The actor-director’s second film behind the camera is a quirky spin on the genre given true grit by its magnetic heroine
On the surface, The Dead Don’t Hurt, the second directorial venture from Viggo Mortensen, has the weathered, leathery look of a traditional Hollywood western. The story of a rocky romance between a spirited, rebellious woman and a strong, silent man, the film was shot, in imposing widescreen, largely on location in Durango, Mexico, a region that also provided the backdrop for numerous classics of the genre. John Sturges’s The Magnificent Seven, Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly all made use of the wide open sky, sweeping vistas and photogenically phallic geological formations. There’s a rough-hewn drama to the look of the land, with jutting rocky outcrops contrasted against the squat,...
On the surface, The Dead Don’t Hurt, the second directorial venture from Viggo Mortensen, has the weathered, leathery look of a traditional Hollywood western. The story of a rocky romance between a spirited, rebellious woman and a strong, silent man, the film was shot, in imposing widescreen, largely on location in Durango, Mexico, a region that also provided the backdrop for numerous classics of the genre. John Sturges’s The Magnificent Seven, Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly all made use of the wide open sky, sweeping vistas and photogenically phallic geological formations. There’s a rough-hewn drama to the look of the land, with jutting rocky outcrops contrasted against the squat,...
- 6/9/2024
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner are longtime friends, but the two had never worked together. “Fallout” proved to be the perfect starting point. “Graham wrote one of my very favorite unproduced pilots ever, which was to the great ‘Star Trek’ show ‘Worf,’ which Graham always described as the ‘Baskets’ of a ‘Star Trek’ show,” Robertson-Dworet tells Gold Derby (watch above). “But I think what it showed me was that he has a really unique sensibility and he brought to that show — which is a very popular world that has been explored and very serious sci-fi tone for a long time — a lot of just sort of surprising comedy. And I think that was what ‘Fallout’ needed and I was very excited to partner with my longtime friend Graham. And when [Jonathan Nolan] offered me the IP for ‘Fallout,’ I knew I was never gonna do it alone. I was only...
- 5/30/2024
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
When it comes to versatility, few do it better than Jeff Daniels, who has had no problem switching between dramas and comedies throughout his illustrious career. However, for his 1993 comedy, Dumb and Dumber, which will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Daniels recalled his agents being against him taking the gig in the Jim Carrey-led film.
While this proved to be the right decision, as the comedy cemented itself as a classic and made a fortune at the box office, the actor feared his career might end because of the toilet scene. But opposed to his fear, the scene was lauded by fans and critics, and it also reminded Clint Eastwood of his failed date.
An upset stomach doesn’t differentiate between people
Clint Eastwood Could Relate to Jeff Daniels’ Toilet Scene
Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber | New Line Cinema
Considering the actor was coming off the...
While this proved to be the right decision, as the comedy cemented itself as a classic and made a fortune at the box office, the actor feared his career might end because of the toilet scene. But opposed to his fear, the scene was lauded by fans and critics, and it also reminded Clint Eastwood of his failed date.
An upset stomach doesn’t differentiate between people
Clint Eastwood Could Relate to Jeff Daniels’ Toilet Scene
Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber | New Line Cinema
Considering the actor was coming off the...
- 5/21/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967)
With the backdrop of the Civil War, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is already pretty epic by default — but it only gets better. Three bounty hunters have to forge an uneasy alliance to find stolen gold before their competitor does, but they don’t trust each other and anyone else. High stakes, high tension, and pure adrenaline.
You can watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on Apple TV and Prime Video.
9. The Godfather (1972)
The first movie in Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic trilogy, The Godfather is often dubbed the best gangster movie in history, and that might just be right. Post-wwii America is still largely ruled by the mafia, and the wise and cunning Godfather leads one of them through tumultuous times as he prepares a transfer of power in the family.
You can watch The Godfather on Netflix and Prime Video.
With the backdrop of the Civil War, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is already pretty epic by default — but it only gets better. Three bounty hunters have to forge an uneasy alliance to find stolen gold before their competitor does, but they don’t trust each other and anyone else. High stakes, high tension, and pure adrenaline.
You can watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on Apple TV and Prime Video.
9. The Godfather (1972)
The first movie in Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic trilogy, The Godfather is often dubbed the best gangster movie in history, and that might just be right. Post-wwii America is still largely ruled by the mafia, and the wise and cunning Godfather leads one of them through tumultuous times as he prepares a transfer of power in the family.
You can watch The Godfather on Netflix and Prime Video.
- 5/19/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
Madonna brought her “Celebration Tour” to a close with the biggest show of her career.
The pop icon held a free concert on Saturday, May 4th, at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, drawing upwards of 1.6 million attendees.
Madonna’s performance spanned 26 songs and included guest appearances from Brazilian pop stars Anitta (who joined for “Vogue”) and Pabllo Vittar (who took part in the tour debut of “Music”). Check out the full setlist and watch performance footage below.
Previously, Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach massive concerts from The Rolling Stones, who played to a crowd of 1.5 million in 2006, and Rod Stewart, who broke the world record for most-attended concert of all time with an audience of 4.2 million people in 1994.
Beyond being a big night in live music history, Madonna’s performance also closed out her “Celebration Tour,” which saw her honor her long, multi-faceted career with “reverence and joy,...
The pop icon held a free concert on Saturday, May 4th, at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, drawing upwards of 1.6 million attendees.
Madonna’s performance spanned 26 songs and included guest appearances from Brazilian pop stars Anitta (who joined for “Vogue”) and Pabllo Vittar (who took part in the tour debut of “Music”). Check out the full setlist and watch performance footage below.
Previously, Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach massive concerts from The Rolling Stones, who played to a crowd of 1.5 million in 2006, and Rod Stewart, who broke the world record for most-attended concert of all time with an audience of 4.2 million people in 1994.
Beyond being a big night in live music history, Madonna’s performance also closed out her “Celebration Tour,” which saw her honor her long, multi-faceted career with “reverence and joy,...
- 5/5/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
10. James Arness (1923–2011)
James Arness is primarily recognized for his iconic portrayal of Marshal Matt Dillon in the long-running prime-time Western TV show Gunsmoke.
From 1955 to 1975, Arness entertained the audience by keeping the peace in Dodge City, but he also starred in legendary movies like Them!, Hondo, The Farmer's Daughter, and others.
9. Lee Marvin (1924–1987)
Famous for his tough and brutal character, Lee Marvin was just as masculine off-screen as he was in his movies. He blew up after portraying Kid Shelleen in Cat Ballou and went on to star in other iconic Western movies, including The Dirty Dozen, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Big Red One, and many others.
8. Sam Elliott (1944–Now)
Sharp and rugged, Sam Elliot was born to portray gruffly cowboys with a no-bs attitude. His iconic mustache broke many hearts, and the actor didn’t become less popular after Westerns died off: since his famous Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,...
James Arness is primarily recognized for his iconic portrayal of Marshal Matt Dillon in the long-running prime-time Western TV show Gunsmoke.
From 1955 to 1975, Arness entertained the audience by keeping the peace in Dodge City, but he also starred in legendary movies like Them!, Hondo, The Farmer's Daughter, and others.
