1986 was an important year for DC Comics. "Crisis on Infinite Earths" rebooted the decades-old continuity, and Frank Miller reinvigorated Batman with "The Dark Knight Returns." Miller's tale depicted an aged Bruce Wayne coming out of retirement to fight the evils of the 1980s, from street gangs to the Cold War to Ronald Reagan. If you've ever wondered what the beginning of dark and gritty Batman was, it was this book.
The next year, DC was relaunching the main "Batman" title for the "Post-Crisis" era, and Miller was the obvious choice to kick it off. The result was "Year One," running four issues from "Batman" #404-407. The book follows Bruce Wayne's early days as a crime fighter when Gotham City was menaced by the mob, not super-villains. Batman refines his tactics through trial and error and slowly wins the trust of James Gordon — not yet a commissioner, but a rare...
The next year, DC was relaunching the main "Batman" title for the "Post-Crisis" era, and Miller was the obvious choice to kick it off. The result was "Year One," running four issues from "Batman" #404-407. The book follows Bruce Wayne's early days as a crime fighter when Gotham City was menaced by the mob, not super-villains. Batman refines his tactics through trial and error and slowly wins the trust of James Gordon — not yet a commissioner, but a rare...
- 1/16/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Martin Scorsese’s 27 narrative feature films range from beloved gangster titles, to a bold religious trilogy, to popcorn thrillers, to dark character portraits. Picking and ranking his 10 best? A list is “wrong” before it even begins (except, perhaps, for No. 1, which might be an inarguable choice). So much depends on which version of Scorsese is most valued by the chooser. Do you revere Scorsese’s breakout 1970s films? His more mainstream 21st century hits? Do you find his religious films moving or a snooze?
Here’s the perspective of this particular list: Scorsese is at his best when his masterful technique is married with compelling characters and propulsive storytelling. Some of the Catholic-raised director’s titles (such as Silence, Taxi Driver and his latest, Killers of the Flower Moon) force moviegoers to endure a cinematic penance that echoes the journey of his tormented protagonists. They evoke that eternal debate between...
Here’s the perspective of this particular list: Scorsese is at his best when his masterful technique is married with compelling characters and propulsive storytelling. Some of the Catholic-raised director’s titles (such as Silence, Taxi Driver and his latest, Killers of the Flower Moon) force moviegoers to endure a cinematic penance that echoes the journey of his tormented protagonists. They evoke that eternal debate between...
- 10/19/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The new FX limited series “Justified: City Primeval” is a fish-out-of-water story featuring a long, lanky fish in a Stetson hat. His name is Raylan Givens, and you might know him from “Justified,” the FX crime series that made itself at home in the hollers of Kentucky among white supremacists and other Southern miscreants from 2010 to 2015. Played by Timothy Olyphant with a smooth gait and seen-it-all demeanor, Deputy U.S. Marshal Givens, created by the unmatchable crime fiction writer Elmore Leonard, now finds himself in Detroit, where a maniac is sowing chaos, a dirty judge has been murdered and the rules of engagement are as wild as the West ever was.
But if Raylan is new to the criminal ways of Motor City, Leonard, who died in 2013, most certainly wasn’t. This was his home, and the setting for much of his most memorable work. He knew the crooks and the crooked cops,...
But if Raylan is new to the criminal ways of Motor City, Leonard, who died in 2013, most certainly wasn’t. This was his home, and the setting for much of his most memorable work. He knew the crooks and the crooked cops,...
- 7/4/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- The Wrap
Robert De Niro is known for many different roles. Most recently, he’s taken on big roles in The Irishman and The Wizard of Lies, but the famed actor is most famous for his earlier work in films like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Cape Fear. While De Niro is memorable in all his roles, his portrayal of Max Cady in Cape Fear is so haunting that people are still talking about it decades later. De Niro went through a lot for the role; he even paid a dentist to help him prepare for the part.
Robert De Niro | Universal/Getty Images Robert De Niro paid a dentist to get him ready for ‘Cape Fear’
When Robert De Niro agreed to take on the role of Max Cady in Cape Fear, he wasn’t going to do it halfway. De Niro was more than happy to put down money to transform into his character.
Robert De Niro | Universal/Getty Images Robert De Niro paid a dentist to get him ready for ‘Cape Fear’
When Robert De Niro agreed to take on the role of Max Cady in Cape Fear, he wasn’t going to do it halfway. De Niro was more than happy to put down money to transform into his character.
- 2/12/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It’s time for a new episode of our Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and this time we’re looking back at director Martin Scorsese‘s 1991 version of Cape Fear (watch it Here). To find out what went into the making of Scorsese’s take on the concept, check out the video embedded above!
Scorsese directed Cape Fear from a screenplay by Wesley Strick. The film was based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald, which had previously received a film adaptation (also titled Cape Fear) in 1962. Scorsese’s Cape Fear has the following synopsis:
When attorney Sam Bowden knowingly withholds evidence that would acquit violent sex offender Max Cady of rape charges, Max spends 14 years in prison. But after Max’s release, knowing about Sam’s deceit, he devotes his life to stalking and destroying the Bowden family. When practical attempts to stop Max fail,...
Scorsese directed Cape Fear from a screenplay by Wesley Strick. The film was based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald, which had previously received a film adaptation (also titled Cape Fear) in 1962. Scorsese’s Cape Fear has the following synopsis:
When attorney Sam Bowden knowingly withholds evidence that would acquit violent sex offender Max Cady of rape charges, Max spends 14 years in prison. But after Max’s release, knowing about Sam’s deceit, he devotes his life to stalking and destroying the Bowden family. When practical attempts to stop Max fail,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Many movie stars of the Hollywood Golden Age were "the strong, silent type" — Robert Mitchum was definitely one of them. That silence and piercing gaze meant Mitchum could play villains more convincingly than many of his contemporaries. He played not one but two serial killers — Harry Powell in "The Night of The Hunter" and Max Cady in "Cape Fear" — before the phrase even entered the popular lexicon. Even his heroic roles, such as Jeff Markham in the noir "Out of the Past," had as much edge as the Hays Code would permit.
Mitchum's stardom even survived brushes with the law. In 1949, he served two months in prison for marijuana possession. So, why was Mitchum in such demand? It wasn't just because audiences loved him.
Where The Demand Came From
A 1982 Village Voice profile explores why Mitchum was popular with both Hollywood money-men and movie-goers. For the former, it's because he...
