Robert Downey Jr. stars as not one, but four characters in HBO’s newest thriller series, “The Sympathizer.”
The limited series, which is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel of the same name, follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy as he hides his identity from a refugee community in Los Angeles during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Keep on reading for the full breakdown of all the characters in “The Sympathizer,” and where you’ve seen each actor before.
Hoa Xuande in “The Sympathizer.” (Hopper Stone/HBO)
Hoa Xuande as The Captain
Hoa Xuande stars as the Captain, a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in a refugee community in Los Angeles. His dual identities prompt him to get caught between his conflicting loyalties and contradicting desires.
Xuande has been featured in “Last King of the Cross,” “A Stitch in Time,” “Cowboy Bebop” and “Hungry Ghosts.
The limited series, which is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel of the same name, follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy as he hides his identity from a refugee community in Los Angeles during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Keep on reading for the full breakdown of all the characters in “The Sympathizer,” and where you’ve seen each actor before.
Hoa Xuande in “The Sympathizer.” (Hopper Stone/HBO)
Hoa Xuande as The Captain
Hoa Xuande stars as the Captain, a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in a refugee community in Los Angeles. His dual identities prompt him to get caught between his conflicting loyalties and contradicting desires.
Xuande has been featured in “Last King of the Cross,” “A Stitch in Time,” “Cowboy Bebop” and “Hungry Ghosts.
- 4/15/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
In the "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" episode "Under the Cloak of War", a Klingon ambassador named Dak'Rah (Robert Wisdom) comes to visit the U.S.S. Enterprise on a diplomatic mission. "Strange New Worlds" takes place immediately after the Klingon War, and several of the ship's crew remember the conflict vividly, expressing prejudice and consternation to see a Klingon on board. Captain Pike (Anson Mount) reminds his officers to keep an open mind, but Dr. M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) cannot.
Through flashbacks, audiences learn the horrible wartime conditions that both Dr. M'Benga and Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) served under, and they were bleak. There weren't enough medical supplies to go around, and Dr. M'Benga had taken to storing injured soldiers inside a transporter pattern buffer, hoping to rematerialize them when more could be done. He also secretly develops a rare and dangerous steroid called Protocol 12 which temporarily increases strength and...
Through flashbacks, audiences learn the horrible wartime conditions that both Dr. M'Benga and Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) served under, and they were bleak. There weren't enough medical supplies to go around, and Dr. M'Benga had taken to storing injured soldiers inside a transporter pattern buffer, hoping to rematerialize them when more could be done. He also secretly develops a rare and dangerous steroid called Protocol 12 which temporarily increases strength and...
- 4/15/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Arnold Schwarzenegger made a whole slew of classic 80s action movies. Still, one remains totally obscure despite being released smack dab in the middle of his amazing The Terminator to Predator run of movies from 1984-87. That film in 1986’s Raw Deal. A formulaic 80s action flick, it’s the most modestly mounted Schwarzenegger action epic of the era, with Arnie coerced into starring in it to complete a long-standing contract he had with producer Dino De Laurentiis following Conan The Barbarian.
In it, Schwarzenegger is somewhat unconvincingly cast as a small-town sheriff named Kaminski, who used to be an FBI agent but was forced out of the bureau after roughing up a suspect. He’s recruited by his old mentor (The Night Stalker’s legendary Darren McGavin) whose son was killed by the Chicago mob. He wants Kaminski to go undercover in the mob and tear them apart from the inside.
In it, Schwarzenegger is somewhat unconvincingly cast as a small-town sheriff named Kaminski, who used to be an FBI agent but was forced out of the bureau after roughing up a suspect. He’s recruited by his old mentor (The Night Stalker’s legendary Darren McGavin) whose son was killed by the Chicago mob. He wants Kaminski to go undercover in the mob and tear them apart from the inside.
- 3/26/2024
- by Adam Walton
- JoBlo.com
Don Cheadle has enjoyed an interesting and varied career encompassing success in both film and television.
He first started acting in the mid-1980s with such films as “Hamburger Hill” and “Colors.” His career took a different direction when he was cast in the spinoff series “The Golden Palace” followed by “Picket Fences.” Around this time, he also had the movie “Devil with a Blue Dress” garner him some awards attention and make nearly grab him an Oscar nomination.
Cheadle won a Golden Globe in 1999 for his role in the film “The Rat Pack,” in which he played Sammy Davis Jr. He would later go on to appear in the remake of one of Davis’ films, “Ocean’s Eleven.”
He would win a second Golden Globe in 2013 for the TV series “House of Lies” which had a multi-year run on Showtime. The series would earn him three Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations,...
He first started acting in the mid-1980s with such films as “Hamburger Hill” and “Colors.” His career took a different direction when he was cast in the spinoff series “The Golden Palace” followed by “Picket Fences.” Around this time, he also had the movie “Devil with a Blue Dress” garner him some awards attention and make nearly grab him an Oscar nomination.
Cheadle won a Golden Globe in 1999 for his role in the film “The Rat Pack,” in which he played Sammy Davis Jr. He would later go on to appear in the remake of one of Davis’ films, “Ocean’s Eleven.”
He would win a second Golden Globe in 2013 for the TV series “House of Lies” which had a multi-year run on Showtime. The series would earn him three Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations,...
- 11/25/2023
- by Robert Pius, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Welcome to The B-Side from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today, we talk to a great film writer about a great film subgenre! Brian Raftery! Vietnam War Movie B-Sides!
Brian (author of the wonderful Best. Movie. Year. Ever. How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen) released a wonderful podcast mini-series for The Ringer called Do We Get to Win This Time? this past summer. It examines the evolution of the American Vietnam War movie through the decades. Raftery speaks with everybody for this thing, from Oliver Stone to Dale Dye.
Our B-Sides today are: Hearts and Minds, The Little Girl of Hanoi, and Hamburger Hill.
We cover plenty more, dissecting movies made by both American and Vietnamese filmmakers. From when we first became aware of Vietnam as a war,...
Brian (author of the wonderful Best. Movie. Year. Ever. How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen) released a wonderful podcast mini-series for The Ringer called Do We Get to Win This Time? this past summer. It examines the evolution of the American Vietnam War movie through the decades. Raftery speaks with everybody for this thing, from Oliver Stone to Dale Dye.
Our B-Sides today are: Hearts and Minds, The Little Girl of Hanoi, and Hamburger Hill.
We cover plenty more, dissecting movies made by both American and Vietnamese filmmakers. From when we first became aware of Vietnam as a war,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
American actor Dylan McDermott doesn’t come across as a veteran, but he has been a professional actor for over four decades and counting. His career dates back to the 70s when he mostly performed on stage. He pulled off his screen debut in 1987, starring as Sgt. Adam Frantz in John Irvin’s war film Hamburger Hill. McDermott’s small screen debut came two years later in Larry Peerce’s 1989 television film The Neon Empire. The Waterbury, Connecticut, native has since cemented his Hollywood legacy with multiple noteworthy performances in movies and television shows. The talented actor is best known for playing...
