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Grave of the Fireflies is Studio Ghiblis soberest story, yet it harbors a dedicated fanbase, and I have just found their watchlists newest addition: Barefoot Gen. Aside from the fantastically-captivating action, romance, and horror genres of anime, the humbling realities of war and international conflict are also tackled in Japanese media. Some series are outwardly aimed towards anti-war or pro-Japanese themes. However, others are more subtle, masking a clear agenda within a fluffy exterior.

For example, my favorite Studio Ghibli film, Howl's Moving Castle, contains inspiration and reflections from both its director and the source material's author. The films release date was in 2004, following the invasion of Iraq by the United States. The film...

At the 27th Academy Awards, Oscar helped Edmond O’Brien win an Oscar.

O’Brien played sleazy show biz publicist Oscar Muldoon in 1954’s “The Barefoot Contessa,” which starred Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. Bogart had been crowned Best Actor of 1951 for “The African Queen,” and had also contended for the same award for 1943’s Best Picture, “Casablanca.” Gardner was coming off of her first and only nomination, for Best Actress in 1953’s “Mogambo.” “The Barefoot Contessa” was written and directed by Academy favorite Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who had won back-to-back Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars for 1949’s “A Letter to Three Wives” and 1950’s Best Picture, “All About Eve.”

”The Barefoot Contessa” didn’t fare quite as well at the Oscars as “Letter” or “Eve.” Neither Bogart or Gardner received nominations, though Bogart was cited for his role in that same year’s Best Picture entry “The Caine Mutiny.

Valerie Bertinelli weighed in on Food Network’s move toward reality competition formats Tuesday, lamenting the fact that the home of her former show “is not about cooking and learning any longer.”

The former Valerie’s Home Kitchen host wrote on Threads that she “fell in love with Food Network two decades ago” because of the educational “in the kitchen shows.” She named several examples: Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meals, Ina Garten’s Barefoot Conetessa and Giada De Laurentiis’ Giada at Home.

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“The list goes on,” Bertinelli continued, saying, “I learned so much. It’s sad it’s not about cooking and learning any longer. Oh well, that’s just business, folks.”

Bertinelli’s post was a response to a thread from cookbook author Marlynn Schotland, who wrote that she missed “actual shows” on Food Network. “Remember those?” she wrote. “Do you know...

Around this time last year, Barefoot Gen creator Keiji Nakazawa was among those nominated for the Eisner Hall of Fame. While the late manga author didn't end up getting into the 2023 class, he's officially in this year as part of a group of 19 total automatic inductees. Other automatic inductees for the 2024 Eisner Awards Hall of Fame include Kim Deitch, Creig Flessel, A.B. Frost, Billy Graham, Gary Groth, Albert Kanter, Warren Kremer, Oskar Lebeck, Frans Masereel, Don McGregor, Noel Sickles, Cliff Sterrett, Elmer C. Stoner, Bryan Talbot, Ron Turner, George Tuska, Lynn Varley and James Warren. Related: Barefoot Gen Creator Keiji Nakazawa Among 2023 Eisner Hall of Fame Nominees Keiji Nakazawa—who passed away in 2012—was also nominated in 2020. Barefoot Gen is one of a handful of manga he authored to depict the first-hand experience of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Following his I Saw It manga in 1972, Barefoot Gen ran...

Welcome to Wrexham with Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney scored the Best Sports Show award and The Amazing Race came in first in the Best Competition Series category at the 2023 Critics Choice Real TV Awards. Critics Choice Association members spread the love around, with only RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi, and Top Chef earning two awards each.

Given the quantity and quality of reality programming, the Cca launched the Critics Choice Real TV Awards in 2019 to recognize the best in nonfiction, unscripted, and reality shows. In addition to the regular competition categories, this year the Cca honored Lisa Vanderpump with the Impact Award and Eugene Levy was named Star of the Year.

Critics Choice Real TV Awards Winners

Best Competition Series

Winner: The Amazing Race (CBS)

Lego Masters (Fox)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+)

Survivor (CBS)

The Traitors (Peacock...

Treat Williams died on Monday around 4:50 p.m. after crashing his motorcycle when a car cut him off.

The fire chief of Dorset, Vermont reported that a car was making a turn and didn’t see Williams on his motorcycle. This caused Williams to be thrown off the vehicle where he sustained fatal injuries. The Manchester Fire Department was called, and they airlifted Williams to the hospital in Albany, New York.

He was pronounced dead after he arrived at the hospital due to his injuries.

The Manchester Fire Department posted on Facebook which included a photo of an ambulance and helicopter. They commented, “6/12/23 Monday – 5:50 p.m LifeNet of New York air ambulance and Manchester Northshire Rescue Squad at the Manchester Public Safety Facility Landing Zone. A patient from a motor vehicle/motorcycle accident in Dorset is being airlifted to a regional medical center. Mfd assisted in this Mutual Aid incident.

Following the award-winning mobile film “Monsoon Clips”, Diganta Dey decided to continue on the same path with “Bare Foot”, which has already had an extensive festival run, including a distinction in One Earth Awards.

