Stephen King's 1977 short story "Children of the Corn" has been adapted to film an embarrassing number of times. The first adaptation was a 1983 short called "Disciples of the Crow," and it was off to the races. The first feature in the franchise, directed by Fritz Kiersch, hit in 1984 and starred Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton as an innocent city couple who make the mistake of driving through Gatlin, Nebraska, a town that's been taken over by its under-16 population. The kids, following the directions of an off-screen demonic entity they call He Who Walks Behind the Rows, have murdered all the adults and set up their own blood cult. The protagonists run afoul of the kiddie cult and barely escape with their lives intact.
"Children of the Corn" was followed by eight sequels, released from 1993 through 2018. Few of them are good, although the monster design for "Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest...
"Children of the Corn" was followed by eight sequels, released from 1993 through 2018. Few of them are good, although the monster design for "Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest...
- 2/26/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Who would have thought that one of the more enduring family movies in the last 20 years would come from Brett Ratner and star Nicolas Cage? Indeed, The Family Man was only a modest success when it came out over the holiday season in 2000, but it has since inspired rip-offs and remakes and is a beloved classic for many of us.
In it, Nicolas Cage plays a high-flying businessman named Jack Campbell, who doesn’t appreciate the little things in life, such as Christmas. It’s lonely at the top, but he consoles himself with his Ferrari, penthouse apartment in New York, and hook-ups with women such as supermodel Amber Valletta, who has a small role as his bedmate early in the film. Yet, being alone on Christmas Eve, he does a good deed when he intervenes in a convenience store standoff by showing empathy towards a wired, gun-toting customer, played by Don Cheadle,...
In it, Nicolas Cage plays a high-flying businessman named Jack Campbell, who doesn’t appreciate the little things in life, such as Christmas. It’s lonely at the top, but he consoles himself with his Ferrari, penthouse apartment in New York, and hook-ups with women such as supermodel Amber Valletta, who has a small role as his bedmate early in the film. Yet, being alone on Christmas Eve, he does a good deed when he intervenes in a convenience store standoff by showing empathy towards a wired, gun-toting customer, played by Don Cheadle,...
- 12/25/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Norman Hollyn, a prolific film and film music editor whose credits include “The Cotton Club,” “Sophie’s Choice” and “Heathers,” died over the weekend after suffering a coronary embolism and cardiac arrest. He was 66.
Hollyn, who was also a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, was in Yokohama, Japan, where he was serving as a guest lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts.
Hollyn began his career as an apprentice sound editor on Bob Fossee’s “Lenny” in 1974, and was an apprentice editor on “Network” two years later. His subsequent credits include “Hair,” “Fame,” the Rodney Dangerfield comedy “Easy Money,” “Mr. Destiny,” and “It’s Pat: The Movie,” among many others. Hollyn also had numerous television credits, including the ABC miniseries “Wild Palms.”
Hollyn wrote the “The Film Editing Room Handbook” in 1984.
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“All of us at the USC School of Cinematic...
Hollyn, who was also a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, was in Yokohama, Japan, where he was serving as a guest lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts.
Hollyn began his career as an apprentice sound editor on Bob Fossee’s “Lenny” in 1974, and was an apprentice editor on “Network” two years later. His subsequent credits include “Hair,” “Fame,” the Rodney Dangerfield comedy “Easy Money,” “Mr. Destiny,” and “It’s Pat: The Movie,” among many others. Hollyn also had numerous television credits, including the ABC miniseries “Wild Palms.”
Hollyn wrote the “The Film Editing Room Handbook” in 1984.
Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2019 (Photos)
“All of us at the USC School of Cinematic...
- 3/19/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Susan B. Landau, a producer and manager whose clients included writer Simon Beaufoy, died May 31 in Los Angeles after a brief illness, according to her family. She was 65.
Landau managed Slumdog Millionaire Oscar-winner Beaufoy, Wayne’s World 2 director Stephen Surjik and The Originals co-executive producer Christopher Hollier, among others. She earned an Emmy nomination for Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color: Young Harry Houdini, as well as an Ace Award for 1993's Tiger Town.
Landau's producing credits also included Mr. Destiny (1990), Cool Runnings (1993) and 1999's An Ideal Husband.
“In a town sometimes overrun with sequels and reruns, Susan was a true original,” Beaufoy said in...
Landau managed Slumdog Millionaire Oscar-winner Beaufoy, Wayne’s World 2 director Stephen Surjik and The Originals co-executive producer Christopher Hollier, among others. She earned an Emmy nomination for Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color: Young Harry Houdini, as well as an Ace Award for 1993's Tiger Town.
Landau's producing credits also included Mr. Destiny (1990), Cool Runnings (1993) and 1999's An Ideal Husband.
