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John Candy passed away on March 4, 1994, at the age of 43, having died from a heart attack. Candy had a history of heart issues in his family and spent portions of his life struggling with alcoholism and tobacco and cocaine usage. He was taken far too soon, as Candy was a charismatic, funny, talented comedian with dazzling movie star qualities. He died in Durango, Mexico, where he was filming Peter Markle's unremarkable Western comedy "Wagons East!," a film in which Candy starred opposite Richard Lewis.

"Wagons East!" was an inauspicious exit for Candy. The film was released only five months after Candy died, and it was a horrible box office bomb, earning only $4.4 million. What's more, it was terribly reviewed, racking up the rare and unenviable 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 30 reviews). Roger Ebert gave it one half of a star, calling it one of the least amusing comedies he had ever seen.

With 11 seasons, two movies, and a plethora of spin-off material, there's no denying that The X-Files is a hit. Not only did it transform the modern sci-fi genre, but it also altered how fans see romance arcs as well as female characters. Even after three decades, fans still adore Mulder and Scully.

But with so much content on offer, it makes sense that not every episode will be as successful as others. However, the show is known for being a tad experimental at times, producing a wealth of strange arcs and plot twists. As such, even though fans love this show, there are some episodes that fans find too awful to rewatch.

A Set of Doppelgängers Wreak Havoc Together Season 7, Episode 20, "Fight Club"

It's very rare for an episode to receive mostly negative reviews, but "Fight Club" somehow managed it. The story starts out in Kansas, where two seemingly identical...

Born in Houston, Texas, on August 18, 1952, Patrick Wayne Swayze was the son of Patsy Swayze, a choreographer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze, a draftsman at a chemical plant. Patrick honed his dancing skills at his mother’s dance school in their hometown of Houston.

Renowned for his captivating performances, Patrick Wayne Swayze was a multifaceted talent. As an actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter, Swayze left an indelible imprint on Hollywood with his unique ability to embody romantic, rugged, and comedic roles. His charm was so irresistible that he was deemed the “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine in 1991.

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Beyond his acting prowess, he penned and performed the famous song “She’s Like the Wind,” further solidifying his place in the annals of entertainment.

From the passionate intensity of “Dirty Dancing“ to the adrenaline-fueled action of “Point Break,” Swayze’s diverse roles showcased his wide-ranging talent.

Burning Kiss, Killer Kate! and Odds Are all join the UK sales outfit.

UK genre sales outfit Devilworks has added three titles to its slate ahead of next month’s Toronto Film Festival (September 6-16).

The company has boarded international rights to writer-director Elliot Feld’s feature debut Killer Kate!

Set during Halloween, the film centres two sisters who re-unite for a bachelorette party that turns into a night of bloody mayhem. Danielle Burgess and Tiffany Shepis star, with Alexandra Feld co-starring and co-producing and Lawrence Feld executive producing. Freestyle Digital Media will release the title in the Us to time with the October festivities.

Sierra/Affinity has added Pam Grier, Alisha Boe, Phyllis Somerville, Charlie Tahan, Bruce McGill, Rhea Perlman and Celia Weston to its cheerleading comedy “Poms.”

Diane Keaton and Jackie Weaver are already set to star in “Poms,” which has begun principal photography in Atlanta, Ga. Zara Hayes is directing from a script by Shane Atkinson based on a comedic story by Hayes and Atkinson about a group of women who form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community.

Grier is best known for starring in Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown” and “The L Word.” Boe plays Jessica Davis in the Netflix drama series “13 Reasons Why.”

Sierra/Affinity is producing, financing and handling international sales of the project, and co-representing U.S. rights with Endeavor Content. Producers are Kelly McCormick; Alex Saks; Mad as Birds Films’ Andy Evans, Ade Shannon, Celyn Jones, and Sean Marley; and Rose Pictures’ Rose Ganguzza. Keaton...

