On March 27th of last year, we heard that filming was underway on a serial killer action thriller called Damaged, which had Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) in the lead roles and director Terry McDonough, whose previous credits include episodes of the TV shows Killing Eve, Better Call Saul, and Breaking Bad, at the helm. Now, just eight days shy of the one year anniversary of that news, a trailer for Damaged has arrived online, along with some release date information: the film will be receiving a theatrical, digital, and on demand release on April 12th. The trailer can be seen in the embed above.
Jackson and Cassel are joined in the cast by Kate Dickie (The Witch), Gianni Capaldi (A Day to Die), Laura Haddock (White Lines), Brian McCardie (Rob Roy), and John Hannah (The Mummy). Here’s the synopsis: How do you catch a brilliant monster?...
Jackson and Cassel are joined in the cast by Kate Dickie (The Witch), Gianni Capaldi (A Day to Die), Laura Haddock (White Lines), Brian McCardie (Rob Roy), and John Hannah (The Mummy). Here’s the synopsis: How do you catch a brilliant monster?...
- 3/19/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Whether you want the inside skinny on Logan Roy, Hannibal Lecktor, Winston Churchill or King Lear, the mighty Scottish actor will be here to tell all
Brian Cox needs no introduction – other than the usual one establishing which Brian Cox we’re talking about. This one is the 76-year-old Dundee-born actor, who started his career as a classically trained Shakespearean thespian, who played opposite Laurence Olivier in King Lear in 1983. His performances in Rob Roy and Braveheart shot him into the mainstream. Roles soon followed in The Long Kiss Goodnight and Super Troopers. Turns out Treadstone was all his fault in 2002’s The Bourne Identity. And if he’d been a bit nicer to the apes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, perhaps they wouldn’t have taken over the world. Silly Brian.
Cox can still boast he was the original Dr Hannibal Lecter (or Lecktor), in Michael Mann...
Brian Cox needs no introduction – other than the usual one establishing which Brian Cox we’re talking about. This one is the 76-year-old Dundee-born actor, who started his career as a classically trained Shakespearean thespian, who played opposite Laurence Olivier in King Lear in 1983. His performances in Rob Roy and Braveheart shot him into the mainstream. Roles soon followed in The Long Kiss Goodnight and Super Troopers. Turns out Treadstone was all his fault in 2002’s The Bourne Identity. And if he’d been a bit nicer to the apes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, perhaps they wouldn’t have taken over the world. Silly Brian.
Cox can still boast he was the original Dr Hannibal Lecter (or Lecktor), in Michael Mann...
- 5/26/2023
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: The streaming giant has picked up the anticipated follow-up to Next Entertainment World’s (New) South Korean zombie thriller Train To Busan.
Netflix will launch Pandora in 190 countries next year excluding South Korea, where the film will be available to stream following the theatrical release in December. New division Contents Panda represented sales at Afm.
Park Jung-Woo, whose credits include sci-fi horror Deranged, directed the Cac Entertainment film about a worker at a nuclear power plant who must save the day after an earthquake damages the facility and threatens to cause a catastrophe.
The Pirates star Kim Nam-gil plays the worker alongside Kim Young-ae, Jung Jin-young and Kim Dae-myeong.
“We are excited to work with Next Entertainment World to bring such high-quality Korean titles like Pandora to our members worldwide,” said Rob Roy, vice-president of content acquisition at Netflix.
“Netflix is committed to bringing the best of global entertainment to the world and in...
Netflix will launch Pandora in 190 countries next year excluding South Korea, where the film will be available to stream following the theatrical release in December. New division Contents Panda represented sales at Afm.
Park Jung-Woo, whose credits include sci-fi horror Deranged, directed the Cac Entertainment film about a worker at a nuclear power plant who must save the day after an earthquake damages the facility and threatens to cause a catastrophe.
The Pirates star Kim Nam-gil plays the worker alongside Kim Young-ae, Jung Jin-young and Kim Dae-myeong.
“We are excited to work with Next Entertainment World to bring such high-quality Korean titles like Pandora to our members worldwide,” said Rob Roy, vice-president of content acquisition at Netflix.
“Netflix is committed to bringing the best of global entertainment to the world and in...
- 11/8/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
If you’ve watched TV in the past 10 years, chances are you know Bear McCreary’s music. He’s become one of the most (if not the most) sought-after and prolific composers in television, ever since he came into his own writing the boundary-pushing score for the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series. He counts The Walking Dead, Outlander, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. among his credits. And this March theater-goers got to experience his music with a big screen presentation; he composed the chilling and thrilling score for J.J. Abrams’ 10 Cloverfield Lane. Today McCreary is juggling so many projects that he can’t count all his current TV shows and movies and video games — “I can’t even tell. I honestly don’t even know,” how many projects he’s in the midst of, he said during an interview at Cafe Laurent in Culver City, CA. The...
- 4/7/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Sound on Sight undertook a massive project, compiling ranked lists of the most influential, unforgettable, and exciting action scenes in all of cinema. There were hundreds of nominees spread across ten different categories and a multi-week voting process from 11 of our writers. The results: 100 essential set pieces, sequences, and scenes from blockbusters to cult classics to arthouse obscurities.
Sword fights, like one-on-one fights, target the emotion and power of each individual fighter, but are amplified by the extension of their weapon. Whereas one-on-one fights test the might and bronze of our competitors, sword fights add an extra element of intelligence and skill. A fighter can scrape by through luck in a brawl of fists, but a sword (and knife) fight exposes the true strengths and weaknesses of its opponents.
10. Rob Roy (1995) – No quarter asked, no quarter given
Roger Ebert called the final duel between Rob Roy (Liam Neeson, in a...
Sword fights, like one-on-one fights, target the emotion and power of each individual fighter, but are amplified by the extension of their weapon. Whereas one-on-one fights test the might and bronze of our competitors, sword fights add an extra element of intelligence and skill. A fighter can scrape by through luck in a brawl of fists, but a sword (and knife) fight exposes the true strengths and weaknesses of its opponents.
10. Rob Roy (1995) – No quarter asked, no quarter given
Roger Ebert called the final duel between Rob Roy (Liam Neeson, in a...
