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9 items from 2012
Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 5 of 5)
30 May 2012 10:08 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Gary Oldman as Jackie Flannery in State Of Grace (Phil Joanou, 1990, USA):
Long considered one of the most talented actors in cinema, it’s very strange that his outstanding acting as the younger brother of Ed Harris’ local crime boss in this underrated film doesn’t get talked about nearly enough when discussing Oldman’s body of work. This is a must-see performance for all Oldman fans. For the record, State Of Grace is a far better Irish mob film than The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006, USA), primarily because it contains much better acting across the board. Oldman was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011, UK/France).
Other notable Gary Oldman performances: Prick Up Your Ears (Stephen Frears, 1987, USA), Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992, USA), True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993, USA), Leon: The Professional (Luc Besson, 1994, France), Air Force One (Wolfgang Petersen, 1997, USA), The Contender (Rod Lurie, »
- Terek Puckett
The Exorcist heading to the small screen
24 May 2012 11:37 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Over the past few years we've seen a host of classic television series getting the big screen treatment, but now it seems that TV executives are looking to reverse the trend by turning to movies for their source material. Earlier this year NBC commissioned a series based upon the cinematic serial killer Hannibal Lecter from writer-producer Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Heroes) and director David Slade (30 Days of Night; The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and now Vulture is reporting that The Exorcist has been tapped for a ten-episode series, which is set to be shopped around to networks in the coming weeks.
According to the report, the series will be adapted by Sean Durkin, who made his feature film debut last year with the Elizabeth Olsen-headlined thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, and is set to be produced by Roy Lee (The Departed, The Ring). The small screen adaptation is said to »
- flickeringmyth
The Devil’s Demonic Handywork: Thn’s Top Five Possessions
16 March 2012 5:34 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Demonic possession has been the theme of many a horror film over the years. However it was really William Peter Blatty’s best-seling novel The Exorcist (inspired by the real-life exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim) that ensured the idea was ingrained into popular culture. A film was eventually adapted for the screen by a top-of-his-game William Friedkin, who was just coming off his Oscar-winning cat-and-mouse crime classic The French Connection. After The Exorcist went on to break box-office records with queues around the block and audience members reportedly fainting in aisles, the 1973 controversial shocker was ripped-off, parodied, and sequelized by imitators wanting to capitalise on this new form of terror.
So with the imminent release of the new found-footage horror hit The Devil Inside, Thn has decided to take at look at the best five films to feature the battle between good and evil for the souls of humanity`… as »
- Craig Hunter
James Watkins, Jane Goldman & Susan Hill interview: The Woman In Black, Hammer and more
9 February 2012 12:51 PM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
With The Woman In Black out in the UK today, we spoke to director James Watkins, screenwriter Jane Goldman and novelist Susan Hill about ghosts, horror, Hammer and more…
The opportunity to speak to a director, a screenwriter and the author of the novel they’ve adapted is a rare treat, so we relished sitting down with novelist Susan Hill, screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class) and director James Watkins (Eden Lake) to discuss The Woman In Black, putting Harry Potter in your film, how to unsettle an audience, and why really scary horror films are hard to find. Oh, and there just might be a teeny mention of Kick Ass 2, the X-Men: First Class sequel, and Doctor Who too…
Jane, what was your first introduction to The Woman In Black?
Jane Goldman: I first saw it on the stage when I was quite young, and then »
James Watkins, Jane Goldman & Susan Hill interview: The Woman in Black, Hammer, Daniel Radcliffe and ghost stories
9 February 2012 12:51 PM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
With The Woman in Black out in the UK today, we spoke to director James Watkins, screenwriter Jane Goldman and novelist Susan Hill about ghosts, horror, Hammer and more…
The opportunity to speak to a director, a screenwriter and the author of the novel they’ve adapted is a rare treat, so we relished sitting down with novelist Susan Hill, screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class) and director James Watkins (Eden Lake) to discuss The Woman in Black, putting Harry Potter in your film, how to unsettle an audience, and why really scary horror films are hard to find. Oh, and there just might be a teeny mention of Kick Ass 2, the X-Men: First Class sequel, and Doctor Who too…
Jane, what was your first introduction to The Woman in Black?
