The Force may be strong, but it’s not as strong as Bill Hader’s disdain for signing Star Wars merch. So keep your posters, Funkos and pewter bookends at home where they belong!
Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he said, “I do not sign them…Autograph people don’t like me. I won’t sign things.” Bill Hader specifically cited the Star Wars connection. What Star Wars connection, you might ask? In case you didn’t know, Hader is credited (alongside Ben Schwartz) as a vocal consultant for Bb-8, the droid that made its first appearance in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Bill Hader went on to recall the specific moment that he decided he’ll never sign any Star Wars merchandise ever again. “You know what it was? I used to sign stuff, and then one time I saw somebody and they had their kid...
Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he said, “I do not sign them…Autograph people don’t like me. I won’t sign things.” Bill Hader specifically cited the Star Wars connection. What Star Wars connection, you might ask? In case you didn’t know, Hader is credited (alongside Ben Schwartz) as a vocal consultant for Bb-8, the droid that made its first appearance in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Bill Hader went on to recall the specific moment that he decided he’ll never sign any Star Wars merchandise ever again. “You know what it was? I used to sign stuff, and then one time I saw somebody and they had their kid...
- 5/2/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
The Black Hood’s killing spree is driving everybody bonkers on Riverdale, leading to a violent (and very wet) throwdown between Archie and the Southside Serpents.
With the whole town on edge, wondering who the next victim will be, Archie’s gang responds by doing what they do best: Jughead hits the library to research serial killers, Archie takes his newly acquired gun out for target shooting and Veronica shows her support for Archie’s Red Circle by designing a line of cute T-shirts and handing them out at school. (It’s how she helps, guys.) Meanwhile, Betty gets a...
With the whole town on edge, wondering who the next victim will be, Archie’s gang responds by doing what they do best: Jughead hits the library to research serial killers, Archie takes his newly acquired gun out for target shooting and Veronica shows her support for Archie’s Red Circle by designing a line of cute T-shirts and handing them out at school. (It’s how she helps, guys.) Meanwhile, Betty gets a...
- 11/2/2017
- TVLine.com
Director Jonathan Demme, known for his hit movie The Silence of the Lambs, died Wednesday due to complications from esophageal cancer at the age of 73. Here, People takes a look back at a 1991 story on the making of Lambs and the real-life serial killers and FBI agents that inspired its unforgettable — and horrific — characters.
The cell door opens. Into a dank asylum basement steps Clarice Starling, the FBI trainee dispatched by her driven boss to interview the mad doctor. Clang! The door slams shut behind her. Simultaneously fearful and determined, she makes her way down the dark corridor to confront psychiatrist Dr.
The cell door opens. Into a dank asylum basement steps Clarice Starling, the FBI trainee dispatched by her driven boss to interview the mad doctor. Clang! The door slams shut behind her. Simultaneously fearful and determined, she makes her way down the dark corridor to confront psychiatrist Dr.
- 4/26/2017
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
Yale Repertory Theatrewillcontinueits 50th Anniversary Season with a new production of Assassins March 17-April 8, starringStanley Bahorek Giuseppe Zangara,Stephen DeRosaCharles Guiteau, Lucas Dixon John Hinckley, Austin DurantProprietor, Dylan Frederick Balladeer, P.J. Griffith Leon Czolgosz, Richard R. Henry Samuel Byck, Fred Inkley Bystander, Courtney Jamison Bystander, Jay Aubrey Jones Bystander, Robert Lenzi John Wilkes Booth,Lauren MolinaLynette Squeaky Fromme,Julia MurneySara Jane Moore, Brian Ray Norris Bystander, Sana Prince Sarr Bystander, and Liz WisanBystander.
- 3/7/2017
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Rob Leane Nov 3, 2016
Charlie Brooker’s latest creepy predictions are coming true even faster than the previous Black Mirror ideas. Major spoilers...
This article contains spoilers for Black Mirror series 3.
See related Class: trailer for episode 4 Class episode 3 review: Nightvisiting Class episodes 1 & 2 review: For Tonight We May Die & The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo Doctor Who Christmas special: Moffat and Capaldi discuss superhero episode
In the gap between Black Mirror’s haunting Christmas episode White Christmas, and its first Americanised season on Netflix, I began to notice a lot of news articles pointing out the similarities between real life and the unsettling predictions that Charlie Brooker based his first seven anthology episodes around. Not least a certain situation involving a pig and a Prime Minister.
Eagle-eyed Den Of Geek readers may remember that I wrote an article about that. It was a lot of fun, in a terrified-for-the-future-of-mankind sort of way.
Charlie Brooker’s latest creepy predictions are coming true even faster than the previous Black Mirror ideas. Major spoilers...
This article contains spoilers for Black Mirror series 3.
See related Class: trailer for episode 4 Class episode 3 review: Nightvisiting Class episodes 1 & 2 review: For Tonight We May Die & The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo Doctor Who Christmas special: Moffat and Capaldi discuss superhero episode
In the gap between Black Mirror’s haunting Christmas episode White Christmas, and its first Americanised season on Netflix, I began to notice a lot of news articles pointing out the similarities between real life and the unsettling predictions that Charlie Brooker based his first seven anthology episodes around. Not least a certain situation involving a pig and a Prime Minister.
Eagle-eyed Den Of Geek readers may remember that I wrote an article about that. It was a lot of fun, in a terrified-for-the-future-of-mankind sort of way.
- 11/3/2016
- Den of Geek
The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is set to be released from a Washington, D.C. government psychiatric hospital on Saturday, according to several reports. John Hinckley Jr., now 61 years old, will move in with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to NBC News and the BBC. The Los Angeles Times reported that Hinckley has already been visiting Williamsburg in preparation for a full-time post-release transition. In 1981, Hinckley attempted to kill Reagan in the hopes of impressing actress Jodie Foster and fired six shots outside a hotel in Washington D.C.. Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting,...
