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“The Devil Makes Him Do It”
By Raymond Benson
The actor Ray Milland always presented himself on screen with a serious intensity. His Oscar-winning turn as an alcoholic in The Lost Weekend (1945) catapulted him into the upper ranks of Hollywood stardom in those years. He didn’t always appear in A-list pictures, though. Film noir and thrillers like The Big Clock and So Evil My Love (both 1948) featured Milland in what might be perceived as moonlighting roles, but he is nonetheless effective.
Such is the case with Alias Nick Beal, directed by frequent Milland collaborator, John Farrow. This is not a film noir, per se, but rather a thriller-cum-supernatural tale that borrows heavily from the Faust myth. And while Milland is the fire that energizes Nick Beal, it is third-billing Thomas Mitchell who is the protagonist of the story.
Mitchell is Joseph Foster,...
“The Devil Makes Him Do It”
By Raymond Benson
The actor Ray Milland always presented himself on screen with a serious intensity. His Oscar-winning turn as an alcoholic in The Lost Weekend (1945) catapulted him into the upper ranks of Hollywood stardom in those years. He didn’t always appear in A-list pictures, though. Film noir and thrillers like The Big Clock and So Evil My Love (both 1948) featured Milland in what might be perceived as moonlighting roles, but he is nonetheless effective.
Such is the case with Alias Nick Beal, directed by frequent Milland collaborator, John Farrow. This is not a film noir, per se, but rather a thriller-cum-supernatural tale that borrows heavily from the Faust myth. And while Milland is the fire that energizes Nick Beal, it is third-billing Thomas Mitchell who is the protagonist of the story.
Mitchell is Joseph Foster,...
- 7/14/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Alias Nick Beal
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1949 / 1.33:1 / 93 Min.
Starring Ray Milland, Audrey Totter
Cinematography by Lionel Lindon
Directed by John Farrow
The most sinister light comedian in Hollywood, Ray Milland was never more charming than when he was fixing to cut your throat. In John Farrow’s Alias Nick Beal, the actor dropped that two-faced mask to play an unambiguous villain—Nicholas Beal, a well-tailored but malevolent entity who makes his first appearance from behind a curtain of fog. As we begin to understand the tricky Mr. Beal, we realize that it isn’t fog swirling round his shoulders, it’s sulfur, billowing up from a pit of brimstone. Unfortunately Joseph Foster, an ambitious district attorney, understands it too late. When Foster decides to run for governor, Beal materializes to offer his own kind of campaign advice. Beal’s plan comes with a high price tag but he makes...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1949 / 1.33:1 / 93 Min.
Starring Ray Milland, Audrey Totter
Cinematography by Lionel Lindon
Directed by John Farrow
The most sinister light comedian in Hollywood, Ray Milland was never more charming than when he was fixing to cut your throat. In John Farrow’s Alias Nick Beal, the actor dropped that two-faced mask to play an unambiguous villain—Nicholas Beal, a well-tailored but malevolent entity who makes his first appearance from behind a curtain of fog. As we begin to understand the tricky Mr. Beal, we realize that it isn’t fog swirling round his shoulders, it’s sulfur, billowing up from a pit of brimstone. Unfortunately Joseph Foster, an ambitious district attorney, understands it too late. When Foster decides to run for governor, Beal materializes to offer his own kind of campaign advice. Beal’s plan comes with a high price tag but he makes...
- 6/26/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
New Hampshire authorities believe a drifter who died in 2010 while serving a life sentence for his wife’s murder possibly killed six other people including his own daughter, People confirms.
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster said at a Thursday press conference that among the victims of a man known as Robert Evans — who went by several other aliases — was his ex-girlfriend Denise Beaudin, a New Hampshire mother who has been missing since 1981 whose remains have never been recovered.
Foster said it is possible Beaudin could be alive, but based on what detectives have learned about Evans, Foster believes it...
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster said at a Thursday press conference that among the victims of a man known as Robert Evans — who went by several other aliases — was his ex-girlfriend Denise Beaudin, a New Hampshire mother who has been missing since 1981 whose remains have never been recovered.
Foster said it is possible Beaudin could be alive, but based on what detectives have learned about Evans, Foster believes it...
- 1/26/2017
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Abigail "Abby" Hernandez, the New Hampshire teen who returned home last week after disappearing in October, sat in the front row of a courtroom on Tuesday as her accused kidnapper, Nathaniel Kibby, appeared before a judge. Kibby, 34, did not enter a plea and the judge ordered him held on $1 million bail as police continued to search the man's Gorham, New Hampshire, trailer home. Attorney General Joseph Foster said Monday that Kibby was arrested after Abby, now 15, provided police with details of her kidnapping nine months ago as she was walking home from school. A shipping container in the yard of...