“Bare Foot” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative

With the under title “My India” setting the tone of the 2-minute short, the film begins with the sound of a cello playing, while the view from a window is depicted on screen, in black-and-white, and text on screen begins a “story” that starts with “This is my Country”. The film follows the same pattern, with the sound of cello, the images and the under text, in what appears to be a critique of the overall system in India. An image of a broken elevator screen, for example, reads that “the rule of supply and demand suffers” , the image of a camera talks about surveillance,...

Anime isn't a genre. It's a medium, one that's still fighting for mainstream acceptance in the West. Its hold on American audiences is stronger than ever, with Studio Ghibli blockbusters and franchises like "My Hero Academia" earning critical acclaim and global adoration. However, too many people still associate animation with children's viewing. While there are plenty of great anime films that parents can show to their kids, this attitude still leads to confusion. Not only is some anime emphatically not child-safe, but if you dismiss it as kids' stuff, you're missing out on some great movies.

If you've never watched an anime film before, rest assured that it's not all sailor uniforms and jiggly bits, just like how action movies aren't all gravelly-voiced men and sexy ladies. There's something for everyone, although we also confess that you're going to see a lot of Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii here, and for good reasons.

“Be My Guest With Ina Garten” has set a Season 3 premiere date and revealed the new lineup of celebs that will be joining the Barefoot Contessa for a meal on the next batch of episodes, including Stanley Tucci.

On the third season premiere, set to launch March 5 at 11:30 a.m. Et on Food Network and Discovery+, Garten will be hosting ballerina Misty Copeland at her East Hampton home. Over the source of the season, she will also welcome Tucci, whose much-beloved food-travel series was recently scrapped by Food Network parent Warner Bros. Discovery along with other CNN original programming, actor Laura Linney and singer Norah Jones.

“Receiving an invitation from Ina is a dream come true for her guests and our audience alike – her welcoming personality, legendary entertaining skills and natural curiosity for other people’s life stories make for a fascinating series,” Betsy Ayala, head of food content at Warner Bros.

Scoey Mitchell, the actor best known for his work on the one-season run of the sitcom “Barefoot in the Park,” died on March 19 in Torrance, Calif., his brother, Billy Mitchell, confirmed to Variety. He was 92.

In a Facebook post Monday, Mitchell’s brother wrote, “He sacrificed much in the struggle to get Blacks behind the camera, into production and into positions that are taken for granted today. It’s important to remember those few that opened up the doors for so many.”

Born as Roscoe Mitchell Jr. on March 12, 1930, in New York, he began his career as a stand-up comedian in nightclubs. One of his first jobs was on “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” in 1967, which was followed by dozens of comedic television appearances, including on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “The Tonight Show” and “The Carol Burnett Show.” Before making the switch to acting, Mitchell had a spot on the...

Ina Garten’s new Discovery Plus series, “Be My Guest With Ina Garten,” has been renewed for two additional seasons ahead of its launch on March 26.

The show will launch with full episodes on Discovery Plus, to be followed by a “food-centric half-hour” airing on Food Network at 12 p.m. Et, along with the debut of a companion podcast.

Season 1 consists of four episodes, rolled out weekly in the same manner as the premiere.

“Be My Guest With Ina Garten” features Barefoot Contessa inviting friends old and new to her East Hampton home for a day of conversation, connection, food and fun visits to some of her favorite local spots. In the first episode, Garten and award-winning actress Julianna Margulies become fast friends discussing their untraditional childhoods and careers over Garten’s margaritas and Margulies’ halibut, followed by a scenic car ride to the beach.

Coming up this season, chef...

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‘The Rig’ First Look

Up top is your first look at Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series The Rig, which shot in Scotland this year. The show stars Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire and Martin Compston as the crew of the Kinloch Bravo oil rig stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When they are due to be collected and return to the mainland a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through, cutting them off from the outside world. The series was created by David Macpherson and directed by John Strickland; Amazon will release in 2022.

German Oscar submissions

German Films has named the shortlist for its International Oscar submission this year, with 10 titles in contention. A nine-member committee will watch each picture and select the film that will go forward to the Academy. The 10 movies are: Copilot (Die Welt Wird Eine Andere Sein) – dir. Anne Zohra Berrached...

It’s happening. It’s finally happening. What was once a particularly pervasive and aggressive Internet meme is now a reality. HBO Max’s list of new releases for March 2021 is highlighted by none other than the mythical Snyder cut.

The entity now known as Zach Snyder’s Justice League will premiere on March 18. While it was originally planned to be a four-part miniseries, this recut version of 2017’s ill-fated Justice League will in fact be a four-hour movie. But perhaps even four hours won’t be enough for fans who have been waiting years for just such an event.

Read more Movies Zack Snyder’s Original Vision for Justice League Faded Long Before His Exit By Joseph Baxter Movies Justice League: How Christopher Nolan Helped Prevent Zack Snyder from Seeing the Whedon Cut By David Crow

If the Snyder Cut is not to your speed, there are plenty...