9. Lee Marvin (1924–1987)
Famous for his tough and brutal character, Lee Marvin was just as masculine off-screen as he was in his movies. He blew up after portraying Kid Shelleen in Cat Ballou and went on to star in other iconic Western movies, including The Dirty Dozen, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Big Red One, and many others.
8. Sam Elliott (1944–Now)
Sharp and rugged, Sam Elliot was born to portray gruffly cowboys with a no-bs attitude. His iconic mustache broke many hearts, and the actor didn’t become less popular after Westerns died off: since his famous Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,...
- 5/1/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
Clint Eastwood was already 30 years old when he landed his breakout role in the CBS Western "Rawhide." The actor had spent much of the 1950s getting by on bit parts in B movies (most notably the Jack Arnold monster duo of "Revenge of the Creature" and "Tarantula"), and guest roles on TV series like "Maverick" and "Death Valley Days," so you'd think he would've been thrilled. But Eastwood was displeased with his character Rowdy Yates, who, early on in the series' run, was a wet-behind-the-ears ramrod. At his age, he was eager to play a grown, capable man with enough years behind him to allow for a bit of mystery.
Eastwood's restlessness coincided with a shift in filmmakers' approach to the Western genre. Though maestros like John Ford, Howard Hawks, Anthony Mann, and Budd Boetticher had allowed for moral ambiguity in their movies, the vast majority of Westerns were white...
Eastwood's restlessness coincided with a shift in filmmakers' approach to the Western genre. Though maestros like John Ford, Howard Hawks, Anthony Mann, and Budd Boetticher had allowed for moral ambiguity in their movies, the vast majority of Westerns were white...
- 4/28/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
The best things come in threes, especially stories. In Western nations, we like a three-act structure in which we set a status quo, watch our heroes fall, and then see them return to greatness. Some of these stories cannot be held within a single movie. For those epics, those monumental narratives, the movie trilogy was born. Trilogies represent some of the best that cinema has to offer, movies that changed the culture and the art form. The trilogy might vary in quality from film to film, but together these three films tell a story that cannot be ignored.
Before we get too far, let’s lay out our criteria. The trilogies chosen here are those intended to be a trilogy, either from the outset or by the end of the third film. Thus we’re including things such as the Toy Story and Indiana Jones trilogies, even though those continued on with further entries.
Before we get too far, let’s lay out our criteria. The trilogies chosen here are those intended to be a trilogy, either from the outset or by the end of the third film. Thus we’re including things such as the Toy Story and Indiana Jones trilogies, even though those continued on with further entries.
- 4/20/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Genndy Tartakovsky's "Clone Wars" is one of the best things to ever happen to "Star Wars." The micro-series gave us a vision of the Jedi as they saw themselves; as people thought the Jedi were; the version of the Jedi a young Anakin had in mind when he first met Qui-Gon Jinn — superhuman, invincible, god-like. Even 20 years later, there's nothing quite like it.
One of the best things the show did was bring the character of Durge over from the comics to the animated series. Durge is an alien bounty hunter with regenerative powers who fights Obi-Wan in one of the best episodes of "Clone Wars," an episode full of body horror and even a sequence inspired by anime masterpiece "Akira."
It's a shame that neither the character nor the show are considered canon by Lucasfilm and Disney.
When it came time to create a new "Clone Wars" cartoon,...
One of the best things the show did was bring the character of Durge over from the comics to the animated series. Durge is an alien bounty hunter with regenerative powers who fights Obi-Wan in one of the best episodes of "Clone Wars," an episode full of body horror and even a sequence inspired by anime masterpiece "Akira."
It's a shame that neither the character nor the show are considered canon by Lucasfilm and Disney.
When it came time to create a new "Clone Wars" cartoon,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
This is a stacked weekend for movies that could get awards attention but probably won’t, both in theaters and on digital platforms. First up is a lively ode to one of cinema’s musical masters.
The contender to watch this week: “Ennio”
Giuseppe Tornatore‘s documentary about influential composer Ennio Morricone has been a long time coming, and not only because Morricone’s career dates back to 1946. “Ennio” premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2021 and was released in Italy in 2022. But don’t take its delayed domestic debut as a bad omen: The movie is a spellbinding tribute to the two-time Oscar winner, who wrote the scores for “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “Days of Heaven,” “The Untouchables,” “The Hateful Eight,” and Tornatore’s own “Cinema Paradiso.” The talking heads include Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood, Quincy Jones, and Bruce Springsteen. Following a theatrical run in February,...
The contender to watch this week: “Ennio”
Giuseppe Tornatore‘s documentary about influential composer Ennio Morricone has been a long time coming, and not only because Morricone’s career dates back to 1946. “Ennio” premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2021 and was released in Italy in 2022. But don’t take its delayed domestic debut as a bad omen: The movie is a spellbinding tribute to the two-time Oscar winner, who wrote the scores for “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “Days of Heaven,” “The Untouchables,” “The Hateful Eight,” and Tornatore’s own “Cinema Paradiso.” The talking heads include Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood, Quincy Jones, and Bruce Springsteen. Following a theatrical run in February,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
Fallout is one of the most popular video game franchises and is finally getting a live-action TV adaptation, which is set to release on Prime Video on April 11. The series has some of the best names in the film industry, including Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.
The show will tell an original story and put three characters at the center of it: Lucy, Maximus, and the Ghoul, played by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins, respectively. The creator of the series has now revealed that one classic Clint Eastwood film was a big inspiration for the show.
One Clint Eastwood Film Was an Inspiration for the Fallout TV Show The Fallout show has been highly inspired by the classic film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
The Fallout TV show will present a fresh approach to the game’s source material and tell an original story.
The show will tell an original story and put three characters at the center of it: Lucy, Maximus, and the Ghoul, played by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins, respectively. The creator of the series has now revealed that one classic Clint Eastwood film was a big inspiration for the show.
One Clint Eastwood Film Was an Inspiration for the Fallout TV Show The Fallout show has been highly inspired by the classic film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
The Fallout TV show will present a fresh approach to the game’s source material and tell an original story.
- 4/8/2024
- by Rohit Tiwari
- FandomWire
Powerful roles and memorable lines have been the hallmark of Clint Eastwood’s career. Cops, cowboys drifters, soldiers and, generally bad ass men’s men … he’s played them all.
The lines that stick with you? Dirty Harry: “You’ve got to ask yourself a question: ‘Do you feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk.” Josey Wales: “When I get to likin’ someone, they ain’t around long.” Bill Munny in Unforgiven: “It’s a hell of a thing, killin’ a man. Take away all he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.” And perhaps the most quoted of all, Harry Callahan in Sudden Impact: “Go ahead, make my day.”
Eastwood has a cop for so long he should be collecting a pension. He joined the force with Dirty Harry in 1971 and his last movie as a cop was A Perfect World in (1993). He made five...
The lines that stick with you? Dirty Harry: “You’ve got to ask yourself a question: ‘Do you feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk.” Josey Wales: “When I get to likin’ someone, they ain’t around long.” Bill Munny in Unforgiven: “It’s a hell of a thing, killin’ a man. Take away all he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.” And perhaps the most quoted of all, Harry Callahan in Sudden Impact: “Go ahead, make my day.”
Eastwood has a cop for so long he should be collecting a pension. He joined the force with Dirty Harry in 1971 and his last movie as a cop was A Perfect World in (1993). He made five...
