The Olympic Channel’s Five Rings Films Series Continues With Peter Berg’s...
The Olympic Channel just premiered the second installment of their Five Rings Films series, The People’s Fighters, which is helmed by acclaimed director Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) and produced...
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Inside The Rise Of Cuba’s Rich Olympic Boxing Tradition
Olympic Channel Director Peter Berg’s latest documentary, The People’s Fighters (which is available to stream on the Olympic Channel), opens with five Cuban boxing legends — including four Olympic gold...
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Mark Wahlberg Is A Bipolar Superspy In ‘Mile 22,’ An Intriguingly Convoluted...
STX Films Mile 22 feels a lot like director Peter Berg saw the Raid movies and thought, “Hey cool, I could do something like that.” And, on his first break from depicting real people in three movies...
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A Delightful Chat With ‘Mile 22’ Director Peter Berg About On-Screen...
STX Films Throughout his career, I’ve gone back and forth about Peter Berg, from loving his work (The Kingdom) to being slightly put off by what feels like a tacit endorsement of authoritarianism...
View ArticleThe ‘Spenser Confidential’ Trailer Shows Mark Wahlberg Taking Over A Classic...
It’s been almost two decades since TV and movies did anything with Spenser, the private eye created by mystery novelist Robert B. Parker and most famously played onscreen by Robert Urich in the classic...
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John Hodgman Says There Was Almost A ‘Dune’ Film Adaptation Written By Him...
Universal While all things considered Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece Dune hasn’t gotten too many big screen adaptations as of yet, the lengthy tale of spice, war, and worms has come pretty close....
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Now There’s Going To Be A Pickleball Documentary, You Monsters
Getty Image Fresh off the news that Stephen Colbert will be hosting a celebrity pickleball tournament, The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on a documentary film about the new … fast-growing sport? In...
View ArticleWhat did ‘Black Hawk Down’ teach Eric Bana about ‘Lone Survivor?’
Although he may have been well known elsewhere at the time, Eric Bana’s first Hollywood film was “Black Hawk Down.” In the Ridley Scott movie, Bana played a member of the Delta Force team in...
View ArticleBen Foster Ate Handfuls Of Dirt During ‘Lone Survivor’ Because He Said It...
Peter Berg directs Marky Mark in Lone Survivor, opening this week, which tells the story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, pinned down by the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan during an operation in...
View ArticlePeter Berg and Marcus Luttrell discuss the ‘brutal violence’ of ‘Lone Survivor’
How do you go about sitting down and talking to someone about one of the hardest experiences in their life, even if the other person is willing to have the discussion? That was the question I faced...
View ArticleLone Survivor Review: I Am Peter Berg’s Jingoist Erection
With Lone Survivor, director Peter Berg reminds me a bit of Cartman in the Faith+1 episode of South Park. Cartman changes the object of all the love songs from “girl” to “Jesus” to form a Christian...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Lone Survivor Opened A Case Of Butt Whippin
The Peter Berg-directed Lone Survivor took home an estimated $38.5 million in domestic box office this weekend, the second biggest debut for a January release ever, after Cloverfield‘s $40.1 million...
View ArticleWylie Stateman explains the first-person sound experience of Oscar nominee...
“Lone Survivor” sound editor Wylie Stateman picked up his seventh Oscar nomination to date last month, though despite wonderful work in films like “Cliffhanger,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django...
View ArticleHBO Greenlights Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Ballers’ Series Starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’...
Mark Wahlberg has produced Entourage and Boardwalk Empire for HBO. One is an amazing show, and the other is Entourage. So, presumably figuring they’ve got a 50/50 shot at success, HBO has given the go...
View ArticleReview: HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ a tour de force of devastation and grief
What divine madness could have possibly compelled Damon Lindelof to involve himself with “The Leftovers”? Why would the co-creator and longtime showrunner of “Lost,” who endured so much public abuse...
View Article‘The Leftovers’ creators Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta on their dark,...
I wrote my rave review of HBO’s “The Leftovers” – which began with me wondering why on earth “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof would get involved in a show designed to not offer answers to a cosmic...
