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The Milford Daily News Movies have been getting made in Massachusetts for almost as long as movies have been getting made anywhere. The first movie filmed in the Bay State, according to the Massachusetts Film Office website, was the “Rip Van Winkle Series” dating from 1896 to 1903 and shot on Cape Cod. The Wikipedia website lists more than 200 films shot in the Bay State, but the Massachusetts Film office website lists plenty more. Thanks to tax credits, which went into effect in 2006, more...

How Does the Dolly Zoom Work? Heres how cinematographers accomplish the disorienting trick also known as "the Vertigo effect." Universal Pictures Welcome to How’d They Do That? — a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. This entry explains the in-camera effect known as the “dolly zoom.” Even if you’re unfamiliar with its name or how it works, if you’re a fan of movies, you’ve likely seen a dolly zoom. And i...

1/8/2021 George Clooney, Laura Dern and Charlie Sheen make early career appearances in this never-seen sequel to the 1976 exploitation movie hit. Dont be fooled by the marketing materials. Yes, Charlie Sheen, George Clooney and Laura Dern do appear in the long unseen Grizzly II: Revenge. But despite their top billing, the three future stars, looking impossibly young, are only onscreen for the first five minutes or so before their characters are killed by the titular beast. That, and the fact t...

"The Punisher" is a long, dark slog through grim revenge. Unlike most movies based on comic book heroes, it doesnt contain the glimmer of a smile, and its hero is a depressed alcoholic -- well he might be, since his entire family, including wife, child, father and even distant cousins -- has been massacred before his eyes. As he seeks vengeance, he makes the Charles Bronson character in the movie "Death Wish" look relatively cheerful and well-adjusted. I wonder if the filmmakers understand quit...

While David Fincher’s recent Netflix film “Mank” adamantly sticks to Welles’ co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz’s bitter viewpoint on how he came to write “Citizen Kane,” Benjamin Ross 1999 HBO movie “RKO 281” mainly presents director and co-writer Orson Welles’ viewpoint on the classic films production. It also pays some attention to Mankiewicz and several other real-life figures revolving around Welles, resulting in a vivid and compelling presentation of that troubled histor...

Wild Mountain Thyme: 2 NEWS OF THE WORLD: You can always rely on Tom Hanks to bring you something worthwhile. Here he’s working again with one of the best directors these days, Paul Greengrass ( Captain Phillips, the Bourne movies) and with a special co-star: 12-year-old Helena Zengel, the German girl who was so brilliant in System Crasher, which came around earlier this year. Her character was traumatized and unmanageable, and she won major awards. She performs distress again, as a girl wh...

LGBTQ+ Fans Pay Tribute to Broadway Legend Ann Reinking Reinking, pictured with her Tony Award for Chicago, died Saturday at age 71. December 15 2020 5:45 PM EST Ann Reinking, the Tony-winning actress, dancer, and choreographer, and an icon to LGBTQ+ theater fans, has died at age 71. The Seattle-born performer was visiting her brother in Washington State when she died Saturday night, Variety reports. “She went to sleep and never woke up,” her family said in a statement. “We will miss h...

Ann Reinking, ‘All That Jazz’ and ‘Annie’ actress, dead at 71 Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 15, 2020 NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 14: Actress Bebe Neuwirth and Choreographer Ann Reinking perform live onstge during a dress rehearsal for the 10th Anniversary of Broadways "Chicago" on November 14, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)Getty Images Facebook Share Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a coo...

Her work on “Chicago” earned her a 1997 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards. Reinking replicated its choreography in productions throughout the world — England, Australia, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands and elsewhere. She was portrayed by Margaret Qualley in the recent FX series “Fosse/Verdon.” The musical’s revival was first done in a concert version at City Center’s “Encores” series in 1996 and then moved to Broadway, where in 2011 it became the second longest...

Ann Reinking, Tony-Winning Choreographer And Actress, Dead At 71 Reinking was known for her bold style of dance epitomized by her work in the revival of the Kander and Ebb musical “Chicago." MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has died. She was 71. Reinking died Saturday while visiting family in Seattle, said her man...