- 4/4/2024
- by David Morgan
- Deadline Film + TV
In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to John Maxwell about his debut novel Water Street and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life,” which includes:
Midnight Cowboy (1969) The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
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Midnight Cowboy (1969) The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)
“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.
Powered by RedCircle...
- 3/29/2024
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to “Awesome Artist We’ve Found Around The Net.” In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up and coming, or well established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art of…
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- 1/6/2024
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
With director George Miller prepping his post-apocalyptic prequel, "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" for a 2024 release, take another look at "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" in Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road", starring Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy:
Michael Stevens For 'The Good':
"'Mad Max: Fury Road', director George Miller's sardonic $150 million budgeted 3D demented demolition derby of a movie, throws everything to the wind and cuts to the chase for an insanely wild 2 hour ride...
"...in a ferociously adrenalized crash 'n burn', petrol-pumped speed-demon of a movie that leaves his previous "Mad Max" trilogy in the dust...
"The new film gets into gear early on, revved-up by grotesque, dystopian death cult-followers, scrambling like vile Rat Patrols through the Namibian desert...
"...accompanied by explosive set pieces, broken CG bodies and scattered car debris.
"Like a cranked-up 'Cirque Du Soleil', led by a pounding dirge and...
Michael Stevens For 'The Good':
"'Mad Max: Fury Road', director George Miller's sardonic $150 million budgeted 3D demented demolition derby of a movie, throws everything to the wind and cuts to the chase for an insanely wild 2 hour ride...
"...in a ferociously adrenalized crash 'n burn', petrol-pumped speed-demon of a movie that leaves his previous "Mad Max" trilogy in the dust...
"The new film gets into gear early on, revved-up by grotesque, dystopian death cult-followers, scrambling like vile Rat Patrols through the Namibian desert...
"...accompanied by explosive set pieces, broken CG bodies and scattered car debris.
"Like a cranked-up 'Cirque Du Soleil', led by a pounding dirge and...
- 1/6/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
New month, new titles! With January underway, Max has released dozens of library titles, including “The Breakfast Club,” “Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” and much, much more.
But the streamer is preparing for a big month from all of its brands, including the Bleacher Report, the platform will carry multiple big match-ups, including the NBA Rivals Week games on Jan. 23 (New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers at LA Clippers) and Jan. 25 (Boston Celtics at Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors).
There’s plenty more still to come throughout the month, including the highly anticipated return of “True Detective” with its latest installment, entitled “Night Country” and starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what’s coming to the streamer and find out everything coming to Max this month!
But the streamer is preparing for a big month from all of its brands, including the Bleacher Report, the platform will carry multiple big match-ups, including the NBA Rivals Week games on Jan. 23 (New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers at LA Clippers) and Jan. 25 (Boston Celtics at Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors).
There’s plenty more still to come throughout the month, including the highly anticipated return of “True Detective” with its latest installment, entitled “Night Country” and starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what’s coming to the streamer and find out everything coming to Max this month!
- 1/4/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
One of HBO’s former hot properties returns in a big way this January, as True Detective season four finally arrives on the service. Will this be a return to form for the gritty show? Well, that remains unclear, but this time around the anthology series will follow detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) as the long winter darkness in Alaska. When eight people at the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace, these detectives need to get on the case quickly.
Also hitting Max this month is the final season of Sort Of. Season three finds Sabi (Bilal Baig) dealing with the unexpected death of their father, and making some big life choices as a result.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO and Max this month…
HBO and Max New Releases – January 2024
January 1
90 Day Fiancé: Holiday Special 2023 #3 (TLC) 90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk...
Also hitting Max this month is the final season of Sort Of. Season three finds Sabi (Bilal Baig) dealing with the unexpected death of their father, and making some big life choices as a result.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO and Max this month…
HBO and Max New Releases – January 2024
January 1
90 Day Fiancé: Holiday Special 2023 #3 (TLC) 90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk...
- 1/1/2024
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Max’s January 2024 lineup includes season four of True Detective, led by Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, as well as the third and final season of Sort Of with Bilal Baig. Max is also kicking off the new year with the debut of On The Roam, an eight-part documentary series featuring Aquaman star Jason Momoa.
The streaming service’s January 2024 roster includes the return of Real Time with Bill Maher for season 22, along with the seventh season of Rick and Morty. The critically acclaimed documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project arrives on January 8.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In January 2024:
January 1
90 Day Fiancé: Holiday Special 2023 #3 (TLC)
90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk: Single All The Way (TLC)
The A-Team (2010)
After Earth (2013)
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
Aniara (2019)
Austenland (2013)
Bachelorette (2012)
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2013)
Body at Brighton Rock (2019)
Booty Call (1997)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Brothers (2001)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever...
The streaming service’s January 2024 roster includes the return of Real Time with Bill Maher for season 22, along with the seventh season of Rick and Morty. The critically acclaimed documentary Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project arrives on January 8.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In January 2024:
January 1
90 Day Fiancé: Holiday Special 2023 #3 (TLC)
90 Day Fiancé Pillow Talk: Single All The Way (TLC)
The A-Team (2010)
After Earth (2013)
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
Aniara (2019)
Austenland (2013)
Bachelorette (2012)
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2013)
Body at Brighton Rock (2019)
Booty Call (1997)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Brothers (2001)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever...
- 12/21/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, who was most recently seen in the theatrical film ‘Mission Raniganj’, is celebrating the 16th anniversary of his superhit film ‘Welcome’ on Thursday.
The film, directed by Anees Bazmee, followed the story of two gangsters who want to marry off their sister to a good guy. Akshay’s character, who is on a lookout for a ‘good family’ with a clean slate (no history of crimes) somehow gets involved in this storm that goes on to trouble his family.
On Thursday, the Bollywood superstar took to his Instagram and shared a video from his upcoming movie celebrating 16 years of the release of ‘Welcome’. The video had the theme of ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ playing in the background as Akshay rode a horse with actor Arshad Warsi behind him on a bike. He also welcomed Sanjay Dutt on the sets of the film that he is currently shooting.
The film, directed by Anees Bazmee, followed the story of two gangsters who want to marry off their sister to a good guy. Akshay’s character, who is on a lookout for a ‘good family’ with a clean slate (no history of crimes) somehow gets involved in this storm that goes on to trouble his family.
On Thursday, the Bollywood superstar took to his Instagram and shared a video from his upcoming movie celebrating 16 years of the release of ‘Welcome’. The video had the theme of ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ playing in the background as Akshay rode a horse with actor Arshad Warsi behind him on a bike. He also welcomed Sanjay Dutt on the sets of the film that he is currently shooting.
- 12/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The trailer for Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary on the famed Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has been released ahead of its opening in select US theaters on February 9th, 2024. Watch it below.
Titled Ennio, the film traces Morricone’s career from his early work with Sergio Leone to his first Academy Award for Quentin Tarantino’s 2016 movie The Hateful Eight, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The Mission; and The Untouchables. It also offered the late composer, who died in 2020, an opportunity to tell his own story and break down his artistic process.
Adding to the portrait of Morricone are interviews with several of his collaborators and contemporaries, including Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, and Bruce Springsteen. Ennio also features appearances from Oliver Stone, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Giuliano Montaldo, Dario Argento, Joan Baez, and more.