This year's trip to the Christmas tree lot was a little extra memorable for Jake Owen.  The country singer announced via Instagram on Friday, Dec. 4 that he is engaged to longtime girlfriend Erica Hartlein. He popped the question during the couple's Christmas tree outing and shared a number of photos from the special moment, including multiple glimpses at the ring.  "5 years ago we went and got our first Christmas Tree together....at this same spot," the 39-year-old "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" vocalist wrote. "This year, I asked her if she'd like to get Christmas Trees every year for the rest of our lives." The pics show that the couple's 19-month-old...

Sydney, Nov 16 (Ians) Fast bowler Pat Cummins on Monday conceded that the Australia men's cricket team had fallen behind in its recognition and education around racial injustice, adding that they will stand in a circle with bare feet at the start of every international series in solidarity with the anti-racism movement while also celebrating indigenous culture.

"We've decided to do the Barefoot Circle. We're going to look at doing it at the start of each series and it's a pretty easy decision for us. As soon as you try and learn a little bit about it, it just becomes a really easy decision. Not only as a sport, but we as people are absolutely against racism," Cummins said as per ESPNcricinfo.

"We can probably put our hands up and say we haven't done enough in the past and we want to get better, so this is one small thing we're going to introduce this summer,...

"My journey across the country is a metaphor - to not give up." 1091 Pictures has released an official trailer for Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story, a documentary film about climate activist Mark Baumer. This premiered at the Heartland Film Festival last year and won the Best Feature Documentary Award, and also won the "Inspiration Award" from the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival this year. Barefoot is a portrait of Mark Baumer, a writer and activist who walked barefoot for over 100 days to protest climate change. In a voice the New Yorker praised as "reminiscent of Andy Kaufman", Baumer narrates his walk in self-recorded videos, sharing his offbeat take on life and how we all can make a difference. Baumer was tragically struck and killed by an SUV in Florida during his journey in early 2017. "Mark's story is more relevant than ever," director Julie Sokolow says. Adding: "as wildfires blaze across the West Coast,...

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North America rights and set a October 16 theatrical release for Twiceborn, the Hiroshi Akabane-directed inspirational drama. The film, produced by Irh Press, is having its U.S. premiere that week at the San Diego Film Festival and after that screen in Europe at the Raindance Film Festival.

A U.S. digital bow will come January 19.

The pic is based on the true story of executive producer and original story writer Ryuho Okawa from a screenplay by his daughter Sayaka Okawa. It follows Satoru Ichijo, a successful businessman who relinquishes everything to pursue his true calling: the happiness of humankind. Hiroaki Tanaka, Yoshiko Sengen, Nao Hashegawa, Shiro Namiki and Shunsuke Kubozuka star.

Here’s the trailer:

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Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story, the Julie Sokolow documentary charting activist-writer Mark Baumer’s ultimately tragic trek across America to bring awareness to the climate-change debate, is getting an October 27 digital release via 1091 Pictures.

Actor Mukul Dev will soon be seen in a period film titled Kartar Singh Sarabha. He says the film aims at giving the Indian revolutionary recognition and respect.

"It's a legendary character. It's a very exciting project. The cast is ensemble and is from various parts of the world. We have a very exciting team and the project is legendary stuff. It has got to be handled with care. I am very excited about the project," Mukul Dev said.

"The audience will love it and it would give a hero, the much needed recognition and respect. I am waiting for the audience to celebrate this figure," he added.

Directed by Kavi Raz, the film revolves around the life of the revolutionary Kartar Singh Sarabha. Kartar along with Bakshish Singh, and five others were hanged by the British in the Lahore Conspiracy Case of November 1915.

Mukul Dev will also star in...

The Daytime Emmy nominations have been announced!

ABC’s reliable General Hospital leads the soaps pack with 23 total noms, edging out Days of Our Lives‘ 22.

The Young and the Restless followed with 21, while The Bold and the Beautiful managed 13.

The Kelly Clarkson Show, which only premiered last fall, put up a strong showing, securing seven total nominations (the most of any entertainment talk show). The noms included Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show and Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host.

In a somewhat surprising move, Dr. Oz (the show and the talk show host) were completely left out for the first time in a decade.

All told, here are the noms.

The awards show will be filmed virtually, and will air on CBS Friday, June 26 at 8/7c.

Outstanding Drama Series

The Bold and the Beautiful

Days of Our Lives

General Hospital

The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series...

Zickler best known for collaborations with actor Til Schweiger, including box office hits ’Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ and ’Barefoot’.

The German film community is mourning producer Tom Zickler, who died aged 55 on Monday (September 2) after a brief, but very severe illness.

“We are stunned, devastated and deeply sad,” Christoph Fisser, board member of Studio Babelsberg and co-managing director with Zickler of Traumfabrik Babelsberg, said. ”The German film landscape loses one of the greatest film producers and most passionate storytellers, who knew like no other how to enthral the audience. Cinema was his life. Far too early We have to...

Few singers have played a larger role in defining the sound of country music over the past half-dozen years than Thomas Rhett, the honey-smooth Georgia crooner whose last several records conjure Bruno Mars more than Brooks & Dunn. Rhett has set the parameters of tasteful bro-country (“It Goes Like This,” “T-Shirt”), self-mythologized his own autobiography (“Die a Happy Man,” “Life Changes”), and mastered the art of the country-pop come-on (“Marry Me,” “Make Me Wanna”), resulting in a staggering dozen Number One hits at country radio.

