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Book Review: Robert Englund Hollywood Monster
25 November 2009 9:00 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
After I watched 29 horror films and wrote my Halloween articles on Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers for the site, I found a new love for the horror genre and the characters it created and one of those characters recently came knocking on my door, or the postman did, to deliver a review copy of ‘Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams’, the autobiography of Freddy Krueger’s character creator Robert Englund, and I was thrilled.
Not only did I get the book to review I was also lucky to meet Robert Englund himself as he was in London for a signing at Waterstones in Piccadilly Circus and it pretty much made my day after being so heavily immersed in his movies for Halloween and he was a genuine down to earth movie star and an absolute legend.
I tried to get some »
- Gary Phillips
Philip French's screen legends: Shirley Temple | Film
21 November 2009 4:10 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
No. 75: Shirley Temple 1928-
The daughter of a bank clerk, she was born in Santa Monica, a bus ride from Hollywood, and thrust into the movies at the age of three by a fanatically ambitious mother. In her sixth year, she went from supporting to starring roles, had two hit songs ("Baby Take a Bow", "The Good Ship Lollipop"), and was the eighth biggest box-office attraction in America. For the next five years, her confidence as a performer and brilliance as a mimic (in Stowaway she impersonated Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Ginger Rogers and Alice Faye in one virtuoso sequence, as well as conversing in Chinese) made her the biggest child phenomenon ever known. She was 20th Century Fox's greatest asset, the centre of a little industry of commercial spin-offs, the sweet, curly-haired, dimpled kid that every mother wanted her daughter to look like and the top-ranking Hollywood star, »
- Philip French
The 85-Year-old Screen Icon Lauren Bacall Has Been Given An Honorary Oscar
16 November 2009 5:05 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »
The legendary actress accepted the honour this weekend, four months before the full ceremony takes place. Upon receiving the award, she quipped: “I can't believe it - a man at last. The thought that when I get home I'm going to have a two-legged man in my room is so exciting.” The 85-year-old screen icon accepted the gong at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2009 Governors Awards, held on Saturday (14.11.09), where she also paid tribute to her late husband Humphrey Bogart, describing him as “my great love”. The ‘Big Sleep’ actress also thanked a number of leading men who had starred alongside her, including Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck and Henry Fonda. Speaking at the ceremony, Douglas insisted Bacall's image as a tough woman was all show, saying: "She's a pussycat and has a heart of gold." Anjelica Huston presented Bacall with her prize in what was the first »
- Kavy
Lauren Bacall Receives Honorary Oscar
15 November 2009 11:22 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Lauren Bacall has been given an honorary Oscar. The legendary actress accepted the honor this weekend, four months before the full ceremony takes place.
Upon receiving the award, she quipped: "I can't believe it - a man at last. The thought that when I get home I'm going to have a two-legged man in my room is so exciting."
The 85-year-old screen icon accepted the gong at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2009 Governors Awards, held on Saturday, where she also paid tribute to her late husband Humphrey Bogart, describing him as "my great love."
The "Big Sleep" actress also thanked a number of leading men who had starred alongside her, including Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck and Henry Fonda.
Speaking at the ceremony, Douglas insisted Bacall's image as a tough woman was all show, saying: "She's a pussycat and has a heart of gold."
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15 November 2009 8:30 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Emil Jannings, Warner Baxter, George Arliss and Lionel Barrymore. Wallace Beery and Fredric March simultaneously. Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Victor McLaglen. Paul Muni and Spencer Tracy². Robert Donat, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper and James Cagney. Paul Lukas, Bing Crosby, Ray Milland and Fredric March, who was worth returning to. Ronald Colman, Laurence Olivier, Broderick Crawford, José Ferrer and Bogie. 'Coop' again. William Holden and Marlon Brando a few years late. Ernest Borgnine, Yul Brynner and Alec Guiness. David Niven, Charlton Heston and Burt Lancaster. Maximillian Schell, Gregory Peck and Sidney Poitier who made history. Rex Harrison, Lee Marvin, Paul Scofield, Rod Steiger, Cliff Robertson and 'The Duke'. George C Scott though he refused. Gene Hackman. Marlon Brando by way of Sacheen Littlefeather. Jack Lemmon, Art Carney, Jack Nicholson and (posthumously) Peter Finch. Richard Dreyfuss, Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Henry Fonda. Ben Kingsley, Robert Duvall, F Murray Abraham, »
- NATHANIEL R
Top Ten Movies About U.S. Politics
3 November 2009 9:45 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Life is political. Hollywood is political. And yesterday in the U.S., the state elections were very political in the broad sense of the term, since many pundits kept arguing that they served as a referendum on President Obama and his policies.
We make no such claims. We're not here to talk U.S. politics specifically, but with all this political fever in play, what better time than to reflect back on what we believe are the ten best movies about American politics?
There are some terrific contenders here; not surprisingly some from decades gone by. But in most, the themes of power and corruption going hand-in-hand is front and center. It's material that's inherently rife with conflict, making for some of the best drama to be found anywhere.