Titled Ennio, the film traces Morricone’s career from his early work with Sergio Leone to his first Academy Award for Quentin Tarantino’s 2016 movie The Hateful Eight, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The Mission; and The Untouchables. It also offered the late composer, who died in 2020, an opportunity to tell his own story and break down his artistic process.
Adding to the portrait of Morricone are interviews with several of his collaborators and contemporaries, including Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, and Bruce Springsteen. Ennio also features appearances from Oliver Stone, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Giuliano Montaldo, Dario Argento, Joan Baez, and more.
- 12/19/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
Los Angeles, Nov 17 (Ians) Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has been of late starring in his daughter Francesca’s TikTok videos.
The short videos, which have ranged from Scorsese guessing slang words like “simp” and “sneaky link” to his most recent outing ranking films via the app’s movie bracket feature, have taken the internet by storm and endeared the ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ director to a Gen Z audience, reports ‘Variety’.
But, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Scorsese insisted his TikTok fame has been a happy accident.
“I was tricked into that,” Scorsese said of the movie bracket TikTok, which saw him choose ‘Birdman’ over ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, much to the Internet’s entertainment. “That was a trick. I didn’t know those things go viral. They say ‘viral.’ I didn’t know (sic).”
As per ‘Variety’, Scorsese went on to...
The short videos, which have ranged from Scorsese guessing slang words like “simp” and “sneaky link” to his most recent outing ranking films via the app’s movie bracket feature, have taken the internet by storm and endeared the ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ director to a Gen Z audience, reports ‘Variety’.
But, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Scorsese insisted his TikTok fame has been a happy accident.
“I was tricked into that,” Scorsese said of the movie bracket TikTok, which saw him choose ‘Birdman’ over ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, much to the Internet’s entertainment. “That was a trick. I didn’t know those things go viral. They say ‘viral.’ I didn’t know (sic).”
As per ‘Variety’, Scorsese went on to...
- 11/17/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Los Angeles, Nov 17 (Ians) Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has been of late starring in his daughter Francesca’s TikTok videos.
The short videos, which have ranged from Scorsese guessing slang words like “simp” and “sneaky link” to his most recent outing ranking films via the app’s movie bracket feature, have taken the internet by storm and endeared the ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ director to a Gen Z audience, reports ‘Variety’.
But, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Scorsese insisted his TikTok fame has been a happy accident.
“I was tricked into that,” Scorsese said of the movie bracket TikTok, which saw him choose ‘Birdman’ over ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, much to the Internet’s entertainment. “That was a trick. I didn’t know those things go viral. They say ‘viral.’ I didn’t know (sic).”
As per ‘Variety’, Scorsese went on to...
The short videos, which have ranged from Scorsese guessing slang words like “simp” and “sneaky link” to his most recent outing ranking films via the app’s movie bracket feature, have taken the internet by storm and endeared the ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ director to a Gen Z audience, reports ‘Variety’.
But, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Scorsese insisted his TikTok fame has been a happy accident.
“I was tricked into that,” Scorsese said of the movie bracket TikTok, which saw him choose ‘Birdman’ over ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, much to the Internet’s entertainment. “That was a trick. I didn’t know those things go viral. They say ‘viral.’ I didn’t know (sic).”
As per ‘Variety’, Scorsese went on to...
- 11/17/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has recently found himself in the role of a lifetime: starring in TikToks posted by his 24-year-old daughter, Francesca.
The short videos, which have ranged from Scorsese guessing slang words like “simp” and “sneaky link” to his most recent outing ranking films via the app’s movie bracket feature, have taken the internet by storm and endeared the “Killers of the Flower Moon” director to a Gen Z audience. But, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Scorsese insisted his TikTok fame has been a happy accident.
“I was tricked into that,” Scorsese said of the movie bracket TikTok, which saw him choose “Birdman” over “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” much to the internet’s entertainment. “That was a trick. I didn’t know those things go viral. They say ‘viral.’ I didn’t know.”
@francescascorsese
In case you can’t tell,...
The short videos, which have ranged from Scorsese guessing slang words like “simp” and “sneaky link” to his most recent outing ranking films via the app’s movie bracket feature, have taken the internet by storm and endeared the “Killers of the Flower Moon” director to a Gen Z audience. But, in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Scorsese insisted his TikTok fame has been a happy accident.
“I was tricked into that,” Scorsese said of the movie bracket TikTok, which saw him choose “Birdman” over “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” much to the internet’s entertainment. “That was a trick. I didn’t know those things go viral. They say ‘viral.’ I didn’t know.”
@francescascorsese
In case you can’t tell,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Italian cinema is in the spotlight at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles where the screening series “Ennio Morricone: Essential Scores from a Movie Maestro,” programmed in partnership with Cinecittà, is currently playing to sold-out audiences.
The Oct. 6-Nov. 25 event comprises 20 titles, including Sergio Leone’s “The Good the Bad and the Ugly” in a new restored print, “Once Upon a Time in the West” (pictured) and Don Siegel’s “Two Mules for Sister Sara,” plus a selection of other works hailing both from the master composer’s native Italy and the U.S.. Among these are Brian De Palma (“The Untouchables”), Terrence Malick (“Days of Heaven”) and Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” for which Morricone finally won the the Oscar for best original soundtrack in 2016.
“Hateful Eight” screened at the museum’s David Geffen Theatre in the 70mm “Roadshow” version with an intermission and an overture.
Cinecittà operates...
The Oct. 6-Nov. 25 event comprises 20 titles, including Sergio Leone’s “The Good the Bad and the Ugly” in a new restored print, “Once Upon a Time in the West” (pictured) and Don Siegel’s “Two Mules for Sister Sara,” plus a selection of other works hailing both from the master composer’s native Italy and the U.S.. Among these are Brian De Palma (“The Untouchables”), Terrence Malick (“Days of Heaven”) and Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” for which Morricone finally won the the Oscar for best original soundtrack in 2016.
“Hateful Eight” screened at the museum’s David Geffen Theatre in the 70mm “Roadshow” version with an intermission and an overture.
Cinecittà operates...
- 11/16/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Fans of Western movies are in for a treat as Prime Video India has added the legendary Dollars Trilogy, starring Clint Eastwood, to its streaming library. The trilogy, directed by Sergio Leone, consists of three films: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). The films are widely regarded as the best examples of the Spaghetti Western genre, which refers to Westerns made by Italian filmmakers in Spain.
The trilogy follows the exploits of a mysterious gunslinger, played by Eastwood, who is known as the Man with No Name. He is a master of the quick draw and a man of few words, who often finds himself in the middle of conflicts between rival factions, bounty hunters, and outlaws. He also has a knack for finding hidden treasures and getting into trouble.
For a Few Dollars More Trailer
The first film,...
The trilogy follows the exploits of a mysterious gunslinger, played by Eastwood, who is known as the Man with No Name. He is a master of the quick draw and a man of few words, who often finds himself in the middle of conflicts between rival factions, bounty hunters, and outlaws. He also has a knack for finding hidden treasures and getting into trouble.
For a Few Dollars More Trailer
The first film,...
- 9/22/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
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It’s a case of one score to rule them all, as Howard Shore’s stirring epic soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings trilogy was voted the U.K.’s favorite movie music.