“In a town sometimes overrun with sequels and reruns, Susan was a true original,” Beaufoy said in...
- 6/8/2017
- by Lauren Huff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The World of Extreme Happiness Directed by Eric Ting Written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Manhattan Theatre Club - NYC Center Stage February 3-March 29, 2015
A boy is a child. A girl is a thing. These words greet the birth of Sunny Li in The World of Extreme Happiness, the new play from award-winning Playwright-in-Residence at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. Sunny’s arrival into the world in 1992 rural China puts her place in her father’s heart somewhere below the female racing pigeon about whom he rhapsodizes and dreams. Accordingly, it is not even clear at first that he is talking about a pigeon and not a woman, while the newborn girl is quickly, albeit temporarily, consigned to a slop bucket to die. When we next meet Sunny (Jennifer Lim), she is 18 and part of the janitorial staff in an urban factory with a PR problem due to employee suicides.
A boy is a child. A girl is a thing. These words greet the birth of Sunny Li in The World of Extreme Happiness, the new play from award-winning Playwright-in-Residence at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. Sunny’s arrival into the world in 1992 rural China puts her place in her father’s heart somewhere below the female racing pigeon about whom he rhapsodizes and dreams. Accordingly, it is not even clear at first that he is talking about a pigeon and not a woman, while the newborn girl is quickly, albeit temporarily, consigned to a slop bucket to die. When we next meet Sunny (Jennifer Lim), she is 18 and part of the janitorial staff in an urban factory with a PR problem due to employee suicides.
- 3/9/2015
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
When you think about the best romantic comedies and their countries of origin there a few clear names at the top of the list. Hollywood, of course, has seen its fair share of gems (including High Fidelity and When Harry Met Sally) even if their level of quality has been replaced in the last decade by a morass of Katherine Heigl and Kate Hudson-led stinkers. The UK has several great ones but earns a spot based on the near perfection of Love Actually alone. Similarly, France would make the list based solely on Amelie although they too have many more fantastic examples as well. Even South Korea, traditionally viewed as home only to movies about revenge, has produced more than a few solid entries in the genre including Finding Mr. Destiny, Spellbound and My Sassy Girl. But what about Germany? It’s okay if you laughed at the absurdity… I...
- 11/29/2012
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Of course, for the most part I only know of Lost Girl from its U.S. airing, but I’m a fan, and Linda Hamilton showing up is just too cool.
She’ll be guest-starring as an assassin no less, and it ought to be a rather fun trip. Call me crazy, but this show just gets better and better, and I love to see things coming south.
Are you a fan of the show, and is this a good move?
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Prodigy Pictures, in association with Shaw Media, announced today that Linda Hamilton will guest star in season three of the Showcase hit series, Lost Girl.
Linda Hamilton is best known for her role as Sarah Connor in the blockbuster film, The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Linda went on to play Catherine Chandler on the TV series Beauty and the Beast...
She’ll be guest-starring as an assassin no less, and it ought to be a rather fun trip. Call me crazy, but this show just gets better and better, and I love to see things coming south.
Are you a fan of the show, and is this a good move?
Check out all the info below.
Prodigy Pictures, in association with Shaw Media, announced today that Linda Hamilton will guest star in season three of the Showcase hit series, Lost Girl.
Linda Hamilton is best known for her role as Sarah Connor in the blockbuster film, The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Linda went on to play Catherine Chandler on the TV series Beauty and the Beast...
- 7/18/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Anime/Manga distributor Right Stuf Right Stuf Inc have just announced the creation of 5 Points Pictures a new division set to focus on live-action programming, and there’s going to be a ton of great Asian titles heading Stateside, from them very soon. Early on the cards to be released under this studio-label - as part of a multi-picture agreement with South Korea's Cj Entertainment - include critical favourites ‘Bleak Night’, ‘Punch’, recent hits ‘Finding Mr. Destiny,’ ‘Penny Pinchers,’ ‘The Suicide Forecast,’ and edge-of-your-seat drama Tazza: The High Rollers) But first up for the 5 Point treatment will be a special-edition DVD of Moss the excellent murder-mystery-thriller, from Director Kang Woo-suk and its due to hit the streets this August Extra features: “The Making of Moss,” “The Beginning of the Story – The Comic Behind the Story,” art and set design documentary (“The Birth of the Village”), make-up and effects featurette (“Come...