- 5/27/2015
- by Shane Ramirez
- SoundOnSight
That was a fine "Walking Dead" panel. And now, Hall H is going from zombies to White Walkers, or from "Walking Dead" to "Game of Thrones." The panel is supposed to include series masterminds David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, franchise creator George R.R. Martin and a slew of cast members including John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Rose Leslie (Ygritte), Rory McCann (Sandor “The Hound” Clegane), Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martell), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark). Oh and Craig Ferguson will be moderating. That's another big panel. Click through and follow along! 1:45 p.m. Hall H is, again, running a couple minutes behind. No biggie. 1:48 p.m. We get into things with blooper reel footage of Charles Dance on the Iron Throne, of Pedro Pascal giggling with a face covered with blood,...
- 7/25/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
With a premise like Rob Roy and a title like a video game, one might expect Arnaud des Pallières's Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas to be louder.
But instead of embracing its inner Braveheart, the feudal revenge drama sacrifices thrills in favor of moral reflection in the unspoiled French countryside, keeping most of its violence at arm's length.
When dogs are set on a man, we don't see the attack, only evidence of the wounds. Mounted soldiers attack a caravan, and we watch from atop a hill; guards drop silently as horsemen pass. This muted approach robs the film of sorely needed momentum, but offers a rare opportunity for contemplation, a trade-off that only occasionally satisfies.
As Kohlhaas, a merchant wronged by ...
But instead of embracing its inner Braveheart, the feudal revenge drama sacrifices thrills in favor of moral reflection in the unspoiled French countryside, keeping most of its violence at arm's length.
When dogs are set on a man, we don't see the attack, only evidence of the wounds. Mounted soldiers attack a caravan, and we watch from atop a hill; guards drop silently as horsemen pass. This muted approach robs the film of sorely needed momentum, but offers a rare opportunity for contemplation, a trade-off that only occasionally satisfies.
As Kohlhaas, a merchant wronged by ...
- 5/28/2014
- Village Voice
A country's independence is a matter of national identity, not esoteric economic argument
Every proud country has its trove of foundation myths, and Scotland is among the richest in national stories, from Robert Bruce's spider to Rob Roy, Flora MacDonald and Archie Gemmill in the 68th minute against Holland. But as yet no country, Scotland included, has rooted its national identity in the fiscal consequences of a dissolved monetary union – or any esoteric economic argument.
Standard Life, a pillar of the Scottish financial establishment, last week joined George Osborne and other London-based politicians in attempting to sway the Scottish electorate against independence with a warning over the volatility that would be unleashed by a vote to go it alone. The No campaign is a leaden mass of economic argument, backed by baroque thinktank papers and contributions from company bosses brave enough to put their heads above the parapet but...
Every proud country has its trove of foundation myths, and Scotland is among the richest in national stories, from Robert Bruce's spider to Rob Roy, Flora MacDonald and Archie Gemmill in the 68th minute against Holland. But as yet no country, Scotland included, has rooted its national identity in the fiscal consequences of a dissolved monetary union – or any esoteric economic argument.
Standard Life, a pillar of the Scottish financial establishment, last week joined George Osborne and other London-based politicians in attempting to sway the Scottish electorate against independence with a warning over the volatility that would be unleashed by a vote to go it alone. The No campaign is a leaden mass of economic argument, backed by baroque thinktank papers and contributions from company bosses brave enough to put their heads above the parapet but...
- 3/2/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
When the work of the Walt Disney Company is referenced in popular culture, it is often generalized and boiled down to princesses, Mickey Mouse, and fireworks over Cinderella’s castle as music swells. (“Get your Disney World vacation planning DVD today!”) Unfortunately, this is an extremely simplified image of the company and its legacy in feature films. In the 77 years since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Walt Disney Company’s feature films have gone through distinctive eras. There was the rise of Disney live-action, the decade following Walt Disney’s death, the era of acquisition (Marvel, LucasFilm), and the first and second animation renaissance periods, to name a few.
To give a broader view of the Walt Disney feature film, it is easiest to look at some of these specific eras and pick out the good, the best, and the worst representations of that era. This is by...
To give a broader view of the Walt Disney feature film, it is easiest to look at some of these specific eras and pick out the good, the best, and the worst representations of that era. This is by...
- 2/10/2014
- by Rachel Kolb
- SoundOnSight
You better watch Titanic, Top Gun and Braveheart while you can, because come 2014, Netflix will remove 80 films and a handful of TV shows from their streaming site.
According to Reddit, on New Year's Day, nearly 40 million streaming Netflix subscribers will no longer be able to watch some of the classic films and TV shows that have been so readily available in the past. Instead, they will have to join the seven million DVD subscribers and order their films to come in the mail.
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The heads-up came from an anonymous post on Reddit, in which the user listed every film that is to be removed from instant streaming as of Wednesday, January 1. A Netflix spokesperson told CNN that the company often changes what films will be available for streaming based on licensing contracts made with the studios and filmmakers.
The silver lining in all of this is that a few new films...
According to Reddit, on New Year's Day, nearly 40 million streaming Netflix subscribers will no longer be able to watch some of the classic films and TV shows that have been so readily available in the past. Instead, they will have to join the seven million DVD subscribers and order their films to come in the mail.
Related Pics: Hollywood's Hottest Movie Posters
The heads-up came from an anonymous post on Reddit, in which the user listed every film that is to be removed from instant streaming as of Wednesday, January 1. A Netflix spokesperson told CNN that the company often changes what films will be available for streaming based on licensing contracts made with the studios and filmmakers.
The silver lining in all of this is that a few new films...
- 12/31/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
The New Year is a time to look forward at all the exciting things that are coming ahead, but is also a time of loss. That loss, of course, is with Netflix, as the streaming service will be saying goodbye to a number of previously-available TV shows and movies.
Since Netflix no longer advertises when various titles in its library are expiring, one Reddit thread (via Vulture) collected them for your pleasure. It's worth noting that some of these titles may not permanently disappear, and might return as soon as a day or several hours after being removed as per Netflix's contract agreements.
Fortunately for all your TV-loving folks out there, not many television shows are being removed. The ones on the chopping block are "The Kids in the Hall," the original "Dark Shadows," "Mr. Bean," "Saturday Night Live The 2000s" and "Perfect 10 Model Boxing: Vol. 1." So if any of...
