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Released in celebration of Black History Month, Studio Canal reveal this 4k Restoration of the seminal British classic from 1951, Cry, The Beloved Country. Not only do you get the 4k restoration of the movie from director Zoltan Korda, but there’s also new extras, and archive footage including a documentary on cinema under apartheid and a 16-page booklet.

So, why is the movie so important? Now over 70 years old, it features a moving, and emotional story, played out by some fabulous actors and, it feels very much ahead of its time covering the racial injustices of the period.

Cry, The Beloved Country was shot on location in South Africa (with interior shots in the U.K.), which was...

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“All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born,” William Faulkner wrote in “Requiem for a Nun.” As we’ve seen with the WGA strike, Hollywood’s past issues with labor often seem like a familiar tangle. An ongoing exhibit at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles about the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s is making those attending since the writers’ strike began see the dispute in a new — and yet familiar — light.

The writers’ battle with studios is primarily economic, while the blacklist dealt with Cold War politics. But Skirball Center curator Cate Thurston, who put together the current exhibition “Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare,” sees similarities between then and now — chiefly in the idea that studios and writers are pitted against each other by external forces...

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Waldorf Declaration, which on November 25, 1947, officially launched the Hollywood Blacklist. On that day, the heads of the major studios, with a few notable exceptions, agreed after a contentious two-day conference at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City to ban the Hollywood Ten and to not “knowingly” employ Communists.

And so began one of the darkest chapters in Hollywood’s history.

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Just a few weeks earlier, the Hollywood Ten had denounced and refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee and later were sent to federal prison for contempt of Congress.

“We will forthwith discharge or suspend without compensation those in our employ,” the Waldorf Declaration stated,...

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?

In October 1947, 10 Hollywood screenwriters, directors and producers refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac), at the highly publicized, three-ring circus hearings in Washington, D.C. They wouldn’t acknowledge if they were Communists, nor would they name names of people whom they knew or thought were Commies citing their first amendment rights.

The group, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, were voted in contempt of Congress in November and sentenced to prison for six months to a year. They were blacklisted by the Hollywood studios. Some wrote under pseudonyms or used fronts (check out the 1976 film “The Front”) while others never worked again in Hollywood even after the blacklist ended in 1960.

On the 75th anniversary of those infamous Huac hearings, let’s take a look back at the Hollywood Ten and what...

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Seventy-five years ago, the House Committee on Un-American Activities (Huac for purposes of pronunciation) launched the first of its series of postwar investigations into alleged communist subversion in Hollywood.

The show trial was staged from Oct. 20 to 30, 1947, and you can probably rewind the newsreel images in your mind’s eye: the unhinged committee chairman, J. Parnell Thomas (D-n.J.), yelling over witnesses and furiously pounding his gavel; the compliant straight men accusing former colleagues of the most unpatriotic heresies in Cold War America; and the backtalking recalcitrants being hauled away from the witness table mid-harangue.

In countless documentaries and fictional reenactments, the confrontations are cast as a morality play pitting the craven Friendlies (as those who named names and sucked up to the committee are called) against the defiant Unfriendlies, who refused to cower before their inquisitors and would soon to be immortalized...

The 1990 romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" helped launch Julia Roberts' career into the stratosphere. Starring opposite Richard Gere, Roberts played Vivian Ward, a streetwalker with a heart of gold who wins the affection of her cold-hearted client. The role earned Roberts a Best Actress Oscar nomination and turned her into an overnight Hollywood sensation. Her performance prompted Roger Ebert to prophetically write, "Actresses who can do that and look great can have whatever they want in Hollywood." Roberts would become synonymous with the romantic comedy genre.

It is hard to imagine anyone other than Roberts in "Pretty Woman". To do so, we need to go back ... to the future. Heading into the 1990s, Lea Thompson was coming off the massive success of two "Back to the Future" movies and a string of films that included "Casual Sex?" and "Some Kind of Wonderful."

