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16 articles from 2009
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand! »
A Conversation with Katt Shea
20 October 2009 2:07 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
As a director, Katt Shea helped to launch the careers of such actors as Drew Barrymore, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mena Suvari, Alison Lohman, Christina Applegate, and Angelina Jolie. As a writer, she has helped create scripts for Roger Corman, and has even been the recipient of the Peabody Award for her first television movie for CBS.
Jason Anders recently caught up with Shea to discuss her career both in front of, and behind the camera - starting with Psycho III...
Ja/Fangoria: Let's start with your acting career, specifically with your role in the 1986 film Psycho III; what was it like to work with the legendary Anthony Perkins, not only on screen as an actor, but being under his direction for the film as well?
Ks: Anthony was under a lot of pressure as he was starring in and directing his first feature film, not only that, it was for a »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jason Anders)
Villains We Love: 1970s New York
12 October 2009 11:45 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Villainy isn't just found in an evil plot, a straight razor, or a hockey mask. Sometimes it's a crippling state of mind and place that sucks the soul out of its heroes and heroines. It can be Purgatory, it can be hell, it can be a mental asylum, or it can be a bustling metropolis. So, I'd like to salute 1970s New York as being one of the most vicious, ruthless villains to ever wreck havoc on the silver screen.
By now you're regarding me with skepticism, outright derision, or a need to see Pinhead or Jigsaw saluted for the millionth time on a Halloween list. But think about the lurking menace behind Serpico, Taxi Driver, Fort Apache the Bronx, Cruising, Dog Day Afternoon, Klute, Mean Streets, Death Wish and dozens more. (Every once and awhile Hollywood mixed it up and set something in San Fransisco. But it always felt like a New York stand-in, »
- Elisabeth Rappe
iMurders Comes To DVD October 13th!
19 August 2009 5:13 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
We just got in the press release from Anchor Bay Entertainment for their latest acquisition, iMurders, which hits DVD shelves on October 13th. If you recall, we talked briefly about the flick with actress Erika Smith in her Icons interview last year. Below are all the full details!
Murder has a technology all its own. Tune in, turn on … and drop dead. iMURDERS. An all-star, high-tech horror whodunit from Anchor Bay Entertainment, just in time for Halloween.
The Internet. For some, it’s one of the great innovations of the modern world, a pathway to knowledge, growth and new experiences. But for a group of people who share a common chat room, it could be the instrument of their destruction.
Just in time for Halloween, Anchor Bay Entertainment – the undisputed leader in cult and classic horror home entertainment – will release the star-laden shocker iMurders. Street date is October 13, 2009 with an »
Iconic Gay Movie Roles
18 August 2009 6:59 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
It’s not exactly news that as a mass medium, cinema has the power to dramatically influence and change public attitudes toward minority groups, often making them accessible and relatable to the mainstream.
Unfortunately, that power works the opposite way as well and the movie industry, under a strict legion of ‘so-called’ decency laws commonly referred to as the Hays Code enacted in the 1930s, tended to frown upon positive representations of the gay community up until the 1960s. Gays were still present on screen, but more often than not, they were limited to stereotypes such as the drag queen/transvestite, the degenerate, the depraved killer and so forth.
As The Celluloid Closet (1995) brilliantly revealed, many gay and bisexual men had their motivations buried in subtext – virile characters like Ben Hur, for instance, were blatantly bisexual, but had to be inconspicuous about their love for the boys.
As the years rolled on, »
- mohassan
Little Scene : Scarecrow
30 July 2009 6:07 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
(1973, Schatzberg) When Scarecrow premiered (and won the Ex-aequo award) at Cannes in 1973 Al Pacino had was hot off The Godfather and Gene Hackman had just completed The Poseidon Adventure and had already won an Oscar for his role in The French Connection. Popeye Doyle and Micheal Corleone face to face, two of the stars of the decade jostling for position. Pacino, buoyant, having just had Francis Ford Coppola fight for him to stay in the greatest family saga of all time, would walk straight into Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon for Sidney Lumet and into one of the greatest acting careers in history. Hackman, himself was about to star in the masterful The Conversation (again for Coppola) and was (arguably) at the peak of his career. So what's this beautiful little dual character study called Scarecrow sandwiched, on IMDb between some of the most acclaimed and influential movies of the »
- Neil Innes
Reed’s Bargain Bin: S1m0ne
6 July 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Reed’s Bargain Bin [1] is a recurring column where Reed Farrington tells us about a movie he bought for under $5, and whether or not he regrets the purchase. Despite the clever title and participation of Al Pacino, S1m0ne did not receive much attention from critics or movie theatre audiences when it came out in 2002. The director, Andrew Niccol, had some acclaim as a result of having directed Gattaca (a smart science fiction film about a physically defective human in a genetically manipulated world) and having written The Truman Show (a smart allegorical film about a man who's oblivious to the fact that his life has been manufactured for the purposes of a television show). S1m0ne also has a high concept idea behind it: a movie director creates a computer generated actor who becomes a star while only he knows that the actor is computer generated. I think I’ve had »
- Reed
Michael Jackson Will Live On In Movie History
26 June 2009 9:57 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
A sad day indeed. Michael Jackson wore many hats over the course of his long career. He was an international superstar, and he leveraged that status to dip his toes into anything that interested him. In the world of film, Jackson enjoyed unparalleled access. He worked with luminaries, artists and auteurs who shaped the course of the medium as strongly as the pop star himself did in the music world.
Jackson was a pop cultural icon and his touch will forever be felt in all facets of entertainment. Here are just a few of the stars he hitched to in film during his long and storied career.
