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Through the decades, Denzel Washington has become one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors. The actor has continually redefined what it means to be a leading man and has been known for his commanding presence, and incredible talent.

However, despite the 69-year-old’s impressive range of characters across genres, the industry has seen him through a narrow lens, casting him in roles that emphasize authority, intensity, or even moral complexity.

Denzel Washington in Training Day | Credits: Warner Bros.

This perception, however, was challenged by his performance in the 2001 crime thriller Training Day. In the film, Washington transformed into a seasoned but ruthlessly corrupt detective with unparalleled finesse and proved that he can’t be typecast.

Denzel Washington on breaking free from Hollywood’s typecasting

In 2001, Denzel Washington changed the way that the whole world saw him. Although the actor had become known for roles that showcased strength, moral conviction, and poise,...

Pirates of the Caribbean has explored some interesting and uncharted territories under Johnny Depp’s reign as Captain Jack Sparrow. The movies were filled with various elements and themes all resonating the feelings of fun, thrill, and excitement. All five films were loved in one way or another, even though not all had as strong a box office run as others.

A still from Pirates of the Caribbean | Credit: Walt Disney Pictures

There were many ideas explored and those that could never make it from concepts to paper. Although a 6th installment is in the works, Depp’s involvement is less than likely. As such, there were many ideas he too wanted to explore that still remain untouched. Having done so many different films in the franchise, there was one concept in particular the actor wanted to explore. One that may never happen, or occur in the absence of Depp.

Harrison Ford likes trying new things. While the actor does seem to keep coming back to certain roles like Han Solo and Indiana Jones, Ford insists that variety is the spice of life. For instance, in George Lucas' 1973 coming-of-age story "American Graffiti," Ford added some sweet, sweet Rodgers & Hammerstein tunes, just because he felt like it worked for the character. When it comes down to it, Ford just wants to be artistically fulfilled. And, honestly, no one can really blame him for that. 

For a guy neck deep in extended franchises that are, for better or for worse, meticulously plotted out, there was a time when he longed for something a little more freeform. Something a little more creatively flexible. Something comical. Enter "Hollywood Homicide," a 2003 action comedy that didn't even have a complete script when he was offered the leading role. In fact, the half-finished screenplay was actually a selling point.

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have to share with you today is a horror movie. This one is the 2016 horror anthology Patient Seven, and you can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

The directors of the segments that make up Patient Seven include Danny Draven, Paul Davis, Ómar Örn Hauksson, Dean Hewison, Joel Morgan, Johannes Persson, Nicholas Peterson, Erlingur Thoroddsen, and Rasmus Wassberg. The film centers on Dr. Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist who has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as part of research for his new book. As Dr. Marcus interviews each patient,...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Fatal Attraction (1987)The next season of Karina Longsworth's podcast You Must Remember This will focus on the thorny and sumptuous erotic films of the 1980s and 1990s, including films by Adrian Lyne, Brian De Palma, and Stanley Kubrick. The two-part season will start on April 5. Ahead of its theatrical release, the long-delayed Top Gun: Maverick will play at a special screening in Cannes for the 75th edition of the festival in May. This year's Cannes Film Festival also has a new official partner: TikTok. The partnership will include exclusive festival-related content for users and an in-app competition called #TikTokShortFilm. James Morosini's I Love My Dad and Rosa Ruth Boesten's documentary Master of Light lead this year's SXSW Film Festival awards. Actor William Hurt has died at the age of 71. Hurt was known...

Ahead of the International premiere of Uncanny Annie at Arrow Video FrightFest Halloween 2019, director Paul Davis reflects on working for Blumhouse, bemoans attitudes to British genre film funding and reveals the movies that inspire him the most…

Welcome back to FrightFest. It’s been a while. Excited?

Very excited. This is very much a homecoming for me having spent the best part of two-years now making movies in Los Angeles. What makes it all the more special is that after two shorts and a documentary, this marks the first time I’ve had a narrative feature film play at FrightFest, and on the 10th anniversary of my first Ff appearance. So this one means a lot to me, as it was something I’ve longed to do ever since Beware The Moon in 2009.

Tell us how Uncanny Annie came about?

Uncanny Annie is my second movie for Blumhouse as part...

Daughter's Day becomes deadly for a group of young women dealing with their crazed fathers in a creepy community in the official trailer for Pure, the final installment of the first season of Blumhouse's Into the Dark horror anthology series (which has been renewed for a second season by Hulu).

Written and directed by Hannah Macpherson, Pure stars Jahkara Smith, McKaley Miller, Scott Porter, Annalisa Cochrane, Ciara Bravo, and Jim Klock.

Below, you can watch the official trailer for Pure before it premieres on Hulu beginning Friday, September 6th.

"A seventeen year-old poster girl for her town’s purity movement is tormented by a supernatural presence, just as she fears her community will discover she has long had a secret boyfriend."