Since Netflix no longer advertises when various titles in its library are expiring, one Reddit thread (via Vulture) collected them for your pleasure. It's worth noting that some of these titles may not permanently disappear, and might return as soon as a day or several hours after being removed as per Netflix's contract agreements.
Fortunately for all your TV-loving folks out there, not many television shows are being removed. The ones on the chopping block are "The Kids in the Hall," the original "Dark Shadows," "Mr. Bean," "Saturday Night Live The 2000s" and "Perfect 10 Model Boxing: Vol. 1." So if any of...
- 12/29/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
A major downside of VOD services compared with having a vast Blu-ray or DVD library is timing. Services like Netflix, Hulu, etc. have contracts with content providers - contracts that expire usually around the end of a calendar year unless otherwise renewed.
Thus from January 1st, certain films will no longer be available on that service to watch when you want. Today, a Reddit post has listed the films that are about to drop off Netflix due to contract with various rights providers running out. When (or even if) they will return is anyone's guess. The list is as follows:
1492 Conquest Of Paradise
As Good As It Gets
Brick
Being John Malkovich
Back To School
Battle Of Britain
Best Of Times
Born On the Fourth Of July
Braveheart
Body Of Evidence
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Biloxi Blues
Can't Hardly Wait
Capote
Dressed To Kill
Do The Right Thing
Desperado
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind...
Thus from January 1st, certain films will no longer be available on that service to watch when you want. Today, a Reddit post has listed the films that are about to drop off Netflix due to contract with various rights providers running out. When (or even if) they will return is anyone's guess. The list is as follows:
1492 Conquest Of Paradise
As Good As It Gets
Brick
Being John Malkovich
Back To School
Battle Of Britain
Best Of Times
Born On the Fourth Of July
Braveheart
Body Of Evidence
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Biloxi Blues
Can't Hardly Wait
Capote
Dressed To Kill
Do The Right Thing
Desperado
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind...
- 12/27/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A major downside of VOD services compared with having a vast Blu-ray or DVD library is timing. Services like Netflix, Hulu, etc. have contracts with content providers - contracts that expire usually around the end of a calendar year unless otherwise renewed.
Thus from January 1st, certain films will no longer be available on that service to watch when you want. Today, a Reddit post has listed the films that are about to drop off Netflix due to contract with various rights providers running out. When (or even if) they will return is anyone's guess. The list is as follows:
1492 Conquest Of Paradise
As Good As It Gets
Brick
Being John Malkovich
Back To School
Battle Of Britain
Best Of Times
Born On the Fourth Of July
Braveheart
Body Of Evidence
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Biloxi Blues
Can't Hardly Wait
Capote
Dressed To Kill
Do The Right Thing
Desperado
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind...
Thus from January 1st, certain films will no longer be available on that service to watch when you want. Today, a Reddit post has listed the films that are about to drop off Netflix due to contract with various rights providers running out. When (or even if) they will return is anyone's guess. The list is as follows:
1492 Conquest Of Paradise
As Good As It Gets
Brick
Being John Malkovich
Back To School
Battle Of Britain
Best Of Times
Born On the Fourth Of July
Braveheart
Body Of Evidence
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Biloxi Blues
Can't Hardly Wait
Capote
Dressed To Kill
Do The Right Thing
Desperado
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind...
- 12/27/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Six emerging producers selected to join upcoming writers and support development of their stories.
After hosting a first module in August with 14 upcoming UK screenwriters, The Bureau’s Sos development programme is set to enter its second stage.
Six emerging producers have been selected to join the writers to support them during the development of their story – now at treatment stage - the aim being to fast track their own development experience while connecting with writers and writer-directors.
Selected Participants & Projects for Module II
Writers
Adam Dewar – The SafetyAl Mackay Mackay – The FarmAleem Khan – After LifeEd Hime – Last ChristmasJesse Quinones – Carlito Y JaneMatthew Knott – TrollOrhan Boztas - Twinelle
Producers
Amy BasilDavid AllainEmily MorganFarhana BuhlaJack TarlingJessica Levick
The newly selected producers includes Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Emily Morgan, who have been active in producing shorts since leaving the school, and Jack Tharling, a Newcastle-based producer with more than 20 shorts to his credit and production experience, currently co-producing...
After hosting a first module in August with 14 upcoming UK screenwriters, The Bureau’s Sos development programme is set to enter its second stage.
Six emerging producers have been selected to join the writers to support them during the development of their story – now at treatment stage - the aim being to fast track their own development experience while connecting with writers and writer-directors.
Selected Participants & Projects for Module II
Writers
Adam Dewar – The SafetyAl Mackay Mackay – The FarmAleem Khan – After LifeEd Hime – Last ChristmasJesse Quinones – Carlito Y JaneMatthew Knott – TrollOrhan Boztas - Twinelle
Producers
Amy BasilDavid AllainEmily MorganFarhana BuhlaJack TarlingJessica Levick
The newly selected producers includes Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Emily Morgan, who have been active in producing shorts since leaving the school, and Jack Tharling, a Newcastle-based producer with more than 20 shorts to his credit and production experience, currently co-producing...
- 11/5/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
I love me some historical biopics. Braveheart, Rob Roy, Kingdom of Heaven... I eat that stuff up like a delicious, thousand-year-old burger. You can imagine just how psyched I was to hear that Leonardo DiCaprio was in talks with Mel Gibson to make a Viking movie. You can also imagine how pissed I was when Mel Gibson's public breakdown threw those hopes straight out the window. But I'm happy again, and it's because the project is in the workings once again.
- 8/7/2013
- by David Hoffman
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Sheffield Doc/Fest | Dunoon film festival | A Nos Amours | Seret – The London Israeli film and television festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sheffield doesn't quite have the same ring as Cannes or Venice, but in documentary terms it's a fair comparison. This is a market and a meeting place for professionals, and guests this year include Walter Murch, Jonathan Franzen, Trevor McDonald and Captain Sensible, as well as just about every British documentarian you can think of. But this is also the place to see the latest in non-fiction film: 120 films, many of them premieres, on topics ranging from Pussy Riot to Uri Geller's CIA missions, Indonesian genocide, and Bradley Wiggins.
