(To celebrate "Titanic" and its impending 25th-anniversary re-release, we've put together a week of explorations, inquires, and deep dives into James Cameron's box office-smashing disaster epic.)
One of the problems with making a work of fiction based on a real historical event is that, well, a lot of the people in it were real, and their living relatives might not be thrilled about your portrayal of them. Sometimes, even minor moments that most viewers wouldn't pick up on turn out to be a big problem, like when "Queen's Gambit" downplayed female chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili's career in a throwaway line and got sued for it. For a movie like "Titanic," based on a massive tragedy where the figures involved were put in tough situations with no easy choices, portraying someone inaccurately can lead to a much bigger, more prolonged backlash.
Such was the case for First Officer William Murdoch...
One of the problems with making a work of fiction based on a real historical event is that, well, a lot of the people in it were real, and their living relatives might not be thrilled about your portrayal of them. Sometimes, even minor moments that most viewers wouldn't pick up on turn out to be a big problem, like when "Queen's Gambit" downplayed female chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili's career in a throwaway line and got sued for it. For a movie like "Titanic," based on a massive tragedy where the figures involved were put in tough situations with no easy choices, portraying someone inaccurately can lead to a much bigger, more prolonged backlash.
Such was the case for First Officer William Murdoch...
- 2/10/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
Murdoch Mysteries has a return date. Ovation has announced that season 16 of the popular Canadian series will arrive on American TV screens on February 11th.
Starring Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris, Lachlan Murdoch, Shanice Banton, Daniel Maslany, Arwen Humphreys, and Siobhan Murphy, the historical drama series is based on the novels by Maureen Jennings and follows Detective William Murdoch (Bisson) as he solves cases at the turn of the century in Toronto.
Guest stars for season 16 include Siobhan McSweeney, Sean Cullen, Christopher Heyerdahl, Peter Stebbings, and Peter Keleghan. Plus, there will be special appearances by International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield, Olympic champion Andre De Grasse, and renowned historian Morgan Ross. Will & Grace's Eric McCormack has directed an episode.
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Starring Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris, Lachlan Murdoch, Shanice Banton, Daniel Maslany, Arwen Humphreys, and Siobhan Murphy, the historical drama series is based on the novels by Maureen Jennings and follows Detective William Murdoch (Bisson) as he solves cases at the turn of the century in Toronto.
Guest stars for season 16 include Siobhan McSweeney, Sean Cullen, Christopher Heyerdahl, Peter Stebbings, and Peter Keleghan. Plus, there will be special appearances by International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield, Olympic champion Andre De Grasse, and renowned historian Morgan Ross. Will & Grace's Eric McCormack has directed an episode.
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- 12/20/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Director Rob Grant's (Fake Blood) zombie thriller Yesterday is being released on home entertainment platforms. To show in a special two-disc Blu-ray version, Yesterday was shot on beautiful 16mm. Starring Graham Wardle (Grave Halloween), P. Lynn Johnson (Final Destination), Bill Murdoch, Mike Kovac and Jesse Wheeler, Yesterday will be offered in a two-disc Blu-ray version. Darkside Releasing and Shivers Entertainment are distributing this feature, which just released this week. More release and story details are hosted here. In Yesterday, six strangers are caught in a zombie apocalypse. Each character struggles to survive in a dying city. Events come to a head, in a local grocery store. Here, the remaining few survivors fight danger, from all around. Yesterday was originally released in 2009, on the film festival circuit. This release on Blu-ray will offer lots of extras, including: extensive special features, a 16 page booklet and a slipcover. More details on this limited release.
- 8/31/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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