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The Battle of Iwo Jima, fought from February 19 to March 26, 1945, was a key battle of World War II. The Japanese Army had two fortified bunkers there, which the American Army aimed to capture. The casualties were heavy on both sides, with the Americans ultimately suffering more losses than the Japanese. The island of Iwo Jima was eventually taken, and many Americans are familiar with the photograph (taken by a journalist named Joe Rosenthal) of American soldiers raising a flag at the top of Mount Suribachi. The photo was used as a model by sculptor Felix de Weldon to fashion a statue used at the Marine Corps War Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery. 

The battle is well-remembered by war historians, and taught extensively in history classes. The Battle of Iwo Jima has also been a popular subject for filmmakers, and many features have been devoted to the war effort. Perhaps most famously,...

Lightning struck twice for sitcom producer Sherwood Schwartz, who created two monster TV hits within the span of a single decade. Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch were even more popular in syndication than they were in prime time, airing for years in countries around the world.

But just because Schwartz created two treasures doesn’t mean he was an infallible comedy Midas — the producer touched plenty of shows that failed to turn into gold. In fact, here are four of the worst comedies created by Sherwood Schwartz…

1 It’s About Time

It’s About Time, a sci-fi comedy series that Schwartz invented in between Gilligan and Brady Bunch, had all the hallmarks of his hits: a memorably wacky concept, veteran comedians from 1950s sitcoms and a bouncy theme song that explained the show’s premise.

It's about time for you and me

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Mara Corday, who was menaced by a huge hairy spider in the cult horror film Tarantula and appeared in several films thanks to Clint Eastwood, whom she called a “godsend,” has died. She was 95.

Corday died Feb. 9 at her home in Valencia, California, according to a death certificate filed with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health that was obtained by The Washington Post. The cause was arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

A onetime contract player at Universal-International, Corday also worked in many Westerns, among them Drums Across the River (1954), starring Audie Murphy; King Vidor’s Man Without a Star (1955), starring Kirk Douglas; and The Quiet Gun (1957), starring Forrest Tucker.

She said she was especially proud of her turn as a fun-loving French girl in the Technicolor romantic musical comedy So This Is Paris (1954), directed by Richard Quine and starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven.

Corday was married to actor Richard Long (Bourbon Street Beat,...

There is no separating the character of Lieutenant Columbo from the man who portrayed him on "Columbo," Peter Falk (even if he wasn't the first choice to play the unconventional detective). The actor really made the character his own through his performance, but shockingly, he only directed one episode of the long-running series. It's likely that he wanted to focus on simply acting and wasn't interested in trying to pull double-duty, although he did also write an episode of the series later in its run. In the end, though, fans got only a single magical episode both starring and directed by Falk: season 1, episode 7, "Blueprint for Murder."

"Blueprint for Murder" features "Silent Night, Bloody Night" star Patrick O'Neal as the murderer of the week, Elliot Markham, an architect who kills the extremely wealthy Texan Bo Williamson (Forrest Tucker in a 10-gallon hat) with the help of his lover, Williamson's beautiful trophy wife,...

Denzel Washington is directly proportional to pure Hollywood royalty. If you need to give an example of living legends, there is no way you are allowed to leave the man’s name out of the list. Whether it is Malcolm X or Training Day, Giving Voice, or Devil in a Blue Dress, Denzel Washington has proven time and time again that he stepped into the industry to conquer. And now, his two sons are following in his footsteps.

Denzel Washington in a still from Malcolm X (1992) | Credits: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Denzel Washington has 2 sons – John David Washington and Malcolm Washington. Growing up with him as a father, it was inevitable that the two would develop a deep understanding and appreciation for cinema. As they make their name in the industry, let’s take a look at five films the two of them have done that are a must-watch!

John Wayne was nominated for an Oscar three times across his 50-year career, but he only walked home with one. Wayne starred in around 80 Westerns, so his defining image in pop culture is as a macho, no-nonsense cowboy. This gives a limited view of his range because while he often played variations on the same character, he delivered some layered performances too. The Searchers is Wayne's best and darkest work, while he's genuinely charming in the romantic drama The Quiet Man. Still, Wayne rarely got much respect from the Academy Awards.

