Throughout the 96-year history of the Academy Awards, the amount of acting lineups consisting only of first-time nominees has reached 37, or about 10% of the overall total. While that number may not seem high in a general sense, these cases actually outnumber those exclusively involving veteran contenders by a ratio of three to one. However, although this list expanded as recently as 2023, rookie-only acting lineups are gradually becoming less common than veteran-only ones, the amount of which has nearly doubled within the last dozen years.
Whereas 75% of veteran-only acting quintets have involved lead performers rather than supporting ones, almost the exact opposite is true of lineups full of newcomers. For instance, only one existing case of the former kind concerns supporting actresses, whereas the same category has produced 15 rookie-only rosters. The last such group consisted of 2000 winner Angelina Jolie and nominees Toni Collette (“The Sixth Sense”), Catherine Keener (“Being John Malkovich...
Whereas 75% of veteran-only acting quintets have involved lead performers rather than supporting ones, almost the exact opposite is true of lineups full of newcomers. For instance, only one existing case of the former kind concerns supporting actresses, whereas the same category has produced 15 rookie-only rosters. The last such group consisted of 2000 winner Angelina Jolie and nominees Toni Collette (“The Sixth Sense”), Catherine Keener (“Being John Malkovich...
- 2/7/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Sixteen years ago, in 2007, Neil Young puzzled quite a few people when he released a new album called Chrome Dreams II. Only his most devoted followers knew that the title was a reference to Chrome Dreams, an entirely different album he had put together in 1977 before shelving it in favor of American Stars ‘n Bars. The original Chrome Dreams leaked out years later as a bootleg drawn from the ’77 acetate, and many fans felt he had made the wrong choice. “In many ways,” Young biographer Jimmy McDonough wrote in his 2002 Young biography,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young is returning to the road at the end of this month following a four-year hiatus from touring. But he’s not bringing along Crazy Horse, Promise of the Real, or most of his famous songs. He’s instead plotting out a solo acoustic show built around rarely played songs from the depths of his vast catalog.
“I don’t want to come back and do the same songs again,” he said in a live Zoom event to patron members of the Neil Young Archives. “I’d feel like...
“I don’t want to come back and do the same songs again,” he said in a live Zoom event to patron members of the Neil Young Archives. “I’d feel like...
- 6/20/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies. Some selections reflect a specific day or event in June, and others were chosen at random.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a Japanese slasher, a dark tale about family, a Scandinavian haunting, a terrifying coming-out story, and an aquatic creature-feature.
The Attic (1980)
Directed by George Edwards and Gary Graver.
Fathers are usually depicted as unkind and cruel in horror, and the one in The Attic is no exception. Carrie Snodgress plays the dutiful Louise who has sacrificed her own happiness for far too long. When she tries to turn her life around and do something about her loneliness, which entails adopting a chimpanzee, her tyrannical father (Ray Milland) is quick to stomp out her ambitions.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a Japanese slasher, a dark tale about family, a Scandinavian haunting, a terrifying coming-out story, and an aquatic creature-feature.
The Attic (1980)
Directed by George Edwards and Gary Graver.
Fathers are usually depicted as unkind and cruel in horror, and the one in The Attic is no exception. Carrie Snodgress plays the dutiful Louise who has sacrificed her own happiness for far too long. When she tries to turn her life around and do something about her loneliness, which entails adopting a chimpanzee, her tyrannical father (Ray Milland) is quick to stomp out her ambitions.
- 6/1/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
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By Todd Garbarini
Having been a film fanatic my entire life I was thrilled when, in June 1982, a new magazine burst onto the scene and quickly caught my attention. Devoted exclusively to new and upcoming motion picture releases, Coming Attractions cost $2.50 per issue and was published on a bi-monthly basis. It didn’t last long, unfortunately, but I recall that a bit of an uproar occurred over the cover of the March/April 1983 issue which featured a half-naked Valerie Kaprisky in a promo for the Breathless remake. Seriously, back in the day who complained about a beautiful naked woman on a magazine cover??
In one of the earlier issues, there was an article published about an upcoming horror film entitled Trick or Treats starring David Carradine. I don’t recall the film ever opening in my area and wondered whatever happened to it...
