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In deciding on our next Wtf celebrity to cover, we passed around several names but in the end we all decided that: There could be only One! Despite being basically blind, Christopher Lambert made a name for himself as the king of Sci-Fi action films. One could say he single-handedly kept Blockbuster Video in business as most of his output in the 90’s debuted on the bottom shelves of the video rental chain. But few performers have made their mark on the international stage like Christopher Lambert, alternating between North American schlock and more prestigious French fare. Despite most of us knowing Lambert mainly for two iconic roles, there is much more to know about this American-born French actor; it’s time we find out just Wtf Happened to Christopher Lambert.

Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

But as always, we must begin at the beginning, and...

Following the success of Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs" in 1991, Hollywood released an eight-year-long tidal wave of serial killer thrillers, each one pulpier than the last. This was the era of "Seven," "Copycat," "Along Came a Spider," "Jennifer 8," "See No Evil," "Eye of the Beholder," "Sliver," "Knight Moves," and any number of others. Right at the end of the decade came Phillip Noyce's 1999 thriller "The Bone Collector," based on the airport novel by Jeffery Deaver. Deaver's original novel was the first of the long-running Lincoln Rhyme series, a series that saw its 16th installment published in 2023. Lincoln Rhyme, thanks to a spinal accident, could not move his body below his neck, and fought crime from his bed, deducting details, looking at pictures, and relying on his team. 

In the film adaptation, Denzel Washington played Lincoln Rhyme and Angelina Jolie played his plucky crime fighting partner Amelia Donaghy.

In the 1980s, Hollywood didn’t quite know what to do with Rutger Hauer. The actor broke out in a pretty major way following his acclaimed turn in Paul Verhoeven’s Soldier of Orange, paving the way for his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone thriller Nighthawks, where he played the villain Wulfgar. His performance as Roy Batty in Blade Runner blew people away, and for a while, it looked like he might become the next big Hollywood heartthrob, especially when he signed on to star in the epic adventure film Ladyhawke opposite Michelle Pfeiffer for Richard Donner.

But major stardom didn’t happen? Why? Perhaps it was because the movies of Hauer’s that did best at the box office were the ones where he played the villain, such as The Hitcher. He was so unforgettable as a bad guy that when he played a hero, such as in...

Now in its 25th season, Big Brother has had to come up with some twists and turns to help shake up the game. There are consistently new elements introduced to the series and exciting new competitions, or variations of old ones. But a handful of competitions, including endurance, Head of Household, Veto, and Have Not, have continued to come back because the fans can't get enough of them.

The competitions make up the backbone of the Big Brother series. Players gain power in the House and can get immunity from elimination by winning these games. The fans love seeing the compeitions play out and love to see someone who dominates the games. Even many of the players grew up watching the show and are excited to partake in one of the most iconic competitions. It's always a highlight of the episode when a classic competition begins.

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The Story: In a dystopian, ultra-futuristic 2017 (!) the population is kept under control by a strict one child per couple rule. With abortion now illegal, parents who violate this rule are imprisoned for life, while their children become the property of the Men-Tel Corporation. Enter John (Christopher Lambert) and Karen (Loryn Locklin) Brennick, whose first child died and are now pregnant with their second. Caught at the border as they try to escape into Canada, the two are sent to an underground super-max prison run by the genetically altered Poe (Kurtwood Smith), who has designs on Karen, while John plots an escape.

The Players: Starring: Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith, Clifton Collins, Jr., Vernon Wells, Lincoln Kilpatrick, and Jeffrey Combs. Directed by Stuart Gordon.

“…it was Arnold Schwarzenegger that got me the job and it was because of Re-Animator. We used Arnold’s body-double in Re-Animator. The first reanimated corpse...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Tetris.Tetris follows the true story of the 1980s bidding war of the titular video game, but it doesn't fully explain what happened to the game's creator, Alexey Pajitnov, after the film's events. The Russian video game had a surprisingly eventful introduction into the world outside of the U.S.S.R., as the rights belonged to the state because Soviet Union citizens weren't allowed to profit off of their intellectual property. That led to British newspaper tycoons, Nintendo, and American opportunists all vying for licensing rights outside of the Soviet Union, but it also led to a fruitful relationship between Pajitnov and Dutch-American video game developer Henk Rogers.

The ending of Tetris sees Alexey finally leave the Soviet Union for San Francisco and reunite with Henk, who helped arrange his move to the U.S. It then cuts to a photo of the real-life Alexey...

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the 2005 drama Shadows in the Sun, starring Harvey Keitel and Joshua Jackson. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Written and directed by Brad Mirman, Shadows in the Sun has the following synopsis: Jeremy is a book editor in a London publishing company and is sent on a pointless mission, in Jeremy’s opinion, to a small town in Tuscany, Italy, to sign up Weldon, who hasn’t written anything in 20 years. He eventually finds him and gives him his pitch – getting nowhere. But at least he gets to meet his cute,...

