Starz series Bmf Season 3 continues on a roll, delivering 5.1 million multiplatform viewers on its premiere weekend.
The third season premiered on Friday, March 1, achieving a series high in audience and growing season over season by 25%. The new season of the family drama also launched as the highest-rated among Black households on cable across its premiere weekend.
Bmf continues the story of brothers Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory, who rose through the illegal drug trade from the depths of poverty in Detroit to the heights of fame and fortune across America.
In Season 3, Meech moves to Atlanta to expand their empire, facing rival crews and crossing paths with burgeoning hip-hop legends, while Terry holds down the fort in Detroit, facing formidable rivals, old and new.
Starz announced ahead of the Season 3 premiere that Bmf has been renewed for a fourth season. Production on Season 4 is slated to begin this spring in Atlanta,...
The third season premiered on Friday, March 1, achieving a series high in audience and growing season over season by 25%. The new season of the family drama also launched as the highest-rated among Black households on cable across its premiere weekend.
Bmf continues the story of brothers Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory, who rose through the illegal drug trade from the depths of poverty in Detroit to the heights of fame and fortune across America.
In Season 3, Meech moves to Atlanta to expand their empire, facing rival crews and crossing paths with burgeoning hip-hop legends, while Terry holds down the fort in Detroit, facing formidable rivals, old and new.
Starz announced ahead of the Season 3 premiere that Bmf has been renewed for a fourth season. Production on Season 4 is slated to begin this spring in Atlanta,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The third season premiere of BMF gathered its biggest audience to date for Starz.
The drama’s March 1 debut racked up 5.1 million cross-platform viewers over its opening weekend. That’s the best performance to date for the series and up by a million viewers over the season two premiere in January 2023 — a nearly 25 percent jump season to season.
As is usually the case with premium cable shows, the vast majority of viewing came away from Bmf’s on-air premiere, which averaged just 250,000 viewers (though that too was up, vs. 170,000 for the season two opener) — only about 5 percent of the three-day total. The 5.1 million figure includes replays and streaming as well, and though Starz (like most other streamers) doesn’t provide detailed streaming data, it’s a safe bet that most of the remaining 4.85 million viewers came via streaming.
The big opening weekend for Bmf came on the heels of Starz renewing the series,...
The drama’s March 1 debut racked up 5.1 million cross-platform viewers over its opening weekend. That’s the best performance to date for the series and up by a million viewers over the season two premiere in January 2023 — a nearly 25 percent jump season to season.
As is usually the case with premium cable shows, the vast majority of viewing came away from Bmf’s on-air premiere, which averaged just 250,000 viewers (though that too was up, vs. 170,000 for the season two opener) — only about 5 percent of the three-day total. The 5.1 million figure includes replays and streaming as well, and though Starz (like most other streamers) doesn’t provide detailed streaming data, it’s a safe bet that most of the remaining 4.85 million viewers came via streaming.
The big opening weekend for Bmf came on the heels of Starz renewing the series,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lil Baby, 2 Chainz, Ne-yo and Saweetie are just a few of the very special guest stars to be glimpsed in the new trailer for Season 3 of Bmf.
Starz on Friday released the official trailer — featuring Tupac Shakur’s “All Eyez on Me” — for Season 3 of the crime and family drama, which on Friday, March 1 premieres at midnight on the Starz app, and airs 8/7c on Starz proper.
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Starz on Friday released the official trailer — featuring Tupac Shakur’s “All Eyez on Me” — for Season 3 of the crime and family drama, which on Friday, March 1 premieres at midnight on the Starz app, and airs 8/7c on Starz proper.
More from TVLine<I>Bmf</i>: 2 Chainz and Ne-Yo to Recur in Season 3 of Starz Crime Drama<em>Spartacus: House of Ashur </em>Ordered at Starz — Nick Tarabay to Reprise Villainous Role in Sequel SeriesArrow's Emily Bett Rickards...
- 1/26/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Hulu Unveils First Look at Joey King, Logan Lerman Series ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ (TV News Roundup)
Hulu debuted first look images from its new limited series “We Were the Lucky Ones,” starring Joey King and Logan Lerman. The first three episodes will premiere on the streamer on March 28, with the following episodes coming out weekly.
The series is a television adaptation of Georgia Hunter’s novel “We Were the Lucky Ones.” Based on a true story, the show follows a Jewish family separated at the start of World War II on their quest to survive and reunite, per the release.
Hadas Yaron, Henry-Lloyd Hughes, Amit Rahav, Sam Woolf, Michael Aloni, Moran Rosenblatt, Eva Feiler, Lior Ashkenazi and Robin Weigert round out the cast.
Erica Lipez (“Julia” and “The Morning Show”) serves as the showrunner, in addition to writing the series. Thomas Kail (“Fosse/Verdon”) directs and executive produces with Jennifer Todd, who executive produces for Old 320 Sycamore. Adam Milch executive produces, with Hunter co-executive producing. The...
The series is a television adaptation of Georgia Hunter’s novel “We Were the Lucky Ones.” Based on a true story, the show follows a Jewish family separated at the start of World War II on their quest to survive and reunite, per the release.
Hadas Yaron, Henry-Lloyd Hughes, Amit Rahav, Sam Woolf, Michael Aloni, Moran Rosenblatt, Eva Feiler, Lior Ashkenazi and Robin Weigert round out the cast.
Erica Lipez (“Julia” and “The Morning Show”) serves as the showrunner, in addition to writing the series. Thomas Kail (“Fosse/Verdon”) directs and executive produces with Jennifer Todd, who executive produces for Old 320 Sycamore. Adam Milch executive produces, with Hunter co-executive producing. The...
- 1/22/2024
- by Caroline Brew, Diego Ramos Bechara and Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Rapper Dominique “Lil Baby” Jones, Saweetie (Bel-Air), along with Cynthia Bailey (Real Housewives of Atlanta) will join previously announced guest stars Ne-Yo and 2 Chainz on the third season of Starz’ Bmf.
Lil Baby will make his acting debut as Payne, an eager-to-learn foot soldier out of Atlanta, Ga. Saweetie will play Keeya, a former college athlete who’s now on the streets in St. Louis, and Bailey will play Gloria, Detective Bryant’s hard-working ex-wife who is grappling with their son’s legal battle.
