Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire star Dan Stevens truly has a spring in his step right now.
Over the next five months, the English actor has three unique genre films hitting theaters, beginning with Friday’s Godzilla x Kong, which marks his long-awaited reunion with his The Guest director, Adam Wingard. A decade ago, Wingard cast Stevens as David Collins, an unhinged super soldier who ultimately terrorizes the family of a fallen friend and fellow soldier, and the project served as the London native’s breakout feature film role. The Guest continues to increase its cult status with each passing year, and Stevens and Wingard, as well as writer Simon Barrett, have fielded countless requests for a sequel ever since.
Godzilla x Kong may be a 10-year reunion for Stevens, Wingard and Barrett, but it also serves as an anniversary of sorts between him and co-star Rebecca Hall. 20 years ago,...
Over the next five months, the English actor has three unique genre films hitting theaters, beginning with Friday’s Godzilla x Kong, which marks his long-awaited reunion with his The Guest director, Adam Wingard. A decade ago, Wingard cast Stevens as David Collins, an unhinged super soldier who ultimately terrorizes the family of a fallen friend and fellow soldier, and the project served as the London native’s breakout feature film role. The Guest continues to increase its cult status with each passing year, and Stevens and Wingard, as well as writer Simon Barrett, have fielded countless requests for a sequel ever since.
Godzilla x Kong may be a 10-year reunion for Stevens, Wingard and Barrett, but it also serves as an anniversary of sorts between him and co-star Rebecca Hall. 20 years ago,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the fresh film that brings together the two most legendary gigantic monsters of cinema: Godzilla and Kong, reunited once more after the success of the first installment in 2021. This time around, the movie is directed by Adam Wingard and features performances by Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, and Dan Stevens.
It premieres from March 25 and will reach the United States this coming Friday, 29th, for the enjoyment of all fans of epic… destruction.
Enjoy!
Plot Summary
Following their fierce face-off, Godzilla and Kong are compelled to unite once again to confront an immense and hidden danger lurking within our world. This new peril not only threatens their tenability, but also puts the very survival of humankind at risk.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Official Movie Trailer The Cast Rebecca Hall Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall is a British-American actress known for her versatile acting skills and captivating performances.
It premieres from March 25 and will reach the United States this coming Friday, 29th, for the enjoyment of all fans of epic… destruction.
Enjoy!
Plot Summary
Following their fierce face-off, Godzilla and Kong are compelled to unite once again to confront an immense and hidden danger lurking within our world. This new peril not only threatens their tenability, but also puts the very survival of humankind at risk.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Official Movie Trailer The Cast Rebecca Hall Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall is a British-American actress known for her versatile acting skills and captivating performances.
- 3/25/2024
- by Alice Lange
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Martin McCallum, a British theatrical producer whose work on more than 500 Broadway and West End shows saw his participation in some of the most successful stage productions in modern theater history, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on January 14 in Sydney, Australia. He was 73.
His death was announced by his family. A cause was not disclosed.
The President of the Society of London Theatre from 1999 to 2002 and a member of the Broadway League since 1988, McCallum made an indelible mark on Broadway with massive hits, critical favorites and even two high-profile flops.
His impact on the London theater scene was even greater. Born in Blackpool on April 6, 1950, McCallum began his stage career as an assistant stage manager at the Castle Theatre Farnham,...
His death was announced by his family. A cause was not disclosed.
The President of the Society of London Theatre from 1999 to 2002 and a member of the Broadway League since 1988, McCallum made an indelible mark on Broadway with massive hits, critical favorites and even two high-profile flops.
His impact on the London theater scene was even greater. Born in Blackpool on April 6, 1950, McCallum began his stage career as an assistant stage manager at the Castle Theatre Farnham,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Indhu Rubasingham, an acclaimed theater practitioner, has broken the decades-long white male hold on the reins of power at the National Theatre by being appointed its artistic director, it was being revealed Wednesday in London.
She succeeds current director and chief executive Rufus Norris, who, by the time he departs in 2025, would have held the job for a decade over two terms.
Long tipped for the job, Rubasingham will assume Norris’s director title but will share chief executive duties jointly with present Nt executive director Kate Varah.
In a statement released via the Nt, Rubasingham said that her appointment was ”a huge honor — for me, this is the best job in the world.“ She added that the opportunity to play a role in the Nt’s history “is an incredible privilege and responsibility.”
She said she has witnessed firsthand “the commitment, collaboration, brilliance and pride of those who bring the magic to the building.
She succeeds current director and chief executive Rufus Norris, who, by the time he departs in 2025, would have held the job for a decade over two terms.
Long tipped for the job, Rubasingham will assume Norris’s director title but will share chief executive duties jointly with present Nt executive director Kate Varah.
In a statement released via the Nt, Rubasingham said that her appointment was ”a huge honor — for me, this is the best job in the world.“ She added that the opportunity to play a role in the Nt’s history “is an incredible privilege and responsibility.”
She said she has witnessed firsthand “the commitment, collaboration, brilliance and pride of those who bring the magic to the building.
- 12/12/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Emily Blunt, born on February 23, 1983, in London, England, is a highly talented and versatile British actress who has gained international fame for her exceptional performances in a wide range of films. Blunt’s career has been marked by critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. With her remarkable acting skills and captivating on-screen presence, she has become one of the most sought-after actresses in the industry.
Blunt was born in London’s Wandsworth borough to Joanna Mackie, a former actress and teacher, and Oliver Blunt, a barrister. She grew up in a family of four children, and her grandfather was Major General Peter Blunt. Blunt’s early life was not without challenges, as she developed a stammer at the age of seven. However, she overcame this obstacle with the help of a supportive teacher who encouraged her to explore different voices and characters.
Blunt was born in London’s Wandsworth borough to Joanna Mackie, a former actress and teacher, and Oliver Blunt, a barrister. She grew up in a family of four children, and her grandfather was Major General Peter Blunt. Blunt’s early life was not without challenges, as she developed a stammer at the age of seven. However, she overcame this obstacle with the help of a supportive teacher who encouraged her to explore different voices and characters.
- 10/26/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
In a move not attempted by actors at San Diego Comic-Con, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Trainspotting actor Ewan McGregor took the stage at the Javits Center today at New York Comic-Con to discuss himself, not struck work, during what is the 91st day of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
“This is the first thing like this I’ve done, and it’s been a big decision to do it, but I really wanted to take part,” said McGregor, who also didn’t represent or speak of any studio during the onstage convo.
