The fifth episode of “Moon Knight” has a lot to accomplish in the space of an hour. “Asylum” follows an example set by “WandaVision”: The penultimate chapter of a Marvel miniseries exploring a superhero’s past, finding them at their lowest, most vulnerable point. It’s a bit of delayed origin story with high stakes for the hero understanding and overcoming their limitations. But “Moon Knight” tells a trauma origin story thrice over: one for haunted mercenary Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac), another for addled museum worker Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), and yet another for the masked-and-hooded crime fighter Moon Knight (still Oscar Isaac).
The show is doing all of this while drawing on Jeff Lemire’s “Lunatic” run from the “Moon Knight” comic, using a psych ward as the staging ground for visionsthat include Marc/Steven’s troubled childhood and a fight with vengeful sand spirits aboard the deck...
The show is doing all of this while drawing on Jeff Lemire’s “Lunatic” run from the “Moon Knight” comic, using a psych ward as the staging ground for visionsthat include Marc/Steven’s troubled childhood and a fight with vengeful sand spirits aboard the deck...
- 5/4/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
"Moon Knight" episode four is a wild ride from start to finish. The Marvel series for Disney+ stars Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector, a man with dissociative identity disorder who also happens to be the titular hero. He has at least one other personality that the audience knows about, Steven Grant. But in episode four, what's real and what's not becomes even more complicated.
At the start of the episode, the Egyptian god Khonshu (F. Murray Abraham) is trapped by the other gods in a statue. That's important, because he's Moon Knight's sponsor, who helps protect him via a magical healing suit. Now Marc (and Steven) are without this supernatural protection and in some major trouble.
Together with Layla (May Calamawy), Marc finds a tomb they believe will lead them to Ammit, the Egyptian goddess that Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) is trying to free in order to bring around the end of the world.
At the start of the episode, the Egyptian god Khonshu (F. Murray Abraham) is trapped by the other gods in a statue. That's important, because he's Moon Knight's sponsor, who helps protect him via a magical healing suit. Now Marc (and Steven) are without this supernatural protection and in some major trouble.
Together with Layla (May Calamawy), Marc finds a tomb they believe will lead them to Ammit, the Egyptian goddess that Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) is trying to free in order to bring around the end of the world.
- 4/20/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
If you haven't subscribed for Season 17 of Cinema Retro, here's what you've been missing:
Issue #49
Lee Pfeiffer goes undercover for Robert Vaughn's spy thriller "The Venetian Affair" .
Cai Ross goes to hell for "Damien- Omen II"
Ernie Magnotta continues our "Elvis on Film" series with "Elvis: That's the Way It Is"..
Robert Leese scare up some memories of the cult classic "Carnival of Souls"
Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer look back on the 1976 Sensurround sensation "Midway"
Remembering Sir Sean Connery
James Sherlock examines Stanley Kramer's pandemic Cold War classic "On the Beach".
Dave Worrall goes in search of the Disco Volante hydrofoil from "Thunderball"
Raymond Benson's Cinema 101 column
Gareth Owen's "Pinewood Past" column
Darren Allison reviews the latest soundtrack releases
Issue #50
50th anniversary celebration of "The French Connection" : Todd Garbarini interviews director William Friedkin
"Scars of Dracula": Mark Cerulli interviews stars Jenny Hanley and...
Issue #49
Lee Pfeiffer goes undercover for Robert Vaughn's spy thriller "The Venetian Affair" .
Cai Ross goes to hell for "Damien- Omen II"
Ernie Magnotta continues our "Elvis on Film" series with "Elvis: That's the Way It Is"..
Robert Leese scare up some memories of the cult classic "Carnival of Souls"
Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer look back on the 1976 Sensurround sensation "Midway"
Remembering Sir Sean Connery
James Sherlock examines Stanley Kramer's pandemic Cold War classic "On the Beach".
Dave Worrall goes in search of the Disco Volante hydrofoil from "Thunderball"
Raymond Benson's Cinema 101 column
Gareth Owen's "Pinewood Past" column
Darren Allison reviews the latest soundtrack releases
Issue #50
50th anniversary celebration of "The French Connection" : Todd Garbarini interviews director William Friedkin
"Scars of Dracula": Mark Cerulli interviews stars Jenny Hanley and...
- 11/26/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Winners include Marko Grba Singh, Aleksandra Odić, Selman Nacar, Ralitza Petrova projects.