By Todd Garbarini
Having been a film fanatic my entire life I was thrilled when, in June 1982, a new magazine burst onto the scene and quickly caught my attention. Devoted exclusively to new and upcoming motion picture releases, Coming Attractions cost $2.50 per issue and was published on a bi-monthly basis. It didn’t last long, unfortunately, but I recall that a bit of an uproar occurred over the cover of the March/April 1983 issue which featured a half-naked Valerie Kaprisky in a promo for the Breathless remake. Seriously, back in the day who complained about a beautiful naked woman on a magazine cover??
In one of the earlier issues, there was an article published about an upcoming horror film entitled Trick or Treats starring David Carradine. I don’t recall the film ever opening in my area and wondered whatever happened to it...
- 10/31/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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“No, She’S The Sane One”
By Raymond Benson
Frank Perry was a notable director and screenwriter who in the early part of his career made some acclaimed motion pictures—David and Lisa (1962), The Swimmer (1968), Last Summer (1969), and this one, Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970). Unfortunately, his later career was marked by problems (he directed the much-maligned Mommie Dearest in 1981, for example). The earlier films were written by or co-written with his then-wife and talented scribe, Eleanor Perry.
Diary is a picture of its time and yet it can still resonate today with regards to the #MeToo movement. The 1970 vibe is overpowering, for this was when Women’s Liberation was on the rise and very much in the public consciousness. In this case, Eleanor Perry is the sole writer, adapting the script from a 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman. Starring newcomer Carrie Snodgress, who...
“No, She’S The Sane One”
By Raymond Benson
Frank Perry was a notable director and screenwriter who in the early part of his career made some acclaimed motion pictures—David and Lisa (1962), The Swimmer (1968), Last Summer (1969), and this one, Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970). Unfortunately, his later career was marked by problems (he directed the much-maligned Mommie Dearest in 1981, for example). The earlier films were written by or co-written with his then-wife and talented scribe, Eleanor Perry.
Diary is a picture of its time and yet it can still resonate today with regards to the #MeToo movement. The 1970 vibe is overpowering, for this was when Women’s Liberation was on the rise and very much in the public consciousness. In this case, Eleanor Perry is the sole writer, adapting the script from a 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman. Starring newcomer Carrie Snodgress, who...
- 12/5/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
On August 26th, 1973, Joni Mitchell arrived at Studio Instrument Rentals in Los Angeles, where Neil Young and his band the Santa Monica Flyers were recording the boozy Tonight’s the Night. Joined by guitarists Ben Keith and Nils Lofgren, drummer Ralph Molina, and bassist Billy Talbot, Mitchell and Young tore through “Raised on Robbery,” soon to be released on her album Court and Spark.
If the Tonight’s the Night sessions were indeed a “drunken Irish wake,” as Talbot later recalled, this take on “Raised on Robbery” was the eulogy.
If the Tonight’s the Night sessions were indeed a “drunken Irish wake,” as Talbot later recalled, this take on “Raised on Robbery” was the eulogy.
- 11/18/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. If the pandemic has turned your household roles upside down and inside out, don’t get mad. Get mad, mad, mad, mad. For the soul of the country, y’all.
Of course, it was possible for anxiety to back up on you even in 1970. Diary of a Mad Housewife has Carrie Snodgress in the titular role. She can’t get satisfaction in her marriage, in her affair or in her therapy group. It sounds like a job for Calgon, but life has gotten so bad for her that even a long, hot soak won’t fix it.
Surely a Mad Housewife wine will pair with this film like it was born to do so. It is a “mommy wine” aimed at a broader spectrum of women who are...
Of course, it was possible for anxiety to back up on you even in 1970. Diary of a Mad Housewife has Carrie Snodgress in the titular role. She can’t get satisfaction in her marriage, in her affair or in her therapy group. It sounds like a job for Calgon, but life has gotten so bad for her that even a long, hot soak won’t fix it.
Surely a Mad Housewife wine will pair with this film like it was born to do so. It is a “mommy wine” aimed at a broader spectrum of women who are...
- 11/11/2020
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
Neil Young’s most recent Fireside Session featured a new rendition of his 2006 song “Lookin’ for a Leader” that lambasted President Trump and urged people to vote against him in the 2020 election. He’s now calling the song “Looking for a Leader 2020” and he’s released it onto streaming services; he’s also posted a standalone video on the Neil Young Archives.
“Yeah, we had Barack Obama,” Young sings, “and we really need him now/The man who stood behind him has to take his place somehow/America has a...
“Yeah, we had Barack Obama,” Young sings, “and we really need him now/The man who stood behind him has to take his place somehow/America has a...