Mitchum's stardom even survived brushes with the law. In 1949, he served two months in prison for marijuana possession. So, why was Mitchum in such demand? It wasn't just because audiences loved him.
Where The Demand Came From
A 1982 Village Voice profile explores why Mitchum was popular with both Hollywood money-men and movie-goers. For the former, it's because he...
- 8/13/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Indie artist foulperalta has gone viral for his tongue-in-cheek take on retro band tees, reimagining the musical artists with pop culture characters and memes. The artist’s “Spicoli Cobain” tee, which juxtaposes Sean Penn’s character from Fast Times at Ridgemont High with the iconic Nirvana logo, may be his best-known piece, but there are dozens of other designs available to buy now.
The shirts are all sold on Teerepublic, a print-on-demand site that lets you superimpose the image or artwork of your choice onto a T-shirt, tank-top, hoodie, mug and even a face mask.
The shirts are all sold on Teerepublic, a print-on-demand site that lets you superimpose the image or artwork of your choice onto a T-shirt, tank-top, hoodie, mug and even a face mask.
- 8/10/2022
- by RS Editors
- Rollingstone.com
This is dedicated to “those wonderful people out there in the dark.” My first movie reference — it won’t be the last here — refers to the words spoken by silent-screen star Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. to describe audiences. You know us: this happy breed willing to wait on long lines, pay inflated ticket prices, and crowd next to each other at the multiplex to share the experience of watching a movie on the big screen. (The bigger the better — right, IMAX?) How quickly the Covid-19 pandemic has squashed the...
- 3/31/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Don Kaye Jun 1, 2019
The acclaimed actress plays a single mom who takes on Octavia Spencer in the new Blumhouse thriller.
Juliette Lewis is so well-known for playing so many characters on the edge that it’s almost surprising to see her in director Tate Taylor's Ma as Erica, a single mom who moves back to her hometown with her teenage daughter Maggie (Diana Silvers). Determined to get back on her feet after a divorce, Erica is equally resolved to be a solid parent to her daughter while also being her friend.
Yet Erica and Maggie are soon both caught up in the web spun by Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer), who lures Maggie and her friends to her basement with promises of a safe space to party and drink. But “Ma,” as she tells the kids to call her, has a psychotic agenda of her own, fueled by her own history in the town,...
The acclaimed actress plays a single mom who takes on Octavia Spencer in the new Blumhouse thriller.
Juliette Lewis is so well-known for playing so many characters on the edge that it’s almost surprising to see her in director Tate Taylor's Ma as Erica, a single mom who moves back to her hometown with her teenage daughter Maggie (Diana Silvers). Determined to get back on her feet after a divorce, Erica is equally resolved to be a solid parent to her daughter while also being her friend.
Yet Erica and Maggie are soon both caught up in the web spun by Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer), who lures Maggie and her friends to her basement with promises of a safe space to party and drink. But “Ma,” as she tells the kids to call her, has a psychotic agenda of her own, fueled by her own history in the town,...
- 6/1/2019
- Den of Geek
In this week’s edition of Canon Of Film, we take a look at Charles Laughton‘s one-off masterpiece, ‘The Night of the Hunter‘. For the story behind the genesis of the Canon, you can click here.
The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
Director: Charles Laughton
Screenplay: James Agee based on the novel by David Grubb
Although he acted in over 50 films during his illustrious acting career, Charles Laughton only got to direct one film in his lifetime, but he made it count, and it stands as a strange, unique essential film that’s part ‘Huckleberry Finn’, and the rest, this surrealistic nightmare with a tone that seems to directly influence modern horror/slasher film directors like Wes Craven, John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper. ‘The Night of the Hunter,’ frightened the hell out of me on my first viewing, and still continues to shake me on subsequent ones. It’s at...
The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
Director: Charles Laughton
Screenplay: James Agee based on the novel by David Grubb
Although he acted in over 50 films during his illustrious acting career, Charles Laughton only got to direct one film in his lifetime, but he made it count, and it stands as a strange, unique essential film that’s part ‘Huckleberry Finn’, and the rest, this surrealistic nightmare with a tone that seems to directly influence modern horror/slasher film directors like Wes Craven, John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper. ‘The Night of the Hunter,’ frightened the hell out of me on my first viewing, and still continues to shake me on subsequent ones. It’s at...
- 11/4/2017
- by David Baruffi
- Age of the Nerd
Everyone notices the eyes first, languid, those of a somnambulist. Robert Mitchum, calm and observant, is a presence that, through passivity, enamors a viewer. His face is as effulgent as moonlight. The man smolders, with that boozy, baritone voice, seductive and soporific, a cigarette perched between wispy lips below which is a chin cleft like a geological fault. He’s slithery with innuendo. There’s an effortless allure to it all, a mix of malaise and braggadocio, a cocksure machismo and a hint of fragility. He’s ever-cool, a paradox, “radiating heat without warmth,” as Richard Brody said. A poet, a prodigious lover and drinker, a bad boy; his penchant for marijuana landed him in jail, and in the photographs from his two-month stay he looks like a natural fit. He sits, wrapped in denim, legs spread wide, hair shiny and slick, holding a cup of coffee. His mouth is...
- 9/29/2017
- MUBI
This 1991 remake of the unsettling 1962 thriller starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum takes on an even more disturbing dimension under the direction of Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro assumes Mitchum’s role as the grinning sociopath Max Cady and Nick Nolte takes over for Peck as the milquetoast lawyer trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Illeana Douglas shines as the doomed barcrawler who decides to sidle up to the appalling Cady.
- 7/31/2017
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Author: Dave Roper
With Actors, Directors, Actresses and Screenwriters under our collective belt and Cinematographers still to come, we presently turn our eye towards Composers, whose music lends so much to the films they work on.
As with the other lists, credit is given for not merely one or two sterling scores, but rather a consistently excellent body of work with specific stand-out films. To be blunt, this is a trickier prospect than it at first appears. Just because a film is terrific or well-loved doesn’t necessarily mean that the score is itself a standout. We begin with perhaps the most obvious and celebrated film composer of them all…..
John Williams – Star Wars
Goodness me. The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Long Goodbye, Catch Me If You Can, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Star Wars, Superman, Et, Born on the Fourth of July,...
With Actors, Directors, Actresses and Screenwriters under our collective belt and Cinematographers still to come, we presently turn our eye towards Composers, whose music lends so much to the films they work on.
