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For those who love the murder mystery genre, The Perfect Couple is a good next option to add to the list. The mystery drama doesnt take itself too seriously. Its not as lighthearted as shows like Only Murders in the Building, but not as dark as ones like A Murder at the End of the World. The series has a soapy feel to it as well, akin to the shows like Dynasty mixed with the gorgeous backdrop of a beach thats reminiscent of shows like The White Lotus.

Like any good murder mystery, the Netflix series takes viewers on a twisty, turny ride through a murder investigation as viewers at home and characters in the show try to figure out what happened and whodunit. The red herrings and misdirects fly freely. Combined with the story of a wealthy, entitled family in the public eye, The Perfect Couple raises the stakes even higher.

Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for The Perfect Couple.

Everything is not what it seems in the wealthy Winbury family of Netflix’s The Perfect Couple.

Their Nantucket home is pretty much the only idyllic thing about them, viewers will learn in the six episodes of the series, directed by Susanne Bier and adapted from Elin Hilderbrand’s novel by Jenna Lamia. Several key changes — big and small — take the show in a different direction than Hilderbrand’s book.

For name changes, entirely new characters and other different plot points in the show vs. the book, read more below:

Name Changes

Eve Hewson’s bride-to-be, Amelia Sacks in the show, is named Celeste Otis in the books. Isabelle Adjani’s French family friend Isabel Nallet also goes by a different name in the novel — Featherleigh Dale, and she is from London in the book, not France. Gosia, the Winbury’s housekeeper,...

Over the course of seven seasons, Sons of Anarchy saw the deaths of club members and people close to the members of Samcro, including Luann Delaney (Dendrie Taylor) – but why was she killed? Sons of Anarchy saw Jax Teller’s (Charlie Hunnam) efforts to take the title club in a different direction for the benefit of the organization, its members, and their families, but it was a lot easier said than done. Although Jax did his best to be a good leader, Samcro’s decisions and actions often led to conflicts with other groups and the deaths of many people, including some who were part of the club’s family.

Sons of Anarchy was full of action and drama, and it saw Jax and the club going through many tragedies, as they not only saw some of their club brothers die but also other family members – and in some cases,...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 6 Episode 5, “Home Invasion.”] Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) says goodbye to a couple of new people in her life in the latest 9-1-1 episode, one as a result of the other. First, she finds out that one of the new dispatchers, Noah (Alfonso Caballero), used her log-in to help a team of robbers scope out homes that would be empty with their owners in the hospital after 9-1-1 calls. Then, after that case is wrapped, she goes home and fires Magda (Dendrie Allyn Taylor), the nanny — sorry, house manager — who has been taking over her and Chimney’s (Kenneth Choi) home and lives. Hewitt breaks down the episode and teases what’s ahead — including why she’s not too eager for a Maddie-Chimney wedding. Maddie was really tested with bringing new people into her life in this episode. First, let’s talk what happened with Noah. How is she ...

Spoler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched Monday’s episode of Fox’s “9-1-1,” titled “Home Invasion.”

Following a very rough road as of late, “9-1-1” had Maddie Buckley (Jennifer Love Hewitt) firmly in control of her life again this week and making moves that Hewitt didn’t think her character would be capable of in the early days of the Fox first-responder drama.

With Variety, Hewitt discusses Monday’s installment of the show, which saw Maddie deal with trust issues at home — where she and Chimney grapple with the reality of getting a nanny named Madga for Baby Jee-Yun — and in her home away from home, the 9-1-1 call center — where her new recruit makes the twist choice to feed personal info of people with medical emergencies to robbers, and risk Maddie’s career by using her login for the illegal activity.

New call...

Peace in the Valley Tribeca Festival Viewpoints Section Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Tyler Riggs Writer: Tyler Riggs Cast: Brit Shaw, Michael Abbott Jr., Dendrie Taylor, William Samiri Screened at: Village East Cinema, NYC, 4/16/22 Opens: June 12th, 2022 It’s exceptionally tragic that a film about a mass shooting in a supermarket would […]

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Peace in the Valley Review — Peace in the Valley (2022) Film Review from the 21st Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Tyler Riggs and starring Brit Shaw, Dendrie Taylor, Jordan Cox, Michael Aaron Milligan, Michael Abbott Jr., Nicky Buggs, Alex Van, Guy Messenger, Virginia Kirby, Jp Lambert, Nakia Dillard, [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Peace In The Valley: Tyler Riggs’ Movie Features an Astonishingly Good Lead Turn by Brit Shaw [Tribeca 2022]...

