On April 25th, Severin Films delivers Worldwide Blu-ray premieres of two of the most infamous titles in ‘80s EuroCult Sci-Fi, Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned today.
The titles? Alien From The Abyss, directed by Antonio Margheriti, and the Restored Director’s Cut of Extra Terrestrial Visitors from writer/director Juan Piquer Simón!
Both 4K restorations also include the U.S. debuts of long-form documentaries on their respective filmmakers. Here’s everything you need to know about both of these releases…
Alien From The Abyss
For one of the final films of his legendary career, director Antonio Margheriti headed to the Philippines to deliver “the perfect ‘80s Italian popcorn flick” (Mondo Digital): When environmental activists attempt to expose an evil corporation (led by Charles Napier of Supervixens and Rambo: First Blood Part II fame) dumping nuclear waste into the local volcano, they’ll instead discover graphic gore, exploding miniatures and...
The titles? Alien From The Abyss, directed by Antonio Margheriti, and the Restored Director’s Cut of Extra Terrestrial Visitors from writer/director Juan Piquer Simón!
Both 4K restorations also include the U.S. debuts of long-form documentaries on their respective filmmakers. Here’s everything you need to know about both of these releases…
Alien From The Abyss
For one of the final films of his legendary career, director Antonio Margheriti headed to the Philippines to deliver “the perfect ‘80s Italian popcorn flick” (Mondo Digital): When environmental activists attempt to expose an evil corporation (led by Charles Napier of Supervixens and Rambo: First Blood Part II fame) dumping nuclear waste into the local volcano, they’ll instead discover graphic gore, exploding miniatures and...
- 4/3/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Despite writing some of their generation’s biggest hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd never had a song reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Instead, the band that popularized southern rock plateaued at No. 8 after tragedy interrupted their climb up the charts. Yet, despite their struggles, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s music represents a noteworthy evolution in the rock genre.
‘Sweet Home Alabama’ is the only Lynyrd Skynyrd to crack the Billboard Top 10
Released in 1974 on their second album, “Sweet Home Alabama” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed there for 17 weeks. Despite none of them being from Alabama, it was the band’s most successful song.
Before his unexpected death on March 5, 2023, guitarist Gary Rossington spoke to Garden & Gun about how the band came up with the hit song.
“I had this little riff. It’s the little picking part, and I kept playing it over and over when we were...
‘Sweet Home Alabama’ is the only Lynyrd Skynyrd to crack the Billboard Top 10
Released in 1974 on their second album, “Sweet Home Alabama” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed there for 17 weeks. Despite none of them being from Alabama, it was the band’s most successful song.
Before his unexpected death on March 5, 2023, guitarist Gary Rossington spoke to Garden & Gun about how the band came up with the hit song.
“I had this little riff. It’s the little picking part, and I kept playing it over and over when we were...
- 3/10/2023
- by Rose Burke
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Artimus Pyle, the drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd for the bulk of the Seventies, heard the news yesterday about the death of his former bandmate, guitarist Gary Rossington, he immediately pulled up the last text messages between the two.
“I’ve already gone back, looked at them, and read the entire thread between Gary and I. And I will cherish these texts for the rest of my life,” Pyle, who replaced original drummer Bob Burns in 1975, tells Rolling Stone over the phone from his home in rural North Carolina.
Rossington...
“I’ve already gone back, looked at them, and read the entire thread between Gary and I. And I will cherish these texts for the rest of my life,” Pyle, who replaced original drummer Bob Burns in 1975, tells Rolling Stone over the phone from his home in rural North Carolina.
Rossington...
- 3/6/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Charlie Starr, the singer-guitarist for Blackberry Smoke, was sailing on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Simple Man Cruise in 2012 when the daughter of Gary Rossington approached him with a personal request from the guitarist: Would Starr play guitar as Rossington and his wife Dale walked down the aisle to renew their wedding vows on the cruise ship? “I said, ‘What does he want me to play?’ She said, ‘He said to play the blues.’ And I got that because that’s where Gary came from,” Starr says, calling from Zurich, Switzerland, where...
- 3/6/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Gary Rossington, a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died. He was 71.
The news of Rossington’s death was confirmed by the band in a statement posted to Facebook on Sunday evening.
“It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,” the statement shared. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does.”
“Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire Rossington family in your prayers and respect the family’s privacy at this difficult time,” the statement concluded.
No details regarding the cause of Rossington’s death have yet been released.
Rossington co-founded the band, which would eventually become known as Lynyrd Skynyrd, in the early 1960s, alongside Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom and Bob Burns,...
The news of Rossington’s death was confirmed by the band in a statement posted to Facebook on Sunday evening.
“It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,” the statement shared. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does.”
“Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire Rossington family in your prayers and respect the family’s privacy at this difficult time,” the statement concluded.
No details regarding the cause of Rossington’s death have yet been released.
Rossington co-founded the band, which would eventually become known as Lynyrd Skynyrd, in the early 1960s, alongside Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, Larry Junstrom and Bob Burns,...
- 3/6/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Gary Rossington, a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd whose ethereal slide guitar helped make the Southern rock band’s song “Free Bird” an indelible anthem, died Sunday at the age of 71.
“It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,” the band wrote on Facebook. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does. Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire...
“It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,” the band wrote on Facebook. “Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does. Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire...
- 3/6/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Italian horror from the early 1960s covers a wide range of quality, from eerie hauntings to tacky vampire romps. For one of his first major credits, ace giallo scribe Ernesto Gastaldi cooks up Lycanthropus, a murder mystery in which the savage slashing is committed by a drooling maniac with a hairy face, wild eyes and saber-toothed fangs. You saw the poster out front, kid — do you think it might be … a werewolf? Director Paolo Heusch’s thriller is no classic, but neither is it stupid — and the original Italian language option on this disc reveals good work by a spirited cast. Dreamy Polish starlet Barbara Lass is a much more assertive, independent female than what we expect from conventional Italo horror fare.
Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory
(Lycanthropus)
Blu-ray
Severin Films
1961 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date November 12, 2019 / 34.98
Starring: Barbara Lass (Kwiatkowska), Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Maurice Marsac, Luciano Pigozzi,...
Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory
(Lycanthropus)
Blu-ray
Severin Films
1961 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date November 12, 2019 / 34.98
Starring: Barbara Lass (Kwiatkowska), Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Maurice Marsac, Luciano Pigozzi,...
- 11/5/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns to shine a critical light on a double bill Spaghetti Western disc, two features starring the world’s favorite acting fiend, Klaus Kinski. The prolific German actor racked up credits in more than twenty Euro-Westerns, some of which amounted to brief-if-worthy guest spots. These two Italian productions feature the German actor up front in starring position, and both are pretty good genre entries to boot.
And God Said to Cain & Twice a Judas
Double Bill DVD
Spaghetti Western Collection Volume 45
Wild East
1970 & 1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / Street Date August 26, 2013 / 19.95
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Antonio Sabato.
Directed by Anthony Dawson (Antonio Margheriti), Nando Cicero
CineSavant DVD Guest Review by Lee Broughton
Anthony Dawson’s And God Said to Cain (1970) is a decidedly gothic affair distinguished by the fact that Kinski is cast against type as a sympathetic vengeance seeker who holds the film’s moral high ground.
The...
And God Said to Cain & Twice a Judas
Double Bill DVD
Spaghetti Western Collection Volume 45
Wild East
1970 & 1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / Street Date August 26, 2013 / 19.95
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Antonio Sabato.
Directed by Anthony Dawson (Antonio Margheriti), Nando Cicero
CineSavant DVD Guest Review by Lee Broughton
Anthony Dawson’s And God Said to Cain (1970) is a decidedly gothic affair distinguished by the fact that Kinski is cast against type as a sympathetic vengeance seeker who holds the film’s moral high ground.
The...
- 4/28/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A spoof? A black comedy? Michael Hodges and Michael Caine’s hardboiled ‘foreign intrigue’ comedy lays on the movie references and clever dialogue, going the distance in the arcane, hipster-noir subgenre. Caine is always good in that mode, and Mickey Rooney gets a supporting role that can only be called bizarre.
Pulp
DVD
Arrow Video USA
1972 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 96 min. / Street Date , 2017 / Available from Arrow Video
Starring: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander, Lizabeth Scott, Nadia Cassini, Leopoldo Trieste, Al Lettieri, Robert Sacchi, Luciano Pigozzi.
