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Glen Powell has quickly become one of Hollywood’s most prominent rising stars. After his charismatic performance in Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters, his fans have declared him the next Tom Cruise. In a time when people mostly agree that most movie stars have died out, Powell has made a career that is pretty similar to a movie star. So, if you love Powell’s brilliant performances and charismatic characters, you should check out these 7 best movies starring Glen Powell right now.

7. Anyone But You (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Sony Pictures

Anyone But You is a romantic comedy film directed by Will Gluck who also co-wrote the screenplay with Ilana Wolpert. Based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the 2023 film follows Bea and Ben, who hate each other’s guts despite having a good...

Australia, France, Germany among buyers for horror titles.

MPI Media Group has been busy at TIFF and reported strong territory sales on horror titles Two Witches and The Summoned.

MPI’s VP of sales and acquisitions Nicola Goelzhaeuser announced her team has closed deals for Two Witches with Umbrella for Australia and New Zealand, Synapse for Latin America, Factoris for France, Tiberius for Germany, Media4Fun for Poland, and Njuta for Scandinavia.

Two Witches is directed by Pierre Tsigaridis and traces the parallel stories of a newly pregnant woman who believes she has been cursed by an old woman, and a...

Stars: Emma Fitzpatrick, Frederick Stuart, J. Quinton Johnson, Angela Gulner, Salvador Chacon | Written by Yuri Baranovsky | Directed by Mark Meir

Lyn and a guest have been summoned to Staufen House by the estimable Dr. Justus Frost. I’m not sure if that sounds more ominous or pretentious, but either way Lyn and her guest, boyfriend Elijah are on their way to the doctor’s retreat.

Joining them for the weekend are Tara, a famous and full of herself media personality, and Joe an entrepreneur specializing in self-help programs. They have a messy divorce in common, his fourth no less.

Writer Yuri Baranovsky and director Mark Meir lay on the tropes right from The Summoned’s opening scenes. A cryptic prologue, a creepy encounter on the drive to the retreat, undercurrents of trouble between Lyn and Elijah, etc. And, as you might expect, he also turns out to be the only...

Things are always going to get slightly messy on a couple’s self-help retreat – secrets, deception and resentment are just some of things that are bound to be brought up. Some people may attend and lose a marriage, but no one expects to lose their life, unless you attend the self-help retreat depicted in The Summoned.

Elijah (J. Quinton Johnson) – a struggling musician turned mechanic – and his girlfriend Lyn (Emma Fitzpatrick) – a rock star working on her third album – are ‘summoned’ to an exclusive and secretive self-help retreat at the Staufen House. Elijah seems cautious about the clandestine invitation, but tries to get into the spirit of the retreat. He even remarks that the pair are there to ‘work on some of our stuff.’ Once at the retreat they meet two other guests, entrepreneur Joe (Salvador Chacon) and actress Tara (Angela Gulner), who are both going through a divorce – from each other.

American folklore (and folk music) is full of stories about men who wagered with the Devil. Some of them got away with it. Of course, we never find out whether or not the Devil came back later for revenge. The trope is actually older than Christianity, and has its roots in the idea that whilst anybody might enjoy success, only a special kind of person avoids paying a price for it.

Elijah (J Quinton Johnson) is not, in his own terms, successful. According to his girlfriend Lyn (Emma Fitzpatrick), he’s a capable songwriter, and he demonstrates that he can also sing, but he’s modest about it and enjoys his job as a mechanic. He seems to find comfort in the idea of being ordinary, but at the Staufen House, he’s the odd one out. That’s because this exclusive therapy resort – which Lyn has brought him to as her plus one.

Mark Meir’sTHE Summoned Arrives Everywhere July 7th The intense, brooding indie darling hits VOD nationwide from XYZ Films Mark Meir’s acclaimed Faustian morality tale, The Summoned, lands on North American VOD on July 7th, following a celebrated World Premiere at the 2022 Overlook Film Festival. In The Summoned, young Elijah (Hamilton‘s J. Quinton Johnson) attends …

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"We are baptized in shame, and in shame we live." And shame we must break free from! XYZ Films has revealed an official trailer for The Summoned, an indie horror thriller that's landing on VOD in July. This recently premiered at the 2022 Overlook Film Festival this month, a good horror festival to show a film like this. It's described as a "Faustian morality tale" from a script by Jewish-Ukrainian writer Yuri Baranovsky. Elijah attends a self-help retreat with his rockstar girlfriend Lyn, unaware that the enigmatic doctor, Dr. Frost played by Frederick Stuart, who runs the estate has summoned him here to settle a generations-old supernatural debt. The film stars J. Quinton Johnson as Elijah, with Emma Fitzpatrick, Salvador Chacon, Angela Gulner, and Freddy Douglas. This looks like it has some good thrills and chills, better than your average indie horror. That between-the-legs axe shot is the best shot from the trailer.