- 11/16/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Mark Seiler, a former studio executive and the longtime fiancee of actress Morgan Fairchild, died July 7 from a heart attack. He was 75
At the time of his death, en route to a hospital in Burbank, Seiler had been battling Parkinson’s disease and was currently suffering his third Covid-19 infection, his family said in a statement on Aug. 1.
Born May 2, 1948 in Glen Cove New York, Seiler was raised on Long Island and later graduated from Tulane University with a Bs in Economics.
‘s roles in Hollywood included serving as president of Rko Pictures, the successor to the original studio founded in the late 1970s, president of Hemdale Films, and the CEO of 90s production powerhouse Capella Films.
While at Hemdale, films overseen by Seiler include “Carbon Copy” (1981), the screen debut of Denzel Washington.
At Rko he oversaw the production of films including “Plenty” (1985), starring Meryl Streep, “Half Moon Street” (1986), starring Sigourney Weaver,...
At the time of his death, en route to a hospital in Burbank, Seiler had been battling Parkinson’s disease and was currently suffering his third Covid-19 infection, his family said in a statement on Aug. 1.
Born May 2, 1948 in Glen Cove New York, Seiler was raised on Long Island and later graduated from Tulane University with a Bs in Economics.
‘s roles in Hollywood included serving as president of Rko Pictures, the successor to the original studio founded in the late 1970s, president of Hemdale Films, and the CEO of 90s production powerhouse Capella Films.
While at Hemdale, films overseen by Seiler include “Carbon Copy” (1981), the screen debut of Denzel Washington.
At Rko he oversaw the production of films including “Plenty” (1985), starring Meryl Streep, “Half Moon Street” (1986), starring Sigourney Weaver,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Mark Edwin Seiler, the former president of Rko Pictures and Hemdale Films and CEO of Capella Films, died on July 7 of Parkinson’s disease. He was 75.
While Seiler was at the helm of Rko, the company produced notable films including “Plenty” (1985) starring Meryl Streep, “Half Moon Street” (1986) with Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine and “Campus Man” (1987), where he met his longtime fiancée Morgan Fairchild.
Another one of his proudest achievements was producing the war film “Hamburger Hill” (1987) alongside his partner Jerry Offsay. Together, Seiler and Offsay formed the cast of the film, giving Don Cheadle, Dylan McDermott, Courtney B. Vance and Steven Weber some of their first roles. Then, as CEO of Capella Films, Seiler helped to finance and produce “The Shadow” (1994) starring Alec Baldwin and “Nobody’s Fool” (1994), which earned Paul Newman a best actor Oscar nomination.
Born on May 2, 1948 in Glen Cove, N.Y., Seiler was raised in Long...
While Seiler was at the helm of Rko, the company produced notable films including “Plenty” (1985) starring Meryl Streep, “Half Moon Street” (1986) with Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine and “Campus Man” (1987), where he met his longtime fiancée Morgan Fairchild.
Another one of his proudest achievements was producing the war film “Hamburger Hill” (1987) alongside his partner Jerry Offsay. Together, Seiler and Offsay formed the cast of the film, giving Don Cheadle, Dylan McDermott, Courtney B. Vance and Steven Weber some of their first roles. Then, as CEO of Capella Films, Seiler helped to finance and produce “The Shadow” (1994) starring Alec Baldwin and “Nobody’s Fool” (1994), which earned Paul Newman a best actor Oscar nomination.
Born on May 2, 1948 in Glen Cove, N.Y., Seiler was raised in Long...
- 8/1/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Seiler, the former president of Rko Pictures and Hemdale Films and CEO of Capella Films, died July 7 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and complications from Covid-19. He was 75.
A veteran studio executive, Seiler’s long career at the helm of three significant film financing and production companies included the release of a slew of successful and critically acclaimed films including Meryl Streep’s Plenty, Sigourney Weaver’s Half Moon Street and the war movie Hamburger Hill at Rko and the comedies Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery at Capella.
Mark Edwin Seiler was born in Glen Cove, New York, on May 2, 1948, to Carl Seiler and Madelyn (née Hughes) Seiler. He was raised in Sands Point, Long Island, where he attended Buckley Day School, Choate Rosemary Hall and Paul D. Schreiber High School before graduating from Tulane University with an economics degree.
A veteran studio executive, Seiler’s long career at the helm of three significant film financing and production companies included the release of a slew of successful and critically acclaimed films including Meryl Streep’s Plenty, Sigourney Weaver’s Half Moon Street and the war movie Hamburger Hill at Rko and the comedies Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery at Capella.
Mark Edwin Seiler was born in Glen Cove, New York, on May 2, 1948, to Carl Seiler and Madelyn (née Hughes) Seiler. He was raised in Sands Point, Long Island, where he attended Buckley Day School, Choate Rosemary Hall and Paul D. Schreiber High School before graduating from Tulane University with an economics degree.
- 8/1/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Until the 1980’s, Hollywood had a strange relationship with the Vietnam War. While the war was actually being fought, movies, typically, did not depict the war unless they were something like John Wayne’s The Green Berets. If the war was dealt with, usually it was done metaphorically, or by using another war as a stand-in, such as what happened with 1970’s Mash. This started to change after the war finally ended, with the late seventies seeing the release of three major films – The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now and Coming Home, Despite their popularity, during the first half of the eighties, when the war was dealt with on-screen it was typically as wish fulfillment, where action stars such as Chuck Norris and Sylvester Stallone single-handedly refought the war, and won, to the delight of audiences.
That all changed when Oliver Stone made Platoon. For the first time, a Vietnam War...
That all changed when Oliver Stone made Platoon. For the first time, a Vietnam War...
- 7/3/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Some noteworthy new releases, a bevy of library titles and the complete series of “Freaks and Geeks” are among the new additions to Amazon Prime Video this month. May will see the streaming availability of the 2022 films “She Said,” “Violent Night” and “Till” on Prime Video, while the beloved (and short-lived) TV series “Freaks and Geeks” will be streaming on Amazon starting May 4.
We’ve also included everything new to Freevee, which includes the first three “John Wick” movies, “Scarface” and “The Usual Suspects.”
Check out the complete list of everything new on Amazon Prime Video in May 2023 below.
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Arriving May 1
MasterChef Mexico S1-4 (2015)
A Beautiful Mind (2002)
Amistad (1997)
Babe (1995)
Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
Babel (2006)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Biker Boyz (2003)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Blue Crush (2002)
Blue Crush 2 (2011)
Bound (1996)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)
Bridget Jones’s Baby...
