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Why The Girlfriend Experience won't make Grey's day

27 November 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Is it possible for a porn star to cross over into mainstream movies? Not even a lead role in a Steven Soderbergh movie will help

Judging by the evidence on display in The Girlfriend Experience, Steven Soderbergh's leading lady, 21-year-old veteran porn star Sasha Grey, won't be the first person to breach the rock-solid wall that – to the naked eye, at least – appears to separate respectable mainstream Hollywood from its disreputable, naked doppelganger over the hill in the San Fernando Valley.

As a high-end Manhattan escort servicing – or often simply talking with – a series of rich banking industry clients during the financial meltdown of last September, Grey gives one of those performances that leaves you asking: is this a great actress before me, deliberately draining herself of all emotional affect, or is this all the actual acting that Soderbergh was able to bully, trick or blackmail out of her? »

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Another Two Celebs Ousted on 'Dancing with Stars'

3 November 2009 10:02 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

NFL great Michael Irvin and "Iron Chef America" host Mark Dacascos became the next two celebs to get ousted on "Dancing with the Stars"!   Michael and his pro partner Anna Demidova were the first duo booted on Tuesday night after receiving the lowest combined total of judges' scores and viewer votes. The former football star thanked his fans and Anna. Then, Mark and Lacey Schwimmer tried to cha cha their way past Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff's jive in an elimination dance-off. But the judges, despite giving both duos rave reviews, unanimously voted to keep Aaron and Karina around. "It’s certainly much harder than it looks on television," Mark said of the competition. "But the bond you create with the dancers, the other celebs, is pretty special." Also on the results show, rock legend Rod Stewart, singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat, and the Ballas Hough Band performed.

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- TheInsider

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Kelly Osbourne Bounces Back From ‘Beige’

3 November 2009 5:07 AM, PST | People.com - TV Watch | See recent People.com - TV Watch news »

Kelly Osbourne was back to her colorful self Monday night on Dancing with the Stars. Last week, judge Bruno Tonioli called her performance "beige." This week, with her partner Louis Van Amstel pushing her to the limit, she worked through the tears to nail a spicy salsa. "That was brilliant," Carrie Ann Inaba told her. "You were unafraid of the dance." Aaron Carter and his pro partner Karina Smirnoff were another highlight with a high-energy jive that earned them 29 points, including a 10 from sometimes stingy judge Len Goodman. Bruno loved their "unstoppable momentum" and said it was Carter's "best performance." Playboy's December covergirl Joanna Krupa and her partner Derek Hough also seemed unstoppable after they performed a romantic rumba that had Bruno calling her a "love goddess." "You dance at your edge," Carrie Ann told her. "I love watching you." They earned 27 points. Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson's quickstep »

- StyleWatch

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The Final Seven Celebs Are In It to Win It on 'Dancing with the Stars'

2 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

It was the samba, foxtrot and the quickstep that heated up the dance floor on Monday night's "Dancing with the Stars," with the professional partners dressed in costumes designed by the stars. Former NFL star Michael Irvin and Anna Demidova kicked off the night's performances with the foxtrot. Head judge Len Goodman declared, "I am going to be honest. The first couple of weeks, I would have been happy to see the back of you. I am happy you stuck around." Bruno Tonioli added, "I have to say your musicality has improved. It was light and you looked like you enjoyed yourself. An improvement. Way to go." Carrie Ann Inaba told him, "I honestly do not know how you do this. Tonight's performance was gracious. It was fluid." The couple was awarded its highest score of the season: 23 out of 30 points. Showbiz legend Donny Osmond and his partner Kym Johnson danced second with the quickstep. »

- TheInsider

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'Dancing with the Stars'' Competitors Jump to the Jitterbug

