On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the thriller The Good Shepherd, which stars Christian Slater and is also known by the title The Confessor. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Directed by Lewin Webb from a screenplay by Brad Mirman, The Good Shepherd sees Slater taking on the role of a worldly and urbane priest who is forced to challenge his comfortable existence as an ecclesiastical spin-doctor when he comes to believe in the innocence of a young priest accused of murder. His only ally, a journalist, is also his former sweetheart…
Slater is...
Directed by Lewin Webb from a screenplay by Brad Mirman, The Good Shepherd sees Slater taking on the role of a worldly and urbane priest who is forced to challenge his comfortable existence as an ecclesiastical spin-doctor when he comes to believe in the innocence of a young priest accused of murder. His only ally, a journalist, is also his former sweetheart…
Slater is...
- 3/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is the 2008 action thriller The Last Hit Man, starring Joe Mantegna. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Written and directed by Christopher Warre Smets, The Last Hit Man has the following synopsis: Aging hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance…
Mantegna is joined in the cast by Elizabeth Whitmere, Romano Orzari, Michael Majeski, Marcus Shultz, William Colgate,...
Written and directed by Christopher Warre Smets, The Last Hit Man has the following synopsis: Aging hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance…
Mantegna is joined in the cast by Elizabeth Whitmere, Romano Orzari, Michael Majeski, Marcus Shultz, William Colgate,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Scripted, live-action comedies and dramas for kids and tweens draw a devoted following, and only a few networks know that demographic like Nickelodeon. Now they've introduced the Star Falls TV show, which seems to take some inspiration from classic TV series like Green Acres and The Brady Bunch with a dash from the Disney film, The Parent Trap. Does it have what it takes to establish itself as a Nielsen ratings winner? Will Star Falls be cancelled or renewed for season two on Nick? Stay tuned.
A Nickelodeon family sitcom, Star Falls stars Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Tomaso Sanelli, Jadiel Dowlin, Marcus Cornwall, Dion Johnstone, Elena V. Wolfe, Liz Johnston, and Shawn Lawrence. The story centers on Sophia Miller (Agudong), who convinces movie star Craig Brooks (Johnstone) to move himself and his family into her home, while he’s shooting a...
A Nickelodeon family sitcom, Star Falls stars Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Tomaso Sanelli, Jadiel Dowlin, Marcus Cornwall, Dion Johnstone, Elena V. Wolfe, Liz Johnston, and Shawn Lawrence. The story centers on Sophia Miller (Agudong), who convinces movie star Craig Brooks (Johnstone) to move himself and his family into her home, while he’s shooting a...
- 9/5/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Vulture Watch
What's written in the stars for Beth, Craig, and their kids? Has the Star Falls TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Nickelodeon? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Star Falls, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A Nickelodeon family sitcom, Star Falls stars Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Tomaso Sanelli, Jadiel Dowlin, Marcus Cornwall, Dion Johnstone, Elena V. Wolfe, Liz Johnston, and Shawn Lawrence. The live-action comedy centers on Sophia Miller (Agudong), who convinces movie star Craig Brooks (Johnstone) to move himself and his family into her home, while he’s shooting a film in her hometown of Star Falls. Her...
What's written in the stars for Beth, Craig, and their kids? Has the Star Falls TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Nickelodeon? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Star Falls, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A Nickelodeon family sitcom, Star Falls stars Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Tomaso Sanelli, Jadiel Dowlin, Marcus Cornwall, Dion Johnstone, Elena V. Wolfe, Liz Johnston, and Shawn Lawrence. The live-action comedy centers on Sophia Miller (Agudong), who convinces movie star Craig Brooks (Johnstone) to move himself and his family into her home, while he’s shooting a film in her hometown of Star Falls. Her...
- 9/5/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
What do you think of Sophia's plans during the first season of the Star Falls TV show on Nickelodeon? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether the TV show Star Falls is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of the Star Falls season one episodes below. A Nickelodeon family sitcom, Star Falls stars Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Tomaso Sanelli, Jadiel Dowlin, Marcus Cornwall, Dion Johnstone, Elena V. Wolfe, Liz Johnston, and Shawn Lawrence. The live-action comedy centers on Sophia Miller (Agudong), who convinces movie star Craig Brooks (Johnstone) to move himself and his family into her home, while he’s shooting a film in...