Serbia’s Forget The Ocean, Why Not Try Surfing These Insane River Waves from director Marko Grba Singh was among the projects recognised by Sarajevo Film Festival’s industry platform CineLink, which handed out its awards last night (August 19).
See below for the full list of winners
A reconstruction of the 1957 encounter and relationship between the director’s Punjabi and Yugoslav grandparents, set in the context of the post-Brexit crisis in the UK, it took the €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award.
Singh’s short If I Had It My...
Serbia’s Forget The Ocean, Why Not Try Surfing These Insane River Waves from director Marko Grba Singh was among the projects recognised by Sarajevo Film Festival’s industry platform CineLink, which handed out its awards last night (August 19).
See below for the full list of winners
A reconstruction of the 1957 encounter and relationship between the director’s Punjabi and Yugoslav grandparents, set in the context of the post-Brexit crisis in the UK, it took the €20,000 Eurimages co-production development award.
Singh’s short If I Had It My...
- 8/20/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Issue #51
Dave Worrall chronicles the challenges of bringing Cleopatra to the big screen in a 14 page Film in Focus feature loaded with rare photos.
John Harty looks at the ambitious but disastrous Soviet/Italian co-production of "The Red Tent" starring Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale and Peter Finch
Terence Denman rides tall in the saddle with his story behind "The Savage Guns", the only Western ever made by Hammer Films
Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer unveil the secrets of "Ice Station Zebra" starring Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown
Rare original U.S. drive-in movie theater adverts
Brian Davidson's exclusive interview with David McGillivray (aka McG), screenwriter of 1970s horror flicks and looks back at "Hoffman", the bizarre film that Peter Sellers wanted destroyed.
Nicholas Anez examines the underrated thriller "The Night Visitor" starring Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Per Oscarsson and Trevor Howard
Plus regular columns by Raymond Benson,...
Dave Worrall chronicles the challenges of bringing Cleopatra to the big screen in a 14 page Film in Focus feature loaded with rare photos.
John Harty looks at the ambitious but disastrous Soviet/Italian co-production of "The Red Tent" starring Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale and Peter Finch
Terence Denman rides tall in the saddle with his story behind "The Savage Guns", the only Western ever made by Hammer Films
Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer unveil the secrets of "Ice Station Zebra" starring Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan and Jim Brown
Rare original U.S. drive-in movie theater adverts
Brian Davidson's exclusive interview with David McGillivray (aka McG), screenwriter of 1970s horror flicks and looks back at "Hoffman", the bizarre film that Peter Sellers wanted destroyed.
Nicholas Anez examines the underrated thriller "The Night Visitor" starring Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Per Oscarsson and Trevor Howard
Plus regular columns by Raymond Benson,...
- 12/20/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Hookers! Devil worshippers! A naughty teenage voyeur! A deadly knife, a lethal sedan and a chainsaw-wielding psychopath! Nasal Spray! CineSavant breaks with the disc-reviewing norm and abandons journalistic integrity. Well, not really, but it is a heck of a lot of fun to finally review a film I edited 32 years ago, on a happy moviemaking money-losing vacation from Cannon Films’ advertising department.
Night Visitor
Blu-ray
Scorpion Releasing
1989 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date June (?), 2020 / available through Ronin Flix and Diabolik DVD / 22.99
Starring: Allen Garfield, Elliott Gould, Derek Rydall, Michael J. Pollard, Shannon Tweed, Richard Roundtree, Teresa Van der Woude, Teri Weigel, Scott Fults, Brooke Bundy, Henry Gibson, Kathryn Kimler, Kathleen Bailey.
Cinematography: Peter Jenson
Film Editor: Glenn Erickson
Original Music: Parmer Fuller
Art Direction: Gyongyver Sovago
Still Photographer: Elizabeth Ward
Unit Production Manager, Associate Producer: Richard J. Abramitis
Written by Randal Viscovich
Produced by Alain Silver
Directed by Rupert Hitzig...
Night Visitor
Blu-ray
Scorpion Releasing
1989 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date June (?), 2020 / available through Ronin Flix and Diabolik DVD / 22.99
Starring: Allen Garfield, Elliott Gould, Derek Rydall, Michael J. Pollard, Shannon Tweed, Richard Roundtree, Teresa Van der Woude, Teri Weigel, Scott Fults, Brooke Bundy, Henry Gibson, Kathryn Kimler, Kathleen Bailey.
