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'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' Veteran To Appear on 'Big Love'

19 July 2009 6:05 PM, PDT | From buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news

Law & Order: Svu veteran Adam Beach is set to go on board for HBO polygamist drama Big Love's fourth season for a season-long recurring role as Tommy Flute, the son of Bill's (Bill Paxton) partner, the head of the Indian Gaming Casino Jerry Flute (Robert Beltran). Beach, 36, is best known for his roles as Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers and Private Ben Yahzee in Windtalkers.

The HBO drama announced previously that it was on a lookout for two additions to its cast, including Barb's (Jeanne Tripplehorn) pre-teen niece and Cindy's (Judith Hoag) daughter and closeted gay Mormon and new Trustee of the Juniper Creek Assets who might also be a love interest for Alby (Matt Ross). Since Beach's role isn't any of these two things, Big Love is still looking for the two new characters.

Big Love was also recently embroiled in a

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The Greatest Game Ever Played - Blu-ray Review

17 July 2009 7:40 AM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Undeservedly overlooked back in 2005, Bill Paxton.s second feature .The Greatest Game Ever Played. overcomes it.s stuffy on paper period golf synopsis to become a well-made sports picture, and one of the few (only?) films to actually make golf cinematically exciting. .Caddyshack. and, urm, .Happy Gilmore. excluded (I also have a soft spot for another overlooked golf pic, Kevin Costner.s .Tin Cup.), golf is a hard sport to convey in a rousing way up on the big screen . just ask Robert Redford. Mostly old men scooting around on golf carts smacking a tiny ball, it.s no wonder that the only golf pics up to this point to work have been comedies. Yet Bill Paxton not only

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DVD Playhouse--July 2009

14 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | From The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news

DVD Playhouse—July 2009

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Allen Gardner

Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.

Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents

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Emmy rerun: All six lead drama actors could be repeat nominees

13 July 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

According our resident Emmy experts — forums moderators Chris "Boomer" Beachum and Robert "Rob L" Licuria, who also contribute to AwardsHeaven.net — the contenders for best lead actor in a drama series all will have at least one previous Emmy nomination. Indeed, Rob thinks the lineup will be a complete repeat of last year, while Boomer bumps out three-time champ James Spader ("Boston Legal") for Kiefer Sutherland ("24"), who had to sit out the derby last year due to the writers' strike. Last year, this Emmy category was supposed to have five nominees, but ended up with six due to an accounting glitch: the contenders in the fifth and six positions were so close in votes that the TV academy included them both. This year, all categories for series actors will have six slots. If their predictions pan out as well as last year – when they both nailed the final nominees –  that

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New on DVD This Week

7 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week. Plus, some old favorites coming out this week on Blu-Ray.

New Movies:

• Knowing ~ Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Push ~ Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning (DVD and Blu-ray)

• The Unborn ~ Odette Yustman (DVD and Blu-Ray)

• Night Train ~ Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Five Fingers ~ Laurence Fishburne, Colm Meaney, Antonie Kamerling, Saïd Taghmaoui (DVD and Blu-ray)

• A Day in the Life ~ Omar Epps, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Tyrin Turner (DVD)

• Flying By ~ Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Locklear, Olesya Rulin, Patricia Neal (DVD)

• Applause for Miss E ~ Vanessa Bell Calloway, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gina Torres (DVD)

• Power Rangers Rpm, Vol. 1: Start Your Engines ~ Eka Darville, Ari Boyland, Rose McIver, Milo Cawthorne (DVD)

• Flight 666 ~ Iron Maiden (Blu-ray)

Previously Released and Classic Movies:

• Lonely are the Brave ~ Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy

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Instant replay: Gold Derby's webcam chats with Amy Poehler, Kathy Griffin, Simon Baker, Jimmy Fallon and . . .

5 July 2009 3:54 AM, PDT | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

Lots of Emmy contenders have chatted with us via webcam over the past month or so, including Simon Baker, Connie Britton, Jimmy Fallon, Kathy Griffin, Jay Harrington, John Henson, Denis Leary, Bill Paxton and Amy Poehler. Here's a handy-dandy links roundup.

Simon Baker digs playing 'a really great con man' on 'The Mentalist'

Connie Britton: Why can't 'Friday Night Lights' score an Emmy touchdown?