- 5/6/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Nickelodeon. Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: March 31, 2018 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Tomaso Sanelli, Jadiel Dowlin, Marcus Cornwall, Dion Johnstone, Elena V. Wolfe, Liz Johnston, and Shawn Lawrence. TV show description: From creator George Doty IV, the Star Falls TV show centers on Sophia Miller (Agudong). Chock full of determination, Sophia convinces movie star Craig Brooks (Johnstone) to move himself and his family into her home, while he's shooting a film in her home town of Star Falls. There is a method to Sophia's madness. She wants to set Craig up with her mom, Beth (Wolfe). Even though her friend, Nate Rex (Sanelli), thinks she's crazy, Sophia wants...
- 4/1/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Director/writer: Andrew Cymek.
Cast: William B. Davis, John Rhys-Davies, Mercedes McNab, and Brigitte Kingsley.
Medium Raw aka Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf is a Canadian shot horror film. This feature was shown on television in 2010, with Anchor Bay Entertainment set to release this title on DVD August 16th. The film retells the ancient German legend of Little Red Riding Hood with a twist. Horror is always great for twist endings. Actor John Rhys-Davies is under utilized in his role and the updating of this children's tale is enhanced by the costume department. As well, Medium Raw introduces not one villain, but four. This is a slow building horror title, with some interesting action sequences in the final scenes.
This is the second film which has offed actor John Rhys-Davies in the first quarter of the film. The other film was Ferocious Planet (2011) and here Rhys-Davies plays Elliot Carbon.
Cast: William B. Davis, John Rhys-Davies, Mercedes McNab, and Brigitte Kingsley.
Medium Raw aka Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf is a Canadian shot horror film. This feature was shown on television in 2010, with Anchor Bay Entertainment set to release this title on DVD August 16th. The film retells the ancient German legend of Little Red Riding Hood with a twist. Horror is always great for twist endings. Actor John Rhys-Davies is under utilized in his role and the updating of this children's tale is enhanced by the costume department. As well, Medium Raw introduces not one villain, but four. This is a slow building horror title, with some interesting action sequences in the final scenes.
This is the second film which has offed actor John Rhys-Davies in the first quarter of the film. The other film was Ferocious Planet (2011) and here Rhys-Davies plays Elliot Carbon.
- 8/3/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
-- Brad Pitt will star in James Gray’s action-adventure The Lost City of Z, which is being sold by Inferno Entertainment. It’s based on a true story of a British soldier-turned-explorer who became obsessed with finding a lost civilisation in the Amazon. Pitt’s Plan B is expected to produce. -- Hilary Swank is reuniting with Boys Don’t Cry producer Killer Films. Swank will star in Dreams of a Dying Heart, about a woman soldier who suffers disturbing visions when she returns home after a tour of duty. Shawn Lawrence (House of Sand and Fog) will write and direct. London-based sales agent [...]...
- 5/18/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
"A horror flick is only as strong as its villain and this one has quite a few!" When Johnny Morgan was a boy, he witnessed his sisters murder at the hands of the serial killer known as The Wolf. Years later Johnny is a cop escorting the captured killer to Parker’s Asylum...
Medium Raw - Night of the Wolf
Written and Directed by – Andrew Cymekrring
Starring – John Rhys-Davies, Mercedes McNab, William B. Davis, Boyd Banks, Jason Reso, Brigitte Kingsley, Andrew Martin, Julia Schneider, Landy Cannon, Rogue Johnston, Greg Dunham, Ron sparks, Sandi Ross, Shawn Lawrence, Nola Augustson, Joseph Pierre, Pj Lazic, Craig Snoyer, Andrew Cymek, Kristina Miller, Rafael Ludwig, Mackenzie Gibson, Timothy Bergstrom.
I had the pleasure of attending the premiere for Medium Raw last night and really enjoyed the flick. I’ll be honest, it has a few corny moments but it’s the villains in this piece that make it so worthwhile.
Medium Raw - Night of the Wolf
Written and Directed by – Andrew Cymekrring
Starring – John Rhys-Davies, Mercedes McNab, William B. Davis, Boyd Banks, Jason Reso, Brigitte Kingsley, Andrew Martin, Julia Schneider, Landy Cannon, Rogue Johnston, Greg Dunham, Ron sparks, Sandi Ross, Shawn Lawrence, Nola Augustson, Joseph Pierre, Pj Lazic, Craig Snoyer, Andrew Cymek, Kristina Miller, Rafael Ludwig, Mackenzie Gibson, Timothy Bergstrom.