- 9/10/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is set to be released from a Washington, D.C. government psychiatric hospital on Saturday, according to several reports. John Hinckley Jr., now 61 years old, will move in with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to NBC News and the BBC. The Los Angeles Times reported that Hinckley has already been visiting Williamsburg in preparation for a full-time post-release transition. In 1981, Hinckley attempted to kill Reagan in the hopes of impressing actress Jodie Foster and fired six shots outside a hotel in Washington D.C.. Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting,...
- 9/10/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
"Last time I checked, I am in control here." We don't usually cover TV trailers, but this one seems like it's worth making an exception for. Killing Reagan is a feature film for the National Geographic Channel made by filmmaker Rod Lurie. It's an adaptation of the book of the same name retelling the events of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in March of 1981. Actor Tim Matheson plays Reagan, Cynthia Nixon plays his wife Nancy, and the cast includes Joe Chrest, Joel Murray, Gary Weeks, and Kyle S. More as John Hinckley Jr, who tried to shoot Reagan while at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster. Even though this is technically a TV movie, it looks like it has some strong performances in it, and it might be worth catching when it airs. Take a look. Here's the...
- 8/1/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Prosecutors strongly objected to John Hinckley Jr.'s release from a psychiatric hospital due to the fact he lied about his whereabouts multiple times when he was temporarily released in recent years. Federal Judge Paul Friedman wrote a 103 page opinion when he signed off on Hinckley's release -- and in the docs he says the government pushed for more restrictions and protective measures for President Reagan's would-be killer. The government pointed out that when...
- 7/28/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Former President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis is slamming a federal judge's recent decision to release her father's would-be assassin, John Hinckley Jr., from a government psychiatric hospital. "I'm not surprised by this latest development, but my heart is sickened," Davis wrote Tuesday in an emotional statement on her website. She criticized Hinckley's lawyers and the team of doctors that "said that his psychosis and depression have been in remission for decades and his narcissistic personality disorder has lessened ... quite a feat since narcissistic personality disorder is considered incurable." Hinckley, 61, will be freed from the St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington,...
- 7/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Former President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis is slamming a federal judge's recent decision to release her father's would-be assassin, John Hinckley Jr., from a government psychiatric hospital. "I'm not surprised by this latest development, but my heart is sickened," Davis wrote Tuesday in an emotional statement on her website. She criticized Hinckley's lawyers and the team of doctors that "said that his psychosis and depression have been in remission for decades and his narcissistic personality disorder has lessened ... quite a feat since narcissistic personality disorder is considered incurable." Hinckley, 61, will be freed from the St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington,...
- 7/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
The world learned today that a judge has granted freedom to presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr., the man who in 1981 attempted to kill Ronald Reagan in an ill-conceived “love offering” to Taxi Driver actress Jodie Foster. The news may come as a shock to many, but those who have been keeping close tabs on the Hinckley case knew that this day was inevitable. In May, Washingtonian writer Eddie Dean penned an eerily compelling article entitled “How John Hinckley Lives Now,” detailing the 61-year-old Hinckley’s current lifestyle and describing in detail the surprising amount of freedom and autonomy he had already been granted in recent years.
The “bohemian” son of a well-to-do family, Hinckley traveled to Los Angeles in the 1970s to pursue his dreams of a music career. That’s where he saw Taxi Driver 15 times and became obsessed with Foster. After his infamous assassination attempt, Hinckley ...
The “bohemian” son of a well-to-do family, Hinckley traveled to Los Angeles in the 1970s to pursue his dreams of a music career. That’s where he saw Taxi Driver 15 times and became obsessed with Foster. After his infamous assassination attempt, Hinckley ...
- 7/27/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
The man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan will be released from a government psychiatric hospital 35 years after he shot the former president - and Reagan Foundation officials aren't happy about the decision. A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that 61-year-old John Hinckley Jr. no longer poses a danger to himself or others. He will be freed from the St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington, D.C. and sent to live with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia, as early as Aug. 5, The Washington Post reports The judge ruled that Hinckley is ready to rejoin the community, and will do so...
- 7/27/2016
- by Char Adams and Liz McNeil
- PEOPLE.com
Ron and Nancy: Reimagined.
People has the exclusive First Look at Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon as Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Nat Geo's upcoming Killing Reagan.
Based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and following the network's adaptations of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the two-hour television movie will cover one of America's favorite love stories as it played out amid the backdrop of seismic shifts in the country's political, cultural and historical landscape during Reagan's two-term presidence from 1981–89.
"With this fourth installment of the highly successful Killing franchise, we are, along with our partners, Bill O'Reilly and Scott Free Productions,...
People has the exclusive First Look at Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon as Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Nat Geo's upcoming Killing Reagan.
Based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and following the network's adaptations of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the two-hour television movie will cover one of America's favorite love stories as it played out amid the backdrop of seismic shifts in the country's political, cultural and historical landscape during Reagan's two-term presidence from 1981–89.
"With this fourth installment of the highly successful Killing franchise, we are, along with our partners, Bill O'Reilly and Scott Free Productions,...
- 6/15/2016
- by Lanford Beard, @lanfordbeard
- People.com - TV Watch
Ron and Nancy: Reimagined. People has the exclusive First Look at Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon as Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Nat Geo's upcoming Killing Reagan. Based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and following the network's adaptations of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the two-hour television movie will cover one of America's favorite love stories as it played out amid the backdrop of seismic shifts in the country's political, cultural and historical landscape during Reagan's two-term presidence from 1981–89. "With this fourth installment of the highly successful Killing franchise, we are, along with our partners, Bill O'Reilly and Scott Free Productions,...
- 6/15/2016
- by Lanford Beard, @lanfordbeard
- PEOPLE.com
Former President Bill Clinton was joined by several Hollywood A-listers Wednesday to celebrate what he called one of his proudest moments in office - signing the gun-regulating Brady Bill. In doing so, the former chief executive, whose wife Hillary Clinton is currently the Democratic frontrunner in the presidential election, delivered a reminder to current proponents of improved weapons laws never to stop reaching across dividing political and cultural lines and take stands in the name of public safety. “We have got to get to the point in America where we don’t have to have a mass killing to do something decent,...
