Maverick director Robert Aldrich’s one foray into grand-scale epic filmmaking is returned to crystal clarity in this fine import disc, a restoration from original Italian film elements. Stewart Granger’s Lot allies his Hebrew tribe with the notorious cities of evil, and almost loses his soul to Anouk Aimée’s wicked Queen Bera. Pier Angeli is the slave who becomes Lot’s wife, and Rossana Podestà is the daughter taken by Stanley Baker’s rapacious prince. Second unit director Sergio Leone whips up a terrific battle scene (maybe), Ken Adam provides the spectacular sets and Miklós Rózsa the powerful music score. And yes, the explosive finish involves hellfire, brimstone and the Biblical Pillar of Salt.
Sodom and Gomorrah
Explosive Media
All-region Blu-ray
1962 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 154 and 117 min. / Street Date December 9, 2021 / Available from Amazon.de /
Starring: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli), Anouk Aimée, Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà, Rik Battaglia,...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Explosive Media
All-region Blu-ray
1962 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 154 and 117 min. / Street Date December 9, 2021 / Available from Amazon.de /
Starring: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli), Anouk Aimée, Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà, Rik Battaglia,...
- 1/1/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Munich-based Koch Films has struck a deal with Studiocanal Germany to take over the distributor’s entire sales and logistics activities for all physical home entertainment activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Studiocanal’s extensive portfolio comprises new releases, series and classic catalog titles such as Francis Ford Coppola’s newly restored 1983 teen drama “The Outsiders” and David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” as well as works by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch and Margarethe von Trotta.
The agreement pools Studiocanal and Koch Films’ strengths and bolsters their market position in the home entertainment sector over the long term, the companies said.
Studiocanal’s Arthaus label includes such recently restored films as Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita”; Ousmane Sembène’s 1968 Senegalese classic “Mandabi”; and Richard Kelly’s “Donnie Darko” as well as German titles like Reinhard Hauff’s 1975 drama “The Brutalization of Franz Blum,” featuring Jürgen Prochnow...
Studiocanal’s extensive portfolio comprises new releases, series and classic catalog titles such as Francis Ford Coppola’s newly restored 1983 teen drama “The Outsiders” and David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” as well as works by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch and Margarethe von Trotta.
The agreement pools Studiocanal and Koch Films’ strengths and bolsters their market position in the home entertainment sector over the long term, the companies said.
Studiocanal’s Arthaus label includes such recently restored films as Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita”; Ousmane Sembène’s 1968 Senegalese classic “Mandabi”; and Richard Kelly’s “Donnie Darko” as well as German titles like Reinhard Hauff’s 1975 drama “The Brutalization of Franz Blum,” featuring Jürgen Prochnow...
- 10/8/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Legendary stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker joins Josh and Joe to discuss the movies that made him.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Harold And Maude (1971)
White Lightning (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
White Line Fever (1975)
Bound For Glory (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Outsider (1980)
Freebie And The Bean (1978)
Sharky’s Machine (1981)
First Blood (1982)
Night Shift (1982)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Against All Odds (1984)
To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)
F/X (1986)
Tucker The Man And His Dream (1988)
Sea of Love (1989)
Miami Blues (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Demolition Man (1993)
The Crow (1994)
Waterworld (1995)
From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)
Grosse Point Blank (1997)
Django Unchained (2012)
Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park (1978)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Kagemusha (1980)
Ran (1985)
The Fugitive (1993)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Casino Royale (2006)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
The Fast And The Furious (2001)
The Strongest Man In The World (1975)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Bullitt (1968)
Robbery (1967)
S.O.B. (1981)
Vanishing Point...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Harold And Maude (1971)
White Lightning (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
White Line Fever (1975)
Bound For Glory (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Outsider (1980)
Freebie And The Bean (1978)
Sharky’s Machine (1981)
First Blood (1982)
Night Shift (1982)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Against All Odds (1984)
To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)
F/X (1986)
Tucker The Man And His Dream (1988)
Sea of Love (1989)
Miami Blues (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Demolition Man (1993)
The Crow (1994)
Waterworld (1995)
From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)
Grosse Point Blank (1997)
Django Unchained (2012)
Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park (1978)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Kagemusha (1980)
Ran (1985)
The Fugitive (1993)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Casino Royale (2006)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
The Fast And The Furious (2001)
The Strongest Man In The World (1975)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Bullitt (1968)
Robbery (1967)
S.O.B. (1981)
Vanishing Point...
- 8/11/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Former Fox makeup artist Juan Legramandi says he was discriminated against at Fox News for being a gay Latino, and was ultimately fired in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court Thursday.
In the suit, obtained by TheWrap, Legramandi names host Harris Faulkner, contributor Angela McGlowan, and executives Jill Van Why and Marsheila Hayes specifically. According to the suit, McGlowan compared a makeup room he was in with another gay stylist to “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Faulkner, the suit says, called Hispanic women “ignorant” in front of him and, when he shared his mother’s Latina heritage, told him his birthplace of Colombia is “a third-world country.”
Also Read: Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott Sued for Defamation by Former Employee
He says a request not to work with Faulkner going forward was denied, though other stylists’ requests regarding certain talent were honored.
Legramandi says he was called a “diva” by a colleague,...
In the suit, obtained by TheWrap, Legramandi names host Harris Faulkner, contributor Angela McGlowan, and executives Jill Van Why and Marsheila Hayes specifically. According to the suit, McGlowan compared a makeup room he was in with another gay stylist to “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Faulkner, the suit says, called Hispanic women “ignorant” in front of him and, when he shared his mother’s Latina heritage, told him his birthplace of Colombia is “a third-world country.”
Also Read: Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott Sued for Defamation by Former Employee
He says a request not to work with Faulkner going forward was denied, though other stylists’ requests regarding certain talent were honored.
Legramandi says he was called a “diva” by a colleague,...
- 10/11/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
One of international cinema’s undisputed greats in costume design, Piero Tosi’s work first faced the awards season spotlight 64 years ago with only his third film, Luchino Visconti’s masterwork “Senso,” which competed for the Golden Lion in Venice in 1954.
Nominated for five Oscars for costume design and recipient of an honorary Oscar in 2013, Tosi’s impact on the art of film is immeasurable. Visconti’s films such as “The Damned,” “Ludwig,” “Death in Venice” and the incomparable “The Leopard” garnered international acclaim as stunning period visual masterpieces and were all spectacular showcases for Tosi’s celebrated designs. Other triumphs included “La Cage Aux Folles,” “The Night Porter,” Federico Fellini’s “Toby Dammit” and Oscar foreign language film-winner “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.”
Also noted as mentor and teacher for generations of costume designers, Tosi’s work in this field is on view in “Piero Tosi. Exercises on Beauty. The...
