Robert Keeling Apr 19, 2017
Kevin Costner headlined an all-star cast in Oliver Stone's JFK. It was a film that led to an act of Congress being passed...
Oliver Stone’s epic conspiracy-thriller JFK, surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the case brought about by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison in relation to his murder, was released in 1991 to an astonishing level of critical backlash. Even before JFK arrived in theatres it was being pilloried and attacked by many in the media. The attacks were kick-started by Washington Post correspondent George Lardner, an investigative reporter who wrote a piece called On the Set: Dallas In Wonderland; How Oliver Stone’s Version Of The Kennedy Assassination Exploits The Edge Of Paranoia, which was actually based solely on a leaked copy of Stone’s first draft of the script.
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Kevin Costner headlined an all-star cast in Oliver Stone's JFK. It was a film that led to an act of Congress being passed...
Oliver Stone’s epic conspiracy-thriller JFK, surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the case brought about by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison in relation to his murder, was released in 1991 to an astonishing level of critical backlash. Even before JFK arrived in theatres it was being pilloried and attacked by many in the media. The attacks were kick-started by Washington Post correspondent George Lardner, an investigative reporter who wrote a piece called On the Set: Dallas In Wonderland; How Oliver Stone’s Version Of The Kennedy Assassination Exploits The Edge Of Paranoia, which was actually based solely on a leaked copy of Stone’s first draft of the script.
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- 3/29/2017
- Den of Geek
On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas. I was not alive when this tragedy occurred, and yet it feels like I experienced it all the same, and many, many times over, too, for pop culture has been killing Kennedy for as long as I can remember. Over the past five years alone, we’ve re-lived that damn day in an episode of Mad Men, in the mini-series The Kennedys, in the films Parkland and Lee Daniels’ The Butler, and, ironically, in Stephen King’s 11/22/63, the story of a man who travels back in time and stops...
- 11/16/2013
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW - Inside TV
Nielsen delivered its annual autumnal trick to broadcasts this morning, as depressed Halloween viewership took its toll on the first night of November sweeps.
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In the 8 o’clock hour, when the available demo audience was down 11 percent,The Great Pumpkin gave ABC a boost, delivering 7 million total viewers and a 2.2 rating<– an improvement upon Wonderland’s most recent tallies (4.4 mil/1.1). Grey’s Anatomy then did 8.9 mil and a 2.6, dipping two tenths week-to-week, while Scandal (9.2 mil/2.9) rose 7 percent in audience and held steady in the demo,...
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In the 8 o’clock hour, when the available demo audience was down 11 percent,The Great Pumpkin gave ABC a boost, delivering 7 million total viewers and a 2.2 rating<– an improvement upon Wonderland’s most recent tallies (4.4 mil/1.1). Grey’s Anatomy then did 8.9 mil and a 2.6, dipping two tenths week-to-week, while Scandal (9.2 mil/2.9) rose 7 percent in audience and held steady in the demo,...
- 11/1/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The Shining has both terrified and puzzled fans since its release in 1980. Now a documentary explores the many mysteries of Stanley Kubrick's psycho-horror
Original viewers of The Shining sat down to watch a psychological horror movie about a man who holes up inside a snowbound hotel, loses his marbles and tries to kill his family. Three decades later, the joke's on them; they read the whole thing wrong. The Shining is actually a Holocaust movie in disguise. Scratch that: The Shining is, in fact, Stanley Kubrick's version of Theseus and the labyrinth. No, wait: it's his veiled apology for helping Nasa fake the moon-landings, or a vast history lesson in human evil, from the dawn of man to the end of time. If there were ever a film to send the viewer mad, The Shining fits the bill.
Director Rodney Ascher estimates that he used only 10% of the...
Original viewers of The Shining sat down to watch a psychological horror movie about a man who holes up inside a snowbound hotel, loses his marbles and tries to kill his family. Three decades later, the joke's on them; they read the whole thing wrong. The Shining is actually a Holocaust movie in disguise. Scratch that: The Shining is, in fact, Stanley Kubrick's version of Theseus and the labyrinth. No, wait: it's his veiled apology for helping Nasa fake the moon-landings, or a vast history lesson in human evil, from the dawn of man to the end of time. If there were ever a film to send the viewer mad, The Shining fits the bill.
Director Rodney Ascher estimates that he used only 10% of the...
