James Ransone has been cast in Scott Derrickson’s upcoming film for Blumhouse and Universal, THE BLACK PHONE. Derrickson and frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill (Bermuda, Doctor Strange, Sinister) adapted the script based on Joe Hill’s short story. Derrickson, Cargill and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway production. Joe Hill is an executive producer.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vianney Le Caer/REX/Shutterstock Scott Derrickson ‘Doctor Strange’ Launch Event, Westminster Abbey, London, UK – 24 Oct 2016
James Ransone has created indelible performances on the big and small screens as well as the stage, performing in a wide variety of projects that span from intimate indies to blockbuster genre films.
Ransone starred in It Chapter Two as Eddie Kasprak, one of the members of “The Losers Club,” opposite Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader, et al. His performance in the movie garnered such praise as “James Ransone is the MVP of It Chapter Two” (Entertainment Weekly) and “James Ransone is It Chapter Two’s secret weapon” (GQ). He also starred in Ti West’s In A Valley of Violence, opposite Ethan Hawke and John Travolta, and the latest installment of the Sinister franchise in which he returned as the lead, reprising his role from the original film.
Ransone co-starred also in the critically lauded, award-winning Tangerine, directed by Sean Baker, which debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. His previous film with Baker, Starlet, earned Ransone and the team the John Cassavetes Award at the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards. He has also proven to be a loyal favorite with director Spike Lee, having roles in his films Inside Man, Red Hook Summer, and Oldboy and has starred such films as Larry Clark’s Ken Park and John Waters’ A Dirty Shame.
On the TV side, Ransone appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s HBO series “Mosaic,” opposite Sharon Stone, as well as Hulu’s “The First,” opposite Sean Penn. He is perhaps best known for his work with David Simon, having roles in three of his award-winning HBO series “The Wire,” “Treme,” and “Generation Kill.”
He has also graced the New York stage, receiving critical acclaim for his work in Small Engine Repair, written by John Pollono, starring opposite James Badge Dale and Keegan Allen. James Ransone is represented by The Gersh Agency, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Morris, Yorn, Barnes, Levine, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner & Gellman.
William Sadler began his acting career in New York theaters, appearing in more than 75 productions over the course of 12 years. His roles included that of Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon’s Tony Award winning play “Biloxi Blues”. He is best remembered for his roles in DIE HARD 2, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMEPTION, and as The Grim Reaper in the Bill and Ted movies. William Sadler is also a television star, appearing in such sitcoms as Roseanne (1988) and Murphy Brown (1988) and he also starred as Sheriff Jim Valenti on the WB science fiction television series Roswell. William Sadler’s latest project is a co-starring role in ALICE FADES AWAY, written and directed by Ryan Bliss and also starring Ashley Shelton, Paxton Singleton and Blanche Baker. ALICE FADES AWAY is the story of a troubled woman in 1950s New England who stumbles upon an isolated farmhouse and is taken in by its idealistic residents -until a murderous figure from her past arrives.
William Sadler in BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC
William Sadler took the time to talk to We Are Movie Geeks about his career and about ALICE FADES AWAY.
Interview conducted by Tom Stockman March 3rd, 2021
Tom Stockman: Greetings Bill. I’m calling from St. Louis. Have you ever been here?
William Sadler: No, I can’t say that I have.
TS: But you co-starred in a movie want that took place in East St. Louis.
WS: That’s right! TRESPASS.
TS: That’s right across the river. But today we need to talk about ALICE FADES AWAY. How did you get involved in this project?
WS: The producers called my agent and told them that there was a role in this movie they would love for me to consider. I read the script and liked the character. I thought it was a fun premise and I like playing characters like this. He was a wealthy, powerful, controlling man who is in a situation that he cannot control and it’s costing him. And it’s costing him more than money. I thought there was a lot of humanity there.
TS: And anger. You did a great job of portraying a man who has just been eaten away by anger. You’re so good in the film.
WS: Thank you very much.
TS: Your scenes are separate from the other actors in the film. Did you interact at all with the rest of the cast?