Nominated for five Oscars for costume design and recipient of an honorary Oscar in 2013, Tosi’s impact on the art of film is immeasurable. Visconti’s films such as “The Damned,” “Ludwig,” “Death in Venice” and the incomparable “The Leopard” garnered international acclaim as stunning period visual masterpieces and were all spectacular showcases for Tosi’s celebrated designs. Other triumphs included “La Cage Aux Folles,” “The Night Porter,” Federico Fellini’s “Toby Dammit” and Oscar foreign language film-winner “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.”
Also noted as mentor and teacher for generations of costume designers, Tosi’s work in this field is on view in “Piero Tosi. Exercises on Beauty. The...
- 12/17/2018
- by Andrea Sorrentino
- Variety Film + TV
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake devastated Mexico City, Mexico on Tuesday, killing over 100 including 21 school children.
According to The Guardian, 21 children died after the earthquake toppled parts of the Colegio Enrique Rebsamen. Eleven children were rescued, but at least 28 were still missing, the education secretary told the outlet. Four adults have been confirmed dead, according to the Guardian.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told El Financiero, that 22 bodies were found, which included two adults.
“There are 30 children missing and eight adults reported missing,” he told the outlet in numbers that were different from those given by his education secretary.
Those outside of...
According to The Guardian, 21 children died after the earthquake toppled parts of the Colegio Enrique Rebsamen. Eleven children were rescued, but at least 28 were still missing, the education secretary told the outlet. Four adults have been confirmed dead, according to the Guardian.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told El Financiero, that 22 bodies were found, which included two adults.
“There are 30 children missing and eight adults reported missing,” he told the outlet in numbers that were different from those given by his education secretary.
Those outside of...
- 9/20/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
In 1961, director Mario Bava (Rabid Dogs, Kill Baby Kill) turned his hand to the historical adventure genre, capitalizing on the recent success of 1958’s Kirk Douglas vehicle The Vikings. The result was a colorful, swashbuckling epic of treachery, heroism and forbidden love: Erik the Conqueror. In 786 Ad, the invading Viking forces are repelled from the shores of England, leaving behind a young boy – Erik, son of the slain Viking king. Years later, Erik (George Ardisson, Juliet of the Spirits), raised by the English queen as her own, becomes Duke of Helford, while across the sea, his brother Eron (Cameron Mitchell, Blood and Black Lace) assumes leadership of the Viking horde and sets his sights on conquering England once again, setting the two estranged brothers on a collision course that will determine the fates of their respective kingdoms… Featuring a bombastic score by frequent collaborator Roberto Nicolosi (Black Sunday) and memorably...
- 8/23/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Reverent and ridiculous in equal measure, Martin Koolhoven’s “Brimstone” is a wild pseudo-Western that trembles beneath the biblical weight of its comically grim story. Told with a steady tone that marries the anivine retribution of the Old Testament with the heightened slickness of a graphic novel, this gruesome carnival of debasement may be set in the lawless frontiers of 19th century America, but it might be more accurately located somewhere between Sodom and Gomorrah and “Sin City.” It’s the kind of movie in which an actor from “Game of Thrones” murders someone who’s taking a shit in an outhouse — the kind of movie in which a dying man, choking on a noose made out of his own intestines, still finds the spirit to tell his wife that he loves her.
Even after four discrete chapters (each of which is saddled with a subtitle like “Revelation” or “Exodus...
Even after four discrete chapters (each of which is saddled with a subtitle like “Revelation” or “Exodus...
- 3/8/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Did Republic’s serial-makers lose their marbles? This is an endurance test of a thriller, with 12 chapters that refuse to advance a story beyond the same repetitive ambushes and fistfights. It’s got monsters in the form of giant crawfish bred to… well, bred for almost no reason at all. With Phyllis Coates and Myron Healey. I tell you, watching this feels like watching an endless loop. But hey, it’s quite handsomely filmed!
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1955 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame (originally widescreen) / 168 min. / Street Date February 21, 2017 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.95
Starring: Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space, John Day, Mike Ragan, Morris Buchanan, Roy Glenn, Archie Savage, Ramsay Hill, Naaman Brown, Dan Ferniel, James Logan, Steve Calvert.
Cinematography: Bud Thackery
Film Editor: Cliff Bell
Original Music: R. Dale Butts
Written by Ronald Davidson
Produced and Directed by Franklin Adreon
Ah yes.
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1955 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame (originally widescreen) / 168 min. / Street Date February 21, 2017 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.95
Starring: Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space, John Day, Mike Ragan, Morris Buchanan, Roy Glenn, Archie Savage, Ramsay Hill, Naaman Brown, Dan Ferniel, James Logan, Steve Calvert.
Cinematography: Bud Thackery
Film Editor: Cliff Bell
Original Music: R. Dale Butts
Written by Ronald Davidson
Produced and Directed by Franklin Adreon
Ah yes.
- 2/25/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This spring, beware the Octaman, a 1971 creature feature rising from the radioactive depths to come out on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber.
From Kino Lorber: "Coming April 2017! On DVD and Blu-ray!
Kl Studio Classics in conjunction with MGM!
Octaman (1971) Special Edition
Starring Pier Angeli (Sodom and Gomorrah), Kerwin Matthews (Jack the Giant Killer), Jeff Morrow (This Island Earth) and Buck Kartalian (Planet of the Apes) – Shot by Robert Caramico (Eaten Alive) - Written, Directed and Produced by Harry Essex (Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came from Outer Space)
Loaded with Extras! Bonus Features to be announced!"
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "A scientific expedition to a remote Mexican fishing community discovers unhealthy amounts of radioactive waters. What they find is a seven foot tall mutant species of octopus with amazing strength and a lust for killing, and soon the expedition realizes that the monster is now on a bloody rampage.
From Kino Lorber: "Coming April 2017! On DVD and Blu-ray!
Kl Studio Classics in conjunction with MGM!
Octaman (1971) Special Edition
Starring Pier Angeli (Sodom and Gomorrah), Kerwin Matthews (Jack the Giant Killer), Jeff Morrow (This Island Earth) and Buck Kartalian (Planet of the Apes) – Shot by Robert Caramico (Eaten Alive) - Written, Directed and Produced by Harry Essex (Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came from Outer Space)
Loaded with Extras! Bonus Features to be announced!"
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "A scientific expedition to a remote Mexican fishing community discovers unhealthy amounts of radioactive waters. What they find is a seven foot tall mutant species of octopus with amazing strength and a lust for killing, and soon the expedition realizes that the monster is now on a bloody rampage.
- 12/27/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Let’s nominate Andre Lyon to compete on an upcoming episode of Chopped.
Mind you, I have absolutely no idea if Empire‘s eldest son has any culinary skills whatsoever, but what he does (or had done) to a precocious little girl’s lustrous locks on this week’s episode tells me the man knows what to do when armed with a pair of kitchen shears.
