Kalki 2898 Ad Box Office Vs Top 3 Worldwide Openers Of Prabhas (Photo Credit – Instagram)
Kalki 2898 Ad is touted to be the next big thing in Indian cinema, and the countdown for its release has already started. Featuring Prabhas in the lead role, the film has a huge potential to be a record smasher at the worldwide box office. At present, the film is in a comfortable position to be one of the smashing openers of all time and has a chance to be among Prabhas’ top openers. Keep reading to know more!
Prabhas back in form!
After the historic success of the Baahubali franchise, the Darling actor was struggling to find his form and deliver a staggering theatrical success. Finally, the wait ended with Salaar. As director Prashanth Neel was coming fresh from the success of Kgf Chapter 2, fans expected that he would give the actor his much needed comeback.
Kalki 2898 Ad is touted to be the next big thing in Indian cinema, and the countdown for its release has already started. Featuring Prabhas in the lead role, the film has a huge potential to be a record smasher at the worldwide box office. At present, the film is in a comfortable position to be one of the smashing openers of all time and has a chance to be among Prabhas’ top openers. Keep reading to know more!
Prabhas back in form!
After the historic success of the Baahubali franchise, the Darling actor was struggling to find his form and deliver a staggering theatrical success. Finally, the wait ended with Salaar. As director Prashanth Neel was coming fresh from the success of Kgf Chapter 2, fans expected that he would give the actor his much needed comeback.
- 6/9/2024
- by Shalmesh More
- KoiMoi
Aranmanai 4 Box Office – Tamannaah Bhatia Eyes To Axe Kamal Haasan ( Photo Credit – YouTube )
Tamannaah Bhatia has already been crowned as the queen of the Tamil Box Office this year, with Aranmanai 4 hitting the numbers at a phenomenal high, ringing in a box office collection of 96.90 crore gross worldwide. The horror comedy is very close to touching the 100-crore mark.
Aranmanai 4 Box Office Records
Sundar C’s film is the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year, surpassing stalwarts like Dhanush, whose Captain Miller settled at 67.90 crore worldwide, and Ayalaan, which earned 76.41 crore. Both the biggies are at the losing end. Tamannaah’s film literally pulled Tollywood out of the slumber.
And now, Aranmanai 4 box office is taking the franchise total climb upwards in the list of highest-grossing Tamil franchises. The first film in the Aranmanai franchise was released in 2014. The second part, released in 2016 starred Sundar and Hansika alongside Siddharth and Trisha.
Tamannaah Bhatia has already been crowned as the queen of the Tamil Box Office this year, with Aranmanai 4 hitting the numbers at a phenomenal high, ringing in a box office collection of 96.90 crore gross worldwide. The horror comedy is very close to touching the 100-crore mark.
Aranmanai 4 Box Office Records
Sundar C’s film is the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year, surpassing stalwarts like Dhanush, whose Captain Miller settled at 67.90 crore worldwide, and Ayalaan, which earned 76.41 crore. Both the biggies are at the losing end. Tamannaah’s film literally pulled Tollywood out of the slumber.
And now, Aranmanai 4 box office is taking the franchise total climb upwards in the list of highest-grossing Tamil franchises. The first film in the Aranmanai franchise was released in 2014. The second part, released in 2016 starred Sundar and Hansika alongside Siddharth and Trisha.
- 6/9/2024
- by Trisha Gaur
- KoiMoi
Callum Turner is staying employed at Apple TV+.
Turner, who recently co-starred in Apple’s World War II miniseries Masters of the Air, has been tapped to lead Neuromancer, the streamer’s series adaptation of William Gibson’s classic sci-fi/cyberpunk novel.
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Turner, who recently co-starred in Apple’s World War II miniseries Masters of the Air, has been tapped to lead Neuromancer, the streamer’s series adaptation of William Gibson’s classic sci-fi/cyberpunk novel.
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- 4/23/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
The Circus, the Showtime docuseries that presented the chaotic world of politics in a weekly narrative, is ending its run after eight seasons and 130 episodes.
The show, with regular host correspondents are Mark McKinnon, John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri, will have its final episode on Sunday on Paramount+ with Showtime and Showtime linear.
Showtime decided not to renew the series amid changes at the premium network. One of the big champions of the show, David Nevins, departed last year.
The Circus is ending just on the cusp of the 2024 presidential cycle, in what might be a fight-to-the-finish rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the latter of whom is likely to spend the better part of the year in court facing criminal charges.
The show’s hosts haven’t foreclosed the possibility of continuing on another platform, but they gave credit to Showtime for embracing the idea for The Circus and staying with it.
The show, with regular host correspondents are Mark McKinnon, John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri, will have its final episode on Sunday on Paramount+ with Showtime and Showtime linear.
Showtime decided not to renew the series amid changes at the premium network. One of the big champions of the show, David Nevins, departed last year.
The Circus is ending just on the cusp of the 2024 presidential cycle, in what might be a fight-to-the-finish rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the latter of whom is likely to spend the better part of the year in court facing criminal charges.
The show’s hosts haven’t foreclosed the possibility of continuing on another platform, but they gave credit to Showtime for embracing the idea for The Circus and staying with it.
- 11/7/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
This is Day 112 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Striking actors in New York City hit the picket lines in extra layering Thursday with the weather turning colder and their union’s strike against studios and streamers extending into its fifth calendar month.
Amid reports of progress in the talks out west between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, picketers spotted Thursday outside AMPTP member company offices in Manhattan included Annabella Sciorra, Terry Kinney, Kelly AuCoin, Glenn Fleshler, Stephen Kunken, Carrie Gibson, Michael Cyril Creighton, Frank C. Williams and Stephanie D’Abruzzo.
Actors said that they are doing their best to balance hopes for a settlement — which have been dashed before — with managed expectations while most continue to go without paying work.
“It’s a fine line,” Gibson, a SAG-AFTRA strike captain who had a recurring role on Max’s Barry, told Deadline at a picket outside NBCUniversal headquarters at Rockefeller Center.
