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For generations, people have come to Hot Springs, Arkansas to enjoy its thermal springs and elegant bathhouses. But around this time of year, they’re drawn to the historic spa town for another attraction – the longest running documentary film festival in North America.

The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival wraps up its 33rd edition this weekend with a screening of Luther: Never Too Much, Dawn Porter’s film about the late singer-songwriter Luther Vandross.

Over the course of nine days, Hsdff, a program of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute, has screened world premieres, works in progress, Oscar-contending films, and more – a slate from as far away as Bhutan and Ethiopia, and as close as Arkansas itself.

Exclusive: The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival will host the world premiere of American Coup: Wilmington 1898, about a forgotten chapter in American history that saw a white supremacist mob terrorize Black residents of a North Carolina city, overthrowing an elected city government.

The film directed by Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein is among the highlights of the 33rd edition of Hsdff, the oldest all-documentary film festival in North America. Directors Richen and Lichtenstein and two of the film’s main participants are expected to attend the festival, which runs October 18-26 in the Arkansas resort town. [Scroll for the full lineup]

Hsdff, presented by Oaklawn, will kick off with Space Cowboy, directed by Marah Strauch and Bryce Leavitt, fresh from its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film tells the story of Joe Jennings, a man who has pulled off some of the most amazing skydiving stunts in cinema history, some that...

When it comes to Hollywood’s top names, Matt Damon definitely fits the bill. He’s been in the game for a long time, having kicked off his career at a young age. By the 1990s, he was already considered one of the rising stars, right up there with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio. As the years went by, he gained even more recognition, starring in films that are still iconic today.

Matt Damon in Jason Bourne (Credits: Universal Pictures)

Damon dives into a range of genres, though he’s best known for his action films. Over his career, he’s been nominated for numerous awards and even won an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Despite this, there are still a few of his films that haven’t gotten the attention they deserve and could definitely use more spotlight and reviews.

1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Still from The Talented Mr.

Kevin Brophy, an actor best known for his titular role in the 1970s television drama Lucan and the indie horror classic Hell Night, has died. He was 70. According to his Legacy.com obituary, Brophy passed away on May 11 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, after a battle with cancer. He lived ten years with stage four cancer, five of them in total remission. “Known for his positive attitude and limitless faith… Kevin will be remembered for his quick wit, love of family and friends and gratefulness of spirit,” reads the obituary. Born on November 1, 1953, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Brophy relocated with his family to California, where he graduated from the California Institute of the Arts. He then embarked on a career in acting, landing his first major role as the titular Lucan in the TV series of the same name, based on an earlier made-for-tv movie directed by David Greene.

After years in the industry, Brendan Fraser was awarded an Oscar in 2023, recognizing the actor’s exceptional acting chops. In recognition of his role as Charlie in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, the American-Canadian actor, 55, received his first Academy Award for Best Actor. He was the first Canadian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role as an obese gay man, which brought him critical acclaim and many other honors.

Brendan Fraser in a still from The Whale (2022)

Still, he has remained modest and affable both on and off set, never allowing his success to get to his head. This is a rare quality in Hollywood, where celebrity and fortune can breed arrogance and entitlement. Acknowledging this, his School Ties co-stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck once mentioned that Fraser has “no ego”.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Have Sweet Things To Say About Brendan Fraser

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon,...

Cumulus Media (Nasdaq: Cmls)** today announced that the podcasts from BiggerPockets, the leading network and community in the real estate investing space, join the Cumulus Podcast Network. BiggerPockets helps those interested in finding financial freedom through real estate investing by providing useful tools, education, and support with their network of six podcasts that garner more than four million downloads each month, with two of the top-20 ranking podcasts. The Cumulus Podcast Network markets and monetizes the BiggerPockets podcasts.

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast is the #1 real estate investing podcast and the network’s largest and longest-running podcast, breaking down real estate investing strategies that work—from deep-dive interviews to coaching calls, news analysis, and more. Hosted by David Greene and Rob Abasolo, the podcast drops every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Greene has bought, rehabbed, and managed more than 50 single-family rental properties, owns shares in three large multifamily apartment complexes, and is...

Public media organization Prx today announced new public radio distribution partnerships with “Left, Right & Center” from Kcrw and “No Small Endeavor” from Tokens Media. Beginning July 1, Prx will represent each program in the public radio marketplace, providing support in areas including public radio distribution and advertising sales.