Antlers Review — Antlers (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Scott Cooper and starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Sawyer Jones, Cody Davis, Lyla Marlow, Jesse Downs, Arlo Hajdu, Dorian Kingi, Ken Kramer, Dendrie Taylor, Andy Thompson, Jake T. Roberts and Glynis Davies. Antlers [...]

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"Do you think there are people that are just doomed, or cursed?" An official trailer has debuted for an indie drama titled Chasing the Rain, marking the feature debut of filmmaker Cindy Jansen. A photographer desperately tries to fit in and hold on to a decent life he seems to have. But when tragedy suddenly strikes, his unresolved past begins unraveling. He becomes increasingly fearful that something (or someone) must be inflicting ruthless suffering on some people more than others, and he plans an escape. The film's indie cast includes Matt Lanter, William Russ, Hallee Hirsh, Yetide Badaki, Eric Tiede, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Maiara Walsh, Dendrie Taylor, and Cindy Pickett. This looks like the cliche story of someone who is well-traveled and has seen all the bad sides of the world sparring with all the oblivious people back home who can't understand what's going on. I wish this looked better than it does,...

Indie Rights has acquired worldwide rights to Chasing the Rain, the drama written and directed by Cindy Jansen that stars Matt Lanter. The distributor has set a December 18 bow on VOD and digital platforms.

In Jansen’s debut feature, which she also produced, Lanter plays a shy photographer who desperately tries to fit in with his friends and hold on to the decent life he seems to have. When tragedy befalls him, his unresolved past begins unraveling, threatening to destroy his work and relationships. William Russ, Hallee Hirsh, Yetide Badaki, Eric Tiede, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Maiara Walsh, Dendrie Taylor and Cindy Pickett also star.

Bob L. Johnson and Faras Rabadi are executive producers.

“Chasing the Rain is a powerful and entertaining film, one that is timely and relevant to the struggles we’ve faced in 2020, both personally and globally. We are thrilled to partner with Cindy and NightMuse Productions to bring...

Network: HBO.

Episodes: 48 (half-hour).

Seasons: Four.

TV show dates: July 28, 2017 — October 9, 2020.

Series status: Ended.

Performers include: Hugo Armstrong, Davie-Blue, Melonie Diaz, Jay Duplass, Veronica Falcon, Adam Foster, Ellen Geer, Keir Gilchrist, Philip Baker Hall, Sarah Hay, Poorna Jagannathan, Orlando Jones, Ethan Kent, Gavin Kent, Amy Landecker, Konstantin Lavysh, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Keta Meggett, Natalie Morgan, Ross Partridge, Karan Soni, Dendrie Taylor, Tony Todd, Will Tranfo, James Van Der Beek, Mae Whitman, and Nat Wolff.

TV show description:

An anthology series from Mark Duplass and his brother Jay, who also acts in the program, the Room 104 TV show centers on the continuing action, in a single room in an American motel.

Actress Amber Midthunder, who is a regular on the CW series Roswell, New Mexico and previously co-starred in FX’s Legion, stars in The Wheel, an indie feature, which she also produced. Steve Pink is the director and also produced the pic. Pink is known for films like Hot Tub Time Machine 1&2, 2014’s About Last Night, and co-wrote the original High Fidelity film. Midthunder co-stars alongside Taylor Gray, whose credits include Star Wars Rebels and American Princess. The Wheel centers on Albee and Walker, a couple on the verge of divorce. Married at 16, they’re now 24 and miserable. Albee wants out, while Walker wants to make it work – no matter the damage. This is their Hail Mary; a weekend in the mountains to work through a book that might save their relationship via total, brutal honesty. Nelson Lee (Mulan), Bethany Anne Lind (Ozark), and Kevin Pasdon (New Amsterdam) round out the cast.

Take a look at "Horse Girl", the new 'psychological thriller' directed by Jeff Baena, from a screenplay by Baena and Alison Brie, starring Brie, Debby Ryan, John Reynolds, Molly Shannon, John Ortiz and Paul Reiser, streaming on Netflix February 7, 2020:

"...a socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life..."

Cast also includes Jay Duplass, Robin Tunney, Matthew Gray Gubler, Meredith Hagner, Dylan Gelula, Toby Huss, Angela Trimbur, David Paymer, Aaron Stanford, Dendrie Taylor, Lauren Weedman, Jake Picking and Luis Fernandez.