Cinematography: Ousama Rawi
Film Editor: Patrick Downing
Original Music: George Martin
Produced by Michael Klinger
Written and Directed by Mike Hodges
Mickey King writes Pulp, lives Pulp, very soon could be Pulp!
After their success with the brutal, now-classic gangster thriller Get Carter, the ‘three Michaels’ Caine, Hodges and Klinger came up with this precociously spoofy takeoff on cheap pulp mysteries, appropriately titled Pulp. Filmed in sunny Malta,...
Pulp
DVD
Arrow Video USA
1972 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 96 min. / Street Date , 2017 / Available from Arrow Video
Starring: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander, Lizabeth Scott, Nadia Cassini, Leopoldo Trieste, Al Lettieri, Robert Sacchi, Luciano Pigozzi.
Cinematography: Ousama Rawi
Film Editor: Patrick Downing
Original Music: George Martin
Produced by Michael Klinger
Written and Directed by Mike Hodges
Mickey King writes Pulp, lives Pulp, very soon could be Pulp!
After their success with the brutal, now-classic gangster thriller Get Carter, the ‘three Michaels’ Caine, Hodges and Klinger came up with this precociously spoofy takeoff on cheap pulp mysteries, appropriately titled Pulp. Filmed in sunny Malta,...
- 12/19/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Mario Bava turns from spooky gothic tales to a relentlessly violent murder spree in the glossy world of high fashion. The large cast gives us a fistful of prime suspects, while the main draw is Bava's powerful direction and razor-keen images - and in this excellent transfer, the colors can only be described as hallucinatory. Blood and Black Lace Blu-ray + DVD Arrow Video U.S. 1964 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 89 min. / Sei donne per l'assassino / available through Mvd Entertainment / Street Date July 5, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Ariana Gorini, Dante Dipaolo, Mary Arden, Franco Ressel, Claude Dantes, Luciano Pigozzi, Lea Lander, Massimo Righi, Francesca Ungaro, Giuliano Raffaelli, Harriet White Medin. Cinematography Ubaldo Terzano Editor Mario Serandrei Original Music Carlo Rustichelli Written by Marcello Fondato, Giuseppe Barilla, Mario Bava Produced by Alfredo Mirabile, Massimo Patrizi <Directed by Mario Bava
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
When Arrow Video released a U.K. Blu-ray...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
When Arrow Video released a U.K. Blu-ray...
- 7/2/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Horror fans can travel back in time this Halloween season to an era when it was kind to rewind, as Shout! Factory TV is now streaming the VHS versions of select horror films, including Day of the Dead, Sleepaway Camp, Night of the Demons, and more.
To watch Shout! Factory TV's special VHS presentations, visit TheVHSVault.com. We also have the official press release with full details:
Press Release: Shout! Factory TV proudly presents a #ThrowbackThursday of epic proportions! Sit back, relax and return to your retro roots with the VHS Vault. Shout! Factory TV is being kind to rewind you all the way back to the days of VHS, just in time to revisit your favorite Halloween flicks—five cult classics in their VHS pan and scan full-screen ratios, to be exact. Forget about high definition, and relive the style that gives these films the character that cult fans all over yearn for.
To watch Shout! Factory TV's special VHS presentations, visit TheVHSVault.com. We also have the official press release with full details:
Press Release: Shout! Factory TV proudly presents a #ThrowbackThursday of epic proportions! Sit back, relax and return to your retro roots with the VHS Vault. Shout! Factory TV is being kind to rewind you all the way back to the days of VHS, just in time to revisit your favorite Halloween flicks—five cult classics in their VHS pan and scan full-screen ratios, to be exact. Forget about high definition, and relive the style that gives these films the character that cult fans all over yearn for.
- 10/22/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If Deer Hunter and Drive made a baby, the kid’s name would be Quarry, Cinemax’s upcoming ’70s-set drama starring The O.C. and Dark Blue grad Logan Marshall-Green.
RelatedBanshee‘s Final Season Gets Premiere Date, Full-Length Trailer
As hauntingly summed up in the exclusive teaser trailer above, the eight-episode series — based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins — centers on Marshall-Green’s titular Marine marksman, who returns home from Vietnam only to find himself shunned and demonized. Disillusioned, the vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption along the Mississippi River.
