In 1989, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier disappointed the box office. Reeling from bad reviews, the film only grossed $49 million domestically from a $33 million budget. That’s a worrying figure for a franchise considering that the previous movie, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, had made a huge $133 million. It likely eventually eked out a profit, but it did badly enough that the studio was looking to reboot the series without any of the original stars by making a Starlet Academy movie. Harve Bennett, the producer of all the films since Star Trek II, thought this would be the way to continue the crew’s big-screen adventures, but Paramount thought differently. With Star Trek: The Next Generation picking up momentum on TV, it became clear that Captain Picard and company would eventually move to the big screen, but, given that the franchise’s 25th anniversary was right around the corner,...
- 6/27/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Oscar winning actress Holly Hunter is in talks to star and produce the feature adaptation of Sue Miller’s bestselling novel Monogamy.
Killer Films and Yellow Bear Films have closed a deal for the book, I hear, with Dani Shapiro set to adapt and also produce. Miller will serve as EP.
Released by Harper last September in hardcover with the paperback version hitting store shelves today, Monogamy follows golden couple, Graham and Annie, who remain effortlessly devoted to one another after nearly 30 years of marriage. Graham is a bookseller, a big, gregarious man with large appetites—curious, eager to please, a lover of life, and the convivial host of frequent, lively parties at his and Annie’s comfortable house in Cambridge. Annie, more reserved and introspective, is a photographer. When Graham suddenly dies—this man whose enormous presence has seemed to dominate their lives together—Annie is lost. What...
Killer Films and Yellow Bear Films have closed a deal for the book, I hear, with Dani Shapiro set to adapt and also produce. Miller will serve as EP.
Released by Harper last September in hardcover with the paperback version hitting store shelves today, Monogamy follows golden couple, Graham and Annie, who remain effortlessly devoted to one another after nearly 30 years of marriage. Graham is a bookseller, a big, gregarious man with large appetites—curious, eager to please, a lover of life, and the convivial host of frequent, lively parties at his and Annie’s comfortable house in Cambridge. Annie, more reserved and introspective, is a photographer. When Graham suddenly dies—this man whose enormous presence has seemed to dominate their lives together—Annie is lost. What...
- 5/4/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, with reactions Mark Blum, a veteran New York stage actor whose credits also include roles in the film Desperately Seeking Susan and the Netflix TV series You, has died due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 69.
His death was announced by the Off Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons. SAG-aftra confirmed the news.
“He was a wonderful actor and a very good and kind man,” tweeted Rosanna Arquette, his co-star in 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan. Arquette said she was deeply saddened by “this very very hard news…” (Read her tweet and others here.
His death was announced by the Off Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons. SAG-aftra confirmed the news.
“He was a wonderful actor and a very good and kind man,” tweeted Rosanna Arquette, his co-star in 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan. Arquette said she was deeply saddened by “this very very hard news…” (Read her tweet and others here.
- 3/26/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Episode 6, “The Bad Mother.”]
So, it all comes down to… this? A courtroom inquisition with Nicole Kidman’s abused wife acting as her own attorney against Meryl Streep’s aggrieved, possibly vengeful grandma; one parent questioning the other for the title of “The Good Mother,” aka the legal guardianship of two young boys? Even if we don’t bring in the behind-the-scenes knowledge of how this season came about, Episode 6, “The Bad Mother,” feels like David E. Kelley throwing his hands up in the air and screaming, “Fuck it! Let’s just make it about the law!”
After all, Kelley, a former attorney, has been writing about lawyers and courtrooms and legalese for more than three decades. The “L.A. Law,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Legal,” “Harry’s Law,” and “Goliath” creator has made it his “Practice” to place as many dramatic confrontations as possible between a pacing attorney and a cowering witness.
So, it all comes down to… this? A courtroom inquisition with Nicole Kidman’s abused wife acting as her own attorney against Meryl Streep’s aggrieved, possibly vengeful grandma; one parent questioning the other for the title of “The Good Mother,” aka the legal guardianship of two young boys? Even if we don’t bring in the behind-the-scenes knowledge of how this season came about, Episode 6, “The Bad Mother,” feels like David E. Kelley throwing his hands up in the air and screaming, “Fuck it! Let’s just make it about the law!”
