Jodie Comer has become the 100th performer to win a Tony Award for their Broadway debut for her performance in the play, “Prima Facie.”
She won Best Actress in a Play for portraying Tess, a lawyer who concentrates in providing legal defense for men who are accused of sexual assault but soon has the unthinkable happen to her. She is the 11th person to win the category for her first outing on a Broadway stage. She joins:
SEE2023 Tony Awards: Every winner (and nominee) in all 26 competitive categories
Martita Hunt, “The Madwoman of Chaillot” (1949)
Beryl Reid, “The Killing of Sister George” (1967)
Phyllis Frelich, “Children of a Lesser God” (1980)
Jane Lapotaire, “Piaf” (1981)
Joan Allen, “Burn This” (1988)
Pauline Collins, “Shirley Valentine” (1989)
Janet McTeer, “A Doll’s House” (1997)
Marie Mullen, “The Beauty Queen of Leeane” (1998)
Jennifer Ehle, “The Real Thing” (2000)
Deanna Dunagan, “August: Osage County” (2008)
Below are the Broadway debuts in the seven other...
She won Best Actress in a Play for portraying Tess, a lawyer who concentrates in providing legal defense for men who are accused of sexual assault but soon has the unthinkable happen to her. She is the 11th person to win the category for her first outing on a Broadway stage. She joins:
SEE2023 Tony Awards: Every winner (and nominee) in all 26 competitive categories
Martita Hunt, “The Madwoman of Chaillot” (1949)
Beryl Reid, “The Killing of Sister George” (1967)
Phyllis Frelich, “Children of a Lesser God” (1980)
Jane Lapotaire, “Piaf” (1981)
Joan Allen, “Burn This” (1988)
Pauline Collins, “Shirley Valentine” (1989)
Janet McTeer, “A Doll’s House” (1997)
Marie Mullen, “The Beauty Queen of Leeane” (1998)
Jennifer Ehle, “The Real Thing” (2000)
Deanna Dunagan, “August: Osage County” (2008)
Below are the Broadway debuts in the seven other...
- 6/12/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
M. Night Shyamalan‘s latest, Knock at the Cabin, showcases the director’s ability to build suspense through dynamic camerawork and composition. The home invasion thriller, which sees a vacationing family held hostage and forced to make an unthinkable choice, eventually gives way to a contemporary biblical tale.
Shyamalan immediately hits the ground running in his latest movie, wasting no time and cutting straight to the suspense-driven home invasion. He makes the single cabin location visually interesting, injecting taut tension and terror, something common among his genre films.
No matter the story or its tone, Shyamalan can wring potent chills from just about any scenario. To prove it, we’re looking back at five of the scariest moments from Shyamalan movies.
Old – Human Cave Crab
In 2021’s Old, M. Night Shyamalan captures the absurdities of time with a whole lot of humor. That means that the strange horror comedy doesn...
Shyamalan immediately hits the ground running in his latest movie, wasting no time and cutting straight to the suspense-driven home invasion. He makes the single cabin location visually interesting, injecting taut tension and terror, something common among his genre films.
No matter the story or its tone, Shyamalan can wring potent chills from just about any scenario. To prove it, we’re looking back at five of the scariest moments from Shyamalan movies.
Old – Human Cave Crab
In 2021’s Old, M. Night Shyamalan captures the absurdities of time with a whole lot of humor. That means that the strange horror comedy doesn...
- 2/7/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
M. Night Shyamalan is a name that is downright synonymous with moviegoing. The filmmaker's career began by being shot out of a cannon, with his studio feature directorial debut, 1999's "The Sixth Sense," becoming an absolute sensation that set sky-high expectations for him. Some even called him the next Steven Spielberg. No pressure!
That's not exactly how things panned out. While Shyamalan did have several other hits with "Unbreakable" and "Signs," even by 2004's "The Village," the whole "where's the twist?" thing had started to catch up to him. The burden of audience expectations was, fair or not, being placed heavily upon his shoulders.
Things really started going sideways with the widely-panned "The Happening," which was followed by his big-budget, back-to-back bad...
M. Night Shyamalan is a name that is downright synonymous with moviegoing. The filmmaker's career began by being shot out of a cannon, with his studio feature directorial debut, 1999's "The Sixth Sense," becoming an absolute sensation that set sky-high expectations for him. Some even called him the next Steven Spielberg. No pressure!
That's not exactly how things panned out. While Shyamalan did have several other hits with "Unbreakable" and "Signs," even by 2004's "The Village," the whole "where's the twist?" thing had started to catch up to him. The burden of audience expectations was, fair or not, being placed heavily upon his shoulders.
Things really started going sideways with the widely-panned "The Happening," which was followed by his big-budget, back-to-back bad...
- 2/4/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
With the release of "M3GAN," discourse about MPAA ratings has again reared its ugly head. "M3GAN," which scooped in 45 million worldwide during its opening weekend, is rated PG-13. And that has many horror fans deriding the rating, with some arguing that the film suffers from its lack of an R since much of the gore and violence has been tamed for a younger demographic. That's not to say "M3GAN" doesn't have enough bite. It has plenty. As /Film writer Witney Seibold posits, "M3GAN" has enough "nerve" as a PG-13 film. It doesn't need to be rated R.
When it comes to horror, MPAA ratings have never equated quality. Many horror films have been rated PG, including "Poltergeist," for example, that are still just as effective in their storytelling and supply plenty of thrills and chills. It's a tired argument to suggest horror can only excel with an R-rating. Ultimately, the rating doesn't matter.
When it comes to horror, MPAA ratings have never equated quality. Many horror films have been rated PG, including "Poltergeist," for example, that are still just as effective in their storytelling and supply plenty of thrills and chills. It's a tired argument to suggest horror can only excel with an R-rating. Ultimately, the rating doesn't matter.
- 1/22/2023
- by Bee Delores
- Slash Film
Many attribute "Split" to being M. Night Shyamalan's big mainstream comeback after a widely-publicized string of flops, and it's no surprise that the 2016 thriller is given this distinction — it was a box office and critical success, and it was revealed to be a stealth sequel to one of the director's best films. However, the success of "Split" likely would not have been possible without "The Visit," a low-budget horror thriller released the previous year that also was critically and commercially successful. Shot entirely through a found-footage presentation, it followed the exploits of two siblings (Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould) as they try to figure out what is wrong with their grandparents (Deanna Dunagan and Peter McRobbie) during a five-day vacation.