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We all know that Ray Romano has had a long and illustrious career in comedy. From his roots as a stand up comedian to his hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, not to mention his voice work in the Ice Age franchise, he’s a legend. Recently, however, he’s begun to show a more dramatic side to his talents. The Big Sick showcased that skill, while this week, he delivers his best performance to date in Paddleton, a Duplass Brothers production that hit Netflix on Friday. It’s a very nice film, with a quiet power to it, and Romano helps to really elevate it. Michael (Mark Duplass) and Andy (Romano) are unlikely friends. Middle aged men, they’re both single, neighbors, and seem to only have each other. Their lives are dominated by simple routine. They watch kung fu movies, they eat pizza, they explain to everyone they meet...

An unwieldy hybrid of “Step Brothers” and “50/50,” Alex Lehmann’s “Paddleton” offers a funny, surprisingly tender portrait of two arrested-development adult men coming to terms with a terminal illness. Ray Romano continues to offer new dimensions to the dumpy everyman characters he could at this point play in his sleep opposite Mark Duplass’ do-nothing cancer patient, while director and co-writer Lehmann (“Blue Jay”) mines a familiar kind of male bond for an understated, unexpectedly powerful payoff.

Duplass plays Michael, a copy-shop clerk with one friend, his upstairs neighbor Andy (Romano). Notwithstanding their separate apartments, the duo spends virtually every free minute together, mostly rewatching the same kung fu movie while eating frozen pizza, but occasionally venturing outside to play an invented sport called “paddleton” which involves hitting a racquetball off of the screen of an abandoned drive-in movie theater into a barrel.

After Michael’s cancer diagnosis proves inoperable, he...

A movie about cancer has no right to be as consistently amusing as “Paddleton” — a triumph for which credit should be spread around, even if it most deservedly goes to Ray Romano. As a bachelor whose best friend is facing his final days, Romano infuses this otherwise downcast material with regular doses of humor, all of it expertly designed to reflect the roiling emotional roller-coaster upon which he’s been thrust. Locating both pathos and comedy in a raft of small grace notes, the film seems primed to find a sizable streaming audience when, after its Sundance Film Festival premiere, it arrives exclusively on Netflix in late February.

Reuniting director Alex Lehmann with his “Blue Jay” collaborator Mark Duplass, “Paddleton” is almost exclusively a two-hander about Michael (Duplass) and his neighbor Andy (Romano), who lives above him in a dingy apartment complex. Michael’s fatal diagnosis is revealed immediately, and...

Network: Netflix.

Episodes: 16 (half-hour).

Seasons: Two.

TV show dates: September 15, 2017 — October 26, 2018.

Series status: Cancelled.

Performers include: Tyler Alvarez, Griffin Gluck, Jimmy Tatro, Gabriela Fresquez, W. Thomas Henry, Camille Hyde, Carla Jeffery, Eduardo Franco, Jessica Juarez, Carlos Luna, Lou Wilson, Camille Ramsey, Calum Worthy, Sean Carrigan, Lukas Gage, G. Hannelius, Karly Rothenberg, Saxon Sharbino, Aylin Bayramoglu, Myles Brewer, Cody Wai-Ho Lee, Dendrie Taylor, Liam C. Johnson, and Matt Miller.

TV show description:

A scripted satire of true crime documentaries, the American Vandal TV show comes from co-creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, with showrunner Dan Lagana. The Hanover High School community is rocked by scandal, when a graffiti artist spray paints phallic symbols on 27 cars in the employee parking lot.

Apparently, crime does pay. Netflix has renewed its satirical American Vandal TV show for a second season. Although they haven't posted the information on the media site, the streaming service released a teaser announcing the American Vandal renewal, with plans for a 2018 release date. Watch it, below. The eight-episode first season of American Vandal dropped to Netflix on September 15, 2017. Season one of the scripted, true crime send-up stars Tyler Alvarez, Griffin Gluck, Jimmy Tatro, Lou Wilson, Jessica Juarez, Joe Farrell, Camille Hyde, Camille Ramsey, Genevieve Hannelius, Karly Rothenberg, Calum Worthy, Ryan O'Flanagan, Dendrie Taylor, Larry Joe Campbell, Eduardo Franco, Sean Carrigan, and Matt Miller. In the first installment, after a graffiti artist spray paints phallic symbols on 27 cars in the Hanover High School employee parking lot, everyone has one culprit in mind. When sophomore documentarian...

