The HBO Original documentary Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing A Family’S Secrets, directed by Amanda Mustard and Rachel Beth Anderson, debuts Tuesday, December 5 (10:00-11:55 p.m. Et/Pt). The documentary will debut on HBO and be available to stream on Max.
Synopsis: Amanda Mustard, a renowned photojournalist drawn to the power of truth-telling through the lens of her camera, returns home to Pennsylvania to investigate the multiple sexual abuse crimes committed by her grandfather. A visual whirlwind of memories from her family’s archive unravels a world of secrets and help illustrate a granddaughter’s unflinching attempt to disrupt a cycle of intergenerational trauma through the voices of the survivors and her grandfather himself.
An eight-year cinematic journey with revealing interviews, archival photographs, and intimate home movies, Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing A Family’S Secrets documents a personal journey to not only uncover, but also understand the impact her grandfather,...
Synopsis: Amanda Mustard, a renowned photojournalist drawn to the power of truth-telling through the lens of her camera, returns home to Pennsylvania to investigate the multiple sexual abuse crimes committed by her grandfather. A visual whirlwind of memories from her family’s archive unravels a world of secrets and help illustrate a granddaughter’s unflinching attempt to disrupt a cycle of intergenerational trauma through the voices of the survivors and her grandfather himself.
An eight-year cinematic journey with revealing interviews, archival photographs, and intimate home movies, Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing A Family’S Secrets documents a personal journey to not only uncover, but also understand the impact her grandfather,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Travis B. Dhalia
- Martin Cid - TV
Face/Off ranks as the most universally acclaimed of director John Woo’s North American output. While Hard Target is a cult classic, and Broken Arrow was a solid hit, 1997’s Face/Off was the first time Woo got to really flex his action chops, being granted creative control by the studio. It’s his only American film that comes close to matching his Hong Kong classics like The Killer and Hard-Boiled. The result was a star-driven action extravaganza that became one of the biggest worldwide hits of the year.
In it, John Travolta plays Sean Archer, an FBI agent looking to avenge the death of his son at the hands of a terrorist for hire named Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). He manages to catch Troy, but not before the terrorist places a bomb somewhere in Los Angeles, leading to a wild plot. Archer will take the catatonic Troy’s face and...
In it, John Travolta plays Sean Archer, an FBI agent looking to avenge the death of his son at the hands of a terrorist for hire named Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). He manages to catch Troy, but not before the terrorist places a bomb somewhere in Los Angeles, leading to a wild plot. Archer will take the catatonic Troy’s face and...
- 1/11/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Sign Nicolas Cage up for another “Face/Off” movie.
In an interview with E! News, the actor was asked about the possibility of a sequel to the 1997 sci-fi action blockbuster co-starring John Travolta.
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“I would love to get back into the ‘Face/Off’ ring,” Cage said.
In the original film, Travolta played FBI agent Sean Archer, who undergoes a groundbreaking surgery to trade faces with his arch enemy, Cage’s terrorist Castor Troy, in order to defeat him.
“I think Face/Off is so unique and there’s a lot to mention there that could be explored, especially dealing with the offspring of the characters,” he said of a possible sequel. “It would be almost like three-dimensional chess, three different layers, with the kids and the parents and everybody trying to like face-off.”
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In an interview with E! News, the actor was asked about the possibility of a sequel to the 1997 sci-fi action blockbuster co-starring John Travolta.
Read More: Nicolas Cage Is ‘Not Really Down’ To Join The ‘Star Wars’ Universe: ‘I’m A Trekkie, Man’
“I would love to get back into the ‘Face/Off’ ring,” Cage said.
In the original film, Travolta played FBI agent Sean Archer, who undergoes a groundbreaking surgery to trade faces with his arch enemy, Cage’s terrorist Castor Troy, in order to defeat him.
“I think Face/Off is so unique and there’s a lot to mention there that could be explored, especially dealing with the offspring of the characters,” he said of a possible sequel. “It would be almost like three-dimensional chess, three different layers, with the kids and the parents and everybody trying to like face-off.”