According to an interview Shyamalan did with MovieWeb back in 2015, "The Visit" had a few different cuts that focused on different elements of the movie. One was a strictly horror-focused cut,...
According to an interview Shyamalan did with MovieWeb back in 2015, "The Visit" had a few different cuts that focused on different elements of the movie. One was a strictly horror-focused cut,...
- 1/3/2023
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Myles Frost became the latest addition to the list of people who have taken home a Tony Award for their Broadway debut. His win makes him the 98th member of this particular winners’ club.
Frost, who won Best Actor in a Musical for playing Michael Jackson in “Mj,” is the 13th person to win that category for their first time stepping into a character on a Broadway stage. He joins:
Ezio Pinza, “South Pacific” (1950)
Robert Alda, “Guys and Dolls” (1951)
Robert Lindsay, “Me and My Girl” (1987)
Brent Carver, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1993)
Alan Cumming, “Cabaret” (1998)
Hugh Jackman, “The Boy From Oz” (2004)
John Lloyd Young, “Jersey Boys” (2006)
Paulo Szot, “South Pacific” (2008)
David Álvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish (joint nomination), “Billy Elliot” (2009)
Douglas Hodge, “La Cage aux Folles” (2010)
See 2022 Tony Awards: Every winner (and nominee) in all 26 categories
Below are the Broadway debuts in the seven other acting categories that have...
Frost, who won Best Actor in a Musical for playing Michael Jackson in “Mj,” is the 13th person to win that category for their first time stepping into a character on a Broadway stage. He joins:
Ezio Pinza, “South Pacific” (1950)
Robert Alda, “Guys and Dolls” (1951)
Robert Lindsay, “Me and My Girl” (1987)
Brent Carver, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1993)
Alan Cumming, “Cabaret” (1998)
Hugh Jackman, “The Boy From Oz” (2004)
John Lloyd Young, “Jersey Boys” (2006)
Paulo Szot, “South Pacific” (2008)
David Álvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish (joint nomination), “Billy Elliot” (2009)
Douglas Hodge, “La Cage aux Folles” (2010)
See 2022 Tony Awards: Every winner (and nominee) in all 26 categories
Below are the Broadway debuts in the seven other acting categories that have...
- 6/13/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Stars: Bethany Joy Lenz, Alysia Reiner, David Myers Gregory, Deanna Dunagan, Kevin Cahoon, Andrew J. West, Katie Sarife | Written and Directed by Paul Shoulberg
So Cold the River opens with former hotshot documentary director Erica Shaw making a slideshow for someone’s funeral. It’s about all the work she can get since one of her films proved a convicted killer’s innocence. Only for him to slaughter his entire family as soon as he was released.
One of those slide shows leads to her being hired by Alyssa Bradford to shoot a biography of her father, Campbell Bradford. With a bottle of Pluto Water, mineral water with alleged healing properties as her only clue, she heads to the town of West Braden Indiana to begin shooting. Once there she quickly realizes this isn’t going to be as easy as it seems when Anne McKinney the self-appointed local historian...
So Cold the River opens with former hotshot documentary director Erica Shaw making a slideshow for someone’s funeral. It’s about all the work she can get since one of her films proved a convicted killer’s innocence. Only for him to slaughter his entire family as soon as he was released.
One of those slide shows leads to her being hired by Alyssa Bradford to shoot a biography of her father, Campbell Bradford. With a bottle of Pluto Water, mineral water with alleged healing properties as her only clue, she heads to the town of West Braden Indiana to begin shooting. Once there she quickly realizes this isn’t going to be as easy as it seems when Anne McKinney the self-appointed local historian...
- 3/31/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
So Cold the River Trailer — Paul Shoulberg‘s So Cold the River (2022) movie trailer has been released by Saban Films. The So Cold the River trailer stars Bethany Joy Lenz, Katie Sarife, Deanna Dunagan, Andrew J. West, and Alysia Reiner. Crew Paul Shoulberg wrote the screenplay for So Cold the River. Ariel Marx created [...]
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Continue reading: So Cold The River (2022) Movie Trailer: Doc Filmmaker Bethany Joy Lenz Unleashes Evil in Paul Shoulberg’s Thriller Film...
- 2/5/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Bethany Joy Lenz (“One Tree Hill”) stars in the thriller So Cold The River, available in theaters March 25 and on digital and on demand March 29 from Saban Films. Written and directed by Paul Shoulberg, the film is a chilling, suspenseful adaption of the New York Times bestseller of the same name by Michael Koryta.
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A chilling, suspenseful adaptation of The New York Times bestseller, So Cold The River by Michael Koryta. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Erica Shaw is hired by Alyssa Bradford-Cohen to profile her dying father-in-law, the enigmatic millionaire Campbell Bradford. Erica is presented with a substantial sum of money and a relic, an antique bottle filled with water from a local spring, one of the few clues connecting Bradford to the town he once dominated. While researching Bradford as a guest of a massive, opulent resort with a dark past, Erica meets unofficial town historian...
Check Out the trailer:
A chilling, suspenseful adaptation of The New York Times bestseller, So Cold The River by Michael Koryta. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Erica Shaw is hired by Alyssa Bradford-Cohen to profile her dying father-in-law, the enigmatic millionaire Campbell Bradford. Erica is presented with a substantial sum of money and a relic, an antique bottle filled with water from a local spring, one of the few clues connecting Bradford to the town he once dominated. While researching Bradford as a guest of a massive, opulent resort with a dark past, Erica meets unofficial town historian...
- 2/4/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"He made his name in blood. No one could touch him." Saban Films has unveiled an official trailer for an indie horror mystery film called So Cold the River, arriving on VOD and in theaters this March. Described as a "bone-chilling, supernatural thriller," adapted from the book by the bestselling author of "Those Who Wish Me Dead." The story revolves around documentary filmmaker Erica Shaw who's hired to profile ailing millionaire Campbell Bradford, whose sole clue is an antique bottle filled with water from a local spring. While staying at a luxury resort in town, Erica meets a descendant of Bradford's and learns of a familial curse of mysterious suicides and deaths, and as she begins drinking from the antique bottle, she is subjected to terrifying visions and unleashes an unspeakable evil. Starring Bethany Joy Lenz, with Katie Sarife, Deanna Dunagan, Andrew J. West, & Alysia Reiner. Looks better than it sounds.
