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Rhino has unveiled a new David Lee Roth box set, The Warner Recordings 1985-1994, arriving on vinyl and CD on February 21st.

The 5-lp and 5-cd box sets house Roth’s solo recordings following his exit from Van Halen in 1985, beginning with the Crazy from the Heat EP and its hit song “Just a Gigolo.”

Dlr followed that up with the successful Eat ‘Em and Smile LP in 1986, featuring Roth teamed up with an all-star backing band featuring bassist Billy Sheehan, drummer Gregg Bissonette, and guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. Roth then went on to release three more LPs on Warner including 1988’s Skyscraper, 1991’s A Little Ain’t Enough, and 1994’s Your Filthy Little Mouth.

Of note for collectors, the upcoming vinyl box set will contain the first-ever repressing of Your Filthy Little Mouth, which was only released on vinyl in Germany in 1994, making it a scarce and pricey original pressing.

David Lee Roth is back with another dance video, this time performing and singing along to a solo recording of Van Halen‘s “Panama.”

Roth’s dance clips fall somewhere between Britney Spears’ selfie dances and the absurdist humor of Robert and Toyah Fripp’s musical parodies. There’s a very Dlr cheekiness to them — and they’re not too far removed from his actual stage antics.

Here he’s essentially singing karaoke with himself, as the audio of this version of “Panama” hails from recordings with the Roth Band from a 2022 session at Henson Recording Studio in Hollywood. Opening with a routine featuring a large pole and some rather random background images, Dlr transitions into a barebones stage set where he struts and belts out the lyrics. He looks like he’s actually performing on an empty stage in some venue or theater. The clip ends with the following text: “Don’t use me,...

On Saturday October 12 2024, TNT broadcasts Men’s International Soccer Friendlies!

United States vs. Panama Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Men’s International Soccer Friendlies” features an exciting match titled “United States vs. Panama.” This episode will air on TNT and takes place at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. Soccer fans can look forward to a thrilling game as two teams face off in a friendly match that promises to showcase skill and teamwork.

The United States team is coming into the game with high hopes. They have been working hard to improve their performance and build strong connections among the players. Fans will be eager to see how the team combines their talents on the field. With a mix of experienced players and new faces, the United States aims to put on a strong show.

On the other side, Panama will be looking to make a statement. Known for their competitive spirit,...

Mel Gibson's new movie, Monster Summer, continues the actor's unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes streak. Directed by David Henrie, known for starring in How I Met Your Mother and Wizards of Waverly Place, his new film follows a group of kids who, when a strange force threatens to ruin their summer fun, join forces with a retired police detective to embark on an adventure to save their island from a monstrous threat. The movie stars Mel Gibson, Mason Thames, Noah Cottrell, Nora Zehetner, Patrick Renna, Lorraine Bracco, and Kevin James.

With the movie now playing in theaters, reviews have been published and its Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed. Monster Summer sits at 50% on Rotten Tomatoes with 10 reviews from critics, though the score could fluctuate as more are published. Even so, the score continues an unfortunate streak for Mel Gibson, whose movies have been mostly Rotten over the past four years,...

Entries for the 2025 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 3, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Perfect Couple

Netflix's The Perfect Couple perfectly contrasts its tense score with a fun soundtrack that shapes the bougie, fun murder mystery. After a body is found the morning of a wedding, the characters in The Perfect Couple get caught up in an investigation where everyone is a suspect. The crime also gains an abundance of attention due to the family being ridiculously wealthy.

In addition to The Perfect Couple's A-list cast, the Netflix miniseries makes good use of the setting, score, and music in order to create the tone and pacing for the murder mystery. Though the number of songs in each episode is small, each selection feels purposeful to the scene and characters. These elements help create a binge-able story that will appeal to fans of beachy settings and pulpy mysteries.

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"Nantucket Island"

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"Young Hearts...

Exclusive: Jackie Cruz (Orange Is the New Black), Penelope Mitchell (Oh Canada) and Jeff Adler (Greyhound) will round out the cast of Woozy, the forthcoming indie horror pic marking the feature debut of writer-director Joey Bicicchi, on which we were first to report.

Details as to the roles to be played by the trio haven’t been disclosed. Production on the film is currently underway in New Jersey.