The drama returns on March 1, 2024. Here’s the official logline for the season: Bmf continues the storyline of the inspiring true legends of brothers Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (Da’Vinchi), who fostered one of the most influential crime families in the country known as Black Mafia Family. We parachute into the early 90s in Season 3 with Meech moving to Atlanta,...
Lil Baby will make his acting debut as Payne, an eager-to-learn foot soldier out of Atlanta, Ga. Saweetie will play Keeya, a former college athlete who’s now on the streets in St. Louis, and Bailey will play Gloria, Detective Bryant’s hard-working ex-wife who is grappling with their son’s legal battle.
The drama returns on March 1, 2024. Here’s the official logline for the season: Bmf continues the storyline of the inspiring true legends of brothers Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (Da’Vinchi), who fostered one of the most influential crime families in the country known as Black Mafia Family. We parachute into the early 90s in Season 3 with Meech moving to Atlanta,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Starz is looking ahead to 2024!
The premium cabler announced today that the highly anticipated third season of its hit drama Bmf will debut on Friday, March 1, 2024.
New episodes of the hit drama series will be available on Fridays at midnight Et/Pt on the Starz app, all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms, and internationally on the Lionsgate+ premium streaming platform in the U.K. and Ireland.
On linear, each will debut on Starz at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt in the U.S. and Canada.
The next chapter of the drama resumes the storyline inspired by brothers Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory (Da'Vinchi), who established one of the most infamous crime families in the country known as, Black Mafia Family.
"We kick off Season Three in the early '90s when the Flenory Family has reinvented themselves," Starz teases.
"Meech has moved to Atlanta on a...
The premium cabler announced today that the highly anticipated third season of its hit drama Bmf will debut on Friday, March 1, 2024.
New episodes of the hit drama series will be available on Fridays at midnight Et/Pt on the Starz app, all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms, and internationally on the Lionsgate+ premium streaming platform in the U.K. and Ireland.
On linear, each will debut on Starz at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt in the U.S. and Canada.
The next chapter of the drama resumes the storyline inspired by brothers Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory (Da'Vinchi), who established one of the most infamous crime families in the country known as, Black Mafia Family.
"We kick off Season Three in the early '90s when the Flenory Family has reinvented themselves," Starz teases.
"Meech has moved to Atlanta on a...
- 8/30/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Starz has set the return of the Flenory Brothers in Bmf‘s second season on Friday, January 6 at midnight via the network’s app, followed by its linear debut at 8 p.m. Et/Pt in the U.S. and Canada. A first look action-packed trailer for the drama series can be found above.
Based on a true story, Bmf chronicles the unconventional journey to success of the Flenory brothers, Demetrius Flenory “Big Meech” (Demetrius Flenory Jr.) and Terry Flenory “Southwest Tee” (Da’Vinchi) who rose from the depths of poverty, navigating the war on drugs in Detroit, and became game changers in hip-hop and culture.
Throughout the emotional second season, the audience roots for the Flenory brothers during their pursuit of their American Dream, as they build a better life in a system that was stacked against them. The universal themes of family, faith, and loyalty are explored both at home and on the streets.
Based on a true story, Bmf chronicles the unconventional journey to success of the Flenory brothers, Demetrius Flenory “Big Meech” (Demetrius Flenory Jr.) and Terry Flenory “Southwest Tee” (Da’Vinchi) who rose from the depths of poverty, navigating the war on drugs in Detroit, and became game changers in hip-hop and culture.
Throughout the emotional second season, the audience roots for the Flenory brothers during their pursuit of their American Dream, as they build a better life in a system that was stacked against them. The universal themes of family, faith, and loyalty are explored both at home and on the streets.
- 11/25/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“Bmf,” the Starz drama about the rise of the Black Mafia Family, will return for Season 2 on January 6, Starz revealed on Friday. The series, which previously premiered new episodes on Sundays, premium cable’s biggest night, has moved to Fridays, where it will air linearly at 8 p.m. Et/Pt and become available on-demand at midnight. Starz has released a trailer for the upcoming season, which can be viewed below.
Set in Detroit during the late ’80s and early ’90s, “Bmf” tells the true story of Demetrius and Terry Flenory, the founders of the Black Mafia Family, a drug-trafficking/money-laundering organization that was active from 1989 to 2005. Using the hip-hop label Bmf Entertainment as a front for their illegal operations, the two brothers — also known as “Big Meech” and “Southwest T” managed to develop a cocaine distribution network across the entire U.S., and made around 270 million before being imprisoned for 30 years.
Set in Detroit during the late ’80s and early ’90s, “Bmf” tells the true story of Demetrius and Terry Flenory, the founders of the Black Mafia Family, a drug-trafficking/money-laundering organization that was active from 1989 to 2005. Using the hip-hop label Bmf Entertainment as a front for their illegal operations, the two brothers — also known as “Big Meech” and “Southwest T” managed to develop a cocaine distribution network across the entire U.S., and made around 270 million before being imprisoned for 30 years.
- 11/25/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
March can be a real bummer when it comes to keeping yourself entertained — good new movies are few and far between, sweeps week is still a few months away, and Hamilton tickets are only getting more expensive. Lucky for us, the new crop of streaming titles is an embarrassment of riches that should keep you binge-watching until spring. Not only is Netflix is delivering new seasons of two marquee shows, but Hulu is wading deeper into the world of original content with a new Aaron Paul prestige drama that's bound to be a "cult" favorite.
- 3/1/2016
- Rollingstone.com
“Why did Rock Hudson star in this movie?” I kept asking myself while watching Seconds for the third or fourth time this past week. By many accounts, the shoot wasn’t a particularly pleasant one, with at least two scenes – the infamous “stomp those grapes!” near-orgy and the drunken party – pushing the star wildly out of his comfort zone. He was slightly past his prime, but still commanding starring roles in mainstream hits. His success with Doris Day meant he was mostly doing comedies, but he still got some dramatic work in here and there (though 1963’s A Gathering of Eagles, the last drama he did before Seconds, was not well-received critically or commercially). And if he did want to push himself dramatically, why a science fiction film about mortality? Hudson not only accepted the part, but actively lobbied for it, winning over director John Frankenheimer, who preferred the more...