26 October 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

"Dancing with the Stars" competitors were jumping to the jitterbug and gliding to the graceful waltz on Monday night's competition show -- and each of the couples also took to the dance floor for a competition mambo! Singer Mya and Dmitry Chaplin boogied to the jitterbug. Head judge Len Goodman took them to task saying, "The last refuge of the untalented is gimmicks and props. You are such a good dancer, it was unnecessary to spend 20 seconds polishing my desk. What you did, you did well. I just wanted more of it." Bruno Tonioli joked, "Cleanliness is next to godliness. What you did was spot on. Your timing was incredible. You were so much in sync." Carrie Ann Inaba agreed with Len, saying, "The jitterbug is where you go wild and crazy. It was under what I expect from you." Mya and Dmitry scored 24 out of 30 points. Melissa Joan Hart »

- TheInsider

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Nyff Critics Poll: The Complete Lineup, Graded A to F (Final)

14 October 2009 8:10 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

indieWIRE has conducted a survey of various bloggers and critics, surveying the films from the 2009 New York Film Festival.  We asked them to grade all of the films that they’ve seen at the festival, and have averaged the grades of each film. Antichrist (Film Page) [indieWIRE review] Eric Kohn, indieWIRE: A- Eugene Hernandez, indieWIRE: A- Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina’s Sweater: B+ Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out Chicago: B+ Eric Hynes, … »

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Possessed by Unreason

13 October 2009 1:22 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

By far the biggest brat to sneak his way through Eastern Bloc culture during the New Wave era, Yugoslav bomb-thrower Dušan Makavejev wasn't someone who took on his vocation with a somber air; I don't know for sure how much fun he had making movies, but he seems to have been locked into a constant euphoria of half-soused, giggling movie love. He comprised a kind of one-man Yugoslav film movement at a time when the tense Communist nation barely had a global cultural identity of its own, and his filmography reads like a litany of post-Godardian social felonies, scattered with torched taboos and sly indictments of Soviet influence.

He's most famous for "W.R. - Mysteries of the Organism" (1971), which sent him into exile, and "Sweet Movie" (1974), which was nothing if not a petulant apostate's hocked loogie of revenge. But his earlier features, though just as disrespectful and fragmented with documentary asides, »

- Michael Atkinson

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'Dancing with the Stars' ' Competitors Square Off with Four New Dances

12 October 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

After last week's elimination of Debi Mazar and Tom DeLay's withdrawal due to injury, only 11 teams remain on "Dancing with the Stars." This week, the celebs and their professional partners performed one of four dances that have not been previously seen on the show: the Country Two Step, the Bolero, the Charleston and the Lambada. Former Ufc champ Chuck Liddell and Anna Trebunskaya were up first with the Country Two Step. Head judge Len Goodman told him, "I thought the lift was very good. What I like about you is you bring entertainment to the show. There is a novelty factor about you because [we] don't expect you to be able to dance. Your quality of dancing isn't there. You need to improve." Bruno commented, "You bring carnage and mayhem in everything you do, but it still managed to look like a Two Step." Carrie Ann agreed, adding, "Of all the dances you have done, »

- TheInsider

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Mill Valley Film Festival '09: Honorary Guests and Must-Sees

8 October 2009 1:48 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The Mill Valley Film Festival opens tonight, filling the next 10 days with some of the most anticipated films of the rest of the year, as well as a selection of international films making its way to the Bay Area. In addition, the festival will also host the awarding of talents such as Woody Harrelson, Clive Owen, Uma Thurman, Jason Reitman and screen legend Anna Karina.

We'll have reviews coming in for the festival soon, but for the moment, here's a brief preview of what to look for.

Clive Owen gets a spotlight for bringing his latest work, the patriarchal drama The Boys Are Back, which opens the festival tonight. Owen plays a father who has to raise his two sons on his own after his wife's sudden death. As part of the program is a screening of Owen's breakout role in the gambling thriller Croupier.

Paired with fatherhood is Motherhood, »

- Arya Ponto

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New on DVD: "30 Rock" rocks, Seth Rogen: Mall Cop and Ol' Blue Eyes is back

23 September 2009 1:19 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

That season of 30 Rock that just won another Emmy? It's on DVD. As are a controversial comedy with Seth Rogen and a lavish box devoted to a mixed bag of Paul Newman movies.

Read on for more!

