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Law and Order Organized Crime spoilers reveal everything you need to know about the crime series for Season Five. It has yet to premiere on Peacock, having been announced it was going to streaming only a few months back-here’s everything that we know.

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Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order: Svu have already kicked off their fall seasons and are now on a winter break. But fans are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5.

Back in May, it was revealed that this Christopher Meloni-led series would make the switch from NBC to NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, after four successful seasons.

Although this upcoming season will consist of just 10 episodes rather than the typical 22, viewers can expect longer episodes that will exceed the usual 42-minute runtime.

If you order the no commercials version of Peacock,...

The popular drama “Law & Order: Organized Crime” enters its fifth season, navigating another key leadership shift and preparing for a major network changeover.

The series, featuring Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, is filming its ten-episode season. John Shiban has stepped down as showrunner, marking the show’s sixth leadership change since its premiere in 2021. The original showrunner, Matt Olmstead, has stepped in to provide stability during this shift.

The series’ relocation from NBC to Peacock is the most noticeable shift, which may provide fresh storytelling chances. Despite these limitations, the show stays devoted to its character-driven narrative approach.

Fans can expect Christopher Meloni to reprise his role as Stabler. At the same time, actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio will delve into the detective’s history. Most scripts for the season have already been completed, and production has begun following a brief hiatus.

Industry analysts note that the frequent showrunner...

Law & Order: Organized Crime and its showrunner have parted ways. Yes, again.

John Shiban exited the police drama midway through production on Season 5, TVLine has learned. Shiban signed onto the series in October 2023.

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He is the sixth showrunner to leave Organized Crime. We hear that his replacement has not been named,...

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Netflix has the biggest content library of any streaming service, and for that reason, many movies from the past are available on it. So, we thought about all the fans of old brilliant movies that are now characterized as classics and decided to compile a list of the best classic movies on Netflix that you should check out right now.

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Scarface is a crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay by Oliver Stone. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail and its 1932 film adaptation, the 1983 film follows Tony Montana and his close friend Manny, who build a ruthless and successful drug empire in Miami. However as Tony’s power grows so do his enemies, but the biggest threat to his empire is his own paranoia. Scarface stars Al Pacino,...

Exclusive: Industry Entertainment veterans Bill Butler and Michelle Kittrell have left after 14 years to join upstart management/production company Amplified, launched earlier this year by fellow longtime Industry managers Adam Levine, Brandy Rivers and Michael Hepburn.

Butler and Kittrell, who are bringing all of their clients, will be launching a New York office of Amplified, located in Chelsea. Butler, who was a partner at Industry, will join Hepburn, Rivers and Levine as partner; Kittrell has been named VP/Head of NY Talent.

Butler started his career at Wma before moving to Gersh, where he eventually rose to senior partner and head of the NY office. Kittrell began her career in theater before transitioning to representation at Gersh NY. She followed Butler when he left to launch the NY offices of Industry Entertainment in 2010.

Butler and Kittrell have been instrumental in growing the NY offices of both Gersh and Industry, working with a roster of clients,...

Jessica Biel will no longer be The Good Daughter: The Emmy nominee has exited the upcoming Peacock limited series, according to our sister site Deadline, after signing on to star and executive-produce the project in March. A replacement for her is expected to be named soon.

Based on the best-selling novel from Karin Slaughter — who also pens the Will Trent book series on which ABC’s drama is based — The Good Daughter follows sisters Charlotte (who Biel would have played) and Samantha Quinn, who have spent the last 28 years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio’s career is getting Organized. The actor will recur in Law & Order: Organized Crime’s upcoming fifth season. Mastrantonio will play Isabella Spezzano, a figure from Elliot Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) past, according to Deadline, which announced the casting. After getting her start in theater, Mastrantonio scored her breakout screen role as Al Pacino’s character’s sister in the 1983 film Scarface. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carmen in 1986’s The Color of Money. She also starred in the films The Abyss (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and The Perfect Storm (2000). On stage, the Illinois native appeared in Broadway productions of West Side Story, Amadeus, Copperfield, The Human Comedy, and Man of La Mancha, the last of which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical in 2003. Mastrantonio’s TV roles include supporting roles...

