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Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone breaks bad in this action thriller from last year, which holds one of the rarest ratings on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, and is all set to crash onto free streaming this month. Released in November 2024, Armor sadly did not attain a rare 100% score, instead the thriller, which finds Stallone in charge of a crew of thieves attempting to break into an armored truck, landed a rock-bottom rating of 0%. Making it something of a cinematic anomaly, and thus surely worth a watch.

Directed by Justin Routt and written by Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert, Armor stars Sylvester Stallone alongside Jason Patric, Dash Mihok, Josh Wiggins, Blake Shields, Erin Ownbey. Armor is all set to land on free streaming platform Tubi from March 31, and you can check out the official synopsis below.

“Academy Award Nominee Sylvester Stallone and Jason Patric star in an action-packed, thriller about...

It might be time for action movie icon Sylvester Stallone to turn in his guns, as the latest effort from the Rambo and Expendables star has now joined a notorious club on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. This year’s Armor, which finds Stallone on the wrong side of the law as a thief attempting to rob the titular armored truck, has now landed a seriously “rotten” score of 0% after 19 reviews. While the score could go still go up, it's unlikely to get away from that green splat.

Dennis Harvey of Variety found, well, nothing to like about Armor, criticizing everything from the script by Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert to the disappointing action thrills.

“Neither its staging nor its performances transcend the limitations of Adrian Speckert and Cory Todd Hughes’ script, leaving mediocre material unredeemed by any special thrills, style, or character detailing.”

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.

Squaring off against criminals in any situation is harrowing enough without adding an armored car and a narrow bridge. The environment is a significant part of the strategic means to potentially violent ends, and Sylvester Stallone did not come to play in Lionsgate‘s Armor trailer.

Justin Routt directs Armor from a screenplay by Adrian Speckert and Corey Todd Hughes. Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone and Jason Patric star in Routt’s action-packed thriller about the lengths one man will go to save what’s left of his family and reclaim his own life. James and his son Casey are armored truck drivers tasked with delivering a suspicious package. After a violent ambush on the road, James and Casey become trapped until they discover the value of what they have been carrying and join forces to outgun and outwit their attackers.

Armor stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Patric, Dash Mihok, Josh Wiggins,...

Scheana Shay recently revealed how she felt about Ariana Madix walking out during the final episode of Vanderpump Rules. This had a lot of the cast upset. However, Ariana was not going to stay and there was nothing anyone could do to change her mind. She has been very strict about her contact with Tom Sandoval. They had to go through lawyers and assistants to even have a conversation. Keep reading to find out more.

Ariana Madix Walks Out On Finale

Ariana Madix walked out on the finale of the show. This was after Tom Sandoval tried to talk to her. Producers then tried to calm her down and get her to stay, but she was too heated.

“[Sandoval] f—king walking up on me talking to Scheana. He doesn’t give a f—k if I died in a ditch or got a deadly Std the way he was...

Prince Harry is suing The Sun publishers alongside forty other celebrities, and while Harry and his team have seen substantial progress – enough for him to boast about slaying dragons – he may have to back out of the fight due to the amount it’d cost him.

Prince Harry Faces “Impossible” Cost If He Continues Case Against the Sun

Prince Harry is suing The Sun publisher for unlawful information gathering and hacking. However, he’s not doing this alone.

On Wednesday, British actor Hugh Grant bailed on the case and settled due to discovering the huge bill that comes with pushing on with the case. Grant also released a lengthy statement expressing his decision to walk away on X.

In light of this, Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne has suggested that the Duke may have to go down the Hugh Grant route.

Prince Harry Is Finally Walking Out On Meghan Markle...

Exclusive: Isabela Ferrer and Alex Neustaedter have joined the cast of Wayfarer Studios and Sony Pictures’ film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends With Us. They will play Young Lily and Young Atlas, respectively.

The film stars Blake Lively as Lily, Justin Baldoni as Ryle and Brandon Sklenar as Atlas, with Baldoni directing. Jenny Slate and Hasan Minhaj are also starring.

Sony Pictures is releasing the film theatrically on June 21, 2024, with Alex Saks producing for Saks Picture Company along with Jamey Heath on behalf of Wayfarer.