Striking actors in New York City hit the picket lines in extra layering Thursday with the weather turning colder and their union’s strike against studios and streamers extending into its fifth calendar month.
Amid reports of progress in the talks out west between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, picketers spotted Thursday outside AMPTP member company offices in Manhattan included Annabella Sciorra, Terry Kinney, Kelly AuCoin, Glenn Fleshler, Stephen Kunken, Carrie Gibson, Michael Cyril Creighton, Frank C. Williams and Stephanie D’Abruzzo.
Actors said that they are doing their best to balance hopes for a settlement — which have been dashed before — with managed expectations while most continue to go without paying work.
“It’s a fine line,” Gibson, a SAG-AFTRA strike captain who had a recurring role on Max’s Barry, told Deadline at a picket outside NBCUniversal headquarters at Rockefeller Center.
- 11/2/2023
- by Sean Piccoli
- Deadline Film + TV
Love in the time of McCarthyism is no walk in the park for Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in the series premiere of Fellow Travelers.
The Showtime limited drama — which dropped its first episode Friday on Paramount+ With Showtime, before making its linear debut this Sunday at 9/8c — begins in 1986, with a going-away party for Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller (White Collar vet Bomer) and his wife Lucy (Girls‘ Allison Williams), the former of whom has been assigned a post in Italy. In the middle of the event, Marcus (The Walking Dead: World Beyond’s Jelani Alladin), a man from Hawk’s past,...
The Showtime limited drama — which dropped its first episode Friday on Paramount+ With Showtime, before making its linear debut this Sunday at 9/8c — begins in 1986, with a going-away party for Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller (White Collar vet Bomer) and his wife Lucy (Girls‘ Allison Williams), the former of whom has been assigned a post in Italy. In the middle of the event, Marcus (The Walking Dead: World Beyond’s Jelani Alladin), a man from Hawk’s past,...
- 10/28/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
“Motherland” star Anna Maxwell Martin has joined the cast of BBC drama “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” Variety can reveal.
She is set to play Leanne, the mother of lead character Pip Fitz-Amobi, who will be portrayed on screen by “Wednesday’s” Emma Myers.
Gary Beadle (“Small Axe”) plays Pip’s father Victor while Mathew Baynton joins as Elliot Ward.
Myers leads the cast in the screen adaptation of Holly Jackson’s hit mystery series, which is produced by BBC Three, Moonage Pictures (“The Pursuit of Love”) and German co-production partner ZDFneo.
The show is set to air in the U.K. on BBC Three and iPlayer. BBC Studios, who own a minority stake in Moonage Pictures and are repping international distribution of the series, are launching sales at Mipcom this week.
“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” tells the story of murdered schoolgirl Andie Bell. Everyone – including the...
She is set to play Leanne, the mother of lead character Pip Fitz-Amobi, who will be portrayed on screen by “Wednesday’s” Emma Myers.
Gary Beadle (“Small Axe”) plays Pip’s father Victor while Mathew Baynton joins as Elliot Ward.
Myers leads the cast in the screen adaptation of Holly Jackson’s hit mystery series, which is produced by BBC Three, Moonage Pictures (“The Pursuit of Love”) and German co-production partner ZDFneo.
The show is set to air in the U.K. on BBC Three and iPlayer. BBC Studios, who own a minority stake in Moonage Pictures and are repping international distribution of the series, are launching sales at Mipcom this week.
“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” tells the story of murdered schoolgirl Andie Bell. Everyone – including the...
- 10/17/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Ego keeps a lot of people afloat.
It informs their decisions and, to some extent, makes them predictable to anyone who cares to pay a little attention.
It must have come up in our Billions reviews that Mike Prince -- like any other billionaire -- suffers from the all-too-common condition among people of his stature. He suffers from inflated self-importance.
We will discuss everything that went down on Billions Season 7 Episode 6, so if you're yet to get caught up on it, beware of spoilers.
Mike prepared to confront the ruling sentiments from the electorate where he was concerned. It was a standard procedure in candidacy, but that gave the saboteurs in his midst the opportunity to try and trim him down and, if lucky, get him to quit.
To brave the tumultuous waters of politics is not an easy feat. It requires a person whose self-awareness and pride are above that of an average person.
It informs their decisions and, to some extent, makes them predictable to anyone who cares to pay a little attention.
It must have come up in our Billions reviews that Mike Prince -- like any other billionaire -- suffers from the all-too-common condition among people of his stature. He suffers from inflated self-importance.
We will discuss everything that went down on Billions Season 7 Episode 6, so if you're yet to get caught up on it, beware of spoilers.
Mike prepared to confront the ruling sentiments from the electorate where he was concerned. It was a standard procedure in candidacy, but that gave the saboteurs in his midst the opportunity to try and trim him down and, if lucky, get him to quit.
To brave the tumultuous waters of politics is not an easy feat. It requires a person whose self-awareness and pride are above that of an average person.
- 9/15/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
What do you do when you’re on break from opening for Metallica’s world tour? In the case of Ice Nine Kills, you gather a couple thousand of your biggest fans for an unforgettable rock show.
For the second consecutive year, the Massachusetts-based band headlined a concert as part of Silver Scream Con, a horror convention curated by Ice Nine Kills mastermind Spencer Charnas. After last year’s intimate performance effortlessly sold out the 850-seat Cabot Theater in Beverly, Ma, this year’s event was booked at the Lynn Memorial Auditorium in Lynn, Ma. Despite having more than double the capacity at 2,112, it sold out in advance.
Following an introduction by SiriusXM metal ambassador Jose Mangin and the dulcet tones of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ “Red Right Hand” from Scream, Ice Nine Kills – frontman Charnas, guitarist Ricky Armellino, bassist Joe Occhiuti, drummer Patrick Galante, and fill-in guitarist...
For the second consecutive year, the Massachusetts-based band headlined a concert as part of Silver Scream Con, a horror convention curated by Ice Nine Kills mastermind Spencer Charnas. After last year’s intimate performance effortlessly sold out the 850-seat Cabot Theater in Beverly, Ma, this year’s event was booked at the Lynn Memorial Auditorium in Lynn, Ma. Despite having more than double the capacity at 2,112, it sold out in advance.
