[This story contains spoilers for Echo.]
There are certain television shows that people within the entertainment industry all watch and admire, and one of those shows was Better Call Saul, the celebrated prequel-sequel to the almighty Breaking Bad. The number of influential filmmakers who watched Saul is at least a mile long (Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky to name a few), and the brass at Marvel Studios are all included in that group. So it was hardly a surprise when Marvel sought out Saul writer-producer Marion Dayre to lead the writers’ room of Echo, a mature miniseries that’s centered on Maya Lopez/Echo (Alaqua Cox), who was first introduced as Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) deaf enforcer on Hawkeye (2021).
Under the tutelage of Saul co-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, Dayre became a two-time WGA Award-nominated TV writer. She first co-wrote season two’s “Klick,” which put Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) on...
There are certain television shows that people within the entertainment industry all watch and admire, and one of those shows was Better Call Saul, the celebrated prequel-sequel to the almighty Breaking Bad. The number of influential filmmakers who watched Saul is at least a mile long (Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky to name a few), and the brass at Marvel Studios are all included in that group. So it was hardly a surprise when Marvel sought out Saul writer-producer Marion Dayre to lead the writers’ room of Echo, a mature miniseries that’s centered on Maya Lopez/Echo (Alaqua Cox), who was first introduced as Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) deaf enforcer on Hawkeye (2021).
Under the tutelage of Saul co-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, Dayre became a two-time WGA Award-nominated TV writer. She first co-wrote season two’s “Klick,” which put Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) on...
- 1/25/2024
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Honor Swinton Byrne (“The Souvenir”) and Greta Bellamacina (“Tell That To The Winter”) are set to star in Jaclyn Bethany’s upcoming feature film “All Five Eyes.”
Co-written by Bethany and Bellamacina, the film tells the story of Marion (Swinton Byrne) and Cecily (Bellamacina) as they care for their disabled younger sister Willa. It is set to shoot in the U.K. in August.
Set in a small English village in 1967, liberated Marion is exploring the new social freedoms enjoyed by women in the late 1960s while conscientious and self-conscious Cecily runs the local girls school and is Willa’s main carer.
“Their differences reach a boiling point over their relationship with Willa, which leads to each sister making their own decision on what it means to have a life worth living,” reads the logline.
The screenplay was informed by Bellamacina’s own experience of caring for a child with autism.
Co-written by Bethany and Bellamacina, the film tells the story of Marion (Swinton Byrne) and Cecily (Bellamacina) as they care for their disabled younger sister Willa. It is set to shoot in the U.K. in August.
Set in a small English village in 1967, liberated Marion is exploring the new social freedoms enjoyed by women in the late 1960s while conscientious and self-conscious Cecily runs the local girls school and is Willa’s main carer.
“Their differences reach a boiling point over their relationship with Willa, which leads to each sister making their own decision on what it means to have a life worth living,” reads the logline.
The screenplay was informed by Bellamacina’s own experience of caring for a child with autism.
- 1/24/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ summer in Hawaii circa 1977 might just be among the most fortuitous vacays in movie history. One of the Hollywood young gun directors was dejected during this holiday because he’d just been passed over to helm the next James Bond picture; the other was anxious about his new film opening that weekend—a little flick you might have heard of called Star Wars. Neither was entirely certain what he’d do next, but the pair got to talking about an idea Lucas had been kicking around for years. It would be inspired by all the B-serials they grew up watching; it would be way cooler than 007; and it starred a guy named Smith, Indiana Smith.
The concept was almost there, clearly, yet it would take both filmmakers, plus a legion of collaborators, to turn Indiana Jones into the cinema legend he is today. And a legend he is,...
The concept was almost there, clearly, yet it would take both filmmakers, plus a legion of collaborators, to turn Indiana Jones into the cinema legend he is today. And a legend he is,...
- 1/22/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Sarah Jessica Parker's best-known role involves looking for love and living her best single life in the process, but in reality, the "And Just Like That" star has been happily married for over 20 years, and is a mom of three.
The actor's relationship with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" alum Matthew Broderick - who she started dating in 1992 and got married to in 1997 - has been one of Hollywood's most successful marriages. Parker, who is starring in season two of the "Sex and the City" revival, and Broderick, star of Netflix's new series "Painkiller" and much more, welcomed son James in 2002, then twin girls, Marion and Tabitha, in 2009.
