Before video games truly advanced, the arcade was where it was at. Much like Saturday morning cartoons, it’s one of those obsolete ideas from the past where you get why it’s gone, but damn if it didn’t represent some wonderful times. Arcade games seemed like the zenith of what a video game could look and feel like. Consoles were great and all, but you knew that if you were getting a port of an arcade classic for your 8-bit or 16-bit system, you weren’t getting the full package.
One of the genres that truly felt like the soul of the arcade experience was the beat ‘em up. The idea that you, a couple of friends, or even some complete strangers could join together at a cabinet and go on a trek to beat up as many enemy thugs as possible until you either ran out of quarters and couldn’t continue,...
One of the genres that truly felt like the soul of the arcade experience was the beat ‘em up. The idea that you, a couple of friends, or even some complete strangers could join together at a cabinet and go on a trek to beat up as many enemy thugs as possible until you either ran out of quarters and couldn’t continue,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
Sky News is coming to NBC News Now.
The NBC News streaming service will simulcast Sky News Today with Wilfred Frost on weekday mornings at 5 a.m. Est, an expansion into the early morning hours.
The program is the first time that a Sky News program will be simulcast on the streaming service, and will be the first NBC News Now show to originate from outside the U.S. (it will be based out of Sky News’ London headquarters).
Sky News — while not a part of the NBC News Group — is also owned by Comcast, which controls the Sky media empire in the U.K. and Europe. David Rhodes, the former president of CBS News, is executive chairman of Sky News Group.
Janelle Rodriguez, executive VP of NBC News, notes that on occasion the networks have taken some Sky News feeds during the overnight hours, but the regular cadence on...
The NBC News streaming service will simulcast Sky News Today with Wilfred Frost on weekday mornings at 5 a.m. Est, an expansion into the early morning hours.
The program is the first time that a Sky News program will be simulcast on the streaming service, and will be the first NBC News Now show to originate from outside the U.S. (it will be based out of Sky News’ London headquarters).
Sky News — while not a part of the NBC News Group — is also owned by Comcast, which controls the Sky media empire in the U.K. and Europe. David Rhodes, the former president of CBS News, is executive chairman of Sky News Group.
Janelle Rodriguez, executive VP of NBC News, notes that on occasion the networks have taken some Sky News feeds during the overnight hours, but the regular cadence on...
- 11/10/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lewis Milestone directed this poetic, optimistic ode to the American infantryman, a ‘lone patrol’ saga that emphasizes its soldiers’ hopes and fears. The lineup of fresh, eager acting talent is remarkable: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Rudley, Richard Benedict, Huntz Hall, James Cardwell, Steve Brodie. Voiceovers and ‘ballads’ give a six-mile beachhead incursion the tone of a spiritual rumination. A beautiful full film restoration brings the image back to prime quality. The controversial filmmakers and the unusual production circumstances are covered in Alan K. Rode’s commentary.
A Walk in the Sun
Blu-ray + DVD
Kit Parker Films / Mvd Visual
1945 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 117 min. / Street Date January 18, 2022 / The Definitive Restoration / Available from Amazon / 29.95
Starring: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Rudley, Richard Benedict, Huntz Hall, James Cardwell, Steve Brodie, Matt Willis,...
A Walk in the Sun
Blu-ray + DVD
Kit Parker Films / Mvd Visual
1945 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 117 min. / Street Date January 18, 2022 / The Definitive Restoration / Available from Amazon / 29.95
Starring: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Rudley, Richard Benedict, Huntz Hall, James Cardwell, Steve Brodie, Matt Willis,...
- 1/4/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: The Points North Institute is now accepting applications for the North Star Scholarship, a new program the lauded institute has developed in partnership with Kickstarter. The new scholarships — three in total — each provide travel support for mediamakers of color to attend the documentary-focused 2017 Camden International Film Festival (Ciff) and Points North Forum, which will be held September 14 – 17 in the small towns of Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine.
The program is open to early-career documentary filmmakers and other media artists of color, between the ages of 21 and 29, who have not yet completed their first feature-length film or major project. Participants who are selected for the scholarships will receive airfare, accommodations, and an All Access pass to Ciff. Opportunities to participate in structured one-on-one meetings with industry decision-makers and advisors will also be made available to each North Star Scholarship recipient.
Read More: Camden International Film Festival Announces Program for the...
