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With Thai cinemas currently screening a lot of re-releases chances are the more serious film lover may have already seen most of the films gracing the big screen. Thankfully though streaming services

Paul Greengrass: ‘What are we gonna do in our country? It’s split down the middle’ James Mottram © Provided by The Independent I think I was in a period of change,” says Paul Greengrass, reflecting on what led to his new post-civil war western News of the World. Between 2004 and 2017, the British-born director made three hugely successful Jason Bourne films, based on the Robert Ludlum espionage novels, with Matt Damon. There were other big-scale dramas too: Somali pir...

I Had a Near Miss With a Charging Wild Elephant Caitlin OConnell On 2/6/21 at 7:00 AM EST Two massive bull elephants came barreling toward me, kicking up sand as the one charged the other and pummelled him in the vulnerable flank with his sharp tusk. The other retreated, heading straight at me at close range—and there was no telling if hed stop when he got to me. I had miscalculated. There was no margin of error. I had nowhere to go. Normally, I am in my research tower obse...

By DIANA NOLLEN | The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Published: February 6, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — George Clooney played him in "The Monuments Men" feature film in 2014, but his name was changed to Frank Stokes, so George Stouts name continues to fly under the radar. His actions, however, continue to change and preserve history. And now his story can reach a worldwide audience in the documentary " Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art." Its the first project by filmm...

Why Texas secession would be as much a logistical nightmare as a romantic fantasy The Texas Constitution Replay Video UP NEXT AUSTIN — The first line of House Bill 1359 could almost serve as the preface to the opening credits of a western movie from a bygone era as the image of a scrappy garrison of patriots gazing over the rugged frontier of the Hill Country fills the screen. Music from a harmonica and an acoustic guitar swells in the background as the words come into view. "An act rel...

In the Coen Brothers “True Grit,” Jeff Bridges is not playing the John Wayne role. Hes playing the Jeff Bridges role — or, more properly, the role created in the enduring novel by Charles Portis, much of whose original dialogue can be heard in this film. Bridges doesnt have the archetypal stature of the Duke. Few ever have. But he has here, I believe, an equal screen presence. We always knew we were looking at John Wayne in the original “True Grit” (1969). When we see Rooster Cogburn ...

This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Revisiting the Night Stalker Vulture.com 2/5/2021  is ever expanding. We’re here to make it a bit smaller and a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows, and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the noteworthy and the exceptional. Each week, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists will pick their favorites. Unraveled: The Long Island Serial Killer, “David and Goliath” Over a decade ago, a string of corpses ...

Open Casting Call for a Movie Being Filmed in St. Martinville There will be an open casting call on March 24th for a movie being filmed in St. Martinville. What can happen from an open casting call? Well, you could get a role in a movie. It could be a major role, or it could be as an extra. What can happen to an "extra" in a movie? Ask Sylvester Stallone. Or Brad Pitt. Clint Eastwood, Renee Zellweger, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, and Ben Affleck. So many huge stars got their start by being an ex...

Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel star in the movie "News of the World." (CNS photo/Universal) A family-friendly American Western is not what most audiences have come to expect from director Paul Greengrass. The English-born Academy Award nominee is best known for focusing his camera on the darker parts of humanity, including the pirate hijacking of the Maersk Alabama in “Captain Phillips” and the September 11th terrorist attacks in “United 93.” But with his latest film, “News of the World...

February 5, 2021 By Frank McCormack The mv. Kathleen has been tripping tows through the locks between the Lower Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, La., and the bayous that connect to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) for close to 70 years.  For that entire time, the Kathleen has been part of the Businelle Towing family, now in its fifth generation of family leadership. Their family story, and that of the Kathleen, is one firmly...