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- 1/9/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Welcome to our ranking of the best and worst movies on the Nicolas Cage movies list! With a career spanning over four decades, Nicolas Cage has established himself as one of the most iconic and versatile actors in Hollywood. From his early roles in films like “Raising Arizona” and “Moonstruck” to his more recent performances in “Mandy” and “Color Out of Space,” Cage has proven time and again that he has the range and talent to tackle a wide variety of roles.
In this article, we will be ranking the movies on our list of Nicolas Cage movies in order, from best to worst, based on factors such as box office success, critical acclaim, and personal preference. By doing so, we hope to provide a comprehensive and objective look at Cage’s filmography, covering both his most celebrated and lesser-known works. Whether you are a fan of Nicolas Cage or...
In this article, we will be ranking the movies on our list of Nicolas Cage movies in order, from best to worst, based on factors such as box office success, critical acclaim, and personal preference. By doing so, we hope to provide a comprehensive and objective look at Cage’s filmography, covering both his most celebrated and lesser-known works. Whether you are a fan of Nicolas Cage or...
- 1/1/2023
- by Dee Gambit
- buddytv.com
The final seasons of Roswell, New Mexico, and In the Dark resume on The CW this week.
Lifetime's got Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, which explores the beginning of the storied V.C. Andrews collection, and HBO has The Anarchists, a docuseries about supposed anarchists living outside of the system. It's a whole lot of weed, backstabbing, and partying. Who would've guessed?
Find out what else we recommend this week below!
Saturday, July 9
8/7c Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (Lifetime)
V.C. Andrews is coming to Lifetime in series form, and Tvd’s Paul Wesley is one of its stars.
Olivia Winfield gives up her home and name to become Mrs. Malcolm Foxworth, wife to the wealthiest man in the nation, but her new life at Foxworth hall is not what she envisioned.
We’ll tune into the season to see the events that lead up to her eventual destruction.
Lifetime's got Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, which explores the beginning of the storied V.C. Andrews collection, and HBO has The Anarchists, a docuseries about supposed anarchists living outside of the system. It's a whole lot of weed, backstabbing, and partying. Who would've guessed?
Find out what else we recommend this week below!
Saturday, July 9
8/7c Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (Lifetime)
V.C. Andrews is coming to Lifetime in series form, and Tvd’s Paul Wesley is one of its stars.
Olivia Winfield gives up her home and name to become Mrs. Malcolm Foxworth, wife to the wealthiest man in the nation, but her new life at Foxworth hall is not what she envisioned.
We’ll tune into the season to see the events that lead up to her eventual destruction.
- 7/9/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Kayla Wallace is starring in a new Christmas-in-July movie for the Hallmark Channel. It's also her second movie with real-life love, Kevin McGarry.
My Grown-Up Christmas List is a moving entry to the holiday lineup, focusing on a couple who forge a relationship with thousands of miles between them and precious time together at Christmas.
We chatted with Kayla by phone about the movie, working with Kevin, and the When Calls the Heart Season 10 renewal.
My Grown-Up Christmas List isn't the first Hallmark movie you've done with Kevin. What's it like working with him as a love interest versus a friend on When Calls the Heart?
Well, our two characters on When Calls the Heart don't get to cross paths too often.
We have had a couple of scenes which have been a lot of fun, but it's nice to work so closely with somebody that I know so well...
My Grown-Up Christmas List is a moving entry to the holiday lineup, focusing on a couple who forge a relationship with thousands of miles between them and precious time together at Christmas.
We chatted with Kayla by phone about the movie, working with Kevin, and the When Calls the Heart Season 10 renewal.
My Grown-Up Christmas List isn't the first Hallmark movie you've done with Kevin. What's it like working with him as a love interest versus a friend on When Calls the Heart?
Well, our two characters on When Calls the Heart don't get to cross paths too often.
We have had a couple of scenes which have been a lot of fun, but it's nice to work so closely with somebody that I know so well...
- 7/9/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
As far as ’90s action trash goes, Face/Off is fairly sublime, combining a gleefully dumb premise with some great over-the-top acting from both John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. But the tale of Sean Archer and Castor Troy was almost a very different film—multiple times over—as revealed in a recent oral history courtesy of Ralph Jones at ShortList. Jones’ article tracks the multiple incarnations of the film, including the time it almost starred Johnny Depp—except he was too mad that it wasn’t about hockey.