- 2/3/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stillwater Blu-ray Contest — FilmBook is running a Stillwater Blu-ray contest for one copy of the film. Stillwater was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 26, 2021. Cast and crew Stillwater stars Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Deanna Dunagan, Robert Peters, April Warren, Ginifer Ree, Moussa Maaskri, Justin France, Lisandro [...]
Continue reading: Contest: Stillwater (2021) Blu-ray: Matt Damon fights to Clear His Daughter of a Murder Charge in France...
Continue reading: Contest: Stillwater (2021) Blu-ray: Matt Damon fights to Clear His Daughter of a Murder Charge in France...
- 11/4/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
“Slave Play” made history back in October when it received 12 Tony Awards nominations, the most ever for a play. Five of those citations recognize members of its stellar ensemble, including a bid in Actress, two in Featured Actor, and two in Featured Actress. While “Slave Play” is the frontrunner for Best Play according to our exclusive Tony Awards predictions, none of its cast will take home trophies. But could an upset be looming?
Though it seems counterintuitive that Tony voters would award a play the top honor without recognizing at least one of its performers, it has happened six times in the past 20 years, including the two most recent. In 2019, Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman,” an expansive family drama about The Troubles in Ireland, won the top prize and trophies for Director (Sam Mendes), Scenic Design, and Costume Design, but didn’t pick up awards for its three nominated performers: actor Paddy Considine,...
Though it seems counterintuitive that Tony voters would award a play the top honor without recognizing at least one of its performers, it has happened six times in the past 20 years, including the two most recent. In 2019, Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman,” an expansive family drama about The Troubles in Ireland, won the top prize and trophies for Director (Sam Mendes), Scenic Design, and Costume Design, but didn’t pick up awards for its three nominated performers: actor Paddy Considine,...
- 9/22/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Matt Damon’s new movie, Stillwater, opens by building up to a gentle but pointed bit of misdirection, the subtle sort of deviation from our expectations meant to say as much about the audience as it does about the man at the story’s center — something of an running theme for this particular movie. When we first see Bill Baker (Damon), he’s waist-deep in rubble, the recognizable but devastated remains of what used to be someone’s home. Bill is a roughneck from Oklahoma, a state squarely, oft-tragically at the center of that mid-u.
- 8/4/2021
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
Stillwater Review — Stillwater (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Tom McCarthy, and starring Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Lilou Siauvaud, Deanna Dunagan, Idir Azougli, Anne Le Ny, Moussa Maaskri, Isabelle Tanakil, Naidra Ayadi, Pierre Piacentino, Jean-Marc Michelangeli and William Nadylam. Tom McCarthy’s new film, Stillwater, plays out similarly to his Oscar-winning film [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Stillwater (2021): Matt Damon Excels in a Mostly Conventional Drama...
Continue reading: Film Review: Stillwater (2021): Matt Damon Excels in a Mostly Conventional Drama...
- 7/31/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on July 29th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Stillwater,” featuring Matt Damon. In theaters beginning July 30th.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Damon is a stern and silent Oklahoma oil rigger named Bill who has to travel to Marseille, France, to visit his daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin), who is in prison for a murder against a college roommate she says she didn’t commit. Bill has to become a redneck Columbo to break the case, and stays in Marseille, rooming with a French actress (Camille Cottin) and her daughter Maya (Lilou Siauvaud). His American exceptionalism starts to break down while in France, and in learning about the culture starts to clear the case and his mind.
“Stillwater” opens in theaters beginning July 30th. Featuring Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Lilou Siauvaud and Deanna Dunagan. Written and directed by Tom McCarthy.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Damon is a stern and silent Oklahoma oil rigger named Bill who has to travel to Marseille, France, to visit his daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin), who is in prison for a murder against a college roommate she says she didn’t commit. Bill has to become a redneck Columbo to break the case, and stays in Marseille, rooming with a French actress (Camille Cottin) and her daughter Maya (Lilou Siauvaud). His American exceptionalism starts to break down while in France, and in learning about the culture starts to clear the case and his mind.
“Stillwater” opens in theaters beginning July 30th. Featuring Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Lilou Siauvaud and Deanna Dunagan. Written and directed by Tom McCarthy.
- 7/30/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Stillwater Focus Features Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Tom McCarthy Writer: Tom McCarthy, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré, Marcus Hinchey Cast: Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin, Deanna Dunagan, Lilou Siauvaud Screened at: Rodeo Screening Room, LA, 7/27/21 Opens: July 30th, 2021 The case of Amanda Knox, an American student arrested and imprisoned in […]
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- 7/30/2021
- by abe
- ShockYa
As the Summer dwindles down into its final weeks, many Americans are hoping to make that final yearly vacation trip to a foreign land. That notion’s at the core of this week’s new film release as a stoic simple man from the “plains” travels to one of Europe’s centers of high culture, a fabled section of France. Oh, and he doesn’t speak the language. Sounds like a “fish-out-of-water” culture-clash comedy. Oh no, it’s just the opposite. He’s on a desperate quest to save his daughter’s life, as she faces what could turn into a “death sentence” in a prison thousands of miles from her hometown in Oklahoma called Stillwater.
The story begins just a few miles outside of that city as “between jobs” oil rigger Bill Baker (Matt Damon) picks up a few bucks as part of a “clean up crew” helping to...
The story begins just a few miles outside of that city as “between jobs” oil rigger Bill Baker (Matt Damon) picks up a few bucks as part of a “clean up crew” helping to...
- 7/30/2021
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stillwater Trailer — Tom McCarthy’s Stillwater (2021) movie trailer has been released by Focus Features. The Stillwater Trailer stars Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Deanna Dunagan, Robert Peters, April Warren, Ginifer Ree, Moussa Maaskri, Justin France, Lisandro Boccacci, Eric Starkey, Thomas Rivas, Gary Sievers, Ryan Music, and Kyle Jacob Henry. Crew Marcus [...]
