Syfy will soon not be a safe place for vampires. The cable network has picked up Van Helsing, a 13-episode series from writer/showrunner Neil Labute (Billy & Billie, Full Circle) that will provide a new take on the familiar tale. Along with Labute, Chad Oakes and Mike Frislev from Nomadic Pictures (the company from which Syfy acquired Van Helsing), Simon Barry, Evan Tyler, Dave Brown, and Daniel March will all serve as executive producers on the series. Per Deadline, Syfy’s Van Helsing “centers on Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing. She is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.” “Van Helsing represents a new mythology in sci-fi by challenging traditional vampire rules,...
- 11/2/2015
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Firefighters have voiced their concern that Fifty Shades of Grey will inspire a load of people to get up to kinky acts in the bedroom, and thus ruin their evenings.
London Fire Brigade (Lfb) have said that the film's release on Friday (February 13) is likely to lead to a "spike" in people getting stuck or trapped in handcuffs, rings or whatever else El James conjured up in her mind.
Since April, there have been 393 such incidents, the Lfb said.
They explained that while people should use "common sense" (ergo, make an effort), people should call 999 in a genuine emergency.
Dave Brown from Lfb said: "The Fifty Shades effect seems to spike handcuff incidents so we hope film-goers will use common sense and avoid leaving themselves red-faced.
"I'd like to remind everyone that 999 is an emergency number and should only be used as such."
The brigade added that they had been...
London Fire Brigade (Lfb) have said that the film's release on Friday (February 13) is likely to lead to a "spike" in people getting stuck or trapped in handcuffs, rings or whatever else El James conjured up in her mind.
Since April, there have been 393 such incidents, the Lfb said.
They explained that while people should use "common sense" (ergo, make an effort), people should call 999 in a genuine emergency.
Dave Brown from Lfb said: "The Fifty Shades effect seems to spike handcuff incidents so we hope film-goers will use common sense and avoid leaving themselves red-faced.
"I'd like to remind everyone that 999 is an emergency number and should only be used as such."
The brigade added that they had been...
- 2/12/2015
- Digital Spy
Toronto’s North By Northeast (Nxne) is expanding its film festival programing beyond music-themed movies to include films of all genres.
Nxne Film top brass revealed (23) the initial line-up, which includes the world premiere of the Canadian film Luck’s Hard (pictured) from directors Dave Brown and Daniel Williams.
The roster also features North American premieres for silent film La Voz De Los Silenciados (The Voice Of The Voiceless) by Maximon Monihan and horror-comedy Whoops! from Tony Hipwell and Miles Watts.
“Being the 20th Anniversary of Nxne and the 14th year for our festival, we wanted to broaden our horizons this year and add features which are not necessarily about music,” said Nxne Film programmer Cameron Carpenter.
The film festival runs from June 13-15. To view the full line-up click here.
Nxne Film top brass revealed (23) the initial line-up, which includes the world premiere of the Canadian film Luck’s Hard (pictured) from directors Dave Brown and Daniel Williams.
The roster also features North American premieres for silent film La Voz De Los Silenciados (The Voice Of The Voiceless) by Maximon Monihan and horror-comedy Whoops! from Tony Hipwell and Miles Watts.
“Being the 20th Anniversary of Nxne and the 14th year for our festival, we wanted to broaden our horizons this year and add features which are not necessarily about music,” said Nxne Film programmer Cameron Carpenter.
The film festival runs from June 13-15. To view the full line-up click here.
- 4/23/2014
- ScreenDaily
London, Oct er 5: A man, who got his penis stuck in a toaster, was rescued by the London Fire Brigade.
The fire brigade has reportedly spent almost 400,000 pounds in order to help people who have got themselves stuck in sticky situations with 1,300 call-outs needing a helping hand, the Daily Star reported.
London Fire Service's Dave Brown, said that some of the incidents their firefighters are called out for, could have been prevented with a little common sense.
Brown said that he would like to remind everyone that 999 is an emergency number that should only be used as such and when firefighters are out attending to some of these avoidable incidents, someone else could be in real need of emergency assistance.
This.
The fire brigade has reportedly spent almost 400,000 pounds in order to help people who have got themselves stuck in sticky situations with 1,300 call-outs needing a helping hand, the Daily Star reported.
London Fire Service's Dave Brown, said that some of the incidents their firefighters are called out for, could have been prevented with a little common sense.
Brown said that he would like to remind everyone that 999 is an emergency number that should only be used as such and when firefighters are out attending to some of these avoidable incidents, someone else could be in real need of emergency assistance.
This.
- 10/5/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
The outrageously popular erotic tome Fifty Shades of Grey may be responsible for some interesting trends among British couples and Guantanamo prisoners, according to CNN.
Published in 2011, and the first in the trilogy by E L James, the fan-fiction-turned-bestseller cast a warm afterglow on the lives of bored housewives and fans of drugstore paperbacks, harlequin romances, and Lifetime specials everywhere. But now its kinky premise, of a college grad’s foray into sadistic sexual play with a businessman, extends beyond a sultry beach read into a burgeoning international phenomenon.
First, in Britain, in which Fifty Shades was the best-selling book...
Published in 2011, and the first in the trilogy by E L James, the fan-fiction-turned-bestseller cast a warm afterglow on the lives of bored housewives and fans of drugstore paperbacks, harlequin romances, and Lifetime specials everywhere. But now its kinky premise, of a college grad’s foray into sadistic sexual play with a businessman, extends beyond a sultry beach read into a burgeoning international phenomenon.
First, in Britain, in which Fifty Shades was the best-selling book...
- 7/30/2013
- by Jennifer Arellano
- EW.com - PopWatch
London, July 30: Fire-fighters in London have said that in the past 3 years there have been 79 handcuff mishaps.
They asserted that there have been nine instances of men who have had rings stuck on their penises; they also urged people to keep the keys handy.
They said that previously the crew has been summoned to rescue a man whose penis was stuck in a toaster, and another whose penis was trapped in a vacuum cleaner, the Daily Express reported.
Third officer Dave Brown said that he didn't know if it was the '50 Shades' effect, but the incidents involving items like handcuffs had risen. (Ani)...
