After watching Eron Eckhart’s Muzzle, I thought the actor was done and wouldn’t get any good movies like he used to get in his prime. However, after watching Rumble Through the Dark, I fell in love with his craft again. Eckhart had done action movies, but nothing came even close to his latest film. The film is raw and convincing, and you can’t help but feel his pain and the things he’s going through. Eckhart stepped into the shoes of Jack Boucher, a man drowning in debt. Jack did whatever odd jobs he could find to earn some extra green. When he wasn’t earning, you could find him in the casino, trying to double whatever he had walked in with. As already established, Jack owed a huge sum to the bank, which, if not paid in time, would risk the foreclosure of his house. However,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Rishabh Shandilya
- Film Fugitives
"You still fight?" Lionsgate has unveiled the official trailer for an action thriller called Rumble Through the Dark, another of these direct-to-vod releases coming up this fall. It's getting a one week run before being available to watch at home in November. Adapted from the novel titled The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith (but of course that movie title was taken by the Christian Bale boxing movie The Fighter from 2010). In the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, a bare knuckle cage fighter seeks to repay his debts in a final, desperate attempt to salvage the family home of his dying foster mother. Starring Aaron Eckhart as Jack Boucher, with Bella Thorne, Ritchie Coster, Amanda Saunders, Joe Hursley, Mike McColl, Derek Russo, Christopher Winchester, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. This looks stylish and brutal, though not that memorable, the same story we've seen in so many other fighting films. At least Eckhart looks good.
- 10/4/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today’s film news roundup, Toby Kebbell joins Vin Diesel in “Bloodshot,” “Rockbarnes: The Emperor in You” gets a release, and Dana Brunetti unveils a new production company.
Casting
Toby Kebbell will join Vin Diesel in “Bloodshot” for Sony Pictures in the role of Axe with principal photography starting in July.
Eiza Gonzalez, Michael Sheen, Sam Heughan, Talulah Riley, and Alex Hernandez also star. Dave Wilson of Blur Studios will direct and Neal H. Moritz is producing.
“Bloodshot,” first published in 1992, centers on a mortally wounded soldier with powers of regeneration and meta-morphing made possible through nano-machines in his bloodstream. “Bloodshot” was created by Kevin Van Hook, Don Perlin, and Bob Layton for Valiant. Over its comic-book run, “Bloodshot” totaled 110 issues with more than 7.5 million copies sold.
Kebbell’s credits include “The Fantastic Four,” the rebooted “Planet of the Apes” franchise, “Kong: Skull Island,” “Warcraft,” and “RocknRolla.” The news...
Casting
Toby Kebbell will join Vin Diesel in “Bloodshot” for Sony Pictures in the role of Axe with principal photography starting in July.
Eiza Gonzalez, Michael Sheen, Sam Heughan, Talulah Riley, and Alex Hernandez also star. Dave Wilson of Blur Studios will direct and Neal H. Moritz is producing.
“Bloodshot,” first published in 1992, centers on a mortally wounded soldier with powers of regeneration and meta-morphing made possible through nano-machines in his bloodstream. “Bloodshot” was created by Kevin Van Hook, Don Perlin, and Bob Layton for Valiant. Over its comic-book run, “Bloodshot” totaled 110 issues with more than 7.5 million copies sold.
Kebbell’s credits include “The Fantastic Four,” the rebooted “Planet of the Apes” franchise, “Kong: Skull Island,” “Warcraft,” and “RocknRolla.” The news...
- 6/27/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
"We'll send you on missions - and then you guide us through your adventure." The Orchard has launched a trailer for a film titled Espionage Tonight, which we've never heard of before now. This action-comedy satire is about a reality show that is created about spies, following them on real missions and broadcasting it. The ensemble cast includes Joe Hursley, Saïd Taghmaoui, Sean Astin and Lynn Whitfield. The trailer gives a quick introduction to the plot, and then the rest plays out almost like a twisted reality TV show, or something. This actually looks cooler than expected, but perhaps a bit too wacky. Honestly I'm not really sure what to make of it. But I might want to watch it sometime to see if it's any good. Fire it up below. Here's the first official trailer for Rob Gordon Bralver's Espionage Tonight, direct from YouTube: Espionage Tonight centers on...