Various venues, Wed to 16 Jun
Dunoon film festival
Edinburgh and Glasgow festivals bring world cinema to Scotland, but this inaugural festival brings Scottish cinema to Scotland, and helps put a seaside town on the cultural map. There are some recent international releases,...
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Sheffield doesn't quite have the same ring as Cannes or Venice, but in documentary terms it's a fair comparison. This is a market and a meeting place for professionals, and guests this year include Walter Murch, Jonathan Franzen, Trevor McDonald and Captain Sensible, as well as just about every British documentarian you can think of. But this is also the place to see the latest in non-fiction film: 120 films, many of them premieres, on topics ranging from Pussy Riot to Uri Geller's CIA missions, Indonesian genocide, and Bradley Wiggins.
Various venues, Wed to 16 Jun
Dunoon film festival
Edinburgh and Glasgow festivals bring world cinema to Scotland, but this inaugural festival brings Scottish cinema to Scotland, and helps put a seaside town on the cultural map. There are some recent international releases,...
- 6/8/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Jay Bulger, the American director of TV commercials and writer on rock music, comes to the task of making a documentary on wild man and virtuoso drummer Ginger Baker with one important qualification: while a student at New York's Fordham University he boxed in several Golden Gloves tournaments for young amateur pugilists. At the end of their extended filming session in South Africa where the septuagenarian Baker now lives, Bulger remarked that he was going on to film interviews with Ginger's former associates. Furious at this suggestion, Baker unleashed a string of obscene abuse and then struck Bulger with the walking stick he's being using since developing osteoarthritis. The blow broke the documentarist's nose, and we're shown it at the beginning and end of Beware of Mr Baker. Like the experienced fighter he is, Bulger took it like a man in the best Golden Gloves tradition, smiled and completed his film.
- 5/18/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Cyber Monday is here and Amazon.com are offering DVD and Blu-ray sales deals for this online-centric final day of the week-long discount shopping sales period. Below are the biggest bargains I've found, many of which have carried over from the Black Friday sales. This is your last chance to get this discounts though, it all goes back to normal soon.
Please note that Dark Horizons will earn a very small referral fee when readers purchase something on Amazon through one of the links below. Said fee helps contribute towards the site's running costs, so if you do grab something - thank you. In terms of personal recommendations for titles and bargains below:
Cyber Monday Blu-ray Picks:
The Criterion disc sale is continuing apace and there's a whole separate article for it right here. Joining since yesterday are titles like "Black Orpheus," "Certified Copy," "Eating Raoul," "House," "La Haine," "The Last Days of Disco,...
Please note that Dark Horizons will earn a very small referral fee when readers purchase something on Amazon through one of the links below. Said fee helps contribute towards the site's running costs, so if you do grab something - thank you. In terms of personal recommendations for titles and bargains below:
Cyber Monday Blu-ray Picks:
The Criterion disc sale is continuing apace and there's a whole separate article for it right here. Joining since yesterday are titles like "Black Orpheus," "Certified Copy," "Eating Raoul," "House," "La Haine," "The Last Days of Disco,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Since the two fairy tale projects were announced in 2010, Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror Mirror have been expected to battle for the title of fairest Grimm adaptation of them all. Would this be like 1998′s dueling global destruction flicks, Armageddon and Deep Impact, or 1995′s Scottish standoff between Rob Roy and Braveheart? Could there be enough Snow White to go around? As the two movies race to the big screen, it turns out — aside from the name of our heroine — they actually don’t have much in common at all.
Mirror Mirror
PG
March 30
Tarsem Singh’s (Immortals) light,...
Mirror Mirror
PG
March 30
Tarsem Singh’s (Immortals) light,...
- 3/27/2012
- by Sara Vilkomerson
- EW - Inside Movies
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the awesome classic buddy cop film Lethal Weapon, The Huffington Post created a great supercut video edit of different movie characters who openly admit that they're "too old for this shit," a line of dialogue that was spoken most memorably by Danny Glover. Enjoy the video, and let us know if you're too old for this shit.
Full list of films featured:
"Lethal Weapon," "The Hurt Locker," "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey," "Aces: Iron Eagle III," "Unleashed," "Vampire in Brooklyn," "Frankie and Johnny," "Showtime," "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Stripes," "The Art of War," "Blade," "Blame It on Rio," "The Sure Thing," "Death Proof," "The Night Listener," "For Colored Girls," "Lethal Weapon 3," "The Yakuza," "Black Moon Rising," "Racing Stripes," "Ed Wood," "Ladder 49," "To Live and Die in L.A.," "Space Cowboys," "In the Line of Fire," "Father of the Bride Part II,...
Full list of films featured:
"Lethal Weapon," "The Hurt Locker," "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey," "Aces: Iron Eagle III," "Unleashed," "Vampire in Brooklyn," "Frankie and Johnny," "Showtime," "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Stripes," "The Art of War," "Blade," "Blame It on Rio," "The Sure Thing," "Death Proof," "The Night Listener," "For Colored Girls," "Lethal Weapon 3," "The Yakuza," "Black Moon Rising," "Racing Stripes," "Ed Wood," "Ladder 49," "To Live and Die in L.A.," "Space Cowboys," "In the Line of Fire," "Father of the Bride Part II,...
- 3/15/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
You're getting too old for this: 25 years ago, on March 6, 1987, "Lethal Weapon" was released. The buddy-cop thriller not only cemented Mel Gibson's status as a household name after playing good-natured loose-canon (as opposed to now) Martin Riggs, but also created a social phenomenon still relevant to this day: "I'm getting too old for this shit."
The catchphrase, said numerous times throughout the "Lethal Weapon" series by Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), has appeared in many movies over the last 25 years, often times in reference to the put-upon police detective himself. (The recent trailer for "Men In Black 3" features Will Smith uttering a PG variation on Murtaugh's famous one-liner.)
What you might not know? That "Lethal Weapon" wasn't the first film to utilize some form of the defeated turn-of-phrase. From "North by Northwest" and "The Sting" to Murtaugh himself, enjoy a mash-up of movie characters getting too old for this.
Video...
The catchphrase, said numerous times throughout the "Lethal Weapon" series by Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), has appeared in many movies over the last 25 years, often times in reference to the put-upon police detective himself. (The recent trailer for "Men In Black 3" features Will Smith uttering a PG variation on Murtaugh's famous one-liner.)
