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10 articles from 2009
Clooney's 'Men Who Stare at Goats' Fun But Forgettable
5 November 2009 9:25 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
At times, The Men Who Stare at Goats seems like it could be a minor entry in the Coen brothers’ filmography. Quirky dialogue and a few Coens alumni—George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Stephen Root—populate the film, and it certainly veers toward the surreal. Though the movie gets a few laughs with its absurdist humor and winks at the audience, it never reaches the inspired lunacy of the Coens’ previous work, or even approaches the heights of similar war satires such as Three Kings and Catch-22.
Despite elements that make it seem more science fiction than non-fiction, the debut from actor/writer Grant Heslov is based on Jon Ronson’s factual book. Ewan McGregor employs a slightly distracting American accent to play Bob Wilton, an Ann Arbor journalist. In investigating a routine story, he interviews Gus Lacey (Root). At first, Lacey's stories about life as a psychic spy seem crazy, »
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Who Stares At Goats
28 October 2009 9:01 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
November 6th will see the release of the much anticipated The Men Who Stare at Goats. The film about an army battalion of “psychic spies” stars four Hollywood’s heavyweights: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, and Ewan McGregor.
Although each actor is well-known and has been in stand-out movies–Spacey in American Beauty, Clooney in Ocean’s 11, and McGregor in Moulin Rouge–Bridges takes the cake for playing, arguably, one of the most memorable characters in cinema history.
Bridges has had a long acting career, getting his unofficial start as an infant in the 1950 melodrama The Company She Keeps. At nine years old, Bridges began working in television with small roles in various shows over the next several years.
His first major role came in 1971, at the age of 22, in the film The Last Picture Show. The coming of age flick was a stellar debut for Bridges, earning him »
- Carly
Books: Review:Rhino Ranch
26 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
For its first 200 pages or so, Rhino Ranch seems like it should be titled Larry McMurtry’s Guide To Having Sex With Women Much Younger Than You. It’s the purported final chapter in the saga of Duane Moore, the main character from The Last Picture Show, who traveled like Rabbit Angstrom through three other novels, and winds up in this slim volume as an old, old man. Perhaps the most episodic novel yet from a writer who tends to write episodic novels, Rhino Ranch sometimes feels more like a collection of aborted tries at short stories starring these ... »
tMF Oscarwatch: Best Actress Losers - Ellen Burstyn ( Requiem for a Dream)
11 August 2009 12:09 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
If there is one particular actress that filmmaker Darren Oronofsky likes to cast, then it has to be Ellen Burstyn. In The Fountain, the director himself wrote into the script a role for the acclaimed actress. In Requiem for a Dream, Burstyn was nominated for a Best Actress award, and it was very unfortunate she did not win- her performance is way up there with the greats.
In the movie, Burstyn portrays Sara Goldfarb, an elderly widow who became addicted with weight-loss amphetamine pills, was hospitalized against her will, undergoes painful electro-convulsive therapy, and later on was confined at a mental asylum. For her performance, she won the Indie Spirit Award for Best Lead Female and more than 8 major critics' association awards for Best Actress. She also received nominations for Best Actress from the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes and the Oscars.
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tMF Oscarwatch: Best Actress Losers - Ellen Burstyn ( Requiem for a Dream)
11 August 2009 12:09 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
If there is one particular actress that filmmaker Darren Oronofsky likes to cast, then it has to be Ellen Burstyn. In The Fountain, the director himself wrote into the script a role for the acclaimed actress. In Requiem for a Dream, Burstyn was nominated for a Best Actress award, and it was very unfortunate she did not win- her performance is way up there with the greats.
In the movie, Burstyn portrays Sara Goldfarb, an elderly widow who became addicted with weight-loss amphetamine pills, was hospitalized against her will, undergoes painful electro-convulsive therapy, and later on was confined at a mental asylum. For her performance, she won the Indie Spirit Award for Best Lead Female and more than 8 major critics' association awards for Best Actress. She also received nominations for Best Actress from the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes and the Oscars.