- 10/11/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It's been announced today that The Orchard, an American music and entertainment company founded in 1997 by Richard Gottehrer and Scott Cohen, wholly owned by Sony Music Entertainment and based in New York City, has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to an action-comedy satire entitled Espionage Tonight. The film boasts an ensemble starring cast comprised of Joe Hursley, Saïd Taghmaoui, Sean... Read More...
- 6/16/2017
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Filmmaker Rob Bralver (best known for his editing work on “Gore Vidal: The United States of America”) turns his attentions to a different side of filmmaking with his feature narrative debut, “Espionage Tonight,” bound for a world premiere at Dances With Films next week. The film stars Sean Astin, Lynn Whitfield, Joe Hursley, Greg Davis Jr., Chasty Ballesteros, and many more.
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Bralver wrote and directed the film, billed as “an inventive and sly critique of American media culture and politics,” which blends some timely issues around politics, “fake news,” the value of supposedly fact-based entertainment, and good old-fashioned espionage into a very amusing mix.
But there is some real meat here and, as Bralver explained in an official statement, some warnings, too. Said Bralver, “What used to be an intersectional space...
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Bralver wrote and directed the film, billed as “an inventive and sly critique of American media culture and politics,” which blends some timely issues around politics, “fake news,” the value of supposedly fact-based entertainment, and good old-fashioned espionage into a very amusing mix.
But there is some real meat here and, as Bralver explained in an official statement, some warnings, too. Said Bralver, “What used to be an intersectional space...
- 6/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The game has ended for Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything. Series creator Devin Bunje recently announced Disney Xd has cancelled the TV show after two seasons.The sitcom centered on Conor (Cameron Boyce), a young video game prodigy who breaks his thumb and has to leave the professional gaming world in exchange for school. The cast also included Murray Wyatt Rundus, Felix Avitia, Sophie Reynolds, and Joe Hursley. Season two finished airing on January 2nd.Read More…...
- 1/11/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Charming indie film The Origins of Wit and Humor, which screened earlier this month at the Hill Country Film Festival, appears at first to be a romantic comedy, but ultimately leans heavily on the comedy, as hinted in the title. In fact, you could argue that this movie is a romantic comedy in which humor portrays the femme fatale the protagonist pursues -- the storyline chronicles the repercussions of his entanglements with this demanding love interest.
Les (Joe Hursley) is a comedy writer who's completely devastated when seemingly out of nowhere, his longtime girlfriend moves out. He can't write, he can't function, he has no idea how to approach women, despite encouragement from his best friend Pops (Steve Lemme). On a whim, Les sends off a mail-order form from the back of an old book (with the same title as the film) and receives a "potion" that will allegedly make...
Les (Joe Hursley) is a comedy writer who's completely devastated when seemingly out of nowhere, his longtime girlfriend moves out. He can't write, he can't function, he has no idea how to approach women, despite encouragement from his best friend Pops (Steve Lemme). On a whim, Les sends off a mail-order form from the back of an old book (with the same title as the film) and receives a "potion" that will allegedly make...
- 5/12/2015
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Ray (Laurence Fishburne) still having to battle his demons with Haskell (Bill Irwin) being on the loose. News reports of Haskell's escape and Ray doesn't want Brass (Paul Guilfoyle) turning off the TV due to him. Brass can't report there have been any sightings of him. Ray explains Haskell isn't any ordinary criminal and so the search for him, that should be manhunt, should also be different. Ray: "Until he makes a mistake, we just satisfy ourselves picking up bodies." Well, like it or not, it's what they do; unfortunately. A man presumed a Db is picked up and brought to autopsy. Before David (David Berman) can cut him open, he gets up and walks out of the morgue. David faints. Lucky for the Db, David got a call otherwise he'd be cut open; but he turns out to be not so luck after all. CSI delving into zombies for the twenty-first century.