As with the other lists, credit is given for not merely one or two sterling scores, but rather a consistently excellent body of work with specific stand-out films. To be blunt, this is a trickier prospect than it at first appears. Just because a film is terrific or well-loved doesn’t necessarily mean that the score is itself a standout. We begin with perhaps the most obvious and celebrated film composer of them all…..
John Williams – Star Wars
Goodness me. The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Long Goodbye, Catch Me If You Can, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Star Wars, Superman, Et, Born on the Fourth of July,...
- 5/10/2017
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro will be honored with the “Hollywood Comedy Award” for his film “The Comedian” at the 20th Annual “Hollywood Film Awards® Presented by Virginia Black.” The awards ceremony, celebrating its 20th anniversary as the official launch of the awards season®, will be hosted by actor and comedian James Corden, and will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, on November 6, 2016. The Hollywood Film Awards honors some of the most acclaimed films and actors, as well as previews highly anticipated films and talent for the upcoming year. Additional artists are also honored in the categories of Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Composing, Costume Design, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Makeup & Hairstyling. Its honorees over the past 20 years have included the world’s biggest stars and more than 110 have gone on to garner Oscar nominations and/or wins. Past honorees of the “Hollywood Comedy Award” include Judd Apatow,...
- 10/31/2016
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Our series on remakes continues with a graphic reimagining of a moody suspense thriller from the 1960s. This week, Cinelinx looks at Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear (1991).
Both versions of this film have very similar plots—based on the novel “The Executioners” by John D. MacDonald—but the approach of the respective directors are so different that the two films become very distinct. The original 1962 version of Cape Fear is a Hitchcockian suspense drama, while the 1991 remake is more of a slasher film. Both films tell the story of an obsessed ex-con/rapist who manipulates the loopholes of the law in order to stalk a man he hates. It’s interesting to see the same story interpreted so differently.
The 1962 version starred Gregory Peck, one of the greatest actors of his—or any other—generation, along with Robert Mitchum, who is wonderfully menacing as the villain. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson,...
Both versions of this film have very similar plots—based on the novel “The Executioners” by John D. MacDonald—but the approach of the respective directors are so different that the two films become very distinct. The original 1962 version of Cape Fear is a Hitchcockian suspense drama, while the 1991 remake is more of a slasher film. Both films tell the story of an obsessed ex-con/rapist who manipulates the loopholes of the law in order to stalk a man he hates. It’s interesting to see the same story interpreted so differently.
The 1962 version starred Gregory Peck, one of the greatest actors of his—or any other—generation, along with Robert Mitchum, who is wonderfully menacing as the villain. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson,...
- 4/19/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Along with a couple of iffy Focker sequels and the lamentable Last Vegas, the latter half of De Niro’s career has been tarnished with the type of bruising refuse that would trigger a Max Cady/Travis Bickle combo killing spree, or at least an intrepid musical number. Even his David O’ Russell films have waned in
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- 1/25/2016
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A disaffected celebrity incurs the wrath of a menacing drifter in Mojave, a rote psycho thriller that wears its Shakespearian influences on its tattered sleeves before clumsily morphing into Come at Me Bro: The Movie as each of the two determined adversaries engage in a relentless battle of wills. The sophomore directorial effort from Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed), this beige, low-budget indie isn’t likely to be remembered as more than a curious foot note in the filmography of rising star Oscar Isaac as roles in A Most Violent Year, Ex-Machina, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens thrust the charismatic leading man ever further up the Hollywood A-list.
In his screenplay for The Departed, Monahan used the foundation of Andrew Lau’s Infernal Affairs to weave a masterful tapestry of fear and paranoia in the South Boston criminal underworld. Their motives cloaked in mystery as they navigated...
In his screenplay for The Departed, Monahan used the foundation of Andrew Lau’s Infernal Affairs to weave a masterful tapestry of fear and paranoia in the South Boston criminal underworld. Their motives cloaked in mystery as they navigated...
- 1/22/2016
- by Jason Buchanan
- CinemaNerdz
dick clark productions announced today that two-time Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro will be honored with the “Hollywood Career Achievement Award.” The awards ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, on November 1, 2015. The Hollywood Film Awards, the official launch of the awards season®, has recognized excellence in the art of cinema and filmmaking for 18 years, honoring some of the world’s biggest stars. Honorees have gone on to garner many Oscar nominations and wins. “The Hollywood Film Awards is an incredible brand, previewing some of the biggest movies and stars of the year, while launching the award season,” said Allen Shapiro, CEO of dick clark productions. “We are honored to have Robert De Niro as this year’s recipient of the Hollywood Career Achievement Award.” Robert De Niro is currently starring in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Intern” and will appear next in 20th Century Fox’s “Joy,...
- 10/2/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Simpsons has pastiched hundreds of movies in its time. From Hitchcock to Kubrick to Disney, we select our top 30 favourites...
The Simpsons has a long history of peppering its stories with pop culture references, and some of the show’s finest gags stem from the world of cinema. These have ranged from the briefest of quotes, to full on shot-for-shot parodies and extended episode-long homages.
Most striking in trying to put this list together was the sheer volume of movie references there are to choose from. In pretty much any given episode of The Simpsons, there are at least a couple, with nods to James Bond, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the work of Alfred Hitchcock proving three of the most regular candidates. The tributes to numerous great horror movies in the show’s Treehouse Of Horror episodes could have been used to fill this list all on their own.
The Simpsons has a long history of peppering its stories with pop culture references, and some of the show’s finest gags stem from the world of cinema. These have ranged from the briefest of quotes, to full on shot-for-shot parodies and extended episode-long homages.
Most striking in trying to put this list together was the sheer volume of movie references there are to choose from. In pretty much any given episode of The Simpsons, there are at least a couple, with nods to James Bond, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the work of Alfred Hitchcock proving three of the most regular candidates. The tributes to numerous great horror movies in the show’s Treehouse Of Horror episodes could have been used to fill this list all on their own.
- 4/23/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Cinema deviants can come in all forms or variety. It is just a matter of taking your pick as to what kind of deviant you consider. Perhaps your preference of deviant is of the sexual or molesting persuasion? Or maybe in the arena of hustlers or swindlers or cheaters? Will notorious gangsters and corrupt officials fit the bill for your definition of legitimate deviant sources?
The one type of deviant prototype that no one can question or disregard in terms of an impacting impression is the serial killer…or any killer where the impulse to slaughter is mindless fun or in some cases a perverse release to punish society for their own inner psychological demons and despair.