- 7/31/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young has many complete albums tucked away in his vault, but none have captivated his hardcore fans through the years quite like Homegrown. The album was cut in late 1974 and early 1975 just as his relationship with girlfriend Carrie Snodgress was coming to a painful end. He poured all of his agony into the music, but ultimately didn’t feel comfortable sharing it with the world.
“It was a little too personal,” Young told Rolling Stone‘s Cameron Crowe in 1975. “It scared me. … I’ve never released any of those.
“It was a little too personal,” Young told Rolling Stone‘s Cameron Crowe in 1975. “It scared me. … I’ve never released any of those.
- 6/17/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
One Los Angeles evening in 1975, Neil Young gathered a few friends together at the Chateau Marmont to play them some music. He had two new albums in the can, and wasn’t sure which one to release. Sitting inside the same bungalow that John Belushi would die in just seven years later, Young’s friends — which included some of his Crazy Horse bandmates and Rick Danko and Richard Manuel of the Band — listened to two wildly different records.
First up was Tonight’s the Night, a grueling, Tequila-engorged meditation on fallen...
First up was Tonight’s the Night, a grueling, Tequila-engorged meditation on fallen...
- 6/15/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young has released the charming “Try” from Homegrown, the long-lost 1975 album that he’s finally decided to release next month. The Covid-19 pandemic delayed the record’s arrival, but we’ve already waited nearly 50 years for it to come out. What’s another few months?
The soothing barroom ditty opens with Levon Helm’s subtle drumming, as Young beckons, “Darlin’, the door is open/To my heart, and I’ve been hopin’/That you would be the one to struggle with the key.” He blankets his request with a...
The soothing barroom ditty opens with Levon Helm’s subtle drumming, as Young beckons, “Darlin’, the door is open/To my heart, and I’ve been hopin’/That you would be the one to struggle with the key.” He blankets his request with a...
- 5/13/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young’s legendary unreleased album Homegrown will finally come out in 2020. He recorded it in 1975 and was on the verge of releasing it, going as far as commissioning cover art, when he decided at the last minute to shelf it in favor of Tonight’s The Night.
“A record full of love lost and explorations,” Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives. “A record that has been hidden for decades. Too personal and revealing to expose in the freshness of those times…The unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time,...
“A record full of love lost and explorations,” Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives. “A record that has been hidden for decades. Too personal and revealing to expose in the freshness of those times…The unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time,...
- 11/22/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
On May 16th, 1974, Ry Cooder and Leon Redbone wrapped up a gig at New York City’s Bottom Line, but the crowd was told to stick around for a surprise. It was 2:15 a.m., and a man with a guitar appeared onstage. “This one is called, um … this one’s called, um … ‘Citizen Kane Junior Blues!'” said Neil Young, strumming the intro to “Pushed It Over the End.”
It was the public’s first glimpse of his deeply new personal album On the Beach, released 45 years ago, on July 19th,...
It was the public’s first glimpse of his deeply new personal album On the Beach, released 45 years ago, on July 19th,...
- 7/19/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young has only performed “Motion Pictures (For Carrie)” once — at New York’s Bottom Line in 1974 — but that hasn’t stopped artists from covering the gut-wrenching On the Beach track for years. Singer-songwriter Steve Gunn released a rendition of the song via Amazon Music, a day before the album’s 45th anniversary.
Gunn’s cover gives the track a funereal touch. His stark, husky voice looms over the lyrics: “Well, all those people, they think they got it made/ But I wouldn’t buy, sell, borrow or trade/Anything...
Gunn’s cover gives the track a funereal touch. His stark, husky voice looms over the lyrics: “Well, all those people, they think they got it made/ But I wouldn’t buy, sell, borrow or trade/Anything...
- 7/18/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Daryl Hannah and Neil Young Are Reportedly Married — Get the Details On Their Two Secret Ceremonies!
Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Young! Actress Daryl Hannah and singer Neil Young are married, according to multiple reports published this week. Daryl, 57, and Neil, 72, became an item in 2014 and allegedly tied the knot in two secret ceremonies within the last month. The first reportedly took place on his yacht in Washington State and the second was reportedly held either last Friday, Aug. 24 or Saturday, Aug. 25 in California. During an interview with People, Ron Fugere, a local boat captain in the San Juan islands, revealed that he witnessed a "small, intimate gathering" on Neil's yacht on July 27. "I saw a boat down at the end of the dock that I hadn’t recognized from a distance so I thought I’d walk down and see what boat it was," Fugere told the magazine. " thought, 'Gosh, that looks like a wedding!' We got out the binoculars and looked and sure enough,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Julia Birkinbine
- Closer Weekly
Bronson’s Loose Again!: On the Set with Charles Bronson is author Paul Talbot’s all-new companion volume to his acclaimed Bronson’s Loose!: The Making of the ‘Death Wish’ Films. His new book reveals more information on the Death Wish series and also details the complex histories behind eighteen other Charles Bronson movies. Documented herein are fascinating tales behind some of the finest Bronson films of the mid-1970s (including Hard Times and From Noon Till Three); his big-budget independent epics Love And Bullets and Cabo Blanco; his lesser-known, underrated dramas Borderline and Act Of Vengeance; his notorious sleaze/action Cannon Films classics of the 80s (including 10 To Midnight, Murphy’S Law and Kinjite: Forbidden Sunjects); the numerous unmade projects he was attached to; and his TV movies of the 90s (including The Sea Wolf). Exhaustively researched, the book features over three dozen exclusive, candid interviews including...
- 6/27/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Director Brian De Palma followed Carrie with another gory vaunt into the supernatural. Here's why The Fury deserves a revisit...
When it comes to telekinesis and gory visual effects, the movie that generally springs to mind is David Cronenberg’s 1981 exploding head opus, Scanners. But years before that, American director Brian De Palma was liberally dowsing the screen with claret in his 1976 adaptation of Carrie - still rightly regarded as one of the best Stephen King adaptations made so far. A less widely remembered supernatural film from De Palma came two years after: De Palma’s supernatural thriller, The Fury.
The Fury was made with a more generous budget than Carrie, had a starrier cast (Kirk Douglas in the lead, John Cassavetes playing the villain), and it even did pretty well in financial terms. Yet The Fury had the misfortune of being caught in a kind of pincer movement between Carrie,...
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Director Brian De Palma followed Carrie with another gory vaunt into the supernatural. Here's why The Fury deserves a revisit...
When it comes to telekinesis and gory visual effects, the movie that generally springs to mind is David Cronenberg’s 1981 exploding head opus, Scanners. But years before that, American director Brian De Palma was liberally dowsing the screen with claret in his 1976 adaptation of Carrie - still rightly regarded as one of the best Stephen King adaptations made so far. A less widely remembered supernatural film from De Palma came two years after: De Palma’s supernatural thriller, The Fury.
The Fury was made with a more generous budget than Carrie, had a starrier cast (Kirk Douglas in the lead, John Cassavetes playing the villain), and it even did pretty well in financial terms. Yet The Fury had the misfortune of being caught in a kind of pincer movement between Carrie,...
- 6/23/2016
- Den of Geek
'Broadcast News' with Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter: Glib TV news watch. '31 Days of Oscar': 'Broadcast News' slick but superficial critics pleaser (See previous post: “Phony 'A Beautiful Mind,' Unfairly Neglected 'Swing Shift': '31 Days of Oscar'.”) Heralded for its wit and incisiveness, James L. Brooks' multiple Oscar-nominated Broadcast News is everything the largely forgotten Swing Shift isn't: belabored, artificial, superficial. That's very disappointing considering Brooks' highly addictive Mary Tyler Moore television series (and its enjoyable spin-offs, Phyllis and Rhoda), but totally expected considering that three of screenwriter-director Brooks' five other feature films were Terms of Endearment, As Good as It Gets, and Spanglish. (I've yet to check out I'll Do Anything and the box office cataclysm How Do You Know starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, and Jack Nicholson.) Having said that, Albert Brooks (no relation to James L.; or to Mel Brooks...
- 2/7/2016
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Heart of Glass: Costanzo’s Uncomfortable, Emotional Glance at Madness
Must every cinematic portrait of mental illness be ‘illuminating?’ Your answer to that question may gauge your reaction to Italian director Sergio Costanzo’s New York set domestic horror film, Hungry Hearts, a film best walked into cold. Ambiguity reigns supreme, and for those enjoying a feeling of befuddlement, a rarity in the contemporary cinematic landscape of political correctness, may find Costanzo’s adaptation of Marco Franzoso’s novel a winning concoction. Drawing comparisons to early works by Roman Polanski in how it swiftly throws an unraveling relationship drama into the domestic level of hell, the film instead recalls an era when allowances were made for cinematic representation of strange behaviors and dysfunctional relationships. Surprisingly odd, yet leaving us, roughly, with the feeling of being slapped, perhaps by today’s standards the film can best be understood as the anti-romcom,...