Continue reading: Stillwater Trailer: Matt Damon tries to Exonerate Abigail Breslin of Murder in Tom McCarthy’s 2021 Movie...
Continue reading: Stillwater Trailer: Matt Damon tries to Exonerate Abigail Breslin of Murder in Tom McCarthy’s 2021 Movie...
- 5/11/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"You're not from here. It's not safe for you." Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer for Stillwater, a dramatic thriller from Oscar-winning director Tom McCarthy. This was delayed from release last year, and is currently set to open in theaters starting in July later this summer. Matt Damon stars as American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille in the South of France to visit his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. He must navigate many challenges, including a complex legal system and language differences, in hopes of freeing his daughter. Or learning the truth about what's going on. The cast includes Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin, Deanna Dunagan, and Robert Peters. It looks intense and much more dramatic than expected for this particular story. McCarthy is definitely a talented director. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for ...
- 5/11/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today’s film news roundup, a Denzel Washington-Rami Malek thriller gets a release date, “Escape Room 2” gets moved, Paramount sets a double feature, “So Cold the River” wraps and the Sonoma Film Festival unveils its lineup.
Release Dates
Warner Bros. has set the Denzel Washington-Rami Malek police thriller “The Little Things” for a Jan. 29, 2021, release.
John Lee Hancock is directing from his own script in which Washington portrays a burnt-out deputy sheriff from the Bakersfield area who teams with Malek’s crack Lasd detective in pursuit of a serial killer. Washington’s nose for the titular “little things” proves accurate, but his willingness to circumvent the rules place’s Malek’s character in a dilemma.
Jared Leto and Natalie Morales also star. Hancock and Mark Johnson are producing “The Little Things” and Mike Drake is executive producing.
Warner Bros. had the date reserved with an untitled...
Release Dates
Warner Bros. has set the Denzel Washington-Rami Malek police thriller “The Little Things” for a Jan. 29, 2021, release.
John Lee Hancock is directing from his own script in which Washington portrays a burnt-out deputy sheriff from the Bakersfield area who teams with Malek’s crack Lasd detective in pursuit of a serial killer. Washington’s nose for the titular “little things” proves accurate, but his willingness to circumvent the rules place’s Malek’s character in a dilemma.
Jared Leto and Natalie Morales also star. Hancock and Mark Johnson are producing “The Little Things” and Mike Drake is executive producing.
Warner Bros. had the date reserved with an untitled...
- 2/29/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
For only the third time this decade, none of the acting winners at this year’s Tony Awards did so for their Broadway debut. This is the 21st time that this has happened over the 73-year history of these top theater honors. Most of the winners were actually on the opposite end of the spectrum, winning for the first time after years of Broadway experience and several nominations to their name including André De Shields, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Stephanie J. Block. Check out the complete list of winners here.
The previous instances of Broadway debuts being shut out at the Tonys were in: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001-2003, 2012 and 2017.
Below, you can see the names of all 96 people who have won Tonys for their debut on the Great White Way.
SEE2019 Tony Awards: Best Musical ‘Hadestown’ sweeps with 8 wins, ‘The Ferryman’ takes Best Play
Best Actor In A Play: 16 winners
Paul Scofield, “A Man for All Seasons” (1962)
Cliff Gorman,...
The previous instances of Broadway debuts being shut out at the Tonys were in: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001-2003, 2012 and 2017.
Below, you can see the names of all 96 people who have won Tonys for their debut on the Great White Way.
SEE2019 Tony Awards: Best Musical ‘Hadestown’ sweeps with 8 wins, ‘The Ferryman’ takes Best Play
Best Actor In A Play: 16 winners
Paul Scofield, “A Man for All Seasons” (1962)
Cliff Gorman,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Political thrillers are popular for a reason. Whether in book or cinematic form, they play on all of our worst fears about government. Especially with the modern spying situation and war on terror, there’s plenty to be inspired by. Sadly, the new release An Acceptable Loss only scratches the surface of what could have been explored. A poorly paced drama, it crawls along at a snail’s pace before picking up when it’s far too late. This could have been a nifty little thriller. Instead, it mostly just tries your patience. I’d call it an interesting failure, but it barely even reaches that point. The film is a political drama/thriller, as mentioned above. We meet Elizabeth “Libby” Lamm (Tika Sumpter) as she’s taking a teaching job at a top university in Chicago. A former top U.S. national security adviser to Vice President Rachel Burke...
- 1/17/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
An Acceptable Loss Trailer Joe Chappelle‘s An Acceptable Loss (2019) movie trailer stars Tika Sumpter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Tavassoli, Jeff Hephner, and Deanna Dunagan. An Acceptable Loss‘ plot synopsis: “She was the ultimate patriot. Now, what she knows could bring down the government. Libby Lamm (Tika Sumpter) is a former top national security advisor who, while [...]
Continue reading: An Acceptable Loss (2019) Movie Trailer: Tika Sumpter & Jamie Lee Curtis Authorize a Strike Against Terrorists...
Continue reading: An Acceptable Loss (2019) Movie Trailer: Tika Sumpter & Jamie Lee Curtis Authorize a Strike Against Terrorists...
- 12/12/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"What should we do with Libby?" IFC Films has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie drama titled An Acceptable Loss, originally titled The Pages, which first premiered at the Chicago and Virginia Film Festivals earlier this fall. This whistleblower story of betrayal and regret is about a former top Us Security Advisor named Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm who is threatened by associates from her dark past. She must risk her own life and break the law to expose a government cover-up. An Acceptable Loss stars Tika Sumpter as Libby, with Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Tavassoli, Jeff Hephner, Deanna Dunagan, Alex Weisman, and Ali Burch. This film seems to have a very weird, muted colors look to it, which is a bit more distracting than it should be. I'm not sure what to make of this - seems powerful, but seems like it's missing something. Here's the official trailer for...
- 12/11/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
John and Matthew are watching every single live-action film starring Meryl Streep.
#45 —Violet Weston, the cancer-stricken, drug-addicted matriarch of an Oklahoma family.