We’ve also included everything new to Freevee, which includes the first three “John Wick” movies, “Scarface” and “The Usual Suspects.”
Check out the complete list of everything new on Amazon Prime Video in May 2023 below.
Also Read:
The 41 Best Movies on Amazon Prime (April 2023)
Arriving May 1
MasterChef Mexico S1-4 (2015)
A Beautiful Mind (2002)
Amistad (1997)
Babe (1995)
Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
Babel (2006)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Biker Boyz (2003)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Blue Crush (2002)
Blue Crush 2 (2011)
Bound (1996)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)
Bridget Jones’s Baby...
- 5/1/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
With its list of new releases for May 2023, Amazon Prime Video is increasing its global reach.
The streamer’s biggest original offering this month is a German series. Hohlbeins’ – The Gryphon, based on the works of Wolfgang Holhlbein, will present a sprawling fantasy tale about three teens discovering a fantastical world called The Black Tower where “the Gryphon, a world-devouring monster, mercilessly subjugates all living creatures.”
The only other original title of note in May is Freevee comedy Primo on the 19th. Written by author and journalist Shea Serrano and produced by Michael Schur (The Good Place), this coming-of-age series will follow a teenager balancing “college aspirations, societal expectations, and a hectic home life on the south side of San Antonio.”
And that’s pretty much it for Amazon Originals this month! Thankfully, there is a huge influx of library content to keep Prime Video subscribers entertained. May 4 sees the...
The streamer’s biggest original offering this month is a German series. Hohlbeins’ – The Gryphon, based on the works of Wolfgang Holhlbein, will present a sprawling fantasy tale about three teens discovering a fantastical world called The Black Tower where “the Gryphon, a world-devouring monster, mercilessly subjugates all living creatures.”
The only other original title of note in May is Freevee comedy Primo on the 19th. Written by author and journalist Shea Serrano and produced by Michael Schur (The Good Place), this coming-of-age series will follow a teenager balancing “college aspirations, societal expectations, and a hectic home life on the south side of San Antonio.”
And that’s pretty much it for Amazon Originals this month! Thankfully, there is a huge influx of library content to keep Prime Video subscribers entertained. May 4 sees the...
- 5/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
It’s been 35 years since Dylan McDermott made his Hollywood debut with a role in the war drama Hamburger Hill. Since then, he’s been a fixture in both movies and television, starring in films like Steel Magnolias, In the Line of Fire, and Olympus Has Fallen and shows like The Practice, Dark Blue, and now, […]
The post Dylan McDermott Still Hasn’t ‘Arrived’ In Hollywood appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
The post Dylan McDermott Still Hasn’t ‘Arrived’ In Hollywood appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 5/10/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
The new year is continuing apace at Hulu. The streamer’s list of new releases for February 2022 is highlighted by one very interesting project.
Pam and Tommy is set to premiere on Feb. 2. Perhaps the Groundhog Day release date is intentional as the show will cover a particular moment of celebrity, sex, and exploitation from the early ’90s that seems to have repeated itself over and over. Sebastian Stan and Lily James star as Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson and the series follows the events and fallout of their homemade sex tape being stolen and unleashed on a nascent internet. If nothing else, getting the promo photos of Stan and James as the ’90s stars was worth it.
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Another Hulu original,...
Pam and Tommy is set to premiere on Feb. 2. Perhaps the Groundhog Day release date is intentional as the show will cover a particular moment of celebrity, sex, and exploitation from the early ’90s that seems to have repeated itself over and over. Sebastian Stan and Lily James star as Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson and the series follows the events and fallout of their homemade sex tape being stolen and unleashed on a nascent internet. If nothing else, getting the promo photos of Stan and James as the ’90s stars was worth it.
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Another Hulu original,...
- 2/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Marcia Nasatir, a film executive producer who shattered barriers as Hollywood’s first VP Production, working on back-to-back Best Picture Oscar winners One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Rocky and many other pics, died Tuesday morning at the Motion Picture & Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. She was 95.
No cause of death was reported.
Nasatir was working as a lit agent in the mid-1970s when she joined United Artists as a story editor. She was named VP West Coast Development, working with SVP Production Mike Medavoy. Along with Best Picture winners Rocky and Cuckoo’s Nest, UA also produced such classics of the era as Brian De Palma’s Carrie and Robert Redford’s Three Days of the Condor.
After serving in executive positions with Carson Films and 20th Century Fox, Nasatir relocated to New York in 1983. After executive producing The Big Chill, she formed Marcia Nasatir Productions...
No cause of death was reported.
Nasatir was working as a lit agent in the mid-1970s when she joined United Artists as a story editor. She was named VP West Coast Development, working with SVP Production Mike Medavoy. Along with Best Picture winners Rocky and Cuckoo’s Nest, UA also produced such classics of the era as Brian De Palma’s Carrie and Robert Redford’s Three Days of the Condor.
After serving in executive positions with Carson Films and 20th Century Fox, Nasatir relocated to New York in 1983. After executive producing The Big Chill, she formed Marcia Nasatir Productions...
- 8/3/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir, a trailblazing female executive and producer who elbowed her way into a male-dominated Hollywood, shattering conventions and an important glass ceiling in the process, died on Tuesday morning. She was 95.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
- 8/3/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir, the pathbreaking studio executive and producer, died on Tuesday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, according to an individual with knowledge. Nasatir was 95.
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
- 8/3/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The post-9/11 war genre has a new defining entry, yet this robust little film – which cost a mere $5 million – won’t enjoy the exposure of The Hurt Locker. And that’s a pity, because The Outpost revitalizes the canon, landing as a blend of Jarhead and Hamburger Hill, John Irvin’s Vietnam film from 1987.
Of these two, it is actually Hill that is most pertinent, for it recounts the battle of Hill 937, a fiercely defended area that cost the lives of over 100 US and allied troops but was abandoned shortly thereafter. Such strategic idiocy would be replicated 40 years later during the war in Afghanistan, especially at Combat Outpost Keating, an army camp that was built at the bottom of a valley – a clear defensive weakness that would be dubbed ‘obviously indefensible’ in later government reports.
The Outpost tells the story of this camp in distinct one-hour halves. The first depicts...
Of these two, it is actually Hill that is most pertinent, for it recounts the battle of Hill 937, a fiercely defended area that cost the lives of over 100 US and allied troops but was abandoned shortly thereafter. Such strategic idiocy would be replicated 40 years later during the war in Afghanistan, especially at Combat Outpost Keating, an army camp that was built at the bottom of a valley – a clear defensive weakness that would be dubbed ‘obviously indefensible’ in later government reports.
The Outpost tells the story of this camp in distinct one-hour halves. The first depicts...
- 6/18/2021
- by Jack Hawkins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As Americans prepare to take a well-deserved day off from work to remember the servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives for this country during times of war, TheWrap remembered their favorite movies tackling the tough topic.