Jimmy Fallon: Fear of the Emmy curse (Part 1)

Jimmy Fallon: Fear of the Emmy Curse (Part 2)

Kathy Griffin tattles, 'I'll trade my mother for a third Emmy!'

Hey, Kathy Griffin, what should I do with Bette Midler's Emmy?

Jay Harrington on being 'Better Off Ted'

Emmy 'Wipeout' for John Henson?

Emmy rescue: Denis Leary is overdue (Part 1)

Emmy rescue: Denis Leary is overdue (Part 2)

Talkin' 'Big Love' and Emmys with Bill Paxton

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Inside track: Emmy race for lead actor in a drama

4 July 2009 7:00 PM, PDT | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

Since the nominees for TV's top award are a lot like TV reruns, there's a good chance we'll see most of last year's nominees for outstanding lead actor in a drama series return when bids are unveiled on July 16. Judging panels will not be used this year to whittle down final nominees after evaluating sample episodes submitted by the top 10 voter-getters determined by a popular vote of members of the TV academy's acting branch. This year, six nominees (instead of the traditional five) will be decided by an outright popular vote, so that makes predicting the outcome much easier. Sure bets probably include last year's nominees Gabriel Byrne ("In Treatment"), Michael C. Hall ("Dexter"), Jon Hamm ("Mad Men"), Hugh Laurie ("House M.D.) and 2008 winner Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"). That leaves room for just one more. Serial past winner James Spader ("Boston Legal"), who made last year's rundown? Previous champ Kiefer Sutherland

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[DVD Review] The Greatest Game Ever Played

23 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

The Us Open golf tournament was whacked out between rain showers this past weekend in Long Island, New York. Some 30 miles off the green in the city, I watched the Blu-ray release of the 2005 Disney movie The Greatest Game Ever Played. The movie depicts the true story of a 20-year-old amateur, Francis Ouimet (Shia Labeouf), playing for first place in the 1913 Open.

The movie is like a three-way cross between Seabiscuit, Happy Gilmore and Matt Christopher children books. It’s like Seabiscuit for its enjoyment by the adult viewer and for its period costuming. It’s like Happy Gilmore for the goofballs and the golf balls. Both Greatest Game and Happy Gilmore are clear about golf being a gentleman’s sport—both Happy and Francis come from somewhere other than bow ties and silver cups. Hell, how gentlemanly can you really be when you are slapping at the tee with a hockey stick?

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DVD Review: Broken Lizard’s ‘Puddle Cruiser’

23 June 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

If you haven’t seen Super Troopers, Club Dread or Beerfest, you’re probably not familiar with the comedy troupe known as Broken Lizard. Since their college days, Jay Chandrasekhar (Director, Dukes of Hazzard), Kevin Heffernan, Stephen Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske have been making people laugh and sometimes, making a movie or two. I first became familiar with their work when a colleague told me to check out Super Troopers.

I scoffed. It sounded stupid. Then, late one night on cable, Super Troopers was on, so I gave it a chance. I was right. It was stupid. It was also one of the funniest little films I’d seen in a very long time. After drinking the Kool Aid and becoming a member of the Broken Lizard fan club, I scoured the internet to find a copy of their first film, Puddle Cruiser. On some crappy website where

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Bill Paxton Tees Up for The Greatest Game Ever Played

16 June 2009 1:14 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

Director Bill Paxton talks about the amazing true story, working with Shia Labeouf, the new Blu-ray release and more

While Bill Paxton is primarily known as an actor, with such films under his belt as True Lies, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic along with his Golden-Globe-nominated turn as Bill Henrickson on Big Love, he's also quite talented on the other side of the camera as well. Paxton made his directorial debut with the absolutely astounding film Frailty, that to this day is one of my favorites, and Paxton followed that suspsenseful thriller with the true-story sports film The Greatest Game Ever Played, which was just released on Blu-ray today, June 16. Earlier today I had the chance to speak with the actor/director over the phone about his 2005 golf film that starred Shia Labeouf long before he became a household name. Here's what Paxton had to say.