On his sprawling fourth album Center Point Road,...

Cinematographer Vladimír Smutný Photo: Courtesy of Kviff/Ludek Hudec Karlovy Vary Film Festival has made its first programme announcements this week - including tributes to Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine and Czech cinematographer Vladimír Smutný.

The Czech festival - which runs from June 28 to July 6 - will also commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution by screening a selection of films shot between 1989 and 1992. It will also hold a premiere screening of restored Czech classic The Cremator, directed by Czechoslovak New Wave filmmaker Juraj Herz, which describes the transformation of an ordinary man into a psychopathic killer.

Smutný will receive the President's Award for his contribution to cinema, with his work on films including Encounter With The Shadows (1982), End Of The Lonely Farm Berghof (1983) and Kolya (1996) as well as more recent work Dark Blue World (2001), Barefoot (2017) and Golden Sting (2018).

The retrospective dedicated to Chahine, who died in 2008, will feature...

Festival will also pay tribute to Velvet Revolution, unveils industry strands.

The 54th Karlovy Vary Film Festival (June 28-July 6) will honour Czech cinematographer Vladimír Smutný and Egyptian director Youssef Chahine.

Smutný, a seven-time winner of the Czech Lion for best cinematography, will receive the Kviff President’s Award. His best-known work includes films with Jiří Svoboda and Jan and Zdeněk Svěrák.

Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine (1926-2008), a five-time Palme d’Or nominee and Silver Bear winner (for Alexandria Why? in 1979), will be honoured at Kviff with a retrospective of 11 remastered films, comprising early lesser-known works and internationally recognised classics.

The...

Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival is to honor Czech cinematographer Vladimír Smutný, whose credits include Jan Svěrák’s Oscar-winning “Kolya.” The festival will also pay tribute to the career of the late Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine.

Smutný will receive the festival’s President’s Award. He started his career in the 1980s working with directors Jiří Svoboda, on films like “End of the Lonely Farm Berghof” (1983), winner of the jury prize at Karlovy Vary, and Karel Kachyňa.

As well as “Kolya” (1996), he worked with Svěrák on “Dark Blue World” (2001), “Empties” (2007), “Kooky” (2010), “Three Brothers” (2014), and “Barefoot” (2017).

Other directors he worked with include Ivan Fíla, Jiří Vejdělek and Václav Marhoul.

A Chahine retrospective at Karlovy Vary will feature 11 films restored by the director’s production house, Misr International Films, along with other institutions such as La Cinémathèque française and Cineteca di Bologna.

“A thorough look at the work of Youssef Chahine has...

Thomas Rhett looks back fondly on the vehicle that transported him into adulthood in “That Old Truck,” the latest release from his upcoming album Center Point Road. The follow-up to Rhett’s 2017 release Life Changes, Center Point Road will be available May 31st.

A gentle, mostly acoustic number that veers off from the dance-inflected country-pop of Rhett’s current single “Look What God Gave Her,” “That Old Truck” — penned by Rhett with Julian Bunetta, Kamron Kimbro and Ryan Tedder — offers up a series of vivid snapshots from Rhett’s coming of age.

February is here, which means Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Hulu is offering traditional fare (think Kleenex and chocolates) like the Sandra Bullock-led rom-com “While You Were Sleeping,” as well as “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Moonstruck,” and “Barefoot.”

Why stop at romantic relationships though? Celebrate Galentine’s Day, the Feb. 13 “holiday” popularized by “Parks and Recreation,” which honors women and female friendship. Check out the thrilling “Thelma & Louise” or “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” and for campy reality TV fun, watch women fight and make up on “The Real Housewives of New York City.”

Hulu has also brought out a spate of James Bond films, so get yourself a martini and marathon “Dr. No,” “From Russia With Love,” and “Thunderball,” all the way up to “Tomorrow Never Dies.”

Additionally, recent critically acclaimed movies available on the platform this month include the dark comedy western “The Sisters Brothers,...

Just in time for Valentine’s day, Amazon Prime Video is bringing in a haul of Prime Originals — seven to be exact. For those who air on the cynical side this V-day, check out the twisted love story that led to “Lorena,” which details the story of Lorena Bobbitt, the woman who cut off her husband’s penis after enduring years of abuse. And if after watching that you remain a fan of crime and murder stories, another Prime Original to watch is “Agatha Christie Presents: ABC Murders.”

True romantics can try a rom-com like “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Along Came Polly,” or “Barefoot.” For fans of old black-and-white movies, Prime has several in store. Silent film enthusiasts will rejoice at Cecil B. DeMille’s “A Romance of the Redwoods” from 1917, as well as 1919’s “A Romance of Happy Valley,” and 1937’s “23 1/2 Hours Leave.” There are a lot more...

Next month, enjoy plenty of sports-related flicks with the addition of the Oscar-nominated “I, Tonya,” on May 31 and all the “Rocky” movies on May 1.

Other highlights include the Hulu original series “All Night,” out May 11, which chronicles teens trying to make their high school dreams come true during an all-night grad party, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s 2017 remake of “Baywatch,” available May 12.

Catch Season 4 of FX’s “The Strain” on May 16 and the complete first season of TNT’s “Claws” on May 11.