The versatile actress certainly had the chops to play...

A musical adaptation of the film Pretty Woman is set to debut on Broadway in the fall of 2018.

Samantha Barks will make her Broadway debut in the role of Vivian, originally helmed by Julia Roberts, while Steve Kazee will play Edward Lewis, the character first portrayed on screen by Richard Gere. The score for Pretty Woman will be written by rocker Bryan Adams in conjunction with Jim Vallance.

In a statement, producer Paula Wagner promised that the musical adaptation would honor its beloved, $463-million-grossing source material. "Pretty Woman: The Musical will have the heart,...

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Pretty Woman star Richard Gere has been chatting about the film's original, and much more bleak, ending. And, wow...

While not everyone is a fan of the 1990 rom-com classic Pretty Woman, you'd be hard-pressed to knock it off a list of uplifting flicks.

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To be fair, plot-wise, there's not a lot to it. Julia Roberts' unlikely prostitute Vivian Ward is suddenly and unexpectedly swept up from her cash-in-hand world of sex work - which she insists she runs on her own terms - and into the extravagant life of client Edward Lewis (Richard Gere). He's a rich businessman with not a lot going on in the romance department and, inevitably, happily ever after ensues.

But it turns...

The last surviving cast member of Citizen Kane, Kathryn Trosper Popper, has died at 100. Trosper, a longtime assistant to the film's director, Orson Welles, died Sunday at her home in New York City, her son, Joe Popper, told The Hollywood Reporter. In the classic 1941 film, Trosper played the photographer who asks, "What's Rosebud?" following Kane's famous last words. Recalling her dual roles as actor and assistant, she said in an interview last year, "I would just drop my notebook and run on the set." Years later, Trosper defended her old boss after Pauline Kael's essay "Raising Kane" asserted that...

The last surviving cast member of Citizen Kane, Kathryn Trosper Popper, has died at 100. Trosper, a longtime assistant to the film's director, Orson Welles, died Sunday at her home in New York City, her son, Joe Popper, told The Hollywood Reporter. In the classic 1941 film, Trosper played the photographer who asks, "What's Rosebud?" following Kane's famous last words. Recalling her dual roles as actor and assistant, she said in an interview last year, "I would just drop my notebook and run on the set." Years later, Trosper defended her old boss after Pauline Kael's essay "Raising Kane" asserted that...

'Trumbo' movie: Bryan Cranston as screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and Helen Mirren as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. 'Trumbo' movie review: Highly entertaining 'history lesson' Full disclosure: on the wall in my study hangs a poster – the iconic photograph of blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, with black-horned rim glasses, handlebar mustache, a smoke dangling from the end of a dramatic cigarette holder. He's sitting – stark naked – in a tub surrounded by his particular writing apparatus. He's looking directly into the camera of the photographer, his daughter Mitzi. Dalton Trumbo's son, Christopher Trumbo, gave me the poster after my interview with him for the release of Peter Askin's 2007 documentary also titled Trumbo. That film combines archival footage, including family movies and photographs, with performances of the senior Trumbo's letters to his family during their many years of turmoil before and through the blacklist, including his time in prison. The letters are read by,...

Charles Brackett ca. 1945: Hollywood diarist and Billy Wilder's co-screenwriter (1936–1949) and producer (1945–1949). Q&A with 'Charles Brackett Diaries' editor Anthony Slide: Billy Wilder's screenwriter-producer partner in his own words Six-time Academy Award winner Billy Wilder is a film legend. He is renowned for classics such as The Major and the Minor, Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd., Witness for the Prosecution, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment. The fact that Wilder was not the sole creator of these movies is all but irrelevant to graduates from the Auteur School of Film History. Wilder directed, co-wrote, and at times produced his films. That should suffice. For auteurists, perhaps. But not for those interested in the whole story. That's one key reason why the Charles Brackett diaries are such a great read. Through Brackett's vantage point, they offer a welcome – and unique – glimpse into the collaborative efforts that resulted in...