Law & Order: Organized Crime continues to add big names to its squad.

Oscar nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is joining the cast of the crime procedural ahead of the upcoming Season 5, our sister site Deadline reports. She’ll recur as a character named Isabella Spezzano, who is described as “a figure from Stabler’s past.” (Hmmm, what could that mean?)

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Exclusive: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is set to recur in the Peacock series Law & Order: Organized Crime for Season 5 as Isabella Spezzano, a figure from Stabler’s (Meloni) past.

Law & Order: Organized Crime follows the detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau as they take on New York City’s most vicious and violent criminal syndicates. In addition to Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt and Ainsley Seiger also star.

The show was renewed for a fifth season in April following the announcement the procedural would move from NBC to its streamer Peacock. The move gives Peacock an original Dick Wolf drama series to go with the Wolf Entertainment library and next-day runs of the company’s remaining NBC series Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu, which are among the platform’s most viewed titles.

Ginny & Georgia fans, we are inching closer to the show’s long-awaited return: Production on Season 3 has wrapped, Netflix revealed on Friday, while also announcing two new recurring cast members for the upcoming run.

Left: Ty Doran (Photo Credit: Gerson Lopes);

Right: Noah Lamanna (Photo Credit: Samantha Falco)

Ty Doran (Manifest) will play Wolfe, a laid back guy in Ginny’s poetry class who doesn’t particularly like poetry. Additionally, Noah Lamanna (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Beacon 23) will portray Tris, a super smart skateboarder who is friends with Marcus and Silver, and who peer tutors.

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When The Real Housewives of Miami returns for Season 7, it’ll do so without Dr. Nicole Martin as a main cast member.

Martin, who has been with the Bravo reality show since it was revived on Peacock in 2021, posted a heartbreaking message to Instagram on Friday, explaining why she’s chosen to demote herself to a “friend of” the ‘wives moving forward.

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Dr. Jackson Avery is back, but he doesn’t look too pleased with what is going on with Meredith et al, in a newly released promo for Grey’s Anatomy Season 21.

The promo, posted to People.com, largely revolves around series vet Kali Rocha’s return as onetime resident Dr. Sydney Heron. But midway through, we see Mer greet Grey’s alum Jesse Williams’ Jackson with a “Welcome back!” — though his face isn’t exactly saying “happy to see me.”

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Oak Park, Il – When there is an awesome Village like Oak Park (Illinois) right adjacent to Chicago, it stands to reason that Joyce Porter, a prominent character actor, would put in motion the first Oak Park Film Festival.

Opening Night is September 12th, with a special screening of “The Abyss: Special Edition” – which features Oak Park native Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – and wraps up with an all-day short film and seminar celebration on Saturday, September 14th. For details and tickets, click Oak Park Ff.

Founder Joyce Porter, who is also the President of the Fest, began planning last year for this first time event. The mission of the festival is to bring together and showcase Oak Park Illinois’ outstanding creative community and provide entertainment for the entire Chicago area. The Village, famously the boyhood home of Ernest Hemingway and with a collection of Frank Lloyd Wright Homes, has also been an incubator for the arts,...

James Cameron Films ranked by Box Office Gross. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

James Cameron is the undisputed king of the box office, as three of the four highest-grossing films in Hollywood history belong to the director. Whether it’s romance, action, or sci-fi genre, the acclaimed filmmaker has always hit the bullseye, with his work resonating well with the audience.

Cameron has directed nine films so far, starting with Piranha II: The Spawning in 1982. However, the director has largely disowned his debut film, since he was replaced from it within two weeks of production, and the movie’s box office collection remains unavailable. Here are the rest of James Cameron’s eight films, ranked on the basis of their worldwide gross.

8. The Terminator (1984)

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Box Office: $78.3 Million

With The Terminator, Cameron initiated a sci-fi franchise that would last for decades.

