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14 September 2009 7:08 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The Weinstein Company and Vivendi Entertainment (Ve) announced today a home entertainment partnership that will make Vivendi Entertainment (Ve) the exclusive distributor of The Weinstein Company library and grant Ve the rights to distribute 20 new direct-to-dvd titles from Twc over the next year. The announcement was made today by Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairmen of Twc, and Tom O'Malley, President of Ve.

The Weinstein Company library includes a vast array of titles and brands &#173 feature films such as The Reader&#173 2009 Oscar nominee for Best Picture featuring Academy Award Best Actress winner Kate Winslet and Vicky Cristina Barcelona&#173 featuring Academy Award Best Supporting Actress winner Penelope Cruz; the Dragon Dynasty series with films featuring Jackie Chan and Jet Li; Dimension Extreme titles including George Romero's Diary of the Dead, Pulse 2 and 3, Daria Argento's Mother of Tears, Hell Ride, presented by Quentin Tarantino, Teeth and many others; classic like »

9 September 2009 12:07 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Director Walter Hill.

Kicking Ass with Walter Hill

by Jon Zelazny

Action flicks. Two-fisted tales. Guy movies. Whatever you want to call them, writer, producer, and director Walter Hill is one of the living masters, with a resume full of classics from The Getaway (1972), to the Alien series, and the definitive eighties action-comedy blockbuster, 48 Hrs. (1982).

2009 marks the 30th anniversary of The Warriors (1979), Hill’s surreal “street gang on the run” cult classic, and his breakout success as a director.

Jon: A couple years ago, you did an audio commentary and on-camera intro for a new DVD edition of The Warriors. It was the first time I’d ever seen you; is it my imagination, or have you kept a low profile over the years?

Walter Hill: I’d never done a commentary before on one of my films. I don’t like the idea of explaining a movie; I »

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16 January 2009 4:43 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

I don't believe I have ever reported the nominees for the International Film Music Critics Association before, but in the spirit of covering more award season news than is probably necessary I figured, "What the hell?" The nominees listed below make up the fifth annual International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Excellence with Wall-e receiving the most nominations including Film Score of the Year, Best Score for an Animated Film, Best Film Composition (for "Define Dancing") and Composer of the Year for Thomas Newman. The other big nominee is Danny Elfman who received the most individual nominations this year with seven: Composer of the Year; Film Score of the Year and Best Documentary Score for Standard Operating Procedure; Best Drama Score for Milk; Best Action/Adventure Score and Best Individual Cue for Wanted ("Success Montage"); and Best Fantasy/Science Fiction Score for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The International »

- Brad Brevet

3 articles from 2009