Many of the John Wayne/John Ford movie collaborations received great reviews, but somehow, none of the star's Oscar nods came from those films. Wayne also picked up several awards on behalf of other performers, including Gary Cooper for High Noon; this is a little bizarre in hindsight, as Wayne deeply hated High Noon and its moral message. The...

The premise of Sherwood Schwartz's popular 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island" is handily explained in its theme song: five passengers check into a three-hour boat tour, run by the skipper and first mate of a tiny tourist boat called the S.S. Minnow. The ship hits some bad weather and is thrown miles off course, landing on an uncharted desert isle. The seven tourists become seven stranded castaways. No phones, no lights, no motorcars, not a single luxury. Like "Robinson Crusoe," it's as primitive as can be. The septet have to learn to live together, usually to comedic effect. 

Gilligan (Bob Denver) was the above-mentioned first mate, and his innocent cluelessness and tendency to bumble often thwarted the castaways' ability to escape. He shared the island with his Skipper (Alan Hale), a professor (Russell Johnson), a pair of married millionaires (Natalie Schafer and Jim Backus), a farmer (Dawn Wells), and a...

The History Channel presents the third episode of History’s Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman, titled “San Quentin Breakout.” The episode airs on Monday, 5 August 2024, at 9:00 p.m. and recounts the remarkable story of Forrest Tucker’s daring prison escape. Despite his advanced age, Forrest Tucker, a lifelong escape artist, found himself incarcerated in San […]

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On Monday, August 5, 2024, at 9:00 Pm, History Channel’s “History’s Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman” dives into one of the most audacious prison breaks in history with the episode titled “San Quentin Breakout.”

The episode chronicles the remarkable story of Forrest Tucker, a lifelong escape artist who finds himself confined in the notorious San Quentin prison. Despite being advanced in age, Tucker’s remarkable ingenuity and unyielding spirit come into play as he devises a bold and intricate plan to escape. Known for his elaborate and daring escapes, Tucker’s San Quentin breakout is a testament to his exceptional skills and relentless determination.

Viewers can expect a gripping narrative as Morgan Freeman guides them through the details of this daring escape. The episode promises to be an engaging exploration of Tucker’s extraordinary abilities and the lengths he went to in securing his freedom.

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Sherwood Schwartz's "The Brady Bunch" was entering its Cousin Oliver death throes when the bankable television producer unveiled what he hoped would be his next sitcom smash in "Dusty's Trail." He had good reason to be upbeat. The zany Western series was a reunion with his "Gilligan's Island" star Bob Denver, who'd become a household name thanks to the syndication success of that critically derided, yet ridiculously watchable 1960s show. If couch potatoes were content to gorge on reruns of their previous collaboration, surely they'd have an appetite for Denver playing an equally inept coachman bumbling his way west to California.

There were, however, warning signs ahead of the series' September 1973 debut. For starters, Schwartz's efforts to revive "Gilligan's Island" based on the strength of its syndication popularity had proven fruitless. Meanwhile, the networks simply weren't interested in another go-round with Schwartz and Denver, which forced the producer...

The original live-action Ghost Busters featured a bumbling trio of detectives fighting paranormal creatures with a ghost de-materializer. The 1986 animated version, Ghostbusters, was a sequel with new characters battling a ghost wizard named Prime Evil. Filmation's Ghostbusters faced challenges against Columbia Pictures' version, leading to quick cancellation and regrets from the executive producer.

Do you remember The Ghost Busters show? The live-action children’s sitcom ran on CBS for one season during the mid-1970s and centered around three slapstick paranormal detectives — Jake Kong, Eddie Spencer, and Tracy. The last name was actually a gorilla with a trademark beanie propeller hat. This bumbling trio would retrieve their weekly assignment from a cassette tape that was hidden inside a department store.

Never seen but only heard, their boss Zero would usually have them fight against the likes of Frankenstein, The Mummy, Dracula, or even the ghost of Billy the Kid. With...

F Troop was a Western-comedy that only lasted two seasons despite being a fan favorite. The show featured physical comedy and a talented cast but was likely canceled due to production costs. F Troop's unique take on Westerns and endearing characters deserved more than just two seasons.

