Martin Sheen'S portrayal of Us President Josiah Bartlett in The West Wing has been voted the fictional head of state people would most like to see take over from David Cameron to run Britain.
To celebrate the release of The Iron Lady, which sees Meryl Streep playing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, subscription service LOVEFiLM asked over 1,500 film and TV fans to identify the on-screen political leader they would elect to No 10 Downing Street.
Sheen's character from the hit television drama secured 18 per cent of the vote.
The White House proved an attractive source of contenders, with several other American leaders from film and TV making the top 10. The full list is included below.
The Top 10 Leaders
1. President Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen) - West Wing (18 per cent)
2. President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) - Deep Impact (16 per cent)
3. President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) - Air Force One (12 per cent)
4. President Thomas J.
To celebrate the release of The Iron Lady, which sees Meryl Streep playing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, subscription service LOVEFiLM asked over 1,500 film and TV fans to identify the on-screen political leader they would elect to No 10 Downing Street.
Sheen's character from the hit television drama secured 18 per cent of the vote.
The White House proved an attractive source of contenders, with several other American leaders from film and TV making the top 10. The full list is included below.
The Top 10 Leaders
1. President Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen) - West Wing (18 per cent)
2. President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) - Deep Impact (16 per cent)
3. President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) - Air Force One (12 per cent)
4. President Thomas J.
- 1/7/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Continuing our writers' favourite film series, Tom Lamont is taken back to a happy place by a time-travelling DeLorean
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In halting instalments and on an endless loop, rewinding the decaying video as soon as the end credits rolled to start it immediately again, I watched Back to the Future every day before school between the ages of about eight and 11. I agree: I might have used the time to read all of Dickens, or practise free kicks, any number of healthier and more profitable ways to pass the abundant and unrepeatable hours of youth. But instead I gave my mornings to the rote-searing of Back to the Future on to my brain and, looking back, I'm not completely sad about that. There were worse films I could have...
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In halting instalments and on an endless loop, rewinding the decaying video as soon as the end credits rolled to start it immediately again, I watched Back to the Future every day before school between the ages of about eight and 11. I agree: I might have used the time to read all of Dickens, or practise free kicks, any number of healthier and more profitable ways to pass the abundant and unrepeatable hours of youth. But instead I gave my mornings to the rote-searing of Back to the Future on to my brain and, looking back, I'm not completely sad about that. There were worse films I could have...
- 12/1/2011
- by Tom Lamont
- The Guardian - Film News
Michael Jai White, Isaiah Mustafa, Terry Crews, Tyrese Gibson. These are all actors who have either expressed interest in playing the role of Luke Cage or are just fan-boy favorites. One thing that i think is certain with all this talk of Luke Cage is that there will be one in the near future. Personally, i think the role might go to Idris Elba because out of all the actors listed, he is the only one, at press time, who has a multi-picture deal with Marvel. But then again, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has met with Marvel but wouldn't say specifically if it was about a Luke Cage movie. Another contender is unknown actor Erik Thomas Wilson who made his bid for the role with a self-made trailer which i have embedded below. With all these names floating around, who would you like to see in a live-action Luke Cage movie?...
- 7/27/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Photo Courtesy of Jeffrey Weissman
Actor Jeffrey Weissman got his big break auditioning for, but not being cast in War Games. Instead he caught the attention of a big agent and was soon cast in the Twilight Zone movie in the, "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" story, with John Lithgow. He did small parts in Johnny Dangerously, Crackers with Sean Penn and Donald Sutherland and a few guest star spots on TV series like Dallas and Scarecrow and Mrs. King before landing a co-starring role opposite Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider. In a recent interview he told us, "It was a gas being on location with Clint. He was a real gentleman and did everything first class. It was a nice event."
After that came Back to the Future II. He played George McFly, Marty’s father, in the two sequels. He recalled what struck him most about making the film was the set decoration.