They asserted that there have been nine instances of men who have had rings stuck on their penises; they also urged people to keep the keys handy.
They said that previously the crew has been summoned to rescue a man whose penis was stuck in a toaster, and another whose penis was trapped in a vacuum cleaner, the Daily Express reported.
Third officer Dave Brown said that he didn't know if it was the '50 Shades' effect, but the incidents involving items like handcuffs had risen. (Ani)...
- 7/30/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Dave Brown and Zadoc Angell have joined Echo Lake Management, the management division of Echo Lake Entertainment, it was announced today by Echo Lake Founder Doug Mankoff. Brown and Angell were formerly at Artist International where Brown served as the President of Motion Picture and Television and Angell served as Head of Television respectively. Former Artist International managers Matt Horwitz and James Engle have also chosen to join Echo Lake. Echo Lake’s management division has continued to grow during the first half of the year, having also added talent managers Graciella Sanchez and Brittany Kahan in January. Under company founder Doug Mankoff, head of management Mike Marcus and President Andrew Spaulding, Echo Lake Entertainment encompasses management, production and financing. Mankoff praised the duo saying, “Dave and Zadoc have built an impressive group of clients. We’re very pleased to be in business with them, Matt and James.”“I have always respected Doug,...
- 6/12/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
Dave Brown and Zadoc Angell have joined Echo Lake Entertainment division Echo Lake Management.
Brown and Angell formerly served at Artist International where the former was president of motion picture and television and Angell served as head of television.
Former Artist International managers Matt Horwitz and James Engle have also joined Echo Lake.
Echo Lake’s management division has continued to grow during the first half of the year. Talent managers Graciella Sanchez and Brittany Kahan joined in January.
“Dave and Zadoc have built an impressive group of clients,” said Echo Lake founder Doug Mankoff [pictured]. “We’re very pleased to be in business with them, Matt and James.”
“I have always respected Doug, Andy [Spaulding, president] and Mike [Marcus, head of management], and admired the company they are growing,” said Brown. “Joining such a well established and multi-faceted operation positions us perfectly to capitalise on a quickly changing entertainment landscape.”...
Brown and Angell formerly served at Artist International where the former was president of motion picture and television and Angell served as head of television.
Former Artist International managers Matt Horwitz and James Engle have also joined Echo Lake.
Echo Lake’s management division has continued to grow during the first half of the year. Talent managers Graciella Sanchez and Brittany Kahan joined in January.
“Dave and Zadoc have built an impressive group of clients,” said Echo Lake founder Doug Mankoff [pictured]. “We’re very pleased to be in business with them, Matt and James.”
“I have always respected Doug, Andy [Spaulding, president] and Mike [Marcus, head of management], and admired the company they are growing,” said Brown. “Joining such a well established and multi-faceted operation positions us perfectly to capitalise on a quickly changing entertainment landscape.”...
- 6/11/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Six family members have been treated for carbon monoxide after a grandmother used an indoor barbecue to dry clothes. The unnamed woman lit the barbecue in the kitchen before leaving the house in east London last week. Her 3-year-old granddaughter collapsed after being poisoned by the deadly gas, and was later treated at a nearby hospital with her family. The poisoned family also included two boys aged between two and ten months, a four-year-old girl and her two daughters-in-law, aged 26 and 29. Firefighters were called to the property in East Ham on Wednesday (January 2), after she had placed the appliance near the back door of the house at around 3pm. All six family members have since been discharged from hospital. The grandmother has been criticised for dangerous behaviour by fire chiefs. The London Fire Brigade's Dave Brown said: (more)...
- 1/6/2013
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Exclusive excerpt from this week's People Magazine: When the surge struck, it hit with mind-boggling speed and force, throwing up a terrifying wall of water that proved ruthlessly destructive. Within seconds Vickie Rietheimer of Seaside Heights, N.J., found herself standing in water up to her chest. "We heard someone yelling for help and opened the door," says the 33-year-old mother of three. "Our neighbors were clinging to a fence. We got them inside our apartment." As Sandy raged across the northeast throughout the night of Oct. 29, the 900-mile-wide storm, the largest ever recorded in the Atlantic, flooded tunnels and airport runways,...
- 11/8/2012
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Black Jack is coming to a TV near you. Entertainment One has acquired the worldwide rights to a television series based on the popular Japanese manga. The La/Toronto-based indie studio, that produces ABC’s Rookie Blue and distributes AMC’s The Walking Dead, plans a possible live action series of the classic 1970/80s comic by Osamu Tezuka. Taka Ichise and Doug Davison, who worked together on Western adaptations of the Japanese movies The Ring and The Grudge, will executive produce the series for eOne. Dave Brown and Zadoc Angell of Artist International, who packaged the project, will also executive produce. Michael Rosenberg, Jen Chambers and Adam Blumberg will oversee the show on behalf of the indie studio. Since its first appearance in Japan in 1973, the Black Jack series has followed the adventures of its doctor/detective title character against terrorists and a global conspiracy. The Black Jack manga...
- 8/2/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Last week saw the release of Disney’s blockbuster John Carter for our small screens, alongside the long-awaited release of Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret – you can read Jon’s review of the DVD here.
This week’s list is fairly short but sweet, with some of the finest films released in the first quarter of the year.
My picks of the week:
Oren Moverman’s Rampart & Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s 21 Jump Street.
Rampart Iframe Embed for Youtube
DVD and Blu-ray
(also available: HMV Exclusive – Blu-ray Double Play inc. DVD)
Oren Moverman returns with his second feature after 2009’s Oscar-nominated The Messenger, with Woody Harrelson taking the lead this time around, and Ben Foster heading up the support alongside Ice Cube, Anne Heche, Ned Beatty, Brie Larson, Cynthia Nixon, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, and Steve Buscemi – a fantastic cast, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Harrelson gives an Oscar-worthy...
This week’s list is fairly short but sweet, with some of the finest films released in the first quarter of the year.
My picks of the week:
Oren Moverman’s Rampart & Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s 21 Jump Street.