For some, there is no worse feeling regarding media than having your favorite TV Show canceled. This is particularly true when it comes as a surprise, whether with the show still succeeding or ending mid-story. Sadly, many TV shows end too soon, which has been the case since the dawn of TV. Not everything will live on in longevity, even when it is, by most measures, a success. One such show that only lasted two seasons and got canceled while still being a fan favorite is the western-comedy F Troop.

We will reflect on the short-lived TV show, what made it stand out,...

Director David Lowery explains the de-aging of Robert Redford in The Old Man & the Gun, using unconventional methods like cutouts and footage from other movies. Lowery wanted to showcase Forrest Tucker's history as an escape artist, so they needed a younger Redford. They used a cutout to achieve this effect. The Old Man & the Gun took a different approach to de-aging compared to other films, choosing a simple and low-budget method.

The outlandish de-aging of Robert Redford in The Old Man & the Gun is explained by the film’s director. Directed by David Lowery, The Old Man & the Gun is an action comedy based on the true story of septuagenarian Forrest Tucker’s escape from the San Quentin prison and a series of heists he embarked on following his breakout. As an independent film, The Old Man & the Gun faced one notable VFX challenge:...

Robert Redford is a celebrated and iconic actor of his generation, and now his long career has him returning to TV to work on an underrated series. Redford has had an illustrious career over the years, as he has received four Academy Award nominations and secured victory in 1980 for his direction of Ordinary People. He is also renowned for his unforgettable portrayal of Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a role that earned him Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA award. With an impressive repertoire, Redford has accumulated 89 acting credits and contributed to 451 projects.

Redford's last television performance was in 1963 in Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 8, episode 18, which was a horror anthology series created, hosted, and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. Since then, Redford has primarily focused on his work in acting and directing films. However, in 2021 Redford teamed up with Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin...

Every 10 years or so, Hollywood seems to fall head over heels in love with a writer. In the 1990s, studios couldn't stop turning John Grisham's legal drama/thriller novels into movies. Such was also the case with romance novelist Nicholas Sparks, starting with "Message in a Bottle" in 1999 and stretching on throughout the 2000s and a little beyond.

More recently, journalist and writer David Grann has quietly emerged as the hot new thing in Tinseltown. His book "Killers of the Flower Moon" is now a $200 million, three-hour epic directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and the screen rights to his newest work, "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder," were acquired by Scorsese and DiCaprio before it was even published. Recent years have also seen Grann's book "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" and his New Yorker article...

There is something fitting about the fact that a charming adventure story about a boy that never grows up who leads a cadre of children wishing to remain similarly youthful and carefree forever gets remade in one form or another every decade or so. It speaks to the fact that the desire to avoid adulthood and remain unmoored and childlike forever remains as strong as ever, if not stronger. At the same time, it reveals our seeming inability to understand fully why the story is so resonant. Every time the story is told, you can feel the creator struggling with the material, wrestling with its meaning, imparting in the story their own beliefs and fears.

Director David Lowery, who has spent the last decade building an aesthetically and thematically similar but tonally diverse oeuvre, is a perfect modern match for this material. His works have explored heartache and loneliness and...

Best known as gag writer Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Morey Amsterdam wrote, produced and starred in this low budget black and white comedy made as the Van Dyke show was nearing its end. A blend of Catskill one-liners and outdated topical humor, it stars two other Van Dyke veterans, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon and a host of celebrity cameos including Forrest Tucker who shot his segment during his lunch break on F-Troop.

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Uzmaki is a 2000 horror film based on a manga (Japanese graphic novel) which was still being created while the movie was being made. Hence, the two stories ended up with different endings. The plot centers on a town’s obsession with spirals, and the tendency of its inhabitants to turn into snails. The real horror? There is no French restaurant around to take advantage of the suddenly plentiful supply of king-sized escargot.

Beware if you see this in a theater and one of the patrons leaves a slimy trail as he exits.

The film was released as the lead picture of a double feature – which leaves us to wonder why the second half was...

When folks say they love winter, typically they refer to the earliest months of the season, with winter beginning on Dec. 21 in the northern hemisphere. In those early days of holiday cheer, there is something familiar and comforting about the cold. But eventually the bright lights go away, and the wind howls louder. Eventually, all you’re left with is icy darkness.

