While Heavy Metal may not exactly be the first movie that comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving, it will always hold a special place in my heart around that time of year because of what happened the Thanksgiving of 2017.
You see, usually my family and I have Thanksgiving dinner with my aunt, uncle, and cousins. It’s a cherished tradition that goes back years, something we used to do when my grandma and grandpa on that side of the family were still with us and something we still do to honor their memory and be thankful for each other’s company.
Before Covid, we gathered every Thanksgiving for this tradition… until 2017 rolled around. On that year’s Thanksgiving, my mom unfortunately woke up with a feverish cold that only got worse as the day went on. To ensure that she could rest and feel better as soon as...
You see, usually my family and I have Thanksgiving dinner with my aunt, uncle, and cousins. It’s a cherished tradition that goes back years, something we used to do when my grandma and grandpa on that side of the family were still with us and something we still do to honor their memory and be thankful for each other’s company.
Before Covid, we gathered every Thanksgiving for this tradition… until 2017 rolled around. On that year’s Thanksgiving, my mom unfortunately woke up with a feverish cold that only got worse as the day went on. To ensure that she could rest and feel better as soon as...
- 8/24/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Above: Juan Gatti’s original Spanish poster for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain).
After covering the posters for the very first and the current New York Film Festivals, I thought it might be fitting, in this last year of Richard Peña’s tenure as Program Director and Selection Committee Chairman of the festival, to gather all the posters from Peña’s very first Nyff, 24 years ago.
In the current edition of Film Comment—an essential souvenir of the history of the festival to date, complete with a list of every feature film to have played the festival in its 50 years—Gavin Smith writes that “The 25-film lineup of the 1988 Nyff was partly a reflection of the decade’s drift and uncertainty—two came from Nyff veterans (Sergei Paradjanov, Marcel Ophuls), two were post-Glasnost rediscoveries (Andrei Konchalovsky, Larissa Shepitko), and nine were bets that didn...
After covering the posters for the very first and the current New York Film Festivals, I thought it might be fitting, in this last year of Richard Peña’s tenure as Program Director and Selection Committee Chairman of the festival, to gather all the posters from Peña’s very first Nyff, 24 years ago.
In the current edition of Film Comment—an essential souvenir of the history of the festival to date, complete with a list of every feature film to have played the festival in its 50 years—Gavin Smith writes that “The 25-film lineup of the 1988 Nyff was partly a reflection of the decade’s drift and uncertainty—two came from Nyff veterans (Sergei Paradjanov, Marcel Ophuls), two were post-Glasnost rediscoveries (Andrei Konchalovsky, Larissa Shepitko), and nine were bets that didn...
- 10/6/2012
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Rank the week of July 19th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases Limitless
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 201)
Flickchart Ranking: #1890
Times Ranked: 3217
Win Percentage: 51%
Top-20 Rankings: 12
Directed By: Neil Burger
Starring: Bradley Cooper • Robert De Niro • Abbie Cornish • Anna Friel • Andrew Howard
Genres: Psychological Sci-Fi • Psychological Thriller • Science Fiction • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Take Me Home Tonight
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5722
Times Ranked: 1234
Win Percentage: 49%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Michael Dowse
Starring: Topher Grace • Anna Faris • Dan Fogler • Teresa Palmer • Chris Pratt
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama • Period Film • Romance • Romantic Comedy • Romantic Drama
Rank This Movie
The Reef
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #10667
Times Ranked: 152
Win Percentage: 47%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Andrew Traucki
Starring: Adrienne Pickering • Gyton Grantley • Zoe Naylor • Damian Walshe-Howling • Kieran Darcy-Smith
Genres: Horror • Natural Horror • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Tekken
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9314
Times Ranked: 332
Win...
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG13 | 201)
Flickchart Ranking: #1890
Times Ranked: 3217
Win Percentage: 51%
Top-20 Rankings: 12
Directed By: Neil Burger
Starring: Bradley Cooper • Robert De Niro • Abbie Cornish • Anna Friel • Andrew Howard
Genres: Psychological Sci-Fi • Psychological Thriller • Science Fiction • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Take Me Home Tonight
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5722
Times Ranked: 1234
Win Percentage: 49%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Michael Dowse
Starring: Topher Grace • Anna Faris • Dan Fogler • Teresa Palmer • Chris Pratt
Genres: Comedy • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama • Period Film • Romance • Romantic Comedy • Romantic Drama
Rank This Movie
The Reef
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #10667
Times Ranked: 152
Win Percentage: 47%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Andrew Traucki
Starring: Adrienne Pickering • Gyton Grantley • Zoe Naylor • Damian Walshe-Howling • Kieran Darcy-Smith
Genres: Horror • Natural Horror • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Tekken
(DVD & Blu-ray | Nr | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #9314
Times Ranked: 332
Win...