Shore’s score for the Rings film, which has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Grammys, came out ahead of some of the greatest and most recognizable soundtracks of all time, including John Williams’ music for Schindler’s List and Star Wars, which came second and third respectively.
The list of the top 100 film scores was compiled by popular U.K. radio station Classic FM, as part of their annual Movie Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people voted for this year’s edition and the winner was revealed on Sunday by Jonathan Ross, the former presenter of the BBC’s Film program.
“Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners,” Shore told...
Shore’s score for the Rings film, which has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Grammys, came out ahead of some of the greatest and most recognizable soundtracks of all time, including John Williams’ music for Schindler’s List and Star Wars, which came second and third respectively.
The list of the top 100 film scores was compiled by popular U.K. radio station Classic FM, as part of their annual Movie Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people voted for this year’s edition and the winner was revealed on Sunday by Jonathan Ross, the former presenter of the BBC’s Film program.
“Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners,” Shore told...
- 8/29/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We’ve all dreamt of what taking an adventure worthy of cinema would be like. Exploring depths unknown, defeating evil at impossible odds, meeting and making lifelong friends…you get the picture.
It’s why adventure remains a popular entertainment format even today. And the genre doesn’t seem to be slowing down either…
Capturing moviegoers’ imaginations, the 2023 releases of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” and “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” affirms this trend conclusively.
There’s good news for fans of reel epics filled with breathtaking journeys and heart-stopping escapades. With platforms like IMDb, uncovering the crème de la crème of adventure films is a mere click away.
Based on the democratic verdict of millions of viewers on IMDb, we bring you the most revered adventure movies of all time. These films often glitter with accolades, embodying the zenith of cinematic exploration and adventure.
Related: 10 Best Movie Remakes of All Time,...
It’s why adventure remains a popular entertainment format even today. And the genre doesn’t seem to be slowing down either…
Capturing moviegoers’ imaginations, the 2023 releases of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” and “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” affirms this trend conclusively.
There’s good news for fans of reel epics filled with breathtaking journeys and heart-stopping escapades. With platforms like IMDb, uncovering the crème de la crème of adventure films is a mere click away.
Based on the democratic verdict of millions of viewers on IMDb, we bring you the most revered adventure movies of all time. These films often glitter with accolades, embodying the zenith of cinematic exploration and adventure.
Related: 10 Best Movie Remakes of All Time,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
‘Surrounded’ Review: Good Performances From Letitia Wright & Jamie Bell Can’t Help This Dull Western
Westerns, by nature, usually find themselves set in isolated parts of the United States with a limited cast and set that allows dialogue to do the heavy lifting as much as the characters speaking those lines. With any luck, a talented group of actors will help to elevate both elements to a level beyond what could be considered a stage play with cowboy hats and revolvers. When this feat is achieved, the results can often be excellent, ranging from the legendary Clint Eastwood’s genre-defining “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” and “Unforgiven,” as well as more recent entries such as Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful Eight.”
Read More: The 25 Best Westerns Of All Time
Somewhere in the middle of the graph of quality sits “Surrounded,” the newest addition to the genre, fulfilling the requirements mentioned above to a T, as if someone in the editing...
Read More: The 25 Best Westerns Of All Time
Somewhere in the middle of the graph of quality sits “Surrounded,” the newest addition to the genre, fulfilling the requirements mentioned above to a T, as if someone in the editing...
- 6/8/2023
- by Brian Farvour
- The Playlist
Sequels are practically as old as cinema, with the very first thought to be The Fall of a Nation (1916), a cheapie knockoff/follow-up to the incredibly racist The Birth of a Nation from a year earlier. Ever since Hollywood has been keen to cash-in on sequels and ongoing sagas. Before the term “movie franchise” was even a glint in a studio executive’s eye, MGM was churning out high-quality Thin Man movies at MGM throughout the 1930s and ‘40s while Universal was introducing us to both Dracula’s Daughter (1936) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). One must wonder why the studio never got those two crazy kids together.
And yet, while sequels have been around forever, they’ve generally been seen as lesser-than until recently. By their nature, sequels are derivative, and there have been many filmmakers who were all too happy to embrace sameness while filling their working hours before and after lunch.
And yet, while sequels have been around forever, they’ve generally been seen as lesser-than until recently. By their nature, sequels are derivative, and there have been many filmmakers who were all too happy to embrace sameness while filling their working hours before and after lunch.
- 6/6/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Clint Eastwood never quits.
On Wednesday, the iconic actor and director turned 93, and his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger honoured the “legend” in a post on Instagram.
Read More: Clint Eastwood Set To Direct ‘Juror No. 2’ For Warner Bros.
“Happy birthday, Clint! You’ve inspired me, you’ve mentored me, and you’re a wonderful friend,” Schwarzenegger wrote, alongside a photo of the pair on skis in the mountains.
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“At 93, you prove that heroes don’t retire – they reload. You’re a legend,” Schwarzenegger added.
And Eastwood really isn’t retiring yet. After directing and starring in the 2021 film “Cry Macho”, he already has his next movie lined up.
The film “Juror #2” is currently in pre-production, with Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Zoey Deutch and Kiefer Sutherland set to star.
As for how much longer he’ll continue directing, Eastwood told...
On Wednesday, the iconic actor and director turned 93, and his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger honoured the “legend” in a post on Instagram.
Read More: Clint Eastwood Set To Direct ‘Juror No. 2’ For Warner Bros.
“Happy birthday, Clint! You’ve inspired me, you’ve mentored me, and you’re a wonderful friend,” Schwarzenegger wrote, alongside a photo of the pair on skis in the mountains.
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“At 93, you prove that heroes don’t retire – they reload. You’re a legend,” Schwarzenegger added.
And Eastwood really isn’t retiring yet. After directing and starring in the 2021 film “Cry Macho”, he already has his next movie lined up.
The film “Juror #2” is currently in pre-production, with Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Zoey Deutch and Kiefer Sutherland set to star.
As for how much longer he’ll continue directing, Eastwood told...
- 6/1/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Pedro Pascal is going to see a man about a horse. Actually, you can scratch the “about a horse” part.
Riding the range in the Wild, Wild West, his cowboy rides into town, hitches his stallion, and walks right into the sheriff’s office. The lawman — he’s named Jake, and played by Ethan Hawke — knows this stranger, Silva. The two lock eyes, and the faintest of smiles breaks across Jake’s face. They knew each other, a long, long time ago. The duo decide to catch up over a drink.
Riding the range in the Wild, Wild West, his cowboy rides into town, hitches his stallion, and walks right into the sheriff’s office. The lawman — he’s named Jake, and played by Ethan Hawke — knows this stranger, Silva. The two lock eyes, and the faintest of smiles breaks across Jake’s face. They knew each other, a long, long time ago. The duo decide to catch up over a drink.
- 5/17/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
What set "Community" apart from nearly every other sitcom was its concept episodes that either parodied, homaged, or commented on the tropes of various popular films and television shows. You have "Contemporary American Poultry," which sees the main study group creating a chicken finger mafia in the style of "Goodfellas." You have "Basic Lupine Urology," which parodies "Law & Order" as the gang investigates a sabotaged science class experiment involving a yam. Then, of course, you have the paintball episodes, which call to mind everything from "28 Days Later" to "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
My personal favorite episode of "Community" features none of this. "Mixology Certification" is the tenth episode of the second season, and it's simply about the characters going to a local bar to celebrate Donald Glover's Troy Barnes turning 21 years old. With all the whizz-bang wildness the show can provide, I love that the...