Some are fun, some are sad, but all are classics that are worth watching this Memorial Day weekend if readers haven’t already. From waging war with aliens to women raging against the military for justice, here are our favorite war stories of all time:
“Independence Day”
While many people pan “ID4” as a cheesy, big-budget Will Smith vehicle, I consider it one of my personal favorite feel-good, proud-to-be-an-American films. I always tear up when Randy Quaid sacrifices his life so his kids can live free from extraterrestrial tyranny. Bill Pullman’s patriotic speech should also be required viewing for High School civics classes.
“The Hurt Locker”
This film deserved a fate...
Some are fun, some are sad, but all are classics that are worth watching this Memorial Day weekend if readers haven’t already. From waging war with aliens to women raging against the military for justice, here are our favorite war stories of all time:
“Independence Day”
While many people pan “ID4” as a cheesy, big-budget Will Smith vehicle, I consider it one of my personal favorite feel-good, proud-to-be-an-American films. I always tear up when Randy Quaid sacrifices his life so his kids can live free from extraterrestrial tyranny. Bill Pullman’s patriotic speech should also be required viewing for High School civics classes.
“The Hurt Locker”
This film deserved a fate...
- 5/27/2019
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Don Cheadle celebrates his 54th birthday on November 29, 2018. The actor has had an interesting and varied career encompassing success in both film and television.
Cheadle first started acting in the mid-1980s with such films as “Hamburger Hill” and “Colors.” His career took a different direction when he was cast in the spinoff series “The Golden Palace” followed by “Picket Fences.” Around this time, he also had the movie “Devil with a Blue Dress” garner him some awards attention and make nearly grab him an Oscar nomination.
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Cheadle won a Golden Globe in 1999 for his role in the film “The Rat Pack,” in which he played Sammy Davis Jr. He would later go on to appear in the remake of one of Davis’ films, “Ocean’s Eleven.”
He would win a second Golden Globe in 2013 for the TV series “House of Lies...
Cheadle first started acting in the mid-1980s with such films as “Hamburger Hill” and “Colors.” His career took a different direction when he was cast in the spinoff series “The Golden Palace” followed by “Picket Fences.” Around this time, he also had the movie “Devil with a Blue Dress” garner him some awards attention and make nearly grab him an Oscar nomination.
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Cheadle won a Golden Globe in 1999 for his role in the film “The Rat Pack,” in which he played Sammy Davis Jr. He would later go on to appear in the remake of one of Davis’ films, “Ocean’s Eleven.”
He would win a second Golden Globe in 2013 for the TV series “House of Lies...
- 11/29/2018
- by Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Hamburger Hill is one film among many that depicts the Vietnam War and the horrors that went on during its many engagements. When new recruits are brought in to replace those either lost in battle or rotated out they receive orders to take Hill 937, a key staging point in which the enemy has entrenched themselves and refuses to give up. The losses on both sides become increasingly heavier throughout the film as both American and Vietnamese soldiers seek to eradicate one another in order to control the hill. There are no punches pulled in this film when it comes
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- 4/11/2018
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Metrograph
Philippe Garrel, Giallo, Stephen King, and Nanni Moretti — it’s almost too much cinema.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
A new restoration of The Sacrifice begins its run.
Museum of the Moving Image
“Inspiring Wonderstruck” continues while a series devoted to The Last of the Mohicans gets underway.
Quad Cinema
Monty Python films (and...
Metrograph
Philippe Garrel, Giallo, Stephen King, and Nanni Moretti — it’s almost too much cinema.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
A new restoration of The Sacrifice begins its run.
Museum of the Moving Image
“Inspiring Wonderstruck” continues while a series devoted to The Last of the Mohicans gets underway.
Quad Cinema
Monty Python films (and...
- 10/20/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
In this episode of Off The Shelf, Ryan and Brian take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of October 18th, 2016.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass Body Snatchers Bride of Re-Animator Cafe Society Child’s Play Cobra the Animation Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Fake Fuzz Gas-s-s-s Hamburger Hill Independence Day Resurgence King of Pigs The Laughing Policeman Little Fauss & Big Halsy The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection Nighthawks Pan’s Labyrinth The Pit Return of Dracula Salem’s Lot Short Cuts Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye Stephen King’s It Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro Villa Rides Waxworks Compilation What We Become
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52 Pick-Up Burnt Offerings The Clan Dekalog and Other TV Works The Lion In Winter Remainder Stigmata Twilight’s Last Gleaming Credits Ryan Gallagher (Twitter / Website / Wish List) Brian Saur...
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Alice Through the Looking Glass Body Snatchers Bride of Re-Animator Cafe Society Child’s Play Cobra the Animation Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Fake Fuzz Gas-s-s-s Hamburger Hill Independence Day Resurgence King of Pigs The Laughing Policeman Little Fauss & Big Halsy The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection Nighthawks Pan’s Labyrinth The Pit Return of Dracula Salem’s Lot Short Cuts Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye Stephen King’s It Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro Villa Rides Waxworks Compilation What We Become
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52 Pick-Up Burnt Offerings The Clan Dekalog and Other TV Works The Lion In Winter Remainder Stigmata Twilight’s Last Gleaming Credits Ryan Gallagher (Twitter / Website / Wish List) Brian Saur...
- 10/18/2016
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
As Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One prepares to begin shooting this summer more and more details begin to surface. We've recently learned director Gareth Edwards and cinematographer Greig Fraser are using the Arri's new Alexa 65 and that the film will be "darker and grittier" than any other Star Wars film to date, aiming to be much like an old school war film, a la Hamburger Hill. Now we get word of a new cast member added to the mix. Variety reports Forest Whitaker will be joining a cast led by Felicity Jones, co-starring with Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed and Ben Mendelsohn. Mendelsohn is said to be playing the film's lead antagonist while source tell Variety, Ahmed and Luna also play Alliance fighters. Whitaker's role is unknown at this time. The film centers on a band of resistance fighters who unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans. The...
- 6/15/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
It's a new era in blockbusters and we're all trying to find out just what manner of new school blockbuster appeals to us. Maybe you're a Marvel fan, maybe Fast and Furious, maybe you liked the new Jurassic World, maybe a combination of what's being offered or just maybe you shun it all. Either way, a new selection is on the way as not only a new trilogy of Star Wars movies begins this December with Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens as well as the beginning of a series of standalone films, starting with Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, releasing next year and shooting this summer. We traditionally know what to expect from the Star Wars films, but now that franchise creator George Lucas has taken a backseat and sold Lucasfilm to Disney for nine gajillion dollars we may be getting a whole new galaxy far, far...
