There’s a very interesting group of contenders at The Bachelor mansion.
With the college football bowl season now underway, the players aren’t the only ones battling for the coveted College Football Playoff National Championship trophy. The teams’ mascots have headed to The Bachelor mansion for a little competition of their own.
“The trophy has a tough decision to make,” Chris Harrison says in a clip of the display. “Who will the college football playoff trophy choose?”
A tough decision, indeed.
The group of mascots include the University of Alabama’s Big Al, Clemson University’s Tiger, University of Oklahoma’s Boomer and more.
With the college football bowl season now underway, the players aren’t the only ones battling for the coveted College Football Playoff National Championship trophy. The teams’ mascots have headed to The Bachelor mansion for a little competition of their own.
“The trophy has a tough decision to make,” Chris Harrison says in a clip of the display. “Who will the college football playoff trophy choose?”
A tough decision, indeed.
The group of mascots include the University of Alabama’s Big Al, Clemson University’s Tiger, University of Oklahoma’s Boomer and more.
- 12/14/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
“I don’t have a lot of stuff,” says Suzanne Somers of her minimalist Malibu beach house. But the things the Three’s Company star does keep are equal parts sentimental and sexy.
“This is called Big Al’s bar,” she explains, while giving People an exclusive tour of the entertaining area in the abode she shares with her husband of almost 40 years, Alan Hamel. Pointing out a favorite photo of Hamel, she says, “Whenever I see that picture of him, it makes me want to have sex with him.” She adds with a laugh, “There’s something about the...
“This is called Big Al’s bar,” she explains, while giving People an exclusive tour of the entertaining area in the abode she shares with her husband of almost 40 years, Alan Hamel. Pointing out a favorite photo of Hamel, she says, “Whenever I see that picture of him, it makes me want to have sex with him.” She adds with a laugh, “There’s something about the...
- 11/20/2017
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
Earlier this year, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with several folks involved with the slasher comedy Tragedy Girls while in Austin at SXSW 2017 (which is where it celebrated its world premiere). But now that the film is set to enjoy its theatrical run this Friday, courtesy of Gunpowder & Sky, we thought we’d catch up again with co-writer/director Tyler MacIntyre, as well as with one-half of the film's titular anti-heroes, Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse, Straight Outta Compton), to talk Tragedy Girls one last time.
During our interview, Shipp and MacIntyre discussed their experiences collaborating together and digging into both Shipp’s character McKayla as well as the dynamic between her and her Bff, Sadie (played by Deadpool and The Exorcist TV series' Brianna Hildebrand). They also chatted about managing the tone of the wildly unhinged teenagers and what they’d like to do if there happens to...
During our interview, Shipp and MacIntyre discussed their experiences collaborating together and digging into both Shipp’s character McKayla as well as the dynamic between her and her Bff, Sadie (played by Deadpool and The Exorcist TV series' Brianna Hildebrand). They also chatted about managing the tone of the wildly unhinged teenagers and what they’d like to do if there happens to...
- 10/19/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Texas Alligator Sanctuary on High Alert: Hundreds of Gators Could Escape if Harvey Flood Waters Rise
Gator Country, an alligator sanctuary in Jefferson County, Texas, houses about 350 gators just on the outside of its facility (about 750 total, counting those inside) — and owner Gary Saurage tells Kdfm Fox 4 News the water is rising and he’s worried they could escape.
“We’re less than a foot from (water) going over the fences,” Saurage said. “All of these are certified, high fences, but when it won’t quit, it won’t quit. We’ve worked around the clock and I don’t know what else to do. We’re truly tired. Everybody’s at the end of it,...
“We’re less than a foot from (water) going over the fences,” Saurage said. “All of these are certified, high fences, but when it won’t quit, it won’t quit. We’ve worked around the clock and I don’t know what else to do. We’re truly tired. Everybody’s at the end of it,...
- 8/29/2017
- by Saryn Chorney
- PEOPLE.com
You’re a couple of horror-obsessed high school seniors living in a boring town where the most salacious thing happening is an affair between your teacher Mrs. Kent (Nicky Whelan) and fire chief Big Al (Craig Robinson). You’re vlog/Twitter account searching for gore to capture and build an online presence is frequented by one of your mothers and no one else. And you’re forced to pretend to enjoy cheerleading and prom committee if for no other reason than to stay under the radar as sweet, wholesome kids in case you decide to partake in some excitement of your own through unsavory and illegal means. You can only stay composed for so long before stalking and luring a serial killer home, right? I mean self-control doesn’t grow on trees.
This is life for McKayla Hooper (Alexandra Shipp) and Sadie Cunningham (Brianna Hildebrand), two psychopaths in the making...
This is life for McKayla Hooper (Alexandra Shipp) and Sadie Cunningham (Brianna Hildebrand), two psychopaths in the making...
- 7/31/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Sir Alec Guinness didn't like being called "Sir Alec" on the set of Star Wars: A New Hope. In fact, he didn't like it so much that when Mark Hamill repeatedly called him "Sir Alec", he litterally laid the smackdown on him! Hamill recalled the smackdown during an interview with Yahoo! Movies, saying:
“I kept calling him ‘Sir Alec’ over and over again. And one day he reached out … he tapped my face and then Boom! He slapped me pretty hard. And I went ‘What was all that about?’ ‘Cause I kept calling him ‘Sir Alec.’ And he said, ‘I want to be known by my name, not my accolade.’”
Damn! Guinness may have been playing the relatively peaceful Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the film, but the actor wasn't afraid to get a little violent in real life to get his point across. Hamill didn't take it as a sign of disrespect,...
“I kept calling him ‘Sir Alec’ over and over again. And one day he reached out … he tapped my face and then Boom! He slapped me pretty hard. And I went ‘What was all that about?’ ‘Cause I kept calling him ‘Sir Alec.’ And he said, ‘I want to be known by my name, not my accolade.’”
Damn! Guinness may have been playing the relatively peaceful Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the film, but the actor wasn't afraid to get a little violent in real life to get his point across. Hamill didn't take it as a sign of disrespect,...
- 7/19/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
All 13 episodes of Marvel’s Iron Fist hit Netflix early Friday morning — but if you’ve kept an eye on early reviews, you already know the comic-book drama isn’t exactly packing a punch.
Rather, it’s become a punching bag for TV critics everywhere.
