Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “A Hell of a Week: Part One,” the 11th episode of the fourth season of “This Is Us.”
It was a moment that made actor Sterling K. Brown scream out-loud when he read it in the script: his “This Is Us” character, Randall Pearson, arrived home from a trip to deal with his aging mother’s (Mandy Moore) health, checked on his sleeping wife and daughters, and headed back down to the kitchen, only to catch someone breaking into his house in the act.
That cliffhanger from the midseason premiere episode, entitled “Light and Shadows,” paid off in the first-part of the fourth season’s Big Three trilogy episodes, “A Hell of a Week: Part One.”
Randall, who was already stressed out about his mother’s unclear diagnosis, took a few solid, deep breaths to steady himself and then...
It was a moment that made actor Sterling K. Brown scream out-loud when he read it in the script: his “This Is Us” character, Randall Pearson, arrived home from a trip to deal with his aging mother’s (Mandy Moore) health, checked on his sleeping wife and daughters, and headed back down to the kitchen, only to catch someone breaking into his house in the act.
That cliffhanger from the midseason premiere episode, entitled “Light and Shadows,” paid off in the first-part of the fourth season’s Big Three trilogy episodes, “A Hell of a Week: Part One.”
Randall, who was already stressed out about his mother’s unclear diagnosis, took a few solid, deep breaths to steady himself and then...
- 1/22/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
“This Is Us” is embarking upon the second half of its fourth season, with two more seasons already guaranteed, and series creator Dan Fogelman says the plan for the overarching story “has held” ever since he pitched the show.
“For the most part I thnk we’ve really tried to stick to the plan for the overall show that was there from the beginning,” he said at the NBC Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for the show Saturday. “Here and there you make adjustments and brilliant writers come in with ideas and that affects the timeline.”
Fogelman noted that this show has always been about “time and memory and nostalgia” as a device to tell stories about family, and as “we wind the show down eventually…it becomes, in astrange way, the pilot before the twist of the pilot, which was just this intimate story about the family.” Those...
“For the most part I thnk we’ve really tried to stick to the plan for the overall show that was there from the beginning,” he said at the NBC Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for the show Saturday. “Here and there you make adjustments and brilliant writers come in with ideas and that affects the timeline.”
Fogelman noted that this show has always been about “time and memory and nostalgia” as a device to tell stories about family, and as “we wind the show down eventually…it becomes, in astrange way, the pilot before the twist of the pilot, which was just this intimate story about the family.” Those...
- 1/11/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The third season of “This is Us” concludes tonight with an episode by in-house director Ken Olin. Debuting with the first episode after the pilot, Olin has directed all of the season premieres and finales since, as well as such landmark installments as the WGA Award-nominated “The Car” and the consecutive “Number One,” “Number Two” and “Number Three” episodes.
Olin is profiled this month in Icg Magazine, revealing that the pilot script for “This is Us” was the best that he had seen since 2001’s “Alias,” another drama on which Olin was executive producer and the most-prolific director. Olin had since filled those same roles on “Brothers and Sisters,” on which he also acted; it was the similar tone and subject matter of this work that attracted creator Dan Fogelman to Olin. Although Olin is best known as Golden Globe-nominated lead actor of the 1980s “thirtysomething,” another in the same subgenre,...
Olin is profiled this month in Icg Magazine, revealing that the pilot script for “This is Us” was the best that he had seen since 2001’s “Alias,” another drama on which Olin was executive producer and the most-prolific director. Olin had since filled those same roles on “Brothers and Sisters,” on which he also acted; it was the similar tone and subject matter of this work that attracted creator Dan Fogelman to Olin. Although Olin is best known as Golden Globe-nominated lead actor of the 1980s “thirtysomething,” another in the same subgenre,...
- 4/2/2019
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Beauty and the Beast (Bill Condon)
The near-ubiquitous familiarity with the majority of Disney animations make the financial proposition of a live-action remake a no-brainer greenlight. In aiming to appeal to those experiencing these stories for the first time, the generation prior, and the generation that brought that generation to the theater, it can also be as creatively risk-averse as one might imagine. As these cultural touchstones get dusted...
Beauty and the Beast (Bill Condon)
The near-ubiquitous familiarity with the majority of Disney animations make the financial proposition of a live-action remake a no-brainer greenlight. In aiming to appeal to those experiencing these stories for the first time, the generation prior, and the generation that brought that generation to the theater, it can also be as creatively risk-averse as one might imagine. As these cultural touchstones get dusted...
- 6/9/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
A version of this article originally appeared on EW.com.
When the hotly awaited, heavily anticipated season finale of This Is Us arrived on Tuesday night, it began by answering one question that had loomed and gloomed over the past week: Did Jack die while driving to Rebecca’s gig under the influence?
It turns out that he did not. So, how exactly did the gold-hearted family man meet his maker? Sorry, we did not learn how he left the planet (see you next season!), but he did make quite an exit at the end of the episode: He delivered...
When the hotly awaited, heavily anticipated season finale of This Is Us arrived on Tuesday night, it began by answering one question that had loomed and gloomed over the past week: Did Jack die while driving to Rebecca’s gig under the influence?
It turns out that he did not. So, how exactly did the gold-hearted family man meet his maker? Sorry, we did not learn how he left the planet (see you next season!), but he did make quite an exit at the end of the episode: He delivered...