Chicago – When Paul Greengrass’s “United 93” opened in American cinemas on April 28, 2006, the vast majority of buzz surrounding the film centered on the controversial question of whether it was in fact “too soon” for a film based on the 9/11 terrorist attacks to hit the big screen. It apparently wasn’t too soon for the small screen, since Peter Markle’s TV dramatization “Flight 93” played to little fanfare in January of that year.

Watching Greengrass’s “United 93” a mere five years after the historic tragedy was one of the great out-of-body experiences I’ve ever had in a theater. Though various films have attempted to function as memorials, this one actually succeeds in honoring the lives that were lost while resisting every opportunity to exploit the material for cheap theatrics. The film takes an intimate god’s eye view of the people on the ground and in the air,...

After scoring its most successful summer of original programming ever, including the launch of mega-hit Falling Skies, TNT is set to heat up the fall and winter with a terrific lineup of popular and acclaimed original series and a showcase of new original movies. The drama network's slate includes the return of basic cable's top two series of all time, The Closer, starring 2010 Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick, and Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander; all-new episodes of the hit caper series Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton; and a new season of the critically acclaimed Southland.

TNT has also unveiled the slate for The TNT Mystery Movie Night, a new showcase of contemporary procedural dramas set to launch Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt). The showcase will kick off with Scott Turow's Innocent, starring Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood: Miracle Day), Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock, Damages) and Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2,...

TNT has some pretty cool shows on, Falling Skies and Southland are my personal favorites. The Closer is a really enjoyable show as well. The Fall/Winter schedule has been released for the networks lineup. Keep reading for all the details.

Let us know what your favorite show is on TNT?

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After scoring its most successful summer of original programming ever, including the launch of mega-hit Falling Skies, TNT is set to heat up the fall and winter with a terrific lineup of popular and acclaimed original series and a showcase of new original movies. The drama network’s slate includes the return of basic cable’s top two series of all time, The Closer, starring 2010 Emmy® winner Kyra Sedgwick, and Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander; all-new episodes of the hit caper series Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton; and a new season of the critically acclaimed Southland.

The horror title review site Upcoming Horror Movies has announced the DVD release of the series The Haunted. Apparently The Haunted released in 2002 with Matthew Fox (Lost) in the lead. The series ran for one season until cancellation and now these ill-fated episodes show sporadically on HDnet (Wiki). If you are also unfamiliar with the series a synopsis is below.

The plot summary for The Haunted (2002):

"Police officer Frank Taylor had the perfect job and perfect family. After his son's unsolved abduction, his life, marriage and career disintegrate. He leaves the force to become a private investigator specializing in missing and abducted children cases. His ex-wife has come to terms with the loss of their child, but Frank is obsessed with one day finding their son.

One day Frank's life is forever changed while trying to apprehend Simon, a man linked to several child abductions who eludes the police.

Peter Markle (Youngblood, Hot Dog... The Movie) has written and is attached to direct Immersion. The thriller follows a group of hardcore juvenile delinquents who are waiting to be tried as adults, and are granted "one last chance at redemption." "Venturing into the wilderness to participate in a brutal survival program, the teens encounter something far more horrifying than the mean streets they left behind." Brian Gilbert and Andrew Trapani of Nine/8 Entertainment, of Haunting In Connecticut, Wrong Turn, Scooby Doo 3 and 4 fame, are producing. Note: the photo above is from some random horror film, and not this project. via: specchaser...

Lifetime has lined up big-name talent for the first two of its four upcoming movie adaptations of Nora Roberts novels.

Emilie de Ravin, Ivan Sergei and Cybill Shepherd topline "High Noon," while Jerry O'Connell, Lauren Stamile and Faye Dunaway lead the cast of "Midnight Bayou."

The four Roberts adaptations, which also include "Tribute" and "Northern Lights," are produced by Peter Guber's Mandalay TV and Stephanie Germain Prods., the companies behind the four previous Roberts movies for Lifetime that scored big ratings in 2007.