Cinematography: Peter Jenson
Film Editor: Glenn Erickson
Original Music: Parmer Fuller
Art Direction: Gyongyver Sovago
Still Photographer: Elizabeth Ward
Unit Production Manager, Associate Producer: Richard J. Abramitis
Written by Randal Viscovich
Produced by Alain Silver
Directed by Rupert Hitzig...
- 8/29/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Max von Sydow, the tall, tragic-faced Swedish actor whose name was virtually synonymous with the films of Ingmar Bergman, has died. He was 90.
Variety has confirmed that the actor died on Sunday.
Von Sydow, who became Bergman’s symbol for the modern man in such films as “The Passion of Anna” and “Shame” after making his Bergman debut as the errant knight in “The Seventh Seal,” also had an unusually prolific career in Hollywood and international films.
He made his American debut in the role of Jesus Christ in George Stevens’ turgid 1965 epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told” and went on to make strong impressions with audiences in “The Exorcist,” Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters,” David Lynch’s “Dune,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Hawaii,” “Conan the Barbarian” and “Awakenings.”
Von Sydow worked for other Scandinavian directors as well, drawing an Oscar nomination for his role in Bille August...
Variety has confirmed that the actor died on Sunday.
Von Sydow, who became Bergman’s symbol for the modern man in such films as “The Passion of Anna” and “Shame” after making his Bergman debut as the errant knight in “The Seventh Seal,” also had an unusually prolific career in Hollywood and international films.
He made his American debut in the role of Jesus Christ in George Stevens’ turgid 1965 epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told” and went on to make strong impressions with audiences in “The Exorcist,” Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters,” David Lynch’s “Dune,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Hawaii,” “Conan the Barbarian” and “Awakenings.”
Von Sydow worked for other Scandinavian directors as well, drawing an Oscar nomination for his role in Bille August...
- 3/9/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
You can tell that the Halloween season is getting closer, between various retailers already donning their shelves with tons of decorations, the days are getting shorter, and Turner Classic Movies has debuted their October schedule online, which features an abundance of genre awesomeness that will be hitting airwaves this fall. Without a doubt, TCM is one of the best resources for classic film, so for those of you looking to broaden your horizons this Halloween, definitely check out their calendar and set those DVRs.
Also, TCM has designated Godzilla as their “Monster of the Month” for October, so look for a bunch of classic films featuring the “King of the Monsters” and other beloved Kaiju throughout October as well.
**All Listings are in Est.**
Friday, September 27th
3:15pm – The Mummy’s Shroud
6:30pm – The Mummy (1959)
Saturday, September 28th
2:00am – Belladonna of Sadness
3:30am – House (1977)
Sunday, September...
Also, TCM has designated Godzilla as their “Monster of the Month” for October, so look for a bunch of classic films featuring the “King of the Monsters” and other beloved Kaiju throughout October as well.
**All Listings are in Est.**
Friday, September 27th
3:15pm – The Mummy’s Shroud
6:30pm – The Mummy (1959)
Saturday, September 28th
2:00am – Belladonna of Sadness
3:30am – House (1977)
Sunday, September...
- 8/22/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Releasing today exclusively at Walmart is The Night Visitor Chronicles, a double-feature DVD containing both The Night Visitor and The Night Visitor 2: Heather’s Story. Don’t feel like entering the Ninth Circle of Hell, aka your local Walmart store? Then… Continue Reading →
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- 11/1/2016
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
August’s home entertainment releases are off to a strong start this Tuesday, as horror and sci-fi fans have a lot to look forward to this week. Scream Factory is keeping busy with a trio of releases—Bite, The Binding, and the Collector’s Edition release of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)—and Anchor Bay has a pair of indie genre offerings, Viral and Lazer Team, coming out on August 2nd as well. Ben Wheatley’s stunning adaptation of High-Rise is also coming home on Tuesday, and if you missed it last month, Most Likely to Die makes its way to DVD this week, too.
Other notable releases include DVDs of Panzer, Summer Camp, The Suffering, and the Blu-ray release of The Night Visitor.
Bite (Scream Factory, Blu-ray & DVD)
Your Fear Is Her Appetite.
While on her bachelorette party getaway, bride-to be Casey (Elma Begovic) gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect.
Other notable releases include DVDs of Panzer, Summer Camp, The Suffering, and the Blu-ray release of The Night Visitor.
Bite (Scream Factory, Blu-ray & DVD)
Your Fear Is Her Appetite.
