A Florida girl died on Saturday afternoon after her adult cousin allegedly sat on her to punish her for misbehaving.
Veronica Green Posey, 64, has been charged with cruelty towards and child and homicide in the death of her 9-year-old cousin, Dericka Lindsay, according to an arrest report from the Escambia County Sheriff.
Posey — who weighs 325 pounds — sat on the girl for being “out of control,” the report alleges. Posey told police that she stood up and realized that Dericka was unresponsive. She started CPR and called 911.
Two other family members have been arrested and charged with child neglect for allegedly failing to report the abuse,...
Veronica Green Posey, 64, has been charged with cruelty towards and child and homicide in the death of her 9-year-old cousin, Dericka Lindsay, according to an arrest report from the Escambia County Sheriff.
Posey — who weighs 325 pounds — sat on the girl for being “out of control,” the report alleges. Posey told police that she stood up and realized that Dericka was unresponsive. She started CPR and called 911.
Two other family members have been arrested and charged with child neglect for allegedly failing to report the abuse,...
- 10/17/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Micheal Keaton stars in the story of the man who brought McDonald's to the world....
The last time Laura Dern worked on a project involving writer/director John Lee Hancock, it was the excellent A Perfect World, that Hancock wrote and Clint Eastwood directed. There, she had a meaty role, and brought to it the gravity and commitment we’ve come to expect from a Laura Dern performance. For Hancock’s latest, The Founder – which he directs, this time from a script by Robert Siegel – it’s incredibly miserable then to see Dern reduced to what may just be the most thankless role of her career. Here, she’s the wife of Michael Keaton’s Ray Kroc, but in terms of a character on screen, her job is to wear either an evening dress or nightwear, and basically to scowl at and nag her husband. Like most of The Founder,...
The last time Laura Dern worked on a project involving writer/director John Lee Hancock, it was the excellent A Perfect World, that Hancock wrote and Clint Eastwood directed. There, she had a meaty role, and brought to it the gravity and commitment we’ve come to expect from a Laura Dern performance. For Hancock’s latest, The Founder – which he directs, this time from a script by Robert Siegel – it’s incredibly miserable then to see Dern reduced to what may just be the most thankless role of her career. Here, she’s the wife of Michael Keaton’s Ray Kroc, but in terms of a character on screen, her job is to wear either an evening dress or nightwear, and basically to scowl at and nag her husband. Like most of The Founder,...
- 1/28/2017
- Den of Geek
How is Michael Keaton's performance as McDonald's self-proclaimed founder Ray Kroc? I gotta say, I'm lovin' it. Keaton is firing on all cylinders in The Founder and he makes this electrifying film something to see. Kroc was a hustler down to his fingertips, but he never found the product he was born to sell until he eyeballed those golden arches. That's right: Everything about this fast-food franchise, from the pickle to the bun, was already there when Kroc drove out from his Illinois base in 1954 to see what Dick...
- 1/18/2017
- Rollingstone.com
I recently had the chance to catch a screening of the upcoming film The Founder, which tells the story of how McDonalds rose to fast food power. It was a great movie, and Michael Keaton gave an awesome performance that should secure him an Oscar nomination.
Keaton plays Ray Kroc, who was a milkshake machine salesman who saw potential in McDonalds back in the 1950s when there was only one location being run by two brothers. Kroc is the guy who jumped at the opportunity to transform it into a huge franchise. Along the way, he did some stuff that really makes you not like the guy. I already wasn't a fan of McDonalds, but this movie made me like it even less.
The movie was marvelously directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), and this is the synopsis:
The founder tells the true story of how Ray Kroc,...
Keaton plays Ray Kroc, who was a milkshake machine salesman who saw potential in McDonalds back in the 1950s when there was only one location being run by two brothers. Kroc is the guy who jumped at the opportunity to transform it into a huge franchise. Along the way, he did some stuff that really makes you not like the guy. I already wasn't a fan of McDonalds, but this movie made me like it even less.
The movie was marvelously directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), and this is the synopsis:
The founder tells the true story of how Ray Kroc,...
- 1/4/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
I'm fascinated by the history and story behind businesses and how some of the biggest, most popular and successful brands got their start. The Founder tells the true story of how McDonald's exploded into the epic fast food chain that it is now.
Michael Keaton stars in the film as Ray Kroc, who saw potential in the burger business back in the 1950s and wanted to transform it into a moneymaking franchise. To do that he had to pull off some shady shit. From what I've seen in the trailers, the film reminds me a lot of The Social Network. The film just got a limited release so it qualifies for the Oscars. I think Keaton's got a good chance to get nominated for this. Here's the synopsis:
The Founder, directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), features the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton...
