneak peak of all the coolest books currently being turned into major motion pictures (like “The Help,” left). Because these days, the best library you can go to is your local Cineplex.
‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
Attached: Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Liam Neeson
Status: The third book from the classic C. S. Lewis series to make it to the big screen, “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” has flown a bit under the radar thanks to the media...
So it’s no wonder that over the past century, Hollywood has consistently turned to books to provide the basis for some of its best works. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” for instance, was based on a book, while “Gigli” wasn’t. See how that works?
With that in mind, then, we decided to put together a sneak peak of all the coolest books currently being turned into major motion pictures (like “The Help,” left). Because these days, the best library you can go to is your local Cineplex.
‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
Attached: Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Liam Neeson
Status: The third book from the classic C. S. Lewis series to make it to the big screen, “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” has flown a bit under the radar thanks to the media...
- 11/23/2010
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
Director and Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan is going from sinners to saints, well one saint, in his latest project. London Boulevard opens in the UK from 26th November but his follow up movie, Becket, is a decidedly more epic and medieval affair.
Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose murder by four knights of the realm in the cathedral on 29th December, 1170, became one of the greatest scandals in the medieval world. Becket was seen by Henry II as an avaricious, jumped up troublemaker but when he died they found a hairshirt crawling with all kinds of scummy shit proving the man was a bloody saint.
Henry II whose famous quote, “won’t somebody rid me of this troublesome priest”, lived to regret his actions to his dying day. The film, already made into an Oscar-winning adaptation in the early 1960s, is based on Jean Anouilh’s play.
It is a story of friendship,...
Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose murder by four knights of the realm in the cathedral on 29th December, 1170, became one of the greatest scandals in the medieval world. Becket was seen by Henry II as an avaricious, jumped up troublemaker but when he died they found a hairshirt crawling with all kinds of scummy shit proving the man was a bloody saint.
Henry II whose famous quote, “won’t somebody rid me of this troublesome priest”, lived to regret his actions to his dying day. The film, already made into an Oscar-winning adaptation in the early 1960s, is based on Jean Anouilh’s play.
It is a story of friendship,...
- 11/15/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
When "Human Target" returns this fall, there will be two significant cast additions joining Mark Valley's Christopher Chance.
Indira Varma will join the full time cast as Ilsa Pucci, a newly widowed billionaire who is aided by Chance after the murder of her husband. Following the end of her case, she offers to become the benefactor of Chance and his partners Winston (Chi McBride) and Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), essentially becoming the owner of their protection agency as well as providing access to nearly unlimited resources and personal connections around the world.
Varma may best be known for her roles as Niobe in "Rome" and as Suzie Costello on "Torchwood." She has also appeared on "Luther," "3 lbs.," "Little Britain" and "The Whistleblowers" in addition to starring in "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love," "Canterbury Tales" and "Bride and Prejudice."
Janet Montgomery will also be joining the cast in a recurring role as Ames,...
Indira Varma will join the full time cast as Ilsa Pucci, a newly widowed billionaire who is aided by Chance after the murder of her husband. Following the end of her case, she offers to become the benefactor of Chance and his partners Winston (Chi McBride) and Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), essentially becoming the owner of their protection agency as well as providing access to nearly unlimited resources and personal connections around the world.
Varma may best be known for her roles as Niobe in "Rome" and as Suzie Costello on "Torchwood." She has also appeared on "Luther," "3 lbs.," "Little Britain" and "The Whistleblowers" in addition to starring in "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love," "Canterbury Tales" and "Bride and Prejudice."
Janet Montgomery will also be joining the cast in a recurring role as Ames,...
- 8/3/2010
- by Blair Marnell
- MTV Splash Page
Second season starts Friday, September 24
Fox has announced that Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery are joining the cast of "Human Target":
Actresses Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery are joining the cast of Human Target when the series begins its second season Friday, Sept. 24 (8:00-9:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.
Varma will play Ilsa Pucci, a beautiful, sophisticated and recently widowed billionaire who seeks the help of Christopher Chance (Mark Valley) after the mysterious murder of her philanthropist husband. Impressed with Chance's expertise, Ilsa offers to become his benefactor and a silent owner of his protection agency, allowing him and his partners, Winston (Chi McBride) and Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), access to her unlimited resources, including her trust's vast bankroll, private planes, computer technology and connections to the world's most powerful and influential citizens.
Montgomery will recur as Ames, a gorgeous thief whose chameleon-like abilities allow her to blend into any situation.
Fox has announced that Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery are joining the cast of "Human Target":
Actresses Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery are joining the cast of Human Target when the series begins its second season Friday, Sept. 24 (8:00-9:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.