Executive producers are Steve Sarowitz, Andrew Calof and Baldoni on behalf of Wayfarer Studios, which is also co-financing, along with Lively, Hoover and Andrea Ajemian. Christy Hall has penned the current screenplay and is also producing.

The film follows Lily Bloom, who though coming from a complicated past has always known the life she wants. While living in Boston, she meets...

Director Richard Linklater has become renowned for his unique visual style of storytelling, particularly his technique of blending live action with animation as seen in his previous efforts Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly. Well, Linklater has been discussing his newest project, Apollo 10 &#189, for which he will be utilizing the remarkable technique once again.

"It struck me years ago that this was my film to make, from both a chronological and proximity level - I was there, going into 3rd grade. Our unique animation style allows both the conjuring of a world long gone, and the flowing, playful expression of memory and imagination. It's been a fun, creative journey to incorporate things like 3D graphics into a live action shoot to help bring this story to life."

Much like both Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, Apollo 10 &#189 will be applying the animation technique based on rotoscoping. Mostly produced using Rotoshop,...

Netflix has confirmed that a whopping 66 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in October. Leading off the lineup is the eagerly awaited “Breaking Bad” movie, which the streaming service is billing as a “television event.” Emmy winner Aaron Paul reprises his role as Jesse Pinkman, who is on the run as his past catches up with him. The first half of the sixth and final season of the cult favorite “Bojack Horseman” will also drop this month.

Two features with awards buzz are coming to Netflix just weeks after their debuts at the Toronto film festival: “The Laundromat,” Steven Soderbergh‘s wry satire about international financial fraud that showcases Oscar darling Meryl Streep; and “Dolemite Is My Name,” a vehicle for Eddie Murphy who portrays 1970s comedian Rudy Ray Moore.

In the lead-up to Halloween, Netflix is programming a slew of scary fare,...

It’s that time of year, and of month, again. October means Halloween, pumpkins and trick-or-treating, but now is also when we get to feast our eyes upon all the new horror movies coming to Netflix.

Of course, we’ll be losing a few of our favorites, too. When September ends, Eight Legged Freaks and Ghost Ship, among others will be gone. If you’re a fan of witches, cursed statues and Stephen King, though, then next month is your time.

For starters, we have 2009’s The Figurine arriving on the streaming platform, which is reminiscent of a certain Supernatural episode involving a lucky rabbit’s foot. It follows two boys who find a cursed statue in the woods that gives whoever finds it seven years of good luck, followed by seven years of the opposite.

Another adaptation of a King horror novella, In The Tall Grass, is also on the way.

Exclusive: Joe Tippett (Rise) and Colony alum Alex Neustaedter are set as series regulars opposite Malin Akerman and Mykelti Williamson in NBC’s legal drama pilot Prism, from Daniel and Ben Barnz’s We’re Not Brothers Productions, Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz.

Written and directed by Daniel Barnz, Prism is inspired by Rashomon, the 1950 Japanese period psychological thriller directed by Akira Kurosawa. Prism is described as a provocative exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking, Is the right person on trial? Driven by an ensemble of complicated characters, the show lets the audience ask if truth matters less than who can tell the most compelling story.

Tippett will play Lucius King, Rachel’s second chair.

Josh Wiggins is one of those talented actors on the precipice. He’s starred in films such as “Hellion,” “Max” and “Walking Out,” but with the right role, he could go from under the radar indie darling to being hyped alongside peers such as Asa Butterfield, Noah Centineo and Nick Robinson. At this point, the talented 20-year-old just needs a Netflix or studio flick to get him there.

Continue reading Josh Wiggins Takes Another Big Step With ‘Giant Little Ones’ [Interview] at The Playlist.

"There's nothing you can't tell me." Vertical Entertainment has debuted the first official trailer for an indie teen drama titled Giant Little Ones, which first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year and played at a few other international festivals in the fall. The story is about childhood best friends, Franky and Ballas, who are now handsome high school royalty, living the perfect teenage life - until an unexpected event changes everything. This is described as a "heartfelt and intimate coming-of-age story about friendship, self-discovery and the power of love without labels." Starring Josh Wiggins (who you may recognize from indie films including Walking Out), with Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlan, Taylor Hickson, Darren Mann, Kiana Madeira, Peter Outerbridge, and Niamh Wilson. Looks like a thrilling sexual awakening film. Here's the first official trailer (+ posters) for Keith Behrman's Giant Little Ones, direct from YouTube: Franky Winter (Josh Wiggins...