After all, Kelley, a former attorney, has been writing about lawyers and courtrooms and legalese for more than three decades. The “L.A. Law,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Legal,” “Harry’s Law,” and “Goliath” creator has made it his “Practice” to place as many dramatic confrontations as possible between a pacing attorney and a cowering witness.
- 7/15/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
In an exclusive trailer for the documentary “History of Memory,” filmmakers Sarah Klein and Tom Mason tell four stories about how photographs drastically and forever altered the lives of the people in them halfway across the globe.
“If your family has been in this country a long time, there’s some secrets in your closet,” one woman says in the trailer. “My mother brought out this photo album, and I realized the depth of my mother’s story as passing as a white woman.”
“History of Memory” is a four-chapter film series, one of which is “A Secret Album.” In it, the woman mentioned above discovers her true self and surprising heritage after she uncovers a hidden family photo album.
Also Read: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to Reunite for Career-Spanning Tribeca Talk
There’s also the story of an adopted son who discovers newborn photos he never knew...
“If your family has been in this country a long time, there’s some secrets in your closet,” one woman says in the trailer. “My mother brought out this photo album, and I realized the depth of my mother’s story as passing as a white woman.”
“History of Memory” is a four-chapter film series, one of which is “A Secret Album.” In it, the woman mentioned above discovers her true self and surprising heritage after she uncovers a hidden family photo album.
Also Read: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to Reunite for Career-Spanning Tribeca Talk
There’s also the story of an adopted son who discovers newborn photos he never knew...
- 4/22/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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The War On Terror meets The Final Frontier and asks the most important question of all time. What does God need with a starship?
Shatner fights God. That’s about all anyone remembers from the infamous Final Frontier. Over the years, the tale has grown in the telling. Some called it one of the worst films of all time, others call it a box office catastrophe. It killed the careers of the director, producer, the entire special effects company, and nearly ended the entire franchise right there and then. It is remembered merely as a vanity project gone horribly wrong.
But ask yourself this. What does God need with a starship? Can you answer it? Can you understand the question? To dismiss it out of hand is to dismiss the opportunity to think. Do not turn your brain off.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is the ultimate question.
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The War On Terror meets The Final Frontier and asks the most important question of all time. What does God need with a starship?
Shatner fights God. That’s about all anyone remembers from the infamous Final Frontier. Over the years, the tale has grown in the telling. Some called it one of the worst films of all time, others call it a box office catastrophe. It killed the careers of the director, producer, the entire special effects company, and nearly ended the entire franchise right there and then. It is remembered merely as a vanity project gone horribly wrong.
But ask yourself this. What does God need with a starship? Can you answer it? Can you understand the question? To dismiss it out of hand is to dismiss the opportunity to think. Do not turn your brain off.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is the ultimate question.
- 3/22/2016
- Den of Geek
Teresa Wright: Later years (See preceding post: "Teresa Wright: From Marlon Brando to Matt Damon.") Teresa Wright and Robert Anderson were divorced in 1978. They would remain friends in the ensuing years.[1] Wright spent most of the last decade of her life in Connecticut, making only sporadic public appearances. In 1998, she could be seen with her grandson, film producer Jonah Smith, at New York's Yankee Stadium, where she threw the ceremonial first pitch.[2] Wright also became involved in the Greater New York chapter of the Als Association. (The Pride of the Yankees subject, Lou Gehrig, died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in 1941.) The week she turned 82 in October 2000, Wright attended the 20th anniversary celebration of Somewhere in Time, where she posed for pictures with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. In March 2003, she was a guest at the 75th Academy Awards, in the segment showcasing Oscar-winning actors of the past. Two years later,...
- 3/15/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Teresa Wright and Matt Damon in 'The Rainmaker' Teresa Wright: From Marlon Brando to Matt Damon (See preceding post: "Teresa Wright vs. Samuel Goldwyn: Nasty Falling Out.") "I'd rather have luck than brains!" Teresa Wright was quoted as saying in the early 1950s. That's understandable, considering her post-Samuel Goldwyn choice of movie roles, some of which may have seemed promising on paper.[1] Wright was Marlon Brando's first Hollywood leading lady, but that didn't help her to bounce back following the very public spat with her former boss. After all, The Men was released before Elia Kazan's film version of A Streetcar Named Desire turned Brando into a major international star. Chances are that good film offers were scarce. After Wright's brief 1950 comeback, for the third time in less than a decade she would be gone from the big screen for more than a year.