Also Read: Kyle Chandler Replaces George Clooney as Lead in Hulu's 'Catch-22'

See everything that’s coming and leaving below:

Available May 1

3 Ways to Get a Husband (2010)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

Baby Boom (1987)

Back to School (1986)

Barefoot (2014)

201 (2017)

The Box (2009)

Booty Call (1997)

Breakable You (2018)

Bride and Prejudice (2004)

Bull Durham (1988)

The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

The Crow (1994)

The Crow II: City of Angels (1996)

The Crow III: Salvation (2000)

The Crow IV: Wicked Prayer (2005)

Demolition Man (1993)

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Eight Men Out (1988)

Elizabethtown (2005)

Emperor (2012)

Executive Decision (1996)

Foxfire (1996)

Gator (1976)

Godzilla (1998)

The Hangman (2017)

Also Read: Hulu, Spotify Launch $13 Bundled Subscriptions

Here to be Heard: The Story of the Slits (2017)

Hot Boyz (2000)

The House I Live In (2012)

Immigration Tango (2010)

Iron Eagle IV: On the Attack (1995)

Kalifornia (1993)

Lost in Vagueness (2017)

Love is a Gun (1994)

Malena (2000)

Man of the House (2005)

Manhunter (1986)

Mansfield Park (1999)

The Matrix (1999)

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Men in Black II (2002)

Men with Brooms (2002)

Never Back Down (2008)

New Guy (2002)

New Rose Hotel (1998)

Ninja Masters (2009)

No Greater Love (2015)

The Pallbearer (1996)

Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Pret-a-Porter (1994)

Priest (2011)

Race for your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)

Rocky (1976)

Rocky II (1979)

Rocky III (1982)

Rocky IV (1985)

Rocky V (1990)

School Ties (1992)

Set Up (2011)

She’s All That (1999)

Starting out the Evening (2007)

Strategic Air Command (1955)

The Swan Princess Christmas (2012)

Also Read: Hugh Laurie Joins Hulu 'Catch-22' Adaptation With George Clooney

The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (1998)

Thief (1981)

To Rome with Love (2012)

Traffic (2000)

Untamed Heart (1993)

Valkyrie (2008)

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Available May 5

Drunk History: Complete Season 5A (Comedy Central)

Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: Complete Season 1 (Sunrise)

The Longest Week (2014)

Warrior (2011)

Available May 6

I’m Dying Up Here: Season 2 Premiere (*Showtime)

Available May 7

Star vs. The Forces of Evil: Complete Season 3 (Disney Xd)

Available May 8

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: Season 4 Premiere (NBC)

Available May 9

T@gged: Complete Season 2 (AwesomenessTV)

Available May 11

All Night: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original)

Claws: Complete Season 1 (TNT)

Bleeding Heart (2015)

Into the Fade (2018)

Available May 12

Patrick Melrose: Series Premiere (*Showtime)

Baywatch (2017)

Frank Serpico (2017)

Jane (2017)

Still Mine (2012)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Available May 13

Tonight She Comes (2016)

Available May 15

Animals (2015)

How to be a Latin Lover (2017)

It’s A Disaster (2012)

Periods. (2012)

Soul of a Banquet (2014)

Take Every Wave (2017)

The Other F Word (2011)

The Snapper (1993)

The Strange Ones (2018)

Available May 16

12 Monkeys: Complete Season 3 (Syfy)

The Strain: Complete Season 4 (FX)

Knights of the Damned (2018)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Available May 19

Beatriz at Dinner (2017)

Shooters (2002)

Available May 21

American Folk (2017)

Neat (2017)

Available May 23

Half Magic (2018)

Available May 24

Curvature (2017)

Available May 25

Hollywood Game Night: Red Nose Dat Special (NBC)

Mad to be Normal (2017)

Available May 27

The Wedding Plan (2016)

Available May 30

America’s Got Talent: Season 13 Premiere (NBC)

World of Dance: Season 2 Premiere (NBC)

Available May 31

American Ninja Warrior: Season 10 Premiere (NBC)

I, Tonya (2017)

Please Stand By (2018)

Rain Man (1988)

And here’s everything that’s leaving:

May 31

1984 (1985)

The Accused (1988)

A Feast at Midnight (1997)

Antitrust (2001)

The Big Wedding (2013)

Boulevard (2015)

Branded (2012)

Breakdown (1997)

Captivity (2007)

Chaplin (1992)

Diablo (2016)

The Doors (1991)

Earth Girls are Easy (1988)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Finder’s Fee (2003)

Fluke (1995)

Forces of Nature (1999)

Fred: The Movie (2010)

Fred: Night of the Living Fred (2011)

Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012)

The Glass Shield (1994)

Glitter (2001)

Gordy (1995)

Happythankyoumoreplease (2010)

Harriot the Spy (1996)

Hart’s War (2002)

He Named Me Malala (2015)

Hesher (2010)

High School (2010)

Honey (2003)

Honey 2 (2011)

Jack Goes Boating (2010)

Jennifer 8 (1992)

John Q (2002)

Kingpin (1996)

Love Crimes (1992)

Show of Force (1990)

Manhattan (1979)

Manny (2015)

The Million Dollar Hotel (2001)

National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie (2011)

National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea (2006)

No Stranger Than Love (2016)

Outlaws and Angels (2016)

The Pick-up Artist (1987)

Regarding Henry (1991)

The Secret of N.I.M.H. (1982)

Southie (1998)

Sprung (1997)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

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Oscar-winning director Jan Svěrák will open the seventh edition of the Czech That Film Festival with his new film “Barefoot” at 4 p.m. on April 14 at Real D theater in Beverly Hills.