In "High Noon," written by Terri Kopp and to be directed by Peter Markle, hostage negotiator Lt. Phoebe McNamara (de Ravin) juggles her career with the demands of raising her young daughter and contending with her agoraphobic mother (Shepherd). Phoebe becomes the object of affection of a bar owner (Sergei) and the target of a psychopathic killer.

In "Midnight Bayou," penned by Stephen Tolkin and to be directed by Ralph Hemecker,...

Directors of five cable movies nabbed the DGA's telefilm nominations Wednesday.

Those included Charles S. Dutton, for "Sleeper Cell: American Terror", "Home", which aired on Showtime; Randa Haines, for "The Ron Clark Story", TNT; Walter Hill, for "Broken Trail", AMC; Peter Markle, "Flight 93", A&E; and Edward James Olmos, "Walkout", HBO.

Nominations in other TV categories of the 59th annual DGA Awards will be announced Thursday.

Winners in all categories will be announced Feb. 3, when the DGA stages its annual awards gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.

"The work of these five directors underscores the power and impact of an art form that, for more than four decades, has been a cultural touchstone connecting viewing audiences across the nation," DGA president Michael Apted said. "These five directors bring to life a wide range of characters while evoking the spirit and history of specific places and points in time. Each one of these films is a valuable addition to the rich history of directorial excellence found in movies for television."

A list of directing teams for the telefilm nominees follows:

CHARLES S.

Directors of five cable movies nabbed the DGA's telefilm nominations Wednesday.

Those included Charles S. Dutton, for Sleeper Cell: American Terror, Home, which aired on Showtime; Randa Haines, for The Ron Clark Story, TNT; Walter Hill, for Broken Trail, AMC; Peter Markle, Flight 93, A&E; and Edward James Olmos, Walkout, HBO.

Nominations in other TV categories of the 59th annual DGA Awards will be announced Thursday.

Winners in all categories will be announced Feb. 3, when the DGA stages its annual awards gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.

"The work of these five directors underscores the power and impact of an art form that, for more than four decades, has been a cultural touchstone connecting viewing audiences across the nation," DGA president Michael Apted said. "These five directors bring to life a wide range of characters while evoking the spirit and history of specific places and points in time. Each one of these films is a valuable addition to the rich history of directorial excellence found in movies for television."...

Dennis Hopper gives one of his best performances in years in "The Last Days of Frankie the Fly," a sobering and insightful character study of a small-time hood that won audience affection at the recent Santa Barbara (Calif.) International Film Festival.

Also featuring Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen and Kiefer Sutherland, this "Fly" could certainly swat down a respectable following on the art house or select-site circuit for a savvy distributor.

In this tight and sympathetic scenario, Hopper stars as Frankie, a petty thief who has reached that stage in midlife when most professional men have some sort of identity crisis. Indeed, Frankie feels he's never made his mark, never scored big enough; the only thing he seems to have is his big, vintage T-Bird convertible that he somewhat vaingloriously tools around in.

He's regarded as somewhat of a joke by the local hoods, a semi-pathetic figure trying to impress a shady lady (Hannah) with his posturings and nutball ambition to perpetrate an identity-fulfilling crime.

The highlight of this tightly woven character piece is Dayton Callie's perceptive, realistic screenplay, which offers a keen insight into the psychology of a man whose life has been unfulfilled.

With Hopper's subdued and shaded performance as the desperate Frankie, the film achieves a natural human resonance, touching our hearts for this guy.

Other players are well-cast, including Madsen as a threatening, sadistic hood and Sutherland as a shady wacko. Director Peter Markle gets the most from his cast, with measured and disciplined performances delivered all around.

Technical credits are similarly lean and eloquent, particularly cinematographer Phil Parmet's gritty lensing.

THE LAST DAYS OF FRANKIE THE FLY

Nu Image

In association with Phoenician Films

An Elie Samaha production

in association with Blueline Prods.

