Given some distance and the perspective of time, almost every horror film seems to look better and find its audience. Though the early to mid 1990s have long been considered a particularly bad period for American horror movies, recent years have seen a number of titles being reassessed and opinions on them revised to be much more favorable than they were 20 years ago. Titles like Disturbing Behavior and I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Rage: Carrie 2, largely written off by horror fans during their theatrical releases in the ’90s, are now being talked about as secretly good genre efforts not because the movies have actually improved, but because enough time has passed that the films can be removed from their historical context and taken for what they are.
Of course, some ’90s titles were always secretly good; they only needed some time to find their audience.
Of course, some ’90s titles were always secretly good; they only needed some time to find their audience.
- 7/19/2016
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Sony Pictures is releasing the controversial Seth Rogen/James Franco action-comedy The Interview in Australian cinemas on February 12, as counter-programming against Fifty Shades of Grey.
The film was due to open on January 22 but was withdrawn amid the Sony hacking scandal, threats to Us cinemas and North Korea.s objections to the plot depicting an attempt to assassinate Kim Jong-un.
The crude satire was released in the Us on more than 300 indie cinemas on Christmas Day and on digital platforms, generating $US31 million in online revenues and $5 million in ticket sales.
Australian exhibitors are supporting the release but some worry its B.O. prospects will be diluted because many Aussies have already downloaded the title.
.Sony are a major supplier to exhibition and I think the industry should get behind them and support the film,. Reading Cinemas CEO Wayne Smith tells If .
.Unfortunately time is running against Sony and there...
The film was due to open on January 22 but was withdrawn amid the Sony hacking scandal, threats to Us cinemas and North Korea.s objections to the plot depicting an attempt to assassinate Kim Jong-un.
The crude satire was released in the Us on more than 300 indie cinemas on Christmas Day and on digital platforms, generating $US31 million in online revenues and $5 million in ticket sales.
Australian exhibitors are supporting the release but some worry its B.O. prospects will be diluted because many Aussies have already downloaded the title.
.Sony are a major supplier to exhibition and I think the industry should get behind them and support the film,. Reading Cinemas CEO Wayne Smith tells If .
.Unfortunately time is running against Sony and there...
- 1/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Regular patrons of Reading Cinemas, who might have been looking forward to seeing Philomena when Stephen Frears. critically acclaimed drama. opens nationwide on Boxing Day, are out of luck.
The film starring Judi Dench as an Irish woman who searches for her son who was taken away by nuns to the Us for adoption when he was a baby won.t screen at Reading.
Wayne Smith, Reading MD for Australia and New Zealand, says ..arty.. films, such as eOne Hopscotch.s Philomena, would get a market share of 3%-4% on his circuit, versus action-adventures such as The Hobbit franchise which typically command 12%.
Smith says Philomena is not related to the commercial renegotiations which the exhibitor is having with independent distributors. As If has reported, the smaller independents are objecting to being asked to pay the exhibitor a minimum guarantee of $2,000 per film per week, while the larger indies are resisting...
The film starring Judi Dench as an Irish woman who searches for her son who was taken away by nuns to the Us for adoption when he was a baby won.t screen at Reading.
Wayne Smith, Reading MD for Australia and New Zealand, says ..arty.. films, such as eOne Hopscotch.s Philomena, would get a market share of 3%-4% on his circuit, versus action-adventures such as The Hobbit franchise which typically command 12%.
Smith says Philomena is not related to the commercial renegotiations which the exhibitor is having with independent distributors. As If has reported, the smaller independents are objecting to being asked to pay the exhibitor a minimum guarantee of $2,000 per film per week, while the larger indies are resisting...
- 12/23/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Some independent distributors are with-holding films from Reading Cinemas in Australia and New Zealand due to disputes over film hire terms.
The smaller indies are objecting to being asked to pay the exhibitor a minimum guarantee of $2,000 per film per week, an unprecedented request, regardless of how much Reading collects as a percentage of ticket sales.
Nor are they happy to pay the Virtual Print Fee (which subsidises the exhibitor.s costs for upgrading to digital) in advance; normal practice is to pay the Vpf at the end of a film.s run.
The larger indies are balking at Reading.s push for terms tied to the box-office performance of each film. These terms reportedly would be more favourable to Reading than those for the major exhibitors.
However Reading denies there are any disagreements with the independents. .There is no dispute,. Wayne Smith, Reading MD Australia and New Zealand tells If.
The smaller indies are objecting to being asked to pay the exhibitor a minimum guarantee of $2,000 per film per week, an unprecedented request, regardless of how much Reading collects as a percentage of ticket sales.
Nor are they happy to pay the Virtual Print Fee (which subsidises the exhibitor.s costs for upgrading to digital) in advance; normal practice is to pay the Vpf at the end of a film.s run.
The larger indies are balking at Reading.s push for terms tied to the box-office performance of each film. These terms reportedly would be more favourable to Reading than those for the major exhibitors.
However Reading denies there are any disagreements with the independents. .There is no dispute,. Wayne Smith, Reading MD Australia and New Zealand tells If.