The timely political discussion show “Left, Right & Center” from Kcrw in Los Angeles currently airs on multiple public radio stations, helping to parse today’s highly consequential political era. Exploring the enduring subject of what it means to live a good life, “No Small Endeavor” airs on Wpln public radio in Nashville, Tennessee and will now be introduced to stations nationwide.

“We’re beyond excited to represent and expand the reach of these two distinctive shows,” said Sean Nesbitt, Senior Director of Industry Partnerships at Prx. “Each offers audiences a highly valuable public radio listening experience. Plus, partnering with Kcrw and Tokens Media...

Chicago – Yet another famous musical version of the final days of Jesus Christ is celebrating its 50th Anniversary as a film. “Godspell” began as a college project, moved to off-Broadway, released the film adaptation the same year as its cousin film “Jesus Christ Superstar” and had one actor go through all the iterations, while scoring a hit single with the song “Day by Day” … she is Robin Lamont.

Robin Lamont of “Godspell”

She went through all the steps of “Godspell” – even premiering in the Broadway stage version in 1976. Lamont was a student at Carnegie Mellon when a normal class assignment would connect her to the musical for six years. “Godspell” began in Pittsburgh in 1970 as a staged thesis for a Masters Degree by John-Michael Tebelak. It had a whole different set of songs and was structurally different than the show that opened Off-Off Broadway in 1971. After rejecting the original songs,...

It’s great to see the Brenaissance happen. Oscar nominee Brendan Fraser has been a joy to watch in movies since 1992’s Encino Man. Although the Oscars tend to overlook comedy, Fraser has done strong dramatic work long before The Whale. However, it’s great to see his performance in The Whale recognized.

Brendan Fraser and Ape | Disney via Getty Images

Showbiz Cheat Sheet is here to look back at other worthwhile films in Fraser’s career. The ‘90s were a golden age for Fraser so here are some of our favorite ‘90s Fraser vehicles and where to stream them.

‘School Ties’ was a powerful Brendan Fraser drama

Fraser actually filmed School Ties before Encino Man, but it was released after. School Ties proved a vehicle for many future Hollywood stars like Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris O’Donnell, and Cole Hauser. Fraser played David Greene, a quarterback recruited to a...

Actor Brendan Fraser, who is currently on the awards circuit for his film ‘The Whale’, has revealed that he and Ben Affleck were completely nude while filming the infamous shower fight between their characters in 1992’s film ‘School Ties’.

Calling it a ‘scary’ experience to be fully nude on set, especially since ‘School Ties’ was his very first film project, the 54-year-old said: “It was scary. It’s scary to do that.”

“When you’re an actor, and you’re starting off, you’re ambitious and game for pretty much anything. They say jump, you say how high?” reports aceshowbiz.com.

Still, he “appreciated that this isn’t really for wow or a scintillating factor of going, ‘Hey, look at that. Naked people.'”

The actors came to blow after Matt Damon’s Charlie Dillon tells the football team that their fellow teammate David Greene, played by Fraser, is Jewish.

Dick Wolf is easily one of modern television's most prolific producers, if not the most prolific. His impact on network television can't be understated thanks to his work on the "Law & Order" franchise and "Miami Vice." What many may forget is that he's also had his hand in the film industry, writing the scripts for films such as "Masquerade" and "No Man's Land."

However, if there is one film of his that is worth talking about today, it's "School Ties." Starring a who's who of future acting stars, it centers around the conflicts surrounding a Jewish teenager in 1959 that starts attending a fancy prep school seemingly consisting of Anglo-Saxon bullies. David (Brendan Fraser) is, for a time, caught between two worlds — one where he needs to hide his Jewish faith and heritage, and another where he doesn't. Unfortunately, those worlds end up colliding in ways he could have never anticipated.

Welcome to the Brenaissance -- or Brendanaissance, whatever you want to call it!

Brendan Fraser is enjoying a long-overdue comeback thanks to his gut-wrenching performance in The Whale.

Though he's most famous for goofy roles and being beautiful in 1990s rom-coms, Fraser has an exceptional range that often gets overlooked, particularly as he has matured and taken on a wider variety of roles in diverse projects.

Fraser has starred alongside some cinematic heavy hitters and taken all sorts of risks -- indie films, big-budget studio flicks, and television -- he's done it all.

Here are some examples of his best work, including some of his biggest hits and some underrated gems.

