"Miracle on 34th Street" (1947): Christmas is the holiday commonly associated with this classic, which actually is set in motion by the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in which the man (Oscar winner Edmund Gwenn) playing Santa claims to be the real Kris Kringle.
"Alice's Restaurant" (1969): Arlo Guthrie adapts his classic song by playing himself as he visits eatery owner Alice (Patricia Quinn) at Thanksgiving ... and ends up in trouble with the law.
"Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986): One of Woody Allen's warmest comedies gathers an extended family for two Thanksgivings and boasts Oscar-honored performances by Dianne Wiest and Michael Caine.
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987): High on many lists of holiday humor, filmmaker John Hughes' tale makes mismatched traveling companions of Steve Martin and John Candy. How mismatched? Well, let's just say, "Those aren't pillows."
"Dutch" (1991): A man (Ed O'Neill) volunteers to bring his love interest's ill-mannered son (Ethan Randall,...
"Alice's Restaurant" (1969): Arlo Guthrie adapts his classic song by playing himself as he visits eatery owner Alice (Patricia Quinn) at Thanksgiving ... and ends up in trouble with the law.
"Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986): One of Woody Allen's warmest comedies gathers an extended family for two Thanksgivings and boasts Oscar-honored performances by Dianne Wiest and Michael Caine.
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987): High on many lists of holiday humor, filmmaker John Hughes' tale makes mismatched traveling companions of Steve Martin and John Candy. How mismatched? Well, let's just say, "Those aren't pillows."
"Dutch" (1991): A man (Ed O'Neill) volunteers to bring his love interest's ill-mannered son (Ethan Randall,...
- 11/22/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Once Bruce Willis is done being one of A Couple of Dicks for director Kevin Smith, he's scheduled to be in something called Grimm. The film is currently in pre-production and Shock Till You Drop has uncovered details on what it's all about. The film is a ghost movie, Willis's first really since The Sixth Sense. Here's the plot synopsis uncovered by Shock, click over there to also see teaser art: "Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O'Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again. Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town, where he is the new Police Chief. His second wife Ella has two daughters from her first marriage and Quinn has a daughter, Megan,...
- 5/20/2009
- cinemablend.com
Thanks to Styd, we now have a teaser poster for the upcoming "Grimm" film, which is currently in pre-production. The poster shows that Bruce Willis is attached to star, which was not known prior. In addition, the site also got their hands on a legthy plot synopsis. Plot: Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O'Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again. Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town, where he is the new Police Chief. His second wife Ella has two daughters from her first marriage and Quinn has a daughter, Megan, and son, John, from his. On their very first evening John encounters the strange twins, as well as a huge frog, which he brings back to the house.
- 5/19/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis is about to throw himself into the center of another supernatural flick, Grimm, a small town horror story about the disappearance of a teenage girl that kicks off a whole slew of terrifying events.
Omega Entertainment sends over the spoiler-heavy synopsis:
Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O'Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again.
Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town, where he is the new Police Chief. His second wife, Ella, has two daughters from her first marriage; and Quinn has a daughter, Megan, and son, John, from his. On their very first evening John encounters the strange twins as well as a huge frog, which he brings back to the house.
Omega Entertainment sends over the spoiler-heavy synopsis:
Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O'Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again.
Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town, where he is the new Police Chief. His second wife, Ella, has two daughters from her first marriage; and Quinn has a daughter, Megan, and son, John, from his. On their very first evening John encounters the strange twins as well as a huge frog, which he brings back to the house.
- 5/19/2009
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
Omega Entertainment has updated their official site with early details on their upcoming film starring Bruce Willis.
"Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O'Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again.
Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town, where he is the new Police Chief. His second wife Ella has two daughters from her first marriage and Quinn has a daughter, Megan, and son, John, from his. On their very first evening John encounters the strange twins, as well as a huge frog, which he brings back to the house. Quinn makes him take it back to the pond where he found it, but that night a wet, naked young man forces his way into the house and Megan's bedroom.
"Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O'Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again.
Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town, where he is the new Police Chief. His second wife Ella has two daughters from her first marriage and Quinn has a daughter, Megan, and son, John, from his. On their very first evening John encounters the strange twins, as well as a huge frog, which he brings back to the house. Quinn makes him take it back to the pond where he found it, but that night a wet, naked young man forces his way into the house and Megan's bedroom.
- 5/19/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
What exactly is “Grimm”, and how did Bruce Willis get attached to star in it without anybody knowing? Well people now know, thanks to the boyos over at Styd, who has scored a small-ish teaser poster for the movie and a plot synopsis that lets you in on the movie’s very strange town of Marburg, Massachusetts. And did I mention this thing apparently will star Bruce Willis, probably as the new Police Chief in Marburg? Read on if you dare! (Please dare. It’s not that scary. Geesh, you’re such a wimp.) Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O’Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again. Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town,...