RelatedBanshee‘s Final Season Gets Premiere Date, Full-Length Trailer
As hauntingly summed up in the exclusive teaser trailer above, the eight-episode series — based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins — centers on Marshall-Green’s titular Marine marksman, who returns home from Vietnam only to find himself shunned and demonized. Disillusioned, the vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption along the Mississippi River.
- 10/16/2015
- TVLine.com
Leftovers‘ standout Ann Dowd is staying in the HBO family with a multi-episode arc on Cinemax’s new drama Quarry, TVLine has learned exclusively.
RelatedThe Leftovers Season 2: Family Matters Alum Among 3 New Additions
The series, based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, centers on the titular Marine marksman (played by Prometheus‘ Logan Marshall-Green) who returns home from Vietnam in 1972 only to find himself shunned and demonized. Disillusioned, the vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption along the Mississippi River.
Dowd will play loving, accepting southern momma Naomi — a big-hearted...
RelatedThe Leftovers Season 2: Family Matters Alum Among 3 New Additions
The series, based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, centers on the titular Marine marksman (played by Prometheus‘ Logan Marshall-Green) who returns home from Vietnam in 1972 only to find himself shunned and demonized. Disillusioned, the vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption along the Mississippi River.
Dowd will play loving, accepting southern momma Naomi — a big-hearted...
- 5/21/2015
- TVLine.com
Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Ariana Gorini, Dante Dipaolo, Mary Arden, Franco Ressel, Claude Dantes, Luciano Pigozzi, Lea Krugher, Massimo Righi | Written by Marcello Fondato | Directed by Mario Bava
Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace may not be the first Giallo film but it is the one that many took inspiration from and the genre itself formed from, especially the themes and style. When a young model is killed by a mysterious masked figure she leaves behind a diary which may hold evidence as to the identity of her assailant. As more women from the same fashion house die at the hands of the killer the police try to find the culprit. In a tale of blood and blackmail, can they stop the killer before it is too late?
Blood and Black Lace is a movie that flits not only between genres but also somewhat bravely for...
Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace may not be the first Giallo film but it is the one that many took inspiration from and the genre itself formed from, especially the themes and style. When a young model is killed by a mysterious masked figure she leaves behind a diary which may hold evidence as to the identity of her assailant. As more women from the same fashion house die at the hands of the killer the police try to find the culprit. In a tale of blood and blackmail, can they stop the killer before it is too late?
Blood and Black Lace is a movie that flits not only between genres but also somewhat bravely for...
- 4/14/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Melissa Bergland could be the next Rebel Wilson. The Australian actress, who was nominated for outstanding new talent and most popular new female talent prizes at the country’s Logie Awards, has landed the starring role in Relative Happiness, an indie Canadian co-production. Deanne Foley is directing the adaptation of the novel by Lesley Crewe, which centers on a Bridget Jones-like character and her extended family in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Crewe wrote the script with Foley, Iain MacLeod and Sherry White. Jill Knox-Gosse, Lynee Wilson and Alan Collins will produce. Avi Federgreen is executive producing. Principal photography is slated
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- 10/16/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Erstwhile Wire gang leader Jamie Hector has joined Cinemax’s drama pilot Quarry, TVLine has learned.
The prospective series, based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, centers on the titular Marine marksman (played by Prometheus‘ Logan Marshall-Green) who returns home from Vietnam in 1973 only to find himself shunned and demonized.
Disillusioned, the vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption along the Mississippi River.
Related | 2013 Cable Renewal Scorecard — Renewed or Cancelled TV Shows?
Hector — who’ll co-star alongside the previously cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Stellan Skarsgård (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...
The prospective series, based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, centers on the titular Marine marksman (played by Prometheus‘ Logan Marshall-Green) who returns home from Vietnam in 1973 only to find himself shunned and demonized.
Disillusioned, the vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption along the Mississippi River.
Related | 2013 Cable Renewal Scorecard — Renewed or Cancelled TV Shows?
Hector — who’ll co-star alongside the previously cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Stellan Skarsgård (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...
- 7/9/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Big-screen staple Stellan Skarsgård has boarded Cinemax’s drama pilot Quarry, TVLine has learned.
Loosely based on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, the project centers on a Marine marksman (played by Prometheus‘ Logan Marshall-Green) who returns home from Vietnam in 1973 only to find himself shunned and demonized. The disillusioned vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and immersed in corruption along the Mississippi River.
