The fourth "Futurama" movie, "Into the Wild Green Yonder," was released on DVD on February 24, 2009, and it was intended to be the final word on the series ... again. The initial run of "Futurama" ended in 2002 after encountering poor ratings. DVD sales of the show remained robust, however, and Fox agreed to make four straight-to-video "Futurama" movies as a way of resurrecting the series for what was essentially one final season. The four movies did better than expected, and Comedy Central picked up "Futurama" for a third run, starting in 2010. "Futurama" is the brain that wouldn't die.
But for a while, it looked like "Into the Wild Green Yonder" was going to be the last time audiences would ever see "Futurama," and the makers wanted the story to be appropriately epic. The story of "Green Yonder" involves a sudden cosmic surge of Chi, or life-giving energy, that spontaneously pulsates into the galaxy.
But for a while, it looked like "Into the Wild Green Yonder" was going to be the last time audiences would ever see "Futurama," and the makers wanted the story to be appropriately epic. The story of "Green Yonder" involves a sudden cosmic surge of Chi, or life-giving energy, that spontaneously pulsates into the galaxy.
- 2/23/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Adam Sandler has gone pseudo-serious before, from a mentally agitated toilet plunger salesman in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Punch-Drunk Love” to a depressed comic in Judd Apatow’s “Funny People.” But he’s never been so dour as cosmonaut Jakub Prochazka in Johan Renck’s lonely island of a science-fiction drama, “Spaceman,” where he’s six months into a solitary research mission investigating spectral cloud activity around the planet Jupiter.
Sci-fi cinephiles are certainly familiar with the cinematic wonderments capable of the gas giant, thanks to Stanley Kubrick’s Stargate sequence in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which sends Keir Dullea on an existential trip into Jupiter’s furthest depths. But Renck’s film, written by Colby Day, is too concerned with the far more banal Earthly dramas Jakub has left behind in the form of his wife Lenka (Carey Mulligan), who is preparing to leave him. “Spaceman” is a miserable...
Sci-fi cinephiles are certainly familiar with the cinematic wonderments capable of the gas giant, thanks to Stanley Kubrick’s Stargate sequence in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which sends Keir Dullea on an existential trip into Jupiter’s furthest depths. But Renck’s film, written by Colby Day, is too concerned with the far more banal Earthly dramas Jakub has left behind in the form of his wife Lenka (Carey Mulligan), who is preparing to leave him. “Spaceman” is a miserable...
- 2/22/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Merry Creepmas, you filthy animals. The final day of Bloody Disgusting’s 12 Days of Creepmas is here, and it feels only fitting to celebrate with the reigning champion of holiday horror: Bob Clark’s Black Christmas.
In case you missed any of the holiday festivities, you can keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.
Released in 1974, Black Christmas has a simple setup on paper; over Christmas break, the residents of a sorority house are stalked and preyed upon by an unseen foe. Thanks to director Bob Clark and screenwriter Roy Moore, the plot isn’t quite so simple as it sounds thanks to a wonderfully complex cast of characters and character-driven moments that enhance the horror.
Scene-stealer Barb (Margot Kidder) is foul-mouthed and unapologetic, and her pranks or drunken quips ensure this sorority house is full of life. Barb is the precise type of handful that likely wears on housemother Mrs.
In case you missed any of the holiday festivities, you can keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.
Released in 1974, Black Christmas has a simple setup on paper; over Christmas break, the residents of a sorority house are stalked and preyed upon by an unseen foe. Thanks to director Bob Clark and screenwriter Roy Moore, the plot isn’t quite so simple as it sounds thanks to a wonderfully complex cast of characters and character-driven moments that enhance the horror.
Scene-stealer Barb (Margot Kidder) is foul-mouthed and unapologetic, and her pranks or drunken quips ensure this sorority house is full of life. Barb is the precise type of handful that likely wears on housemother Mrs.
- 12/25/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
What do Black Christmas and Silent Night, Bloody Night have in common?
Blurry first-person Pov? Check. Mouth-breathing killer? Double check. Creepy phone calls? Triple Check. In both Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) and Theodore Gershuny’s Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), an unknown killer stalks their victims around the Christmas season, both striking terror and intrigue. Each entry succeeds to varying degrees in balancing cheer and fear; one becoming a holiday classic and the other a largely-forgotten gem. As a slasherific double feature, this holiday season brings a little goodwill and a whole lotta torture.
Gene Siskel once called Black Christmas a “routine shocker,” giving it a measly 1.5 out of 4 stars. That’s a paltry review for a tightly-wound and tense proto-slasher that helped catapult the slasher genre into the limelight. It might have come four years before Halloween, but it does many of the same things and in some ways,...
Blurry first-person Pov? Check. Mouth-breathing killer? Double check. Creepy phone calls? Triple Check. In both Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) and Theodore Gershuny’s Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), an unknown killer stalks their victims around the Christmas season, both striking terror and intrigue. Each entry succeeds to varying degrees in balancing cheer and fear; one becoming a holiday classic and the other a largely-forgotten gem. As a slasherific double feature, this holiday season brings a little goodwill and a whole lotta torture.
Gene Siskel once called Black Christmas a “routine shocker,” giving it a measly 1.5 out of 4 stars. That’s a paltry review for a tightly-wound and tense proto-slasher that helped catapult the slasher genre into the limelight. It might have come four years before Halloween, but it does many of the same things and in some ways,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Bee Delores
- bloody-disgusting.com
No amount of superlatives for "2001: A Space Odyssey" could ever capture just how influential Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece truly was. Over 50 years after first arriving in theaters, countless filmmakers have cited the 1968 classic as the reason they pursued a career in the arts in the first place. Decades-long movie fans and freshman films students alike can appreciate its historical significance ... while also acknowledging that, quite frankly, the epic remains every bit as entertaining as it was divisive and controversial during its original release.
Given its significance in pop culture and film history overall, it's no surprise that interest in "A Space Odyssey" has hardly waned over the decades. That most certainly applies to the cast of the film, the intrepid group of actors who (along with the cutting-edge visuals) made countless viewer buy into the epic journey across the stars authored by Kubrick and co-writer Arthur C. Clarke. Of course,...
Given its significance in pop culture and film history overall, it's no surprise that interest in "A Space Odyssey" has hardly waned over the decades. That most certainly applies to the cast of the film, the intrepid group of actors who (along with the cutting-edge visuals) made countless viewer buy into the epic journey across the stars authored by Kubrick and co-writer Arthur C. Clarke. Of course,...
- 11/26/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Despite what Hollywood wants us to believe, not every movie ever made needs a sequel. This did not stop the studios from trying their hardest to churn them out, leaving movie fans with only one solution: forget the sequel exists. It’s a useful technique, but, ironically, it doesn’t work on the worst films. We can say to each other, for example, that Highlander II: The Quickening never happened all we want. In our broken, battered souls though, we know it exists. And it sucks so much. The memory endures, like a cinematic kidney stone.