Jane Goldman: I first saw it on the stage when I was quite young, and then »
Cult Classics: Excalibur
25 January 2012 3:21 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
British actor Nicol Williamson died Wednesday after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer. He was 75.
The English actor was perhaps best known as the sorcerer Merlin in director John Boorman's 1981 retelling of the King Arthur saga, Excalibur. That hugely influential film forever changed my perception of knights in shining armor with its gritty alchemy of blood, mud, lust, sex and sorcery.
A young, very sexy Helen Mirren stars as the seductive and budding sorceress Morgana, and as Arthur's (Nigel Terry) sometime impatient mentor Merlin, Williamson brought a welcome sense of humor to the role -- and the film -- with his wide-eyed and wily Shakespearean delivery; he broke the stereotype of the long-bearded, Gandalf-style old wizard.
Williamson won a Tony award in the mid-'60s for his role in Inadmissible Evidence, and in 1976 played both Sherlock Holmes in The Seven-Percent-Solution and Little John in Robin and Marian. He also »
Rest in Peace: The Exorcist III Star Nicol Williamson
25 January 2012 11:37 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but word has come that Scottish actor Nicol Williamson has died in Holland at the age of 73 from cancer. Apparently he passed just before Christmas, but the news is just now getting out.
The colorful Scot – who was described by playwright John Osborne as the greatest actor since Marlon Brando and by Samuel Beckett as “touched by genius” – had not made a film since 1997’s superhero picture Spawn. To modern filmgoers the Tony Award-winning actor is best known as Father Morning in The Exorcist III and Merlin in Excalibur.
Ultimately, acting didn’t seem to mean all that much to Williamson, who died in relative poverty. As he once observed: “Actors act too much.” He had in recent years been concentrating on music.
His son, Luke, by former wife Jill Townsend, says his father was eager that no fuss should be made about his passing. »
- The Woman In Black
Nicol Williamson, Excalibur Star Dies At 73
25 January 2012 8:08 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The Telegraph is reporting that actor Nicol Williamson (Excalibur, Robin And Marian) has sadly passed away.
Barely three months after Inadmissible Evidence, the John Osborne play that made his name, was revived in London, Nicol Williamson has died, aged 73, in Holland.
The colourful Scot - who was described by Osborne as the greatest actor since Marlon Brando, and, by Samuel Beckett, as “touched by genius” had not made a film since 1997′s superhero picture Spawn. He had, in recent years, been concentrating on music.
His son, Luke, by his former wife Jill Townsend, tells Mandrake that he died just before Christmas after a two-year fight with oesophageal cancer and was eager that no fuss should be made about his passing. To modern filmgoers, he is probably best known for The Exorcist III and for playing Merlin in Excalibur.
I’ve always held a soft spot for this actor. Loved him »
- Michelle McCue
Excalibur Star Nicol Williamson Dies
25 January 2012 3:51 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Scottish actor Nicol Williamson has died aged 73, reports The Daily Telegraph. According to his son Luke, the stage and screen actor died of esophageal cancer on December 16. He was best known for his roles in Excalibur and The Exorcist III, as well as a long and much acclaimed stage career.Williamson was a star turn as Merlin in John Boorman's dark folk fantasy Excalibur, in which he was reluctantly cast alongside former lover Helen Mirren. Boorman's mischief-making paid off: the pair share the best scenes in the film, with Mirren's Morgana and Williamson's wizard playing wittily off against each other. Williamson and Mirren had worked together once before, although much less auspiciously, in a radical staging of Macbeth. The Hamilton-born actor made his name in John Osbourne's Inadmissible Evidence for which he received great acclaim and, later, a Tony award on Broadway. Osborne later described him as the greatest actor since Brando, »
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