Network: HBO. Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: July 28, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Hugo Armstrong, Davie-Blue, Melonie Diaz, Jay Duplass, Veronica Falcon, Adam Foster, Ellen Geer, Keir Gilchrist, Philip Baker Hall, Sarah Hay, Poorna Jagannathan, Orlando Jones, Ethan Kent, Gavin Kent, Amy Landecker, Konstantin Lavysh, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Keta Meggett, Natalie Morgan, Ross Partridge, Karan Soni, Dendrie Taylor, Tony Todd, Will Tranfo, James Van Der Beek, Mae Whitman and Nat Wolff. TV show description: An anthology series from Mark Duplass and his brother Jay, who also acts in the program, the Room 104 TV show centers on the continuing action, in a single room in an American motel.

[Editor’s Note: This article is presented in partnership with HBO in support of Room 104, which premieres onJuly 28 at 11:30 p.m. Et.]

“Room 104” isn’t like anything else you’ll see on television this year. The new half-hour, genre-bending HBO series features a number of unique facets, but they all relate back, in one way or another, to the creative minds of Mark and Jay Duplass.

The writers, producers, directors, and actors known for breakout independent films like “The Puffy Chair” and “Cyrus” as well as award-winning television like “Togetherness” and “Transparent” have come together to create the latest exciting original series on the Home Box Office network.

Set in a single room in your typical American motel chain, each week tells a different story and all 12 episodes of Season 1 were produced by the Duplass Brothers. The tone, characters, and era can all change week-to-week, and viewers should be ready for drama, comedy, horror, and at the start of each new entry. What unites each story is the common search for...

Six episodes were provided for review prior to broadcast.

I know that when I first step into a hotel room, I do the best I can to avoid thinking about all the people who were in there before me – but that’s mainly for hygienic reasons. To say the least, if I was one of the residents of Room 104, there would be other motives for sidestepping those truths.

Borrowing from the psychedelic imagination of The Twilight Zone, the first season of the Duplass Brothers’ Room 104 hosts a compendium of eccentric, gothic tales. Traveling in and out of the realm of reality, the show plays with a whole assortment of diverse characters and situations. Some are relatable, others are not, but all are connected by one common motif: their stay at the sometimes haunting, sometimes dynamic, sometimes hospitable motel room.

With these characters checking in and out of the show each episode,...

Jay and Mark Duplass are creators who don’t like to be put in a box, even if they’re making six hours of television set within the same four walls.

“Room 104,” the new HBO anthology series from the Duplass brothers, tells individual, episodic stories in each of its 12 half-hour installments, and all 12 are set within the same cheap, dingy hotel room. The first episode, which premiered at the Atx TV Festival Saturday evening, is a lot closer to Mark Duplass’ work in indie films “Creep” and “The One I Love” than the brothers’ former HBO comedy.

During a panel discussion following the episode, Duplass said he felt inspired by the constraints of the premise.

“I have something like 218 ideas in a Word document on my computer,” Duplass said.

Noting how it felt like he was back making low-budget indie films, Duplass said he wrote seven of the 12 episodes...

The latest horror flick filled with immense badassery to be added to Shudder's library is the fifth sequel in the Phantasm franchise, Phantasm: Ravager. Also in today's Highlights: details on the Clive Barker Reel Fear Contest, Portland International Film Festival's After Dark program, release details for Slasher.com and The Eyes, a new poster for Atomica, and production news and photos for A Haunting at Silver Falls II.

Phantasm: Ravager Comes to Shudder: "Joining Shudder is Phantasm: Ravager- the final installment of the long-running Phantasm series.

In addition to Phantasm: Ravager, streaming exclusively on Shudder is the remaster of Don Coscarelli’s 1979 classic Phantasm, as well as its sequels Phantasm III and Phantasm IV.

Phantasm was recently restored by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Coscarelli, and given both a new 4K remaster and a 5.1 surround sound mix, which will be the version presented exclusively on Shudder."

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Network: FX

Episodes: 92 (hour)

Seasons: Seven

TV show dates: September 3, 2008 -- December 9, 2014

Series status: Ended

Performers include: Charlie Hunnam, Mark Boone Junior, Tommy Flanagan, Maggie Siff, Ron Perlman, Kim Coates, Katey Sagal, Theo Rossi, Ryan Hurst, Johnny Lewis, William Lucking, Dayton Callie, Taylor Sheridan, Ally Walker, Winter Ave Zoli, Adam Arkin, Henry Rollins, Dendrie Taylor, Emilio Rivera, Jamie McShane, Marcos A. Ferraez, Mitch Pileggi, Callard Harris, Julie Ariola, Tory Kittles, Sprague Grayden, Nicholas Guest, Jay Karnes, Tara Macken, and Drea de Matteo.