Although Parker, 58, and Broderick, 61, are tight-lipped about their kids for the most part, Broderick told Entertainment Tonight in June that out of all the things he's done, being a dad "is my favorite." Reflecting on fatherhood, he said, "It just happens,...
The actor's relationship with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" alum Matthew Broderick - who she started dating in 1992 and got married to in 1997 - has been one of Hollywood's most successful marriages. Parker, who is starring in season two of the "Sex and the City" revival, and Broderick, star of Netflix's new series "Painkiller" and much more, welcomed son James in 2002, then twin girls, Marion and Tabitha, in 2009.
Although Parker, 58, and Broderick, 61, are tight-lipped about their kids for the most part, Broderick told Entertainment Tonight in June that out of all the things he's done, being a dad "is my favorite." Reflecting on fatherhood, he said, "It just happens,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Kathryn Mayer
- Popsugar.com
Karen Allen was "disappointed" with her small role in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'.The 71-year-old star briefly returns as Indy's wife Marion Ravenwood in the new movie but lamented how director James Mangold changed the story content and reduced her screentime.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Karen said: "When Steven (Spielberg) was still gonna direct the film, I didn't have the opportunity to read any of those scripts, although I know that Marion was much more involved in the story at that juncture."I knew James had hired new writers and that there was going to be a whole new approach with a new director and new writers, but I was really going into the unknown."The 'Scrooged' star added: "The next thing I knew, I was a reading a script that told ('Dial of Destiny's') story, and of course, I was disappointed.
- 7/7/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Indy (Harrison Ford) and Marion (Karen Allen) tied the knot at the end of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull and were headed for wedded bliss. However, Marion doesn’t seem to be in the picture in The Dial of Destiny, but Karen Allen told Variety that that wasn’t always the case.
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While Karen Allen does make a cameo in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the actress had imagined that she would have had a bigger role given where the last movie left off. “I think because the last time you see Indy and Marion, they’ve gotten married,” Allen said. “I don’t know that I thought we’d pick up from where we left off,...
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While Karen Allen does make a cameo in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the actress had imagined that she would have had a bigger role given where the last movie left off. “I think because the last time you see Indy and Marion, they’ve gotten married,” Allen said. “I don’t know that I thought we’d pick up from where we left off,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Los Angeles, July 6 (Ians) Actress Karen Allen, who portrayed the love interest of Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) Marion Ravenwood in the first film in the franchise ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and then again in ‘The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’, has said that the final romance between Indy and Marion was a bittersweet ending.
In ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’, Indy and Marion begin the final chapter of their romance with Marion filing a separation agreement after the death of their son Mutt (played by Shia Labeouf in ‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’) in the Vietnam war.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, the grief and trauma drive a wedge between Indy and Marion though after the archeologist-adventurer’s final globetrotting adventure, the estranged husband and wife reunite, allowing Indy to take a page out of a beloved scene in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and console his...
In ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’, Indy and Marion begin the final chapter of their romance with Marion filing a separation agreement after the death of their son Mutt (played by Shia Labeouf in ‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’) in the Vietnam war.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, the grief and trauma drive a wedge between Indy and Marion though after the archeologist-adventurer’s final globetrotting adventure, the estranged husband and wife reunite, allowing Indy to take a page out of a beloved scene in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ and console his...
- 7/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
[This story contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.]
For Karen Allen, the conclusion of Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood’s love story is bittersweet.
In James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indy (Harrison Ford) and Marion begin their final chapter on their own, as Marion had recently filed a separation agreement. It’s eventually learned that their son, Mutt (played by Shia Labeouf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), died in Vietnam, and the profound grief that resulted ultimately drove Indy and Marion apart. In the end, after Indy goes on another globetrotting (and time-hopping) adventure, the estranged husband and wife reunite, allowing Indy to take a page out of a beloved scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark and console his soulmate in a way he hadn’t done previously.
While Allen only ends up appearing in one powerful scene, that wasn’t always the case.
For Karen Allen, the conclusion of Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood’s love story is bittersweet.