The Mummy (1999)

Fraser channels Errol Flynn and Indiana Jones as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy, his most commercially successful and enduring hit.

It's got everything -- thrills, romance, action, horror. Fraser and co-star Rachel Weisz have terrific chemistry as...

Strange creatures chained in dungeons and locked in shuttered rooms – indescribably entities that come from beyond – lurking beasts that hide in the shadows of your darkest imaginings – the gates of Hell being flung open and the unspeakable unleashed – welcome to the weird and unsettling world of the titan of literary terror H.P. Lovecraft, whose stories have provided endless ghoulish riches for film adaptations, including The Dunwich Horror, starring Dean Stockwell, released this month on Blu-ray from Arrow Video. To celebrate this splendid new restoration of a gothic horror classic here, to haunt your dreams, are the ten best Lovecraftian films ever…

Re-animator (1985)

Director Stuart Gordon started his memorable series of Lovecraft adaptations with this insanely gory and brilliantly funny 80s horror favourite. The superb Jeffrey Combs plays Herbert West, a medical student with ideas above his station, who conducts questionable experiments in his basement. His belief that the dead can...

Brendan Fraser is experiencing something of a career renaissance, and really, we couldn't be happier. While he's getting critical acclaim -- and a probable Oscar nomination -- for "The Whale," he has put in outstanding work throughout his career. Yes, we're even including "Encino Man," in which he performed some genuinely terrific physical comedy. But while he's arguably best known for goofy comedies and action adventures like "The Mummy," Fraser is also no stranger to dramatic roles, such as his breakthrough role in "School Ties."

The film is a strong coming-of-age story dealing with issues of antisemitism in the 1950s, and features a largely satisfying ending that sees Fraser's character, David Greene, come out on top after being wrongly accused of cheating and threatened with expulsion from his prestigious boarding school.

In retrospect, this film about a poor Jewish kid from Scranton recruited to play football at a WASPy New...

Brendan Fraser is a beloved actor who seemed to be missing for a while. As can easily be found online, he wasn’t missing, he was simply working less and doing a lot of television while seemingly being blacklisted as an A-list actor. With love from his fanbase, a few daring filmmakers, and a lot of talent from Mr. Fraser, he seems to be fully back and we love it! With The Whale due in theaters this Friday, we decided to put together this list of our 5 favorite Brendan Fraser movies!

Encino Man (1992)

For most people back in the 1990s, this was their introduction to Brendan Fraser, as a seemingly not that bright cavemen woken by an earthquake in modern-day Encino. The film is pure 90s cheese with the humor of the period in full display and with Fraser giving a performance that really works and makes the film something...

Over the years, there have been several launching-pad movies, where the casting edict is to find as many fresh young faces as possible rather than lean on established star power. In 1955, "Rebel Without a Cause" assembled a number of exciting performers in James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and Dennis Hopper. Nearly 30 years later, Francis Ford Coppola's "The Outsiders" served up a smorgasbord of rising stars in C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise. And in 1993, director Robert Mandel brought together a company of future stars via the crackling drama "School Ties."

Though many of the actors in "School Ties" had popped up here and there in smaller roles, Mandel's drama about a Jewish student contending with antisemitism at a Massachusetts boarding school in 1959 was the movie where they got to show off their considerable chops. Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser...

Everyone loves a comeback story. Just look at Tiger Woods. And Hollywood especially loves a good comeback such as Judy Garland with 1954’s “A Star is Born.” The latest Tinseltown comeback is none other than Brendan Fraser, who over the past 30 years starred in everything from lowbrow comedies (“Encino Man”) to action blockbusters ( “The Mummy”) to acclaimed dramas and even a Best Picture Oscar winner (“Crash”).

But the 53-year-old actor has gone through a rough patch: a divorce including a well-publicized alimony issue in 2013, health issues, depression, the death of his mother and the 2018 revelation where he alleged, he had been sexually assaulted by the former head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. in 2003. After stepping away for a while, Fraser has been slowly working his way back appearing in such TV series as Showtime’s “The Affair” and DC Universe and HBO Max series “Doom Patrol.”

The Fraser-sance movie...

Chicago – Easter has just passed, and one of the film traditions during that holiday is the musical “Godspell.” This 1973 classic retells the story of Jesus from the Gospel of St. Matthew, through a group of hippie performers, including Victor Garber as Jesus. Robin Lamont sings the signature song in the show, “Day by Day.”