So have a look at the following pages and our selections for the best movies about American politics. And when you're finished, »
Villains We Love: Angel Eyes
19 October 2009 2:45 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Great villains are scattered throughout the Westerns, but some of the most memorably savage come from the films of Sergio Leone. While Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West gets a lot of props for the way he mows down the McBain family (including its youngest and most adorable moppet), it was nothing that Lee Van Cleef hadn't already done in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Angel Eyes seems to be dismissed as something akin to Leone fan fiction, and it's his relation (or lack of) to Van Cleef's Col. Mortimer in A Few Dollars More that people find to be more interesting than his villainy.
But he's a great villain, mostly because he's absent for much for so much of the film. Leone gives him a ruthless introduction (a scene Quentin Tarantino mirrored perfectly with Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds) and promptly yanks him out of the narrative. »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Obit: Veteran Hollywood Publicist Frank Liberman dies at 92
24 September 2009 5:04 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Hollywood publicist Frank Liberman, longtime rep for Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller, has died at age 92.
Lieberman worked in the industry for seven decades, representing stars such as Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, William Shatner, Tony Bennett, Jack Paar, Joan Blondell and Joey Bishop. But it was his decades-long relationships with Hope, and later Diller, that defined his career.
Diller told the Los Angeles Times that Liberman was a "gentle man" with a "marve... »
- Glenn Abel
Top Publicist Liberman Dead At 92
24 September 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Beloved Hollywood publicist Frank Liberman has died at a hospital in Tarzana, California, aged 92.
During his 50 years in the business, Liberman represented comedians Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller as well as Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, William Shatner and Nat 'King' Cole.
A former publicist for Warner Brothers, Liberman launched his own public relations company, Frank Liberman and Associates, in 1947. »
Nine Inch Nails 'Wave Goodbye' For The Last Time In Los Angeles
11 September 2009 10:11 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
By Cara Alwill
After rescheduling two out of the four Los Angeles dates on the "Wave Goodbye" tour, Nine Inch Nails pulled out all the stops for their California fans, wrapping up the band's live farewell with a show at the Wiltern last night, which featured a guest appearance from Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro on three tunes.
What tricks were up mastermind Trent Reznor's sleeve this week? While New York fans were treated to a performance of the entirety of The Downward Spiral and guest appearances by Bauhaus' Peter Murphy, the Los Angeles shows has secrets of their own. Gary Numan joined the band at the Echoplex on September 6 and again at the Henry Fonda Theater on September 8. The Echoplex — a dingy, overheated basement club venue which shares its name with a song on the 2008 album Nin The Slip — was the perfect setting for Reznor's rage-filled, claustrophobic songs. »
- MTV News
Nine Inch Nails Farewell Show Cancelled, But Tour Soldiers On With Special Guests, Surprises
3 September 2009 2:51 PM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
By Cara Alwill
With just two shows now left on his farewell tour, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor has canceled tonight's concert at Los Angeles' Henry Fonda Theater. In a very brief statement on the band's official Web site, the group says, "We're very sorry to announce that Trent is ill, and on his doctor's orders we will not be able to perform tonight's show at the Henry Fonda Theater. We wish this wasn't necessary and we're very sorry for the inconvenience."
After a wave of instant-classic performances on the band's "Wave Goodbye" tour, today's news comes as quite a disappointment to fans who have no doubt been anticipating the concert based on the rave reviews of all the dates so far. Reznor blazed through four nights in New York, and made good on all the promises of beefed up setlists and a "few surprises." The Newsroom already reported »
- MTV News
That Dastardly Henry Fonda! When Good Cowboys Go Bad
28 August 2009 9:01 PM, PDT | amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns | See recent amctv.com - Future of Classic: Westerns news »
From Robin Williams playing a psycho in One Hour Photo to Jim Carrey playing, well... a psycho in The Cable Guy, actors have always enjoyed upending expectations with their roles. Home Alone's Macaulay Culkin? Check (The Good Son). E.T. cutie-pie Drew Barrymore? Check (Poison Ivy). But those role reversals are particularly jarring in Westerns, where the line between good and bad is so firmly etched in the sand. Which »
Top 10 Great Movie Deaths
27 August 2009 12:16 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Photo: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Top 10 Great Movie Deaths Movies love to kill people, and actors love to die (preferably slowly and with a great close-up). Yet, more often than not, film fatalities are an accountant's errand. Just another tally mark in the body count. This isn't a list celebrating the art of ludicrous squibs and exploding craniums. The following movie deaths deliver more oomph than henchmen #4 getting steamrolled by the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. These are the death scenes we remember long after the actors have screamed, slobbered, cried, coughed, wheezed, or drawn out to William Shatner-esque lengths their final words. They are a perfect combination of acting, writing, filmmaking, image and idea. Some are shocking. Some are sad or bittersweet. Others funny. Some deaths you cheer on. All are memorable. Let's begin to experience ten (technically eleven) great ends, and considering the nature of this list, yes, there are spoilers, »
- David Frank
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: An overwhelming study of life and illusion
21 August 2009 8:26 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
There are many things in this world that I find truly baffling. Why are we destroying our marine habitats so that rich Japanese restaurants can sell expensive soup? Why do we demand that politicians solve all our problems for us, while secretly willing them to fail? Why do we keep expecting Guy Ritchie to make another good film? But perhaps the most baffling of all is the fact that Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has never been released on DVD in Britain. It is perhaps the finest filmic adaptation of a stage play ever rendered on celluloid. But only American audiences are able to enjoy it in the comfort of their own homes. Adaptations of plays can often be morbidly dull. They rely on the same visceral energy and tension that works so well in a theatre but is almost impossible to transfer onto a video recording that will be »
- Nicholas Deigman
Cjamango
15 August 2009 3:36 AM, PDT | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »
Sergio Corbucci's Django revolutionised the Spaghetti Western genre in many ways. The low-budget retelling of Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars – itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo – ramped up the violence, the amorality, the bloodletting and the insanity factor to an unprecedented scale, spawning a glut of rip-offs, cash-ins and unofficial sequels of varying degrees of quality. It also, quite unintentionally, began a trend for titular heroes whose names ended in the letter 'o' and when said quickly enough could possibly be mistaken for Django.