Related2016 in Review: The 10 Best Drama Series
Cruel? Perhaps. (Though isn’t it time the Dorothy Hamill made a comeback with the 10-and-under set?) But there’s no denying Dre’s methods prove effective...
Mind you, I have absolutely no idea if Empire‘s eldest son has any culinary skills whatsoever, but what he does (or had done) to a precocious little girl’s lustrous locks on this week’s episode tells me the man knows what to do when armed with a pair of kitchen shears.
Related2016 in Review: The 10 Best Drama Series
Cruel? Perhaps. (Though isn’t it time the Dorothy Hamill made a comeback with the 10-and-under set?) But there’s no denying Dre’s methods prove effective...
- 12/8/2016
- TVLine.com
Horton Foote, Lillian Hellman and Arthur Penn's All-Star vision of an Ugly America found few friends in 1965; now its overstated scenes of social injustice and violence are daily events. Marlon Brando leads a terrific cast -- Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall! -- to endure the worst Saturday ever to hit one cursed Texas township. The Chase (1966) Blu-ray Twilight Time 1966 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 134 min. / Street Date October 11, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95 Starring Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Martha Hyer, Richard Bradford, Robert Duvall, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando, Clifton James, Steve Ihnat Cinematography Joseph Lashelle Production Designer Richard Day Art Direction Robert Luthardt Film Editor Gene Milford Original Music John Barry Written by Lillian Hellman from the novel by Horton Foote Produced by Sam Spiegel Directed by Arthur Penn
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
- 10/29/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Almost since storytelling began, audiences have been enthralled by the dark side of human nature. In the world of modern entertainment, that fascination has often taken the shape of stories centering on organized crime and the criminal underworld in general. Film and television have been marked by several beloved takes on this particular subject matter, from The Godfather to The Sopranos. So some may wonder if there’s really any new ground to break with regards to mafia-set tales of honor, retaliation and family. Gomorrah proves that there is still dramatic potential in the world of organized crime as well as an opportunity to bring something surprisingly fresh to viewers.
Based on the book by Roberto Saviano, the Italian TV series debuted in 2014 to critical acclaim and quickly drew comparisons to American dramas like The Wire that take a similarly street-level look at crime and the society that supports it in many ways.
Based on the book by Roberto Saviano, the Italian TV series debuted in 2014 to critical acclaim and quickly drew comparisons to American dramas like The Wire that take a similarly street-level look at crime and the society that supports it in many ways.
- 8/20/2016
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- We Got This Covered
Joseph Losey doesn't normally make trendy, lighthearted genre films, and in this SuperSpy epic we find out why -- an impressive production and great music don't compensate for a lack of pace and dynamism, not to mention a narrow sense of humor. Yet it's a lounge classic, and a perverse favorite of spy movie fans. Modesty Blaise Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1966 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 119 min. / Street Date August 23, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, Michael Craig, Clive Revill, Alexander Knox, Rossella Falk, Scilla Gabel, Tina Marquand Cinematography Jack Hildyard Production Designer Richard MacDonald, Jack Shampan Film Editor Reginald Beck Original Music John Dankworth Written by Evan Jones from a novel by Peter O'Donnell and a comic strip by Jim Holdaway Produced by Joseph Janni Directed by Joseph Losey
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
When I first reviewed a DVD of Modesty Blaise fourteen years ago,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
When I first reviewed a DVD of Modesty Blaise fourteen years ago,...
- 7/29/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Mad doctors! Mortiferous maidens! Horrifying hallucinations! A key early Euro-horror and one of the very first in color, this French-Italian production is a medical horrorshow crossed with a folk tale -- its centerpiece is a vintage carillon attraction in an old mill; creepy Scilla Gabel is the minatory seducer who bridges the gap between life and death. Mill of the Stone Women Region A+B Blu-ray Subkultur / Media Target Distribution GmbH 1960 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 90, 95, 96 min. / Die Mühle der versteinerten Frauen / Street Date June 30, 2016 / Amazon.de Eur 24,99 Starring Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Robert Boehme, Dany Carrel Cinematography Pier Ludovico Pavoni Production Designer Arrigo Equini Film Editor Antonietta Zita Original Music Carlo Innocenzi Written by Remigio Del Grosso, Giorgio Ferroni, Ugo Liberatore, Giorgio Stegani from Flemish Stories by Peter Van Weigen (possibly apocryphal) Produced by Giampaolo Bigazzi Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
2016 is shaping up as a...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
2016 is shaping up as a...
- 7/23/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Robert Mitchum all but snoozes through this promising war-espionage thriller that pits lazy Gestapo agents against clueless partisans in occupied Greece. It's got great locations and a good cast, but director Robert Aldrich seems off his feed -- there's not a lot of excitement to be had. The Angry Hills DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1959 / B&W / 2:35 enhanced widescreen / 106 min. / Street Date February 16, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Mueller, Gia Scala, Theodore Bikel, Sebastian Cabot, Donald Wolfit, Marius Goring, Jocelyn Lane, Kieron Moore, George Pastell, Marita Constantinou, Alec Mango. Cinematography Stephen Dade Film Editor Peter Tanner Production Design Ken Adam Original Music Richard Rodney Bennett Written by A.I. Bezzerides from the novel by Leon Uris Produced by Raymond Stross Directed by Robert Aldrich
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Director Robert Aldrich had come through with successes for Burt Lancaster's production company (Apache, Vera Cruz...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Director Robert Aldrich had come through with successes for Burt Lancaster's production company (Apache, Vera Cruz...
- 5/31/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The Legend of New York, with music by Joshua Salzman and book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, is a Sodom and Gomorrah story set during the 1977 New York City blackout. An angel appears to a NYC cop and sends him on a quest to find three souls worth saving by sunrise or else the city will be destroyed. This funk-infused new musical celebrates '70s New York in all its grungy glory-taking you from Central Park to Times Square to CBGBs to, of course, the legendary Studio 54.
- 5/1/2016
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
A few belated thoughts on the latest Horace and Pete coming up just as soon as I find your cancer sexually attractive... I was under the weather on Monday, and not up to writing much more about Horace episode 7 than this tweet. Also, frankly, I wanted to sit with the episode a few more days to see if my feelings changed about that closing scene between Horace and Rhonda, which they ultimately didn't. Though it advanced the stories of Sylvia's cancer (in remission, apparently) and the fight for the bar's future (Pete trying to make an end-run by having the place declared a landmark), this episode was more of a short-story collection than some other installments. The different vignettes were linked by many of the series' usual themes about loneliness (and, as we see with Horace's daughter's new relationship, the compromises we sometimes make to avoid loneliness), unexpected attractions (with...