The program is open to early-career documentary filmmakers and other media artists of color, between the ages of 21 and 29, who have not yet completed their first feature-length film or major project. Participants who are selected for the scholarships will receive airfare, accommodations, and an All Access pass to Ciff. Opportunities to participate in structured one-on-one meetings with industry decision-makers and advisors will also be made available to each North Star Scholarship recipient.
Read More: Camden International Film Festival Announces Program for the...
- 6/14/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Author: David Sztypuljak
I think it’s fair to say that The Lodge holds a special place in our (or maybe my!) heart(s). The show quickly became the highest rated debut show on The Disney Channel in four years and has made household names of the cast which includes Sophie Simnett (who you may have also seen recently in the immensely powerful movie Mum’s List), Jade Alleyne, Thomas Doherty, Luke Newton, Jayden Revri, Joshua Sinclair-Evans and Bethan Wright.
Related: See our The Lodge cast interviews here
Following the announcement late last year that the show would get a second season, Disney have today sent over info on Season 2 which has begun production back at The Lodge in Northern Ireland with all our favourites set to return alongside series newcomer Mia Jenkins who has appeared in both Casualty and Eastenders.
Along with the announcement Disney have furnished us with...
I think it’s fair to say that The Lodge holds a special place in our (or maybe my!) heart(s). The show quickly became the highest rated debut show on The Disney Channel in four years and has made household names of the cast which includes Sophie Simnett (who you may have also seen recently in the immensely powerful movie Mum’s List), Jade Alleyne, Thomas Doherty, Luke Newton, Jayden Revri, Joshua Sinclair-Evans and Bethan Wright.
Related: See our The Lodge cast interviews here
Following the announcement late last year that the show would get a second season, Disney have today sent over info on Season 2 which has begun production back at The Lodge in Northern Ireland with all our favourites set to return alongside series newcomer Mia Jenkins who has appeared in both Casualty and Eastenders.
Along with the announcement Disney have furnished us with...
- 2/21/2017
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: David Sztypuljak
Good news for fans of all things The Lodge as Disney have just sent through word that the hit Disney Channel series is on for a second season.
If you’re not familiar with the show, it follows the life of Skye a 15 year old who inherits a lodge called The North Star after her grandmother dies. The show is rife with love triangles and general drama from those who wish to see The North Star’s demise but it’s down to Skye (played by Sophie Simnett) and her dedicated friends Ben (Luke Newton), Sean (Thomas Doherty who was recently cast in Descendants 2), Noah (Jayden Revri) Kaylee (Jade Alleyne), Danielle (Bethan Wright), Joshua (Joshua Sinclair-Evans) to make sure that The Lodge keeps on the straight and narrow all with song and dance to help tell the stories as they go.
The show has caused quite a...
Good news for fans of all things The Lodge as Disney have just sent through word that the hit Disney Channel series is on for a second season.
If you’re not familiar with the show, it follows the life of Skye a 15 year old who inherits a lodge called The North Star after her grandmother dies. The show is rife with love triangles and general drama from those who wish to see The North Star’s demise but it’s down to Skye (played by Sophie Simnett) and her dedicated friends Ben (Luke Newton), Sean (Thomas Doherty who was recently cast in Descendants 2), Noah (Jayden Revri) Kaylee (Jade Alleyne), Danielle (Bethan Wright), Joshua (Joshua Sinclair-Evans) to make sure that The Lodge keeps on the straight and narrow all with song and dance to help tell the stories as they go.
The show has caused quite a...
- 12/13/2016
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
William Cameron Menzies. William Cameron Menzies movies on TCM: Murderous Joan Fontaine, deadly Nazi Communists Best known as an art director/production designer, William Cameron Menzies was a jack-of-all-trades. It seems like the only things Menzies didn't do was act and tap dance in front of the camera. He designed and/or wrote, directed, produced, etc., dozens of films – titles ranged from The Thief of Bagdad to Invaders from Mars – from the late 1910s all the way to the mid-1950s. Among Menzies' most notable efforts as an art director/production designer are: Ernst Lubitsch's first Hollywood movie, the Mary Pickford star vehicle Rosita (1923). Herbert Brenon's British-set father-son drama Sorrell and Son (1927). David O. Selznick's mammoth production of Gone with the Wind, which earned Menzies an Honorary Oscar. The Sam Wood movies Our Town (1940), Kings Row (1942), and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). H.C. Potter's Mr. Lucky...
