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16 Feb

How Director John Carpenter Found His Second Career

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John Carpenter launched his career as a filmmaker in 1974 with the micro-budget sci-fi parody, Dark Star, and completed it, for all intents and purposes, in 2010 with his last full-length directorial effort to date, The Ward. But in between, the New York-born Carpenter created some of the most legendary cult classics of all time, including Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Prince of Darkness (1987), and They Live (1988). In addition to directing and writing, Carpenter—the son of a music professor—has composed or co-composed the scores for…

05 Feb

Lance Henriksen on His Career: ‘Every Job I’ve Ever Gotten Was a Gift’

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Lance Henriksen has been one of the screen’s most distinctive character actors and overall badasses for going on 50 years. A genuine working actor who always seems to be showing up in a film or TV show, the New York-born Henriksen’s early film career featured small roles in some of the most iconic films of the 1970s, including Dog Day Afternoon, Network and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Even though his long and varied run on the big and small screen was just getting underway, he managed to work with directors like Sidney Lumet and Steven Spielberg. He also…

14 Jan

Scanners: The Sci-Fi Horror Movie That Changed David Cronenberg’s Career

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This article contains spoilers for the ending of Scanners. Scanners was the fifth commercially released feature film (and seventh overall) directed by David Cronenberg, the independent Canadian auteur who initially made a name for himself as a director of visceral, provocative horror films such as Shivers, Rabid, and The Brood. Released 40 years ago on January 14, 1981, Scanners was a turning point for Cronenberg in many ways: it edged away from the sexually tinged “body horror” of his first few films and into the realms of sci-fi, action, and conspiracy thriller, while adding advanced visual effects and an overall…

12 Nov

Kate Mara Calls Fantastic Four One of the ‘Horrendous Experiences’ of Her Career

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Fantastic Four was a troubled production. Of this there is little doubt with director Josh Trank exiting the project, and 20th Century Fox commissioning apparently extensive reshoots. The negative buzz and worse reviews these events generated resulted in the film flopping at the box office. Yet it’s the reports that came later of a toxic work environment, including with how Kate Mara was allegedly treated by Trank, that has most tarnished Fantastic Four’s reputation. Mara recently opened up about the negative experience in question with Emmy Magazine (via Collider), citing Fantastic Four as one of the two worst experiences she’s…

09 Oct

FIFA 21 Career Mode: The Big Changes That Make This Year’s Soccer Sim a Winner

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Over the years, Electronic Arts has been criticized for the lack of updates to its fabled FIFA career mode. The popular mode, which allows gamers to take control of their favorite club by creating either a manager or player from scratch to don their favorite club’s crest, has generally fallen short of the real thing. Fortunately, FIFA 21 is changing that narrative. EA has taken its biggest steps ever to improve the popular mode in this year’s installment, giving fans some of the features they’ve long asked for. One of the biggest additions to FIFA 21’s career mode is the…

01 Jul

Carl Reiner’s Life and Career Will Be Celebrated on TCM

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Carl Reiner had a particular genius for comedy. While some of his seminal works, The Dick Van Dyke Show and his directorial debut Enter Laughing, were autobiographical, Reiner was amazingly versatile. Two of his most contrasting pieces, Where’s Poppa? (1970) and Oh, God! (1977) will be included on the bill as Turner Classic Movies celebrates the life and career of the writer, director, actor, and author with TCM Remembers Carl Reiner. The Carl Reiner programming tribute will happen on Tuesday, July 28. Where’s Poppa? is one of the darkest of comedies with the most devious sensitivity. It is intentionally in…

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How Director John Carpenter Found His Second Career

Lance Henriksen on His Career: ‘Every Job I’ve Ever Gotten Was a Gift’

Scanners: The Sci-Fi Horror Movie That Changed David Cronenberg’s Career

Kate Mara Calls Fantastic Four One of the ‘Horrendous Experiences’ of Her Career

FIFA 21 Career Mode: The Big Changes That Make This Year’s Soccer Sim a Winner

Carl Reiner’s Life and Career Will Be Celebrated on TCM

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