Actor Jeffrey Weissman got his big break auditioning for, but not being cast in War Games. Instead he caught the attention of a big agent and was soon cast in the Twilight Zone movie in the, "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" story, with John Lithgow. He did small parts in Johnny Dangerously, Crackers with Sean Penn and Donald Sutherland and a few guest star spots on TV series like Dallas and Scarecrow and Mrs. King before landing a co-starring role opposite Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider. In a recent interview he told us, "It was a gas being on location with Clint. He was a real gentleman and did everything first class. It was a nice event."
After that came Back to the Future II. He played George McFly, Marty’s father, in the two sequels. He recalled what struck him most about making the film was the set decoration.
- 5/11/2011
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
Next week the Back to the Future trilogy gets a release on shiny Blu-ray having just completed a limited run in cinemas across the country to celebrate the film’s twenty-fifth anniversary.
Seeing the original film twenty-five years ago was one of my formative cinematic experiences and recently Dave and I had a sneak preview of the film on the big screen and it was a triumphant return for a film that has more than stood the test of time.
Creator, producer and co-writer of the series Bob Gale is still passionate about the trilogy and we got the chance to talk to the man whose chance discovery of his Dad’s high school yearbook provided the spark for one of the most endearing and enduring films of recent years.
HeyUGuys
It must be exciting having Back to the Future coming back into the cinemas.
Bob Gale
I tell you…...
Seeing the original film twenty-five years ago was one of my formative cinematic experiences and recently Dave and I had a sneak preview of the film on the big screen and it was a triumphant return for a film that has more than stood the test of time.
Creator, producer and co-writer of the series Bob Gale is still passionate about the trilogy and we got the chance to talk to the man whose chance discovery of his Dad’s high school yearbook provided the spark for one of the most endearing and enduring films of recent years.
HeyUGuys
It must be exciting having Back to the Future coming back into the cinemas.
Bob Gale
I tell you…...
- 10/18/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In all the history of film and television, the President of the United States has only ever been played by a black man seven times (technically, eight). In all seven of those representations, only twice has the president not been undergoing some sort of national/worldwide/intergalactic disaster. Granted, usually when any man plays the president, its usually some kind of disaster film, but even then, most them get to be action heroes. Harrison Ford made Gary Oldman get off his plane -- Air Force One -- and Bill Pullman suited up to duke it out with the aliens in Independence Day. But the black prez rarely get a chance to throwdown.
In the two films where the black president takes office and there's not a national emergency, both presidents take office only after Whitey dies. In Head of State, Chris Rock is Mays Gilliam, an Alderman nominated only because...
In the two films where the black president takes office and there's not a national emergency, both presidents take office only after Whitey dies. In Head of State, Chris Rock is Mays Gilliam, an Alderman nominated only because...
- 10/15/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Before heading over to the Moscone Center on Friday for Day One of WonderCon , ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype were invited by our good friends at Activision to get an early preview of their new game "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions," which is scheduled for release in September. Senior producer Meghan Morgan, Beenox's Creative Director Thomas Wilson and one of the senior programmers named Dennis were on-hand to give us a demo of an early build of the game and talks us through how it differs from previous "Spider-Man" games. Written by Marvel Comics' Dan Slott, who has been one of the primary writers on the "Amazing Spider-Man" comic book since it was relaunched with "Brand New Day" a few years back, the principle of the game involves four very...
- 4/3/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Before heading over to the Moscone Center on Friday for Day One of WonderCon , ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype were invited by our good friends at Activision to get an early preview of their new game "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions," which is scheduled for release in September. Senior producer Meghan Morgan, Beenox's Creative Director Thomas Wilson and one of the senior programmers named Dennis were on-hand to give us a demo of an early build of the game and talks us through how it differs from previous "Spider-Man" games. Read the full article at ComingSoon.net !