Woozy is a film that tells of unhealthy coping mechanisms and the battle against fears, depression, phobias, and delusions. Dusty (Hirsch) has deliberately structured his life, through meditation, yoga, boxing, nutrition, and hygiene, to create a clean and safe environment. But what happens when Dusty’s flawless system fails? Out comes Woozy, a horrifying apparition who torments Dusty.

Pic’s producers include Keith Kjarval for Unified Pictures, Lalit Bhatnagar (One Amazing Thing) for Imagination Infinite Productions,...

Sammy Hagar kicked off his Best of All Worlds tour Saturday night at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was joined by bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani, drummer Jason Bonham, and multi-instrumentalist Rai Thistlethwayte for an evening jammed with Van Halen classics and a smattering of solo songs and tunes by Montrose, Chickenfoot, and Satriani.

The show was heavy on songs from Hagar’s tenure in Van Halen including “Poundcake,” “Right Now,” “Runaround,” “Why Can’t This Be Love,” and “When It’s Love.” But...

Sammy Hagar and his all-star band featuring Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, and Jason Bonham kicked off the “Best of All Worlds” tour (get tickets here) on Saturday (July 13th) at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. As promised, the Red Rocker delivered a set filled with Van Halen classics.

Hagar and company launched the 21-song set with “Good Enough” from Van Halen’s 5150 album. It was one of 12 tunes the band performed from the “Van Hagar” era of Van Halen.

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The group also played two full David Lee Roth-era Van Halen songs, “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love” (with Anthony on lead vocals) and “Panama,” as well as a bit of “Jump” as part of a three-song medley with Hagar’s “Space Station #5” and Chickenfoot’s “Oh Yeah.”

While Van Halen songs dominated the setlist, Hagar made sure to deliver a few of his signature solo tunes,...

When the universe offers a sign — and the sign comes straight from the lips of Nicolas Cage — you can’t ignore it.

That, in essence, is how 31-year-old guitarist Ben Katzman found himself on Survivor. The paperwork sat on his desk, but Katzman was racked with doubt. He’d already lost everything once: his band, his record label, his DIY community. Going on reality television seemed like a potential career suicide. Which is where Cage comes in.

“Do the things you are fearful of,” the actor said, answering Katzman’s...

The American Pavilion announced today the 36 short films selected for its 2024 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, sponsored this year by the non-profit Gold House. From the press release: The 2024 showcase features 36 official selection films in four showcases – Student Short Films & Documentaries; Emerging Filmmaker Short Films & Documentaries; Emerging Filmmaker LGBTQ+ films, and an Alumni Showcase. The 2024 selections include International films from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sevap/Mitzvah), China (A Roadside Banquet), Panama (Ojue), Colombia (Bogotá Story), the United Kingdom (Under the Blue), Mexico (Balam), and Ukraine (Ukrainians in Exile). Female directors are again well represented with more […]

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The American Pavilion announced today the 36 short films selected for its 2024 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, sponsored this year by the non-profit Gold House. From the press release: The 2024 showcase features 36 official selection films in four showcases – Student Short Films & Documentaries; Emerging Filmmaker Short Films & Documentaries; Emerging Filmmaker LGBTQ+ films, and an Alumni Showcase. The 2024 selections include International films from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sevap/Mitzvah), China (A Roadside Banquet), Panama (Ojue), Colombia (Bogotá Story), the United Kingdom (Under the Blue), Mexico (Balam), and Ukraine (Ukrainians in Exile). Female directors are again well represented with more […]

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Here we go again. In recent years, Mel Gibson’s found himself stuck in a never-ending series of Dtv-style action thrillers, similar to the kind of fare Bruce Willis churned out before his retirement. Along with his contemporaries like John Travolta, John Cusack and many others, Gibson seems totally stuck in a rut, with virtually all of these films (most of which he only has minor roles in) going totally unnoticed. Has anyone seen Panama, Agent Game, On the Line, Confidential Informant, Desperation Road, Dangerous or Force of Nature? There have been some bright spots, such as the solid Bandit (a movie he was proud of when I interviewed him) or Fatman, but for the most part, Gibson’s career as an actor in mainstream movies seems limited to this kind of fare, which is a shame.

Nevertheless, he’s still out there cranking out VOD movies, with Boneyard being the latest.