Currently sitting at 19 percent on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer, Netflix’s latest Marvel series has been described as “rote and uninspired,” “a paint-by-numbers project” and “shockingly underwhelming.” That’s tough criticism by any standard, but it’s especially disappointing on the heels of three consecutive Marvel wins for the streaming service: Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.
Rather, it’s become a punching bag for TV critics everywhere.
Currently sitting at 19 percent on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer, Netflix’s latest Marvel series has been described as “rote and uninspired,” “a paint-by-numbers project” and “shockingly underwhelming.” That’s tough criticism by any standard, but it’s especially disappointing on the heels of three consecutive Marvel wins for the streaming service: Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.
- 3/17/2017
- TVLine.com
One of my favorite Midnighters from this year’s SXSW Film Festival lineup is co-writer/director Tyler MacIntyre’s Tragedy Girls, a horror comedy/slasher send-up that filled my genre-loving soul with thousands of heart emojis. The story follows two girls from a small town (Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand and Alexandra Shipp from X-Men Apocalypse and Straight Outta Compton), who are so obsessed with serial killers that they’ve created their own online show called Tragedy Girls. When their community is rocked by a series of brutal murders, the girls seize the opportunity to make a name for themselves.
At SXSW, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with MacIntyre, as well as Tragedy Girls co-stars Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games) and Craig Robinson (who also co-produced the project), and the trio discussed their experiences working together on the film, finding the balance of horror and humor, and more.
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At SXSW, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with MacIntyre, as well as Tragedy Girls co-stars Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games) and Craig Robinson (who also co-produced the project), and the trio discussed their experiences working together on the film, finding the balance of horror and humor, and more.
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- 3/14/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The Mad Magician
3-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1954 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 72 min. / Street Date January 10, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O’Neal, Jay Novello, Corey Allen, Conrad Brooks, Tom Powers, Lyle Talbot.
Cinematography: Bert Glennon
Editor: Grant Whytock
Original Music: Arthur Lange, Emil Newman
Written by: Crane Wilbur
Produced by: Bryan Foy
Directed by John Brahm
Twilight Time, bless ’em, hands us another treat to go with their 3-D discs of Man in the Dark, Miss Sadie Thompson and Harlock Space Pirate 3-D — and this time it’s a fun bit of 1950s horror — with a hot pair of short subject extras.
There have been plenty of theories as to why horror films became scarce after WW2; it’s as if the U.S. film industry took a ten-year break from the supernatural, and partly...
3-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1954 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 72 min. / Street Date January 10, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O’Neal, Jay Novello, Corey Allen, Conrad Brooks, Tom Powers, Lyle Talbot.
Cinematography: Bert Glennon
Editor: Grant Whytock
Original Music: Arthur Lange, Emil Newman
Written by: Crane Wilbur
Produced by: Bryan Foy
Directed by John Brahm
Twilight Time, bless ’em, hands us another treat to go with their 3-D discs of Man in the Dark, Miss Sadie Thompson and Harlock Space Pirate 3-D — and this time it’s a fun bit of 1950s horror — with a hot pair of short subject extras.
There have been plenty of theories as to why horror films became scarce after WW2; it’s as if the U.S. film industry took a ten-year break from the supernatural, and partly...
- 1/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
[[tmz:video id="0_fsq5foy1"]] Jerry Springer carried on his tradition of celebrating Elvis Presley's birthday with a killer rendition of "Love Me Tender." Jerry hit up Big Al's McKinney Avenue Tavern in Dallas on Thursday -- a couple days shy of what would have been Elvis' 82nd birthday. It's the fourth year in a row Jerry did his thing on the mic. Gotta say ... nailed it. Read more...
- 1/6/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Join us for some old-school 16mm Movie Madness! – It’s our monthly 16Mm Double Feature Night at The Way Out Club (2525 Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis) ! Join We Are Movie Geeks‘ Tom Stockman and Roger from “Roger’s Reels’ for a double feature of two complete films projected on 16mm film. The show is Tuesday June 7th and starts at 8pm. Admission is Free though we will be setting out a jar to take donations for theNational Children’s Cancer Society.
First up is Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks hit all nails right on the head in his black & white classic from 1974. Taking its themes from the Mary Shelley novel and providing some spot-on homage/parody to the James Whale classic Bride Of Frankenstein (and plenty of references to Son Of Frankenstein as well), Young Frankenstein is a breathless laugh and a half. In a weak comedy, you have the entire...
First up is Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks hit all nails right on the head in his black & white classic from 1974. Taking its themes from the Mary Shelley novel and providing some spot-on homage/parody to the James Whale classic Bride Of Frankenstein (and plenty of references to Son Of Frankenstein as well), Young Frankenstein is a breathless laugh and a half. In a weak comedy, you have the entire...
- 5/30/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The long-awaited return of Ratchet & Clank on PlayStation 4 has been marked with an official date. April 12 will see Sony’s most famous duo return in a re-imagined version of their very first outing all those years ago on PlayStation 2. It’s been well over a decade since the anthropomorphic Ratchet and his trusted, robotic ally Clank first graced our TV screens, and hopefully the time off they’ve taken hasn’t soured our memories of them.
Speaking on the official European PlayStation blog, developer Insomniac Games community leader James Stevenson said:
Hey Ratchet & Clank fans, today we’re thrilled to announce that you’ll be able to pre-order Ratchet & Clank from… right this very moment, ahead of its launch on 15th April in France, and 20th April everywhere else in the Pal region. Check out the new packshot art below, directly from the artists at Insomniac Games, pretty cool, right?...
Speaking on the official European PlayStation blog, developer Insomniac Games community leader James Stevenson said:
Hey Ratchet & Clank fans, today we’re thrilled to announce that you’ll be able to pre-order Ratchet & Clank from… right this very moment, ahead of its launch on 15th April in France, and 20th April everywhere else in the Pal region. Check out the new packshot art below, directly from the artists at Insomniac Games, pretty cool, right?...
- 1/11/2016
- by Joe Pring
- We Got This Covered
[[tmz:video id="0_e2r3rudd"]] Jerry Springer is no stranger to shock value and his spot-on Elvis impression delivers more of it. Jerry got up onstage at Big Al's McKinney Avenue Tavern in Dallas on Thursday -- the night before what would have been Elvis' 81st birthday -- and performed a cover of The King's "Love Me Tender." It's the third year running Jerry has performed at the karaoke event, launched after the talk show host did such an...