- 3/15/2017
- by DAN SNIERSON
- PEOPLE.com
Repo Men: Eska’s Latest a Gripping Coming of Age Narrative
Certain to be referred to as an indie film counterpart to Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 Django Unchained due to its depiction of black men involved in Civil War era bounty hunting, director Chris Eska’s emotionally engaging sophomore film, The Retrieval, is a resonant and haunting coming of age narrative that’s as adeptly written as it is performed. Tishuan Scott’s win for Breakthrough Performance at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival seems well placed, and will hopefully be an accolade that funnels some attention to the rather somber film.
It’s 1864 and America is in the last leg of the Civil War. Will (Ashton Sanders), who is 13 years of age, works with his uncle Marcus (Keston John) for a band of bounty hunters led by Burrell (Bill Oberst Jr.). Generally, Burrell and co. hunt down runaway slaves, using Will...
Certain to be referred to as an indie film counterpart to Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 Django Unchained due to its depiction of black men involved in Civil War era bounty hunting, director Chris Eska’s emotionally engaging sophomore film, The Retrieval, is a resonant and haunting coming of age narrative that’s as adeptly written as it is performed. Tishuan Scott’s win for Breakthrough Performance at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival seems well placed, and will hopefully be an accolade that funnels some attention to the rather somber film.
It’s 1864 and America is in the last leg of the Civil War. Will (Ashton Sanders), who is 13 years of age, works with his uncle Marcus (Keston John) for a band of bounty hunters led by Burrell (Bill Oberst Jr.). Generally, Burrell and co. hunt down runaway slaves, using Will...
- 4/1/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Tomorrow will bring us my top ten most anticipated movies of 2014, but we must first look at the ten films that fell just out of reach, though I must say this is a rather impressive grouping and it's rather obvious how much more excited I am about each one of these lists the closer we get to the top. Today's list includes a couple of comedies, my highest ranking studio franchise feature, a directorial debut we've all been looking forward to, an On Demand release and more than a few directors whose names alone get us into the theater. Check it out and if you missed either of my two previous installments there is a navigation directly below and on the final page of this post. Most Anticipated 2014 Navigation #1-10 | #11-20 | #21-30 | #31-40 #20 Knights of Badassdom January 21 Peter Dinklage and Ryan Kwanten in Knights of BadassdomPhoto: eOne Films Knights of Badassdom...
- 1/8/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Blaze You Out Starts Production In New Mexico
Sandia Productions has begun principal photography of Blaze You Out, a dramatic thriller. The film is shooting for four weeks entirely in Rio Arriba County in New Mexico. This is the first feature for the Producer, former Disney executive, Alicia Keyes Touche. The film is co-written and directed by Mateo Frazier and Diego Joaquín López.
Blaze You Out stars breakout talents Veronica Diaz-Carranza (Mamitas, Taco Shop) and Melissa Cordero (Language of a Broken Heart) alongside award winning Elizabeth Pena (Jacob.s Ladder, The Incredibles, Tortilla Soup) and Jeremy Ray Valdez (Constantine, La Mission and Walkout) as well as industry veterans Raoul Trujillo (Cowboys and Aliens), Mark Adair Rios (Along Came Polly) and Q’orianka Kilcher (The New World, Princess Kaiulani).
Blaze You Out tells the story of Lupe, an aspiring DJ, and her sister Alicia; two young women struggling to make a living in the Esperanza Valley,...
Sandia Productions has begun principal photography of Blaze You Out, a dramatic thriller. The film is shooting for four weeks entirely in Rio Arriba County in New Mexico. This is the first feature for the Producer, former Disney executive, Alicia Keyes Touche. The film is co-written and directed by Mateo Frazier and Diego Joaquín López.
Blaze You Out stars breakout talents Veronica Diaz-Carranza (Mamitas, Taco Shop) and Melissa Cordero (Language of a Broken Heart) alongside award winning Elizabeth Pena (Jacob.s Ladder, The Incredibles, Tortilla Soup) and Jeremy Ray Valdez (Constantine, La Mission and Walkout) as well as industry veterans Raoul Trujillo (Cowboys and Aliens), Mark Adair Rios (Along Came Polly) and Q’orianka Kilcher (The New World, Princess Kaiulani).
Blaze You Out tells the story of Lupe, an aspiring DJ, and her sister Alicia; two young women struggling to make a living in the Esperanza Valley,...
- 9/26/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Judging by the lovely "Au gust Evening," writer/ director/editor Chris Eska's first feature, his name is worth remembering.
Eska uses a minimum of dialogue and a maximum of ambiance to tell the tender story - set in southwest Texas - of an undocumented Mexican farmworker and his widowed
daughter-in-law as they face life after the elderly man's wife dies unexpectedly.
Pedro Castaneda, a nonprofessional appearing in his first film, and Veronica Loren tug at your heartstrings with their portrayals of the lead characters.
Yasu Tanida's lensing is worthy of...
Eska uses a minimum of dialogue and a maximum of ambiance to tell the tender story - set in southwest Texas - of an undocumented Mexican farmworker and his widowed
daughter-in-law as they face life after the elderly man's wife dies unexpectedly.
Pedro Castaneda, a nonprofessional appearing in his first film, and Veronica Loren tug at your heartstrings with their portrayals of the lead characters.
Yasu Tanida's lensing is worthy of...
- 9/5/2008
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
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