Desperate relatives of a Kelloholm granny tried to save her from being mauled by her dog in her garden.
12.04.2024 - 08:57 / variety.com
Joe Leydon Film Critic Winner of an audience award at the 2023 SXSW film fest, “The Long Game” is an utterly predictable yet thoroughly engaging period drama. Set in 1950s Texas, the film focuses on the true-life story of five Mexican-American youths who triumph against all odds while overcoming adversity, prejudice and periodic self-doubts in their pursuit of a Texas State High School Golf Championship trophy.
Jay Hernandez stars as JB Peña, a WWII vet who takes a job as superintendent of San Felipe High School in Del Rio, not so much to succeed in academia as to be near the Del Rio Country Club, where he hopes to improve his golf game. Trouble is, despite a strong recommendation from his former commanding officer, Frank Mitchell (Dennis Quaid), the club’s golf pro, JB is rejected for membership because, as the club director bluntly explains, other members “are just not used to seeing a Mexican on the golf course.” If JB plays there, it will have to be as Frank’s guest.
Actually, the only people of color to be seen on the grounds are Pollo (Cheech Marin), a sage groundskeeper who protects himself from stray balls by wearing a cage-like suit, and five Mexican-Americans teens — Joe (Julian Works), Gene (Gregory Diaz IV), Felipe (Miguel Angel Garcia), Mario (Christian Gallegos) and Lupe (José Julián) — who work as caddies. It’s not much better beyond the country club, as most of the white folks in Del Rio come across as condescending at best, racist at worst.
The sign in front of a local business pretty much sums up the prevailing attitude of the community: “No Dogs. No Mexicans.” But when JB notices that the five caddies have developed a talent for the game while competing at a one-hole course they’ve improvised for
.Desperate relatives of a Kelloholm granny tried to save her from being mauled by her dog in her garden.
Jim Parsons is teasing his Sheldon Cooper character reprisal from The Big Bang Theory ahead of the Young Sheldon series finale.
Casting for Netflix’s reality competition series Squid Game: The Challenge was a unique challenge: finding 456 diverse and international lead characters.
Lankum‘s Daragh Lynch has spoken to NME about the continued success of their breakthrough album ‘False Lankum’, and Ireland’s huge cultural footprint in 2024.Guitarist Lynch was speaking to NME after this was announced that ‘False Lankum’ had been nominated for Best Album at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards this week (April 13) – up against records by Sampha, Yussef Dayes, RAYE, and CMAT.Speaking about the prestige of the Ivors, Lynch said: “It’s more about in-house respect for people who do what you do, rather than any kind of public or audience buzz.”“The last year has been absolutely mad,” he continued, looking back on 12 months also saw ‘False Lankum’ nominated for the 2023 Mercury Prize. “It’s been very unexpected.
Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the entire first season of “Dead Boy Detectives,” now streaming on Netflix. The Dead Boy Detectives may have closed the case of Port Townsend, but they don’t jump back through the mirror to merry old London the same boys they once were. In the Season 1 finale of Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “Dead Boy Detectives” comic books, Edwin (George Rexstrew) and Charles (Jayden Revri) find themselves in the well-manicured clutches of resident witch Esther (Jenn Lyon), who is hellbent on bottling the youthful elixir she brews from the anguish attached to Edwin’s soul from his decades of torture in Hell.
The National have added a massive Cardiff Castle show to their summer 2024 UK and Ireland tour plans.The American quintet – comprised of Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf and Scott Devendorf – are set to perform at the iconic Wales establishment on July 3.They will be joined by special guests, New Zealand psychedelic rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who will serve as the opening act for the night. Tickets for the Cardiff Castle gig are available to purchase here.The National are also set to perform at a variety of festivals this summer including taking over the Other Stage at this year’s edition of Glastonbury.