- 7/19/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Peter Stormare, Aaron Poole, Jill Hennessy, Ari Cohen, Jackie Burroughs and Steven Eric McIntyre
Shot with stunning simplicity by Brendan Steacy, “Small Town Murder Songs,” the sophomore feature effort of 33-year-old Toronto native Ed Gass-Donnelly, finds its footing in a Mennonite Christian community. When a girl turns up dead on the banks of the local “beach,” the town’s police chief Walter Ruden has issues from his past dredged to light. Like fellow Canadian David Cronenberg’s “History of Violence,” “Small Town Murder Songs” explores the issues of how deep one can bury what is innate within each of us and whether faith alone is truly enough to maintain strength.
With a detective at the helm, Chief Walter does the rounds, from the religious community leaders to old-school farmers and the nearby strip club,...
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Peter Stormare, Aaron Poole, Jill Hennessy, Ari Cohen, Jackie Burroughs and Steven Eric McIntyre
Shot with stunning simplicity by Brendan Steacy, “Small Town Murder Songs,” the sophomore feature effort of 33-year-old Toronto native Ed Gass-Donnelly, finds its footing in a Mennonite Christian community. When a girl turns up dead on the banks of the local “beach,” the town’s police chief Walter Ruden has issues from his past dredged to light. Like fellow Canadian David Cronenberg’s “History of Violence,” “Small Town Murder Songs” explores the issues of how deep one can bury what is innate within each of us and whether faith alone is truly enough to maintain strength.
With a detective at the helm, Chief Walter does the rounds, from the religious community leaders to old-school farmers and the nearby strip club,...
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Peter Stormare, Aaron Poole, Jill Hennessy, Ari Cohen, Jackie Burroughs and Steven Eric McIntyre
Shot with stunning simplicity by Brendan Steacy, “Small Town Murder Songs,” the sophomore feature effort of 33-year-old Toronto native Ed Gass-Donnelly, finds its footing in a Mennonite Christian community. When a girl turns up dead on the banks of the local “beach,” the town’s police chief Walter Ruden has issues from his past dredged to light. Like fellow Canadian David Cronenberg’s “History of Violence,” “Small Town Murder Songs” explores the issues of how deep one can bury what is innate within each of us and whether faith alone is truly enough to maintain strength.
With a detective at the helm, Chief Walter does the rounds, from the religious community leaders to old-school farmers and the nearby strip club,...
(from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Starring: Martha Plimpton, Peter Stormare, Aaron Poole, Jill Hennessy, Ari Cohen, Jackie Burroughs and Steven Eric McIntyre
Shot with stunning simplicity by Brendan Steacy, “Small Town Murder Songs,” the sophomore feature effort of 33-year-old Toronto native Ed Gass-Donnelly, finds its footing in a Mennonite Christian community. When a girl turns up dead on the banks of the local “beach,” the town’s police chief Walter Ruden has issues from his past dredged to light. Like fellow Canadian David Cronenberg’s “History of Violence,” “Small Town Murder Songs” explores the issues of how deep one can bury what is innate within each of us and whether faith alone is truly enough to maintain strength.
With a detective at the helm, Chief Walter does the rounds, from the religious community leaders to old-school farmers and the nearby strip club,...
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Filmmakers in attendance for intro and Q&A’s for each screening.
Director Ed Gass-Donnelly, starring Peter Stormare, Aaron Poole, Jill Hennessy, Jackie Burroughs and Martha Plimpton.
“Haunting. Totally captivating” – The Huffington Post.
“a must see fresh take on crime and redemption” – Toronto Star
“A jem. Definitely a winner” – Ain’t It Cool News
A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Watch The Trailer here.
Official Small Town Murder Songs site here.