Skarsgård (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) will play The Broker, a shadowy figure who lures Green’s title character into his criminal ranks.
Related | 2013 Cable Renewal Scorecard — Renewed or Cancelled TV Shows?...
Loosely based on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, the project centers on a Marine marksman (played by Prometheus‘ Logan Marshall-Green) who returns home from Vietnam in 1973 only to find himself shunned and demonized. The disillusioned vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and immersed in corruption along the Mississippi River.
Skarsgård (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) will play The Broker, a shadowy figure who lures Green’s title character into his criminal ranks.
Related | 2013 Cable Renewal Scorecard — Renewed or Cancelled TV Shows?...
- 6/13/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Stars: Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti, Rada Rassimov, Antonio Cantafora, Umberto Raho, Luciano Pigozzi | Written by Vincent Fotre | Directed by Mario Bava
Italian director Mario Bava was responsible for some truly great horror movies of the 60s and 70s, including The Mask of Satan, Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace, Lisa and the Devil and proto-slasher A Bay of Blood. However some, whilst a success at the time, haven’t aged quite so well… like Baron Blood.
The film is yet another gothic horror from Bava that, like Black Sunday before it, features a witch’s curse – this time placed on Baron Otto von Kleist, Austria’s legendarily murderous ‘Baron Blood’, whose corpse is inadvertently revived when an ancient incantation is read out as a joke by a descendant and his girlfriend. Naturally, the Baron decides to carry on where he originally left off, with the help of an...
Italian director Mario Bava was responsible for some truly great horror movies of the 60s and 70s, including The Mask of Satan, Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace, Lisa and the Devil and proto-slasher A Bay of Blood. However some, whilst a success at the time, haven’t aged quite so well… like Baron Blood.
The film is yet another gothic horror from Bava that, like Black Sunday before it, features a witch’s curse – this time placed on Baron Otto von Kleist, Austria’s legendarily murderous ‘Baron Blood’, whose corpse is inadvertently revived when an ancient incantation is read out as a joke by a descendant and his girlfriend. Naturally, the Baron decides to carry on where he originally left off, with the help of an...
- 5/6/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Looking to further expand its original programming slate, Cinemax has ordered a ’70s-set drama pilot titled Quarry, TVLine has learned.
Based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, the project centers on a Marine marksman who, upon returning home from Vietnam in 1973, finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. The disillusioned vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption spanning the Mississippi River.
Related | Banshee Season 2 Spoilers — Zeljko Ivanek Cast as Racine
Rectify scribes Michael D. Fuller and Graham Gordy penned the project and will exec-produce if the series moves forward.
Based loosely on a series of books by Max Allen Collins, the project centers on a Marine marksman who, upon returning home from Vietnam in 1973, finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. The disillusioned vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption spanning the Mississippi River.
Related | Banshee Season 2 Spoilers — Zeljko Ivanek Cast as Racine
Rectify scribes Michael D. Fuller and Graham Gordy penned the project and will exec-produce if the series moves forward.
- 4/3/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
BBC Hit With Civil Claims In Jimmy Savile Scandal A lawyer acting on behalf of 31 victims of the late Jimmy Savile has lodged civil claims for compensation in the high court against the disgraced host’s estate and the BBC over allegations of sexual abuse. Attorney Alan Collins told The Guardian that all claims are against Savile’s estate with “seven or eight” against the BBC itself, which the suits allege has “vicarious liability” in the case. Another lawyer working on behalf of a further 62 victims told Bloomberg that the action was premature, because parties involved had agreed to wait for the results of the police investigation into Savile. “We do not believe the commencement of litigation at this stage to be either necessary or in our clients’ best interest,” she said. – Joe Utichi More Journalists Arrested In UK Phone Hacking The Metropolitan Police in the UK have made six...
- 2/14/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
London -- The bank handling the estate of late British entertainer Jimmy Savile's said Thursday it has frozen his assets to make it easier for possible sex abuse victims to make financial claims.
National Westminster Bank, acting as Savile's executor, confirmed that the estate has been frozen but gave few other details, citing confidentiality regulations.
The move was welcomed by a British lawyer representing women claiming they were abused by the entertainer, who died last year at the age of 84 without ever being charged with sex crimes.
