Seasons change, and so do other things Oct 13, 2008
A time to kill, and a time to heal A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. As a nation, we are engaged for the moment in what amounts to a time to hate, a time of war, at least in political terms. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
New Regency Further Expands and Enhances Motion Picture Production Division Sep 4, 2008
New Regency Productions, which was founded in 1991, has produced such high-profile films as JFK, Under Siege, Free Willy, A Time To Kill, Tin Cup, Devil's Advocate, Heat, L.A. Confidential, City Of Angels, The Negotiator, Entrapment, Fight Club, Big Momma's House, Don't Say A Word, Unfaithful, Daredevil, Man On Fire, Guess Who, Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Date Movie And Alvin And The Chipmunks. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Fanning's dance with 'devil music' Aug 20, 2008
old in A Time To Kill because she was black. It s always about color for some people. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Teachers reminded of role in 'Circle of Life' Aug 12, 2008
She also appeared in such films as A Time to Kill and Mississippi Burning. Currently, she is the department chair of Alabama State University s theatre arts program. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Actor McConaughey To Bury Baby's Placenta Aug 12, 2008
The actor's other film credits include "We Are Marshall," "Sahara," "Contact," "Amistad," "A Time to Kill" and "Dazed and Confused.". Previous Stories. (Click2Houston, TX)
Matthew McConaughey's unique fertilizer - the placenta from his son's birth Aug 10, 2008
The US star of A Time To Kill and Fool's Gold told CNN's House Call With Sanjay Gupta that he hoped the ritual would help to fertilize the land. "It's going to bear some wonderful fruit," said the 38-year-old. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Adam Shankman Signs on to Direct Phoenix Pictures' John Grisham Novel 'Playing for Pizza', J. Mills Goodloe Signs on to Adapt Aug 7, 2008
Grisham's novels have been made into numerous films, including the 'The Firm', 'The Client', 'The Pelican Brief', 'The Chamber', 'A Time To Kill' and 'Runaway Jury. Grisham's first non-fiction book, 'The Innocent Man', is in development at Warner Bros. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Daily best bets Jul 22, 2008
You may know him from the films "Aliens 3" or "A Time To Kill" or from TV's "Roc." Excerpts of works by the Tony and Emmy Award winner are highlighted, followed by a dialogue with him. 6:30 p.m. $20. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
McConaughey sets up record label Jul 17, 2008
The A Time To Kill star has already signed his first act, a reggae singer, and is approaching other major music labels for backing. A source tells New York gossip column PageSix, "He's looking for a distribution deal with all the major labels for his own label."His first artist is a reggae guy called Mishka. (FOX23.com, OK)
FYI: 2008-09 newcomers' guide to metro Jackson Jul 16, 2008
Madisons county seat, Canton has been featured in movies such as My Dog Skip, A Time To Kill, and O Brother, Where Art Thou. Its historic neighborhoods, picturesque town square and 150-year-old Greek Revival Courthouse provide a particularly Southern backdrop for the citys numerous tourism events. (The Clarion-Ledger)
McConaughey becomes father Jul 13, 2008
The 38-year-old, whose films include A Time to Kill and The Wedding Planner, said Levi was another name for the biblical apostle Matthew. McConaughey will shortly be seen in action comedy Tropic Thunder alongside Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Judd: Womens rights can end poverty Jun 3, 2008
But then Judd went to Hollywood to be an actress, establishing her credentials with roles in such movies as A Time to Kill, Double Jeopardy and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. It wasnt until 2003, when she was filming Twisted in San Francisco, that she finally realized she had to do something to help others. (MSNBC -- News)
The Appeal by John Grisham May 25, 2008
John Grisham is the author of 19 previous novels, beginning with the 1989 thriller, A Time to Kill. His breakthrough novel was The Firm, which became a movie with Tom Cruise. (Suite101.com)
Barbour signs movie incentives bill May 14, 2008
The facility was located on 25 acres in Canton, where the movies My Dog Skip and A Time To Kill were filmed. Mississippi also has been the location for some other films such as `The Insider, The Chamber and O Brother, Where Art Thou. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Sex symbols: the guys Mar 30, 2008
Sexiest role: Jake Brigance in A Time to Kill (1996). Quote: "Wait until you see the roles I could take after this. You're going to see my gut hanging over, plus 22 [pounds]. It'll be a whole new kind of sexy!". (Florida Times-Union)
Screen pairing golden Feb 10, 2008
It s got everything, says McConaughey, the son of a Texas gas-station owner who shot to fame with his role in A Time To Kill opposite Sandra Bullock. Remember when you d go, Man, I wish we could go back on that camping trip. (Wilkes Barre Times-Leader)
The many 'dos of Samuel L Jackson Feb 9, 2008
What a vivid cornucopia would disclose itself to us: the "wet look" Jehri curl in Pulp Fiction; the absurd dangly beard-with-a-bell-in-it he sports in Jackie Brown; the ragged, tufty six-dollar crop in A Time To Kill and (a more grandfatherly version here) in Black Snake Moan; his many bald outings; deeply unflattering little man loser cuts in movies like Changing Lanes; some of the craziest afros imaginable, including in Menace II Society, and his bold experiments in hair weaves and extensions,... (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Matthew McConaughey Feb 6, 2008