- 5/6/2016
- by Scott Huver
- PEOPLE.com
By Christopher Weber, Associated Press
Los Angeles (AP) -- Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president - and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease - has died. She was 94.
The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, assistant Allison Borio told The Associated Press.
Her best-known project as first lady was the "Just Say No" campaign to help kids and teens stay off drugs.
When she swept into the White House in 1981, the former Hollywood actress partial to designer gowns and pricey china was widely dismissed as a pre-feminist throwback, concerned only with fashion, decorating and entertaining. By the time she moved out eight years later, Mrs. Reagan was fending off accusations that she was a behind-the-scenes "dragon lady" wielding unchecked power over the...
Los Angeles (AP) -- Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president - and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease - has died. She was 94.
The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, assistant Allison Borio told The Associated Press.
Her best-known project as first lady was the "Just Say No" campaign to help kids and teens stay off drugs.
When she swept into the White House in 1981, the former Hollywood actress partial to designer gowns and pricey china was widely dismissed as a pre-feminist throwback, concerned only with fashion, decorating and entertaining. By the time she moved out eight years later, Mrs. Reagan was fending off accusations that she was a behind-the-scenes "dragon lady" wielding unchecked power over the...
- 3/6/2016
- by The Associated Press
- Moviefone
"You talkin' to me?"
It's the 40th anniversary of "Taxi Driver" (released on February 8, 1976), the movie that gave Robert De Niro his most famous line, put Martin Scorsese on the map, proved that the pre-teen Jodie Foster was an Oscar-worthy thespian, and (most notoriously) was cited by John Hinckley as an inspiration for his assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
In honor of the film's anniversary, here are 25 things you need to know about how Travis Bickle came to be.
1. The script, by Paul Schrader (pictured, left), was semi-autobiographical. After a divorce and a break-up with a girlfriend, he wrote the movie while living in his car, feeling suicidal, obsessing about guns and pornography, and having spoken to no one for weeks. As he recalled in 2013, "Taxi Driver" was "an exorcism through art," and it worked.
2. Martin Scorsese saw the script as early as 1972, but didn't yet have the clout to make it,...
It's the 40th anniversary of "Taxi Driver" (released on February 8, 1976), the movie that gave Robert De Niro his most famous line, put Martin Scorsese on the map, proved that the pre-teen Jodie Foster was an Oscar-worthy thespian, and (most notoriously) was cited by John Hinckley as an inspiration for his assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
In honor of the film's anniversary, here are 25 things you need to know about how Travis Bickle came to be.
1. The script, by Paul Schrader (pictured, left), was semi-autobiographical. After a divorce and a break-up with a girlfriend, he wrote the movie while living in his car, feeling suicidal, obsessing about guns and pornography, and having spoken to no one for weeks. As he recalled in 2013, "Taxi Driver" was "an exorcism through art," and it worked.
2. Martin Scorsese saw the script as early as 1972, but didn't yet have the clout to make it,...
- 2/5/2016
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
John W. Hinckley Jr. won’t be charged for the murder of James Brady, federal prosecutors revealed on Friday. Medical examiners attributed the former Press Secretary’s August death to gunshot wounds incurred during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, but prosecutors will not charge Hinckley with the homicide since the courts have previously deemed him insane.
“Hinckley would be entitled to a directed verdict that he was not guilty of the murder of Mr. Brady by reason of insanity,” wrote Ronald C. Machen, U.S. District Attorney for Washington D.C., in a statement. “Furthermore, a homicide...
“Hinckley would be entitled to a directed verdict that he was not guilty of the murder of Mr. Brady by reason of insanity,” wrote Ronald C. Machen, U.S. District Attorney for Washington D.C., in a statement. “Furthermore, a homicide...
- 1/3/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
There are two upcoming movie musicals that, for a long time, I've wanted to make into motion pictures, should someone with money be willing to give me the funds to make them -- Into The Woods and The Last 5 Years. I'm both nervous and excited to see how directors Rob Marshall and Richard Lagravenese, respectfully, have interpreted the material I hold so close to my heart. I am especially nervous for Into The Woods, given Marshall's less than impressive track record. If someone is going to screw up something I cherish, it should be me. Of course, there are far more than two musicals I have a deep connection to. Some have already been made into films, like Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Les Miserables, but there is a vast collection of musicals I have thought could make fantastic films, but have never been made.
- 10/20/2014
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
James Brady has died at the age of 73. The former White House Press Secretary and champion for gun control passed away due to health issues, his family said in a statement released Monday, Aug. 4. The late Brady served under former President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. In March 1981, he sustained a serious gunshot wound to the head when John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Reagan in the hopes that the violence would impress actress Jodie Foster. Photos: Recent stars we've lost Following the incident, he [...]...
- 8/4/2014
- Us Weekly
Looking for any excuse, Landon Palmer and Scott Beggs are using the 2012 Sight & Sound poll results as a reason to take different angles on the best movies of all time. Every week, they’ll discuss another entry in the list, dissecting old favorites from odd angles, discovering movies they haven’t seen before and asking you to join in on the conversation. Of course it helps if you’ve seen the movie because there will be plenty of spoilers. This week, they appreciate the nuance of a meta movie that’s part documentary, part real-life recreation using people playing themselves. In the #43 (tied) movie on the list, Abba Kiarostami becomes interested in the story of a young man pretending to be a famous director in order to take advantage of a family, and decides to jump into the middle by making the situation into a movie. Close-Up rings with dozens of moving parts, but...
- 2/13/2014
- by FSR Staff
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Superstar warbler Whitney Houston hires bodyguard Kevin Costner when she starts receiving death threats. However, former secret serviceman Costner is still wracked by guilt after allowing John Hinckley to slip through security and take a pop at President Reagan. Memorable for the chemistry between the Hollywood hero and the late singer and, of course, the torchsong I Will Always Love You, anthem to four million weddings and at least as many funerals.
