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Ciff 2009: The winners! And our reviews

22 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.

Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"

The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor, »

- Roger Ebert

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No Shortage of Conventions This Halloween Weekend

6 October 2009 11:21 AM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Icons resident staffer Mike Cucinotta recently noted that there's certainly no shortage of classic and revered horror films showing this October.  Well, genre fans who travel the convention circuit will not be left wanting this Halloween weekend, as three conventions hit different parts of the map, each bringing its distinct flavor.

Chiller Theatre:  This twice-yearly mega-event brings a number of faces to Parsippany, NJ.  The convention boasts mainstream stars such as Ann-Margret, Mickey Rooney and Monkey Davy Jones;  convention stalwarts the likes of Kane Hodder, Brinke Stevens and Night Of The Living Dead's Bill Hinzman;  and a few genre rarities such as Lance Guest and Catherine Mary Stewart of Night Of The Creeps.  Because of the recent downturn in the economy, Chiller has downsized this Halloween's show.  But I can personally attest:  I've been to every Chiller for 5 1/2 years, and I've never been disappointed.  Look forward to a »

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Bryce Dallas Howard Oscar Potential? Indie Distributor Picks Up 'Teardrop'

9 September 2009 1:46 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Bryce Dallas Howard in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

Photo: Paladin I just received a press release from the new independent film company Paladin, announcing they have picked up and will release The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Oscar nominee Ann-Margret, Meryl Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer and Will Patton. The drama is based on a heretofore unproduced original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams and directed by Jodie Markell, in her feature debut. In one of the few reviews of the film coming out of the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Joe Leydon at Variety offered up mixed feelings with the following intro: The fragrant aroma of magnolias is undercut by the distinct smell of mothballs throughout "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond," an admirably earnest but curiously flat attempt to film a long-unproduced scenario by Tennessee Williams. Although Williams penned »

- Brad Brevet

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Cast Announced In Lucky

5 September 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Variety is reporting that Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor have all been announced to headline the upcoming indie comedy “Lucky,” directed by Gil Cates Jr. The film is slated to start shooting next week in Iowa. Produced by Cates and Ten/Four co-founder Caitlin Murney and written by SNL alumn Kent Sublette, “Lucky,” follows a serial killer who ends up winning the lottery and decides to try and pursue his lifelong crush from childhood. So far no release date or specifics about roles have been released about “Lucky”. Stay tuned for more news right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com) »

- Costa Koutsoutis

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Actors set for 'Lucky'

4 September 2009 2:26 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor will star in the independent comedy "Lucky," with shooting to start next week in Iowa.According to Variety, Gil Cates Jr. will direct, and the film will be produced by Cates and Ten/Four co-founder Caitlin Murney. It will be co-financed and executive produced with Anthony Gudas and Matthew Chausse's Rhode Island-based Tax Credit Finance."Lucky," written by "Saturday Night Live" writer Kent Sublette, focuses on a blossoming serial killer who wins the lottery and attempts to pursue his lifelong dream girl. »

- Adnan Tezer

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Ann-Margret Vs. Peggy Olson: It's On

4 September 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

While Episode Three of Mad Men had plenty of musical moments to remember -- from concertina recitals to blackfaced showstoppers to baked a cappella-offs -- its second episode had just one. In a darkened boardroom, we were sent via Sterling Cooper Wabac Machine to 1963 for Ann-Margret's uncharacteristically shrill performance of the title song to Bye, Bye Birdie, upon which they were to base their campaign for Patio diet cola. Against a blue backdrop, the Swedish-born sex kitten and infrequent Flintstones guest star pined for the Broadway-musicalized version of Elvis, (who she'd ironically be blue-balling in Viva Las Vegas the very next year), along the way earning the respect of deeply closeted Charles Strouse fan Sal Romano, and a slap from Peggy Olson, who observes, "Let's assume we can get a girl who can match Ann-Margret's ability to be 25 and act 14."

Ann-Margret was watching:

"My daughter-in-law called and said: »

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Colin Hanks, Ari Gaynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor in 'Lucky'

4 September 2009 1:11 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Colin Hanks, Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor are to star in the independently financed comedy "Lucky," which is set to start filming some time next week in Iowa. Gil Cates Jr. ("Deal") will helm and is producing with Ten/Four co-founder Caitlin Murney. "Saturday Night Live" writer Kent Sublette wrote the screenplay which tells of a fledgling serial killer who wins the lottery and go after his lifelong crush. »

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Imho "True Blood" (2.11): Frenzy

31 August 2009 10:11 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

It was another chaotic episode of True Blood last night, but we had some great scenes with the Vampire Queen, who revealed more about Maryann's intentions, and Lafayette and Sookie trying to rescue Tara ... again.

Look below for the top ten reasons why this episode earns an up arrow (and also for the little bone I have to pick with Alan Ball.)

10.: Jason just keeps getting funnier and hotter. He and Andy (who's sounding more and more like Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade ... I keep expecting him to break out with "I like them french fried potaters") decide to arm themselves against the marauding townsfolk, which leads to a trip to the Sheriff station for guns & ammo, and Jason trying to resist the advances of a horny girl.

