Month: August 2017

Award-winning filmmaker Jon Brewer’s Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story hits theaters this week

Documentary special Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story hails from award-winning producer/director Jon Brewer. Mick Ronson’s humble beginnings in Hull, England underpinned his values and modest, unpretentious personality as he worked with the city’s council whilst pursuing his craft with consummate dedication. Soon word of his talent reached David Bowie, who grabbed at the chance ….

New poster and trailer for social media horror film Friend Request

Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has revealed a new trailer and poster for the horror film Friend Request. Starring Alycia Debnam-Carey (AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead), William Mosely (E!’s The Royals) and Connor Paolo (ABC’s Revenge, The CW’s Gossip Girl), the new horror wreaks havoc in theaters on September 22nd. Friend Request centers on popular college ….

Ed Skrein from Hellboy | PopCultureQuotes.com

It is clear that representing this character in a culturally accurate way holds significance for people, and that to neglect this responsibility would continue a worrying tendency to obscure ethnic minority stories and voices in the Arts. I feel it is important to honour and respect that.

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By: Ed Skrein
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comic Based | Crime | Fantasy | Remakes | Science Fiction

Context:
Skrein responded to backlash against his casting in the Hellboy franchise reboot by relinquishing the role he had been cast in. The 34-year-old British actor has earlier tweeted that he would be playing Major Ben Daimio, a character that was Asian American in Mike Mignola’s “Hellboy” comics. The news was met with complaints that Hollywood was once again “whitewashing” an Asian character.

source: www.washingtonpost.com,  

Trailer for off the wall Arnold Schwarzenegger action comedy Killing Gunther

Killing Gunther centers on a group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world’s greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bungled encounters as Gunther seems to always be one step ahead. The film is directed by Taran Killam and hits theaters soon, although it ….