I.E. Entertainment, the global distribution outfit founded and run by industry veterans Indra and Erlina Suharjono, has come on board to handle worldwide sales for Cathay Film Company’s “Coolie.”

The TV miniseries is inspired by the little-known history of enslaved Chinese ‘coolies’ in Cuba in the 1860s. It begins shooting this week in the Dominican Republic and will also include locations in Panama.

I.E. Entertainment will introduce “Coolie” to buyers for the first time at the Asia Television Forum & Market (Atf), which runs this week in Singapore.

The eight-episode English and Chinese language drama series is a global production from Meileen Choo’s Singapore-based Cathay Film Company and features a multinational ensemble cast from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cuba and Colombia.

Arvin Chen is directing. In-Ah Lee (“Land of Plenty,” “Don’t Come Knockin’” “The Way I Spent the End of the World”) is the series’ executive producer. Ed Buhr...

David Lee Roth has shared a newly recorded version of Van Halen’s monster hit “Jump.” The singer laid down the track during a 2022 session that has also yielded new renditions of other Van Halen classics.

The recording took place on May 3rd, 2022, at the Henson Recording Studio in Hollywood, California. The track features Al Estrada (guitar), Ryan Wheeler (bass), and Francis Valentino (drums).

Previous songs that have come out of that session include “Unchained,” “Everybody Wants Some!!,” “You Really Got Me,” “Dance the Night Away,” “Panama,” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love.”

It’s unclear why Diamond Dave chose to record new versions of these Van Halen classics. Perhaps he set out to prove that his voice was still in good shape, after receiving criticism about his live performances in recent years.

Earlier this year, fellow former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar declared, “[Roth] doesn’t care about singing.

Arvin Chen is to direct “Coolie,” a limited series featuring enslaved Chinese workers in 19th century Cuba.

The eight-part series is the first to emerge from Cathay Film Company, a recent production venture launched by Singapore-based industry veteran Meileen Choo.

In the mid-1800s, when the African slave trade was outlawed throughout the Americas, plantation owners in Cuba instead began trafficking indentured servants from China and other parts of Asia. These, so-called coolies were often treated as slaves, but some integrated into Cuban society and joined the country’s fight for independence from Spain. The provided a low-cost workforce for farms, restaurants, factories and were instrumental in setting up Chinatowns across the world.

With Hong Kong actor Louise Wong in the lead role as a young woman who departs from southern China to marry a political exile working on a sugarcane plantation in Cuba, the narrative sees her join forces...

Earlier this week in the “Big Brother 25” house, reality TV legend Cirie Fields — who, we’ll remind you, has played “Survivor” a whopping four times — claimed she’s forever done with “Bb” after her first season wraps up in November. “I think about the people who come back two or three times,” said her housemate Felicia Cannon, referring to former “Big Brother” contestants who return for various All-Stars seasons. Cirie replied matter-of-factly that she’ll “never” return to the house. And in case that wasn’t strong enough, she then added, “I’m never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever … And it’s on tape.”

Watch the video below from the “Big Brother” live feeds on Paramount+:

felicia: i think about the people who come back two or three times..

cirie: never.. im never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever...

In the first episode of the documentary series Spy Ops, the makers cover Operation Jawbreaker, which removed the Taliban from power in Afghanistan months after the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. The success of the operation forced Osama bin Laden to leave Afghanistan and seek refuge in Pakistan. This sets the precedent for the show, as we get to watch and understand the famous spy operations.

Prologue

Spy Ops Episode 2 is about Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was accused of drug trafficking and aiding many drug cartels. In December 1989, the President of the USA directed the American military to carry out extended missions in Panama to save American lives. The press conference at the White House also mentioned that they are determined to preserve the integrity of the Panama treaty signed between the two countries in 1977 and restore the democratic process after apprehending the dictator, Manuel Noriega.

Talk about a Multiverse twist!

In the final moments of the live 90-minute premiere of “Big Brother 25,” host Julie Chen Moonves unveiled one of the biggest shockeroos of all time: “Survivor” legend Cirie Fields would be joining the cast as the 17th houseguest. Cirie’s son, Jared Fields, had already been announced as a cast member, though he hinted he’d be keeping his identity secret so as not to come off as a threat to his fellow players. Now that they’re both in the house, there’s no telling whether Cirie and Jared will reveal their relationship to the others, or if they’ll keep it to themselves.