" In the middle of this month, McConaughey will go to Boston to begin shooting "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," another comedy, this one costarring Jennifer Garner. For a movie star with a quote in the millions, McConaughey over his career has never been a superhero. He has never saved the world, solved a murder, grieved a wife or died onscreen. He did set a black man free as a Mississippi defense lawyer in 1995's "A Time to Kill," Joel Schumacher's adaptation of the John Grisham novel about the... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Shirtless in paradise Feb 5, 2008
" McConaughey credits the 12-month break in Australia as "helping me work out what I wanted to do". On his return to Texas he studied directing but his good looks and charm eventually led him to the front of the camera. At a bar with a casting director, he talked his way into his first big gig, Dazed And Confused. Then he talked director Joel Schumacher and author John Grisham into casting him over Brad Pitt as the lead in A Time To Kill. Fame followed. His romances were chronicled in the press... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
No foolish grin for Matthew McConaughey Feb 4, 2008
He has done message movies (1995's A Time to Kill and 2006's We Are Marshall), serious prestige titles (1997's Amistad and Contact) but his mainstream forte remains the romantic comedy, where he has wooed Hudson, Jennifer Lopez and Sarah Jessica Parker. Tabloid darling. (USA Today)
A look back at McConaughey's life Feb 4, 2008
In July, his performance as a Southern lawyer in A Time to Kill wins him acclaim as a rising actor ... 1997: In February, McConaughey and fellow Texan Sandra Bullock, who also starred in A Time to Kill, are spotted frequently in public and on vacations ... Wins breakthrough-performance award for A Time to Kill at MTV Movie Awards in June. (USA Today -- Life)
Matthew Kiebus Jan 26, 2008
" Aside from swimming, Scholz also enjoys writing. This hobby began with him imitating the writing of TV shows and has evolved into writing short stories. His favorite author is John Grisham, his favorite books "A Time to Kill," "The Chamber" and "The Innocent Man. " "I love writing criminal justice stories. (ESPN -- College Sports)
10 Questions for John Grisham Jan 25, 2008
The Client and A Time to Kill. His latest book, The Appeal, is out Jan. 29. (Time.com)
Matthew McConaughey, girlfriend expecting baby Jan 16, 2008
He got his big break playing the lead in the 1996 legal thriller "A Time to Kill," and has lately found a successful niche with romantic comedies such as "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" and "Failure to Launch.". In the latest issue of Playboy, he said he looked forward to fatherhood and the prospect of "some little McConaugheys running around." But, as the son of parents who divorced each other twice before marrying a third time, he was less excited about walking down the aisle. (Reuters Canada)
McConaughey injured preparing for fight flick Dec 18, 2007
McConaugheys screen credits include Failure to Launch, We Are Marshall and A Time to Kill. Hell next be seen in the comedy Fools Gold, co-starring Kate Hudson. (MSNBC -- News)
'Dirty Sexy' offers darling roles for film stars Sutherland, Clayburgh Dec 5, 2007
The two were in the 1996 film A Time to Kill but not in the same scenes. There also was talk Donald might play the evil father of Kiefer's Jack Bauer in 24 last season, a role that went to James Cromwell. (USA Today)
Redacted Review Dec 3, 2007
That there are countless terrible truths about the management of the war in the film sadly becomes insignificant in the face of so many overbearing confrontations and false showdowns; a military inquisition shouldn't feel like the climax of A Time to Kill, for example. Perhaps appropriately, the last scene embodies all that's wrong with the film, and in a way, with our need to explore subject matter like this. (IGN FilmForce)
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham Nov 22, 2007
John Grisham is the author of twenty novels, beginning with the 1989 thriller, "A Time to Kill." His breakthrough novel was "The Firm," which became a movie with Tom Cruise. Grisham is married with two children and divides his time between homes in Mississippi and Virginia. (Suite101.com)
The barbershop boys: Razor-sharp wit keeps Canton business buzzing Oct 28, 2007
Only during the mid-1990s, when the movie A Time To Kill was filmed here, have Chandler and O'Cain worried that the shop might not make it. While most businesses in the area thrived and Canton became known nationwide, the regulars seeking a haircut would see the streets blocked off and strangers all over town, and keep driving. (The Clarion-Ledger)
'Against all odds' Oct 14, 2007
In 1988, he and wife Renee threw a party to celebrate the publication of his first book, A Time to Kill ... He has had 19 books top the best-seller charts, including A Time to Kill after it was picked up by giant Doubleday and re-released ... "Hardback copies of A Time To Kill, which he tried to sell for $19 at the party that night and later at any library that would allow him to have a signing, now go for between $3,000 and $4,000.Evans has one for sale. It is inscribed to someone and signed.... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Bringing the talent to the Web Sep 12, 2007
In 1995, Morris said, McConaughey was asked to read for a supporting role in the film adaptation of John Grisham's "A Time to Kill." Morris, who had been working for him for nothing as well, urged his friend to "tell them you want to be the lead.". McConaughey did so, took a screen test, and won Grisham's approval. (International Herald Tribune)