WS: No. That’s just sort of the way the economy of these types of film work. I wasn’t involved in their scenes so there was no reason to fly me to those locations. That’s one of the ways producers can get me to do things. Get me in and out.
TS: Where do you reside?
WS: I’m on the East Coast, just north of New York City near Millbrook.
TS: Ryan Bliss directed about ALICE FADES AWAY and this was his directorial debut. What was he like as a first time director?
WS: He was lovely. Great to work with. He sort of had a classical background in film so it was fun to talk movies with him. One of my favorite traits for directors to have is trust for the actors. My favorite notes from the Director is when they take you aside and whisper in your ear “that was great“.
TS: Did you guys stick to the script with ALICE FADES AWAY, or was there some improv involved in this production?
WS: There was the tiniest bit of improve but we mostly stuck pretty close to the script. When the writing is good, I feel less inclined to go off-script.
TS: Have you seen the final film?
WS: Yes I have. I don’t really like to be frightened when I watch a movie. I found this one creepy and scary although beautifully shot with some really strong performances. I don’t mind making scary movies, but I’m not the best audience for them.
TS: You’ve been in a lot of horror films though.
WS: I know!
TS: How did you get started in acting?
WS: It happened back in high school. I was in a rock band and a garage band and a folk band. I was doing stand-up comedy, anything to get on stage.
TS: Did you write your own jokes when you were doing standup?
WS: Yes I did.
TS: Do you have any old videos of that.
WS: I don’t. I wish I did. I did it all over Buffalo New York. I played the banjo and told jokes. I was “Banjo Bill Sadler“ I played at all sorts of events, Christmas parties, and things like that. I had an English teacher that encouraged me to try out for the high school play. I did and got the lead. It was Harvey. It was a funny and charming role that I fell into in a way that I have never experienced before. That play led to another play that was even more personal and engaging and the door just sort of opened for me.
TS: Were you a movie buff growing up?
WS: I can’t really say that I was. We lived on a farm outside of Buffalo, New York and get to a movie theater maybe three or four times a year. But I was a television buff. My brothers and I used to run around the barn with our BB guns and pretend we were The Man From U.N.C.L.E or Vic Morrow in Combat, dive out of the hayloft and come up shooting.
TS: As you mentioned, you did a lot of stage work earlier in your career. Would you be interested in getting back on the stage again?
WS: I guess if the opportunity presented itself. The theater is a beautiful institution, a great place that requires a lot of discipline and a lot of work. You can’t be late, and you have an hour of warming up before the show, and you can’t have a headache. On the upside, it’s fantastic because there is a wonderful community that you feel a part of that is unlike anything in the movies.
TS: Are there any roles that you turned down that you regretted not taking?
WS: No, I can’t recall any that I turn down and regretted but there were roles that I auditioned for that I did not get. For RESERVOIR DOGS, they had me up for the role of Mr. Pink. I read with Harvey Keitel and Quentin had me back three or four times and I was reading and reading and reading, He ended up going with Steve Buscemi, but since I was unable to do that, I was able to go off and do THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.
William Sadler in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
TS: Are you surprised that the depth of the love and following that THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION has so many years later?
WS: Oh I am blown away and humbled by the way moviegoers have embraced that film. We all thought at the time that it was a good strong story. Frank Darabont was a very new director at the time. There were so many ways that it could have gone differently, but it didn’t, as there were all of these happy accidents. There was a time when Tom Cruise was interested in playing the Tim Robbins role, and Rob Reiner was interested in directing Cruise in it. Frank told me that Rob Reiner offered him money not to direct it, but we all know how it turned out.
TS: How has Covid affected your work so far?
WS: It has slowed things down enormously. I was shooting another scary movie called SHRINE, which I think they are retitling as THE UNHOLY for Screen Gems. I was filming it in Boston back in March and I drove home for the weekend. Sunday night, I was getting ready to drive back and they called and said not to come back, that they were shut down. That’s it. We did not resume filming until September when they finally figured out all the protocols and testing. They had to rewrite scenes. I played a priest and for the scenes where I am preaching to my congregation, they just shot me alone, and then they shot the audience piece by piece, and edited it together because they couldn’t film people sitting close to each other.