The one actor to go all the way through each iteration of the play – from its origins to Off-Off/Off Broadway to the the film version to Broadway – is Robin Lamont. Lamont was a student at Carnegie Mellon when a normal class assignment would connect her to the musical for six years. “Godspell” began in Pittsburgh in 1970 as a staged thesis for a Masters Degree by John-Michael Tebelak. It had a whole different set of songs and was structurally different than the show that opened Off-Off Broadway in 1971. After rejecting the original songs, the producers hired...

Earlier today, the American Society of Cinematographers revealed their nominations, hoping to clear up who might be Oscar nominees next week. Well, they definitely confirmed that Erik Messerschmidt, Phedon Papamichael, Joshua James Richards, and Dariusz Wolski are very likely to hear their names called on Monday morning. As for the final slot, they went with Newton Thomas Sigel, but for Cherry, not Da 5 Bloods, as many expected. Messerchmidt (Mank), Papamichael (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Richards (Nomadland), and Wolski (News of the World) feel safe. As for the final spot at the Academy Awards in Best Cinematography, anything is possible, so sit tight… Here are the ASC nominees for this year: Feature Film Erik Messerschmidt, ASC Mank Phedon Papamichael, ASC, Gsc The Trial of the Chicago 7 Joshua James Richards Nomadland Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC Cherry Dariusz Wolski, ASC News of the World Spotlight Katelin Arizmendi Swallow Aurélien Marra Two...

The American Society of Cinematographers on Wednesday set its nominees for the 35th Asc Outstanding Achievement Awards, recognizing the best in feature film, documentary and television cinematography over the past 14 months. Winners will be revealed April 18 in a virtual ceremony from the Asc Clubhouse in Hollywood.

The marquee Feature Film category this year features awards-season staples including Erik Messerschmidt for Mank and Phedon Papamichael for The Trial of the Chicago 7, both from Netflix, and Chloé Zhao’s go-to Dp Joshua James Richards for Seachlight’s Nomadland. Also in the running is Newton Thomas Sigel for A24’s Russo Brothers-directed Cherry and Dariusz Wolski for Universal’s News of the World.

Papamichael has been nominated for five Asc Awards including last year for Ford v Ferrari. He lost to Roger Deakins for 1917; Deakins went on to win the Oscar, marking the 15th time the Asc winner has gone on to scoop the Academy Award in 34 years.

“Cherry,” “Mank,” “News of the World,” “Nomadland” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” are among the films nominated by the American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) in the feature film category.

The Asc nominees for feature film, documentary and television cinematography represent the organization’s picks for the most compelling visual filmmaking over the past 14 months. Last year’s Asc feature film winner was Roger Deakins for “1917,” who went on to win an Oscar for best achievement in cinematography.

Winners will be named during the 35th Asc Outstanding Achievement Awards on April 18.

The virtual ceremony will be live streamed via American Cinematographer’s Facebook page at 12:30 p.m. Pt from the historic Asc Clubhouse in Hollywood.

The complete list of this year’s nominees are:

Feature Film

Erik Messerschmidt, Asc (“Mank”)

Phedon Papamichael, Asc, Gsc (“The Trial of the Chicago 7″)

Joshua James Richards (” Nomadland”)

Newton Thomas Sigel, Asc (“Cherry”)

Dariusz Wolski,...

The cinematography for “Mank,” “Nomadland,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “News of the World” and “Cherry” has been nominated as the best film work of 2020 by the American Society of Cinematographers, the Asc announced on Wednesday.

The first four of those films were expected to be recognized by the Asc and are thought to be strong contenders for the Oscar for Best Cinematography, but “Cherry” came as a surprise. The Russo brothers film came out in February to withering reviews and had not been considered an awards contender until the Asc included its cinematographer, Newton Thomas Sigel, in its list of nominees.

“Cherry” landed that nomination over a group of films that included “Tenet,” “Minari,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Judas and the Black Messiah” — and “Da 5 Bloods,” a more high-profile film that was also shot by Sigel.

In the Spotlight category, which singles out cinematographers from films that...

Grab your beer, set your lineups and welcome the new football season! Yes, thats right! The 2017-2018 NFL season is here and to help kickoff this season I’ve decided to do a top five dedicated to films about the sport. I have always loved the sport since I was a kid. From playing “Tecmo Bowl”, “Madden” just about every year and NFL Blitz to playing the real thing for a number of years. I love the sport almost as much as I love movies. When you put the two together you can get some really memorable films. Here’s my picks for top five football films.