“It’s difficult for us to be up here and not be allowed to talk about our actual films,” he added. “I’m sure you would want to hear about [them], so I apologize for that. But that’s just the way we have to do it, I suppose.”
McGregor’s appearance came a day after AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA contract talks broke down,...
“This is the first thing like this I’ve done, and it’s been a big decision to do it, but I really wanted to take part,” said McGregor, who also didn’t represent or speak of any studio during the onstage convo.
“It’s difficult for us to be up here and not be allowed to talk about our actual films,” he added. “I’m sure you would want to hear about [them], so I apologize for that. But that’s just the way we have to do it, I suppose.”
McGregor’s appearance came a day after AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA contract talks broke down,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Addie Morfoot and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Glenda Jackson, the British actress who hit the snooze bar on her acting career for a 23-year career in politics, died on Thursday, as per her representatives. During her peak years in the 1970s and 80s, she won two Oscars (and was nominated for two more) and two Emmy Awards. She was nominated for four Tony Awards, finally winning one in 2018 after a late-in-life career resurgence. She was 87 years old.
Jackson, whose father was a bricklayer and whose mother was a barmaid and domestic, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was told by the academy’s principal that, due to her looks, she would likely only find work as a character actress, and she shouldn’t depend on getting jobs after 40.
This proved to be the opposite of true. Her big break came when experimental theater director Peter Brook cast her in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s groundbreaking adaptation of “Marat/Sade.
Jackson, whose father was a bricklayer and whose mother was a barmaid and domestic, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was told by the academy’s principal that, due to her looks, she would likely only find work as a character actress, and she shouldn’t depend on getting jobs after 40.
This proved to be the opposite of true. Her big break came when experimental theater director Peter Brook cast her in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s groundbreaking adaptation of “Marat/Sade.
- 6/15/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who walked away from a hugely successful acting career to spend nearly a quarter-century in the U.K. parliament, only to make a comeback on the stage, died Thursday. She was 87.
Jackson died peacefully after a brief illness at her home in Blackheath, London, and her family was at her side, her agent Lionel Larner said in a statement. “Today we lost one of the world’s greatest actresses, and I have lost a best friend of over 50 years,” he said.
She recently completed filming The Great Escaper opposite Michael Caine, Larner noted.
The British actress collected a slew of honors that included best actress Academy Awards for Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973); two Emmys for her performance as Elizabeth I in the BBC miniseries Elizabeth R (a role she also played in the 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots); and a...
Jackson died peacefully after a brief illness at her home in Blackheath, London, and her family was at her side, her agent Lionel Larner said in a statement. “Today we lost one of the world’s greatest actresses, and I have lost a best friend of over 50 years,” he said.
She recently completed filming The Great Escaper opposite Michael Caine, Larner noted.
The British actress collected a slew of honors that included best actress Academy Awards for Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973); two Emmys for her performance as Elizabeth I in the BBC miniseries Elizabeth R (a role she also played in the 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots); and a...
- 6/15/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cinematographer Elemér Ragályi, one of the greatest talents of modern Hungarian cinema, died last Thursday.
Ragályi was born in 1939 in Hungary, where he graduated at the Academy of Theater and Film with a degree in cinematography.
As a cinematographer, he worked with directors such as István Gaál, István Szabó Gyula Gazdag, Judit Elek, Pál Sándor and Ferenc András, innovating in order to give a distinctive look to iconic films.
In 1970, Gaál’s “The Falcons” won the Jury Prize of the Cannes Film Festival, in large part thanks to the camerawork of Ragályi.
Elemér Ragályi (Courtesy of Nfi/Magda B. Muller)
In 1990, he received the television prize, the CableACE Award, of the American Society of Cinematographers for the HBO production “The Josephine Baker Story,” starring Lynn Whitfield. He was also nominated for Ace awards for his work on “Max and Helen” and “Red King, White King,” starring Tom Skerritt and Helen Mirren.
Ragályi was born in 1939 in Hungary, where he graduated at the Academy of Theater and Film with a degree in cinematography.
As a cinematographer, he worked with directors such as István Gaál, István Szabó Gyula Gazdag, Judit Elek, Pál Sándor and Ferenc András, innovating in order to give a distinctive look to iconic films.
In 1970, Gaál’s “The Falcons” won the Jury Prize of the Cannes Film Festival, in large part thanks to the camerawork of Ragályi.
Elemér Ragályi (Courtesy of Nfi/Magda B. Muller)
In 1990, he received the television prize, the CableACE Award, of the American Society of Cinematographers for the HBO production “The Josephine Baker Story,” starring Lynn Whitfield. He was also nominated for Ace awards for his work on “Max and Helen” and “Red King, White King,” starring Tom Skerritt and Helen Mirren.
- 4/6/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Bruce Campbell has been praised for his response to a heckler who told him his new film “f***ing sucks”.
The actor is executive producer of Evil Dead Rise, a new instalment in the horror franchise that launched him to fame in the 1980s.
After the film’s premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, Campbell attended a post-screening Q&a, which began after the credits had rolled.
Ten minutes into the interview, which was moderated by Peter Hall, staff at the screening venue noticed a man who was falling asleep with his legs propped up on the balcony railing. Silence fell after the man began shouting, and he then bellowed: “This movie f***ing sucks!”
The man began walking around, ranting about the film, as the crowd booed. Campbell then stepped in.
“What are you doing here?” he asked, stating: “Get the f*** out of here.”
The crowd erupted into cheers,...
The actor is executive producer of Evil Dead Rise, a new instalment in the horror franchise that launched him to fame in the 1980s.
After the film’s premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, Campbell attended a post-screening Q&a, which began after the credits had rolled.
Ten minutes into the interview, which was moderated by Peter Hall, staff at the screening venue noticed a man who was falling asleep with his legs propped up on the balcony railing. Silence fell after the man began shouting, and he then bellowed: “This movie f***ing sucks!”
The man began walking around, ranting about the film, as the crowd booed. Campbell then stepped in.
“What are you doing here?” he asked, stating: “Get the f*** out of here.”
The crowd erupted into cheers,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
After sitting through an hour and a half-long movie and 10 minutes of a post-screening Q&a, one spectator at the world premiere of “Evil Dead Rise” decided he had finally had enough.