- 1/3/2014
- Sky Movies
The assassination of JFK and the conspiracy theories that followed have proved irresistible to writers and artists, from Oliver Stone to Stephen King
• Mark Lawson on the 10 best books inspired by JFK
The grassy knoll. The book depository. Any further description of the location is superfluous. We know where we are, and when. Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963: the scene of the assassination of President John F Kennedy. History assumes mythic proportions when its very familiarity requires no further explanation or scene-setting; when it provides instead a well-signposted point of departure for artistic creativity. The matter of Dallas has been as resonant in the fiction and film of the past half century as the story of the Trojan war was in the literature of classical antiquity. Only Hitler and the Nazis rival its influence on the modern imagination.
Yet the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination will not be marked by consensus.
• Mark Lawson on the 10 best books inspired by JFK
The grassy knoll. The book depository. Any further description of the location is superfluous. We know where we are, and when. Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963: the scene of the assassination of President John F Kennedy. History assumes mythic proportions when its very familiarity requires no further explanation or scene-setting; when it provides instead a well-signposted point of departure for artistic creativity. The matter of Dallas has been as resonant in the fiction and film of the past half century as the story of the Trojan war was in the literature of classical antiquity. Only Hitler and the Nazis rival its influence on the modern imagination.
Yet the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination will not be marked by consensus.
- 11/2/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Resurrecting the Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp must’ve sounded like one of the all-time Hollywood no-brainers when it was pitched to Disney in 2011. After all, the mysterious masked man used to be the all-American icon with the greatest chase-music (“The William Tell Overture”), the greatest sidekick (Tonto), and the greatest catchphrase (“Hi-yo, Silver, away!”). Plus, though Depp is playing a boldly reimagined Tonto opposite Armie Hammer’s Ranger, he was reuniting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the creative triumvirate that made Disney billions with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. But getting The Lone Ranger into...
- 7/2/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Inside the Actors Studio aired a two-hour special in honor of its 250th episode on Bravo last night, and you know what? I actually got nostalgic. I realized I’d seen a whole bunch of James Lipton‘s thespian interrogations at Pace University, and some episodes even contain marvelous insights. I’ve collected my seven favorites from beloved actresses below.
1. Meryl Streep on her “process”
“I come to each job with an open heart and trying to do my best with some connection to a character that I don’t completely understand, although I know she lives in me. I don’t question it. I have it. It’s a thing. It’s undeniable. I know I can’t make a wrong move if I just hold onto knowing what I know is true, knowing what I know is real for me.”
One amazing thing about Meryl Streep is that when she talks about acting,...
1. Meryl Streep on her “process”
“I come to each job with an open heart and trying to do my best with some connection to a character that I don’t completely understand, although I know she lives in me. I don’t question it. I have it. It’s a thing. It’s undeniable. I know I can’t make a wrong move if I just hold onto knowing what I know is true, knowing what I know is real for me.”
One amazing thing about Meryl Streep is that when she talks about acting,...
- 5/30/2013
- by Louis Virtel
- The Backlot
“One mistake,” the Russian consulate employee Nina tells her FBI contact Stan Beeman. “That’s all it takes.” It helps to keep that in mind while watching “In Control.” The fourth episode of The Americans deals with the March 30, 1981, assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan, who was shot and wounded by Jodie Foster–obsessed loner John Hinckley. There’s a tendency to look back at a nation’s past and think of attempted assassinations as mere footnotes or historical curiosities, as opposed to assassinations, which can cause intense, prolonged national trauma and change a country’s historical trajectory. Compare how people talk about, say, the murders of John and Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X, versus the botched assassination attempts against Governor George Wallace and Presidents Gerald Ford and Reagan, and you’ll see what I mean. When an assassination attempt does not succeed, the phrase “Well, at...
- 2/21/2013
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
The Americans
Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Holly Taylor | Created by Joseph Weisberg
The Americans is a quiet show that can put you through the suspense ringer in many, many ways. It’s a strong show that while set in the past, still manages to put many tight twists in to put our anti-heroes through hell to further their cause. We know how it all plays out. History’s been written since the fall of the Wall, but that still doesn’t mean that it’s making for a compelling hour of television week in and week out. In Control’ plays like lit fuse television, in the sense that once the plot starts it burns fast and strong until the quiet, albeit explosive finish. Like “Mad Men” before it, ‘In Control’ plays out a very important time in our history, namely the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Now,...
Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Annet Mahendru, Holly Taylor | Created by Joseph Weisberg
The Americans is a quiet show that can put you through the suspense ringer in many, many ways. It’s a strong show that while set in the past, still manages to put many tight twists in to put our anti-heroes through hell to further their cause. We know how it all plays out. History’s been written since the fall of the Wall, but that still doesn’t mean that it’s making for a compelling hour of television week in and week out. In Control’ plays like lit fuse television, in the sense that once the plot starts it burns fast and strong until the quiet, albeit explosive finish. Like “Mad Men” before it, ‘In Control’ plays out a very important time in our history, namely the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Now,...
- 2/21/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
The Americans has the difficult task of making the Cold War spy game suspenseful when viewers know how it ends. "In Control" proved they can do just that.
Even though the history's been written about the assassination attempt on President Reagan, the fear and potential ramifications had me on the edge of my seat as a potential tipping point in the war. It didn't matter that historically the United States and the Soviet Union didn't face off over this, because it could have happened. And, along the way there were casualties, like Elizabeth's execution of the security guard.
Reagan's shooting showed both sides feared each other, but that they had fundamentally different points of view on reality and what that meant going forward. The FBI immediately began investigating whether or not John Hinckley, Jr. had any connection to the Soviet Union for fear that the assassination was the first move in a greater threat.
Even though the history's been written about the assassination attempt on President Reagan, the fear and potential ramifications had me on the edge of my seat as a potential tipping point in the war. It didn't matter that historically the United States and the Soviet Union didn't face off over this, because it could have happened. And, along the way there were casualties, like Elizabeth's execution of the security guard.
Reagan's shooting showed both sides feared each other, but that they had fundamentally different points of view on reality and what that meant going forward. The FBI immediately began investigating whether or not John Hinckley, Jr. had any connection to the Soviet Union for fear that the assassination was the first move in a greater threat.
- 2/21/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
Roy Harper shows up on tonight's Arrow, I'm already mentally casting a Cheshire.