Perhaps that’s why so many of the best horror movies are set during the winter season! Utilizing folks’ fear of barren bleakness, and the tedium of being trapped inside becoming lethal, filmmakers who run the gamut from Stanley Kubrick to John Carpenter have imprinted our worst nightmares onto the snow. Below is a list of their frozen works.

30 Days of Night (2007)

They have lived in shadows long enough. They are the last of their kind. But above the Arctic Circle there’s a party going on,...

Larry Storch, the stand-up comic turned ubiquitous television actor who made an indelible impression as the bumbling Corporal Randolph Agarn on the 1960s sitcom F Troop, has died. He was 99.

His death was announced on his Facebook page. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share with you the news our beloved Larry passed away in his sleep overnight. We are shocked and at a loss for words at the moment. Please remember he loved each and every one of you and wouldn’t want you to cry over his passing. He is reunited with his wife Norma and his beloved F Troop cast and so many friends and family.”

Born in New York City – his Bronx accent would be used to enduring effect in his comic portrayals – Storch began his show business career as a stand-up comic and parlayed his popularity to a prolific and long-lasting television career,...

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Larry Storch, the manic comic actor who starred as the bumbling sidekick Corporal Randolph Agarn on the 1960s ABC sitcom F Troop, has died. He was 99.

Storch, who got his start as a stand-up comic, did impressions and voiced the all-knowing Phineas J. Whoopee on the classic cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, died early Friday morning of natural causes in his apartment on the Upper West Side of New York, his personal manager, Matt Beckoff, told The Hollywood Reporter.

“If I told you how nice he was, you wouldn’t believe it,” Beckoff said.

Storch was great friends with Tony Curtis — a fellow New Yorker whom he met when they served aboard a submarine tender in the U.S. Navy — and they appeared together in The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951), Who Was That Lady? (1960), 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962), Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), Sex...

Larry Storch, who memorably played Corporal Randolph Agarn on the mid-1960s ABC sitcom F Troop, died on July 8, six months shy of his 100th birthday.

The actor’s passing was announced by his official Facebook page.

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“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share with you the news our beloved Larry passed away in his sleep overnight,” the message reads. “We are shocked and at...

“I had me a quiet woman once. Outside she was as calm as Sunday, but inside wild as mountain scenery.”

Randolph Scott was a Hollywood Cowboy Legend, the always tall-in-the-saddle hero who helped define the genre. Rustle up a spot and enjoy 12 of his classics in this special 6-disc Western roundup. Making their Blu-ray debut in the United States and filled with new bonus features and collectible booklet, this is an impressive collection fit for any western movie fan! Order the set Here

Here’s a vintage trailer for Ride Lonesome:

The film in this set include:

The Desperadoes

The Nevadan

Santa Fe

Man in the Saddle

Hangman’s Knot

The Stranger Wore a Gun

A Lawless Street

The Tall T

Decision At Sundown

Buchanan Rides Alone

Ride Lonesome

Comanche Station

The films star Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, Forrest Tucker, Donna Reed, Lee Marvin, Angela Landsbury, Maureen O’Sullivan, John Carroll, Lee Van Cleef,...

Joan Weldon, stage actress and a Warner Bros. contract player in the 1950s who achieved lasting sci-fi fame in the creature feature giant ant classic Them!, died Feb. 11 at her home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was 90.

Her death was only recently announced by her family. A cause was not specified, but the family notes that she “passed away peacefully” at home.

“A talented and successful opera singer and actress of theatre, film, musicals and television, she was simply known to many as Joanie,” the family writes, “whose love for light-hearted pranks and practical jokes spread joy wherever she went.”

Born in San Francisco, Weldon began her professional career at age 16 when she became the San Francisco Opera’s youngest contract singer. She would return to the live stage often, appearing on Broadway opposite Alfred Drake in the 1961 musical Kean.

In 1958 she played Marian the Librarian in the national touring...

Just under the top echelon of British sci-fi lurks this well-produced, absorbing ‘expedition to terror!’ that surprises us by paying off on an intellectual plane. After building his monster but before defeating Dracula, Peter Cushing found himself in a real fix on a snowy mountain peak. Sure, the race of enormous Yeti are shiver-inducing, but Cushing must also withstand the mind games of a suspiciously solicitous Tibetan Lhama, and a piratical double-cross by an American huckster who goes by the deceptive name, ‘Friend.’

