Demons of the mind come alive in a cavernous Los Angeles hotel in “The Night,” a scary and stylish psychological horror thriller by Iranian American director Kourosh Ahari. Featuring excellent performances by Shahab Hosseini and Niousha Jafarian (“Here and Now”) as a married couple with a baby daughter and a frayed relationship, this predominantly Farsi-language production sneaks up on viewers and delivers a knockout final act.
The first U.S. production approved for commercial exhibition in Iran since 1979, “The Night” has been acquired by IFC Midnight, which aims to release it in North American cinemas in January 2021. Comparisons with Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” are inevitable for just about any film about people stuck in a haunted old hotel building. Ahari and co-writer Milad Jarmooz take this in stride, nodding here and there to Kubrick’s classic while stamping this visit to a hostile hostelry with its own distinct personality.
The first U.S. production approved for commercial exhibition in Iran since 1979, “The Night” has been acquired by IFC Midnight, which aims to release it in North American cinemas in January 2021. Comparisons with Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” are inevitable for just about any film about people stuck in a haunted old hotel building. Ahari and co-writer Milad Jarmooz take this in stride, nodding here and there to Kubrick’s classic while stamping this visit to a hostile hostelry with its own distinct personality.
- 10/27/2020
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
Poor 'Betty Boop'. Not only did King Features/Fleischer Studios opt out of a full-length PG-rated animated feature, but Simon Cowell also failed to deliver on his touted partnering with Australian animation, special effects house Animal Logic Entertainment :
Betty Boop debuted in the 1930 cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes", the sixth installment in Max Fleischer's "Talkartoon" series...
...created as a curvy caricature of singer Helen Kane, imagined as an anthropomorphic French poodle.
Fleischer finalized Betty as a human character in 1932 for the cartoon "Any Rags".
Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Betty Boop"...
More "Betty Boop" Here ...
Betty Boop debuted in the 1930 cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes", the sixth installment in Max Fleischer's "Talkartoon" series...
...created as a curvy caricature of singer Helen Kane, imagined as an anthropomorphic French poodle.
Fleischer finalized Betty as a human character in 1932 for the cartoon "Any Rags".
Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Betty Boop"...
More "Betty Boop" Here ...
- 2/13/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
King Features and Fleischer Studios continue developing a PG-rated feature-length 'Betty Boop' cartoon:
Betty Boop debuted in the 1930 cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes", the sixth installment in Fleischer's "Talkartoon" series...
...created as a curvy caricature of singer Helen Kane, imagined as an anthropomorphic French poodle.
Fleischer finalized Betty as a human character in 1932, for the cartoon "Any Rags".
Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Betty Boop"...
Find "Betty Boop" Comic Books Here...
Betty Boop debuted in the 1930 cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes", the sixth installment in Fleischer's "Talkartoon" series...
...created as a curvy caricature of singer Helen Kane, imagined as an anthropomorphic French poodle.
Fleischer finalized Betty as a human character in 1932, for the cartoon "Any Rags".
Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Betty Boop"...
Find "Betty Boop" Comic Books Here...
- 7/26/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
2016 claimed a long list of entertainers, but the grim reaper’s most unexpected one-two punch came between the final two holidays with the death of movie icons Carrie Fisher on December 12 and her mother Debbie Reynolds a mere 36 hours later. With the premiere of the documentary about the pair, “Bright Lights” on HBO this weekend, we at the Geeks site thought we should take a look at their considerable contributions to film.
Let’s start with Carrie, who was born in Hollywood, USA on October 21, 1956, the daughter of Debbie and singer/actor Eddie Fisher. She appeared on stage with her mother throughout the late 60’s and early 70’s, even getting her first small screen credit in the 1969 TV movie “Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children”. It wasn’t until 1975, when she would make her big screen debut opposite Warren Beatty (quite an arrival) in Hal Ashby’s hit Shampoo.
Let’s start with Carrie, who was born in Hollywood, USA on October 21, 1956, the daughter of Debbie and singer/actor Eddie Fisher. She appeared on stage with her mother throughout the late 60’s and early 70’s, even getting her first small screen credit in the 1969 TV movie “Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children”. It wasn’t until 1975, when she would make her big screen debut opposite Warren Beatty (quite an arrival) in Hal Ashby’s hit Shampoo.
- 1/8/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo courtesy Debbie Reynolds Studios
Debbie Reynolds – actor, singer, dancer, author, champion for the preservation of the artifacts of film history and for the understanding and treatment of mental illness – has been named the 51st recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” the union’s highest accolade will be presented to the Oscar, Emmy and Tony-nominated Reynolds at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et), 7 p.m. (Ct), 6 p.m. (Mt) and 5 p.m. (Pt).
SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard praised Reynolds’ artistry over her very accomplished career, saying, “I’m thrilled that SAG-AFTRA is presenting our Life Achievement Award to Debbie Reynolds. She is a tremendously talented...
Debbie Reynolds – actor, singer, dancer, author, champion for the preservation of the artifacts of film history and for the understanding and treatment of mental illness – has been named the 51st recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” the union’s highest accolade will be presented to the Oscar, Emmy and Tony-nominated Reynolds at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et), 7 p.m. (Ct), 6 p.m. (Mt) and 5 p.m. (Pt).
SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard praised Reynolds’ artistry over her very accomplished career, saying, “I’m thrilled that SAG-AFTRA is presenting our Life Achievement Award to Debbie Reynolds. She is a tremendously talented...
- 8/18/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
'Betty Boop', creator Max Fleischer's sexy cartoon icon,is being developed into a big screen feature by producer Simon Cowell, Fleischer Studios and Animal Logic ("The Lego Movie") in a "...music-driven hybrid animated comedy...":
"'Betty' is an icon," said Cowell, "and one of the biggest stars in the world – I’m thrilled to be working with her..."
Betty Boop debuted in the 1930, cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes", the sixth installment in Fleischer's "Talkartoon" series...
...created as a curvy caricature of singer Helen Kane, imagined as an anthropomorphic French poodle.
Fleischer finalized Betty as a human character in 1932, for the cartoon "Any Rags". Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Betty Boop"...
"'Betty' is an icon," said Cowell, "and one of the biggest stars in the world – I’m thrilled to be working with her..."
Betty Boop debuted in the 1930, cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes", the sixth installment in Fleischer's "Talkartoon" series...
...created as a curvy caricature of singer Helen Kane, imagined as an anthropomorphic French poodle.
Fleischer finalized Betty as a human character in 1932, for the cartoon "Any Rags". Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Betty Boop"...
- 8/16/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
In music there are only 12 notes, so it's no wonder so many songs sound the same. But what about someone's voice? The way someone speaks is not bound by any kind of scale or music theory, rather it's the sum a person’s upbringing, their physicality, and their personality. So why do so many cartoon characters sound so eerily familiar? In this list we highlight 10 cartoon characters whose voices (and often their likenesses) are based on other actors. We also mention 5 other cartoon voices that are impressions in the bonus sections of related entries. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, these actors have been thoroughly praised by some of the best.
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) - Walter Matthau
Over the past 3 decades The Simpsons has been on the air, America’s favorite family has gone through many changes. Aside from the quality of the animation, the most noticeable...
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) - Walter Matthau
Over the past 3 decades The Simpsons has been on the air, America’s favorite family has gone through many changes. Aside from the quality of the animation, the most noticeable...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eli Reyes
- GeekTyrant
[1] Cultural icons don't get much more recognizable than Betty Boop. Since her first appearance during the Great Depression, she's become one of the most famous and beloved cartoon characters in the world. To this day, her image appears regularly on t-shirts, lunchboxes, and the like. But what do you know about her really? Did you know, for example, that she was the creation of animator Max Fleischer, who also introduced the world to Popeye? Or that the cartoon was based on a lounge singer whose famously oversized head was the result of a terrible farm accident? Luckily, the folks at Funny or Die have seen fit to tell her little-known tale in a new biopic titled Boop, starring Rose McGowan. Watch the trailer after the jump. Could the casting be more perfect? With her big, gorgeous eyes and pouty lips, McGowan certainly looks the part -- and as soon as she utters "Boop-oop-a-doop,...
- 4/20/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Today's generation is surrounded by technology. Rapidly-advancing tools of all sorts are so prevalent in every aspect of our lives that we depend on them, nay, expect them to make our lives easier, more enjoyable, and more interesting. Multi-billion dollar industries such as cinema are in no way immune from the public's desire for bigger and better things. Moviegoers have the options of watching films in a variety of locales, in IMAX or 3D, via regular projection screens or the latest in digital picture. For those who prefer to stay close to home, the options multiply. Satellite TV, cable TV, Redbox, a widespread availability of DVDs, and even the disappearing neighborhood rental store all combine to contain every movie that the discerning film aficionado could ever hope to watch, available at the push of a button or a short drive up the street.
Well... almost every movie. It may seem...
Well... almost every movie. It may seem...
- 1/21/2011
- Shadowlocked
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