In 1968, when Tim Curry was only 22 years old, he landed his first major acting gig, performing at the Shaftesbury theater in London. He played the role of Woof and was part of the ensemble in a production of "Hair," the popular counterculture "hippie" musical Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and Galt MacDermot. Woof was the role played by Don Dacus in Miloš Forman's celebrated 1979 film adaptation. Prior to this, Curry studied acting in college, and had sung in choirs as a boy. It seems Curry had no screenplay-ready moments of catharsis or quirky episodes of serendipity when wanting to become an actor; he wasn't plucked from a construction job by a producer. He wanted to act, he got educated, and he got acting jobs. Sometimes, we merely achieve what we set out to do.
It was on the set of "Hair" that Curry would meet one Richard O'Brien, a stunt performer for feature films,...
It was on the set of "Hair" that Curry would meet one Richard O'Brien, a stunt performer for feature films,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Silly, but not too silly, to consider over weekly vodka martinis, they have proved a precious refuge and may yet see my group of friends through until we can see No Time to Die
Back in March, just after the first lockdown was declared, I started going to the virtual pub every Saturday night with a group of six schoolmates. Most of us hadn’t spoken regularly for many years, so our weekly Zoom sessions were a precious opportunity to share our thoughts on work and parenthood, to swap anecdotes from our schooldays, and to confess our hopes and fears for the future.
We didn’t want to discuss our situations, it turned out. We wanted to escape from them. Within a month, real life was confined to the opening minutes of every conversation, and bonding over Bond accounted for the rest. Within two months, we were assigning ourselves homework.
Back in March, just after the first lockdown was declared, I started going to the virtual pub every Saturday night with a group of six schoolmates. Most of us hadn’t spoken regularly for many years, so our weekly Zoom sessions were a precious opportunity to share our thoughts on work and parenthood, to swap anecdotes from our schooldays, and to confess our hopes and fears for the future.
We didn’t want to discuss our situations, it turned out. We wanted to escape from them. Within a month, real life was confined to the opening minutes of every conversation, and bonding over Bond accounted for the rest. Within two months, we were assigning ourselves homework.
- 12/15/2020
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Guardian - Film News
Margaret Nolan, an actress and artist known as the gold-painted model in the title sequence for the 1964 James Bond film “Goldfinger,” died Oct. 5, her son, Oscar Deeks, confirmed to Variety. She was 76.
Director Edgar Wright first announced the news of Nolan’s death on Twitter. In a touching tribute, Wright wrote: “She was the middle of Venn diagram of everything cool in the 60’s; having appeared with the Beatles, been beyond iconic in Bond and been part of the ‘Carry On’ cast too.”
She was the gold painted model in the iconic Goldfinger title sequence and poster (she also played Dink in the movie), she appeared in the classic A Hard Day's Night, Carry On Girls, No Sex Please We're British & many others, frequently sending up her own glamourpuss image. 2/4 pic.twitter.com/RyUs7fS6P7
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) October 11, 2020
Nolan was born on Oct. 29, 1943 in Somerset, England and grew up in London.
Director Edgar Wright first announced the news of Nolan’s death on Twitter. In a touching tribute, Wright wrote: “She was the middle of Venn diagram of everything cool in the 60’s; having appeared with the Beatles, been beyond iconic in Bond and been part of the ‘Carry On’ cast too.”
She was the gold painted model in the iconic Goldfinger title sequence and poster (she also played Dink in the movie), she appeared in the classic A Hard Day's Night, Carry On Girls, No Sex Please We're British & many others, frequently sending up her own glamourpuss image. 2/4 pic.twitter.com/RyUs7fS6P7
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) October 11, 2020
Nolan was born on Oct. 29, 1943 in Somerset, England and grew up in London.
- 10/11/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
It’s cowboys vs the wolfman in this bloody horror-western. Re-imaging the werewolf as the Native Americans’ mythical “skinwalker”, the film sees a stagecoach of passengers, gunslingers and outlaws terrorized by the bloodthirsty beast. With a great cast, fun prosthetic effects, it’s a true horror and weird western gem.
Blood Moon is out on DVD from 5th October 2015, and to celebrate we have a cool horror bundle to giveaway – featuring Blood Moon, Evil Dead, Eden Lake, Wyrmwood, Clown and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.
