Welcome to Bww's New Daily On This Day Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre historyToday in 1962, Tony winner Ralph Fiennes was born. Fiennes' 2006 performance in the play Faith Healer gained him a nomination for a 2007 Tony Award. In 2008, Fiennes worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent to play the title role in Sophocles's Oedipus the King at The National Theatre in London. He has appeared in films such as The English Patient, In Bruges, The Constant Gardener, Strange Days and Maid in Manhattan.
- 12/22/2011
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
*here be spoilers.
Director: Nick Cohen.
Writers: Mark Anthony Galluzzo and Chris Baker.
This review is going back a little to After Dark Horrorfest's 2010 lineup which included The Reeds. This is a film that sees several friends boating around the United Kingdom in tragic fashion. This weekender involves exploding propane tanks, vicious burns and gory impalements. Most would classify this title a horror film, but the film goes a little deeper than that into history and into tragedy.
Laura (Anna Brewster), Joe (Daniel Caltagirone), Mel (Emma Catherwood), Nick (O.T. Fagbenle) and Chris (Will Mellor) head out on a boat rented to them by Mr. Croker (George Bell). Quickly, they become lost in head height reeds, until there is a light in the distance. That light is firelight and burning is Mr. Croker's dog. This is some foreshadowing for events to come as several cast members will meet a similar fiery fate.
Director: Nick Cohen.
Writers: Mark Anthony Galluzzo and Chris Baker.
This review is going back a little to After Dark Horrorfest's 2010 lineup which included The Reeds. This is a film that sees several friends boating around the United Kingdom in tragic fashion. This weekender involves exploding propane tanks, vicious burns and gory impalements. Most would classify this title a horror film, but the film goes a little deeper than that into history and into tragedy.
Laura (Anna Brewster), Joe (Daniel Caltagirone), Mel (Emma Catherwood), Nick (O.T. Fagbenle) and Chris (Will Mellor) head out on a boat rented to them by Mr. Croker (George Bell). Quickly, they become lost in head height reeds, until there is a light in the distance. That light is firelight and burning is Mr. Croker's dog. This is some foreshadowing for events to come as several cast members will meet a similar fiery fate.
- 11/21/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Premiere of modern version at Berlin film festival includes Jon Snow 'news headlines'
As his cinematic version of Coriolanus premiered at the Berlin film festival Ralph Fiennes, regarded as one of Britain's finest classical and stage actors, finally joined the ranks of film directors, along with his sisters Martha and Sophie.
Despite the long gestation of his directorial debut, in which he also stars, he already has his sights on filming another Shakespeare play.
"We have talked a bit about it, though I don't know when it would be," he said. "It's Antony and Cleopatra: not only because it is a great love story, but also because it is written very cinematically. It cuts from Egypt, to Rome, to the ocean. In fact, if Shakespeare was alive today, I think he would write very easily for the cinema."
Eleven years ago, Fiennes played the early Roman military hero, whose...
As his cinematic version of Coriolanus premiered at the Berlin film festival Ralph Fiennes, regarded as one of Britain's finest classical and stage actors, finally joined the ranks of film directors, along with his sisters Martha and Sophie.
Despite the long gestation of his directorial debut, in which he also stars, he already has his sights on filming another Shakespeare play.
"We have talked a bit about it, though I don't know when it would be," he said. "It's Antony and Cleopatra: not only because it is a great love story, but also because it is written very cinematically. It cuts from Egypt, to Rome, to the ocean. In fact, if Shakespeare was alive today, I think he would write very easily for the cinema."
Eleven years ago, Fiennes played the early Roman military hero, whose...
- 2/14/2011
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
Dreams And Shadows is the feature-film debut from writer, director and producer Tamarat Makonnen. This is the story of a teenage outcast in search of life.s true meaning. Billy, played by Shawn-Caulin Young, is a loner who spends most of his time working at a greasy diner and taking care of John, played by James Russo, his paraplegic father.
Nothing seems to go well for Billy, between being bullied by a small clutch of insensitive teenagers and struggling at home with his father.s alcoholism; Billy escapes the pain of real life in his dreams, where he sees himself as a mighty samurai in feudal Japan.
Billy is driven by two things; one of them being his desire for a .normal. life, the other being his desire to know his mother, whom died before Billy could remember her. This sets up the basis of Billy.s relationship with his father,...