Trying to forget works best on sequels so middling, or cynically shoveled out that there’s not much for our memories to grab on to. If we do remember them, it’s with a befuddled “how the hell did that happen?” or a “they got A-list actors for that?” kind of awe. And then we forget about them again.
Trying to forget works best on sequels so middling, or cynically shoveled out that there’s not much for our memories to grab on to. If we do remember them, it’s with a befuddled “how the hell did that happen?” or a “they got A-list actors for that?” kind of awe. And then we forget about them again.
- 11/18/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Long before Christopher Nolan started making movies with puzzling endings — in fact, two years before Nolan was even born — Stanley Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey, the movie with the ultimate head-scratching finale. The ending’s symbolism and meaning have been debated countless times in the 55 years since the film was released, and nobody seems to have completely figured it out yet. Of course, the secret may have died with director/co-writer Kubrick, who passed away in 1999. But the closest thing we’ve got to an insider’s point of view comes from Keir Dullea, one of the film’s stars. Speaking at a fan event a few years ago, Dullea gave his opinion about the finale and speculated about what Kubrick might have intended. (Click on the media bar below to hear Keir Dullea) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Keir_Dulea_2001_Ending_.mp3
2001: A Space Odyssey is...
2001: A Space Odyssey is...
- 10/19/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
It is 2023, and streaming services are constantly in our faces and on our TVs and devices. Whether it be Max (or The Artist Formerly Known As HBO Max), Apple TV+, Disney+, Paramount+, or old stalwarts like Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video, it seems like we have unlimited options for content.
But even with genre-specific services like Shudder and Screambox, free-services full of movies like Tubi, or deep cut catalogs like The Criterion Channel or Arrow Player, there are still many movies which are not currently available on any service, so we have to call physical media in for the rescue.
Here are 5 excellent horror movies that are not available to stream, rent, or buy on any digital service, but do have excellent physical media Blu-ray and 4K Uhd releases.
Martin (1977)
Zombies. That is probably what comes to mind first when you think of George Romero. What many people don’t...
But even with genre-specific services like Shudder and Screambox, free-services full of movies like Tubi, or deep cut catalogs like The Criterion Channel or Arrow Player, there are still many movies which are not currently available on any service, so we have to call physical media in for the rescue.
Here are 5 excellent horror movies that are not available to stream, rent, or buy on any digital service, but do have excellent physical media Blu-ray and 4K Uhd releases.
Martin (1977)
Zombies. That is probably what comes to mind first when you think of George Romero. What many people don’t...
- 9/13/2023
- by Jeff Rauseo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Prime Video is nothing if not a goldmine of content, with basically something to watch for everyone, and today we are making a list of the best new movies coming to Prime Video in September 2023 that you can watch in the upcoming month. The movies in this list are ranked according to their availability dates.
2001: A Space Odyssey (September 1)
Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick’s dazzling,Academy Award winning achievement is a compelling drama of man vs machine,a stunning meld of music and motion.Kubrick(who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke) first visits our prehistoric ape-ancestry past,then leaps millenia(via oe of the most mind-blowing jump cuts ever) into colonized space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowmen(Keir Dullea) into uncharted space, perhaps even into immortality.”Open the pod bay doors,Hal.” Let an awesome journey unlike any other begin.
Army of Darkness (September 1)
Synopsis: It’s time to kick some Ash!
2001: A Space Odyssey (September 1)
Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick’s dazzling,Academy Award winning achievement is a compelling drama of man vs machine,a stunning meld of music and motion.Kubrick(who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke) first visits our prehistoric ape-ancestry past,then leaps millenia(via oe of the most mind-blowing jump cuts ever) into colonized space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowmen(Keir Dullea) into uncharted space, perhaps even into immortality.”Open the pod bay doors,Hal.” Let an awesome journey unlike any other begin.
Army of Darkness (September 1)
Synopsis: It’s time to kick some Ash!
- 8/30/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The Moon is a Korean sci-fi fantasy film. Directed by Yong-Hwa Kim, The Moon is set in the near future and it follows Astronaut Hwang Seon-woo (Do Kyung-soo), as he tries to survive on the moon after Korea’s second manned mission to the moon goes awry. To get him back home Naro Space Center turns to its former managing director Kim Jae-guk (Sol Kyung-gu). So, if you also loved The Moon here are some similar movies for you to check out next.
The Martian (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a...
The Martian (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a...
- 8/5/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies. Some selections reflect a specific day or event in August, and others were chosen at random.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature folk horror, killer animals, and more.
Dark August (1976)
Directed by Martin Goldman.
With August 22 being World Folklore Day, horror fans don’t ever have to look too far to find mysticism and superstitions. Right in their backyards are plenty of homegrown horrors that showcase the extraordinary. Martin Goldman’s Vermont-shot regional horror Dark August centers on the man who accidentally runs over and kills a little girl. While J.J. Barry‘s difficult character is found innocent in court, he still suspects the victim’s grandfather has cursed him. Now the protagonist...
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature folk horror, killer animals, and more.
Dark August (1976)
Directed by Martin Goldman.
With August 22 being World Folklore Day, horror fans don’t ever have to look too far to find mysticism and superstitions. Right in their backyards are plenty of homegrown horrors that showcase the extraordinary. Martin Goldman’s Vermont-shot regional horror Dark August centers on the man who accidentally runs over and kills a little girl. While J.J. Barry‘s difficult character is found innocent in court, he still suspects the victim’s grandfather has cursed him. Now the protagonist...
- 8/1/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Story: Nine years after the disappearance of astronaut Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea), Discovery One mission overseer, Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) is given the opportunity to take part in a joint U.S-u.S.S.R mission to see what went wrong. There’s only one problem – the two countries are on the cusp of nuclear war, and tension between the American and Soviet teams looks to unmoor an already impossible mission.
The Players: Starring: Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban and Keir Dullea. Music by David Shire. Written and directed by Peter Hyams.
The History: Crafting a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey sounds like a fool’s errand. Being that it’s one of the most acclaimed films ever made, in order to be judged any kind of success the sequel would have to be some kind of masterpiece. In 1984, director Peter Hyams,...
The Players: Starring: Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban and Keir Dullea. Music by David Shire. Written and directed by Peter Hyams.
The History: Crafting a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey sounds like a fool’s errand. Being that it’s one of the most acclaimed films ever made, in order to be judged any kind of success the sequel would have to be some kind of masterpiece. In 1984, director Peter Hyams,...