- 1/8/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_y31ql9ha"]] Henry Winkler welled up as he reminisced about his late "Happy Days" co-star Al Molinaro Tuesday night at Lax ... and his kind words make for contagious waterworks, so grab a tissue. Winkler and Molinaro worked alongside one another for a decade on the show, so our photog asked The Fonz his favorite memory of Al, who played 'Big Al' Delvecchio. Winkler credits Al for being instrumental in making The Fonz a huge star.
- 11/4/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Al Molinaro, who played drive-through and diner owner Big Al Delvecchio on the classic sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi for a decade, has died at 96, CNN confirms. Molinaro joined the Milwaukee-in-the-'50s-set sitcom during the fourth season in 1976, after Pat Morita's Arnold got married and left the show. Molinaro's Delvecchio went on to appear in over 140 episodes. He uttered his sighing catchphrase, "Yep yep yep yep," when things didn't go his way ... or sometimes when they did. The gregarious, jovial Al eventually became Fonzie's uncle by marriage. Before Happy Days, Molinaro played police officer Murray Greshler on The Odd Couple. He also reprised the character in Weezer's awesome music video for "Buddy Holly," in which he's still trying to cajole kids into trying the fish. Oh, Al.
- 10/31/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
It's a sad day for the Happy Days family. Al Molinaro, the actor who graced the small screen as Al DelVecchio, the owner of Fonzie's favorite spot, Arnold's Drive-In, on the hit ABC sitcom, died in a Wisconsin hospital on Thursday at the age of 96. According to multiple outlets, Molinaro's son Michael confirmed the tragic news to TMZ, who first reported the story, telling the outlet that his father had very bad gall stones, but chose against having surgery due to his age. Molinaro joined Happy Days during its second season in 1974 by taking over the diner, and had a 10-year run. He then reprised his Big Al role on the spinoff, Joanie Loves Chachi, where his character would create the...
- 10/31/2015
- E! Online
“Happy Days” star Al Molinaro died in a Wisconsin hospital on Thursday. He was 96. The actor (pictured above left) is best known for playing Al Delvecchio, the owner of Arnold’s restaurant on the iconic 1970s ABC sitcom and its 1980s spin-off, “Joanie Loves Chachi.” Molinaro’s son confirmed the actor’s death to TMZ, telling the website that he had suffered from severe gall stones. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2015 (Photos) In his role as Big Al on “Happy Days” for 10 years alongside Henry Winkler‘s Fonzie (above right), he became famous for spinning long tales that always started with,...
- 10/31/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Al Molinaro, who played the beloved chef at the drive-in on "Happy Days" ... died in a California hospital on Friday. Molinaro's son confirmed the actor's death ... telling us he had very bad gall stones, but Al elected not to have surgery due to his age. He was 96. On "Happy Days" he played Big Al Delvecchio, who started out as the chef at Arnold's Drive-In. He eventually became owner of the Fonz's fave hangout, and remained on the show for 10 years.
- 10/31/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
David Nelson Sports Photography
Former Newcastle United head coach John Carver thinks new £13 million signing Aleksandar Mitrovic is stylistically the closest striker The Magpies have had to Alan Shearer since the club’s record goal scorer retired nine years ago.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Goals On Sunday, the former United gaffer was full of praise for the former Anderlecht man but did see some disciplinary problems in his future.
Carver said: “He’s an old-fashioned centre-forward & he’s the nearest thing we’ve had to Alan Shearer since Alan Shearer.”
This is spectacular praise indeed for Mitrovic when you consider some of the strikers United have had in their ranks since Shearer decided to call it a day in 2006.
Demba Ba and Loic Remy were fantastic in their own right for The Toon during their respective spells at St James’ Park – but neither were really the sort of physical ‘number...
Former Newcastle United head coach John Carver thinks new £13 million signing Aleksandar Mitrovic is stylistically the closest striker The Magpies have had to Alan Shearer since the club’s record goal scorer retired nine years ago.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Goals On Sunday, the former United gaffer was full of praise for the former Anderlecht man but did see some disciplinary problems in his future.
Carver said: “He’s an old-fashioned centre-forward & he’s the nearest thing we’ve had to Alan Shearer since Alan Shearer.”
This is spectacular praise indeed for Mitrovic when you consider some of the strikers United have had in their ranks since Shearer decided to call it a day in 2006.
Demba Ba and Loic Remy were fantastic in their own right for The Toon during their respective spells at St James’ Park – but neither were really the sort of physical ‘number...
- 8/16/2015
- by Ross Tweddell
- Obsessed with Film
While we often lament some of the films that end up stuck in development Hell, never to become realized on the big screen, there are some films we should all be glad never came to fruition.
Sometimes they don’t get it! We all know that the film industry is a business and they want to make money, but Hollywood doesn’t always realize that the best way to do that is to make a good film. Sometimes, Hollywood’s habit of taking a known property and stretching them out to absurd proportions proves that they just don’t get the point. Fortunately, there are times when someone recognizes a bad idea and puts on the brakes. Below is a list of 14 films where someone was smart enough to notice that they were making a pile of trash and threw in the towel.
Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian
Due to the success of Beetlejuice,...
Sometimes they don’t get it! We all know that the film industry is a business and they want to make money, but Hollywood doesn’t always realize that the best way to do that is to make a good film. Sometimes, Hollywood’s habit of taking a known property and stretching them out to absurd proportions proves that they just don’t get the point. Fortunately, there are times when someone recognizes a bad idea and puts on the brakes. Below is a list of 14 films where someone was smart enough to notice that they were making a pile of trash and threw in the towel.
Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian
Due to the success of Beetlejuice,...
- 7/5/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Actor and best-selling author Suzanne Somers, best known for her role as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company, was paired with pro Tony Dovolani for season 20 of Dancing with the Stars. She blogged for People about her experience on the hit ABC show.
Going into to Disney Night, I did not try to anticipate anything. Every single minute on that show was the best I could possibly do, and, in doing so, I feel very good about my participation. My experience had nothing to do with whether I won or not; it had to do with me breaking out of my...
Going into to Disney Night, I did not try to anticipate anything. Every single minute on that show was the best I could possibly do, and, in doing so, I feel very good about my participation. My experience had nothing to do with whether I won or not; it had to do with me breaking out of my...