In James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indy (Harrison Ford) and Marion begin their final chapter on their own, as Marion had recently filed a separation agreement. It’s eventually learned that their son, Mutt (played by Shia Labeouf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), died in Vietnam, and the profound grief that resulted ultimately drove Indy and Marion apart. In the end, after Indy goes on another globetrotting (and time-hopping) adventure, the estranged husband and wife reunite, allowing Indy to take a page out of a beloved scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark and console his soulmate in a way he hadn’t done previously.
While Allen only ends up appearing in one powerful scene, that wasn’t always the case.
- 7/5/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Some movies have a plotline that makes sense when the movie ends, but some films make no sense at all from the start until the end. The plot must convey an idea or a thought throughout the film, and it should be able to give the viewers an understanding of events that might happen. None of the above-mentioned aspects can be found in the new Lifetime TV movie Sins of the Preacher’s Wife, a tale set in rural America where a friendship goes wrong for a woman. How will this person get out of this mess?
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Beth’s Nightmares
The movie begins with Beth, the protagonist, who is shown to be a painter, looking for someone named Cassie, and soon she finds the dead body of the woman she was calling out for. It’s implied Cassie had a history with Beth, and it is understood that this...
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Beth’s Nightmares
The movie begins with Beth, the protagonist, who is shown to be a painter, looking for someone named Cassie, and soon she finds the dead body of the woman she was calling out for. It’s implied Cassie had a history with Beth, and it is understood that this...
- 7/5/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
The following piece contains spoilers about “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
Considering “Raiders of the Lost Ark” ends with angels of death emerging from the Ark of the Covenant to melt the faces of multiple Nazis, it’s not like the Indiana Jones franchise is known specifically for its fidelity to reality. It was with that in mind that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” director James Mangold devised his film’s finale: an audacious trip back in time to the Siege of Syracuse in 213 BC.
“Well, I never presented it as time travel. I never really thought of it as time travel,” Mangold explained in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “They certainly go through a portal in time at the end of the movie. But the movie isn’t about time travel. It’s about time, it’s about getting older and it’s about the world changing around you.
Considering “Raiders of the Lost Ark” ends with angels of death emerging from the Ark of the Covenant to melt the faces of multiple Nazis, it’s not like the Indiana Jones franchise is known specifically for its fidelity to reality. It was with that in mind that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” director James Mangold devised his film’s finale: an audacious trip back in time to the Siege of Syracuse in 213 BC.
“Well, I never presented it as time travel. I never really thought of it as time travel,” Mangold explained in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “They certainly go through a portal in time at the end of the movie. But the movie isn’t about time travel. It’s about time, it’s about getting older and it’s about the world changing around you.
- 7/4/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
We live in interesting times. At the movie theater right now, on one screen, you can see Michael Keaton beating up bad guys while in the Batman suit. On another, you can watch Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones beating up Nazis. Weirdly, both are not doing great at the box office. If you went this past weekend to check out Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, you will know the film was littered with easter eggs and references. What did we uncover in this globetrotting adventure this time??
Warning!!!! There will be spoilers for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny!
Wilhelm Scream
As with every Indiana Jones film, the Wilhelm Scream makes an appearance. Indy and Basil Shaw are trying to escape from the train full of Nazis, they climb onto the roof. Here they have some back-and-forth with a few soldiers. Indy pulls...
Warning!!!! There will be spoilers for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny!
Wilhelm Scream
As with every Indiana Jones film, the Wilhelm Scream makes an appearance. Indy and Basil Shaw are trying to escape from the train full of Nazis, they climb onto the roof. Here they have some back-and-forth with a few soldiers. Indy pulls...
- 7/4/2023
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
[This story contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold is glad he not only met his heroes but collaborated with them, too.
Dial of Destiny is Mangold’s twelfth feature film, but it was his second film, Cop Land (1997), that prepared him most for the job nearly three decades later. Cop Land boasted a cast of Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta among others, and this experience conditioned the New York filmmaker for his current working relationships alongside industry titans such as Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, George Lucas, John Williams, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy. Mangold certainly anticipated moments where one of these heavy hitters would pull rank, but he was pleasantly surprised when just the opposite happened.
“One of the reasons I agreed to make the movie was because these Mount Rushmore figures of motion picture history...
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold is glad he not only met his heroes but collaborated with them, too.