Cirie is often cited as the best “Survivor” player to never win the game. She took part in four seasons of that CBS reality TV show, coming in fourth place in “Panama,” third place in “Micronesia,” 17th place in “Heroes vs.

Timm Kröger’s second film is a German-language psychological thriller.

Charades and Anonymous Content are partnering on sales for German director Timm Kröger’s The Theory of Everything ahead of its world premiere in competition in Venice, announced today.

The genre-blending black and white thriller set in the world of quantum mechanics is Kroger’s second feature. Set in the Swiss Alps, it is about a physicist attending an international convention where an Iranian scientist plans to unveil a groundbreaking new theory in quantum mechanics. Intrigued by a mysterious jazz pianist who seems to know intimate details about him, he...

There have been many returning players on Survivor over the years, but there are several deserving old-schoolers who have yet to get a second chance at the game. "Old-school" Survivor players are considered those who played in the early seasons of the show. Though there isn't an exact cutoff between the old and new-school game, the pre-Survivor: Gabon standard definition seasons are typically considered to be the old-school era.

Survivor has held many returnee seasons with various themes, like All-Stars, Fans vs. Favorites, Game Changers, and Winners at War. There's only been one Second Chance season, however, Survivor: Cambodia in 2015 was the only season so far to feature a fan vote to decide the cast, and the pool of returning players consisted of contestants who had only played the game once. There are still many one-time players who should get another shot.

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One of the most...

David Lee Roth returned to the live stage last Thursday (March 23rd) in Las Vegas for a performance of Van Halen’s “Panama” with all-star cover band Royal Machines.

The show took place at the Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay as part of a corporate event for Home Depot sales managers. Comprised of such musicians as Billy Morrison, Mark McGrath, Donovan Leitch Jr., Chris Chaney and Josh Freese, Royal Machines were also joined by Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens for this show. The group gave attendees a big surprise when Dlr took the stage donning a bright yellow suit.

The Van Halen singer guided the group through a rousing rendition of “Panama,” using the downtime between verses to toss in his signature ad libs. During the drop out, Dlr worked the enthusiastic crowd of Home Depot employees, asking: “Are we having a good time so far?!”

In addition to Dlr,...

U.S. film financier Grandave Capital will invest in the documentary “Romano Artioli – The Last Great Dreamer,” about the one-time owner of the Bugatti and Lotus automobile brands, Romano Artioli.

In 1952, Artioli, a 20-year-old technician in Italy watched in astonishment as Bugatti ceased production in Molsheim, France. Artioli studied mechanical engineering and went on to repair cars, before eventually setting up an automotive retail and import business. By the mid-1980s, this business became so successful that Artioli was able to begin discussions with the French government about buying the Bugatti brand. In 1987, his dream became a reality.

The documentary showcases Artioli and his passion for beauty and sportscars leading him to revive Bugatti and also relaunch Lotus, building iconic cars. As visionaries in automotive were replaced by white collar managers who tried to cut him out, Artioli managed to react swiftly, pushing through his ambitious vision.

Grandave Capital described...

Former 90 Day Fiancé star Jasmine Pineda has dropped almost 15 pounds and is now telling fans her weight loss secret. The 36-year-old Panama native started dating 51-year-old Gino Palazzolo from Michigan after meeting him online, and the couple starred in 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days season 5, which documented their chaotic relationship. Jasmine and Gino almost split but ended up engaged by the time the show reached the Tell-All stage. Along with their unusual love story, what impressed fans were Jasmine’s honesty and one-liners, such as her being vegan but loving Gino's “meat.”

90 Day Fiancé celeb Jasmine’s social media content is just as entertaining as her on-screen personality. She even has two Instagram accounts to document her life. The Panamanian woman gets a lot of questions about things such as her plastic surgery, fillers, diet, and her fitness, and Jasmine decided to address those recently. Jasmine posted...

Screen Rant is thrilled to exclusively premiere the trailer for the upcoming action-comedy film from Saban Films, High Heat. The film stars Olga Kurylenko, best known for her turns in Quantum of Solace and as Taskmaster in Marvel Studios' Black Widow. She is joined by Don Johnson, known for his iconic portrayal of James "Sonny" Crockett in Miami Vice, and most recently for his role in Rian Johnson's Knives Out. Directed by Zach Golden (who previously directed The Escape of Prisoner 614 starring Hellboy actor Ron Perlman) and based on a script by writer James Pedersen, High Heat will be in theaters, digital, and On Demand beginning December 16th.