"It's what they needed to do," lawyer Alan Collins said. "Obviously it's welcome news, otherwise you would have to go to court to get a freezing order. This makes it easier."
He said that under British law it will be possible for Savile's alleged victims to seek financial compensation based on pain and suffering even though he has died.
Savile was a...
National Westminster Bank, acting as Savile's executor, confirmed that the estate has been frozen but gave few other details, citing confidentiality regulations.
The move was welcomed by a British lawyer representing women claiming they were abused by the entertainer, who died last year at the age of 84 without ever being charged with sex crimes.
"It's what they needed to do," lawyer Alan Collins said. "Obviously it's welcome news, otherwise you would have to go to court to get a freezing order. This makes it easier."
He said that under British law it will be possible for Savile's alleged victims to seek financial compensation based on pain and suffering even though he has died.
Savile was a...
- 11/1/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Donald Westlake, ever the prolific author, has had two novels released since his death on New Year’s Eve of 2009, both brought to us by the stellar Hard Case Crime imprint. The first, in 2010, is called Memory, and was thought to be his only “lost” novel, until crime writer Max Allan Collins unearthed a manuscript for The Comedy Is Finished, which was published earlier this year. Now, I’m not sure that these novels carry a certain extra weight for their timing—that is to say, had Westlake published these novels when he had written them, would they ring so much more important to me? Or would they be just two more examples of Westlake’s superior writing skills, part of a canon that was revered within the genre well before the man’s passing?
It doesn’t matter.
Westlake will likely be most remembered for his most famous creations,...
It doesn’t matter.
Westlake will likely be most remembered for his most famous creations,...
- 5/6/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
It may be a long time (or never) before Harrison Ford places the famed fedora of Indiana Jones upon his cranium again, but Cowboys & Aliens may have sparked the actor's affection for headwear. Nearly lost in the Comic Con blitz was a report that Ford will star in Black Hats, playing the Old West legend Wyatt Earp in his later days as a detective. The blend of fact and fiction is based on the novel by Max Allen Collins (under the pseudonym Patrick Culhane), who penned the graphic...
- 7/25/2011
- by Dave Davis
- JoBlo.com
It seems like San Diego Comic-Con 2011 is right around the corner, and it's going to be one hell of a glorious weekend of geek awesomeness. Comic-Con International has unleashed the full schedule for Friday July 22nd, once again we have a full day of fun and excitement. There's so much I want to see here, including The Amazing Spider-Man, The Walking Dead, Total Recal, Batman: Year One, Locke & Key, Haywire, Raven and more!
I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we want to cover. Let us know what panels and events you would like to know about and we will try and get them covered for you! If you are actually going to be at the con, what will you be checking out?
GeekTyrant will once again be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you the best maximum super rad coverage.
I've gone through the list and put exclamation points next to all of the events that we want to cover. Let us know what panels and events you would like to know about and we will try and get them covered for you! If you are actually going to be at the con, what will you be checking out?
GeekTyrant will once again be at Comic-Con in full force this year, bringing you the best maximum super rad coverage.
- 7/8/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Alien From the Deep
Label: One Seven Movies
01/11/11
Srp: 29.95
Upc#: 812592015023.
Cat#: 17M002
Run Time: 102 Minutes
In English & Italian
Color. Full Screen 1.33:1
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Writer: Tito Carpi
Cast: Daniel Bosch, Marina Giulia Cavalli, Robert Marius, Luciano Pigozzi, Charles Napier, John Anthony Kater and Frank Wannack Dieter
Somewhere deep in the jungle a chemical corporation dumps tons of toxic waste in a still active volcano. Two nvironmentalists try to expose these illegal ways of getting rid of hugely dangerous waste, but they get caught by the vigilantes working for the company. One of them, the super-hot Maria Giulia Cavalli, manages to escape and she is saved by a snake farmer who lives alone in the jungle. Together they try to bring down the company, but it's too late. Years of chemical poisoning have spawned a deadly monster that is set out to exact revenge on...
Label: One Seven Movies
01/11/11
Srp: 29.95
Upc#: 812592015023.