Little Giants

It seems like each sport has at least one film made for children. Baseball has Sandlot, hockey has Mighty Ducks, basketball has Space Jam and so on. Well when it comes to football that film is Little Giants. The Little Giants...

By Dawn Dabell

A subject which seems to rear its head more and more in today’s society is paedophilia. It feels like every other week brings with it some story of a TV star, singer, film star or MP who has preyed upon young and vulnerable victims for their sexual gratification. That’s not counting the number of domestic cases or the growing problem of online abuse and degradation against minors. Thankfully the culprits are in a minority, but such stories - when they break - send ripples of shame and outrage throughout the journalistic world.

Film-makers have been tackling this most difficult of subjects for longer than people realise. One example is Hammer’s Never Take Sweets From A Stranger (1960), which was largely dismissed by critics when released, but is actually a very well-executed attempt which highlights the horrors of child molestation. If nothing else, it is worth...

Lee Gambin’s “Secretly Scary” column continues to look at non-horror films that are secretly horror films! In Godspell, New York City has never looked so picturesque. There is something irresistibly romantic and seductive in the way the color, light and spectacle of the Big Apple appears in David Greene’s film adaptation of the popular ten-hander…

The post Secretly Scary: 1973’s Godspell appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.

Hot on the heels of his 11 Grammy nominations earlier this month, hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar opened up like never before in a revelatory interview with NPR published Tuesday. The “Poetic Justice” rapper from Compton, California, recalled witnessing his first murder (at age 5), revealed the pitfalls of instant fame, and remembered the loved ones he has lost this year. 1. Witnessing his first killing “It was outside my apartment unit,” Lamar told NPR‘s David Greene about seeing a murder when he was just 5 years old. “A guy was out there serving his narcotics and somebody rolled up with a shotgun and blew his chest out.

Joan Crawford Movie Star Joan Crawford movies on TCM: Underrated actress, top star in several of her greatest roles If there was ever a professional who was utterly, completely, wholeheartedly dedicated to her work, Joan Crawford was it. Ambitious, driven, talented, smart, obsessive, calculating, she had whatever it took – and more – to reach the top and stay there. Nearly four decades after her death, Crawford, the star to end all stars, remains one of the iconic performers of the 20th century. Deservedly so, once you choose to bypass the Mommie Dearest inanity and focus on her film work. From the get-go, she was a capable actress; look for the hard-to-find silents The Understanding Heart (1927) and The Taxi Dancer (1927), and check her out in the more easily accessible The Unknown (1927) and Our Dancing Daughters (1928). By the early '30s, Joan Crawford had become a first-rate film actress, far more naturalistic than...

Christopher Reeve: 'Superman' and his movies (photo: Christopher Reeve in 'Superman' 1978) Christopher Reeve, Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987, died ten years ago today. In 1995, while taking part in a cross-country horse race in Culpeper, Virginia, Reeve was thrown off his horse, hitting his head on the top rail of a jump; the near-fatal accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. He ultimately succumbed to heart failure at age 52 on October 10, 2004. Long before he was cast as Superman aka Clark Kent, the Manhattan-born (as Christopher D'Olier Reeve on September 25, 1952), Cornell University and Juillard School for Drama alumnus was an ambitious young actor whose theatrical apprenticeship included, while still a teenager, some time as an observer at London's Old Vic and Paris' Comédie Française. At age 23, he landed his first Broadway role in a production of Enid Bagnold's A Matter of Gravity, starring Katharine Hepburn.

(Cbr) Lured by the success of Marvel’s "The Avengers," Sony Pictures is circling a high-priced pitch for a Robin Hood franchise that’s been compared in tone to the "Mission: Impossible" and "Fast and the Furious" films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the pitch for "Hood" from Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott positions Robin Hood and his Merry Men as a sort of the Avengers of the Middle Ages who would appear in interconnected films. Goodman and Lott are accomplished in genre films both together and separately. They teamed up to develop "Lore." which is being directed by David Greene for Warner Bros. Goodman is also rebooting the "Underworld" franchise, while Lott penned a supernatural film called "The Falling," which has Zac Effron attached.

Kino Lorber and Scorpion Releasing Announce First Eight Titles to be Released Under New Multi-Year Distribution Deal

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Kino Lorber and Scorpion Releasing have announces the inaugural releases of eight films under the companies' new multi-year distribution deal. Over the next year and after, there will be additional releases by Kino Lorber from the Scorpion library, including new acquisitions that will be available for the first time.