Mark Meir‘s Faustian morality tale The Summoned, acquired by XYZ Films out of this year’s Overlook Film Festival, is heading to VOD platforms on July 7, 2022. With the film now set for release, Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive look at the trailer in which young Elijah (J. Quinton Johnson) attends a self-help retreat with […]

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Following its screening at the Overlook Film Festival, XYZ Films has acquired Mark Meir's The Summoned, with plans to release it in July!

Press Release: "XYZ Films is very proud to announce their acquisition of director Mark Meir's Faustian morality tale, The Summoned, out of the 2022 Overlook Film Festival. The distributor is planning a North American release of the film in July of 2022.

In the picture, young Elijah (Hamilton's J. Quinton Johnson) attends a self-help retreat with his rockstar girlfriend Lyn, unaware that the enigmatic doctor who runs the estate has summoned him here to settle a generations-old supernatural debt.

Directed by Meir with a script by Jewish-Ukrainian writer Yuri Baranovsky, The Summoned's powerful cast features Johnson, Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network), Salvador Chacon (FX's Mayans M.C.), Angela Gulner (Netflix's Glow), and Freddy Douglas (Hallmark's The Odyssey). A Wicked Myth and Happy Little Guillotine Studios co-production,...

Mark Meir‘s Faustian morality tale The Summoned has been acquired by XYZ Films for North America out of the 2022 Overlook Film Festival, Bloody Disgusting learned. A July release is planned. In the film, young Elijah (J. Quinton Johnson) attends a self-help retreat with his rockstar girlfriend Lyn, unaware that the enigmatic doctor who runs […]

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XYZ Films announced yesterday that they have acquired Mark Meir's horror flick The Summoned. The film played this weekend at Overlook Film Festival. XYZ Films picked it up for distribution and is planning to release it in North America this July.    XYZ Films is very proud to announce their acquisition of director Mark Meir's Faustian morality tale, The Summoned, out of the 2022 Overlook Film Festival. The distributor is planning a North American release of the film in July of 2022.   In the picture, young Elijah (Hamilton's J. Quinton Johnson) attends a self-help retreat with his rockstar girlfriend Lyn, unaware that the enigmatic doctor who runs the estate has summoned him here to settle a generations-old supernatural debt.   Directed by Meir with...

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This year Christmas comes for Spy Kids fans in the form of Netflix’s We Can be Heroes, Robert Rodriguez’s latest CG-infused kid-friendly superhero bonanza. The cast for this film is very impressive, with Mandalorian Pedro Pascal and Priyanka Chopra Jonas appearing with Christian Slater and Boyd Holbrook. But that’s not all – the rest of the cast includes YaYa Gosselin, Christopher McDonald, Adriana Barraza, Vivien Blair, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Akira Akbar, Lyon Daniels, Nathan Blair, Hala Finley, Andy Walken, Dylan Henry Lau, Andrew Diaz, Taylor Dooley, Sung Kang, Haley Reinhart, J. Quinton Johnson, Brittany Perry-Russell, Brently Heilbron and JJ Dashnaw. Now that is a cast…

In anticipation of the release of We Can Be Heroes our interviewer Rich Phippen sat down with the director and two members of the young leading cast, YaYa Gosselin & Vivien Lyra Blair, to talk about what it was like bringing this bright and bold superhero film to light.

Netflix has debuted the first trailer for its Christmas day release ‘We Can Be Heroes’.