The anecdote in question comes from a period when the film was briefly in the hands of Demolition Man director Marco Brambilla, when Paramount wanted Depp in one of the starring roles, opposite Cage. When Depp finally got around to reading the script, though, he realized that, contrary to what he’d thought, it wasn’t a hockey film, and he abruptly...
The anecdote in question comes from a period when the film was briefly in the hands of Demolition Man director Marco Brambilla, when Paramount wanted Depp in one of the starring roles, opposite Cage. When Depp finally got around to reading the script, though, he realized that, contrary to what he’d thought, it wasn’t a hockey film, and he abruptly...
- 7/15/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Dominique Swain is best known for playing the rebelling daughter Jamie Archer -- opposite John Travolta as her on-screen father Sean Archer (and opposite Nic Cage's character Castor Troy with Travolta's face) -- in the 1997 action movie 'Face/Off.' Guess what she looks like now! Read more...
- 6/23/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Isn’t it time we have a whole day dedicated to celebrating all that is Nicolas Cage?“I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.”
The summer of 2017 marks a very special milestone for me, one that I’m going to safely assume many others out there share. This summer I will celebrate the 20 year anniversary of Nicolas Cage changing my life. I didn’t know it then, but in the summer of 1997 Cage wielded a mighty power, a power far greater than any I have experienced since. And that summer he made a profound impact.
To fully appreciate the situation we have to flashback to 1997, back when I was merely a stupid 11-year-old kid. At that point I was certainly aware of Nicolas Cage. I had seen him before and I’d venture to say I had watched a...
The summer of 2017 marks a very special milestone for me, one that I’m going to safely assume many others out there share. This summer I will celebrate the 20 year anniversary of Nicolas Cage changing my life. I didn’t know it then, but in the summer of 1997 Cage wielded a mighty power, a power far greater than any I have experienced since. And that summer he made a profound impact.
To fully appreciate the situation we have to flashback to 1997, back when I was merely a stupid 11-year-old kid. At that point I was certainly aware of Nicolas Cage. I had seen him before and I’d venture to say I had watched a...
- 3/31/2017
- by Chris Coffel
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Some movies have been accused of stretching reality in order to keep their stories 'flowing', with viewers usually forced to suspend their disbelief. Then there are those moments when we admit there are plot devices in some serious films that are just plain ridiculous including "Kill Bill: Vol. 2", "Face/Off", "Run Lola Run", "The Untouchables" and "Rocky":
"Kill Bill: Vol. 2"
In writer/director Quentin Tarantino's 2004 revenge action thriller, 'Beatrice' (Uma Thurman) aka 'The Bride' embarks on a slice 'n dice rampage, to take out the 'Deadly Vipers' gang of killers that left her for dead on her wedding day.
Unfortunately her quest is near-terminated by 'Budd', the brother of 'Bill' who shoots her in the chest and, with the help of 'Elle Driver', buries Bea in a coffin - alive.
Recalling the teachings of her master 'Pai Mei', and her struggles in punching through a wooden board,...
"Kill Bill: Vol. 2"
In writer/director Quentin Tarantino's 2004 revenge action thriller, 'Beatrice' (Uma Thurman) aka 'The Bride' embarks on a slice 'n dice rampage, to take out the 'Deadly Vipers' gang of killers that left her for dead on her wedding day.
Unfortunately her quest is near-terminated by 'Budd', the brother of 'Bill' who shoots her in the chest and, with the help of 'Elle Driver', buries Bea in a coffin - alive.
Recalling the teachings of her master 'Pai Mei', and her struggles in punching through a wooden board,...
- 6/3/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Cult favourite Nicolas Cage has carved out an eclectic and brilliant career spanning the decades and across genres, with forays into action, drama and comic book adaptations to name but a few. To celebrate the release of his latest film, Dying of the Light, out on Blu-ray and DVD from the 2nd March 2015 courtesy of Signature Entertainment, we take a look back at some of his greatest roles.
Dying of the Light (2015)
This brilliant thriller, directed by Paul Schrader and executive produced by cinematic wunderkind Nicolas Winding Refn, stars Cage as Evan Lake, a desk-bound Langley CIA agent, forced into retirement by signs of early onset dementia. At the same time he discovers that his former nemesis, Jihadist Muhhamed Banir (Alexander Karim – Zero Dark Thirty, TV’s Tyrant), is not dead as has been assumed for the last two decades, but alive and receiving experimental medical treatment. Banir’s exact...