In “Killer Instinct”: Top Ten Disturbed Deviants in the Movies we will look at the selections of twisted individuals whose overwhelming passion for the pleasure of pain and punishment against their fellow...
The one type of deviant prototype that no one can question or disregard in terms of an impacting impression is the serial killer…or any killer where the impulse to slaughter is mindless fun or in some cases a perverse release to punish society for their own inner psychological demons and despair.
In “Killer Instinct”: Top Ten Disturbed Deviants in the Movies we will look at the selections of twisted individuals whose overwhelming passion for the pleasure of pain and punishment against their fellow...
- 2/8/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
WWE.com / Universal Pictures
Picture the scene: It’s Wrestlemania 31 and Bray Wyatt has been goading the Undertaker to the mat since the Royal Rumble. Both men wield strange and supernatural powers, but Taker hasn’t been right since Brock Lesnar conquered his streak and Wyatt smells blood in the air. No longer does Taker hold dominance over this prestigious event and Wyatt is going to prove once and for all that the Dead Man is far from immortal.
Then, the fight. It’s just about as brutal as you’d think with Undertaker showing us exactly why he’s been the mac daddy for so long but Wyatt holds his own. It’s one of those twenty minute stalemates where everything seems possible: bodies go through tables, backs are smashed against steel stairs and, when we think the carnage can’t get any worse, the Demon Kane decides to...
Picture the scene: It’s Wrestlemania 31 and Bray Wyatt has been goading the Undertaker to the mat since the Royal Rumble. Both men wield strange and supernatural powers, but Taker hasn’t been right since Brock Lesnar conquered his streak and Wyatt smells blood in the air. No longer does Taker hold dominance over this prestigious event and Wyatt is going to prove once and for all that the Dead Man is far from immortal.
Then, the fight. It’s just about as brutal as you’d think with Undertaker showing us exactly why he’s been the mac daddy for so long but Wyatt holds his own. It’s one of those twenty minute stalemates where everything seems possible: bodies go through tables, backs are smashed against steel stairs and, when we think the carnage can’t get any worse, the Demon Kane decides to...
- 12/14/2014
- by Matthew Clarke
- Obsessed with Film
Do you know anyone named Michael Myers? How about Freddy Krueger? If not, you could soon. Directory service Whitepages recently compiled a list of real people who share names with iconic figures from the horror canon. (While they did not do a follow-up and ask those people how they felt about sharing their names, we can surmise "not good" is probably the answer for most of them.) "Many people could say they've been scared by a number of the villains on this list, but until now have probably never thought that one could be living next door!" Whitepages culture and...
- 10/28/2014
- PEOPLE.com
In 1995 and 1997, Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. had Heat and Jackie Brown released into cinemas. Not his best films or his best performances, perhaps, but mesmerising work in excellent pictures directed by master filmmakers: the former saw him convince for Michael Mann as the cool, meticulous leader of a gang of career criminals; the latter had Quentin Tarantino give viewers a dim crim whose uncontrollable anger contributes to the unravelling of a heist.
For a whole generation of moviegoers who have grown up since, however, the adulation that's universally showered upon De Niro must be perplexing. Occasionally he summons up a portion of his old intensity – his turns in What Just Happened, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle are the (slim) picks of the last 15 years – but for anyone who got into movies from the late '90s on, he's the funny guy in Analyze This and Meet The Parents,...
For a whole generation of moviegoers who have grown up since, however, the adulation that's universally showered upon De Niro must be perplexing. Occasionally he summons up a portion of his old intensity – his turns in What Just Happened, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle are the (slim) picks of the last 15 years – but for anyone who got into movies from the late '90s on, he's the funny guy in Analyze This and Meet The Parents,...
- 8/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Cold in July
Directed by Jim Mickle
Written by Nick Damici
2014, USA
Fans of pulp fiction will get a kick out of Cold in July, a gritty – at times bloody – and darkly funny crime yarn directed by provocateur Jim Mickle (Mulberry Street, Stakeland). This rigid and enthralling Texas thriller is one the most hyperbolic and stylish crime yarns in years. Think Drive, but with a better cast – a better script – and a sense of humour as sharp as a knife.
Jim Mickle’s violent black comedy stars Michael C. Hall as Richard Dane, a suburban family man who has a small-town framing shop, a beautiful wife and son – and a gun hidden away in the house which he should have no business owning. The opening scene gets the plot moving fairly quickly as he confronts and then fatally shoots a burglar who’s broken into his home. The local sheriff...
Directed by Jim Mickle
Written by Nick Damici
2014, USA
Fans of pulp fiction will get a kick out of Cold in July, a gritty – at times bloody – and darkly funny crime yarn directed by provocateur Jim Mickle (Mulberry Street, Stakeland). This rigid and enthralling Texas thriller is one the most hyperbolic and stylish crime yarns in years. Think Drive, but with a better cast – a better script – and a sense of humour as sharp as a knife.
Jim Mickle’s violent black comedy stars Michael C. Hall as Richard Dane, a suburban family man who has a small-town framing shop, a beautiful wife and son – and a gun hidden away in the house which he should have no business owning. The opening scene gets the plot moving fairly quickly as he confronts and then fatally shoots a burglar who’s broken into his home. The local sheriff...
- 7/25/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
I'm writing a blog about you, it's called "Why You Suck".
According to fate, the #YesAllWomen social media frenzy--with its copious corollary analysis--has coincided with my viewing of The Right Kind of Wrong (2013), a movie about an antisocial stalker who haunts a beautiful newlywed because he's arbitrarily decided to "love" her. Uncharitable a reading though that may be, feminist arguments are not known for their charity. But the phenomenon does provide an opportunity to give the common trope used in this film a quarter turn and see the creepy, violating side of it. Inspired by passion and the certainty of love-at-first-sight, a man woos a woman away from her current lover (here, husband) who is clearly (clearly!) less appropriate for her than is our hero. She doesn't see it yet, but she will--no really, she will. If we weren't introduced to the hero first, but instead saw the Lady getting ready for the wedding,...