When alien invaders kidnap Earth’s superheroes, their kids are whisked away to a government safe house. But whip-smart tween Missy Moreno (YaYa Gosselin) will stop at nothing to rescue her superhero dad, Marcus Moreno (Pedro Pascal). Missy teams up with the rest of the super kids to escape their mysterious government babysitter, Ms. Granada (Priyanka Chopra Jonas). If they’re going to save their parents, they’ll have to work together by using their individual powers — from elasticity to time control to predicting the future — and form an out-of-this-world team.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, the film stars YaYa Gosselin, Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald and Adriana Barraza

Also starring: Vivien Blair, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Akira Akbar, Lyon Daniels, Nathan Blair, Lotus Blossom, Hala Finley, Andy Walken, Dylan Henry Lau,...

Netflix has released the trailer for We Can Be Heroes. Robert Rodriguez is bringing fans back into the beloved world of 2005's The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl with the upcoming movie. Rodriguez has been getting hounded by studios to do a sequel to Spy Kids, but he felt that We Can Be Heroes was the way to go. "A lot of families have spent a lot of time together," says the director when talking about the public health crisis. It's his hope that the new movie will be something the whole family will be able to enjoy while being stuck indoors.

We Can Be Heroes takes place when alien invaders kidnap Earth's superheroes, which results in their kids being whisked away to a government safe house. However, the safe house doesn't end up being something that can house these special kids. Whip-smart tween Missy Moreno (Yaya Gosselin) will stop...

Netflix has debuted the first teaser trailer for the upcoming family-friendly superhero movie ‘We Can Be Heroes’.

When alien invaders kidnap Earth’s superheroes, their children must team up and learn to work together if they want to save their parents and the world.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, the feature stars YaYa Gosselin, Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald and Adriana Barraza.

Also starring: Vivien Blair, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Akira Akbar, Lyon Daniels, Nathan Blair, Lotus Blossom, Hala Finley, Andy Walken, Dylan Henry Lau, Andrew Diaz, Taylor Dooley, Sung Kang, Haley Reinhart, J. Quinton Johnson, JJ Dashnaw.

Also in trailers – The cat and mouse story continues in trailer for ‘Tom & Jerry The Movie’

The film will premiere on Netflix, January 1st 2021.

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Netflix has launched a set of first look images for the upcoming feature ‘We Can Be Heroes’ alongside the announcement of a January 1st premiere date.

When alien invaders kidnap Earth’s superheroes, their children must team up and learn to work together if they want to save their parents and the world.

Boyd Holbrook as Miracle Guy. Cr. Ryan Green/Netflix © 2020

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, the feature stars YaYa Gosselin, Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald and Adriana Barraza

(L-r) J. Quinton Johnson as Crimson Legend, Brittany Perry-Russell as Red Lightening Fury, Pedro Pascal as Marcus Moreno, Christian Slater as Tech-No, Haley Reinhart as Ms. Vox. Cr. Ryan Green/Netflix © 2020

Also starring: Vivien Blair, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Akira Akbar, Lyon Daniels, Nathan Blair, Lotus Blossom, Hala Finley, Andy Walken, Dylan Henry Lau, Andrew Diaz, Taylor Dooley, Sung Kang, Haley Reinhart, J. Quinton Johnson, JJ Dashnaw.

First it was just 2020 and now, as the pandemic is taking its time to slow down, even 2021 seems packed with a whole lot of staying at home and quarantining. As movie theatres begin closing down again, it is becoming a difficult task to find new films on streaming platforms that would appeal to a family including different generations. Thankfully, Robert Rodriguez is teaming with a pool of talent, that includes names like Pedro Pascal and Christian Slater, to beat this very dilemma with his upcoming family action film, We Can Be Heroes.

Though Robert Rodriguez is prominently known for his films like Machete, El Mariachi, and Sin City, he is also fondly remembered for family-adventure-comedy flicks like the four Spy Kids films and 2005's The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. These films have set many evenings where families came together to witness the compelling adventures he concocted, and...

Netflix has revealed the first look at “We Can Be Heroes,” the next film from director Robert Rodriguez that stars “The Mandalorian” actor Pedro Pascal and is a return to the same fantasy world imagined in the director’s “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D.”

“We Can Be Heroes” stars Pascal alongside YaYa Gosselin, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald and Adriana Barraza. And the film is a superhero story about alien invaders who kidnap Earth’s superheroes, forcing the heroes children to step up and save their parents and save the world.