I had the pleasure of attending the premiere for Medium Raw last night and really enjoyed the flick. I’ll be honest, it has a few corny moments but it’s the villains in this piece that make it so worthwhile.
- 5/15/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
House of Sand and Fog
Screened
Sunday, Nov. 9, AFI Fest, Los Angeles
Real estate is in the eye of the beholder, as the contrast between two books-into-film this year illustrates.
In "Under the Tuscan Sun", a house bathed in golden light is the catalyst for renewal in "House of Sand and Fog", the mist-enshrouded property is no less a repository for dreams, but becomes its characters' undoing.
Helmer Vadim Perelman and co-scripter Shawn Lawrence Otto do a laudable job of distilling Andre Dubus III's powerful and desperately sad novel, emphasizing its noirish sensibility in charting the doomed collision course of two wounded souls, captured in deeply felt performances by Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley.
As the plot unfolds, however, Perelman, a commercials director making his feature debut, loses his grasp of story elements. The carefully laid foundation of suspense and dread, with its symmetries and crisp dialogue, is squandered in a clumsy pileup of credulity-stretching cataclysmic events. The shift in tone to messy emotionalism distances the audience rather than drawing it deeper into the events.
The story brings together, in a battle as if for life itself, two characters unable to accept their present circumstances. The setup abounds in classic noir elements -- the beautiful, damaged woman, the loose-cannon cop, the California motor court (complete with vintage cigarette machine) and secluded cabin.
In the early going, sympathy tilts toward Behrani (Kingsley), whose back story is clearer than that of the woman who becomes his nemesis. They're both keeping secrets from their families, pretending to be something they're not. An Iranian colonel reduced to menial labor and convenience-store shifts since fleeing his country's Islamic revolution, Behrani hides the truth from his wife (Shohreh Aghdashloo) and son (Jonathan Ahdout), pretending to set off each day for a white-collar job. When he sees an auction listing for a house, he believes he's found the way to restore his family's financial footing: He'll invest the dwindling remains of his savings in the cut-rate property and sell it at a profit.
His simple plan is quickly complicated. The bungalow, perched on a cliff overlooking the sea, is in a state of neglect much the way its owner's life is. Kathy Nicolo (Connelly), a recovering addict who's barely bothered to open her mail in the eight months since her husband left her, is torn out of inertia when the sheriff arrives to evict her for nonpayment of taxes. The county has erred, but before Kathy's steely attorney (Frances Fisher) can mount a suit, the Behranis have taken residence and are adding a widow's walk from which they can enjoy the view.
Kathy is desperate to get back the house her father left her, particularly because her mother, who believes she's still happily married, will soon be visiting. She gets eager assistance from deputy sheriff Lester (Ron Eldard), a man she realizes too late is determined to do the right thing in all the wrong ways. In Kathy he finds a reason to leave his passionless marriage. "Things are finally in motion", he tells her, expressing his renewed hope but really sounding a dire warning. The newly homeless lovers move into a friend's cabin, and the foreboding accelerates as Kathy ends three years of sobriety and Lester takes matters into his own hands.
Connelly delivers a full-blooded turn as a woman for whom the inherited house is her sole anchor to the world. Kingsley's nuanced work conveys the wounded pride and decency of an Old World patriarch. He's able to speak volumes in an anxious glance, making all the more unnecessary and overdone the late scenes in which Behrani repeatedly verbalizes his anguish.
The film, which world-premiered Sunday night as a Centerpiece Gala as part of the AFI Fest, is due out Dec. 26.
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
DreamWorks Pictures
in association with Cobalt Media Group/Michael London
Credits: Director: Vadim Perelman
Writers: Vadim Perelman, Shawn Lawrence Otto
Producers: Michael London, Vadim Perelman
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Maia Javan
Music: James Horner
Co-producers: Jeremiah Samuels, Shawn Lawrence Otto
Costume designer: Hala Bahmet
Editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin
Cast:
Kathy: Jennifer Connelly
Behrani: Ben Kingsley
Lester: Ron Eldard
Connie Walsh: Frances Fisher
Carol: Kim Dickens
Nadi: Shohreh Aghdashloo
Esmail: Jonathan Ahdout
Soraya: Navi Rawat
Lt. Alvarez: Carlos Gomez
Running time -- 126 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Sunday, Nov. 9, AFI Fest, Los Angeles
Real estate is in the eye of the beholder, as the contrast between two books-into-film this year illustrates.