The highly-anticipated standalone sequel to the 1996 disaster thriller film Twister is finally here. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, Twisters is a disaster action thriller film and it follows the story of Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser who gets roped into chasing storms once again by her friend Javi to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. Kate soon meets the daredevil storm wrangler Tyler Owens and all of them team up to fight for their survival. Twisters stars Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane. So, if you loved the surviving thriller, disaster, and a bit of romantic element in Twisters here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Twister is a disaster thriller film directed by Jan de Bont from a screenplay co-written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin.

A newly remastered, 4K print of writer/director James Cameron's  underwater science fiction feature "The Abyss: The Special Edition", starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michael Biehn is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video:

"..when a submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery team works with an oil platform crew, racing against Soviet vessels to recover the boat. 

"Then deep in the unexplored ocean, they encounter something out of this world..."

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Kevin Costner starred in the title role in the 1991 blockbuster film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Costner was brutally trolled for his performance due to his accent, but the film still made huge bucks for the producers. Interestingly, Costner was in talks with 20th Century Fox to star in another Robin Hood movie directed by Die Hard fame John McTiernan. Morgan Creek Entertainment, who produced the 1991 movie, used a trick to poach Costner from the other Robin Hood movie.

Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Morgan Creek brought in Kevin Reynolds as the director of the film. Reynolds’ directorial debut was the 1985 film Fandango, which gave Costner his first starring role. Reynolds and Costner began a life-long friendship after working on the Steven Spielberg-produced film.

Kevin Costner Was Poached Away From John McTiernan’s Unmade Robin Hood Movie Kevin Costner was supposed to play Robin Hood in...

In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Captain's Holiday", Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) was forced to take a vacation on the sexed-up beach resort planet of Risa where his impishly playful crew hoped he would have a drink, get laid, and return to the job less stern and more relaxed. Picard, a studious and intellectual fellow, would have been more content drinking tea and reading James Joyce's "Ulysses" in a dark room. 

Luckily, Risa proves to be more exciting than Picard realized. He had no interest in beach shenanigans, but he did fall into the company of the utterly dazzling Indiana-Jone-type adventurer Vash (Jennifer Hetrick), a roguish tomb raider. Picard and Vash end up having to protect a rare, powerful artifact from time-traveling Vorgons, and fall in lust as a result. Picard returns to the Enterprise more relaxed and with a new romantic interest in the back of his mind.

For years, rights issues have held up updated video releases of James Cameron’s Aliens, The Abyss, and True Lies, with the latter two features skipping Blu-ray entirely. At last, all three have come to 4K Uhd, and their joint release allows one to better appreciate the unexpected connections that link these otherwise completely distinct features.

On a basic level, all three films, covering less than a decade from 1986 to 1994, chart one of the most meteoric career rises in Hollywood history—one that you can see in their exponentially increasing budgets and scale. Aliens, made in the wake of Cameron’s breakout success of 1984’s The Terminator, was produced for a paltry $18 million, not much more than the $11 million allocated to Ridley Scott’s Alien nearly a decade earlier. But Cameron, who cut his teeth in Roger Corman’s micro-budget talent incubator, knew how to stretch a dollar to its maximum use.

Back in December, the James Cameron films The Abyss, Aliens, True Lies, Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water were all given 4K digital releases. Next Tuesday, March 12th, is the day when The Abyss, Aliens, and True Lies are going to get their physical 4K Uhd releases – and to mark the occasion, we got our hands on an Exclusive clip from one of the bonus featurettes that will be on The Abyss disc! You can check it out in the embed above.

The Abyss has the following synopsis: In this underwater sci-fi adventure written and directed by James Cameron, a nuclear sub mysteriously sinks and a private oil rig crew, led by foreman Bud Brigman, is recruited to join a team of Navy SEALs on a search and rescue effort. The group soon finds themselves on a spectacular life-and-death odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, where they find...

Clockwise from top left: Infinite Storm (Bleecker Street), Monica (IFC Films), The Abyss (20th Century Fox), Mercy Road (Well Go USA Entertainment)Image: The A.V. Club

For February, Hulu brings home a bunch of under-the-radar indie offerings as well as at least one big-budget movie that has proved elusive on streaming services.