- 1/15/2016
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
If the transformation is a character’s external change then the meltdown is the internal equivalent. Sometimes the most terrifying part of a horror film isn’t when the monster pops out, but when a character loses his or her grip on reality. The psychosis can begin gradually, exacerbated by stress, sickness, or an outside tormentor. Often the character begins a film in complete control of his or her mental faculties. But control is a relative term, and in a horror film, the illusion of control can be just as powerful as actual agency. The options: denial or embracement. The psychological break will come soon enough. The only question is, how broken will the person be once it does?
****
Alien (1979) – Ash malfunctions
The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo has just about had it. Awakened from a cozy hypersleep to answer the worst wrong number in interstellar history, they then...
****
Alien (1979) – Ash malfunctions
The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo has just about had it. Awakened from a cozy hypersleep to answer the worst wrong number in interstellar history, they then...
- 10/25/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Special Mention: Gojira (Godzilla)
Written and directed by Ishirô Honda
Japan, 1954
Ishiro Honda’s grim, black-and-white post-Hiroshima nightmare stands the test of time. This allegory for the devastation wrought on Japan by the atomic bomb is quite simply a powerful statement about mankind’s insistence to continue to destroy everyone and everything the surrounds us. With just one shot (a single pan across the ruins of Tokyo), Honda manages to express the devastation that Godzilla represents. Since its debut, Godzilla has become a worldwide cultural icon, but very little is said about actor Takashi Shimura, who adds great depth as Dr. Yamane; his performance is stunning. Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya originally wanted to use classic stop-motion animation to portray Godzilla, but time and budget limitations forced him to dress actors up in monster suits. Despite this minor setback, Tsuburaya’s scale sets of Tokyo are crafted with such great attention to detail,...
Written and directed by Ishirô Honda
Japan, 1954
Ishiro Honda’s grim, black-and-white post-Hiroshima nightmare stands the test of time. This allegory for the devastation wrought on Japan by the atomic bomb is quite simply a powerful statement about mankind’s insistence to continue to destroy everyone and everything the surrounds us. With just one shot (a single pan across the ruins of Tokyo), Honda manages to express the devastation that Godzilla represents. Since its debut, Godzilla has become a worldwide cultural icon, but very little is said about actor Takashi Shimura, who adds great depth as Dr. Yamane; his performance is stunning. Special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya originally wanted to use classic stop-motion animation to portray Godzilla, but time and budget limitations forced him to dress actors up in monster suits. Despite this minor setback, Tsuburaya’s scale sets of Tokyo are crafted with such great attention to detail,...
- 10/3/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
When you’ve released something you’ve created, in a way it no longer belongs to you (unless you’re Bill Watterson, he's got Calvin and Hobbes on lockdown). It can be strange to see something you created evolve into something completely different that you would have never dreamed up. As a songwriter, I’ve heard some pretty wild interpretations from fans about the stories and meanings behind songs I've written. I can only imagine what it would feel like for the creators of comic book characters, whose creations are constantly being updated and reinvented by other people.
Batman and Superman celebrated their 75th anniversaries in the last couple years, and have both gone through countless and very different iterations since their debuts. They and other iconic comic book characters meet their makers in this comic by Dorkly’s Tony Wilson, and the creators have some pretty choice words for...
Batman and Superman celebrated their 75th anniversaries in the last couple years, and have both gone through countless and very different iterations since their debuts. They and other iconic comic book characters meet their makers in this comic by Dorkly’s Tony Wilson, and the creators have some pretty choice words for...
- 10/21/2014
- by Eli Reyes
- GeekTyrant
He's the tabloid whipping boy turned angel of vengeance; the TV comedian who's gone serious with his new film Philomena. At 48, Steve Coogan's career is going full tilt. So why does he have a massive chip on his shoulder, with 'mushy peas and a boat of gravy on the side'? Xan Brooks finds out
One rainy Friday in October, Steve Coogan takes a trip from the Lake District to an expensive part of London. He rolls into town a man in transit, still half-dressed for the country with a yellow tweed cap pulled down round his ears. The car ferries us through sodden streets to a private members club, where a table is booked in an upstairs room. But the hostess is stricken; the place has standards. She won't let him in until he takes off the cap.
It's fitting that Coogan doesn't pass for clubhouse material. His...
One rainy Friday in October, Steve Coogan takes a trip from the Lake District to an expensive part of London. He rolls into town a man in transit, still half-dressed for the country with a yellow tweed cap pulled down round his ears. The car ferries us through sodden streets to a private members club, where a table is booked in an upstairs room. But the hostess is stricken; the place has standards. She won't let him in until he takes off the cap.
It's fitting that Coogan doesn't pass for clubhouse material. His...
- 10/26/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Selected for the Main Comp at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966, John Frankenheimer’s Seconds is a grim, nightmarish thriller that embodies many distinctive aspects of 1960s American cinema. Largely forgotten – one could argue for good reason – by all but the most devoted Frankenheimer fans, the film combines classic noir stylistics with the era’s emerging tremors of social revolution. Folded into the mix are elements of Sci-Fi and speculative fiction, creating a “what if” story filled with metaphors, meditations and mind-games.
The snappy plot begins with some odd occurrences in the quietly desperate life of Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph), a 50-ish, dry as toast bank manager who commutes into the city every day from his tidy colonial in leafy Scarsdale. Recently, the unnerved Hamilton has been receiving phone calls from an old college buddy long thought to be dead. This voice from the past entices Hamilton with vague promises...
The snappy plot begins with some odd occurrences in the quietly desperate life of Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph), a 50-ish, dry as toast bank manager who commutes into the city every day from his tidy colonial in leafy Scarsdale. Recently, the unnerved Hamilton has been receiving phone calls from an old college buddy long thought to be dead. This voice from the past entices Hamilton with vague promises...
- 8/13/2013
- by David Anderson
- IONCINEMA.com
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"What Maisie Knew"
What's It About? A modern update on Henry James's 1897 novel of the same name, this indie drama follows a six-year-old girl caught in the middle of her parents bitter custody battle. With her aging rock star mother (Julianne Moore), art dealer father (Steve Coogan), and mom's bartender boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgard), Maisie (newcomer Onata Aprile) learns to navigate through the adult's selfish behavior.