According to fate, the #YesAllWomen social media frenzy--with its copious corollary analysis--has coincided with my viewing of The Right Kind of Wrong (2013), a movie about an antisocial stalker who haunts a beautiful newlywed because he's arbitrarily decided to "love" her. Uncharitable a reading though that may be, feminist arguments are not known for their charity. But the phenomenon does provide an opportunity to give the common trope used in this film a quarter turn and see the creepy, violating side of it. Inspired by passion and the certainty of love-at-first-sight, a man woos a woman away from her current lover (here, husband) who is clearly (clearly!) less appropriate for her than is our hero. She doesn't see it yet, but she will--no really, she will. If we weren't introduced to the hero first, but instead saw the Lady getting ready for the wedding,...
- 6/4/2014
- by Jason Ratigan
- JustPressPlay.net
Ten years after collaborating on Of Mice and Men (1939), a critical hit and now a classic, but a commercial disappointment at the time, Lewis Milestone once more adapted John Steinbeck's material to the screen. The studio was Republic, a B-movie output that occasionally tackled artsier material as a way of attracting big talent (Ford's The Informer, Welles's Macbeth, Borzage's Moonrise). The combination of writer and director drew stars Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy in this case, to a story about a boy and his pony in which the pair of them are really supporting players, and in which they have no romance together.
The Red Pony may have been intended as some kind of "children's western." It has been decorated with animated inserts and fantasy sequences to add a sense of childish make-believe to the quite gritty tale of life on a Californian ranch. Confusingly, the animation has also...
The Red Pony may have been intended as some kind of "children's western." It has been decorated with animated inserts and fantasy sequences to add a sense of childish make-believe to the quite gritty tale of life on a Californian ranch. Confusingly, the animation has also...
- 1/23/2014
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
The holidays are almost here, and for many people, that means happy family gatherings with warm conversation and time well-spent together. For an equal number of people, that means finding something to watch so no one has to really talk to each other, and the best way to deflect things via movies is to find something everyone enjoys. The worst way to do it is to throw on "Irreversible" and belly laugh all the way through. I'm not saying you'd do that. Not you. You're a decent person, not Max Cady from "Cape Fear," and you would never intentionally make everyone...
- 11/27/2013
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
In his half-century as a film actor, Robert De Niro has played some of Hollywood's most iconic characters: Travis Bickle, Jake Lamotta, Max Cady, Jack Byrnes. But he’s become much more prolific as he’s gotten older; Last Vegas, which opens today, is his fourth movie this year, and there are still two more to come. It's hard to keep track of all these roles, as for every Vito Corleone there are a dozen Evan Wrights. If you knew that Wright is his character from 1992’s Mistress, you're going to be great at this quiz, which tests your ability to match descriptions of De Niro's lesser-known roles with the movies that spawned them.
- 11/1/2013
- by Adam K. Raymond
- Vulture
Villains have always been and will always be some of the most fascinating and memorable characters in the world of genre film. Here we will take a look at the greatest villains of cinema from the 1990’s.
The criteria for this article is the same as in my previous articles Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1970’s and Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1980’s: the villains must be from live-action films-no animated features-and must pose some type of direct of indirect lethal threat. The villains can either be individuals or small groups that act as one unit.
The villains must be human or human in appearance. Also, individuals that are the central protagonists/antiheroes of their respective films were excluded.
Brad Dourif as The Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty, 1990): Veteran actor Dourif is intense and unforgettable as an executed murderer inhabiting someone else’s body in...
The criteria for this article is the same as in my previous articles Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1970’s and Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1980’s: the villains must be from live-action films-no animated features-and must pose some type of direct of indirect lethal threat. The villains can either be individuals or small groups that act as one unit.
The villains must be human or human in appearance. Also, individuals that are the central protagonists/antiheroes of their respective films were excluded.
Brad Dourif as The Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty, 1990): Veteran actor Dourif is intense and unforgettable as an executed murderer inhabiting someone else’s body in...
- 8/11/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
What happened when Harmony Korine cast Disney starlet Selena Gomez alongside Gucci Mane and 1,000 horny extras? 'It's a hyper-candy-textural, hyper-stylised reality,' he says
"Note: this movie is not for my littles," wrote Selena Gomez on her Facebook page recently. Gomez, 20, Disney starlet, singer of songs, breaker of Bieber's heart, is followed by 41 million people on Facebook, the vast majority of whom you'd hope are indeed "littles". She's heavily promoting Spring Breakers on her page, among the fashion line plugs ("My favorites the yellow with the hearts what's yours?") and Disney show ads. But she's right. It's not for them. Spring Breakers is a glorious beast of a film, a morally ambiguous piece of pop art, a lurid trip with hallucinatory highs and ugly comedowns. Substances are abused, humans are murdered. Guns are fellated. In Gomez World, it is very much off-message. Cover your eyes, littles.
Every March, for a week,...
"Note: this movie is not for my littles," wrote Selena Gomez on her Facebook page recently. Gomez, 20, Disney starlet, singer of songs, breaker of Bieber's heart, is followed by 41 million people on Facebook, the vast majority of whom you'd hope are indeed "littles". She's heavily promoting Spring Breakers on her page, among the fashion line plugs ("My favorites the yellow with the hearts what's yours?") and Disney show ads. But she's right. It's not for them. Spring Breakers is a glorious beast of a film, a morally ambiguous piece of pop art, a lurid trip with hallucinatory highs and ugly comedowns. Substances are abused, humans are murdered. Guns are fellated. In Gomez World, it is very much off-message. Cover your eyes, littles.
Every March, for a week,...
- 3/30/2013
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
Each and every month, we here at Sound On Sight dedicate the entire month to a specific theme. Sometimes we follow an event, an actor, a filmmaker and so on, as decided by our readers who vote on our monthly poll. February of 2013 was dedicated to actor Keanu Reeves. When the results came in, just about everyone was surprised that Keanu won over Steven Soderbergh, who finished a close second. But what has been even more surprising is that our Keanu Reeves marathon is without a doubt the most successful so far – driving in more traffic than the likes of Quentin Tarantino and 007.
Despite the fact that his acting has frequently been ridiculed as wooden, Keanu has always had a magical presence everywhere he appears, both on and offscreen. There is something to be said about a man who dropped out of high-school to follow his dreams of acting, and 27 years later,...
Despite the fact that his acting has frequently been ridiculed as wooden, Keanu has always had a magical presence everywhere he appears, both on and offscreen. There is something to be said about a man who dropped out of high-school to follow his dreams of acting, and 27 years later,...