- 6/15/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
This weekend, "Jurassic World" set the record for the biggest worldwide debut of all time, earning $511 million between Friday and Sunday. And Universal should enjoy it while it lasts because it's probably a safe bet that Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will give the dinosaur blockbuster a serious run for its money. And the studio is certainly hoping for a big success in December, because they've got a whole slate of sequels and spinoffs on deck. And new rumors about the latter have surfaced in the past few days. The guys at JoBlo have a few details that don't have much in the way of actual spoilers. They site that Gareth Edwards' "Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One" will be "darker and grittier" than any previous "Star Wars" movie to date, with the movie containing a "Hamburger Hill" kind of vibe. As you'll recall, the story revolves around a...
- 6/15/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
With all of the emphasis placed on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and rightfully so, it.s only six months away!), the first so-called Anthology film, Gareth Edwards. Star Wars: Rogue One, gets overshadowed at times. But it.s trucking right along, going into production later this summer, and ready to bring something different to that far, far away galaxy. Some cool news just hit, indicating the drastically different tone, and it seems Rogue One is going to resemble a gritty war movie. We knew that Rogue One was going to be substantially different from the other Star Wars films, but sources told JoBlo to expect something much darker. The film they compare it to, tonally, is the Vietnam War drama Hamburger Hill, which is brutal. The rest of the report shares some other tidbits, most confirming things we already know, but they all kind of fit together...
- 6/12/2015
- cinemablend.com
A few more details about Gareth Edwards' "Star Wars: Rogue One" have emerged via a source for JoBlo. As previously reported, the anthology film follows a rogue band of resistance fighters uniting to steal the plans for the original Death Star.
The new report adds a few tidbits and seemingly confirms some others such as this being quite unlike the other "Star Wars" films to date:
"Definitely set during the 'Dark Time' of the Empire (between Episodes III and IV).
Being coined as 'darker and grittier' than any other Star Wars film to date.
The film seems to be aiming to be much like an old school war film; Think Hamburger Hill meets Star Wars.
All the Jedi are said to be in hiding; expect this story to leave them in the background.
Stormtroopers have same armor as they do in the original films (i.e. episodes IV -...
The new report adds a few tidbits and seemingly confirms some others such as this being quite unlike the other "Star Wars" films to date:
"Definitely set during the 'Dark Time' of the Empire (between Episodes III and IV).
Being coined as 'darker and grittier' than any other Star Wars film to date.
The film seems to be aiming to be much like an old school war film; Think Hamburger Hill meets Star Wars.
All the Jedi are said to be in hiding; expect this story to leave them in the background.
Stormtroopers have same armor as they do in the original films (i.e. episodes IV -...
- 6/12/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
HitFix's recent spate of "Best Year in Film History" pieces inevitably spurred some furious debate among our readers, with some making compelling arguments for years not included in our pieces (2007 and 1968 were particularly popular choices) and others openly expressing their bewilderment at the inclusion of others (let's just say 2012 took a beating). In the interest of giving voice to your comments, below we've rounded up a few of the most thoughtful, passionate, surprising and occasionally incendiary responses to our pieces, including my own (I advocated for The Year of Our Lynch 2001, which is obviously the best). Here we go... Superstar commenter "A History of Matt," making an argument for 1968: The Graduate. Bullit. The Odd Couple. The Lion in Winter. Planet of the Apes. The Thomas Crown Affair. Funny Girl. Rosemary's Baby. And of course, 2001, A Space Odyssey. And that's only a taste of the greatness of that year. "Lothar the Flatulant,...
- 5/2/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
The folks at One Way Static Records must have chanted “Candyman” five times while looking in the mirror, because their latest release is the soundtrack to 1992’s Candyman, a film based on Clive Barker’s Books of Blood short story, “The Forbidden.” Making its vinyl debut, the eerie soundtrack by Philip Glass is available to pre-order, and we have song samples and a look at the gatefold and cassette cover art.
Press Release - “One Way Static Records is really proud to be bring you their latest release, A release where we had the chance to work with two icons in their own respective fields!
Today we present to you the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Clive Barker’s 1992 ‘Candyman’ composed & performed by Philip Glass.
Clive Barker who wrote the story for Candyman is a multi talented artist, painter, director & producer. The extent of his work is endless. Spawning Nightbreed,...
Press Release - “One Way Static Records is really proud to be bring you their latest release, A release where we had the chance to work with two icons in their own respective fields!
Today we present to you the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Clive Barker’s 1992 ‘Candyman’ composed & performed by Philip Glass.
Clive Barker who wrote the story for Candyman is a multi talented artist, painter, director & producer. The extent of his work is endless. Spawning Nightbreed,...
- 9/12/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Director John Irvin, who dramatised John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, will shed light on mystery of pistol in Mandela's Gun
His dramatisation of John le Carré's espionage thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring Alec Guinness remains a British television classic. More than three decades later, director John Irvin is attempting to chronicle another shadowy life story: Nelson Mandela's years as a guerrilla freedom fighter.
Irvin announced on Friday a drama-documentary that will contain fresh revelations about Mandela's "odyssey" across Africa, his military training and his readiness to kill defenders of South Africa's apartheid regime.
It will also aim to shed light on the mystery of a pistol, said to have been a gift to Mandela from Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, which has been missing for half a century.
The film, Mandela's Gun, is a joint UK-South African production and claims to be...
His dramatisation of John le Carré's espionage thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring Alec Guinness remains a British television classic. More than three decades later, director John Irvin is attempting to chronicle another shadowy life story: Nelson Mandela's years as a guerrilla freedom fighter.
Irvin announced on Friday a drama-documentary that will contain fresh revelations about Mandela's "odyssey" across Africa, his military training and his readiness to kill defenders of South Africa's apartheid regime.
It will also aim to shed light on the mystery of a pistol, said to have been a gift to Mandela from Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, which has been missing for half a century.
The film, Mandela's Gun, is a joint UK-South African production and claims to be...
- 11/2/2013
- by David Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Vietnam: Lost Films, DVD/Blu-ray, History Channel, 270 mins
DVD Review by Gary Young
Most of what I know about the Vietnam War I've picked up from films. I started with Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter when I was a teenager and then followed it up with the likes of Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Good Morning Vietnam, Hamburger Hill and even Forrest Gump.
Each of those movies added iconic images to the depiction of that war - images that have become a kind of movie shorthand for chemical warfare, guerrilla combat, jungle battles, 60s counterculture... you name it.
One of the most disconcerting things about The History Channel's Vietnam: Lost Films is the sheer wealth of excellent footage the team has uncovered, and how much it looks just like the Vietnam War of Coppola, Cimino, Stone and the rest.
These documentaries are just brimming with superb archive filming - the helicopters,...
DVD Review by Gary Young
Most of what I know about the Vietnam War I've picked up from films. I started with Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter when I was a teenager and then followed it up with the likes of Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Good Morning Vietnam, Hamburger Hill and even Forrest Gump.
