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15 July 2008 4:57 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week sees the opening of "The Dark Knight." Advance marketing and coverage might have you believe that that, apparently, is all, but there are other films coming out this week well worth your time. (Besides, "The Dark Knight" is totally going to be sold out.)

"A Very British Gangster"

With Britain in the midst of a youth crime epidemic, Irish investigative reporter Donald McIntyre takes an unflinching look at Dominic Noonan, a granddad of the English gangland who's spent over half his life behind bars. Having legally changed his name to Lattlay Fottfoy (an acronym of the Noonan motto . "Look After Those That Look After You; Fuck Off Those That Fuck Off You"), the openly gay head of Manchester's most notorious crime family shows off his gentler side as a man who uses his reputation to position himself as a "problem solver" more concerned with the

Neil Pedley

10 July 2008 11:13 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

It shouldn't have taken so long, but Marvel and Jon Favreau have finally inked a deal to bring the director back for Iron Man 2. Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood reported the deal yesterday, which locks up the two biggest components of Iron Man's tremendous success. Robert Downey Jr. had a sequel clause in his original contract, according to Finke's report.

I'm glad Marvel did this, not specifically because I felt Favreau did a great job or anything, but because I don't understand the theory of fixing what's not broken. It's better to bring back the people responsible for the film's success, and however many of them there are, you certainly try to make concessions to each of them. The reason for that, of course, is Iron Man developed a huge and we suspect intensely loyal fanbase.

Hiring, say, Betty Thomas to direct the second Iron Man would lead

Colin Boyd

25 June 2008 11:18 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

I'm not one of those people who has undying belief in the ability of directors, actors, and writers. Look, nobody in history has been more prolific cranking out hits than Paul McCartney, but he's not writing another "Yesterday" ever again. That ship has sailed. We won't be getting something in five years everyone will compare to Sgt. Pepper.

It's the same principle in movies, and I subscribe to the Missing Persons Theory of filmmaking. Let's say you're a great director, or at least, you've directed a couple of really cool movies. The Missing Persons Theory states that if we haven't heard from the director who makes really cool movies in seven years (by which we mean, if you've made repulsive crap for seven years or more), your career is officially dead. And I think your wife can re-marry.

Who would this affect? Oh, a great many people. De Palma, Coppola,

Colin Boyd

23 June 2008 12:33 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

The makers of The Lost Boys: The Tribe sure are taking the film’s heritage seriously, bringing back both characters and music from Joel Schumacher’s original for the sequel, which hits DVD July 29th (pre-order it here).

MTV caught up with the lead singer for Aiden, who was originally going to play a vampire before touring got in the way, to discuss their cover of “Cry Little Sister”, the classic song from the original that’s been updated for the sequel. I’m sure their cover sucks, but I still dig the fact that WB wanted to keep as much of a feel of the original as possible while still making it viable for today's market, especially since the original is so much a product of it's time...

Anyway, to hear what the pale skinny white boy has to say about it, check out the video below!

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Johnny Butane

23 June 2008 12:33 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

The makers of The Lost Boys: The Tribe sure are taking the film’s heritage seriously, bringing back both characters and music from Joel Schumacher’s original for the sequel, which hits DVD July 29th (pre-order it here).

MTV caught up with the lead singer for Aiden, who was originally going to play a vampire before touring got in the way, to discuss their cover of “Cry Little Sister”, the classic song from the original that’s been updated for the sequel. I’m sure their cover sucks, but I still dig the fact that WB wanted to keep as much of a feel of the original as possible, especially since Schumacher's film is so very much a product of its time.

Anyway, check out what the skinny white boy rock star has to say about their cover below!

- Johnny Butane

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18 March 2008 7:18 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Smashing Pumpkins star Billy Corgan was left so traumatised by the childhood abuse he suffered at the hands of his father, he once contemplated suicide.

The 41-year-old endured long periods of feeling helpless and alienated while growing up in Chicago, Illinois.

In a new video, directed by The Lost Boys filmmaker Joel Schumacher for the Jed Foundation's Half Of Us campaign, Corgan recalls his troubled early years.

He says, "My family didn't fit into the culture we lived in, and then abuse made me feel even more alienated from what was going on.

"Plus, a lot of kids around me were being abused as well, so you didn't think, `Well, I'm different.'

"I cut myself, I stayed up all night. You know, I did things with sleep deprivation, and I got into I guess what you would call obsessive-compulsive behaviours these days."

As an adult, Corgan has discovered that the best way to cope with depression is by "reaching out to people I can talk to".

The rocker's video is being screened online at HalfOfUs.com, and on Mtv's college channel Mtvu throughout March in an effort to raise awareness of mental health issues among U.S. students.

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10 March 2008 8:59 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Irish thespian Ciaran Hinds is tired of reports suggesting he started his acting career at the back end of a pantomime horse - he was at the stage mare's head.

The Munich star made his debut in a production of Cinderella at the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre in Scotland - but he's upset that so many people think he played a horse's ass.

He says, "There's a lot of lies out there. I was actually the front end and, in there, there's dignity. If you're at the back end you have to be bent over and you've got your head in somebody's bum!

"It's become fact that I was the back end and it's down there for posterity that I was the arse (ass) end of the horse, but I was the front end... Obviously people would prefer that I was the back end for some reason!"

Hinds admits one of his most embarrassing moments came as a result of the mix up.

He adds, "I was playing the theatre manager in The Phantom of The Opera and we're sitting in the opera box where we were shooting, when the director, Joel Schumacher, announced to 330 extras, 'We've just found out that you played the back end of a horse!'

"I'd really like for him to know the truth."

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