Why We're In: While uncomfortable and sad, "What Maisie Knew" tells a deeply emotional story that will stay with you. The adult leads give memorable performances, but it is Aprile's rawness that makes the film so gripping.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"The Muppet Movie" The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
What's It About? The classic 1979 (almost 35 years ago) movie was the first time we saw Kermit and friends on the big screen. In the movie musical Kermit...
"What Maisie Knew"
What's It About? A modern update on Henry James's 1897 novel of the same name, this indie drama follows a six-year-old girl caught in the middle of her parents bitter custody battle. With her aging rock star mother (Julianne Moore), art dealer father (Steve Coogan), and mom's bartender boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgard), Maisie (newcomer Onata Aprile) learns to navigate through the adult's selfish behavior.
Why We're In: While uncomfortable and sad, "What Maisie Knew" tells a deeply emotional story that will stay with you. The adult leads give memorable performances, but it is Aprile's rawness that makes the film so gripping.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"The Muppet Movie" The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
What's It About? The classic 1979 (almost 35 years ago) movie was the first time we saw Kermit and friends on the big screen. In the movie musical Kermit...
- 8/13/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Moviefone
Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge remains his awful self in this hilarious, ramped-up, utterly English comedy thriller
Steve Coogan's media personality Alan Partridge is a creation every bit as sad, outrageous, pathetic and funny as Scott Fitzgerald's over-the-hill Hollywood screenwriter Pat Hobby. And, one suspects, he is to Coogan what Hobby was to Fitzgerald, a painfully honest view of the worst way he might be, an alter id more than an alter ego. After 20 years in which Alan has appeared in every possible medium except for a West End musical and a feature movie, he at last appears on the big screen in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
This extremely funny film takes in two movie genres – the desperate journalist unscrupulously exploiting a sensational story and the siege thriller. Alan Partridge is in effect a comic cross between two classic movies: Kirk Douglas as a once big-time journalist making...
Steve Coogan's media personality Alan Partridge is a creation every bit as sad, outrageous, pathetic and funny as Scott Fitzgerald's over-the-hill Hollywood screenwriter Pat Hobby. And, one suspects, he is to Coogan what Hobby was to Fitzgerald, a painfully honest view of the worst way he might be, an alter id more than an alter ego. After 20 years in which Alan has appeared in every possible medium except for a West End musical and a feature movie, he at last appears on the big screen in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
This extremely funny film takes in two movie genres – the desperate journalist unscrupulously exploiting a sensational story and the siege thriller. Alan Partridge is in effect a comic cross between two classic movies: Kirk Douglas as a once big-time journalist making...
- 8/12/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Good Vibrations; Trance; Blancanieves
There's a special kind of magic involved in the creation of a really great pop movie, something that manages to capture both the electrifying thrill the music and the tangible air of the period. Like Steve Rash's The Buddy Holly Story, which still stands up to repeat viewing after 35 long years, Good Vibrations (2012, Universal, 15) is a nostalgic gem blending just the right amount of fact and fantasy as it tells the story of Belfast's "godfather of punk", Terri Hooley. Brilliantly played by Richard Dormer, Hooley is the budding DJ and owner of a proudly non-sectarian record shop whose life is transformed by seeing Rudi perform an ebulliently boisterous live gig and hearing the Undertones play Teenage Kicks. Believing that "New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason", Hooley starts his own fantastically ramshackle record label, a venture driven entirely by love,...
There's a special kind of magic involved in the creation of a really great pop movie, something that manages to capture both the electrifying thrill the music and the tangible air of the period. Like Steve Rash's The Buddy Holly Story, which still stands up to repeat viewing after 35 long years, Good Vibrations (2012, Universal, 15) is a nostalgic gem blending just the right amount of fact and fantasy as it tells the story of Belfast's "godfather of punk", Terri Hooley. Brilliantly played by Richard Dormer, Hooley is the budding DJ and owner of a proudly non-sectarian record shop whose life is transformed by seeing Rudi perform an ebulliently boisterous live gig and hearing the Undertones play Teenage Kicks. Believing that "New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason", Hooley starts his own fantastically ramshackle record label, a venture driven entirely by love,...
- 8/3/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
This biopic of Paul Raymond has about as much depth as a 1970s British sex comedy
Scripted by Matt Greenhalgh (who wrote the screenplays for the ambitious biopics of Ian Curtis and John Lennon, Control and Nowhere Boy), The Look of Love is a disappointingly crude and shallow biography of the self-made northern impresario Paul Raymond, who started out conducting a music hall mind-reading act and finished up as a multi-millionaire nightclub proprietor, pornographer, owner of much of Soho, and for a while the richest man in Britain. The film reunites Michael Winterbottom, director of 24 Hour Party People, and its star Steve Coogan, but whereas that wonderful portrait of the ebullient Tony Wilson and the vibrant Manchester music scene was a piece of imaginative social history, The Look of Love has about as much depth and style as a cheap British sex comedy like Can You Keep It Up for a Week?...
Scripted by Matt Greenhalgh (who wrote the screenplays for the ambitious biopics of Ian Curtis and John Lennon, Control and Nowhere Boy), The Look of Love is a disappointingly crude and shallow biography of the self-made northern impresario Paul Raymond, who started out conducting a music hall mind-reading act and finished up as a multi-millionaire nightclub proprietor, pornographer, owner of much of Soho, and for a while the richest man in Britain. The film reunites Michael Winterbottom, director of 24 Hour Party People, and its star Steve Coogan, but whereas that wonderful portrait of the ebullient Tony Wilson and the vibrant Manchester music scene was a piece of imaginative social history, The Look of Love has about as much depth and style as a cheap British sex comedy like Can You Keep It Up for a Week?...
- 4/29/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Director: Michael Winterbottom; Screenwriter: Matt Greenhalgh; Starring: Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton; Running time: 101 mins; Certificate: 18
24 Hour Party People's Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan head from Tony Wilson to Paul Raymond with their latest movie The Look of Love, a biopic of the porn impresario who transformed London's Soho district and eventually became one of the richest men in Britain.
Raymond's story is one of highs, lows, hedonism and personal tragedy. It's a classic tale we've seen done often before, and Look of Love certainly shares DNA with Winterbottom and Coogan's previous collaboration on Party People.
Rises and falls were also memorably depicted in Martin Scorsese films Goodfellas and Casino, but here Coogan's protagonist skirts nearer to the boundaries of what's legal and what's not. He opens the Raymond Revuebar strip club, a private members' venue, to navigate around strict laws on flashing flesh. Lord Chamberlain's theatre...