- 3/17/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
I'll admit I had very little interest in seeing another Independence Day film. Sure, it was a great film in my childhood, and I had a lot of fun, but as the sequel has been in development for so long, it could only hold my attention for a short amount of time. Even when the film was in production, and when the trailer was announced to be approaching, I couldn't find it in my heart to care too much about it. It was only when that first trailer dropped did I realize that I wouldn't mind returning to this world nearly 20 years later.
The latest image from Empire has also managed to get me excited to see what the aliens have in store for us humans. Check out the photo of fire raining down on London, Sodom and Gomorrah style.
The photo itself isn't of great quality, so it's hard...
The latest image from Empire has also managed to get me excited to see what the aliens have in store for us humans. Check out the photo of fire raining down on London, Sodom and Gomorrah style.
The photo itself isn't of great quality, so it's hard...
- 2/24/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
This is as sexy as Hollywood pix got in 1960. John O'Hara's novel about class snobbery and the drive for success posits Paul Newman as a moody go-getter. In glossy soap opera fashion, his silver spoon-fed bride Joanne Woodward morphs into an unfaithful monster. Some adulterous relationships are excused and others not in this glossy, morally rigged melodrama. In other words, it's prime entertainment material. From the Terrace Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1960 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 144 min. / Ship Date January 19, 2016 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, Leon Ames, Elizabeth Allen, Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Patrick O'Neal, Felix Aylmer. Cinematography Leo Tover Art Direction Maurice Ransford, Howard Richmond, Lyle R. Wheeler Film Editor Dorothy Spencer Original Music Elmer Bernstein Written by Ernest Lehman from the novel by John O'Hara Produced and directed by Mark Robson
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
1960 saw the release of...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
1960 saw the release of...
- 1/19/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Warning: There might be some words and posters that could be deemed Nsfw. I wouldn’t want anyone getting fired for such a reason.
How does one go about writing a book review? That is a question I’ve dealt with all my life. I’ve gotten a few film related books in my time, delving deep into information about specific genres of film or about a director or an actor. Those types of books you can find a beginning, middle and an end. But Robin Bougie’s fantastic new book, a sequel to the amazing first Graphic Thrills book, which delves into film posters of pornographic films from 1970 – 1985, was going to be tricky.
The reason it was going to be tricky was that it was going to be me gushing (poor choice of word?) about the amazing posters he featured, while he gave great insight into the particular films,...
How does one go about writing a book review? That is a question I’ve dealt with all my life. I’ve gotten a few film related books in my time, delving deep into information about specific genres of film or about a director or an actor. Those types of books you can find a beginning, middle and an end. But Robin Bougie’s fantastic new book, a sequel to the amazing first Graphic Thrills book, which delves into film posters of pornographic films from 1970 – 1985, was going to be tricky.
The reason it was going to be tricky was that it was going to be me gushing (poor choice of word?) about the amazing posters he featured, while he gave great insight into the particular films,...
- 11/10/2015
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
In a late summer interview, showrunner Shonda Rhimes revealed that Season 5 of Scandal would mark the return of The Gladiators doing what they do best. If tonight’s action-packed season premiere is any indication, we’re in for some heavy-duty — and most welcome — gladiating in the weeks to come.
RelatedScandal Exclusive: Cornelius Smith Jr. Returning as a Series Regular in Season 5
Of course, Shondaland is always teeming with seemingly limitless streams of crazy plot twists. We usually love them, mostly embrace them, and fully expect them. And because Season 4’s closer left so many in a world of hurt...
RelatedScandal Exclusive: Cornelius Smith Jr. Returning as a Series Regular in Season 5
Of course, Shondaland is always teeming with seemingly limitless streams of crazy plot twists. We usually love them, mostly embrace them, and fully expect them. And because Season 4’s closer left so many in a world of hurt...
- 9/25/2015
- TVLine.com
Conservative radio host Bryan J. Fischer wrote a scathing indictment of the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing gay marraige Friday, saying, “From a moral standpoint, 6/26 has become our 9/11.” “June 26, 2015 is a date which will live in infamy,” Fischer wrote in a blog post entitled “The Rainbow Jihadists of Scotus.” “It is a day on which behavior which is an abomination in the eyes of a holy God was normalized, promoted, celebrated and imposed on an a nation built on the foundation of the Judeo-Christian tradition,” he continued. “On this day, the United States Sodom and Gomorrah.” Also Read: MSNBC's...
- 6/26/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
The Performer | Christina Hendricks
The Show | Mad Men
The Episode | “Lost Horizon” (May 3)
The Performance | As much as Mad Men‘s seven-season run has been about Don’s identity issues and Peggy’s quest to have it all, it’s also been about Joan’s fight to be taken seriously as a smart, beautiful woman in field full of men, their egos and their wandering hands. So it’s fitting that Christina Hendricks’ crowning episode was one in which she played Joan at both her hell-yeah highs and oh-no lows.
It started when Mrs. Harris, accustomed to the status she...
The Show | Mad Men
The Episode | “Lost Horizon” (May 3)
The Performance | As much as Mad Men‘s seven-season run has been about Don’s identity issues and Peggy’s quest to have it all, it’s also been about Joan’s fight to be taken seriously as a smart, beautiful woman in field full of men, their egos and their wandering hands. So it’s fitting that Christina Hendricks’ crowning episode was one in which she played Joan at both her hell-yeah highs and oh-no lows.
It started when Mrs. Harris, accustomed to the status she...
- 5/9/2015
- TVLine.com
From Vci Entertainment comes the odd and only moderately interesting Silent Discoveries double feature, containing After Six Days, a 62-minute 1920 Biblical epic, and Yesterday and Today, a nearly hour-long 1953 documentary. As noted by Vci, the former was “Touted at the time as a ‘$3,000,000 Entertainment for the Hundred Millions,'” and this edition was made from the only complete copy known to exist, a mint 16mm print of the 1929 7-reel sound reissue. The second title here features actor, comedian, and famous vaudevillian George Jessel as he hosts a random assortment of clips from early silent film releases, most of which were, and are, rarely otherwise seen. Neither portion is particularly good, or even consistently entertaining, but both—and this is the reason the DVD is worthwhile—are unique and scarce, and are therefore significant entries into the growing library of archived films made available for mass consumption.
To start with After Six Days,...
To start with After Six Days,...
- 2/24/2015
- by Jeremy Carr
- SoundOnSight
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a good Winter Holiday Of Their Choosing™ because it’s back to the grind. Especially for soldiers in the war against determined but inept evil. Last time we saw the gang, Team Henry had pulled off a Hail Mary save, with the Horseman of War turning on his master and killing Moloch. But with cryptic phrases like “There were Horsemen before you, there will be Horsemen after you,” the words of Beyonce ring true: Don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable. Meanwhile, Captain Irving is dead and the Horseman of Death is still in chains beneath Sleepy Hollow. How will Henry’s change of heart affect the Crane family dynamic? Let’s find out! ******* We open seconds after we last left off. Ichabod is seeing flashes of lights because demons die like a flash bang. Basic demon biology here, guys.