- 4/15/2015
- by Suzanne Somers, @suzannesomers
- People.com - TV Watch
The first few pages of Frank Miller's script for the shelved Batman: Year One have a disturbed Bruce Wayne waking up from chronic nightmares, some nameless prostitutes being slapped around by their pimp, and Jim Gordon putting a gun in his mouth.
You can see why Warner Bros didn't ultimately go for the project, which was to be helmed by Darren Aronofsky and would have rewritten the Bat mythology even more radically than Miller already had in his comic book arc of the same name.
"Our take was to infuse the Batman franchise with a dose of reality," Aronofsky has said, citing The French Connection and Taxi Driver among his influences. "We tried to ask that eternal question, 'What does it take for a real man to put on tights and fight crime?'" It's an approach not far from the one ultimately taken by Christopher Nolan in Batman Begins,...
You can see why Warner Bros didn't ultimately go for the project, which was to be helmed by Darren Aronofsky and would have rewritten the Bat mythology even more radically than Miller already had in his comic book arc of the same name.
"Our take was to infuse the Batman franchise with a dose of reality," Aronofsky has said, citing The French Connection and Taxi Driver among his influences. "We tried to ask that eternal question, 'What does it take for a real man to put on tights and fight crime?'" It's an approach not far from the one ultimately taken by Christopher Nolan in Batman Begins,...
- 7/23/2014
- Digital Spy
There are many ways a person can commit suicide, quick and easy or long and slow, but the end result is all the same. One way, for example, would be to deliberately do something to royally piss off the mafia. Yes, that would just about guarantee your own demise. With this in mind, let’s talk about a film, based on a true story…
By its title, Rob The Mob does sound like it should be a comedy about the mafia. In fact, it is actually a very funny film. I’d even say it holds its own against My Cousin Vinny (1992). As appealing as that is on the surface, it gets better. Not only is this a funny, entertaining movie, but it’s also based on a true story. The events in this film, or at least parts of it, actually happened… in real life!
So, why am I...
By its title, Rob The Mob does sound like it should be a comedy about the mafia. In fact, it is actually a very funny film. I’d even say it holds its own against My Cousin Vinny (1992). As appealing as that is on the surface, it gets better. Not only is this a funny, entertaining movie, but it’s also based on a true story. The events in this film, or at least parts of it, actually happened… in real life!
So, why am I...
- 3/25/2014
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. That’s certainly the case in Rob the Mob, Raymond De Felitta’s jaunty, disarmingly human crime caper about Tommy and Rosemarie Uva, a real Queens couple who brazenly stuck up social clubs habited by members of two major New York crime families, and got away with it – until they didn’t.
When we first meet Tommy and Rosie, they’re embarking on an ill-advised robbery, one which will land Tommy in prison for 18 months. Immediately, the motivations behind their life of crime are clear; of course, the financial incentive is there, but there’s a heated romantic spark driving their activities forward as well. So crazy in love that they feel invincible, the two lovebirds instinctively feel that the world is theirs for the taking.
Once Tommy’s out, it’s not long before the two are scheming again, despite Rosie’s...
When we first meet Tommy and Rosie, they’re embarking on an ill-advised robbery, one which will land Tommy in prison for 18 months. Immediately, the motivations behind their life of crime are clear; of course, the financial incentive is there, but there’s a heated romantic spark driving their activities forward as well. So crazy in love that they feel invincible, the two lovebirds instinctively feel that the world is theirs for the taking.
Once Tommy’s out, it’s not long before the two are scheming again, despite Rosie’s...
- 3/22/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Miami - We've so often seen Andy Garcia performing in an Italian-American gangster guise – from “The Untouchables” to “Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead” to, of course, his Oscar-nominated breakout role in “The Godfather Part III” – that it's easy to forget the Havana-born actor's Cuban heritage. Or perhaps not so easy in Miami, Garcia's hometown from the age of five. Back in town for the Miami Film Festival premiere of his new film “Rob the Mob,” Garcia is greeted with a collective roar of affection by the local crowd packing out the city's spectacular Gusman Theater; earlier that day, when we meet for a chat in the Standard Hotel restaurant, he has the breezy assurance of a man who knows his way around. His old high school, he points out, is a short distance down the street, while a number of his films have played the festival...
- 3/21/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
A few days ago we had a chance to sit down with Andy Garcia, Ray Romano, and director Raymond de Felitta to talk about their upcoming flim “Rob the Mob.”
The film is set up in New York City, 1991. Small-time crooks Tommy (Pitt) and Rosie (Arianda) have two things in common: a crazy-passionate love for one another and—after they’re caught robbing a florist on Valentine’s Day—prison records. Trying to go straight, Rosie lands a job at a debt-collection agency and persuades Tommy to join her. But soon Tommy is skipping his shifts to do something much more interesting—attend the landmark trial of Mafia hit man Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, whose graphic testimony could finally bring down flamboyant Gambino-family boss John Gotti.
Tommy’s fascination with the mob is deeply personal; when he was a boy, he saw his father suffer a brutal beating beat at the hands of local gangsters.
The film is set up in New York City, 1991. Small-time crooks Tommy (Pitt) and Rosie (Arianda) have two things in common: a crazy-passionate love for one another and—after they’re caught robbing a florist on Valentine’s Day—prison records. Trying to go straight, Rosie lands a job at a debt-collection agency and persuades Tommy to join her. But soon Tommy is skipping his shifts to do something much more interesting—attend the landmark trial of Mafia hit man Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, whose graphic testimony could finally bring down flamboyant Gambino-family boss John Gotti.
Tommy’s fascination with the mob is deeply personal; when he was a boy, he saw his father suffer a brutal beating beat at the hands of local gangsters.
- 3/21/2014
- by Fernando Esquivel
- LRMonline.com
On the surface, Rob The Mob looks like just another True Romance clone, with its star crossed lovers dodging bullets and getting into trouble. The only difference here is that this film is based on a true story. And not just any true story, a rather unbelievable one.
Michael Pitt and Nina Arianda play Tom and Rosie, a couple of ex-cons from Queens, New York who just got out of jail after serving time for robbing a flower shop on Valentine’s Day. They are both determined to go straight and to do so, end up working at a debt collection agency. It doesn’t take long for Tom to find himself bored sitting in a cubicle and talking on the phone all day and he soon skips work to find other forms of entertainment. He ends up finding this by slipping into the trial of John Gotti, the American...