What you might not know? That "Lethal Weapon" wasn't the first film to utilize some form of the defeated turn-of-phrase. From "North by Northwest" and "The Sting" to Murtaugh himself, enjoy a mash-up of movie characters getting too old for this.
Video...
- 3/6/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
You're getting too old for this: 25 years ago, on March 6, 1987, "Lethal Weapon" was released. The buddy-cop thriller not only cemented Mel Gibson's status as a household name after playing good-natured loose-canon (as opposed to now) Martin Riggs, but also created a social phenomenon still relevant to this day: "I'm getting too old for this shit." The catchphrase, said numerous times throughout the "Lethal Weapon" series by Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), has appeared in many movies over the last 25 years, often times in reference to the put-upon police detective himself. (The recent trailer for "Men In Black 3" features Will Smith uttering a PG variation on Murtaugh's famous one-liner.) What you might not know? That "Lethal Weapon" wasn't the first film to utilize some form of the defeated turn-of-phrase. From "North by Northwest" and "The Sting" to Murtaugh himself, enjoy a mash-up of movie characters getting too old for this. Video...
- 3/6/2012
- by Christopher Rosen
- Moviefone
In the midst of an extraordinarily divisive Gop Primary that will assuredly lead into an even more divisive Presidential Election, sometimes us regular American (professionally blogging) shmoes are left to wonder if rival politicians really can ever agree on anything. It turns out, there is, in fact, one – and Only one – issue on which nearly every president of the last hundred years has seen perfectly eye-to-eye regardless of their politics, platform, or party affiliation: Dogs are awesome. Because we strongly agree with this sentiment as well, we’ve compiled the following playfully subjective list of the 12 Most Adorable Presidential Dogs of the last hundred years (sorry, William Henry Harrison’s pneumonia-retriever). Enjoy it now, cause it’s the last time we’ll all be agreeing on something vaguely political for the rest of 2012 (click any for Full Size): 12. Liberty, Gerald Ford’s Golden Retriever 11. Millie, George H. W. Bush’s Springer Spaniel 10. Rob Roy,...
- 1/11/2012
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
Cosplay – def: short for “costume play”. A type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan.
Cosplayers are fans of fictional characters who enjoy hand-crafting costumes and waving their geek flag high at certain times of the year. ie: Comic book conventions, anime conventions and any convention affording them the opportunity to dress like Batman.
To an outsider, Cosplay equals: a) weirdos b) Star Trek weirdos.
To Cosplayers, it’s about fun, creativity and honouring characters to whom they feel a connection. Sometimes it’s about belonging to a group of like-minded individuals; sometimes it’s as simple as the chance to be silly for a day. The term itself has grown to include those who dress as characters from movies and television from its original anime lovers.
To an outsider, they...
Cosplayers are fans of fictional characters who enjoy hand-crafting costumes and waving their geek flag high at certain times of the year. ie: Comic book conventions, anime conventions and any convention affording them the opportunity to dress like Batman.
To an outsider, Cosplay equals: a) weirdos b) Star Trek weirdos.
To Cosplayers, it’s about fun, creativity and honouring characters to whom they feel a connection. Sometimes it’s about belonging to a group of like-minded individuals; sometimes it’s as simple as the chance to be silly for a day. The term itself has grown to include those who dress as characters from movies and television from its original anime lovers.
To an outsider, they...
- 9/23/2011
- by Devjani Raha
- Obsessed with Film
Since my name is attached to this work, I feel it is within the best practices to protect my personal safety by beginning with the following prefaces.
1) I like "Game of Thrones." A lot. I enjoy the art direction, the intrigue, the unforgiving nature in which the show treats characters. It's a blast. My most common description to friends is that "Game of Thrones" is Lord of the Rings without the homosexual undertones. Replace Frodo with Dudley Moore, add tits, a dash of Conan, sprinkle of Dangerous Liasons. Blend well." I feel, however, that it's important to examine the rust in the proverbial Damascene armor to enhance the discussion of content.
2) For the silmarillionth time, I haven't read the books, nor do I give a crap about how they relate to the show. I'm not here to argue plot points, because that would be shooting fish in a barrel with a grenade launcher.
1) I like "Game of Thrones." A lot. I enjoy the art direction, the intrigue, the unforgiving nature in which the show treats characters. It's a blast. My most common description to friends is that "Game of Thrones" is Lord of the Rings without the homosexual undertones. Replace Frodo with Dudley Moore, add tits, a dash of Conan, sprinkle of Dangerous Liasons. Blend well." I feel, however, that it's important to examine the rust in the proverbial Damascene armor to enhance the discussion of content.
2) For the silmarillionth time, I haven't read the books, nor do I give a crap about how they relate to the show. I'm not here to argue plot points, because that would be shooting fish in a barrel with a grenade launcher.
- 6/26/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Now this is getting interesting: after a whirlwind game of who’s-it-going-to-be, Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman, with Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Chris Hemsworth as the huntsman, Charlize Theron as the evil queen, and Sam Claftin as the prince, now has a new release date of June 1, 2012. That’s more than six months earlier than its original release date in late December, and a good four weeks ahead of its rival, Relativity’s untitled Snow White movie, which stars Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer and Nathan Lane, and has a scheduled June 29, 2012 release date.
Universal Chairman...
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- 5/16/2011
- by Sara Vilkomerson
- EW - Inside Movies
This Caledonian adventure reinforces the Braveheart image of hard as nails Scots. Does it do them a disservice?
Here we go again. Where? North of the border. What kind of people will we be meeting? Well, we're talking about a place where even today, men wear skirts without pants in spite of the cold and relish a beverage made out of girders. If you've seen the likes of Braveheart, Highlander, Rob Roy or even Neds, you'll know what to expect. These people are going to be tough!
In The Eagle, so it proves. The imperial intruder rash enough to tangle with the highland hordes is no softie himself. Channing Tatum's Marcus undergoes anaesthetic-free surgery without a whimper escaping his lips. Yet his Roman stoicism is one thing; the consummate savagery of the Pictish foes he'll encounter is something else. These chaps tear your heart out while you're still alive...