Matthew: Tracy Letts’ high-octane, Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama August: Osage County was the toast of the 2007-2008 Broadway season, which made a cinematic adaptation all but inevitable and the star involvement of Meryl Streep an equally foregone conclusion. The vituperative, pill-popping Violet Weston is the crowning achievement of Letts’ play and arguably the meatiest dramatic role to come along for sexagenarian actresses in the past 15 years. The part has been previously interpreted on stage by the Tony-winning Deanna Dunagan (who originated the character in the initial Steppenwolf production), Estelle Parsons, and Phylicia Rashad, any one of whom could have bowled us over in an alternate film, as might have rumored candidates like Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, and Glenn Close. This isn’t to take away a single merit from Streep’s no-holds-barred work,...
#45 —Violet Weston, the cancer-stricken, drug-addicted matriarch of an Oklahoma family.
Matthew: Tracy Letts’ high-octane, Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama August: Osage County was the toast of the 2007-2008 Broadway season, which made a cinematic adaptation all but inevitable and the star involvement of Meryl Streep an equally foregone conclusion. The vituperative, pill-popping Violet Weston is the crowning achievement of Letts’ play and arguably the meatiest dramatic role to come along for sexagenarian actresses in the past 15 years. The part has been previously interpreted on stage by the Tony-winning Deanna Dunagan (who originated the character in the initial Steppenwolf production), Estelle Parsons, and Phylicia Rashad, any one of whom could have bowled us over in an alternate film, as might have rumored candidates like Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, and Glenn Close. This isn’t to take away a single merit from Streep’s no-holds-barred work,...
- 11/8/2018
- by John Guerin
- FilmExperience
Ari’el Stachel became the latest person to take home a Tony Award for their Broadway debut. This victory puts him in a freshman club that now has 96 members. Watch him discuss his victory in the Tonys press room in the video above.
Stachel, who won Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Haled in “The Band’s Visit,” is the ninth person to claim that particular honor for his first Broadway outing. He joins:
Harry Belafonte, “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac” (1954)
Sydney Chaplin, “Bells are Ringing” (1957)
Frankie Michaels, “Mame” (1966)
Wilson Jermaine Heredia, “Rent” (1996)
Dan Fogler, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (2005)
Levi Kreis, “Million Dollar Quartet” (2010)
John Larroquette, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (2011)
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton” (2016)
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Best Actor In A Play: 16 winners
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Stachel, who won Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Haled in “The Band’s Visit,” is the ninth person to claim that particular honor for his first Broadway outing. He joins:
Harry Belafonte, “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac” (1954)
Sydney Chaplin, “Bells are Ringing” (1957)
Frankie Michaels, “Mame” (1966)
Wilson Jermaine Heredia, “Rent” (1996)
Dan Fogler, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (2005)
Levi Kreis, “Million Dollar Quartet” (2010)
John Larroquette, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (2011)
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton” (2016)
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- 6/11/2018
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Alysia Reiner (Orange Is The New Black) David Eigenberg (Sex In The City), Clarke Peters (Treme) Jeff Hephner (Chicago Fire), Rex Linn (CSI: Miami) and Alex Weisman (Chicago Med) are the latest cast additions to the CorradoMooncoin political thriller The Pages. They join the previously cast Deanna Dunagan, Tika Sumpter, Ben Tavassoli and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film, written and directed by Joe Chappelle, centers on former top U.S. security advisor, Elizabeth 'Libby' Lamm…...
- 8/7/2017
- Deadline
Deanna Dunagan, who was most recently was on the big screen in M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit, has come aboard the Joe Chappelle-directed political drama The Pages, joining Jamie Lee Curtis, Tia Sumpter and Ben Tavassoli. It follows Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm (Sumpter), a former top U.S. security adviser who is threatened by associates from her dark past. Chappelle wrote the screenplay and is producing with Colleen Griffen. Dunagan, repped by Stewart Talent, recurred on Fox's…...
- 6/26/2017
- Deadline
Evil rises from within with lethal (and creepy) consequences in the preview video and photos for the ninth episode of The Exorcist, airing this Friday night on Fox. [Spoiler warning for those who aren't caught up on the series.]
Episode 109 synopsis (via SpoilerTV): "On the eve of Pope Sebastian's visit to Chicago, Marcus and his companions race to avert a potential tragedy. Tomas is offered a life-changing opportunity, but will the sins of the past endanger his future within the church? Meanwhile, as the Rance family attempts to recover from their most recent ordeal, a new problem threatens to tear them apart In the all-new "Chapter Nine: 162" episode of The Exorcist airing Friday, Dec. 9 (9:01-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Exo-109) (TV-14 D, L, S)
Cast: Alfonso Herrera as Father Tomas Ortega; Ben Daniels as Father Marcus Keane: Geena Davis as Angela Rance; Alan Ruck as Henry Rance; Brianne Howey as Katherine Rance; Hannah Kasulka as Casey Rance...
Episode 109 synopsis (via SpoilerTV): "On the eve of Pope Sebastian's visit to Chicago, Marcus and his companions race to avert a potential tragedy. Tomas is offered a life-changing opportunity, but will the sins of the past endanger his future within the church? Meanwhile, as the Rance family attempts to recover from their most recent ordeal, a new problem threatens to tear them apart In the all-new "Chapter Nine: 162" episode of The Exorcist airing Friday, Dec. 9 (9:01-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Exo-109) (TV-14 D, L, S)
Cast: Alfonso Herrera as Father Tomas Ortega; Ben Daniels as Father Marcus Keane: Geena Davis as Angela Rance; Alan Ruck as Henry Rance; Brianne Howey as Katherine Rance; Hannah Kasulka as Casey Rance...
- 12/6/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
To save her daughter's future, Angela will have to face her own haunted past in the next episode of The Exorcist, which is teased in a new preview video ahead of its November 18th premiere.
Episode 108 synopsis (via SpoilerTV): "As Marcus, Tomas and Mother Bernadette race against time to defeat the demon, the Rance family finds itself drawn into the conflict. With the Pope's visit only days away, the church's enemies take aggressive new moves. Angela confronts a familiar face from her past, and Kat considers a new future in the all-new "Chapter Eight: The Griefbearers" episode of The Exorcist airing Friday, Nov. 18 (9:01-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Exo-108) (TV-14 D, L, V)
Cast: Alfonso Herrera as Father Tomas Ortega; Ben Daniels as Father Marcus Keane: Geena Davis as Angela Rance; Alan Ruck as Henry Rance; Brianne Howey as Katherine Rance; Hannah Kasulka as Casey Rance...