Dial of Destiny is Mangold’s twelfth feature film, but it was his second film, Cop Land (1997), that prepared him most for the job nearly three decades later. Cop Land boasted a cast of Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta among others, and this experience conditioned the New York filmmaker for his current working relationships alongside industry titans such as Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, George Lucas, John Williams, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy. Mangold certainly anticipated moments where one of these heavy hitters would pull rank, but he was pleasantly surprised when just the opposite happened.
“One of the reasons I agreed to make the movie was because these Mount Rushmore figures of motion picture history...
- 7/3/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” hits theaters, it’s time yet again for the fan debate over whether the MacGuffin and/or ending of the latest “Indiana Jones” movie is too far-fetched. This debate ignited when “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” was released in 2008, which found Harrison Ford’s rugged hero coming face-to-face with a literal alien, but how quickly fans seem to forget that this is a franchise rooted in the mystical – going all the way back to Steven Spielberg’s original, iconic “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
“Dial of Destiny” takes a big swing in its third act, but it’s a swing that is – on the whole – not much bolder or bigger than what’s been portrayed in the previous films. So why does this always seem to catch fans by surprise? Because “Indiana Jones” is too good.
Spielberg, Ford,...
“Dial of Destiny” takes a big swing in its third act, but it’s a swing that is – on the whole – not much bolder or bigger than what’s been portrayed in the previous films. So why does this always seem to catch fans by surprise? Because “Indiana Jones” is too good.
Spielberg, Ford,...
- 7/3/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," released in 2008, gave Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones a son named Mutt Williams, played by Shia Labeouf. The character, a '50s-style greaser, was Indiana's only child with Marion Ravenwood (his love interest in 1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark"), though Indiana doesn't find out about him until the events of the film. At the end of "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," (the last film of the franchise to be directed by Steven Spielberg), Marion and Indiana marry.
But "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" didn't find a home with fans, and many complained about the inclusion of Mutt. Mutt does not appear in the new (and final) film, this June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" - but Indiana does explain what happened to his son and why he's not around. Ahead, we're breaking...
But "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" didn't find a home with fans, and many complained about the inclusion of Mutt. Mutt does not appear in the new (and final) film, this June's "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" - but Indiana does explain what happened to his son and why he's not around. Ahead, we're breaking...
- 7/3/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
This article contains all the spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
“I’m your goddamn partner!” When Marion Ravenwood shouted that declaration over the sounds of a burning bar and a Nepalese winter, she immediately cemented herself as the best companion for Indiana Jones. Sure, he’s been paired with other sidekicks, but none of them have lived up to the standard set by Marion. That is until Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Helena Shaw might seem like a second attempt at the Mutt Williams model from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Like Mutt, she sees Indy as a father figure. But with the aged Dr. Jones at a particularly low point, Helena has higher status in the movie, which works to bring out the best in a hero who’s more than long in the tooth.
“I’m your goddamn partner!” When Marion Ravenwood shouted that declaration over the sounds of a burning bar and a Nepalese winter, she immediately cemented herself as the best companion for Indiana Jones. Sure, he’s been paired with other sidekicks, but none of them have lived up to the standard set by Marion. That is until Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Helena Shaw might seem like a second attempt at the Mutt Williams model from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Like Mutt, she sees Indy as a father figure. But with the aged Dr. Jones at a particularly low point, Helena has higher status in the movie, which works to bring out the best in a hero who’s more than long in the tooth.
- 7/3/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Aside from the peppy characters, the awe and wonder of the globetrotting adventures, the unforgettable scores, and the inventive action sequences, the reason why the legend of Indiana Jones has gained a cult following since the 1980s is a balanced admixture of facts and fiction when it comes to delving into the intricacies of history and archaeology. Especially the ancient, legendary relics of the past with mystical properties, in order to obtain which a cat and mouse game between the titular character and his rivals ensues, are a point of interest for not only history nerds but the general audience as well. With the fifth and final movie of the franchise making the rounds in theaters worldwide, let us take a look at the significant antiquities that Indy wrestled out of the clutches of the bad guys.
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- 7/2/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
There’s never a bad time to put on an “Indiana Jones” movie, but the release of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” makes it a particularly good time to binge every installment of the American action-adventure franchise that has come before. And we’ve got all the franchise streaming details.
It all began over 40 years ago, in 1981, when “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” first hit theaters. Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, the 1930s-set action-adventure starred a hunky, mumbling Harrison Ford as an archaeology professor named Indiana Jones who spends his weekends traveling the world in search of historical artifacts. When Indy is approached to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant before Nazi German forces can, he teams up with former flame Marion (Karen Allen) to keep the powerful treasure out of enemy hands.