- 5/19/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
ShockTillYouDrop.com has received teaser artwork and a lengthy synopsis for a film currently in pre-production entitled Grimm . Early reports on the web have Russell Mulcahy ( Resident Evil: Extinction ) as the director, but as you can see in the art below, it's Bruce Willis who is apparently the big name attached. We'll dig further, in the meantime read on... Marburg, Massachusetts, USA - Teenager Katie O'Sullivan goes to a new babysitting job. Instead of a regular family, she encounters ghostly twins Henry and Grace and a terrifying apparition that drags her off towards a sinister tower. She is never seen again. Soon afterwards, Pat Quinn and his family move to the seemingly idyllic town, where he is the new Police Chief. His second wife Ella has two daughters from...
- 5/19/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
(Elliott Gould, above, as Philip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye.)
by Jon Zelazny
Editor’s note: this article originally appeared at EightMillionStories.com on November 14, 2008.
With the back-to-back success of his Oscar-nominated role in the off-beat wife-swapping hit Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and the even bigger off-beat hit Mash (1970), Brooklyn’s own Elliott Gould skyrocketed to worldwide fame.
While perhaps best known to those under 40 as Ross and Monica’s dad on “Friends,” or Vegas financier Reuben Tishkoff in the blockbuster Ocean’s 11 series, cine-scholars generally regard Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973) as Gould’s most iconic starring role. 2008 marks the 35th anniversary of their extraordinary modern-day reinterpretation of Raymond Chandler’s classic private eye, Philip Marlowe.
Elliott Gould invited me to his home in west Los Angeles, where he generously spoke at length of his three major collaborations with Altman, who passed away two years ago.
I read...
by Jon Zelazny
Editor’s note: this article originally appeared at EightMillionStories.com on November 14, 2008.
With the back-to-back success of his Oscar-nominated role in the off-beat wife-swapping hit Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and the even bigger off-beat hit Mash (1970), Brooklyn’s own Elliott Gould skyrocketed to worldwide fame.
While perhaps best known to those under 40 as Ross and Monica’s dad on “Friends,” or Vegas financier Reuben Tishkoff in the blockbuster Ocean’s 11 series, cine-scholars generally regard Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye (1973) as Gould’s most iconic starring role. 2008 marks the 35th anniversary of their extraordinary modern-day reinterpretation of Raymond Chandler’s classic private eye, Philip Marlowe.
Elliott Gould invited me to his home in west Los Angeles, where he generously spoke at length of his three major collaborations with Altman, who passed away two years ago.
I read...
- 5/10/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Rod Blagojevich's feet are about to get held to the fire (again) in a new book that paints the ousted Illinois governor as an ego-driven liar who kept his staff in the dark, cursed the press and was so inconsiderate, he showed up late to a state funeral.
In "Pay to Play," out next month from publisher Ivan R. Dee, a former senior adviser tells author Elizabeth Brackett that when Blagojevich was quizzed by reporters for taking a state plane daily during legislative sessions between Springfield and Chicago at $5,800 per round trip, he fumed, "[Bleep] it, [bleep] them. It comes with the job.
In "Pay to Play," out next month from publisher Ivan R. Dee, a former senior adviser tells author Elizabeth Brackett that when Blagojevich was quizzed by reporters for taking a state plane daily during legislative sessions between Springfield and Chicago at $5,800 per round trip, he fumed, "[Bleep] it, [bleep] them. It comes with the job.
- 3/15/2009
- NYPost.com
Four new members have been elected to the board of Women in Film, Los Angeles: Susanne Daniels, media consultant and former president of entertainment at Lifetime Networks; Diana Derycz-Kessler, president and CEO of the L.A. Film School and L.A. Recording School; Iris Grossman, Icm talent agent and president emeritus of Wif, L.A.; and producer Cathy Schulman, president of Mandalay Pictures and Mandalay Independent.
The group's president, Jane Fleming, who is entering her third consecutive year at the head of Wif, L.A., said: "With Susanne, Diana, Iris and Cathy joining our already exceptional board of directors, Women in Film is perfectly positioned to support our membership -- and the entertainment industry at large -- in the unique challenges and opportunities we all face."
In addition to Fleming, the organization's officers are Nicole Katz, Cfo; Hillary Bibicoff, secretary; Glen Alpert, Cfo; Robert Nieto, vp technology; and Pamela Rodi,...
The group's president, Jane Fleming, who is entering her third consecutive year at the head of Wif, L.A., said: "With Susanne, Diana, Iris and Cathy joining our already exceptional board of directors, Women in Film is perfectly positioned to support our membership -- and the entertainment industry at large -- in the unique challenges and opportunities we all face."
In addition to Fleming, the organization's officers are Nicole Katz, Cfo; Hillary Bibicoff, secretary; Glen Alpert, Cfo; Robert Nieto, vp technology; and Pamela Rodi,...
- 2/6/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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