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Dominique Swain and Shannyn Sossamon join "Road to Nowhere"

3 September 2009 1:05 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique have joined Cliff De Young, John Diehl, Waylon Payne and Tygh Runyan in the romantic thriller "Road to Nowhere." Film is helmed by Monte Hellman and written by Variety executive editor Steven Gaydos. The noir-styled romantic thriller tells of a young filmmaker who becomes tangled in a criminal scheme while she's making a movie on location. Dominic Swain stars as an investigative blogger who uncovers what is supposedly a true crime story on which the film is based. »

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Monte Hellman On The Road To Nowhere

2 September 2009 11:55 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Now here’s a film that should be one to keep an eye on, for all sorts of wildly varying reasons: Monte Hellman, the director of the legendary road movie, Two-Lane Blacktop, hasn’t made a movie in over 20 years, since 1989’s Blind Terror (aka Silent Night, Deadly Night 3).But – and you should be able to see this coming – the 77 year-old is back back back after his Malickian sabbatical with Road To Nowhere, an indie flick described as a romantic thriller about a filmmaker who becomes enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy.That’s Reason For Interest #1. Reason For Interest #2 is the movie’s cast, for today Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique Swain, two members of the school of coulda-beens, signed on to join the already-cast Cliff De Young, John Diehl, Waylon Payne and Tygh Runyan. Sossamon and Swain were on the verge of big things a few years ago, so maybe »

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Dominique Swain and Shannyn Sossamon Find the Road to Nowhere

2 September 2009 5:08 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

In a story from Variety, Dominique Swain and Shannyn Sossamon have come aboard the cast of Monte Hellman's, Road to Nowhere.

Also starring in this film is Cliff De Young, John Diehl, Waylon Payne and Tygh Runyan. The movie follows a young filmmaker who finds themself in a criminal scheme while on location making a movie.

Swain will be an investigative blogger who finds the apparently true crime story that the film is based on. Sossamon plays the woman at the center of the story.

The film is currently shooting in Los Angeles. The screenplay was written by Steven Gaydos.

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Contest: Win Life Is Hot in Cracktown on DVD

23 August 2009 7:40 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Life Is Hot in Cracktown will be released on DVD on August 25 and we are celebrating this critically-acclaimed independent film. We have a brand new contest running and we're giving away this brand new Director's Cut DVD to our readers. These hot discs will surely burn out of here fast, so enter this contest as soon as you can.

Winners Receive:

- Life Is Hot in Cracktown Director's Cut DVD

to win this new DVD today.

Life Is Hot in Cracktown shows the gritty, hard realities of a neighborhood, as well as the struggling, proud people who try to survive them everyday.

Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a somewhat normal life as a married couple. Marybeth works the streets in the hopes of saving enough »

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Exclusive Video: New Life Is Hot in Cracktown DVD Featurette

18 August 2009 5:28 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Life Is Hot in Cracktown hits DVD August 25th, and we have an exclusive video featurette that takes the viewer behind the scenes of Buddy Giovinazzo's latest drama. To learn how the director turned downtown Los Angeles into Cracktown, check out our clip below:

Life Is Hot in Cracktown shows the gritty, hard realities of a drug neighborhood, as well as the struggling, proud people who try to survive there everyday. Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a somewhat normal life as a married couple. Marybeth works the streets in the hopes of saving enough money for her final sex change operation, so then she and Benny can be married. Manny (Victor Rasuk) works two jobs: the late shift in an all night bodega surrounded by young junkies, »

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Clifton Collins Jr. Discusses His Burgeoning Career

26 June 2009 1:56 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Clifton Collins Jr. talks Boondock Saints 2, Extract, directing music videos and much more