Svěrák’s film is a coming-of-age story that takes place in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. The director was previously presented the 2018 Czech Lion Film Fan Award for his work on the film.

The newly restored sci-fi parody “Accumulator,” also directed by Svěrák, will premiere at the festival, which spans across 18 cities in North America. A panel with Svěrák and lead actress Edita Brychta of the film will follow the 8 p.m. screening April 14 at Real D.

Svěrák received the Academy Award for foreign-language film in 1996 for his “Kolya.” The screenplay for the film was written by Jan’s father, Zdeněk, who frequently works with his son and has had roles in his films.

“Ice Mother,” which was...

Bohdan Sláma’s later-life romance takes home six awards including Best Film.

Ice Mother, written and directed by Bohdan Sláma (The Country Teacher), won big at the 25th Czech Lion Awards on March 10 in Prague.

The film, which tells the story of a widow’s second chance at romance, took home six awards: best film, best director, best screenplay, best actress, best actor and best supporting actress.

It opened in the Czech Republic in February 2017, sustained a long theatrical run and was the country’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Oscars.

Jan Svěrák’s Barefoot, about a...

Exclusive: Inception Film Partners has licensed rights in Cannes to more than 25 territories on the Evan Rachel Wood and Scott Speedman rom-com Barefoot.

Inception has licensed rights in Australia and New Zealand (Village Roadshow), Latin America (Polar Star), the UK (Sky and Signature), Germany (Rrs), Filmax (Spain), Canada (Mongrel) and the Middle East (Eagle).

Further deals closed with South Africa (Ster Kinekor), Israel (Five Stars), India (Krisco), Philippines (Octoarts) and Singapore (Shaw), Scandinavia (Atlantic), Cis (Big Movie), pan-Asia (Fox International Channels), Romania, Bulgaria and former Yugoslavia (Programs 4 Media), Turkey (D Productions) and airlines (Eim).

Kate Burton and Treat Williams round out the key cast and Andrew Fleming directed the story of a romance between the scion to an empire and a free-spirited but sheltered woman.

• Lionsgate has purchased the North American rights for Dark Blood, the last film starring River Phoenix (My Own Private Idaho) before he passed away in 1993. Directed and written by George Sluizer (The Vanishing), the upcoming thriller follows the story of Boy (Phoenix), a young widower living as a hermit on a nuclear testing site in the desert. While traveling solo on his “second” honeymoon, Boy discovers a stranded Hollywood couple. Desiring the woman, Boy decides to hold them captive because he finds himself under the impression that he can create a better world with her. The upcoming drama, set to be released via VOD,...

Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week

"Sorcerer"

What's It About? Roy Scheider co-stars in this thriller about four men from disparate backgrounds who, for various reasons, are forced to hide in a small village in South America. When a nearby oil well explodes, four of them must transport nitroglycerin through dangerous terrain in the hopes of extinguishing the fire.

Why We're In: William Friedkin's film met all sorts of bad luck upon release, from its box office competition (a little film called "Star Wars") to misleading marketing that confused audiences expecting a second helping of "The Exorcist." Although the Blu-ray doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles, the quality of the transfer will sate all cinephiles who've been dying to add this cult favorite to their collection.

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In the overcrowded pantheon of bad movies, there are interesting failures, prideful and pushy in their aspirations, and there are wispy disappointments that hew so meticulously to formula their creators might have thought they were making soufflés (or cooking meth). With its small, wayward ambitions, director Andrew Fleming’s “Barefoot” lies between those extremes, though it leans toward the latter. The hollow core of this dreadful romantic dramedy is Jay Wheeler (Scott Speedman), the screw-up son of a wealthy Southern clan. Though he seems to have a college degree, Jay works as a custodian at a psychiatric institution in Los Angeles,...

Two very different action pics blast into theaters this weekend: the period epic Pompeii and the tick-tock spy thriller 3 Days to Kill. Despite boasting directors who have proven themselves somewhat reliable box office quantities — Resident Evil’s Paul W.S. Anderson and Charlie’s Angels’ McG — neither will hold a candle to The Lego Movie, which will enjoy a third weekend at the top of the charts.

Tiny animated toys aren’t the only obstacle for the action pics. The new contenders also have to compete with the still-formidable competition of About Last Night and Monuments Men. This weekend’s wild card is RoboCop.

This weekend, the legendary Mount Vesuvius erupts again in "Pompeii," starring Kit Harington ("Game of Thrones"), Kevin Costner stars opposite Amber Heard in the spy-thriller "3 Days to Kill," and several acclaimed independent and foreign films make their way to select theaters.