- 1/28/2016
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Even when based on actual events, classical Hollywood movies never strive for painstaking factual accuracy. This is best exemplified by the ever-present legal disclaimer “The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used in this work are fictitious, and any resemblance to the name, character and history of any real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental,” which appears not only in horror, sci-fi or musical extravaganzas, but also in biopics and historical reconstructions. In the latter two cases, the contradiction is only apparent. While using the above disclaimer (or variations thereof) to protect themselves from defamation lawsuits, the studios openly acknowledge what any person of common sense knows already: in the filmmaking business, dramatization and other poetic licenses are essential to tell and sell exciting stories to an audience, since reality is too boring and complex for an evening's entertainment. In other words, a commercial film is not a...
- 7/9/2015
- by Michael Guarneri
- MUBI
Teresa Wright: Later years (See preceding post: "Teresa Wright: From Marlon Brando to Matt Damon.") Teresa Wright and Robert Anderson were divorced in 1978. They would remain friends in the ensuing years.[1] Wright spent most of the last decade of her life in Connecticut, making only sporadic public appearances. In 1998, she could be seen with her grandson, film producer Jonah Smith, at New York's Yankee Stadium, where she threw the ceremonial first pitch.[2] Wright also became involved in the Greater New York chapter of the Als Association. (The Pride of the Yankees subject, Lou Gehrig, died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in 1941.) The week she turned 82 in October 2000, Wright attended the 20th anniversary celebration of Somewhere in Time, where she posed for pictures with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. In March 2003, she was a guest at the 75th Academy Awards, in the segment showcasing Oscar-winning actors of the past. Two years later,...
- 3/15/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Teresa Wright movies: Actress made Oscar history Teresa Wright, best remembered for her Oscar-winning performance in the World War II melodrama Mrs. Miniver and for her deceptively fragile, small-town heroine in Alfred Hitchcock's mystery-drama Shadow of a Doubt, died at age 86 ten years ago – on March 6, 2005. Throughout her nearly six-decade show business career, Wright was featured in nearly 30 films, dozens of television series and made-for-tv movies, and a whole array of stage productions. On the big screen, she played opposite some of the most important stars of the '40s and '50s. It's a long list, including Bette Davis, Greer Garson, Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy, Ray Milland, Fredric March, Jean Simmons, Marlon Brando, Dana Andrews, Lew Ayres, Cornel Wilde, Robert Mitchum, Spencer Tracy, Joseph Cotten, and David Niven. Also of note, Teresa Wright made Oscar history in the early '40s, when she was nominated for each of her first three movie roles.
- 3/5/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Feature Ryan Lambie 22 Nov 2013 - 06:39
This week's crowdfunding selection includes a miniature sculpting tutorial, a sci-fi web series and a horror videogame documentary...
The sheer number of projects that appear on crowdfunding websites each week means that, inevitably, some great ones slip through the net on occasion. One recent example is The Squidder, artist Ben Templesmith's graphic novel project about an ancient war among tentacled creatures.
Described as Mad Max meets Cthulhu, it's full of Templesmith's typically detailed artwork, and it's been met with a hugely positive response. So positive, in fact, that it's already made more than four times its $18,000 minimum funding goal with 15 days left to run. Nevertheless, we thought we'd mention it here, since it's well worth a look if you enjoyed Templesmith's other work, such as the excellent 30 Days Of Night.
Now, here's this week's selection of other projects, starting with a documentary dedicated...
This week's crowdfunding selection includes a miniature sculpting tutorial, a sci-fi web series and a horror videogame documentary...
The sheer number of projects that appear on crowdfunding websites each week means that, inevitably, some great ones slip through the net on occasion. One recent example is The Squidder, artist Ben Templesmith's graphic novel project about an ancient war among tentacled creatures.
Described as Mad Max meets Cthulhu, it's full of Templesmith's typically detailed artwork, and it's been met with a hugely positive response. So positive, in fact, that it's already made more than four times its $18,000 minimum funding goal with 15 days left to run. Nevertheless, we thought we'd mention it here, since it's well worth a look if you enjoyed Templesmith's other work, such as the excellent 30 Days Of Night.
Now, here's this week's selection of other projects, starting with a documentary dedicated...
- 11/21/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Review Michael Noble 29 Oct 2013 - 16:04
Boardwalk Empire delivers yet another great episode, showcasing the character's performative aspects...