24 Hour Party People's Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan head from Tony Wilson to Paul Raymond with their latest movie The Look of Love, a biopic of the porn impresario who transformed London's Soho district and eventually became one of the richest men in Britain.
Raymond's story is one of highs, lows, hedonism and personal tragedy. It's a classic tale we've seen done often before, and Look of Love certainly shares DNA with Winterbottom and Coogan's previous collaboration on Party People.
Rises and falls were also memorably depicted in Martin Scorsese films Goodfellas and Casino, but here Coogan's protagonist skirts nearer to the boundaries of what's legal and what's not. He opens the Raymond Revuebar strip club, a private members' venue, to navigate around strict laws on flashing flesh. Lord Chamberlain's theatre...
- 4/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Steve Coogan gets sleazy in Soho, Almodóvar takes to the air, Kirk and Spock return - and DiCaprio gets the party started
Spring Breakers
(dir. Harmony Korine)
Harmony Korine beguiles some and infuriates others. The film-maker who made his name in the 1990s as the writer of the controversial Kids now returns with what looks like outrageous trashsploitation: four hot young women rob a restaurant to fund their sybaritic "spring break" and get into a serious hot-tub of trouble. Is this Korine's bid for mainstream glory? 5 April.
The Place Beyond the Pines
(dir. Derek Cianfrance)
Derek Cianfrance, who made 2010's much-admired Blue Valentine, returns with a very different type of drama. Ryan Gosling is Luke, a stunt motorcyclist in a carnival who uses his skills to rob banks – but only to provide for the child he had with Romina (played by Gosling's real-life partner Eva Mendes). Luke finds himself pursued by a steely police officer,...
Spring Breakers
(dir. Harmony Korine)
Harmony Korine beguiles some and infuriates others. The film-maker who made his name in the 1990s as the writer of the controversial Kids now returns with what looks like outrageous trashsploitation: four hot young women rob a restaurant to fund their sybaritic "spring break" and get into a serious hot-tub of trouble. Is this Korine's bid for mainstream glory? 5 April.
The Place Beyond the Pines
(dir. Derek Cianfrance)
Derek Cianfrance, who made 2010's much-admired Blue Valentine, returns with a very different type of drama. Ryan Gosling is Luke, a stunt motorcyclist in a carnival who uses his skills to rob banks – but only to provide for the child he had with Romina (played by Gosling's real-life partner Eva Mendes). Luke finds himself pursued by a steely police officer,...
- 4/1/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Scandal, drugs, sex and champagne are just some of the lavish excesses that feature in The Look of Love; but behind all the glitz one questions whether there is anything there at all behind the surface. The Look of Love marks the fourth collaboration between Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan after the masterpiece 24 Hour Party People and the irreverently meta Cock and Bull Story and The Trip.
This new feature is more stylistically related to their debut collaboration but never reaches the highs of the Mad-Chester opus. The Look of Love is an entertaining romp but the talent involved and subject matter begs greatness. It never surpasses mediocrity. Winterbottom assembles a terrific cast and taps into the naughty spirit of Raymond. The audience is along for the ride and is dazzled by the lavish and excess but is left with emptiness much like its complicated hero.
Scandal, drugs, sex and champagne are just some of the lavish excesses that feature in The Look of Love; but behind all the glitz one questions whether there is anything there at all behind the surface. The Look of Love marks the fourth collaboration between Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan after the masterpiece 24 Hour Party People and the irreverently meta Cock and Bull Story and The Trip.
This new feature is more stylistically related to their debut collaboration but never reaches the highs of the Mad-Chester opus. The Look of Love is an entertaining romp but the talent involved and subject matter begs greatness. It never surpasses mediocrity. Winterbottom assembles a terrific cast and taps into the naughty spirit of Raymond. The audience is along for the ride and is dazzled by the lavish and excess but is left with emptiness much like its complicated hero.
- 3/12/2013
- by Gearoid Gillett
- Obsessed with Film
Qut graduate James Tilbury
Queensland University of Technology is searching for alumni to front a recruitment ad campaign next year.
The uni wants recent graduates from its courses who have gone on to have “inspiring and interesting careers” in a range of sectors, to be ‘heroed’ in a TV campaign.
Past grads to feature include an It graduate working for Microsoft in Seattle, a New York-based advertising grad and an engineering graduate working in Dubai.
Qut has been running its graduate success campaign for more than a decade.
“We’re keen to attract a range of grads who graduated within the last three years, and who are currently working overseas for well-known companies – particularly those who aren’t afraid to get in front of a camera and put themselves out there,” said Qut’s director, marketing and communication, Tony Wilson.
The agency behind the search is Bcm.
The post Qut...
Queensland University of Technology is searching for alumni to front a recruitment ad campaign next year.
The uni wants recent graduates from its courses who have gone on to have “inspiring and interesting careers” in a range of sectors, to be ‘heroed’ in a TV campaign.
Past grads to feature include an It graduate working for Microsoft in Seattle, a New York-based advertising grad and an engineering graduate working in Dubai.
Qut has been running its graduate success campaign for more than a decade.
“We’re keen to attract a range of grads who graduated within the last three years, and who are currently working overseas for well-known companies – particularly those who aren’t afraid to get in front of a camera and put themselves out there,” said Qut’s director, marketing and communication, Tony Wilson.
The agency behind the search is Bcm.
The post Qut...
- 12/3/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Seconds
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Written by David Ely and Lewis John Carlino
1966, USA
Not for weak sisters! May not even be for strong stomachs!
John Frankenheimer’s ultimately terrifying Twilight Zone-like, futuristic thriller Seconds, received mixed reviews, and was critically panned at the Cannes Film Festival. But what do they know? Seconds is a chilling character study and a distressing examination of happiness, loneliness, consumerism, and the American dream. This paranoid take on the legend of Faust remains widely unseen. Thankfully repeated showings on late night television helped the film find a much deserved cult following.
A New York businessman Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is recruited by the services of an secret organization which provides unhappily married middle-aged businessmen with new lives. Arthur is told that with some highly evolved plastic surgery, physical reconditioning and a promise of a new career, he can become a young man again and begin a new life.