CuriosityStream, the nonfiction streaming company headed by Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks, has acquired several true crime, history and culture titles from Paris-based distribution outfit Balanga.

CuriosityStream picked up the shows for its SVOD and pay TV services. The true crime titles include three seasons of Balanga’s “Crime Scene Solvers,” a forensic-style series that initially aired on Rmc Story in France and Zdf Info

in Germany; as well as two seasons of “The Case,” a cinematic series where police officers went on the record to reveal the cases that changed their lives. “The Case” premiered originally on Planète Plus, a Canal Plus channel.

The service also acquired two history series, notably “Face to Face,” which portrays two icons through the prism of their rivalry. “Face to Face” has already sold to over 100 territories in the world. CuriosityStream also picked up three seasons of “Butterfly Effect” for its linear channels in several international markets.

Creators and screenwriters from Europe discussed the importance of collaboration in filmmaking during a panel in the Variety Streaming Room.

Hosted by international features editor Leo Barraclough, the conversation, titled “Lost in Translation? Visual Story Development from Script to Screen,” included creators from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s Black Room and writers from the Face to Face program. Prop maker and modeler Simon Weisse, production designer Jacqueline Abrahams, and writers Jana Burbach and Hanno Hackfort took part in the panel.

Collaborative endeavors have seen an increase in European filmmaking, said Hackfort, since teams have begun to see that different departments — writers, designers, directors — often have ideas that aren’t limited to just the part of the film or television project they’re working on.

“This concept of showrunner becomes more and more important in Germany,” he said. “Then you’re not just a writer, but you can also work together with the others.

When Enzo Palumbo won the “Knight Moves” Head of Household competition earlier in the week, he secured himself a place in the final three of “Big Brother 22.” The “Meow-Meow” later nominated Christmas Abbott and Nicole Franzel for eviction, but as we all know, this is the week where the Veto holder is actually the most powerful player in the game. Not only does this person automatically advance to the top three, but he or she also gets to cast the sole vote to evict. So who ended up winning the final Veto comp of Season 22: Enzo, Christmas, Nicole or Cody Calafiore?

See ‘Big Brother’ slop: What are the ingredients and rules?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother: All-Stars” recap of Season 22, Episode 33 to find out what happened Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite houseguests...

Following the eviction of Memphis Garrett from “Big Brother 22,” the remaining four houseguests watched as their old All-Star buddy Kaysar Ridha introduced the next Head of Household competition, a classic chess-like game called “Knight Moves.” Outgoing Hoh Nicole Franzel was not eligible to compete in the challenge, which meant the winner would either be Cody Calafiore, Enzo Palumbo or Christmas Abbott. So who ended up claiming the Hoh key for Final 4 week and which two players did they nominate for eviction?

See ‘Big Brother’ slop: What are the ingredients and rules?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother: All-Stars” recap of Season 22, Episode 32 to find out what happened Monday, October 19 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite houseguests on CBS’s long-running reality TV show, who annoys you the most and who you think will ultimately join the “Big Brother” winners list.

This Monday’s episode of “Big Brother” will begin with the make or break results from the Week 11 Head of Household competition that began right after the live show on October 15. We will also see the aftermath of the votes to evict Memphis Garrett on the four remaining houseguests. And we’ll get a look at the announcement by the Week 11 Hoh of the eviction nominations who will face off in a live vote on October 22.

Keep reading to find out all the fun in store for BB22 fans on October 19. We’ve got all the scoop on of episode 32 as we been watching the live feeds non-stop and have all the “Big Brother” 22 spoilers.

As the outgoing Head of Household, Nicole Franzel was ineligible to compete this week. The three remaining houseguests — Christmas Abbott, Cody Calafiore and Enzo Palumbo — were each determined to claim the reins in this second...

We know you just can’t wait till Wednesday’s episode of “Big Brother” to find out who won the make-or-break Week 11 Power of Veto competition. So keep reading for all of the latest “Big Brother” 22 spoilers. We’ve been glued to the #BB22 live feeds since they were turned on following last Thursday’s episode. We know who the Week 11 Head of Household is, who they named as eviction nominations, and who claimed the game-changing Pov.

Shortly after the live episode ended on October 15, we saw Enzo Palumbo win his second Hoh competition of the season. He had previously ruled the roost in Week 4 and engineered the ouster of Kaysar Ridha. Ironically, it was Kaysar who returned to the house this week to oversee the Head of Household competition. He revealed it to be “Knight Moves,” which was introduced in season 6 of “Big Brother” in 2005.

When it came to his nominations,...