The face-melting, sweepingly romantic film was a huge hit with audiences,...
It all began over 40 years ago, in 1981, when “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” first hit theaters. Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, the 1930s-set action-adventure starred a hunky, mumbling Harrison Ford as an archaeology professor named Indiana Jones who spends his weekends traveling the world in search of historical artifacts. When Indy is approached to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant before Nazi German forces can, he teams up with former flame Marion (Karen Allen) to keep the powerful treasure out of enemy hands.
The face-melting, sweepingly romantic film was a huge hit with audiences,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Kayti Burt
- The Wrap
This piece contains spoilers for the ending of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
If “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” closes the book on its title character after 42 years, then what better way to send off the world’s most famous archaeologist than with Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) by his side?
In the closing moments of James Mangold’s new film – after Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his goddaughter Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) have returned from the distant past since “Dial of Destiny” features literal time-traveling – Indy and Marion reunite after years of estrangement following the death of their son, Mutt, in Vietnam.
The brief scene – which heavily references one of their beloved romantic interactions in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” when Indy shows Marion his various injuries only to have her give each a kiss – is the only appearance for Allen in the film. But it...
If “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” closes the book on its title character after 42 years, then what better way to send off the world’s most famous archaeologist than with Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) by his side?
In the closing moments of James Mangold’s new film – after Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his goddaughter Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) have returned from the distant past since “Dial of Destiny” features literal time-traveling – Indy and Marion reunite after years of estrangement following the death of their son, Mutt, in Vietnam.
The brief scene – which heavily references one of their beloved romantic interactions in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” when Indy shows Marion his various injuries only to have her give each a kiss – is the only appearance for Allen in the film. But it...
- 7/1/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Exotic tropical locations within or outside the planet Earth, over-the-top villains, manifestations of unbelievable conspiracy theories, catacombs riddled with death traps, and a swashbuckling wanderer in the lead were the key tropes in most 30’s and 40’s pulp fiction and comics representation of them. These acted as source material when influenced by them; visionary filmmakers like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Philip Kaufman brought the character Indiana Jones to life with the movie Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981), and the rest is, in the literal sense, history.
The sprawling set pieces, high-octane chase scenes, and a grand sense of wonder weaved by John William’s music added a certain novelty to the movie, which has marked subsequent releases too. With four entries strong, the Indiana Jones movie franchise has inspired numerous other ventures of world cinema in the last five decades. With the fifth and final entry of the franchise,...
The sprawling set pieces, high-octane chase scenes, and a grand sense of wonder weaved by John William’s music added a certain novelty to the movie, which has marked subsequent releases too. With four entries strong, the Indiana Jones movie franchise has inspired numerous other ventures of world cinema in the last five decades. With the fifth and final entry of the franchise,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot developments, including the final scene, in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” currently playing in theaters.
When Lucasfilm announced in 2016 that Steven Spielberg was making a fifth “Indiana Jones” movie with Harrison Ford, fans naturally wondered how much of a role Karen Allen’s Marion Ravenwood — Indy’s spitfire equal from 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and the love of his life — would play in the new film. The last time audiences saw Marion, she was getting married to Indy at the end of 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” after she revealed to Indy that they’d had a child together, who Indy meets as teenage greaser Mutt Williams (Shia Labeouf). So any follow-up movie would at the very least need to address the fact that Indy is married with a (grown) kid.
That’s certainly what Allen was thinking,...
When Lucasfilm announced in 2016 that Steven Spielberg was making a fifth “Indiana Jones” movie with Harrison Ford, fans naturally wondered how much of a role Karen Allen’s Marion Ravenwood — Indy’s spitfire equal from 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and the love of his life — would play in the new film. The last time audiences saw Marion, she was getting married to Indy at the end of 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” after she revealed to Indy that they’d had a child together, who Indy meets as teenage greaser Mutt Williams (Shia Labeouf). So any follow-up movie would at the very least need to address the fact that Indy is married with a (grown) kid.