TS: IMDb claims there is a new movie about Edward Wood that you are in that is in preproduction. What can you tell me about that?
WS: Really? I don’t know anything about that.
TS: Hmm. According to this you play the psychic Criswell.
WS: What? Well, I hope I’m good in it. Somebody probably just put it on IMDb and thought that I wouldn’t notice it.
William Sadler in THE MIST
TS: What else do you have coming up that you can talk about?
WS: I’ve got ALICE FADES AWAY and UNHOLY which I think is going to scare the daylights out of people. It’s like the Exorcist in a small town.
TS: Well good luck with that and all your future projects. I really enjoyed talking to you. You have been a favorite actor of mine for a long time.
FOUR GOOD DAYS is an emotional journey based on a true story by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow. Check out the trailer:
31-year-old Molly begs her estranged mother Deb for help fighting a fierce battle against the demons that have derailed her life. Despite all she has learned over a decade of disappointment, grief and rage, Deb throws herself into one last attempt to save her beloved daughter from the deadly and merciless grip of heroin addiction. Powerhouse performances from Glenn Close and Mila Kunis anchor director Rodrigo García’s poignant and unpredictable chronicle of mother and daughter fighting to regain the love and trust that once held them together.
FOUR GOOD DAYS stars Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Stephen Root, Joshua Leonard, and Sam Hennings
Fay Wray in DOCTOR X (1932) will be available on Blu-ray April 13th from Warner Archive
Is there a (mad) doctor in the house? “Yes!” shrieks Doctor X, filmed in rare two-strip Technicolor®. An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by re-creating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the genre. Lionel Atwill is Doctor Xavier, pre-King Kong scream queen Fay Wray is a distressed damsel and Lee Tracy snaps newshound patter, all under the direction of renowned Michael Curtiz. The new two-color Technicolor master was restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation in association with Warner Bros. Entertainment. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Foundation. Also includes the separately filmed B&W version (which has been restored and restored from its original nitrate camera negative) originally intended for small U.S. markets and International distribution, and which has been out of distribution for over 30 years.
Special Features: Alternate B&W version of feature; DOCTOR X (HD): UCLA Before & After Restoration featurette (HD); New documentary: “Monsters and Mayhem: The Horror Films of Michael Curtiz (HD); New feature commentary by author/film historian Alan K. Rode; Archival feature commentary by Scott MacQueen, head of preservation, UCLA Film and Television Archive. Original B&W Theatrical Trailer (HD)
In Theaters Only March 26 is the new movie NOBODY.
Sometimes the man you don’t notice is the most dangerous of all.
Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, The Post, Nebraska) stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life’s indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody.
WAMG is giving away Fandango codes to see the film in theaters when it opens on March 26th.
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When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake (Gage Munroe, The Shack), is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen, Wonder Woman), seems to pull only further away.
The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch’s long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary (famed Russian actor Aleksey Serebryakov, Amazon’s McMafia)—and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a nobody again.
Nobody is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ilya Naishuller (Hardcore Henry), from a script by Derek Kolstad, the narrative architect of the John Wick franchise, and co-stars legendary Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd as Hutch’s father and multi-hyphenate musician-actor RZA as Hutch’s brother, whose own hidden talents aid Hutch in his quest for vengeance.
The film is produced by Kelly McCormick, p.g.a, and David Leitch, p.g.a., the filmmakers of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde, for their company 87North, by Braden Aftergood, p.g.a. (Hell or High Water, Wind River), for his Eighty Two Films, and by Bob Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero (Hulu’s PEN15) for Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment. The film is executive produced by Derek Kolstad, Marc S. Fischer, Annie Marter and Tobey Maguire.
Focus Features has announced that it will release Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST on Friday, November 12, 2021 in theaters domestically.
Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Branagh, BELFAST is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.
The cast stars Golden Globe nominee Caitriona Balfe, Academy Award® winner Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds, and introduces 10 year old Jude Hill. Dornan and Balfe play a passionate working-class couple caught up in the mayhem, with Dench and Hinds as sharp-witted grandparents.
The film is produced by Branagh, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas.