The man was approached by South by Southwest venue staff after falling asleep with his legs propped up and yelled something unintelligible in response. When the room went silent to hear him out, he shouted, “This movie fucking sucks!” and threw an empty bucket of popcorn into the air.
The audience immediately erupted into a chorus of boos. As the heckler stormed out of his balcony seat, they quieted, offering scattered applause — until original “Evil Dead” star and current executive producer Bruce Campbell got involved.
“What are you doing here? Get the fuck out of here!” he said, inciting raucous cheers that almost rivaled the crowd’s reaction to the film itself. Added producer Rob Tapert, “I don’t get it.
The man was approached by South by Southwest venue staff after falling asleep with his legs propped up and yelled something unintelligible in response. When the room went silent to hear him out, he shouted, “This movie fucking sucks!” and threw an empty bucket of popcorn into the air.
The audience immediately erupted into a chorus of boos. As the heckler stormed out of his balcony seat, they quieted, offering scattered applause — until original “Evil Dead” star and current executive producer Bruce Campbell got involved.
“What are you doing here? Get the fuck out of here!” he said, inciting raucous cheers that almost rivaled the crowd’s reaction to the film itself. Added producer Rob Tapert, “I don’t get it.
- 3/16/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Toronto, March 1 (Ians) Long Covid is associated with reduced brain oxygen levels, worse performance on cognitive tests and increased psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety, according to new research studying the impacts of the disease.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada conducted a laboratory study which showed that individuals who had experienced symptomatic Covid illness performed worse on two computer tasks.
One is measuring inhibition and another is impulsive decision-making.
Compared to those who had not been infected, people who had been infected showed a lack of increase in oxygen saturation in an area of the brain that is normally engaged during one of the tasks.
“We are the first to show reduced oxygen uptake in the brain during a cognitive task in the months following a symptomatic Covid-19 infection,” said Peter Hall, lead author and researcher in the School of Public Health Sciences at Waterloo.
“This...
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada conducted a laboratory study which showed that individuals who had experienced symptomatic Covid illness performed worse on two computer tasks.
One is measuring inhibition and another is impulsive decision-making.
Compared to those who had not been infected, people who had been infected showed a lack of increase in oxygen saturation in an area of the brain that is normally engaged during one of the tasks.
“We are the first to show reduced oxygen uptake in the brain during a cognitive task in the months following a symptomatic Covid-19 infection,” said Peter Hall, lead author and researcher in the School of Public Health Sciences at Waterloo.
“This...
- 3/1/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Zia Mohyeddin, the British-Pakistani actor known for his parts in ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Immaculate Conception’, and the stage version of ‘A Passage to India’, died on Monday in a Karachi hospital, ‘Variety’ reports. Mohyeddin, who was 91, was ill and on life support, his family said. His death was condoled by top members of Pakistan’s political establishment, including President Arif Ali, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and his predecessor, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan.
Mohyeddin was born in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), British India, in 1931. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in the early 1950s.
After theatre roles in ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ and ‘Julius Caesar’, Mohyeddin in 1960 made his West End debut in ‘A Passage to India’, where he originated the role of Dr Aziz.
The actor featured in David Lean’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962), playing the role of Arab guide Tafas. Roles in...
Mohyeddin was born in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), British India, in 1931. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in the early 1950s.
After theatre roles in ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ and ‘Julius Caesar’, Mohyeddin in 1960 made his West End debut in ‘A Passage to India’, where he originated the role of Dr Aziz.
The actor featured in David Lean’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962), playing the role of Arab guide Tafas. Roles in...
- 2/13/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Zia Mohyeddin, a British-Pakistani actor known for films “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Immaculate Conception” and the stage version of “A Passage to India,” died on Monday in Karachi. He was 91.
Mohyeddin was ill and was on life support in a Karachi hospital, his family said.
Mohyeddin was born in Lylallpur (now Faisalabad), British India, in 1931. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in the early 1950s. After theater roles in “Long Day’s Journey into Night” and “Julius Caesar,” Mohyeddin made his West End debut in “A Passage to India” in 1960, where he originated the role of Dr. Aziz.
The actor featured in David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), playing the role of Arab guide Tafas. Roles in Alexander Mackendrick’s “Sammy Going South” (1963), Fred Zinnemann’s “Behold a Pale Horse” (1964), Basil Dearden’s “Khartoum” (1966), Ralph Thomas’ “Deadlier Than the Male” (1966), Tony Richardson’s “The Sailor from...
Mohyeddin was ill and was on life support in a Karachi hospital, his family said.
Mohyeddin was born in Lylallpur (now Faisalabad), British India, in 1931. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in the early 1950s. After theater roles in “Long Day’s Journey into Night” and “Julius Caesar,” Mohyeddin made his West End debut in “A Passage to India” in 1960, where he originated the role of Dr. Aziz.
The actor featured in David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), playing the role of Arab guide Tafas. Roles in Alexander Mackendrick’s “Sammy Going South” (1963), Fred Zinnemann’s “Behold a Pale Horse” (1964), Basil Dearden’s “Khartoum” (1966), Ralph Thomas’ “Deadlier Than the Male” (1966), Tony Richardson’s “The Sailor from...
- 2/13/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Holy hell this year’s SXSW Film Festival really isn’t messing around.
The previous announcement unveiled a stacked horror lineup that includes headiners Evil Dead Rise and opener Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
In addition, they revealed several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance hit Talk to Me and the surprise sequel to Becky, The Wrath of Becky.
It turns out, the programming team isn’t finished!
SXSW announced another wave of film programming today, including an eighth Midnighter.
“Midnighters don’t need to be exclusively horror films, they just need to perk you up and get your blood pumping,” said Peter Hall, Film & TV Festival Programmer. “That’s why this year’s SXSW Midnighters class is a mix of horror, bone-crunching action, and mind-melting genre hybrids. Some of them introduce new, terrifying lore to the canon of suburban horror movies,...
The previous announcement unveiled a stacked horror lineup that includes headiners Evil Dead Rise and opener Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
In addition, they revealed several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance hit Talk to Me and the surprise sequel to Becky, The Wrath of Becky.
It turns out, the programming team isn’t finished!
SXSW announced another wave of film programming today, including an eighth Midnighter.