That’s certainly what Allen was thinking,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny isn’t only the final adventure of Nazi puncher/archeologist/teacher Indiana Jones. It’s also a referendum on his last, last adventure, 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Despite reuniting the original Indy creative team of director Steven Spielberg, writer/producer George Lucas, and star Harrison Ford, most consider Crystal Skull to be an embarrassing disaster. Haters have plenty of nits to pick at, too, including Indy’s refrigerator bomb escape, CGI monkeys, and space aliens. But more than a few would argue that worst part is Shia Labeouf as Mutt Williams, son of Indy and his former great love, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen).
For a moment, it appeared that Spielberg and Lucas wanted Mutt to follow in his father’s footsteps. The movie even ended...
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny isn’t only the final adventure of Nazi puncher/archeologist/teacher Indiana Jones. It’s also a referendum on his last, last adventure, 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Despite reuniting the original Indy creative team of director Steven Spielberg, writer/producer George Lucas, and star Harrison Ford, most consider Crystal Skull to be an embarrassing disaster. Haters have plenty of nits to pick at, too, including Indy’s refrigerator bomb escape, CGI monkeys, and space aliens. But more than a few would argue that worst part is Shia Labeouf as Mutt Williams, son of Indy and his former great love, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen).
For a moment, it appeared that Spielberg and Lucas wanted Mutt to follow in his father’s footsteps. The movie even ended...
- 6/28/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Indiana Jones 5, aka Dial of Destiny, sees the return of Indy’s longtime friend Sallah (John Rhys-Davies), but that’s not the only reunion in the upcoming film: Karen Allen will also make a cameo in the movie as his wife Marion Ravenwood.
Though Allen has not been featured in the trailers for the movie, Ravenwood’s rekindled relationship with the swashbuckling hero in 2008’s Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has not been forgotten. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Allen expressed a “sense of gratitude” for playing the character for a third time, though she wishes her role was more of “part of the adventure” in the movie.
“She’s such a vibrant, wonderful character, and it would’ve broken my heart to see her just vanish into the ether,” Allen said.
Indiana Jones fans were first introduced to Marion — the daughter of Jones’ former mentor Abner Ravenwood — in the first film,...
Though Allen has not been featured in the trailers for the movie, Ravenwood’s rekindled relationship with the swashbuckling hero in 2008’s Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has not been forgotten. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Allen expressed a “sense of gratitude” for playing the character for a third time, though she wishes her role was more of “part of the adventure” in the movie.
“She’s such a vibrant, wonderful character, and it would’ve broken my heart to see her just vanish into the ether,” Allen said.
Indiana Jones fans were first introduced to Marion — the daughter of Jones’ former mentor Abner Ravenwood — in the first film,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
“That’s not art. A striptease isn’t art. It’s too direct. It’s more direct than art.”
That line from Akira Kurosawa’s “Ikiru” sums up a lot of feelings people seem to have about nudity in film. The history of painting and sculpture is full of nude portraiture, which is regularly and comfortably classified as art. But the nude scene in movies is rarely discussed alongside a Canova marble statue or Manet’s “Olympia.” Movies blur the boundaries between “real life” and artistic indirection so thoroughly that people discuss nude scenes in movies as practically everything but art. It’s “content” that deserves an “advisory,” or something akin to “porn,” however the Supreme Court is classifying that these days.
As many have noted, the very nature of the actor’s job demands the audience look at them. So when nudity enters the (literal) picture, it complicates the relationship between viewer and viewed.
That line from Akira Kurosawa’s “Ikiru” sums up a lot of feelings people seem to have about nudity in film. The history of painting and sculpture is full of nude portraiture, which is regularly and comfortably classified as art. But the nude scene in movies is rarely discussed alongside a Canova marble statue or Manet’s “Olympia.” Movies blur the boundaries between “real life” and artistic indirection so thoroughly that people discuss nude scenes in movies as practically everything but art. It’s “content” that deserves an “advisory,” or something akin to “porn,” however the Supreme Court is classifying that these days.
As many have noted, the very nature of the actor’s job demands the audience look at them. So when nudity enters the (literal) picture, it complicates the relationship between viewer and viewed.
- 6/28/2023
- by Alison Foreman and Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
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As the Oldenburg Film Festival kicks off its 29th year, Germany’s leading indie film fest still prides itself on its ability to discover overlooked gems that fit in the Oldenburg sweet spot between arthouse and genre cinema.
For the 2022 event, The Hollywood Reporter has picked out five Oldenburg world premieres that look likely to set the Northern German city alight.