Michael Keaton stars in the film as Ray Kroc, who saw potential in the burger business back in the 1950s and wanted to transform it into a moneymaking franchise. To do that he had to pull off some shady shit. From what I've seen in the trailers, the film reminds me a lot of The Social Network. The film just got a limited release so it qualifies for the Oscars. I think Keaton's got a good chance to get nominated for this. Here's the synopsis:
The Founder, directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), features the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton...
- 12/8/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Weinstein Company announced that writer/director John Lee Hancock’s upcoming feature The Founder, will premiere in theaters today, December 7, 2016 at the Arclight Hollywood for a 1-week awards qualifying engagement. John Lee Hancock, along with members of the cast, will be participating in Q&A’s at the theater over the course of the weekend. Following the 1-week run, the film will open with a theatrical release nationwide on January 20, 2017.
The Founder is the most recent in a series of critically acclaimed films produced and distributed by TWC and FilmNation Entertainment. Other notable films include John Carney’s indie musical Sing Street, Academy Award nominated film The Imitation Game, and 2011 Academy Award winning best picture The King's Speech.
The Founder, directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), features the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald,...
The Founder is the most recent in a series of critically acclaimed films produced and distributed by TWC and FilmNation Entertainment. Other notable films include John Carney’s indie musical Sing Street, Academy Award nominated film The Imitation Game, and 2011 Academy Award winning best picture The King's Speech.
The Founder, directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), features the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald,...
- 12/7/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
The Weinstein Company has moved up the qualifying run of its Michael Keaton starrer.
The Founder opened in Los Angeles on December 7 for one week ahead of nationwide roll-out on January 20.
John Lee Hancock directed the story of McDonald’s entrepreneur Ray Kroc and will take part with the cast in a week-long series of Q&A’s as Harvey Weinstein pushes for awards.
The film also stars Laura Dern as Kroc’s first wife Ethel; Linda Cardellini as his second wife Joan Smith; John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald and Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald.
The 16th annual Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival will run from January 13-26 at Tiff Bell Lightbox in Toronto before touring select cities. The line-up showcases the best Canadian features, shorts and student shorts in 2016 selected by a panel of seven filmmakers and industry professionals. Zacharias Kunuk’s Maliglutit (Searchers) opens the programme, which includes...
The Founder opened in Los Angeles on December 7 for one week ahead of nationwide roll-out on January 20.
John Lee Hancock directed the story of McDonald’s entrepreneur Ray Kroc and will take part with the cast in a week-long series of Q&A’s as Harvey Weinstein pushes for awards.
The film also stars Laura Dern as Kroc’s first wife Ethel; Linda Cardellini as his second wife Joan Smith; John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald and Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald.
The 16th annual Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival will run from January 13-26 at Tiff Bell Lightbox in Toronto before touring select cities. The line-up showcases the best Canadian features, shorts and student shorts in 2016 selected by a panel of seven filmmakers and industry professionals. Zacharias Kunuk’s Maliglutit (Searchers) opens the programme, which includes...
- 12/7/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Actor reveals himself to be thoughtful, articulate, brave in an unheroic way and – at least twice – very kind
It may be just as well that Hugh Grant fervently believes a film succeeds on its qualities, not on publicity about its stars, because he did his tabloid reputation as a heartless, feather-brained Lothario immense harm in the process of delivering damning testimony on phone-hacking to the Leveson inquiry on Monday.
He was still the diffident, self-deprecating Grant who has won audiences around the world as a light comic actor – not a particularly good one, as he occasionally says himself, though his ad libs in the high court were better than many of his scripts. But he also revealed himself to be thoughtful, articulate, brave in an unheroic way and – at least twice – very kind. No longer the foppish stereotype Brit, more high-minded Gary Cooper in Mr Deeds Goes to Town. How...
It may be just as well that Hugh Grant fervently believes a film succeeds on its qualities, not on publicity about its stars, because he did his tabloid reputation as a heartless, feather-brained Lothario immense harm in the process of delivering damning testimony on phone-hacking to the Leveson inquiry on Monday.
He was still the diffident, self-deprecating Grant who has won audiences around the world as a light comic actor – not a particularly good one, as he occasionally says himself, though his ad libs in the high court were better than many of his scripts. But he also revealed himself to be thoughtful, articulate, brave in an unheroic way and – at least twice – very kind. No longer the foppish stereotype Brit, more high-minded Gary Cooper in Mr Deeds Goes to Town. How...