Following an introduction by SiriusXM metal ambassador Jose Mangin and the dulcet tones of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ “Red Right Hand” from Scream, Ice Nine Kills – frontman Charnas, guitarist Ricky Armellino, bassist Joe Occhiuti, drummer Patrick Galante, and fill-in guitarist...
- 9/15/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Billions has always explored the one percent's relationship with the rest of the world in a way most people have never considered.
It has shown how having staggering amounts of money can render some people above the law because, in a predominantly capitalistic world, those with a lot of money have a millennium's worth of a head start over others.
But most of what we saw throughout the six seasons seemed a little out of the realm of possibility since the first time we were coming alive to the facts presented was through dramatization.
It all became too real when Mike Prince's plan was revealed in the Billions Season 6 finale. It felt eerily familiar that a billionaire who overestimated himself thought he was the solution to the common person's problem and would do anything to prove it. Anything.
We will discuss everything that went down on Billions Billions Season...
It has shown how having staggering amounts of money can render some people above the law because, in a predominantly capitalistic world, those with a lot of money have a millennium's worth of a head start over others.
But most of what we saw throughout the six seasons seemed a little out of the realm of possibility since the first time we were coming alive to the facts presented was through dramatization.
It all became too real when Mike Prince's plan was revealed in the Billions Season 6 finale. It felt eerily familiar that a billionaire who overestimated himself thought he was the solution to the common person's problem and would do anything to prove it. Anything.
We will discuss everything that went down on Billions Billions Season...
- 8/11/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
Six further titles added to interim agreement list.
SAG-AFTRA has provided interim agreements to a further six independent productions after announcing an initial 39 on Tuesday including Sam Raimi horror Don’t Move and The Watchers, which has been shooting in Ireland.
Capstone is financing and Capstone Global handling world sales on Don’t Move, which is scheduled to wrap production in Bulgaria on Friday and centres on a killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralysing agent, leaving the woman little time to escape before her body shuts down.
Kelsey Asbile (Yellowstone), Finn Whitlrock (American Horror Story) and Daniel Francis from Small Axe and Bridgerton S.
SAG-AFTRA has provided interim agreements to a further six independent productions after announcing an initial 39 on Tuesday including Sam Raimi horror Don’t Move and The Watchers, which has been shooting in Ireland.
Capstone is financing and Capstone Global handling world sales on Don’t Move, which is scheduled to wrap production in Bulgaria on Friday and centres on a killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralysing agent, leaving the woman little time to escape before her body shuts down.
Kelsey Asbile (Yellowstone), Finn Whitlrock (American Horror Story) and Daniel Francis from Small Axe and Bridgerton S.
- 7/19/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Billions is officially coming to an end as Showtime has confirmed that the upcoming seventh season will be the final one for the drama series.
“Billions has deftly explored power, money and greed in a way that not only made it a massive hit, but also defined its own genre thanks to the creative brain trust of Brian [Koppelman] and David [Levien],” said Chris McCarthy, President & CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks. “This final season is packed full of the incredible, complex dialogue and character dynamics fans have come to love, and we are thrilled to partner with them on turning this hit series into a global franchise.“
The final season of Billions will see Damian Lewis returning as Bobby “Axe” Axelrod. The actor previously departed the series after the fifth season. When Lewis made his first exit, he posted the following on Instagram: “Thank you @SHO_Billions thank you @briankoppelman @DavidLevien.
“Billions has deftly explored power, money and greed in a way that not only made it a massive hit, but also defined its own genre thanks to the creative brain trust of Brian [Koppelman] and David [Levien],” said Chris McCarthy, President & CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks. “This final season is packed full of the incredible, complex dialogue and character dynamics fans have come to love, and we are thrilled to partner with them on turning this hit series into a global franchise.“
The final season of Billions will see Damian Lewis returning as Bobby “Axe” Axelrod. The actor previously departed the series after the fifth season. When Lewis made his first exit, he posted the following on Instagram: “Thank you @SHO_Billions thank you @briankoppelman @DavidLevien.
- 6/15/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
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After a successful awards season, “Triangle of Sadness” is one of several films being added to The Criterion Collection this month.
Directed by the irreverent Swedish satirist Ruben Östlund, the film follows two supermodels on a doomed luxury cruise that leaves the pair stranded on a deserted island along with some of their fellow passengers and a Marxist captain. The film was last year’s Palme d’Or winner and went on to receive nods for best picture, best director and best original screenplay at the 2023 Oscars.
“The thing about Östlund is that he makes you laugh, but he also makes you think,” Variety film critic Peter DeBruge wrote in his review. “There’s a meticulous precision to the way he constructs, blocks and executes scenes — a kind of agonizing unease,...
After a successful awards season, “Triangle of Sadness” is one of several films being added to The Criterion Collection this month.
Directed by the irreverent Swedish satirist Ruben Östlund, the film follows two supermodels on a doomed luxury cruise that leaves the pair stranded on a deserted island along with some of their fellow passengers and a Marxist captain. The film was last year’s Palme d’Or winner and went on to receive nods for best picture, best director and best original screenplay at the 2023 Oscars.
“The thing about Östlund is that he makes you laugh, but he also makes you think,” Variety film critic Peter DeBruge wrote in his review. “There’s a meticulous precision to the way he constructs, blocks and executes scenes — a kind of agonizing unease,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Showtime recently teased that the Billions universe will expand with a plethora of spinoffs, but the main series is coming to an end.
Dan Soder, who has been with the show since the beginning, revealed the surprising fate of the hit drama over the weekend during an appearance on NBC Sports Chicago's Football Night in Chicago.
"Season 7, the final season of Billions, is on its way," Soder said during the telecast, adding:
"Am I not supposed to say that? I don't know if I'm supposed to say that."
"It doesn't matter. You just said it," Mike Berman responded.
Soder replied, "It's the final season."
Showtime has yet to confirm the news, but Soder's announcement isn't that surprising.