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tMF Oscarwatch: Best Actress Losers - Ellen Burstyn ( Requiem for a Dream)
11 August 2009 12:09 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
If there is one particular actress that filmmaker Darren Oronofsky likes to cast, then it has to be Ellen Burstyn. In The Fountain, the director himself wrote into the script a role for the acclaimed actress. In Requiem for a Dream, Burstyn was nominated for a Best Actress award, and it was very unfortunate she did not win- her performance is way up there with the greats.
In the movie, Burstyn portrays Sara Goldfarb, an elderly widow who became addicted with weight-loss amphetamine pills, was hospitalized against her will, undergoes painful electro-convulsive therapy, and later on was confined at a mental asylum. For her performance, she won the Indie Spirit Award for Best Lead Female and more than 8 major critics' association awards for Best Actress. She also received nominations for Best Actress from the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes and the Oscars.
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Q&A - Director Peter Bogdanovich Finally Gets Five Minutes of His Movie Back
6 May 2009 10:11 AM, PDT | amctv.com - Exclusive Interviews | See recent amctv.com - Exclusive Interviews news »
There are directors who have experienced spectacular rises and equally spectacular falls, but some -- like Peter Bogdanovich -- have pulled off the trickier task of enduring, withstanding success and failure while still producing new work as their older triumphs grow in stature. His 1971 debut The Last Picture Show and 1976's Nickelodeon, were made available Apr. 21 on a new double-feature DVD. The director spoke with AMC News about »
DVD Playhouse: April 2009
11 April 2009 11:58 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—April 2009
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Allen Gardner
Milk (Universal) Sean Penn deservedly captured his second Best Actor Oscar (and Dustin Lance Black a statuette for his original screenplay) in director Gus Van Sant’s portrait of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to hold public office in the U.S. Alternately heartbreaking, infuriating and very funny, a film that both captures a bygone era and is still very timely. Fine support from Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Three featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Slumdog Millionaire (20th Century Fox) The Best Picture of 2008 is a kinetic, clever audience-pleaser about a determined lad (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai, who has his chance at literal and financial redemption as a contestant on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Best Director Danny Boyle dazzles »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Top Ten: After Kate Winslet, Who?
4 March 2009 10:48 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Kate Winslet finally won her Oscar, delighting the bulk of fans who have been rooting for her since she dreamt of Hollywood in '94 -- 'they're desperately keen to sign me up!' -- or nearly drowned in '97. She never let go. So, who is next?
Or rather... who is most overdue?
Contrary to popular belief, it ain't easy to win an Oscar. It certainly wasn't easy for Kate the Great. You need more than an accent, a disability, a good or popular movie, old age makeup or mimicry skills. You also need star charisma, a role that compliments or complicates that charisma and media support. Above all else you need luck combined with surgically precise good timing. History is full of performers who never won the movie's top prize despite plentiful contributions to the art of acting.
For the following list I'm ignoring outstanding performers who have never »
- NATHANIEL R
Peter Bogdanovich Guest Curator At New Beverly Cinema, L.A January 21-31
16 January 2009 3:58 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By David Savage
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Among the famed director's hand-picked choices: Hitchcock's 1959 classic North By NorthwestThe New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, one of the last surviving revival cinemas in the United States, is hosting legendary filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich as their next guest in their popular director programming series, beginning January 21st and continuing through the 31st.
The first week of double-feature bills will be devoted to Bogdanovich’s own features from the 70’s and 80’s, starting with his own cut of the Oscar-honored The Last Picture Show (1971) with What’s Up Doc? (1972); then screening a new 35mm print of his own cut of Mask (1985) with Paper Moon (1973). At midnight on the 24th the director will be also screening an archival print of his 1968 directorial debut, Targets, with Boris Karloff, which is rarely screened or broadcast.
The second week will consist of Bogdanovich’s own hand-picked classics, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
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10 articles from 2009
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