Cat#: 17M002
Run Time: 102 Minutes
In English & Italian
Color. Full Screen 1.33:1
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Writer: Tito Carpi
Cast: Daniel Bosch, Marina Giulia Cavalli, Robert Marius, Luciano Pigozzi, Charles Napier, John Anthony Kater and Frank Wannack Dieter
Somewhere deep in the jungle a chemical corporation dumps tons of toxic waste in a still active volcano. Two nvironmentalists try to expose these illegal ways of getting rid of hugely dangerous waste, but they get caught by the vigilantes working for the company. One of them, the super-hot Maria Giulia Cavalli, manages to escape and she is saved by a snake farmer who lives alone in the jungle. Together they try to bring down the company, but it's too late. Years of chemical poisoning have spawned a deadly monster that is set out to exact revenge on...
- 11/1/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
A Road to Perdition sequel may seem an unusual decision if you saw the 2002 movie, which followed a mobster (Tom Hanks) who brings his son along on his quest for revenge when his wife and other son are murdered. However, Road to Perdition was based on author Max Alan Collins' graphic novel, which has received two sequels in novel form: Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. Rumors that Collins had adapted Purgatory into a screenplay that he wanted to direct surfaced in 2008, and Collins recently updated the progress on a sequel to Movieweb.
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Sam Mendes | Max Allan Collins | Road to Perdition...
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Sam Mendes | Max Allan Collins | Road to Perdition...
- 8/6/2010
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
Sam Mendes’ superb American gangster masterpiece, Road to Perdition, came out in 2002 to great critical praise and was the foundations he built his film career on. It was a suspenseful, gritty and beautiful take on the gangster genre in early America that won an Oscar for best cinematography and was nominated for 5 others. Its all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law and early role from Daniel Craig made it an unmissable cinematic event.
The film was based on a graphic novel by writer Max Alan Collins and yesterday he dropped some substantial hints that there is a future to the franchise. Fans will be pleased to hear that there isn’t just one graphic novel but three. The sequels are interestingly titled Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise meaning there could be two sequels.
IMDb already has Road to Purgatory listed as in production with no director...
The film was based on a graphic novel by writer Max Alan Collins and yesterday he dropped some substantial hints that there is a future to the franchise. Fans will be pleased to hear that there isn’t just one graphic novel but three. The sequels are interestingly titled Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise meaning there could be two sequels.
IMDb already has Road to Purgatory listed as in production with no director...
- 8/6/2010
- by Michael Brooks
- FilmShaft.com
It's eight years since Road to Perdition, the classy period gangster drama starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, and directed by Sam Mendes. in the intervening years the possibility of a follow-up has arisen occasionally, but writer Max Alan Collins has just told Movieweb that we're closer than ever to the Road to Purgatory.Collins wrote the original graphic novel on which the film was based, and Road to Purgatory already exists as a prose sequel, along with a further instalment, Road to Paradise. The follow-ups deal with the adult life of Michael O'Sullivan Jr (played by Tyler Hoechlin in the first film) after his return from WWII service in the Philippines. Under the alias of Michael Satariano he attempts to settle down to a quiet life, but gets involved with Eliot Ness (he of The Untouchables), undertaking a perilous infiltration of Capone's mob syndicate, where he gains the trust of Frank Nitti.
- 8/5/2010
- EmpireOnline
This weekend the box office is being dominated by Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a conflicted comic book character perfect for his own spin-off film and stand alone back story. Unfortunately, the X-Men mutant movie was a bit of a disappointment in terms of quality, but as it rakes in more dollars this summer the studio will definitely be looking for ways to cash in on its success on top of any future Wolverine installments.
There is already talk of spinning off Deadpool. This rumor is strengthened by early discussions with producers and the curious casting of a relatively big name actor like Ryan Reynolds for what was almost a cameo part in this weekend’s blockbuster. When reporters asked him who “the merc with a mouth” might want to face off against in his own spin-off, Reynolds mentioned Black Tom and a possible pairing with Cable. Either way, a...
There is already talk of spinning off Deadpool. This rumor is strengthened by early discussions with producers and the curious casting of a relatively big name actor like Ryan Reynolds for what was almost a cameo part in this weekend’s blockbuster. When reporters asked him who “the merc with a mouth” might want to face off against in his own spin-off, Reynolds mentioned Black Tom and a possible pairing with Cable. Either way, a...