The Abominable Snowman

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1957 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 85, 90 min. / The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas / Street Date December 10, 2020

Starring: Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Arnold Marlé, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown, Michael Brill, Wolfe Morris, Anthony Chinn.

Cinematography: Arthur Grant

Film Editor: Bill Lenny

Original Music: Humphrey Searle

Written by Nigel Kneale from his teleplay The Creature

Produced by Aubrey Baring, Michael Carreras, Anthony Nelson-Keys...

This week, we have another great group of home media releases on tap that has a little something for fans of both new and old horror. Pennywise and the kids from Derry come home on Tuesday with It Chapter Two, as it’s being released on multiple formats, and if you’re in the mood for some ambitious sci-fi, be sure to check out Freaks, too (Bruce Dern is a delight!).

In terms of genre classics, Scream Factory has put together an incredible box set with their The Fly Collection, and they’re also showing some love to The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957) and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde as well.

Other releases for December 10th include Viy, Along Came the Devil II, The Tombs, The Wrath, and The Curse of Buckout Road.

The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957)

He'll turn your spine to ice! Botanist Dr. John Rollason...

Horror changes with each generation. In the ‘50s, societal fear of the Atomic bomb was projected back at us through the use of metaphorical figures such as giant lizards, oversized sea-creatures, and warped representations of nature too often taken for granted. And then there’s fun fare like The Crawling Eye (1958), which posits that visitors from space don’t always come in peace, nor are they willing to go quietly. I guess films don’t always have to reflect society.

This British independent production was released at home under its original title The Trollenberg Terror (also the name of the 1956 BBC serial it is based on) in October with a stateside rollout at the end of the year; unloved by critics (and mocked by Mystery Science Theater 3000), the film satiated the drive-in circuit looking for cheap thrills and cheaper monsters. But The Crawling Eye offers up more - atmosphere,...

Stars: Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Tika Sumpter, Ari Elizabeth Johnson, Teagan Johnson, Gene Jones, John David Washington, Barlow Jacobs, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Joplin, Lisa DeRoberts | Written and Directed by David Lowery

[Note: With the film out now on DVD in the UK, here's a reposting of our review of The Old Man & the Gun from its brief cinematic showing]

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman (Sissy Spacek), who loves him in spite of his chosen profession

David Lowery returns rather quickly to the realm of cinema after his stoically ambitious loved or loathed romantic drama A Ghost Story with 70′s inspired and produced drama The Old Man & The Gun.

To mark the release of The Old Man and The Gun, out now, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.

Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek will steal your heart in this charming comedy about the mostly true story of Forrest Tucker (Redford) – from his daring prison escape at age 70 to an unprecedented string of bank heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who is captivated by Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and Jewel (Spacek), the woman loves him despite his criminal ways.

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Stars: Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Tika Sumpter, Ari Elizabeth Johnson, Teagan Johnson, Gene Jones, John David Washington, Barlow Jacobs, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Joplin, Lisa DeRoberts | Written and Directed by David Lowery

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman (Sissy Spacek), who loves him in spite of his chosen profession

David Lowery returns rather quickly to the realm of cinema after his stoically ambitious loved or loathed romantic drama A Ghost Story with 70′s inspired and produced drama The Old Man & The Gun. Once again collaborating with cinematic muse Casey Affleck and film icons such as Sissy Spacek,...

Redford’s swansong film, in which he plays an audacious real-life bank robber, makes light of the heists but offers a sad, sweet farewell performance

Robert Redford bows out of his extraordinary movie-acting career at the age of 82 with this homely, folksy, feelgood-bittersweet dramedy: a slightly gussied-up version of a startling true story. Forrest Tucker, played here by Redford, was a bank robber and serial prison-escaper who around the turn of this century hit the headlines as a dapper seventysomething by pulling off a series of bank heists, always impeccably courteous and well-dressed, flashing the gun inside his jacket to the astonished bank teller who would be almost hypnotised by his casual aplomb. Tucker would often be in the company of a couple of other old rascals: they became known to chortling TV newsreaders as the The Over-the-Hill Gang.

In 2003, the New Yorker’s David Grann published a longform article...