This review contains spoilers.
4.8 The Old Ship of Zion
‘The Jazz Age’, they called it. The term came to mean rather more than music, but, like so much of culture, songs were at the heart of things. It was the era of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong; the decade of George and Ira Gershwin, Scott Joplin, ragtime, the Charleston and of course, the blues. It was the age of Bessie Smith and Chalky’s beloved Ma Rainey, whose Farewell Daddy Blues will yet resonate through our fictional world.
In that world it’s also the age of Daughter Maitland, whose exquisite, sensual performances have become standard features of this current run of episodes. Part of Boardwalk Empire’s success as a period piece has been achieved through an evocation of...
Boardwalk Empire delivers yet another great episode, showcasing the character's performative aspects...
This review contains spoilers.
4.8 The Old Ship of Zion
‘The Jazz Age’, they called it. The term came to mean rather more than music, but, like so much of culture, songs were at the heart of things. It was the era of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong; the decade of George and Ira Gershwin, Scott Joplin, ragtime, the Charleston and of course, the blues. It was the age of Bessie Smith and Chalky’s beloved Ma Rainey, whose Farewell Daddy Blues will yet resonate through our fictional world.
In that world it’s also the age of Daughter Maitland, whose exquisite, sensual performances have become standard features of this current run of episodes. Part of Boardwalk Empire’s success as a period piece has been achieved through an evocation of...
- 10/29/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Michael Noble 15 Oct 2013 - 14:00
This week's episode of Boardwalk Empire is dedicated, once again, to the lost. Here's Michael's review...
This review contains spoilers.
4.6 The North Star
Four minutes and nine seconds. It’s taken half a season for Margaret to reappear, both on screen and in Nucky’s life, and when she does, it’s for precisely four minutes and nine seconds. However long it was, it closed an unprecedented gap. As of this year, she had appeared in all but one of the thirty-six episodes, recusing herself only for the penultimate instalment of season three when, as you’ll recall, everybody was rather busy.
Even then, her last, brief return in Margate Sands felt stolen, like mere aftershocks of the trauma that she’d been through in that eventful year. We shared her moment in the abortion clinic, as she readied the removal of the baby...
This week's episode of Boardwalk Empire is dedicated, once again, to the lost. Here's Michael's review...
This review contains spoilers.
4.6 The North Star
Four minutes and nine seconds. It’s taken half a season for Margaret to reappear, both on screen and in Nucky’s life, and when she does, it’s for precisely four minutes and nine seconds. However long it was, it closed an unprecedented gap. As of this year, she had appeared in all but one of the thirty-six episodes, recusing herself only for the penultimate instalment of season three when, as you’ll recall, everybody was rather busy.
Even then, her last, brief return in Margate Sands felt stolen, like mere aftershocks of the trauma that she’d been through in that eventful year. We shared her moment in the abortion clinic, as she readied the removal of the baby...
- 10/15/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Boardwalk Empire, Season 4, Episode 6, “The North Star”
Written by Eric Overmyer and Howard Korder
Directed by Allen Coulter
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
Kate is new to Boardwalk Empire this season and her reviews will approach the acclaimed series from the newbie’s perspective.
This week, on Boardwalk Empire: Nucky grieves for Eddie, Richard takes his sister’s advice, and Sally bets on the wrong alligator
So far this season, being a new viewer of Boardwalk Empire has not been a hindrance. While there are undoubtedly depths to character motivations and emotional shadings that have gone unremarked upon over the past five weeks, on the whole the storylines have been fairly clear. This changes with “The North Star”, with a solid chunk of the episode dedicated to characters those of us who jumped in at season four barely know. This is the risk of jumping in mid-series,...
Written by Eric Overmyer and Howard Korder
Directed by Allen Coulter
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
Kate is new to Boardwalk Empire this season and her reviews will approach the acclaimed series from the newbie’s perspective.
This week, on Boardwalk Empire: Nucky grieves for Eddie, Richard takes his sister’s advice, and Sally bets on the wrong alligator
So far this season, being a new viewer of Boardwalk Empire has not been a hindrance. While there are undoubtedly depths to character motivations and emotional shadings that have gone unremarked upon over the past five weeks, on the whole the storylines have been fairly clear. This changes with “The North Star”, with a solid chunk of the episode dedicated to characters those of us who jumped in at season four barely know. This is the risk of jumping in mid-series,...
