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16 May 2013 1:58 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
He's been part of Emmy Award-winning acting teams in Mad Men and Desperate Housewives, and recently distinguished himself as Stark Sr. in the globe-conquering Marvel movies. And if that all wasn't enough, next up for John Slattery is a directing debut. He'll be behind the camera for God's Pocket, and he's clearly been earning the respect of his peers, since he's been able to pull in Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Christina Hendricks and Richard Jenkins to star.The film's based on the novel by Pete Dexter, who also penned the source for last year's crazed Lee Daniels effort The Paperboy. If you'd prefer to forget those swamp-gothic shenangians (though that film definitely has its loony pleasures), Dexter also wrote Paris Trout and Deadwood: the former terrifyingly filmed by Stephen Gyllenhaal with Dennis Hopper, and the latter the basis for Walter Hill's Wild Bill (if not the fantastic HBO series, »
31 January 2013 9:30 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Bullet To The Head is more than just a Walter Hill project, or the newest movie starring the resurgent Sylvester Stallone. It's also shaped by the firm hand of producer Joel Silver, a man not known for keeping his cards close to his chest. Genre stalwart Hill has said, "Every film I've done has been a Western." However, beyond the obvious ones he's made in his career, such as The Long Riders or Wild Bill, it's hard to see explicitly the "stripped down moral universe" he's referred to in interviews when watching the likes of the gang musical Streets of Fire or the slapstick Brewster's Millions. Nonetheless, Hill has secured his spot in cinema history as a writer/producer on part of the Alien franchise, and...
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24 January 2013 10:02 AM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Walter Hill needs no introduction. He’s written and directed some of the iconic and legendary films of the ‘80s and ‘90s — The Warriors, The Driver, 48 Hrs, Hard Times., Brewster’s Millions, The Drowning Pool. His fingerprints are on Alien and Aliens. He injected some fresh blood into the Western genre. You name it, he’s done it, and he’s inspired dozens of filmmakers and screenwriters, all of whom aim to use his hardboiled, gritty, and lean style.
Despite his successes – and films that are so beloved and recognized that they’re always on the verge of being remade – Hill’s output has slowed down. It’s a shame, as his films are exactly the kind of character driven, mature, and efficient action that moviegoers are craving. “A Bullet to the Head” is Hill’s first big screen production since 2002, and hopefully is a sign of a career resurgence »
- Elisabeth Rappe
11 January 2013 9:01 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Sung Kang and Sarah Shahi in the new Bullet to the Head poster Walter Hill directs the actioner from Warner Bros. Pictures. I'm very curious how this one turns out since hill has some real classics in his credit list, including helming Streets of Fire, 48 Hrs., The Warriors, Red Heat, Wild Bill, Brewster's Millions, Last Man Standing and more. He's also served as producer of all Alien flicks including Ridley Scott's Prometheus and its upcoming sequel. In Bullet to the Head, after watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy. The film opens on February 1st and includes Christian Slater, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jon Seda, Brian Van Holt and Holt McCallany. »
11 January 2013 9:01 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Sung Kang and Sarah Shahi in the new Bullet to the Head poster Walter Hill directs the actioner from Warner Bros. Pictures. I'm very curious how this one turns out since hill has some real classics in his credit list, including helming Streets of Fire, 48 Hrs., The Warriors, Red Heat, Wild Bill, Brewster's Millions, Last Man Standing and more. He's also served as producer of all Alien flicks including Ridley Scott's Prometheus and its upcoming sequel. In Bullet to the Head, after watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy. The film opens on February 1st and includes Christian Slater, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jon Seda, Brian Van Holt and Holt McCallany. »
9 January 2013 4:31 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Over the last decade and a half, much has been made in critical circles about the “coming of age” of dramatic television programming. Since The Sopranos began to become a cultural touchstone, HBO has been a central part of that discussion, with some broadly suggesting that its most beloved dramas – particularly The Sopranos (1999-07), The Wire (2002-08), and Deadwood (2004-06) – began to outstrip the greatness of contemporary American film by bringing cinematic flair to projects with a necessarily much larger scope. While that contention is subjective, it does begin to suggest what separates these programs (as well as other revered non-pay-cable series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, WB/Upn 1997-03) from many of their contemporaries: with each series, to varying degrees, the influence of the series’ respective showrunners/creators is plainly evident. Buffy is consistently informed by Joss Whedon’s sense of pop-culture awareness and devotion to clear emotional stakes, »
- Simon Howell
6 items from 2013
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