My personal favorite episode of "Community" features none of this. "Mixology Certification" is the tenth episode of the second season, and it's simply about the characters going to a local bar to celebrate Donald Glover's Troy Barnes turning 21 years old. With all the whizz-bang wildness the show can provide, I love that the...
- 5/6/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
You've seen Pedro Pascal play a queer prince, an intergalactic gun-slinger, and a rugged loner with a tragic past. Now, get ready to see him play ... a queer, rugged gun-slinger with a tragic past in Pedro Almodóvar's "Strange Way of Life." No, the new short film by the internationally-celebrated Spanish auteur wasn't deliberately designed to act as an amalgamation of Pascal's most famous roles to date, but it certainly works as one. Rather, Almodóvar has described the Western as, in his own words, "my answer to 'Brokeback Mountain'" and an examination of the type of masculinity that has traditionally characterized the genre yet has only occasionally been interrogated on-screen.
Much like Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama and the 1997 Annie Proulx short story that inspired it, "Strange Way of Living" centers on a pair of cowboys (played by Pascal and Ethan Hawke) who have spent decades maintaining an intimate yet distant relationship.
Much like Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama and the 1997 Annie Proulx short story that inspired it, "Strange Way of Living" centers on a pair of cowboys (played by Pascal and Ethan Hawke) who have spent decades maintaining an intimate yet distant relationship.
- 4/26/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
‘Strange Way of Life’ Trailer: Pedro Almodóvar Directs Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke as Queer Cowboys
Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke don’t know how to quit each other.
The first trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life,” the Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker’s neo-Western and second short film in the English language after 2020’s “The Human Voice,” is here. The queer Western stars “Last of Us” and “Mandalorian” favorite Pedro Pascal along with Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke, working together with Almodóvar for the first time. Almodóvar wrote the film and produced along with his brother Augustin and Saint Laurent head designer Anthony Vaccarello, also working as costumer.
“Strange Way of Life” is set to make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this coming May as part of the Official Selection.
In this 30-minute short, Pedro Pascal plays Silva, who rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend, Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke), after 25 years apart. However, while they at first celebrate the meeting,...
The first trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life,” the Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker’s neo-Western and second short film in the English language after 2020’s “The Human Voice,” is here. The queer Western stars “Last of Us” and “Mandalorian” favorite Pedro Pascal along with Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke, working together with Almodóvar for the first time. Almodóvar wrote the film and produced along with his brother Augustin and Saint Laurent head designer Anthony Vaccarello, also working as costumer.
“Strange Way of Life” is set to make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this coming May as part of the Official Selection.
In this 30-minute short, Pedro Pascal plays Silva, who rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend, Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke), after 25 years apart. However, while they at first celebrate the meeting,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Legendary actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood is closing in on his next project, with plans to direct “Juror No. 2.”
The legal drama is set up at Warner Bros., with Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette circling the lead roles. Eastwood will direct from a script by Jonathan Abrams. He will also produce the project alongside Adam Goodman, Tim Moore, Jessica Meier and Matt Skiena. Executive producers are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jeremy Bell.
“Juror No. 2” will take place during a murder trial and follows a juror (Hoult), who realizes that he may have caused the victim’s death. He must decide whether to manipulate the jury to save himself, or reveal the truth and turn himself in. Collette would play the prosecutor.
Warner Bros. is nearing a green light on the project, with a production start eyed for June, following Eastwood’s 93rd birthday on May 31.
An Oscar winner for “Unforgiven” and “Million Dollar Baby,...
The legal drama is set up at Warner Bros., with Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette circling the lead roles. Eastwood will direct from a script by Jonathan Abrams. He will also produce the project alongside Adam Goodman, Tim Moore, Jessica Meier and Matt Skiena. Executive producers are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jeremy Bell.
“Juror No. 2” will take place during a murder trial and follows a juror (Hoult), who realizes that he may have caused the victim’s death. He must decide whether to manipulate the jury to save himself, or reveal the truth and turn himself in. Collette would play the prosecutor.
Warner Bros. is nearing a green light on the project, with a production start eyed for June, following Eastwood’s 93rd birthday on May 31.
An Oscar winner for “Unforgiven” and “Million Dollar Baby,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
When motion pictures first transitioned to the sound era, film studios were divided about how to use music in the cinema. Should it only be diegetic (as in emanating from a source onscreen that the characters can hear)? Would non-diegetic music distract from the dialogue and characters? Universal mogul Carl Laemmle famously decreed that movies like 1931’s Frankenstein and Dracula should have no background whatsoever after their opening titles.
Of course it didn’t take long for producers, and more importantly composers, to figure out that was nonsense. Musical compositions, leitmotifs, and even well-known songs can be a shorthand to heighten the drama onscreen—or to knowingly undercut it. And arguably few filmmakers would come to understand that better than Quentin Tarantino. The iconoclastic auteur who cut his teeth at the drive-in and video store is famous for not only his meticulously crafted screenplays and camera movements, but even how...
Of course it didn’t take long for producers, and more importantly composers, to figure out that was nonsense. Musical compositions, leitmotifs, and even well-known songs can be a shorthand to heighten the drama onscreen—or to knowingly undercut it. And arguably few filmmakers would come to understand that better than Quentin Tarantino. The iconoclastic auteur who cut his teeth at the drive-in and video store is famous for not only his meticulously crafted screenplays and camera movements, but even how...
- 4/1/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Movie star John Wayne and The Lone Ranger actor Clayton Moore both held a strong foothold in the Western genre. One operated in film, while the other was recognized for his television appearance. Nevertheless, Wayne and Moore strongly agreed when it came to their criticisms of how Hollywood pushed entertainment to meet audience expectations.
John Wayne and Clayton Moore represented a Western era of the past L-r: John Wayne and Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger | John Springer Collection/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images, Lmpc via Getty Images
Wayne first entered the scene when he started working in the props department on the Fox lot. It allowed him to cross paths with film directors, such as John Ford and Raoul Walsh. He earned his first leading role in 1930’s The Big Trail, which later granted him 1939’s Stagecoach. Wayne’s popularity went sky-high, becoming the face of the Western genre.
John Wayne and Clayton Moore represented a Western era of the past L-r: John Wayne and Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger | John Springer Collection/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images, Lmpc via Getty Images
Wayne first entered the scene when he started working in the props department on the Fox lot. It allowed him to cross paths with film directors, such as John Ford and Raoul Walsh. He earned his first leading role in 1930’s The Big Trail, which later granted him 1939’s Stagecoach. Wayne’s popularity went sky-high, becoming the face of the Western genre.
- 3/31/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When director Chad Stahelski began work on the fourth “John Wick” movie, his ambition was to create an action epic in the mode of Sergio Leone’s “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” That meant that by the time the film got to its climactic set piece — a spectacular chase scene involving muscle cars racing around the Arc de Triomphe — that set piece had to live up to every previous action sequence in the franchise.
Second unit director and stunt coordinator Scott Rogers, who was responsible for all the car material in “John Wick: Chapter Four,” had a simple guiding principle to motivate the complicated choreography: “It’s what’s happening in the car that makes what’s happening outside of the car interesting,” he told IndieWire.