- 5/28/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
This article contains spoilers for various sci-fi movies
“In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.” If you’re a geek reading Den of Geek, you probably recognize those words as the final ones between Dr. Manhattan and Adrian Veidt in Alan Moore and David Gibbons’s Watchmen. Manhattan’s statement comes as a warning to Veidt, who tried to save humanity from itself by manufacturing an alien invasion at the cost of nearly half of the world’s population. Viedt, of course, wants to know if it’s over, if he did truly save the world. But for Manhattan, who exists at all points on his timeline at once, the answer isn’t so simple. Nothing ends because nothing begins. It all simply is, at least from his perspective.
Get it? Yeah, me neither. But that’s part of the deal with sci-fi stories like Watchmen. Branching timelines,...
“In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.” If you’re a geek reading Den of Geek, you probably recognize those words as the final ones between Dr. Manhattan and Adrian Veidt in Alan Moore and David Gibbons’s Watchmen. Manhattan’s statement comes as a warning to Veidt, who tried to save humanity from itself by manufacturing an alien invasion at the cost of nearly half of the world’s population. Viedt, of course, wants to know if it’s over, if he did truly save the world. But for Manhattan, who exists at all points on his timeline at once, the answer isn’t so simple. Nothing ends because nothing begins. It all simply is, at least from his perspective.
Get it? Yeah, me neither. But that’s part of the deal with sci-fi stories like Watchmen. Branching timelines,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Richard Loncraine’s The Haunting of Julia is something of a film maudit. Adapted from Peter Straub’s first horror novel, the film was shot around London in late 1976 under the title Full Circle (as its title card still reads), then made the festival rounds throughout 1977, before barely being released in England in 1978. It belatedly turned up in the U.S. three years later, boasting the more genre-friendly title The Haunting of Julia but still failed to find much of an audience. A lot of this has to do with some significant stylistic differences between Loncraine’s film and the wave of slasher movies that dominated the horror market at the time: Above all, its unhurried pace and relatively restrained depiction of violence stand in stark contrast to the slasher’s relentless plotting and unfettered brutality.
From its disturbing opening scene to its unforgettable final shot, The Haunting of Julia...
From its disturbing opening scene to its unforgettable final shot, The Haunting of Julia...
- 5/2/2023
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
With a long and successful career spanning genres, Mia Farrow may not be considered a horror icon, but she’s certainly deserving of the title in terms of quality over quantity. The two genre efforts in which she starred are exemplary horror movies of their respective eras; while Rosemary’s Baby has been widely lauded since its release in 1968 (Roman Polanski’s personal life controversies notwithstanding), The Haunting of Julia – known internationally as Full Circle – is a hidden gem ripe for rediscovery.
Based on Peter Straub’s 1975 novel Julia, the 1977 British film is directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Dave Humphries (Quadrophenia), with Xtro filmmaker Harry Bromley Davenport receiving a “based on an adaptation by” credit. Although ostensibly a haunted house tale, its ambiguity also allows it to be viewed as a dramatic character study. Scream Factory shines a well-needed light on the atmospheric chiller with a new 4K Uhd + Blu-ray edition.
Based on Peter Straub’s 1975 novel Julia, the 1977 British film is directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Dave Humphries (Quadrophenia), with Xtro filmmaker Harry Bromley Davenport receiving a “based on an adaptation by” credit. Although ostensibly a haunted house tale, its ambiguity also allows it to be viewed as a dramatic character study. Scream Factory shines a well-needed light on the atmospheric chiller with a new 4K Uhd + Blu-ray edition.
- 4/27/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
This year marks the 55th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey’s .When the fii;m first came out audiences who saw the film were probably completely unprepared for what they saw — a beautifully shot Stanley Kubrick film that was, at various times, inspiring, terrifying, and completely incomprehensible. As the two astronauts who are awake aboard the spaceship Discovery One, Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood are the only actors in the film to get more than a few minutes of screen time, and Kubrick wanted to make sure that their characters were well-developed. At a press event, Dullea explained that, in order for the actors to understand their characters better, Kubrick created biographies for the actors to study before filming began. (Click on the media bar below to hear Keir Dullea) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Keir_Dullea_2001_.mp3
2001: A Space Odyssey is currently streaming on HBO and available on DVD,...
2001: A Space Odyssey is currently streaming on HBO and available on DVD,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
With April 2023 upon us, we’re highlighting a handful of key releases coming to Blu-ray and 4K Uhd physical media… specifically, releases horror fans may want to get their hands on.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Available on 4K Uhd on April 10th
The latest release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray comes from UK company Second Sight Films on April 10th. The limited edition version of this release features all-new premium packaging with art cards and a 190-page hardcover book. Second Sight has also promised a “new presentation with additional restoration work” above and beyond the previously released 4K discs, so we will have to see what that includes.
Infinity Pool – Available on Blu-ray on April 11th
Brandon Cronenberg’s latest hits Blu-ray from Neon and Decal Releasing on April 11th. With rave reviews during its theatrical run, fans have been anxiously awaiting the...
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – Available on 4K Uhd on April 10th
The latest release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray comes from UK company Second Sight Films on April 10th. The limited edition version of this release features all-new premium packaging with art cards and a 190-page hardcover book. Second Sight has also promised a “new presentation with additional restoration work” above and beyond the previously released 4K discs, so we will have to see what that includes.
Infinity Pool – Available on Blu-ray on April 11th
Brandon Cronenberg’s latest hits Blu-ray from Neon and Decal Releasing on April 11th. With rave reviews during its theatrical run, fans have been anxiously awaiting the...
- 3/31/2023
- by Jeff Rauseo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Full Release Details for Scream Factory’s The Haunting Of Julia Collector’s Edition 4K Uhd / Blu-ray
"She had no one to play with for thirty years." Never officially released on Blu-ray or DVD in the US, Scream Factory is resurrecting The Haunting of Julia (aka Full Circle) on a Collector's Edition 4K Uhd / Blu-ray this April that's brimming with bonus features, including a new audio commentary and interviews with the cast and crew:
From the Press Release: Based on the novel Julia by Peter Straub, the atmospheric supernatural thriller The Haunting of Julia (aka Full Circle) has developed a cult following amongst film fans for its intelligent yet deeply chilling take on a modern ghost story.
Never before available on DVD or Blu-ray in the US, this long-sought after film will be available on physical media for the first time in decades as a 4K Uhd+Blu-ray combo pack on April 18, 2023 from Scream Factory. The Haunting of Julia features a new 4K restoration from the original...
From the Press Release: Based on the novel Julia by Peter Straub, the atmospheric supernatural thriller The Haunting of Julia (aka Full Circle) has developed a cult following amongst film fans for its intelligent yet deeply chilling take on a modern ghost story.