A Peter Markle film

Producer Elie Samaha

Director Peter Markle

Screenwriter Dayton Callie

Executive producers Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson

Line producer Tom Wright Jr.

Director of photography Phil Parmet

Music George S. Clinton

Casting Geno Havens

Editor David Campling

Supervising editor Stephen Rivkin

Production designer James Newport

Costume designer Judy Truchan

Color/stereo

Cast:

Frankie Dennis Hopper

Margaret Daryl Hannah

Sal Michael Madsen

Joey Kiefer Sutherland

Vic Dayton Callie

Thug Charles Carroll

Jack Jack McGee

Running time -- 96 minutes

MPAA rating: R...

CAMP NOWHERE

Buena Vista

Sneaking in under the wire, Hollywood Pictures' seasonal ''Camp Nowhere'' pits yet another gang of clever kids (this time bored with parent-approved summer camps) against stupid adults in a wish-fulfillment comedy. With its target audience largely back in school, the routine effort has almost no chance of making an impact at the boxoffice.

First-time director Jonathan Prince and writers Andrew Kurtzman and Eliot Wald shoot for easygoing laughs and harmless family fun, but ''Camp Nowhere'' has little to distinguish it from similar fare released over the years. Kids will warm up to their energetic contemporaries on screen, but adults will nod off en masse.

Well-cast but not offering anything new, the film has Christopher Lloyd making funny faces as the burnt-out benefactor who helps set up a secret, kids-only camp for the principal scammers -- Spanky-inspired ''Mud'' (Jonathan Jackson), tough guy Zack (Andrew Keegan), airhead Trish (Marne Patterson) and cutie pie Gaby (Melody Kay).

Other adults, good and menacing, figure in the farce that finds the kids auspiciously occupying an old hippie hangout in the woods (HR 8/26-28).-- David Hunter

THERE GOES MY BABY

Orion

An ''American Graffiti''-ish take on the personal and social upheavals surrounding Westwood High's 1965 graduating class, ''There Goes My Baby'' is U.S. social history as writ by the jukebox. Featuring a venerable slew of Golden Oldies from the '50s and '60s, this long-shelved Orion release cruises best during its tune times but stumbles when the narrative spins onto the scene.

The imminent demise of Westwood High School's popular burger hangout, which is to be torn down and replaced by a shopping mall, is the Joni Mitchell-ish metaphor for this story of change.

Indeed, writer-director Floyd Mutrux's central thesis focuses on the growing pains between the Age of Eisenhower and the Age of Aquarius. In his 45-rpm-deep scenario, the central characters are a representative stockpot of Westwood High graduating seniors.

As far as recapturing the days when the '50s met the '60s, ''There Goes My Baby'' succeeds about as well as those '50s-themed franchise burger joints succeed in recalling the era -- all the right sounds but a synthetic feel (HR 8/26-28).-- Duane Byrge

WAGONS EAST!

TriStar

This season's western crop hasn't exactly been burning any holes in the boxoffice. With the exception of ''Maverick, '' the other oaters, including those Kevin Costner, Billy Crystal and Woody Harrelson-Kiefer Sutherland vehicles, fell considerably short of expectations.

Which is reason enough to hold out little hope for ''Wagons East!, '' a slapstick take on the Old West that arrives with the built-in notoriety of being the film that John Candy had almost completed at his untimely death.

Given that the finished product is often tasteless and remarkably unfunny, making little use of Candy's comic genius, it is a milestone best left forgotten.

Matthew Carlson's first feature screenplay wants very much to be another ''Blazing Saddles, '' but

the crass, half-baked result can't hold a candle to vintage Mel Brooks.

Director Peter Markle does little to improve the situation, letting things run their predictable course (HR 8/24).-- Michael Rechtshaffen

Other reviews

Also reviewed last week were the films ''A Simple Twist of Fate'' (HR 8/29), ''Princess Caraboo'' (8/29), ''Kabloonak'' (8/29) and ''Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom'' (8/29).

(c) The Hollywood Reporter...