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Californication Review: "Mia Culpa"

13 December 2009 8:24 PM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

Do the Californication writers know how to execute a season finale or what?!?

Though many of us have found some of the episodes this season to be a little wanting, this season's finale, called "Mia Culpa," was a total knock-out! Check out our episode guide for a complete recap of the finale!

Californication is so great because it marries cutesy adult-themed shenanigans and trashy banter with real drama. And they pulled out the drama big time for this finale! (I must admit, I got teary-eyed more than once this episode.)

It seems that the key to this show is ending the season with a dramatic twist in the Moody family story line.  This isn't a show about sex! It's a show about a family - if you take a look at each season's finales, you can see that this is what keep the viewers coming back for more:

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- lauren.aimee.kaplan@gmail.com (LL)

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Movie Review: Larger Than Life 3D Concert With Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper and Relentless 7

11 December 2009 4:23 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

Dave Matthews Literally Larger Than Life in New 3D Concert

While James Cameron’s Avatar is tearing the industry a new one with its cutting edge 3D technology, other smaller- and that’s only by comparison- studios, like inconcert3d, are trying to do just the same, but with live concert performances.

Now I might be putting my foot in my mouth with this one, but have you checked out a Non-hd TV lately? It’s virtually un-watchable. VHS, DVD’s, and even basic low-def cable seem to have become whispered testaments to the home entertainment system and things like black and white or 35Mm film are as alien and rare as sighting Big Foot. I can see it now: my children, they turn to me and say, “what do you mean movies weren’t always burned directly into my retina?” And lately, the advances in cinema technology have been truly staggering. »

- Matt Levine

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Scorsese to Receive DeMille Award at Golden Globes

14 November 2009 6:07 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

You could give Martin Scorsese just about any award you want and I don't think anyone would protest. Though he emerged at a time when American film was really blossoming, you could really only argue that among his contemporaries, Steven Spielberg is on the same level. Even then, I'm not certain Spielberg has been as consistent or as daring as Scorsese has in his career. They're also shooting for different goals most of the time.

A couple years ago, Scorsese finally got his Oscar, even if it's not the best example of his work and certainly not the first time he earned the award. At the Golden Globes in January, Scorsese will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field." Spielberg, incidentally, won this past year.

We know the movies by heart - Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, »

- Colin Boyd

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Martin Scorsese To Be Honored at 2010 Golden Globes with Cecil B. DeMille Award

12 November 2009 12:59 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

In January, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) will bestow the Honorary Cecile B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese for “his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field,” to which we say “Congratulations, Mr. Scorsese.”  Of course, any award honoring Scorsese’s career is well-earned by the prolific and influential director.  His lengthy and diverse filmography naturally contains movies which flopped and received no support from film critics, but when you look at his hits, he has left an unforgettable stamp on not only American cinema, but on audiences the world over.  That his work continues to improve and defy simple definition is an inspiration to aspiring filmmakers and a challenge to his peers.  There’s only one complaint people have about the awards Scorsese receives: they’re overdue.

Hit the jump to read the full press release.  The 67th Annual Golden Globes will air on January 17, 2010.  Martin Scorsese’s next film, »

- Matt Goldberg

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Martin Scorcese Honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award

12 November 2009 5:35 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Martin Scorsese will be honored at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 17 with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field." The award, voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was announced by Vera Farmiga at a morning press conference. The show, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm Pt, 8 to 11 pm Et) from The Beverly Hilton.

Scorsese received two Golden Globe Awards for "Best Director of a Motion Picture"; for The Departed and Gangs of New York. He received five additional Golden Globe nominations, including four as Best Director (Casino, Age of Innocence, Goodfellas and Raging Bull) and one for Best Screenplay for Raging Bull (with Nicolas Pileggi).

Recent Cecil B. DeMille winners include Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007), Anthony Hopkins (2006), Robin Williams (2005) and Michael Douglas (2004).

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'Michael Jackson's This Is It' Has Stiff Competition In Best Rock Doc Race

23 October 2009 9:07 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

At this stage, a clearer picture is coming together about "Michael Jackson's This Is It." Using a combination of rehearsals, fly-on-the-wall meetings and proper performances, it shows the once-unstoppable pop star gearing up for his big career comeback using some of his most beloved hits (and sending a message about hope and humanity in the process).

A great music doc is made up of a combination of signature moments, incredible performances and an ineffable something that can give the fan sitting on the couch that same twinge of electricity you get standing three feet from a sweaty lead singer in a packed stadium, or that awkward cringe you get seeing your favorite rock star fall apart on film. In his prime, Jackson had that magic (both kinds, unfortunately) when he took the stage, and we'll find out for sure next week if he still had it near the end of his life. »

- Gil Kaufman

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The Complete Monterey Pop Criterion Blu-ray Review

28 September 2009 5:57 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Concert films often work best when they’re about one band. The Last Waltz and Stop Making Sense are great, because you can either like the artist or not, but it’s about their moment, that moment, when they record the show they’re doing. The problem with gig shows, like Monterey Pop, is that not all musicians are created equal. So they have to be about the moment, and the experience. My review after the jump.