- 5/3/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
This past week, I found a few bits of news about Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum’s current and upcoming film projects ‘Dear John‘, ‘Son of No One‘, ‘Balls to the Wall‘, and ‘Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy‘. I also have a big news update for ‘Step Up 3D‘ too! Check out today’s Movie Bytes to get the latest scoop. Enjoy!!!
Dear John
Channing Tatum’s romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ just premiered in Portugal (as ‘Juntos ao Luar‘), Spain (as ‘Querido John‘), and Taiwan (as ‘最後一封情書’) This Past Week!!!
‘Dear John‘ tells the story of John (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he meets during her spring vacation. It’s based on a Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling book, helmed by Lasse Hallström, written by Jamie Linden, and wrapped filming in the Charleston, South Carolina area...
Dear John
Channing Tatum’s romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ just premiered in Portugal (as ‘Juntos ao Luar‘), Spain (as ‘Querido John‘), and Taiwan (as ‘最後一封情書’) This Past Week!!!
‘Dear John‘ tells the story of John (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he meets during her spring vacation. It’s based on a Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling book, helmed by Lasse Hallström, written by Jamie Linden, and wrapped filming in the Charleston, South Carolina area...
- 3/26/2010
- by Channing Tatum Unwrapped
- Channing Tatum Unwrapped
New posters for Robin Hood, Adele Blanc-Sec, Reign of Assassins, Happiness Runs, and a motion poster for The Other Guys.
"Tod 'Kip' Williams ("The Door in the Floor," "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole") has signed to direct the "Paranormal Activity" sequel. The first film's director Oren Peli announced the news today..." (full details)
"Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the film rights to Glen David Gold's novel "Carter Beats the Devil". Set in 1920's America, the story follows an extremely skilled young illusionist known for his elaborate stunts. His reputation is soon on the line when his most outrageous stunt stars none other than President Warren G. Harding..." (full details)
"Afghanistan doc "Restrepo", winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival documentary grand jury prize, has been acquired by National Geographic Entertainment who will release the film in theaters this July..." (full details)
"Owen Wilson's role in "Little Fockers", the upcoming...
"Tod 'Kip' Williams ("The Door in the Floor," "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole") has signed to direct the "Paranormal Activity" sequel. The first film's director Oren Peli announced the news today..." (full details)
"Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the film rights to Glen David Gold's novel "Carter Beats the Devil". Set in 1920's America, the story follows an extremely skilled young illusionist known for his elaborate stunts. His reputation is soon on the line when his most outrageous stunt stars none other than President Warren G. Harding..." (full details)
"Afghanistan doc "Restrepo", winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival documentary grand jury prize, has been acquired by National Geographic Entertainment who will release the film in theaters this July..." (full details)
"Owen Wilson's role in "Little Fockers", the upcoming...
- 3/26/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jenna Dewan and Joe Hursley, best known for those Norse-inspired "Got Milk?" commercials, are starring in "Balls to the Wall," an indie comedy that sees Penelope Spheeris sitting in the feature directing chair for the first time since 2005's "The Kid & I."
Written by Jason Nutt, the story follows a young man (Hursley) who wants to give his girlfriend (Dewan) the wedding of her dreams, and at the urging of his future father-in-law, secretly takes on a second job moonlighting as an exotic dancer. At the club, called "The Male Room," he discovers a talent he never expected.
Brett Forbes, Patrick Rozzitt and Marie Fyhrie are producing.
Spheeris made the punk documentaries "The Decline of Western Civilization" and its follow-up before making a name for herself in the studio comedy world with such movies as "Wayne's World" and "Black Sheep." She returned to docs before tackling the Tom Arnold comedy "Kid & I.
Written by Jason Nutt, the story follows a young man (Hursley) who wants to give his girlfriend (Dewan) the wedding of her dreams, and at the urging of his future father-in-law, secretly takes on a second job moonlighting as an exotic dancer. At the club, called "The Male Room," he discovers a talent he never expected.
Brett Forbes, Patrick Rozzitt and Marie Fyhrie are producing.