Here we go again. Where? North of the border. What kind of people will we be meeting? Well, we're talking about a place where even today, men wear skirts without pants in spite of the cold and relish a beverage made out of girders. If you've seen the likes of Braveheart, Highlander, Rob Roy or even Neds, you'll know what to expect. These people are going to be tough!
In The Eagle, so it proves. The imperial intruder rash enough to tangle with the highland hordes is no softie himself. Channing Tatum's Marcus undergoes anaesthetic-free surgery without a whimper escaping his lips. Yet his Roman stoicism is one thing; the consummate savagery of the Pictish foes he'll encounter is something else. These chaps tear your heart out while you're still alive...
- 3/28/2011
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
The decision to put the Chronicles of Narnia on fast-forward may be contentious, but it sets a long overdue precedent
Walden Media has already taken plenty of liberties with the Narnia books – like turning Prince Caspian into a sort of Pokemon Braveheart and giving Aslan the voice of Rob Roy – but nothing can compare with what it did yesterday. In a bid to salvage its ever-diminishing franchise, Walden announced that it will leapfrog a couple of less interesting books. Instead of making films based on The Silver Chair and The Horse and His Boy, the company is going to skip straight to the more accessible origin story of The Magician's Nephew.
The grief felt by Narnia fans is almost palpable. They only started watching the series because they knew that eventually they'd be treated to a film about a silver chair – and then another about a horse – and now Walden's gone and stiffed them.
Walden Media has already taken plenty of liberties with the Narnia books – like turning Prince Caspian into a sort of Pokemon Braveheart and giving Aslan the voice of Rob Roy – but nothing can compare with what it did yesterday. In a bid to salvage its ever-diminishing franchise, Walden announced that it will leapfrog a couple of less interesting books. Instead of making films based on The Silver Chair and The Horse and His Boy, the company is going to skip straight to the more accessible origin story of The Magician's Nephew.
The grief felt by Narnia fans is almost palpable. They only started watching the series because they knew that eventually they'd be treated to a film about a silver chair – and then another about a horse – and now Walden's gone and stiffed them.
- 3/24/2011
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Last week on a cold March day in London FilmShaft went down to the Soho Hotel to attend the press conference being held for Kevin McDonald’s new Roman adventure film, The Eagle. The film is released in the UK from March 23rd and you can read our review right here.
Gathered for the event was producer Duncan Kenworthy, director Kevin McDonald and stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Tahar Rahim. It was a good natured twenty minutes and clearly Rosemary Sutcliff’s book, on which the film is based, was something of a passion project for director McDonald. He’d read it as a boy and always wanted to make a film out of the material.
Below is an edited account of what happened, who said what and why:
Duncan Kenworthy on producing The Eagle:
“One of the things that Kevin and I both agreed on was to make it authentic as possible.
Gathered for the event was producer Duncan Kenworthy, director Kevin McDonald and stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Tahar Rahim. It was a good natured twenty minutes and clearly Rosemary Sutcliff’s book, on which the film is based, was something of a passion project for director McDonald. He’d read it as a boy and always wanted to make a film out of the material.
Below is an edited account of what happened, who said what and why:
Duncan Kenworthy on producing The Eagle:
“One of the things that Kevin and I both agreed on was to make it authentic as possible.
- 3/22/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Director Kevin Macdonald, producer Duncan Kenworthy, and stars Jamie Bell, Channing Tatum and Tahar Rahim were in London recently promoting their new movie, The Eagle – which is released in cinemas across the UK from Friday – and we sent along one of our newest roving reporters, Maahin, along to find out more.
When you were planning the movie, did you have to prep the actors that they would have a pretty tough time, there’s not much CGI in there, it’s the real thing.
Kevin Macdonald: We deliberately didn’t tell them how horrible it’d be otherwise they wouldn’t have come.
Channing Tatum: I wouldn’t have.
Km: Channing is from Florida, he lives in La, and he wasn’t quite expecting the rigours of Scotland in the winter. Jamie, he knew what to expect I think, but a lot the shooting was in quite remote locations…...
When you were planning the movie, did you have to prep the actors that they would have a pretty tough time, there’s not much CGI in there, it’s the real thing.
Kevin Macdonald: We deliberately didn’t tell them how horrible it’d be otherwise they wouldn’t have come.
Channing Tatum: I wouldn’t have.
Km: Channing is from Florida, he lives in La, and he wasn’t quite expecting the rigours of Scotland in the winter. Jamie, he knew what to expect I think, but a lot the shooting was in quite remote locations…...
- 3/21/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
There aren't a ton of new releases on DVD and Blu-ray this week, but it's all about quality over quantity. Most notably, David Fincher's critically acclaimed The Social Network hits stores today along with Alexandre Aja's Piranha remake (which is actually available in 3D, if you have a 3D TV), and if you look closely you can find pretty solid deals out there for both. Other new releases include Katie Aselton's indie comedy The Freebie, animated dud Alpha and Omega, and Legion: The Final Exorcism starring... Rowdy Roddy Piper? On Blu-ray, we also have new editions of Dances With Wolves and Raging Bull, plus Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America. What will you be buying or renting this week? The Social Network [1] (+ Blu-ray [2]) Piranha [3] (+ Blu-ray [4], Blu-ray 3D [5]) Alpha and Omega [6] (+ Blu-ray [7]) The Freebie [8] Heartbreaker [9] Shake Hands with the Devil [10] Legion: The Final Exorcism [11] Louis C.K.: Hilarious...
- 1/11/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Your Weekly Source for Blu-Ray and DVD Release News Blu-Ray for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
David Fincher’s Best Picture contender The Social Network hits store shelves today. Two modern classics — Kevin Costner’s western Dances With Wolves and Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, adapted from Jake La Matta’s memoir — receive special anniversary special editions. Criterion Collection releases two classic films on Blu-Ray: John-Pierre Melville’s Army Of Shadows — a WWII story about the French Resistance, set in 1942 and thick with realism — and Byron Haskin’s Robinson Crusoe On Mars — a fascinating sci-fi story about an astronaut stranded on Mars with only a monkey as his companion, he must find someway to survive with limited water and oxygen.
Army Of Shadows: Criterion Collection (1969) Dances With Wolves: 20th Anniversary Edition (1990) Endless Summer (1966) The Great Debaters (2007) Once Upon A Time In America (1984) Piranha (1978) Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition (1980) Rob Roy...