Pretty Woman celebrates its 25th anniversary today and Richard Gere has spoken about the "magic" of the romantic comedy-drama.

The actor played businessman Edward Lewis in the Garry Marshall-directed 1990 classic, whose life changes forever when he picks up sex worker Vivian Ward, played by Julia Roberts.

Pretty Woman cast reunite for film's 25th anniversary

"It was 11 o' clock at night. I drove up from behind, I looked out the curtain from the big amphitheater where the screening was," Gere told  HuffPost Live of a screening of the movie at a recent film festival.

"There were 7,000 people there! And I looked under the lights - most of them are under 25 that somehow knew this movie.

"It had a life way beyond... certainly what we thought when we were making it."

He added of the legacy of the film: "It's magic. You can't programme it. If you could there'd be a thousand of them now.

Thanks to their performances in Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere have long been considered one of the greatest romantic pairs of the modern cinematic era, but what may surprise you is that the on-screen coupling may not have happened if it had not been for one tiny little Post-It Note. With Pretty Woman celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Laura San Giacomo and Hector Elizondo and director Garry Marshall visited The Today Show to celebrate, and it was while talking with Matt Lauer that Gere and Roberts revealed the story of how the latter convinced the former to be her co-star in the beloved romantic comedy. The story began with it being explained that the actor had actually turned down the role of Edward Lewis multiple times (Gere saying, "You could put a suit on a goat and put it out there, and it...

It's been 25 years – and almost half a billion dollars – since Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) first made his accidental detour down Hollywood Boulevard and asked prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) for directions to Beverly Hills. This chance encounter was not only the beginning of their unconventional relationship, but also a reawakening of the love for the rom-com genre. Now, for the first time since they filmed Pretty Woman in 1990, the stars of the film, including Roberts...

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It’s been 25 years since the release of Garry Marshall‘s timeless fairytale, Pretty Woman. When it arrived in theaters back in 1990, the film opened to mixed reviews, but the dramedy starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere would become a box office smash and a cultural touchstone.Twenty five years later, Pretty Woman is a beloved classic, not to mention a pop culture reference in movies like Romy and Michele’s High School reunion and TV shows like Broad City and Parks and Recreation. From those unforgettable outfits to those endlessly re-quotable lines, we’ve picked the 25 most iconic things from Pretty Woman.

1. It Turned Julia Roberts Into a Full-Fledged Movie Star

Yes, the actress broke out in Hollywood in the late ’80s thanks to her work in Mystic Pizza and Steel Magnolias, but it wasn’t until she nabbed the role as bubbly, sexy hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold Vivian Ward that she became an A-list leading lady.

It’s been 25 years since the release of Garry Marshall‘s timeless fairytale, Pretty Woman. When it arrived in theaters back in 1990, the film opened to mixed reviews, but the dramedy starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere would become a box office smash and a cultural touchstone.Twenty five years later, Pretty Woman is a beloved classic, not to mention a pop culture reference in movies like Romy and Michele’s High School reunion and TV shows like Broad City and Parks and Recreation. From those unforgettable outfits to those endlessly re-quotable lines, we’ve picked the 25 most iconic things from Pretty Woman.

1. It Turned Julia Roberts Into a Full-Fledged Movie Star

Yes, the actress broke out in Hollywood in the late ’80s thanks to her work in Mystic Pizza and Steel Magnolias, but it wasn’t until she nabbed the role as bubbly, sexy hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold Vivian Ward that she became an A-list leading lady.

Can you believe it? Pretty Woman, the movie that turned Julia Roberts into a rom-com queen, was first released in cinemas 25 years ago today (March 23).

To mark the occasion, Digital Spy has unearthed 25 fascinating facts about the beloved 1990 film. Read on to find out why Vivian is a Disney princess, how Superman himself Christopher Reeve almost played Edward and the film's straight-to-the-point title in China.