Never before available on DVD or Blu-ray in the US, this long-sought after film will be available on physical media for the first time in decades as a 4K Uhd+Blu-ray combo pack on April 18, 2023 from Scream Factory. The Haunting of Julia features a new 4K restoration from the original...
- 3/15/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
101 Films presents the Bob Clark: Horror Collection, featuring the director’s highly influential horrors of the early 1970s, brought together for the first time. Though he would achieve wider success in the 1980s with hit comedies such as Porky’s (1981) and A Christmas Story (1983), Clark’s run of three horror movies a decade earlier — low budget horror-comedy Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972), chilling Vietnam War critique Deathdream (Aka Dead of Night) (1974) and genre-defining slasher masterpiece Black Christmas (1974) — ensure his legacy as a master of the horror genre.
Title 029 on the 101 Films Black Label, this limited-edition set also features new Bob Clark documentary ‘Dreaming of Death’, stunning newly commissioned artwork for all three titles with reversible sleeves, a booklet with new writing on Clark’s career, a set of art cards, and extensive additional content.
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things
Led by a mean-spirited director, a theatre...
Title 029 on the 101 Films Black Label, this limited-edition set also features new Bob Clark documentary ‘Dreaming of Death’, stunning newly commissioned artwork for all three titles with reversible sleeves, a booklet with new writing on Clark’s career, a set of art cards, and extensive additional content.
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things
Led by a mean-spirited director, a theatre...
- 3/3/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
George R. Robertson, the Canadian actor who portrayed the police chief and later police commissioner Henry Hurst in the first six Police Academy films, has died. He was 89.
Robertson died Sunday at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, his family announced.
Robertson also showed up in small roles in three films that were nominated for the best picture Oscar — Airport (1970), Norma Rae (1979) and JFK (1991) — and portrayed vice president Dick Cheney in the 2006 ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11.
Robertson appeared as Hurst in 1994 in the first Police Academy movie, directed by Hugh Wilson, and stuck around through Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989). His character grows more tolerant of the wacky recruits led by Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) as the franchise moves along.
The actor did not make the trip to Moscow for the 1994 installment but was on one episode of the 1997-98 Police Academy series at CTV.
George Ross Robertson...
Robertson died Sunday at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, his family announced.
Robertson also showed up in small roles in three films that were nominated for the best picture Oscar — Airport (1970), Norma Rae (1979) and JFK (1991) — and portrayed vice president Dick Cheney in the 2006 ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11.
Robertson appeared as Hurst in 1994 in the first Police Academy movie, directed by Hugh Wilson, and stuck around through Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989). His character grows more tolerant of the wacky recruits led by Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) as the franchise moves along.
The actor did not make the trip to Moscow for the 1994 installment but was on one episode of the 1997-98 Police Academy series at CTV.
George Ross Robertson...
- 2/3/2023
- by Mike Barnes and Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
My Bloody Valentine Trading Cards from Fright-Rags
Fright-Rags has released official My Bloody Valentine trading cards as part of its collection of merchandise dedicated to the classic ‘80s slasher. Cards are available in single packs for 5, factory boxes for 35, and sealed boxes for 120.
Single packs have nine cards and a sticker. Factory boxes have 80 cards, two parallel cards, two stickers, and a checklist. Sealed boxes (limited to 320) have two full base sets, two full sticker sets, two full parallel sets, two checklists, one autograph card, and one printing plate.
The Haunting of Julia 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
The Haunting of Julia will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on April 18 via Scream Factory.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
My Bloody Valentine Trading Cards from Fright-Rags
Fright-Rags has released official My Bloody Valentine trading cards as part of its collection of merchandise dedicated to the classic ‘80s slasher. Cards are available in single packs for 5, factory boxes for 35, and sealed boxes for 120.
Single packs have nine cards and a sticker. Factory boxes have 80 cards, two parallel cards, two stickers, and a checklist. Sealed boxes (limited to 320) have two full base sets, two full sticker sets, two full parallel sets, two checklists, one autograph card, and one printing plate.
The Haunting of Julia 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
The Haunting of Julia will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on April 18 via Scream Factory.
- 2/3/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Science fiction easily lends itself to incisive cynicism about our future. It's understandable. Sci-fi is just one tool creators have to pull out today's big issues and blow them up into a scenario that we can consider from a distance. Still, too much grim introspection creates a feedback loop of depression when breakthroughs happen. We begin to think about robot apocalypses and unstoppable viruses, tech magnates going supervillain, and "Black Mirror" episodes coming true. Sometimes our paranoia is unfortunately justified, but we earn a chance to make it better.
This form of sci-fi is meant to be cautionary, not depressive, but we've all been going through a lot lately, and it's hard not to feel the weight of the world getting heavier. So let's have a nice day for once and look at some science fiction movies that leave us happier than we were before we pressed play. These are...
This form of sci-fi is meant to be cautionary, not depressive, but we've all been going through a lot lately, and it's hard not to feel the weight of the world getting heavier. So let's have a nice day for once and look at some science fiction movies that leave us happier than we were before we pressed play. These are...
- 1/8/2023
- by Margaret David
- Slash Film
There are several Christmas horror movies to turn to throughout the month of December – in fact, you can see a list of 12 of them at This Link. One of the most popular Christmas horror movies among genre fans is the 1974 classic Black Christmas (watch it Here) – and that happens to be the movie we’re covering in the latest episode of the Real Slashers video series! To find out all about Black Christmas, take a look at the video embedded above.
Directed by Bob Clark, the same filmmaker who brought us the family friendly classic A Christmas Story, from a screenplay by A. Roy Moore, Black Christmas has the following synopsis: As winter break begins, a group of sorority sisters, including Jess and the often inebriated Barb, begin to receive anonymous, lascivious phone calls. Initially, Barb eggs the caller on, but stops when he responds threateningly. Soon, Barb’s friend...
Directed by Bob Clark, the same filmmaker who brought us the family friendly classic A Christmas Story, from a screenplay by A. Roy Moore, Black Christmas has the following synopsis: As winter break begins, a group of sorority sisters, including Jess and the often inebriated Barb, begin to receive anonymous, lascivious phone calls. Initially, Barb eggs the caller on, but stops when he responds threateningly. Soon, Barb’s friend...
- 12/22/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Black Christmas is an inherently feminist franchise. Released in 1974, Bob Clark’s original film follows a group of sorority sisters who are stalked and dispatched by a mysterious killer over the holiday break between semesters. During a busy Christmas party in the full sorority house, the girls receive a call from someone they refer to as the Moaner. They gather around the receiver and listen to a tirade of obscene gibberish that culminates in the deadpan threat, “I’m going to kill you.” True to his promise, the caller who will come to be known as Billy (Albert J. Dunk in an uncredited role) murders the sisters one by one while calling to harrass them from a phone line in their own attic. Clark’s film is a masterclass in atmospheric dread, perfectly blending the trimings of the holiday season with the terror of an unknown killer hiding in the shadows.