Among the first selection of titles to be released in August are Green Ice, starring Ryan O'Neal and Omar Sharif; Grizzly, starring Christopher George (both out on DVD August 5th); A Summer Story, starring Susannah York (out g August 12th), the award-winning Australian drama Careful He Might Hear You (out on August 12th), Jack Hill's Sorceress, produced by Roger Corman (out on August 19th); The Girl in a Swing, starring Meg Tilly (out on DVD on August 19th); the acclaimed drama Friendly Fire, starring Carol Burnett, and the 1982 TV movie version of The Elephant Man (both streeting on DVD on August 26th)

"Green Ice"(1981)

Director: Ernest Day

Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif, John Larroquette

In the Andes mountains a group of archaeologists are murdered after they discover uncut emeralds. Back in New York, Joseph Wiley (Ryan O'Neal, "Love Story") is down on his luck and runs off to Mexico where he meets Lilian Holbrook (Anne Archer, "Fatal Attraction"). The two are instantly attracted to each other, but Lilian is on her way to meet Meno Argenti (Omar Sharif, "Doctor Zhivago"), the man who intends to marry her. Wiley is mistakenly drawn into perilous adventure when a mysterious caller tells him to look at the samples - stolen emeralds. Lilian's sister is killed and, suspecting Argenti, Wiley and Lilian, in a bid to avenge her murder, plan a daring raid on Argenti's vault of emeralds - green ice. Also starring John Larroquette (TV's Night Court).

"Grizzly" (1976)

Director: William Girdler

Cast: Christopher George, Andre Prine, Richard Jackel, Joan McCall

When an eighteen-foot, two-thousand-pound grizzly bear starts mauling campers and hikers at a state park, a park ranger (Christopher George, "The Exterminator") springs into action. But the job is too big to tackle alone, so he enlists the aid of a naturalist (Richard Jaeckel, "The Dirty Dozen") and a helicopter pilot (Andrew Prine, "The Evil") to take this freak of nature down. Meanwhile, the giant grizzly, not content with picnic baskets, continues to kill indiscriminately, leaving pools of blood and piles of body parts in his wake. Can the ranger and his cronies end the grizzly's reign of terror without resorting to excessively extreme measures? This post-Jaws, nature-runs-rampant thriller was directed by William Girdler ("Day of the Animals"), and was a box office hit and the top-grossing independent film of 1976.

"A Summer Story" (1988)

Director: Piers Haggard

Cast: James Wilby, Susannah York, Jerome Flynn

A country girl has a brief, life-shattering moment when she falls for a young lawyer. Adapted from John Galsworthy'sThe Apple Tree, the film tells of the relationship between a young London lawyer, Frank Ashton (James Wilby,"Handful of Dust") and Megan David (Imogen Stubbs, "True Colors"), the innocent girl who helps him during his recovery from a twisted ankle at the farm where she lives. The attraction between the two is overpowering; they make love in the farm hayloft and vow never to be parted. But Frank goes to Torquay where he meets an old schoolfriend and his lovely sister Stella (Sophie Ward). Thus, Frank's plans become muddled and Megan comes looking for him. A Summer Story of young love. Also starring Susannah York (Tom Jones) and Jerome Flynn (TV's Game of Thrones).

"Careful, He Might Hear You" (1983)

Director: Carl Schultz

Cast: Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill

Winner of 8 Australian Film Institute Awards - Nominated for 5 more - National Board of Reviews: Winner (Top 10 Films)

Set in Australia in the 1930s, this drama stars Nicholas Gledhill as P.S., a six-year old boy who lives with his Aunt Lila (Robyn Nevin, "The Matrix Reloaded," "The Matrix Revolutions") and Uncle George (Peter Whitford, "Strictly Ballroom"). P.S.'s mother died in childbirth, so her sister Lila took him in, and while George and Lila don't have much money, they always done the best they could to the give the boy a good home. One day, Lila's older sister, Venessa (Wendy Hughes, "My Brilliant Career") arrives from a trip around the world; Vanessa is quiet wealthy, and upon her return to Australia, she expresses interest in taking custody of the child. Lila is willing to let the boy meet his aunt, but decides to fight her in court when she decides that she wants the boy full time. The case becomes more complicated by the arrival of the boy's long-absent father, Logan (John Hargreaves, "Emerald City"), an alcoholic who loves his son, but is incapable of caring for him. Careful He Might Hear You won 8 Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Hughes) and Best Supporting Actor (Hargreaves).