It was recently reported that Damian Lewis would return for an arc on Billions Season 7, which could be to wrap up Axe's journey on-screen.
"Bobby's back," Lewis told Stephen Colbert last month.
Dan Soder, who has been with the show since the beginning, revealed the surprising fate of the hit drama over the weekend during an appearance on NBC Sports Chicago's Football Night in Chicago.
"Season 7, the final season of Billions, is on its way," Soder said during the telecast, adding:
"Am I not supposed to say that? I don't know if I'm supposed to say that."
"It doesn't matter. You just said it," Mike Berman responded.
Soder replied, "It's the final season."
Showtime has yet to confirm the news, but Soder's announcement isn't that surprising.
It was recently reported that Damian Lewis would return for an arc on Billions Season 7, which could be to wrap up Axe's journey on-screen.
"Bobby's back," Lewis told Stephen Colbert last month.
- 3/28/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The Axe is back.
Damian Lewis is returning to Showtime’s Billions for the finance drama’s upcoming seventh season.
The move marks a reversal for the actor, who exited his position as the show’s co-lead, playing hedge fund billionaire Bobby Axelrod, after season five. Lewis will appear in six of the new season’s 12 episodes.
Lewis’ departure was explained by his character going on the run from legal troubles. Co-star Corey Stoll was then upped to series regular and his character took over Axe’s company.
Lewis has previously suggested he left the series when his original five-season contract was up because he was a bit weary of the role. “It’s difficult to keep mining, creatively … We know who he is,” Lewis told The New York Times. “I always just assumed that [five] would be enough.” He also added that the passing of his wife in 2021, actress Helen McCrory,...
Damian Lewis is returning to Showtime’s Billions for the finance drama’s upcoming seventh season.
The move marks a reversal for the actor, who exited his position as the show’s co-lead, playing hedge fund billionaire Bobby Axelrod, after season five. Lewis will appear in six of the new season’s 12 episodes.
Lewis’ departure was explained by his character going on the run from legal troubles. Co-star Corey Stoll was then upped to series regular and his character took over Axe’s company.
Lewis has previously suggested he left the series when his original five-season contract was up because he was a bit weary of the role. “It’s difficult to keep mining, creatively … We know who he is,” Lewis told The New York Times. “I always just assumed that [five] would be enough.” He also added that the passing of his wife in 2021, actress Helen McCrory,...
- 2/28/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Too bad Axe didn’t show up on the Season 6 finale of Showtime’s Billions Sunday because that would have been exciting.
Instead, viewers had to watch the same Chuck and Prince tit for tat the money drama’s writers have been foisting upon us all season long with little to no payoff. This time, Chuck tried to blackmail Kate, used a fake warrant to confiscate one of his cryptocurrency storage boxes, and did a bunch of other illegal stuff to take down Prince.
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Instead, viewers had to watch the same Chuck and Prince tit for tat the money drama’s writers have been foisting upon us all season long with little to no payoff. This time, Chuck tried to blackmail Kate, used a fake warrant to confiscate one of his cryptocurrency storage boxes, and did a bunch of other illegal stuff to take down Prince.
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- 4/11/2022
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVLine.com
The Candy Montgomery story is turning heads all across Hollywood, with two different streamers set to release their take on the infamous ax-murderer later this year. When you think about it, is there a story better suited for the miniseries treatment? This is a tale based on a true story, featuring everything you could want in a show: suburban housewives, a sordid affair, a gruesome murder, and a mystifying trial. It's no wonder that both HBO and Hulu have a vision for getting this story onscreen! First up to bat is Hulu with "Candy," a series hailing from three-time Emmy nominee Robin Veith,...
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The post Candy Teaser: Jessica Biel Is Unrecognizable As An Infamous Axe Murderer appeared first on /Film.
- 3/17/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
Amazon’s upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s (Good Omens) best-selling fantasy novel Anansi Boys has cast its lead female stars, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn (Small Axe) and Grace Saif (13 Reasons Why). St. Aubyn, who made her screen debut as part of Steve McQueen‘s Small Axe series in the feature Lovers Rock, is set to play cheerful and kind teacher Rosie Noah. Rosie is the fiancée to Charles “Fat Charlie” Nancy, the show’s main protagonist, played by fellow Small Axe actor Malachi Kirby. Saif, meanwhile, will portray the smart, determined, and very funny Detective Constable Daisy Day. Daisy finds herself tied up in multiple overlapping police cases, including a murder. “When you are casting something on the scale of Anansi Boys, you need female leads who are as accomplished, charming, and brilliant as, well, Malachi Kirby in both his incarnations,” said Gaiman (via The Hollywood Reporter). He continued: “Amarah-Jae St.
- 12/15/2021
- TV Insider
Chuck and Prince aren’t besties anymore, and the moment the business titan betrayed New York’s Attorney General on Showtime’s Billions is the moment they became the drama’s latest mortal enemies.
This is where the new Season 6 trailer the cabler dropped Wednesday takes fans as it establishes a broader thinking but ever-vengeful Chuck setting his sights on Prince and all of his one percent pals. In one scene, Chuck’s lawmen can be seen snatching up hedge-fund bigwig Steven Birch (recurring guest star Jerry O’Connell) and throwing him in the backseat of a tinted-windowed SUV with a...
This is where the new Season 6 trailer the cabler dropped Wednesday takes fans as it establishes a broader thinking but ever-vengeful Chuck setting his sights on Prince and all of his one percent pals. In one scene, Chuck’s lawmen can be seen snatching up hedge-fund bigwig Steven Birch (recurring guest star Jerry O’Connell) and throwing him in the backseat of a tinted-windowed SUV with a...
- 12/9/2021
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVLine.com
Up until the moment Axe escaped to Switzerland in the Billions Season 5 finale, fans were probably thinking the character would look into the camera and say “just kidding” and run back to Wendy’s loving arms in New York.
But that wasn’t meant to be. Damian Lewis, who had played the enigmatic billionaire for five hit seasons, didn’t renew his contract because he felt like there was nothing else to mine creatively. “We know who he is,” Lewis recently told the New York Times.