The Black Guelph by John Conners
‘The Black Guelph’
Life on the Mean Streets of Dublin. The narrative feature debut of actor/screenwriter/documentarian John Connors takes inspiration from real life, including the systematic clerical sexual abuse of generations of Irish Travellers, for this tale of crime, love and struggle on the fringes of society. Featuring a potentially star-making performance by Graham Earley as Canto, a small-time drug dealer determined to break the cycle of trauma and neglect to prove himself a worthy family man.
As the Oldenburg Film Festival kicks off its 29th year, Germany’s leading indie film fest still prides itself on its ability to discover overlooked gems that fit in the Oldenburg sweet spot between arthouse and genre cinema.
For the 2022 event, The Hollywood Reporter has picked out five Oldenburg world premieres that look likely to set the Northern German city alight.
The Black Guelph by John Conners
‘The Black Guelph’
Life on the Mean Streets of Dublin. The narrative feature debut of actor/screenwriter/documentarian John Connors takes inspiration from real life, including the systematic clerical sexual abuse of generations of Irish Travellers, for this tale of crime, love and struggle on the fringes of society. Featuring a potentially star-making performance by Graham Earley as Canto, a small-time drug dealer determined to break the cycle of trauma and neglect to prove himself a worthy family man.
- 9/14/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Like it or not, fall 2022 appears to be the season of Harry Styles. He’s been discussed ad infinitum in the most overexposed film in memory and also this one, “My Policeman,” helmed by English theater director Michael Grandage. On the press trail, Styles informed us that this film about the decades-spanning relationship between Tom, a closeted cop (Styles); art curator Patrick; and Emma Corrin as Tom’s long-suffering wife Marion, is not “a gay story about these guys being gay.’ It’s about love and about wasted time to me.”
If you say so, but the way he seems to read his own movie suggests he didn’t understand the assignment. That’s reflected in a performance that registers as a blank beyond inscrutable gazes and sappy breakdowns. To play a repressed gay man involved in a steamy, behind-closed-doors affair requires levels of complexity and conveying inner turmoil that Styles can’t provide.
If you say so, but the way he seems to read his own movie suggests he didn’t understand the assignment. That’s reflected in a performance that registers as a blank beyond inscrutable gazes and sappy breakdowns. To play a repressed gay man involved in a steamy, behind-closed-doors affair requires levels of complexity and conveying inner turmoil that Styles can’t provide.
- 9/12/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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If Saturday night was Steven Spielberg’s at the Toronto Film Festival, Sunday night was almost certainly reserved for Harry Styles.
My Policeman, in which the musician stars as a closeted homosexual in 1950s England, had its world premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre, where a six-person-deep crowd had already been gathering behind barriers many hours before the film had even started.
From director Michael Grandage and based on the novel by Bethan Roberts, My Policeman sees Styles play Tom, a police officer living in Brighton in the 1950s who develops feelings for museum curator Patrick (David Dawson). While the two keep their relationship a secret due to the repressive laws of the time, Tom marries local schoolteacher Marion (Emma Corrin), whose jealousy would have destructive consequences. Shifting to the 1990s, the three (played by Linus Roache, Rupert Everett and Gina McKee,...
If Saturday night was Steven Spielberg’s at the Toronto Film Festival, Sunday night was almost certainly reserved for Harry Styles.
My Policeman, in which the musician stars as a closeted homosexual in 1950s England, had its world premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre, where a six-person-deep crowd had already been gathering behind barriers many hours before the film had even started.
From director Michael Grandage and based on the novel by Bethan Roberts, My Policeman sees Styles play Tom, a police officer living in Brighton in the 1950s who develops feelings for museum curator Patrick (David Dawson). While the two keep their relationship a secret due to the repressive laws of the time, Tom marries local schoolteacher Marion (Emma Corrin), whose jealousy would have destructive consequences. Shifting to the 1990s, the three (played by Linus Roache, Rupert Everett and Gina McKee,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Philip Baker Hall put his stamp (yes, pun intended) on Seinfeld in 1991, cementing his spot as arguably the greatest one-time guest to drop by the iconic NBC sitcom.
The film and television actor whose career spanned decades died Sunday. He was 90.
Hall stole the show when he played library investigations officer Lt. Joe Bookman in the season three episode “The Library.”
Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) learns that the copy of Tropic of Cancer he checked out from the New York Public Library in 1971 was never returned, and he has a fine on the books. The case is turned over to Lt. Bookman, who Hall plays perfectly as a Sgt. Joe Friday-type from the police series, Dragnet.
Hall appears in three different scenes in the episode, but the first is a Seinfeld classic. Lt. Bookman pays a visit to Jerry’s apartment, where the...
Philip Baker Hall put his stamp (yes, pun intended) on Seinfeld in 1991, cementing his spot as arguably the greatest one-time guest to drop by the iconic NBC sitcom.
The film and television actor whose career spanned decades died Sunday. He was 90.
Hall stole the show when he played library investigations officer Lt. Joe Bookman in the season three episode “The Library.”
Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) learns that the copy of Tropic of Cancer he checked out from the New York Public Library in 1971 was never returned, and he has a fine on the books. The case is turned over to Lt. Bookman, who Hall plays perfectly as a Sgt. Joe Friday-type from the police series, Dragnet.
Hall appears in three different scenes in the episode, but the first is a Seinfeld classic. Lt. Bookman pays a visit to Jerry’s apartment, where the...
- 6/13/2022
- by Ryan Parker
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Prime Video has debuted two first-look images for the Amazon original movie ‘My Policeman’ featuring Harry Styles.
A story of forbidden love and changing social conventions, the film follows three young people – policeman Tom (Harry Styles), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson)– as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past. Based on the book by Bethan Roberts, director Michael Grandage carves a visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness.
Directed by Michael Grandage, the film stars Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett.
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A story of forbidden love and changing social conventions, the film follows three young people – policeman Tom (Harry Styles), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson)– as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past. Based on the book by Bethan Roberts, director Michael Grandage carves a visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness.
Directed by Michael Grandage, the film stars Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett.
Also in news – Paramount+ to unleash entertainment on...
- 6/10/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Amazon today unveiled the first stills from its anticipated romantic drama My Policeman, starring pop phenom Harry Styles and The Crown‘s Emma Corrin, which will be released in UK cinemas on October 21st, arriving on Prime Video November 4th.
The film tells a story of forbidden love and changing social conventions that follows three young people – policeman Tom (Styles), teacher Marion (Corrin), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson) – as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past.
Michael Grandage directed the film, which is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts. Ron Nyswaner adapted the screenplay. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers, Cora Palfrey and Philip Herd produced,...
The film tells a story of forbidden love and changing social conventions that follows three young people – policeman Tom (Styles), teacher Marion (Corrin), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson) – as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past.
Michael Grandage directed the film, which is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts. Ron Nyswaner adapted the screenplay. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers, Cora Palfrey and Philip Herd produced,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Harry Styles is having one hot summer. The “Harry’s House” artist is traveling back in time for midcentury-inspired films “Don’t Worry Darling” and “My Policeman,” with the latter actually set in 1957 Brighton, U.K.
Styles stars as a closeted cop caught in a love triangle between his wife (Emma Corrin) and a museum curator (David Dawson) in Amazon’s “My Policeman,” based on Bethan Roberts’ 2012 romance novel of the same name. Ron Nyswaner penned the script. “Genius” director Michael Grandage executive produces and helms the adaptation, with a theatrical release October 21 and an Amazon Prime Video premiere November 4.
Styles is Tom, a gay police officer who hides his sexuality by dating schoolteacher Marion, played by “The Crown” breakout Corrin. Tom is also secretly linked to arts curator Patrick, but his marriage to Marion implodes both of his relationships. The film jumps between the 1950s and the 1990s, with Styles...
Styles stars as a closeted cop caught in a love triangle between his wife (Emma Corrin) and a museum curator (David Dawson) in Amazon’s “My Policeman,” based on Bethan Roberts’ 2012 romance novel of the same name. Ron Nyswaner penned the script. “Genius” director Michael Grandage executive produces and helms the adaptation, with a theatrical release October 21 and an Amazon Prime Video premiere November 4.
Styles is Tom, a gay police officer who hides his sexuality by dating schoolteacher Marion, played by “The Crown” breakout Corrin. Tom is also secretly linked to arts curator Patrick, but his marriage to Marion implodes both of his relationships. The film jumps between the 1950s and the 1990s, with Styles...
- 6/9/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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