Screening Times:
Friday, February 18th at 7pm
Saturday, February 19th at 7pm
Sunday February 20th at 4:30pm and 7pm
Monday February 21st at 9:15pm
Tuesday February 22nd at 9:15pm
Wednesday February 23rd at 9:15pm
Thursday February 24th at 7pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $10
Students & Seniors: $8
Facebook Event Page here.
Director Ed Gass-Donnelly, starring Peter Stormare, Aaron Poole, Jill Hennessy, Jackie Burroughs and Martha Plimpton.
“Haunting. Totally captivating” – The Huffington Post.
“a must see fresh take on crime and redemption” – Toronto Star
“A jem. Definitely a winner” – Ain’t It Cool News
A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Watch The Trailer here.
Official Small Town Murder Songs site here.
Screening Times:
Friday, February 18th at 7pm
Saturday, February 19th at 7pm
Sunday February 20th at 4:30pm and 7pm
Monday February 21st at 9:15pm
Tuesday February 22nd at 9:15pm
Wednesday February 23rd at 9:15pm
Thursday February 24th at 7pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $10
Students & Seniors: $8
Facebook Event Page here.
- 2/13/2011
- by Dork Shelf
- DorkShelf.com
After a brief hiatus The Animated Series! is returning to the Toronto Underground Cinema with a 35mm screening of the Canadian cult classic Heavy Metal on Feb. 17th at 7pm.
Directed by Yellow Submarine animator Gerald Potterton and featuring a stellar cast of canuck voice talent (John Candy, Jackie Burroughs, Eugene Levy), this anthology film, based on the famous sci-fi and fantasy pulp magazine of the same of the name, has endured as both a cult attraction and as a highly influential slice of 1980s animated insanity. It is also responsible for many a fantasy of flying a 1960 Corvette through space.
Heavy Metal repeats the following Sunday at 9:30pm.
Tickets $8.
Facebook Event Page here.
Directed by Yellow Submarine animator Gerald Potterton and featuring a stellar cast of canuck voice talent (John Candy, Jackie Burroughs, Eugene Levy), this anthology film, based on the famous sci-fi and fantasy pulp magazine of the same of the name, has endured as both a cult attraction and as a highly influential slice of 1980s animated insanity. It is also responsible for many a fantasy of flying a 1960 Corvette through space.
Heavy Metal repeats the following Sunday at 9:30pm.
Tickets $8.
Facebook Event Page here.
- 2/13/2011
- by Dork Shelf
- DorkShelf.com
After This Beautiful City, Canadian director Ed Gass-Donnelly comes back with another film called Small Town Murder Songs. The film will come out in Canada on February 18.
The film is about an aging police officer (Peter Stormare) who lives in a small Mennonite town of Ontario. Life in town is disturbed when the body of a dead woman is found by the local authorities.
The film also stars Martha Plimpton, Jill Hennessy, Aaron Poole, Jackie Burroughs, Sebastian Pigott, Ari Cohen, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Stuart Hughes and Alexandria Benoit.
So far, the film has been in many film festivals.
The film is about an aging police officer (Peter Stormare) who lives in a small Mennonite town of Ontario. Life in town is disturbed when the body of a dead woman is found by the local authorities.
The film also stars Martha Plimpton, Jill Hennessy, Aaron Poole, Jackie Burroughs, Sebastian Pigott, Ari Cohen, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Stuart Hughes and Alexandria Benoit.
So far, the film has been in many film festivals.
- 1/31/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Year: 2010
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Writer: Ed Gass-Donnelly
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
It doesn’t happen often but once in a while a film comes along that sweeps you off your feet from the opening credits. It plays, you enjoy it, it ends and you wish it were longer and that you had the opportunity to spend more time with the people, the places and the music. That’s what it felt like to walk out of Ed Gass-Donnelly’s sophomore effort Small Town Murder Songs.
I’m not familiar with Gass-Donnelly’s previous work (though you’d best believe I’ll shortly be getting acquainted with his debut feature This Beautiful City) but something about this trailer spoke to me. Part of it was the music, part of it was the setting and a whole lot of it was Peter Stormare, a man...
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Writer: Ed Gass-Donnelly
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
It doesn’t happen often but once in a while a film comes along that sweeps you off your feet from the opening credits. It plays, you enjoy it, it ends and you wish it were longer and that you had the opportunity to spend more time with the people, the places and the music. That’s what it felt like to walk out of Ed Gass-Donnelly’s sophomore effort Small Town Murder Songs.