- 1/6/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Orange Is the New Black star Lea DeLaria is just as tough as her Netflix character Big Boo. The actress took on a homophobic subway preacher in NYC on Tuesday morning. "Other people believe other things and have every right to believe other things on this planet and in this world," Lea stated. "We do not have to be force fed this man's religious beliefs. Jesus never said for you to do this, ever - not anywhere in the Bible." Lea's outburst was captured by fellow commuters, which you can watch above. Sporting a t-shirt that read "Bad Jew," Lea continued to argue with the man, who loudly sermonized to the packed train car, claiming that "America is in trouble today." Lea retorted, "This is not why America's in trouble . . . Religious fanatics are the reason America's in trouble . . . You are the reason America's in trouble." The man continued his loud proselytizing,...
- 11/5/2014
- by Aemilia-Madden
- Popsugar.com
Orange is the New Black's Big Boo—known in the real world as comedian Lea DeLaria—did something we all want to do but usually don't: She yelled at someone annoying her on the subway, according to a video submitted to Gothamist. The offender in this case was a man preaching to the crowded subway car about religion. "Religious fanatics are the reasons America's in trouble, sir," DeLaria yelled as he continued to speak about Sodom and Gomorrah. "I'm going to keep talking as long as you talk." There's also a video of DeLaria leading a rendition of "99 Bottles of Beer,...
- 11/4/2014
- by Ariana Bacle
- EW.com - PopWatch
"Orange Is the New Black" star Lea DeLaria went off the rails on the train in NYC Tuesday morning ... verbally attacking a Bible-thumper who was holding commuters hostage to his rants.DeLaria (aka Big Boo) was on the train when the proselytizer began preaching at ear-piercing levels. The actress stood up in her "Bad Jew" T and schooled the guy, distracting commuters intently Instagraming, Twittering and Candy Crushing.But the preacher guy fought back ... eventually...
- 11/4/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The Gospel According to Pier: Ferrara Poetically Captures an Auteur’s Last Day on Earth
It appears that 2014 marks a resounding return for auteur Abel Ferrara, unleashing two new films comingled from actual noted events, both destined for diverse responses and uncompromising in their audacity. The first is, of course, the Strauss-Kahn film, Welcome to New York, which has already received a debilitated premiere after a botched release on the Cannes market (treated to an unwarranted, venomous response reeking of pretentious bias) and the Us distributor has come under direct fire from Ferrara for suggesting cuts—don’t listen to any of that drama and see it as soon as you’re able. The other title is Pasolini, reuniting Ferrara with Willem Dafoe to explore the last day in the life of the famed Italian auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini, who died on November 2, 1975, and whose murderer has never been found.
It appears that 2014 marks a resounding return for auteur Abel Ferrara, unleashing two new films comingled from actual noted events, both destined for diverse responses and uncompromising in their audacity. The first is, of course, the Strauss-Kahn film, Welcome to New York, which has already received a debilitated premiere after a botched release on the Cannes market (treated to an unwarranted, venomous response reeking of pretentious bias) and the Us distributor has come under direct fire from Ferrara for suggesting cuts—don’t listen to any of that drama and see it as soon as you’re able. The other title is Pasolini, reuniting Ferrara with Willem Dafoe to explore the last day in the life of the famed Italian auteur Pier Paolo Pasolini, who died on November 2, 1975, and whose murderer has never been found.
- 9/17/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Society, you in danger, girl!
That’s the take-home message of Fox’s new year-long, prize-free, reality experiment Utopia, in which 14 disparate strangers have been given five acres and some cows (plus jugs of booze, naturally) and asked to create their own ideal society — ambulances included, in case of alcohol poisoning/extreme douchebaggery.
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“Disparate,” of course, is relative. Utopia‘s women appear to be bound by a mutual love of toplessness and yoga/”finger yoga,” while its men have found common ground in profanity, screaming, amateur dramatics and an...
That’s the take-home message of Fox’s new year-long, prize-free, reality experiment Utopia, in which 14 disparate strangers have been given five acres and some cows (plus jugs of booze, naturally) and asked to create their own ideal society — ambulances included, in case of alcohol poisoning/extreme douchebaggery.
Related Fall TV Spoilerpalooza: Exclusive Scoop and Photos From 42 Returning Favorites
“Disparate,” of course, is relative. Utopia‘s women appear to be bound by a mutual love of toplessness and yoga/”finger yoga,” while its men have found common ground in profanity, screaming, amateur dramatics and an...
- 9/8/2014
- TVLine.com
Alan Carr calls out gays for homophobia, gays caused the great flood in the Bible, ask an elected official if they’ve ever had a blow job
Alan Carr is hitting back at gays who accused him of perpetuating stereotypes in his ad for PETA. “The ‘fairy’ in the @Peta campaign refers to my ‘Tooth Fairy’ DVD that’s all. Take my advice if you act like a victim you get treated like 1…Don’t worry twitter they’ll be another bandwagon you can jump on in a minute zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…Hey and before all you oh so worthy gays get back on your high horse the most homophobia I get is from gays. #selfloathing” Mostly I think it’s clever, but I’m naturally repulsed by anything PETA does.
Get a tissue. Then read this. You need to read this.
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Alan Carr is hitting back at gays who accused him of perpetuating stereotypes in his ad for PETA. “The ‘fairy’ in the @Peta campaign refers to my ‘Tooth Fairy’ DVD that’s all. Take my advice if you act like a victim you get treated like 1…Don’t worry twitter they’ll be another bandwagon you can jump on in a minute zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…Hey and before all you oh so worthy gays get back on your high horse the most homophobia I get is from gays. #selfloathing” Mostly I think it’s clever, but I’m naturally repulsed by anything PETA does.
Get a tissue. Then read this. You need to read this.
Disney has helpfully mapped the Myers-Briggs personality test to their characters.
- 4/17/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Feature James Clayton 4 Apr 2014 - 06:39
As Noah arrives in cinemas, and with Ridley Scott's Exodus around the corner, James ponders the return of the biblical epic...
"Then God said, 'Let there be Industrial Light & Magic'; and there was Industrial Light & Magic." (Genesis: A New Hope. 1:3)
It is the Year of our Lord 2014 (other Lords and religiously-orientated calendar systems are available) and things are getting old-school. To be precise, things are getting Old Testament. They're bringing the Bible back into movie theatres, for this year sees the release of two major movie adaptations of Judeo-Christian scripture.