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But that wasn’t meant to be. Damian Lewis, who had played the enigmatic billionaire for five hit seasons, didn’t renew his contract because he felt like there was nothing else to mine creatively. “We know who he is,” Lewis recently told the New York Times.
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- 10/6/2021
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVLine.com
Damian Lewis is speaking out for the first time after ending his five-season run as Bobby Axelrod on Showtime’s Billions. Lewis took to Twitter this morning following Sunday night’s Season 5 finale, to thank the show’s co-creators, cast and crew.
“Thank you @SHO_Billions thank you @briankoppelman @DavidLevien. A pleasure and a privilege to play Axe for 5 seasons with some of the smartest, funniest most talented cast and crew I’ve worked with. I’ll miss the Billions family. Yep, some jobs are more than just a job…. Love”, Lewis wrote.
Thank you @SHO_Billions thank you @briankoppelman @DavidLevien. A pleasure and a privilege to play Axe for 5 seasons with some of the smartest, funniest most talented cast and crew I’ve worked with. I’ll miss the Billions family. Yep, some jobs are more than just a job…. Love.
— Damian Lewis (@lewis_damian) October 4, 2021
Season 5 ended with...
“Thank you @SHO_Billions thank you @briankoppelman @DavidLevien. A pleasure and a privilege to play Axe for 5 seasons with some of the smartest, funniest most talented cast and crew I’ve worked with. I’ll miss the Billions family. Yep, some jobs are more than just a job…. Love”, Lewis wrote.
Thank you @SHO_Billions thank you @briankoppelman @DavidLevien. A pleasure and a privilege to play Axe for 5 seasons with some of the smartest, funniest most talented cast and crew I’ve worked with. I’ll miss the Billions family. Yep, some jobs are more than just a job…. Love.
— Damian Lewis (@lewis_damian) October 4, 2021
Season 5 ended with...
- 10/4/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Small Axe” was a hit with TV and film critics when it premiered last fall on Amazon Prime Video. It won Best Picture from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and was nominated for Best Limited Series at the Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards. But how many Emmy nominations will it get? It’s up for consideration 18 times across the Emmy ballots. Scroll down to see the full list.
Seebafta TV Awards: ‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘Small Axe,’ ‘Normal People’ ….
Directed and co-written by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”), “Small Axe” is an anthology consisting of five standalone films that explore the West Indian immigrant experience in the UK from the 1960s to the 1980s. “Mangrove” tells the true story of a group of Black protestors who were persecuted by the police and the legal system. “Lovers Rock” is a fictional story set during a lively house party.
Seebafta TV Awards: ‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘Small Axe,’ ‘Normal People’ ….
Directed and co-written by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”), “Small Axe” is an anthology consisting of five standalone films that explore the West Indian immigrant experience in the UK from the 1960s to the 1980s. “Mangrove” tells the true story of a group of Black protestors who were persecuted by the police and the legal system. “Lovers Rock” is a fictional story set during a lively house party.
- 7/3/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Galeca: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of over 300 entertainment journalists in the U.S. and abroad, has announced its 2021 Dorian TV Award nominations.
“I’m so proud,” said the Society’s newly elected president, Monika Estrella Negra. “Our group’s nominations are diverse and fresh, signaling the overhaul of invisibility of marginalized communities and the heralding of a new generation of entertainment journalists.”
The final season of Pose, FX’s found-family drama, leads with six nominations, including Best TV Drama. Disney+’s TV-spoofing Marvel fantasy WandaVision is close behind with five nominations. And with four nominations each are HBO’s grim Kate Winslet-led murder mystery Mare of Easttown and vividly frank I May Destroy You, as well as the heartrending drama It’s a Sin from HBO Max.
Spurred by passionate pleas from non-binary activists, as well as non-binary journalists and others in Galeca’s own ranks,...
“I’m so proud,” said the Society’s newly elected president, Monika Estrella Negra. “Our group’s nominations are diverse and fresh, signaling the overhaul of invisibility of marginalized communities and the heralding of a new generation of entertainment journalists.”
The final season of Pose, FX’s found-family drama, leads with six nominations, including Best TV Drama. Disney+’s TV-spoofing Marvel fantasy WandaVision is close behind with five nominations. And with four nominations each are HBO’s grim Kate Winslet-led murder mystery Mare of Easttown and vividly frank I May Destroy You, as well as the heartrending drama It’s a Sin from HBO Max.
Spurred by passionate pleas from non-binary activists, as well as non-binary journalists and others in Galeca’s own ranks,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
It is often hard enough to conjure the right mood for one installment of an anthology series, but what if your task is five times that? Music supervisor Ed Bailie was tasked by Academy Award-nominated director Steve McQueen to do just that for “Small Axe,” a quintet of period-specific films about Black life in England ranging from the 1960s to the 1980s, touching on social topics from police brutality to the failings of the education system to a raging house party’s effect on young lives. “We used about 80 or 90 songs in the course of ‘Small Axe,'” says Bailie, “and each film had different music illustrated in the scripts, so every part carved their own identities throughout”.
For “Mangrove,” the lengthiest and arguably most-charged entry that opens “Axe,” Bailie took his cue from the Trinidadian-settled Notting Hill of the late 1960s — far removed from the gentrified neighborhood seen years...
For “Mangrove,” the lengthiest and arguably most-charged entry that opens “Axe,” Bailie took his cue from the Trinidadian-settled Notting Hill of the late 1960s — far removed from the gentrified neighborhood seen years...
- 6/14/2021
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
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Steve McQueen has launched movies at Cannes, Venice, and Telluride. He’s received rapturous reviews calling him “masterful” and declaring his work Oscar-bound. But no premiere compared to his anthology series, “Small Axe,” when it hit the BBC and Amazon Prime Video late last year.
“It’s been tremendous. In fact, it’s quite overwhelming and quite emotional, really,” McQueen said. “I never had a debut like this ever.”