- 12/20/2022
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
"They're all the same. Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can't act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door." When Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) gave her famous critique of slasher movies in Wes Craven's "Scream," she summed up everything that had become so corny and predictable about the genre in the '80s. Of course, Craven's own Freddy Krueger was partially to blame, going from an inescapable monster haunting his victims' nightmares to a bogeyman with a penchant for novelty killings and gnarly one-liners. Hell, he even ended up rapping with the Fat Boys in the video for "Are You Ready For Freddy."
While there are many classic slasher movies out there, the genre often gets a bad rap for hackery and gimmickry, which, thanks to endless sequels, reboots, and remakes, is deserved to some extent. That is why...
While there are many classic slasher movies out there, the genre often gets a bad rap for hackery and gimmickry, which, thanks to endless sequels, reboots, and remakes, is deserved to some extent. That is why...
- 12/11/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
The 1984 classic Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here) and the 1974 classic Black Christmas (watch that one Here) are two horror films that many genre fans make sure to watch every holiday season – so the folks at Gutter Garbs have very wisely put imagery promoting both films together for their “Holidays of Horror Double Feature” collection. A T-shirt, a hoodie, and a poster showing Silent Night, Deadly Night and Black Christmas double feature artwork can be purchased at This Link – and you can take a look at those items at the bottom of this article.
Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. from a screenplay by Michael Hickey (working from a story by Paul Caimi), Silent Night, Deadly Night has the following synopsis:
Bearing the emotional scars of a young boy who has seen his mother and father brutally murdered by a savage killer in a Santa Claus costume, 18-year-old Billy...
Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. from a screenplay by Michael Hickey (working from a story by Paul Caimi), Silent Night, Deadly Night has the following synopsis:
Bearing the emotional scars of a young boy who has seen his mother and father brutally murdered by a savage killer in a Santa Claus costume, 18-year-old Billy...
- 11/9/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Black Christmas (1974) and Carrie (1976) Coming to 4K Uhd: "Your stocking stuffers are sorted! At long last, two of the most iconic horror films of all time, Black Christmas and Carrie, come to 4K Uhd this December from Scream™ Factory, looking better than ever before, and packaged with exciting new bonus features. Black Christmas (1974) (Collector's Edition) (4K Uhd) will be available December 6 and Carrie (1976) (Collector's Edition) (4K Uhd) arrives on December 13. Customers ordering these titles from shoutfactory.com will receive a free exclusive 18”x24” rolled poster featuring the original theatrical artwork while supplies last.
In Black Christmas (1974) (Collector's Edition) (4K Uhd), the college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of obscene phone calls start to plague the sorority and it becomes clear that a...
In Black Christmas (1974) (Collector's Edition) (4K Uhd), the college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of obscene phone calls start to plague the sorority and it becomes clear that a...
- 10/21/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Scream Factory is bringing Bob Clark‘s slasher masterpiece Black Christmas to 4K Ultra HD on December 6, and today the full special features package has been announced.
You can pre-order the Collector’s Edition release right now, which comes with an exclusive poster. There’s also a deluxe set that includes the poster as well as a special pin set.
Bonus Features include…
Disc One (4K Uhd):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
In Dolby Vision (Hdr 10 Compatible)
New 2022 DTS-hd Master Audio Mono – A Restoration Of The Original Mono Track
New 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects
Audio Commentary With Director Bob Clark
Audio Commentary With Actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea
Audio Commentary With Billy (Actor Nick Mancuso)
Audio Interview With Director Bob Clark
Disc Two (Blu-ray):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
New 2022 DTS-hd Master Audio Mono...
You can pre-order the Collector’s Edition release right now, which comes with an exclusive poster. There’s also a deluxe set that includes the poster as well as a special pin set.
Bonus Features include…
Disc One (4K Uhd):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
In Dolby Vision (Hdr 10 Compatible)
New 2022 DTS-hd Master Audio Mono – A Restoration Of The Original Mono Track
New 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects
Audio Commentary With Director Bob Clark
Audio Commentary With Actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea
Audio Commentary With Billy (Actor Nick Mancuso)
Audio Interview With Director Bob Clark
Disc Two (Blu-ray):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
New 2022 DTS-hd Master Audio Mono...
- 10/19/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Scream Factory has announced another horror classic for 4K Ultra HD upgrade this year, with Bob Clark‘s slasher masterpiece Black Christmas coming to 4K Uhd on December 6!
You can pre-order the Collector’s Edition release right now, which comes with an exclusive poster. There’s also a deluxe set that includes the poster as well as a special pin set.
Bonus Features include…
Disc One (4K Uhd):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative New 2022 Restoration Of The Original Mono Track New 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects In Dolby Vision (Hdr 10 Compatible)
Disc Two (Blu-ray):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative New 2022 Restoration Of The Original Mono Track New 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects Audio Commentary With Director Bob Clark Audio Commentary With Actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea Audio Commentary With...
You can pre-order the Collector’s Edition release right now, which comes with an exclusive poster. There’s also a deluxe set that includes the poster as well as a special pin set.
Bonus Features include…
Disc One (4K Uhd):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative New 2022 Restoration Of The Original Mono Track New 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects In Dolby Vision (Hdr 10 Compatible)
Disc Two (Blu-ray):
New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative New 2022 Restoration Of The Original Mono Track New 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects Audio Commentary With Director Bob Clark Audio Commentary With Actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea Audio Commentary With...
- 10/3/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey" -- arguably one of the best films of all time -- is so expansive and far-reaching in its story and tone that a casual viewer might miss that astronaut Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) is the protagonist. Indeed, Dave doesn't even appear until about halfway through the film, and that's after an early extended sequence set during prehistoric times among a group of proto-human hominids, and then a very long sci-fi sequence wherein characters other than Dave discover a mysterious monolith buried on the surface of the moon.
Dave, however, does get the lion's share of the film's screentime. Dave also has the more "exciting" scenes, like matching wits with the malfunctioning computer intelligence Hal 9000 (Douglas Rain). Dave will also be the recipient of an effable form of evolutionary awareness, allowed to first see space travel as the logical next step in human evolution.
Dave, however, does get the lion's share of the film's screentime. Dave also has the more "exciting" scenes, like matching wits with the malfunctioning computer intelligence Hal 9000 (Douglas Rain). Dave will also be the recipient of an effable form of evolutionary awareness, allowed to first see space travel as the logical next step in human evolution.
- 9/7/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Peter Straub, a bestselling novelist who co-authored two beloved books with Stephen King, has died at the age of 79.