We just know you’ve been dying to know who won the do-or-die Week 11 Head of Household competition on Thursday and who they then nominated for possible eviction on Friday. If who can’t wait till Monday’s episode, we have all the “Big Brother” 22 spoilers. We’ve been watching the live feeds since the end of the live episode on October 15 and have all the inside info on what has been going on inside the BB22 house since Memphis Garrett was sent packing.

Right after #BB22 signed off on Thursday, we saw the return of Kaysar Ridha, who’d been evicted back in Week 4. He told the remaining houseguests, with the exception of outgoing Hoh Nicole Franzel, that they would be playing “Knight Moves” for the title of Week 11 Hoh. This challenge was introduced on season 6 of “Big Brother” in 2005.

Of the three houseguests in the hunt, Christmas Abbott...

Hey, fellow "Big Brother" fans. Happy Friday and weekend. We are back to let you guys now who won the latest Hoh (Head Of Household) competition that took place last night, October 15, 2020. As we previously reported, Memphis got voted out of the house during last night's Live eviction show, but they didn't play the Hoh comp during the Live show. That means we had to wait until the Live feeds came back on late last night to get the results. During the Live show, they brought back previously evicted houseguest Kaysar to reveal what the next Hoh comp was going to be. It was the "Knight Moves" comp that he competed in during his original season 6.

We know you just can’t wait till Sunday to find out who won the do-or-die Week 11 Head of Household competition on “Big Brother.” We’ve been keeping a close watch on the live feeds since the end of the episode on October 15. Keep reading if you want “Big Brother 22” spoilers on who will rule the house in the penultimate week of the competition.

The winner of this week’s Head of Household title is guaranteed a spot in the final three. We can report on the jaw-dropping results of this battle to be Hoh. This teamwork challenge, “Knight Moves,” was just about to begin as the #BB22 episode on Thursday was signing off. As the outgoing Hoh, Nicole Franzel was ineligible to compete.

This meant that the other three remaining houseguests — Christmas Abbott, Cody Calafiore and Enzo Palumbo — were pitted against each other. All of them had been Head of Household at least once.

Heading into Thursday’s live episode of “Big Brother 22,” Head of Household Nicole Franzel had just won the Veto and locked in her two nominees for eviction: Memphis Garrett and Christmas Abbott. That meant the other two players would be the only voters this week: Cody Calafiore and Enzo Palumbo. Even though Cody and Enzo had told Nicole they would abide by her wishes and vote out Memphis, they secretly wanted to send Christmas to the jury house. So did they end up going through with their plans and betraying Nicole?

See ‘Big Brother’ slop: What are the ingredients and rules?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “Big Brother: All-Stars” recap of Season 22, Episode 31 to find out what happened Thursday, October 15 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite houseguests on CBS’s long-running reality TV show, who annoys you the...

Film-makers have tried sex, murder and intrigue, and yet that most intellectual of spectator sports remains remarkably difficult to depict on screen

• Peter Bradshaw's review of Computer Chess

• Computer Chess: watch the trailer

Throw a rock at the sports genre and you'll hit a film about baseball or football, or hockey, or racing. Odds are, you won't strike a film about chess. Chess isn't generally considered a stadium filler (although it can be). It's perceived as a game for eccentric intellectuals and elderly historians. It doesn't have the glamour or sex appeal of more sedentary sports, such as pool, as demonstrated by Paul Newman in The Hustler. Chess won't even fit snugly in to other genre films, where the banality of cards, for example, naturally lends itself to a seedy, gambling gangster underworld (Rounders), the exotic highlife of a casino (Casino Royale), or even more piquant, a combo...

Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our weekly look at the podcasts from Gcrn, This Week in Geek and the latest toy review videos from Baltmatrix and Optibotimus, with descriptions and links to each and every podcast for your audio/visual pleasure! But first a word from Gcrn founder TFG1Mike:

So at the end of October beginning of November we held Tmnt Week! Previously in September we had Batman Week! Now from November 10th to December 22nd will be Bond Month! With blogs from MovieRevolt Dan, and the Shaken Not Stirred Series on Movie Week In Review. Where TFG1Mike and MovieRevolt Dan will review 18 of the 23 Bond Films! Before we get to that though, here’s last weeks regular content:

Interviews – Space Guys In Space

In this GeekCast Radio Interview,...

We expect limited collector’s edition DVDs to become expensive collectables over time. But what about paying nearly $100 for a Corey Feldman movie...?

The maturity of the DVD market has meant that, inevitably, over the years, plenty of releases have been deleted. Most of the time, that’s that. The disc disappears, nobody notices, we all move on.

Sometimes, that’s part of the plan. Numbered limited editions, scarce boxsets, time limited releases… it’s all part of the game in making a DVD release feel collectable, and thus more valuable. They taunt us with the prospect of us getting rich by selling the film on for a massive profit many years down the line.