Varma will play Ilsa Pucci, a beautiful, sophisticated and recently widowed billionaire who seeks the help of Christopher Chance (Mark Valley) after the mysterious murder of her philanthropist husband. Impressed with Chance's expertise, Ilsa offers to become his benefactor and a silent owner of his protection agency, allowing him and his partners, Winston (Chi McBride) and Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), access to her unlimited resources, including her trust's vast bankroll, private planes, computer technology and connections to the world's most powerful and influential citizens.
Montgomery will recur as Ames, a gorgeous thief whose chameleon-like abilities allow her to blend into any situation.
- 8/2/2010
- by editor@comingsoon.net (SuperHeroHype)
- Superherohype
Just in time for Robin Hood we’ve got an ancient beer style that Robin and his band of outlaws would probably have been familiar with – braggot. In fact, it’s mentioned in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales which was published in the late 1300s:
But of her song, it was as loud and yern,
As any swallow chittering on a bern.
Thereto she coulde skip, and make a game
As any kid or calf following his dame.
Her mouth was sweet as braket, or as methe
Or hoard of apples, laid in hay or heath.
Braggot (bracket/bragget/bragawd) is similar to mead (methe), but whereas mead is, at its simplest, fermented honey and water, braggot can be either a mix of mead and beer, often with added spices, or it can be brewed as a kind of honey beer. Either way, the difference between mead and braggot is that braggot must involve malt.
But of her song, it was as loud and yern,
As any swallow chittering on a bern.
Thereto she coulde skip, and make a game
As any kid or calf following his dame.
Her mouth was sweet as braket, or as methe
Or hoard of apples, laid in hay or heath.
Braggot (bracket/bragget/bragawd) is similar to mead (methe), but whereas mead is, at its simplest, fermented honey and water, braggot can be either a mix of mead and beer, often with added spices, or it can be brewed as a kind of honey beer. Either way, the difference between mead and braggot is that braggot must involve malt.
- 5/13/2010
- by Jim Hughes
- OriginalAlamo.com
The winners of the 36th Annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards were announced recently at a ceremony at the Theatre Royal in London and saw wins for Northern Ireland drama series 'Occupation' and Terry Wogan. 'Occupation', a Kudos Film production for BBC One came away from the awards ceremony with the title of Best Drama Series. Written by Peter Bowker (Flesh And Blood, Canterbury Tales) and directed by Nick Murphy (Surviving Disaster, Heroes & Villains), 'Occupation' traces the lives of three British soldiers and spans the five years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Their fates – and the destiny of Iraq itself – become inextricably linked and, united in war, the three men, and their friendships, are torn apart during the peace that follows.
- 4/7/2010
- IFTN
'Occupation', the BBC war drama filmed in Northern Ireland, has won the Prix Europa 2009 for Best Episode of a Television Fiction Series or Serial of the Year 2009. The Prix Europa awards ceremony was held in Berlin on Saturday, October 24th, and saw the Nick Murphy (Surviving Disaster) directed war drama 'Occupation' scoop the special Prix Europa award. Written by Peter Bowker (Canterbury Tales) and starring James Nesbitt (Cherrybomb), 'Occupation' traces the lives of three British soldiers and spans the five years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, it was filmed in Northern Ireland and Iraq.
- 10/27/2009
- IFTN
Year: 2009
Directors: Luis Ortega
Writers: Luis Ortega
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 5 out of 10
The Dirty Saints is a metaphoric story of five survivors of some apocalyptic disaster who fret and fidget over crossing a river to escape their meaningless lives and find some kind of spiritual salvation. Yeah, sounds cool, but unfortunately the plot is so enigmatic, the characters so uninteresting, the quest so uninspiring that at the end of it all you just don’t care who they are or where they’re going.
It all comes together as a sort of Argentine version of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, with a number of representative personality types banding together to achieve a goal – to cross a river and start a new beginning. Trouble is, in order to make the journey they must purify themselves by giving up something of the old way they still cherish.
Directors: Luis Ortega
Writers: Luis Ortega
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Rick McGrath
Rating: 5 out of 10
The Dirty Saints is a metaphoric story of five survivors of some apocalyptic disaster who fret and fidget over crossing a river to escape their meaningless lives and find some kind of spiritual salvation. Yeah, sounds cool, but unfortunately the plot is so enigmatic, the characters so uninteresting, the quest so uninspiring that at the end of it all you just don’t care who they are or where they’re going.
It all comes together as a sort of Argentine version of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, with a number of representative personality types banding together to achieve a goal – to cross a river and start a new beginning. Trouble is, in order to make the journey they must purify themselves by giving up something of the old way they still cherish.