1. The original script for Pretty Woman was titled $3,000 and was a dark drama about prostitution in La. Vivian was a drug addict trying to go clean to save up money for a trip to Disneyland. Disney-owned Touchstone Pictures developed the idea into a more conventional romantic comedy, meaning Vivian is something of an edgier Disney princess.

2. Werner Herzog claimed he was approached to direct Pretty Woman by Richard Gere when it was still being touted as a dark cautionary tale. Herzog being Herzog, though, we...

Pretty Woman turns 25!

Can you believe it? It's been 25 years since the Gary Marshall romantic comedy first swept us off our feet. This year marks the silver anniversary of the movie that catapulted Julia Roberts into superstardom when it first premiered in 1990. The whole world fell for Roberts' irresistible smile and Et got to see it first on the set a year earlier.

At just 21 years old, Roberts was cast as Vivian Ward, a hooker with a heart of gold who is romanced by Edward Lewis, a millionaire tycoon played by Richard Gere. "He's really supportive, giving actor," she told Et in 1989. "It's so nice to be there with someone who, I feel like when I feel good about my work he'll support that."

Watch: 'Steel Magnolias' 25 Years Later: Flashback to the 1989 Premiere

The original title of the film was $3,000, referring to the price for a night with Julia's character. For her part...

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } It's the 25th anniversary of Pretty Woman and as a result, we're looking back at the romantic comedy responsible for launching the amazingly successful career of its leading lady Julia Roberts. Among the many interesting details surrounding the Gary Marshall-directed film is the fact that it was initially supposed to be much, much grittier. In remembering the 1990 film Pretty Woman, fans probably likely recall it as a delightful romance story following the wealthy businessman and silver fox Edward Lewis (Richard Gere), who falls for his incredibly lovable escort with a heart of gold, Vivian Ward (Roberts). While that's essentially what the movie became, it wasn't always so glossy and romantic. In fact the film wasn't even originally supposed to be a romantic comedy, but rather a dark drama. According to Yahoo Movies, the original script written by J.F. Lawton was actually titled $3,000, in reference ...

The cast of Pretty Woman have reunited as the romantic comedy prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary next week.

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere - who played the dysfunctional star-crossed lovers in the 1990 movie - were joined by co-stars Hector Elizondo (hotel manager Barney Thompson) and Laura San Giacomo (Kit de Luca) and director Garry Marshall for an appearance on NBC's Today show.

The reunion with the Us chat show's host Matt Lauer will air next Tuesday (March 24), but pictures of the interview have been released early for eager fans.

And judging by the images, it looked like a lot of fun.

The cast and director discuss the making of the movie and reveal behind-the-scenes details of what went on on set.

Pretty Woman - about unethical but rich businessman Edward Lewis (Gere) who falls for a beautiful, Prince-loving, dental-flossing prostitute (Roberts) - earned Roberts an Oscar nomination for...

This is big. Huge, even. In honor of the 25th anniversary of Pretty Woman, Matt Lauer and the Today show reunited the cast of the now-classic 1990 rom-com for a special interview airing Tuesday, March 24. Leading lady Julia Roberts (Vivian Ward) and her former on-screen Prince Charming Richard Gere (Edward Lewis) met up with costars Laura San Giacomo (Kit De Luca) and Hector Elizondo (Barney Thompson) for a sit-down with Lauer and director Garry Marshall. As teased in a preview of the exclusive reunion, there was [...]...

B&B Wildwood Theatre is having their March Retro Night on Thursday, March 5th. They are showing the popular 1990 film, Pretty Woman. Shows are at 4pm & 7pm.

Academy Award(R) winner Julia Roberts and Golden Globe winner Richard Gere will leave you breathless in Pretty Woman. Vivian (Roberts) is a spirited, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets shrewd, no-nonsense billionaire Edward Lewis (Gere). It’s a chance encounter that turns a weeklong “business arrangement” into a timeless rags-to-riches romance. Fall in love all over again as this contemporary Cinderella story unfolds before your eyes. Savor every word, every laugh, and every unforgettable song. Experience all the comedy, charm and passion of this beloved classic.