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Ken Berry, who rose to fame in the 1960s as one of the stars of the "F Troop" TV series, has died at age 85. Berry entered show business thanks to the efforts of Leonard Nimoy, who was Berry's sergeant in the U.S. Army. After Nimoy left the service and entered the acting profession, he helped find opportunities for Berry, who went on to stardom in the mid-1960s as Captain Parmenter, the likable but inept commanding officer of U.S. Cavalry post in the old West that was populated by con men and incompetents. Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch co-starred with Berry in the show that ran from 1965 to 1967. When Andy Griffith decided to retire from his immensely popular sitcom, he created a spin-off series, "Mayberry R.F.D" that featured Berry as the male lead. The show defied expectations and began a ratings hit, thanks in no small part to Berry's pleasant,...

To mark the release of The Old Man & The Gun on 7th December, we’ve been given 2 bundles including a signed poster from the director David Lowery, a copy of the book the film is based on, and the soundtrack to give away.

The Old Man & The Gun is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman (Sissy Spacek), who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.

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F Troop's Commander of Fort Courage Ken Berry was given his first assignment by Mr. Spock when he was a lowly sergeant.

Ken Berry, best known for his role as Captain Wilton Parmenter on the TV comedy series F Troop, died Saturday at age 85, according to Variety.

“Dear friends. We are sad to let you know our beloved Captain, Mr Ken Berry passed away tonight,” Larry Storch, who played F Troop's Corporal Agarn, wrote to Facebook. “We just spoke with Jackie Joseph who confirmed the devastating news. We are at a true loss for words. Ken, we hope you know how much you were loved. Goodnight Captain. We miss you already.”

Berry could deliver lines, but his forte was physical comedy. Trained as a dancer since he joined the Horace Heidt Youth Opportunity Program traveling performance ensemble at age 15, Berry was often assigned long, seemingly impossible takes...

In his first film as David Lowery’s cinematographer, The Old Man & the Gun’s Joe Anderson got the opportunity to work with a legend—to celebrate a career’s worth of magnetic turns from the iconic Robert Redford, with images to mirror his signature charm.

Based on a New Yorker article by David Grann, and following up on the Sundance alum’s collaboration with Redford on Pete’s Dragon, the light and comedic crime drama casts Redford as Forrest Tucker, an infamously charming career criminal who pulled off a substantial list of heists and 18 prison escapes, continuing to pursue his passion for his very particular craft into his twilight years.

While Redford has suggested Old Man will be his last screen turn, Anderson and Lowery didn’t approach the project as such. “We just wanted to make a movie that people liked, with this star that they knew and loved.

Announcing his retirement from acting earlier this summer, veteran Hollywood actor Robert Redford hinted that his latest film The Old Man and The Gun could well be his last big screen role in what has been a remarkably fruitful and hugely successful career, spanning decades and hundreds of iconic appearances on and off-screen.

Directed by David Lowery and based on David Grann’s New Yorker article of the same name, The Old Man and The Gun offers a slow-burning semi-comedic crime caper which pits octogenarian Redford against Casey Affleck in a story about a recidivist prison escape artist and the young police detective on his hot pursuit.

At the age of 70, career criminal Forrest Tucker (Redford) makes an audacious escape from San Quentin prison. Joined by long-time friends and partners in crime Teddy (Danny Glover) and Waller (Tom Waits), the trio go on to conduct an astonishing string of bank...

Europe’s mainstay fest for cinematography, newly rechristened EnergaCamerimage, launched its 26th edition and a week of 241 film screenings in the Polish town of Bydgoszcz on Saturday with a guest appearance by Roman Polanski.

The controversial but seminal director of classics such as “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Chinatown” took the stage to honor a longtime colleague, cinematographer Witold Sobocinski, with a lifetime achievement award for his luminous lensing. The pair, who shared stories from film school in Poland under the former communist regime, worked together in 1988 on “Frantic,” the Paris-set thriller starring Emmanuelle Seigner, now Polanski’s wife.

The master lenser also filmed “The Wedding” and the Oscar-nommed “The Promised Land,” both directed by Andrzej Wajda.

Fest director Marek Zydowicz credited Sobocinski with influencing a generation of cinematographers, noting he continues to teach at the Lodz film school that has set dozens of future directors and camera people on their professional paths.

