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The Iron Claw excludes Fritz Von Erich's life and wrestling career before his sons entered the ring. After getting married in 1950, Fritz Von Erich and his wife Doris had six sons together. Before making his debut as a pro wrestler in 1953, Fritz Von Erich pursued a career as a football player but ultimately failed.

Because of the film's timeline of events, The Iron Claw excludes much of Fritz Von Erich's life before and during his 30-year pro wrestling career. The Iron Claw tells the true story of the Von Erich family, a band of brothers from Texas who followed in the footsteps of their father, Fritz Von Erich (Holt McCallany), and dominated the pro wrestling scene in the '80s. However, the "cursed" Von Erich family also experienced immense tragedy and loss. Every death in The Iron Claw is filtered through the lens of the only surviving Von Erich brother,...

Prime Video and Freevee are gearing up for plenty of exciting fare this November as fan favorites return and fresh titles kick off on the streamers. Whether you’re up for classic films or seeking out the latest chapter of the animated hit Invincible, Prime Video has you covered. Among other notable titles are 007: Road to a Million, Twin Love, and Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story. There are also several Christmas titles including Freevee’s new original EXmas starring Robbie Amell and Leighton Meester. Scroll down for a full peek at the offers heading to Prime Video and Freevee this November. Available for Streaming on Prime Video: November 1 10 Things I Hate About You 12 Dates of Christmas 17 Again 2 Fast 2 Furious A Christmas in Vermont A Christmas Wedding Tail A Family Thing A Home of Our Own All the President’s Men Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold Along...

Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck's HBO miniseries "White House Plumbers" is a tonally audacious, behind-the-bungling tale of the men who botched the Watergate break-in and set in motion the demise of Richard M. Nixon's presidency. The series is focused on the two "masterminds" of the errant operation: E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Paul Theroux). The five-episode series, directed by David Mandel (the former showrunner of "Veep"), is both broadly comedic and bruisingly tragic, as it must be.

What these men and their inept coconspirators carried out is easily the most egregious own-goal in the history of American politics. Nixon was riding high in the polls against his liberal 1972 opponent, Senator George McGovern of North Dakota, when they pushed through a plot to infiltrate the DNC headquarters housed at the sprawling Watergate complex in Washington D.C. After four failed missions, the group finally breached the office,...

Shawn Levy, a producer and filmmaker with a successful and eclectic career, will produce Mother Land, a new Lionsgate horror movie about a family haunted for generations by an evil spirit. The project hails from a spec script by Kevin Coughlin and Ryan Grassby, and Levy will produce with Stranger Things producing partner Dan Cohen. Variety has the story […]

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(Warning: This post contains major spoilers for the “Labor of Love” finale.)

The first season of Fox’s very unconventional reality dating series “Labor of Love” concluded Thursday with a finale that saw Kristy Katzmann choose whether she wanted to start a family with Kyle or Stewart — or neither of her two finalists, and instead go it alone as a single mom.

Over the course of the hour long episode, titled “Sleepless in Chicago,” Stewart (a 40-year-old Los Angeles-based wealth management CEO) and Kyle each got to spend two back-to-back date-filled days with the 41-year-old “Bachelor” alum in her hometown.

Also Read: How 'Labor of Love' Producers Found Kristy Katzmann Her Perfect Man/Sperm Donor

Both of Kristy’s potential partners/future baby daddies — the two men left standing out of the 15 that the series kicked off with — spent time with her family and helped her get to...

Hong Kong Arts Centre: Moving Images announces their May programme, which includes their regular Golden Scene Selection, Independently Yours: Together We Stand and Independently Yours: Taking Back the Legislature + Inside the Red Brick Wall as well as the Hong Kong Arts Centre x Hong Kong Film Festival – Independently Yours: Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down, the delayed February programme which has finally been rescheduled for June.

Golden Scene Selection – June

Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre

Date: 2020.06.23 – 2020.06.29

Price: Standard ticket: $80. Tickets are now available at Putyourself.in.