As part of their rollout, the director and co-writer of all five films said he was very fortunate, at a time when many festivals were being canceled, to see “Mangrove,” “Lovers Rock,” and “Red, White, and Blue” premiere at the New York Film Festival.
“I was very happy that our film could give that much joy to people,...
Steve McQueen has launched movies at Cannes, Venice, and Telluride. He’s received rapturous reviews calling him “masterful” and declaring his work Oscar-bound. But no premiere compared to his anthology series, “Small Axe,” when it hit the BBC and Amazon Prime Video late last year.
“It’s been tremendous. In fact, it’s quite overwhelming and quite emotional, really,” McQueen said. “I never had a debut like this ever.”
As part of their rollout, the director and co-writer of all five films said he was very fortunate, at a time when many festivals were being canceled, to see “Mangrove,” “Lovers Rock,” and “Red, White, and Blue” premiere at the New York Film Festival.
“I was very happy that our film could give that much joy to people,...
- 6/3/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
BBC will be adapting Kate Atkinson's bestselling novel Life After Life into a four-part series that's set for release on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The book was previously shortlisted for a Women's Prize For Fiction and won a Costa Book Award in 2013, so we know it's going to be good. Starring Fleabag's Sian Clifford, Derry Girls's Maria Laird, and Small Axe star Joshua Hill, the story follows a main character called Ursula, who dies before she's able to take her first breath.
Set in 1910, the series follows Ursula as she's born and reborn again and again, across a period that spans not one but two world wars. She finds herself face to face with Adolf Hitler himself, and the series explores her journey as she tries to navigate a new life each time. Clifford is set to play Sylvie - Ursula's mother - and stars alongside James McArdle,...
Set in 1910, the series follows Ursula as she's born and reborn again and again, across a period that spans not one but two world wars. She finds herself face to face with Adolf Hitler himself, and the series explores her journey as she tries to navigate a new life each time. Clifford is set to play Sylvie - Ursula's mother - and stars alongside James McArdle,...
- 4/22/2021
- by Navi Ahluwalia
- Popsugar.com
“Small Axe” made a large impact when it premiered last fall, uniting film and television critics in their praise of the Steve McQueen anthology series about the history of oppression against West Indian immigrants in the UK. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association even awarded it Best Picture. But it competes as a TV limited series at the Golden Globes, and now it’s the front-runner to win Best TV Supporting Actor for John Boyega.
Before nominations were announced, Boyega ranked fourth in our predictions with 6/1 odds based on the combined forecasts of Gold Derby users, with none of our Experts predicting him to win. Many of our users and top journos might have been hedging their bets about his candidacy since he’d never been nominated for a Globe before and the TV supporting categories at these awards are prohibitively crowded, combining comedies, dramas, movies and limited series with only five nomination slots available.
Before nominations were announced, Boyega ranked fourth in our predictions with 6/1 odds based on the combined forecasts of Gold Derby users, with none of our Experts predicting him to win. Many of our users and top journos might have been hedging their bets about his candidacy since he’d never been nominated for a Globe before and the TV supporting categories at these awards are prohibitively crowded, combining comedies, dramas, movies and limited series with only five nomination slots available.
- 2/15/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
On Sunday the 7th of February, the London Critics Circle held the annual awards ceremony which saw the improvised American road movie ‘Nomadland‘ win three top honours including Film of the Year.
The virtual ceremony also saw the film’s lead Frances McDormand, named Actress of the Year, while writer-director Chloé Zhao won Screenwriter of the Year. Acclaimed British dramatic horror ‘Saint Maud’ also won three awards: British/Irish Film of the Year, British/Irish Actress of the Year for Morfydd Clark, and Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker for writer-director Rose Glass.
The late Chadwick Boseman also won Actor of the Year for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, and his award was accepted in a moving video message from costar Coleman Domingo. Maria Bakalova also appeared virtually to accept Supporting Actress of the Year for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.’
Double winners included Sarah Gavron’s London coming-of-age drama ‘Rocks’, with lead actress Bukky Bakray...
The virtual ceremony also saw the film’s lead Frances McDormand, named Actress of the Year, while writer-director Chloé Zhao won Screenwriter of the Year. Acclaimed British dramatic horror ‘Saint Maud’ also won three awards: British/Irish Film of the Year, British/Irish Actress of the Year for Morfydd Clark, and Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker for writer-director Rose Glass.
The late Chadwick Boseman also won Actor of the Year for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, and his award was accepted in a moving video message from costar Coleman Domingo. Maria Bakalova also appeared virtually to accept Supporting Actress of the Year for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.’
Double winners included Sarah Gavron’s London coming-of-age drama ‘Rocks’, with lead actress Bukky Bakray...
- 2/8/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As it further embeds in the U.K. ecosystem, Netflix is investing in a group of grassroots organizations to create more opportunities in the film and TV industries for youth from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.
The streaming giant is investing £350,000 across three organizations: the Identity School of Acting, where “Small Axe” actor John Boyega trained; Million Youth Media, one of the U.K.’s top youth-oriented digital platforms; and Mama Youth, which operates an extensive network of training programs.
Netflix will support 30 full, year-long scholarships for students from the Identity School; double the number of youth in the Million Youth Media talent pool; and help Mama Youth expand its work in training more aspiring film and TV professionals.
The investment is part of the $5 million earmarked by Netflix in July to support Black creators and youth, propelled by the renewed Black Lives Matter movement in June. The streaming giant also launched a U.
The streaming giant is investing £350,000 across three organizations: the Identity School of Acting, where “Small Axe” actor John Boyega trained; Million Youth Media, one of the U.K.’s top youth-oriented digital platforms; and Mama Youth, which operates an extensive network of training programs.
Netflix will support 30 full, year-long scholarships for students from the Identity School; double the number of youth in the Million Youth Media talent pool; and help Mama Youth expand its work in training more aspiring film and TV professionals.
The investment is part of the $5 million earmarked by Netflix in July to support Black creators and youth, propelled by the renewed Black Lives Matter movement in June. The streaming giant also launched a U.