Branagh has previously worked with Christopher Nolan, playing the crucial role of Commander Bolton in the epic DUNKIRK as well as 2020’s TENET. Among his upcoming projects, Branagh will return to the role of Hercule Poirot and also direct Agatha Christie’s brilliant mystery “Death on the Nile,” the follow-up to his 2017 film “Murder on the Orient Express.”
Branagh recently directed “Artemis Fowl,” based on the beloved book by Eoin Colfer. The film, which is now on Disney +, stars newcomer Ferdia Shaw as the title character, Lara McDonnell, Judi Dench, Josh Gad and Colin Farrell. He also starred in and directed the critically acclaimed film “All is True,” about William Shakespeare’s later years, also starring Judi Dench and Ian McKellen.
In 2015, Branagh directed the critically acclaimed and box-office hit live-action “Cinderella,” starring Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, and Helena Bonham-Carter.
Branagh previously directed the newest installment of the “Jack Ryan” franchise in 2014, in which he also starred alongside Chris Pine and Keira Knightley. In addition, Branagh directed the blockbuster Marvel action adventure “Thor,” starring Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, and Chris Hemsworth. Released in May 2011, the film grossed more than $448 million worldwide.
Actor Chris Hemsworth (L) and Director Kenneth Branagh (R) attend a press conference for the film “Thor” at the Bristol hotel on April 12, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Freestyle Digital Media has announced the cable, satellite and Digital HD release of Witness Infection, from filmmaking team Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Melean and director Andy Palmer. WITNESS INFECTION will be available to rent and own on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms and DVD on March 30, 2021 through Freestyle Digital Media. Here’s the trailer:
Winning Best Feature at the Horror Hound Film Festival and Best Director at the Frostbite International Film Festival, and showing at several others including Portland Horror Film Festival, HA Comedy Arts Festival and more, Witness Infection is being lauded as “a wild ride of raucous fun” (Horror Buzz). The feature film by Andy Palmer has been entertaining audiences at film festivals, gathering up its very own cult following even before its wide release. This stomach-turning comedic horror/ mob movie mash-up is now poised for a March 30, 2021 release. WITNESS INFECTION will be available to rent and own on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms and DVD on March 30, 2021 through Freestyle Digital Media.
Carlos Alazraqui (“Rocko’s Modern Life”, Spyro the Dragon, “The Fairly OddParents”) co-wrote the film and stars, alongside fellow voice actors Tara Strong (“Teen Titans”, “Rugrats”, “The Powerpuff Girls”), and Maurice LaMarche (“Pinky and the Brain”, “Futurama”, “Hey Arnold”).
The cast also includes co-writer Jill-Michele Melean (“MadTV”, White/Latina), Robert Belushi (“How I Met Your Mother”, Sorority Row), Bret Ernst (“Cobra Kai”), Erinn Hayes (“Children’s Hospital”, “Medical Police”, “Kevin Can Wait”), Monique Coleman (the High School Musical franchise, “Dancing With the Stars”), and Joseph D. Reitman (“Happy!”, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back).
Witness Infection was produced by Alazraqui, Melean and Warner Davis. Andy Palmer (Camp Cold Brook) directed.
“I’m so excited for the release of my third feature collaboration with Carlos Alazraqui. And the fact that he and Jill-Michele Melean trusted me to bring one of their scripts, Witness Infection, to life makes it all the more special,” said filmmaker Andy Palmer. “I’m extremely proud of Witness Infection, and hopefully we do for eating sausages from a questionable looking food truck what Jaws did for swimming.”
Witness Infection premiered at the 2020 HA Comedy Arts Festival and went on to screen at festivals around the world, picking up awards for Best Feature at HorrorHound and the Die Laughing Film Festival, Best Director at Die Laughing and the Frostbite Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Envy Award the Sin Film Festival.
“Some folks say that Willie Green was the baddest motherf**ker the world ever seen. But I want you to hold onto your seats. And hold onto them tight. ‘Cause you now gettin’ ready to see the story of me. Yes, me! The badass. Dolemite!”