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Who is Vivian’s roommate and best friend? Plus,...

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Going to the cinema these days can inspire a special sort of deja vu. We’re not talking about the constant churn of sequels or remakes, or attending a special screening of either Groundhog Day or that one scene of the cat from The Matrix (we’re not sure why any cinema would partake in the latter), by the way; we’re talking about the fact that every film seems to be exactly the same. You can take films as diverse as, say, Guardians Of The Galaxy, The Great Gatsby and Gravity, and still come away feeling like that was something familiar about each of them. They had something in common, besides taking place in space.

Unless you’re a screenwriting geek, then you probably haven’t been able to put your finger on what exactly those similarities are. What exactly do adventures of Peter Quill, Nick Carraway...

Feminine roles in cinema vary as there are different types of female empowerment displayed on the big screen. The same can be said for the showcasing the vulnerability of women in the movies as well. From motherhood to savvy businesswomen women have been either represented with integrity or misrepresented with exploitative intent.

One of the most explosive roles for women in motion pictures have been in the titillating realm of prostitution. Whether considered controversial, inspirational or observational the concept of women selling sex and demonstrating sensuality poses may ethical questions in cinema. Are movies that stress moral dilemmas with femininity and flesh-pedaling philosophies a challenging venture or easy pickings for sensational themes in films?

Whatever the case the prospect of fast females in film presents somewhat of a sociological/psychological experimentation. May it be through the lens of declaration, discovery or despair She Works Hard for the Money: The Top...

In an interview with Woman's Day magazine, Richard Gere revealed that "Pretty Woman" was his least favorite movie, despite the fact that it grossed $463 million on a $14 million budget. "People ask me about that movie, but I've forgotten it. That was a silly romantic comedy," he explained. "It made those guys seem dashing, which was so wrong. Thankfully, today, we are all more skeptical of those guys." The "guys" Gere is talking about is businessmen like his character Edward Lewis, who buys companies in order to break them apart and sell their pieces for a profit.

London, Mar 20: Richard Gere has blasted the movie, 'Pretty Woman', which is arguably the most successful of his career, branding it a "silly romcom".

The 62-year-old actor had won millions of fans due to his role as Edward Lewis in the blockbuster flick.

But he now claims that his character in the film helped trigger the worldwide economic meltdown.

"People ask me about that movie but I've forgotten it," the Daily Mail quoted him as telling Australian magazine Woman's Day.

"That was a silly romantic comedy," he said.

The veteran actor also said that the character he played in the film glorified brash Wall.

Most girls swoon at the mere mention of "Pretty Woman," the 1991 romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. However, there is one person who isn't left weak at the knees from it: Gere himself.

The actor -- who was doing press for his upcoming flick, "Arbitrage" -- had some unkind words for the beloved rom-com, admitting to Australian magazine Woman's Day, "It's my least favorite thing."

Said Gere: "People ask me about that movie, but I've forgotten it. That was a silly romantic comedy. ['Arbitrage'] is a much more serious movie that has some real cause and effect."

However, the 62-year-old wasn't done bashing the flick, connecting it with the out-of-control bank CEOs of today's financial crisis. (Really.)

"['Pretty Woman'] made those guys seem dashing, which was so wrong," he said. "Thankfully, today, we are all more skeptical of those guys."

"Pretty Woman" starred Gere as successful businessman Edward Lewis (Gere), who...