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Written by David Ely and Lewis John Carlino
1966, USA
Not for weak sisters! May not even be for strong stomachs!
John Frankenheimer’s ultimately terrifying Twilight Zone-like, futuristic thriller Seconds, received mixed reviews, and was critically panned at the Cannes Film Festival. But what do they know? Seconds is a chilling character study and a distressing examination of happiness, loneliness, consumerism, and the American dream. This paranoid take on the legend of Faust remains widely unseen. Thankfully repeated showings on late night television helped the film find a much deserved cult following.
A New York businessman Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is recruited by the services of an secret organization which provides unhappily married middle-aged businessmen with new lives. Arthur is told that with some highly evolved plastic surgery, physical reconditioning and a promise of a new career, he can become a young man again and begin a new life.
- 10/11/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.
****
Enjoy!
150: Session 9
Directed by Brad Anderson
Written by Stephen Gevedon and Brad Anderson
2001, USA
If there was ever a perfect setting for a horror movie, it would be the abandoned Danvers State Mental Hospital. Built in 1878 on an isolated site in rural Massachusetts, it was a multi-acre, self-contained psychiatric hospital rumoured to have been the birthplace of the pre-frontal lobotomy. The hospital was the setting for the 2001 horror film Session 9, where an asbestos clean-up crew discover a series of nine tapes, which have recorded a patient with multiple personalities, all of which are innocent, except for number nine. With a shoestring budget and no real special effects, Session 9...
****
Enjoy!
150: Session 9
Directed by Brad Anderson
Written by Stephen Gevedon and Brad Anderson
2001, USA
If there was ever a perfect setting for a horror movie, it would be the abandoned Danvers State Mental Hospital. Built in 1878 on an isolated site in rural Massachusetts, it was a multi-acre, self-contained psychiatric hospital rumoured to have been the birthplace of the pre-frontal lobotomy. The hospital was the setting for the 2001 horror film Session 9, where an asbestos clean-up crew discover a series of nine tapes, which have recorded a patient with multiple personalities, all of which are innocent, except for number nine. With a shoestring budget and no real special effects, Session 9...
- 10/3/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Contemporary arts venue for Manchester under construction and due to open in 2014 opposite former Hacienda club
Two of the most successful contemporary arts organisations in Manchester have joined forces and are to move to a new multimillion-pound building.
At a time when funding is being cut by the Arts Council and theatres are facing the prospect of closure, the city is merging the Cornerhouse arthouse cinema and gallery and Library Theatre Company before an eventual move to a purpose-built home.
The new organisation and venue – now under construction and due to open to the public in autumn 2014 – does not yet have a name but the Gasworksis one rumour. Other names have been mooted including the Tony Wilson Centre, in tribute to the late founder of Factory Records and the Hacienda club, or the Arts Factory as another nod to his legacy.
When the venue opens in First Street opposite the old Hacienda building,...
Two of the most successful contemporary arts organisations in Manchester have joined forces and are to move to a new multimillion-pound building.
At a time when funding is being cut by the Arts Council and theatres are facing the prospect of closure, the city is merging the Cornerhouse arthouse cinema and gallery and Library Theatre Company before an eventual move to a purpose-built home.
The new organisation and venue – now under construction and due to open to the public in autumn 2014 – does not yet have a name but the Gasworksis one rumour. Other names have been mooted including the Tony Wilson Centre, in tribute to the late founder of Factory Records and the Hacienda club, or the Arts Factory as another nod to his legacy.
When the venue opens in First Street opposite the old Hacienda building,...
- 5/1/2012
- by Helen Nugent, Helen Carter
- The Guardian - Film News
New Todd Phillips-produced movie Project X follows three teenagers' wild house party – but can they live up to the standards set by film's most debauched bashes?
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
The 'Become The Person You Want To Be' party
The climactic high-school graduation party has been a teen movie staple since the late 70s, but rarely has a film detailed the intricacies of this most drunken rite of passage with quite as much affection as this. Boys become men, nobodies become legends, and jocks become refreshingly self-aware as the student body of Huntington Hills High abandon their established cliques forever.
Beverage of choice
Beer, large quantities thereof. Funnels optional.
High point
The arrival of "Watermelon Guy" (a pre-fame Jason Segel) and his beloved vodka-marinated fruit.
Low point
The next morning, when reformed jock Mike Dexter (Peter Facinelli) slips back into his old ways.
Caligula (1979)
The 'What's Your Preference'? party
Long...
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
The 'Become The Person You Want To Be' party
The climactic high-school graduation party has been a teen movie staple since the late 70s, but rarely has a film detailed the intricacies of this most drunken rite of passage with quite as much affection as this. Boys become men, nobodies become legends, and jocks become refreshingly self-aware as the student body of Huntington Hills High abandon their established cliques forever.
Beverage of choice
Beer, large quantities thereof. Funnels optional.
High point
The arrival of "Watermelon Guy" (a pre-fame Jason Segel) and his beloved vodka-marinated fruit.
Low point
The next morning, when reformed jock Mike Dexter (Peter Facinelli) slips back into his old ways.
Caligula (1979)
The 'What's Your Preference'? party
Long...
- 2/25/2012
- by Charlie Lyne
- The Guardian - Film News
As prolific as any actor and director combo working today, Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom are continuing their collaborations with the upcoming The King Of Soho. Coogan will play Paul Raymond, a strip club proprietor and porn publisher who gained prominence in the 60s and 70s in swinging London. And to help with the swinging, Witterbottom has brought in British actresses Imogen Poots, Anna Friel and Tamsin Egerton to portray the various woman in Raymond's life. Variety reports that Poots, Friel and Egerton have joined the period piece that instantly reminds me of the Winterbottom-Coogan 24 Hour Party People where the latter portrayed the famous indie music producer Tony Wilson. Just substitute the late 70s/80s indie music scene for the late 60s/70s swinging sex scene. (I've got to stop saying swinging). The film, written by the talented Matt Greenhalgh (who also wrote Control, which is another odd connection to...
- 2/18/2012
- cinemablend.com
Hilarity peddler Steve Coogan rocked into stardom with "24 Hour Party People" and his portrayal of the British music scene's now legendary impresario, Tony Wilson. The Playlist (via ScreenDaily) reports that he's joined the cast of another UK music flick, this time about Belfast's godfather of punk, Terri Hooley.