Michael Pitt and Nina Arianda play Tom and Rosie, a couple of ex-cons from Queens, New York who just got out of jail after serving time for robbing a flower shop on Valentine’s Day. They are both determined to go straight and to do so, end up working at a debt collection agency. It doesn’t take long for Tom to find himself bored sitting in a cubicle and talking on the phone all day and he soon skips work to find other forms of entertainment. He ends up finding this by slipping into the trial of John Gotti, the American...
- 3/17/2014
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
Dog Eat Dog: De Felitta’s Entertaining Take of a Take
After the success of his 2009 indie feature, City Island, Raymond De Felitta turns to a scrappy ‘based on a true story’ vehicle with Rob the Mob, a film that manages to override predispositions and assume an energetic momentum that is both rewarding and engaging. An interestingly varied cast, populated by a several faces instantly recognizable from either “The Sopranos” or various Martin Scorsese films, provides the film with immediate likeability, an entertaining mix of mafia history and character study.
In 1991, while the Gotti trial holds everyone’s rapt attention, Tommy (Michael Pitt) is paroled after getting busted for holding up a floral shop with girlfriend Rosie (Nina Arianda). While Rosie has kicked drugs and a life of crime to clean up her act, she now works as a star performer at a collection agency run by Dave Lovell (Griffin Dunne...
After the success of his 2009 indie feature, City Island, Raymond De Felitta turns to a scrappy ‘based on a true story’ vehicle with Rob the Mob, a film that manages to override predispositions and assume an energetic momentum that is both rewarding and engaging. An interestingly varied cast, populated by a several faces instantly recognizable from either “The Sopranos” or various Martin Scorsese films, provides the film with immediate likeability, an entertaining mix of mafia history and character study.
In 1991, while the Gotti trial holds everyone’s rapt attention, Tommy (Michael Pitt) is paroled after getting busted for holding up a floral shop with girlfriend Rosie (Nina Arianda). While Rosie has kicked drugs and a life of crime to clean up her act, she now works as a star performer at a collection agency run by Dave Lovell (Griffin Dunne...
- 3/17/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Closure is overrated. Even though we’re programmed to catalogue and file away experiences into contained packed wholes so as to save precious neurons, it’s unfinished business that always sticks with you the longest and strongest. A question mark can have more power than a period or exclamation point, as evidenced by some of the finales to some of the best shows ever made. More than half a decade after it blueballed viewers with an infamous fade to black, The Sopranos still sparks debate about whether Tony’s story got the ending it deserved. Less infuriating but equally open, The Wire brought the cyclical nature of its themes to climax in one final montage that could be read with equal feelings of optimism and despair. Even the shows that frustrate you in the end, your Losts, your Dexters, can have their legacy enhanced by spending their last moments embracing...
- 3/15/2014
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Alexander Payne's new movie, starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte, is both a touching father-and-son journey and a penetrating look at a nation's desperate, empty soul
Alexander Payne, the director of The Descendants, Sideways and About Schmidt, has a new film, Nebraska. It's simple and brilliant, beautifully nuanced, funny, well acted and generous. It's in black and white and begins with an old man walking down the side of a highway in cold weather in Billings, Montana. This is Woody Grant (Bruce Dern), and he's planning to walk to Nebraska to collect his million dollars from a sweepstakes notice he's received in the mail. Every American adult has received such a notice. Printed like a deed, it says you've won a million bucks. Only in the fine print does it say you've won only if your numbers match. It's a trick to sell magazine subscriptions.
The movie refuses the...
Alexander Payne, the director of The Descendants, Sideways and About Schmidt, has a new film, Nebraska. It's simple and brilliant, beautifully nuanced, funny, well acted and generous. It's in black and white and begins with an old man walking down the side of a highway in cold weather in Billings, Montana. This is Woody Grant (Bruce Dern), and he's planning to walk to Nebraska to collect his million dollars from a sweepstakes notice he's received in the mail. Every American adult has received such a notice. Printed like a deed, it says you've won a million bucks. Only in the fine print does it say you've won only if your numbers match. It's a trick to sell magazine subscriptions.
The movie refuses the...
- 12/1/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The Mad Magician (1954)
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor
Writer: Crane Wilbur
Director: John Brahm
Synopsis (From Sony):
Vincent Price plays Gallico the Great, an inspired inventor of magic acts who longs to perform his creations himself. When he finally gets his chance, the production is closed by Gallico’s cruel manager, who wants a rival magician to perform Gallico’s greatest trick, The Lady and the Buzz Saw. An enraged Gallico turns into a homicidal maniac, taking out his victims with the same methods he used to create his illusions.
Review:
The Mad Magician is one of those movies where a man is wronged in the worst imaginable ways, and he goes off the deep end, and you don’t blame him. Matter of fact, you’ll root for him. Losing his hard work to his manager is really just the tip of the iceberg; something of...
Starring: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor
Writer: Crane Wilbur
Director: John Brahm
Synopsis (From Sony):
Vincent Price plays Gallico the Great, an inspired inventor of magic acts who longs to perform his creations himself. When he finally gets his chance, the production is closed by Gallico’s cruel manager, who wants a rival magician to perform Gallico’s greatest trick, The Lady and the Buzz Saw. An enraged Gallico turns into a homicidal maniac, taking out his victims with the same methods he used to create his illusions.
Review:
The Mad Magician is one of those movies where a man is wronged in the worst imaginable ways, and he goes off the deep end, and you don’t blame him. Matter of fact, you’ll root for him. Losing his hard work to his manager is really just the tip of the iceberg; something of...
- 10/5/2013
- by Eric King
- The Liberal Dead
Update:
Here's a tweet from Darren Aronofsky concerning the art:
btw none of that year one batman art circling the web originated from mine or frank's work. so can't take credit or blame for it.
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) May 7, 2013
Before Warner Bros. decided to move forward with Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, Darren Aronofsky was trying to sell them on his vision of the comic book franchise. It looks and sounds a lot like a Batman Rockabilly style story. It completely reinvents the origin story of Batman, and that's probably why the studio decided to pass on it. The movie was supposed to be an adaptation of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One, but that's not how the Aronofsky and Miller script turned out.