“Midnighters don’t need to be exclusively horror films, they just need to perk you up and get your blood pumping,” said Peter Hall, Film & TV Festival Programmer. “That’s why this year’s SXSW Midnighters class is a mix of horror, bone-crunching action, and mind-melting genre hybrids. Some of them introduce new, terrifying lore to the canon of suburban horror movies,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Holy hell this year’s SXSW Film Festival isn’t messing around.
The official lineup has just been revealed and it’s a banger, starting off with a special screening of Evil Dead Rise!
In addition, they have several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance hit Talk to Me and the surprise sequel to Becky, The Wrath of Becky!
“Midnighters don’t need to be exclusively horror films, they just need to perk you up and get your blood pumping,” said Peter Hall, Film & TV Festival Programmer. “That’s why this year’s SXSW Midnighters class is a mix of horror, bone-crunching action, and mind-melting genre hybrids. Some of them introduce new, terrifying lore to the canon of suburban horror movies, some will worm around in your brain like thoughts you can’t shake, but all of them will make you...
The official lineup has just been revealed and it’s a banger, starting off with a special screening of Evil Dead Rise!
In addition, they have several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance hit Talk to Me and the surprise sequel to Becky, The Wrath of Becky!
“Midnighters don’t need to be exclusively horror films, they just need to perk you up and get your blood pumping,” said Peter Hall, Film & TV Festival Programmer. “That’s why this year’s SXSW Midnighters class is a mix of horror, bone-crunching action, and mind-melting genre hybrids. Some of them introduce new, terrifying lore to the canon of suburban horror movies, some will worm around in your brain like thoughts you can’t shake, but all of them will make you...
- 1/11/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Encyclopocalypse Publications is proud to bring Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall's debut YA Horror novel, The Dead Friends Society, to print on November 11, 2022: "Drew and her friends aren't like most college kids. They're dead.
Murdered in 1998 by a masked killer known only as The Fireman, their spirits are trapped in Greywood House, desperate to escape...until Abbey and her family arrive.
The new girl finds herself drawn to their haunting presence, which only makes things worse. Because the dead know what the living can't: The Fireman is coming back.
And this time the ghosts of Greywood House will have to do whatever it takes to stop the next bloodbath, even if it means the end of their afterlives...
"The Dead Friends Society was supposed to be a movie." explains authors Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman, "We started developing it years ago, when the world was very different. We...
Murdered in 1998 by a masked killer known only as The Fireman, their spirits are trapped in Greywood House, desperate to escape...until Abbey and her family arrive.
The new girl finds herself drawn to their haunting presence, which only makes things worse. Because the dead know what the living can't: The Fireman is coming back.
And this time the ghosts of Greywood House will have to do whatever it takes to stop the next bloodbath, even if it means the end of their afterlives...
"The Dead Friends Society was supposed to be a movie." explains authors Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman, "We started developing it years ago, when the world was very different. We...
- 9/21/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
John Steiner, a British actor who appeared in Caligula and several other films in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 81 and passed Sunday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs after a two-vehicle automobile accident in La Quinta, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department told the Desert Sun newspaper.
Steiner played the treasurer Longinus opposite Malcolm McDowell in the 1979 film Caligula, one of several movies he made with Italian film director Giovanni “Tinto” Brass.
He portrayed the tycoon Beauty Smith in director Lucio Fulci’s White Fang (1973) and Challenge to White Fang (1974). He was also a vampire in Dracula in the Provinces (1975).
He also appeared in director Mario Bava’s Shock (1977) and director Dario Argento’s Tenebrae (1982), the latter memorable for his character taking an ax to the head.
Born on Jan. 7, 1941, in Chester, England, Steiner attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company,...
Steiner played the treasurer Longinus opposite Malcolm McDowell in the 1979 film Caligula, one of several movies he made with Italian film director Giovanni “Tinto” Brass.
He portrayed the tycoon Beauty Smith in director Lucio Fulci’s White Fang (1973) and Challenge to White Fang (1974). He was also a vampire in Dracula in the Provinces (1975).
He also appeared in director Mario Bava’s Shock (1977) and director Dario Argento’s Tenebrae (1982), the latter memorable for his character taking an ax to the head.
Born on Jan. 7, 1941, in Chester, England, Steiner attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company,...
- 8/4/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
John Steiner, a British actor who appeared in Tinto Brass’ Caligula and in other Italian films for directors Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava and Dario Argento, has died. He was 81.
Steiner died Sunday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle automobile accident in nearby La Quinta, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department told the Desert Sun newspaper.
The lanky Steiner played the treasurer Longinus opposite Malcolm McDowell as the depraved Roman emperor in the erotic Caligula (1979), one of several films he made with Brass.
For Fulci, he portrayed the tycoon Beauty Smith in White Fang (1973) and Challenge to White Fang (1974) and a bloodsucker in Dracula in the Provinces (1975).
He also appeared in Bava’s Shock (1977) and Argento’s Tenebrae (1982), where his character took an ax to the head.
Born on Jan. 7, 1941, in Chester, England, Steiner attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
John Steiner, a British actor who appeared in Tinto Brass’ Caligula and in other Italian films for directors Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava and Dario Argento, has died. He was 81.
Steiner died Sunday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle automobile accident in nearby La Quinta, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department told the Desert Sun newspaper.
The lanky Steiner played the treasurer Longinus opposite Malcolm McDowell as the depraved Roman emperor in the erotic Caligula (1979), one of several films he made with Brass.
For Fulci, he portrayed the tycoon Beauty Smith in White Fang (1973) and Challenge to White Fang (1974) and a bloodsucker in Dracula in the Provinces (1975).
He also appeared in Bava’s Shock (1977) and Argento’s Tenebrae (1982), where his character took an ax to the head.
Born on Jan. 7, 1941, in Chester, England, Steiner attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
- 8/4/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
David Warner, the classically trained British actor renowned for his performances as polished villains in Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tron, Titanic and so much more, has died. He was 80.
Warner died Sunday at Denville Hall, a nursing home in London for those in the entertainment industry, his family told the BBC.
“Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity,” they said. “He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years. We are heartbroken.”
In the first film he made in the U.S., Warner portrayed the itinerant preacher Joshua Duncan Sloane in Sam Peckinpah’s The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and the filmmaker brought him back to...
David Warner, the classically trained British actor renowned for his performances as polished villains in Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tron, Titanic and so much more, has died. He was 80.
Warner died Sunday at Denville Hall, a nursing home in London for those in the entertainment industry, his family told the BBC.
“Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity,” they said. “He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years. We are heartbroken.”
In the first film he made in the U.S., Warner portrayed the itinerant preacher Joshua Duncan Sloane in Sam Peckinpah’s The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and the filmmaker brought him back to...
- 7/25/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter Hall’s 1969 drama proved Britain’s Kitchen Sink cinema was alive and well at the end of the sixties—though by then the focus was more on bedsheets than tablecloths. Rod Steiger plays a salesman working through his mid-life crisis with the help of a treacherous teen played by Judy Geeson. Claire Bloom plays Steiger’s very long-suffering wife. The screenplay was by Andrea Newman and Edna O’ Brien.
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- 6/27/2022
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
In this rare footage, Dame Judi Dench introduces screen legend King Kong Fay Wray 1907-2004 to Sir Peter Hall 1930-2017 backstage in her dressing room in London when Dame Judi was performing in the play Filumena in the West End in November, 1998. The legendary director, Sir Peter Hall passed away on September 11th, 2017.
- 9/14/2017
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Broadway community mourns the loss of Tony Award winning creator, producer and theatrical innovator Peter Hall, who passed away on Monday, September 11th at age 86.
- 9/13/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
David Mirvish is saddened to learn about the death of theatre giant Sir Peter Hall, who died in London at the age of 86 on September 11, 2017. In honour of his life, the lights of the Royal Alexandra Theatre will be dimmed at 8 Pm on Tuesday, September 19.
- 9/12/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Peter Hall, a visionary theater director and impresario who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and helped build Britain's National Theatre into a producing powerhouse, has died. He was 86.
Hall died Monday at a London hospital surrounded by his family, the National Theatre said Tuesday. He had been suffering from dementia.
Passionate, prolific and supremely self-confident, Hall was one of the most influential figures in British theater since World War II. Richard Eyre, one of his successors at the National Theatre, said he "created the template of the modern director — part magus, part impresario, part celebrity."
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Hall died Monday at a London hospital surrounded by his family, the National Theatre said Tuesday. He had been suffering from dementia.
Passionate, prolific and supremely self-confident, Hall was one of the most influential figures in British theater since World War II. Richard Eyre, one of his successors at the National Theatre, said he "created the template of the modern director — part magus, part impresario, part celebrity."
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- 9/12/2017
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The National Theatre is deeply saddened to announce the death of its former Director, Sir Peter Hall, one of the great names in British theatre.
- 9/12/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The actor, who played Dirk Bogarde’s blackmailing boyfriend in the 1961 film, reflects on how it changed attitudes – including his own – to homosexuality six years before decriminalisation
Victim was one of those rare films that actually made a difference. Its sympathetic portrayal of homosexuality in 1960s Britain helped pave the way for decriminalisation, six years later, via the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. The Act’s chief architect, Lord Arran, even wrote to Victim’s star, Dirk Bogarde, thanking him. The movie smuggled its courageous campaigning into British cinemas in the guise of an accessible London mystery thriller, in which Bogarde’s respectable, married barrister is drawn into a sprawling blackmail plot by Barrett, a young, gay construction worker, with whom he has been photographed. Peter McEnery, who played Barrett, reminisces on the experience. Sr
I had no reservations at all about taking the role; it was a good part. And I...
Victim was one of those rare films that actually made a difference. Its sympathetic portrayal of homosexuality in 1960s Britain helped pave the way for decriminalisation, six years later, via the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. The Act’s chief architect, Lord Arran, even wrote to Victim’s star, Dirk Bogarde, thanking him. The movie smuggled its courageous campaigning into British cinemas in the guise of an accessible London mystery thriller, in which Bogarde’s respectable, married barrister is drawn into a sprawling blackmail plot by Barrett, a young, gay construction worker, with whom he has been photographed. Peter McEnery, who played Barrett, reminisces on the experience. Sr
I had no reservations at all about taking the role; it was a good part. And I...
- 7/13/2017
- by Peter McEnery and Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Hacksaw Ridge has picked up four Aacta Awards so far..
The first winners of this year.s Aacta Awards were unveiled yesterday at the Aacta Industry Luncheon.
Some 33 awards were presented during the event, celebrating screen craft excellence across features, television, shorts, and documentary. The remainder of the awards will be announced at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening.
Hacksaw Ridge picked up the most gongs: four from a possible six, including Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Mel Gibson's film is up for another seven awards, to be presented at Wednesday evening's ceremony..
Composer Antony Partos picked up his sixth AFI/Aacta award for his work on Tanna, while Simon Stone took out Best Adapted Screenplay for his debut feature The Daughter..Girl Asleep's Jonathan Oxlade won Best Costume Design.
The Aacta Award for Best Short Animation was presented to Angie Fielder,...
The first winners of this year.s Aacta Awards were unveiled yesterday at the Aacta Industry Luncheon.
Some 33 awards were presented during the event, celebrating screen craft excellence across features, television, shorts, and documentary. The remainder of the awards will be announced at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening.
Hacksaw Ridge picked up the most gongs: four from a possible six, including Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Mel Gibson's film is up for another seven awards, to be presented at Wednesday evening's ceremony..
Composer Antony Partos picked up his sixth AFI/Aacta award for his work on Tanna, while Simon Stone took out Best Adapted Screenplay for his debut feature The Daughter..Girl Asleep's Jonathan Oxlade won Best Costume Design.
The Aacta Award for Best Short Animation was presented to Angie Fielder,...
- 12/6/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
“You make a wish and then you make a special offering.”
Just in time for Halloween, it’s time to get witchy with a biting new film from budding horror maestros Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall and their burgeoning Dead Kids Club franchise. Their latest offering, a short entitled “Givertaker,” recently debuted at Fantastic Fest, and now the duo are making it available in full online to anyone looking for a nice twist on an old story.
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“Givertaker” introduces a familiar scenario — a talented teen witch uses her powers to take out her enemies — and then flips the entire thing on its head. Sarah (Nell Kessler, in her debut role) is a pissed off teenage conjurer who endeavors to do something super-relatable: Smote the mean girls at her local high school who spread...
Just in time for Halloween, it’s time to get witchy with a biting new film from budding horror maestros Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall and their burgeoning Dead Kids Club franchise. Their latest offering, a short entitled “Givertaker,” recently debuted at Fantastic Fest, and now the duo are making it available in full online to anyone looking for a nice twist on an old story.