- 10/19/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Filed under: Movie News
Forty-eight years ago, on Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, sparking a wrath of conspiracy theories that live on to this day. The Kennedy assassination has been explored by everyone from Oliver Stone to Zack Snyder to Stephen King, and now Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris has taken a look at the national tragedy for the New York Times -- though not how you might think. "For years, I've wanted to make a movie about the John F. Kennedy assassination," Morris wrote in the Times. "Not because I thought I could prove that it was a conspiracy, or that I could prove it was a lone gunman, but because I believe that by looking at the assassination, we can learn a lot about the nature of investigation and evidence." The result? Morris's new fascinating short film, 'The Umbrella Man.'
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Forty-eight years ago, on Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, sparking a wrath of conspiracy theories that live on to this day. The Kennedy assassination has been explored by everyone from Oliver Stone to Zack Snyder to Stephen King, and now Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris has taken a look at the national tragedy for the New York Times -- though not how you might think. "For years, I've wanted to make a movie about the John F. Kennedy assassination," Morris wrote in the Times. "Not because I thought I could prove that it was a conspiracy, or that I could prove it was a lone gunman, but because I believe that by looking at the assassination, we can learn a lot about the nature of investigation and evidence." The result? Morris's new fascinating short film, 'The Umbrella Man.'
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- 11/22/2011
- by Christopher Rosen
- Moviefone
When we spoke to Mad Men star Rich Sommer last week, he couldn't offer us any season four spoilers.
That's because series creator Matthew Weiner is notoriously tight-lipped about upcoming storylines, ensuring his actors and actresses also keep their mouths shut. Therefore, it's not shocking that Weiner responded to a TV Guide question about the new season with: "I have nothing to say."
That wasn't entirely accurate, though, as Weiner did open up a bit about the fourth season, which premieres July 25. A few excerpts from the interview:
On the energy of the third season finale: I think there is some energy coming through. Part of the story of the show is the story of the era and things that were changing very rapidly. There were periods in time when things changed that rapidly. Things are always changing... whatever you saw at the end of last season had a permanent impact.
That's because series creator Matthew Weiner is notoriously tight-lipped about upcoming storylines, ensuring his actors and actresses also keep their mouths shut. Therefore, it's not shocking that Weiner responded to a TV Guide question about the new season with: "I have nothing to say."
That wasn't entirely accurate, though, as Weiner did open up a bit about the fourth season, which premieres July 25. A few excerpts from the interview:
On the energy of the third season finale: I think there is some energy coming through. Part of the story of the show is the story of the era and things that were changing very rapidly. There were periods in time when things changed that rapidly. Things are always changing... whatever you saw at the end of last season had a permanent impact.
- 6/6/2010
- by matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
- TVfanatic
Synopsis: The Kennedy Assassination affects everyone at Sterling/Cooper and in the Draper household; Ken and Pete's competition for Head of Accounts comes to an end; Roger's daughter gets married. Review: This will be pretty brief since I'll be doing a more full "whole season" retrospective next week after the finale. The Kennedy Assassination certainly put some things into perspective for the characters. For Don, it seemed to make him feel that he needed his family in times like this. For Betty, the assassination made her question her place in life, added with the bombshell she learned about Don a couple episodes back. For Pete, it made him see just how fake everyone around him is. Roger was obviously affected because his daughter's wedding was the next day, and it seemed to make him remember what he left behind, namely his ex-wife. It seemed to make Roger and Don come to a non-verbal understanding, which...
- 11/2/2009
- by Josh Radde
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
As soon as it became clear that the third season of Mad Men was based in 1963, fans have been curious about how the show would handle the JFK assassination.
Months ago, creator Matthew Weiner said: "The Kennedy assassination is very well-trod territory, and I just don't see myself adding [anything] new to that."
He clearly changed his mind, as "The Grown-Ups" dealt entirely with this historical tragedy. Follow the preceding link for a recap, and read on for our detailed review of developments from it...
Weiner was in an unenviable position here: you can't avoid the event entirely, nor can you only mention it in passing. The only way to tackle the assassination is head-on; which is what took place in "The Grown-Ups," but in a rather disappointing fashion.
As most Mad Men fans agree, last week's episode was likely the best in series history. We can't be alone in wishing...
Months ago, creator Matthew Weiner said: "The Kennedy assassination is very well-trod territory, and I just don't see myself adding [anything] new to that."
He clearly changed his mind, as "The Grown-Ups" dealt entirely with this historical tragedy. Follow the preceding link for a recap, and read on for our detailed review of developments from it...
Weiner was in an unenviable position here: you can't avoid the event entirely, nor can you only mention it in passing. The only way to tackle the assassination is head-on; which is what took place in "The Grown-Ups," but in a rather disappointing fashion.
As most Mad Men fans agree, last week's episode was likely the best in series history. We can't be alone in wishing...
- 11/2/2009
- by matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
- TVfanatic
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