Each of those movies added iconic images to the depiction of that war - images that have become a kind of movie shorthand for chemical warfare, guerrilla combat, jungle battles, 60s counterculture... you name it.
One of the most disconcerting things about The History Channel's Vietnam: Lost Films is the sheer wealth of excellent footage the team has uncovered, and how much it looks just like the Vietnam War of Coppola, Cimino, Stone and the rest.
These documentaries are just brimming with superb archive filming - the helicopters,...
- 9/12/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Around a week or two ago we pointed you in the direction of the San Diego Reader to check out some unused artwork for The Fly, Vamp, and Fright Night. Now blogger Jay Allen Sanford is back with more.
Below you'll find rejected artwork for the classic horror flicks Deadly Friend, Trick or Treat, and Near Dark. Some of these are way cooler than the crap we ended up getting instead.
Click the link below to head on over to see the rest, which includes Campus Man, Vanishing Act, China Girl, 8 Million Ways to Die, City Limits, Hamburger Hill and many more!
Deadly Friend
Trick or Treat
Near Dark
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Uncover treasures in the comments section below.
Below you'll find rejected artwork for the classic horror flicks Deadly Friend, Trick or Treat, and Near Dark. Some of these are way cooler than the crap we ended up getting instead.
Click the link below to head on over to see the rest, which includes Campus Man, Vanishing Act, China Girl, 8 Million Ways to Die, City Limits, Hamburger Hill and many more!
Deadly Friend
Trick or Treat
Near Dark
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Uncover treasures in the comments section below.
- 12/2/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
On your TV this Wednesday: ABC’s a little bit country, while X Factor is (presumably) a little bit rock ‘n roll — plus an Up All Night getaway, romantic woes for my Jj Jareau, and more. All told, I’ve rounded up 12 programs to keep on your radar tonight.
8 pm The 45th Annual Cma Awards (ABC) | Hosted for a fourth time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, this three-hour kudoscast is broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
8 pm Survivor: South Pacific (CBS) | A double eviction rocks the newly merged Te Tuna tribe!
8 pm The X Factor (Fox) | The Top 11 perform!
8 pm The 45th Annual Cma Awards (ABC) | Hosted for a fourth time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, this three-hour kudoscast is broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
8 pm Survivor: South Pacific (CBS) | A double eviction rocks the newly merged Te Tuna tribe!
8 pm The X Factor (Fox) | The Top 11 perform!
- 11/9/2011
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Model and actress Cynthia Myers, a 1968 Playboy Playmate, died Nov. 4. She was 61. Hugh Hefner announced her death on Twitter: “I’m saddened by the news of the passing of beloved Playmate Cynthia Myers, Miss December 1968.” No details about the cause of death have been released yet. Myers' movie roles were few. She reportedly had a bit part as a native girl in The Lost Continent (1968) and an undetermined one in Sydney Pollack's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), a psychological drama set during the Great Depression, and starring Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin. In 1970, Myers entered the annals of cult movie history when she was cast as one of the leads in Russ Meyer's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, written by Roger Ebert and co-starring fellow Playboy Playmate Dolly Read and fashion model Marcia McBroom. Hardly one of the most well-regarded movies ever made, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls...
- 11/6/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
After various smaller roles, Julianna Margulies came to fame as nurse Carol Hathaway on "ER" and is currently the star of "The Good Wife." Dylan McDermott broke in with "Hamburger Hill" and then "Steel Magnolias," eventually hitting it huge as Bobby Donnell in "The Practice." He currently stars on "American Horror Story," Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX. The two friends compared a few notes on the occasion of Back Stage's 50th anniversary, looking back on their own growing successes.Back Stage: What was your worst or strangest audition? Julianna Margulies: My strangest audition was going in on a commercial for some sort of tourism company. They asked me to wear a bikini, and then in the audition they asked me to improvise building a hut on the beach with palm tree branches. I got to about the second branch and realized how absurd it all was, so I picked up my.
- 10/19/2011
- by help@backstage.com (Dany Margolies)
- backstage.com
Ten years after his breakthrough, Don Cheadle has changed gears. He tells John Patterson about pranks, poker and that infamous 'London' accent
This is not the first time I've met Don Cheadle. That was 10 years ago, and I remind him of this when we meet again at his office in a fancy part of Santa Monica, about five blocks from the ocean. He told me back then to meet him in a public park in Santa Monica at 8am (thanks a bunch, Don) where I duly fetched up 10 minutes early. After about 20 minutes' wait, I noticed a young man lying spreadeagled under a tree 50ft away, looking hungover or derelict. After another 10 minutes, I started getting paranoid, as I remembered that Cheadle had spent time recently with master-prankster George Clooney on Ocean's Eleven. The more my thoughts ran this way, the more the man under the tree began vaguely to resemble the lean,...
This is not the first time I've met Don Cheadle. That was 10 years ago, and I remind him of this when we meet again at his office in a fancy part of Santa Monica, about five blocks from the ocean. He told me back then to meet him in a public park in Santa Monica at 8am (thanks a bunch, Don) where I duly fetched up 10 minutes early. After about 20 minutes' wait, I noticed a young man lying spreadeagled under a tree 50ft away, looking hungover or derelict. After another 10 minutes, I started getting paranoid, as I remembered that Cheadle had spent time recently with master-prankster George Clooney on Ocean's Eleven. The more my thoughts ran this way, the more the man under the tree began vaguely to resemble the lean,...
- 8/12/2011
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
New to Netflix Streaming On Wednesday July 13th: The Fighter (R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #78
Times Ranked: 20369
Win Percentage: 62%
How Many Top-20′s: 88 Users
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Directed By: David O. Russell
Starring: Mark Wahlberg • Christian Bale • Amy Adams • Melissa Leo
Genres: Biopic • Drama • Family Drama • Sports Drama
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New to Netflix Streaming On Saturday July 16th: The Last Airbender (PG | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9152
Times Ranked: 5813
Win Percentage: 23%
How Many Top-20′s: 6 Users
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Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Shaun Toub • Nicola Peltz • Dev Patel • Jackson Rathbone • Noah Ringer
Genres: Action • Adventure • Based-on-Television • Family-Oriented Adventure • Fantasy • Martial Arts
Studios/Franchises: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
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Skyline (PG13 | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9733
Times Ranked: 2724
Win Percentage: 28%
How Many Top-20′s: 7 Users
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Directed By: Colin Strause
Starring: Eric Balfour • Scottie Thompson • Brittany Daniel • David Zayas • Donald Faison
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Alien Invasion Films • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action
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New to Netflix Streaming On Sunday July 17th: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home...