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“Givertaker” introduces a familiar scenario — a talented teen witch uses her powers to take out her enemies — and then flips the entire thing on its head. Sarah (Nell Kessler, in her debut role) is a pissed off teenage conjurer who endeavors to do something super-relatable: Smote the mean girls at her local high school who spread...
- 10/12/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Inspired by Ronald Blythe’s 1969 paean to Britain’s vanishing rural life, Akenfield was directed by Peter Hall and used real-life villagers improvising their own dialogue to tell the story of ‘three generations in terms of work, belief, education and climate’. The film premiered at the London film festival in 1974, and was seen by 14 million people when it was shown on TV in early 1975.
Akenfield is released on DVD and Blu-ray on 25 July. Continue reading...
Akenfield is released on DVD and Blu-ray on 25 July. Continue reading...
- 7/22/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
What is Alita: Battle Angel and why should we be excited that it's moving forward? As our own Peter Hall explained, the live-action movie is based on a manga that revolves around "cyborgs, futuristic sports, Mars colonies, and floating cities." It takes place several centures in the future and is set in the former United States. A cyborg named Alita is the lead character. Alita lost her memories and became a bounty hunter. James Cameron dreamed about making a live-action version for years before finally hiring Robert Rodriguez to direct last October. At the time, we noted that the project had no time frame established for when it might hit theaters. According to THR, the film has not yet been given the green light by Fox due to budgetary issues. Still, four...
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- 4/27/2016
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
What is Alita: Battle Angel and why should we be excited that it's moving forward? As our own Peter Hall explained, the live-action movie is based on a manga that revolves around "cyborgs, futuristic sports, Mars colonies and floating cities." It takes place several centuries in the future and is set in the former United States. A cyborg named Alita is the lead character. Alita lost her memories and became a bounty hunter. James Cameron dreamed about making a live-action...
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- 4/27/2016
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
At the end of her sophomore year of high school, Lynn Collins was faced with a choice: stick with the popular kids or spend her summer preparing for the school’s production of Hamlet. That’s how Collins described a key turning point in her life. Though she’d discovered a talent for reading Shakespeare aloud in her English class, Collins wasn’t involved with her Houston, TX school’s drama department because of the time she put in as class president freshman year. When she lost in elections for sophomore class president, the drama teacher “cornered me in the hall, in between classes one day, and he was like ‘This is the best thing that could have happened to you because we’re doing Hamlet, and I’d like you to play Ophelia,’” Collins recalled. The drama teacher then said, “I just want you to commit to it and...
- 4/25/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
The National Institute of Dramatic Art has appointed John Bashford as the new head of acting following a global search.
A Nida graduate, Bashford is the associate principal of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda) where he teaches acting and directing at undergraduate and graduate levels..
He is also a playwright whose work includes two new plays currently in development.
Bashford graduated from Nida with a Post Graduate Diploma in Directing and has directed and written for theatre companies around Australia, including as artistic director of Warehouse Theatre Company..
In the UK he continued to build his directing career working with Sir Peter Hall and a variety of companies on international and national tours and in the West End.
Bashford has more than 20 years teaching experience in practice-based environments and played a central role in developing Lamda's Master of Arts in Directing and Master of Arts in Classical Acting,...
A Nida graduate, Bashford is the associate principal of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda) where he teaches acting and directing at undergraduate and graduate levels..
He is also a playwright whose work includes two new plays currently in development.
Bashford graduated from Nida with a Post Graduate Diploma in Directing and has directed and written for theatre companies around Australia, including as artistic director of Warehouse Theatre Company..
In the UK he continued to build his directing career working with Sir Peter Hall and a variety of companies on international and national tours and in the West End.
Bashford has more than 20 years teaching experience in practice-based environments and played a central role in developing Lamda's Master of Arts in Directing and Master of Arts in Classical Acting,...
- 11/4/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
My sister, Julia Wilson-Dickson, who has died aged 66 after a brain haemorrhage, was an eminent voice and dialect teacher who worked with many of the brightest talents of stage and film.
She coached Robert de Niro on Frankenstein (1994), Helena Bonham Carter on Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Julianne Moore for The End of the Affair (1999), Glenn Close on Albert Nobbs (2011), and Eddie Redmayne for the performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014) that won him an Oscar. On stage she worked on several Peter Hall productions: with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (Phoenix theatre, London, 1989), Vanessa Redgrave as Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending (Haymarket, 1988), and Judi Dench and Anthony Hopkins in the title roles of Antony and Cleopatra (at the National Theatre, 1987).
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She coached Robert de Niro on Frankenstein (1994), Helena Bonham Carter on Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Julianne Moore for The End of the Affair (1999), Glenn Close on Albert Nobbs (2011), and Eddie Redmayne for the performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014) that won him an Oscar. On stage she worked on several Peter Hall productions: with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (Phoenix theatre, London, 1989), Vanessa Redgrave as Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending (Haymarket, 1988), and Judi Dench and Anthony Hopkins in the title roles of Antony and Cleopatra (at the National Theatre, 1987).
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- 10/18/2015
- by Andrew Wilson-Dickson
- The Guardian - Film News
Robert Sheehan broke hearts when he departed E4's cult series Misfits after two series five years ago, but it's a decision he doesn't regret today.
Since then, he has starred in the Irish drama Love/Hate and several movies including The Mortal Instruments and Killing Bono, and will next be seen taking on Shakespeare in Trevor Nunn's production of Wars of the Roses.
Speaking to Digital Spy, he said that he was a rather precocious young actor and was desperate to try other things after Misfits.
"A lot of bollocks was chatted," he said. "A lot of manure was coming out of my mouth during that time. It was very encouraged of us, the five main actors, to be irreverent and silly and f**k around and have a laugh. They never chastised us more than they absolutely had to. We were always encouraged to be disobeying little...
Since then, he has starred in the Irish drama Love/Hate and several movies including The Mortal Instruments and Killing Bono, and will next be seen taking on Shakespeare in Trevor Nunn's production of Wars of the Roses.
Speaking to Digital Spy, he said that he was a rather precocious young actor and was desperate to try other things after Misfits.
"A lot of bollocks was chatted," he said. "A lot of manure was coming out of my mouth during that time. It was very encouraged of us, the five main actors, to be irreverent and silly and f**k around and have a laugh. They never chastised us more than they absolutely had to. We were always encouraged to be disobeying little...