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the entirety of Season 1 of Dead Boy Detectives.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music City Parks Foundation has announced the 2024 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s iconic outdoor performing arts festival, bringing 85 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 13 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. Andra Day, Ethel Cain, Ghostface Killa and Kim Gordon are just four of the artists slated to perform.
A small piece of contemporary cinema history was written last night in St Andrews, Scotland when Steven Soderbergh sat down with Joe and Anthony Russo on stage at the Sands International Film Festival to discuss their 2002 collaboration Welcome to Collinwood.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points, including the ending, of “Abigail,” currently playing in theaters. The vampire thriller “Abigail” originated as a modern-day update of the classic horror film “Dracula’s Daughter.” But by the time the filmmaking trio Radio Silence — producer Chad Villella and directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett — began production on “Abigail” in Ireland in the spring of 2023, the movie had virtually no connection to the 1936 Universal picture.
is color. We're in for a vacation season in which the usual neutral tones like white and black are dropped in favor of more striking colors like and, yes, maroon.Maroon sandals have appeared in multiple forms on the catwalk, from the flat strappy sandals at Hermès to the low heels of Lemaire.
Tom Holland and his brother Harry Holland were pictured arriving at the opening night of the Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews. The Scottish film festival is set to take place over three days.
Tom Holland is keeping busy in St. Andrews, Scotland!
2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th Street.The suffragist characters of the musical “Suffs,” which opened Thursday night at the Music Box Theatre, rarely take a breath to celebrate their victories.
Lise Pedersen Documentary “Fixing the War,” about news fixers in Ukraine, was one of 15 projects selected in this week’s edition of VdR-Pitching, Visions du Réel’s international co-production and financing platform. Variety accompanied the team as they pitched to potential partners. The film’s producers Gary Lennon of Plainsong Films and Olga Kravchenko of Moon Man were in Nyon to pitch the film, which is directed by Clare Stronge and Vadym Ikov.
Liam Gallagher has said his collaborative album with John Squire is “just the starter”, hinting that further music from the pair is on the horizon.The former Oasis frontman and ex-Stone Roses guitarist released their self-titled, UK Number One record last month before embarking on a joint UK, Ireland and European headline tour.Following the recent live dates, Gallagher said it would “be rude not to do another album” with Squire. “I think it’s got legs, man,” the singer explained of the team-up.
The UK's most expensive streets to live on with the highest house prices and rent costs have been revealed, with Buckingham Gate in central London topping the list. According to Rightmove, properties on this Westminster street near Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament are selling for an average price of a staggering £9.6 million.
Cynthia Littleton Business Editor HarbourView Equity Partners has made an investment in Mucho Mas Media, the Los Angeles-based content company behind the new golf-themed movie “The Long Game.” The deal calls for HarbourView Equity to executive produce films with Mucho Mas co-CEOs Javier Chapa and Vincent Cordero. With HarbourView’s investment, Mucho Mas intends to expand the scope of its activity in film and TV.
Concert film Suga – Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ The Movie from Trafalgar Releasing took in $990k for Saturday alone, rounding out the North American box office top ten — testament to the power of concert films post-Covid and the enduring popularity of the K-Pop powerhouse. The band is currently on hiatus as members entered military service required in South Korea. But Suga, the youngest, got in one last solo concert in Seoul last year. It was beamed into theaters globally for two playdates on April 10 and April 13, for a cume of $2.2 million.
Sasquatch Sunset directors Nathan and David Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter) always wondered what these hairy giants do when they’re not walking – the only Bigfoot footage available has been a minute of a supposed Sasquatch wandering in the northern California woods. They decided to flesh that out in unique dialogue-free comedic imagining of the creatures’ daily life – eating, fighting, etc. Stars Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek and Nathan Zellner are unrecognizable as the hairy tribe of four that entranced Sundance (see Deadline review). Bleecker Street is opening the film, written by David Zellner, executive produced by Ari Aster, in 9 theaters in New York, LA, San Francisco and Austin, ahead of a big jump to about 800 screens next week.