Dennis Hopper, the actor, and Nicholas Ray, the director, had crossed paths before. In 1955. When Hopper played a punk kid in "Rebel Without a Cause," Ray's melodrama about teen alienation that starred James Dean. Down the road, both found themselves blackballed from movies. Ray's fall came in 1963 as he infamously had to abandon "55 Days in … [Read more...]
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’12 Monkeys’: Reeling in the years on SyFy
"Time, it's going to take what it's owed," we're told repeatedly in the latest reincarnation of the "12 Monkeys" tale. Perhaps time feels it's owed more camera time. Starting as a short but remarkable film by France's Chris Marker, the time-travel tale morphed into a full-blown Terry Gilliam feature starring Bruce Willis. Last season, "12 … [Read more...]