Most girls swoon at the mere mention of "Pretty Woman," the 1991 romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. However, there is one person who isn't left weak at the knees from it: Gere himself. The actor -- who was doing press for his upcoming flick, "Arbitrage" -- had some unkind words for the beloved rom-com, admitting to Australian magazine Woman's Day, "It's my least favorite thing." Said Gere: "People ask me about that movie, but I've forgotten it. That was a silly romantic comedy. ['Arbitrage'] is a much more serious movie that has some real cause and effect." However, the 62-year-old wasn't done bashing the flick, connecting it with the out-of-control bank CEOs of today's financial crisis. (Really.) "['Pretty Woman'] made those guys seem dashing, which was so wrong," he said. "Thankfully, today, we are all more skeptical of those guys." "Pretty Woman" starred Gere as successful businessman Edward Lewis (Gere), who...

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Character: William ThackerFilm: "Notting Hill"Co-star: Julia Roberts as Anna ScottWhy couldn't a high-profile Hollywood A-lister fall in love with a timid bookstore owner?William Thacker was enamored with the beautiful and famous Anna Scott, and it was Thacker's...

To celebrate the November 14th DVD and Blu-ray release of Larry Crowne, which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts we thought, since two stars have an entire bank of classic films between them, we’d count down the Top 10 Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts films. Here’s the list:

10) Cast Away

Last on the list, but certainly not least, is Cast Away starring Tom Hanks. Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx executive who is the sole survivor of a plane crash that leaves him stranded on an uninhabited island. Chuck spends 4 years struggling to live with Wilson, his volleyball and only companion, until he finally escapes back to civilization. Somehow Hanks manages to make a film that features almost solely a man and a ball compelling, emotional, and heart wrenching.

9) My Best Friend’s Wedding

Julia Roberts stars as Julianne Potter, the comically jealous best friend, in this chick flick.

Pretty Woman (1990) is your typical Hollywood rags to riches story.

Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) is a young woman who finds herself down and out; struggling financially, unable to make the rent and ‘forced’ to sell her body on the street. By dramatic coincidence she happens to enter the car (and world) of newly single and rich lawyer Edward Lewis (Richard Gere)

Vivian’s transformation from prostitute to elegant lady of luxury is highlighted through her clothes. Costume designer Marilyn Vance-Straker and her team created an array of stylish and contemporary outfits, beginning with the white and blue revealing dress with thigh-high boots that Roberts dons at the start of the film to Vivian’s most famous costume of all, her floor-sweeping red ball gown worn for the opera sequence.

This red dress represents the pinnacle of her progression to ‘lady’. Its bright, eye-catching colouration, daring deep v-cut or ‘dart’ neckline and ruffled,...

Before there was Sandra Bullock intermingling rom-com fame and Oscar-winning drama, there was Julia Roberts. After one stint on a television show and an uncredited role in 1987's Firehouse, she made a big leap towards success with two films in 1988 -- Satisfaction and Mystic Pizza. Neither was a classic, to be sure, but both served as the perfectly effective stepping stone to stardom. Within a year, she had a co-starring role in Steel Magnolias. A year after that came Pretty Woman. Once Edward Lewis snapped Vivian Ward's fingers in that jewelry case and she laughed, Julia Roberts' fame was solidified.

What followed were the usual reactionary follow-ups to blockbuster roles. She flat-lined, slept with the enemy, and dealt with dying young. Then came Tinkerbell flittering, law studies, and journalism. Even years of so-so roles weren't able to slow her stardom, which was completely solidified in 2000, when she beat out...

Philip French salutes a landmark movie from the dawn of apartheid in South Africa

This remarkable if somewhat solemn adaptation of Alan Paton's classic novel, published in 1948 on the eve of apartheid, is a milestone in political cinema and the presentation of black characters. Directed by Zoltan Korda (previously a specialist in British imperial movies) and co-scripted by an uncredited John Howard Lawson (blacklisted member of the "Hollywood 10"), it stars the great black American actor and activist Canada Lee as an Anglican priest in rural Natal and Charles Carson as a white farmer, brought together in Johannesburg through the entwined fates of their sons. Shot on South African locations by Robert Krasker (who'd just won an Oscar for The Third Man), it provides a vivid and moving portrait of a cruelly divided society of exploited, uprooted black people and troubled, guilty white people and has strong biblical undertones. In one of his earliest roles,...

