When Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” was released in the fall of 2012, one of the nagging complaints — for an otherwise heralded film — related to its ending. Namely, it had too many.
Roger Ebert, in his four-star review, succinctly implied the picture should’ve wrapped before President Lincoln’s assassination. Samuel L. Jackson felt similarly, though he didn’t mince words about it. While it would be a stretch to say the contentious closing scenes chronicling Lincoln’s murder cost the film any of its Oscars — including losses in Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture — it’s exactly the type of first-thought quibble voters would use as an excuse for choosing their preferred nominee.
Though plenty of pundits backed the chosen ending and “Lincoln’s” sweeping acclaim and staggering box office spoke to its overall appreciation ($275 million for a 150-minute period drama? Martin Scorsese would kill a flower moon...
Roger Ebert, in his four-star review, succinctly implied the picture should’ve wrapped before President Lincoln’s assassination. Samuel L. Jackson felt similarly, though he didn’t mince words about it. While it would be a stretch to say the contentious closing scenes chronicling Lincoln’s murder cost the film any of its Oscars — including losses in Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture — it’s exactly the type of first-thought quibble voters would use as an excuse for choosing their preferred nominee.
Though plenty of pundits backed the chosen ending and “Lincoln’s” sweeping acclaim and staggering box office spoke to its overall appreciation ($275 million for a 150-minute period drama? Martin Scorsese would kill a flower moon...
- 3/22/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“Sic semper tyrannis!” With these words John Wilkes Booth fled Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. after shooting Abraham Lincoln in the head with a 44 caliber derringer on April 14, 1865, altering the course of history and prompting a 12-day manhunt that ended when Sgt. Boston Corbett shot Booth in a Virginia farmhouse (he died hours later). The assassination and the pursuit are now the subjects of Manhunt, a brisk new limited series on Apple TV+.
Based on James L. Swanson’s 2007 nonfiction book of the same name, the series, created...
Based on James L. Swanson’s 2007 nonfiction book of the same name, the series, created...
- 3/19/2024
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
The 2nd annual Senoia Dead Bash will take place over Memorial Day weekend in the name of scares, but more importantly, a good cause. The two charities being supported are Healing4Heroes and Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation. Continue reading for more details. Also: Death's Parade Film Fest's first wave of screenings, a first look at The Horrific Evil Monsters and House of Lexi.
2nd Annual Senoia Dead Bash Charity Event Details: Press Release: "Immerse yourself in the apocalypse where over 100 Zombies once roamed!
The Senoia Dead Bash will be holding it’s 2nd Annual Charity Bash, Memorial Day Weekend at The Esco Feed Mill location, 16 Line Creek Rd, Senoia, Ga on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th, to support two amazing charities, Healing4Heroes, and Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation. Enjoy vendors, live music, food, craft beer/wine tasting, celebrities, and so much more!
Healing4Heroes.org, founded by disabled Veteran,...
2nd Annual Senoia Dead Bash Charity Event Details: Press Release: "Immerse yourself in the apocalypse where over 100 Zombies once roamed!
The Senoia Dead Bash will be holding it’s 2nd Annual Charity Bash, Memorial Day Weekend at The Esco Feed Mill location, 16 Line Creek Rd, Senoia, Ga on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th, to support two amazing charities, Healing4Heroes, and Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation. Enjoy vendors, live music, food, craft beer/wine tasting, celebrities, and so much more!
Healing4Heroes.org, founded by disabled Veteran,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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