Dying of the Light (2015)
This brilliant thriller, directed by Paul Schrader and executive produced by cinematic wunderkind Nicolas Winding Refn, stars Cage as Evan Lake, a desk-bound Langley CIA agent, forced into retirement by signs of early onset dementia. At the same time he discovers that his former nemesis, Jihadist Muhhamed Banir (Alexander Karim – Zero Dark Thirty, TV’s Tyrant), is not dead as has been assumed for the last two decades, but alive and receiving experimental medical treatment. Banir’s exact...
- 2/26/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
There’s a well-known (and rather hilarious) bug doing the rounds right now in Assassin’s Creed: Unity, whereby the faces of characters fail to load, revealing the gaping void that lies beneath. It’s made far, far worse by the addition of a perfectly normal pair of eyes and a sadistic, Joker-style grin.
But whilst Mr Skinned Face is all fun and games (check out the pic of him kissing a girl if you really want to lose your lunch), is it indicative of a wider problem? Ubisoft responded quickly to the issue with the release of a day one patch – but is that itself the issue here?
There’s no getting around the fact that the ability to patch a game can be a wonderful thing. Everyone’s experienced the dread of a game-breaking bug, that terrifying moment when they realize they’ll need to restart from the very beginning,...
But whilst Mr Skinned Face is all fun and games (check out the pic of him kissing a girl if you really want to lose your lunch), is it indicative of a wider problem? Ubisoft responded quickly to the issue with the release of a day one patch – but is that itself the issue here?
There’s no getting around the fact that the ability to patch a game can be a wonderful thing. Everyone’s experienced the dread of a game-breaking bug, that terrifying moment when they realize they’ll need to restart from the very beginning,...
- 11/19/2014
- by Tariq Ashkanani
- SoundOnSight
John Travolta is as fascinating and complex a member of the Hollywood fraternity as you could wish for. Iconic performer, experienced pilot, vocal Scientologist and mangler of pronunciation of Idina Menzel.
He has managed to appear in not just some of the best known, but also some of the best-full-stop films of the past forty years – Saturday Night Fever, Carrie, Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Face/Off, The Thin Red Line, Hairspray and the upcoming Gummy Bear The Movie – whatever one might think of the consistency of his output (and there have been some horrendous misfires), it is hard to imagine too many actors playing Danny Zuko, Vincent Vega, Castor Troy, Sean Archer, Chili Palmer and Edna Turnblad with equal conviction.
After the temporary resuscitation of Look Who’s Talking turned out to be a false dawn, Tarantino did Travolta a favour of inestimable proportions by casting him in Pulp Fiction,...
He has managed to appear in not just some of the best known, but also some of the best-full-stop films of the past forty years – Saturday Night Fever, Carrie, Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Face/Off, The Thin Red Line, Hairspray and the upcoming Gummy Bear The Movie – whatever one might think of the consistency of his output (and there have been some horrendous misfires), it is hard to imagine too many actors playing Danny Zuko, Vincent Vega, Castor Troy, Sean Archer, Chili Palmer and Edna Turnblad with equal conviction.
After the temporary resuscitation of Look Who’s Talking turned out to be a false dawn, Tarantino did Travolta a favour of inestimable proportions by casting him in Pulp Fiction,...
- 8/15/2014
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The calls have been heard loud and clear, both on stage and off at the Oscars or in the annals of the web and at the box office: the world demands more movies with women, about women, by women and for women.
Every week a movie seems to be failing the Bechdel test, and every week a separate movie ends up walking away with the lion’s share at the box office. From hits like Maleficent, The Fault in Our Stars and Lucy to monster franchises like The Hunger Games, the old notion that teenage boys are the ones driving the demand at the movies is rapidly eroding. The Hollywood Reporter pointed out that Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy opened to a 44 percent female audience on the film’s opening weekend, the highest share for any Marvel movie to date.
And although they’ve taken their sweet time, Hollywood...