High Heat tells the story of Ana (Kurylenko), a successful chef and restaurateur who is hiding a major secret about her past. When the local mafia targets her restaurant in order to collect on a massive debt owed by her husband,...

Plot: The true story of Canada’s notorious “Flying Bandit” Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel). A jail escapee from the U.S, Galvan makes his way to Canada and attempts to go straight. But, once he falls in love with a local woman (Elisha Cuthbert Jr) and discovers he has a baby on the way, he turns to bank robbery to make ends meet. To his amazement, he has a natural, uncanny gift for being able to knock over banks without injuring anyone, and once he gets financing from a local tough guy (Mel Gibson), the sky is the limit. For a while anyway…

Review: I was wary of watching Bandit. Why? The story is a good one, and the cast is promising, but I’ve been burned by many star-driven crime movies lately, particularly ones with huge names like Mel Gibson in supporting roles, as they tend to fall...

Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is...

by Nathaniel R

Panama is fairly new to the Oscar game. They've been submitting since 2014 and last year they got close to a nomination for the first time with a finalist spot for Abner Benaim's Plaza Catedral. This year they're submitting Cumpleañero (or Birthday Boy) starring Albi De Abreu. While we don't yet know what it's about (though those of you who know Spanish can see the trailer here) the Spanish-language poster (to the right) is very intriguing with its upside down solo figure in the waves above group joy and it's tagline "Suffering is not an option." This is the second submission for Panama from director Arturo Montenegro after the trans drama Everybody Changes (2019). He's now tied with Abner Benaim as the most often submitted Panamanian director.

Oscar predictions and submission charts here...

If one were to list the greatest rock n’ roll frontmen of all time, Van Halen’s David Lee Roth would be near the top. With a swagger and look that seemed tailor-made for the MTV era, Roth was riding high in the eighties and, for a while, was among the biggest rock stars on the planet.

Think about the greatest rock songs of the era, and I bet “Hot for Teacher,” “Jump,” and “Panama” are among the first that come to mind. All three songs came from Van Halen’s most popular album ever, 1984, but despite their insane success, all was not well in the band, particularly between Roth and the late, great Eddie Van Halen. As a result of their tension, Roth went solo in 1985, and Van Halen brought in Sammy Hagar to usher them into the post-Roth era. While the band still did well with Hagar, it...

Few remember the short-lived 1970s sitcom “The Corner Bar” and fewer still can recall one of its characters. But those who do celebrate both. Because the series, which premiered 50 years ago this week, introduced the first out gay person seen on a regular basis on an American TV show. With the two came the (slow) linking at last of a largely until-then dismissed part of culture with the business of entertainment media.

A tavern-set ensemble sitcom along the lines of “Cheers,” to come a decade later, “The Corner Bar” was one of a pair of summer replacement shows that ABC introduced back-to-back on June 21, 1972. Its premise was as simple as its title, focusing on the nightly life at Grant’s Toomb, a New York City bar run by Harry Grant (Gabriel Dell). Less simple for the time was that one of its barflies was out gay set-designer Peter Panama (played...

Exclusive: Orange Is The New Black star Jackie Cruz has replaced Stephanie Beatriz as co-lead in horror-thriller movie History Of Evil, which has just wrapped.

The Vampire Diaries actor Paul Wesley co-stars in the feature, which as we reported earlier this year was pre-bought by AMC’s genre streamer Shudder for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

We’re told Brooklyn Nine-Nine and In the Heights star Beatriz had to switch out before the film’s early May start due to scheduling conflicts.

Written and directed by Iranian-American filmmaker Bo Mirhosseni, the film is being produced by genre specialists XYZ Films, Under the Shadow outfit Two & Two Pictures and Jake Siegel.

In History Of Evil, a family on the run from a corrupt state takes refuge in a safe house with an evil past — a terrifying last stop on a near-future Underground Railroad.

The movie is...