I can't begin to imagine why any of you aren't already watching this brilliantly hilarious sitcom, but 30 Rock - Season Three is available to those of you who haven't been converted (as well as those who need repeated viewings to catch all of the rapid-fire gags).

This season contains two of my favorite episodes—"Believe in the Stars," in which a prescription-drug–addled Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) shares a flight from Chicago with Oprah Winfrey, and "Reunion," where Liz begrudgingly attends her high-school reunion to discover that she wasn't a picked-on nerd, as she'd remembered, but actually a bully.

Critics were sharply divided (literally, with a 51% at Rotten Tomatoes) over Observe and Report, »

- ADuralde

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Blu-ray Review: Pierrot le fou (Criterion Collection)

23 September 2009 12:20 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

In 1966 Roger Ebert reviewed Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou and gave it a 3 1/2 star review, 41 years later he reviewed it again and gave it only 2 1/2 stars quoting his earlier review calling the film "Godard's most virtuoso display of his mastery of Hollywood genres," only to now say he sees "it more as the story of silly characters who have seen too many Hollywood movies." Strangely enough, I have to wonder if Pierrot le fou is really about characters at all. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina as Ferdinand and Marianne, but does their "road trip" really serve as anything more than a medium for Godard to lovingly fawn over his then-wife while at the same time speak ill of American culture and the Vietnam War? I recently reviewed Criterion's release of Godard's 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, a film made two years after Pierrot le fou and »

- Brad Brevet

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Dwell On Squatters

2 September 2009 3:03 AM, PDT | NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news »

Any question that Bel gian actress Deborah Francois is a star in the making is dispelled in "Unmade Beds," the London-set romantic romp directed by Alexis Dos Santos, who was born in Argentina.

New Yorkers first saw Francois as a troubled teen mom in the Dardenne brothers' "L'Enfant," then as a mysterious woman in the French thriller "The Page Turner."

Now, in "Unmade Beds," 22-year-old Francois impresses as Vera, a French woman who moves into a London squat in hopes of forgetting a former boyfriend.

Another resident of the squat, »

- By V.A. MUSETTO

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'Dancing With the Stars' season 9 pairings: Rank 'em all! (Will Tom DeLay leave first?)

24 August 2009 9:33 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

ABC has announced the 16 (that's more than ever before!) couples for season 9 of Dancing With the Stars, which premieres Monday, September 21. It's way too early to make "accurate" guesses at how they'll place without having seen anyone pull a groin, fall on her head, or suffer a tender/annoying emotional breakdown during a rehearsal package...let alone successfully traipse down a day-glo staircase in four-inch heels! That said, here is my completely uninformed ranking, from most likely to get booted first, to probable winner. Considered factors include estimated dance talent (pshaw!), hotness, familiarity (especially to viewers over 50), likability, popularity of pro (x1000), and whether the Star is a retired NFL superstar. Louie Vito and Chelsie Hightower He is a snowboarder. Kathy Ireland and Tony Dovolani I love you, Tony, but there are two models this time, and Derek got the other one. Ashley Hamilton and Edyta Sliwinska Super-tan genes can only get you so far! »

- Annie Barrett

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Top 7 Characters Created by Quentin Tarantino

21 August 2009 1:06 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Top 7 Characters Created By Quentin Tarantino

We start the Top 7, you finish the Top 10.

Complete coverage of Inglourious Basterds Scorecard Review by Nick Allen – 9/10

Scorecard Review by Jeff Bayer – 10/10 (His first 10 of the year)

Top 7 Characters created by Quentin Tarantino

Interviews with Laurent, Roth, and Kruger

Interviews with Tarantino, Myers, Waltz, and Novak

With his Inglourious Basterds opening Friday, it is surprising that Quentin Tarantino has such a mainstream following. His movies are often loaded with fanboy tributes to films one would hardly consider recognizable to the regular movie-going crowd. On top of that, he prefers to watch his characters, most of them born out of some sub-genre from the 1970’s, small chat or even discuss their own fate before exploding into a type of shootout fit for a modern western that is over in a flash. As with his new film, he wrangles in viewers with the promise of special Tarantino-violence, »