“Golden Scene Selection”, proudly presented by the Hong Kong Arts Centre (Hkac) and Golden Scene Company Limited, will bring the audience a series of cherry-picked selections from around the world at the Hkac.

Screening Schedule

23/6 (Tue) 8pm Radioactive (Preview)

24/6 (Wed) 8pm Beyond The Dream (Preview)*

25/6 (Thu) 8pm A Family Tour*

26/6 (Fri) 8pm After the Wedding

27/6 (Sat) 3pm...

Exclusive: MGM’s superhero thriller movie Samaritan has set its cast as production ramps up next week with Euphoria actor and Junior Olympic boxing prodigy Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton landing the lead role opposite Sylvester Stallone. Walton will play a young boy who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a tragic event, is still alive.

Also set to star is Silicon Valley‘s Martin Starr, Game of Thrones’ Pilou Asbæk, Orange Is the New Black‘s Dascha Polanco, and Hannah Montana‘s Moises Arias.

Overlord helmer Julius Avery is directing from a screenplay by Bragi F. Schut (Escape Room), with additional writing by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), Zak Penn (Ready Player One), and Chuck MacLean (City on a Hill). The story is based on Schut’s original idea. Pic is scheduled for release on Dec. 11 via United Artists Releasing with Universal handling foreign.

There’s hardly a better example of just how overwhelming the TV offerings have gotten than “Weird City.” The new slick and bizarre comedy was co-created by Jordan Peele and “Key and Peele” writer Charlie Sanders, features a stacked cast, and is nonetheless stranded on YouTube Premium (though the first two episodes are available to stream for free). It’s the kind of show that could only exist during Peak TV, when the vast array of options can make room for bigger creative swings; it’s also the kind of show that could, regardless of merit, get lost in the shuffle.

But if you do tune into the six episodes that dropped on Feb. 13, “Weird City” quickly proves itself to be an interesting experiment, at the very least. It takes place in a sci-fi world wherein the “Haves” and “Have Nots” are divided into starkly segregated communities by a literal...

Hot off an Oscar win in February for In a Better World, Denmark has announced their follow up contender ...or at least their intention to announce it. The land of my ancestors has narrowed down the past year in Dansk film to three tre: SuperClásico, Martin Zandvliet's Dirch (A Funny Man) and Pernille Fischer Christensen's En familie (A Family).

En Familie, which my Danish informant Thomas (tak!) predicts will be the selection is a drama about a wealthy family with a dying patriarch. Jesper Christensen stars. You might recognize him from the Daniel Craig Bond films (he plays Mr White) or from the popular Swedish flick Everlasting Moments. He's also in Melancholia this year though I don't know how large his role is there.

SuperClásico is a divorce comedy which actually takes place in Buenos Aires. No word yet on whether that naked bum on the poster is...

Pernille Fischer Christensen's "A Family" (En Familie), about a Danish family facing the death of its patriarch, was awarded the narrative award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, which handed out its jury prizes Saturday at a brunch at Chaya Downtown.

The fest’s documentary award went to J. Clay Tweel's "Make Believe," which looks at young magicians vying for the title of Teen World Champion.

Each award includes a $50,000 cash prize, funded by Film Independent, which produces the festival.

The award for best ensemble performance was given to Sabrina Lloyd, James Urbaniak, Lynn Cohen, Harry Chase, Nate Smith and Kamel Boutros for their work in Adam Reid's "Hello Lonesome."

Pablo Larcuen's "My Invisible Friend" took the best narrative short film honors, while Tomasz Wolski's "The Lucky One”"was named best documentary short and Beomsik Shimbe Shim's "Wonder Hospital" was best animated short.

The fest,...