The new images for “We Can Be Heroes” show a colorful world of heroes and elaborate costumes and lairs, as well as a ragtag group of kids who will step up to save the day. Pascal in the film plays Marcus Moreno, and in the photo below he’s flanked by heroes Quinton Johnson as Crimson Legend,...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will soon presents the Broadway Center Stage production of Footloose. The cast is led by J. Quinton Johnson Choir Boy, Hamilton, Broadway Center Stage In the Heights as Ren McCormack, Judy Kuhn Fun Home, Les Misrables as Ethel McCormack, Isabelle McCalla The Prom, Aladdin as Ariel Moore, Michael Park Dear Evan Hansen as Reverend Shaw Moore, and three-time Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker as Vi Moore Mary Poppins, the Kennedy Center's Little Dancer. They are joined by Joshua Logan Alexander as Chuck, Peter McPoland as Willard Hewitt, Tony Award nominee Michael Mulheren Kiss Me, Kate Bright Star as Coach Dunbar, Lena Owens as Wendy Jo, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz Spamilton as Rusty, and Rema Webb The Color Purple, Violet as Lulu WarnickerEleanor DunbarBetty Blast, Grace Slear and Urleen, with Brandon Burks, Claire Crause, Michele Lee, Jess LeProtto, Gregory Liles, Nick Martinez, Maximilian Sangerman,...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will soon presents the Broadway Center Stage production of Footloose. The cast is led by J. Quinton Johnson Choir Boy, Hamilton, Broadway Center Stage In the Heights as Ren McCormack, Judy Kuhn Fun Home, Les Misrablesas Ethel McCormack,Isabelle McCalla The Prom, Aladdin as Ariel Moore, Michael Park Dear Evan Hansen as Reverend Shaw Moore, and three-time Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker as Vi Moore Mary Poppins, the Kennedy Center's Little Dancer. They are joined byJoshua Logan Alexander as Chuck, Peter McPoland as Willard Hewitt, Tony Award nominee Michael Mulheren Kiss Me, Kate Bright Star as Coach Dunbar, Lena Owens as Wendy Jo, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz Spamilton as Rusty, and Rema Webb The Color Purple, Violet as Lulu WarnickerEleanor DunbarBetty Blast, Grace Slear and Urleen, with Brandon Burks, Claire Crause, Michele Lee, Jess LeProtto, Gregory Liles, Nick Martinez, Maximilian Sangerman, Jonathan Savage,...

Exclusive: Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming superhero pic We Can Be Heroes has justed added a flood of talent to their robust ensemble. Christian Slater, YaYa Gosselin, Akira Akbar and Pedro Pascal are set for the movie which is currently shooting in Texas.

The pic follows the children of Earth’s superheroes after their parents have been kidnapped by alien invaders. The children must team up and learn to work together if they want to save their parents and the world.

In addition to Slater, Gosselin, Akbar and the previously announced Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, the pic will also feature Andrew Diaz, Andy Walken, Boyd Holbrook (Logan), Hala Finley Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Lotus Blossom (Magic Max), Lyon Daniels (Patriot), Nathan Blair (Best.

As we’re now about halfway through the Broadway season, there are currently eight productions of plays set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below, we recap the plot of each play as well as the awards history of its author, cast, creative types, the opening, and (where applicable) closing dates.

“Choir Boy” (opens January 8; closes March 10)

In this new play by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney, the story centers on the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys, which for a half a century has been dedicated to the education of strong, ethical black men. One talented student has been waiting for years to take his rightful place as the leader of the school’s legendary gospel choir. But can he make his way through the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key?...

When Choir Boy, the coming of age story from Tarell Alvin McCraney that predates his Oscar-winning, co-written screenplay for Moonlight, finds its sweet spots – and they are many – the drama, the humor and the music take off for parts unknown. This is a play that, like its unstoppable main character, never quits reaching for the high note, even when perfection is beyond its grasp.

Set in a prestigious prep school for African American boys, Choir Boy – a Manhattan Theatre Club production opening tonight at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre – grapples with questions of pride and shame, sexual identity, legacies and duty. Memorably performed (particularly by its young star Jeremy Pope), its frequent choir songs beautifully sung by the entire cast, the production is another fine addition to director Trip Cullman’s resume (his Lobby Hero was one of Broadway’s 2018 bests).

Still, Choir Boy shouldn’t be oversold, a temptation...