Friday at New York Comic Con, Co-Op Entertainment and Legion M unveiled plans for Girl With No Name, a female-led Western action-adventure movie produced by Co-Op’s Laura Ivey (Walking Out, Ithaca) and directed by Tanya Wexler (Hysteria). But the story won’t be constrained to the screen.

Ahead of the release of Girl With No Name the movie, audiences will have the chance to meet the eponymous hero in a 40-page comic book published by Legion M called A1Shot, developed by Dave Elliott at AtomekART. Adapted in part from Alex Ranarivelo’s screenplay, the comic book has an appropriately female-centric creative team: Co-Op ...

Friday at New York Comic Con, Co-Op Entertainment and Legion M unveiled plans for Girl With No Name, a female-led Western action-adventure movie produced by Co-Op’s Laura Ivey (Walking Out, Ithaca) and directed by Tanya Wexler (Hysteria). But the story won’t be constrained to the screen.

Ahead of the release of Girl With No Name the movie, audiences will have the chance to meet the eponymous hero in a 40-page comic book published by Legion M called A1Shot, developed by Dave Elliott at AtomekART. Adapted in part from Alex Ranarivelo’s screenplay, the comic book has an appropriately female-centric creative team: Co-Op ...

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival provided one of the strongest markets on record. The box-office results, however, tell another story. While big buy “The Big Sick” was a big hit, second only to “Lady Bird” in the specialty marketplace, many smaller Sundance films remained just that: small, often earning less than their acquisition costs.

For some movies, small is a victory. Kogonada’s “Columbus,” which screened in the 2017 Next section, received the Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship grant to fund its inaugural self-distribution partnership. “Columbus” grossed more than $1 million — more than Fox Searchlight’s “Patti Cake$” ($9.5 million buy, less than $1 million domestic), and more than one might expect for a meditative romance set among the architecture of Columbus, Ind.

Three Sundance 2107 films — “Get Out” (Universal), “The Big Sick” (Amazon/Lionsgate) and “Wind River” (Weinstein) grossed over $250 million combined in domestic theaters. However, only “The Big Sick” came to Sundance without a distributor.

Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi has finally hit theaters and it might be the most divisive Star Wars movie to ever hit the theaters. Social media is torn with some fans absolutely loving the movie while others are calling it a flaming pile of excrement and a stain on the Star Wars franchise. It's hard when a franchise has such intense followers to please everybody and Rian Johnson took some major risks that either fans love or hate. There are literally gripes about every inch of the movie as well as praise and it's all a bit confusing.

Even though early reviews and reactions of The Last Jedi were extremely positive, the fans are divided right down the middle. One particularly angry fan took to Twitter to show off a picture of a Star Wars shirt on fire after watching The Last Jedi. The latest installment clearly broke the...

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opening this week The Killing of a Sacred Deer Only the Brave Wonderstruck The Snowman Same Kind of Different as Me Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween I’m planning to see… Geostorm A Silent Voice The Work expanding Breathe The Florida Project Goodbye Christopher Robin

2017’s films, ranked by maryann

all reviews, 1997–today

now in cinemas Battle of the Sexes The Big Sick Brigsby Bear California Typewriter Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Detroit Dolores Dunkirk Faces Places The Glass Castle Ingrid Goes West Lady Macbeth Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) Loving Vincent Lucky Maudie Patti Cake$ Polina Professor Marston & the Wonder Women School Life Spider-Man: Homecoming Step Stronger Take My Nose…...

For Matt Bomer and Josh Wiggins, who star together in Walking Out, there's something about nature that forges human connections.

The film, which had its debut at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, follows an estranged father (Bomer) and son (Wiggins), who are forced to rely on one another to survive an unforgiving wilderness in Montana. The movie, which is directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith, also features Bill Pullman. 