News
Jason Lee has joined the CBS pilot Second Sight, an adaptation of a BBC drama about a police detective (Clive Owen in the original) dealing with an eye disorder that gives him hallucinations. Shockingly, the handicap helps him to solve crimes.
AMC is developing the webseries All Star Celebrity Bowling to become a TV series. The title may not sound particularly compelling, but it's from Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries, which definitely gets me interested.
I have nothing against Ashley Abbott, but I far prefer the amazing Eileen Davidson on Days of Our Lives, even if her current storyline isn't especially great (maybe they could bring back one of Davidson's other characters?) Thankfully, her return to The Young and the Restless will only last a few episodes, keeping her free to stay on Days.
I'd mostly...
News
Jason Lee has joined the CBS pilot Second Sight, an adaptation of a BBC drama about a police detective (Clive Owen in the original) dealing with an eye disorder that gives him hallucinations. Shockingly, the handicap helps him to solve crimes.
AMC is developing the webseries All Star Celebrity Bowling to become a TV series. The title may not sound particularly compelling, but it's from Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries, which definitely gets me interested.
I have nothing against Ashley Abbott, but I far prefer the amazing Eileen Davidson on Days of Our Lives, even if her current storyline isn't especially great (maybe they could bring back one of Davidson's other characters?) Thankfully, her return to The Young and the Restless will only last a few episodes, keeping her free to stay on Days.
I'd mostly...
- 2/20/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Actor uses awards ceremony speech to make first public utterance about her sexuality, an open secret in Hollywood
There was unexpected British success at night's Golden Globes awards, but the ceremony was overshadowed by an extraordinary acceptance speech by actor Jodie Foster, in which she "came out" in front of the massed Hollywood glitterati.
The 50-year-old actor, in attendance to collect a lifetime achievement award, stunned the audience by announcing midway through her speech: "I have a sudden urge to say something that I've never really been able to air in public."
She went on to thank "one of the deepest loves of my life, my heroic co-parent, my ex-partner in love but righteous soul sister in life, my confessor, ski buddy, consigliere, most beloved Bff of 20 years, Cydney Bernard".
Foster's longterm relationship with former partner Bernard had been an open secret for years. They met in 1992 when Bernard worked...
There was unexpected British success at night's Golden Globes awards, but the ceremony was overshadowed by an extraordinary acceptance speech by actor Jodie Foster, in which she "came out" in front of the massed Hollywood glitterati.
The 50-year-old actor, in attendance to collect a lifetime achievement award, stunned the audience by announcing midway through her speech: "I have a sudden urge to say something that I've never really been able to air in public."
She went on to thank "one of the deepest loves of my life, my heroic co-parent, my ex-partner in love but righteous soul sister in life, my confessor, ski buddy, consigliere, most beloved Bff of 20 years, Cydney Bernard".
Foster's longterm relationship with former partner Bernard had been an open secret for years. They met in 1992 when Bernard worked...
- 1/15/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
It's only January 14, but I guarantee that the 2013 Golden Globes will be the best awards show of the entire year. Why? Because the Golden Globes are gloriously useless, and its attendees are aware of that fact. That's why everyone onscreen appears to be having a great, fun time filled with unrehearsed moments. The Golden Globes combine the gaudiness of "Night of 100 Stars" with the hilarious posturing of a student council election. Frankly, we should call them the Pia Zadora's Choice Awards. Respect. Or don't! Both options are completely acceptable and fun.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were your ravishing emcees, and I'd hate to regurgitate what everyone has said (and has been saying) about these deeply, heroically funny women, but whatever: They were flawless. Sharp, gentle, biting, and irreverent, and always at surprising moments. I slapped the wall during the opening monologue (duologue?) when Tina said that Ricky Gervais...
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were your ravishing emcees, and I'd hate to regurgitate what everyone has said (and has been saying) about these deeply, heroically funny women, but whatever: They were flawless. Sharp, gentle, biting, and irreverent, and always at surprising moments. I slapped the wall during the opening monologue (duologue?) when Tina said that Ricky Gervais...
- 1/14/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Just last night the Benefit Concert Reading of Assassins took place at Studio 54, on the same Broadway stage that Assassins thrilled audiences in 2004. The evening featured musical direction by Paul Gemignani and reunited the stars of the 2004 Tony Award winning production, including Becky Ann Baker Sara Jane Moore, James Barbour Leon Czolgosz, Mario Cantone Samuel Byck, Michael Cerveris John Wilkes Booth, Alexander Gemignani John Hinckley, Neil Patrick Harris BalladeerLee Harvey Oswald, Marc Kudisch Proprietor, Jeffrey Kuhn Giuseppe Zangara and Denis OHare Charles Guiteau. The role of Lynette Squeaky Fromme originally played by Mary Catherine Garrison, was played by Annaleigh Ashford.
- 12/4/2012
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
One of the most fascinating things about Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy is how closely it can be compared to the film he did seven years earlier, and yet how different the two films are perceived. Taxi Driver is looked at as a violent psychological thriller while The King of Comedy is described by many as a dark comedy. Robert De Niro's performance in King of Comedy, as aspiring stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin obsessed with talk show star Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis), holds so many similarities with that of Travis Bickle, and I don't think it's a stretch to say Pupkin, in many ways, is actually scarier than Bickle. In this sense, I wrote above how "many" consider King of Comedy a dark comedy because, in many ways, I think it's every bit as scary, if not more so, as Taxi Driver. Both films could be looked at as character studies,...
- 11/12/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Taxi Driver, North by Northwest, The Manchurian Candidate, JFK – there's a rich history of assassinations in American film. But what's the difference between the accidental killer and the glamorously rebellious hitman?
It was Monday 31 March 1981, coming up to 2.30pm, and John Hinckley was fidgeting by the Florida Avenue entrance of the Washington Hilton, catching the attention of a police lieutenant who stopped to stare over at him. Hinckley jostled with reporters too, complaining that the press were always getting in the way, before finding a place to stand among the TV cameras. It drizzled, off and on, and the sidewalk was damp. His speech inside finished, President Reagan came out of the hotel, flanked by security men, acknowledging the few onlookers across the street and the small crowd of pressmen on the sidewalk beside him. For a moment, Hinckley asked himself the question: "Should I do this or not?" A journalist shouted to the president,...