Bruce Wayne isn't a billionaire playboy in this version of the story, instead after the death of his parents Bruce was homeless, living on the streets of Gotham.
Here's a tweet from Darren Aronofsky concerning the art:
btw none of that year one batman art circling the web originated from mine or frank's work. so can't take credit or blame for it.
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) May 7, 2013
Before Warner Bros. decided to move forward with Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, Darren Aronofsky was trying to sell them on his vision of the comic book franchise. It looks and sounds a lot like a Batman Rockabilly style story. It completely reinvents the origin story of Batman, and that's probably why the studio decided to pass on it. The movie was supposed to be an adaptation of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One, but that's not how the Aronofsky and Miller script turned out.
Bruce Wayne isn't a billionaire playboy in this version of the story, instead after the death of his parents Bruce was homeless, living on the streets of Gotham.
- 5/6/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Wasn't easy to whittle this list down to 10, let alone 11, so I picked 12 for 12-12-12. A few of these selections were last minute additions that knocked two other picks out of top spots. Moreover, I decided to include twelve more picks at the end of my selections to show what else was being considered.
Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy (Barsuk)
I've not seen this album on any critics' year-end lists (aside from my managing editor Steve's list, obviously). Not sure why, because Nada Surf released a timeless collection of alt pop-rock songs. This is songwriting 101 -- verse, chorus, verse, bridge. If there is a better pop-rock band in America, let me know. Twenty years in and no sign of lazy rock star bullshit, just plenty of great chiming guitar riffs and hooky-as-hell tunes. Album of the year.
Father John Misty Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
Father John...
Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy (Barsuk)
I've not seen this album on any critics' year-end lists (aside from my managing editor Steve's list, obviously). Not sure why, because Nada Surf released a timeless collection of alt pop-rock songs. This is songwriting 101 -- verse, chorus, verse, bridge. If there is a better pop-rock band in America, let me know. Twenty years in and no sign of lazy rock star bullshit, just plenty of great chiming guitar riffs and hooky-as-hell tunes. Album of the year.
Father John Misty Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
Father John...
- 12/28/2012
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Preparing for the end of the world just became a little bit easier. A new promo for the upcoming season of Doomsday Preppers not only features the musical talents of Big Al, but also has helpful pop-up pointers for preparing for the Big Day. The National Geographic Channel’s series follows families across the country who are preparing for the end of the world. The new musical promo – premiering exclusively at The Hollywood Reporter – features Big Al singing an original song about the issues that could face America if society falls apart. TV Review: Doomsday Preppers “Where you
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- 11/12/2012
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This awesome infographic shows Michael Myers' body count throughout the Halloween franchise, from Halloween to Halloween: Resurrection, with easy-to-follow icons.
Remember Big Al from Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers? I believe he took a knife to the stomach and was pushed off a truck? He’s on there. What about poor Nurse Karen who got it in the whirlpool in Halloween II? On there too.
For the full-size and embeddable version of this infographic visit Notchordamnatchoz on Visual.ly.
Remember Big Al from Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers? I believe he took a knife to the stomach and was pushed off a truck? He’s on there. What about poor Nurse Karen who got it in the whirlpool in Halloween II? On there too.
For the full-size and embeddable version of this infographic visit Notchordamnatchoz on Visual.ly.
- 10/19/2012
- by Sara Castillo
- FEARnet
Aside from Neo in The Matrix, what are Keanu Reeves’ finest roles? Here, Luke lists the ten other Reeves movies that deserve your attention...
Depending on your personal views on the man, Keanu Reeves is either the epitome of what can be achieved with determination, gumption and graft, or one lucky, lucky swine.
His detractors are always quick to pounce because, yes, he’s never boasted a particularly diverse dramatic range and, yes, he never really got his accents together, but he’s also managed to etch out a career whose breadth and length is the envy of hordes of actors with more ‘conventionally recognised’ acting chops. That’s not to say Reeves’ oeuvre (yes, oeuvre) doesn’t contain some profound old sod-plank – it most certainly does - yet said chunderguff has always been liberally counter-weighted by more than his fair share of cheeky little corkers.
So, before we examine...
Depending on your personal views on the man, Keanu Reeves is either the epitome of what can be achieved with determination, gumption and graft, or one lucky, lucky swine.
His detractors are always quick to pounce because, yes, he’s never boasted a particularly diverse dramatic range and, yes, he never really got his accents together, but he’s also managed to etch out a career whose breadth and length is the envy of hordes of actors with more ‘conventionally recognised’ acting chops. That’s not to say Reeves’ oeuvre (yes, oeuvre) doesn’t contain some profound old sod-plank – it most certainly does - yet said chunderguff has always been liberally counter-weighted by more than his fair share of cheeky little corkers.
So, before we examine...
- 5/2/2012
- Den of Geek
Gotham City is a environment open to interpretation. One reader may view the urban conurbation as a land synonymous with fantastical tragedy with Gothic demonic structures rupturing from Hell, reaching to infect the Heavens with venomous smog and liquid night. An operatic land so immersed in darkness and corruption, that its evil dons the comforting smile of a jester – whilst its only hero basks in shadows; wearing the sinister, almost Satanic, image of a Bat.
Others may conjure the conception of hope from the Detective Comic pages – hope that heroism can prosper in the most dire of places – whilst some might synthesise The Dark Knight’s world of urban decadence with our own; thriving on the comic’s presentation of post-modern realism. This is precisely what makes Batman a tremendous character to watch on screen. With every new director; be it Burton, Schumacher or Nolan, we are presented with a...
Others may conjure the conception of hope from the Detective Comic pages – hope that heroism can prosper in the most dire of places – whilst some might synthesise The Dark Knight’s world of urban decadence with our own; thriving on the comic’s presentation of post-modern realism. This is precisely what makes Batman a tremendous character to watch on screen. With every new director; be it Burton, Schumacher or Nolan, we are presented with a...
- 3/11/2012
- by Tommy Marques
- Obsessed with Film
In an interesting bit of “What-might-have-been” Batman movie trivia, the newly updated book Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? written by David Hughes and just recently re-published by Titan Books gives us a glimpse of an infamous project that nearly rebooted The Caped Crusader a few years before Christopher Nolan and David Goyer pitched their take to Warner Bros.