"If you want to get some kind of message out there, you can use this platform." An early teaser trailer has arrived for the next new documentary from filmmaker Alex Winter, this one titled The YouTube Effect. He continues is outstanding series of docs about the internet with a focus this time on the power of YouTube - both the good and bad. Winter's The YouTube Effect doc is the story of YouTube, its rise to dominance as the most widely viewed media platform in the world, and the implications of that power for both YouTube and its parent company, Google. "It is an inspirational and cautionary tale as it examines how YouTube has made our lives easier and more enriched, while also presenting dangers that make the world a more perilous place." Coming soon from Olive Hill Media, Trouper, Valhalla Ent. Zipper Bros Films. This ...

Six months after Ohio State’s marching band delivered an incredible tribute to Rush’s Neil Peart, the university’s Athletic Band orchestrated a Van Halen-inspired performance Saturday during halftime of a spring game.

In addition to brassy renditions of Van Halen’s “Runnin’ With the Devil,” “Dreams,” “Panama” and “Jump,” the Ohio State University Spring Athletic Band also created complex formations on the football field, with the hundreds of band members arranging themselves to make the band’s “Vh” logo as well as “1984,””Jump” (complete with jumping stick figures...

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony/$19.99) scored a second of what will be likely many weeks atop VOD charts. That comes after the film reached $800 million in domestic box office and it’s about to enter its fifth month in theaters.

Little else changed this week, with fewer films than usual finding positions on all three iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu charts. “Sing 2” (Universal/$19.99), high on all charts again, has spent more than three months at a $19.99 or higher. Like “Spider-Man,” it still ranked in the top 10 this weekend.

“Dog” (United Artists/$19.99), a much more recent release and #7 in theaters, was the third across-the-board placer. The only new entry of note was “Panama” (Saban/$6.99), an action thriller about an arms dealer in the country during the invasion. It costars Mel Gibson, with Mark Neveldine directing. It placed on two charts.

Four Best Picture nominees showed up on at least one chart.

Photo: ‘Panama’ War drama is a tried and true genre. Some of the most highly rated, critically acclaimed films tell emotional, high-action, stories about war and the hardships that surround it. From ‘Schindler’s List’ to ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘1917’, there’s no shortage of tales surrounding threats to the human race and peaceful existence. The high-stakes environment makes for heavy emotional conflicts and suspenseful action sequences. ‘Panama’, however, marches to a different beat. Related article: Oscar-nominated - Exclusive: 'Dune' Full Commentary, Reactions, Making Of - Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac Related article: Oscar-nominated - 'House of Gucci' Full Commentary & Behind the Scenes - Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Al Pacino Related article: Oscar-nominated - 'Belfast' Full Commentary & BTS - Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench Related article: Oscar-nominated - 'West Side Story' Full Commentary - Rita Moreno, Steven Spielberg, Rachel Zegler...

“Panama,” the latest offering from The Mel Gibson Movie of the Month Club, is the sort of instantly disposable action-thriller that wears its cynicism on its sleeve while laboring to grab attention with quick-cut visuals. Those combine with more gratuitous nudity than you can shake a stick at — without, it should be noted, any sticks — to goose a narrative that is tediously predictable when not borderline incoherent. It is notable primarily for the presence of Cole Hauser, star of TV’s phenomenally popular “Yellowstone,” who earns his top billing by doing most of the heavy lifting for his sporadically glimpsed but frequently heard co-star.

In terms of facilitating a transition from television to features, “Panama” may do more for Hauser than, say, “Macho Callahan” ever did for David Janssen. Hauser fully commits to his role as Becker, an ex-Marine who free-lances for the CIA, using his macho charm, intimidating snarl,...

(Welcome to SlashClips, a series where we bring you exclusive clips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray, and theatrical releases you won't see anywhere else!)

In this edition:

"Dream a Little Dream" "Panama" "The Race to Save the World" "Beneath The Banyan Tree" "Arctic Circle" season 2

The Vestron Video Collector's Series is issuing yet another '80s cult classic with their new Blu-ray of 1988's comedy "Dream a Little Dream" starring the two Corey's (Feldman and Haim). It is the very stylish Feldman who talks us through his flashy wardrobe for the film in this exclusive clip from the bonus features. The film, which also features...

The post Clips Round-Up: Dream A Little Dream With Corey Feldman, Cole Hauser Goes To Panama & More! [Exclusive] appeared first on /Film.