Must every cinematic portrait of mental illness be ‘illuminating?’ Your answer to that question may gauge your reaction to Italian director Sergio Costanzo’s New York set domestic horror film, Hungry Hearts, a film best walked into cold. Ambiguity reigns supreme, and for those enjoying a feeling of befuddlement, a rarity in the contemporary cinematic landscape of political correctness, may find Costanzo’s adaptation of Marco Franzoso’s novel a winning concoction. Drawing comparisons to early works by Roman Polanski in how it swiftly throws an unraveling relationship drama into the domestic level of hell, the film instead recalls an era when allowances were made for cinematic representation of strange behaviors and dysfunctional relationships. Surprisingly odd, yet leaving us, roughly, with the feeling of being slapped, perhaps by today’s standards the film can best be understood as the anti-romcom,...
- 6/6/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The 1994 film Blue Sky is something of an anomaly from the mid-90s. Filmed in 1991, it would be the last film feature of British auteur Tony Richardson’s career, who had been working in television for several years prior, ever since his coolly received 1984 adaptation of John Irvine’s The Hotel New Hampshire. Then, due to the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures, the film’s distributor, the final product was shelved for three years, at long last released in the autumn of 1994, going on to snag actress Jessica Lange her second Academy Award. Now, twenty years later, it’s a prestige that would seem near impossible to attain for a feature treated to the same fate in today’s market. This distinction potentially sets the film up for failure, which perhaps explains the lack of continued enthusiasm surrounding it.
Nuclear engineer Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) is forced to uproot his...
Nuclear engineer Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) is forced to uproot his...
- 5/12/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
He first saw her waiting tables in a diner and wrote a song about how he couldn't get her out of his mind. But now the long romance seems over for rocker Neil Young, who has filed for divorce from wife Pegi Young after 36 years of marriage, Rolling Stone reports. Young, 68, filed papers on July 29 in his hometown of San Mateo, California, seeking to end his marriage with his wife, 61, a frequent musical collaborator and background singer who often shared stage bills with the rock legend. Their sad end comes after a sweet beginning that led Young to pen the song "Unknown Legend.
- 8/27/2014
- by Andrea Billups, @princessmouse
- PEOPLE.com
He first saw her waiting tables in a diner and wrote a song about how he couldn't get her out of his mind. But now the long romance seems over for rocker Neil Young, who has filed for divorce from wife Pegi Young after 36 years of marriage, Rolling Stone reports. Young, 68, filed papers on July 29 in his hometown of San Mateo, California, seeking to end his marriage with his wife, 61, a frequent musical collaborator and background singer who often shared stage bills with the rock legend. Their sad end comes after a sweet beginning that led Young to pen the song "Unknown Legend.
- 8/27/2014
- by Andrea Billups, @princessmouse
- PEOPLE.com
The Fury
Written by John Farris
Directed by Brian De Palma
USA, 1978
In this action-suspense picture packed with paranormal activity, Kirk Douglas plays government agent Peter Sandza, whose telepathic son (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by his colleague Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), working for a CIA-like secret government agency that plans to exploit the boy’s psychic abilities for warfare. Sandza’s desperate search for his son brings him into contact with a teenage girl named Gillian (Amy Irving), who also has strong Esp powers. He gains her trust, and together, they join forces in the hope of saving his son Robin before it’s too late.
Brian De Palma’s immediate successor to Carrie was The Fury, a supernatural horror/espionage/occult/mindfuck of a movie, which, like Carrie, manages a similar variation on the theme of teenagers using telekinetic powers to exercise repressed feelings. And The Fury, not unlike Carrie,...
Written by John Farris
Directed by Brian De Palma
USA, 1978
In this action-suspense picture packed with paranormal activity, Kirk Douglas plays government agent Peter Sandza, whose telepathic son (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by his colleague Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), working for a CIA-like secret government agency that plans to exploit the boy’s psychic abilities for warfare. Sandza’s desperate search for his son brings him into contact with a teenage girl named Gillian (Amy Irving), who also has strong Esp powers. He gains her trust, and together, they join forces in the hope of saving his son Robin before it’s too late.
Brian De Palma’s immediate successor to Carrie was The Fury, a supernatural horror/espionage/occult/mindfuck of a movie, which, like Carrie, manages a similar variation on the theme of teenagers using telekinetic powers to exercise repressed feelings. And The Fury, not unlike Carrie,...