"I grew up in a home that embraced outdoorsmanship as a form of male bonding, so that type of language and shared space was something that I understood from...

The fantastic drama-adventure "Walking Out" makes its Palm Springs debut tonight, Oct. 12th at 7 p.m. at Camelot Theatres. Tonight's premiere is to benefit Desert AIDS Project and it's quite fitting since the film is about redemption and resilience! The movie stars Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, and Bill Pullman. Check out my review below:

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Christopher B. Landon’s “Happy Death Day” doesn’t break out its first “Groundhog Day” joke until well into its third act, but the Jason Blum-produced horror film wears its cinematic pedigree with seeming pride. You can practically hear the pitch that sold the film: it’s the classic Bill Murray comedy, but as a horror film — and centered on a bratty co-ed who gets brutally murdered every night, and is forced to relive the whole thing the next day.

Even the most basic of building blocks are in place, from an initially unlikable protagonist to a generous serving of montages and even an overarching message about the power of being a good person (at one point, a character screams, “love is love!” and it’s both totally endearing and hilariously out of place). But while such a formula has been memorably applied to other genres with strong results — earlier this year,...

Fresh off the New York Film Festival, Sean Baker’s acclaimed “The Florida Project” (A24) sprinted ahead of the over-crowded fall specialty pack, as some 35 titles launched in limited runs this weekend. Backed by some of the best reviews of the year, the Cannes pickup marks Baker’s breakout following succès d’estime “Tangerine.”

“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus) is setting the early pace for this awards season’s contenders, with Judi Dench showing yet again her strength as a draw.

Most other openings appealed to niche audiences, with several documentaries competing to get review attention that might position them for later awards consideration. While another Nyff title, Agnes Varda and J.R.’s “Faces, Places” (Cohen), nabbed the best reviews, none did more than modest business.

Opening

The Florida Project (A24) – Metacritic: 94; Festivals include: Cannes, Toronto, New York 2017

$152,622 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $38,156

Sean Baker’s sixth feature follows his...

Warner Bros.'s release of Blade Runner 2049 isn't getting October off to the kind of start September saw one month ago. The dystopian sequel, arriving 35 years after the original, crash landed over its three-day opening, falling well below even the most modest of expectations. At the same time, Fox's The Mountain Between Us didn't exactly light the world on fire in its attempt at counter-programming, though it did top Mojo's pre-weekend forecast, while Lionsgate's release of My Little Pony squeaked over Mojo's meager expectations. Meanwhile, Focus's Victoria and Abdul expanded into moderate release and scored solid numbers, and A24's The Florida Project saw strong returns in its limited opening. With an estimated $31.5 million, Blade Runner 2049 finished atop the weekend box office, but fell well below expectations. Entering the weekend the Warner Bros. release, in association with Alcon Entertainment and Sony, was expected to deliver anywhere from $45-...

What if Jack London wrote rugged nature tales about his father issues? Filmmakers Alex and Andrew J. Smith's drama is an adaption of a short story from travel writer David Quammen, but you can clearly see the influence – and could easily imagine the Call of the Wild author seeing their male weepie about a son, a stoic dad and the snowy mountains of Montana and silently wiping his manly tears on his flannel shirtsleeves. David (Josh Wiggins) is a city kid going to visit his pops, Cal (Matt Bomer), in big sky country.

So deeply rooted in metaphor and allegory that it might as well be called “father!,” Alex and Andrew Smith’s “Walking Out” is a strong coming-of-age adventure that buries its vaguely biblical underpinnings beneath the heavy snows of a Jack London epic. Updated from a short story by naturalist David Quammen, it begins as a movie about the circle of life, and then thaws into a movie about survival. But while that might seem like a counterintuitive transition or even a contradiction in terms, this ruggedly elemental journey subsists on the raw knowledge that can be found in the space between the virtues we decide and the values we inherit. Many viewers could be left cold — especially as the Smith men track their characters with a hunter’s patience, and wait until the last possible moment to pull the trigger on the tragedy that defines them — but those interested in...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)

Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.