David Fincher’s Best Picture contender The Social Network hits store shelves today. Two modern classics — Kevin Costner’s western Dances With Wolves and Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, adapted from Jake La Matta’s memoir — receive special anniversary special editions. Criterion Collection releases two classic films on Blu-Ray: John-Pierre Melville’s Army Of Shadows — a WWII story about the French Resistance, set in 1942 and thick with realism — and Byron Haskin’s Robinson Crusoe On Mars — a fascinating sci-fi story about an astronaut stranded on Mars with only a monkey as his companion, he must find someway to survive with limited water and oxygen.
Army Of Shadows: Criterion Collection (1969) Dances With Wolves: 20th Anniversary Edition (1990) Endless Summer (1966) The Great Debaters (2007) Once Upon A Time In America (1984) Piranha (1978) Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition (1980) Rob Roy...
- 1/10/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael C. back again from Serious Film. It's time to wrap up the first season of Unsung Heroes and I thought what better way to do that than to focus on a film that's still in the 2010 conversation while there's a chance to upgrade its status from "unsung" to "frequently honored".
The editing of Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop would be a long shot even if it didn’t come from a documentary. The fact that it does puts its chances for recognition outside of a guild award somewhere just shy of nonexistent. Too bad since I saw no more effective use of montage at theaters in 2010, communicating a variety of complicated ideas while on the surface telling a simple, compelling narrative.
If you didn’t know anything about how awards voters marked their ballots you might logically assume that documentaries would have a big advantage in the...
The editing of Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop would be a long shot even if it didn’t come from a documentary. The fact that it does puts its chances for recognition outside of a guild award somewhere just shy of nonexistent. Too bad since I saw no more effective use of montage at theaters in 2010, communicating a variety of complicated ideas while on the surface telling a simple, compelling narrative.
If you didn’t know anything about how awards voters marked their ballots you might logically assume that documentaries would have a big advantage in the...
- 12/9/2010
- by Michael C.
- FilmExperience
We've arrived at the last quarter of the year. How odd. Just yesterday, I was traipsing through the snow at Sundance. In case you missed the goodies as summer changed to fall, here's a sampling of my personal favorite moments from the month that was.
Pandora's Box I love to get lost in the images of my second favorite silent
Love... (The Poster) reactions to Gyllenhaal and Hathaway and their fig leaves pillows
"nicole is angry at you" an actual e-mail received during Tiff
Take Three: Amanda Plummer Craig took on one of the cinema's liveliest fringe dwellers
Cast This: Gravity loved your reader suggestions to replace Angelina Jolie in Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi epic. Natalie Portman is in final negotiations now but we had better ideas.
Unsung Heroes Michael's new series already brought us thought provoking episodes on Eternal Sunshine, Rob Roy, 25th Hour and Election. Can't wait to...
Pandora's Box I love to get lost in the images of my second favorite silent
Love... (The Poster) reactions to Gyllenhaal and Hathaway and their fig leaves pillows
"nicole is angry at you" an actual e-mail received during Tiff
Take Three: Amanda Plummer Craig took on one of the cinema's liveliest fringe dwellers
Cast This: Gravity loved your reader suggestions to replace Angelina Jolie in Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi epic. Natalie Portman is in final negotiations now but we had better ideas.
Unsung Heroes Michael's new series already brought us thought provoking episodes on Eternal Sunshine, Rob Roy, 25th Hour and Election. Can't wait to...
- 10/1/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.
On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...
- 5/17/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
There are two kinds of bad films: actively bad and passively bad.
Actively bad movies are engaging. They're technically competent but utterly nonsensical (and/or offensive), or else so astoundingly inept in every conceivable way that they're mesmerizing. The greatest actively bad films think they're masterpieces and carry themselves with an unearned aura of importance. But whatever subgroup of active badness a film falls into, it's fun. It grabs you. It has personality, attitude, a sense of life.
The passively bad film offers no such compensations. It's jumbled, tangled, sluggish, with different impulses working at cross-purposes and canceling each other out. It never gets a handle on what it wants to say or why it wants to say it, and it has a tendency to pander. Watching a passively bad film is like trying to swim through Jell-o. It wears you out and saps your spirit. By the end, you feel deflated and defeated,...
Actively bad movies are engaging. They're technically competent but utterly nonsensical (and/or offensive), or else so astoundingly inept in every conceivable way that they're mesmerizing. The greatest actively bad films think they're masterpieces and carry themselves with an unearned aura of importance. But whatever subgroup of active badness a film falls into, it's fun. It grabs you. It has personality, attitude, a sense of life.
The passively bad film offers no such compensations. It's jumbled, tangled, sluggish, with different impulses working at cross-purposes and canceling each other out. It never gets a handle on what it wants to say or why it wants to say it, and it has a tendency to pander. Watching a passively bad film is like trying to swim through Jell-o. It wears you out and saps your spirit. By the end, you feel deflated and defeated,...
- 5/13/2010
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- ifc.com
'When Travis hollered, I was definitely flattered,' Kanye West's DJ says of getting the drummer's call.
By James Montgomery
Travis Barker and A-Trak
Photo: MTV News
It's been nearly a year since Travis Barker performed with a DJ, but now, he's getting ready to hit the road again, this time with Kanye West's main man behind the decks.
Barker will be teaming up with turntablist A-Trak — West's touring DJ — for a run of shows, scheduled to kick off March 9-10 at Hollywood's Roxy Theatre. The gigs will mark the first time he's performed live with a DJ since the death of his partner DJ Am in August. But, as Barker told MTV News earlier this month, he had always considered working with Trak on a project of some sort. And after the two jammed a bit last year, both men knew they had to take their show to the stage.
By James Montgomery
Travis Barker and A-Trak
Photo: MTV News
It's been nearly a year since Travis Barker performed with a DJ, but now, he's getting ready to hit the road again, this time with Kanye West's main man behind the decks.
Barker will be teaming up with turntablist A-Trak — West's touring DJ — for a run of shows, scheduled to kick off March 9-10 at Hollywood's Roxy Theatre. The gigs will mark the first time he's performed live with a DJ since the death of his partner DJ Am in August. But, as Barker told MTV News earlier this month, he had always considered working with Trak on a project of some sort. And after the two jammed a bit last year, both men knew they had to take their show to the stage.