Rampart Iframe Embed for Youtube
DVD and Blu-ray
(also available: HMV Exclusive – Blu-ray Double Play inc. DVD)
Oren Moverman returns with his second feature after 2009’s Oscar-nominated The Messenger, with Woody Harrelson taking the lead this time around, and Ben Foster heading up the support alongside Ice Cube, Anne Heche, Ned Beatty, Brie Larson, Cynthia Nixon, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, and Steve Buscemi – a fantastic cast, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Harrelson gives an Oscar-worthy...
- 7/9/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, July 9th 2012.
Pick(S) Of The Week
21 Jump Street (DVD/Blu-ray)
In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a...
Pick(S) Of The Week
21 Jump Street (DVD/Blu-ray)
In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a...
- 7/9/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Husband-and-wife Rachel and Dave Brown didn't just win the 20th installment of "The Amazing Race." They dominated from wire-to-wire. Rachel & Dave won the season's first two Legs and its last four Legs and posted two additional Leg victories in the middle (along with two second places) for a record-breaking total of eight. They were so good at winning that they actually got to run through the final gauntlet to host Phil Keoghan twice. The first time, they accidentally skipping a climactic Roadblock, earning awkward stares from their fellow competitors and Phil alike. Only briefly deterred, Dave & Rachel...
- 5/11/2012
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Amazing Race 20 Rachel & Dave Brown won in finale show tonight. Tonight's 2-hour,finale episode,kicked of with the teams,heading to Hiroshima,Japan. Once there,they had to go to Hiroshima Island to get their first clue,which told them to go to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to get their next clue. Then they had to head to TV 8 Studio in Osaka,Japan to get their next clue. Once there,they ran into a Road Block challenge. In the road block,they had to run on a treadmill floor,and jump to grab toy chickens that were hanging from the ceiling. Vanessa ended up hurting her ankle,more,on this challenge. Why Ralph didn't do it,is beyond me. They knew she had a sore ankle,Wtf? Anyways,Vanessa battled threw it,and Ralph was proud of her. After the road block,the teams had to head to the Umeda Sky Building,...
- 5/7/2012
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
For the finale of the 20th season of "The Amazing Race," Vanessa and Ralph took fourth place in the first hour and left Rachel and Dave Brown, Art Velez and Jj Carrell and Brendon Villegas and Rachel Reilly competing for the one million dollar prize in the final leg.
The final leg had the racers finishing up in Honolulu, Hawaii, where they got to rappel down the Waterfront Towers and then save a distressed swimmer (not a real distressed swimmer) in the ocean. Rachel Reilly of Team Big Brother has a meltdown after the rappelling task that doesn't quite end with her crying in the bushes, but it's still pretty great.
After the distressed swimmer challenge, Rachel and Dave get taken to the wrong next section of the race and they paddleboard across a huge lake to the finish line, where they run to the finish mat amidst the applause of the eliminated teams.
The final leg had the racers finishing up in Honolulu, Hawaii, where they got to rappel down the Waterfront Towers and then save a distressed swimmer (not a real distressed swimmer) in the ocean. Rachel Reilly of Team Big Brother has a meltdown after the rappelling task that doesn't quite end with her crying in the bushes, but it's still pretty great.
After the distressed swimmer challenge, Rachel and Dave get taken to the wrong next section of the race and they paddleboard across a huge lake to the finish line, where they run to the finish mat amidst the applause of the eliminated teams.
- 5/7/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Millenium Entertainment.
Director: Oren Moverman.
Writers: Oren Moverman and James Ellroy.
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Ben Foster, Jon Bernthal, and Ice Cube.
Director Oren Moverman teams up with actors Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster again. All of these men were part of 2009's The Messenger. Here, the film is grittier as the Los Angeles Police Department is put under the lens. Partially based on the notorious Rampart Divsion of the Lapd, Harrelson plays Dave Brown a man who has spent twenty-four years on patrol in Los Angeles. He has seen a lot of crime and it has jaded him on many levels. The film is basically a character study of Brown with Harrelson bringing another powerful performance with this film.
Brown is a womanizer, an alcoholic, a drug user and he is likely also dying of stomach cancer.
Director: Oren Moverman.
Writers: Oren Moverman and James Ellroy.
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Ben Foster, Jon Bernthal, and Ice Cube.
Director Oren Moverman teams up with actors Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster again. All of these men were part of 2009's The Messenger. Here, the film is grittier as the Los Angeles Police Department is put under the lens. Partially based on the notorious Rampart Divsion of the Lapd, Harrelson plays Dave Brown a man who has spent twenty-four years on patrol in Los Angeles. He has seen a lot of crime and it has jaded him on many levels. The film is basically a character study of Brown with Harrelson bringing another powerful performance with this film.
Brown is a womanizer, an alcoholic, a drug user and he is likely also dying of stomach cancer.
- 4/22/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 15, 2012
Price: DVD $28.99, Blu-ray $29.99, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $34.99
Studio: Millennium
Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) turns up the hate as a nasty Los Angeles cop in the 2011 crime drama Rampart.
Dave Brown (Harrelson), a misogynistic, racist and violent L.A. police officer who works out of the Rampart Division, finds his life put under a microscope after he is caught on video brutally beating a person with whom he got into an automobile crash. This situation is made all the more difficult for the police department because of the bitter memory of L.A.’s Rampart police corruption scandals of the late-1990s. As the investigation into Brown’s career heats up, he must figure out who he can and cannot trust among his colleagues and new associates. That Brown lives with two of his ex-wives—sisters, no less—and that his nickname is “Date Rape Dave” doesn’t help matters.
Price: DVD $28.99, Blu-ray $29.99, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $34.99
Studio: Millennium
Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) turns up the hate as a nasty Los Angeles cop in the 2011 crime drama Rampart.
Dave Brown (Harrelson), a misogynistic, racist and violent L.A. police officer who works out of the Rampart Division, finds his life put under a microscope after he is caught on video brutally beating a person with whom he got into an automobile crash. This situation is made all the more difficult for the police department because of the bitter memory of L.A.’s Rampart police corruption scandals of the late-1990s. As the investigation into Brown’s career heats up, he must figure out who he can and cannot trust among his colleagues and new associates. That Brown lives with two of his ex-wives—sisters, no less—and that his nickname is “Date Rape Dave” doesn’t help matters.