Monterey Pop brings together a number of performers, but only a couple will make you lose your minds. But four such performances are enough to make a film like this, and it’s worth celebrating the film for those, and though the film shows where pop music was at that moment, some artists are better than others. The show starts with some Mamas and the Papas, and the song “California Dreaming.” A dreamy, »

- Andre Dellamorte

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Sofa Snark: 'Passing Strange' Explodes On Screen

18 August 2009 11:57 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Lee documented the final performances of Passing Strange on Broadway using his filmmaker?s eye to create a documentary that could easily be pegged as a concert film. Passing Strange the Movie can best be described as a modern day The Last Waltz, full of the same innovation that Martin Scorsese brought to The Band. Fans of film, music and Broadway will all find something to love about Lee?s Passing Strange the Movie. Prepare to be moved all over again »

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Page Six reports Jonathan Demme departs Bob Marley documentary

15 August 2009 10:13 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

According to Page Six, a documentary surrounding the life of reggae groundbreaker Bob Marley entitled Marley has allegedly lost Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme.  He is the second major director to leave the project; apparently Martin Scorsese "dropped out of the project citing 'scheduling conflicts,' and Demme was brought on to replace him."  The rumor, reported by Page Six, was that "Demme's exit occurred after the movie's producer, Steve Bing, saw the director's first round of editing and was less than impressed...Bing counts Beowulf, The Big Bounce, and Get Carter among the flicks he's had a hand in producing." Losing both of these directors is a real blow to this project.  A seminal documentary on the iconic reggae star has yet to be produced.  Both directors have solid past documentary experience -  Scorsese has made a series of iconic documentaries, including No Direction Home, a terrific biopic on Bob Dylan, »

- Drew Williamson

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Tiff 2009: Romero Hosts Free Screening Of Night Of The Living Dead

11 August 2009 5:37 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto... Genre director George A. Romero, will host a free screening of his classic 1968 feature film Night Of The Living Dead @ this year's Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). Tiff will also be launching additional free outdoor screenings, with singers Neil Young, Joan Baez and director Jonathan "Silence Of The Lambs" Demme, @ Toronto's downtown Yonge-Dundas Square. Romero will appear at the screening of Night of the Living Dead, Sept 12, Young and Demme will host the screening of their concert film The Neil Young Trunk Show Sept. 14 and Baez will perform Sept. 18 at the screening of her new doc American Masters- Joan Baez. Other free screenings include concert/musical films Stop Making Sense, Rattle and Hum, The Last Waltz and Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. Actress Isabella Rossellini has also adapted her film Green Porno, about how insects mate, into a special installation including video/sculptures of sea creatures, »

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Raging Bulls and Rolling Stones

20 July 2009 6:13 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Shine A Light: The Long Haul Of Marty, Mick & "Keef"

An essay by Jon Zelazny

This article first appeared at EightMillionStories.com on April 18, 2008.

Martin Scorsese appears on-camera in the pre-concert scenes of Shine a Light, his only obvious personal touch to a concert film that’s generally indistinguishable from your average HBO special. Scorsese has made some wonderful documentaries over the years, and at this stage in his career, I look forward to his pet projects more than his Hollywood features, but when measured against gems like ItalianAmerican and The Last Waltz, or even the tutorial My Voyage to Italy, Shine a Light is easily the least impressive work of Scorsese’s non-fiction career… which isn’t to say it’s a boring movie, or somehow not worth the price of even an IMAX ticket, because The Rolling Stones are indisputably world-class entertainers, and don’t require any »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Who Should Play Frank Sinatra?

14 May 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »

Martin Scorsese is about to bring Frank Sinatra to the big screen, and he's going to do it his way.

The Oscar-winning director who's twice done biopics ('Raging Bull,' 'The Aviator') -- three if you count 'The Last Temptation of Christ' -- as well as a handful of music docs ('The Last Waltz,' 'Shine a Light'), has inked a deal to direct and produce 'Sinatra' for Universal Pictures, according to a report from Variety.

So who will Scorsese tap to play Ol' Blue Eyes? Producer Cathy Schulman says Leonardo DiCaprio is a candidate, which is no surprise given the actor has appeared in Scorsese's last three features, as well this fall's 'Shutter Island.' The message boards are already abuzz with suggestions. Who do you think should play Sinatra? Check out 10 picks we plucked from the boards and then cast your »

- Kevin Polowy

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Martin Scorsese to Direct Frank Sinatra Biopic

13 May 2009 5:44 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – One of the best directors that ever lived, Martin Scorsese, is about to tackle the life story of one of the best singers in the history of his form, Frank Sinatra, according to today’s Variety.

The trade announced today that Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to the screenplay for “Sinatra” from Mandalay Pictures and hired the prolific director of “The Departed,” “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” and many more to helm and produce the film. Scorsese has been trying to get a biopic about Ol’ Blue Eyes off the ground for years and Universal and Mandalay’s Peter Guber and Cathy Schulman have apparently been developing this particular project for two years on their own as they tried to secure the life and music rights for one of the most beloved music icons of the twentieth century.

Keith Richards (left) and director Martin Scorsese backstage at the Beacon »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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