The Greatest Game Ever Played

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[DVD Review] Predator 2

16 June 2009 12:24 PM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

Taking the fight from one jungle to another, Predator 2 releases its grip on Dutch and begins a new hunt for Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) in the streets of a semi-futuristic Los Angeles. While the original got by on its barebones approach to hunter versus the hunted, Predator 2 receives a budgetary boost and takes out all the stops. Unfortunately, the ability to do more seems to have stripped the story of the cleverness and wit of the original. Gone are the brilliant days of Dutch slathering himself in mud to hide himself from the heat-seeking Predator; in their place is an over-produced series of explosions and special effects which take away from the rustic charm the series created with the first installment. However, while Predator 2 may deny its primitive origins, it does do its part to further the Predator mythology.

Harrigan and his team fight everyday down

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The Greatest Game Ever Played – Blu Ray

15 June 2009 5:28 PM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news

Blu-Ray Review

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Directed by: Bill Paxton

Cast: Shia LeBouf, Stephen Dillane

Running Time: 2 hrs

Rating: PG

Due Out: June 16, 2009

Plot: The underdog story of how 20-year-old caddy Francis Ouimet (LeBouf) became one of the best players at the 1913 Us Open.

Who’s It For? This is a light movie from Disney, but by no means is it cushy. It’s mature fare for moviegoers, and certainly a great film for golfers.

Movie:

The eloquence and sophistication of golf is matched by this marvelous film from Bill Paxton. Despite its traditional setting, the movie is anything but, as it works at a unique pace and presents golf game play as if this were an action movie. First of all, the movie doesn’t putt around with back story that feels extraneous. Most sport films build up to the climactic match, with about thirty minutes in the movie left to spare.

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No Need To Take The ‘Pelham 1 2 3′ For These Classic Subway Scenes

12 June 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

by John Constantine

As a subway commuter myself, I have to admit that the idea of getting hijacked by criminals looking to ransom off New York City resident and torture Denzel Washington is pretty terrifying. Then again, if it was John Travolta doing the hijacking, it would probably be hilarious and make for an entertaining day.

This week’s remake of “The Tacking of Pelham 1 2 3” is more than entertainment, though. It is a reminder of public transportation’s, especially the subway’s, vital role in creating kickass cinematic drama and action. Here, for your pleasure, are my five most gripping subway scenes in film history.

Men in Black 2 (2002)

There is a significant difference between riding the New York City subway system as a visitor and riding it as a resident of the city. A visitor never gets to ride these giant, finicky, subterranean monsters as a novelty. Residents are immune

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trailer break: ‘The Hurt Locker’

10 June 2009 9:31 AM, PDT | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news

I’m real excited about this one, for a couple of reasons. First: Kathryn Bigelow has demonstrated more than once that a chick can make a kickass action movie (Blue Steel, Strange Days, Near Dark) that is also smart and complicated and provocative and offers a new perspective on something we thought we’d heard everything about. Second: Jeremy Renner is awesome, and has been standing on the doorstep of stardom for forever (S.W.A.T., North Country, 28 Weeks Later). What’s more, he actually deserves it: he’s one of those actors who’s totally ingratiating onscreen but never in that supernatural-celebrity way. He’s like Bill Paxton, supremely good at appearing extremely ordinary, while under that lurks a paradoxical power to expose ordinariness as something special. Third: Anthony Mackie, who was pretty much the only thing worth watching in the otherwise embarrassing Notorious. He made Tupac Shakur live in a

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15 most memorable characters in Sam Raimi’s movies.

30 May 2009 2:15 AM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news

15- Donnie Barksdale in The Gift Actor: Keanu Reeves Memorable quote: Messing with the Devil is gonna get you burned. Everybody knows that. Say what you will about Keanu Reeves, but given the right project, proper casting and good direction and the man can do a decent job. He is far from outstanding in The Gift but I have to admit that I really liked the fresh take in having Reeves play a white trash hick. 14-Jacob Mitchell in A Simple Plan Actor: Billy Bob Thornton Memorable quote: I mean, hell, Hank, I've never even kissed a girl. You know, if me becoming rich is gonna change all that, you know I'm all for it. Billy Bob Thornton works best when playing the creep. This is best seen in movies like U-Turn and A Simple Plan. Here Sam Raimi uses his ugly mug placing him opposite to Bill Paxton has

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Kathryn Bigelow In-Person Tribute at American Cinematheque

20 May 2009 9:57 AM, PDT | From Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news

Action/Horror director Kathryn Bigelow is being given an entire weekend devoted to her films at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California by the American Cinematheque June 5, 6, and 7 2009. Bigelow directed the vampire movie Near Dark and action flicks Point Break and K-19: The Widowmaker, and the sci-fi movie Strange Days. Her new action war film The Hurt Locker is premiering in Los Angeles on June 5th and she'll be in person, all weekend, for screenings of all her recent films.