'They were telling me how to have sex' Jun 23, 2007
After the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January - it will open in the US as Meet the Dwights on the all-important July 4 long weekend - Booth was recruited by Hollywood agent William Morris and flew to Los Angeles to meet Schumacher, director of Veronica Guerin and A Time to Kill. She will also play Germaine Greer in Hippie Hippie Shake, the screen adaptation of Oz magazine founder Richard Neville's memoir - which Greer has refused to read. (Sydney Morning Herald)
ACTING THEIR AGE May 27, 2007
Donald Sutherland, seemingly a millennium removed from the Hawkeye Pierce in "M*A*S*H," chilled us to the bone at age 60 as a Klan leader in "A Time to Kill," at 65 as a dad who patiently teaches his adult son to kill in "Panic," and, at 69, when he brought pure evil to the role of an antiques dealer in Stephen King's "Salem's Lot.". In looking at veteran actors, it's hard to find one who didn't embrace his inner Manson as the years wore on: Jon Voight at 59, played a deadly Karl Rove-like... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
States compete with location incentives May 10, 2007
Mississippi has an impressive film history, with features such as "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," "A Time to Kill" and, most recently, "Walk the Line" and "Black Snake Moan." Yet according to Ward Emling, director of Mississippi's Film Office, the state's direct spend revenue for last year was only $1 million. "Walk the Line" lensed in 2004, and "Black Snake Moan" shot last year. (Variety)
Getting serious Apr 26, 2007
Schumacher, Hollywood's king of darkness who has directed such disparate films as '80s classics St Elmo's Fire and Lostboys, star-heavy '90s fare Flatliners, A Time To Kill and Batman & Robin, gritty, controversial offerings Falling Down, 8MM and Tigerland, and the lush, box office failure Phantom of the Opera is all light and happiness today. The lanky 67-year-old is glowing with good health a far cry from his hard-partying years addicted to drugs and alcohol. (Courier Mail)
Can you live with sex offender? Apr 24, 2007
That said, if I ever found out that anyone had molested my 2 grandbabies (family or not), I would be just like the Dad in the movie A Time to Kill. By Sad for America. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Regency draws Harper Mar 27, 2007
More successful, high-profile titles in Regency's library include "JFK," "A Time to Kill," "L.A. Confidential" and "Fight Club.". Upcoming slate includes family comedy "Firehouse Dog," sci-fier "Jumper," "The Night Watchman" and remakes "Into the Mirror" and "Shutter.". (Variety)
David Matalon to Step Down as CEO of Regency Enterprises; Opts for Production Deal with Regency Mar 9, 2007
Regency Entertainment's production unit, New Regency Productions was founded in 1991 and has produced many high-profile films over the years, including: JKF, Under Siege, Free Willy, A Time To Kill, Tin Cup, Devil's Advocate, Heat, L.A. Confidential, City Of Angels, The Negotiator, Entrapment, Fight Club, Big Momma's House, Don't Say A Word, Unfaithful, Daredevil, Man on Fire, Guess Who, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Date Movie. Regency distributes its films through Twentieth Century Fox in connection... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Matthew McConaughey is a 'Surfer, Dude' Mar 8, 2007
Movie industry daily Variety reports the 37-year-old Texan star of A Time to Kill, Sahara and Failure to Launch will spend the summer catching waves in Malibu, California, for the movie Surfer, Dude. McConaughey, named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2005, has been practising his surfing while filming Fool's Gold in Australia. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Matalon out at Regency Mar 8, 2007
Biggest Regency successes during Matalon's tenure included "Mr. Smith," which grossed nearly $500 million worldwide; "Big Momma's House"; "A Time to Kill"; and "L.A. Confidential.". Upcoming slate includes family comedy "Firehouse Dog"; sci-fier "Jumper," with Hayden Christensen; "The Night Watchman," with Keanu Reeves; and remakes of "Into the Mirror" and "Shutter.". (Variety)
A whiter shade of guile Jan 19, 2007
This is the spirit that animates films as varied as Mississippi Burning, in which Gene Hackman plays a racist FBI agent who helps bring murderous Klansmen to justice, and A Time To Kill, a film starring Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock as crusading white folks who will do anything to ensure that Samuel L. Jackson gets justice in the Deep South. Given the very nature of the industry - movies are driven by stars, and most stars tend to be good-looking white people - it is hardly surprising... (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
- Vanessa Walters Jan 18, 2007
In A Time to Kill it is the white lawyer who goes on the journey, just as it is the white lawyer who comes to the rescue of the slaves in Amistad, and it is the lawyer's children who realise what prejudice is in To Kill A Mockingbird. The story of Africa's "blood diamonds" is soon to be told through the journey of Leonardo di Caprio as the morally bang-on South African. (Guardian Unlimited)
State hopes to regain share of filmmakers Jan 11, 2007
A Time To Kill starring Mathew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock was shot in Canton ... A Time To Kill, which was filmed in Canton, had a more than $40 million budget and spent $5 ... Expenditures for A Time To Kill are the most well-documented of any film made in the state, he said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