- 3/11/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Perhaps Leonard Nimoy will be best-remembered as Spock, Star Trek's kindhearted half-Vulcan. And that would probably be enough. But Nimoy was more than his pointed ears: He wrote poetry, directed films, appeared onstage, and sang Lord of the Rings parodies. The man contained multitudes, to put it mildly. Here is but a small sample: He directed 1987's Three Men and a Baby. (Which was the top-grossing film of that year, by the way.) ... And 1988's The Good Mother: He played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at the Atlanta Opera House in 1974. There are sadly no recordings or videos currently on the internet. He was the narrator in the 1999 cult video game Seaman. Dreamcast's Seaman was a beloved pet simulator gone wrong. You could birth, raise, and chat with your half-human-half-fish abomination. You could also hear Leonard Nimoy as the narrator, his soothing voice perhaps drowning out your frustrations over your Seaman's disobediance.
- 2/27/2015
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
Leonard Nimoy will be remembered for many things. Foremost is creating an iconic character known the world over, but his contributions to the world of entertainment go far beyond what he achieved in front of the camera. He was also a writer, an artist and a director. As a filmmaker, he actually helmed two of the biggest hits of the 1980s, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" and "Three Men and a Baby." If moviegoers should have any regrets for Nimoy it's that he only made a few more films after those blockbusters. But his legacy lives on in many ways. It certainly lives on with me. When you talk to most "Star Trek" fans, they are either of the age where they became fans of the franchise during its initial 60s run, when it was syndicated in the 70s or when it returned to television with "Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- 2/27/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Did Leonard Nimoy ever use double negatives in conversation? Did he need to consult his cellphone calculator to figure out the tip on a restaurant bill? Did he understand who put that wormhole in space in Interstellar? Most of the world might assume Nimoy possessed a mind beyond mistake and beyond melding. For a half-century - since the premiere of the classic space fantasy Star Trek on NBC in 1966 - the actor was informally regarded (and greatly loved) as one of the most rational beings on the planet, and maybe in the galaxy. If mankind were to evolve further, Nimoy,...
- 2/27/2015
- by Tom Gliatto, @gliattoT
- PEOPLE.com
"Excalibur" was a formative theatrical experience for me. It was one of the first R-rated films I specifically decided I wanted to see in a theater. I'd seen other R-rated films before that, but always at random and because someone else decided I was going to see it. With "Excalibur," I was crazy to see it, and the film landed on me like a ton of bricks. Surreal, violent, beautiful, explicit, and for a mythology nut, seeing how the film dealt with each of the characters, each of the Arthurian archetypes, I was in love. One of the guys who made an impression in the film was a young Liam Neeson, and for the rest of the '80s, he racked up a number of performances where, good film or bad, he made an impression. How could he not? No one else looked like him. Slightly over eight feet tall,...
- 9/14/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Like the bridges, tunnels and subway system, even the bright lights of Broadway are no match for the raging winds of Hurricane Sandy. The Broadway League announced on Monday that all shows would be canceled for Oct. 29 and Oct. 30, due to severe weather and suspended public transportation. “Now that the storm has arrived, I’d like to reiterate that the safety and security of theatergoers and employees is everyone’s primary concern,” said Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the League, in a statement. Even Off-Broadway productions like “Avenue Q,” “Don’t Go Gentle,” and “The Good Mother” were canceled. Further downtown, the Public Theatre called off the preview performances of Richard Nelson’s play “Sorry,” as well as “Giant,” “Wild With Happy,” “Fun Home,” and Joe’s Pub’s lineup. While the storm has put a damper on Broadway ticketholders evening plans, the Broadway League encouraged patrons to get...
- 10/29/2012
- backstage.com
The New Group presents the first production in its 2012-2013 season, the world premiere of The Good Mother, a new play by Francine Volpe. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Mark Blum, Darren Goldstein, Gretchen Mol, Alfredo Narciso and Eric Nelsen. Previews begin October 29 in advance of an Official Opening Night on Thursday, November 15 at 700pm. A limited Off-Broadway engagement is slated through December 22 at The New Group Theatre Row The Acorn Theatre 410 West 42nd Street Acorn Theatre. Check out a first look at Mol in the show below...