"Sorceress" (1982)

Director: Jack Hill

Cast: Leigh Harris, Lynette Harris, David Millbern

From legendary producer Roger Corman ("Bloody Mama") comes the box office hit of 1982, "Sorceress." When an evil Wizard Traigon makes a pact with the dark forces to sacrifice his first born to his God Caligara to gain the highest degree of power, but things get complicated when his gives birth to twin. Having knowledge of her husband's plan she runs away and her two daughters grow up to be beautiful warriors played by playboy playmates Leigh and Lynette Harris. After the death of their mother and adopted families at the hands of Traigon and his army, the twins blessed with the forces of light and strength given to them by the magical warrior Krona, join forces with Baldar the Viking and Erlik the Barbarian to take down Traigon and avenge their mother's death. Standing in their way is all sorts of Traigon's minions, from an army of ape man to undead zombies which leads us to a climax in an all out battle between good and evil! Now watch this cult classic, not only from a brand new HD master, but from a previously never-before-seen longer version!

"The Girl in a Swing" (1988)

Director: Gordon Hessler

Cast: Meg Tilly, Rupert Frazer, Nicholas Le Prevost, Elspet Gray

A London art broker (Rupert Frazer, "Empire of the Sun") goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman (Meg Tilly, "The Big Chill"), despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they are married, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and he must find the best way to deal with them without destroying their relationship. Based on the best selling novel by Richard Adams ("Watership Down") and directed by horror specialist Gordon Hessler ("Cry of the Banshee," "The Oblong Box").

 "Friendly Fire" (1979 TV Movie)

Director: David Greene

Cast: Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston, Timothy Hutton, David Keith

 The true story of Peg (Carol Burnett, "The Four Seasons") and Gene Mullen (Ned

Beatty, "Deliverance") who pursue the truth over their son's death in Vietnam. After their son is killed in Vietnam the couple's on-going inquiries eventually establish he was killed by 'artillery fire from friendly forces'. This beautifully orchestrated, harrowing story, assembled with uncommon sensitivity, is one of the most dramatic works ever made about the Vietnam War. Directed by David Greene ("Hard Country") and based on the novel by C.D.B. Bryan ("So Much Unfairness of Things") The wonderful cast includes Sam Waterston ("The Killing Fields"), Timothy Hutton ("Ordinary People") and David Keith ("An Officer and a Gentleman"). Winner of 4 Emmy Award® including Best Director and nominated for 3 more including Best Actor and Best Actress. 1980 Peabody Award Winner and DGA nominee foe Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials or Movies Made for TV.

"The Elephant Man " (1982 TV Movie )

Director: Jack Hofsiss

Cast: Philip Anglim, Kevin Conwak, Glenn Clsoe 

The story of John Merrick (Philip Anglim), The Elephant Man, and of his triumph over his terrible affliction. It is a story of life and the affirmation of life; timeless, tragic, uplifting and heroic; an exultation of the humanity of a man trapped inside the twisted, lesion-ridden grip of a terminally disfiguring disease. We see John Merrick as a man with many admirers, beginning with the witty and beautiful actress, Mrs. Kendal (Penny Fuller), who, so taken with Merrick, brought a who's who of English society to visit him regularly. The stellar cast includes Glenn Close as Princess Alexandra and Kevin Conway. Directed by DGA nominee Jack Hofsiss (1984 TV Movie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). Winner of 1 Emmy Award® for Best Supporting Actress (Fuller) and nominated for 3 more including Best Actor, Philip Anglim who also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Motion Picture.

Even Batman deals with confidence issues. Ben Affleck, who testified last week before Congress on behalf of the Congo, revealed to NPR's Morning Edition's David Greene on Thursday that he briefly struggled with feelings of insecurity before stepping up as a celebrity advocate for the region. “It seemed to me that what I had to offer at the time could be better used in the Congo and after that, in my sort of insecurity about not wanting to be somebody who does it without understanding it, led me to go,” Affleck explained. Also read: Affleck Launches Aid Group for Congo...

Melbourne, Jan 12: Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed that his parents weren't fazed by all the sex scenes that featured in his latest flick 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.