- Nick Allen

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Banlieue 13: Ultimatum (2009) Movie Review

8 August 2009 8:41 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

It’s been three years since the events of “Banlieue 13”, and the more things change, the more they stay the same. Or gotten worst, actually. The wall that separates the slums of District 13 and the more civilized (i.e. less tattooed) populace of Paris has not been torn down as promised, and the alleyways are still choking with violent gangs, separated into different Ak-toting factions. The residents of the slums have a ceasefire with the cops, but that’s about to change when a third party led by sleazy Government official Gassman (Daniel Duval) enters the picture, determined to instigate an all-out civil war designed to bring down District 13 once and for all. It’s up to nomadic District 13 warrior Leito (David Belle) and supercop Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) to save the day. Of course, that’s just become a tad more difficult when a frame »

- Nix

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What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #2

2 August 2009 4:26 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Back again with another installment of "What I Watched, What You Watched," and due to my time in San Diego covering Comic Con and the fact one of the selections included this time around is the complete season from a television show this installment doesn't have as many titles, but the second page has a little extra something I hope you'll be interested in checking out. As a reminder to those that either didn't read the first installment (read it here) in this new feature series or forgot, "What I Watched, What You Watched" is a chance for me to share with you the movies (and sometimes television shows) I have been watching that don't necessarily make it into the headlines every week. My goal is to do this on a weekly basis unless things get in the way (such as this time around). I hope this will spark conversation »

- Brad Brevet

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Interview with Smash Cut starlett Sasha Grey

25 July 2009 7:29 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Since Director Lee Demarbre’s H.G. Lewis love letter Smash Cut recently splashed across screens at Fantasia in Montreal, I figured I’d run a recent interview I did with porn legend Sasha Grey, who stars in the film.

Grey is gorgeous and – as evidenced in Steven Soderbergh’s recent drama The Girlfriend Experience – ultra talented, gifted with acting chops as well as a dynamic physical presence. She’s well on her way to a career that doesn’t exclusively involve engaging in pummelling carnal knowledge….though anyone even casually aware of her trademark talents might mourn the loss of that.

Anyway, here we go…the lovely Sasha Grey.

Chris Alexander: Tell me about your role in Smash Cut.

Sasha Grey: I play April, a TV news personality who goes undercover as an actress in a horror film to discover the killer of her older sister who’s a stripper. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Chris Alexander)

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New on DVD This Week

21 July 2009 3:30 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 we’re particularly interested in. Plus, some old favorites (and not so favorites) coming out this week for the first time on Blu-Ray.

Movies:

• Watchmen (Director’s Cut) ~ Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Malin Ackerman, Jackie Earle Hailey (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Coraline ~ Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, and Jennifer Saunders (DVD and Blu-ray)

• 300: The Complete Experience ~ Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West (Blu-ray)

• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ~ Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, and Giovanni Ribisi (DVD and Blu-ray)

• Made in U.S.A. (Criterion Collection) ~ Anna Karina, Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó, and Marianne Faithfull (DVD)

• The Great Buck Howard ~ John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, and Tom Hanks (DVD)

• Wolverine and the X-Men: Deadly Enemies ~ (DVD)

• Midnight Express ~ Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, and Paolo Bonacelli (Blu-ray)

• Echelon Conspiracy ~ Edward Burns, »

- Chris Ullrich

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Lamentation for a Grand Romance

21 July 2009 7:33 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

For American cinephiles of a certain age (under 50 or so, babies during the '60s if alive at all), the last year and a half has been a neo-Godardian lavishment -- month after month, there came a new sterling DVDization, or a new rarity screening (like Light Industry's showing of "Far from Vietnam" in Manhattan), or a new biography or brace of incidental footage (The Believer's "Jlg in USA"), or even, as in this past January, a full-fledged American release: 1966's "Made in U.S.A.," only shown at festivals in its day before getting stalled and closeted by the producer's legal woes and messy rights trouble with the Donald Westlake novel it barely references. It's one of the 15 essential rockets Godard launched that made the decade his and his alone, and if you don't find it a privilege to be able to discover it in 2009, you don't care about movies. »

- Michael Atkinson

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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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