9.: When Andy laments how easy it is for Jason to get women, he responds "You think it's easy? I »

- snicks

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"Bye Bye Birdie... guess I'll always caaaAAAaaAAare"

25 August 2009 4:49 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

If you've been following my Twitter Feed you know that I've had "Bye Bye Birdie" stuck in my head. And you also know why. So, today on the subway I made this "shrill" little iPhone drawing of the one & only Ann-Margret. It doesn't look like her exactly but I was drawing from memory... and the train was moving.

Bye Bye Birdie,

It's awful hard to bear;

Bye Bye Birdie

Think I'll always care,

Guess I'll always care,

Guess I'll always care! Can I just say that it's hard to draw with sweaty fingers on an iPhone on a subway car in August. I felt like a giant finger painting on a postage stamp sized canvas. It wasn't meant to be this way! My finger has never felt like such a lumpy graceless thing as when I've tried to learn"Brushes" for the iPhone (like presumably many other people I was »

- NATHANIEL R

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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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New on DVD This Week

7 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week. Plus, some old favorites coming out this week on Blu-Ray.

New Movies:

• Knowing ~ Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Push ~ Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning (DVD and Blu-ray)

• The Unborn ~ Odette Yustman (DVD and Blu-Ray)

• Night Train ~ Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Five Fingers ~ Laurence Fishburne, Colm Meaney, Antonie Kamerling, Saïd Taghmaoui (DVD and Blu-ray)

• A Day in the Life ~ Omar Epps, Faizon Love, Michael Rapaport, Tyrin Turner (DVD)

• Flying By ~ Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Locklear, Olesya Rulin, Patricia Neal (DVD)

• Applause for Miss E ~ Vanessa Bell Calloway, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gina Torres (DVD)

• Power Rangers Rpm, Vol. 1: Start Your Engines ~ Eka Darville, Ari Boyland, Rose McIver, Milo Cawthorne (DVD)

• Flight 666 ~ Iron Maiden (Blu-ray)

Previously Released and Classic Movies:

• Lonely are the Brave ~ Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy »

- Chris Ullrich

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Based on a Link Story

2 July 2009 7:21 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

the trailer

"Matt Damon in The Informant"

Oh and... Low Resolution is hosting a Trailer Tournament 'Best of the 00s'. Go and vote

the movies

Av Club 12 Things Woody Allen Just Doesn't Get (fun article, mostly spot on)

The Washington Post's Dan Zak gets a lengthy chat with Michelle Pfeiffer for Chéri. I should note that I have met and lunched with Dan so I knew this next bit of info was coming. "Pfans" are discussed though Michelle, ever the reluctant superstar, doesn't seem to know what they are. You mean she never checked out my "Pfandom" website in 1999? ;)

HitFix beautiful new teaser poster for Precious. How many is this film gonna get?

Movie|Line Stereotypes fears swirling round The Princess and the Frog

Let Me Entertain You names Ann-Margret (Tommy) the Best Actress of 1975

broadway baby

Avenue Q is closing in September (sniffle)

The Little Mermaid is closing in August (yay! »

- NATHANIEL R

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Photos: Angelina's Movie Debut at Age 7

29 June 2009 6:40 PM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Who's that cute little movie star? It's Angelina Jolie, who made her film debut at age 7 in Lookin' to Get Out, a comedy starring her dad, Jon Voight, along with Burt Young and Ann-Margret. The 1982 movie, directed by Hal Ashby (Coming Home), is being released on DVD on June 30 by Warner Home Video. It featured young Angelina in a brief role - a full 17 years before she won an Oscar. - Samantha Miller• Order Now: Thriller: Remembering Michael Jackson, a special collector's edition from Huffington Post Megan Fox's Revealing Junket Dresses Watch: Prisoner Tribute To Michael Jackson »

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Jon Voight's Long-Lost Hal Ashby Comedy

10 April 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

While journalist Nick Dawson was researching his new biography, "Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel," his interviews with Jon Voight (who won an Oscar for Ashby's "Coming Home") revealed that a director's cut of a long-lost Ashby/Voight collaboration still existed under everybody's noses. 1982's "Lookin' to Get Out," which had its world premiere last week at the Sarasota Film Festival as part of an Ashby retrospective tied to Dawson's book, will finally be available to audiences when it hits DVD on June 30th. Voight and Burt Young co-star as Alex and Jerry, a couple of small-time New York gamblers -- lovable losers, both -- who escape to Vegas when their debts come knocking at their door. Pretending to be a casino owner's close friends while he's out of town, the two foolishly exploit their free comps to try to win back their losses, much to the chagrin of the returning tycoon, »

- Aaron Hillis

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Christinia Ricci to star in Adam Sandler's "Born to Be a Star"