TV show description:

This dark and humorous drama follows the members of a notorious motorcycle club from Charming, California. The mission of the local Redwood chapter of the Sons of Anarchy (Soa) is to protect their simple town from advancing drug dealers and local corporate developers -- while also making sure...

Daniel Petrie Jr..'s film "Dawn Patrol" tells the story of a surfer-turned-Marine (Scott Eastwood) held at gun point tells his tragic story of ‘revenge gone wrong’ to stall his execution.The film will premiere on October 25th at the Austin Film Festival.

With the screenplay originating out of Austin Film Festival’s Screenplay Competition,”Dawn Patrol” was acquired by Daniel Petrie Jr. and Rick Dugdale at Enderby Entertainment. The story will make its way back to Texas this October for its World Premiere

Julie Carmen describes her character in “Dawn Patrol” as,“Every woman who loses a child to violence.”She calls the film,“A West Side Story set among the turf and surf wars of 'locals only' beaches.”Scott Eastwood and Julie Carmen tell their stories from parallel perspectives.Julie says,“it feels like ‘Rashomon’-the way we co-narrate the twists and turns of this complex, contemporary tragedy of racism,revenge and reconciliation.” To read more about the actress visit Here

Who is attending the premiere:(Director) Daniel Petrie Jr.,(Writers) Brian Pittman, Rachel Long,(Producer)Rick Dugdale,(Cast) Scott Eastwood, Rita Wilson, Julie Carmen, Jeff Fahey, Chris Brochu, Kim Matula, Dendrie Taylor, Matt Meola.

Film: "Saving Mr. Banks"; Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Colin Farrell, Bradley Whitford, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths, Dendrie Taylor, Kathy Baker, Victoria Summer, Ronan Vibert, Annie Buckley and Melanie Paxson; Director: John Hancock; Rating: ****1/2

An engaging, well-crafted and mounted drama, "Saving Mr. Banks" is the Golden Jubilee tribute to Walt Disney's 1964 family musical hit, "Mary Poppins".

The film is a very intimate representation that unravels the source, adaptation and making of the legendary classic, "Mary Poppins". Touted to be a "real story" of Walter Disney's travails in the making of the film, it also encapsulates the life of the author, P.L. Travers.

Relativity Media has released a high-resolution photo gallery for their upcoming thriller Out of the Furnace, following its premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles last week. Christian Bale stars as Russell Baze, a blue collar man who sets off on journey to find his missing brother Rodney (Casey Affleck). Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Willem Dafoe, Sam Shepard and Forest Whitaker also star in this highly-anticipated drama from director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), arriving in theaters December 6.

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Out of the Furnace comes to theaters December 6th, 2013 and stars Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Willem Dafoe, Sam Shepard, Forest Whitaker, Casey Affleck, Dendrie Taylor. The film is directed by Scott Cooper.

Following its premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles earlier this week, Relativity Media has released a 90-second TV spot for Out of the Furnace. Christian Bale stars as Russell Baze, a steel worker who takes the law into his own hands and clashes with a dangerous criminal (Woody Harrelson) when his brother Casey Affleck) goes missing. Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe, Sam Shepard and Forest Whitaker round out the all-star cast of this upcoming thriller, arriving in theaters December 6.

Out of the Furnace comes to theaters December 6th, 2013 and stars Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Willem Dafoe, Sam Shepard, Forest Whitaker, Casey Affleck, Dendrie Taylor. The film is directed by Scott Cooper.

Multicultural wish-fulfillment narratives are common in American indies, particularly post–9-11. The best, like 2007's The Visitor, keep the maudlin hand-holding to a minimum and allow the complexities of human interaction to do the heavy lifting. Jeremiah Birnbaum's Torn does just that, so when the inevitable camaraderie between unlikely characters develops, it actually feels possible. Maryam (Mahnoor Baloch), a Muslim American, and Lea (Dendrie Taylor), a stereotypically blue-collar Caucasian, meet after an explosion at the local mall has killed their teenage sons. Singularly shared experience quickly bonds the two, until the impending investigation into whether Maryam's mosque-attending son harbored anti-American sentiment ignites an unfortunate blame game. The h...

What is the true face for terrorism?

Fog City Pictures released the trailer for the indie drama “Torn.”

Here’s the synopsis:

An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall. When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers’ new friendship and forcing them to question how well they knew their own children. Torn is a powerful dramatic journey that invites each of us to confront our own perceptions of the world and one another.

The drama stars Mahnoor Baloch, Dendrie Taylor, Faran Tahir, Sharon Washington, Patrick St. Esprit and John Heard. It’s directed by Jeremiah Birnbaum.