- 9/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Universal Pictures released their new horror movie, "The Visit," into theaters today, September 11th, 2015, and all the major,top movie critics have turned in their reviews. It turns out that it got a mixed bag with an overall 53 score out of a possible 100 across 28 reviews at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Deanna Dunagan, Ed Oxenbould, Kathryn Hahn, Olivia DeJonge and Peter McRobbie. We've posted blurbs from a few of the critics, below. Clark Collis over at Entertainment Weekly, gave it a decent 75 score, stating: "This is the first Shyamalan movie in a long time that viewers may be tempted to re-visit just to see how he pulls off his magic trick." Sara Stewart from the New York Post, gave it a 75 score, saying: "Like the film itself, it’s simple but well-executed enough." Manohla Dargis from The New York Times, gave it a 70 grade, stating: "The director M. Night Shyamalan...
- 9/11/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Theodore Bikel. Theodore Bikel dead at 91: Oscar-nominated actor and folk singer best known for stage musicals 'The Sound of Music,' 'Fiddler on the Roof' Folk singer, social and union activist, and stage, film, and television actor Theodore Bikel, best remembered for starring in the Broadway musical The Sound of Music and, throughout the U.S., in Fiddler on the Roof, died Monday morning (July 20, '15) of "natural causes" at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The Austrian-born Bikel – as Theodore Meir Bikel on May 2, 1924, in Vienna, to Yiddish-speaking Eastern European parents – was 91. Fled Hitler Thanks to his well-connected Zionist father, six months after the German annexation of Austria in March 1938 ("they were greeted with jubilation by the local populace," he would recall in 2012), the 14-year-old Bikel and his family fled to Palestine, at the time a British protectorate. While there, the teenager began acting on stage,...
- 7/23/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
English born actor Richard Johnson, an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company and star of Robert Wise’s immortal The Haunting has died. Born in 1927, Johnson’s career spanned stage and screen. His work with Sir Peter Hall in productions at the Memorial Shakespeare Theatre led to being named an Associate Artist when it transitioned to…
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- 6/6/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
X-Men: Apocalypse: Director Bryan Singer shared the first on-set photo of new X-Men: Apocalypse stars Lana Condor and Sophie Turner (TV's Game of Thrones). The two young actresses have been cast as mutant heroines Jubilee and Jean Grey, respectively, in the movie that is set in 1983 (which explains their outfits). It's scheduled for release on May 27, 2016. [Vulture] The Forever War: Channing Tatum is attached to star in The Forever War, an adaptation of Joe Haldeman's "phenomenal" science fiction novel, first published in 1974. The book "blends a sort of time travel with the emotional trauma war inflicts on soldiers," as our own Peter Hall noted back in 2012, when Ridley Scott was still trying to make the movie. Jon Spaihts...
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- 5/1/2015
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Widely described as an "icon" of British theatre, the actor Alan Howard has died, aged 77. He had been suffering from pneumonia.Born in Croydon, it was almost inevitable that he would gravitate towards the stage: his father was the actor Arthur Howard and his uncle was Leslie Howard. He made his debut in front of an audience in Half In Earnest at the age of 21, and by the time he was 30 had found his "spiritual home" at the Royal Shakespeare Company.His career at the RSC spanned decades and almost countless roles, but perhaps his most significant achievement was gradually racking up all of Shakespeare's historical kings (as well as King Lear and Macbeth). His Henry IV was actually Bolingbroke in Richard II (rather than the title role in Henry IV Part I), but the feat remains an enviable one among his peers.Away from Stratford his appearances included as...
- 2/20/2015
- EmpireOnline
She made her name playing Queen Victoria and Meryl Streep’s mean assistant – but is Emily Blunt as plain-speaking in real life?
Emily Blunt’s first professional acting job was at the age of 18, in a West End play called The Royal Family, directed by Peter Hall. It was 2001 and she had, until then, been labouring under the delusion she’d go to university and study languages. (Blunt wanted to be a simultaneous translator at the Un.) Instead, she found herself in a makeup chair backstage at the Haymarket theatre, being crept up on by Judi Dench, her co-star. “I just heard that voice in the room behind me,” Blunt says, “and I remember feeling the air go out of me. And she said, ‘Hello, darling. If anyone gives you any trouble in this, you come straight to me.’”
Blunt has been lucky with her mentors; after Dench came Meryl Streep,...
Emily Blunt’s first professional acting job was at the age of 18, in a West End play called The Royal Family, directed by Peter Hall. It was 2001 and she had, until then, been labouring under the delusion she’d go to university and study languages. (Blunt wanted to be a simultaneous translator at the Un.) Instead, she found herself in a makeup chair backstage at the Haymarket theatre, being crept up on by Judi Dench, her co-star. “I just heard that voice in the room behind me,” Blunt says, “and I remember feeling the air go out of me. And she said, ‘Hello, darling. If anyone gives you any trouble in this, you come straight to me.’”
Blunt has been lucky with her mentors; after Dench came Meryl Streep,...
- 1/3/2015
- by Emma Brockes
- The Guardian - Film News
I’d have to say that 1987 was one of my favorite years to be a young movie fan. Because we didn’t have a ton of money, my mom and I would spend most of our weekends at the drive-in taking in double features of all kinds of now-classic films, which included John McTiernan’s eternally badass Predator.
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Shane Black, Sonny Landham and Kevin Peter Hall as the titular intergalactic hunter, Predator opened at number one the weekend of June 12th despite receiving a lackluster response from critics at the time. Predator’s theatrical success would continue for another six weeks, with McTiernan’s genre-bending blockbuster eventually taking in almost $60 million during its run that summer.
Predator’s run wouldn’t end there though- there was also the release of the successful 1990 sequel Predator 2 starring Danny Glover and Gary Busey,...
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Shane Black, Sonny Landham and Kevin Peter Hall as the titular intergalactic hunter, Predator opened at number one the weekend of June 12th despite receiving a lackluster response from critics at the time. Predator’s theatrical success would continue for another six weeks, with McTiernan’s genre-bending blockbuster eventually taking in almost $60 million during its run that summer.
Predator’s run wouldn’t end there though- there was also the release of the successful 1990 sequel Predator 2 starring Danny Glover and Gary Busey,...
