A month from today, an official 50th anniversary celebration of Woodstock will kick off in Vernon, New York. Or will it?
More than two-and-a-half months after the festival’s original investor canceled the fest (a move a judge later overturned), Woodstock 50’s organizers are still struggling to make it happen. They have a lineup that includes both Woodstock O.G.’s (Santana, Dead and Co., Canned Heat) and fresh blood (Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus) committed, but they have not yet put tickets on sale. Their original festival site, Watkins Glen International,...
More than two-and-a-half months after the festival’s original investor canceled the fest (a move a judge later overturned), Woodstock 50’s organizers are still struggling to make it happen. They have a lineup that includes both Woodstock O.G.’s (Santana, Dead and Co., Canned Heat) and fresh blood (Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus) committed, but they have not yet put tickets on sale. Their original festival site, Watkins Glen International,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Our series on remakes continues with a film which is more of a duplication than an actual remake. This week, Cinelinx looks at The Omen (2006).
If you’ve seen the original version of The Omen (1976) and then you watch the remake from 2006, you have to ask “Why did they even bother?” The remake was barely even a remake. It was a shot-for-shot, scene -for-scene copy of the original. Released on the 30th anniversary of the original, it offered absolutely nothing new, except a more modern cast and some mediocre CGI effects. Other than that, this is a completely unnecessary, gratuitous photo-copy of the first version.
About this film Rolling Stone Magazine wrote, “Not since Gus Van Sant inexplicably directed a shot by shot remake of Hitchcock’s Psycho has a thriller been copied with so little point or impact”. Recently, we did a dissection of the Van Sant remake of...
If you’ve seen the original version of The Omen (1976) and then you watch the remake from 2006, you have to ask “Why did they even bother?” The remake was barely even a remake. It was a shot-for-shot, scene -for-scene copy of the original. Released on the 30th anniversary of the original, it offered absolutely nothing new, except a more modern cast and some mediocre CGI effects. Other than that, this is a completely unnecessary, gratuitous photo-copy of the first version.
About this film Rolling Stone Magazine wrote, “Not since Gus Van Sant inexplicably directed a shot by shot remake of Hitchcock’s Psycho has a thriller been copied with so little point or impact”. Recently, we did a dissection of the Van Sant remake of...
- 2/22/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Universal Pictures
The flamethrower has been a staple of the movies for close to 100 years and is easily the most badass weapon ever seen on the big screen.
Invented way back at the dawn of the 20th century, the device – which literally throws fire at a target – came to prominence during World War 2 and was quickly adopted by Hollywood as its weapon of choice. Whether it was used in classic war movies like Pork Chop Hill starring Greg Peck or to battle gigantic, invading Ant-armies like the ones in the early science fiction classic Them!, the image of a man (or more commonly a woman these days) wielding a gun that spits fire has been well and truly etched into the minds of many a generation.
And so in honour of this weapon of mass BBQ style destruction we take a look at 5 of the most iconic flamethrower moments in...
The flamethrower has been a staple of the movies for close to 100 years and is easily the most badass weapon ever seen on the big screen.
Invented way back at the dawn of the 20th century, the device – which literally throws fire at a target – came to prominence during World War 2 and was quickly adopted by Hollywood as its weapon of choice. Whether it was used in classic war movies like Pork Chop Hill starring Greg Peck or to battle gigantic, invading Ant-armies like the ones in the early science fiction classic Them!, the image of a man (or more commonly a woman these days) wielding a gun that spits fire has been well and truly etched into the minds of many a generation.
And so in honour of this weapon of mass BBQ style destruction we take a look at 5 of the most iconic flamethrower moments in...
- 2/16/2014
- by Matt Aspin
- Obsessed with Film
'What single thing would improve the quality of my life? New knees'
Sir Roger Moore was born in London in 1927. After school, he was an office boy for an animation company before going to Rada. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked in Hollywood under contract to MGM and then Warner Bros before being cast as the lead in the TV series The Saint. A decade later, he became James Bond, starring in seven films. He also co-starred with Tony Curtis in the TV series The Persuaders! whose 40th anniversary Blu-ray is out now.
When were you happiest?
Now, with my wife Kristina, our children and grandchildren. We have a lovely life.
What is your greatest fear?
Walking on stage and not being able to remember a single line.
What is your earliest memory?
Christmas Eve, lying in bed and seeing my parents arrange my stocking.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?...
Sir Roger Moore was born in London in 1927. After school, he was an office boy for an animation company before going to Rada. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked in Hollywood under contract to MGM and then Warner Bros before being cast as the lead in the TV series The Saint. A decade later, he became James Bond, starring in seven films. He also co-starred with Tony Curtis in the TV series The Persuaders! whose 40th anniversary Blu-ray is out now.
When were you happiest?
Now, with my wife Kristina, our children and grandchildren. We have a lovely life.
What is your greatest fear?
Walking on stage and not being able to remember a single line.
What is your earliest memory?
Christmas Eve, lying in bed and seeing my parents arrange my stocking.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?...
- 9/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Everett Noah Wyle stars in “Falling Skies”
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 17 years since a baby-faced Noah Wyle made a strong first impression with television audiences on “E.R.” as newbie med student, John Carter. In the interim, the actor has starred in TNT’s successful “The Librarian” action-adventure TV movie trilogy, but it took Steven Spielberg to lure Wyle back to series television with the post alien invasion drama, “Falling Skies,” which premieres tonight on TNT.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 17 years since a baby-faced Noah Wyle made a strong first impression with television audiences on “E.R.” as newbie med student, John Carter. In the interim, the actor has starred in TNT’s successful “The Librarian” action-adventure TV movie trilogy, but it took Steven Spielberg to lure Wyle back to series television with the post alien invasion drama, “Falling Skies,” which premieres tonight on TNT.
- 6/19/2011
- by Tara DiLullo Bennett
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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