December has been packed with 4K releases of James Cameron films. First up was the release of the Titanic 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition 4K Uhd on December 5th. 4K digital releases of The Abyss, Aliens, True Lies, Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water followed on December 12th, and the Avatar movies also got new physical media releases on the 19th. March 12, 2024 is the date when Disney is going to give The Abyss, Aliens, and True Lies their physical 4K Uhd releases… but The Digital Bits reports that the 4K digital release of The Abyss has been cancelled in the UK because of “the rat scene“.

Here’s what The Digital Bits had to say: “We’ve learned from industry sources that the 4K Ultra HD release of James Cameron’s The Abyss (1989) in the UK has been cancelled, and for exactly the reason you think—the scene in...

"Frasier" had a bevy of guest stars throughout its original eleven-season run, but you might not recognize some of them on first watch. That's because many of the most famous actors to appear on the beloved sitcom did so in voice only, calling into psychologist Frasier Crane's (Kelsey Grammer) Seattle radio show for all manner of life advice. Casting a celebrity who viewers never actually see felt like a new gimmick when the series first premiered, and it's frankly still a rarity now.

In an oral history of the series published by Vanity Fair in 2018, series co-creators Peter Casey and David Lee, casting director Jeff Greenberg, and director Jimmy Burrows talked about how the call-in guest stars idea originated, who showed up on the other end of the line, and which celebrities turned "Frasier" down. "Early on, someone suggested getting guest voices," Casey recalled. "Kelsey agreed, as long as they weren't goofy calls.

Newly remastered, 4K prints of writer/director James Cameron's  "The Abyss: The Special Edition", starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michael Biehn will screen for one night only, December 6, 2023 in select theaters:

"..when a submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery team works with an oil platform crew, racing against Soviet vessels to recover the boat. 

"Then deep in the unexplored ocean, they encounter something out of this world..."

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"There is something down there, something not us, not human." 20th Century has revealed a 4K re-release of James Cameron's early sci-fi classic The Abyss, originally released in 1989. This has been in the works for a while! Fans have been awaiting a Blu-ray release of The Abyss for a decade, but for some reason it has never come together. Until now. To celebrate this long-awaited 4K debut of the underwater aliens movie, they're also replaying it in theaters for one night only this December. "If you haven't seen the film before, this is the way to experience it, and if you have, it will be like the first time all over again. So, get out to the theaters and enjoy." A civilian oil rig dive team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species. Starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,...

One of the greatest sci-films from the late 80’s is returning to cinemas!

On Wednesday, December 6, 20th Century Studios will present Academy Award®-winning filmmaker James Cameron’s “The Abyss: Special Edition” in theaters for a special one-night-only event. Fans will be able to experience Cameron’s thrilling underwater sci-fi adventure for the first time in stunning, remastered 4K. Tickets go on sale beginning November 20 and can be purchased at Fandango or wherever tickets are sold.

James Cameron says, “If you haven’t seen the film before, this is the way to experience it, and if you have, it will be like the first time all over again. So, get out to the theaters and enjoy.”

In this underwater sci-fi adventure written and directed by James Cameron, a nuclear sub mysteriously sinks and a private oil rig crew, led by foreman Bud Brigman (Ed Harris), is recruited to join a...

If there's one subject people ask us about all time, it's our Chris's review of Attack Of The Clones. But if there's another, it's when an upgraded re-release of James Cameron's The Abyss is headed our way. We've good news — at least on the second front as 20th Century Studios has announced that a remastered 4K version of the movie exists!

There is a proviso, at least for now — the new remastered take on the film is currently set for US cinemas on 6 December.

In case you've somehow not seen the movie, it follows what happens when a nuclear sub mysteriously sinks and a private oil rig crew, led by foreman Bud Brigman (Ed Harris), is recruited to join a team of Navy SEALs on a search and rescue effort.

The group soon finds themselves on a spectacular life-and-death odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface, where they find a...