Panama Trailer — Mark Neveldine‘s Panama (2022) movie trailer has been released by Saban Films. The Panama trailer stars Cole Hauser, Charlie Weber, Katie Katzman, Jackie Cruz, and Mel Gibson. Crew Daniel Adams and William Barber wrote the screenplay for Panama. Mick Fury created the music for the film. Pedro Juan López crafted [...]

Continue reading: Panama (2022) Movie Trailer: Cole Hauser is hired by CIA for a Top Secret Arms Trade Mission in Mark Neveldine’s Action Film...

"Panama has lots to offer a man like you..." Paramount + Saban have revealed the first official trailer for an action thriller called Panama, the latest from filmmaker Mark Neveldine, who hasn't made anything since The Vatican Tapes in 2015. An ex-marine is hired by a defense contractor to travel to Panama to complete an arms deal. In the process he becomes involved with the U.S. invasion of Panama during the political upheaval in the country in 1989, and learns an important lesson about the true nature of political power. Cole Hauser stars as "Becker", along with Charlie Weber, Katie Katzman, Jackie Cruz, and Mel Gibson. This doesn't look bad, but doesn't look so good either. I can't believe it actually opens with that cringe "welcome to the jungle!" scene, my goodness. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Mark Neveldine's Panama, direct from YouTube: Mel Gibson and Cole Hauser ...

A big moment in Van Halen history took place Saturday night when Sammy Hagar added “Running With the Devil” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” into the set during his Sammy Hagar and Friends residency at the Strat Theater in Las Vegas. He sang both those songs quite a few times during his tenure in Van Halen, but this was the first time he featured any David Lee Roth-era tunes at his solo gigs.

As you can see from the fan-shot videos below, he lets Michael Anthony do a...

German director Timm Kröger’s mystery thriller “The Universal Theory” has started shooting at the ski resort of St. Jakob in Defereggen, Austria. The film’s first image has been released.

The cast is led by Jan Bülow, who starred in “Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding,” and Olivia Ross, a Paris-born, British actress whose credits include History’s “Knightfall,” Netflix’s “The Old Guard,” and the BBC’s “War and Peace” and “Killing Eve.”

Kröger previously directed Venice Critics Week entry “The Council of Birds.” The screenplay was written by Roderick Warich (“The Trouble with Being Born”) and Kröger.

Shot in Cinemascope, in black and white, the 1960s set story unfolds against the backdrop of the Alps. Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets his femme fatale, Karin, a jazz pianist...

by Cláudio Alves

The Academy has announced its shortlists, and there aren't many notable surprises to point out. However, two exciting inclusions in the Best international Film front were Bhutan's Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom and Panama's Plaza Catedral. By coincidence, both pictures have powerful behind-the-scenes stories that might have helped boost their profile. Bhutan's case is a story of underdog perseverance, while Panama has a heartbreaking tragedy attached to its film.

Did the Academy make the right choice? Let’s find out…...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today unveiled its shortlist of 15 films that will advance to the next stage of voting in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars. Notable among omissions is Julia Ducournau’s Titane, the entry from France which won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or — becoming only the second movie directed by a woman to scoop that prize.

Elsewhere, there are no major shocks, though neither Costa Rica’s well-received Clara Sola nor Chad’s Lingui: The Sacred Bonds factor.

Overall, 12 of the movies on the shortlist are ones we recently put forth as strong contenders. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car from Japan made the roster today, and has picked up great momentum in the past few weeks, scoring overall Best Film honors from both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle.

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Exclusive: Yale Productions has signed producer Anne Clements of Idiot Savant Pictures to an overall deal, Deadline has learned.

Clements’ deal with the company led by partners Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman will see her shepherding the development and production of several new films in the coming year.

Her first feature, Quinceañera—helmed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland—won several major awards including the Sundance Film Festival’s coveted Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize, a Humanitas Prize and Film Independent’s John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature. She’s also worked on films including the Lili Taylor drama Paper Spiders and the comedy Stage Mother, starring Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu and Adrian Grenier, along with such series as Fox’s Fantasy Island and Starz’s Bmf.

Past projects Clements has produced with Yale Productions include Chick Fight, starring Malin Akerman; Mayim Bialik’s directorial debut, As Sick as They Made Us,...