View ArticleSeries premiere review: ‘The Leftovers’–‘Pilot’
“The Leftovers” debuted on HBO tonight. I published a review of the early part of the season on Wednesday, and an interview with creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta on Thursday, and now I have...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘Penguin One, Us Zero’
A review of tonight's “The Leftovers” coming up just as soon as the entire cast of “Perfect Strangers” disappears… “I don't want to feel this way anymore.” -Meg One of the most fascinating things to me...
View ArticleWill Mark Wahlberg be rebuilt as the new ‘Six Million Dollar Man’?
(CBR) Fresh off of one big-budget action film with Michael Bay”s “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” Mark Wahlberg has a bionic eye trained on another. That”s if you believe the latest rumor. According...
View ArticleMarky Mark Wahlberg May Be The Next ‘Six Million Dollar Man’
First of all, no, I will not stop calling him Marky Mark. He can come to my house and fight me about it. C’mon, c’mon. Secondly, lots of people have speculated that the current “real-world” cost of the...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘Two Boats and a Helicopter’
A review of tonight’s “The Leftovers” coming up just as soon as I think I know what happened to your face… “Why do you persist?” -Mary What a bizarre, marvelous, freaky, abrupt left turn is “Two Boats...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘B.J. and the A.C.’
A review of tonight's “The Leftovers” coming up just as soon as I stop copping you… “But I think I'm supposed to be broken. Maybe we all are.” -Laurie (via Meg) Before “The Leftovers” debuted, HBO sent...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘Gladys’
A review of tonight's “The Leftovers” coming up just as soon as I listen to a little Hall & Oates… “But there can't be any doubt, Laurie. Because doubt is fire. And fire is gonna burn you up, until...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘Guest’
A review of tonight's “The Leftovers” coming up just as soon as you shoot me… “Guest” offers us our second single-POV episode of the season, and if it's not as intense or disorienting a ride as the...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘Solace for Tired Feet’
A review of tonight's “The Leftovers” coming up just as soon as I get in this refrigerator… “I think I might be going crazy.” -Kevin I'm usually a believer in the idea that a show should speak for...
View ArticleHBO renews ‘The Leftovers’ for season 2
Time to stock up on cigarettes and Sharpies, folks, because HBO has renewed “The Leftovers” for a second season. This is a fairly late pick-up as HBO has done business recently – new shows renewals...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘Cairo’
A review of tonight's “The Leftovers” – which HBO renewed a few days ago – coming up just as soon as I keep my gun in the crisper… “That's all any of us want now, every single one of us. Not answers....
View ArticleReview: ‘The Leftovers’–‘The Garveys at Their Best’
A review of tonight's “The Leftovers” coming up just as soon as I get a Thug Life tattoo on my neck… “Sometimes, you have to pretend.” -Kevin “The Leftovers” has offered some very brief glimpses of the...
View ArticleSeason finale review: ‘The Leftovers’–‘The Prodigal Son Returns’
“The Leftovers” wrapped up its first season earlier this evening. A review of the finale coming up just as soon as we have different physiques… In the end, it was the goddamn dog that wrecked me. Love...
View ArticleMark Wahlberg Will Be ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’
Like this, but after inflation. Back in July we reported Universal wanted Marky Mark — er, Mark Wahlberg to star in a remake of The Six Million Dollar Man, which would likely be retitled The Sixty...
View Article‘Lone Survivor’ creative team signs on for ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ reboot
While I wasn't the biggest fan of “Lone Survivor,” I was impressed with the way they managed to turn it into a genuine hit. It's a pretty stark and brutal story, but Mark Wahlberg worked overtime to...
View ArticlePeter Berg to direct high-minded drug cartel story ‘Hunt for El Chapo’
Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker story “The Hunt for El Chapo” is a terrifying, bizarre, and occasionally funny look at modern drug trafficking. Delving into the lavish world of Joaquín Guzmán Loera,...
View ArticleMark Wahlberg Has Some News About ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’
Possibly the next hottest Back-to-School item. Collider took part in a roundtable interview with Mark Wahlberg about his upcoming film The Gambler, and someone asked him for an update to the news that...
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Ronda Rousey Will Team Up With ‘The Raid’ Star Iko Uwais For A Peter Berg Film
Getty Image Fresh off her incredible 14-second victory at UFC 184, Ronda Rousey said she would be taking some time off to film a movie before getting back into the fight game. Now, we have news...