This is the Pure Movies review of Last Flag Flying, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, J. Quinton Johnson, Deanna Reed-Foster and Yul Vazquez. Leaving behind the trials and tribulations of youth to take a look at life on the other side of the hill, Richard Linklater cuts an older and more contemplative figure in his latest. Much like the wrinkles lining the faces of our trio of leads, the ravages of time echo throughout the film and lend an understated note of melancholy to every exchange, every scenario, even every relationship. The plot begins when Doc enters the bar of ‘Nam buddy Sal, but the story proper begins long before that. As we spend time with this erstwhile band of brothers we get to know more and more about their shared past - particularly the parts they’d rather forget - and we...

Last Flag Flying Amazon Studios Director: Richard Linklater Screenwriter: Richard Linklater, Darryl Ponicsan, Darryl Ponicsan Cast: Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, J. Quinton Johnson, Deanna Reed-Foster Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 12/23/17 Opens: November 3, 2017 With our current President”s making a badge of honor about lying—one source states that since he took office […]

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From L to R: Bryan Cranston as “Sal,” Steve Carell as “Doc,” and Laurence Fishburne as “Mueller” in Last Flag Flying. Photo by Wilson Webb. Courtesy of Amazon/Lionsgate ©

Steve Carell gives a sensitive performance as a grieving Vietnam vet father on a road trip to bury his son killed in Iraq, accompanied by his two Vietnam War buddies, played by Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne, in Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying.

Set in 2003, the film combines elements of a road trip buddy movie and a reflection on two wars and soldiers shared experiences. In Vietnam, quiet Larry Shepherd (Steve Carell), who the others call Doc, was a Navy Corps medic while the more boisterous Sal Nealon (Bryan Cranston) and Richard Mueller (Laurence Fishburne) were Marines in the same unit. When Doc’s son, who joined the Marines, is killed in Iraq, the father is left alone in the...

Over the years, no one has quite captured the feeling of just spending time with friends on the big screen like Richard Linklater has. It’s an amazing skill for which he doesn’t quite get the credit he deserves. Yes, he’s feted often and this skill is mentioned, but to be able to do it like he does is really something. This week, and today, actually, audiences can see Linklater once again chronicle individuals just spending time with each other, as Last Flag Flying is being released. This is a terrific movie, among the best of the year. Linklater has done it again. He’s on quite the run lately, between this, Everybody Wants Some, and of course, Boyhood. Once more, a description for those of you not aware what this one is about. The film is a sequel of sorts to The Last Detail, though familiarity with that picture is hardly required.

Richard Linklater was nominated for an Oscar for exploring Boyhood in 2014, examined young adulthood last year in Everybody Wants Some!! and now, with Last Flag Flying, has focused on the subject of brotherhood.

“The message of the movie? You’re always there for your brothers,” J. Quinton Johnson, who also appeared in Everybody Wants Some!!, told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s premiere Wednesday night at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles. “There’s something to the brotherhood specifically formed with military veterans that is a bit more powerful than the cynicism of politics and war. Families are...

Who better than Richard Linklater to craft a movie about people talking – and in doing so, revealing the quirks and flaws that make them human? Whether it's Boyhood or the "Before" trilogy, the Texas-based writer-director and indie-film figurehead is always alert to the moments when people drop their public faces and reveal the emotional bruises underneath.

Last Flag Flying doesn't belong in his personal pantheon, mostly because it's based on a novel by Darry Ponicsan that sets the lockstep tone, even though the freewheeling Linklater cowrote the script. It's been...

Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying opens this year’s New York Film Festival with a seriocomic drama about friendship in the midst of a topical treatment of the consequences and effects of war. With a script by Linklater and author Darryl Ponicsan, Last Flag Flying bridges the gap between Vietnam and Iraq, attempting to highlight the humor, pathos, and universality in soldiers’ experiences, in war and out of it.

The film opens in November 2003 with Larry “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carell) visiting his Vietnam War buddy Sal Nealon (Bryan Cranston) at a dive bar that Sal runs in Norfolk, Virginia. After a night of boozy reminiscences, they take a quick trip upstate to see Reverend Richard Mueller (Laurence Fishburne), another old war buddy who’s reformed himself, gotten married, and become a pastor of a small church.

There, Doc finally explains why he sought out his old compatriots after so...