While on her bachelorette party getaway, bride-to be Casey (Elma Begovic) gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect.
- 8/2/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Music and Sex: Scenes from a life - A novel in progress by Roman AkLeff (first installment can be read here; second here; third here; fourth here; fifth here).
[Warning: the chapter below contains "adult situations." Seriously, this one's not for the faint-hearted.]
Walter’s new home, Carman Hall, was an utterly soulless pile of cinder blocks. No effort at all had been made, during its design and construction two decades earlier, to build in anything conveying the slightest sense of warmth. No carpeting in either the halls or in the suites, no wood anywhere except the doors, no decorative touches, nothing but bare straight lines. One imagined it had been designed so it could be hosed down with minimum effort between school years to as to be literally as well as aesthetically antiseptic. There was not even any accommodation made for cooking; not only were there no kitchen nooks, even hotplates were forbidden (though, given that they were horrific fire hazards, that made sense,...
[Warning: the chapter below contains "adult situations." Seriously, this one's not for the faint-hearted.]
Walter’s new home, Carman Hall, was an utterly soulless pile of cinder blocks. No effort at all had been made, during its design and construction two decades earlier, to build in anything conveying the slightest sense of warmth. No carpeting in either the halls or in the suites, no wood anywhere except the doors, no decorative touches, nothing but bare straight lines. One imagined it had been designed so it could be hosed down with minimum effort between school years to as to be literally as well as aesthetically antiseptic. There was not even any accommodation made for cooking; not only were there no kitchen nooks, even hotplates were forbidden (though, given that they were horrific fire hazards, that made sense,...
- 6/16/2015
- by RomanAkLeff
- www.culturecatch.com
Blanc/Biehn Productions wants to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, and to add a bit of spookiness to your holiday, they’ve just released the poster art for Brianne (“True Blood,” Among Friends) Davis’ directorial debut, The Night Visitor 2: Heather’s Story.… Continue Reading →
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- 11/27/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Something Is Out There
Showcase Inventory
Created by Frank Lupo
Produced by Invader Productions, Inc. (Us), Hoyts Productions (Aus)
Aired on NBC for a mini-series and 1 season (8 episodes, 2 originally unaired) from October 21 – December 9, 1988
Cast
Joe Cortese as Jack Breslin
Maryam D’Abo as Ta’Ra
George Dzundza as Frank Dileo
Gregory Sierra as Victor Maldonado
Kim Delaney as Mandy Estabrook
Show Premise
Jack Breslin is a street cop who, upon investigating a series of unexplained murders, stumbles on Ta’ra, a female humanoid space alien from an orbiting prison starship, who is the only one that knows who or what is committing the murders. She reveals to Jack that she was a medical technician that survived an attack from an inmate alien known as a “Xenomorph” who killed her crew before escaping to Earth. They team up to stop the rogue alien by using Jack’s street smarts and Ta’Ra’s advanced alien technology.
Showcase Inventory
Created by Frank Lupo
Produced by Invader Productions, Inc. (Us), Hoyts Productions (Aus)
Aired on NBC for a mini-series and 1 season (8 episodes, 2 originally unaired) from October 21 – December 9, 1988
Cast
Joe Cortese as Jack Breslin
Maryam D’Abo as Ta’Ra
George Dzundza as Frank Dileo
Gregory Sierra as Victor Maldonado
Kim Delaney as Mandy Estabrook
Show Premise
Jack Breslin is a street cop who, upon investigating a series of unexplained murders, stumbles on Ta’ra, a female humanoid space alien from an orbiting prison starship, who is the only one that knows who or what is committing the murders. She reveals to Jack that she was a medical technician that survived an attack from an inmate alien known as a “Xenomorph” who killed her crew before escaping to Earth. They team up to stop the rogue alien by using Jack’s street smarts and Ta’Ra’s advanced alien technology.
- 11/8/2014
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
The lovely Jennifer BlancBiehn wife of Michael (The Terminator Aliens) Biehn wears many hats shes a producer (in fact she and her husband run and produce films for Blanc Biehn Productions) actress and now with the upcoming The Night Visitor and The Girl she will be directing as well. Best horror movies.com recently sat down and talked with her about these projects her career horror and much more. What can you tell me about The Night Visitor Well basically its a movie about a little boy who ends up getting abducted by an alien in his house. And his parents are trying to figure out whats wrong with him.