“Walking Out” is a tense survival thriller that offers much more than nail-biting adventure. Sure, it has plenty of edge-of-the seat suspense, but, as written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith (“The Slaughter Rule”), it is just as noteworthy for its terrific, spare dialogue, stunning cinematography, stirring musical score and poignant narrative arc. Based on a short story by David Quammen, it’s a tale of a father and son who must battle the elements in the Montana mountains, but it’s also a relatable rumination on the complexity of parent-child relationships and their continuing sway over us into adulthood.

If September was a precursor to the fall season, October delivers beyond imagination with a slate packed with some of the year’s best films (not just limited to arthouse and foreign fare). There’s big-budget sci-fi, jaunts through the French countryside, cinematic social experiments, explorations of cinematic icons, gruesome exploitation films, and much more. Check out our picks of what to see and let us know what you’re most looking forward to.

Matinees to See: Walking Out (10/5), Better Watch Out (10/6), The Mountain Between Us (10/6), Dina (10/6), Breathe (10/13) Man From Earth: Holocene (10/13), The Foreigner (10/13), Human Flow (10/13), Marshall (10/13), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (10/13), The Killing of the Sacred Deer (10/20), The Strange Ones (10/20), One of Us (10/20), Félicité (10/27), and Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (10/27)

Bonus: Spielberg (Susan Lacy; Oct. 7)

Synopsis: A documentary about the king of blockbusters.

Trailer

Why You Should See It: What more could we want to know about...

Cinema St. Louis has unveiled the narrative and documentary features that comprise the 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, to be held Nov. 2-12, Among the highlights are such St. Louis-related works as “Atomic Homefront,” opening-night film “Bad Grandmas,” and “For Ahkeem” and such festival buzz films as “Call Me by Your Name,” “Dahmer,” “Darkest Hour,” “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” “Last Flag Flying,” “The Leisure Seeker,” “Thoroughbreds,” and “Walking Out.”

For a complete list of the films, go Here

http://www.cinemastlouis.org/films-preview

The fest will honor Pam Grier (“Bad Grandmas” and “Jackie Brown”) with a Women in Film Award; Sam Pollard (“Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” and “Acorn and the Firestorm”) with a Lifetime Achievement Award; Marco Williams (“Tell Them We Are Rising”) with a Contemporary Cinema Award; and Washington U. grad Dan Mirvish (the Jules Feiffer-written “Bernard...

Victoria Arlen is an Espn personality and former Paralympian swimmer and who, at age 11, was diagnosed with a neurological condition and an autoimmune disease, which affected her spinal cord and left her in a vegetative state for four years. Arlen slowly regained the ability to speak, eat, walk, and move and now is competing on season 25 of Dancing with the Stars — and is blogging about her experience on the ABC reality show exclusively for People. Follow Arlen, 22, and her partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy, 31, on Twitter!

Getting to perform on Dancing with the Stars last week was so surreal and life changing.

Forgotten amid Robert Aldrich’s more critic-friendly movies is this superb suspense picture, an against-all-odds thriller that pits an old-school pilot against a push-button young engineer with his own kind of male arrogance. Can a dozen oil workers and random passengers ‘invent’ their way out of an almost certain death trap? It’s a late-career triumph for James Stewart, at the head of a sterling ensemble cast. I review a UK disc in the hope of encouraging a new restoration.

The Flight of the Phoenix

Region B Blu-ray

(will not play in domestic U.S. players)

Masters of Cinema / Eureka Entertainment

1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 142 min. / Street Date September 12, 2016 / £12.95

Starring: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti, Alex Montoya, Peter Bravos, William Aldrich, Barrie Chase.

Cinematography: Joseph Biroc

Stunt Pilot: Paul Mantz

Art Direction: William Glasgow...

"This whole mountain's ours..." "We own it. Grandfather brought me up on this mountain when I was 14." IFC Films has unveiled the first official trailer for the film Walking Out, a survival thriller set in the snowy Montana mountains. The story is actually about a father and son, and their bond together and how their relationship is tested in a dangerous situation. Matt Bomer stars as the father, and Josh Wiggins as his son, who comes to visit him once a year. He's not very happy about it, but they decide to go out hunting. When something goes wrong, it's up to his son to come to the rescue and does his best to save them. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and I caught it there. I wasn't the biggest fan of the film, it's a bit bland and straightforward, but there is a strong emotional core about father-son bonding worth exploring.