Those two film events are a Noah - currently sailing into cinemas worldwide - and an Exodus, which is set to occur in December. Though it feels a bit disrespectful to compare holy writ with public transport, the well-known idiom about waiting for buses feels apt here. Perhaps singing "the Old Testament films came two-by-two,...
As Noah arrives in cinemas, and with Ridley Scott's Exodus around the corner, James ponders the return of the biblical epic...
"Then God said, 'Let there be Industrial Light & Magic'; and there was Industrial Light & Magic." (Genesis: A New Hope. 1:3)
It is the Year of our Lord 2014 (other Lords and religiously-orientated calendar systems are available) and things are getting old-school. To be precise, things are getting Old Testament. They're bringing the Bible back into movie theatres, for this year sees the release of two major movie adaptations of Judeo-Christian scripture.
Those two film events are a Noah - currently sailing into cinemas worldwide - and an Exodus, which is set to occur in December. Though it feels a bit disrespectful to compare holy writ with public transport, the well-known idiom about waiting for buses feels apt here. Perhaps singing "the Old Testament films came two-by-two,...
- 4/3/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
When Lgbt people leave the safety of the city in films, it usually spells bad news – and Stranger by the Lake and Tom at the Farm don't buck the trend
Gay people and the city have been a good match since Sodom and Gomorrah. From the molly houses of 18th-century London to 1970s San Francisco via prewar Berlin, the urban environment has always been the natural habitat of queer culture – a place where Lgbt people can set their own rules, form their own families, be anonymous when they want to and find company when they fancy it. The countryside, on the other hand, is the place they escape from – a realm of social conformity with limited opportunities for culture, sex or socialising, and perhaps even a site of danger.
That's the stereotype, anyway, both in reality and on screen. Innumerable movies with claims to gay-classic status are inseparable from their urban settings: London has Victim,...
Gay people and the city have been a good match since Sodom and Gomorrah. From the molly houses of 18th-century London to 1970s San Francisco via prewar Berlin, the urban environment has always been the natural habitat of queer culture – a place where Lgbt people can set their own rules, form their own families, be anonymous when they want to and find company when they fancy it. The countryside, on the other hand, is the place they escape from – a realm of social conformity with limited opportunities for culture, sex or socialising, and perhaps even a site of danger.
That's the stereotype, anyway, both in reality and on screen. Innumerable movies with claims to gay-classic status are inseparable from their urban settings: London has Victim,...
- 2/21/2014
- by Ben Walters
- The Guardian - Film News
The Method actor and acting coach on improvisation, her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the dearth of intelligent plays on Broadway
She honks, she growls, she gurgles; she flings out her arms, mock-faints, jumps up to illustrate a point. Uta Hagen off stage is as vital and intelligent a woman as, in her extraordinary performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", she is a vital and intelligent actress.
"Shuddup!" she bellows at the sedate walls of her Kensington hotel room. This to show how she can seemingly run her voice ragged as Mr Albee's Martha and yet keep it intact. "See? I was pushing down on the vocal cords and spreading them apart. That's all right. But listen to this. Shuddup! That was pushing sideways - straining them."
People who have watched Miss Hagen go through "Woolf's" three and a half hours of everything from wisecrack to...
She honks, she growls, she gurgles; she flings out her arms, mock-faints, jumps up to illustrate a point. Uta Hagen off stage is as vital and intelligent a woman as, in her extraordinary performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", she is a vital and intelligent actress.
"Shuddup!" she bellows at the sedate walls of her Kensington hotel room. This to show how she can seemingly run her voice ragged as Mr Albee's Martha and yet keep it intact. "See? I was pushing down on the vocal cords and spreading them apart. That's all right. But listen to this. Shuddup! That was pushing sideways - straining them."
People who have watched Miss Hagen go through "Woolf's" three and a half hours of everything from wisecrack to...
- 2/19/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
From the studio that brought you Lone Survivor and the writers of the upcoming Bruce Willis retired-cop-dragged-back-into-the-gig thriller The Prince comes Vice. Described as having a “Westworld-meets-Grand Theft Auto vibe,” the futuristic tale is set at a Sodom and Gomorrah-esque resort where a staff of androids become fantasy objects for the rich and famous. There, people live out their darkest desires guilt-free since the memories of the bots are reset each night. One female robo-courtesan experiences a glitch, which floods her with horrific memories, and she vows revenge. So far Vice sounds a hell of a lot like Joss Whedon’s underrated Dollhouse, which took place at the nefarious Rossum Corporation. In the Eliza Dushku-starring series, a team of Dolls (known as...
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- 1/17/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Oklahoma marriage amendment struck down, McDonald’s says Adventure Time toys are for boys, Tony Perkins thinks homosexuality causes extinction
Carrie Underwood was named the top earning American Idol alum with $31 million last year, with Kelly Clarkson taking second place with $7 million. But Adam Lambert is doing just fine, earning $5 million to tie for third with Phillip Phillips.
The big news last night was that a federal judge struck down Oklahoma’s marriage amendment as unconstitutional for violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling is currently stayed pending appeal in the 10th Circuit, which also has Utah pending. In striking down the ban, Judge Kern said “Equal protection is at the very heart of our legal system and central to our consent to be governed. It is not a scarce commodity to be meted out begrudgingly or in short portions. Therefore, the majority view in Oklahoma...
Carrie Underwood was named the top earning American Idol alum with $31 million last year, with Kelly Clarkson taking second place with $7 million. But Adam Lambert is doing just fine, earning $5 million to tie for third with Phillip Phillips.
The big news last night was that a federal judge struck down Oklahoma’s marriage amendment as unconstitutional for violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling is currently stayed pending appeal in the 10th Circuit, which also has Utah pending. In striking down the ban, Judge Kern said “Equal protection is at the very heart of our legal system and central to our consent to be governed. It is not a scarce commodity to be meted out begrudgingly or in short portions. Therefore, the majority view in Oklahoma...
- 1/15/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Wannabe presidential candidate Ivan Okhlobystin tells Novosibirsk audience that gay people should be burned alive
A Russian actor best known for announcing a run for his country's presidency two years ago has stated that he would like to put all gay people "in the oven".
Ivan Okhlobystin, a popular star with fiercely conservative views, told an audience in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk that all homosexuals should be burned alive. According to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, in comments translated by the Hollywood Reporter, Okhlobystin also compared homosexuality with fascism.
"I would put all the gays alive into an oven," the one-time Orthodox priest has been quoted as saying. "This is Sodom and Gomorrah! As a religious person, I cannot be indifferent about it because it is a real threat to my children!"
Okhlobystin later tweeted to confirm his comments. "The meaning was rendered correctly," he said. "Everyone has the right to express their opinions.
A Russian actor best known for announcing a run for his country's presidency two years ago has stated that he would like to put all gay people "in the oven".