- 7/9/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Anchor Bay has announced the Blu-ray and DVD details for the upcoming release of Daniel Stamm's 13 Sins, and we have all the info you need right here! Go ahead and watch it, and then absolve yourself of all wrongdoing!
From the Press Release
Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc are proud to announce the home entertainment release of Daniel Stamm’s dark thriller 13 Sins.
From the director of The Last Exorcism, the film stars Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Rutina Wesley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tom Bower, and Ron Perlman with screenplay by David Birke and Daniel Stamm. Audiences can experience the horror on DVD and Blu-Ray on June 17, 2014.
Elliot (Mark Webber, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) is a bright but meek social services coordinator, drowning in debt and desperate because he's about to marry the love of his life (Rutina Wesley, HBO’s “True Blood”). Upon receiving a cryptic phone call...
From the Press Release
Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc are proud to announce the home entertainment release of Daniel Stamm’s dark thriller 13 Sins.
From the director of The Last Exorcism, the film stars Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Rutina Wesley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tom Bower, and Ron Perlman with screenplay by David Birke and Daniel Stamm. Audiences can experience the horror on DVD and Blu-Ray on June 17, 2014.
Elliot (Mark Webber, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) is a bright but meek social services coordinator, drowning in debt and desperate because he's about to marry the love of his life (Rutina Wesley, HBO’s “True Blood”). Upon receiving a cryptic phone call...
- 5/8/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Is Contact the best science fiction film that no one talks about? I had never seen Robert Zemeckis' 1997 film about mankind's first contact with extraterrestrial life, but after listening to Movies.com editor Peter Hall call it one of his favorite films of all time, I decided to rectify that. What I found was one of the most thoughtful and entertaining sci-fi movies ever made, a film that deserves to be in the same conversation as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 2001: A Space Odyssey. And then Peter and I sat down to talk about why a movie this good has been so overlooked. Jacob: Let's talk about Contact. The funny thing about this... I remember seeing the trailer when I was younger, but otherwise I knew nothing about Contact going in. I didn't...
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- 4/11/2014
- by Jacob S. Hall
- Movies.com
Like many of the best things in life, overindulgence, even with the classics, can lead to irritability. One could well be sated for life with A Midsummer Night’s Dream (probably the most frequently mounted of all Shakespeare comedies) after landmark productions by Max Reinhardt, Peter Brook and Peter Hall, the Benjamin Britten opera, the George Balanchine ballet, not to mention a classic Czech animated feature or a recent starry Hollywood version. That is to say, there had better be a compelling reason to tour any new version internationally. The novelty here is the puppetry of Capetown’s Handspring Puppet Company, which
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- 4/5/2014
- by Myron Meisel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “‘Entertainment Weekly’ wants you to write for it for free. Don’t do it” — The Week’s entertainment editor Scott Meslow tells aspiring writers to send pitches his way because they, gasp, actually pay for writing. With money! Not in “prestige.” That comes at the end of a scathing, completely accurate condemnation of EW’s new program of getting TV coverage without paying for it. Real talk for any aspiring writers trying to manipulate a manipulative system into getting “EW Writer” on their resume: expect potential employers to ask about which kind you are (and to care). “The Action Hero Championship Belt” — Bill Simmons at Grantland goes era by era to declare the heaviest hitters in a truly fantastic feature. Grab a sports bottle full of gin and get after it. “Is...
- 3/28/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Features, Reviews and Interviews Drew Pearce Explains the Tone Behind 'Mission: Impossible 5' and the Christopher McQuarrie Touch by Peter Hall 5 Ways Paul Verhoeven’s 'RoboCop' Is As Relevant As Ever by Alexander Huls 'Cheap Thrills' Poster Premiere and VOD Announcement: Ethan Embry and Pat Healy Pose for One Hell of a Night by Peter Hall Brace Yourself: 'Jingle All the Way 2' Is Coming, and It Will Star Larry the Cable Guy by Peter Hall Watch: The Schmoes Review 'RoboCop' by Movies.com Director's Notebook: Alex Gibney on Finding the Truth in 'The Armstrong Lie' by Jason Guerrasio Coolest Movie Sets Ever: The Bates House from 'Psycho' by Mike Bracken Classic...
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- 2/15/2014
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Actor and director who brought dark good looks and a commanding presence to his roles
Austrian by birth, Swiss by circumstance and international by reputation, Maximilian Schell, who has died aged 83, was a distinguished actor, director, writer and producer. However, he will be best remembered as an actor, especially for his Oscar-winning performance in Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) – an early highlight among scores of television and movie appearances. He also directed opera, worked tirelessly in the theatre and made six feature films, including Marlene (1984) - a tantalising portrait of Dietrich, his co-star in Judgment, who is heard being interviewed but not seen, except in movie extracts.
Schell courted controversy and much of his work, including The Pedestrian (1973), dealt with the second world war, its attendant crimes and the notion of collective guilt. In 1990, when he was offered a special award for his contributions to German film, he refused to accept it.
Austrian by birth, Swiss by circumstance and international by reputation, Maximilian Schell, who has died aged 83, was a distinguished actor, director, writer and producer. However, he will be best remembered as an actor, especially for his Oscar-winning performance in Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) – an early highlight among scores of television and movie appearances. He also directed opera, worked tirelessly in the theatre and made six feature films, including Marlene (1984) - a tantalising portrait of Dietrich, his co-star in Judgment, who is heard being interviewed but not seen, except in movie extracts.
Schell courted controversy and much of his work, including The Pedestrian (1973), dealt with the second world war, its attendant crimes and the notion of collective guilt. In 1990, when he was offered a special award for his contributions to German film, he refused to accept it.
- 2/3/2014
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
Features, Reviews and Interviews Here's What's in Aubrey Plaza’s Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit by Erik Davis Casting Rumor: Could Josh Gad Be 'Fantastic Four''s Thing? by John Gholson This 'Grand Piano' TV Spot Is a Timely Reminder This Great Thriller Hits VOD Today by Peter Hall Watch: The Schmoes Review 'That Awkward Moment' and Jason Reitman's 'Labor Day' by Movies.com The Best Big-Screen Football Games, All in One Image by Peter Martin Columns Box Office Report: 'Frankenstein' Stays Dead As Audiences Keep Riding 'Along' by Erik Childress New on DVD/Blu-ray: Catch Up with 'Rush' and Get a 'Concussion' by Peter Hall New VOD and...
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- 2/1/2014
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
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