This morning, audiences at the 2017 New York Film Festival were the first to see Richard Linklater’s latest outing, the road trip dramedy Last Flag Flying. It’s the Opening Night Selection of the fest, officially kicking it off. Luckily for all of us in attendance, it’s also a terrific work, signaling not just another Academy Award contender, but another great film for the year. Plus, it honors the legacy of the flick that came before it (more on that in a moment). Amazon Studios continues to pick excellent bits of cinema to promote. This could very well end up just as successful as Manchester by the Sea was for them last year. The film is a sequel to The Last Detail, though familiarity with that picture is hardly required. Out of contact with each other for three decades, a trio of the Vietnam War veterans are brought back together.

How would the veterans of Richard Linklater's war movie Last Flag Flying vote in the last presidential election?

After a press screening at the New York Film Festival on Thursday, the director explained that the characters of the 2003-set film are somewhat politically ambiguous. He surmised with his actors that Laurence Fishburne's character, Mueller, wouldn't have voted for Donald Trump, but Bryan Cranston's Crazy Sal "probably would've voted for Trump as an 'eff you.'"

Added Fishburne in agreement, "You definitely voted for Trump!"

Linklater, Cranston and Fishburne, along with J. Quinton Johnson and author Darryl Ponicsan, told reporters...

Nobody does sequels better than Richard Linklater, as his “Before” trilogy proved over three brilliantly chatty movies. However, “Last Flag Flying” represents a fresh challenge: It’s the unofficial sequel to a 44-year-old movie, picking up the threads of a story that predates Linklater’s career by more than decade. The result is an understated drama so measured that its surface-level plot about a grief-stricken man and his old war buddies might easily be mistaken for half-baked sentimentalism. However, “Last Flag Flying” succeeds in following the aging Vietnam vets of Hal Ashby’s 1973 “The Last Detail” by sharing the same critical tone, connecting Ashby’s countercultural rage to Linklater’s introspection.

Where Robert Towne and Darryl Ponicsan adapted “The Last Detail” from Ponicsan’s 1970 novel, Linklater and Ponicsan do likewise with “Last Flag Flying,” which Ponicsan published in 2005. Without reaching the philosophically profound heights of “Boyhood” or the ruminative comedy of “Everybody Wants Some!

Few filmmakers capture people hanging out quite like Richard Linklater, who has so many features revolving around convivial moments that it would be easier to list the films without them. As early as the rambling chance encounters of his breakthrough, Slacker to the recent drug-and-booze-fueled amateur philosophizing in Everybody Wants Some!!, Linklater has remarkable eyes and ears for elevating digressions that many other artists would treat as trivial into invaluable character- and world-building moments without sacrificing their inherently relaxed mood. It is appropriate, then, that the best parts of Last Flag Flying, a loose sequel to Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail, are those centering on casual conversation organically unfolding between the leads, chatter that often intensifies into poignant drama or devolves into genuine hilarity, photographed in simple-yet-striking shot-reverse-shot and two-shot configurations. What’s troublesome is that Linklater relies too heavily on these setups as his primary source of connection to the main trio,...

Sneak Peek director Richard Linklater's upcoming drama "Last Flag Flying", based on the novel by author Darryl Ponicsan, starring Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne and J. Quinton Johnson, as the sequel to director Hal Ashby's 1973 feature "The Last Detail":

"...three men who once served in the same Us Marine unit together reunite to go to a funeral, when one man's son is killed in combat..."

Cast also includes Richard Robichaux, Lee Harrington, Kate Easton, Deanna Reed-Foster, Yul Vazquez, Graham Wolfe and Ted Watts Jr.

In "The Last Detail":

"...'Signalman First Class Billy Buddusky' (Jack Nicholson) and 'Gunner's Mate First Class Richard Mulhall' (Otis Young) are awaiting orders in Norfolk, Virginia when they are assigned a shore patrol detail escorting a young sailor, 'Seaman Larry Meadows' (Randy Quaid), to 'Portsmouth Naval Prison' near Kittery, Maine.

"Meadows has drawn an eight-year sentence for the petty crime of...