Ivan Okhlobystin, a popular star with fiercely conservative views, told an audience in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk that all homosexuals should be burned alive. According to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, in comments translated by the Hollywood Reporter, Okhlobystin also compared homosexuality with fascism.
"I would put all the gays alive into an oven," the one-time Orthodox priest has been quoted as saying. "This is Sodom and Gomorrah! As a religious person, I cannot be indifferent about it because it is a real threat to my children!"
Okhlobystin later tweeted to confirm his comments. "The meaning was rendered correctly," he said. "Everyone has the right to express their opinions.
- 12/16/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Moscow – Popular Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, known for his intention to run for president two years ago, made scathing homophobic statements at a "spiritual talk" that he gave in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk Addressing the audience, he said that homosexuals should be burned alive, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported. Photos: Gay Marriage, or Not, in Global Cinema "I would put all the gays alive into an oven," Okhlobystin, formerly an Orthodox priest, was quoted as saying. "This is Sodom and Gomorrah! As a religious person, I cannot be indifferent about it because it is a real threat
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- 12/13/2013
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rossana Podestà dead at 79: ‘Helen of Troy’ actress later featured in sword-and-sandal spectacles, risqué sex comedies (photo: Jacques Sernas and Rossana Podestà in ‘Helen of Troy’) Rossana Podestà, the sensual star of the 1955 epic Helen of Troy and other sword-and-sandal European productions of the ’50s and ’60s — in addition to a handful of risqué sex comedies of the ’70s — died earlier today, December 10, 2013, in Rome according to several Italian news outlets. Podestà was 79. She was born Carla Dora Podestà on August 20, 1934, in, depending on the source, either Zlitan or Tripoli, in Libya, at the time an Italian colony. According to the IMDb, the renamed Rossana Podestà began her film career in 1950, when she was featured in a small role in Dezsö Ákos Hamza’s Strano appuntamento ("Strange Appointment"). However, according to online reports, she was actually discovered by director Léonide Moguy, who cast her in a small role in...
- 12/10/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Dracula is still an insanely popular story, so we're very excited to see what Sky Living and NBC have done with the age-old tale of the vampire! Jonathan Rhys Meyers is playing the famous blood-sucker (and also his human form Vlad and the American he's pretending to be, Alexander Grayson) while Arrow's Jessica De Gouw is Mina, who just so happens to look like Vlad's late wife. Yikes!
Also in the mix are Merlin's Katie McGrath as Mina's bestie Lucy Westenra, Oliver Jackson-Cohen as her boyfriend Jonathan Harker and Victoria Smurfit as badass vampire-hunter Lady Jayne. We caught up with them all at the show's launch and they told us everything we need to know about the show, so read on for news about fangs, gore, sex, blood, and much, much more...
Vlad aka Dracula aka Grayson has a plan for revenge... and it's spoilt by a woman.
Also in the mix are Merlin's Katie McGrath as Mina's bestie Lucy Westenra, Oliver Jackson-Cohen as her boyfriend Jonathan Harker and Victoria Smurfit as badass vampire-hunter Lady Jayne. We caught up with them all at the show's launch and they told us everything we need to know about the show, so read on for news about fangs, gore, sex, blood, and much, much more...
Vlad aka Dracula aka Grayson has a plan for revenge... and it's spoilt by a woman.
- 10/25/2013
- Digital Spy
Moscow -- A Russian Islamic religious leader has dubbed Elton John "the devil's work" and called for a boycott of the openly homosexual rock star's concerts in Moscow and Kazan in early December. Seidzhagfar Lutfullin, a conservative imam from Russia's predominantly Muslim Tartarstan region, said the singer's promotion of same-sex relations could be a Sodom and Gomorrah moment for Russia. Branding the British rock singer as "the devil's work in the shape of a pederast," in remarks published on the web site of Kazan’s Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque, the imam warned that God could rain destruction on cities
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- 10/3/2013
- by Nick Holdsworth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been exactly nine months since the last time I was able to write about how great of a television show Wilfred is.
In my review of the Wilfred Season 2 finale, I called the show hilarious, heart-warming, depressing, and thought-provoking. Last summer the show took a leap in quality, elevating it to not only one of the best comedies on TV, but one of the best series period.
After watching two episodes of Wilfred Season 3, that fact has not changed.
The hour of "Uncertainty" and "Comfort" worked as a tremendous reminder of why Wilfred is like nothing else on television. It has the look and feel of a major motion picture, it racks the viewer's brain week after week with questions of what it's all about akin to Lost or Fringe, and it cracks you up throughout like some of the best comedies of all time.
"Uncertainty," in particular, did...
In my review of the Wilfred Season 2 finale, I called the show hilarious, heart-warming, depressing, and thought-provoking. Last summer the show took a leap in quality, elevating it to not only one of the best comedies on TV, but one of the best series period.
After watching two episodes of Wilfred Season 3, that fact has not changed.
The hour of "Uncertainty" and "Comfort" worked as a tremendous reminder of why Wilfred is like nothing else on television. It has the look and feel of a major motion picture, it racks the viewer's brain week after week with questions of what it's all about akin to Lost or Fringe, and it cracks you up throughout like some of the best comedies of all time.
"Uncertainty," in particular, did...
- 6/21/2013
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
Wedging The Closet Door Open In Uganda
In the United States, the last few decades have been tarnished with the debate over whether or not homosexual couples should have the same legal rights as traditionally married straight couples, but as atrocious as that contention is, it pales in comparison to the injustices that gay citizens of Uganda must endure. There, approximately 95% of the population believes that homosexuality is a blasphemous choice made by perverts hellbent on summoning the wrath of God to destroy Uganda just as he had Sodom and Gomorrah, and for this, they deserve death. This extremist view has ironically been cultivated by wealthy American Evangelical Christian groups and successfully spread to the point where there is now a proposed piece of legislation called the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that, if passed, would make homosexuality punishable by death. Yet, a few brave souls still fight the good fight against obtuse...
In the United States, the last few decades have been tarnished with the debate over whether or not homosexual couples should have the same legal rights as traditionally married straight couples, but as atrocious as that contention is, it pales in comparison to the injustices that gay citizens of Uganda must endure. There, approximately 95% of the population believes that homosexuality is a blasphemous choice made by perverts hellbent on summoning the wrath of God to destroy Uganda just as he had Sodom and Gomorrah, and for this, they deserve death. This extremist view has ironically been cultivated by wealthy American Evangelical Christian groups and successfully spread to the point where there is now a proposed piece of legislation called the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that, if passed, would make homosexuality punishable by death. Yet, a few brave souls still fight the good fight against obtuse...
- 6/14/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
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Life, an upcoming biopic about James Dean‘s friendship with Life photographer Dennis Stock, is set to be directed by Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn. The project will chronicle the Dean and Stock’s unlikely connection, their cross-country road trip, and Stock’s career beginnings in photographing the young star.