- 9/12/2009
- QuietEarth.us
'Occupation', a new three part drama serial begins on BBC One Tuesday 9th of June. Shot on location in Northern Ireland and Iraq in 2008, the drama stars Ni actor James Nesbitt (Five Minutes of Heaven, Bloody Sunday), Stephen Graham (The Damned United, This is England) and Warren Brown (Hollyoaks, Shameless). Written by Peter Bowker (Flesh And Blood, Canterbury Tales) and directed by Nick Murphy (Surviving Disaster, Heroes & Villains), 'Occupation' races the lives of three British soldiers and spans the five years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
- 6/8/2009
- IFTN
Year: 2005
DVD Release date: November 18 2008
Director: Minoru Kawasaki
Writers: Minoru Kawasaki / Masakazu Migita
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Amazon: Link
Review by: Ulises
Rating: 10 out of 10 (if 10 = The Most Absurd Thing I’ve Ever Seen)
The Bottom Line: A cult film all the way, Executive Koala never pretends to be anything other than an absurd, off-the-wall, whacked-out comedy-drama about a giant koala being accused of murder. Take it (and this review) seriously at your own risk.
There’s a line in the middle of Executive Koala that’s funny not just because of what it says, but because of how it’s said. As a concerned psychiatrist grabs his sobbing, self-doubting patient, he declares with a perfectly straight face, “You’re as normal as the next koala.” The patient just happens to be a six-foot tall Japanese salaryman named Mr. Tamura. Oh, and a giant koala.
Welcome to the world of Japanese cult cinema,...
DVD Release date: November 18 2008
Director: Minoru Kawasaki
Writers: Minoru Kawasaki / Masakazu Migita
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Amazon: Link
Review by: Ulises
Rating: 10 out of 10 (if 10 = The Most Absurd Thing I’ve Ever Seen)
The Bottom Line: A cult film all the way, Executive Koala never pretends to be anything other than an absurd, off-the-wall, whacked-out comedy-drama about a giant koala being accused of murder. Take it (and this review) seriously at your own risk.
There’s a line in the middle of Executive Koala that’s funny not just because of what it says, but because of how it’s said. As a concerned psychiatrist grabs his sobbing, self-doubting patient, he declares with a perfectly straight face, “You’re as normal as the next koala.” The patient just happens to be a six-foot tall Japanese salaryman named Mr. Tamura. Oh, and a giant koala.
Welcome to the world of Japanese cult cinema,...
- 11/12/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Two 20-something cubicle mates at a Los Angeles bathroom-supply company (one boasts of having sold 18 million toilet seat covers in a year) take a round-the-world tour to scatter the ashes of friend Paul, who died before he could take a trip himself.
They have enough money for the air fare but not enough for hotels, so they pretend to be writers for Frommer's travel guides and scam free rooms at fancy hotels.
The low-budget, improvised vanity project "Last Stop for Paul" follows Charlie (the film's writer-director, Neil Mandt) and Cliff (the cinematographer, Marc Carter) as they stop off in Jamaica,...
They have enough money for the air fare but not enough for hotels, so they pretend to be writers for Frommer's travel guides and scam free rooms at fancy hotels.
The low-budget, improvised vanity project "Last Stop for Paul" follows Charlie (the film's writer-director, Neil Mandt) and Cliff (the cinematographer, Marc Carter) as they stop off in Jamaica,...
- 8/8/2008
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
BANFF, Alberta -- British TV producers dominated the Banff Rockie Awards Sunday night, taking home eight of the 15 trophies up for grabs as the Banff Television Festival got underway. U.S. producers managed to steal the spotlight by capturing the NHK President's Prize for Angels in America and the best continuing series trophy for The Sopranos, a repeat winner. Both U.S. shows aired on HBO. Britain grabbed Rockie Awards for best animation, best comedy, best information and current affairs program for The True Face of War, and best TV movie for This Little Life. Also going to Britain were the Rockies for best miniseries for State of Play, best performance program for Whine Gums, best short drama for Canterbury Tales and best social and political documentary for My Family and Autism. This year's grand prize for the first time went to a Japanese reality program, Children: Full of Life, Learning to Care, which earned jury praise for its authentic portrayal of a primary school class and its teacher.
- 6/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- For Golden Globe winner Ricky Gervais, the third time was still a charm. For the third year in a row, Gervais took home awards for best comedy performance and best sitcom for The Office at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday night. Gervais, who won for the BBC1 show The Office Christmas Special, was only included in the running after an administration error at the BBC left him off the submissions list. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which presents the honors, agreed to enter his name late. Julie Walters also won for the third year in a row, garnering the best actress award for her role as a saucy actress in "The Wife of Bath" episode of a BBC adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
- 4/19/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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