Read More: How Gene Kelly and ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Taught John Wick to Fight
To that end, Rogers knew that seeing...
Second unit director and stunt coordinator Scott Rogers, who was responsible for all the car material in “John Wick: Chapter Four,” had a simple guiding principle to motivate the complicated choreography: “It’s what’s happening in the car that makes what’s happening outside of the car interesting,” he told IndieWire.
Read More: How Gene Kelly and ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Taught John Wick to Fight
To that end, Rogers knew that seeing...
- 3/27/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
When editor Nathan Orloff first met with “John Wick: Chapter 4” director Chad Stahelski about working on the latest entry in American cinema’s greatest franchise, he quickly realized that this “John Wick” was going to be a bit different. “Chad said that it was going to be more of an ensemble movie, where you’re toggling between different stories,” Orloff told IndieWire. If the stripped-down original was Stahelski’s “A Fistful of Dollars” and the second and third installments expanded the “John Wick” universe in a manner comparable to “For a Few Dollars More,” “John Wick: Chapter 4” is Stahelski’s “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” the movie that takes “John Wick” into the realm of the epic.
At 169 minutes, the film is epic in length as well as scope, but it never feels overlong, the result of arduous but intuitive work in the editing room by Orloff and Stahelski.
At 169 minutes, the film is epic in length as well as scope, but it never feels overlong, the result of arduous but intuitive work in the editing room by Orloff and Stahelski.
- 3/22/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Hams Fekri, a 29-year-old Saudi wedding singer from Jeddah, has been crowned the winner of the first season of “Saudi Idol” during a moving live finale from The Boulevard Riyadh City recreational complex.
The golden-throated Fekri, whose mother had achieved success as a pop singer during the 1980s, but subsequently faded into obscurity, hugged her own young daughter on stage.
She was exultant after battling it out in front of a live studio audience plus the panel of judges for 13 weeks and emerging victorious out of three finalists to win most audience votes for the night.
In addition to being named the very first “Saudi Idol,” Fekri also won a recording contract with Mbc Group’s Platinum Records label which involves the release of a full studio album in the coming months.
Following her win, Fekri expressed her gratitude to the viewers who voted for her, saying: “Everyone’s love...
The golden-throated Fekri, whose mother had achieved success as a pop singer during the 1980s, but subsequently faded into obscurity, hugged her own young daughter on stage.
She was exultant after battling it out in front of a live studio audience plus the panel of judges for 13 weeks and emerging victorious out of three finalists to win most audience votes for the night.
In addition to being named the very first “Saudi Idol,” Fekri also won a recording contract with Mbc Group’s Platinum Records label which involves the release of a full studio album in the coming months.
Following her win, Fekri expressed her gratitude to the viewers who voted for her, saying: “Everyone’s love...
- 3/16/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for "The Mandalorian" season 3, episode 1 "The Apostate."
Seventeen chapters in, "The Mandalorian" continues to serve up plenty of classic film homages. The most overt one in the season 3 premiere, "Chapter 17: The Apostate," sees the torso of the assassin droid Ig-11 dragging itself across the floor while droning, "Terminate asset," in a clear homage to James Cameron's "The Terminator." However, "if I visit the planet and can bring you proof that I have bathed in the living waters beneath the mines of Mandalore," would you believe there's another homage to Sergio Leone's influential spaghetti westerns in this episode?
Since before "The Mandalorian" even premiered on Disney+ back in November 2019, we've been hearing that Pedro Pascal's title character was inspired by the Man with No Name, played by Clint Eastwood in Leone's Dollars Trilogy. In a panel at "Star Wars" Celebration in April 2019, where...
Seventeen chapters in, "The Mandalorian" continues to serve up plenty of classic film homages. The most overt one in the season 3 premiere, "Chapter 17: The Apostate," sees the torso of the assassin droid Ig-11 dragging itself across the floor while droning, "Terminate asset," in a clear homage to James Cameron's "The Terminator." However, "if I visit the planet and can bring you proof that I have bathed in the living waters beneath the mines of Mandalore," would you believe there's another homage to Sergio Leone's influential spaghetti westerns in this episode?
Since before "The Mandalorian" even premiered on Disney+ back in November 2019, we've been hearing that Pedro Pascal's title character was inspired by the Man with No Name, played by Clint Eastwood in Leone's Dollars Trilogy. In a panel at "Star Wars" Celebration in April 2019, where...
- 3/3/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
For helmer Joel Crawford, the story told in “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” needed something new and distinct from what had been done in DreamWorks Animation’s “Puss in Boots” film, released in 2011. It had been more than a decade since the first film delighted audiences with the story of a cat who was often too big for his boots. Puss, who was walking onto the screen this time would be humbled, even frightened, by coming down to the last of his precious nine lives. ¶ Crawford and his team decided to lean into the amount of time that had passed between the two films. They embraced the opportunity to create a fresh take on the animation in the second film and let themselves be inspired by favorite films and treasured fairy tales.
CG Pushing Against CG Style
In the early aughts, CG animation tended to have a certain look...
CG Pushing Against CG Style
In the early aughts, CG animation tended to have a certain look...
- 2/23/2023
- by Karen Idelson
- Variety Film + TV
The Western might be the quintessential American film genre, but it probably would've fallen completely out of favor in the 1960s were it not for Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone. With loads of ingenuity and not a lot of money (initially at least), Leone overhauled the increasingly staid formula, and knocked out a surprise international hit via "A Fistful of Dollars." Aside from Leone's striking widescreen compositions, there were two keys to the film's success: Clint Eastwood's taciturn portrayal of The Man with No Name and Ennio Morricone's bizarrely innovative score.
When Eastwood traveled to Spain in 1964 to shoot "A Fistful of Dollars," he was nearing the end of his run as cowboy Rowdy Yates on CBS' Western series "Rawhide." Despite the name, his character was a bit of a cliched bore, so teaming with the up-and-coming Leone far away from Hollywood gave Eastwood the opportunity to transform his...
When Eastwood traveled to Spain in 1964 to shoot "A Fistful of Dollars," he was nearing the end of his run as cowboy Rowdy Yates on CBS' Western series "Rawhide." Despite the name, his character was a bit of a cliched bore, so teaming with the up-and-coming Leone far away from Hollywood gave Eastwood the opportunity to transform his...
- 2/17/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Now Amazon’s MGM+ is playing with “Power.” And “Outlander,” and “P-Valley,” etc.
Starz and Amazon have struck what the companies are calling a “long term” deal to bundle Starz with MGM+ on Prime Video in the U.S. The subscription bundle, which is launching “in the coming weeks,” will cost 11.99 per month, the companies said on Friday. That’s a 20 percent discount vs. subscribing to both services on a standalone basis, which would cost 14.99. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Starz was already available as a Prime Video Channels add-on for 8.99 per month. This arrangement just brings it more within the family.
“We are excited to join forces with Amazon to offer Starz together with MGM+ to their millions of customers on Prime Video,” said Alison Hoffman, president of domestic networks for Starz. “Starz is a complementary service to general entertainment offerings, so we’re thrilled to...