Straub’s daughter, Emma Straub, also a novelist, confirmed the news Tuesday on her Instagram account.
According to The New York Times, his wife, Susan Straub, said his death was caused by complications from breaking a hip. He died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Fellow writers and collaborators have been mourning the author’s death on social media, including Neil Gaiman, who was one of the first to express his sadness at Straub’s death.
King, whose latest novel “Fairy Tale” debuts in bookstores Tuesday, wrote: “Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life.”
Also Read:
Barbara Ehrenreich, Author of ‘Nickel and Dimed,’ Dies at 81
Straub’s first horror novel, “Julia,” was published in 1975 by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. It was adapted into a feature, known as either “Full Circle...
Straub’s daughter, Emma Straub, also a novelist, confirmed the news Tuesday on her Instagram account.
According to The New York Times, his wife, Susan Straub, said his death was caused by complications from breaking a hip. He died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Fellow writers and collaborators have been mourning the author’s death on social media, including Neil Gaiman, who was one of the first to express his sadness at Straub’s death.
King, whose latest novel “Fairy Tale” debuts in bookstores Tuesday, wrote: “Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life.”
Also Read:
Barbara Ehrenreich, Author of ‘Nickel and Dimed,’ Dies at 81
Straub’s first horror novel, “Julia,” was published in 1975 by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. It was adapted into a feature, known as either “Full Circle...
- 9/6/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Charles Siebert, the actor who played the pompous Dr. Stanley Riverside II on the CBS medical drama series Trapper John, M.D., died May 1 of Covid-related pneumonia at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. He was 84.
His death was confirmed in a statement on the website of the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, California, where Siebert appeared frequently.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Siebert made his Broadway debut in a 1967 production of Brecht’s Galileo and would return to the Broadway stage five more times through the following decade. He began his TV career in the late 1960s on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. By the mid-1970s he had appeared in such series as Hawk, N.Y.P.D., Another World, The Adams Chronicles, Kojak, Police Woman and The Rockford Files.
In 1977 he recurred on the Norman Lear soap parody Mary Hartman,...
His death was confirmed in a statement on the website of the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, California, where Siebert appeared frequently.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Siebert made his Broadway debut in a 1967 production of Brecht’s Galileo and would return to the Broadway stage five more times through the following decade. He began his TV career in the late 1960s on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. By the mid-1970s he had appeared in such series as Hawk, N.Y.P.D., Another World, The Adams Chronicles, Kojak, Police Woman and The Rockford Files.
In 1977 he recurred on the Norman Lear soap parody Mary Hartman,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" is not only one of the greatest science-fiction films of all time (or is it science-fact?), it's one of the most varied. Beginning at "The Dawn of Man" and stretching all the way to "Beyond the Infinite," the film spans a number of locations, years, and stylistic approaches that range from playfully satirical to psychedelically surreal.
With so much to choose from, selecting a favorite sequence would be difficult for any fan of the film. Turns out it's not so tricky for one of the movie's stars, Keir Dullea. Playing Dr. David Bowman, one of the two astronauts sent on...
The post This Was Keir Dullea's Favorite Sequence In 2001: A Space Odyssey appeared first on /Film.
With so much to choose from, selecting a favorite sequence would be difficult for any fan of the film. Turns out it's not so tricky for one of the movie's stars, Keir Dullea. Playing Dr. David Bowman, one of the two astronauts sent on...
The post This Was Keir Dullea's Favorite Sequence In 2001: A Space Odyssey appeared first on /Film.
- 4/13/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Visual effects artist and director known for his innovative work on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Blade Runner
Asked in 1978 to describe his job, the visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull said: “I’m in the area of creating experiences that are beyond the realm of physical reality.” Trumbull, who has died aged 79 from cancer, was instrumental in bringing to the screen three of the greatest science-fiction films ever made: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982).
He was 23 when he began working with Kubrick. During a production schedule that lasted for more than two years, he went from designing graphics for the film’s computer screens to masterminding the kaleidoscopic “star gate” sequence, in which the astronaut Dave Bowman, played by Keir Dullea, passes through an intergalactic corridor of streaking,...
Asked in 1978 to describe his job, the visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull said: “I’m in the area of creating experiences that are beyond the realm of physical reality.” Trumbull, who has died aged 79 from cancer, was instrumental in bringing to the screen three of the greatest science-fiction films ever made: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982).
He was 23 when he began working with Kubrick. During a production schedule that lasted for more than two years, he went from designing graphics for the film’s computer screens to masterminding the kaleidoscopic “star gate” sequence, in which the astronaut Dave Bowman, played by Keir Dullea, passes through an intergalactic corridor of streaking,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
When 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered in theaters in 1968, it had just two actors’ names displayed on its marquees and posters: Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea. That made sense, of course, since they played the two astronauts — Frank Poole and David Bowman — who are responsible for carrying the lion’s share of the […]
The post What The Hal? Keir Dullea On The History Of ‘2001’s’ Famous Computer appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
The post What The Hal? Keir Dullea On The History Of ‘2001’s’ Famous Computer appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 1/4/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Retro-active: The Best From The Cinema Retro Archives
Review – Naked City: The Complete Series
Rlj Entertainment / 6,063 minutes
By Harvey F. Chartrand
Naked City was like no other TV series before or since – Michel Moriarty, star of Law and Order, once told this reviewer.
Inspired by Jules Dassin's 1948 film of the same name, Naked City centers on the detectives of the NYPD’s 65th Precinct, but the criminals and New York City itself often played as prominent a role in the dramas as the series regulars. Like the film it was based on, Naked City (1958- 1963) was shot almost entirely on location. The first season ran as a half-hour show under the title The Naked City, starring James Franciscus and John McIntire playing, respectively, Detective Jimmy Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon—the same roles essayed by Don Taylor and Barry Fitzgerald in the film.
The Naked City also starred Harry Bellaver as Det.
Review – Naked City: The Complete Series
Rlj Entertainment / 6,063 minutes
By Harvey F. Chartrand
Naked City was like no other TV series before or since – Michel Moriarty, star of Law and Order, once told this reviewer.
Inspired by Jules Dassin's 1948 film of the same name, Naked City centers on the detectives of the NYPD’s 65th Precinct, but the criminals and New York City itself often played as prominent a role in the dramas as the series regulars. Like the film it was based on, Naked City (1958- 1963) was shot almost entirely on location. The first season ran as a half-hour show under the title The Naked City, starring James Franciscus and John McIntire playing, respectively, Detective Jimmy Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon—the same roles essayed by Don Taylor and Barry Fitzgerald in the film.
The Naked City also starred Harry Bellaver as Det.