I’m not familiar with Gass-Donnelly’s previous work (though you’d best believe I’ll shortly be getting acquainted with his debut feature This Beautiful City) but something about this trailer spoke to me. Part of it was the music, part of it was the setting and a whole lot of it was Peter Stormare, a man...
- 12/10/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Cyndi Lauper performs at Rosie's Building Dreams For Kids Gala in NYC
Cheyenne Jackson will reprise his role as Danny on the October 14 live episode of 30 Rock. Canadian actress Jackie Burroughs has passed away at the age of 71. She's best known for the CBC series Road to Avonlea and for playing Mona 'Mother Mucca' Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Watch What Happens Live returned last week, and to celebrate Bravo put together this clip of Andy Cohen's multitude of expressions.
More words of wisdom from GoProud's Homocon host Ann Coulter. Below you can see Sir Elton John discuss his upcoming album The Union, a collaboration with Leon Russell.
Andrew Sullivan has weighed in on the Dadt debacle. It's official! Portia de Rossi is now Portia Lee James DeGeneres. Congratulations, but um ... James? Entertainment Weekly has three collector's edition covers of Modern Family this week,...
Cheyenne Jackson will reprise his role as Danny on the October 14 live episode of 30 Rock. Canadian actress Jackie Burroughs has passed away at the age of 71. She's best known for the CBC series Road to Avonlea and for playing Mona 'Mother Mucca' Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Watch What Happens Live returned last week, and to celebrate Bravo put together this clip of Andy Cohen's multitude of expressions.
More words of wisdom from GoProud's Homocon host Ann Coulter. Below you can see Sir Elton John discuss his upcoming album The Union, a collaboration with Leon Russell.
Andrew Sullivan has weighed in on the Dadt debacle. It's official! Portia de Rossi is now Portia Lee James DeGeneres. Congratulations, but um ... James? Entertainment Weekly has three collector's edition covers of Modern Family this week,...
- 9/23/2010
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Filed under: TV News
Last night's big ratings winner also won big at the Emmys last month: The 'Modern Family' topped the night with its season 2 premiere, which nabbed 12.6 million viewers, a 19 percent increase from the series' debut last fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
ABC's other returning comedies, 'Cougar Town' and 'The Middle,' performed solidly too, with 8.3 million and 8.8 million viewers tuning in respectively, and the debut of 'Better With You' with 8 million viewers. The night's other winners included the series premiere of CBS's Jerry O'Connell/Jim Belushi law show 'The Defenders' with 12.1 million viewers, the second episode of 'Survivor: Nicaragua' with 12.5 million, the 'Hell's Kitchen' season premiere with 6.6 million, and a two-hour 'Law & Order: Svu' premiere with 10 million.
On the losing end of last night's ratings were the premiere of ABC's legal procedural 'The Whole Truth,' which only...
Last night's big ratings winner also won big at the Emmys last month: The 'Modern Family' topped the night with its season 2 premiere, which nabbed 12.6 million viewers, a 19 percent increase from the series' debut last fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
ABC's other returning comedies, 'Cougar Town' and 'The Middle,' performed solidly too, with 8.3 million and 8.8 million viewers tuning in respectively, and the debut of 'Better With You' with 8 million viewers. The night's other winners included the series premiere of CBS's Jerry O'Connell/Jim Belushi law show 'The Defenders' with 12.1 million viewers, the second episode of 'Survivor: Nicaragua' with 12.5 million, the 'Hell's Kitchen' season premiere with 6.6 million, and a two-hour 'Law & Order: Svu' premiere with 10 million.
On the losing end of last night's ratings were the premiere of ABC's legal procedural 'The Whole Truth,' which only...
- 9/23/2010
- by Jean Bentley
- Aol TV.
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
Stage and screen actress Jackie Burroughs, who played Mona "Mother Mucca" Ramsey in More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City, passed away Wednesday at the age of 71.According to the CBC, Burroughs died at home in Toronto. The cause was stomach cancer.The British-born Burroughs was best known for her role as schoolteacher Hetty King on Road to Avonlea on TV. She appeared in more than 100 film and television shows, according to the CBC, which reported that she won two Canadian Film Awards, five Geminis (three for Road to Avonlea, one for Further Tales of the City, and the Earle Grey Award for outstanding contribution to Canadian Cinema) and three Genies (for The Grey Fox, A Winter's Tan, and The Wars).