- 5/4/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Fury
Directed by Brian De Palma
Written by John Farris
USA, 1978
In this action-suspense picture packed with paranormal activity, Kirk Douglas plays government agent Peter Sandza, whose telepathic son (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by his colleague Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), working for a CIA-like secret government agency that plans to exploit the boy’s psychic abilities for warfare. Sandza’s desperate search for his son brings him into contact with a teenage girl named Gillian (Amy Irving), who also has strong Esp powers. He gains her trust, and together, they join forces in the hope of saving his son Robin before it’s too late.
Brian De Palma’s immediate successor to Carrie was The Fury, a supernatural horror/espionage/occult/mindfuck of a movie, which, like Carrie, manages a similar variation on the theme of teenagers using telekinetic powers to exercise repressed feelings. And The Fury, not unlike Carrie,...
Directed by Brian De Palma
Written by John Farris
USA, 1978
In this action-suspense picture packed with paranormal activity, Kirk Douglas plays government agent Peter Sandza, whose telepathic son (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by his colleague Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), working for a CIA-like secret government agency that plans to exploit the boy’s psychic abilities for warfare. Sandza’s desperate search for his son brings him into contact with a teenage girl named Gillian (Amy Irving), who also has strong Esp powers. He gains her trust, and together, they join forces in the hope of saving his son Robin before it’s too late.
Brian De Palma’s immediate successor to Carrie was The Fury, a supernatural horror/espionage/occult/mindfuck of a movie, which, like Carrie, manages a similar variation on the theme of teenagers using telekinetic powers to exercise repressed feelings. And The Fury, not unlike Carrie,...
- 2/6/2014
- by Ricky da Conceição
- SoundOnSight
The wizards at Arrow Video have been focusing their brain waves on bringing another cult treasure to hi-def life in the UK, and the result is a brand new restoration of Brian De Palma's The Fury, hitting shelves on October 28th. Don't stare too long...
From the Press Release:
Marking the film’s UK Blu-ray premiere in style, Arrow’s team of restorers have breathed new life into this telekinetic masterpiece – it’s crystal clear, incredibly vibrant and has been newly graded, all the while keeping true to Richard H. Kline’s brilliant original cinematography. 2013 year marks The Fury’s 35th birthday... it’s never looked better.
Restoration Supervisor James White says of the project – "It's been a great honour to restore The Fury, a truly fantastic film by one of my favourite directors. Its combination of sci-fi, horror and post-Watergate paranoia thriller makes it one of the key...
From the Press Release:
Marking the film’s UK Blu-ray premiere in style, Arrow’s team of restorers have breathed new life into this telekinetic masterpiece – it’s crystal clear, incredibly vibrant and has been newly graded, all the while keeping true to Richard H. Kline’s brilliant original cinematography. 2013 year marks The Fury’s 35th birthday... it’s never looked better.
Restoration Supervisor James White says of the project – "It's been a great honour to restore The Fury, a truly fantastic film by one of my favourite directors. Its combination of sci-fi, horror and post-Watergate paranoia thriller makes it one of the key...
- 10/9/2013
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
I think everyone remembers where they were August 31st, 2003 when they heard that Charles Bronson had died. I was visiting my brother in Atlanta when my nephew knocked on my door and informed me that CNN had announced his death. I collapsed into a sobbing heap. Bronson was my hero, my muse, my role model. Hollywood’s brightest star would shine no more. It’s hard to believe he’s been gone ten years.
Charles Bronson was the unlikeliest of movie stars. Of all the leading men in the history of Hollywood, Charles Bronson had the least range as an actor. He rarely emoted or even changed his expression, and when he did speak, his voice was a reedy whisper. But Charles Bronson could coast on presence, charisma, and silent brooding menace like no one’s business and he wound up the world’s most bankable movie star throughout most of the 1970’s.
Charles Bronson was the unlikeliest of movie stars. Of all the leading men in the history of Hollywood, Charles Bronson had the least range as an actor. He rarely emoted or even changed his expression, and when he did speak, his voice was a reedy whisper. But Charles Bronson could coast on presence, charisma, and silent brooding menace like no one’s business and he wound up the world’s most bankable movie star throughout most of the 1970’s.
- 8/31/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Another Oscar Trivia Explosion. This time it's the Actresses.