- 3/26/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Rampart, director Oren Moverman’s tour de force of shocking, punchy filmmaking has little in common with his low-key and thoughtful debut film The Messenger except that it shares that films star Woody Harrelson in another unbound performance. Rampart takes place in the late 1990′s and tells of Lapd Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson), a Vietnam vet who’s dedicated to his job but also finds himself asserting his own code of justice, which entails the occasional badguy beatdown. His home life, with his sister ex-wives (Anne Heche and Cynthia Nixon) and two angry daughters, is a nightmare and when he gets caught on tape beating the crap out of an unresisting motorist, hardline Internal Affairs officer Kyle Timkins (Ice Cube), wants him not only kicked off the force but thrown in jail. Brown is convinced he’s being set up as a patsy by the Lapd to draw attention away...
- 3/9/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Rampart" - or the Rampart Division of the Los Angeles Police Department in full - is the segment of the Lapd responsible for serving La's most densely populated community. While its radius resides within a mere 7.9 square miles, the Rampart division serves over 375,000 residents; and thanks to a number of high-profile cases has become prevalent within both the media and cinematic world.
Over the years, a number of questionable cases have called the departments conduct into question. Between the years of 1998-2000 numerous allegations of graphic and/or extreme police misconduct were made against Rampart's Crash (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) division, tarnishing its image and putting tremendous strain on the divisions relationship with its community. While the Lapd did its best to recover from these accusations - most notably that of Rafael Pérez, a former Crash officer who stole over $700,000; shot and framed well-known gang member Javier Ovando...
Over the years, a number of questionable cases have called the departments conduct into question. Between the years of 1998-2000 numerous allegations of graphic and/or extreme police misconduct were made against Rampart's Crash (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) division, tarnishing its image and putting tremendous strain on the divisions relationship with its community. While the Lapd did its best to recover from these accusations - most notably that of Rafael Pérez, a former Crash officer who stole over $700,000; shot and framed well-known gang member Javier Ovando...
- 3/1/2012
- Shadowlocked
Writer James Ellroy, asked about the film adaptation of his novel White Jazz in a 2009 interview, replied, "No I didn't like that movie. White Jazz is dead. All movie adaptations of my books are dead." The author of The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential seems to have an antagonistic relationship with film adaptations of his novels, or rather with their producers, directors and cast. This is probably because they are so much better known than the books, but of such lesser quality.
This rule holds true for the latest adaptation, Rampart, based loosely on the Rampart Scandal of the Crash anti-gang unit of the Lapd in the late 1990s. The movie stars Woody Harrelson and a bevy of other names in mostly small, even unrecognizable parts: Ice Cube, Tim Russ, Ned Beatty, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Ben Foster, and Jon Bernthal, most of...
This rule holds true for the latest adaptation, Rampart, based loosely on the Rampart Scandal of the Crash anti-gang unit of the Lapd in the late 1990s. The movie stars Woody Harrelson and a bevy of other names in mostly small, even unrecognizable parts: Ice Cube, Tim Russ, Ned Beatty, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Ben Foster, and Jon Bernthal, most of...
- 2/25/2012
- by Mike Saulters
- Slackerwood
There’s a bit more on offer this week after a relatively lacklustre affair last time around. There’s a couple of action big-hitters, a dash of historical adventure, a magnificent re-release of an old classic and a starry Brit-flick (for the mum’s). A little something to suit all tastes.
If you want to check to see if any of these films are playing near you, you can visit Find Any Film and they’ll be able to help.
Rampart *Pick of the Week* Iframe Embed for Youtube
This hard-hitting drama stars Woody Harrelson as dirty Lapd cop Dave Brown. He is a brutal and immoral enforcer whose violent tendencies become public knowledge when he is caught on camera severely beating a suspect. Directed by Oren Moverman, who also directed Harrelson in the well-received The Messenger (2009), and co-written by La Confidential novelist James Ellroy, this gritty drama features a...
If you want to check to see if any of these films are playing near you, you can visit Find Any Film and they’ll be able to help.
Rampart *Pick of the Week* Iframe Embed for Youtube
This hard-hitting drama stars Woody Harrelson as dirty Lapd cop Dave Brown. He is a brutal and immoral enforcer whose violent tendencies become public knowledge when he is caught on camera severely beating a suspect. Directed by Oren Moverman, who also directed Harrelson in the well-received The Messenger (2009), and co-written by La Confidential novelist James Ellroy, this gritty drama features a...
- 2/24/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
(Our London Film Festival review re-posted as Rampart is out today in the UK)
Oren Moverman’s 2009 film The Messenger – curiously only released in the UK a few months ago and out today on Blu-ray – was one of the best films of that year, and by my estimation served as a far more measured and disarming take on the War on Terror than Kathryn Bigelow’s Best Picture-winning heart-stopper The Hurt Locker. With a Best Original Screenplay nomination for Moverman and a Best Supporting Actor nod for Woody Harrelson, it’s little surprise that the two have swiftly re-teamed for this challenging take on police corruption in the late-1990s, Rampart.
The Rodney King scandal was still fresh in people’s minds as the 20th century drew to a close, perhaps few people moreso than the officers of the L.A.P.D., whose work was...
(Our London Film Festival review re-posted as Rampart is out today in the UK)
Oren Moverman’s 2009 film The Messenger – curiously only released in the UK a few months ago and out today on Blu-ray – was one of the best films of that year, and by my estimation served as a far more measured and disarming take on the War on Terror than Kathryn Bigelow’s Best Picture-winning heart-stopper The Hurt Locker. With a Best Original Screenplay nomination for Moverman and a Best Supporting Actor nod for Woody Harrelson, it’s little surprise that the two have swiftly re-teamed for this challenging take on police corruption in the late-1990s, Rampart.
The Rodney King scandal was still fresh in people’s minds as the 20th century drew to a close, perhaps few people moreso than the officers of the L.A.P.D., whose work was...
- 2/24/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Woody Harrelson gives a terrific performance in Rampart, a film co-written by James Ellroy. But how does the rest of the film fare?