There was Anthony Steffen - the Spaghetti Western standard-bearer, himself no stranger to playing Django - starring as the main man in both Garringo and Shango. 'Sword and Sandal' star Brad Harris as the fast gun in Durango is Coming, Pay or Die. Montgomery Clark (Dante Posani) as the gambling gunslinger in Djurado and Ivan Rassimov in this, 1967's Cjamango. »
- Nick
Film: Review:Spread
14 August 2009 2:15 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
“How can you trust a man who wears a belt and suspenders? Man can’t even trust his own pants.” These words of wisdom, uttered by Henry Fonda in Once Upon A Time In The West, might have saved the women of Los Angeles from the scourge of Ashton Kutcher’s heartbreaker in Spread. Strutting around in designer casual that threatens to slide off his lean frame—hence the belt and suspenders—Kutcher plays a professional cad who’s somewhere between Warren Beatty in Shampoo and a Bret Easton Ellis character. He’s ingratiating and slightly pathological, using his metrosexual ... »
Quentin Tarantino visits Jimmy Kimmel: Soda can bongs and childhood nostalgia
8 August 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Quentin Tarantino showed up on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night looking like an extra from Swingers, wearing dark cuffed jeans and a black and white bowling shirt with a martini logo. He'd come from Madame Tussaud's where he posed for the cameras with his new wax double, whose coarse hair blew disconcertingly in the breeze along with the real Tarantino's. The Inglorious Basterds director was in fine spirits, and dished happily about the process of snagging Brad Pitt to star in his new WWII revisionist history flick. Picture this: Tarantino flew to France to spend the night at the Jolie Pitt vineyard. Six bottles of wine later the men bust out the soda can bong. (Earmuffs, Zahara! See the clip below.) This portrait of debauchery contradicts Brad Pitt's recent chortlings to the media that with six curtain climbers running around underfoot he likes to call it a day by »
- Karen Valby
Check These Out: TCM's Summer Under the Stars Posters
14 July 2009 10:54 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
The always wonderful Turner Classic Movies is launching their new summer movie series called Summer Under the Stars. This marathon will include 42 films that will be making their premiere on TCM. Each and every day, from August 1st to August 31st, they will run a daily marathon of films featuring one classic actor, including Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Harold Lloyd, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, and Clark Gable (you can download the full schedule here). In honor of their upcoming series, TCM has debuted a few special posters created for some of the classics that will be making their premiere on TCM. The Magnificent Seven Dr. Strangelove To Catch a Thief Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Letter Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Thanks to Rope of Silicon for first featuring these beautiful posters. Click that link to see a lot more of these, including great contemporary posters for Grapes of Wrath, »
- Alex Billington
Classic Movies Get The Teaser Poster Treatment
14 July 2009 3:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
The world of movie marketing certainly has changed over the years, and some of the greatest films to ever come out of Hollywood never got the chance to have high powered marketing teams behind them creating multi-million dollar campaigns. But when it comes to poster art, classic artists like Saul Bass or Bob Peak have yet to be matched. Now, thanks to Turner Classic Movies, we've got a perfect blend of the old and the new in their set of teaser posters for their Summer Under the Stars programming line-up (you can download the full schedule on the TCM site) and the results are in a word: fan-freaking-tastic.
There are 12 posters in total, and they include some breathtaking new images for movies like To Catch a Thief, The Big Heat, The Magnificent Seven, and Dr. Strangelove. TCM has provided a heck of a programming month for fans of classic movies, »
- Jessica Barnes
DVD Playhouse--July 2009
14 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—July 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
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