- 10/15/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
I was quite torn by last week’s episode of Boardwalk Empire “Erlkönig.” It was a solid episode in and of itself, but it really made me come to realize just how surface value the show really is. Even though I’ve always had problems with Boardwalk Empire in the past (Too many needless characters, Storylines that [&hellip
Boardwalk Empire 4.06 Review: “The North Star”...
Boardwalk Empire 4.06 Review: “The North Star”...
- 10/15/2013
- by Kevin DuBose
- TVovermind.com
Sex can be two strangely opposite things: an act of furious life-affirmation and ultimate trust, on one hand, and, on another, a weapon wielded in acts of betrayal and weakness. Our two favorite Atlantic City gangsters Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) staked out both ends of the spectrum in last night’s Boardwalk Empire on HBO. Kelly Macdonald returned, making her first appearance last night as Nucky’s estranged wife Margaret. She agrees to an awkward meeting at Penn Station while Nucky waits for a train to Tampa. She is hesitant to share much about her life […]
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- 10/14/2013
- by Matthew Grimm
- ChannelGuideMag
In the wake of Eddie Kessler's death, Nucky and Eli each struggled with the direction of their lives this week on Boardwalk Empire.
"The North Star" also featured the return of Richard to Atlantic City as he checked in on the life he left behind after last season's shootout.
Other than Eddie, Margaret probably has been most privy to the private side of Nucky and his vulnerabilities. With Eddie gone, Nucky reached out to her while in New York, hoping to find some shred of the connection they once shared. Even after hearing of Nucky's recent loss, she remained guarded and unwilling to grant him any feeling of their former connection.
The fact Nucky ordered that cinnamon roll, which Margaret noted his usual distaste for, showed how Nucky wasn't himself and was searching for something. Any feeling of sympathy Margaret may have begun to feel for him, though, was short-lived...
"The North Star" also featured the return of Richard to Atlantic City as he checked in on the life he left behind after last season's shootout.
Other than Eddie, Margaret probably has been most privy to the private side of Nucky and his vulnerabilities. With Eddie gone, Nucky reached out to her while in New York, hoping to find some shred of the connection they once shared. Even after hearing of Nucky's recent loss, she remained guarded and unwilling to grant him any feeling of their former connection.
The fact Nucky ordered that cinnamon roll, which Margaret noted his usual distaste for, showed how Nucky wasn't himself and was searching for something. Any feeling of sympathy Margaret may have begun to feel for him, though, was short-lived...
- 10/14/2013
- by cfohara4@hotmail.com (Chris O'Hara)
- TVfanatic
“I wouldn’t put something alive in a box,” Nucky Thompson says to his ex-wife Margaret during their meeting in New York at the beginning of this week’s episode of Boardwalk Empire, titled “The North Star.” It’s a meeting already strained by undertones of awkwardness and distance, and when Nucky speaks those words it sucks any remaining air out of the room entirely.
The writers of Boardwalk Empire trust their audience enough not to spell out exactly why Nucky’s words make Margaret flinch almost imperceptibly, but for attentive viewers it’s pretty clear: they were a painful reminder to her of Owen Sleater, the Ira goon with whom she had had a passionate love affair and whose corpse turned up in a box at the Thompson residence toward the end of last season.
There’s a world of difference between Margaret and Nucky’s newest love interest,...
The writers of Boardwalk Empire trust their audience enough not to spell out exactly why Nucky’s words make Margaret flinch almost imperceptibly, but for attentive viewers it’s pretty clear: they were a painful reminder to her of Owen Sleater, the Ira goon with whom she had had a passionate love affair and whose corpse turned up in a box at the Thompson residence toward the end of last season.
There’s a world of difference between Margaret and Nucky’s newest love interest,...
- 10/14/2013
- by Jeremy Clymer
- We Got This Covered
New Boardwalk Empire season 4,episode 6 interesting spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night, HBO delivered the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Boardwalk Empire" episode 6 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "The North Star, " and it looks quite interesting as Agent Knox gains Eli's trust, more intense drama takes place, and more. In the new "The North Star" episode, after a cautious reunion with Margaret in New York City, Nucky will head to Tampa to work out details of his land deal with Bill McCoy, and reconnects with Sally Wheet. Richard Harrow will end up, returning to Atlantic City and make a confession to an ailing Paul Sagorsky, who encourages him to get over the past and return to Julia and Tommy. Having lost J. Edgar Hoover’s confidence, Agent Knox is going to find a new way to gain Eli’s trust. Meyer Lansky will end up,...