Serena Williams has got that pregnancy glow!

Rocking a gold Ralph Lauren dress and earrings by Zoë Chicco, the 35-year-old tennis pro stuns in Vogue's September issue, showing off her burgeoning belly. In her accompanying feature, she opens up about the surprising moment when she and fiancé Alexis Ohanian found out they were expecting, and whether or not she'll return to the court following the arrival of their first child together.

Watch: Pregnant Serena Williams Hits the Gym Hard in New Snapchat Videos

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As many of her fans know, Williams discovered she was pregnant while she was competing in the 2017 Australian Open. She accidentally announced the exciting news to her fans via Snapchat in April, posting a pic of herself in a bright yellow one-piece that was captioned, "20 weeks."

"Once I found out [I was pregnant], something happened that surprised me," she explains. "I became really calm. I thought, 'You have to win, but you're...

Serena Williams has a long history of setting the tennis world on fire, but her past accomplishments in the sport may be just the beginning.

The eight-months-pregnant athlete spoke to Vogue for its September issue about what impact impending motherhood will have on her game — and how her answer is different now than it was initially.

“I used to think I’d want to retire when I have kids, but no,” says Williams, 35, who won the Australian Open in January while pregnant. “I’m definitely coming back. Walking out there and hearing the crowd, it may seem like nothing. But...

She’s found The One! After Rachel Lindsay vied for Nick Viall‘s heart on season 21 of The Bachelor, she embarked on her own journey to find love on the latest season of The Bachelorette — and she blogged about it exclusively for People! Follow Rachel on Twitter at @TheRachLindsay and subscribe now for an inside look at their plans to wed (and have many kids) — only in People!

I’m sitting here watching the cursor blinking at me realizing this will be the final update I write for People. I can’t believe this chapter of my life is over.

Author: Hannah Woodhead

In some parts of America, hunting with your father is a given. In England it can be difficult to comprehend the idea of trudging up a mountain to shoot some birds or moose with your old man – the whole idea feels very cinematic, very Last of the Mohicans or The Deer Hunter. It’s no surprise then that there have been plenty of films over the years that have used big game hunting as a central part of their story, most recently Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant in 2015. Walking Out is the latest in a noble tradition of American films made about the subject, and in many ways bears similarities to Iñárritu’s film, but unfortunately, can’t replicate that which made The Revenant such a success.

Taking place in the present day, Walking Out sees fourteen-year-old David travel from his home in Texas to spend time with his father Cal,...

If one wants to experience the best independent cinema the year has to offer this summer, one of your best bets is the well-curated line-up at Brooklyn’s BAMcinémaFest. They’ve now unveiled this year’s slate for the festival running from June 14-25, including some of of my favorite films of the year thus far (A Ghost Story, Golden Exits, Columbus, Marjorie Prime, and Landline) as well as highly-anticipated others (the SXSW hit Gemini and Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd come to mind).

“I’m incredibly proud of the program our team has put together,” says Gina Duncan, Associate Vice President, Cinema. “From the endearing comedy The Big Sick to the micro-budget Princess Cyd and Lemon, the audacious first feature from Janicza Bravo, the line-up truly reflects the breadth of American independent cinema today. Other highlights include the world premiere of Jim McKay’s, En el Séptimo Día an...

Melissa McCarthy made her triumphant return to Saturday Night Live over the weekend, reprising her celebrated role as White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who had a special Easter message and a half-hearted mea culpa.

Walking out dressed as the Easter Bunny, McCarthy's Spicer addressed some kids on the White House lawn and came out verbally swinging.

"Everybody shut up so I can apologize," McCarthy's Spicer roared, referring to controversial comments the press secretary recently made when arguing that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is worse than Adolph Hitler. Spicer claimed that Hitler didn't use chemical weapons during World War II and referred to Nazi concentration camps as "Holocaust centers."

"Yeah, I know they're not called 'Holocaust centers.' I know that. I'm aware," McCarthy's Spicer explained. "I clearly meant to say 'concentration clubs,' Ok? Let it drop."