Episode 108 synopsis (via SpoilerTV): "As Marcus, Tomas and Mother Bernadette race against time to defeat the demon, the Rance family finds itself drawn into the conflict. With the Pope's visit only days away, the church's enemies take aggressive new moves. Angela confronts a familiar face from her past, and Kat considers a new future in the all-new "Chapter Eight: The Griefbearers" episode of The Exorcist airing Friday, Nov. 18 (9:01-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Exo-108) (TV-14 D, L, V)
Cast: Alfonso Herrera as Father Tomas Ortega; Ben Daniels as Father Marcus Keane: Geena Davis as Angela Rance; Alan Ruck as Henry Rance; Brianne Howey as Katherine Rance; Hannah Kasulka as Casey Rance...
- 11/12/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Marc Buxton Sep 13, 2016
Things take an epic turn on The Strain as the secret origin of Quinlan is revealed while in the present, the Master makes his move...
This review contains spoilers.
3.3 First Born
The Strain is at its best when it bounces through history to build the immense mythology that keeps the series from becoming just another survival horror drama, and this week, things go all sorts of period as we travel back to ancient Rome in order to discover the secret origin of everyone’s favourite altruistic bloodsucker, Mr. Quinlan.
Last week, Quinlan and Eph made a pack to try to lure the Master into a trap by stealing the Lumen from Setrakian. This week, Quinlan and Eph make their move and plan to set their trap as Eph tries to exchange the ancient book for his son Zack. You might imagine that Setrakian is mighty pissed when...
Things take an epic turn on The Strain as the secret origin of Quinlan is revealed while in the present, the Master makes his move...
This review contains spoilers.
3.3 First Born
The Strain is at its best when it bounces through history to build the immense mythology that keeps the series from becoming just another survival horror drama, and this week, things go all sorts of period as we travel back to ancient Rome in order to discover the secret origin of everyone’s favourite altruistic bloodsucker, Mr. Quinlan.
Last week, Quinlan and Eph made a pack to try to lure the Master into a trap by stealing the Lumen from Setrakian. This week, Quinlan and Eph make their move and plan to set their trap as Eph tries to exchange the ancient book for his son Zack. You might imagine that Setrakian is mighty pissed when...
- 9/12/2016
- Den of Geek
Sundance Institute today announced the acting company, dramaturgs and creative advisors participating in its pilot Theatre Lab in the Mena region, including Sandra Oh, Hoon Lee, Deanna Dunagan, Hala Omran and Raeda Taha. The Lab, held in Morocco next month, is part of the Institute's international cultural exchange programs for independent artists and will kick off a new, multi-year commitment to support artists from the Middle East and North Africa Mena. For the Lab, the Institute will provide promising, fresh voices from the U.S. and Mena region with a rigorous artistic retreat and new opportunities for cross-cultural discovery, artistic reflection and creative experimentation.
- 4/11/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In its first production following a hit Off-Broadway run, Jesse Eisenberg's The Revisionist receivesits West Coast debut at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in a new production directed by Robin Larsen. Leading the cast is Tony Award-winning star of August Osage County Deanna Dunagan, Seamus Mulcahy and Ilia Volok. Opening Night is tonight, April 1, in the Lovelace Studio Theater.
- 4/1/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In its first production following a hit Off-Broadway run, Jesse Eisenberg's The Revisionist will receive its West Coast debut at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in a new production directed by Robin Larsen. Leading the cast is Tony Award-winning star of August Osage County Deanna Dunagan, Seamus Mulcahy and Ilia Volok. Previews begin in the Lovelace Studio Theater tonight, March 29. Opening Night is Friday, April 1.
- 3/29/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In its first production following a hit Off-Broadway run, Jesse Eisenberg's The Revisionist will receive its West Coast debut at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in a new production directed by Robin Larsen. Leading the cast is Tony Award-winning star of August Osage County Deanna Dunagan, Seamus Mulcahy and Ilia Volok. Previews begin in the Lovelace Studio Theater on Tuesday, March 29. Opening Night is Friday, April 1.
- 2/22/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Kathryn Hahn, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Samuel Stricklen, Patch Darragh, Jorge Cordova, Steve Annan, Benjamin Kanes | Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Some would say that the scariest thing you can see in a movie is the name M. Night Shyamalan. It is fair to say that he has had some flops in his time (The Happening) but could The Visit be a return to form? Strangely enough, it may just be… When Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) go to stay at their grandparents house it is fair to say that Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie) are strange. Putting it down to old age, the two children try to ignore their eccentricities. As things get weirder though, the two children are about to find out just what the secret is of the grandparents’ house.
A scary movie...
Some would say that the scariest thing you can see in a movie is the name M. Night Shyamalan. It is fair to say that he has had some flops in his time (The Happening) but could The Visit be a return to form? Strangely enough, it may just be… When Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) go to stay at their grandparents house it is fair to say that Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie) are strange. Putting it down to old age, the two children try to ignore their eccentricities. As things get weirder though, the two children are about to find out just what the secret is of the grandparents’ house.
A scary movie...
- 1/18/2016
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Caged and waiting to be eaten. Visited by the dead at nightfall. Asked to climb into the oven to clean it. The characters in The Green Inferno, Sinister 2, and The Visit are faced with horror of many forms, and while their scary situations are vastly different from one another, all of their stories can now be experienced on Blu-ray.
The Green Inferno: Hopeful for change, the student activists travel to the Amazon rainforest to save a tribe threatened by deforestation, only to be captured by the natives and placed on the menu. In The Green Inferno, Eli Roth exposes viewers to a palpable sense of primal fear, realistically placing his young cast of well-meaning characters in a horrifying “what if?” situation made all the more real by the filming location: a village deep in the jungles of Peru.
Although Roth’s unique brand of humor takes precedence over...
The Green Inferno: Hopeful for change, the student activists travel to the Amazon rainforest to save a tribe threatened by deforestation, only to be captured by the natives and placed on the menu. In The Green Inferno, Eli Roth exposes viewers to a palpable sense of primal fear, realistically placing his young cast of well-meaning characters in a horrifying “what if?” situation made all the more real by the filming location: a village deep in the jungles of Peru.