Jennifer Lawrence made quite a film-carrying impression in Winter's Bone this past summer. It was one of the leggiest arthouse hits in some time, playing for months, and wracking up $6+ million without a huge advertising budget or bankable stars and with grim subject matter. Well done. At Christmas Hailee Steinfeld will lead us on a revenge journey in True Grit. While we suspect she's the lead actress as well, people her age are almost always demoted to "Supporting" if they're sharing the screen with a big star as co-lead and she is. Hi, Jeff Bridges! But we're pretending she's an Oscar lead today so as to have double the excuse to make this list. Humour us, won'cha?
Imaginary Movie: Steinfeld. Lawrence. Winter's True Bone.
36 Youngest Best Actress NomineesAnd where Jennifer or Hailee would fit in, were they to be nominated. (Winning performances are in red.
Jennifer Lawrence made quite a film-carrying impression in Winter's Bone this past summer. It was one of the leggiest arthouse hits in some time, playing for months, and wracking up $6+ million without a huge advertising budget or bankable stars and with grim subject matter. Well done. At Christmas Hailee Steinfeld will lead us on a revenge journey in True Grit. While we suspect she's the lead actress as well, people her age are almost always demoted to "Supporting" if they're sharing the screen with a big star as co-lead and she is. Hi, Jeff Bridges! But we're pretending she's an Oscar lead today so as to have double the excuse to make this list. Humour us, won'cha?
Imaginary Movie: Steinfeld. Lawrence. Winter's True Bone.
36 Youngest Best Actress NomineesAnd where Jennifer or Hailee would fit in, were they to be nominated. (Winning performances are in red.
- 10/28/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Charles Bronson was the unlikeliest of movie stars. Of all the leading men in the history of Hollywood, Charles Bronson had the least range as an actor. He rarely emoted or even changed his expression, and when he did speak, his voice was a reedy whisper. But Charles Bronson could coast on presence, charisma, and silent brooding menace like no one.s business and he wound up the world’s most bankable movie star throughout most of the 1970’s. Bronson did not rise quickly in the Hollywood ranks. His film debut was in 1951 and he spent the next two decades as a solid character actor with a rugged face, muscular physique and everyman ethnicity that kept him busy in supporting roles as indians, convicts, cowboys, boxers, and gangsters. It wasn’t until he was in his late 40’s, after the international success of Once Upon A Time In The West...
- 6/1/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As cannibalistic serial killers go, they don't come more influential than Ed Gein.
Since committing his atrocities in 1957, the warped Wisconsin farmer has gone on to tickle the imaginations of "Psycho" author Robert Bloch and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" filmmaker Tobe Hooper. He also prompted Thomas Harris to create the Buffalo Bill character in "The Silence of the Lambs".
Now he finally gets a picture to call his own with "Ed Gein", but other than serving to put a name on the infamous faces, this often hokey chiller fails to capture the macabre mystique of a man who has inspired dozens of Web sites, including at least one that sells Gein memorabilia.
While those fanatics will likely be drawn to this First Look release, their numbers probably won't be sufficient to keep the picture in theaters for any notable length of time, though it should prove to be a popular addition to those Gein collectibles on the Internet once it lands on video.
Steve Railsback, who previously dipped his feet in the dark side as Charles Manson in 1976's "Helter Skelter", gives a committed performance (he also takes an executive producer credit) as the introverted Gein.
Living alone in the home of his recently departed, very controlling mother (Carrie Snodgress), Gein finds company in the cadavers of women of a certain age that he has exhumed from the local cemetery. Armed with a copy of Gray's Anatomy and some sharp instruments, he converts the cadavers (mercifully off-camera) into some truly bizarre objets d'art.
With the scripture-quoting ghost of his dead mother egging him on, he then turns to living subjects, focusing on a raunchy bartender (Sally Champlin) and a grandmotherly general-store proprietor (Carol Mansell).
But shortly after their disappearance, it doesn't take too much detective work to figure out who the likely culprit is, seeing that it's hard for a weirdo to maintain a low profile in a a town of only 642 people.
OK, so make that 640.
Director Chuck Parello ("Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 2") is proficient at establishing the delectably creepy atmosphere, but Stephen Johnston's flashback-riddled script is filled with the kind of hoary fright-night cliches that prevent the film from being more than an ersatz "Sling Blade".
That prevailing lack of imagination takes its toll on character development. While Railsback's Gein is believably disturbed, he's written so transparently as "the town psycho most likely to ..." that there's little the actor can do to compensate for the film's disappointing lack of dramatic tension.