Every week a movie seems to be failing the Bechdel test, and every week a separate movie ends up walking away with the lion’s share at the box office. From hits like Maleficent, The Fault in Our Stars and Lucy to monster franchises like The Hunger Games, the old notion that teenage boys are the ones driving the demand at the movies is rapidly eroding. The Hollywood Reporter pointed out that Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy opened to a 44 percent female audience on the film’s opening weekend, the highest share for any Marvel movie to date.
And although they’ve taken their sweet time, Hollywood...
- 8/8/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
If you're like us, you can't wait for the first day of every month, because you know that Netflix is going to add a ton of new movies and TV shows. You refresh your account over and over again at midnight, hoping that those titles listed in the "Recently Added" section update with something new and exciting rather than the same ol' titles you've been staring at for the last four weeks.
Well, lo and behold, we've gathered the most exciting movies and TV shows being added to America's most popular streaming service, straight from Netflix themselves.
"Rocky" fans will be pumped to know that the first five boxing flicks (sorry, "Rocky Balboa" fans) will be added August 1, joining other '70s, '80s, and '90s movie favorites "Face/Off" (slow-motion doves!), "Mad Max" (apocalyptic leather!), "Spice World" (spice up your life!), "The Birdcage" (Calista Flockhart was in this,...
Well, lo and behold, we've gathered the most exciting movies and TV shows being added to America's most popular streaming service, straight from Netflix themselves.
"Rocky" fans will be pumped to know that the first five boxing flicks (sorry, "Rocky Balboa" fans) will be added August 1, joining other '70s, '80s, and '90s movie favorites "Face/Off" (slow-motion doves!), "Mad Max" (apocalyptic leather!), "Spice World" (spice up your life!), "The Birdcage" (Calista Flockhart was in this,...
- 7/30/2014
- by Tim Hayne
- Moviefone
You're at a bar and some fictional movie character comes up and introduces her or himself. How long will it take before the subsequent conversation trends toward anything other than some form of, "But, seriously, what's your real name?"
And that's how we created this collection of the 25 worst movie character names ever. If the answer to the above hypothetical scenario was "30 seconds flat," that character made our highly-researched, scientifically-ranked list.
We've brought this feature back to the forefront in honor of Will Smith's turn as Cypher Raige in "After Earth." Yes, that's right — his name is "Cypher Raige." If you know of even worse character names than that — and that of those in the list below — hit us up in the comments.
25. Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise), 'Jack Reacher' (2012)
24. Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger), 'End of Days' (1999)
23. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan), 'Mean Girls' (2004)
22. Jonah Hex...
And that's how we created this collection of the 25 worst movie character names ever. If the answer to the above hypothetical scenario was "30 seconds flat," that character made our highly-researched, scientifically-ranked list.
We've brought this feature back to the forefront in honor of Will Smith's turn as Cypher Raige in "After Earth." Yes, that's right — his name is "Cypher Raige." If you know of even worse character names than that — and that of those in the list below — hit us up in the comments.
25. Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise), 'Jack Reacher' (2012)
24. Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger), 'End of Days' (1999)
23. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan), 'Mean Girls' (2004)
22. Jonah Hex...
- 5/31/2013
- by Nick Blake
- NextMovie
Dr Mumbo read a fascinating feature on BBC News Online on February 22. Entitled “The myth of the eight hour sleep”, a piece bylined to Stephanie Hegarty of the BBC World Service tells how humans used to sleep in two blocks.
Today comes a similarly fascinating piece on the Sydney Morning Herald bylined to Luke Malone. Coincidentally, it is headlined “The myth of the eight hour sleep“.
Hegarty informs us: “A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.”
Malone tells us: “According to mounting research, the concept of a solid eight hours sleep is a fairly recent phenomenon.”
Hegarty tells us: “In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn from 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks.”
Malone puts it: “Roger Ekirch, a professor in the...
Today comes a similarly fascinating piece on the Sydney Morning Herald bylined to Luke Malone. Coincidentally, it is headlined “The myth of the eight hour sleep“.
Hegarty informs us: “A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.”
Malone tells us: “According to mounting research, the concept of a solid eight hours sleep is a fairly recent phenomenon.”
Hegarty tells us: “In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn from 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks.”
Malone puts it: “Roger Ekirch, a professor in the...
- 3/16/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
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