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Hannah Macpherson's Pure, the final chapter of Hulu's Into the Dark anthology series, bows next Friday, September 6th. The streaming service released the trailer yesterday. Catch up with this female-led coming-of-age horror flick down below if you have not seen it already.    Hannah Macpherson directed her own teleplay based on a story by herself & Paul Fischer, and Paul Davis.   In this female coming-of-age horror story, several teen girls attend a Purity Retreat with their fathers each summer. One of the girls performs a secret ritual and begins to see a supernatural entity and the terrifying question emerges, what is more dangerous: the demon they've unleashed, or the pressure to conform to their fathers' expectations.    Cast includes Jahkara Smith (NOS4A2), McKaley Miller...

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Hulu and Blumhouse Television have set a female coming-of-age story titled “Pure” as the September installment for their horror anthology “Into the Dark,” TheWrap has learned exclusively.

Here’s the official description for the movie: In this female coming-of-age horror story, several teen girls perform a secret ritual at a purity retreat and, when one of them begins to see a supernatural entity, the terrifying question emerges, what is more dangerous: the demon they’ve unleashed, or the pressure to conform to their fathers’ expectations.

The installment, premiering September 6, stars “NOS4A2” actress Jahkara Smith, as well as McKaley Miller, Scott Porter, Annalisa Cochrane, Ciara Bravo, Jim Klock and T.C. Carter.

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Hannah Macpherson will direct “Pure” and also wrote the teleplay for the movie from a story by Paul Fischer and Paul Davis.

One of the best ways to get yourselves into the Halloween spirit is by checking out the very first installment of Into the Dark, the brand new original series from Blumhouse TV and Hulu, that will be delivering up 12 horror films, debuting on the first Friday of every month, over the course of the next year. Kicking off the launch of Into the Dark is Paul Davis’ The Body, which is based on his 2013 award-winning short film of the very same name, expanding this story of a killer who must transport his latest victim to a new locale, and thankfully it happens to be Halloween night, which means a guy walking down the streets with a corpse in tow doesn’t seem all that weird.

Daily Dead recently checked in with Davis (this writer has proudly been covering his work across various mediums since his Beware the Moon days in...

Don Kaye Oct 5, 2018

We spoke with the director and writer of the horror anthology series' premiere episode 'The Body.'

Into the Dark is a brand new anthology series from the Blumhouse production company, which is making a number of forays into television after cornering the market on the theatrical horror genre for the last several years. In an era when the anthology show seems to be back in a big way, Into the Dark has its own twist on the format: the show -- which is coming out through Hulu -- will turn out a new episode once a month throughout the entire year, and each of the 12 stories will be tied to a holiday within that month.

The first episode -- which, at 80 minutes, plays out nearly like a feature film -- is themed to Halloween of course and is called “The Body.” Expanded by director/co-writer...

When Paul Davis and Paul Fischer initially set out to expand their 2013 short film “The Body” into a feature, they did so on spec, not knowing Blumhouse was going to set a deal with Hulu for a monthly horror anthology series called “Into the Dark.” Although their story — about a hitman who is lugging the corpse of his latest victim on Halloween — lent itself perfectly to the holiday theme Blumhouse was going for and became “Into the Dark’s” premiere piece, there was one big change they wanted to make in the adaptation.

“The hitman, Wilkes, he got away with it in the short — he got pranked by a couple of guys that you thought were police officers, but were actually two guys dressed for Halloween, and they kind of sent him on his way, the joke’s on him, ha ha ha. But in this one, I said to myself,...

Happy Huluween! Hulu's 2018 "Huluween" has begun with Hulu original content as well as your favorite Halloween movies and TV shows. Also in today's Horror Highlights: release details and a trailer for You Might Be the Killer, the legendary David Cronenberg on the cover of Delirium Magazine, and The Unnameable's debut and trailer.

Hulu's First Ever Huluween Details: Press Release: "Get ready for a month’s worth of scary programming as Hulu kicks-off its biggest “Huluween” celebration yet. Beginning today, viewers can head to Hulu’s personalized, Halloween-themed hub for a bone-chilling selection of popular Halloween TV episodes and movies. The curated experience will also bring viewers exclusive, new content throughout the month, including eight spooky short films from up-and-coming filmmakers, and the much-anticipated premiere of two Hulu Originals – Into the Dark and Light as a Feather.

“Inside the walls of Hulu, Huluween has been a tradition for many years,...

The phenomenon of treating anthology series as collections of films is a fairly recent invention — episodes of “Sherlock” and “Black Mirror” have won the past three best TV movie Emmys, beating out genuine-article made-for-tv movies. It’s easy to be dubious about the treatment of these shows, whose episodes share a united sensibility as well as overarching themes and, in “Sherlock’s” case, characters, as stand-alone pieces of cinema. But with its first installment, debuting Oct. 5 after screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival Sept. 21, Hulu’s new anthology “Into the Dark” comes far closer to looking like a new film franchise than its contemporaries. Indeed, it looks so much like one of executive producer Jason Blum’s horror movies that it fails to captivate as TV.