- 11/22/2011
- by Michael White
- The Guardian - Film News
A great year for women? Twelve months ago we predicted that it would be. Were we right?
This time 12 months ago we promised it was going to be the biggest year in feminism ever. So was it? Er, sort of. We weren't wrong about it being a celebratory year. But our predictions of the feminist events to watch in 2010 were a bit hit and miss. Where did we strike gold? The significance of the movie Precious, the story of an overweight, illiterate teenager in 80s Harlem, pregnant by her abusive father ("primarily female cast", "a must-see", we said). Come the Oscars, the film won six nominations and two awards. What did we overestimate? The impact of Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It! ("a great film"). That turned out to be a bit of a howler. The film went right under the radar, more's the pity.
So what else did we get right?...
This time 12 months ago we promised it was going to be the biggest year in feminism ever. So was it? Er, sort of. We weren't wrong about it being a celebratory year. But our predictions of the feminist events to watch in 2010 were a bit hit and miss. Where did we strike gold? The significance of the movie Precious, the story of an overweight, illiterate teenager in 80s Harlem, pregnant by her abusive father ("primarily female cast", "a must-see", we said). Come the Oscars, the film won six nominations and two awards. What did we overestimate? The impact of Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It! ("a great film"). That turned out to be a bit of a howler. The film went right under the radar, more's the pity.
So what else did we get right?...
- 12/27/2010
- by Viv Groskop
- The Guardian - Film News
In promoting the remake of My Fair Lady, Emma Thompson laid into a screen icon, calling Hepburn twee. She has a point
Some might think it takes nerve for the creator of Nanny McPhee on screen to accuse someone else of being "twee", but that is what Emma Thompson has done, levelling the criticism at Audrey Hepburn.
"I find Audrey Hepburn fantastically twee. Twee is whimsy without wit," she said. "It's mimsy-mumsy sweetness without any kind of bite. And that's not for me. She can't sing and she can't really act, I'm afraid. I'm sure she was a delightful woman – and perhaps if I had known her I would have enjoyed her acting more, but I don't and I didn't, so that's all there is to it, really."
Thompson's comment arose from interviews she has given to the trade papers about her screenplay for the projected remake of My Fair Lady,...
Some might think it takes nerve for the creator of Nanny McPhee on screen to accuse someone else of being "twee", but that is what Emma Thompson has done, levelling the criticism at Audrey Hepburn.
"I find Audrey Hepburn fantastically twee. Twee is whimsy without wit," she said. "It's mimsy-mumsy sweetness without any kind of bite. And that's not for me. She can't sing and she can't really act, I'm afraid. I'm sure she was a delightful woman – and perhaps if I had known her I would have enjoyed her acting more, but I don't and I didn't, so that's all there is to it, really."
Thompson's comment arose from interviews she has given to the trade papers about her screenplay for the projected remake of My Fair Lady,...
- 8/10/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Stieg Larsson's bestselling thriller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo divided the critics, now the film has united them – and not in a good way
The debate has raged ever since Stieg Larsson's bestselling thriller, the first in a trilogy, was published in Sweden in 2005, a year after the author's death. The film, released in the UK last Friday – described by the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw as "a forensic procedural with explicit violence" – seems to have muddied the waters further.
Originally titled Men Who Hate Women, the book divided critics. Some saw Lisbeth Salander (the tattooed private investigator of the title) as a feminist avenging angel. Others criticised Larsson's graphic descriptions of the abuse and mutilation of women, judging the whole effort "misogynist".
It's all very confusing if you come to the story a bit after the event, which, like many, I have. Not being a thriller fan, I...
The debate has raged ever since Stieg Larsson's bestselling thriller, the first in a trilogy, was published in Sweden in 2005, a year after the author's death. The film, released in the UK last Friday – described by the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw as "a forensic procedural with explicit violence" – seems to have muddied the waters further.
Originally titled Men Who Hate Women, the book divided critics. Some saw Lisbeth Salander (the tattooed private investigator of the title) as a feminist avenging angel. Others criticised Larsson's graphic descriptions of the abuse and mutilation of women, judging the whole effort "misogynist".
It's all very confusing if you come to the story a bit after the event, which, like many, I have. Not being a thriller fan, I...
- 3/15/2010
- by Viv Groskop
- The Guardian - Film News
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