It was Monday 31 March 1981, coming up to 2.30pm, and John Hinckley was fidgeting by the Florida Avenue entrance of the Washington Hilton, catching the attention of a police lieutenant who stopped to stare over at him. Hinckley jostled with reporters too, complaining that the press were always getting in the way, before finding a place to stand among the TV cameras. It drizzled, off and on, and the sidewalk was damp. His speech inside finished, President Reagan came out of the hotel, flanked by security men, acknowledging the few onlookers across the street and the small crowd of pressmen on the sidewalk beside him. For a moment, Hinckley asked himself the question: "Should I do this or not?" A journalist shouted to the president,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Michael Newton
- The Guardian - Film News
Reuniting for one night only are the stars of the 2004 Tony Award winning production Becky Ann Baker Sara Jane Moore, James Barbour Leon Czolgosz, Mario Cantone Samuel Byck, Michael Cerveris John Wilkes Booth, Mary Catherine Garrison Lynette Squeaky Fromme, Alexander Gemignani John Hinckley, Neil Patrick Harris BalladeerLee Harvey Oswald, Marc Kudisch Proprietor, Jeffrey Kuhn Giuseppe Zangara and Denis OHare Charles Guiteau.
- 8/21/2012
- by BWW Special Coverage
- BroadwayWorld.com
Man at bar: Hey, Ernie? Put that pepper steak on for me, would ya? And a hamburger for the lady.
Ernie: How do ya want that?
Man at bar: How do you want it, honey?
Marsha Quist: Rare.
Are you kidding me? It's been over 30 years since Joe Dante gave us The Howling? It's really been more than three decades since the release of this perfectly epic werewolf tale. In the years that have passed since the release of this film, Presidents have come and gone, wars have been fought, and the Red Sox even won the World Series… twice. But no one has made a better werewolf film than The Howling.
Others may have their favorites, but for my money the greatest werewolf film ever created is The Howling. And for that reason this Tip of the Scalpel goes to the best of the best of the films featuring the hairy lycanthropic beasties…...
Ernie: How do ya want that?
Man at bar: How do you want it, honey?
Marsha Quist: Rare.
Are you kidding me? It's been over 30 years since Joe Dante gave us The Howling? It's really been more than three decades since the release of this perfectly epic werewolf tale. In the years that have passed since the release of this film, Presidents have come and gone, wars have been fought, and the Red Sox even won the World Series… twice. But no one has made a better werewolf film than The Howling.
Others may have their favorites, but for my money the greatest werewolf film ever created is The Howling. And for that reason this Tip of the Scalpel goes to the best of the best of the films featuring the hairy lycanthropic beasties…...
- 8/17/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
I've never held a handgun in my life. I did some rifle target shooting with the Rotc in college. That's it with me and firearms. Does this make me less of an American? I think handguns are dangerous, and the more people who walk around carrying them the more dangerous they are. I also don't understand why civilians need to possess Ar-15 assault rifles, such as the one used by James Holmes in Colorado. They fire 10 shots at a time, and are intended for combat use. In civilian hands, they are by definition weapons of slaughter. Do you need one in your home?
About 47% of the American population has a gun in their home. About 49% support the right to own guns, and 46% support restricting gun ownership. We all know the arguments on both sides. Debate gets us nowhere. After James Holmes opened fire in Aurora, the discussion started all over again.
About 47% of the American population has a gun in their home. About 49% support the right to own guns, and 46% support restricting gun ownership. We all know the arguments on both sides. Debate gets us nowhere. After James Holmes opened fire in Aurora, the discussion started all over again.
- 7/21/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
To celebrate the upcoming release of the new psychological terror-filled tale Straw Dogs, Dread Central has decided to take a look back at movie characters who, like that film's David Sumner, have been pushed too far.
"How far would you go when pushed to your breaking point?" Over the years some great films have forced audiences to ask that question of themselves, and the chilling Straw Dogs, hitting theaters on September 16th, will do the same.
When we think of a movie character pushed too far, the man who comes immediately to mind is Michael Douglas' William Foster from Falling Down (If the guy would have just given him change for the phone). Douglas is simply brilliant as "D-Fens". His seething anger radiates from the film as he begins to become unraveled one piece at a time until his final bloody demise.
How about Travis Bickle? Perhaps Martin Scorsese's most disturbed character,...
"How far would you go when pushed to your breaking point?" Over the years some great films have forced audiences to ask that question of themselves, and the chilling Straw Dogs, hitting theaters on September 16th, will do the same.
When we think of a movie character pushed too far, the man who comes immediately to mind is Michael Douglas' William Foster from Falling Down (If the guy would have just given him change for the phone). Douglas is simply brilliant as "D-Fens". His seething anger radiates from the film as he begins to become unraveled one piece at a time until his final bloody demise.
How about Travis Bickle? Perhaps Martin Scorsese's most disturbed character,...
- 9/6/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
(Laurent Kelly’s article from February re-posted as the 35th anniversary restored print of Taxi Driver is playing in U.K. cinema’s now)
Ok so you surely know the drill by now? An Owf writer is challenged to come up with 50 or so reasons for why a film of their choice should be dubbed the greatest of all time, you love them, are informed, educated and entertained by all of them and then you tell us what we forgot, where we went wrong and how much you enjoyed the article
You’ve read all the ones to date, and now it’s my turn to bring you 50 Reasons Why Taxi Driver Might Just Be The Greatest Film Of All Time!
1.) Opening Credits Sequence
In the very first shot a taxi appears from out of the street smoke and then fades again almost as if we just imagined its appearance.
Ok so you surely know the drill by now? An Owf writer is challenged to come up with 50 or so reasons for why a film of their choice should be dubbed the greatest of all time, you love them, are informed, educated and entertained by all of them and then you tell us what we forgot, where we went wrong and how much you enjoyed the article
You’ve read all the ones to date, and now it’s my turn to bring you 50 Reasons Why Taxi Driver Might Just Be The Greatest Film Of All Time!