6 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Christinia Ricci will star in the Tom Brady-directed "Born to Be a Star" porn-tinged comedy which Adam Sandler will produce alongside his partner Jack Giarraputo. This is not a Happy Madison production but their other company Miles Deep Productions.   Allen Covert and Barry Bernardi also are producing the flick which tells of a nerd in a small town who learns that his quite parents were actually 1970s porn stars. He leaves Northern Iowa for Hollywood in the hopes of attaining his own porn stardom.   Ricci takes the female lead and will play his innocent girlfriend. Sandler. Ricci was last seen in "New York, I Love You" and "Speed Racer." The actress is in post-production for "All's Faire in Love" with Owen Benjamin, Ann-Margret, Matthew Lillard and Cedric the Entertainer. Her other upcoming films include "After. Life," "The Hero of Color City." "Alpha and Omega" and "Long Time Gone." »

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Lost Jolie Film Set For Director's Cut Release

20 March 2009 6:25 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Angelina Jolie's first movie role in a forgotten 1982 comedy is set for release - 27 years after it was made.

Jolie was just four when she appeared alongside her actor father Jon Voight in cult Shampoo and Being There director Hal Ashby's Lookin’ To Get Out, but her part was cut and the film only had a limited release.

Ashby re-cut the film before his death in 1988 and his family and Voight, who starred in the director's Coming Home, have worked tirelessly to get the new film a release.

Voight, who also co-wrote the film, says, "We had all sorts of drama in the making of it and in the final stages, Hal was not able to finish the film, so there was some damage done to the film and it came out in a crippled form. Unfortunately, nobody saw the film in a proper state."

The actor had no idea Ashby had re-cut the film - and handed the finished product to film archivists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Voight only learned of the existence of the director's cut when he was approached by Ashby's biographer Nick Dawson two years ago.

Dawson introduced the actor to Lee Ashby McManus - the daughter Ashby never met - and she revealed Lookin' To Get Out was her favourite film, because she felt sure Jolie's role at the end of the movie was based on her.

Voight tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "She said, 'I think the little girl at the end, who was played by Angelina Jolie... was me.' I thought about it and I said, 'It is very possible it was you.' I remember discussions we had and it was supposed to be a little boy, and Hal wanted a little girl."

The Oscar winner is thrilled the film will eventually be seen as his director friend intended: "It's a big deal to me... I like this film very, very much."

The director's cut of Lookin' To Get Out, which also features Ann Margret and Rocky star Burt Young, will debut at the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida next month, ahead of the movie's DVD release on 20 June. »

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The Ultimate Guide to TCM's 31 Days of Oscar Begins Here

31 January 2009 5:56 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

From this Sunday, February 1 through Tuesday, March 3 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) begins their annual 31 Days of Oscar, which brings you night after night of Oscar winning and nominated films uncut and commercial free on TCM and I have put together for you a mini guide for films to look for each day so you can either sit down and enjoy them as they play or set your DVR to record them for later. Either way, this is a great way to knock off so many of those classic films from your must see list. First, how about the TCM video montage preview. Can you name the films?

Now, for the full schedule you can click here to download the Pdf or you can browse TCM's online calendar at the 31 Days of Oscar official site. Because one thing is for sure, even though I list films for every single day below »

- Brad Brevet

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Hi Hi Birdie?

6 January 2009 1:00 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

After what seems like years in development, a remake of Bye Bye Birdie may finally be getting off the ground. Sony Pictures has hired Adam Shankman (Bedtime Stories) to develop Birdie for the big screen. Shankman is no stranger to musicals with Hairspray already under his belt and a career as a choreographer before making it big as a director. Though many forget, due to the constant bastardized high school versions, the original was a huge success and launched the career of Ann-Margret... »

- Mike Sampson

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Adam Shankman Developing Bye Bye Birdie Remake

6 January 2009 12:42 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Speaking of Adam Shankman, the filmmaker will join fellow producers Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher to produce and develop a remake of the 1963 musical Bye Bye Birdie for Columbia Pictures. Bye Bye Birdie was originally a Broadway musical that debuted in 1960. Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret headlined a big screen version in 1963. Columbia has been developing an updated version for a number of years, with the story at one point re-imagining the title character as a hip-hop star. Step Up 2 director John Chu was once attached as a writer, as was Tina Fey, but this current version doesn't have any writers attached yet. The original Bye Bye Birdie, set in 1958, is about a rock singer who travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted. While I've admitted plenty of times before that I ... »

- Alex Billington

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Shankman Developing Birdie Remake

5 January 2009 11:33 PM, PST | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Adam Shankman (Bedtime Stories, Hairspray) has signed on to develop and produce a remake of Bye Bye Birdie for Columbia Pictures, report the trades. A stage favorite for the past half-century, Birdie centers on Conrad Birdie, a popular singer whose character is based loosely on Elvis Presley. He's about to be shipped off to the army, but as part of a publicity stunt, he agrees to one last encounter with a fan before he goes to war. The 1958 musical has had several screen adaptations, including an Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke version in 1963 and a television movie starring Jason Alexander in 1995. Columbia has been developing an updated version for a number of years, with the logline at one point re-imagining the title character as a hip-hop star. Several writers also have taken cracks at a new version of the story, with Step Up 2 the Streets director John Chu and Tina Fey »

- James Cook

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2009 | 2008 | 1997

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