After Dark Films sent us this really cool movie poster for the upcoming horror film “The Final” by director Joey Stewart and starring Marc Donato (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Jascha Washington, Whitney Hoy, Lindsay Seidel and Justin Arnold. Jason Kabolati of Agora Entertainment produced while Edward Lewis Von Hohn and Bill Randle served as executive producers on the film. The film is the sixth title to be included in After Dark’s latest installment of Horrorfest: 8 Films to Die For. Synopsis: In The Final, the scenic Workley Ranch in Rocky Branch, TX, becomes the setting for retribution and revenge. In the midst of a wild costume party, five previously powerless [...]...

After Dark Films CEO Courtney Solomon has announced that After Dark has acquired the teen revenge thriller The Final after inking a deal with Agora Entertainment. The film is the sixth title to be included in After Dark’s latest installment of Horrorfest: 8 Films to Die For. Joey Stewart makes his directorial debut working from a script written by Jason Kabolati. The film stars Marc Donato (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Jascha Washington, Whitney Hoy, Lindsay Seidel and Justin Arnold. Jason Kabolati of Agora Entertainment produced while Edward Lewis Von Hohn and Bill Randle served as executive producers on the film.

In The Final, the scenic Workley Ranch in Rocky Branch, TX, becomes the setting forretribution and revenge. In the midst of a wild costume party, five previously powerless and picked upon students are giving a “Final Exam” with just one question: “What did you do to deserve this?”

“This haunting...

The Afm (American Film Market) is a very big deal. Every year thousands of people attend and hundreds of films are shown by hopeful indie filmmakers trying to get picked up by a studio for a distribution deal. The festival ended last week but the deals are still coming – one of those deals was between After Dark Films and Agora Entertainment for their horror film The Final.

The Final will join 7 other films in the After Dark Horrorfest 4: 8 Films to Die For which include Hidden, Dread, The Graves, Lake Mungo and Zmd: Zombies of Mass Destruction. Here is the official synopsis for The Final (as well as a trailer for the film):

“In the scenic and remote county of Rocky Branch, Texas, the Workley ranch house would become the infamous scene known internationally on the internet as “The Final.”

“Dane, an awkward student with a deadly vendetta and suicidal tendencies,...

Valentine’s Day has swung back around, but as the world falls deeper into a recession, many loved up couples on a budget will opt for a cosy evening on the sofa. Here are Movie-Moron’s top 20 best romantic movies to get the pulses racing, tears flowing and the hearts fluttering.

20. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Starring Jim Carrey at his best and Kate Winslet at her kookiest, Eternal Sunshine is a refreshing take on a modern love story with a surreal twist. Written by Charlie Kaufman, and directed by Michel Gondry, the movie focuses on Joel Barish (Carrey) who is left broken hearted when he learns his ex girlfriend Clementine (Winslet) undertook a procedure to erase him and their love affair from her memory. In a fit of sadness and anger, Joel undertakes the same procedure, but as he watches his memories of Clementine fade away, he realises that he still loves her,...

Chicago – The Round-Up is in flashback mode this week. Enter our time machine and travel back to an era when an anthology series created by the legendary George A. Romero could actually get a network time slot, Jean-Claude Van Damme was still a star, and Julia Roberts wasn’t quite one yet.

With two catalog titles with nearly nothing in common - “Street Fighter” and “Pretty Woman” - and a beloved TV series finally making its debut - “Tales From the Darkside” - this could be the most unusual, nostalgic, and straight-up weird edition of the Round-Up to date. And that’s saying something.

All three of these titles were released on February 10th, 2009.

“Pretty Woman” (Blu-Ray)

Photo credit: Buena Vista Home Video What more is there to say about “Pretty Woman” that hasn’t been said? It’s one of those films that’s probably playing somewhere in the...