Thirty years in the making, the complete story of Rudy Ray Moore can now be told! The Kickstarter30 day campaign for THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE MYSELF – The Authorized Biography of Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite, launches on Moore’s birthday March 17th and is active through April 15th
Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself is the definitive and complete account of the life and career of Rudy Ray Moore, known to millions as his famous character “Dolemite.”
As a dancer, singer, comedian and filmmaker, Moore teetered on obscurity his entire life. Finally, with the release of several controversial and groundbreaking hit comedy albums and films during the 1970’s, Moore achieved his short-lived success. As the decade changed and he struggled to survive, his influence fueled a new generation of fans and artists who would help resurrect his career. Eddie Murphy said Moore was “the loser who refused to lose” who tirelessly fought for relevance. He would become known as the “King of the Party Records” and the “Godfather of Rap,” influencing comedians, musicians and pop culture even after his passing. His tenacity and drive were so inspiring, a part of his story was the basis for the hit Netflix film, Dolemite is My Name, starring Eddie Murphy as Moore. Throughout his life, Rudy remained a very private person. He would end his live performances by commenting to the crowd, “Thank you for letting me be myself!” This phrase was chosen as the book’s ironic title, as Moore was far removed from his public persona, and personal details of his life were rarely shared. Many people, including those closest to Moore, believed they knew him well, yet the complete and detailed story of his life remained untold.
Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself reveals Moore’s unknown origins as he escaped poverty and abuse to enter the world of show business. Every period of his life and career is discussed in tremendous detail, with great effort made to place everything into proper historical and cultural context. Speculations will be cleared and truths will be told through the controversial last year of his life. Originally authorized and supported by Moore as the official story of his life, the project remains recognized as such by his estate. For complete details, additional images, reward tiers, and more, check out the Kickstarter campaign.
BOOK DETAILS:
7.5 x 9.75 paperback
Approx. 380 pages (content being finalized currently)
Full color cover with spot gloss and full color pages throughout
Extensively illustrated with over 600 photos!!!
Every supporter’s name will be printed in the book to be a permanent part of Moore’s legacy
Full book details and perk levels including digital downloads, CDs, movies, limited Dolemite bobbleheads, LPs, rare items and more are available now at the Kickstarter page.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mark Jason Murray is a writer, researcher, publisher and cult film historian. Working with Moore directly from the early 1990’s through his passing in 2008, Murray has continued to champion his life and career through CD/LP/DVD liner notes, extra features and commentaries on his main body of films, appearing on TV One’s UnSung Hollywood episode on Moore and as the lead historical consultant for the Eddie Murphy hit film, Dolemite is My Name. “Mark Jason Murray knows more about Rudy Ray Moore than anybody who has ever walked the earth, and we couldn’t have written our script without his deep bench of research and insight.”– Dolemite is My Name co-screenwriter Scott Alexander
ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE is finally being released and is one of the rare projects that can be said to live up to the hype. This is more than just a “few added scenes.” With a run time of just over four hours, it presents the most complete saga than could have been done in a 2 hour theatrical release, and it is the true vision of Zack Snyder’s, not the watered-down joke fest that we were fed after the Snyders left the project. To be perfectly clear, Joss Whedon’s version of the JUSTICE LEAGUE was not terrible, but it was very obvious that the original movie release was tonally bipolar, at times light hearted, at times darker and far more serious. Thanks to the fans (nay, MEGA fans) that put in the time, promotion, and had the tenacity to keep pushing for Snyder’s version, we got a more refined, purer film, tonally consistent, with questions answered, and no silly asides.
Told in six parts, with an extended epilogue, the movie is just, well…great. Darkseid is the big bad in this movie, and Steppenwolf is shown to be more of a simpering neophyte than a star faring conqueror, and it is explained why there was never another return after that humiliating defeat that was suffered in the original assault on Earth.