However, there’s emerging an unlikely collection of rare and surprisingly valuable DVDs, films that you might never expect to double their retail value. See if you’ve got any of these on your shelf…...

At the height of the Berlin Film Festival, THR informs us that Lucas Foster is joining forces with Gfm Films to bring a casino heist film, The Job, to the big screen.

Foster — who’s produced titles that include Man on Fire, Law Abiding Citizen, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith — will produce the thriller, based on Brad Mirman‘s original script. Guy Collins, the market veteran behind Gfm Films, stated that, for them, “the timing is perfect [...] to discuss the film with distributors during the European Film Market in Berlin.” Mirman has also scripted some lesser known films, including Shadows in the Sun, The Piano Player and the upcoming Sleight of Hand, which he is also directing.

Plot details for the project are pretty scarce, but Collins and Mirman worked together on Highlander 3 and Knight Moves, which should create some hope when it comes to their connection. Although I can...

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They were already released as part of the Batman Anthology set on blu-ray, but now we're getting stand alone versions of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin on blu-ray. I guess thats good, right? lol. Here are all of the details. They are hitting shelves on May 10th, 2011 packed with movie money, presumably for Green Lantern.

Batman Forever Blu-Ray

Synopsis: Riddle me this, riddle me that, you’ll find adventure on the wings of a bat! Brace for excitement as Val Kilmer (Batman), Tommy Lee Jones (Two-Face), Jim Carrey (the Riddler), Nicole Kidman (Dr. Chase Meridian) and Chris O’Donnell (Robin) star in the third formidable film in Warner Bros.’ Batman series. Joel Schumacher directs and Tim Burton co-produces this thrill-ride of a movie that thunders along on Batmobile, Batwing, Batboat, Batsub and bold heroics. Hang on!

Special Features:

• Commentary by Director Joel Schumacher

• Additional Scenes...

So, this afternoon, we decided to check in at DC's blog, the Source, and what would we find? Why a few Brightest Day solicits for November. Given how much we love spoilers, we couldn't click fast enough. And what were we greeted with? Why a David Finch painting of what appears to White Lantern Batman. We couldn't help ourselves kids, so... here's a few fleeting thoughts:

Gotham City's criminal underbelly quivers with fear as Marvel's Murdering Bat-Wannabe Moon Knight moves to town. Upon returning to the Bat-Cave, Alfred will quip "I'll go fetch more bleach from the store, Master Bruce."Well, Bruce has been a Green Lantern (for an Elseworlds tale, and like 3 panels in Gl), a Yellow Lantern (for a panel), and a Black Lantern (for several panels!)... why not continue to try on another Lantern costumes for a minute or two?The utility belt will now contain Mint Mentos,...

The Batman anthology is coming to Blu-ray You can bring home all four films featuring your favorite Dark Knight on Blu-ray this May. Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin will each be released individually on Blu-ray on May 4. The films were previously available on Bd in the Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997, but now you can own these titles individually, priced at $24.98 Srp. Take a look at the special features details below.

Batman

Jack Nicholson is the Joker, who emerged from a horrible accident as a maniacal criminal. Michael Keaton is the Caped Crusader, who emerged from a childhood trauma to become a masked crime-fighter. Kim Basinger is Vicki Vale, the talented photojournalist desired by both men. And Batman is the movie, the all-out spectacular directed by Tim Burton, set to songs by Prince and a music score by Danny Elfman, and an Academy Award winner...

Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology: 1989-1997 is best described as epic. Four Batman films in high-definition on separate discs packed with extra features - that's a nice package if ever there was one. This will be one of those reviews where less attention will be given to the movies themselves (as the last one came out over 10 years ago) and almost all of this review will be given to the extra features on each disc. Quite honestly, if you don't know the plots of these movies you really shouldn't be buying a Batman anthology.

Before I get into the Extra Features of the individual Blu-ray discs, I think it'll be easier if I establish the standard features present on all of the discs. Unless otherwise mentioned, each disc features an audio commentary by the film's director (Tim Burton or Joel Schumacher), the film's theatrical trailer and an installment in...

12.00 Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology: 1989-1997 is best described as epic. Four Batman films in high-definition on separate discs packed with extra features - that's a nice package if ever there was one. This will be one of those reviews where less attention will be given to the movies themselves (as the last one came out over 10 years ago) and almost all of this review will be given to the extra features on each disc. Quite honestly, if you don't know the plots of these movies you really shouldn't be buying a Batman anthology.

Before I get into the Extra Features of the individual Blu-ray discs, I think it'll be easier if I establish the standard features present on all of the discs. Unless otherwise mentioned, each disc features an audio commentary by the film's director (Tim Burton or Joel Schumacher...