"Pompeii" stars Kit Harington as Milo, a slave-turned-gladiator, who falls in love with Cassia, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. As Mount Vesuvius erupts and slowly destroys the magnificent Roman province Pompeii, Milo must fight his way to Cassia (Emily Browning) and save them both. Paul W.S. Anderson ("Resident Evil") directs this historical action epic.

In "3 Days to Kill," Kevin Costner plays a dangerous international spy determined to retire and finally spend time with his wife and daughter. With his life suddenly on the line, he gets roped back in for one last assignment that -- if successfully completed -- could save his life and allow him to walk...

Exclusive: UK sales outfit boards Ellen Page [pictured], Evan Rachel Wood apocalyptic drama due to shoot April.

Ahead of the Efm, Celsius Entertainment has boarded sales on writer-director Patricia Rozema’s (Mansfield Park) apocalyptic/eco drama Into The Forest, set to star Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood.

Page also produces the Canadian feature, based on Jean Hegland’s novel of the same name, which begins filming this coming April on Vancouver Island.

Into The Forest recounts the story of two sisters, played by Page and Wood, struggling to survive after the collapse of society in the not too distant future.

Producers are Page and Karine Martin, executive producers are Sriram Das, Kelly Bush Novak and Haroon Saleem. Mediabiz will co-finance.

Page recently wrapped on the seventh installation of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and is attached to Fox’s Queen and Country. Wood recently finished filming Andrew Fleming’s Barefoot.

The 29th Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled it 2014 lineup. This year's fest is set to run January 30 through February 9. The fest boasts 23 world and 33 Us premieres. It opens with Robert Nixon and Fisher Stevens' "Mission Blue" and closes with a "Before" triple feature, with director Richard Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in person. Check out the premiere lineup below, and the full lineup at the Sbiff website.World Premieres A Life Outside, USA Directed by Catherine BrabecFeaturing: Greg Mesanko, Chris Mesanko, Kevin Casey, Jim Purpuri, Richard Luthringer, and Bucky WaltersA documentary following the six surfers who pioneered the 1960’s surf break at the New Jersey Casino Pier. A Year in Champagne, USADirected by David KennardA detailed portrait of winemakers and their families reveals some of the most intimate secrets behind creating the legendary bubbly beverage. Barefoot, USADirected by Andrew FlemingCast: Evan Rachel Wood,...

"You just love people 'cause you love 'em." Roadside has debuted a trailer for Andrew Fleming's Barefoot, a very quirky romantic comedy starring Evan Rachel Wood and Scott Speedman. As is pretty much the usual, it's about two people at odds who eventually fall in love after being brought together. This time the guy is Speedman, a "black sheep" son of a wealthy family, and the girl is not what I expected - Evan Rachel Wood playing a bit young, a bit kooky, but still quirky, fun and likeable. The cast includes J.K. Simmons, Treat Williams and Kate Burton. This doesn't look that bad, but doesn't look that good either. Have fun. Watch the first official trailer for Andrew Fleming's Barefoot, originally from Yahoo: Synopsis: The "black sheep" son (Scott Speedman) of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient (Evan Rachel Wood) who's been raised in isolation her entire life.

Scott Speedman’s no stranger to playing romance on screen. But Barefoot’s central relationship — between an unlikable man and a mental patient — doesn’t read like your typical romantic comedy.

Yet, that’s what Speedman calls it. Directed by Andrew Fleming, the film stars Speedman as Jay Wheeler, the “black sheep” son of a wealthy family who strikes up an improbable relationship with Daisy, a free-spirited patient at a mental hospital played by Evan Rachel Wood. (Check out the first poster for the film above.)

Speedman talked to EW about why he jumped on board to play a “jerk,...

The popular executive has joined as head of sales and distribution and will head to Afm this week with a slate that includes Eisner and Almost Heroes 3D.

Jim Harvey most recently served as president of Studio City Pictures and prior to that was evp of sales at Bold/Affinity Films, where he licensed rights to Drive, Rabbit Hole and The Hole.

He has also held positions at Element Films, Myriad Pictures, Lakeshore International, Summit Entertainment and The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

The Inception Film Partners slate includes the 3D CG animated film Almost Heroes 3D from DigiArt Production, Andrew Bergman’s directorial return in Eisner and the rom-com Barefoot from Andrew Fleming.

“I’ve been friends with Jim for many years and have always held him in high regard; all of us are excited and honoured to have Jim on the team,” said Alex Barder, president of Inception Film Partners.

“Jim has extensive...

The popular executive has joined as head of sales and distribution and will head to Afm this week with a slate that includes Eisner and Almost Heroes 3D.

Jim Harvey most recently served as president of Studio City Pictures and prior to that was evp of sales at Bold/Affinity Films, where he licensed rights to Drive, Rabbit Hole and The Hole.

He has also held positions at Element Films, Myriad Pictures, Lakeshore International, Summit Entertainment and The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

The Inception Film Partners slate includes the 3D CG animated film Almost Heroes 3D from DigiArt Production, Andrew Bergman’s directorial return in Eisner and the rom-com Barefoot from Andrew Fleming.

“I’ve been friends with Jim for many years and have always held him in high regard; all of us are excited and honoured to have Jim on the team,” said Alex Barder, president of Inception Film Partners.