- 10/7/2013
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
Some big surprises and lots of humor kept the 70th Annual Golden Globes fun, interesting and fast-moving Sunday night in Hollywood. On the film side, Argo was named Best Picture of the Year - Drama, while Les Miserables was named Best Picture of the Year - Comedy or Musical, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway among the stars taking home trophies. On the TV side, Showtime's Homeland scored big and so did HBO's Girls, with Lena Dunham, Claire Danes and Damien Lewis among those recognized.
Get the complete list of winners Here.
The Best in Movies
In addition to Best Pictures Argo and Les Mis, Amour was named Best Foreign Language Film (Austria) and Disney-Pixar's Brave was named Best Animated Feature Film. A shocked Ben Affleck was named Best Director for Argo, quite the vindication after being snubbed for a Best Directing Oscar nom, and a very...
Get the complete list of winners Here.
The Best in Movies
In addition to Best Pictures Argo and Les Mis, Amour was named Best Foreign Language Film (Austria) and Disney-Pixar's Brave was named Best Animated Feature Film. A shocked Ben Affleck was named Best Director for Argo, quite the vindication after being snubbed for a Best Directing Oscar nom, and a very...
- 1/14/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Here's your first look at NFL free agent Jeremiah Trotter as escaped slave Big Ben Jones, and Keith David as Frederick Douglass, in writer/director Thomas K. Phillips' upcoming indie feature film, The North Star, which we first alerted you to last month. A quick recap... the film is based on true events, and tells the story of Big Ben Jones, a slave who makes a daring escape from a Virginia plantation to Buckingham, Pa in 1848, and gets helped by local Quakers. In addition to Trotter and David, the film's cast includes Clifton Powell, Michael Rapaport, Lynn Whitfield, Michael Jai White, April...
- 8/23/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Things that make you go hmm... slave movie fever in full effect - Django Unchained, 12 Years A Slave, and others I'm probably forgetting right now. Toss this into the mix as well. I couldn't immediately find anything online about 'Big Ben Jones' (it's based on a true story), although that doesn't mean much. Maybe someone else would have better luck. Regardless, details about the project (which NFL free agent Jeremiah Trotter just joined the cast of, playing the film's starring role), in the press release below: Doylestown, Pa. July 18, 2012 – The North Star, an independent feature film based on true events, tells the story of Big Ben...
- 7/19/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Perennial Plate is a cleverly named “online weekly documentary series dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating.” Founded in February 2010 by Daniel Klein (a filmmaker and wouldbe chef with a serious culinary pedigree, including stints in Michelin star restaurants like The Fat Duck , St. John, Mugaritz, Bouchon, Applewood, and Craft) and Mirra Fine (a camera operator, graphic designer, and freelance writer), the program filmed its first 52 episodes in and around Minnesota, capturing the diverse farming, food cultivation, and cooking practices of the The North Star State and its neighbors (like mushroom hunting, Great Lakes fishing, and cheese making). For their second year of weekly episodes, Klein and Fine took The Perennial Plate on a roadtrip across the United States to farm, hunt, cook, and eat with their “food heroes,” imbibing on everything from insects in Rhode Island to lobster pie in Maine. But before they started on their cross country adventure,...
- 11/24/2011
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
We look back at Farley Granger's movie career, from the two masterpieces he made with Alfred Hitchcock to Luchino Visconti's operatic melodrama Senso
Spotted doing a cockney accent in a play while still at high school, Farley Granger was signed to a seven-year deal by MGM in 1943 and soon put to work alongside Anne Baxter and Dana Andrews in The North Star, a pro-Soviet war film about the sufferings of a Ukrainian village under the Nazi yoke.
With a script by blacklistee Lillian Hellman, The North Star – later reissued under the title Armored Attack! – was cited by the House Committee on Un-American Activities as a prime example of Hollywood communist propaganda.
After one more film – The Purple Heart (1944) – and a spell in the navy where he discovered his bisexuality, Granger found himself cast in what would become his breakthrough film, They Live by Night. Shot in 1947, Nicholas Ray...