The 10th Panama Int’l Film Festival wrapped Sunday, Dec. 5 with Michel Franco’s Acapulco-set drama “Sundown” closing the event.

Winners of the rough-cut sidebar Primera Mirada were announced at closing night, which took place at festival venue, La Manzana de Santa Ana. Costa Rican entries took home the top prizes this year, indicative of the tiny Central American nation’s outsized filmmaking talent.

The Primera Mirada jury, led by Diana Sánchez, Marcelo Quesada and Paula Gastaud, bestowed the top prize to Costa Rican supernatural drama “Domingo and the Mist” by Ariel Escalante who took home the $10,000 cash prize; Mauricio Morales of El Salvador won the second cash prize of $5,000 for his docu “Milo, Breaking Frontiers.”

“I’m enormously thankful to Iff Panama for having not only supported ‘Domingo and the Mist,’ both in Primera Mirada as well as in the Panama Film Match a year and a half ago,...

In Panama to shoot “The Stars at Noon,” French auteur Claire Denis spoke at an Iff Panama fest panel about shooting the film in Panama and her hallmark “instinctive” filmmaking.

With her were her two male actors, lead Joe Alwyn (“The Favorite”) and rising Panamanian thesp and former wrestler Nick Romano (“Kimura”), who plays a key secondary role. The panel was moderated by Iff Panama festival director Pituka Ortega Heilbron.

Based on the eponymous novel by Denis Johnson, “The Stars at Noon” is set in 1984 Nicaragua during the Sandinista-led revolution as it relates the unlikely romance between an enigmatic Englishman (Alwyn) and a willful American journalist, played by Margaret Qualley who’s just received great reviews for her performance in Netflix series “The Maid.” The two lovers are soon caught up in a perilous web of lies and conspiracies and forced to flee the country.

Qualley, who was supposed to be at the panel,...

Morgan Freeman and “Yellowstone’s” Cole Hauser are set to star in an action thriller called “Muti” from director George Gallo.

The feature film follows a detective (Hauser) who is unable to process the death of his daughter and embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who kills based on a brutal tribal ritual known as Muti. He recruits the help of a professor and African anthropologist (Freeman) who hides an unspeakable secret but allows him to go deeper into the killer’s world, which reveals that one man’s insanity is another man’s religion.

The screenplay was written by Bob Bowersox, Jennifer Lemmon, Francesco Cinquemani, Giorgia Iannone, Luca Giliberto and Ferdinando Dell’Omo. “Muti” is based on a story by Joe Lemmon and Francesco Cinquemani.

The film’s producers are Joe Lemmon of Black Diamond Films, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi and Danielle Maloni of Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment Spa,...

Having played in four seasons, Cirie Fields may be one of the most popular Survivor players to never win the game, and one of the reasons for that is her memorable quotes from her time on the show. Known for her combination of cutthroat strategy and good-natured humor, many Cirie lines are fan favorites.

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Given that she is one of the players who has played Survivor the most, Cirie is a player who will always live on in Survivor history, between her appearances on Panama, Micronesia, Heroes Vs. Villains, and Game Changers. Looking back at these seasons, though, the main constant is the sense of charm that she brings to everything she says.

David Lee Roth dropped a new track, “Giddy-Up!” The countrified tune was accompanied by cowboy-themed artwork drawn by the lead singer of Van Halen himself.

Roth released a 17-chapter interactive online comic book titled The Roth Project, written and drawn by Roth, last fall, which introduced several new songs, including “Giddy-Up!” The comic book is intended as an immersive audio and visual experience, with Roth reading the story in his gravely voice alongside a score written by the musician.

The comic featured four other songs, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill,...

Jackson Rathbone, Robert Knepper also star.

Highland Film Group heads into the virtual Cannes market next month with worldwide sales rights to the completed supernatural thriller Warhunt starring Mickey Rourke.

Jackson Rathbone, and Robert Knepper also star in the film, which shot in Riga, Latvia, and is directed by Mauro Borrelli (The Recall) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Reggie Keyohara III (The Recall).

Rourke plays a military commander who dispatches an elite team on a deadly rescue mission after a Second World War cargo plane crashes.

Under attack from a horrifying supernatural force, the soldiers race to uncover the truth before the Nazis,...