- 4/3/2010
- Superherohype
Columbia Pictures
Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten
Grade: C
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Written By: Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich
Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover
Screened at: AMC Empire NYC, 11/9/09
Opens: November 13, 2009
Is .2012. apocalypse new? No, sorry, it.s apocalypse same .ol. Unless you.re one of the a new generation of moviegoers that have never seen .Independence Day. or .The Day After Tomorrow. (both directed by .2012,. helmsman Roland Emmerich), you.ve taken this roller-coaster ride before. To paraphrase Spiro Agnew, if you.re seen one building topple, one wave immerse thousands, one statue crushed, several people falling through the cracks to their death, one giraffe and one elephant hauled onto a would-be Noah.s ark.well, you.ve seen .em all.
So what.s left in .2012. to delight us? Why the story, of course. Sad to say,...
Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten
Grade: C
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Written By: Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich
Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover
Screened at: AMC Empire NYC, 11/9/09
Opens: November 13, 2009
Is .2012. apocalypse new? No, sorry, it.s apocalypse same .ol. Unless you.re one of the a new generation of moviegoers that have never seen .Independence Day. or .The Day After Tomorrow. (both directed by .2012,. helmsman Roland Emmerich), you.ve taken this roller-coaster ride before. To paraphrase Spiro Agnew, if you.re seen one building topple, one wave immerse thousands, one statue crushed, several people falling through the cracks to their death, one giraffe and one elephant hauled onto a would-be Noah.s ark.well, you.ve seen .em all.
So what.s left in .2012. to delight us? Why the story, of course. Sad to say,...
- 11/11/2009
- Arizona Reporter
Like its reported over bloated budget of $260 million, everything about .2012. is huge and expansive. From the film.s length (158 minutes!) to the special effects, and all the way to its believability factor, .2012. is a film of massive proportions.
Different kinds of epic proportions awaits us in the year 2012. According to the film, the apocalypse is near. The Mayan calendar is set to reach the end of its 13th cycle on December 21, 2012 . and nothing follows that date. .2012. tells the story of what.s to come.
At the center of death and destruction is Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a failed author with a failed marriage. He stumbles upon the news that the world as we know it is coming to an end. So the poor sap becomes a hero in the eyes of his kids, his ex-wife Kate (Amanda Pete) and her current husband, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).
.2012.s. narrative is told from...
Different kinds of epic proportions awaits us in the year 2012. According to the film, the apocalypse is near. The Mayan calendar is set to reach the end of its 13th cycle on December 21, 2012 . and nothing follows that date. .2012. tells the story of what.s to come.
At the center of death and destruction is Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a failed author with a failed marriage. He stumbles upon the news that the world as we know it is coming to an end. So the poor sap becomes a hero in the eyes of his kids, his ex-wife Kate (Amanda Pete) and her current husband, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).
.2012.s. narrative is told from...
- 11/11/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying Independence Day was a big movie, with a place in cinematic history. Roland Emmerich has been the prince of diminishing returns since, but remains the current king of the global disaster movie. With next week’s 2012, he’s hoping to get his career back on track.
10,000 BC was universally panned, so he has decided to go back to what he does best. Namely, destroying contemporary landmarks, and killing a large percentage of the population. Emmerich loves himself a budget, and epic scale CGI, and judging from the trailer, he has used both liberally. There have been plenty of pre-release clips to encourage the hype. You can see a five minute clip in full HD here, some additional clips here, and some behind the scenes footage here.
As usual, however, there is a human story to be told. In this case, it...
10,000 BC was universally panned, so he has decided to go back to what he does best. Namely, destroying contemporary landmarks, and killing a large percentage of the population. Emmerich loves himself a budget, and epic scale CGI, and judging from the trailer, he has used both liberally. There have been plenty of pre-release clips to encourage the hype. You can see a five minute clip in full HD here, some additional clips here, and some behind the scenes footage here.
As usual, however, there is a human story to be told. In this case, it...
- 11/7/2009
- by Barry Steele
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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