Chicago – A film marketing itself as being “based on a true story” doesn’t hold the same teeth it once did. With truly original stories a financial high risk for Hollywood and many films leaning toward being based on a best-selling novel, the genre that is based on a true story or “inspired by true events” has increasingly taken creative liberties.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Beware, filmgoers. Just a nugget of truth doesn’t amount to a true gold rush. In the case of the new horror film “The Possession,” the only validity to this film’s claim of being based on a true story is that there was indeed a well-reported dybbuk box (also commonly spelled dibbuk). The story involved real people trying to offload it on eBay once it allegedly haunted them.
Today, most horror films claiming real-life truth aren’t really based on a true story or much of one.
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Beware, filmgoers. Just a nugget of truth doesn’t amount to a true gold rush. In the case of the new horror film “The Possession,” the only validity to this film’s claim of being based on a true story is that there was indeed a well-reported dybbuk box (also commonly spelled dibbuk). The story involved real people trying to offload it on eBay once it allegedly haunted them.
Today, most horror films claiming real-life truth aren’t really based on a true story or much of one.
- 9/3/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new horror film “The Possession”! The film, which is based on a true story and opens on Aug. 31, 2012, stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan from horror master Sam Raimi!
“The Possession” also stars Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport, Grant Show, Agam Darshi, Matisyahu, Quinn Lord, Rob Labelle, Erin Simms, John Cassini, Amanda Dyar, Nana Gbewonyo, Jim Thorburn and Anna Hagan from director Ole Bornedal and writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. The film is produced by horror master Sam Raimi (director of the “Spider-Man” franchise).
To win your free advance-screening passes to “The Possession” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology directly below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago.
“The Possession” also stars Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport, Grant Show, Agam Darshi, Matisyahu, Quinn Lord, Rob Labelle, Erin Simms, John Cassini, Amanda Dyar, Nana Gbewonyo, Jim Thorburn and Anna Hagan from director Ole Bornedal and writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White. The film is produced by horror master Sam Raimi (director of the “Spider-Man” franchise).
To win your free advance-screening passes to “The Possession” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology directly below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago.
- 8/22/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Poster 2 for Lionsgate's The Possession, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick and Madison Davenport The horror directed by Ole Bornedal from the script by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, opens August 31st, looking to frighten up final coin of the summer leftovers. Also with Natasha Calis, Grant Show, Quinn Lord, Nana Gbewonyo, Matisyahu, Rob Labelle and John Cassini. Based on a true story, The Possession is the terrifying story of how one family must unite in order to survive the wrath of an unspeakable evil. Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk,...
- 5/22/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Poster 2 for Lionsgate's The Possession, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick and Madison Davenport The horror directed by Ole Bornedal from the script by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, opens August 31st, looking to frighten up final coin of the summer leftovers. Also with Natasha Calis, Grant Show, Quinn Lord, Nana Gbewonyo, Matisyahu, Rob Labelle and John Cassini. Based on a true story, The Possession is the terrifying story of how one family must unite in order to survive the wrath of an unspeakable evil. Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk,...
- 5/22/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Gina Everette attends Sunday Funday Summer Jam hosted by Sam Sarpong and presented by Future Stars Enterainment Group in Studio City.Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR Photos. Christian Monzon attends Sunday Funday Summer Jam hosted by Sam Sarpong and presented by Future Stars Enterainment Group in Studio City.Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR Photos. Christian Monzon, Sam Sarpong attend Sunday Funday Summer Jam hosted by Sam Sarpong and presented by Future Stars Enterainment Group in Studio City.Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR Photos. Christian Monzon, Nana Gbewonyo, Sam Sarpong attend Sunday Funday Summer Jam hosted by Sam Sarpong and presented by Future Stars Enterainment Group in Studio City.Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR Photos. Kendra Grace,...
- 8/2/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Hanna Stratton, Sable Simone, Roxana Garcia, Alison Dahlstrom, Samira Kazemeni, Tammie Starr, Nanette Michelle, Kristin Wallace, Zeta Morrison attend 2011 Wtv online calendar casting call at Empire Night Club in Hollywood. Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR Photos Nana Gbewonyo, Johnny V., Eric Zuley. Sam Sarpong attend 2011 Wtv online calendar casting call at Empire Night Club in Hollywood. Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR Photos Roxana Garcia, Alison Dahlstrom, Sam Sarpong attend 2011 Wtv online calendar casting call at Empire Night Club in Hollywood. Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR Photos Nanett Michelle, Samira Kazemeni, Zeta Kazemeni, attend 2011 Wtv online calendar casting call at Empire Night Club in Hollywood. Photo copyright curtis sabir / PR...
- 7/25/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Gran TORINOby Mike Digiorgio, Writer You can’t honestly expect Clint Eastwood to go quietly. The auteur can’t make his last appearance without making some kind of statement. Film fans shouldn’t worry that Eastwood the filmmaker is going anywhere. We can have high hopes that we’ll get more films directed with the skill and finesse of Million Dollar Baby or Mystic River. But rumor has it the acting icon makes his last appearance onscreen in Gran Torino. In a way, this is Eastwood’s second goodbye. If you think of Eastwood the actor, two images will jump to mind. There’s the cowboy of the spaghetti westerns that Eastwood masterfully said goodbye to as an actor and director in Unforgiven. But I’d wager for most, the iconic image of Eastwood is a vigilante like Dirty Harry Callaghan, standing above us with gun aimed at our face,...
- 1/9/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Thanks to Variety, we have an embedded version of "Gran Torino," directed and starring the legendary Clint Eastwood. Eastwood shows he still has what it takes to star in an actioner as well as helm from the screenplay by Nick Schenk based on the story by Dave Johannson and Nick Schenk. The story follows a disgruntled Korean war veteran named Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) who intervenes when gang members attack his Asian neighbor and makes it his mission to reform the teen of the family after he tries to steal his 1972 Gran Torino. Starring: Clint Eastwood, COry Hardrict, John Carroll Lynch, Geraldine Hughes, Brian Haley, Dreama Walker, Doua Moua, Brian Howe, Sarah Neubaker, Lee Mong Vang, Nana Gbewonyo Gran Torino(2009)(Released date: 17 December, 2008) - Rate & Review this! (Not released? Then add a rating on your anticipation!) - Add to your List! - Find similar releases!- Get Showtimes & Tickets on MovieJungle.
- 10/30/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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