In the book, there’s a write up on the failed Batman project from director Darren Aronofsky and writer Frank Miller, which would have been a spin on Miller’s own Batman: Year One. Much of this we have talked about previously at What Culture over the years but we always love a bit of delving into alternative history around here.
Here, a few snippets from the book;
Aronofsky : “I told them I’d cast Clint Eastwood as the Dark Knight, and shoot it in Tokyo, doubling for Gotham City,...
In the book, there’s a write up on the failed Batman project from director Darren Aronofsky and writer Frank Miller, which would have been a spin on Miller’s own Batman: Year One. Much of this we have talked about previously at What Culture over the years but we always love a bit of delving into alternative history around here.
Here, a few snippets from the book;
Aronofsky : “I told them I’d cast Clint Eastwood as the Dark Knight, and shoot it in Tokyo, doubling for Gotham City,...
- 3/6/2012
- by Marcus Doidge
- Obsessed with Film
Khloe flew to Dallas over the weekend to look for a new love nest for her and Lamar. Will she still miss La after the big move? Khloe Kardashian is getting ready to make the big move from La to Dallas, Texas with her husband Lamar Odom, who was recently got traded from the Lakers to the Mavericks. To get the ball rolling, Khloe flew to Dallas over the weekend to search for a new love nest for her and Lamar ... and to her surprise, was greeted by a big welcoming. Khloe found a big sign reading her welcome: "Big Al's McKinney Avenue Tavern Welcomes Khloe & Lamar! Kardashians Drink Free... Especially Rob." She stopped to pose for pics with Big Al Mack, who is part of the syndicated radio show KiddNation. Sources tell TMZ that Khloe arrived in Dallas on Dec. 16. to begin the home search. According to the sources,...
- 12/19/2011
- by Lindsey DiMattina
- HollywoodLife
Los Angeles — Alan Sues, who brought his flamboyant and over-the-top comic persona to the hit television show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" in the 1960s and 1970s, has died, a close friend said Sunday night.
Sues died of cardiac arrest on Thursday at his home in West Hollywood, Michael Gregg Michaud, a friend since 1975, told The Associated Press.
"He was sitting in a recliner watching TV with his dachshund Doris who he loved in his lap," Michaud said.
Sues had various health problems in the last several years, but the death came as a shock to friends, Michaud said. He was 85.
A native Californian who moved to New York in 1952, Sues began his career as a serious actor and in 1953 appeared in director Elia Kazan's "Tea and Sympathy" on Broadway.
But he would be remembered for his wild comic characters.
They included "Big Al," an effeminate sportscaster, and "Uncle Al the Kiddies Pal,...
Sues died of cardiac arrest on Thursday at his home in West Hollywood, Michael Gregg Michaud, a friend since 1975, told The Associated Press.
"He was sitting in a recliner watching TV with his dachshund Doris who he loved in his lap," Michaud said.
Sues had various health problems in the last several years, but the death came as a shock to friends, Michaud said. He was 85.
A native Californian who moved to New York in 1952, Sues began his career as a serious actor and in 1953 appeared in director Elia Kazan's "Tea and Sympathy" on Broadway.
But he would be remembered for his wild comic characters.
They included "Big Al," an effeminate sportscaster, and "Uncle Al the Kiddies Pal,...
- 12/5/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Alan Sues, a regular on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh In" known for playing the flamboyant sportscaster Big Al, died Thursday night while watching television. He was 85 and apparently suffered a heart attack at his home in West Hollywood. Sues appeared on "Laugh-In" from 1968 to 1972. In addition to playing Big Al, he frequently portrayed the character Uncle Al the Kiddies' Pal, the always hung-over children's show host. During his "Laugh-In" years, he also was a spokesman for Peter Pan Peanut Butter, appearing in print and broadcast ads as a campy...
- 12/3/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Alan Sues, a flamboyant and wacky member of the comic ensemble that made Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In a big hit for NBC in the late 1960s, died Thursday at his home in West Hollywood of an apparent heart attack. He was 85. Sues was a regular on the comedy-variety show from 1968 until 1971, playing such characters as Uncle Al the Kiddies' Pal, a hung-over children’s entertainer, and Big Al, an effeminate sportscaster. He left Laugh-In before its final season. Rather than relying on a series of tightly scripted song-and-dance segments, Laugh-In offered
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- 12/2/2011
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alright here’s the thing, Pole matches sometimes (and I mean rarely) have a useful premise. For example if a wrestler has been using a personal weapon unfairly, it’s a good match to even the playing field and give the heel a taste of his own medicine. Whilst in the WWE, William Regal used brass knuckles to his advantage, so Edge vs. Regal in a “Brass Knuckles on a Pole Match” made at least some sense. But over the years, the “On a Pole” stipulation has seen its fair share of ridiculous moments, and we mostly have WCW and Vince Russo to thank.
Here’s a selection of some of the worst/weirdest/most pointless “On a Pole” Stipulations in wrestling history.
Chair on a Pole Match
Crowbar vs. Meng
Ok firstly, Crowbar reaches the chair on his first attempt! No suspense or battling back and forth. Just one...
Here’s a selection of some of the worst/weirdest/most pointless “On a Pole” Stipulations in wrestling history.
Chair on a Pole Match
Crowbar vs. Meng
Ok firstly, Crowbar reaches the chair on his first attempt! No suspense or battling back and forth. Just one...
- 10/17/2011
- by Patrick Farren
- Obsessed with Film
And this time, as per The Hollywood Reporter, those furriners who complain incessantly about the ignorance of U.S. citizens only have the right to give us 1/3 of the lumps for making Michael Bay's latest cinematic travesty a rousing financial success. The biggest success in the franchise, no less, with Transformers: Dark of the Moon's U.S. ticket sales currently around $340 million and the international gross boasting about $660 million. No doubt, some of the movie's box office mojo stems from it being released in 3D, "requiring" higher ticket prices, and that is likely a contributing factor for the other two movies that have reached the $1 billion mark this year, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part II, respectively.
Huh. Maybe it's the long ass titles that are the key?
Anyway...
Not only does this mean that Michael Bay will continue...
Huh. Maybe it's the long ass titles that are the key?
Anyway...
Not only does this mean that Michael Bay will continue...