Nothing seems to go well for Billy, between being bullied by a small clutch of insensitive teenagers and struggling at home with his father.s alcoholism; Billy escapes the pain of real life in his dreams, where he sees himself as a mighty samurai in feudal Japan.
Billy is driven by two things; one of them being his desire for a .normal. life, the other being his desire to know his mother, whom died before Billy could remember her. This sets up the basis of Billy.s relationship with his father,...
- 12/28/2010
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
*Full disclosure: A DVD screener of this film was provided by Full Moon Features for review.
Director: Sam Irvin.
Writers: Charles Band, John Rheaume, Greg Suddeth, Mark Goldstein, and Peter David.
Oblivion is a sci-fi re-release of Full Moon Features original 1994 production. This picture spawned a sequel in 1996 and both films have a good selection of stars. Andrew Divoff stars as a snaked skinned villain, while South African born Musetta Vander adds an uncontainable and appealing sexuality. Both stars lay waste to a western town, set over a thousand years in the future.
The film begins with a this town is too small for the two of us type scenario and the winner is not the local sheriff, but a scaly creature known as Red Eye (Divoff). Things turn from bad to worse for the locals, as the villains turn prim and calm to sin and harm. The sheriff...
Director: Sam Irvin.
Writers: Charles Band, John Rheaume, Greg Suddeth, Mark Goldstein, and Peter David.
Oblivion is a sci-fi re-release of Full Moon Features original 1994 production. This picture spawned a sequel in 1996 and both films have a good selection of stars. Andrew Divoff stars as a snaked skinned villain, while South African born Musetta Vander adds an uncontainable and appealing sexuality. Both stars lay waste to a western town, set over a thousand years in the future.
The film begins with a this town is too small for the two of us type scenario and the winner is not the local sheriff, but a scaly creature known as Red Eye (Divoff). Things turn from bad to worse for the locals, as the villains turn prim and calm to sin and harm. The sheriff...
- 12/10/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The 2010 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award nominees were announced last night at The Autry National Center for the American West in Griffith Park. Several winners of last year's Ovation Awards, including Jake Broder and Vanessa Claire Smith, presented the 2010 nominations. The Theatre at Boston Court was the most highly nominated theater company, garnering 17 nods. Among the company's nominated productions are "Oedipus el Rey" and "The Twentieth Century Way."Center Theatre Group followed closely behind with 16 nominations, while the Geffen Playhouse took 12. The brand-new "Ovation Honors," a series of awards recognizing theater excellence outside of the standard categories, have been given out for the first time this year. Ovations Honors awardees include "The Who's Tommy" for video design and "The Gogol Project" for music composition for a play. The complete list of nominees is as follows:Best SeasonCabrillo Music Theatre"The Andrews Brothers""Cinderella""Guys and Dolls""Little Shop of Horrors...
- 10/19/2010
- backstage.com
Morning Boxwishers and welcome to what is a very quiet Monday morning on the DVDs front. Y’know how sometimes there are so many new Dvds, you just don’t know which one to choose from? This ain’t one of those days. That’s not to say that what we have, one new DVD and two new Blu-Rays isn’t exciting, it’s just lacking any heavy-hitters, those films that you countdown till they’re available. Instead we have The Lucky Ones, a quirky indie starring lady of the moment Rachel McAdams and, making their Blu-Ray debuts, Angel Heart and La Haine. See, it’s not so bad after all. Click over the jump for more.
If you see… The Lucky Ones, starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña (Crash) as three Us soldiers that return from duty in Iraq to find that life has moved on without them.
If you see… The Lucky Ones, starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña (Crash) as three Us soldiers that return from duty in Iraq to find that life has moved on without them.
- 8/17/2009
- Boxwish.com
The Falcon Theatre presents the Troubadour Theater Company's Oedipus the King, Mama!, the first production in its 2009-2010 Subscription Season. It's the Maternal Musical that mashes up Sophocles' ?Oedipus the King? with the music of the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley. Oedipus has a Burning Love and he Can't Help Falling in Love with his Mama. So Don't Be Cruel and miss this musical parody by the theater company the Los Angeles Times calls ?The Masters of Musical Spoofery.?...
- 7/17/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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