- 11/1/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Jennifer BlancBiehn wife to genre icon Michael Biehn is making her directorial debut with The Night Visitor and filming got underway today BlancBiehn was in front of the cameras for The Absent in 2011 surfaced in The Divide the same year and went on to front the enjoyable throwback effort The Victim. In fact The Victim was the first official release under the Blancbiehn Productions banner. Heres hoping we see this brand continue to grow and thrive.
- 4/8/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Jennifer Blanc of Blanc/Biehn Productions has spent a lot of time in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes as a producer, but now it's time for the do-it-all to find herself a seat in the director's chair for The Night Visitor.
From the Press Release
Actress and producer Jennifer Blanc-Biehn teams up with Streamy Award-winning producer Mark Gantt (The Bannen Way) and Lony Ruhmann (who is also helping produce Hidden In The Woods, the remake ) for her directorial debut on the digital feature The Night Visitor. The film, a mix of both sci-fi and horror, will be shot in the found footage style that has become popular within the genres. Ruhmann helmed the story and will executive produce with Blanc-Biehn; Gantt will produce the screenplay written by the Marcus Bros. (Hidden In The Woods, The Farm).
“’The Night Visitor effortlessly blends the sci-fi, horror and...
From the Press Release
Actress and producer Jennifer Blanc-Biehn teams up with Streamy Award-winning producer Mark Gantt (The Bannen Way) and Lony Ruhmann (who is also helping produce Hidden In The Woods, the remake ) for her directorial debut on the digital feature The Night Visitor. The film, a mix of both sci-fi and horror, will be shot in the found footage style that has become popular within the genres. Ruhmann helmed the story and will executive produce with Blanc-Biehn; Gantt will produce the screenplay written by the Marcus Bros. (Hidden In The Woods, The Farm).
“’The Night Visitor effortlessly blends the sci-fi, horror and...
- 3/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, August 20th 2012.
Pick Of The Week
Puppet Master (DVD/Blu-ray)
Alex Whittaker and three other gifted psychics are investigating rumors that the secret of life has been discovered by master puppeteer Andre Toulon. But the psychics quickly discover Toulon’s secret of death in the form of five killer puppets – each one uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem. Tunneler has a nasty habit of boring holes in people with his drill bit head. Ms. Leech regurgitates killer leaches that suck her victims dry. Pinhead strangles his enemies with his powerful vice-like hands.
Pick Of The Week
Puppet Master (DVD/Blu-ray)
Alex Whittaker and three other gifted psychics are investigating rumors that the secret of life has been discovered by master puppeteer Andre Toulon. But the psychics quickly discover Toulon’s secret of death in the form of five killer puppets – each one uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem. Tunneler has a nasty habit of boring holes in people with his drill bit head. Ms. Leech regurgitates killer leaches that suck her victims dry. Pinhead strangles his enemies with his powerful vice-like hands.
- 8/20/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Swedish actor best known for the 1966 film Hunger
Per Oscarsson, who has died aged 83, was perhaps the only leading Swedish actor who never worked with Ingmar Bergman. This might have been by accident rather than design, although Oscarsson was known for his manic performances, whereas Bergman's men were usually placid. In other words, Oscarsson was more Klaus Kinski than Max Von Sydow.
Oscarsson's most memorable role was in Sult (Hunger, 1966) as Pontus, a bespectacled, penniless and starving young writer in Norway at the end of the 19th century. His complex, agonisingly convincing portrait of a man, ravaged by hunger, whose mind is on the verge of disintegration, split between moments of lucidity and despair, won Oscarsson the best actor award at Cannes and worldwide acclaim.
Hunger was the first all-Scandinavian co-production. Shot in Oslo, it was based on the famous psychological novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, with a...
Per Oscarsson, who has died aged 83, was perhaps the only leading Swedish actor who never worked with Ingmar Bergman. This might have been by accident rather than design, although Oscarsson was known for his manic performances, whereas Bergman's men were usually placid. In other words, Oscarsson was more Klaus Kinski than Max Von Sydow.
Oscarsson's most memorable role was in Sult (Hunger, 1966) as Pontus, a bespectacled, penniless and starving young writer in Norway at the end of the 19th century. His complex, agonisingly convincing portrait of a man, ravaged by hunger, whose mind is on the verge of disintegration, split between moments of lucidity and despair, won Oscarsson the best actor award at Cannes and worldwide acclaim.