In "Under the Tuscan Sun", a house bathed in golden light is the catalyst for renewal in "House of Sand and Fog", the mist-enshrouded property is no less a repository for dreams, but becomes its characters' undoing.
Helmer Vadim Perelman and co-scripter Shawn Lawrence Otto do a laudable job of distilling Andre Dubus III's powerful and desperately sad novel, emphasizing its noirish sensibility in charting the doomed collision course of two wounded souls, captured in deeply felt performances by Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley.
As the plot unfolds, however, Perelman, a commercials director making his feature debut, loses his grasp of story elements. The carefully laid foundation of suspense and dread, with its symmetries and crisp dialogue, is squandered in a clumsy pileup of credulity-stretching cataclysmic events. The shift in tone to messy emotionalism distances the audience rather than drawing it deeper into the events.
The story brings together, in a battle as if for life itself, two characters unable to accept their present circumstances. The setup abounds in classic noir elements -- the beautiful, damaged woman, the loose-cannon cop, the California motor court (complete with vintage cigarette machine) and secluded cabin.
In the early going, sympathy tilts toward Behrani (Kingsley), whose back story is clearer than that of the woman who becomes his nemesis. They're both keeping secrets from their families, pretending to be something they're not. An Iranian colonel reduced to menial labor and convenience-store shifts since fleeing his country's Islamic revolution, Behrani hides the truth from his wife (Shohreh Aghdashloo) and son (Jonathan Ahdout), pretending to set off each day for a white-collar job. When he sees an auction listing for a house, he believes he's found the way to restore his family's financial footing: He'll invest the dwindling remains of his savings in the cut-rate property and sell it at a profit.
His simple plan is quickly complicated. The bungalow, perched on a cliff overlooking the sea, is in a state of neglect much the way its owner's life is. Kathy Nicolo (Connelly), a recovering addict who's barely bothered to open her mail in the eight months since her husband left her, is torn out of inertia when the sheriff arrives to evict her for nonpayment of taxes. The county has erred, but before Kathy's steely attorney (Frances Fisher) can mount a suit, the Behranis have taken residence and are adding a widow's walk from which they can enjoy the view.
Kathy is desperate to get back the house her father left her, particularly because her mother, who believes she's still happily married, will soon be visiting. She gets eager assistance from deputy sheriff Lester (Ron Eldard), a man she realizes too late is determined to do the right thing in all the wrong ways. In Kathy he finds a reason to leave his passionless marriage. "Things are finally in motion", he tells her, expressing his renewed hope but really sounding a dire warning. The newly homeless lovers move into a friend's cabin, and the foreboding accelerates as Kathy ends three years of sobriety and Lester takes matters into his own hands.
Connelly delivers a full-blooded turn as a woman for whom the inherited house is her sole anchor to the world. Kingsley's nuanced work conveys the wounded pride and decency of an Old World patriarch. He's able to speak volumes in an anxious glance, making all the more unnecessary and overdone the late scenes in which Behrani repeatedly verbalizes his anguish.
The film, which world-premiered Sunday night as a Centerpiece Gala as part of the AFI Fest, is due out Dec. 26.
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
DreamWorks Pictures
in association with Cobalt Media Group/Michael London
Credits: Director: Vadim Perelman
Writers: Vadim Perelman, Shawn Lawrence Otto
Producers: Michael London, Vadim Perelman
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Maia Javan
Music: James Horner
Co-producers: Jeremiah Samuels, Shawn Lawrence Otto
Costume designer: Hala Bahmet
Editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin
Cast:
Kathy: Jennifer Connelly
Behrani: Ben Kingsley
Lester: Ron Eldard
Connie Walsh: Frances Fisher
Carol: Kim Dickens
Nadi: Shohreh Aghdashloo
Esmail: Jonathan Ahdout
Soraya: Navi Rawat
Lt. Alvarez: Carlos Gomez
Running time -- 126 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 1/30/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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