“Jim has extensive...

The popular executive has joined as head of sales and distribution and will head to Afm this week with a slate that includes Eisner and Almost Heroes 3D.

Harvey most recently served as president of Studio City Pictures and prior to that was evp of sales at Bold/Affinity Films, where he licensed rights to Drive, Rabbit Hole and The Hole.

He has also held positions at Element Films, Myriad Pictures, Lakeshore International, Summit Entertainment and The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

The Inception Film Partners slate includes the 3D CG animated film Almost Heroes 3D from DigiArt Production, Andrew Bergman’s directorial return in Eisner and the rom-com Barefoot from Andrew Fleming.

“I’ve been friends with Jim for many years and have always held him in high regard; all of us are excited and honoured to have Jim on the team,” said Alex Barder, president of Inception Film Partners.

“Jim has extensive worldwide distribution relationships and a proven...

Just because a bunch of actors and director Rob Marshall have gone into the woods for, er, Into The Woods, that doesn’t stop someone from trying to make a movie called Into The Forest. It’s not a musical but a dystopian future tale, and it’ll star Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood.Patricia Rozema is directing the adaptation of Jean Heglund’s novel, which will find Page and Wood as sisters struggling to survive when society collapses in a near-future scenario. To escape the day-to-day horrors of their Northern California city, the escape into the local woods. Sorry, forest.Page is aboard to produce the film, which doesn’t have a set start date yet. She was seen this year in The East and will show up in 2014 as part of the sprawling ensemble in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Wood has Charlie Countryman and rom-com A Case Of You...

Making the most of a beautiful afternoon, Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell did some shopping in Los Angeles yesterday (May 28).

The “Wrestler” starlet covered her massive baby bump with a Van Halen t-shirt as she walked hand-in-hand with her husband up the street.

And it sounds like Ms. Wood has been a busy lady as of late, as she’ll appear in a trio of films in the not-too-distant future.

Evan’s movie “The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman” with Shia Labeouf is due out later this year, and she’ll also star in “It Is What It Is” with Sigourney Weaver and “Barefoot” with Scott Speedman.

It’s one of those things, you’ve got to strike while the iron is hot, therefore, Atom Egoyan’s next movie, Queen of the Night, is gearing up fast.

The Killing star Mireille Enos, who came on board Canadian filmmaker’s West Memphris Three drama The Devil’s Knot back in May, is now back for Queen of the Night along with Scott Speedman who also had a role in Egoyan’s 2008 Adoration.

Thesp duo coming aboard to support previously announced Ryan Reynolds who plays a father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, a trail that leads him to believe that the now 17-year-old girl remains alive, and he is determined to find her.

Enos will play the part of Reynolds’ wife who checks in yearly with the police on her daughter’s birthday, and who may hold the clues to...

Evan Rachel Wood doesn't have any movies coming out in 2012, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been keeping herself busy. In the past few months she's wrapped production on Fredrik Bond's The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (with Shia Labeouf, Rupert Grint and Mads Mikkelsen), Andrew Fleming's Barefoot (with J.K. Simmons and Scott Speedman) and Kat Coiro's A Case Of You (with Peter Dinklage and Sam Rockwell). And now she's added yet another title to her future resume. Variety says that Wood is now in talks to star in 18 Wheel Butterfly, an indie road movie which is now set to be directed by Michael Polish. Written by Christian Divine and described as a mix between Thelma and Louise and Smokey and the Bandit, the story is set in 1977 and follows Rainbeaux (Wood), a trucker on the run from the police, bounty hunters, and her fellow truck drivers...

Since last giving Steve Coogan a worthy lead comedic performance in Hamlet 2, we’ve been waiting to learn when we’ll see director Andrew Fleming‘s next feature. He’s just wrapping up production on the indie dramedy Barefoot, with Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, J.K. Simmons and Treat Williams. Now Variety has news on his follow-up.

They report the helmer has signed on to another comedy, one from Millennium Films. Titled Guys Night and written by Chris Baldi, the film follows ”four guys stuck in dead-end jobs and not-much-better relationships who hear about a mystery island off the coast of New Jersey where anything goes. One night, they set off in search of adventure — but everything that can go wrong does.”

The idea of a Lost-esque island right near New Jersey is a concept which seems prime for comedy. I also can’t help but relate The Hangover...

Writer-director Andrew Fleming has had a curious career wherein he's helmed such campy comedies as Dick and Hamlet 2, but also the '90s teen-witch drama The Craft and the cutesy, family-friendly crime-caper Nancy Drew. Simply put, it's hard to anticipate where Fleming's next project may take him. He's just wrapped on the romance dramedy Barefoot, in which Evan Rachel Wood plays a psychiatric patient who falls for her doctor, and now Variety reports Fleming has inked a deal with Millennium Films to helm their upcoming comedy Guys Night. Chris Baldi's spec script for Guys Night was purchased by Millennium last fall. The feature focuses on four guys with jobs that are going nowhere and romantic relationships that are less than enviable. So when they hear about a mystifying island off the New Jersey coastline where anything goes, it seems like the perfect guys night out getaway. Of course,...