Flickchart Ranking: #78
Times Ranked: 20369
Win Percentage: 62%
How Many Top-20′s: 88 Users
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Directed By: David O. Russell
Starring: Mark Wahlberg • Christian Bale • Amy Adams • Melissa Leo
Genres: Biopic • Drama • Family Drama • Sports Drama
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New to Netflix Streaming On Saturday July 16th: The Last Airbender (PG | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9152
Times Ranked: 5813
Win Percentage: 23%
How Many Top-20′s: 6 Users
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Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Shaun Toub • Nicola Peltz • Dev Patel • Jackson Rathbone • Noah Ringer
Genres: Action • Adventure • Based-on-Television • Family-Oriented Adventure • Fantasy • Martial Arts
Studios/Franchises: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
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Skyline (PG13 | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9733
Times Ranked: 2724
Win Percentage: 28%
How Many Top-20′s: 7 Users
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Directed By: Colin Strause
Starring: Eric Balfour • Scottie Thompson • Brittany Daniel • David Zayas • Donald Faison
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Alien Invasion Films • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action
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New to Netflix Streaming On Sunday July 17th: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home...
- 7/11/2011
- by Daniel Rohr
- Flickchart
More casting news coming in for the highly anticipated FX pilot series, "American Horror Story". After climbing Hamburger Hill this should be nothing more than a cake walk for the latest seasoned actor to join the show.
According to THR Dylan McDermott has been cast in Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s FX pilot "American Horror Story".
The thriller centers on husband and wife pairing Ben (McDermott) and Vivien Harmon ("Friday Night Lights"’ Connie Britton) who move from Boston to a haunted San Francisco home in an attempt to rebuild the family after a miscarriage and affair.
Living next door is Constance (Jessica Lange) and her daughter with down syndrome who knows more about the Harmon house than everyone realizes. Denis O’Hare joins them as Larry the Burn Guy, a former resident of the home, while the part of teen Tate Langdon has yet to be cast.
More as it comes.
According to THR Dylan McDermott has been cast in Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s FX pilot "American Horror Story".
The thriller centers on husband and wife pairing Ben (McDermott) and Vivien Harmon ("Friday Night Lights"’ Connie Britton) who move from Boston to a haunted San Francisco home in an attempt to rebuild the family after a miscarriage and affair.
Living next door is Constance (Jessica Lange) and her daughter with down syndrome who knows more about the Harmon house than everyone realizes. Denis O’Hare joins them as Larry the Burn Guy, a former resident of the home, while the part of teen Tate Langdon has yet to be cast.
More as it comes.
- 4/30/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
*Here be spoilers.
Director/writer: Michael A. Nickles.
Xii is a film that as completed in 2008 by director Michael A. Nickles (Hamburger Hill). This film released in the UK earlier this year, with a North American release uncertain. The director has stated here on 28Dla about this project that: "it is a female empowerment movie" (interview here). Yet, Xii shows that finding that female power requires a walk down a long bloody road. In the film, at least eleven people succumb to the brutal serial killer Karlsson and the way they die is through skinning. The film is initially tense, but very graphic near the end, as Karlsson goes about his macabre work, speechless. Viewers will also be speechless when they see this killer's handiwork.
In brief, twelve jurors have convicted Leonard Karlsson of child sexual abuse. In jail Karlsson is mutilated by the other prisoners. Understandably, after he is...
Director/writer: Michael A. Nickles.
Xii is a film that as completed in 2008 by director Michael A. Nickles (Hamburger Hill). This film released in the UK earlier this year, with a North American release uncertain. The director has stated here on 28Dla about this project that: "it is a female empowerment movie" (interview here). Yet, Xii shows that finding that female power requires a walk down a long bloody road. In the film, at least eleven people succumb to the brutal serial killer Karlsson and the way they die is through skinning. The film is initially tense, but very graphic near the end, as Karlsson goes about his macabre work, speechless. Viewers will also be speechless when they see this killer's handiwork.
In brief, twelve jurors have convicted Leonard Karlsson of child sexual abuse. In jail Karlsson is mutilated by the other prisoners. Understandably, after he is...
- 11/10/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Better known for playing charming romantic leads, Dermot Mulroney has recently turned his attention to a darker, deeper role. In the thought-provoking "Inhale," he portrays a man facing a moral dilemma that will mean life or death for his critically ill child. It is, pardon the pun, breathtakingly poignant work in a film that at first appears to be a thriller.Mulroney began his film career with "Sunset" in 1988 and also starred that year in "Young Guns." Years later, with "My Best Friend's Wedding," as the eponymous friend, he began to be known to the general public. Soon notable roles followed—in "Lovely and Amazing," "About Schmidt," and "Zodiac," and on "Friends" as Gavin, Rachel's replacement at work. Mulroney served as associate producer on the documentary "God Grew Tired of Us," and he is making his directorial debut with this year's "Love, Wedding, Marriage." With "Inhale," he is taking on...
- 10/26/2010
- backstage.com
Playback Early BannerPrincipal photography begins on Michael A. Nickles (Xii) Playback this week and an early synopsis for the film is available. Apparently an evil is haunting a small town whose younger inhabitants hope to find the evil's source. This is Nickles second step in to the horror genre, after the revenge thriller Xii. Fans of Nickles, who has had multiple appearances in film e.g. Hamburger Hill, can have a look at the available info' for the film, until more developments arrive.
The synopsis for Playback here:
"A group of high school students dig into their town's infamous past and they unwittingly unlock an Evil that corrupts and destroys them. This evil possesses its victims through video playback, while using them for malevolent purposes. It closes in on one specific soul, threatening to expose the town's deepest, darkest secret" (Nickles).
Director/writer: Michael A. Nickles.
Writers: Michael A. Nickles and John Philip Saladin.
The synopsis for Playback here:
"A group of high school students dig into their town's infamous past and they unwittingly unlock an Evil that corrupts and destroys them. This evil possesses its victims through video playback, while using them for malevolent purposes. It closes in on one specific soul, threatening to expose the town's deepest, darkest secret" (Nickles).
Director/writer: Michael A. Nickles.
Writers: Michael A. Nickles and John Philip Saladin.
- 8/22/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Long before celebrated British thesp Hugh Laurie turned up to play a cranky but brilliant Sherlock Holmes-esque physician in the Us medical drama House (favoured by undemanding channel-surfers throughout the land), a film with the same name was the subject of constant repeat viewing for my 13 year-old self and like-minded friends.
It was also my third favourite film growing up with the word ‘House’ in the title (after Animal House and House Party).
A variation on the age-old haunted house theme, the film stars William Katt (from TV show The Last American Hero) as a successful horror novelist and Vietnam vet who moves into his aunt’s residence when she passes away. Primarily there to write a non-fiction account of his time at war, he soon discovers the place he’s inherited is full of things that go bump in the night and may reveal the key to his...
It was also my third favourite film growing up with the word ‘House’ in the title (after Animal House and House Party).