- 1/22/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Cope, the guitar player for the Southern rock band the Steel Woods and a collaborator with artists like Jamey Johnson and Brent Cobb, has died. He was 42. The group’s publicist confirmed Cope’s death to Rolling Stone.
Cope was an in-demand session guitarist, playing on albums by Lindi Ortega and the Secret Sisters, but he first became visible to country music fans by performing onstage with Johnson for nearly a decade. Nicknamed “Rowdy,” the North Carolina native also played on Johnson’s albums That Lonesome Song and The...
Cope was an in-demand session guitarist, playing on albums by Lindi Ortega and the Secret Sisters, but he first became visible to country music fans by performing onstage with Johnson for nearly a decade. Nicknamed “Rowdy,” the North Carolina native also played on Johnson’s albums That Lonesome Song and The...
- 1/17/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association caused a bit of a stir when they made the unconventional choice of picking Steve McQueen‘s “Small Axe” as Best Picture of 2020. That’s because “Small Axe” isn’t a film, per se. It’s an Amazon anthology series consisting of five standalone stories. But this isn’t the first time a European auteur blurred the line between television and film. French filmmaker Olivier Assayas‘s miniseries “Carlos” racked up both film and TV plaudits 10 years ago.
See‘Small Axe’ production designer Helen Scott: ‘Lovers Rock’ was an ‘exercise in atmosphere’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
“Small Axe” and “Carlos” are different in how they’re presented. “Carlos” told one story about international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (played by Edgar Ramirez) over three episodes totaling more than five hours. “Small Axe’s” episodes, meanwhile, are different stories exploring a similar theme: the lives and struggles of Afro-Caribbean...
See‘Small Axe’ production designer Helen Scott: ‘Lovers Rock’ was an ‘exercise in atmosphere’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
“Small Axe” and “Carlos” are different in how they’re presented. “Carlos” told one story about international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (played by Edgar Ramirez) over three episodes totaling more than five hours. “Small Axe’s” episodes, meanwhile, are different stories exploring a similar theme: the lives and struggles of Afro-Caribbean...
- 1/8/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Steve McQueen’s five-film “Small Axe” series was conceived to spotlight underrepresented stories of West Indian Londoners, from the thrill of a 1980 house party in “Lovers Rock” to the tumultuous civil rights battle of “Mangrove.” With “Alex Wheatle,” McQueen centers on a subject whose mission syncs with the project as a whole. In this hourlong origin story about the British Jamaican young adult novelist who found his calling after the 1981 Brixton riot, McQueen and co-writer Alastair Siddons have produced
Compared to some of the other “Small Axe” entries, “Alex Wheatle” occupies a somewhat awkward position within the film and TV media boundary that the anthology pushes up against: It’s not episodic, but feels more like the first act of a larger story begging for further exploration. Nevertheless, with a complex, ever-evolving turn by newcomer Sheyi Cole at its center, the story it does offer up turns on McQueen’s...
Compared to some of the other “Small Axe” entries, “Alex Wheatle” occupies a somewhat awkward position within the film and TV media boundary that the anthology pushes up against: It’s not episodic, but feels more like the first act of a larger story begging for further exploration. Nevertheless, with a complex, ever-evolving turn by newcomer Sheyi Cole at its center, the story it does offer up turns on McQueen’s...
- 11/30/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Five of the selection have previously been named Screen Stars of Tomorrow.
UK producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor and actor Tamara Lawrance are among 34 emerging talents from the film, TV and games industry selected for the 2020 edition of Bafta Breakthrough, the British Academy’s new talent initiative.
The initiative, which has been running since 2013, expands to the US for the first time, with 23 of the selected participants hailing from the UK and 11 from the US.
Blue Story producer Gharoro-Akpojotor and Small Axe actor Lawrance are two of five participants who were previously named Screen UK and Ireland Stars of Tomorrow, in 2020 and 2018 respectively.
UK producer Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor and actor Tamara Lawrance are among 34 emerging talents from the film, TV and games industry selected for the 2020 edition of Bafta Breakthrough, the British Academy’s new talent initiative.
The initiative, which has been running since 2013, expands to the US for the first time, with 23 of the selected participants hailing from the UK and 11 from the US.
Blue Story producer Gharoro-Akpojotor and Small Axe actor Lawrance are two of five participants who were previously named Screen UK and Ireland Stars of Tomorrow, in 2020 and 2018 respectively.
- 11/16/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
If there’s a sense of planetary alignment in the timing of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe – five films about London’s West Indian community airing weekly from this Sunday on BBC One – it’s not by design. Over a decade in the making, the creators couldn’t have known that these stories would land in a year marked by both the global Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, and the disproportionately devastating impact of Covid-19 on black communities in the UK.
The collision of 2020’s events with five stories celebrating black British history feels fortuitous to the cast. “The timing of it is so trippy,” says actor Shaun Parkes, who plays Frank Crichlow in the first film in the series Mangrove, about London’s real-life Mangrove Nine protest and Old Bailey trial.
Speaking at the BBC Small Axe press launch chaired by Akua Gyamfi,...
The collision of 2020’s events with five stories celebrating black British history feels fortuitous to the cast. “The timing of it is so trippy,” says actor Shaun Parkes, who plays Frank Crichlow in the first film in the series Mangrove, about London’s real-life Mangrove Nine protest and Old Bailey trial.
Speaking at the BBC Small Axe press launch chaired by Akua Gyamfi,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
“If you are the big tree, we are the small axe,” this is the Jamaican proverb that has inspired filmmaker Steve McQueen‘s, “Small Axe,” a collection of five films inspired by real-life events about ordinary people showing courage, belief, and resilience to overcome injustice and achieve something transformative in their West Indian community.
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Three of the “Small Axe” film are playing at the now-started New York Film Festival, “Mangrove,” “Red White And Blue,” and just premiered before the weekend to much critical acclaim, “Lovers Rock.” Our review by Robert Daniels described the film as an atypical Steve McQueen affair.
Continue reading New ‘Small Axe’ Trailer Teases Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’ Acclaim & 5 Film Anthology Coming In November at The Playlist.