Robert Redford’s final day on David Lowery’s The Old Man and the Gun — perhaps his final day as an actor on any movie set — found him in Texas. Though the amiable based-in-fact caper was shot largely in Ohio on 16mm, Redford’s dapper bank robber actually did most of his pillaging in Texas and its neighboring states. Thus a few pick-ups were needed — the last of which featured Redford’s Forrest Tucker phoning a widowed rancher he’s romancing. “There was a little bit of electricity in the air for that scene,” said cinematographer Joe Anderson. “The shot worked really […]...

Robert Redford’s final day on David Lowery’s The Old Man and the Gun — perhaps his final day as an actor on any movie set — found him in Texas. Though the amiable based-in-fact caper was shot largely in Ohio on 16mm, Redford’s dapper bank robber actually did most of his pillaging in Texas and its neighboring states. Thus a few pick-ups were needed — the last of which featured Redford’s Forrest Tucker phoning a widowed rancher he’s romancing. “There was a little bit of electricity in the air for that scene,” said cinematographer Joe Anderson. “The shot worked really […]...

Robert Redford could well win an Oscar for his final role on film in “The Old Man and the Gun,” which recently charmed audiences at the London Film Festival. Writer/director David Lowery tells a merry little story that moves along at a neat pace with an entirely relaxed approach that extends to the performances. Here’s the official synopsis of the Fox Searchlight Pictures movie: Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

In Redford’s swansong, his charm, charisma and likeability are used to full effect. This screen legend has only reaped one Oscar bid for acting: he lost in 1974 for his performance in the Best Picture champ “The Sting” to Jack Lemmon (“Save the Tiger”). He did win an Academy Award for directing the 1981 Best Picture “Ordinary People.

Want to win an Oscar? Here’s a tip: play a real-life person! The Academy Awards have always had a soft spot for actors who take on true-to-life characters. In fact, a whopping 7 of the past 10 Best Actor winners fall into this category, including last year’s champ Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.” Will Christian Bale‘s performance as Dick Cheney in “Vice” be the next to join this ever-growing list? Click through our photo gallery below to see every performer who has won the Best Actor Oscar for playing a real-life person.

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Much like Oldman’s Churchill, Bale’s Cheney is an achievement in makeup and hairstyling. In fact, the physical transformation is so massive that Bale is virtually unrecognizable in Annapurna’s new trailer. “From the pot-bellied physique and corona of...

Telling the true story of Forrest Tucker, who escaped from prison at the age of 70 and then pulled off a string of amazing heists, The Old Man and the Gun is both thrilling and enchanting. Robert Redford engagingly portrays the venerable criminal with sprightly charm and a twinkle in his eye. In in our exclusive featurette, Redford says he was surprised when his old friend Mickey Gilbert showed up on location: "I wasn't expecting to see him .. it was such a feeling of camaraderie...

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Imagine you’re hanging out with someone’s sweet old grandmother, the kind of person who will ask if you’ve got a sweater in case it gets cold, and how are things at school, and would you like a slice of pie or some more peach iced tea? Now picture that same person having once played a blood-splattered teenager primed to slaughter her fellow high school students, or one half of a serial-killer couple, or country-and-western legend Loretta Lynn.

This is a bit what it feels like to have coffee with Sissy Spacek,...

If anyone regrets saying that The Old Man and the Gun would be Robert Redford’s last movie, it’s undoubtedly Robert Redford — if only because that seems to have become the focus of media coverage of the film rather than the film itself, much to his frustration. Nonetheless, it was this feeling of saying goodbye to that part of his life that fueled the veteran actor’s desire to play real-life bank robber Forrest Tucker. As Fox Searchlight Pictures notes, “In the early 1980s, at a septuagenarian age, Tucker embarked on a final legend-making spree of heists with the ‘Over-the-Hill Gang,’ a posse of elderly bandits who employed smooth charm over aggression to make off with millions. Tucker never stopped defying age, expectations, or rules — he made his twilight the pinnacle of his life of crime. If the sole art form he knew was robbery, he was darned if...