- 7/29/2014
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
Abigail "Abby" Hernandez, the New Hampshire teen who returned home last week after disappearing in October, sat in the front row of a courtroom on Tuesday as her accused kidnapper, Nathaniel Kibby, appeared before a judge. Kibby, 34, did not enter a plea and the judge ordered him held on $1 million bail as police continued to search the man's Gorham, New Hampshire, trailer home. Attorney General Joseph Foster said Monday that Kibby was arrested after Abby, now 15, provided police with details of her kidnapping nine months ago as she was walking home from school. A shipping container in the yard of...
- 7/29/2014
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
The mysterious nine-month disappearance and return of New Hampshire teen Abigail Hernandez has yielded another cryptic clue for which authorities are seeking the public's help. A police sketch shared Thursday shows a man who authorities say drove Hernandez away from Conway, New Hampshire, in a blue pickup on Oct. 9, launching a search that ended when the now 15-year-old was reunited with her family on Sunday. "The individual or individuals who were involved with her disappearance and absence will now have to face the consequences of any unlawful actions," New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster said in a statement that accompanied the sketch.
- 7/25/2014
- by Jeff Truesdell, @jhtruesdell
- PEOPLE.com
A 15-year-old New Hampshire girl who disappeared while on her way home from school nine months ago is safely home with her family, the state attorney general said Monday. Abigail Hernandez was reunited with her family on Sunday evening, Attorney General Joseph Foster said. Foster said the family has asked for privacy. He said Abigail's mother, Zenya Hernandez, told authorities "today we are the happiest people on earth." Police said Abigail was last seen Oct. 9 after leaving Kennett High School in Conway. Police said she walked her normal route toward her house and sent several texts between 2:30 p.m.
- 7/22/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Toms River, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has again denied a request to block the release of episodes of the MTV reality series "Jersey Shore." State Superior Court Judge Joseph Foster rejected the request of three people who say their reputations will be damaged because they're shown fighting with cast members. An attorney for the three complained after a published report said MTV planned a global release of the series, which focuses on the escapades of eight 20-something Italian-Americans at a shore house. Last month the judge denied a man's request to block the DVD release of the show's...
- 3/27/2010
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
Doubt has arrived on DVD from Miramax Home Video with a Director's Commentary from John Patrick Shanley, plus four featurettes: "Scoring Doubt," "The Cast of Doubt," "The Sisters of Charity," and "Doubt: From Stage to Screen." Here is Terry Keefe's in-depth interview with writer-director John Patrick Shanley which originally appeared in the December 2008 issue of Venice Magazine.
A Conversation with John Patrick Shanley on the making of Doubt, the origins of Moonstruck, and the dire fate of his first novel.
By Terry Keefe
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 21 years since John Patrick Shanley’s screenplay for Moonstruck made a whole generation of moviegoers want to move to Little Italy, marry Cher or Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello even, and look for the mythical Cosmo’s Moon. The young Shanley had already been having a good career run at that point, with a number of successful Off-Broadway plays,...
A Conversation with John Patrick Shanley on the making of Doubt, the origins of Moonstruck, and the dire fate of his first novel.
By Terry Keefe
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 21 years since John Patrick Shanley’s screenplay for Moonstruck made a whole generation of moviegoers want to move to Little Italy, marry Cher or Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello even, and look for the mythical Cosmo’s Moon. The young Shanley had already been having a good career run at that point, with a number of successful Off-Broadway plays,...
- 4/29/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Doubt has arrived on DVD from Miramax Home Video with a Director's Commentary from John Patrick Shanley, plus four featurettes: "Scoring Doubt," "The Cast of Doubt," "The Sisters of Charity," and "Doubt: From Stage to Screen." Here is Terry Keefe's in-depth interview with writer-director John Patrick Shanley which originally appeared in the December 2008 issue of Venice Magazine.
Viola Davis: Making Mrs. Miller in Doubt
By Terry Keefe
[Pictured above is actress Viola Davis in her role as Mrs. Miller in Doubt.]
One scene can make a star out of a rising actor, although it’s a rare occurrence. Particularly when that scene is opposite the likes of Meryl Streep, who is certainly difficult to outshine. But Viola Davis is going to attract a great deal of notice for her relatively brief appearance in Doubt, to the point where she is already being mentioned as a likely candidate for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. Davis, who plays the character of Mrs. Miller, is...
Viola Davis: Making Mrs. Miller in Doubt
By Terry Keefe
[Pictured above is actress Viola Davis in her role as Mrs. Miller in Doubt.]
One scene can make a star out of a rising actor, although it’s a rare occurrence. Particularly when that scene is opposite the likes of Meryl Streep, who is certainly difficult to outshine. But Viola Davis is going to attract a great deal of notice for her relatively brief appearance in Doubt, to the point where she is already being mentioned as a likely candidate for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. Davis, who plays the character of Mrs. Miller, is...