Bruce Wayne/Batman (played by Ben Affleck, bringing every bit of his talent to this version, making you really believe he would spend all of his time and no small amount of his resources to put this team together) questing to find others that have abilities is still the quest in the film, but in each character we get a lot more backstory. We get their lives showcased, and their motivations explained, making their reasons for resisting this effort more clear, and their reasons for joining more logical. Jeremy Irons as Alfred has about the same amount of screen time, but he seems even more like an advisor and partner than he did previously. We see Cyborg as not just some angry, brooding robot-man who didn’t seem to bring anything else to the team originally, but as the key to stopping Steppenwolf from opening the door for an alien invasion that would have been unstoppable, even by the League. Flash can be seen more as a man who does what needs to be done, not as a cowardly lion. His abilities are shown as being more than just a “guy who runs fast”. Much, much more. Wonder Woman’s opening and introduction in this movie also makes more sense, giving context to the event, and showing that she has at least one ability that had not previously been seen.
We get a host of other characters that will feed fans hunger for more, but also leave you wishing that this movie wasn’t a one and done, but just the beginning that it was originally planned to be. The Martian Manhunter, who by now everyone who has had an even passing interest in the film has known about, is truly the Manhunter any fanboy/fangirl would have wanted… there just wasn’t enough of him, and you understand why in the end.
The epilogue is not your standard post-credits teaser, since you know that there will be no further offering in this world. Deathstroke’s original appearance has more mileage, and Jared Leto’s Joker is more Jokery than before. You get the feeling that whatever reason Batman has for including him, it must be pretty important, because just watching this, you find yourself wondering why nobody has killed him yet, while wishing you could get a Deathstroke movie. Some of the points shown in the dream/nightmare sequence raise questions, but you’re left with the feeling that this was the point; Not just to feed your hunger, but to tease your appetite.
The time taken to flesh each of these characters out is well spent, and the side characters are seen as what they truly are, which is the motivation and saving grace of some otherwise truly broken or incomplete individuals. Except Superman, of course, because he has a completely different set of issues to deal with, not the least of which is shaking off his resurrection.
All of this is done with respect to the original material. Darkseid is the original dark god, with no purer motivations than complete domination of the multiverse, breaking the free will of all living things so that their only need in existence is to serve him and live and die at his whim. No redeeming qualities at all, and an army built larger with each of his previous conquests in to possibly billions of Parademons, and his lieutenants (DeSaad, Granny Goodness, and the aforementioned Steppenwolf) who live only to serve and put Darkseid’s plans into motion.
Snyder gives us the film we always wanted from him in the DCEU. This is said out of respect, not as a fan. There are to be no follow up, no sequels, so what you get here is all that you’re going to get. Even Snyder has said that this is it.
Aquaman will get another film, as will the Flash, but there will be no more of Cavill’s Superman, or Affleck’s Batman, Gadot may or may not get a third movie after the poor offering of WONDER WOMAN 1984, and Fisher’s Cyborg solo movie was cancelled a while back, which is a shame, since he took a character that should have remained in a supporting role, and made it in to one that you really wind up caring about, and who delivers despite the tragedy that he faced in the film. DC/Warner Brothers should probably reconsider, but probably won’t.
The film is long, but never feels long. After two viewings already, it still feels like more could be enjoyed by possibly a third or fourth watch. Yes, it’s that good.
The score from Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, brings the film and earth’s defenders to new heights and the cues are soaring.
Get your popcorn, soda, and comfy chair, and if you love DC Superheroes and the Justice League, ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE is your film.
4 out of 4 Stars
The feature film debuts this Thursday, March 18 on HBO Max.
“ALIEN was the first time an African-American had been seen in a role like that and today we see women and African-Americans in heroic roles.”
(Reuters) – Yaphet Kotto, an American actor known for his roles in movies including “Alien” and “Midnight Run” and as a villain in the James Bond film “Live and Let Die,” has died at age 81.
Kotto’s death was first disclosed by his wife, Tessie Sinahon, on Facebook on Monday night. It was later confirmed by his agent Ryan Goldhar on Twitter. The cause of death was not announced.
Sinahon wrote that she was saddened and shocked by the death of her husband of 24 years, adding, “You played a villain on some of your movies but for me you’re a real hero and to a lot of people also. A good man, a good father, a good husband and a decent human being, very rare to find.”
Listen as Kotto discusses his role in ALIEN.
The actor starred alongside Michael Douglas in The Star Chamber.