Read More: NYFF 2020: 12 Most Anticipated Films You Need See
Three of the “Small Axe” film are playing at the now-started New York Film Festival, “Mangrove,” “Red White And Blue,” and just premiered before the weekend to much critical acclaim, “Lovers Rock.” Our review by Robert Daniels described the film as an atypical Steve McQueen affair.
Continue reading New ‘Small Axe’ Trailer Teases Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’ Acclaim & 5 Film Anthology Coming In November at The Playlist.
- 9/20/2020
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen’s films rarely have a light touch. For example, “Hunger” recounts the life of Ira member Bobby Sands, and the group’s organized hunger strike; “Shame” depicts sex addiction; “12 Years a Slave” violently retells the story of a freed Black man kidnapped into slavery; and “Widows” explains the socio-political environment for women and Black people in Chicago.
Continue reading ‘Lovers Rock’: Steve McQueen’s Dance-Filled ‘Small Axe’ Entry Is Surprisingly Tender [NYFF Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Lovers Rock’: Steve McQueen’s Dance-Filled ‘Small Axe’ Entry Is Surprisingly Tender [NYFF Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/17/2020
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
Watching Lovers Rock is akin to going to see Romeo and Juliet and only staying through the first act, to departing a basketball game after the first quarter, to sipping the soup and skipping the rest of the meal. A mere wisp of a thing, Steve McQueen’s 68-minute feature, the only fictional section of a five-film anthology called Small Axe about London’s West Indian community between the late 1960s and 1980, steeps you in the atmosphere and music of the latter date. But slight it is, a sensory and nostalgic treat up to a point but one that, on its own, offers just passing insight into a very specific culture.
Seen in the context of the weightier episodes to come, this modestly intended installment makes sense, but all by its lonesome it feels distinctly minor, a sensual warm-up for meatier courses to come; a large part of it is...
Seen in the context of the weightier episodes to come, this modestly intended installment makes sense, but all by its lonesome it feels distinctly minor, a sensual warm-up for meatier courses to come; a large part of it is...
- 9/17/2020
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
When is a cult movie cult? It’s a question asked many a time with no real defining answer as everyone will have their own opinion. Does that also mean that a movie studio can be considered cult too? For all the box office success it had in its heyday, Shaw Brothers now is less known to the mainstream and is instead firmly in the hearts of those movie fanatics that quite probably read these pages. With their studio bound sets, buckets of fake blood and sheer theatricality, the movies had a distinctive look but by the time “The Kid with the Golden Arm” was released times were already moving on an. So how does it fare now over 40 years later?
Yang Hu Yun (Sun Chien) is asked to escort a valuable cargo. Aware that the Chi Sha gang headed by Golden Arm (Lo Mang) seeks to rob them,...
Yang Hu Yun (Sun Chien) is asked to escort a valuable cargo. Aware that the Chi Sha gang headed by Golden Arm (Lo Mang) seeks to rob them,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Film and TV fans with cash to burn can pick up props such as Russell Crowe's Maximus armor from Gladiator, Jack Nicholson's famed axe from The Shining and the holy hand grenade of Antioch in Monty Python and the Holy Grail at a U.K. auction next month.
The items are part of a major haul of 900 lots of memorabilia set to be included in Prop Store's upcoming London sale, now in its sixth year. The 2019 catalog, unveiled Tuesday, comes with an estimated price tag in excess of $7.5 million, making it the U.K....
The items are part of a major haul of 900 lots of memorabilia set to be included in Prop Store's upcoming London sale, now in its sixth year. The 2019 catalog, unveiled Tuesday, comes with an estimated price tag in excess of $7.5 million, making it the U.K....
- 8/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A double-shot of arthouse exploitation awesomeness comes to Blu-ray. Last week we posted an interview with American indie filmmaker Frederick R. Friedel, in which the intelligent, articulate exploitation auteur recounted the trials and tribulations of making his first foray into moviemaking, 1974’s Lisa, Lisa which was later bought by notorious distributor Harry Novak and re-released…
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- 12/19/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Shock sits down with filmmaker Frederick R. Friedel to discuss his arty exploitation movie classic Axe. Director Frederick R. Friedel was only 24 when he pooled his resources to make his first feature, a gory psychodrama about a gang of thugs hiding out in a farmhouse and brushing up against a seriously mentally ill girl…
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- 12/12/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Writer/director Frederick R. Friedel made a pair of low-budget drive-in horror flicks back in the 1970s, but chances are most casual horror fans never had a chance to experience these shocking little flicks in the privacy of their own homes.… Continue Reading →
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- 10/19/2015
- by Todd Rigney
- DreadCentral.com
With Morgan J. Freeman’s Homecoming hacking its way onto DVD today (courtesy of Paramount Pictures), we here at Dread Central thought it a perfect occasion to take a look back at our favorite on-screen axe murderers as a way of indoctrinating this new blood into the mix.
10. Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) – Fargo (1996)
Grimsrud may not be an axe murderer per se, but you’ve got to respect the way in which this guy chooses to solve problems. After an irreparable altercation with his partner in crime, Grimsrud puts his conflict resolution skills to good use courtesy of a hatchet and a woodchipper.
9. Lisa (Leslie Lee) – Lisa, Lisa (1977)
Known to some as The California Axe Massacre, that title is a bit over-compensatory considering only one victim bites it via the edge of an axe. Leslie Lee makes for a superior on-screen psychopath in this demented little quickie from the drive-in era,...
10. Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) – Fargo (1996)
Grimsrud may not be an axe murderer per se, but you’ve got to respect the way in which this guy chooses to solve problems. After an irreparable altercation with his partner in crime, Grimsrud puts his conflict resolution skills to good use courtesy of a hatchet and a woodchipper.
9. Lisa (Leslie Lee) – Lisa, Lisa (1977)
Known to some as The California Axe Massacre, that title is a bit over-compensatory considering only one victim bites it via the edge of an axe. Leslie Lee makes for a superior on-screen psychopath in this demented little quickie from the drive-in era,...
- 4/20/2010
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
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