- 4/29/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0 Chicago – The history of films to score four acting Oscar nominations would make for a very short list. And yet most critics knew the rare set of nods was inevitable when they saw the quartet of talent on display in John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt”. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis shine in “Doubt,” now available on Blu-Ray.
“Doubt” is not a perfect film. Some of the overt symbolism (the burned-out bulb, the changing winds) is a little too on-the-nose and the piece doesn’t quite break free from its theatrical roots to feel like much more than a filmed play, but what a play. This is an acting powerhouse, a dialogue-driven examination of faith that includes some of the best performances of 2008.
Doubt was released on Blu-Ray on April 7th, 2009.
Photo credit: Buena Vista
Essentially, “Doubt” is a three-character show - Sister Aloysius...
“Doubt” is not a perfect film. Some of the overt symbolism (the burned-out bulb, the changing winds) is a little too on-the-nose and the piece doesn’t quite break free from its theatrical roots to feel like much more than a filmed play, but what a play. This is an acting powerhouse, a dialogue-driven examination of faith that includes some of the best performances of 2008.
Doubt was released on Blu-Ray on April 7th, 2009.
Photo credit: Buena Vista
Essentially, “Doubt” is a three-character show - Sister Aloysius...
- 4/13/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"Doubt" Blu-ray Reviewby Peter Dimako, Editor The “Doubt” Blu-ray review. By Peter Dimako, Editor“Doubt” is a powerfully acted drama which moves along at a good pace considering the heavy material, making the film easy to watch. John Patrick Shanley returns to the helm after an eighteen year hiatus; his last film “Joe vs. The Volcano” was on the opposite side of the genre spectrum; an adventurous comedy with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The director helms and adapts the screenplay based on his own play.Meryl Streep undoubtedly dominates the screen, overpowering Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams’ performances. Oscar®-nominated for her part, Streep stars as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun known for her fear-driven, stern running of the St. Nicholas School in the Bronx. It’s 1964, a time of change and the school has accepted its first black student in Donald Miller (Joseph Foster).Father Brendan Flynn...
- 4/7/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
“Doubt” is a powerfully acted drama which moves along at a good pace considering the heavy material, making the film easy to watch. John Patrick Shanley returns to the helm after an eighteen year hiatus; his last film “Joe vs. The Volcano” was on the opposite side of the genre spectrum; an adventurous comedy with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The director helms and adapts the screenplay based on his own play. Meryl Streep undoubtedly dominates the screen, overpowering Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams’ performances. Oscar®-nominated for her part, Streep stars as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun known for her fear-driven, stern running of the St. Nicholas School in the Bronx. It’s 1964, a time of change and the school has accepted its first black student in Donald Miller (Joseph Foster)...
- 4/7/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
“Doubt” is a powerfully acted drama which moves along at a good pace considering the heavy material, making the film easy to watch. John Patrick Shanley returns to the helm after an eighteen year hiatus; his last film “Joe vs. The Volcano” was on the opposite side of the genre spectrum; an adventurous comedy with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The director helms and adapts the screenplay based on his own play. Meryl Streep undoubtedly dominates the screen, overpowering Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams’ performances. Oscar®-nominated for her part, Streep stars as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun known for her fear-driven, stern running of the St. Nicholas School in the Bronx. It’s 1964, a time of change and the school has accepted its first black student in Donald Miller (Joseph Foster)...
- 4/7/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Casting Director: Ellen Chenoweth Writer-Director: John Patrick Shanley Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis The Pitch: In a Catholic school in 1964, a nun (Streep) accuses a priest (Hoffman) of an improper relationship with one of the male students.When a film has already been a Pulitzer Prize-winning hit play on and off Broadway, with its original cast copping nearly every award in sight, a casting director is faced with a particular challenge: How do you find actors for the movie version who will bring their own incandescence to roles that have already been filled to acclaim? Casting director Ellen Chenoweth encountered this dilemma when she met with playwright John Patrick Shanley and producer Scott Rudin about casting the cinematic edition of Shanley's theatrical smash Doubt. Oscar winners Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep were already attached in the lead roles of a priest accused of conducting...
- 12/11/2008
- backstage.com
Doubtby Steve Ramos, Writer Meryl Streep is the perfect villain in suspenseful ‘Doubt’ If esteemed film critic Pauline Kael were still alive, watching and reviewing movies, I imagine she would pounce all over Meryl Streep for her performance in “Doubt” as villainous Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal and Catholic nun in 1964, convinced that a young priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), molested a male student. Kael frequently accused Streep of playacting, of emphasizing foreign accents and changes in her physical appearance instead of more natural performances. With “Doubt,” the most intimate of the year- end, prestige releases, a period film drama that’s nearly perfect, Kael would have targeted Streep’s Irish lilt, wire-framed spectacles and black bonnet and cloak. Kael would have criticized Streep for once again playing dress up but in the case of writer/director John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt,” an adaptation of his acclaimed stage play,...