Hooley's tale centers around the record store he founded in the early 70's called Good Vibrations, which naturally became a record label. The bands Hooley signed are now largely forgotten -- The Moondogs, Victim, The Outcasts, and The Shapes. But one night the highly influential John Peel got his hands on one of Hooley's acts and played their single on his infinitely popular radio show. The band was The Undertones, the song was "Teenage Kicks," and the rest is punk history.
Coogan joins Richard Dormer who plays Hooley along with Michael Fassbender, and Robert Sheehan. Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa who...
Hooley's tale centers around the record store he founded in the early 70's called Good Vibrations, which naturally became a record label. The bands Hooley signed are now largely forgotten -- The Moondogs, Victim, The Outcasts, and The Shapes. But one night the highly influential John Peel got his hands on one of Hooley's acts and played their single on his infinitely popular radio show. The band was The Undertones, the song was "Teenage Kicks," and the rest is punk history.
Coogan joins Richard Dormer who plays Hooley along with Michael Fassbender, and Robert Sheehan. Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa who...
- 5/12/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Tony Wilson Acs was .one of Australia.s greatest observational cameramen. who .shot with both his ears and his eyes.. So say many filmmakers he worked with over his long career as a documentary cinematographer. .He made directors very lazy because he was so good,. long-time friend and collaborator Aviva Ziegler says. .Quite often when I was filming with him I.d want to ask him to do something and he would have already done it . he was always ahead of the game. .I.ve always said that he had eyes in the back of the head because he always knew what was going on. .He always anticipated what was going to happen and he.d always be there; you never felt that you.d missed something because...
- 3/15/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
View the original post I’m A Celebrity: Shaun Ryder too busy for Happy Monday’s reunion! on Unreality TV
Shaun Ryder has admitted that even he doesn’t understand his own songs.
The former Black Grape and Happy Mondays singer doesn’t understand why Factory Records boss Tony Wilson has previously described him as a “great poet” because he thinks there is nothing clever about his songwriting.
He told Q magazine: “Tony was one for great claims and that’s very nice of him, but I dunno. I write short stories and set them to music. I don’t know what I’m on about half the time.
“If I am a poet, then my school definitely didn’t spot it. I was in the lowest set for English. Did any teacher encourage me to be good with words? Did they f**k.”
The 48-year-old rocker – who recently came...
Shaun Ryder has admitted that even he doesn’t understand his own songs.
The former Black Grape and Happy Mondays singer doesn’t understand why Factory Records boss Tony Wilson has previously described him as a “great poet” because he thinks there is nothing clever about his songwriting.
He told Q magazine: “Tony was one for great claims and that’s very nice of him, but I dunno. I write short stories and set them to music. I don’t know what I’m on about half the time.
“If I am a poet, then my school definitely didn’t spot it. I was in the lowest set for English. Did any teacher encourage me to be good with words? Did they f**k.”
The 48-year-old rocker – who recently came...
- 1/30/2011
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Project to house Library Theatre and Cornerhouse could open in three years
Manchester is investing in a £19m building for two cultural institutions – the Library Theatre and the Cornerhouse – that defies the squeeze on arts organisations.
The project, tentatively dubbed The Art Factory in a nod to the Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, could be open within three years. It will house five cinemas, a vast contemporary gallery space, a 500-seat theatre, education space and a cafe.
The Cornerhouse cinema and gallery has had its programme funding cut by half over the last four years despite visitor numbers increasing by 88%. Its future had seemed uncertain.
For 58 years, the Library Theatre has languished in a basement in the Central Library originally built as a lecture theatre.
Dave Moutrey, Cornerhouse chief executive, said: "We've both built up great support from our audiences and we have a strong reputation for innovation and collaboration...
Manchester is investing in a £19m building for two cultural institutions – the Library Theatre and the Cornerhouse – that defies the squeeze on arts organisations.
The project, tentatively dubbed The Art Factory in a nod to the Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, could be open within three years. It will house five cinemas, a vast contemporary gallery space, a 500-seat theatre, education space and a cafe.
The Cornerhouse cinema and gallery has had its programme funding cut by half over the last four years despite visitor numbers increasing by 88%. Its future had seemed uncertain.
For 58 years, the Library Theatre has languished in a basement in the Central Library originally built as a lecture theatre.
Dave Moutrey, Cornerhouse chief executive, said: "We've both built up great support from our audiences and we have a strong reputation for innovation and collaboration...
- 12/9/2010
- by Helen Carter
- The Guardian - Film News
The headstone for late Factory Records boss Tony Wilson has been unveiled, three years after his death from cancer at the age of 57. Designed by the company's Peter Saville and Ben Kelly in collaboration with Paul Barnes and Matt Robertson, the stone has been placed at the Southern Cemetery in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester. It reads: "Anthony H Wilson. Broadcaster. Cultural Catalyst. 1950-2007." According to Creative Review, the headstone also features a quote chosen by Wilson's family from Mrs G Linnaeus Banks's 1876 novel The Manchester Man. (more)...
- 10/26/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Paul Morley has confirmed that he is currently writing a book about Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, who passed away in 2007 at the age of 57. The journalist revealed plans for the project at yesterday's 'Tony Wilson Interviews' evening at the Purcell Room in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Morley said: "I'm writing a book about Tony Wilson... He's a fascinating figure and already there have been two or three books written about Tony. It doesn't put me off at all - I'm keeping going. "Often what happens with a book is that after it's published and the marketing things, there's the book launch and there are these kind of (more)...
- 10/21/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
No, unlike what its title alludes to(from the classic 1984 rock mocumentary This is Spinal Tap), chronicling the vibrant Korean indie rock movement, Turn It Up to 11 is a real deal. And yes, it's loud. It's good times.
It begins with Lee Kyu-young, an aging punk who comes back to his hometown, Incheon, to settle down after having a kid, leaving his rock'n'roll days in Hong Dae (an area known as the mecca for Korean youth culture near the famous art college, Hong-Ik Univ). Then he gets an idea of turning a defunct tiny bar in the motel alley(crummier Korean version of love hotel zone in Shinjuku) to a club where indie rock bands can play. Because of Lee's reputation from his olden days, his label Ruby Salon attracts the loudest band in the lot, Galaxy Express (the name comes from Japanese anime from the '80s), a trio of good looking,...