A variation on the age-old haunted house theme, the film stars William Katt (from TV show The Last American Hero) as a successful horror novelist and Vietnam vet who moves into his aunt’s residence when she passes away. Primarily there to write a non-fiction account of his time at war, he soon discovers the place he’s inherited is full of things that go bump in the night and may reveal the key to his...
- 8/22/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Some lucky people are getting out of town for Memorial Day 2010. But some of us are staying at home. Luckily, all your favorite channels are doing mega marathons of all your favorite shows.
Zap2it is the one-stop shop for all your Memorial Day programming. From delightfully bad reality TV like "Real Housewives" and "Jersey Shore" to the quirky 1990s dramedy "Twin Peaks" to the serious TCM salute to war movies, there's something for everyone on TV this weekend. All times Eastern, but check your local listings for times and channel numbers.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
A&E (11 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Flip This House
Animal Planet (1 p.m. - 7 p.m.): River Monsters
BBC America (8 p.m. - 8 a.m.): Doctor Who
Bet (10 a.m. - 7 p.m.): Everybody Hates Chris
Biography (8 p.m. - 3 a.m.): Celebrity Ghost Stories
Bravo (9 p.m. - 2 a.
Zap2it is the one-stop shop for all your Memorial Day programming. From delightfully bad reality TV like "Real Housewives" and "Jersey Shore" to the quirky 1990s dramedy "Twin Peaks" to the serious TCM salute to war movies, there's something for everyone on TV this weekend. All times Eastern, but check your local listings for times and channel numbers.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
A&E (11 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Flip This House
Animal Planet (1 p.m. - 7 p.m.): River Monsters
BBC America (8 p.m. - 8 a.m.): Doctor Who
Bet (10 a.m. - 7 p.m.): Everybody Hates Chris
Biography (8 p.m. - 3 a.m.): Celebrity Ghost Stories
Bravo (9 p.m. - 2 a.
- 5/29/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
More Nazi zombies!!!
Ok, admittedly, we're about 6 weeks late to this interview, but we've been trying to find out some information on writer/director Shaun Robert Smith's upcoming Nazi zombie flick The 4th Reich since we first heard about it. Thanks to FilmShaft for getting the scoop. Here's how Smith got started on the movie.
I did a student film in 1998 which was a thirty-five minute story set in Vietnam and it was about disease experiments. I was watching a lot of (films) Hamburger Hill, Apocalypse Now and lots of zombie films and wanted to match the two together. The story evolved over 12 years and because I knew more about the Second World War, I decided to set the story then.
And how did Smith land Tom Savini and Jason Flemyng to his cast?
Well there’s bit of a back story to that. During my time at college,...
Ok, admittedly, we're about 6 weeks late to this interview, but we've been trying to find out some information on writer/director Shaun Robert Smith's upcoming Nazi zombie flick The 4th Reich since we first heard about it. Thanks to FilmShaft for getting the scoop. Here's how Smith got started on the movie.
I did a student film in 1998 which was a thirty-five minute story set in Vietnam and it was about disease experiments. I was watching a lot of (films) Hamburger Hill, Apocalypse Now and lots of zombie films and wanted to match the two together. The story evolved over 12 years and because I knew more about the Second World War, I decided to set the story then.
And how did Smith land Tom Savini and Jason Flemyng to his cast?
Well there’s bit of a back story to that. During my time at college,...
- 4/28/2010
- HugAZombie
From the Ut Film Institute (The Cassidy Kids, Elvis and Annabelle) comes the powerful drama Dance with the One, which premiered at SXSW Film Festival last month and screened this week at the Dallas International Film Festival. Actor Michael Dolan (Hamburger Hill, Biloxi Blues) makes his directorial debut with a story co-written by Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith. As thrilling and suspenseful as a crime caper, it's really the family drama and determination of the main character that engage viewers.
In Dance with the One, small-time pot dealer Nate (Gabriel Luna) is in the business to support his family. Scarred by the tragic death of their mother, Nate wants to get his little brother Sitter (Mike Davis) away from his alcoholic dad Owen (Gary McCleery), as well as himself and his childhood sweetheart Nikki (Xochitl Romero) out of Texas to Oregon. Nate takes the opportunity to help his boss...
In Dance with the One, small-time pot dealer Nate (Gabriel Luna) is in the business to support his family. Scarred by the tragic death of their mother, Nate wants to get his little brother Sitter (Mike Davis) away from his alcoholic dad Owen (Gary McCleery), as well as himself and his childhood sweetheart Nikki (Xochitl Romero) out of Texas to Oregon. Nate takes the opportunity to help his boss...
- 4/14/2010
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Once in a while a movie comes along that makes you sit up and take notice. The 4th Reich has developed, much like a marauding disease, into something of a passion for Filmshaft. It’s good to give coverage and support to films that aren’t the usual run-of-the-mill productions or big blockbusters with ant-sized brains.
The 4th Reich promises zombies, the legendary Tom Savini, WW2-set adventure, Josef Mengele a.k.a The Angel of Death, Nazis, Nazi zombies and an excellent band of movie brothers-in-arms such as Jason Flemyng, Sean Pertwee, Martin Compston and Doug Bradley. Frankly, genre cinema doesn’t get any damn cooler.
We really must credit our ace team member, Alex Wagner, for raving about the film since he first got whiff of it like a zombie smells fresh meat. His enthusiasm was…dare I say it…infectious. Okay, I said it!
Very recently, I...
The 4th Reich promises zombies, the legendary Tom Savini, WW2-set adventure, Josef Mengele a.k.a The Angel of Death, Nazis, Nazi zombies and an excellent band of movie brothers-in-arms such as Jason Flemyng, Sean Pertwee, Martin Compston and Doug Bradley. Frankly, genre cinema doesn’t get any damn cooler.
We really must credit our ace team member, Alex Wagner, for raving about the film since he first got whiff of it like a zombie smells fresh meat. His enthusiasm was…dare I say it…infectious. Okay, I said it!
Very recently, I...
- 3/16/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Today, we celebrate a quintessential diva, a Hollywood staple from The Dark Knight, a seasoned television actor, a regular cast member from the television series Medium, and an unsung talent responsible for some of your favorite soundtracks. Can you guess who we're talking about from the following clues? Daughter of Judy Garland. At only seventeen years old, she appeared on stage at the London Paladium. At nineteen, she won her first Tony ward, and at the ripe age of twenty-three she won her first Academy Award. Oscars would follow and a long career that has made her a household name. Played Two-Face in The Dark Knight. (If you need more clues than that, you've been living under a rock!) Got his first big break playing a minor role in Hamburger Hill and later Sean Connery's The Hunt for Red October. He would go on to guest star in a...
- 3/13/2009
- by rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)
- PopStar
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