The film will be released in New York City on October 18 and in various California cities on October 25. Check https://www.facebook.com/tornthefilm for the exact release details.

Watch the trailer for The FIlm Collective and Brainstorm Media's Torn, starring Mahnoor Baloch, Dendrie Taylor, Faran Tahir, Sharon Washington, Patrick St. Esprit and John Heard. Jeremiah Birnbaum directs the film screenwritten by Michael Richter, with a release date set for October 18th in New York at the Village East Cinemas, then expanding to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley and Orange County, California, on October 25th, 2013. An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall. When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers’ new friendship and forcing them to question how well they knew their own children.

If there is anything we have learned post-9/11 is that the spectre of threat and the presence of fear can arrive from completely unexpected places. The face of terrorism has moved beyond cliché, with those wishing to lash out for whatever reasons coming from backgrounds that are surprisingly diverse. And it's against this backdrop that "Torn" unfolds. Directed by Jeremiah Birnbaum, from a script by Michael Richter, the film stars Mahnoor Baloch, Dendrie Taylor, Faran Tahir, Sharon Washington, Patrick St. Esprit and John Heard and tells the story of Maryam, an upper-middle class Pakistani immigrant and Lea, a working class mother, whose lives collide when both their sons are killed in what seems like an unfortunate gas line explosion at a local shopping mall. But when the investigation into the incident reveals that Maryam's son may have set off a bomb, their worlds are turned upside down. This exclusive trailer...

Image Entertainment, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of a new label, Slingshot Pictures. The line will focus exclusively on faith-based titles and be managed by industry veteran Suzette Schafer who has been hired as Senior Vice President. The Slingshot Pictures brand will premiere in November according to Image Entertainment Chief Acquisitions Officer Bill Bromiley.

"With a current estimate of $4.5 billion annually, the faith-based market continues to grow and, at present, is underserved," commented Bromiley. "With the addition of Suzette and her vast knowledge of this market, we have identified several films that we feel are perfect for audiences and will continue to add more films to the label's library."

"I'm excited to be launching this new label for Image Entertainment," said Suzette Schafer, Senior Vice President, Specialty Product. "It is our goal to acquire films that have strong family values, messages of hope and are life affirming as well as spiritually enriching.

FX drama "Sons of Anarchy" has tapped the magic of Der Hoff. David Hasselhoff has a plum guest role on FX's Sons of Anarchy as Dondo, a well-endowed former porn star who is now churning out sleazy girl-on-girl adult films. Wiliam Keck at TVGuide.com scooped the news of Der Dondo - given his break by the late Luanne (Dendrie Taylor). Last season's offbeat casting included author Stephen King as a Harvey Keitel-Winston Wolf "Pulp Fiction" cleaner type pal pf Tig's. King's character was called in to dispose of the dead Guatemalan nurse of Gemma's dad, Alzheimer's afflicted Nate (Hal Holbrook), who was killed in a botched attempt to turn in Gemma.

If you bet that Stephen King’s cameo on Sons of Anarchy’s third season could not be topped in the ‘random’ department, prepare to lose your lunch money. David Hasselhoff, (it’s customary to just refer to him as The Hoff at this point) who is known best to the world as Baywatch’s speedo-wearing lifeguard Mitch Buchannon and also Michael Knight from Knight Rider, has booked a guest spot on the fourth season of the FX biker drama. According to TVGuide, the Hoff will play a sleazy former porn star: “The former America’s Got Talent judge will play Dondo, a well-endowed former porn star who is now making major coin by producing sleazy girl-on-girl adult films. Turns out Dondo was given a major career boost by Luanne (Dendrie Taylor) and gets involved in a little dirty work in her memory.” Could this just be the most brilliant casting ever?...

This is a sentence we did not expect to write this week, or frankly ever: David Hasselhoff will guest-star on "Sons of Anarchy."

But it's true. The Hoff will appear in an episode of the FX drama's fourth season as a character named Dondo Elgarian, a former porn star who's now producing adult films. TV Guide first reported the news, and "Soa" creator Kurt Sutter confirmed it via Twitter.

"Last year, Stephen King, this year 'the Hoff' -- your dose of seasonal ironic guest stars," Sutter wrote. He then added, "Here's the best part ... Hoff and Tom Anrold in the same scene. Say it ain't so, Joe. Say it ain't so ..."

Arnold has appeared on "Sons of Anarchy" before, guesting in a pair of Season 2 episodes as porn producer Georgie Caruso -- who, it was strongly suggested, was involved in Luann's (Dendrie Taylor) death. TV Guide says Hasselhoff's character is...