Rampart is a cop film co-written by James Ellroy. If you’ve read or seen any James Ellroy before, you don't need me to tell you much more. In fact, it would make this one of the shortest reviews I'll ever do. Here you go: Rampart is better than Street Kings, but not quite as enjoyable as Dark Blue. If you're less acquainted with Ellroy, then stay with me a little longer. And check out Dark Blue later. Kurt Russell's great in it.
Although I need to add a concession here: Ellroy's cinematic output to date isn't quite what it seems. He wrote the original screenplays for both Street Kings and Dark Blue, but has apparently disowned both, after each were taken over by David Ayer.
Rampart is a cop film co-written by James Ellroy. If you’ve read or seen any James Ellroy before, you don't need me to tell you much more. In fact, it would make this one of the shortest reviews I'll ever do. Here you go: Rampart is better than Street Kings, but not quite as enjoyable as Dark Blue. If you're less acquainted with Ellroy, then stay with me a little longer. And check out Dark Blue later. Kurt Russell's great in it.
Although I need to add a concession here: Ellroy's cinematic output to date isn't quite what it seems. He wrote the original screenplays for both Street Kings and Dark Blue, but has apparently disowned both, after each were taken over by David Ayer.
- 2/23/2012
- Den of Geek
Here’s a lovey new poster courtesy of the chaps at Digital Spy for Studio Canal’s new movie starring Woody Harrelson’s as ‘Rampart’. We’ve seen the movie and loved it – check out Adam’s review here. Rampart is released tomorrow, 24th February.
Rampart stars Woody Harrelson, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi with Oren Moverman at the helm as director. I’ll let the synopsis do the talking but if you missed the trailer that came out back in November, have a watch here.
From a screenplay by James Ellroy (“L.A. Confidential”) and director Oren Moverman (Oscar-nominated “The Messenger”), comes Rampart. Veteran police officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, is the last of the renegade cops in the Lapd. When he gets...
Rampart stars Woody Harrelson, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi with Oren Moverman at the helm as director. I’ll let the synopsis do the talking but if you missed the trailer that came out back in November, have a watch here.
From a screenplay by James Ellroy (“L.A. Confidential”) and director Oren Moverman (Oscar-nominated “The Messenger”), comes Rampart. Veteran police officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, is the last of the renegade cops in the Lapd. When he gets...
- 2/23/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – The “thin blue line” is a police term. It represents the designation between the protection the police provides and the anarchy that is on the other side of that protection. The cop that Woody Harrelson portrays in “Rampart” crosses that line repeatably, formulating his own retribution.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Set in 1999, within the cesspool of a corrupt Los Angeles police department (”Rampart” refers to a cop district near downtown L.A.), the film represents overall corruption through Harrelson’s character – a profligate boozer, womanizer and anger addict. Harrelson’s portrayal embraces the entire sad system of broken law enforcement, in which longtime street cops become as amoral as the criminals they are trying to corral. Harrelson is another “bad lieutenant,” both a victim of his mental breakdown on the streets and the prime cause of it.
It is the late 1990s, and the Rampart division in Los Angeles is suffering through...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Set in 1999, within the cesspool of a corrupt Los Angeles police department (”Rampart” refers to a cop district near downtown L.A.), the film represents overall corruption through Harrelson’s character – a profligate boozer, womanizer and anger addict. Harrelson’s portrayal embraces the entire sad system of broken law enforcement, in which longtime street cops become as amoral as the criminals they are trying to corral. Harrelson is another “bad lieutenant,” both a victim of his mental breakdown on the streets and the prime cause of it.
It is the late 1990s, and the Rampart division in Los Angeles is suffering through...
- 2/17/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Woody Harrelson has had and continues to have a very interesting and eclectic career. Ever since the mid-‘90s (Natural Born Killers, The People vs. Larry Flynt), the actor has picked roles which are sometimes dark, controversial and not the norm for a Hollywood leading man. His latest film Rampart is further proof of the unique thespian’s tendency to choose unorthodox roles. Filmmaker Oren Moverman reunites with Harrelson who worked together in 2009 with The Messenger. Rampart is another cinematic experience that showcases flawed characters faced with moral and ethical dilemmas.
The film takes place in Los Angeles back in 1999. Police officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a tough and volatile Vietnam veteran. He treats his police work like he’s still in the military. He is depressed, angry and intimating. He has a shadowy past and his even darker present includes being investigated for racial police brutality. Once the investigation starts,...
The film takes place in Los Angeles back in 1999. Police officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a tough and volatile Vietnam veteran. He treats his police work like he’s still in the military. He is depressed, angry and intimating. He has a shadowy past and his even darker present includes being investigated for racial police brutality. Once the investigation starts,...
- 2/15/2012
- by Randall Unger
- JustPressPlay.net
To celebrate the February 24th release of Rampart, the gritty crime thriller featuring an all star cast including Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi, Robin Wright, Ben Foster and Ice Cube, we’ve teamed up with Studiocanal to offer five lucky readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to attend a double bill screening of Rampart and award winning L.A. Confidential.
From a screenplay by James Ellroy (“L.A. Confidential”) and director Oren Moverman (Oscar-nominated “The Messenger”), comes Rampart. Veteran police officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, is the last of the renegade cops in the Lapd. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as he sTruggles to take care of his family, and fight for his own survival. With an...
From a screenplay by James Ellroy (“L.A. Confidential”) and director Oren Moverman (Oscar-nominated “The Messenger”), comes Rampart. Veteran police officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, is the last of the renegade cops in the Lapd. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as he sTruggles to take care of his family, and fight for his own survival. With an...
- 2/14/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Oscar-nominated writer-director Oren Moverman returns behind the camera for Rampart, a fantastic second film that sees him to return to work with Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster from his debut, The Messengers.
This time around, Harrelson is front and centre in the corrupt L.A. crime drama, and it’s a role that has been deservedly described as the performance of his career. I saw the film at the London Film Festival late last year (you can read my review of the film here), and it was by far one of the best corrupt cop dramas I’ve seen in years.
“Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect,...
This time around, Harrelson is front and centre in the corrupt L.A. crime drama, and it’s a role that has been deservedly described as the performance of his career. I saw the film at the London Film Festival late last year (you can read my review of the film here), and it was by far one of the best corrupt cop dramas I’ve seen in years.
“Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect,...
- 2/13/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
See a clip with Woody Harrelson from Rampart. The Millennium Films release opened in theaters this weekend, and is reunites stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster with helmer Oren Moverman after the critically-acclaimed drama The Messenger. The strong cast includes names like Steve Buscemi, Jon Bernthal, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Brie Larson, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Foster and Robert Wisdom. Moverman also scripts with story writer James Ellroy (The Black Dahlia). Nothing fascinates like a dirty cop. In real life they're terrifying, but in the movies their upending of law and order can open deep explorations of psychology, morality and violence. So meet Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), Brown is a cop long ago unleashed from the rules of the Los Angeles Police Department. Roving the streets in his black-and-white cruiser...
- 2/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See a clip with Woody Harrelson from Rampart. The Millennium Films release opened in theaters this weekend, and is reunites stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster with helmer Oren Moverman after the critically-acclaimed drama The Messenger. The strong cast includes names like Steve Buscemi, Jon Bernthal, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Brie Larson, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Foster and Robert Wisdom. Moverman also scripts with story writer James Ellroy (The Black Dahlia). Nothing fascinates like a dirty cop. In real life they're terrifying, but in the movies their upending of law and order can open deep explorations of psychology, morality and violence. So meet Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), Brown is a cop long ago unleashed from the rules of the Los Angeles Police Department. Roving the streets in his black-and-white cruiser...
- 2/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See a clip with Woody Harrelson from Rampart. The Millennium Films release opened in theaters this weekend, and is reunites stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster with helmer Oren Moverman after the critically-acclaimed drama The Messenger. The strong cast includes names like Steve Buscemi, Jon Bernthal, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Brie Larson, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Foster and Robert Wisdom. Moverman also scripts with story writer James Ellroy (The Black Dahlia). Nothing fascinates like a dirty cop. In real life they're terrifying, but in the movies their upending of law and order can open deep explorations of psychology, morality and violence. So meet Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson), Brown is a cop long ago unleashed from the rules of the Los Angeles Police Department. Roving the streets in his black-and-white cruiser...
- 2/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
originally published in my column at Towleroad
Woody Harrelson hits movie screens with such galvanizing force in Rampart, you might be surprised that Hollywood didn't cower and hand him an Oscar nomination, trembling. It's getting harder and harder to remember that he first came to fame as lovable naive "Woody" on Cheers. His turn in Rampart is closer to that worldly carnality from The People Vs. Larry Flynt but drained of any subversive joy.
Woody is playing an obstinate corrupt cop named Dave Brown. Brown's moniker within the precinct is the not-so-charming "Date Rape" which he supposedly garnered from the killing of a rapist years earlier. It's a piece of street justice that he will neither confirm nor deny but it sounds entirely plausible given his disdain for legality.
When Brown is caught on tape beating a suspect, he's put on probation. The Rampart Precinct has abundant PR problems and Brown,...
Woody Harrelson hits movie screens with such galvanizing force in Rampart, you might be surprised that Hollywood didn't cower and hand him an Oscar nomination, trembling. It's getting harder and harder to remember that he first came to fame as lovable naive "Woody" on Cheers. His turn in Rampart is closer to that worldly carnality from The People Vs. Larry Flynt but drained of any subversive joy.
Woody is playing an obstinate corrupt cop named Dave Brown. Brown's moniker within the precinct is the not-so-charming "Date Rape" which he supposedly garnered from the killing of a rapist years earlier. It's a piece of street justice that he will neither confirm nor deny but it sounds entirely plausible given his disdain for legality.
When Brown is caught on tape beating a suspect, he's put on probation. The Rampart Precinct has abundant PR problems and Brown,...
- 2/11/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Writer-director Oren Moverman’s terrific feature debut, The Messenger, was about trying not to deal with grief, while his character-driven “cop” drama, Rampart, is about attempting to not deal with everything. The lead of the film, Dave Brown, rejects change in a major time of change. Despite Moverman using his latest film to track a far more morally corrupted character than he previously dealt with in Messenger, he still shows the same measure of empathy, making Rampart a fascinating character study. The film follows Woody Harrelson‘s Dave Brown, as he confronts both a new time and a new way of life. Brown, a former soldier who sees himself as something of a man’s man, is unwilling to get with the times. With the true-life Rampart scandals serving as motivation, the Lapd is making major changes – ones that Brown won’t (or can’t) go along with. The cop is a sickly, paranoia-driven...
- 2/10/2012
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
When a movie about Los Angeles cops is co-written by noir specialist James Ellroy, you know it’s not going to paint a pretty picture. In Rampart, we learn all we need to know about the protagonist, Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) in the first five minutes, and things go downhill from there. This original screenplay is not based on the notorious Rampart Division scandal that rocked the L.A.P.D., but it does take place in 1999 when that investigation was still current. Even within such a foul atmosphere, Vietnam vet Brown is a one-man cauldron of trouble, a cop who lives by his own, often inscrutable code of behavior. By the time we join his saga (after twenty-four years on the...
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- 2/10/2012
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
This is a reprint of our review from Tiff. "Everything you learned at the Academy is bullshit." That's the sage bit of wisdom Date Rape Dave (Woody Harrelson, and we'll get to his cop moniker in a moment) gives a new trainee in the opening frames of Oren Moverman's "Rampart," a searing and riveting look at a crooked cop's decay amidst the crumbling Lapd at the turn of the millennium. The year is 1999 and the Rampart Division of the Lapd is under serious fire. The word "corrupt" doesn't even begin to describe the charges being laid against officers in the division that are accused of having ties to gangs, drugs, robbery and murder. Dave Brown may not be based on a real cop, but he's Moverman's surrogate for everything endemic in the department, and his unfortunate nickname is a reference to an incident early in his career in which...
- 2/9/2012
- The Playlist
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For a non-smoking, vegan-eating Woody Harrelson, playing a dirty Lapd cop wasn’t easy. He rode around with cops and learned everything from when to smoke to how to hold a cigarette from Jack Nicholson, and yet he still found himself struggling to identify with Dave Brown, the protagonist in “Rampart.”