When NPR's Morning Edition host, David Greene, asked the 39-year-old star about his parents reactions to the explicit scenes, he said that unlike his 23-year-old co-star Margot Robbie, who had to lie to her parents about the nudity in the film, he is almost 40 years old now, so he'd hope that he wouldn't have to answer to them, News.com.au reported.

The hunky actor added that the scenes didn't faze his parents whatsoever because he was reading underground.

Brendan Fraser landed his breakout role in "School Ties" as the film’s protagonist David Greene. The 1992 movie centers on a group of boys attending an elite prep school set in the 1950s -- but controversy erupts when a young Jewish student (Fraser), who was forced to hide his religion, is exposed by a group of hateful bigots.Since Fraser's days in prep school, he's gone onto play the heroic archeologist Richard O'Connell in "The Mummy" saga.“School Ties” gave birth to some of Hollywood’s biggest names, like Ben Affleck, his "Good Will Hunting" partner Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell and a major Broadway star! Unfortunately, one star fell on hard times, and is in jail for vehicular homicide. Find out who by clicking on the "Launch Gallery" above. Read more...

By Pd Smith

In this scholarly but lively survey of British crime films from the 1940s to the present day, Forshaw tracks down the ways in which the genre has offered "keen insights into the society of the day". Films such as Robert Hamer's It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) present an "unvarnished picture of crime and lives lived in quiet desperation", while the more recent Kidulthood (2005) by Noel Clarke shows that "alienated, disenfranchised youth" remains as central to the genre as in the 50s. From police corruption, dealt with in David Greene's The Strange Affair (1968), to paedophilia – the subject of Cyril Frankel's Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) – crime films have consistently tackled subjects that mainstream film-makers have avoided: it is, argues Forshaw, "the cinema of the unacceptable". He considers class divisions, sexual taboos, censorship, corporate crime and violence, as well as the "grimly urban" settings of many of the films,...

It's Friday... I follow astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's enlightening and often humorous tweets on Twitter. In fact, he's quite the active Twitter user, and he does tweet about movies from time to time, as an avid watcher himself - especially sci-fi for obvious reasons. As NPR notes, Tyson pays so much attention to science in movies that he got James Cameron to fix the stars in the sky in Titanic for that movie's recent 3D rerelease.  And oh yeah, he's black :) In this brief chat with NPR, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, talks to David Greene about this summer's blockbuster movies (specifically, the sci-fi and superhero movies)...

Lynn Redgrave Dies Though less renowned than Vanessa Redgrave, the London-born (March 8, 1943) Lynn appeared in dozens of other movies and television productions, most notably Nicholas Sgarro’s The Happy Hooker (1975), in which she played a character — the title role — that was actually not that different from her Georgy. Also of note was David Greene’s made-for-tv movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991), in which she and sister Vanessa were two reclusive former stars living in a decaying mention. Lynn had the old Bette Davis role as the aged Baby Jane; Vanessa was the invalid played in the 1962 original by Joan Crawford. Among Lynn’s other better-known films and TV movies are Cy Howard’s comedy Every [...]...

Directed by: David Greene

Written By: Mel Frohman and Ross Firestone,

Starring: Tracey Gold, Sharon Gless, Tom Irwin

Originally produced for CBS in 1998, The Girl Next Door is a decent time waster about the perils of a weak spirit coerced into committing murder in the name of love – or so she believes.

Tracey Gold has played victim, predator, hero... you name it. Her baby faced, slightly frumpy appearance allows her to take on all kinds of various Lifetime-esque roles, and how can someone not appreciate that? Although I prefer when she’s the psycho, I do like her as various other characters too...

But in The Girl Next Door she’s about as weak a wet paper bag, barely finding any real strength at the end. She plays Annie Nolan, a sweet but naïve girl in a bad relationship. One day a neighbor calls the police when Annie is getting...

Hollywood.com has a new interview Chris Wetiz Ashley Greene and Melissa Rosenberg from this years Comic Con. Chris tells us a little more about the special effects in New Moon while Melissa and Ashley talk about the chemistry of the actors.What do you think that youre bringing to New Moon thats different?Weitz I think Im very old fashioned in terms of my films references and what appeals to me. In the way that shots are composed and the way the camera moves. The color I like to bring out of things and so that influenced the people that I hired on the crew. Im always more influenced by somebody like David Greene not that I would put myself in the same breath as him Kurosawa or somebody like that than anything that feels at all contemporary. Because thats already there. The characters are contemporary. The music is contemporary.