Fans of James Cameron’s underwater sci-fi adventure The Abyss (1989) have been waiting for a long time to see the film in high definition, let alone 4K. The last home video release of the film was on DVD in 2000, and since then, the film has been stuck in a limbo of rights issues and technical challenges. But now, the wait is finally over, as Cameron himself announced on Twitter that The Abyss: Special Edition, the director’s preferred cut of the film, will be remastered in 4K and presented in theaters on December 6, 20211

The Abyss: Special Edition is a 171-minute version of the film that Cameron worked on after Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). It restores 28 minutes of footage that were cut from the theatrical release, including some scenes that drastically change the ending and the message of the film. The Special Edition also features improved visual effects and a new...

Most of the moviegoing population is probably under the assumption that "Titanic" was director James Cameron's first seafaring movie, but they'd be wrong! That honor goes to "The Abyss," the 1989 sci-fi flick that went on to garner four Academy Award nominations and win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.. The only drawback of "The Abyss," however, is that its availability has long been a matter of concern among film enthusiasts. Years ago, /Film covered the rumors that the movie would finally come to Blu-ray and 4K after only being available on DVD. Last we heard, this was still the plan ... but now we're hearing from the man, myth, and legend himself that fans will finally get the chance to watch the movie exactly the way Cameron intended it -- on the big screen and through the fabled Special Edition.

Cameron announced the news himself on Twitter to immediate celebrations on social media.

Seven years have passed since writer/director James Cameron first said he was working on a 4K transfer of his 1989 film The Abyss – and now he’s finally ready to share the 4K version of the film with an audience. 20th Century Studios will be giving The Abyss a special one-night-only theatrical re-release on Wednesday, December 6th. A press release notes, “Fans will be able to experience Cameron’s thrilling underwater sci-fi adventure for the first time in stunning, remastered 4K. Tickets go on sale beginning November 20 and can be purchased at Fandango or wherever tickets are sold.“

Cameron provided the following statement: “If you haven’t seen the film before, this is the way to experience it, and if you have, it will be like the first time all over again. So, get out to the theaters and enjoy.“

The Abyss has the following synopsis: In this underwater sci-fi...

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James Cameron’s Oscar-winning underwater adventure “The Abyss,” which was originally released back in the summer of 1989, will return to theaters on Dec. 6 for a one-night-only event. It will be the “special edition” of the movie, newly remastered in 4K.

“The Abyss” stars Ed Harris as a deep sea oil worker whose ex-wife and the oil platformer’s designer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) returns with a Swat team (led by Michael Biehn) after a nuclear submarine goes missing. Soon, they uncover a deeper mystery involving a potential extraterrestrial intelligence.

“If you haven’t seen the film before, this is the way to experience it, and if you have, it will be like the first time all over again. So, get out to the theaters and enjoy,” Cameron said in an official statement.

A notoriously difficult production, “The Abyss” garnered warm reviews and made more than $90 million.

Update: The Abyss on 4K will be available digitally on December 12 and arrive on 4K Ultra HD disc on March 12, 2024.

One of the most-requested restorations from cinephiles for some time has been a new restoration and 4K release for James Cameron’s 1989 sci-fi aquatic adventure The Abyss. Your wish has now come true as The Abyss: Special Edition, a 4K remaster, will be returning to theaters for one night only on December 6 followed by a likely home video release. In a special video, Cameron noted there “will be some big surprises not seen in the original released version.”

Starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn, here’s the synopsis: “In this underwater sci-fi adventure written and directed by James Cameron, a nuclear sub mysteriously sinks and a private oil rig crew, led by foreman Bud Brigman (Ed Harris), is recruited to join a team of Navy SEALs on a search and rescue effort.

Science fiction is a fascinating film genre. It inspires dreams of extraterrestrial life, futuristic gadgets, and space travel. Today, this all seems more plausible than ever. Yet, besides reflecting society, sci-fi helps us evaluate our actions -- and their consequences.