It begins with Lee Kyu-young, an aging punk who comes back to his hometown, Incheon, to settle down after having a kid, leaving his rock'n'roll days in Hong Dae (an area known as the mecca for Korean youth culture near the famous art college, Hong-Ik Univ). Then he gets an idea of turning a defunct tiny bar in the motel alley(crummier Korean version of love hotel zone in Shinjuku) to a club where indie rock bands can play. Because of Lee's reputation from his olden days, his label Ruby Salon attracts the loudest band in the lot, Galaxy Express (the name comes from Japanese anime from the '80s), a trio of good looking,...
- 9/22/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Facebook's founder is unhappy with the content and tone of a new film about the company's birth. Does he have a point?
It seems the makers of The Social Network have fallen foul of the company whose creation they document: Facebook, and - most significantly - its youthful founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
The New York Times reports that Zuckerberg, a 26-year-old billionaire who now oversees an empire with profits of more than $800m a year, is concerned director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (of the West Wing) suggest his company's birth to be the result of a series of betrayals by key personnel, including himself. He and his colleagues have apparently been in consultation with the makers of the movie, which stars Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg, but have been unable to move the film in the direction they desire.
Much of The Social Network is based upon a book by journalist Ben Mezrich,...
It seems the makers of The Social Network have fallen foul of the company whose creation they document: Facebook, and - most significantly - its youthful founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
The New York Times reports that Zuckerberg, a 26-year-old billionaire who now oversees an empire with profits of more than $800m a year, is concerned director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (of the West Wing) suggest his company's birth to be the result of a series of betrayals by key personnel, including himself. He and his colleagues have apparently been in consultation with the makers of the movie, which stars Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg, but have been unable to move the film in the direction they desire.
Much of The Social Network is based upon a book by journalist Ben Mezrich,...
- 8/27/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Traditional musicals may have been in short supply on the big screen in the past 40 years, but expand the definition to include movies set in the music scene -- or just characters described as 'musicians' -- and the number explodes. With the release of The Runaways on DVD and Blu-ray today, we have a good excuse to dig into musical characters who rock.
Fair warning: this list reflects my own personal, idiosyncratic musical and cinematic leanings, including a broad definition of what constitutes a rockin' character, and so your favorites may not be included. But that's why we have a comments section! Please share your recommendations.
1. Steve Coogan in 24 Hour Party People
By the mid-70s, rock music had become fossilized, inspiring open rebellion by kids with more raw energy than musical proficiency. As The Runaways hints at the Los Angeles music scene of that period, Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour...
Fair warning: this list reflects my own personal, idiosyncratic musical and cinematic leanings, including a broad definition of what constitutes a rockin' character, and so your favorites may not be included. But that's why we have a comments section! Please share your recommendations.
1. Steve Coogan in 24 Hour Party People
By the mid-70s, rock music had become fossilized, inspiring open rebellion by kids with more raw energy than musical proficiency. As The Runaways hints at the Los Angeles music scene of that period, Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour...
- 7/21/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom has established a reputation for his prolific output of diverse films ranging from the Tony Wilson biopic 24 Hour Party People starring Steve Coogan to the real-life Middle East political thriller A Mighty Heart with Angelina Jolie. His adaptation of Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me is no exception, being a dark and violent noir film set in a small Texan town during the '50s, starring Casey Affleck as Lou Ford, a young deputy assigned the task of running a pretty prostitute named Joyce Lakeland (Jessica Alba) out of town. Instead, he falls for her and they begin a turbulent affair. What people in town don't know about Lou is that underneath his pleasant exterior is a violent and sadistic individual. Soon that aspect of Lou's...
- 6/14/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah.
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah.
- 12/28/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Steve Coogan made his first real impression on U.S. audiences in the 2002 biopic 24 Hour Party People, playing real-life TV presenter and music mogul Tony Wilson, though few Americans realized at the time that this was just the latest in a string of Coogan performances that examined the quirks, insecurities, and arrogance of television personalities. The staggering 13-disc DVD box set The Steve Coogan Collection contains most of Coogan’s major BBC projects—from the decade-spanning Alan Partridge series to the short-lived The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon—and while the shows vary in style and quality, they all offer ...
- 12/23/2009
- avclub.com
New Order bassist Peter Hook has hinted that John Barnes may be involved in a re-release of England's World Cup song 'World In Motion'. Hook said that there are currently talks for the former football star to return for an updated version of the 1990 hit. "We've been offered the official World Cup anthem nearly every time," he told TalkSport. "Tony Wilson lined up Beckham to do the rap and we were going to redo the song [in 2002]. But the Fa then reconsidered it, saying, 'No, no, no we're (more)...
- 10/13/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Mancunian guitarist Vini Reilly has revealed that he threatened to sue Michael Winterbottom over inaccuracies in the script of his 2002 movie 24 Hour Party People. The Durutti Column guitarist told The Queitus that he never had sex in a toilet with Tony Wilson's wife Lindsay as written in the original screenplay. He was replaced by former Buzzcocks and Magazine frontman Howard Devoto for this scene in the finished movie. Reilly said: "I've never had sex in a toilet with anybody! I've never had sex with Tony's wife! There were several things like that in the script I received, so I contacted Michael Winterbottom (more)...
- 4/15/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
The Smiths and Oasis will feature in a new book about Manchester music by journalist John Robb. Robb's book charts 30 years of music from the Northern city and includes contributions from Morrissey, Ian Brown, the Gallagher brothers, Mark E. Smith, Shaun Ryder and the late Tony Wilson. It will cover Manchester's punk scene, the early '90s Madchester movement and present day acts. "I've spoken to (more)...
- 3/30/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
If you can take your eyes off of Robert Downey Jr. in blackface when you see Ben Stiller's war-flick spoof "Tropic Thunder," you'll notice the film-within-a-film's spectacularly inept director, Damian Cockburn, sending his actors into the jungle. He's played by Steve Coogan, who's been a household name in the UK for more than a decade and has made a career out of playing arrogant jerks in way over their heads.
Us moviegoers probably know him best for playing smarmy record-label honcho Tony Wilson in...
Us moviegoers probably know him best for playing smarmy record-label honcho Tony Wilson in...
- 8/17/2008
- by By LAURA VOGEL
- NYPost.com
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