Bigelow is one of the only women to ever direct big budget action movies in Hollywood and to be seen as a peer by her male counterparts like James Cameron, Michael Bay, and Ridley Scott...

Native Californian director Kathryn Bigelow began her artistic endeavors at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Whitney Museum Independent Study program, She later transferred into graduate work in filmmaking at Columbia University's School of the Arts.

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The Terminator (1984)

19 May 2009 5:38 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Part 1 of 3 Terminator Franchise Retrospective.

Spoilers abound but you've had 25 years to see this picture...

"Tech Noir"

In March of 1984 when The Terminator began filming, the director James Cameron and the producer Gale Ann Hurd were no Hollywood heavyweights. Cameron was no one's idea of a visionary (except for perhaps his own) and had only one feature under his belt, Piranha 2: The Spawning -- auspicious beginnings! Hurd had learned the production ropes on B movies for Roger Corman. Cameron and Hurd intended for the dark, fast and cheaply made robot movie to be their calling card. Seven months later in October the movie premiered with only its deceptively simple premise (killer machine hunts woman) and Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to sell it. The Terminator was an immediate hit, though not quite a blockbuster. It earned a Conan-like $38 million gross in its initial run (which I believe is something

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Miracle and The Greatest Game Ever Played Hit the Blu-ray Shelves on June 16th

28 April 2009 8:06 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

You can relive two modern sports classics in 1080p this June. Miracle and The Greatest Game Ever Played will both be released on Blu-ray on June 16. Each disc will be priced at $34.99 Srp and you can take a look at the cover art and special features for each film below.

Kurt Russell stars as coach Herb Brooks in the story of how the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team toppled the seemingly invincible Soviet Union squad to capture the gold medal. A former U.S. player himself, Brooks was the last skater to be cut from the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, the most recent one to win the gold medal before Brooks became the team coach. He cobbled together a group of players and taught them to excel at the European game. Even so, the Russian team had won four consecutive gold medals and was so good that it defeated a

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Dimension and Chucky producer to terrorize Kristy

21 April 2009 8:42 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

Variety reports that Dimension Films has nabbed the psychothriller spec script Kristy by Anthony Jaswinski, and has set it up to be made by David Kirschner Productions. Kirschner (pictured), whose credits include the Child's Play/Chucky film series and Bill Paxton's directorial debut Frailty, will produce the movie with Corey Sienega; a director has yet to be signed.

The story centers on a female college student fighting for her life against intruders who attack her on a deserted college campus. Jaswinski previously wrote and directed 2002's Killing Time, and his road-chiller script Westward has had directors including Paul Hunter, Horsemen's Jonas Akerlund and Running Scared's Wayne Kramer attached to it at New Line.

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Celebrities Get Happy and Bikini-Clad For GLAAD Awards

20 April 2009 2:00 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

The GLAAD Media Awards came to La on Saturday night with another star-studded red carpet. Kathy Griffin couldn't help but show off her "banging bikini bod" yet again when she took the stage to accept her award. Ellen DeGeneres also took home a statue and looked fantastic with Portia De Rossi as they took a moment to talk about their love. Jessica Alba shimmered and smiled brightly while presenting an award and the women of Wisteria Lane supported Marc Cherry when Desperate Housewives won best TV comedy series. Next up, the GLAAD awards hit San Francisco on May 9. View 70 Photos › To see more photos including T.R. Knight, Kate Walsh, George Takei and many others just read more. View 70 Photos › Images include: Alan Cumming, Andrea Bowen, Bill Paxton, Brenda Strong, Bruno Tonioli, Cheyenne Jackson, Dana Delany, Dustin Lance Black, George Takei, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kathy Griffin, Rebecca Gayheart, Rex Lee, Robert Verdi,

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