- 3/1/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Shia Labeouf might not get an Oscar for taking LSD for his role in the upcoming film The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, but he might get us to consider buying a ticket. “I’d never done acid before. I remember sending Evan tapes. I remember trying to conjure this and sending tapes. And Evan being like ‘That’s good, but that’s not but, that is,’” Labeouf told MTV about dropping acid to prepare for his character’s drug trip. “You reach out to friends and gauge where you’re at. I was sending tapes around and I’d get 50 percents from people and that just starts creeping me out. I was getting really nervous toward the end. Not cause I wanted to be on drugs — I’m not trying to mess with the set or anything like that. It’s really just fear that propels people.” Maybe it was fear,...
- 1/23/2013
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Who doesn’t love a mad dog? Those crazy sons of guns whose antics go above and beyond the call of sanity. Throughout the last 60 or so years of cinema, the movie mad dog has been a staple of some of the best films to come out of Hollywood. From Robert Mitchum’s Max Cady in Cape Fear to Mel Gibson’s Riggs in Lethal Weapon and beyond, some of our favourite characters of all-time are mad dogs. From jumping out a moving vehicles to running across a glass covered floor with no shoes on, we can’t wait to see what these head-cases are going to do next! To celebrate these cinematic crazies, ere’s an absolutely non-comprehensive run down of our 10 favourite mad dogs.
10. Martin Riggs – Mel Gibson – Lethal Weapon
Riggs is a man with nothing to lose, basically because he lost it all already when his wife...
10. Martin Riggs – Mel Gibson – Lethal Weapon
Riggs is a man with nothing to lose, basically because he lost it all already when his wife...
- 1/13/2013
- by Adrian Poole
- Obsessed with Film
Our friend and great actor, Robert De Niro, will probably be nominated for the 7th time and may win his 3 Oscar. We hope that the Academy includes Robert De Niro in the “Best Supporting Actor” category for his great performance in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Robert De Niro launched his prolific motion picture career in Brian De Palma’s “The Wedding Party” in 1969. By 1974 he had won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of his critically acclaimed performance in “Bang the Drum Slowly” and from the National Society of Film Critics for Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets.” In 1974 De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in “The Godfather, Part II.” In 1980 he won his second Oscar, as Best Actor, for his extraordinary portrayal of Jake La Motta in Scorsese’s “Raging Bull.” De Niro...
- 12/26/2012
- by aablog@hollywoodnews.com (Josh Abraham)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Who are the 101 Greatest Movie Villains? One movie fan came up with their own list, but rather than merely naming them one by one, they put together a supercut of some memorable movie scenes celebrating their choices for the biggest and best baddies from movie history, from Scar to Nosferatu to Chuckie and The Joker. See if your favorites made the cut. The video below (via Vulture) comes courtesy of YouTube user CriticaDaqueleFilme and clocks in at about six minutes. Using songs from X-Men: First Class to set the tone, some movies get a bit more focus than others, as the video starts with the tour of Max Cady's creepy tattoos in Cape Fear and then moves on to one of Jack Nicholson's Shining moments. Some of my favorites that made the list are Pennywise (It), Kevin Spacey's John Doe (Se7en), General Zod (Superman II), O-Ren Ishii...
- 11/7/2012
- cinemablend.com
Forget about thy neighbor's wife, this week on Up All Night we learned thou shall not cover thy neighbor's babysitter.
"Another Saturday Night" turned into fright night when Terry showed up outside the Brinkley household. She was a little bit of Annie Wilkes, Max Cady and Hedy Carlson all rolled into one in that scene, as she stood in the darkness outside the patio door.
Saturday nights are the life blood of any young couple. Sadly, though, when it comes to finding someone you trust with your child, good help is hard to find. So it was no surprise to see Reagan and Chris act as slippery as Bob Sugar did when he stole Cush from Jerry Maguire on the night before the draft.
Loved their choice of drinks and their request to have them served in those Buddha raising the roof mugs, but Ava was the clear winner with her Pinot Grige with ice.
"Another Saturday Night" turned into fright night when Terry showed up outside the Brinkley household. She was a little bit of Annie Wilkes, Max Cady and Hedy Carlson all rolled into one in that scene, as she stood in the darkness outside the patio door.
Saturday nights are the life blood of any young couple. Sadly, though, when it comes to finding someone you trust with your child, good help is hard to find. So it was no surprise to see Reagan and Chris act as slippery as Bob Sugar did when he stole Cush from Jerry Maguire on the night before the draft.
Loved their choice of drinks and their request to have them served in those Buddha raising the roof mugs, but Ava was the clear winner with her Pinot Grige with ice.
- 10/19/2012
- by cfohara4@hotmail.com (Chris O'Hara)
- TVfanatic
HollywoodNews.com: The 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Times, has announced that two-time Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro will be honored with the "Hollywood Supporting Actor Award" at the festival's Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony for his fantastic performance in David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook." The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Awards. He said: "Robert De Niro is not only highly regarded for his body of work as an actor, producer, and director, but also for the passion, integrity, and dedication he brings to his performances on camera, as well as his intense off-camera preparation and study of the characters he brings to life. His performance in the upcoming film "Silver Linings Playbook" is outstanding." The 2012 Hollywood Film Awards has also announced that it will honor Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard with the "Hollywood Actress Award,...
- 9/25/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
For some reason, Robert Mitchum's Max Cady in the original "Cape Fear" lands at only No. 28 on the AFI's list of the top 50 on-screen villains of all time. (That's just one notch above Mitchum's Rev. Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter," a similarly terrifying killer, the one with "L-o-v-e" and "H-a-t-e" tattooed on his knuckles.) Really, Mitchum's Cady ought to be much higher up. After all, there are plenty of stalkers and murderers on the list, but how many also imbue their characters with such a perverse air of sexual menace? Only a handful: Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) in "Blue Velvet," Noah Cross (John Huston) in "Chinatown," Alex De Large (Malcolm McDowell) in "A Clockwork Orange," and Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in "Psycho." "Psycho" was clearly a touchstone for "Cape Fear," which marks its 50th anniversary this month. Besides a villain with a dark sexual history and twisted tastes,...
- 4/18/2012
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Boldly directed and featuring a great turn from Robert De Niro, Cape Fear is among Martin Scorsese’s best films, reckons Ryan. And here's why...
Following the critical acclaim earned by such wilfully individual movies as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s decision to direct a remake of an old 60s thriller was a surprising one. And yet, Scorsese’s foray into the mainstream proved to be a wise move, providing the director with yet more praise and a proper box-office hit.