Earlier today, a Trailer dropped for Richard Linklater’s upcoming pseudo sequel to The Last Detail. It’s called Last Flag Flying and is set to open the New York Film Festival this year. Until now, it’s been purely based on speculation that this movie could be a good one. Well, now that I’ve seen the Trailer, I feel confident in saying this should be in contention during the season. You’ll be able to scope it out later, but right now, we should discuss the flick a bit first. There will obviously be more to come around Nyff time, though that shouldn’t stop us from getting a head start now, should it? From the looks of it, the film is going to be at least partly a road trip, working as a sort of pseudo sequel to the classic The Last Detail. Back when the Nyff press release hit,...

Believe it or not, we’re already at the point in the year where fall film festival announcements are being made. Yesterday afternoon, the first shot across the bow was fired when the New York Film Festival announced Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying as it’s Opening Night Selection. Getting a bit of a head start on things, Nyff is planting a flag, no pun intended, on this flick as an awards vehicle. Linklater nearly took home an Oscar for Boyhood, so he’s certainly due. Could this do it for him? Time will tell, but getting this prestigious slot at Nyff is a strong first step. There’s plenty of reason to be excited for this one. This film is a road trip tale, working as a sort of pseudo sequel to the classic The Last Detail. In the press release, Film Society described it thusly: “In Richard Linklater’s lyrical road movie,...

The original Dirty Dancing is a favorite movie to women of all ages. The magic of the film was created by the music, the spark between Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze, and of course, the dancing. It was a movie we watched when we were young, fantasizing about growing up and falling in love, and we watch it now that we're grown and remember our first loves and those magic summers of our youth. 

Remaking a movie so iconic is a big risk, so I watched this ABC remake with a grain of salt. I knew it wouldn't be the Dirty Dancing of my youth, but I wanted to see what it had to offer. Here's the lowdown. 

The cast: Abigail Breslin (Signs, Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland) as Baby Houseman was a perfect fit. She's cute and youthful. She played the naive and inexperienced, yet intelligent Baby really well.

Nobody should make a Dirty Dancing reboot…

But if you're going to, do it right.

Before you read any further, know that I really did try to give ABC's musical adaptation a chance, I did. There have been plenty of remakes of classical hits over the past few years -- some which were not so great, but others, like Grease: Live, that were wonderfully done and satisfied almost all of the viewers who tuned in. Of course, whenever you hear the news that one of your favorite movies of All Time is going to be remade, there's that moment of excitement -- "Yes! I am pumped for this!" -- followed by fear -- "Wait, what if this goes terribly wrong?"

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So after hearing who would take on the beloved roles of Patrick Swayze's Johnny Castle (newcomer Colt Prattes) and Jennifer Grey's Baby Houseman (Little Miss Sunshine herself, Abigail Breslin), I told...

ABC’s “Dirty Dancing” TV event is on its way and Sarah Hyland and J. Quinton Johnson just gave fans a major tease with their duet. The upcoming TV adaptation of the ’80s classic movie stars Abigail Breslin as Baby, played by Jennifer Grey in the 1987 flick, and Colt Prattes as Johnny, originally played by […]...

Dirty Dancing fans, mark your calendars!

Come May 24, the three-hour filmed musical event will premiere on ABC — and People has an exclusive sneak peek at the first promo!

The TV remake tells the story from the original 1987 romantic drama, but from a fresh perspective. Abigail Breslin stars as Baby Houseman, who falls in love with bad boy dancer Johnny Castle (newcomer Colt Prattes). The film also costars Debra Messing (Marjorie Houseman), Bruce Greenwood (Dr. Jake Houseman), Nicole Scherzinger (Penny Rivera), Sarah Hyland (Lisa Houseman), Tony Roberts (Max Kellerman), Katey Sagal (Vivian Pressman), Billy Dee Williams (Tito) and J. Quinton Johnson...

While the current TV season is winding down, ABC is bringing the season to a close in a huge way, debuting a new three-hour musical remake of Dirty Dancing. While it still isn't known when the trailer may arrive, the network has released the poster today, which gives us our first look at the new Frances "Baby" Houseman (Abigail Breslin) and Johnny Castle (Colt Prattes). This ABC Original Movie Event will air Wednesday, May 24 from 8 Pm to 11 Pm Et, which is shaping up to be one of the most highly-anticipated events this season.

Entertainment Weekly debuted this new poster, which comes just a few months after ABC announced the May 24 premiere date. Before the special was announced, some believed that ABC was trying to tap into the success of live musicals like NBC's Hairspray, but when Abigail Breslin came aboard in December 2015, it was revealed that this three-hour movie will be taped prior to broadcast,...