Watch: Melissa McCarthy Nails Amazing Sean Spicer Impression in Explosive, Hilarious 'SNL' Sketch

"Now I'm particularly sorry this...

Over the last seven years, The San Francisco Film Society (now known simply at Sffilm) has become one the largest nonprofit supporters of independent and documentary film having doled out over $800,000 to individual films in 2016. With targeted and flexible filmmaking grants the SFFilm Maker program has been able to give individual films a significant financial boost when they need it most – ranging from before the script is written all the way to the sound mix.

Read More: San Francisco’s Master Plan to Keep Film Relevant In the 21st Century — Sf International Film Festival

Having played a critical role in successful films like “Short Term 12,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and “Fruitvale Station” getting made, Sffs’s support has also come to signal to the rest of the film world that a project is worth tracking.

However, the film society’s mission goes beyond being a key cog in...

Veteran actor Bill Pullman is having a big weekend at the annual South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Not only is he winning rave notices for his starring turn in the western The Ballad Of Lefty Brown which had its World Premiere last night (“Bill Pullman is riding tall, ranks with career best,” said Variety), but he also has a supporting role in the hunting drama Walking Out, a Sundance premiere also screening at SXSW today and the rest of the week. Last week…...

The San Francisco Film Society has announced today that the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival’s anticipated Centerpiece event will be “Patti Cake$,” from first-time feature director Geremy Jasper. The film bowed at Sundance in January, featuring a star-making turn from Danielle Macdonald as the eponymous rapper Patricia “Patti Cake$” Dombrowski.

The film was purchased at the festival by Fox Searchlight, who paid a healthy $9.5 million for the feature. “Patti Cake$” was a Spring 2014 Sf Film Society / Krf Filmmaking Grant winner.

“We are thrilled that Patti Cake$,’ a film we supported in partnership with Kenneth Rainin Foundation, will be the Festival’s Centerpiece,” said Noah Cowan, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. “The film is not only hugely entertaining, with great music and spectacular performances, but also deftly addresses issues of great importance in our current political climate, from the harsh social conditions faced by working-class families...

Writers/directors Alex and Andrew Smith, who found some fans at Sundance 15 years ago with The Slaughter Rule, return with an old-fashioned man-versus-nature tale, Walking Out, in which the roles of father and son are reversed. Playing a son who must take the lead when a mishap strands him and his father (Matt Bomer) in the wintry wilds of Montana, Josh Wiggins makes an excellent and restrained stand-in for moviegoers who, more than likely, will have no idea what they'd do in his shoes. The fest circuit should respond warmly, though a lack of strong hooks may make it hard...

Originally conceived of as a stage play, “Thoroughbred,” the debut feature from writer-director Corey Finley, drew raves following its Sundance world premiere on Jan. 21 and was quickly snatched up for 5 million by Focus Features. The noirish psychological drama looks at a dangerous friendship between two teenage girls, Olivia Cooke’s Amanda, who cannot feel real emotions, and Anya Taylor-Joy’s Lily, a prep school student outwardly perfect and inwardly fractured. “Thoroughbred” is also notable as one of the final roles for Anton Yelchin, who died in a bizarre automobile accident at his home in June 2016. Also Read: ‘Walking Out’ Star Matt Bomer.

Cinematographer Todd McMullen talks about the challenges of filming the Sundance survival thriller Walking Out Park City in January often tips toward the punishing side for those hailing from sun-drenched Southern California.

“Walking Out” is a tense survival thriller that offers much more than nail-biting adventure. While it has plenty of edge-of-your-seat suspense, the film written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith (“The Slaughter Rule”) is just as noteworthy for its terrific, spare dialogue, stunning cinematography, stirring musical score and poignant narrative arc. Also Read: 'Walking Out' Sundance Review: Matt Bomer Anchors Powerful Father-Son Drama Based on a short story by David Quammen, “Walking Out” is a tale of a father and son who must battle the elements in the Montana mountains. But it’s also a relatable rumination...