Creating scenes with nail-biting stunts requires a collaborative effort between actors and directors. Replacing stars with stunt performers due to their physical capabilities usually works but mishaps can still happen --- both on and off camera. The film industry has seen an increase in accidents over the last decade despite the advancement of technology. According to the Los Angeles Times, from 2010 to 2019, 19 fatal injuries occurred on American film sets. As attorney Chris Deacon told the outlet, "If those engaged to work on set in whatever capacity are dying at the hands of the creative process, then something is fundamentally wrong in the production processes."

Sure, authenticity makes for a thrilling watch.

James Cameron wasn’t as confident staring into “The Abyss” in 1989.

The Oscar winner explained during a Beyond Fest panel moderated by IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill that the underwater sci-fi action film was the “first really big, kind of mega-budget movie” in his career. Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio starred as divorced petroleum engineers who are hired to assist a Navy Seal (Michael Biehn) in recovering a nuclear submarine. The 20th Century Fox film had a budget of $43 million and grossed $90 at the worldwide box office before winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

“Well, this was my first really big, kind of mega-budget movie,” Cameron said onstage. “It wasn’t kind of a slam dunk in the way ‘Aliens’ was. Like, we just knew ‘Aliens’ worked. This one, we didn’t know exactly how it was going to work.”

Cameron’s unease led to his first test...

The 2023 Beyond Fest lineup is set. America’s biggest genre-focused festival is returning this month with a 55-film slate that includes a Roger Corman career celebration, special screening of The Abyss with James Cameron, the world premiere of Rlje Films/Shudder’s It’s a Wonderful Knife and much more.

The 11th edition of the fest runs from September 26-October 10 in at the Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles, the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica and Regency Village Theatre in Westwood. See the full lineup below.

Beyond Fest 2023 will open with Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi epic The Creator from 20th Century Studios and close with Kristoffer Borgli’s A24 pic Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage. It also will feature the world premieres of It’s a Wonderful Knife, Welcome Space Brothers, History of Evil and the 4K restorations of Cemetery Man (1994) and The Church (1989).

Other highlights include Legendary’s new remake of Troma classic The Toxic Avenger,...

In New York City’s war on crime, the worst criminal offenders were pursued by the detectives of the Major Case squad — that was, until USA Network pulled the plug on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2011.

But now, more than a decade later, original series star Vincent D’Onofrio is lobbying to reprise his role as Detective Robert Goren, alongside Kathryn Erbe’s Detective Alexandra Eames, in a revival of the long-running Law & Order offshoot.

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Exclusive: In 2016, the hottest book in Hollywood hadn’t even been published yet. Circulating in galley proofs, it was the latest non-fiction work from author David Grann, whose 2009 book The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon had recently been filmed by James Gray and produced by Plan B. His new book was another mouthful — Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI — and it proved just as tasty.

Seven-figure bids materialized, with talent attachments that included Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and J.J. Abrams. The deal ended with a statement buy by Imperative Entertainment’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas, who went well beyond the bids and took it off the table for $5 million. With Martin Scorsese directing, they would set it up at Paramount, casting DiCaprio alongside Robert De Niro in the most iconic pairing since...

Reality TV shows have grown in popularity over the last few decades. And for many, the appeal is in watching what happens when regular people are put in extraordinary situations.

Deadliest Catch, one of the most thrilling reality series on TV, follows fishermen in the treacherous Bering Sea. But as it turns out, drama may not be as “real” as some viewers think. In a recent interview, star Linda Greenlaw confirmed that Deadliest Catch is “more scripted” than other reality fishing shows.

Deadliest Catch star Linda Greenlaw | Sahabi dua via Youtube Linda Greenlaw is a seasoned captain and reality TV star

Greenlaw is a well-known figure in the fishing industry, having spent over 20 years at sea. She previously appeared in Swords: Life on the Line — a Discovery Channel show that followed fishermen as they hunted for swordfish off the coast of Massachusetts.

As the captain of the Hannah Boden, Greenlaw...

A new face is joining the Deadliest Catch cast. Celebrated fisherman Linda Greenlaw will team up with Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski for the 19th season of the Discovery Channel reality series, which premieres April 18.