- 11/28/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I thought of a better name for Impact…Glory Wrestling Combat. F–k you! It’s good! You’d call it Glory for short and it’d be a great way to remake Impact in the same vein as Pride, Bellator or Pancrase. You already have Bound For Glory, so the biggest show of the year now has a luster to it that it arguably didn’t have before, because it is the only show that has the name of the promotion in it. Shut up! It is so a good idea…or not. Whatever. F–k you. We have…wait…I forgot to write my Slammiversary review. Here’s the score for each match:
Decay (Havok and Rosemary) (with Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve) b. Fire ‘N Flava (Kiera Hogan and Tasha...
Decay (Havok and Rosemary) (with Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve) b. Fire ‘N Flava (Kiera Hogan and Tasha...
- 7/23/2021
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
When 2001: A Space Odyssey was made, man had yet to land on the moon, so the idea of a long-range space mission was, indeed, science fiction. Filming began in December 1965, while NASA was still in the midst of the Gemini program, the Apollo launches still more than a year away. At the time, […]
The post Keir Dullea: How Stanley Kubrick Constructed His ‘2001’ Characters appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
The post Keir Dullea: How Stanley Kubrick Constructed His ‘2001’ Characters appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 5/24/2021
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Warning: The following contains major spoilers for the For All Mankind Season 2 finale. Proceed at your own risk!
A major crisis was averted in For All Mankind‘s Season 2 finale by the heroic sacrifice of not one but two astronauts.
More from TVLineFor All Mankind Finale: Michael Dorman Reacts to That Huge Gordo TwistFor All Mankind's Shantel VanSanten Talks Karen and Danny's Shocking [Spoiler]: I Learned 'I Can't Judge'For All Mankind's Michael Dorman on 'Crazy Rapid' Weight Gain for Season 2
With the rest of Jamestown’s crew being held hostage by the Russians, it was up to exes Gordo and...
A major crisis was averted in For All Mankind‘s Season 2 finale by the heroic sacrifice of not one but two astronauts.
More from TVLineFor All Mankind Finale: Michael Dorman Reacts to That Huge Gordo TwistFor All Mankind's Shantel VanSanten Talks Karen and Danny's Shocking [Spoiler]: I Learned 'I Can't Judge'For All Mankind's Michael Dorman on 'Crazy Rapid' Weight Gain for Season 2
With the rest of Jamestown’s crew being held hostage by the Russians, it was up to exes Gordo and...
- 4/23/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
“What follows is (mostly) fiction,” begins Gabriel Range’s lacklustre David Bowie biopic Stardust. What’s true is that in 1971, after “Space Oddity” but before he blew up on the world stage as Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) embarked on a small tour of America. What’s made up by Range and co-writer Christopher Bell is most of what happened on that tour—including the music Bowie played. As his son Duncan Jones tweeted last year, Stardust was made without the blessing of Bowie’s family, thus without rights to his music. The result is a biopic in search of a point, attempting to uncover the creative mind that birthed the Stardust persona without being able to show us the results of his creativity.
Stardust attempts to shrink the larger-than-life star down to human size by focusing on a concentrated point in pre-fame Bowie’s life. We’re introduced...
Stardust attempts to shrink the larger-than-life star down to human size by focusing on a concentrated point in pre-fame Bowie’s life. We’re introduced...
- 11/27/2020
- by Orla Smith
- The Film Stage
“Weird,” as a presumptive aesthetic and assumed attitude, has been plundered to the point of signifying almost nothing. Thus it was a little system shock bearing witness to Lech Majewski’s truly, madly, unfathomably weird Valley of the Gods at last year’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE, only knowing it concerned Native American mythology, John Malkovich as a reclusive trillionaire, and Josh Hartnett as his biographer “whose imagination has the power to alter reality.” That is not selling even one-third of it, which, if forced to compress to an elevator pitch, I would describe as somewhere between the existential concerns of The Tree of Life, Southland Tales‘ sci-fi satire, and the charming gaudiness of a late Alain Resnais picture. (It’s also produced by Kubrick compatriot Jan Harlan and features Keir Dullea in a supporting role; draw your conclusions as to its other allusions.)
So: precisely the kind of film one sees at...
So: precisely the kind of film one sees at...
- 7/21/2020
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
A space suit from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and a cape worn by Christopher Reeve while playing the Man of Steel in the Superman franchise films were highlights of Julien's Auctions' recent "Hollywood: Legends & Explorers" memorabilia event.
From Friday to Saturday, the event, held in Beverly Hills and live online, offered up 900 items from iconic Hollywood films and television series as well as significant and historical space artifacts.
Julien's Auctions
The Space Odyssey suit was accompanied by a helmet and was believed to have been worn by Keir Dullea, who played mission pilot and scientist Dr. David ...
From Friday to Saturday, the event, held in Beverly Hills and live online, offered up 900 items from iconic Hollywood films and television series as well as significant and historical space artifacts.
Julien's Auctions
The Space Odyssey suit was accompanied by a helmet and was believed to have been worn by Keir Dullea, who played mission pilot and scientist Dr. David ...
- 7/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A space suit from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and a cape worn by Christopher Reeve while playing the Man of Steel in the Superman franchise films were highlights of Julien's Auctions' recent "Hollywood: Legends & Explorers" memorabilia event.
From Friday to Saturday, the event, held in Beverly Hills and live online, offered up 900 items from iconic Hollywood films and television series as well as significant and historical space artifacts.
Julien's Auctions
The Space Odyssey suit was accompanied by a helmet and was believed to have been worn by Keir Dullea, who played mission pilot and scientist Dr. David ...
From Friday to Saturday, the event, held in Beverly Hills and live online, offered up 900 items from iconic Hollywood films and television series as well as significant and historical space artifacts.
Julien's Auctions
The Space Odyssey suit was accompanied by a helmet and was believed to have been worn by Keir Dullea, who played mission pilot and scientist Dr. David ...
- 7/19/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of the most iconic costumes in film history is heading to auction this month courtesy of Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. The auction house is putting over 900 items from Hollywood films and television shows up for auction on July 17 and July 18, including the space suit worn by actor Keir Dullea in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The space suit is the crown jewel of the “Hollywood Legends & Explorers” auction and is expected to sell in the $200,000-$300,000 range. The auction will take place in person and live online.
Per Julien’s Auctions official auction description: “The near complete space suit, also worn by different actors in many scenes throughout the film, comes with the MGM shipping crate, boots, and helmet. The helmet features four distinct layers of paint, indicating that it was used in different scenes by multiple actors and representing a number of characters.
Per Julien’s Auctions official auction description: “The near complete space suit, also worn by different actors in many scenes throughout the film, comes with the MGM shipping crate, boots, and helmet. The helmet features four distinct layers of paint, indicating that it was used in different scenes by multiple actors and representing a number of characters.