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Peter Berg Is Producing A Feature-Length Documentary About Rihanna
Getty Image After saddling her with some sweet dialogue about fried chicken and how her daddy always tole her the aliens was gon’ come in Battleship, Peter “Join The Army, Motherf*cker” Berg is trying...
View ArticleThe Rock Is All About Deals And Dollars In The First Trailer For HBO’s ‘Ballers’
We saw what Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson looks like in a Miami Dolphins uniform in a quickly-deleted image on his Instagram page, but now we know what he’d look like crushing his opponents on a logo-less...
View Article‘Wild Tales’ filmmaker set to write ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ for Mark Wahlberg
As soon as I walked out of “Wild Tales” at Cannes, I started wondering who the first studio would be to hire the filmmaker to make a big American movie. From just one film, it is clear right away that...
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Peter Berg Went Full Marine Todd Meme Over Caitlyn Jenner’s ESPY
Getty Image Transgender acceptance is an important thing and a good thing, and long overdue, but I completely understand people’s knee-jerk reticence to see the positive in anything associated with the...
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Peter Berg Apologizes For His Caitlyn Jenner Post, But Blames It On The...
Getty Image Look, people, I enjoy defending someone who was on the Kardashians less than anyone, but if you’re going to bash Caitlyn Jenner, don’t act like deliberately using the wrong pronoun means...
View ArticleFrotcast 256: Comic-Con-troversy, ‘Ant-Man,’ And ‘Suicide Squad,’ With Burnsy...
https://filmdrunk.podbean.com/mf/web/krf6us/Frotcast257_LaremyBurnsyOnCryingComic-ConFansAnt-ManSuicideSquad.mp3– Listen on the player above, or download as an mp3 here (right-click, save as)....
View ArticleJohn Goodman Joins The Hunt For The Boston Bombers With Mark Wahlberg In...
As Mark Wahlberg’s account of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Patriots Day, continues to roll in and around Boston, a big name has joined the cast. John Goodman, currently on screen in 10 Cloverfield...
View ArticleMark Wahlberg And Kurt Russell Attempt To Stop Disaster In The Trailer For...
If you like your star-studded action movies based on horrifying environmental disasters that actually happened, then make sure you’re sitting down because Mark Wahlberg has a gift for you. Wednesday...
View Article‘Deepwater Horizon’ looks like the real deal
Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes, and clips and puts it all in perspective. Get off the phone, Mark Wahlberg! Get off the phone! Even if your wife is Kate...
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We Watched Peter Berg Quiz Mark Wahlberg On If He’s King Arthur In The New...
Lionsgate / Getty Image Quite a few odd things happened during this interview, which occurred on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at the Toronto International Film Festival. First of all, I started...
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Peter Berg Is Still Talking About A Sequel To ‘The Rundown,’ And He Has The...
Getty Image Before Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tried to shed his wrestling nickname, anointed himself “Franchise Viagra,” and helped the Fast and Furious empire become a billion-dollar hitmaker, the...
View Article‘Patriots Day,’ The Peter Berg-Directed Boston Marathon Bombing Movie, Has A...
Like the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, the Boston Marathon bombing is now the subject of a film from director Peter Berg and star Mark Wahlberg. Deepwater Horizon hit theaters six years after the...
View ArticleThe Latest ‘Patriots Day’ Trailer Attempts To Pit Love Against Hate At The...
In the first teaser for director Peter Berg’s new movie about the Boston Marathon bombing, Patriots Day, much of the action (or lack thereof) centered on Mark Wahlberg’s character and the city itself....
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Peter Berg Wants To Spread A Message Of Love With ‘Patriots Day’
Getty Image On Monday afternoon, after a banquet thrown by publicist Peggy Siegal for the film Patriots Day at Manhattan’s Lotos Club, I had the chance to speak briefly with director Peter Berg about...
View Article‘Patriots Day’ Mixes Thrills With An Insidiously Tasteful Endorsement Of...
Peter Berg has done a terrible thing. Not because he’s made a terrible movie — that would’ve been better — but because he’s made a movie just good enough that the valid criticisms of it are inevitably...
View ArticleA Clarification On The Miranda-Free Interrogations, And The ‘High Value...
In my review of Patriots Day yesterday, I discussed a few points of the story that seemed slightly vague or ambiguous in the movie, such as the interrogation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow, Katherine...
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