Directed by Oren Moverman, “Rampart” is set in the late 1990s when a post- Rodney King scandal shook the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart division.
For a non-smoking, vegan-eating Woody Harrelson, playing a dirty Lapd cop wasn’t easy. He rode around with cops and learned everything from when to smoke to how to hold a cigarette from Jack Nicholson, and yet he still found himself struggling to identify with Dave Brown, the protagonist in “Rampart.”
Directed by Oren Moverman, “Rampart” is set in the late 1990s when a post- Rodney King scandal shook the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart division.
- 2/9/2012
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Something about procedural cop dramas makes them inherently powerful, and director Oren Moverman’s Rampart is no exception. Millenium Entertainment brings this intense feature film—about an arrogant, macho cop (played by Woody Harrelson) on an emotional downward spiral—to theaters this Friday, February 10th. Many of the reviews to have come out since the film’s premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival focus on Harrelson’s gritty performance as the corrupt cop Dave Brown. But much of the grittiness of the film itself comes from its visual style, which took Moverman and Dp Bobby Bukowski a special creative approach to achieve.
- 2/9/2012
- MovieMaker.com
There was little hesitation when asked if I wanted to interview Rampart director Oren Moverman, his latest film with collaborator Woody Harrelson. Moverman is the same man that graced us with a criminally underseen The Messenger starring Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson as messengers of doom to the families of combat soldiers lost in America’s current war.
Rampart is a bit of an about-face and focuses on Harrelson as a corrupt police officer embroiled in the Rampart scandal in the Lapd. While talking with Moverman we discussed Harrelson’s initial negative reaction to the film, preparation for a role, the vastly different cinematographic methods used within, and the freewheeling nature of the way he shoots.
The Film Stage: [Woody] Harrelson went through some serious training to get into this role. Do you encourage that? Is that something that you would do yourself if you were an actor?
Oren Moverman: Absolutely.
Rampart is a bit of an about-face and focuses on Harrelson as a corrupt police officer embroiled in the Rampart scandal in the Lapd. While talking with Moverman we discussed Harrelson’s initial negative reaction to the film, preparation for a role, the vastly different cinematographic methods used within, and the freewheeling nature of the way he shoots.
The Film Stage: [Woody] Harrelson went through some serious training to get into this role. Do you encourage that? Is that something that you would do yourself if you were an actor?
Oren Moverman: Absolutely.
- 2/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Don't let the marquee fool you: while Woody Harrelson is the star of the upcoming cop drama "Rampart," the film is just as much about the troubled society in which his tortured character exists.
In writer and director Oren Moverman's new drama, Harrelson plays Dave Brown, a member of the Lapd's Rampart division, the hard-scrabble group of cops charged with policing the grittiest parts of inner-city Los Angeles. The film is set in 1999, when the real-life Rampart scandal was making headlines, implicating the unit's officers in a string of alleged beatings, murders, robberies and conspiracies. Already a troublemaker with a long record of misbehavior that includes an alleged murder, Brown gets caught on camera severely beating a man who had plowed into him with his car.
When the video hits the local news, a scandal erupts and Brown's career becomes front-page news. Add in a less-than-ideal home life --...
In writer and director Oren Moverman's new drama, Harrelson plays Dave Brown, a member of the Lapd's Rampart division, the hard-scrabble group of cops charged with policing the grittiest parts of inner-city Los Angeles. The film is set in 1999, when the real-life Rampart scandal was making headlines, implicating the unit's officers in a string of alleged beatings, murders, robberies and conspiracies. Already a troublemaker with a long record of misbehavior that includes an alleged murder, Brown gets caught on camera severely beating a man who had plowed into him with his car.
When the video hits the local news, a scandal erupts and Brown's career becomes front-page news. Add in a less-than-ideal home life --...
- 2/9/2012
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Woody Harrelson was introduced to the world in one of the most awkward ways possible: replacing a beloved, recently deceased actor on a popular television series. Nicholas Colosanto, who played the somewhat dimwitted bartender Coach on "Cheers," passed away during the third season. At the beginning of the fourth season, Woody Harrelson joined the cast -- a cast that still very much missed Colosanto -- as Woody Boyd, a younger but also dimwitted bartender. So, put it this way: Yes, Harrelson has been in the news this week because of his publicity tour for "Rampart," but that's really nothing compared to what Harrelson went through that week.
In "Rampart" (opening in limited release this Friday), Harrelson plays Dave Brown, a Los Angeles police officer under investigation for a number of incidents that did not go exactly to procedure. Set in 1999, after the titular scandal ripped through the Lapd anti-gang unit,...
In "Rampart" (opening in limited release this Friday), Harrelson plays Dave Brown, a Los Angeles police officer under investigation for a number of incidents that did not go exactly to procedure. Set in 1999, after the titular scandal ripped through the Lapd anti-gang unit,...
- 2/8/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Woody Harrelson was introduced to the world in one of the most awkward ways possible: replacing a beloved, recently deceased actor on a popular television series. Nicholas Colosanto, who played the somewhat dimwitted bartender Coach on "Cheers," passed away during the third season. At the beginning of the fourth season, Woody Harrelson joined the cast -- a cast that still very much missed Colosanto -- as Woody Boyd, a younger but also dimwitted bartender. So, put it this way: Yes, Harrelson has been in the news this week because of his publicity tour for "Rampart," but that's really nothing compared to what Harrelson went through that week. In "Rampart," (opening in limited release this Friday) Harrelson plays Dave Brown, a Los Angeles police officer under investigation for a number of incidents that did not go exactly to procedure. Set in 1999, after the titular scandal ripped through the Lapd anti-gang unit,...
- 2/8/2012
- by Mike Ryan
- Moviefone
Rampart is a hard-slamming action film … a disturbing portrait of a goon gone-amok … a subtle investigation of a sensitive man … incisive dissection of a raging numbskull … shrewd portrayal of a terribly wounded soul. Rampart is a film of extremes and subtleties swiftly moving yet rich in detail. If not expertly crafted and intricately woven, Rampart would quickly implode.