Initially, David Lowery’s adaptation of David Grann’s New Yorker article about 78-year-old bank robber Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) were closer to the real-life story of the man who escaped prison 16 times. While Tucker tried to be the charming gentleman robber Redford would portray him as in Lowery’s “The Old Man and the Gun,” in reality his notorious “Over the Hill Gang” was made up of 20-30 hardened criminals involved with drug-running and murder. After getting a chance to spend time with and direct Redford in “Pete’s Dragon,” Lowery dramatically changed his approach.

“After I did ‘Pete’s Dragon,’ I realized there is no way to get away from Robert Redford in some shape or form being Robert Redford, whether he likes it or not,” said Lowery as a guest on IndieWire’s Toolkit Podcast. “He carries with him the accumulated history of everything he has done...

While “Fahrenheit 11/9” wasn’t was box office analysts expected, this weekend saw The Year of the Documentary strike again with the arrival of National Geographic’s “Free Solo” in the indie box office, and with it, a new per screen average record for docs.

Telling the story of climber Alex Hannold’s quest to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without any equipment, the thrilling, critically-acclaimed doc earned $300,804 from its four screen release, earning a per screen average of $75,201. That breaks the 12-year PSA record for documentaries held by “An Inconvenient Truth,” which had a starting average of $70,333. It’s also the best PSA of 2018, beating the $63,000 average of A24’s “Eighth Grade.”

On the feature side, Fox Searchlight, which released Best Picture winner “The Shape of Water” last winter, made a return to the indie charts with “The Old Man & The Gun,” which features the final acting performance of the legendary Robert Redford.

Robert Redford reunites with Pete’s Dragon filmmaker David Lowery with The Old Man & The Gun. The picture, which is based on the true story of stickup artist Forrest Tucker (Redford), is the actor’s final acting role. After years of putting in seminal work in The Sting, The Electric Horseman, Brubaker, and most recently All [...]

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“Night Schoolâ€. is kicking off its box office run with top marks.

The Universal film starring Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart is on its way to an estimated $26 million from 3,010 North American sites to land at No. 1, though the debut of Warner Bros.’ animated “Smallfootâ€. is close behind with $23 million from 4,131 domestic locations.

“Night Schoolâ€. stars Hart as a man who must get his Ged after facing job stagnation, with Haddish as his unconventional teacher. Rob Riggle, Taran Killam, Romany Malco, Keith David, and Loretta Devine also star in the comedy, which was directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film is sitting at a 30% Rotten Tomatoes score and 60% audience score, and received a A- CinemaScore. Writing credits include Hart, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells, Matt Kellard, Nicholas Stoller, and John Hamburg. “Night Schoolâ€. earned about $9 million on Friday.

Meanwhile, “Smallfoot,â€. which features a star-studded voice cast including Channing Tatum, Zendaya, James Corden,...

Legendary actor Robert Redford is reportedly retiring from acting after “The Old Man and the Gun,” which opened on September 28. He stars in the film as real-life bank-robber Forrest Tucker, a career criminal who spent his life robbing banks, getting arrested and escaping prison. Rinse and repeat. Is this film a fitting farewell for the man whose career breakthrough came almost 50 years ago in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969)?

As of this writing “Old Man” has a MetaCritic score of 81 and an 89% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Tomatometer critical consensus calls it “a well-told story brought to life by a beautifully matched cast” and a “pure, easygoing entertainment for film fans — and a fitting farewell to a legend.” It’s the “best film yet” by director David Lowery, who previously helmed “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” (2013), “Pete’s Dragon” (2016) and “A Ghost Story” (2017).

As for Redford, he exhibits “brilliant,...

Director, producer, actor and Sundance founder Robert Redford is apparently closing out one area of his impressive resume with the opening of The Old Man & the Gun, which played at the recent Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Also starring Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek, the title by writer-director David Lowery opens in limited release this weekend en route to hundreds of locations next month via Fox Searchlight. Fellow Telluride and Toronto title, Free Solo, from Meru filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, also makes its bow in a busy weekend of new Specialty roll outs with a film that records of feat of human endurance from National Geographic Documentary Film and Greenwich Entertainment.

The Orchard is opening All About Nina, the feature directorial debut of Raising Victor Vargas writer, Eva Vives in New York and L.A. ahead of an expansion to hundreds of theaters. Neon is launching...