We've already heard that Danny Trejo was joining the fourth season of Sons of Anarchy this fall, but now a stranger name has entered the mix for the new season. TV Guide has learned that Baywatch lifeguard and cheeseburger coinesseur David Hasslehoff has landed a role on the FX drama. Even more weird is that he'll be playing Dondo, a well-endowed former porn star who is now making major coin by producing sleazy girl-on-girl adult films. Apparently his career was given a bump thanks to Luanne (Dendrie Taylor) and so he "gets involved in a little dirty work in her memory." Hasslehoff certainly has a sleazy nature about him in his old age, so this sounds like perfect casting. Details on Elizabeth Hurley joining the cast of Gossip Girl after the jump. For the fifth season of the CW series, Elizabeth Hurley will be joining the cast for a multiple-episode...

David Hasselhoff is to play a former porn star in the fourth season of FX drama Sons of Anarchy. The former Baywatch actor has won the role of Dondo, a past associate of Luann Delaney (Dendrie Taylor), according to TV Line. After retiring from making on-screen appearances, the "well-endowed" Dondo becomes an adult film producer and is keen to reunite with Luann. Hasselhoff is best known for his roles in Baywatch and classic NBC series Knight Rider. He also enjoyed a brief pop music career in the '80s and early '90s, and has recently served as a judge on both America's (more)...

David Hasselhoff has landed a "meaty role" on "Sons of Anarchy". The former "America's Got Talent" judge is cast a well-endowed ex-porn star, Dondo, who is now making money by producing lesbian adult films.

"Dondo was given a major career boost by Luanne (Dendrie Taylor) and gets involved in a little dirty work in her memory," TV Guide reports. Hasselhoff will turn up on the show in October, while the fourth season premiere is slated for September.

The new chapter will see the gang back in Charming again. "We're out of jail and we're making money. With that upswing, comes all the complications that success and power bring," creator Kurt Sutter previously revealed. He additionally said that the show will return with a story more focused on the inside dynamics of the club.

David Hasselhoff is currently serving as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent". He is set to make...

Today we pay witness on television to Spike TV’s annual Guys Choice Awards. The off-the-wall awards show is dedicated to all things men from one of the manliest channels on cable, next to anything having to do with sports. They give proper nods to all things manly, super awesome and attractive that is within the realm of film and television. We were able to jump on the tile red-like carpet as we chat to a few actors like Thomas Lennon, Dendrie Taylor and more all the way over at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA. Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards is now on the air, but the channel...

Mark Wahlberg accepted the Guy Movie of the Year award for The Fighter at the Guys Choice Awards, which will air on Friday, June 10 at 9 Pm Et on Spike. The network released footage of Mark Wahlberg accepting the award, where he also discussed The Fighter 2 sequel. Here's what he had to say below about the project, which will involve Micky Ward's three fights with Arturo Gatti.

"We left out the Arturo Gatti fights for a reason, because that's for The Fighter 2. We're not going to do The Fighter 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, but we're going to do The Fighter 2. We're going to do the Ward/Gatti trilogy."

The actor's statement mirrored what he said back in March, when he revealed they only wanted to do one sequel to The Fighter. It seems that one sequel will cover all three fights, which happened between May 2002 and June 2003. Click on the video player below...

What began as a new drama at FX back in 2008 has turned into a worldwide obsession for so many fans. "Sons of Anarchy" is the construct of showrunner Kurt Sutter (The Shield) who also is a player in the Samcro fold. As an actor, Sutter shines as the incarcerated Otto Delaney, who shoulders Christ-like burdens for his brothers. Otto has lost his eyes in jail over "Sons" related business dealings; he has lost his woman Luann (Dendrie Taylor), murdered over a retaliation from Jax's (Charlie Hunnam) attack on porn King Georgie (Tom Arnold), and his freedom, keeping the coda of silence and not helping law enforcement get any further damning intel on his brothers.

See the movie trailer, poster, images from Cinema Verite, starring Diane Lane, Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini direct the drama from the script by David Seltzer, which also stars Thomas Dekker, Patrick Fugit, Kathleen Quinlan, Kaitlyn Dever, Dendrie Taylor, Matt O'Leary and Lolita Davidovich. Cinema Verite tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking 12-hour PBS documentary series "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new genre: the reality TV series. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Diane Lane, Oscar and Golden Globe winner Tim Robbins and Golden Globe and Emmy winner James Gandolfini star in the HBO Films presentation...