1.) Opening Credits Sequence
In the very first shot a taxi appears from out of the street smoke and then fades again almost as if we just imagined its appearance.
- 5/13/2011
- by Laurent Kelly
- Obsessed with Film
Taxi Driver returns to the big screen this week. John Patterson, who has seen it many times, says this American parable is ever more relevant today
I first met "God's Lonely Man" at the end of the 70s, the night before I moved to the United States. It was just something to pass the time before getting myself to the airport, but after Taxi Driver's climactic whorehouse massacre, which leaves blood, brains and hair on many a wall, I began to wonder whether this whole moving to America business was such a good idea after all.
Cut to three years later, June 1982: I take my father to a double-bill, this time in Washington DC, about four blocks from the White House. First up was a thinly attended screening of The Deer Hunter, which I and my father, a military man, concurred was utter bollocks; but before Taxi Driver...
I first met "God's Lonely Man" at the end of the 70s, the night before I moved to the United States. It was just something to pass the time before getting myself to the airport, but after Taxi Driver's climactic whorehouse massacre, which leaves blood, brains and hair on many a wall, I began to wonder whether this whole moving to America business was such a good idea after all.
Cut to three years later, June 1982: I take my father to a double-bill, this time in Washington DC, about four blocks from the White House. First up was a thinly attended screening of The Deer Hunter, which I and my father, a military man, concurred was utter bollocks; but before Taxi Driver...
- 5/6/2011
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
On May 20(it is promised), Jodie Foster's new film, The Beaver – the first she has directed since Home for the Holidays (1995) – will be released in the Us. The trailer tries to propose that it is a comedy and/or a heartwarming treat, but one early viewer observes on a website that it is an uncommonly dark experience (and a "must see"). There seem to be two problems, or maybe three. The first is that the film's central character, Walter, is suffering a severe depression that threatens his job and his family life. The second is that Walter is played by Mel Gibson, possibly the most disapproved-of person in entertainment these days. And third? Well, judging from the trailer, I'd say that Gibson looks all too plausible as a depressive.
The picture's opening has been delayed several times already, in part because of the unceasing ugly publicity Gibson has gathered.
The picture's opening has been delayed several times already, in part because of the unceasing ugly publicity Gibson has gathered.
- 5/5/2011
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
• A New York judge gave Ponzi schemer to the stars Kenneth Starr a surprisingly light sentence of seven and a half years in prison, arguing that his crimes were somehow mitigated by the fact that he committed them in order to impress his ex-stripper fourth wife. Presumably the judge also has a soft spot for John Hinckley. [NY Post] • Despite pleas for help from anti-Qaddafi rebels, the Obama administration is reluctant to impose no-fly zone in Libya without United Nations authorization, which is not likely to be forthcoming. [NY Times] • Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor sounded positively Sheen-esque when addressing the musical’s troubles at the Ted conference yesterday, saying she is “in the crucible and the fire of transformation” and that she’s walking “the fine line at the edge of the crater, as I have done my whole life.” [NY Times ArtsBeat blog] • WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning could face the death penalty: the...
- 3/3/2011
- Vanity Fair
News that the Arizona shooter researched past assassins puts his ability to press an insanity defense at risk. Gerald L. Shargel on why he may yet prove delusional-and our need for closure.
Last week the Washington Post broke the story: Jared Loughner's computer contained evidence that, in the days before the shootings, he had surfed Web accounts of execution by lethal injection, conditions of solitary confinement and the denouement of past assassins. Taken together with the cryptic and incriminating handwritten notes earlier recovered from a safe in Loughner's home, as well as evidence that he may have stalked Representative Gabrielle Giffords, having attended a 2007 event sponsored by her, before later shooting her, pundits were armed and ready to conclude that an efficacious insanity defense was drifting away from defense lawyer Judy Clarke.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The White House's Coming Gun Control Push
One former U.S. attorney...
Last week the Washington Post broke the story: Jared Loughner's computer contained evidence that, in the days before the shootings, he had surfed Web accounts of execution by lethal injection, conditions of solitary confinement and the denouement of past assassins. Taken together with the cryptic and incriminating handwritten notes earlier recovered from a safe in Loughner's home, as well as evidence that he may have stalked Representative Gabrielle Giffords, having attended a 2007 event sponsored by her, before later shooting her, pundits were armed and ready to conclude that an efficacious insanity defense was drifting away from defense lawyer Judy Clarke.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The White House's Coming Gun Control Push
One former U.S. attorney...
- 1/30/2011
- by Gerald L. Shargel
- The Daily Beast
Under attack from his half-brother Michael, the rebel son tells Lloyd Grove why he's standing by his memories of President Reagan's White House days in his new book, My Father at 100.
Those battling Reagans are at it again.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Nice Rhetoric, but Need Real Results
Ever since Ron Reagan's revelation, in his new memoir My Father at 100, that America's 40th president might have had incipient Alzheimer's disease in the White House, his older brother Michael has been waging jihad against him.
"I haven't talked to Mike in a long time-i should write him a thank-you note for helping me sell my book," the younger Reagan tells me.
He's referring to the recent full-frontal Twitter attack by the 65-year-old adopted son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman-the latest episode in a long-running soap opera of first-family dysfunction, played out in public.
Those battling Reagans are at it again.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Nice Rhetoric, but Need Real Results
Ever since Ron Reagan's revelation, in his new memoir My Father at 100, that America's 40th president might have had incipient Alzheimer's disease in the White House, his older brother Michael has been waging jihad against him.
"I haven't talked to Mike in a long time-i should write him a thank-you note for helping me sell my book," the younger Reagan tells me.
He's referring to the recent full-frontal Twitter attack by the 65-year-old adopted son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman-the latest episode in a long-running soap opera of first-family dysfunction, played out in public.
- 1/21/2011
- by Lloyd Grove
- The Daily Beast
Legendary public defender Judy Clarke's roster of reviled clients includes baby killer Susan Smith and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, but Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner presents a formidable challenge. Gerald Shargel on her possible strategies, from the insanity defense to disqualifying all Arizona federal judges and prosecutors from the case. Plus, full coverage of the Arizona shooting.