- 7/9/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
"What is it to have all that power?" Well Go USA has released an official trailer for a strange indie feature titled Valley of the Gods, made by a Polish filmmaker named Lech Majewski. This first premiered at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival last year, and it screened at the Warsaw and Camerimage Film Festivals also in Poland. The film entwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer, creating a fascinating, mysterious and idiosyncratic vision of America. With three storylines following a middle-class writer, an eccentric trillionaire, and a struggling Navajo community under existential threat. Starring John Malkovich as Wes Tauros, and a main cast including Josh Hartnett, Bérénice Marlohe, Jaime Ray Newman, John Rhys-Davies, Keir Dullea, Saginaw Grant, and Joseph Runningfox. Whoaaa - this looks especially compelling and more than a bit trippy, almost like a Polish Jodorowsky film about America. Here's the first official trailer...
- 7/7/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Well Go USA has acquired the North American rights to Lech Majewski’s Valley of the Gods. The company is set to release the surrealist drama starring Josh Hartnett and John Malkovich in theaters and on digital platforms on August 11.
Known for pushing the envelope when it comes to dreamlike visuals and fantasy, Majewski’s Valley of the Gods contrasts opposing social extremes — namely abundance and poverty – through three separate storylines. The story follows a middle-class writer, an eccentric trillionaire and members of a struggling nearby Navajo community. After a difficult divorce, copywriter John Ecas (Harnett) takes on the biography of the richest man on earth (John Malkovich), who is both his boss and the man behind a plan to mine sacred Navajo lands for uranium. Things take a turn when modern advancement runs afoul of the...
Known for pushing the envelope when it comes to dreamlike visuals and fantasy, Majewski’s Valley of the Gods contrasts opposing social extremes — namely abundance and poverty – through three separate storylines. The story follows a middle-class writer, an eccentric trillionaire and members of a struggling nearby Navajo community. After a difficult divorce, copywriter John Ecas (Harnett) takes on the biography of the richest man on earth (John Malkovich), who is both his boss and the man behind a plan to mine sacred Navajo lands for uranium. Things take a turn when modern advancement runs afoul of the...
- 5/12/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Blu ray
Warner Archives
1967 / 2.35:1/ 108 min.
Starring Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Brian Keith, Julie Harris
Cinematography by Aldo Tonti
Directed by John Huston
“There is a fort in the South where a few years ago a murder was committed.”
That’s an oddly detached way to begin a story that thrives on hysteria. It’s the prelude to Carson McCuller’s novel with an equally blasé title, Army Post. Inspired by the “alien” atmosphere of Fort Benning during the writer’s childhood, the book was first serialized over two issues of Harper’s Bazaar in 1940. One can only imagine an unsuspecting fashionista browsing the latest styles and coming across this sordid tale of voyeurism, homosexuality and self-mutilation.
McCuller’s book was published the following year as Reflections in a Golden Eye – fifteen years later Burt Lancaster’s production company showed more than a passing interest,...
Blu ray
Warner Archives
1967 / 2.35:1/ 108 min.
Starring Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Brian Keith, Julie Harris
Cinematography by Aldo Tonti
Directed by John Huston
“There is a fort in the South where a few years ago a murder was committed.”
That’s an oddly detached way to begin a story that thrives on hysteria. It’s the prelude to Carson McCuller’s novel with an equally blasé title, Army Post. Inspired by the “alien” atmosphere of Fort Benning during the writer’s childhood, the book was first serialized over two issues of Harper’s Bazaar in 1940. One can only imagine an unsuspecting fashionista browsing the latest styles and coming across this sordid tale of voyeurism, homosexuality and self-mutilation.
McCuller’s book was published the following year as Reflections in a Golden Eye – fifteen years later Burt Lancaster’s production company showed more than a passing interest,...
- 5/2/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
[Editor’s note: The following review contains spoilers for “Bunny Lake Is Missing,” but they don’t take the fun out of this movie.]
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
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Otto Preminger’s “Bunny Lake Is Missing,” aside from introducing The Zombies to the moviegoing world, is probably most famous for its final 20 minutes, a cascade of nonsensical psychological hairpin turns that merge to become a quite stunning pile-up car-crash of “is this really happening?” moments. That’s the ghoulish fun of this unhinged movie, which provides the most toxic brother-sister codependency plot this side of Shakespeare or Hitchcock’s darkest nightmares.
While Preminger has at...
With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.
More from IndieWireStreaming Wars: Virtual Cinemas Offer Haven for Cinephiles and Struggling Theaters AlikeStream of the Day: 'Hollywood Shuffle' Raised Issues Facing Black Actors That Still Exist 30 Years Later
Otto Preminger’s “Bunny Lake Is Missing,” aside from introducing The Zombies to the moviegoing world, is probably most famous for its final 20 minutes, a cascade of nonsensical psychological hairpin turns that merge to become a quite stunning pile-up car-crash of “is this really happening?” moments. That’s the ghoulish fun of this unhinged movie, which provides the most toxic brother-sister codependency plot this side of Shakespeare or Hitchcock’s darkest nightmares.
While Preminger has at...
- 4/24/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Lined Lips and Spiked Bats is a monthly column devoted to women in genre cinema.When Bob Clark’s Black Christmas was released in 1974 it was coming right off the victory of Roe v. Wade, which gave women legal access to abortion in the United States. It was a major win for the women’s liberation movement, and the question of abortion slowly started to seep into movies of the period. Black Christmas is about Jess Bradford (Olivia Hussey) receiving obscene telephone calls at her sorority house while her friends disappear one by one, but in between the verbal and physical violence, she and her boyfriend Peter (Keir Dullea) fight over her desire to have an abortion. Black Christmas was always political, but its specific history of a proto-slasher made when Roe v. Wadewas finalized means that it has a unique placement in the genre. The slasher genre didn’t...
- 12/18/2019
- MUBI
Torun, Poland – In his latest work, “The Valley of the Gods,” director Lech Majewski explores the ancient mythology of a downtrodden people and the absurd wealth of the world’s richest man in a surreal vision of modern America. The film screened at the EnergaCamerimage Intl. Film Festival as part of special showcase honoring Majewski, who received the Special Camerimage Directing Award. “Valley of the Gods,” which stars Josh Hartnett, John Malkovich, Keir Dullea, Bérénice Marlohe and John Rhys-Davies, presents the clash between the ancient civilization of the Navajo and the ultra-modern, high-tech world of multi-billionaires. The Navajo “live in really very harsh conditions and their territory is surrounded by this super civilization, the Roman Empire of today, with this epitome of technical innovation,” Majewski told Variety. “I don’t know whether there is another place in the world that has this kind of absolute opposite sides.” Majewski contrasted his...
- 11/16/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
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