See the movie trailer, poster, images from Cinema Verite, starring Diane Lane, Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini direct the drama from the script by David Seltzer, which also stars Thomas Dekker, Patrick Fugit, Kathleen Quinlan, Kaitlyn Dever, Dendrie Taylor, Matt O'Leary and Lolita Davidovich. Cinema Verite tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking 12-hour PBS documentary series "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new genre: the reality TV series. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Diane Lane, Oscar and Golden Globe winner Tim Robbins and Golden Globe and Emmy winner James Gandolfini star in the HBO Films presentation...

See the movie trailer, poster, images from Cinema Verite, starring Diane Lane, Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini direct the drama from the script by David Seltzer, which also stars Thomas Dekker, Patrick Fugit, Kathleen Quinlan, Kaitlyn Dever, Dendrie Taylor, Matt O'Leary and Lolita Davidovich. Cinema Verite tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking 12-hour PBS documentary series "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new genre: the reality TV series. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Diane Lane, Oscar and Golden Globe winner Tim Robbins and Golden Globe and Emmy winner James Gandolfini star in the HBO Films presentation...

See the movie trailer, poster, images from Cinema Verite, starring Diane Lane, Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini direct the drama from the script by David Seltzer, which also stars Thomas Dekker, Patrick Fugit, Kathleen Quinlan, Kaitlyn Dever, Dendrie Taylor, Matt O'Leary and Lolita Davidovich. Cinema Verite tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking 12-hour PBS documentary series "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new genre: the reality TV series. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Diane Lane, Oscar and Golden Globe winner Tim Robbins and Golden Globe and Emmy winner James Gandolfini star in the HBO Films presentation...

Paramount's boxing drama The Fighter had no trouble knocking out its home video competition last week, taking the top spot on Blu-ray sales, DVD sales and DVD rental charts.

Barbie: A Fairy Secret took second place in DVD sales with Hereafter taking third place with The Switch finishing in fourth place. Last week's top DVD seller, Jackass 3, dropped to sixth place on the sales charts, behind Megamind in fifth place.

The Fighter topped the rental charts, largely because Paramount doesn't enforce a 28-day delay on Netflix and Redbox for new releases. The Switch took second place in rentals, although Hereafter took 19th place since Warner Bros. imposes the 28-day delay for Netflix and Redbox.

The Fighter rounded out the home video sweep with a win on the Blu-ray sales charts. A healthy 40% of The Fighter's total sales came in the high-definition format. Hereafter took third place in Bd sales...

A sequel to The Fighter is still a ways off, although it seems director David O. Russell is looking to both write and direct The Fighter 2.

The Fighter was David O. Russell's first project that he didn't write himself. Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson all collaborated on the Oscar-nominated screenplay.

Here's what David O. Russell had to say about writing The Fighter 2.

"I would do it whenever anyone says they're ready. I'm ready to write it. I would definitely want to be involved in that."

Earlier this month, Mark Wahlberg revealed that he wants to use The Fighter 2 to explore Micky Ward's trilogy of fights with Arturo Gatti. David O. Russell also wants to show the Arturo Gatti fights, as well as look deeper into Micky Ward's family; specifically his sisters.

"I think Micky's story has a lot of heart whichever way you cut it.

David O. Russell directs the Oscar-nominated biopic The Fighter, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD today. We have an exclusive look at the special features, with a featurette detailing the boxing choreography on display. Mark Wahlberg takes us through his climactic end fight scene, which you can watch in the clip below.

Click to watch Exclusive: Shooting the Fight Scenes!

"Mark Wahlberg is perfect" (Entertainment Weekly) and "Christian Bale is astonishing" (New York Times) in the inspiring true story The Fighter, debuting in a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy, on standard DVD and on VOD March 15, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Directed by Academy Award nominee David O. Russell (Three Kings), The Fighter has received seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale), Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo and Amy Adams), Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. The powerful, uplifting and "remarkable...

Mark Wahlberg has revealed that he only wants to make one sequel to The Fighter, instead of drawing it out into a franchise like the Rocky series. Here's what the actor recently had to say about The Fighter 2.

"I got bit by the bug, and now I'm trying to plant the idea in everyone's head that we should do - not five or six Fighters like Rocky - but one more because the big thing that Micky Ward was famous for was his three epic battles with Arturo Gatti. So we're talking about possibly taking one more run at it."

The actor first revealed his plans for a sequel earlier this month. It seems that the three Arturo Gatti fights would be handled all within one movie. Mark Wahlberg also said most of the cast would likely return.

"Yeah. Everybody had such an amazing experience making the movie that I...