No matter how heinous the crime, no matter how despicable the circumstances, Jared Lee Loughner is constitutionally entitled to an effective and zealous advocate singularly committed to providing him with the best possible defense. Loughner's Sixth Amendment right to such representation has been fully satisfied with the appointment of Judy Clarke as his principal counsel, but Clarke has her work cut out for her.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Suddenly Quiet McCain
Clarke is a legendary public defender with a national reputation largely fueled by a long roster of unpopular clients who...
No matter how heinous the crime, no matter how despicable the circumstances, Jared Lee Loughner is constitutionally entitled to an effective and zealous advocate singularly committed to providing him with the best possible defense. Loughner's Sixth Amendment right to such representation has been fully satisfied with the appointment of Judy Clarke as his principal counsel, but Clarke has her work cut out for her.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Suddenly Quiet McCain
Clarke is a legendary public defender with a national reputation largely fueled by a long roster of unpopular clients who...
- 1/12/2011
- by Gerald L. Shargel
- The Daily Beast
"Freaks and Geeks" is now airing on IFC, and we thought we'd take this opportunity to revisit the show that launched a thousand bromance movies. Every week, Matt Singer and Alison Willmore will be offering their thoughts on that night's episode.
Episode 15
Noshing and Moshing
Written by J. Elvis Weinstein
Directed by Jake Kasdan
"I'm leaning towards undeclared." -- Barry Schweiber
Matt: Sadly, we're all leaning toward "Undeclared" at this point; we've got just three more episodes left before we all graduate to Judd Apatow's "Freaks and Geeks" follow up set in the world of college. In the meantime, we do get a small taste of university life from guest star David Krumholtz, who plays Neal's older brother Barry, back on a break from college. Everyone seems to like Barry, but no one more than Lindsay, who decides to attend the Schweiber's annual party just to spend some time with him.
Episode 15
Noshing and Moshing
Written by J. Elvis Weinstein
Directed by Jake Kasdan
"I'm leaning towards undeclared." -- Barry Schweiber
Matt: Sadly, we're all leaning toward "Undeclared" at this point; we've got just three more episodes left before we all graduate to Judd Apatow's "Freaks and Geeks" follow up set in the world of college. In the meantime, we do get a small taste of university life from guest star David Krumholtz, who plays Neal's older brother Barry, back on a break from college. Everyone seems to like Barry, but no one more than Lindsay, who decides to attend the Schweiber's annual party just to spend some time with him.
- 10/8/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
The newly minted Rawhide Pictures will be mounting a biopic of President Ronald Reagan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
With a $30 million budget, Mark Joseph, Ralph Winter and Jonas McCord will produce the film based on the best-selling biographies by Paul Kengor: The Crusader and God and Ronald Reagan.
Joseph has no feature film experience, while Winter and McCord, who wrote the script, have worked as a producer on four X-Men movies, and as a development executive on The Passion of the Christ respectively.
The producers have detailed their execution of the narrative, saying the film will begin in 1981, the night John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate the president, and then tell Reagan’s story through a series of flashbacks, detailing his troubled childhood, rise to movie stardom, and move to the White House.
McCord has shown a special interest in revealing Reagan’s upbringing, calling it “a surreal Norman Rockwell...
With a $30 million budget, Mark Joseph, Ralph Winter and Jonas McCord will produce the film based on the best-selling biographies by Paul Kengor: The Crusader and God and Ronald Reagan.
Joseph has no feature film experience, while Winter and McCord, who wrote the script, have worked as a producer on four X-Men movies, and as a development executive on The Passion of the Christ respectively.
The producers have detailed their execution of the narrative, saying the film will begin in 1981, the night John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate the president, and then tell Reagan’s story through a series of flashbacks, detailing his troubled childhood, rise to movie stardom, and move to the White House.
McCord has shown a special interest in revealing Reagan’s upbringing, calling it “a surreal Norman Rockwell...
- 9/8/2010
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Given that he was one of the most iconic American presidents, a man who began his career in showbiz and ended up in the White House, it’s no surprise that someone thinks the story of Ronald Reagan’s life is worth shoving on the big screen. Producers Mark Joseph and Ralph Winter are ready to make it work, with Jonas McCord writing a script.The film, currently titled just Reagan, is being based on two biographies of the man written by Paul Kengor, and plans to follow his life from a young age to his presidential career. It’ll flick back and forth in time, anchored around the 1981 assassination attempt that saw John Hinckley Jr shoot at the president in the hopes it would attract the attention of Jodie Foster.According to The Hollywood Reporter, McCord, who has worked on films like The Body and Malice, didn’t exactly...
- 9/7/2010
- EmpireOnline
Do you like facts? I know I do! That's why I get a little obsessed when I notice published mistakes, especially when it's about something really important, like a movie.
I was writing an article about Raging Bull a couple weeks ago, and in the course of my online browsing I read the movie's Wikipedia entry. The paragraph under "Awards" caught my attention. It has since been changed slightly (by me), but here's what it said at the time:
Raging Bull was nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Sound, and Editing) at the 1980 Academy Awards. However, when it was revealed that John Hinckley, Jr.'s assassination attempt of the then president Ronald Reagan had been influenced by his love for Taxi Driver, this hurt the chances for the film to pick up the Oscar. Out of fear of being attacked, Scorsese...
I was writing an article about Raging Bull a couple weeks ago, and in the course of my online browsing I read the movie's Wikipedia entry. The paragraph under "Awards" caught my attention. It has since been changed slightly (by me), but here's what it said at the time:
Raging Bull was nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Sound, and Editing) at the 1980 Academy Awards. However, when it was revealed that John Hinckley, Jr.'s assassination attempt of the then president Ronald Reagan had been influenced by his love for Taxi Driver, this hurt the chances for the film to pick up the Oscar. Out of fear of being attacked, Scorsese...
- 7/14/2010
- by Eric D. Snider
- Cinematical
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