Sidney Lumet is a director’s director. He gave us classics like “12 Angry Men,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Network,” “Serpico” and the modern-day masterpiece “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.” He also gave us “The Wiz,” a playful recasting of »
- Adam Rosenberg
Michael Jackson's Star Flames Out at 50
25 June 2009 9:30 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Musical icon Michael Jackson died this past Thursday at the age of 50. The singer, whose albums sold millions of copies worldwide, had a profound influence on pop culture, and worked with some of Hollywood’s top directors in often-groundbreaking music videos.
Jackson, who rose to prominence during the 70’s as part of the popular Motown scene, first appeared on-screen in 1978’s The Wiz, an African-American version of The Wizard of Oz. The film’s director was Sidney Lumet, the director of Dog Day Afternoon and Network.
During the 80’s, his multi-platinum-selling albums "Thriller" and "Bad" were supported by music videos that pushed the genre into feature film territory. John Landis, who made the comedic hits Animal House and The Blues Brothers, and whose An American Werewolf in London is considered a seminal horror classic, directed the spine-tingling "Thriller". The 14-minute music video, which featured dancing zombies, was more like a »
Pacino Negotiating Dr. Death Biopic
26 May 2009 11:15 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
The Hollywood Reporter reports Al Pacino is in negotiations to join a biopic centering on the life of Dr. Jack Kevorkian with Barry Levinson (Wag the Dog) set to direct for HBO Films. Adam Mazer, whose only previous screenplay was co-writing Breach, wrote the script, which is loosely based on "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia" by Neal Nicol. As I am sure most of you already know, Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to "60 Minutes." He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and is serving his sentence in a maximum-security prison in Michigan. The mistake I think this film is making »
- Brad Brevet
Katt Shea comments on 'Dog Day Afternoon' at Trailers From Hell
25 May 2009 4:30 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
On Wednesday, May 27, TrailersfromHell.com features legendary genre director Katt Shea (Poison Ivy, The Rage: Carrie II, and Dance of the Damned) for a commentary to the trailer for 70's crime movie Dog Day Afternoon.
Pacino Unleashed! Sidney Lumet's riveting true-life recreation of an amateur bank heist gone tragically yet comically wrong balances character study with powerful drama and suspense. The kind of intelligent, engrossing major studio movie they just don't make anymore. The trailer, like the movie, has no musical score. "Attica! Attica!"
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- Superheidi
Scenes We Love: Serpico
21 May 2009 12:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I may have disagreed with many of Esquire's "essential" manhood movies, but I heartily second their recommendation of Serpico as any sane person would. I revisited this film a few weeks ago, and it doesn't matter how many times you see it in your lifetime, it never ceases to be absolutely terrifying. It may be a biopic (and perhaps even more frightening because of it), but I think of it as The Turn of the Screw set in 1970s New York thanks to the beginning. Sidney Lumet doesn't tease you with Serpico's fate, he kicks off the film with it, and the entire movie is a long, tense, paranoid ride to get to that gunshot.
Everyone points to Dog Day Afternoon as the fiilm that really flaunts Al Pacino's skills -- and I wouldn't dare argue with that, but I don't think this performance gets enough love. Pacino is »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Gay roles by straight actors we could've lived without
13 May 2009 11:02 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
*Note: This list originally ran on July 9th, 2007
For a straight actor to successfully play a gay character is not as easy as one might think. Not everyone can pull a Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, a River Phoenix in Private Idaho, or even a Robin Williams in The Birdcage. When I see a movie about gays with a straight lead and director and it fails, I often wonder how the voice would have been different with a gay director or gay actor. Would Cruising be the same film if the director were gay? Here are just a few gay characters played by straight actors that we all could’ve lived without.
Will Smith in Six Degrees of Separation
Will Smith wasn't a terrible actor in the 1993 film Six Degrees of Separation; however, it was obvious he was a little green for the role. Smith played the role of Paul, »
- claycane
Al Pacino to Star in Adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink -- Will harness the power of screaming without thinking
12 May 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Written by Matt Goldberg Malcolm Gladwell is one of the most exciting authors working today. His books, "The Tipping Point", "Blink", and "Outliers" are all fascinating studies that combine sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, and comes up with a unique approach delivered as a compelling narrative. On the other side, Al Pacino is one of the worst actors working today. He's become a parody of himself, reliable for looking strung-out and ready to yell at a moment's notice. The seething intensity he brought to his early work of "The Godfather" and "Dog Day Afternoon" has been lost to eardrum-shattering shouts from a constantly-hoarse larynx. He also resembles an old Jewish woman, which is weird. But the two shall meet in Stephen Gaghan's adaptation of Gladwell's "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without ... »
DVD Playhouse: April 2009
11 April 2009 11:58 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—April 2009
By
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
Gabriel Byrne: The Hollywood Interview
10 April 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Actor Gabriel Byrne.
By
Alex Simon
Editor's Note: The following article appears in the April issue of Venice Magazine.
Gabriel Byrne was born in Dublin May 12, 1950, the eldest of six children. After schooling under the stern tutelage of The Christian Brothers and five years in Catholic seminary, Byrne attended University College in Dublin, where he studied linguistics and archeology, as well as honing his love of soccer, playing with the renowned Stella Maris Football Club.
Byrne discovered acting late compared to most of his peers, spending his 20s working in a variety of professions including schoolteacher, where his students inadvertently helped him discover his true calling (see below for more details). Since then, he has starred in over 45 films for some of cinema's finest contemporary directors both in the Us and Europe (John Boorman, Costa Gavras, Michael Mann, Ken Loach, David Cronenberg, and the Coen Brothers, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
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16 articles from 2009
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