Sam Shepard

Date of Birth

1943-11-05

Date of Death

2017-07-27

Place of Birth

Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA

Known for

Black Hawk Down, Voyager, Stealth, The Return, Don’t Come Knocking

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TV Reviews

Landman Season 2 TV Review: Taylor Sheridan’s series is back and even more fun

Posted 7 months ago

Billy Bob Thornton is joined by Sam Elliott and Andy Garcia in the sophomore season of the Texas oil drama.

Chuck Yeager: Pilot & first person to break the sound barrier dies at 97

Posted 6 years ago

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who was one of the subjects of Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff and became the first person to fly faster than sound,...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Cold in July

Posted 6 years ago

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either...

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AMC brings The Right Stuff back to select theaters in honor of John Glenn

Posted 10 years ago

Given the recent loss of aviator/engineer/astronaut John Glenn, select AMC theaters in the US will be screening Philip Kaufman's space travel drama, THE RIGHT STUFF. The film follows the story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their seat-of-the-pants approach...

Mireille Enos suspects she’s being stalked in You Were Never Here

Posted 10 years ago

Former performance artist Camille Thoman has made her narrative feature directorial debut with the psychological thriller YOU WERE NEVER HERE, which uses "the mysterious performance art world of New York City as an atmospheric backdrop". Thoman also wrote the screenplay...

Top 10 Filmmakers You Should Know

Posted 10 years ago

Every year, a new crop of young directing talent breaks out from the independent scene and hits it big. We are all familiar with names like Ava Duvernay, Rian Johnson, Colin Trevorrow, Josh Trank, Ryan Coogler, and J.C. Chandor, but...

Review: Midnight Special

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A man and his young son – who possesses special powers – are on the run from those who may seek to take advantage of the boy and his gifts. REVIEW: There is a quiet intensity in the new...

Interview: Midnight Special’s Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst & Joel Edgerton

Posted 10 years ago

Not unlike last week’s 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, Jeff Nichols‘ MIDNIGHT SPECIAL is a sci-fi movie sure to divide many genre fans. Some will see it as lacking in big, splashy action sequences and/or scares, while others will dig its methodical...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Michael Shannon

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career legendary character actor George Kennedy. This week's subject is more contemporary character actor and one of the brightest talents of his generation… Michael Shannon I've been covering films on JoBlo.com...

Rosamund Pike joins Christian Bale in Scott Cooper-directed western Hostiles

Posted 10 years ago

Deadline has learned that the lovely Miss Rosamund Pike (GONE GIRL, THE WORLD'S END) will star opposite Christian Bale in HOSTILES, a planned western from Bale's OUT OF THE FURNACE director Scott Cooper. The 1892-set epic will follow "a legendary...

Christian Bale and Scott Cooper working together again for Hostiles

Posted 10 years ago

The last time Christian Bale and director Scott Cooper got together, they made the underrated OUT OF THE FURNACE. Now that they’ve elected to team up once more, they appear to be heading out west. Bale and Cooper will be...

You have no idea what you’re dealing with in new Midnight Special trailer

Posted 10 years ago

When Jeff Nichols makes a movie, it immediately has my attention. Following in the strong footsteps of both TAKE SHELTER and MUD, Nichols' latest – MIDNIGHT SPECIAL – tells the story of a young boy with unique powers that could...

Blinding 1st trailer for Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special with Michael Shannon

Posted 11 years ago

Fans of director Jeff Nichols' previous efforts (TAKE SHELTER & MUD), get ready to be happy. The first trailer for his latest flick, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, has arrived. Starring Nichols' go-to-guy Michael Shannon as a father on the run to protect...

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