To win this horror bundle just answer the following question:
Blood Moon is the first western filmed in the UK since which film? Was it:
a) Carry on Cowboy
b) The Man With No Name
c) Alone in the Dark
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also leave your answer on our Facebook page,...
Blood Moon is out on DVD from 5th October 2015, and to celebrate we have a cool horror bundle to giveaway – featuring Blood Moon, Evil Dead, Eden Lake, Wyrmwood, Clown and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.
To win this horror bundle just answer the following question:
Blood Moon is the first western filmed in the UK since which film? Was it:
a) Carry on Cowboy
b) The Man With No Name
c) Alone in the Dark
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also leave your answer on our Facebook page,...
- 10/20/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Blood Moon is to be released by StudioCanal in the UK on 5th October. Prior to that the movie is coming out in the Us (distributed by Uncork’d), on 1st September. This gothic western, werewolf movie premiered at Frightfest 2014. Funfact: the 19th century Colorado was recreated in deepest, darkest Kent, UK; And Blood Moon is only the second Western to be filmed in the UK, the first being Carry on Cowboy in 1966.
Shaun Dooley (The Women In Black), George Blagden (Vikings), Anna Skellern (The Descent II) and Corey Johnson (Captain Philips) star in Blood Moon, a werewolf Western set in a remote mining town where a stagecoach full of passengers are held hostage by two outlaws on the run from the law. But events take an unexpected turn when the group fall prey to a mythical creature known to locals as a skin walker. They must settle their differences...
Shaun Dooley (The Women In Black), George Blagden (Vikings), Anna Skellern (The Descent II) and Corey Johnson (Captain Philips) star in Blood Moon, a werewolf Western set in a remote mining town where a stagecoach full of passengers are held hostage by two outlaws on the run from the law. But events take an unexpected turn when the group fall prey to a mythical creature known to locals as a skin walker. They must settle their differences...
- 8/3/2015
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The international flavour of this year’s FILM4 FrightFest is underpinned by an historic moment, as the fifteenth installment of the festival features the first Venezuelan film to screen at the festival – Alejandro Hidalgo’s The House at the End of Time.
But no sooner will FrightFesters be lost in a house with a difference, than FrightFest’s gaze turns north and follows the Blood Moon towards Jeremy Wooding’s genre mash up of comedy, horror and the western.
Both The House at the End of Time and Blood Moon possess a distinct sense of feeling, and serve as a testament to the importance of the creative voice even within the shadow of genre. But these are two films that paint a picture of horror in the Americas.
Following on from part one where Alejandro Hidalgo took us on a guided tour of a house he discovered at the end of time,...
But no sooner will FrightFesters be lost in a house with a difference, than FrightFest’s gaze turns north and follows the Blood Moon towards Jeremy Wooding’s genre mash up of comedy, horror and the western.
Both The House at the End of Time and Blood Moon possess a distinct sense of feeling, and serve as a testament to the importance of the creative voice even within the shadow of genre. But these are two films that paint a picture of horror in the Americas.
Following on from part one where Alejandro Hidalgo took us on a guided tour of a house he discovered at the end of time,...
- 8/26/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Feature Alex Westthorp 28 Mar 2014 - 07:00
In a new series, Alex talks us through the film roles of the actors who've played the Doctor. First up, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee...
We know them best as the twelve very different incarnations of the Doctor. But all the actors who've been the star of Doctor Who, being such good all-rounders in the first place, have also had film careers. Admittedly, some CVs are more impressive than others, but this retrospective attempts to pick out some of the many worthwhile films which have starred, featured or seen a fleeting cameo by the actors who would become (or had been) the Doctor.
William Hartnell was, above all else, a film star. He is by far the most prolific film actor of the main twelve to play the Time Lord. With over 70 films to his name, summarising Hartnell's film career is difficult at best.
In a new series, Alex talks us through the film roles of the actors who've played the Doctor. First up, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee...
We know them best as the twelve very different incarnations of the Doctor. But all the actors who've been the star of Doctor Who, being such good all-rounders in the first place, have also had film careers. Admittedly, some CVs are more impressive than others, but this retrospective attempts to pick out some of the many worthwhile films which have starred, featured or seen a fleeting cameo by the actors who would become (or had been) the Doctor.
William Hartnell was, above all else, a film star. He is by far the most prolific film actor of the main twelve to play the Time Lord. With over 70 films to his name, summarising Hartnell's film career is difficult at best.
- 3/26/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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