“Walking Out” is a tense survival thriller that offers much more than nail-biting adventure. Sure, it has plenty of edge-of-the seat suspense, but, as written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith (“The Slaughter Rule”), it is just as noteworthy for its terrific, spare dialogue, stunning cinematography, stirring musical score and poignant narrative arc. Based on a short story by David Quammen, it’s a tale of a father and son who must battle the elements in the Montana mountains, but it’s also a relatable rumination on the complexity of parent-child relationships and their continuing sway over us into adulthood.

Every year, Hollywood invades Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival.

This year, celebrities like John Legend, Jon Hamm and more are making the most of their time in the snowy small town by rubbing elbows with their fans and hitting up the festival’s biggest parties – and People is there to capture all the fun moments.

Saturday, Jan. 21

Noon – Novitiate‘s Dianna Agron had a very important question to ask the Google Home on display at the Variety Studio presented by Orville Redenbacher: “What sound does a giraffe make?”

1 p.m. – After leading a crowd of about 8,000 people...

John Legend, Jeremy Renner and Holly Hunter among the stars shot by photographer Jana Cruder at TheWrap’s studio presented by Kia. Director Alexandre Moors and actors Tye Sheridan and Jack Huston, “The Yellow Birds” Photographed by Jana Cruder for TheWrap. Actors Aldis Hodge, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Anthony Hemingway, John Legend and Misha Green, “Underground” Photographed by Jana Cruder for TheWrap. Actors Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen, “Wind River” Photographed by Jana Cruder for TheWrap Actors Morgan Saylor, Margaret Qualley, Dianna Agron, Maggie Betts, “Novitiate” Photographed by Jana Cruder for TheWrap. Actor Matt Bomer, director Alex Smith, actor Bill Pullman, director...

Filmmakers around the world harbor the same fantasy: I’m going to make a film so good that it will play the Sundance Film Festival, score rave reviews, sell in an overnight bidding war for a multi-million-dollar minimum guarantee to a major theatrical buyer, open in packed theaters around the country, and launch my career.

Right.

Truth is, this hardly ever happens. We checked in with a group of lauded Sundance filmmakers, all who are returning to the festival this year with new films, to glean what they learned the hard way from their Sundance experiences.

1. Manage expectations.

Alex Ross Perry (“Golden Exits”): My first time was with “Listen Up Philip” [2014], which was a huge step forward from my last movie, “The Color Wheel,” which I made for $25,000 with all my friends. This was a sizable, produced movie with a cast of well-known people [Jason Schwartzman, Elizabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce]. The first days was all...

Filmmakers around the world harbor the same fantasy: I’m going to make a film so good that it will play the Sundance Film Festival, score rave reviews, sell in an overnight bidding war for a multi-million-dollar minimum guarantee to a major theatrical buyer, open in packed theaters around the country, and launch my career.

Right.

Truth is, this hardly ever happens. We checked in with a group of lauded Sundance filmmakers, all who are returning to the festival this year with new films, to glean what they learned the hard way from their Sundance experiences.

1. Manage expectations.

Alex Ross Perry (“Golden Exits”): My first time was with “Listen Up Philip” [2014], which was a huge step forward from my last movie, “The Color Wheel,” which I made for $25,000 with all my friends. This was a sizable, produced movie with a cast of well-known people [Jason Schwartzman, Elizabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce]. The first days was all...

Exclusive: Alliance Media Partners teams with Salt executives to launch new company; Matt Bomer thriller on slate.

Production and finance company Alliance Media Partners (Amp) is joining with former Salt sales boss James Norrie to launch London-based sales outfit Amp International, which will take on the Salt slate and some of its staff.

Norrie (below), previously of Icon and Capitol Films, will spearhead sales at Amp International. Joining from Salt will be Nina Kolokouri and Timo Suomi, sales and acquisitions executive.

The current Salt slate includes Walking Out - launching at Sundance in the Us Dramatic Competition later this month - produced by Brunson Green, Laura Ivey and starring Matt Bomer and Bill Pullman; and Malicious, a supernatural horror thriller starring Delroy Lindo, Josh Stewart[/link], Bojana Novakovic, Melissa Bolona and Yvette Yates, directed by Michael Winnick, and produced/financed by Lost Hills Films.

The new Amp group (Alliance Media Partners and Amp International) will work across film sales...