- 9/23/2010
- The Advocate
In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.
Willard - Fangoria Archives: Originally Published 2/28/03
Willard is, of course, a remake of the 1971 cult classic, but it belongs equally to a just slightly older tradition—’60s movies like What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? and Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, which mixed grande dames with Grand Guignol to turn horror into high Gothic melodrama. Everything in Willard is heightened or exaggerated to some degree, but writer/director Glen Morgan never allows it tip over into camp, combining enough intentional humor with serious squirm-inducing moments to make it a scary/funny good time.
The not-so-secret weapon that holds it all together is Crispin Glover, who is so absolutely right for the title role that it’s astonishing to learn that the studio wanted anyone else.
Willard - Fangoria Archives: Originally Published 2/28/03
Willard is, of course, a remake of the 1971 cult classic, but it belongs equally to a just slightly older tradition—’60s movies like What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? and Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, which mixed grande dames with Grand Guignol to turn horror into high Gothic melodrama. Everything in Willard is heightened or exaggerated to some degree, but writer/director Glen Morgan never allows it tip over into camp, combining enough intentional humor with serious squirm-inducing moments to make it a scary/funny good time.
The not-so-secret weapon that holds it all together is Crispin Glover, who is so absolutely right for the title role that it’s astonishing to learn that the studio wanted anyone else.
- 10/3/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Opens Friday, March 14
A reworking of the 1971 horror film about a boy and his rat (as opposed to a sunny biopic about the former "Today" show weatherman), "Willard" is alternately creepy and crappy.
In his debut as a feature director, Glen Morgan, who collaborated with James Wong on "Final Destination" and "The X-Files", proves he can choreograph the teeming vermin to maximum squirm-inducing effect, but there are also the annoying human performances which seem to have been encouraged to challenge the rodents in a race to the rafters.
The upshot is an unsuccessful mix of sci-fi horror and a highly exaggerated filmmaking approach that borders on unintentional parody.
That watered-down effect will likely result in only mild theater infestations, with its predominantly male target audience preferring to take the bait off the DVD shelves.
While there was already a strong element of Hitchcock's "The Birds" in place, writer-director Morgan has seen fit to graft on more than a bit of "Psycho", with central character Willard Stiles recast as Norman Bates.
With Crispin Glover doing the honors, Willard is a mess of tics and twitches and wrist-wringing angst, suffocating in the stuffy old house he shares with his controlling, infirmed mother (Jackie Burroughs), a fright of a woman with one foot in the fruit cellar.
Things aren't much better at work. Willard is as a clerk for Martin-Stiles Manufacturing, the company originally started by his late father who made Willard's employment there a condition of his partnership with the bullying Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey).
But our Willard is about to discover empowerment through his odd relationship with the ever-growing legion of rats that have been invading his basement. Along with that association, however, is a struggle of Shakespearean proportions brewing between two of those rodents -- the sweet, benevolent Socrates and the imposing, unstoppable Ben.
In building up to the inevitable "ratsplosion," Morgan frequently delivers the unsettling goods, especially in a sequence keyed to Michael Jackson's crooning of "Ben" (which actually is from the 1972 sequel) as the rodents terrorize a cat by gnawing through the legs of a large dining room cabinet, sending it and the hapless kitty crashing down to their teeth-gnashing level.
As it turns out, those rodents aren't The Only Ones chewing the scenery.
The ever-jittery Glover is continually running out of top to go over, and the rest of the compact cast appears to be following his lead. Only Laura Elena Harring approaches subtlety as a co-worker who tries to strike up a friendship with the otherwise occupied Willard.
Where the original may have been lacking in any discernible style, there was a least a tangible pathos that made Rat Boy oddly sympathetic. Although the Morgan version has style to burn, his two-legged characters have been reduced to cartoon levels at the expense of the viewer's patience.
Too bad they couldn't have taken a cue from those rodents -- a mix of live, animatronic and CGI varieties -- who end up delivering the most convincing performances. The real deal, handled by stunt coordinator Boone Narr, are particularly persuasive in those earlier sequences not requiring computer-assisted swarming.