Jesper Christensen in Pernille Fischer Christensen‘s A Family (top); J. Clay Tweet‘s Make Believe (bottom) Pernille Fischer Christensen‘s Danish drama En Familie / A Family and J. Clay Tweel‘s Make Believe were the top winners of Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 awards. In Best Narrative Feature A Family, a proud patriarch wants his daughter to take over the family’s bakery business; the woman, however, has a job waiting for her in New York. Best Documentary Feature Make Believe shows six teenagers competing for the title of Teen World Champion at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas. Other Laff 2010 winners were Sabrina Lloyd, James Urbaniak, Lynn Cohen, Harry Chase, Nate Smith and Kamel Boutros for their ensemble performance in Adam Reid‘s Hello Lonesome; Pablo Larcuen‘s My Invisible Friend for Best Narrative Short Film; Tomasz Wolski‘s The Lucky One for Best Documentary...

hollywoodnews.com: Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced its 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival award winners at a brunch at Chaya Downtown. Audience award winners will be announced tomorrow afternoon at the Closing Night film, Despicable Me. The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by The Los Angeles Times, with its central hub at L.A. Live, began Thursday, June 17 and will end on Sunday, June 27.

“There were thousands of movie fans at the festival this year, discovering new stories from our talented filmmakers,” said Film Independent Executive Director Dawn Hudson. “We are delighted to have the support of the Los Angeles film-going community for these films and their creators”

The two top juried awards of the Los Angeles Film Festival are the Narrative Award and Documentary Award, each carrying an unrestricted $50,000 cash prize, funded by Film Independent, for the winning film’s director.

Danish director Pernille Fischer Christensen's "En Familie" (A Family) won the prize for best narrative film, while J. Clay Tweel's "Make Believe" took best feature documentary Satuday afternoon at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Both top prize winners receive an unrestricted $50,000 cash prize from Film Independent, which organizes the annual festival. In other prizes, the award for Best Ensemble Performance in the Narrative Competition went to Sabrina Lloyd, James Urbaniak, ...

Pernille Fischer Christensen's "A Family" (En Familie) tells the story of Ditte - who has been a dutiful and adoring daughter all her life, the darling of her charismatic father's eye. It's been a privileged life too, for the Rheinwald family has built its fortune as master bakers—selected by the royal family as purveyors of bread to the Danish crown. In this intimate and powerful family saga, Ditte's devotion to her ...

Pernille Fischer Christensen's "A Family" (En Familie) tells the story of Ditte - who has been a dutiful and adoring daughter all her life, the darling of her charismatic father's eye. It's been a privileged life too, for the Rheinwald family has built its fortune as master bakers—selected by the royal family as purveyors of bread to the Danish crown. In this intimate and powerful family saga, Ditte's devotion to her ...

Pernille Fischer Christensen's "A Family" (En Familie) tells the story of Ditte - who has been a dutiful and adoring daughter all her life, the darling of her charismatic father's eye. It's been a privileged life too, for the Rheinwald family has built its fortune as master bakers—selected by the royal family as purveyors of bread to the Danish crown. In this intimate and powerful family saga, Ditte's devotion to her ...

The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival is set to run June 17-27 in a brand new location. Oh, it’s still in L.A, but it’s moving across town, from Westwood — where it’s been held the past few years — all the way over to Downtown.

The main “hub” for the fest will be the new L.A. Live complex, but there will also be screenings at other locations, such as the Downtown Independent and Redcat theaters. The city is really trying to build downtown up into a major arts and culture hub, so the festival moving there fits in with that agenda. Film Independent, the organization that runs Laff, also runs the annual Independent Spirit Awards, an event that also moved downtown — from Santa Monica — this year.

On Bad Lit, I tend to like to put up festival lineups that include days and times of screenings. However, since I...

With Berlinale wrapped, let's take one last looksie at random celebs working the premieres and photo ops. Part of our irregular red carpet lineup tradition. And then the awardage.

From left to right: I didn't know what Michael Winterbottom looked like, so I've included him here. He's a boyish 48. I think his career is pretty fascinating because it covers so much global ground and differing genre terrain. He's so prolific while still making intelligent films. I'm impatient so prolific works for me. That said, his new noir The Killer Inside Me might be one I'll have to skip. If festival types are so horrified by the violence I'm sure it's more than I can take.

Julianne Moore looking foxy on her way to fifty. She's gone a bit goth here with smoky eyes, black dress and black fingernails. More on her in a bit.

Two-time Oscar nominee Isabelle Adjani, who hasn't been working much,...