- 12/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Robbie Deans, coach of the Australian Wallabies for five years, and man that supposedly led to the downfall of Australian Rugby. This article is going to analyse whether Robbie Deans really flushed our Wallaby side down the drain, or whether he was just the victim of media backlash and under-education.
Robbie Dean’s coaching career began in 1997 with the Canterbury Club in New Zealand. A former player himself- Deans had a deep understanding about the ins and outs of Rugby and how that could be best translated toward a team that would win.
His mentality for the game and the team must have been enough because he was upgraded to coach of the Crusaders and Assistant Coach for the All Blacks themselves. This promotion showed the rugby world that Deans was a force to be reckoned with. During Dean’s time as assistant coach (from 2000-2003) the team themselves played a total of 37 games.
Robbie Dean’s coaching career began in 1997 with the Canterbury Club in New Zealand. A former player himself- Deans had a deep understanding about the ins and outs of Rugby and how that could be best translated toward a team that would win.
His mentality for the game and the team must have been enough because he was upgraded to coach of the Crusaders and Assistant Coach for the All Blacks themselves. This promotion showed the rugby world that Deans was a force to be reckoned with. During Dean’s time as assistant coach (from 2000-2003) the team themselves played a total of 37 games.
- 9/6/2013
- by Hayley Goodacre
- Obsessed with Film
Roughly 93% of Australia.s 2,000 screens will be fully digitised by late October when Reading Cinemas completes the conversion of its 200 screens in Australia and New Zealand.
That leaves about 140 independently .owned screens that are still showing 35mm prints, according to Adrianne Pecotic, CEO of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia. She can.t predict when the remaining indies will complete digital upgrades but says, .We are doing everything we can to support full conversion..
Distributors say they are supplying 35mm prints to 26-29 locations on a typically wide release in Australia, which will be reduced by 12 when Reading finishes its digital installs. Hence none seems ready yet to proclaim an end date to the 35mm cinema era.
Reading signed a deal with Christie to convert all its screens in Australia and New Zealand, including a six-plex in Dunedin which the operator Hoyts is handing over to Reading, which owns the site,...
That leaves about 140 independently .owned screens that are still showing 35mm prints, according to Adrianne Pecotic, CEO of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia. She can.t predict when the remaining indies will complete digital upgrades but says, .We are doing everything we can to support full conversion..
Distributors say they are supplying 35mm prints to 26-29 locations on a typically wide release in Australia, which will be reduced by 12 when Reading finishes its digital installs. Hence none seems ready yet to proclaim an end date to the 35mm cinema era.
Reading signed a deal with Christie to convert all its screens in Australia and New Zealand, including a six-plex in Dunedin which the operator Hoyts is handing over to Reading, which owns the site,...
- 8/22/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Ball In Touch: Our rugby columnist Jeff Ball explains now the deadline for applications has passed, who is in the running for the England job and what Stuart Lancaster needs to do to make it his, plus other topics. Join us on Twitter @BallInTouch to continue the discussion about these and more.
Trying to be Top of the Class
With the deadline for applications now passed, all those who want the top job of coaching England will now have to sit and wait for the Rfu the go through the CVs and for Stuart Lancaster to finish his extended interview that is the Six Nations.
However, given the fact the front runners and favourites have slowly slipped away, to paraphrase Henry Ford it now seems to be a case of ‘you can have any coach you want, as long as it is Mallett’.
The ex-Italy Coach Nick Mallett has long...
Trying to be Top of the Class
With the deadline for applications now passed, all those who want the top job of coaching England will now have to sit and wait for the Rfu the go through the CVs and for Stuart Lancaster to finish his extended interview that is the Six Nations.
However, given the fact the front runners and favourites have slowly slipped away, to paraphrase Henry Ford it now seems to be a case of ‘you can have any coach you want, as long as it is Mallett’.
The ex-Italy Coach Nick Mallett has long...
- 2/18/2012
- by Jeff Ball
- Obsessed with Film
HollywoodNews.com: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, and Frances Fisher star in the poignant period drama Any Day Now, written, produced and directed by filmmaker Travis Fine (The Space Between). The film recently completed principal photography in Los Angeles and is currently in post-production. Produced by Kristine Hostetter Fine (The Space Between) and Chip Hourihan (Frozen River), the film is executive produced by Anne O’Shea (The Kids Are Alright) and Maxine Makover (The Space Between.
Set in the 1970s and inspired by a true story, the film chronicles a gay couple who take in a teenage boy with Down Syndrome who has been abandoned by his drug addicted mother. As the teen discovers the strong bonds of family for the first time in his life, disapproving authorities step in to tear the boy from the only stable environment he has ever known. As the gay men fight to adopt this extraordinary special needs child,...
Set in the 1970s and inspired by a true story, the film chronicles a gay couple who take in a teenage boy with Down Syndrome who has been abandoned by his drug addicted mother. As the teen discovers the strong bonds of family for the first time in his life, disapproving authorities step in to tear the boy from the only stable environment he has ever known. As the gay men fight to adopt this extraordinary special needs child,...
- 9/21/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
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