Hunger was the first all-Scandinavian co-production. Shot in Oslo, it was based on the famous psychological novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, with a...
- 2/9/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Best known for her role in Forbidden Planet and playing the private eye in TV’s Honey West, Anne Francis died Sunday at a Santa Barbara nursing home. Per Oscarsson—who played the Monster in 1977’s Terror Of Frankenstein and was in the 1971 psychological horror film The Night Visitor with fellow Swede Max von Sydow—is believed to have been killed, along with his wife, in a house fire.
- 1/3/2011
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Allan Dart)
- Fangoria
Per Oscarsson, Hunger The year of 2011 begins with a likely tragedy for the movie world: According to reports, a Friday, Dec. 31, house fire may have killed veteran Swedish actor Per Oscarsson, 83, winner of the Best Actor award at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as a late-19th century, mentally unbalanced, starving writer in Henning Carlsen's Hunger. The remains of one person were found amid the ashes of the house located outside the town of Skara in southwest Sweden. It's still unclear if those are Oscarsson's or, perhaps, his 67-year-old wife Kia Ostling's. Both had been reported missing by relatives. Born in Stockholm on Jan. 28, 1927, Oscarsson appeared numerous stage productions (including the title role in Hamlet), nearly 90 motion pictures, and 50 television productions. Among his best-known films are Åke Falck's Adam and Eva (1963), Laslo Benedek's The Night Visitor (1971), Jan Troell's Oscar-nominated The New [...]...
- 1/3/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Greetings Tossers!
What do you get when you toss is some great actors (Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, and Max Von Sydow), a well known and beloved ancient legend, plus an incredible, Award Winning Director; Ridely Scott? No really, what do you get?
Well, you don’t the incredible epic that you would expect to get from such an incredible collection of individuals and an endearing story/legend.
Ridely stated that he wanted to “rewrite” the legend of “Robin Hood”, and tell the story from a different angle…well…it’s different all right. The only issue was that the movie didn’t really know where it wanted to go…did it want to be an “Action” movie? A “Historic Epic”? We’re really not too sure…it’s kind of like being Sybil, you really don’t know what personality you are at the time.
In all seriousness,...
What do you get when you toss is some great actors (Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, and Max Von Sydow), a well known and beloved ancient legend, plus an incredible, Award Winning Director; Ridely Scott? No really, what do you get?
Well, you don’t the incredible epic that you would expect to get from such an incredible collection of individuals and an endearing story/legend.
Ridely stated that he wanted to “rewrite” the legend of “Robin Hood”, and tell the story from a different angle…well…it’s different all right. The only issue was that the movie didn’t really know where it wanted to go…did it want to be an “Action” movie? A “Historic Epic”? We’re really not too sure…it’s kind of like being Sybil, you really don’t know what personality you are at the time.
In all seriousness,...
- 5/14/2010
- by Laurence E. Gibbs
Mel Ferrer, whose career as a performer, director, producer and writer spanned six decades, has died at age 90.
Ferrer died Monday at his ranch near Santa Barbara, family spokesman Mike Mena said.
"It's a sad occasion, but he did live a long and productive life," Mena said Tuesday.
He appeared in more than 100 films and made-for-television movies, directed nine films and produced nine more.
Ferrer's most impressive film role came in 1953 in "Lili." He played a disabled carnival puppeteer with whom a French orphan (played by Leslie Caron) falls in love.
On the big screen, Ferrer was most recognizable for his performance as Prince Andrei in "War and Peace" in 1956 with Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda. He was paid the then princely sum of $100,000. He appeared in "The Sun Also Rises" alongside Ava Gardner, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn.
Ferrer was often cast in big pictures during the late '...
Ferrer died Monday at his ranch near Santa Barbara, family spokesman Mike Mena said.
"It's a sad occasion, but he did live a long and productive life," Mena said Tuesday.
He appeared in more than 100 films and made-for-television movies, directed nine films and produced nine more.
Ferrer's most impressive film role came in 1953 in "Lili." He played a disabled carnival puppeteer with whom a French orphan (played by Leslie Caron) falls in love.
On the big screen, Ferrer was most recognizable for his performance as Prince Andrei in "War and Peace" in 1956 with Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda. He was paid the then princely sum of $100,000. He appeared in "The Sun Also Rises" alongside Ava Gardner, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn.
Ferrer was often cast in big pictures during the late '...
- 6/3/2008
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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