In retrospect, it’s not difficult to see what Scorsese saw in the film’s apparently simple premise, adapted from John MacDonald’s 1957 novel, The Executioners. The 1962 Cape Fear, directed by J Lee Thompson and featuring the chiselled jaws of Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in its lead roles, was a tale of good versus evil: maniac convict Max Cady (Mitchum) gets out of jail...
Following the critical acclaim earned by such wilfully individual movies as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese’s decision to direct a remake of an old 60s thriller was a surprising one. And yet, Scorsese’s foray into the mainstream proved to be a wise move, providing the director with yet more praise and a proper box-office hit.
In retrospect, it’s not difficult to see what Scorsese saw in the film’s apparently simple premise, adapted from John MacDonald’s 1957 novel, The Executioners. The 1962 Cape Fear, directed by J Lee Thompson and featuring the chiselled jaws of Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in its lead roles, was a tale of good versus evil: maniac convict Max Cady (Mitchum) gets out of jail...
- 1/9/2012
- Den of Geek
Peter Kimpton tops up our writers' favourite film series with an ode to Charles Laughton's 1955 thriller, a tale as dark and disquieting as a half-forgotten dream
Want to write your own review of the film? Do so here – or brave the cut-throat comments section below
Motionless for 90 minutes, I could not even remove my coat. I sweated and shivered. I felt in shock. Was the film recreating scenes from my sleep? I had never seen, as far as I can recall, The Night of the Hunter. That is until a cold, wintry night in the 1990s when, working in Glasgow, I went to the city's Gft cinema to catch a new 35mm print of Charles Laughton's 1955 masterpiece. It was his only film as a director. Critics panned it on its release, consequently killing off the actor's career behind the camera, and perhaps robbing history of further works of greatness.
Want to write your own review of the film? Do so here – or brave the cut-throat comments section below
Motionless for 90 minutes, I could not even remove my coat. I sweated and shivered. I felt in shock. Was the film recreating scenes from my sleep? I had never seen, as far as I can recall, The Night of the Hunter. That is until a cold, wintry night in the 1990s when, working in Glasgow, I went to the city's Gft cinema to catch a new 35mm print of Charles Laughton's 1955 masterpiece. It was his only film as a director. Critics panned it on its release, consequently killing off the actor's career behind the camera, and perhaps robbing history of further works of greatness.
- 12/8/2011
- by Peter Kimpton
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s Tuesday! That means it’s time for another Home Invasion post. Home Invasion is a list of DVD & Blu-Ray releases for the week. All descriptions are from Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. We have included buttons for you to order that product which not only makes it easy on you but also helps us pay the bills around here.
Batman: Year One (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Batman: Year One is an animated adaptation of the four issue story arc Batman: Year One. The premiere was at Comic-Con on July 22 and the official release date is October 18, 2011. The film was directed by Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu. It is the 12th film released under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies banner. (from Wikipedia.org)
Buy the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy @ Amazon.com Beware
Shady Grove has many dark secrets among them is the sadistic legend of Shane,...
Batman: Year One (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Batman: Year One is an animated adaptation of the four issue story arc Batman: Year One. The premiere was at Comic-Con on July 22 and the official release date is October 18, 2011. The film was directed by Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu. It is the 12th film released under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies banner. (from Wikipedia.org)
Buy the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy @ Amazon.com Beware
Shady Grove has many dark secrets among them is the sadistic legend of Shane,...
- 10/18/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Attack On Leningrad (2009)
Synopsis: When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: Unknown.
Baaria (2009)
Synopsis: Peppino, the nickname of the boy at the story’s heart, is a tough little kid in the 1930s, used to the rough-and-tumble world of Baaria (local slang for Tornatore’s native Bagheria), a hot and dusty Sicilian village with one main street. His adventures are many and his memories singular: men gambling in the local square, goats eating his schoolbooks, and...
Attack On Leningrad (2009)
Synopsis: When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: Unknown.
Baaria (2009)
Synopsis: Peppino, the nickname of the boy at the story’s heart, is a tough little kid in the 1930s, used to the rough-and-tumble world of Baaria (local slang for Tornatore’s native Bagheria), a hot and dusty Sicilian village with one main street. His adventures are many and his memories singular: men gambling in the local square, goats eating his schoolbooks, and...
- 10/18/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
1. Johnny Depp When you start out in A Nightmare On Elm Street, it's hard to land a better horror movie role, but Johnny Depp has been given many great performances to horror fans. From films like Sleepy Hollow, and From Hell, to an odd little cameo in Freddy's Dead, Depp knows the genre, and it's time he returned to where he started. 2. Robert De Niro While not truly horror, Robert De Niro shocked and terrified as Max Cady in the remake o…...
- 8/20/2011
- Horrorbid
Super 8 finally arrives in UK cinemas this week, shepherded by Steven Spielberg. Here are nine more movies he produced, that seem to have unfairly fallen off the radar…
Steven Spielberg has a well-known and extensive set of credits as a director. And as producer and executive producer, he's also put his name to movies such as The Goonies, Transformers, Men In Black and Gremlins.
But what of the Spielberg-produced films that fly a little futher under the radar? We're going to salute a collection of them right now...
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
We've spent a lot of time on this site championing Back To The Future, The Goonies and Gremlins, and it's a policy we fully intend to keep adhering to. However, there was a movie made around the same time, that Spielberg also produced, which deserves praise. And that'd be Barry Levinson's Young Sherlock Holmes.
It's a surprise...
Steven Spielberg has a well-known and extensive set of credits as a director. And as producer and executive producer, he's also put his name to movies such as The Goonies, Transformers, Men In Black and Gremlins.
But what of the Spielberg-produced films that fly a little futher under the radar? We're going to salute a collection of them right now...
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
We've spent a lot of time on this site championing Back To The Future, The Goonies and Gremlins, and it's a policy we fully intend to keep adhering to. However, there was a movie made around the same time, that Spielberg also produced, which deserves praise. And that'd be Barry Levinson's Young Sherlock Holmes.
It's a surprise...
- 8/4/2011
- Den of Geek
Release Date: Oct. 18, 2011
Price: Blu-ray $19.99
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Robert De Niro (l.) makes life tough for Nick Nolte in Cape Fear.
The Blu-ray debut of the great Martin Scorsese’s (Shutter Island) almost-great 1991 Cape Fear gives us the chance to take in the dazzling visual work of legendary cinematographer Freddie Francis in glorious high-definition. (The late Francis picked up two Oscars for his cinematography during his 40-year film career for 1960’s Sons and Daughters and 1981’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman.)