- 2/17/2010
- MTV Music News
'When Travis hollered, I was definitely flattered,' Kanye West's DJ says of getting the drummer's call.
By James Montgomery
Travis Barker and A-Trak
Photo: MTV News
It's been nearly a year since Travis Barker performed with a DJ, but now, he's getting ready to hit the road again, this time with Kanye West's main man behind the decks.
Barker will be teaming up with turntablist A-Trak — West's touring DJ — for a run of shows, scheduled to kick off March 9-10 at Hollywood's Roxy Theatre. The gigs will mark the first time he's performed live with a DJ since the death of his partner DJ Am in August. But, as Barker told MTV News earlier this month, he had always considered working with Trak on a project of some sort. And after the two jammed a bit last year, both men knew they had to take their show to the stage.
By James Montgomery
Travis Barker and A-Trak
Photo: MTV News
It's been nearly a year since Travis Barker performed with a DJ, but now, he's getting ready to hit the road again, this time with Kanye West's main man behind the decks.
Barker will be teaming up with turntablist A-Trak — West's touring DJ — for a run of shows, scheduled to kick off March 9-10 at Hollywood's Roxy Theatre. The gigs will mark the first time he's performed live with a DJ since the death of his partner DJ Am in August. But, as Barker told MTV News earlier this month, he had always considered working with Trak on a project of some sort. And after the two jammed a bit last year, both men knew they had to take their show to the stage.
- 2/17/2010
- MTV Music News
British actor Richard Todd was noted for his roles in several Walt Disney adventure films in the early 1950s, starring in 1952’s The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, The Sword and the Rose (1953), and Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953).
He was born Richard Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland, on June 11, 1919. He trained as an actor and began his career on stage in 1936. He appeared in small roles in several films later in the decade before the outbreak of World War II. Todd served in the British Army during the war. He rose to the rank of Captain by 1944 and participated in the D-Day landings with the British 6th Airborne Division. He returned to the stage and screen after the war.
He earned an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart, and starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright (1950) with Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich.
He was born Richard Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland, on June 11, 1919. He trained as an actor and began his career on stage in 1936. He appeared in small roles in several films later in the decade before the outbreak of World War II. Todd served in the British Army during the war. He rose to the rank of Captain by 1944 and participated in the D-Day landings with the British 6th Airborne Division. He returned to the stage and screen after the war.
He earned an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1949 film The Hasty Heart, and starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright (1950) with Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich.
- 12/19/2009
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The actor Richard Todd has died at the age of ninety.
Arguably one of the most respected actors to appear in the classic series, Richard Todd was a British film star well known for his heroic roles in such films as The Dambusters, D-Day the Sixth of June, and The Longest Day.
Born in Ireland, he was a war hero in his own right, being one of the first soldiers to parachute into occupied France on D-Day in 1944. He had a long and distinguished career in British stage and film. He was Oscar-nominated for the 1949 film The Hasty Heart, appearing alongside future American President Ronald Reagan. He won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for the same film. In 1957 he appeared in Yangtse Incident alongside William Hartnell.
He appeared in many Disney adventure movies such as The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, The Sword and the Rose and Rob Roy,...
Arguably one of the most respected actors to appear in the classic series, Richard Todd was a British film star well known for his heroic roles in such films as The Dambusters, D-Day the Sixth of June, and The Longest Day.
Born in Ireland, he was a war hero in his own right, being one of the first soldiers to parachute into occupied France on D-Day in 1944. He had a long and distinguished career in British stage and film. He was Oscar-nominated for the 1949 film The Hasty Heart, appearing alongside future American President Ronald Reagan. He won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for the same film. In 1957 he appeared in Yangtse Incident alongside William Hartnell.
He appeared in many Disney adventure movies such as The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, The Sword and the Rose and Rob Roy,...
- 12/9/2009
- by Marcus
- The Doctor Who News Page
The Dam Busters star and real life war hero Richard Todd has died at the age of 90.
Todd, best known for his role in the 1955 World War II epic, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Grantham, England on Thursday.
The Irish-born star began as a stage actor in the 1930s, but his promising career was cut short by war and he joined the British Army. He graduated to the position of captain in the British 6th Airborne Division and took part in the famous D-Day landings of 1944.
After the war, Todd returned to the stage for a production of The Hasty Heart and was chosen to star in a Hollywood adaptation which won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1949. For his second role he teamed up with legendary director Alfred Hitchcock to star in 1950 thriller Stage Fright.
He went on to play heroes including folk legends Robin Hood and Rob Roy, before landing a role in The Dam Busters. He also starred in another well-known World War II epic The Longest Day in 1962, in which he relived the D-Day landings.
Todd came close to landing the iconic role of James Bond in the super-spy's movie debut Dr. No. The actor was 007 author Ian Fleming's first choice to play the suave secret agent, but a scheduling conflict ruled him out of the movie and handed the part to Sean Connery.
The veteran star continued to act in the 1980s with roles in British TV shows including crime series Silent Witness and sci-fi classic Doctor Who and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.
Todd, best known for his role in the 1955 World War II epic, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Grantham, England on Thursday.
The Irish-born star began as a stage actor in the 1930s, but his promising career was cut short by war and he joined the British Army. He graduated to the position of captain in the British 6th Airborne Division and took part in the famous D-Day landings of 1944.
After the war, Todd returned to the stage for a production of The Hasty Heart and was chosen to star in a Hollywood adaptation which won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1949. For his second role he teamed up with legendary director Alfred Hitchcock to star in 1950 thriller Stage Fright.
He went on to play heroes including folk legends Robin Hood and Rob Roy, before landing a role in The Dam Busters. He also starred in another well-known World War II epic The Longest Day in 1962, in which he relived the D-Day landings.
Todd came close to landing the iconic role of James Bond in the super-spy's movie debut Dr. No. The actor was 007 author Ian Fleming's first choice to play the suave secret agent, but a scheduling conflict ruled him out of the movie and handed the part to Sean Connery.
The veteran star continued to act in the 1980s with roles in British TV shows including crime series Silent Witness and sci-fi classic Doctor Who and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.
- 12/4/2009
- WENN
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