The Son is getting ready to arrive on AMC, and three more have been added to the cast of the drama series, according to TV Line. These new additions will join Pierce Bronson, who replaced Sam Neill.The following was said about the new additions:“AMC’s upcoming drama The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan, has added J. Quinton Johnson (ABC’s upcoming Dirty Dancing remake), Nick Stevenson (Orange is the New Black) and Elizabeth Frances (Heartbeat).”All three of the actors will have recurring roles on the drama, which will premiere on AMC in 2017. Production on the series started in June.Are you excited for The Son? Tell us what you think.

Code Black‘s Angels Memorial Hospital will be as busy as ever during Season 2. Camryn Manheim (Person of Interest), Eric Roberts (Suits) and Alexandra Grey (Transparent) are set to guest-star on the CBS drama in an episode titled “Life and Limb.”

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Manheim will play the distraught wife of a truck driver who is injured in a horrific accident, Roberts will play Mario’s (Ben Hollingsworth) opportunistic, but sympathetic father, and Grey (a transgender actress) will play a transgender woman who’s sent to the ER with stomach pains.

J. Quinton Johnson (Dirty Dancing), Nick Stevenson (Orange Is The New Black) and Elizabeth Frances (Drunktown’s Finest) have booked recurring roles opposite Pierce Brosnan in AMC's upcoming drama series The Son. Based on the book by Philipp Meyer and written by Meyer, Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy, The Son is a multi-generational epic tale of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas family. Johnson will play Neptune, the…...

It might have something to do with how much I love Everybody Wants Some, but I’m still thinking about Richard Linklater and his career to date. Yes, I touched on that a bit last week, and previously in 2014 when Boyhood was making its way through the awards season, but I’m not quite done just yet. There’s something about Linklater that has me constantly thinking about and re-evaluating his films. Interestingly enough, his flicks tend to be ones that lend themselves nicely to introspection/retrospection. In doing this, one of the things I’ve actually come up with is that he’s actually yet to make a bad movie, despite having a nearly 20 deep filmography. As such, it made perfect sense to rank his films today, showing you just how varied yet consistent he is as a director. It’s really quite something to behold, at least in my eyes…...

Organizers for the South by Southwest film festival have officially rolled out the initial lineup for SXSW 2016, boasting 137 features and no less than 89 world premieres across 12 sections.

Those include the star-studded Headliners, Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition and Midnighters among many others, and today’s comprehensive breakdown gives budding attendees the opportunity to pinpoint exactly which films deserve a place on their radar.

Among those premieres include Jean-Marc Vallee’s domestic drama Demolition, while Jeff Nichols’ starry sci-fi Midnight Special continues to draw our attention – with a cast that includes Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver and Jaeden Lieberher, can you really blame us? Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some, meanwhile, opens the festival on March 11, where it will run through until March 19.

For the full comprehensive breakdown, check out the official site for SXSW 2016. For now, we’ve included the rundown for Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition and Headliners.

Here’s your first look at the new trailer and posters for Richard Linklater’s college-theme movie Everybody Wants Some. This follow-up film arrives more than 20 years after the original and is the “spiritual sequel” to Dazed And Confused.

The movie will make its World Premiere on Friday, March 11, 2016 during the 23rd edition of the SXSW Film Festival.

Linklater says of his new film, “If you look at Mitch, Wiley Wiggins’s character in Dazed who pitches in that pony league game, this is him, four years later, going off to college. Say he got better at baseball and he’s off to college. It would be right then — 1980.” He adds, “I’m reclaiming songs like ‘Rapper’s Delight’ and ‘My Sharona’ – you know, songs from ’79 and’80 that people have been making fun of for a while. I’m back to the original intent of those songs, like what they felt like then.

Booze, babes and baseball abound in the first trailer for Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some, the so-called "spiritual sequel" to Dazed and Confused set to premiere at South by Southwest in March.

Where Dazed and Confused followed a group of students on the final day of school in the Seventies, Everybody Wants Some is set in the Eighties and tracks the antics of several incoming college baseball recruits.

The first clip from the film shows that Linklater hasn't lost his knack for capturing the charm of being young and dumb,...