- 8/4/2011
- by Rob Payne
Going to see shows in New York is a lot like drinking. Sometimes it’s like a fine wine, the taste and scent of which linger pleasantly in your memory for days, even weeks. Sometimes it’s a hearty beer had at a downtown dive, whose rough, unsophisticated flavor is a large part of its charm. Sometimes it’s an awful concoction, so syrupy sweet or amateurishly made you wish you had stayed in and had a cup of coffee instead.
And sometimes a handsome stranger hands you a drink, and you’re not exactly sure what’s in it, but the guy is so gorgeous you happily accept. Then several hours later you have this conversation with your friend.
“Are you all right?”
“Yeah, I … I think so.”
“What did you drink?”
“I don’t … I’m not sure.”
“Can you make it home okay by yourself?”
“I think so.
And sometimes a handsome stranger hands you a drink, and you’re not exactly sure what’s in it, but the guy is so gorgeous you happily accept. Then several hours later you have this conversation with your friend.
“Are you all right?”
“Yeah, I … I think so.”
“What did you drink?”
“I don’t … I’m not sure.”
“Can you make it home okay by yourself?”
“I think so.
- 5/18/2011
- by Tim OLeary
- The Backlot
There was talk yesterday of Warner Bros. revisiting the abandoned Justice League film for a 2013 release in a profile piece focused on Warner Bros. chief Jeff Robinov. The mention was small and there wasn't much to go on so I held back. However, today the news is confirmed as the WB is ready to put in motion the DC Comics superhero team-up to rival Paramount's The Avengers.
Word is that one year after both Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel, Warner Bros. is eying both a Justice League film as well as a "reinvented Batman".
Currently a Justice League script is being written, though no screenwriter is mentioned by name, along with scripts for films based on the DC characters Flash and Wonder Woman, both of which could see spin-off films following the as yet Untitled Justice League Movie. Even though...
Word is that one year after both Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel, Warner Bros. is eying both a Justice League film as well as a "reinvented Batman".
Currently a Justice League script is being written, though no screenwriter is mentioned by name, along with scripts for films based on the DC characters Flash and Wonder Woman, both of which could see spin-off films following the as yet Untitled Justice League Movie. Even though...
- 3/29/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Gay jokes are still so common in American movie comedies that most of them barely register. That’s why, whenever anyone points out how common they are and says, "Hey, maybe this is contributing to a culture of prejudice," there tends to be a immediate and furious counter-response of: “Political correctness!” “It’s just a joke!” “I don’t see what the big deal is!”
People don’t see what the big deal is, because they’re not seeing the big picture, which is that this isn’t about any one joke. It’s about the fact that these jokes are so common – in a way that jokes about other minorities such as African Americans or Jewish people or Asians or women or the disabled, simply no longer are.
And yet no longer making jokes about "stingy Jews" (except ironically) or casually using the n-word as an insult didn't stop comedians from telling jokes,...
People don’t see what the big deal is, because they’re not seeing the big picture, which is that this isn’t about any one joke. It’s about the fact that these jokes are so common – in a way that jokes about other minorities such as African Americans or Jewish people or Asians or women or the disabled, simply no longer are.
And yet no longer making jokes about "stingy Jews" (except ironically) or casually using the n-word as an insult didn't stop comedians from telling jokes,...
- 11/3/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
This writer is just back from a set visit to the currently-shooting Sony Pictures’ production Hostel Part III in Detroit, Michigan, and while press is currently under embargo on that film (rest assured, we’ll have the goods for you as soon as it’s lifted!), we did speak with the film's FX make-up head Bob Kurtzman, who gave us the lowdown on Hostel Part III as well as on the recently-wrapped The Woman.
Directed by Lucky McKee and starring Angela Bettis (May), Sean Bridgers ("Justified"), Pollyana McIntosh and Carlee Baker (Wicked Lake), The Woman (which is a sequel to the Jack Ketchum-inspired Offspring) revolves around the titular character, who is the last surviving member of a feral, nomadic clan who is pursued by a local hunter - whose perverted intention is to capture and ‘break’ the woman.
Kurtzman, whose company Precinct 13 provided make-up FX for that film as well,...
Directed by Lucky McKee and starring Angela Bettis (May), Sean Bridgers ("Justified"), Pollyana McIntosh and Carlee Baker (Wicked Lake), The Woman (which is a sequel to the Jack Ketchum-inspired Offspring) revolves around the titular character, who is the last surviving member of a feral, nomadic clan who is pursued by a local hunter - whose perverted intention is to capture and ‘break’ the woman.
Kurtzman, whose company Precinct 13 provided make-up FX for that film as well,...
- 9/20/2010
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest Internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, and arguably the most comprehensive ranking system on the Internet.
It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case we is myself and Barry) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list. We’ve frozen the list as of January 1st of this year. It’s not as simple as it sounds, we are watching them all in one year, 125 each.
This is our 30th update, my next five films watched for the project. You can find all our previous week’s updates here.
It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case we is myself and Barry) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list. We’ve frozen the list as of January 1st of this year. It’s not as simple as it sounds, we are watching them all in one year, 125 each.
This is our 30th update, my next five films watched for the project. You can find all our previous week’s updates here.
- 8/16/2010
- by Gary Phillips
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Who doesn’t like Steve Carell, or Paul Rudd, for that matter? Two of the coolest guys in comedy are back this Friday, July 30th in a new movie called Dinner For Schmucks, directed by Jay Roach. The movie also stars Zack Galafinakis, who’s also cool, in his own “wolf pack of one” sort of way. Not heard of it? Schmuck! But, no… seriously, the movie looks incredibly funny. So, we’ve decided to honor the cinematic schmucks, the best of them have made our Top Ten Tuesday list this week.
Honorable Mention: Kent Dorfman – Animal House
The story is simple enough… A freshman in college seeks to join a fraternity. The stumble upon the Delta Tau Chi house, and the rest is history! Nicknamed “Flounder”, Kent is clumsy, idiotic, and quite frankly… a big lug! Put him in a house with the rest of the Delta Tau Chi...
Honorable Mention: Kent Dorfman – Animal House
The story is simple enough… A freshman in college seeks to join a fraternity. The stumble upon the Delta Tau Chi house, and the rest is history! Nicknamed “Flounder”, Kent is clumsy, idiotic, and quite frankly… a big lug! Put him in a house with the rest of the Delta Tau Chi...
- 7/27/2010
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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