Perhaps it will also answer a question I sometimes think about: Why the hell do people care so much about James Dean?
East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant are, no doubt, film classics. Dean earned posthumous Oscar nominations for Eden and Giant, and he was certainly a great-looking 24-year-old whose urgent acting style was new and influential, like Marlon Brando‘s. But it’s bizarre that James Dean’s star still seems to outshine other matinee idols of the time like James Stewart, Gene Kelly, William Holden, or even Brando because James Dean died before he became excellent.
Life, an upcoming biopic about James Dean‘s friendship with Life photographer Dennis Stock, is set to be directed by Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn. The project will chronicle the Dean and Stock’s unlikely connection, their cross-country road trip, and Stock’s career beginnings in photographing the young star.
Perhaps it will also answer a question I sometimes think about: Why the hell do people care so much about James Dean?
East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant are, no doubt, film classics. Dean earned posthumous Oscar nominations for Eden and Giant, and he was certainly a great-looking 24-year-old whose urgent acting style was new and influential, like Marlon Brando‘s. But it’s bizarre that James Dean’s star still seems to outshine other matinee idols of the time like James Stewart, Gene Kelly, William Holden, or even Brando because James Dean died before he became excellent.
- 5/28/2013
- by Louis Virtel
- The Backlot
Right-wing website World Net Daily hyped the news this week that Chuck Norris, the seemingly ageless martial arts star and a Wnd columnist, has joined the push to make Sept. 11, 2013, a "National Day of Prayer and Fasting."
Norris added his name to the effort, also supported by other conservatives such as Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), in an April 28 column. He cited anecdotes from the Founding Fathers to argue that organizers were right in "calling up America's spiritual reserves, challenging our spiritual fervor and cranking up our spiritual warfare."
Wnd founder Joseph Farah recently explained the sort of cultural battle he was attempting to wage by asking Americans to "humble themselves and pray and seek His face and turn from their own wicked ways" on the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The U.S. continues its slide from moral malaise to cultural hedonism that makes the late 1960s look like the 1950s by comparison,...
Norris added his name to the effort, also supported by other conservatives such as Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), in an April 28 column. He cited anecdotes from the Founding Fathers to argue that organizers were right in "calling up America's spiritual reserves, challenging our spiritual fervor and cranking up our spiritual warfare."
Wnd founder Joseph Farah recently explained the sort of cultural battle he was attempting to wage by asking Americans to "humble themselves and pray and seek His face and turn from their own wicked ways" on the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The U.S. continues its slide from moral malaise to cultural hedonism that makes the late 1960s look like the 1950s by comparison,...
- 5/7/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Hugh Laurie: 'There's a sensual pleasure involved in making music that I just can't get from acting'
His role in House made him the highest-paid actor ever in a TV drama, but with a new album out this week Laurie is keen to follow his real love
About an hour into my encounter with Hugh Laurie, in a suite at the Dorchester in London, he starts protesting at length about how boring his answers to my questions are. He had been talking – rather interestingly – about his theory that television, rather than film, was the medium through which the Us "not just projects its image of itself to the world, but actually decides what its image is. It's America's way of conversing with itself about what it believes to be important."
He has just finished telling me that he doesn't think British TV is as interested in expressing grand ideas about identity and purpose – "I think that's a bit highfalutin for us" – when he suddenly brings himself up short.
About an hour into my encounter with Hugh Laurie, in a suite at the Dorchester in London, he starts protesting at length about how boring his answers to my questions are. He had been talking – rather interestingly – about his theory that television, rather than film, was the medium through which the Us "not just projects its image of itself to the world, but actually decides what its image is. It's America's way of conversing with itself about what it believes to be important."
He has just finished telling me that he doesn't think British TV is as interested in expressing grand ideas about identity and purpose – "I think that's a bit highfalutin for us" – when he suddenly brings himself up short.
- 5/7/2013
- by Alexis Petridis
- The Guardian - Film News
Adult Film Star Reems has died at the age of 65 Harry Reems, the male lead in the epoch-making early '70s X-rated entry Deep Throat, died yesterday, March 19, at a Salt Lake City veterans hospital. The actor had been suffering from various serious ailments, among them pancreatic cancer. He was 65 years old. (Pictured above: Harry Reems in the '70s.) Born Herbert Streicher in New York City in 1947, he began working in the entertainment industry after serving in the U.S. Marines. His is a classical show business tale, sort of similar to the Ruby Keeler / Bebe Daniels switch found in the classic musical 42nd Street: when Deep Throat's original male lead didn't show up on the set, filmmaker Gerard Damiano had lighting director Reems to step in as an unknown (and later come back a star). The film's plot revolved around a doctor (played by Reems) who discovers that...
- 3/21/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Making of Rock Hudson will document the very different public and private lives of one of the world's greatest sex symbols. Told from the point of view of Henry Willson, the agent who discovered Hudson, and helped manage the public image of his client, to the point of marrying him to his secretary to keep the gay rumors from getting out.
The Republican Party released their autopsy of their failed 2012 election year, and one of the major takeaways was that they need to improve their messaging to people of color, women, and gays. Notice it doesn't say they need to improve their policies towards these people, just how they talk to them. They intend to spend $10 million reaching out to these groups. I really can't wait to see how they spin themselves as a party gays should vote for.
This weekend, MTV will be marathoning classic seasons of The Real World...
The Republican Party released their autopsy of their failed 2012 election year, and one of the major takeaways was that they need to improve their messaging to people of color, women, and gays. Notice it doesn't say they need to improve their policies towards these people, just how they talk to them. They intend to spend $10 million reaching out to these groups. I really can't wait to see how they spin themselves as a party gays should vote for.
This weekend, MTV will be marathoning classic seasons of The Real World...
- 3/19/2013
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
If you’ve been too busy looking for stone furniture for the rock you live under, then I’ll let you in on a debate the comic book movie fanbase has been having about Marvel Studios’ films and Warner Brothers’ DC stable, particularly in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. Many, though certainly not all, claim that Nolan’s Batman films are “more realistic” than the Marvel Studios movies and that gives them some credibility over their rival that cannot be touched by the likes of the Avengers roster. I’m here to dispute and analyze that argument with a look into Jon Favreau’s Iron Man with Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins.
So, as we start, we’ll take a look at our protagonists; men of the same ilk with a great gap in philosophy, morals, and personality. In Iron Man, we find billionaire and technological prodigy Tony...
So, as we start, we’ll take a look at our protagonists; men of the same ilk with a great gap in philosophy, morals, and personality. In Iron Man, we find billionaire and technological prodigy Tony...
- 9/19/2012
- by Cameron Domino Carpenter
- Obsessed with Film
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