- 5/3/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Based on the novel “Dokani” by Kong Ji Young and charting shocking real life events and sexual abuse at a school for hearing-impaired children, “Silenced” (a.k.a. “The Crucible”) emerged as the most controversial and harrowing Korean film of 2011. Directed by Hwang Dong Hyuk (“My Father”), the film is a bold attempt to raise public awareness about the case and to highlight disturbing flaws in the Korean educational and legal systems, focusing on the true story of how a teacher and social worker, played by Gong Yoo (“Finding Mr. Destiny”) and Jung Yoo Mi (“Oki’s Movie”) struggled to bring the perpetrators to justice. With strong performances from child actors Baek Seung Hwan, Kim Hyun Soo and Jeong In Seo, the film was a deserved success both critically and commercially, pulling in more than 4 million admissions at the domestic box office, and more importantly also led to a changing...
- 4/11/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
If you took Friday Night Lights and mashed it up with Mr. Destiny, you’d probably end up with something that looks a lot like Touchback.
It’s been awhile since we’ve had one of those films that shoots someone into the past so he (or she) can fix mistakes and improve their present lot in life, so the timing is actually pretty good for a movie that follows that plot line. Everything old is new again, right?
In Touchback, a financially-strapped family man living in a small town suddenly finds himself back in the past. More precisely, he finds himself at a point in time where he can change things and avoid the leg-cracking injury that flushed his football dreams down the toilet. Here’s the rub – while his adult life might not be filled with fancy cars and over-flowing bank accounts, he has a wife and children that love him.
It’s been awhile since we’ve had one of those films that shoots someone into the past so he (or she) can fix mistakes and improve their present lot in life, so the timing is actually pretty good for a movie that follows that plot line. Everything old is new again, right?
In Touchback, a financially-strapped family man living in a small town suddenly finds himself back in the past. More precisely, he finds himself at a point in time where he can change things and avoid the leg-cracking injury that flushed his football dreams down the toilet. Here’s the rub – while his adult life might not be filled with fancy cars and over-flowing bank accounts, he has a wife and children that love him.
- 3/2/2012
- by Marty Shaw
- Movie Cultists
After much speculation, it turns out the Mr. Jones referenced in Amy Winehouse's 2006 song "Me & Mr. Jones" is in fact Mr. Nasir Jones, the rapper better known as Nas. Nas has officially confirmed this, noting the late singer's intense feelings for him. This is either completely unsurprising news or a total revelation depending on your lyrical decoding abilities. Take these choice lyrics: What kind of fuckery are you? Side from Sammy you're my best black Jew But I could swear that we were through (we were through) I still want to wonder 'bout the things you do Mr. Destiny 9 and 14 Nobody stands in between me and my man 'Cause it's Me and Mr Jones (Me and Mr Jones) Astute listeners probably already figured out that the reference to Destiny is an reference to Nas' daughter. As for the numbers, September 14 is the [...]...
- 10/5/2011
- Nerve
Korean romantic comedy “Finding Mr. Destiny” is likely to be of particular interest to genre fans, given that it marks the first post-army outing for TV heartthrob Gong Yoo, who made his name with popular drama “The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince”. The film was directed by Jang Yoo Jung, adapted from her own hit stage musical, and also stars actress Lim Soo Jung (recently in (“Jeon Woo Chi”) as his love interest, along with Lee Cheong Ah (“Romance of their Own”), Cheon Ho Jin (“I Saw the Devil”), Shin Sung Rok (“The Worst Guy Ever”) and Ryu Seung Soo (“Battlefield Heroes”) as the usual assortment of comedy relief best friends and meddlers. Gong Yoo takes the role of Gi Joon, an anally-retentive and uptight young man who loses his job at a travel agency and starts his own company, a one man business that helps people to find their long lost first loves.
- 5/14/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Scott Stewart’s new film Legion opens on Friday, January 22 and we’ve decided to take a cinematic angelic look back at the best angels on the big screen. angels of death, banished angels, space angels and troubled angels… whatever the interpretation, you won’t find any cute little porcelain angels with fluffy white wings a golden halos on their heads. Behold, our Top Ten List of the best Angel characters portrayed in the movies!
10. Don Cheadle as Cash, The Family Man
Say what you will about The Family Man. It’s a half-assed It’S A Wonderful Life. It’s Nicolas Cage trying way too hard for yet another Oscar. I liked it better when it was called Mr. Destiny. It’s Brett Ratner, ’nuff said. But, the film has a pretty cool angel played by a pretty cool guy. Don Cheadle could sleepwalk through most of his performances...
10. Don Cheadle as Cash, The Family Man
Say what you will about The Family Man. It’s a half-assed It’S A Wonderful Life. It’s Nicolas Cage trying way too hard for yet another Oscar. I liked it better when it was called Mr. Destiny. It’s Brett Ratner, ’nuff said. But, the film has a pretty cool angel played by a pretty cool guy. Don Cheadle could sleepwalk through most of his performances...
- 1/19/2010
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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