Blum, the producer of films including the Oscar-winning “Get Out,” is best known for projects a bit less high-toned, propulsive and inexpensively made...

*full disclosure: an online screener of this film was provided by Terror Films. This critic has worked on publicity, for this film, in the past. Directors/writers: Danny Draven, Paul Davis, Ómar Örn Hauksson, Dean Hewison, Joel Morgan, Johannes Persson, Nicholas Peterson, Erlingur Thoroddsen, Rasmus Wassberg, Sam Dickson, Richard Falkner, Paul Fischer, Jacey Heldrich, Barry Jay, Brian McAuley, David Steenhoek, Aidee Walker. Patient Seven is a horror anthology, from at fifteen writers and directors. Short films, from around the world, make up this recent outing. Comprised of seven short films and one wraparound, there is a little something here for every horror fan. This film fan enjoyed Ómar Örn Hauksson's take on 28 Days Later (2002), with "Undying Love." These two films are very comparable in costume and shooting style. As well, "The Body," which practically begins the anthology, is especially well written, by Paul Fischer and Paul Davis. The comedic twist is a welcomed surprise.

You’re apt to see some scary good costumes on Halloween, but if you’ve ever wondered if somebody’s costume is a little too convincing, perhaps teetering on the edge of being real, then you should really dig Paul Davis’ short film, The Body. Following a no-nonsense hitman as he drags his plastic-wrapped victim through London on All Hallow’s Eve, this short is a tasty horror comedy treat that’s available to view for free today.

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A professionall killer (Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones) discovers he can get away with anything on Halloween night, including dragging his latest victim around as a prop amidst a sea of oblivious London partiers.

The Body stars Alfie Allen, Hannah Tointon, Christian Brassington and Jack Gordon. It is the second short film by Writer/Director Paul Davis (Him Indoors/Beware The Moon) and is Co-Written...

Exclusive: Cast, directors round on haunted-house horror; Xyz to handle Us rights.

Steve Oram (Sightseers), Edward Hogg (Anonymous) and Pollyanna McIntosh (White Settlers) are among cast attached to UK portmanteau horror Its Walls Were Blood, which is aiming to shoot later this year.

Segment writer-directors include Sean Hogan (The Devil’s Business), Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), Tom Shankland (The Children) and Paul Davis (The Body).

The film follows four connected stories set throughout a haunted house’s history, from the 19th century to today.

Additional cast includes Conner Chapman, Ruth Bradley, Rosie Day, Sam Gittins, Scott Chambers and Belinda Stewart-Wilson.

Radioman producer Paul Fischer of Ten Cent Adventures produces with Paul Davis on board as an executive producer. Stef Hutchinson has co-written the latter’s segment of the portmanteau.

Xyz represents the film’s North American rights.

Exclusive: Mini-series about famed film couple to be executive produced by Olivier’s son.

Legendary film couple Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh are the subject of a new TV mini-series, which is being executive produced by Laurence Olivier’s son Tarquin Olivier.

London-based production company Ten Cent Adventures is in development on 4 x 60-minute mini-series The Oliviers, about the life and love of the iconic British actors.

Radioman producer Paul Fischer has written the scripts and will produce alongside Radioman director Mary Kerr under their Ten Cent Adventures banner.

According to production a portion of the budget has already been raised through private investors while talks are underway with broadcasters and an A-list cast. A director has yet to be attached.

Fischer has optioned books about the couple including Love Scene by Jesse Lasky and The Oliviers by Felix Barker.

Multi-Oscar winning stage and film actors Olivier (Rebecca, Hamlet) and Leigh (Gone with the Wind), married between...

The official teaser trailer for The Body, starring Alfie Allen of "Game of Thrones," arrived online; and we have it right here for your viewing pleasure. Check out the sly peek into this short right here.

In addition to Allen, The Body stars Hannah Tointon ("The Inbetweeners"), Jack Gordon (Panic Button) and Christian Brassington (Burke and Hare). It was co-written and produced by Paul Fischer for Ten Cent Adventures (Radioman) and co-written and directed by Paul Davis (Him Indoors).

"It's a movie about facades and how we perceive things," director Davis said. "You never really know what's real and what isn't with the characters in this, and it's made all the more ambiguous under the disguise of Halloween - where everybody is somebody else. We live in such a sophisticated age, which tends to bring out the cynic in a lot of people. If we saw someone dragging a body along the street,...

We love a good exclusive here at CineVue, so with that in mind we're delighted to be able to unveil the first official teaser trailer for Mary Kerr's upcoming UK-produced feature documentary Radioman (2012), which will premiere at the 2012 Hot Docs International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on 30 April 30. The directorial debut of Kerr and produced by Paul Fischer of Ten Cent Adventures, Radioman tells the story of a New York street bum who overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the city's film industry, complete with celebrity chums, an unparallelled information network and over 100 movie cameos to his name.

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