- 10/26/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Off-Broadways The New Group has just announced its 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions. As the season launch in Fall 2012, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The New Group, directs Francine Volpes The Good Mother, featuring Gretchen Mol. Jonathan Marc Shermans new work Clive arrives in Winter 2013, directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role. Spring 2013 ushers in the premiere of a new musical at The New Group, Bunty Berman Presents..., by Ayub Khan Din music, book, lyrics and Paul Bogaev music, directed by Scott Elliott.
- 5/22/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
It was rumored earlier this year that Liam Neeson would return to reprise his role as Ra's al Ghul in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. He was spotted on the set of the film, but until today there's been no confirmation of his involvement. Warner Bros. made the announcement in the production notes for the film that says,
Neeson next appears in Peter Berg's actioner "Battleship," and he also will be seen in Christopher Nolan's much-anticipated action thriller "The Dark Knight Rises.
It makes perfect sense to me that his character would be back as this Batman finale as we've heard Nolan would bring everything back around in full circle in the franchise. I can't wait to see what this film has in store for us! I just can't help but think it's going to be mind blowing.
Josh Pence is playing Ra's al Ghul in the films flashbacks.
Neeson next appears in Peter Berg's actioner "Battleship," and he also will be seen in Christopher Nolan's much-anticipated action thriller "The Dark Knight Rises.
It makes perfect sense to me that his character would be back as this Batman finale as we've heard Nolan would bring everything back around in full circle in the franchise. I can't wait to see what this film has in store for us! I just can't help but think it's going to be mind blowing.
Josh Pence is playing Ra's al Ghul in the films flashbacks.
- 3/28/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Katey Sagal, whose film and television career spans four decades and the landmark sitcom Married with Children, was the Golden Globe winner for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama for her performance in Sons of Anarchy. Sagal's victory was a popular one at least on the Twitterverse, which was flooded with hundreds, or rather, thousands of congratulatory messages. Sagal was at the 2011 Golden Globes ceremony held Sunday evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills to accept her award. Sagal's film work has been sporadic. Feature film appearances include those in Leonard Nimoy's The Good Mother, starring Diane Keaton, and Sam Harper's House Broken, with Danny DeVito. Photo: © HFPA. Click on the image to enlarge it.
- 1/18/2011
- by Zhea D.
- Alt Film Guide
Is there anything not to love about The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Lisa Vanderpump? If so, we haven't found it. She is beautiful and glamorous (even her chocolate wears Louboutins), hilarious without being unkind, and successfully juggles a zillion jobs and charity work. All this while being a devoted mother (of two lovely humans and some adorable pups) and wife of nearly 30 years. How does the lovely Brit stay grounded amid her lavish lifestyle? And how is Giggy the Pomeranian handling his newfound fame? Read on... Photos: Before They Were Housewives The Good Mother: While castmate Camille Grammer has four nannies for her two school-age children, and Taylor Armstrong...
- 11/19/2010
- E! Online
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
A wise man once said, “I love my mama.”
Hollywood has seen moms of all types. We’ve been shown awful moms, defensive moms, murderous moms, and most importantly, awesome moms. I’m not sure which category yo momma falls under, but my mama certainly inhabits the latter. So in honor of her, and the millions of other kick-ass maternal cooperators on the planet, I’ve decided to assemble a list of the best performances that have brought to life mamas of all different motivations, flaws or perfections. Happy Mother’s Day!
7. Mo’nique as Mary – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Recap: Last year’s film about a young African-American girl trying to find her worth in the world caused a stir with its scenes of abuse, as followed through by one of the worst moms ever, played by Mo’nique.
A wise man once said, “I love my mama.”
Hollywood has seen moms of all types. We’ve been shown awful moms, defensive moms, murderous moms, and most importantly, awesome moms. I’m not sure which category yo momma falls under, but my mama certainly inhabits the latter. So in honor of her, and the millions of other kick-ass maternal cooperators on the planet, I’ve decided to assemble a list of the best performances that have brought to life mamas of all different motivations, flaws or perfections. Happy Mother’s Day!
7. Mo’nique as Mary – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Recap: Last year’s film about a young African-American girl trying to find her worth in the world caused a stir with its scenes of abuse, as followed through by one of the worst moms ever, played by Mo’nique.
- 5/10/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
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