Although Roth’s unique brand of humor takes precedence over...
- 1/15/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Let’s start the New Year right with a few horror thrillers.
Latino-Review is giving away a bundle Blu-ray package that will include “The Visit,” “The Green Inferno” and “Sinister 2.”
These movies are not to be missed for one lucky winner. All movies are already on the market today for purchase.
Here are the details on the movie:
“The Visit”
A family visit takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are in The Visit, a found documentary-style suspense thriller coming to Digital HD on December 15, 2015, and Blu-ray™ and DVD as well as On Demand on January 5, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The first collaboration from Academy Award®-nominated writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and Academy Award-nominated producer Jason Blum, The Visit Blu-ray and DVD are packed with exclusive bonus features including deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette, and a suspenseful alternate ending.
When Becca and Tyler...
Latino-Review is giving away a bundle Blu-ray package that will include “The Visit,” “The Green Inferno” and “Sinister 2.”
These movies are not to be missed for one lucky winner. All movies are already on the market today for purchase.
Here are the details on the movie:
“The Visit”
A family visit takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are in The Visit, a found documentary-style suspense thriller coming to Digital HD on December 15, 2015, and Blu-ray™ and DVD as well as On Demand on January 5, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The first collaboration from Academy Award®-nominated writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and Academy Award-nominated producer Jason Blum, The Visit Blu-ray and DVD are packed with exclusive bonus features including deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette, and a suspenseful alternate ending.
When Becca and Tyler...
- 1/12/2016
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Available on Digital HD December 15th & Blu-ray and DVD today from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit explores the eerie side of grandma and grandpa's house, and we've been provided with one Blu-ray / DVD combo pack to give away.
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Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) Blu-ray / DVD combo pack copy of The Visit.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Visit Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on January 11th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Previous press release: Universal City, California, November 16, 2015 – A family visit takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are in The Visit,...
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Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) Blu-ray / DVD combo pack copy of The Visit.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Visit Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on January 11th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Previous press release: Universal City, California, November 16, 2015 – A family visit takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are in The Visit,...
- 1/5/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Last fall, M. Night Shyamalan went lean and mean with the low-budget horror "The Visit." Produced for only $5 million, the film was a big hit, earning nearly $100 million worldwide, and finding the director creatively rejuvenated. If you missed the movie on the big screen, this week is your chance to catch up as "The Visit" hits home video and today we have an exclusive (and creepy) deleted scene. Read More: Review: M. Night Shyamalan Makes A Comeback With Found-Footage Horror 'The Visit' Featuring Kathryn Hahn, Ed Oxenbould, Olivia DeJonge, Peter McRobbie, and Deanna Dunagan, the story follows Becca and Tyler, who are sent to their grandparents’ secluded Pennsylvania farmhouse for a weeklong stay, where they quickly discover something is not right with the elderly couple. Faced with strange rules and increasingly frightening behavior, the children soon realize it will take all their wits to make it home alive.
- 1/4/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
M. Night Shyamalan's newest thriller will have you nervous to hang out with your grandparents, and today Universal Pictures has revealed when you can bring The Visit home on blu-ray, as well as all the bonus features coming with it. Come inside to learn more!
If you missed out on the latest thriller from M. Night in theaters, or simply want to check it out again, you'll get your chance on January 5, 2016 when it comes to blu-ray. If you can't wait that long, then you can get The Visit early via the digital version on December 15th.
A family visit takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are in The Visit, a found documentary-style suspense thriller coming to Digital HD on December 15, 2015, and Blu-ray™ and DVD as well as On Demand on January 5, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The first collaboration from Academy...
If you missed out on the latest thriller from M. Night in theaters, or simply want to check it out again, you'll get your chance on January 5, 2016 when it comes to blu-ray. If you can't wait that long, then you can get The Visit early via the digital version on December 15th.
A family visit takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are in The Visit, a found documentary-style suspense thriller coming to Digital HD on December 15, 2015, and Blu-ray™ and DVD as well as On Demand on January 5, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The first collaboration from Academy...
- 11/16/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Boosted by the school vacation and word of mouth, Stuart McDonald.s Oddball flew through its second weekend, beating two new high-profile Hollywood films. Roadshow.s rustic comedy featuring Shane Jacobson, Sarah Snook, Alan Tudyk and a fluffy blonde maremma whistled up nearly $1.8 million on 293 screens (jumping by 82 per cent), elevating its tally to a terrific $4.5 million.
That was ahead of Roadshow.s Sicario, the violent Mexican drug cartel thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve and featuring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin. Sicario scored nearly $1.7 million on 228 screens and $2.1 million including the previous week.s advance screenings, a good result for an MA15+ rated film. Universal.s The Visit, a found footage horror/comedy featuring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould and Deanna Dunagan, unearthed a middling $1.1 million in its first weekend on 180 screens. That genre typically is not as appealing here as it is in the Us, where writer-director...
That was ahead of Roadshow.s Sicario, the violent Mexican drug cartel thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve and featuring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin. Sicario scored nearly $1.7 million on 228 screens and $2.1 million including the previous week.s advance screenings, a good result for an MA15+ rated film. Universal.s The Visit, a found footage horror/comedy featuring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould and Deanna Dunagan, unearthed a middling $1.1 million in its first weekend on 180 screens. That genre typically is not as appealing here as it is in the Us, where writer-director...
- 9/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Click here to read our french "The Visit" movie review, directed by M. Night Shyamalan with Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan.Two children are sent to their grandparents house to spend a week with their grandparents while their single mom goes on a relaxing vacation with her boyfriend. One of the kids, Becca, decides to film a documentary about her grandparents in order to help her mom reconnect with her parents and also find out some things about her parents as well. While filming the documentary, however, Becca and her little brother, Tyler, discover a dark secret about their grandparents....
- 9/23/2015
- www.ohmygore.com/
Click here to read our french "The Visit" movie review, directed by M. Night Shyamalan with Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan.Two children are sent to their grandparents house to spend a week with their grandparents while their single mom goes on a relaxing vacation with her boyfriend. One of the kids, Becca, decides to film a documentary about her grandparents in order to help her mom reconnect with her parents and also find out some things about her parents as well. While filming the documentary, however, Becca and her little brother, Tyler, discover a dark secret about their grandparents....