Linda Greenlaw joins ‘Deadliest Catch’ Season 19

Greenlaw has spent decades swordfishing in the icy Atlantic waters off the coast of Maine. But does she have what it takes to tackle crabbing in the Bering Sea? She’ll find out when she partners up with Wichrowski on the F/V Summer Bay in the new season of Deadliest Catch.

“I wanted to learn from the best — and I did,” Greenlaw told the Bangor Daily News when speaking of joining Deadliest Catch. “Wild Bill is not the most patient teacher, but his safety record and fishing ability are second to none. We are sort of like the odd couple. He’s all gruff and negative while I’m sheer optimism.

Discovery Channel is headed back out to sea. Deadliest Catch returns in April 2023 with new episodes featuring a mix of seasoned skippers and novice fishermen who are trying their luck in the Bering Sea.

‘Deadliest Catch’ Season 19 premieres April 18

The 19th season of Deadliest Catch premieres Tuesday, April 18 at 8 p.m. Et on Discovery Channel. The super-sized two-hour premiere will also be available to stream the same day on discovery+.

In the latest season of the long-running reality series, rising Alaskan Crab prices have both newcomers and experienced captains hoping to score a big payday. But those sky-high prices, combined with tensions with Russia and China, are fueling illegal fishing. Veterans and newbies will have to band together to defend their fishing grounds if they hope to thrive in a competitive and dangerous industry.

“All of us are facing a new threat,” Captain Sig Hansen says in a teaser for...

Movie magic relies on a swath of visual elements falling into place, including CGI, makeup, and sets, as well as the dangerous work that stunt performers handle. A well-run movie set does what it can to avoid unnecessary risks to actors and crew, but sometimes, a scene requires everyone to run on the razor's edge. At this point, the problem isn't just ameliorating the risk of an accident, but what could happen even if everything goes right. This is where stunt performers shine, and it's an insult that these crucial movie crew members still go without recognition at the top awards shows.

Sometimes, however, there's no way around it. The star must be in the picture, and it's up to them to decide whether they're up for taking a risk. Well, usually it's up to them. Not all sets are managed well, and there's a legacy of directors willing to...

Movies That Made Me veteran guest and screenwriter Dan Waters discusses his favorite year of cinema (1989) with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Phantom Carriage (1921)

Love At First Bite (1979)

Hudson Hawk (1991)

Demolition Man (1993)

Heathers (1989)

Warlock (1989)

The Matrix (1999)

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Jaws (1975)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Nashville (1975)

Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

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The Color of Money is a movie of 1986 directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a continuation of The Hustler (1961), by Robert Rossen. Starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise.

When Mr. Scorsese was not as acclaimed (yet), he did this movie which was a bit of a “filler”, which has become one of the reference movies about American pool.

Story line of The Color of Money The Color of Money (1986)

Eddie Felson, an old pool player, reappears as a whiskey merchant when he meets Vince, an outstanding pool player. Together they embark on a father-son type of voyage of discovery.

The Movie. Review

This is not Scorsese´s best movie, it is not even a somewhat personal movie, it is just another movie in his filmography that rests on some video-clip moments (cool music and lots of changes of shots in a very “Eighties” style). The movie resorts to all sorts of commercial formulas,...

The Film

For every movie fan there are probably several films they can count as milestones, movies that became big parts of our viewing, even of our lives. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was one of those for me. It came out at the perfect time, when I was 10. The screenplay had simple heroism, the villain was an obvious baddie you could boo and hiss at if the mood took you, there was plenty of action and even as a cut PG, it stretched the edges of its certification to a point that was an intense and sometimes scary experience for a relatively young kid. I loved it. Along with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves became one of my first favourite movies. It was one of the reasons we first got a TV for the house, and a Vcr to go with it, and...

Long before Brian De Palma's "Scarface" became a pop cultural obsession for the hip-hop community, it was considered a commercial misfire and an artistic failure for its director. The modernized riff on Howard Hawks 1932 gangster classic was an epic of wretched excess. It was crass, bloated, and unremittingly gruesome. De Palma's most fervent critical defender, The New Yorker's Pauline Kael, titled her review "A De Palma Movie for People Who Don't Like De Palma Movies," and she had a point. The sprawling 170-minute film lacked the formal/thematic cohesion of his best work. It was more of a showcase for Al Pacino, who delved so deep into the role of Cuban gang lord Tony Montana that he never fully shed the character's verbal tics.