A ton of inside references abound -- both to the original film and Morgan's "X-Files" work. Photos of his father are actually of Bruce Davison, who was the original Willard, while the doomed housecat goes by the name of Scully.
WILLARD
New Line
New Line Cinema presents a Hard Eight Pictures production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Glen Morgan
Based on a screenplay by Gilbert Ralston
Producer: James Wong
Executive producers: Bill Carraro, Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener
Director of photography: Robert McLachlan
Production designer: Mark Freeborn
Editor: James Coblentz
Costume designer: Gregory Mah
Visual effects supervisor: Stuart Robertson
Music: Shirley Walker
Cast:
Willard: Crispin Glover
Mr. Martin: R. Lee Ermey
Cathryn: Laura Elena Harring
Henrietta Stiles: Jackie Burroughs
Running time -- 100 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
A reworking of the 1971 horror film about a boy and his rat (as opposed to a sunny biopic about the former "Today" show weatherman), "Willard" is alternately creepy and crappy.
In his debut as a feature director, Glen Morgan, who collaborated with James Wong on "Final Destination" and "The X-Files", proves he can choreograph the teeming vermin to maximum squirm-inducing effect, but there are also the annoying human performances which seem to have been encouraged to challenge the rodents in a race to the rafters.
The upshot is an unsuccessful mix of sci-fi horror and a highly exaggerated filmmaking approach that borders on unintentional parody.
That watered-down effect will likely result in only mild theater infestations, with its predominantly male target audience preferring to take the bait off the DVD shelves.
While there was already a strong element of Hitchcock's "The Birds" in place, writer-director Morgan has seen fit to graft on more than a bit of "Psycho", with central character Willard Stiles recast as Norman Bates.
With Crispin Glover doing the honors, Willard is a mess of tics and twitches and wrist-wringing angst, suffocating in the stuffy old house he shares with his controlling, infirmed mother (Jackie Burroughs), a fright of a woman with one foot in the fruit cellar.
Things aren't much better at work. Willard is as a clerk for Martin-Stiles Manufacturing, the company originally started by his late father who made Willard's employment there a condition of his partnership with the bullying Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey).
But our Willard is about to discover empowerment through his odd relationship with the ever-growing legion of rats that have been invading his basement. Along with that association, however, is a struggle of Shakespearean proportions brewing between two of those rodents -- the sweet, benevolent Socrates and the imposing, unstoppable Ben.
In building up to the inevitable "ratsplosion," Morgan frequently delivers the unsettling goods, especially in a sequence keyed to Michael Jackson's crooning of "Ben" (which actually is from the 1972 sequel) as the rodents terrorize a cat by gnawing through the legs of a large dining room cabinet, sending it and the hapless kitty crashing down to their teeth-gnashing level.
As it turns out, those rodents aren't The Only Ones chewing the scenery.
The ever-jittery Glover is continually running out of top to go over, and the rest of the compact cast appears to be following his lead. Only Laura Elena Harring approaches subtlety as a co-worker who tries to strike up a friendship with the otherwise occupied Willard.
Where the original may have been lacking in any discernible style, there was a least a tangible pathos that made Rat Boy oddly sympathetic. Although the Morgan version has style to burn, his two-legged characters have been reduced to cartoon levels at the expense of the viewer's patience.
Too bad they couldn't have taken a cue from those rodents -- a mix of live, animatronic and CGI varieties -- who end up delivering the most convincing performances. The real deal, handled by stunt coordinator Boone Narr, are particularly persuasive in those earlier sequences not requiring computer-assisted swarming.
A ton of inside references abound -- both to the original film and Morgan's "X-Files" work. Photos of his father are actually of Bruce Davison, who was the original Willard, while the doomed housecat goes by the name of Scully.
WILLARD
New Line
New Line Cinema presents a Hard Eight Pictures production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Glen Morgan
Based on a screenplay by Gilbert Ralston
Producer: James Wong
Executive producers: Bill Carraro, Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener
Director of photography: Robert McLachlan
Production designer: Mark Freeborn
Editor: James Coblentz
Costume designer: Gregory Mah
Visual effects supervisor: Stuart Robertson
Music: Shirley Walker
Cast:
Willard: Crispin Glover
Mr. Martin: R. Lee Ermey
Cathryn: Laura Elena Harring
Henrietta Stiles: Jackie Burroughs
Running time -- 100 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 3/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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