The same applies to Snodgress' deep-voiced portrayal of Gein's bullying mother, which simultaneously summons up Piper Laurie in "Carrie" and Mercedes McCambridge in "The Exorcist".
Only Mansell and, particularly, Champlin manage to inject a spark of originality into the otherwise stock landscape.
In the end, the film not only fails to add anything significant to the Ed Gein screen legacy but -- in the wake of those suggested portraits by Hitchcock, Hooper and Jonathan Demme -- it can't help but feel like, for lack of a better expression, overkill.
ED GEIN
First Look Pictures
TARTAN Films presents a Chuck Parello film
Director: Chuck Parello
Screenwriter: Stephen Johnston
Producers: Hamish McAlpine, Michael Muscal
Executive producers: Karen Nichols, Steve Railsback
Director of photography: Vanja Cernjul
Production designer: Mark Harper
Editor: Elena Maganini
Costume designer: Niklas J. Palm
Music: Robert McNaughton
Color/stereo
Cast:
Ed Gein: Steve Railsback
Augusta Gein: Carrie Snodgress
Mary Hogan: Sally Champlin
Colette Marshall: Carol Mansell
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Since committing his atrocities in 1957, the warped Wisconsin farmer has gone on to tickle the imaginations of "Psycho" author Robert Bloch and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" filmmaker Tobe Hooper. He also prompted Thomas Harris to create the Buffalo Bill character in "The Silence of the Lambs".
Now he finally gets a picture to call his own with "Ed Gein", but other than serving to put a name on the infamous faces, this often hokey chiller fails to capture the macabre mystique of a man who has inspired dozens of Web sites, including at least one that sells Gein memorabilia.
While those fanatics will likely be drawn to this First Look release, their numbers probably won't be sufficient to keep the picture in theaters for any notable length of time, though it should prove to be a popular addition to those Gein collectibles on the Internet once it lands on video.
Steve Railsback, who previously dipped his feet in the dark side as Charles Manson in 1976's "Helter Skelter", gives a committed performance (he also takes an executive producer credit) as the introverted Gein.
Living alone in the home of his recently departed, very controlling mother (Carrie Snodgress), Gein finds company in the cadavers of women of a certain age that he has exhumed from the local cemetery. Armed with a copy of Gray's Anatomy and some sharp instruments, he converts the cadavers (mercifully off-camera) into some truly bizarre objets d'art.
With the scripture-quoting ghost of his dead mother egging him on, he then turns to living subjects, focusing on a raunchy bartender (Sally Champlin) and a grandmotherly general-store proprietor (Carol Mansell).
But shortly after their disappearance, it doesn't take too much detective work to figure out who the likely culprit is, seeing that it's hard for a weirdo to maintain a low profile in a a town of only 642 people.
OK, so make that 640.
Director Chuck Parello ("Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 2") is proficient at establishing the delectably creepy atmosphere, but Stephen Johnston's flashback-riddled script is filled with the kind of hoary fright-night cliches that prevent the film from being more than an ersatz "Sling Blade".
That prevailing lack of imagination takes its toll on character development. While Railsback's Gein is believably disturbed, he's written so transparently as "the town psycho most likely to ..." that there's little the actor can do to compensate for the film's disappointing lack of dramatic tension.
The same applies to Snodgress' deep-voiced portrayal of Gein's bullying mother, which simultaneously summons up Piper Laurie in "Carrie" and Mercedes McCambridge in "The Exorcist".
Only Mansell and, particularly, Champlin manage to inject a spark of originality into the otherwise stock landscape.
In the end, the film not only fails to add anything significant to the Ed Gein screen legacy but -- in the wake of those suggested portraits by Hitchcock, Hooper and Jonathan Demme -- it can't help but feel like, for lack of a better expression, overkill.
ED GEIN
First Look Pictures
TARTAN Films presents a Chuck Parello film
Director: Chuck Parello
Screenwriter: Stephen Johnston
Producers: Hamish McAlpine, Michael Muscal
Executive producers: Karen Nichols, Steve Railsback
Director of photography: Vanja Cernjul
Production designer: Mark Harper
Editor: Elena Maganini
Costume designer: Niklas J. Palm
Music: Robert McNaughton
Color/stereo
Cast:
Ed Gein: Steve Railsback
Augusta Gein: Carrie Snodgress
Mary Hogan: Sally Champlin
Colette Marshall: Carol Mansell
Running time -- 89 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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