39 years later, "Scarface" is still a lot of movie. It's too much. Montana's downfall is uncomfortably distended. His arc is flat: he's a monster from...

The Perfect Storm star Diane Lane paid tribute today to its director Wolfgang Petersen, who died Friday at 81.

Wolfgang Petersen: A Career In Photos

“My heart is sad today,” she said in a statement to Deadline. “Wolfgang was a big, loving soul. A natural leader via positive encouragement; dare I say, he was a spiritual channel for us, grounding truly big stories to move us all through heights and depths. Literally, just being near him made me a better actor. My sincere condolences and love to his family.”

The Oscar-nominated actress was the female lead in The Perfect Storm, which starred George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and John C. Reilly as commercial fisherman from small-town Massachusetts who get caught in a freak North Atlantic weather event that never had happened in recorded history. The film detailed the men’s battle for survival as multiple storms collided and the desperate attempt to...

There have been plenty of difficult directors over the years, from Hitchcock pelting Tippi Hedren with live avians in "The Birds" to Kubrick and his hundreds of takes on "The Shining." Sam Peckinpah infuriated Charlton Heston so much that the actor brandished a saber at him, while William Friedkin fired real guns on the set of "The Exorcist" to keep his actors suitably on edge. Few modern filmmakers, however, have the tyrannical reputation of James Cameron, self-proclaimed King of the World.

A notorious egomaniac and fierce taskmaster, Cameron may just have the biggest balls in Hollywood. Who else would make a blockbuster about the Titanic so he could explore the actual wreck site? The stories of hardship on his movie sets are the stuff of cinema legend, from threatening, to firing crew members for taking bathroom breaks, to nailing their cellphones to the wall if they ring during a take.

James Cameron is a notoriously temperamental genius. Some call him a perfectionist. Others prefer tyrant. The older, wiser, chiller Cameron would agree with the latter assessment.

The days of the overly rigorous demands that turned the making of "The Abyss" into a battleground between the director and his overwhelmed actors -- e.g. when the camera ran out of film while shooting her emotionally supercharged resurrection, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stormed off set shouting "We are not animals!" -- appear to be long gone. Cameron recently went on record regretting his "tin-pot dictator" ways, which is reassuring because, no matter how much I love "The...

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Character actor Mary Mara, known for her work on ER, Law & Order: Svu, and Nip/Tuck, and dozens of other TV shows and films, drowned Sunday in the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent, NY, according to New York State Police. She was 61.

A State Police press release says Mara was found in the river Sunday morning by troopers and Cape Vincent Fire and Ambulance following a report of a possible drowning. A preliminary investigation indicates she drowned while swimming in the river. Police said there was no indication of foul play and an autopsy will be conducted to determine an official cause of death. The investigation is continuing.

A family spokesperson said Mara was staying at the summer home of her sister, Martha Mara, of Syracuse, N.Y. The property fronts the river outside the Village of Cape Vincent, in the Thousand Islands region, where the St. Lawrence separates Canada and the U.

Mary Mara, the actor best known for her recurring roles in “ER” and “Law & Order,” died in Cape Vincent, N.Y. Sunday from an apparent drowning. She was 61.

In a report published Monday, the New York State Police confirmed that Mara was discovered in the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent around 8:10 p.m. on Sunday by various officers. According to a statement from a representative, Mara was staying at the summer home of her sister Martha. A preliminary investigation suggested Mara died by drowning while swimming. Her body has been transported to Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office, where an autopsy will be performed to determine an official cause of death.

In a statement to Variety, Mara’s manager Craig Dorfman confirmed her death.

“Mary was one of the finest actresses I ever met,” Dorfman wrote. “I still remember seeing her onstage in 1992 in ‘Mad Forest’ off Broadway.