- 5/4/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
More birth than death on this flashy debut
Death On Two Wheels makes rock ’n’ roll dangerous again, with slurry-blurry lyrics, half-cocked dreamspeak of portents and regret, and a formidable guitar attack that recalls the nasty duels Allen Collins waged with Gary Rossington before Skynyrd’s final plane ride. Following the same bumpy trail as Kings of Leon, this Atlanta foursome seems to be in pursuit of darker mysteries on the band’s self-released debut. And unlike the Kings, they have more range and a greater reverence for ’70s classic rock, not to mention the eccentric bite of vocalist Trae Vedder. Could he really have been christened with such a propitious rock name? No matter, he has the same grit and red clay in his voice that Chris Robinson had before he got famous and complacent—but there’s something even more disturbing in Vedder’s delivery that almost veers into goth.
Death On Two Wheels makes rock ’n’ roll dangerous again, with slurry-blurry lyrics, half-cocked dreamspeak of portents and regret, and a formidable guitar attack that recalls the nasty duels Allen Collins waged with Gary Rossington before Skynyrd’s final plane ride. Following the same bumpy trail as Kings of Leon, this Atlanta foursome seems to be in pursuit of darker mysteries on the band’s self-released debut. And unlike the Kings, they have more range and a greater reverence for ’70s classic rock, not to mention the eccentric bite of vocalist Trae Vedder. Could he really have been christened with such a propitious rock name? No matter, he has the same grit and red clay in his voice that Chris Robinson had before he got famous and complacent—but there’s something even more disturbing in Vedder’s delivery that almost veers into goth.
- 1/15/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
We adore Hard Case Crime and their line of hardboiled crime and mystery tales from new and famous authors. Founder Charles Ardai just announced that he will publish, for the first time ever, a Lester Dent novel, Honey in his Mouth. The creator of Doc Savage had written the story intended for the Gold Medal line of books that are a direct ancestor to Hard Case.
Similarly, a previously unpublished Roger Zelazny mystery, Dead Man’s Brother, will finally see the light of day in February, the first new Zelazny novel in 15 years. Found more than 30 years after it was written, it’s the only new book by the author since his death a decade ago. The breathless back cover copy tells us: “Once an art smuggler, now a respectable art dealer, Ovid Wiley awoke to find his former partner stabbed to death on his gallery floor. That was strange...
Similarly, a previously unpublished Roger Zelazny mystery, Dead Man’s Brother, will finally see the light of day in February, the first new Zelazny novel in 15 years. Found more than 30 years after it was written, it’s the only new book by the author since his death a decade ago. The breathless back cover copy tells us: “Once an art smuggler, now a respectable art dealer, Ovid Wiley awoke to find his former partner stabbed to death on his gallery floor. That was strange...
- 10/15/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Lost Lynyrd Skynyrd Track Set To Appear On New Album
Lynyrd Skynyrd's late rockers are set to be brought back from the dead on the group's new album after guitarist Gary Rossington discovered a lost track in his archives.
Rossington unearthed an old track recorded by the original members of the Southern rock act in the 1970s.
He says, "Going back in the archives, actually, I found this old song that we did with the original band, with Ronnie Van Zant singing, Leon (Wilkeson) on bass, and Bob Burns is on drums.
"It's a cool track, it's called Cottonmouth Country. We never put it out... We just kind of let it sit there, and never finished it.
"It's pretty well done, but the recording isn't as good as it should be, but we might put it out as a bonus track on the new album.
"It's a whole new Skynyrd song nobody's heard. It's pretty wild, pretty cool lyrics. It's about the swamps."
Original members Van Zant and Steve and Cassie Gaines died in a plane crash in 1977, which left bandmate Allen Collins paralysed. Wilkerson died in 2001.
Rossington unearthed an old track recorded by the original members of the Southern rock act in the 1970s.
He says, "Going back in the archives, actually, I found this old song that we did with the original band, with Ronnie Van Zant singing, Leon (Wilkeson) on bass, and Bob Burns is on drums.
"It's a cool track, it's called Cottonmouth Country. We never put it out... We just kind of let it sit there, and never finished it.
"It's pretty well done, but the recording isn't as good as it should be, but we might put it out as a bonus track on the new album.
"It's a whole new Skynyrd song nobody's heard. It's pretty wild, pretty cool lyrics. It's about the swamps."
Original members Van Zant and Steve and Cassie Gaines died in a plane crash in 1977, which left bandmate Allen Collins paralysed. Wilkerson died in 2001.
- 3/28/2008
- WENN
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