Spotted doing a cockney accent in a play while still at high school, Farley Granger was signed to a seven-year deal by MGM in 1943 and soon put to work alongside Anne Baxter and Dana Andrews in The North Star, a pro-Soviet war film about the sufferings of a Ukrainian village under the Nazi yoke.
With a script by blacklistee Lillian Hellman, The North Star – later reissued under the title Armored Attack! – was cited by the House Committee on Un-American Activities as a prime example of Hollywood communist propaganda.
After one more film – The Purple Heart (1944) – and a spell in the navy where he discovered his bisexuality, Granger found himself cast in what would become his breakthrough film, They Live by Night. Shot in 1947, Nicholas Ray...
- 3/30/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood veteran Farley Granger has died at the age of 85. The actor, best known for his collaborations with legendary moviemaker Alfred Hitchcock, passed away on Monday, March 28 in New York. His death has been attributed to natural causes, according to E! Online.
Granger started his career in a theater in his native California, where he was discovered by Hollywood heavyweight Samuel Goldwyn and handed a studio contract, which led to roles in "The North Star" (1943) and "The Purple Heart" (1944). He stepped away from Hollywood when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy but later returned to the movie business after serving in Hawaii and he went on to win a role in Hitchcock's classic 1948 thriller "Rope", with James Stewart.
Granger later re-teamed with the director for arguably his most famous film role in 1951's "Strangers on a Train". He went on to make films including "Senso", "The Naked Street" and...
Granger started his career in a theater in his native California, where he was discovered by Hollywood heavyweight Samuel Goldwyn and handed a studio contract, which led to roles in "The North Star" (1943) and "The Purple Heart" (1944). He stepped away from Hollywood when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy but later returned to the movie business after serving in Hawaii and he went on to win a role in Hitchcock's classic 1948 thriller "Rope", with James Stewart.
Granger later re-teamed with the director for arguably his most famous film role in 1951's "Strangers on a Train". He went on to make films including "Senso", "The Naked Street" and...
- 3/30/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Actor who rose to fame in Hitchcock's Rope and Strangers On a Train, but refused to conform to Hollywood pressures
Early on in his career, the actor Farley Granger, who has died aged 85, worked with several of the world's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock on Rope (1948) and Strangers On a Train (1951), Nicholas Ray on They Live By Night (1949) and Luchino Visconti on Senso (1953). Yet Granger failed to sustain the momentum of those years, meandering into television, some stage work and often indifferent European and American movies.
The reasons were complicated, owing much to his sexuality and an unwillingness to conform to Hollywood pressures, notably from his contract studio, MGM, and Samuel Goldwyn. Granger refused to play the publicity or marrying game common among gay and bisexual stars and turned down roles he considered unsuitable, earning a reputation – in his own words – for being "a naughty boy".
He was also the victim of bad luck,...
Early on in his career, the actor Farley Granger, who has died aged 85, worked with several of the world's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock on Rope (1948) and Strangers On a Train (1951), Nicholas Ray on They Live By Night (1949) and Luchino Visconti on Senso (1953). Yet Granger failed to sustain the momentum of those years, meandering into television, some stage work and often indifferent European and American movies.
The reasons were complicated, owing much to his sexuality and an unwillingness to conform to Hollywood pressures, notably from his contract studio, MGM, and Samuel Goldwyn. Granger refused to play the publicity or marrying game common among gay and bisexual stars and turned down roles he considered unsuitable, earning a reputation – in his own words – for being "a naughty boy".
He was also the victim of bad luck,...
- 3/29/2011
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
Farley Granger, the actor best known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers Rope and Strangers on a Train, has died. He was 85.
Granger died Sunday of natural causes in his Manhattan home, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office told The Associated Press.
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A San Jose, Calif., native, Granger and his family moved to Los Angeles after the stock market crash in hopes of finding work for his father. Granger joined a theater group in his teens and in 1943 landed a role in The North Star after his handsome ...
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Granger died Sunday of natural causes in his Manhattan home, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office told The Associated Press.
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A San Jose, Calif., native, Granger and his family moved to Los Angeles after the stock market crash in hopes of finding work for his father. Granger joined a theater group in his teens and in 1943 landed a role in The North Star after his handsome ...
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- 3/29/2011
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Farley Granger, the 1950s bobby sox screen idol who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classics Rope and Strangers on a Train, has died. He was 85.
Granger died Sunday of natural causes, according to Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office.