In Cape Fear — a remake of the 1962 thriller movie directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Robert Mitchum — stars Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver) as vicious psychopath Max Cady. Out of prison after 14 years behind bars, Cady has a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte, 48 Hrs.). And if Bowden’s wife (Jessica Lange, Francis) and teenage daughter (Juliette Lewis, Due Date...
Price: Blu-ray $19.99
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Robert De Niro (l.) makes life tough for Nick Nolte in Cape Fear.
The Blu-ray debut of the great Martin Scorsese’s (Shutter Island) almost-great 1991 Cape Fear gives us the chance to take in the dazzling visual work of legendary cinematographer Freddie Francis in glorious high-definition. (The late Francis picked up two Oscars for his cinematography during his 40-year film career for 1960’s Sons and Daughters and 1981’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman.)
In Cape Fear — a remake of the 1962 thriller movie directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Robert Mitchum — stars Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver) as vicious psychopath Max Cady. Out of prison after 14 years behind bars, Cady has a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte, 48 Hrs.). And if Bowden’s wife (Jessica Lange, Francis) and teenage daughter (Juliette Lewis, Due Date...
- 8/4/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Universal Home Entertainment has announced an October 18th street date for Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake of Cape Fear, starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis. De Niro received an Oscar nom for his role as Max Cady, a convicted rapist who seeks revenge on his public defender by targeting his family.
Extras include:
The Making of Cape Fear
Behind-the-Scenes of the Fourth of July Parade
On the Set of the Houseboat
Photograph Montage
Matte Painting
Opening Credits
Source: Blu-ray...
Extras include:
The Making of Cape Fear
Behind-the-Scenes of the Fourth of July Parade
On the Set of the Houseboat
Photograph Montage
Matte Painting
Opening Credits
Source: Blu-ray...
- 7/28/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
In a time when highly anticipated titles like Duke Nukem Forever have pretty much screwed the pooch, it figures that a little known game would surface and end up being the sleeper horror hit of the year!
On sale now, Shadows of the Damned is a grisly romp through Hell starring a lead character that's half Max Cady from Cape Fear and half Tony Montana from Scarface. Think we're kidding? Play it for yourself!
In celebration of the game’s launch, EA will be hosting a live chat on EA.com tomorrow, June 21st at 4pm Pt/7pm Et. EA is inviting fans to tune in and ask producer Joel Wade their burning questions about Shadows of the Damned! Joel will also be showing off some incredible live gameplay during the chat so it will be worth watching even if you don’t have a question to ask. Hit up...
On sale now, Shadows of the Damned is a grisly romp through Hell starring a lead character that's half Max Cady from Cape Fear and half Tony Montana from Scarface. Think we're kidding? Play it for yourself!
In celebration of the game’s launch, EA will be hosting a live chat on EA.com tomorrow, June 21st at 4pm Pt/7pm Et. EA is inviting fans to tune in and ask producer Joel Wade their burning questions about Shadows of the Damned! Joel will also be showing off some incredible live gameplay during the chat so it will be worth watching even if you don’t have a question to ask. Hit up...
- 6/21/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Love this video that YouTube montaging legend, Harry Hanrahan from Pajiba.com has put together this time titled Cinemas Top Human Villains. The video splices together scenes from multiple amazing movies (list below) showing us the best baddies / villains from movies across the last few decades. Make sure you tell us which are you favourites but more importantly which ones have been missed in the comments section below.
If you’ve missed the previous videos that we’ve put up from Harry, you can see the 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time, The Other Greatest Movie Insults of all Time and the 160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes all of which are awesome!
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Movies in this montage include (in order of appearance):
Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men) Don Logan (Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast) Max Cady (Robert De Niro in Cape Fear...
If you’ve missed the previous videos that we’ve put up from Harry, you can see the 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time, The Other Greatest Movie Insults of all Time and the 160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes all of which are awesome!
Iframe Embed for Youtube
Movies in this montage include (in order of appearance):
Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men) Don Logan (Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast) Max Cady (Robert De Niro in Cape Fear...
- 5/28/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The title of Lee Server’s acclaimed 2002 biography, Robert Mitchum: Baby I Don’t Care (MacMillan), offers a perfect encapsulization of the eponymous actor: a hard-partying Hollywood Bad Boy who didn’t give a damn what moralizing finger-waggers thought of him, or what his peers in the movie business thought, or the press, or even the public. He was going to go his own way and to hell with you, and anyone positioning themselves to make strong objection was just as likely to get a punch in the nose as shown the actor’s broad back. He worked hardest at conveying the idea that the thing he did for a living – acting – was also the thing he cared least about; an impression that may have been his most convincing performance.
The Bad Boy part of Mitchum’s reputation was honestly come by. As a youth, he’d been booted from more than one school,...
The Bad Boy part of Mitchum’s reputation was honestly come by. As a youth, he’d been booted from more than one school,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
After last week's stellar "Damien Darko," we guess we shouldn't be surprised that "Gossip Girl's" Feb. 7 episode, "Panic Roommate," fell a bit flat.
Sure there were some things that worked (Blair's friendships with Chuck and Nate, Eric's loneliness, Dan's loft Ocd), but there were so many things that just didn't sit well with us, like Blair's new job at W, Chuck and Raina's non-existent chemistry and Damien's exit. We're going to miss everyone's -- Ok, our favorite drug dealer who looks like Zac Efron.
We're sorry, but there is no way W magazine would ever, and we mean Ever, let Blair have the assistant position. We tend to suspend our disbelief while watching our favorite Upper East Siders, but we can only suspend it for so long. And is it just us or does Ben seem to actually enjoy prison? Why wouldn't he deny that he punched Damien? The mind reels.
Sure there were some things that worked (Blair's friendships with Chuck and Nate, Eric's loneliness, Dan's loft Ocd), but there were so many things that just didn't sit well with us, like Blair's new job at W, Chuck and Raina's non-existent chemistry and Damien's exit. We're going to miss everyone's -- Ok, our favorite drug dealer who looks like Zac Efron.
We're sorry, but there is no way W magazine would ever, and we mean Ever, let Blair have the assistant position. We tend to suspend our disbelief while watching our favorite Upper East Siders, but we can only suspend it for so long. And is it just us or does Ben seem to actually enjoy prison? Why wouldn't he deny that he punched Damien? The mind reels.
- 2/8/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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