Set in 1999 Los Angles, Rampart is about a dirty cop rushing into a train wreck with reality. The cynical and enraged 24-year Lapd veteran is locked in a whirlwind of events that rip him to his inevitable destination. If this sounds familiar, too familiar, no problem; Woody Harrelson (as Sergeant Dave Brown) takes us way beyond the cop-gone-nuts familiar with an extraordinary performance, one with an incredible range, from emotional nuances to brutal night-stick assault – from the goon to the sensitive to the raging to the caring.
Woody Harrelson’s phenomenal accomplishment...
Set in 1999 Los Angles, Rampart is about a dirty cop rushing into a train wreck with reality. The cynical and enraged 24-year Lapd veteran is locked in a whirlwind of events that rip him to his inevitable destination. If this sounds familiar, too familiar, no problem; Woody Harrelson (as Sergeant Dave Brown) takes us way beyond the cop-gone-nuts familiar with an extraordinary performance, one with an incredible range, from emotional nuances to brutal night-stick assault – from the goon to the sensitive to the raging to the caring.
Woody Harrelson’s phenomenal accomplishment...
- 2/8/2012
- by Stewart Nusbaumer
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Last week, you may have read Part 1 of our extensive interview with filmmaker Oren Moverman, talking about his new movie Rampart . Maybe you've even read our interview with the film's star Woody Harrelson . Now we have Part 2 with Oren where we get a bit deeper into some of the themes of the film like Dave Brown's relationships with women, some of the more interesting locations, Ben Foster's involvement as producer, and Moverman's desire to make an artier film than we normally see with police dramas. We also spoke with Moverman about some of the things he's developing including an adaptation of William S. Burroughs' controversial novel "Queer," to be directed by Steve Buscemi, and a biopic based on the life of Brian Wilson. ComingSoon.net: Having seen the film a...
- 2/8/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Woody Harrelson made a stop at the BFI London Film Festival this week to chat at one of the festival's many Screen Talks, where actors and directors at the festival sit down to discuss their careers in front of an audience. Editor's Note: This article was originally published during the BFI London Film Festival last fall. Woody Harrelson's "Rampart" opens in U.S. theaters this Friday. Harrelson was at the festival promoting "Rampart," his second teaming with director Oren Moverman (following "The Messenger"). In the film, he gives an arguably career-defining performance as Dave Brown, a corrupt cop struggling to cope with family commitments while under intense scrutiny from the Lapd. Admittedly hungover at the talk (the film had premiered the night before), Harrelson charmed the London crowd to no end. At one point he teased a man who was leaving the audience, asking him if it was a...
- 2/7/2012
- Indiewire
Actor Woody Harrelson has never shied away from challenging roles, his decision to play Hustler publisher Larry Flynt in Milos Forman's The People vs. Larry Flynt earning him his first Oscar nomination in 1996. Harrelson received a second nomination in 2009, starring in Oren Moverman's drama The Messenger with Ben Foster, and now the three of them have reunited for Rampart . This time, Harrelson plays Dave Brown, an L.A. police officer already embroiled in a department controversy when he's caught on camera beating a fleeing criminal. It's another daring role for Harrelson, because Brown isn't just another bad cop in the Training Day or Bad Lieutenant vein, and we actually have a chance to see his humanity through his relationship with the women in his life--his two...
- 2/7/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Rampart, the sophomore film by writer/director Oren Moverman, provides a dark, visceral character study of a man unhinged. Set in 1999, the film centers on Dave Brown (played ferociously by Woody Harrelson), a Vietnam veteran and one of the most corrupt and brutal cops working in La. Brown, with his laundry list of vices (booze, pills, and promiscuity to name a few), is a remnant of the old system of police work at a time when change is necessary for the department. His personal life is no better than his professional life: Brown lives uneasily with his two daughters (Brie Larson, Sammy Boyarsky), who were mothered by a pair of sisters (Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon), both married to Brown at different points in his chaotic life. Credit: Merrick Morton/Courtesy of Millennium Entertainment Moverman manages to portray Brown as a complex figure who, despite his obvious flaws, evokes an unlikely...
- 2/6/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
After making waves and scoring two Oscar nominations for his 2009 drama The Messenger , director Oren Moverman's follow-up, the police drama Rampart , came together relatively quickly. Based around an original screenplay by one of of L.A.'s most respected crime-writers, James Ellroy, Rampart also stars Woody Harrelson, this time playing police officer Dave Brown, who has already been under investigation for his part in the Rampart scandal when he's caught on camera severely beating a fleeing suspect. As much as it's about Dave's questionable police tactics, it also follows Dave's relationship with his ex-wives who just happen to be sisters (Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon), his rebellious teen daughter (Brie Larson) and other women he meets in bars, including a lawyer he gets serious...
- 2/3/2012
- Comingsoon.net
In Rampart, the newest film from Oscar-nominated writer/director Oren Moverman, the problems for Lapd Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) begin when his cop car is smashed by a civilian driver. After Brown exits his vehicle, the civilian decides to take off, leading the officer to chase him, wrestle him to the ground, and beat him with his nightstick. Unfortunately for Brown there was someone walking by with a video camera who caught all of the events on tape. It's this scene early in the film that has inspired the new "snipe campaign" poster for the movie, which comes with the tagline "I Work For You." It's a terrifying image when you think about it, reminiscent of the Rodney King beating back in 1991. Scope out the poster below and click on the image to see it full size. While the incident with the car crash is a major problem for...
- 2/1/2012
- cinemablend.com
If you thought you saw Woody Harrelson whaling on a man with a night stick while walking on the street recently, you weren't hallucinating. The team behind Rampart, Oren Moverman's follow-up to The Messenger, has been papering several major cities with an image that is striking, figuratively and literally. It shows Los Angeles cop Dave Brown (Harrelson) pummeling a man with a night stick. In the film, Brown is a cop with a heroic attitude who frequently goes over the line of justice. When his exploits are caught on tape for the world to see, he has to reexamine who he really is. Co-starring Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Ice Cube, Ben Foster, Ned Beatty, Steve Buscemi, Cynthia Nixon and Anne Heche, Rampart opens on February 10 and /Film is proud to exclusively reveal this viral poster for the film. Check it out after the jump along with some thoughts from Moverman himself.
- 2/1/2012
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
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