In Italy in the early 1970s the spaghetti western fad was slowly dying and filmgoer’s attention was now turning to poliziotteschi, a cop-and-robber brand of cinema that contained high body counts, violence and lawlessness. 1974’s “Emergency Squad,” contained all the elements, presented in an exciting and entertaining fashion.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced the short list of movies up for possible nomination in the ‘best documentary’ category. The short list includes the following films: “The Beaches of Agnes” “Burma VJ” “The Cove” “Every Little Step” “Facing Ali” “Food Inc.” “Garbage Emergency” “The Most Dangerous Man in Africa” “Mugabe …
Actor Edward Woodward, known for his role in the 1973 movie, “The Wicker Man,” has died at age 79. Woodward also starred on TV’s “The Equalizer,” from 1985 to 1989. He also appeared in the movies “Hot Fuzz,” and “Breaker Morant.” Woodward reportedly was battling several illnesses at the time of his death, including pneumonia. …
Promoting their latest movie, “Slammin’ Salmon,” comedy troupe Broken Lizard said that a follow-up to their well known hit movie “Super Troopers,” is going quite well. “We have the financing, so we’re going to try to make a deal with Fox,” says Jay Chandrasekhar, who directs much of the group’s work. Steve Lemme said that …
You may not know who Scott Walker is, or heard his music, but, I think it’s safe to say that once you’ve heard it, you’ll never forget it. Walker made his name in the 1960’s as part of the Walker Brothers, a pop group whose success, in England at least, made them bigger than the …
The latest attempt to make Massachusetts the “Hollywood of the East,” is in limbo, at least for now. Yesterday, the owners of the studios said that their construction funding had collapsed and that they were persuing other funding options. “The lender was required to meet a milestone on November 6 and has failed to do …
Everyone knows that movies are costing more and more to make. A New York Times article about the cost of James Cameron’s latest movie is simply another confirmation of this fact. While Fox is claiming that the movie cost only $230 million to make, the Times says that when you consider money put in by …
Director Joe Johnston spoke with Aint it Cool News about the status of “Jurassic Park 4.” He said that an “great” idea is in place and that he is interested in being part of the project. “It’s nothing like the first three.,” says Johnston. “It sort of takes the franchise off in a completely different …
James Marsh, the director of the Oscar-winning documentary “Man on Wire,” is going supernatural for his next project. “The Vatican Tapes” is a supernatural thriller written by Chris Borrelli and Chris Morgan. “Vatican,” is about what happens when tapes of an exorcism going wrong are leaked from The Vatican. The movie is being produced by …
Who are the Yes Men? Why does anyone care? The Yes Men are two guys bent on calling attention to the actions of corporations and groups to the general public and making sure that they are held accountable. Oh, and their methods are pretty amusing.