Starz and Amazon have struck what the companies are calling a “long term” deal to bundle Starz with MGM+ on Prime Video in the U.S. The subscription bundle, which is launching “in the coming weeks,” will cost 11.99 per month, the companies said on Friday. That’s a 20 percent discount vs. subscribing to both services on a standalone basis, which would cost 14.99. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Starz was already available as a Prime Video Channels add-on for 8.99 per month. This arrangement just brings it more within the family.
“We are excited to join forces with Amazon to offer Starz together with MGM+ to their millions of customers on Prime Video,” said Alison Hoffman, president of domestic networks for Starz. “Starz is a complementary service to general entertainment offerings, so we’re thrilled to...
- 2/17/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
The cliche "everyone's gotta start somewhere" is meant to be reassuring. In showbiz, however, getting that start requires a bit of good fortune in and of itself. Whether you're working in the mailroom at CAA or bopping from set to set as a background player, you've likely used a connection or two to get yourself in the figurative ballpark. Maybe your college buddy knew a guy at an agency. Perhaps you were bartending at a popular industry watering hole. Getting noticed is often a fluke. Taking the next step is a winning lottery ticket.
Take Clint Eastwood for example. He wasn't a natural-born genius like Montgomery Clift or Marlon Brando. He was a handsome, young, 6'4" swimming instructor at Ford Ord in Northern California when, according to his biographer Patrick McGilligan, he met a connected photographer named Chuck Hill. When Eastwood relocated to Los Angeles, Hill convinced his friend to...
Take Clint Eastwood for example. He wasn't a natural-born genius like Montgomery Clift or Marlon Brando. He was a handsome, young, 6'4" swimming instructor at Ford Ord in Northern California when, according to his biographer Patrick McGilligan, he met a connected photographer named Chuck Hill. When Eastwood relocated to Los Angeles, Hill convinced his friend to...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
It might sound obvious, but getting nominated for an Oscar doesn’t automatically make a film good.
In fact, there have been many deserving movies over the years that were somehow overlooked by the Academy.
While it’s easy to assume that certain films don’t get nominated because they’re not what voters of the Oscars would usually go for, there have been a lot of surprises in the past.
For example, pretty much every new superhero film earns a nomination thanks to the technical or makeup categories, while random animated films are acknowledged most likely because of the low number on offer in a certain year.
This means films like DC’s Suicide Squad may have been mauled by the critics, but will still get recognised by the Academy (it went on to win), which is ridiculous when you consider classics such as The Good, the Bad and...
In fact, there have been many deserving movies over the years that were somehow overlooked by the Academy.
While it’s easy to assume that certain films don’t get nominated because they’re not what voters of the Oscars would usually go for, there have been a lot of surprises in the past.
For example, pretty much every new superhero film earns a nomination thanks to the technical or makeup categories, while random animated films are acknowledged most likely because of the low number on offer in a certain year.
This means films like DC’s Suicide Squad may have been mauled by the critics, but will still get recognised by the Academy (it went on to win), which is ridiculous when you consider classics such as The Good, the Bad and...
- 2/5/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
It might sound obvious, but getting nominated for an Oscar doesn’t automatically make a film good.
In fact, there have been many deserving movies over the years that were somehow overlooked by the Academy.
While it’s easy to assume that certain films don’t get nominated because they’re not what voters of the Oscars would usually go for, there have been a lot of surprises in the past.
For example, pretty much every new superhero film earns a nomination thanks to the technical or makeup categories, while random animated films are acknowledged most likely because of the low number on offer in a certain year.
This means films like DC’s Suicide Squad may have been mauled by the critics, but will still get recognised by the Academy (it went on to win), which is ridiculous when you consider classics such as The Good, the Bad and...
In fact, there have been many deserving movies over the years that were somehow overlooked by the Academy.
While it’s easy to assume that certain films don’t get nominated because they’re not what voters of the Oscars would usually go for, there have been a lot of surprises in the past.
For example, pretty much every new superhero film earns a nomination thanks to the technical or makeup categories, while random animated films are acknowledged most likely because of the low number on offer in a certain year.
This means films like DC’s Suicide Squad may have been mauled by the critics, but will still get recognised by the Academy (it went on to win), which is ridiculous when you consider classics such as The Good, the Bad and...
- 2/4/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
There are some movies whose legacy you can't speak on without also mentioning the composers that gave them their signature sound. John Williams is just as vital to "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" as Steven Spielberg is. What would "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" even feel like without the great Ennio Morricone? In the same vein, while "Rocky," the underdog sports drama turned Best Picture winner, may be Sylvester Stallone's baby, it's impossible to imagine the triumphant highs landing as hard as they do without Bill Conti.
Conti made a career of providing the sound for "The Right Stuff," "The Karate Kid" trilogy, and all of the "Rocky" movies, barring "Rocky IV." The series had associated itself with plenty of musical talent throughout the decades, but there's something about Conti's presence, especially in that first film, that feels utterly timeless. The "Rocky" theme, otherwise known as "Gonna Fly Now,...
Conti made a career of providing the sound for "The Right Stuff," "The Karate Kid" trilogy, and all of the "Rocky" movies, barring "Rocky IV." The series had associated itself with plenty of musical talent throughout the decades, but there's something about Conti's presence, especially in that first film, that feels utterly timeless. The "Rocky" theme, otherwise known as "Gonna Fly Now,...
- 1/31/2023
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
The tone of Clint Eastwood's 2006 war film "Flags of Our Fathers" might be surprising. "Flags of Our Fathers" is a film extrapolated from the celebrated 1945 Joe Rosenthal photograph titled "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima," taken at the eponymous battle, and featuring a group of American soldiers hoisting their nation's flag just after the carnage. The photograph also served as the model for the Marine Corps War Memorial, sculpted in 1954 and located in Arlington, Virginia. The screenplay was an adaptation of a book by James Bradley and Ron Powers, whose fathers are featured in the photograph, hence the title.
Ever since the days of "Twelve O'Clock High" in 1949, whenever American filmmakers make movies about American soldiers, they tend to be romanticized stories of survival and victory. Given the subject matter of "Flags of Our Fathers," one might presume that it, too, stands as a tale of honor and tenacity.
Ever since the days of "Twelve O'Clock High" in 1949, whenever American filmmakers make movies about American soldiers, they tend to be romanticized stories of survival and victory. Given the subject matter of "Flags of Our Fathers," one might presume that it, too, stands as a tale of honor and tenacity.
- 1/21/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
One of the cardinal Hollywood sins for an established talent is to accept unsolicited material. To do so not only encourages other aspiring screenwriters to inundate agencies and production companies with scripts, it also places the recipient in a potentially vulnerable position legally. Basically, if an idea is fertile enough to merit a greenlight, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that someone else has had a similar idea. And if that writer can prove he sent that script years prior to the artist who turned that similar idea into a successful movie, that artist might find themselves on the business end of a plagiarism lawsuit.
So it's surprising that in the early 1970s, Clint Eastwood, who'd made his name on Westerns and had many more in active development, acquired the rights to an unsolicited novel called "The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales" by Forrest Carter. According to an interview with Patrick McGilligan,...
So it's surprising that in the early 1970s, Clint Eastwood, who'd made his name on Westerns and had many more in active development, acquired the rights to an unsolicited novel called "The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales" by Forrest Carter. According to an interview with Patrick McGilligan,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
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