Granger was a overnight Hollywood success story: He was a 16-year-old student at North Hollywood High School when he got the notion that he wanted to act and joined a little theater group.
Talent scouts for movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn saw the handsome youngster and signed him to a contract. His first movie was The North Star in 1943.
Granger died Sunday of natural causes, according to Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office.
Granger was a overnight Hollywood success story: He was a 16-year-old student at North Hollywood High School when he got the notion that he wanted to act and joined a little theater group.
Talent scouts for movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn saw the handsome youngster and signed him to a contract. His first movie was The North Star in 1943.
- 3/29/2011
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Hollywood veteran Farley Granger has died at the age of 85.
The actor, best known for his collaborations with legendary moviemaker Alfred Hitchcock, passed away on Monday in New York. His death has been attributed to natural causes, according to E! Online.
Granger started his career in a theatre in his native California, where he was discovered by Hollywood heavyweight Samuel Goldwyn and handed a studio contract, which led to roles in The North Star (1943) and The Purple Heart (1944).
He stepped away from Hollywood when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy but later returned to the movie business after serving in Hawaii and he went on to win a role in Hitchcock's classic 1948 thriller Rope, with James Stewart.
Granger later re-teamed with the director for arguably his most famous film role in 1951's Strangers on a Train. He went on to make films including Senso, The Naked Street and The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, and appeared on TV shows and in theatre.
He opened up about his Hollywood career and his personal life in his 2008 memoir Include Me Out: My Life From Goldwyn to Broadway, revealing his relationships with men and women, including Ava Gardner, Shelly Winters, composer Leonard Bernstein and famed playwright Arthur Laurents, who wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock's Rope.
Granger's longterm partner, soap opera producer Robert Calhoun, died in 2008.
The actor, best known for his collaborations with legendary moviemaker Alfred Hitchcock, passed away on Monday in New York. His death has been attributed to natural causes, according to E! Online.
Granger started his career in a theatre in his native California, where he was discovered by Hollywood heavyweight Samuel Goldwyn and handed a studio contract, which led to roles in The North Star (1943) and The Purple Heart (1944).
He stepped away from Hollywood when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy but later returned to the movie business after serving in Hawaii and he went on to win a role in Hitchcock's classic 1948 thriller Rope, with James Stewart.
Granger later re-teamed with the director for arguably his most famous film role in 1951's Strangers on a Train. He went on to make films including Senso, The Naked Street and The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, and appeared on TV shows and in theatre.
He opened up about his Hollywood career and his personal life in his 2008 memoir Include Me Out: My Life From Goldwyn to Broadway, revealing his relationships with men and women, including Ava Gardner, Shelly Winters, composer Leonard Bernstein and famed playwright Arthur Laurents, who wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock's Rope.
Granger's longterm partner, soap opera producer Robert Calhoun, died in 2008.
- 3/29/2011
- WENN
Farley Granger, who played one of Lisa's many husband's on As The World Turns, died Sunday of natural causes in New York. He was 85.
Non-soap fans know him best as the likable tennis pro who was thrust into a murder exchange in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train in 1951. Soap fans loved him as Earl Mitchell, Lisa's husband on As The World Turns during the early Douglas Marland years. His other soap roles included Trent Archer on The Edge Of Night and Will Vernon on One Life To Live.
In 2007, Granger published a memoir, "Include Me Out," in which he told of being bisexual, documenting affairs with Shelley Winters, Ava Gardner and Patricia Neal as well as playwright Arthur Laurents and a two-night fling with Leonard Bernstein. Since the 1960s, he lived with his longtime partner Robert Calhoun, a soap opera producer, who died three years ago.
Granger made...
Non-soap fans know him best as the likable tennis pro who was thrust into a murder exchange in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train in 1951. Soap fans loved him as Earl Mitchell, Lisa's husband on As The World Turns during the early Douglas Marland years. His other soap roles included Trent Archer on The Edge Of Night and Will Vernon on One Life To Live.
In 2007, Granger published a memoir, "Include Me Out," in which he told of being bisexual, documenting affairs with Shelley Winters, Ava Gardner and Patricia Neal as well as playwright Arthur Laurents and a two-night fling with Leonard Bernstein. Since the 1960s, he lived with his longtime partner Robert Calhoun, a soap opera producer, who died three years ago.
Granger made...
- 3/29/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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