Spheeris made the punk documentaries "The Decline of Western Civilization" and its follow-up before making a name for herself in the studio comedy world with such movies as "Wayne's World" and "Black Sheep." She returned to docs before tackling the Tom Arnold comedy "Kid & I.
- 3/25/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This week's new episode of Glee pits the boys against the girls in a showdown arranged by Mr. Schuester. We've got 6 sneak peeks to share with you before Wednesday night. Check them out below.
Updated! There's a seventh video added - a scene of the boys performing "It's My Life".
More Than The Recommended Daily Allowance On “Glee” Wednesday, October 7, On Fox
Will challenges the kids to a healthy dose of competition with boys against girls in a mashup showdown. Meanwhile, Terri takes a job as the school nurse, despite having no medical experience, to keep an eye on Will in the “Vitamin D” episode of Glee airing Wednesday, Oct. 7 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Gle-106) (TV-pg D, L)
Cast: Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester; Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester; Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester; Lea Michele as Rachel Berry; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson; Jayma Mays...
Updated! There's a seventh video added - a scene of the boys performing "It's My Life".
More Than The Recommended Daily Allowance On “Glee” Wednesday, October 7, On Fox
Will challenges the kids to a healthy dose of competition with boys against girls in a mashup showdown. Meanwhile, Terri takes a job as the school nurse, despite having no medical experience, to keep an eye on Will in the “Vitamin D” episode of Glee airing Wednesday, Oct. 7 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Gle-106) (TV-pg D, L)
Cast: Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester; Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester; Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester; Lea Michele as Rachel Berry; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson; Jayma Mays...
- 10/5/2009
- by SpoilerGuy
- TVovermind.com
The boys and the girls compete in episode 1.06 of Glee. It's a walk-off! Or is that a sing-off? Read the Fox synopsis and see the promo photos below.
More Than The Recommended Daily Allowance On "Glee" Wednesday, October 7, On Fox
Will challenges the kids to a healthy dose of competition with boys against girls in a mashup showdown. Meanwhile, Terri takes a job as the school nurse, despite having no medical experience, to keep an eye on Will in the "Vitamin D" episode of Glee airing Wednesday, Oct. 7 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Gle-106) (TV-pg D, L)
Cast: Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester; Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester; Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester; Lea Michele as Rachel Berry; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson; Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury; Dianna Agron as Quinn; Chris Colfer as Kurt; Kevin McHale as Artie; Amber Riley as Mercedes; Mark Salling as...
More Than The Recommended Daily Allowance On "Glee" Wednesday, October 7, On Fox
Will challenges the kids to a healthy dose of competition with boys against girls in a mashup showdown. Meanwhile, Terri takes a job as the school nurse, despite having no medical experience, to keep an eye on Will in the "Vitamin D" episode of Glee airing Wednesday, Oct. 7 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. (Gle-106) (TV-pg D, L)
Cast: Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester; Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester; Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester; Lea Michele as Rachel Berry; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson; Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury; Dianna Agron as Quinn; Chris Colfer as Kurt; Kevin McHale as Artie; Amber Riley as Mercedes; Mark Salling as...
- 9/23/2009
- by SpoilerGuy
- TVovermind.com
To say that the trailer for upcoming Calico Arts series The Clinic intrigued me is an understatement. From beginning to end, the trailer is tight, entertaining, fresh, and it had me begging for more. Created by Danny Lee, the series provides a mockumentary look at the people behind one of California's many medical marijuana clinics. This isn't completely fantastical, however; the way Lee describes it, he was inspired by a real club. "One of my friends happened to own a local medicinal marijuana dispensary in Hollywood, so out of pure curiosity I decided to pay a visit. Within 5 minutes, I knew right away this world would provide great material for a series...however, my objective was to make a show about the people who try to make a living there. The owner Marty (played by Joe Hursley) is morally conflicted about his career choice, but does everything he can to justify why he's there,...
- 4/13/2009
- by Arjun Sharma
- Tubefilter.com
Walk on the Beach Prods.