A few days ago, I mentioned on my Facebook page that I was extremely excited to be interviewing a favorite actor of mine, Clifton Collins Jr. I was also rather dismayed that there were many friendo's of mine out there who didn't know who he was, by name anyway. Some would recognize him when I mentioned he was the homosexual hitman in the critically-acclaimed film Traffic, or the crazy drug dealer in the equally-underrated The Rules Of Attraction (which is one of my favorite performances of his), some recognize him as the confused killer Perry Smith in Capote, a performance that some think is just as Oscar-worthy as Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Oscar-winning portrayal of Truman Capote. Oh yeah, and, of course, there were those who just recently saw him on the silver screen as Ayel, the »

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Exclusive Clip: A dramatic scene from 'Life Is Hot In Cracktown'

23 June 2009 2:51 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

  The world of independent cinema is a tough road these days.  Even with established stars, it's hard for most films to get a distributor.  "Life Is Hot In Cracktown" is doing it the old fashioned way, one city at a time.Opening in Los Angeles this Friday, the drama features established actors Kerry Washington, RZA, Victor Rasuk, Shannyn Sossamon, Illeana Douglas, Brandon Routh, Mark Webber and Lara Flynn Boyle.  An ensemble drama about the effect's of drugs on an inner city neighborhood, here's more from the film's official synopsis.Based on Buddy Giovinazzo’s best-selling novel, "Life Is Hot In Cracktown" shows the »

- HitFix Staff

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Hugh Jackman Lands a Job in 'Ghostopolis'

4 May 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

It looks like nothing can stop Hugh Jackman. Not cinematic piracy. Not disgruntled fans. As Eugene has pointed out, in spite of all the unhappiness and turmoil, X-Men Origins: Wolverine slipped in this weekend with a sweet box office take that even came out ahead of X2. But could Jackman manage it in the world of ghosts?

The Hollywood Reporter posts that Wolverine has signed on for a starring gig in Ghostopolis -- an upcoming graphic novel from Dough TenNapel. (The man has already sold Tommysaurus Rex to Universal, Creature Tech to New Regency, and Monster Zoo to Paramount, so it's no wonder this is getting a pre-shelf deal.) The book focuses on a man who works for the government's Supernatural Immigration Task Force. "His job is to send ghosts who have escaped into our world back to Ghostopolis." Somehow, a living boy gets shipped over to the ghostly world, »

- Monika Bartyzel

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Watch: Ashlee Simpson returns to television on 'CSI:ny'

7 March 2009 2:52 AM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

  Oh, cast of "Undiscovered," where have you gone? Yes, one of the worst films of 2005 featured the big screen acting debut of one Ashlee Simpson whose Top 40 popularity and some snazzy cinematography couldn't save the movie's lame script and uninspired direction.  Her co-stars have floundered as well, except for possibly Steven Strait who managed to get absolutely no career bump by starring in Roland Emmerich's "10,000 B.C.," but at least it almost made $100 million right?  And poor Shannyn Sossamon.  Online fans loved her last TV series, "Moonlight, but not enough to save it.  The overhyped promise after »

- Gregory Ellwood

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DVD Round Up, Jan. 27, 2009: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘College,’ ‘City of Ember’

27 January 2009 7:19 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – We apologize to the people behind these four titles but the star power is a little dim in this edition of HollywoodChicago.com’s DVD Round Up. When a canceled vampire series is arguably the biggest release in a four-pack of titles, it’s a weird edition of the Round Up. Prepare yourself.

“Amusement,” “City of Ember,” “College,” and “Moonlight”. A straight-to-dvd horror movie, a TV series cancelled after one year, and two movies that barely opened in theaters and made a Combined $13 million in domestic gross. These titles are for specialized audiences but that’s why we love the Round Up. Enjoy.

“Amusement,” “City of Ember,” and “Moonlight: The Complete Series” were released on January 20th, 2009. “College” was released on January 27th, 2009.

“Amusement”

Photo credit: Warner Brothers “Amusement” is one of those movies that you pass at the video store and wonder, “What the heck is that? »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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10 articles from 2009

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