- 9/23/2015
- www.ohmygore.com/
[major spoilers for The Visit; spoiler-free review here]
You know what would have been a surprising twist for M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, The Visit? If it didn’t have a twist. But Shyamalan seems constitutionally incapable of making a movie that doesn’t want to surprise us with a twist. This is the twist of The Visit: about three-quarters of the way through the film, teen Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and her preteen brother, Tyler, (Ed Oxenbould) discover that the grandparents they are visiting, Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie), aren’t really their grandparents. Nana and Pop Pop are escaped mental patients who murdered their real grandparents and have taken over their lives. And now Pop Pop is trying to murder Becca and Tyler. Why? Who knows? Except he’s a mental patient, and as we all know, crazy people are violent.
Apparently this is meant to harness our fear of old people,...
You know what would have been a surprising twist for M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, The Visit? If it didn’t have a twist. But Shyamalan seems constitutionally incapable of making a movie that doesn’t want to surprise us with a twist. This is the twist of The Visit: about three-quarters of the way through the film, teen Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and her preteen brother, Tyler, (Ed Oxenbould) discover that the grandparents they are visiting, Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie), aren’t really their grandparents. Nana and Pop Pop are escaped mental patients who murdered their real grandparents and have taken over their lives. And now Pop Pop is trying to murder Becca and Tyler. Why? Who knows? Except he’s a mental patient, and as we all know, crazy people are violent.
Apparently this is meant to harness our fear of old people,...
- 9/18/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Chicago – Director and auteur M. Night Shyamalan has been very spotty in the last nine years. “The Sixth Sense” filmmaker has had less of an impact with “After Earth” and “The Last Airbender,” but scores again with the super weird, creepy and funny “The Visit.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Shyamalan has discovered the “found footage” genre (the movie is filmed by the characters) in a satirical way – two teens chronicle their visit for the first time to their grandparents– and does it his way, with crisp cinematography and flipped out images of dread and humor that both freezes and engages the soul. It’s funny to the point of stupidity – and it survives a tremendously unnecessary epilogue. I think M. Night has found a new niche, and will panic less about his reputation and begin to deliver more on his unrealized potential, based on his earlier works. And, with a tremendous boost right...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Shyamalan has discovered the “found footage” genre (the movie is filmed by the characters) in a satirical way – two teens chronicle their visit for the first time to their grandparents– and does it his way, with crisp cinematography and flipped out images of dread and humor that both freezes and engages the soul. It’s funny to the point of stupidity – and it survives a tremendously unnecessary epilogue. I think M. Night has found a new niche, and will panic less about his reputation and begin to deliver more on his unrealized potential, based on his earlier works. And, with a tremendous boost right...
- 9/15/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
M. Night Shyamalan returns to his independent roots in “The Visit,” the terrifying story of a brother (Ed Oxenbould) and sister (Olivia DeJonge) who are sent to their grandparents’ (Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie) remote Pennsylvania farm for a week’s vacation. Shyamalan teams up with Jason Blum, the producer behind such successful franchises as “Paranormal Activity” […]
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- 9/11/2015
- by Sheila Roberts
- MoviesOnline.ca
Universal Pictures released their new horror movie, "The Visit," into theaters today, September 11th, 2015, and all the major,top movie critics have turned in their reviews. It turns out that it got a mixed bag with an overall 53 score out of a possible 100 across 28 reviews at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Deanna Dunagan, Ed Oxenbould, Kathryn Hahn, Olivia DeJonge and Peter McRobbie. We've posted blurbs from a few of the critics, below. Clark Collis over at Entertainment Weekly, gave it a decent 75 score, stating: "This is the first Shyamalan movie in a long time that viewers may be tempted to re-visit just to see how he pulls off his magic trick." Sara Stewart from the New York Post, gave it a 75 score, saying: "Like the film itself, it’s simple but well-executed enough." Manohla Dargis from The New York Times, gave it a 70 grade, stating: "The director M. Night Shyamalan...
- 9/11/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Listen here, internet. Before we start declaring “M. Night Shyamalan Is Back!” with furious aggression, let’s be honest. Shyamalan may be directing good movies again, but he hasn’t returned to his once genius form. I’m not suggesting that he didn’t make The Visit great; there are no killer trees, water ladies, or Jaden ‘effing Smiths in sight, but is The Visit really The Sixth Sense good? Unbreakable good?
Yet, with that said, I tip my hat towards M. Night because The Visit is equal parts creepy family fun and spooky rural nightmare. In other words, a successfully thrilling night at the movies! Again, the phrase “return to form” may be a little much when praising Shyamalan’s latest twisted accomplishment, but there’s still a victory to be celebrated here, and it smells just like Nana’s home cooking.
Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould star as...
Yet, with that said, I tip my hat towards M. Night because The Visit is equal parts creepy family fun and spooky rural nightmare. In other words, a successfully thrilling night at the movies! Again, the phrase “return to form” may be a little much when praising Shyamalan’s latest twisted accomplishment, but there’s still a victory to be celebrated here, and it smells just like Nana’s home cooking.
Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould star as...
- 9/11/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Over the course of his career, M. Night Shyamalan has shown a deft hand with horror and suspense, a major tone-deafness with interpersonal drama, and a slippery grasp on anything approaching humor. These attributes come out to varying degrees depending on which Shyamalan joint you’re watching, but never has the writer/director thrown himself at a little bit of everything with the perplexing abandon he does in The Visit. Not just a horror-comedy, the film is a sort of horror-comedy-drama from the mind of a man who can’t pick which of those genres to focus on and displays no ability to balance or blend them.
The found-footage film, we’re to understand, is pieced together from video shot by aspiring teenaged filmmaker Rebecca (Olivia DeJonge) during a visit to her grandparents’ house with her younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould). The weeklong stay will be the first time the...
The found-footage film, we’re to understand, is pieced together from video shot by aspiring teenaged filmmaker Rebecca (Olivia DeJonge) during a visit to her grandparents’ house with her younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould). The weeklong stay will be the first time the...
- 9/11/2015
- by Patrick Dunn
- CinemaNerdz
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