Addiction and amour fou are one and the same in "Broken", in which Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto play the symbolically named Hope and Will. Much of what unfolds in the L.A.-set drama feels symbolic or overly pointed -- an approach only partly explained by the story's final revelation. Good performances and an intriguingly noirish edge-of-town sensibility go only so far to compensate for an abundance of on-the-nose dialogue in the film, which took its world-premiere bow Saturday at AFI Fest.
The third feature by director Alan White ("Risk", "Erskineville Kings") unfolds mainly over one night in the Blue Star, a 24-hour diner on the outskirts of downtown where wannabe singer-songwriter Hope waits tables. At the same time, her dissolute, unhinged ex, Will, makes his way back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas on a crime-fueled trip that promises to end in disaster. As a "Nighthawks"-style rogue's gallery of patrons fill the booths, offering Hope advice or painful reminders of her own sense of failure, she recalls the ill-fated trajectory of her romance with Will. From a mildly creepy Malibu pickup, they quickly progressed to a shared devotion to heroin -- to the point of gruesome debasement for Hope.
That Will has no vocation other than shooting up makes Hope's involvement with him maddening, but Sisto imbues him with a believably needy, manipulative intensity. And as someone easily led off course from her ambitions, Graham brings a different kind of neediness, unfocused, dazzled and blank.
White also draws some good work from the supporting ensemble of customers, among them two lonely guys waiting to score coke (Jake Busey and Joe Hursley) and a scruffy wacko-as-seer (Tess Harper). Linda Hamilton has a cynical world-weariness as an escort-service entrepreneur, but Hope is more open to offers from a sleazy film producer (Randall Batinkoff) and an Ecstasy-tripping club girl (Jessica Stroup).
Each interaction is believable to a point, but the customers' spiels feel too authorial. Drew Pillsbury's script opts for flavorless dialogue rather than pushing for genre sizzle or deeper into the night-shift fever dream that DP Neil Shapiro effectively evokes. Tracks by Brian Jonestown Massacre fit the mood but should have been used more judiciously.
Addiction and amour fou are one and the same in "Broken", in which Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto play the symbolically named Hope and Will. Much of what unfolds in the L.A.-set drama feels symbolic or overly pointed -- an approach only partly explained by the story's final revelation. Good performances and an intriguingly noirish edge-of-town sensibility go only so far to compensate for an abundance of on-the-nose dialogue in the film, which took its world-premiere bow Saturday at AFI Fest.
The third feature by director Alan White ("Risk", "Erskineville Kings") unfolds mainly over one night in the Blue Star, a 24-hour diner on the outskirts of downtown where wannabe singer-songwriter Hope waits tables. At the same time, her dissolute, unhinged ex, Will, makes his way back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas on a crime-fueled trip that promises to end in disaster. As a "Nighthawks"-style rogue's gallery of patrons fill the booths, offering Hope advice or painful reminders of her own sense of failure, she recalls the ill-fated trajectory of her romance with Will. From a mildly creepy Malibu pickup, they quickly progressed to a shared devotion to heroin -- to the point of gruesome debasement for Hope.
That Will has no vocation other than shooting up makes Hope's involvement with him maddening, but Sisto imbues him with a believably needy, manipulative intensity. And as someone easily led off course from her ambitions, Graham brings a different kind of neediness, unfocused, dazzled and blank.
White also draws some good work from the supporting ensemble of customers, among them two lonely guys waiting to score coke (Jake Busey and Joe Hursley) and a scruffy wacko-as-seer (Tess Harper). Linda Hamilton has a cynical world-weariness as an escort-service entrepreneur, but Hope is more open to offers from a sleazy film producer (Randall Batinkoff) and an Ecstasy-tripping club girl (Jessica Stroup).
Each interaction is believable to a point, but the customers' spiels feel too authorial. Drew Pillsbury's script opts for flavorless dialogue rather than pushing for genre sizzle or deeper into the night-shift fever dream that DP Neil Shapiro effectively evokes. Tracks by Brian Jonestown Massacre fit the mood but should have been used more judiciously.
- 11/6/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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