- 12/5/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams Director: John Patrick Shanley Release Date: December 12, 2008 (Limited) Running Time: 104 mins MPAA Rating: PG-13 Distributors: Miramax Films - - - “What do you do when you’re not sure?” Nothing is reassuring about donning a priest collar. The fact that a priest goes out every day to try and carry out God’s word isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. There will always be skeptics, temptations and people who will doubt the very well being of a priest’s teachings. Instead of a code of honor, the tiny white collar placed atop all black attire invites more sin than righteousness. And most of the time the dark always seems to loom above the light. If ever a place that was supposed to be uncorrupted by anomie, it would have to be a Catholic school. Throughout the film there...
- 12/4/2008
- The Movie Fanatic
In what looks to be one of the finest films of the year, we are pleased to offer you images from Miramax's upcoming drama "Doubt." The powerful film stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Lloyd Clay Brown, Joseph Foster, Bridget Megan Clark, Paulie Litt, Michael Roukis and Lydia Jordan. Finding limited theatres on December 12th, this gem is helmed and written by John Patrick Shanley based on his own play. It's Shanley's first time at the wheel for a massive 18 years, his last been the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starrer "Joe Versus the Volcano." As a writer, Shanley has the adventure "Congo" as well as "January Man" and 1987's "Moonstruck" under his belt.
- 10/14/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In what looks to be one of the finest films of the year, we are pleased to offer you images from Miramax's upcoming drama "Doubt." The powerful film stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Lloyd Clay Brown, Joseph Foster, Bridget Megan Clark, Paulie Litt, Michael Roukis and Lydia Jordan. Finding limited theatres on December 12th, this gem is helmed and written by John Patrick Shanley based on his own play. It's Shanley's first time at the wheel for a massive 18 years, his last been the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starrer "Joe Versus the Volcano." As a writer, Shanley has the adventure "Congo" as well as "January Man" and 1987's "Moonstruck" under his belt.
- 10/14/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In what looks to be one of the finest films of the year, we are pleased to offer you images from Miramax's upcoming drama "Doubt." The powerful film stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Lloyd Clay Brown, Joseph Foster, Bridget Megan Clark, Paulie Litt, Michael Roukis and Lydia Jordan. Finding limited theatres on December 12th, this gem is helmed and written by John Patrick Shanley based on his own play. It's Shanley's first time at the wheel for a massive 18 years, his last been the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starrer "Joe Versus the Volcano." As a writer, Shanley has the adventure "Congo" as well as "January Man" and 1987's "Moonstruck" under his belt. See the images now! Doubt(2008)(Released date: 12/12/2008 Ltd.) - Rate & Review this! (Not released? Then add a rating on your anticipation!) - Add to your List! - Find similar releases!- Get Showtimes & Tickets on MovieJungle.
- 10/14/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In what looks to be one of the finest films of the year, we are pleased to offer you images from Miramax's upcoming drama "Doubt." The powerful film stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Lloyd Clay Brown, Joseph Foster, Bridget Megan Clark, Paulie Litt, Michael Roukis and Lydia Jordan. Finding limited theatres on December 12th, this gem is helmed and written by John Patrick Shanley based on his own play. It's Shanley's first time at the wheel for a massive 18 years, his last been the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan starrer "Joe Versus the Volcano." As a writer, Shanley has the adventure "Congo" as well as "January Man" and 1987's "Moonstruck" under his belt.
- 10/14/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Doubt", a movie adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize winning play, has shared out the first look into the Miramax Films drama through fresh trailer. Providing a clue to what the movie is all about, the compilation of footages let out sneak peak into the main characters played by Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams.
Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, the film highlights on a difficult decision faced by Bronx Catholic school principal. Suspecting that Father Flynn is sexually-abusing a black student, Sister Aloysius confronts him on the matter but the priest denies the accusation. Having no witness and no evident on the matter, she continues to pursue for the truth, putting a young nun in the middle of the tense confrontation.
Addressing religion, morality and authority, "Doubt" is helmed and adapted by playwright John Patrick Shanley who is known also...
Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, the film highlights on a difficult decision faced by Bronx Catholic school principal. Suspecting that Father Flynn is sexually-abusing a black student, Sister Aloysius confronts him on the matter but the priest denies the accusation. Having no witness and no evident on the matter, she continues to pursue for the truth, putting a young nun in the middle of the tense confrontation.
Addressing religion, morality and authority, "Doubt" is helmed and adapted by playwright John Patrick Shanley who is known also...
- 9/13/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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