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The Decade: Film's 10 Best Music Moments In The Aughts
24 November 2009 5:43 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
The Doors and Apocalypse Now. Simon and Garfunkel and The Graduate. Richard Strauss and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some of the greatest scenes in cinema history would be nothing without their added soundtracks. What if Tarantino had used "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath instead of "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel for Reservoir Dogs? What about "You Light Up My Life" instead of "Fight The Power" in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing? There were more than a couple mistakes of this nature in the past decade - the entire Watchmen soundtrack comes to mind - but with the aughts coming to a close let's celebrate the ones that got it right 10. Superbad - 2007 Song: "Panama" by Van Halen Few songs can pump someone up more than 80's hair metal (basically the reason it was invented), and no band did it better than Van Halen. So when »
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Film review
21 November 2009 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
This is a funny, deeply affecting and often painfully truthful movie about families, parenthood, growing up, growing old and dying, devoid of sentimentality, acquiescence in Larkinesque cynicism concerning the horrors of family life, or any Gallic equivalent of Hollywood's "I love you, Dad", "I love you too, son". It covers five days between 1988 and 2000, each one seen from the point of view of a member of the Duval family – the taxi driver Robert, his pretty wife Marie-Jeanne, and their children, Albert, Raphaël and Fleur.
In 1988, Albert, a medical student, leaves the nest to live in the attic of his overbearing widowed grandfather. On her 16th birthday, Friday 3 December 1993, Fleur loses her virginity and rows with her parents. Three years later in 1996, Raphaël, a would-be musician, comes to terms with his grandfather and attends his brother's wedding. In 1998, Marie-Jeanne feels rejected and teeters on the brink of adultery. In 2000, Robert takes »
- Philip French
The Making of The Wolfman
20 November 2009 11:04 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
A few days ago Variety reported (you kind of have to mine for it in the article) that veteran editors Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch were being brought in to recut The Wolfman, even though the release date is only a few months away, on February 12, 2010. This could be a very bad thing for the film, culminating in what has already been a tumultuous creation process, but it could be a good thing. Films can often be made in the editing room, and both editors have had extensive experience. Goldblatt has edited such films as Terminator 2 and Pearl Harbor, while Murch worked on The English Patient and Cold Mountain, winning an Oscar for sound editing in Apocalypse Now. The point is, I hope that the film has a chance to succeed because it still looks very cool. The featurette below has some behind the scenes footage and interviews, which increases my excitement for the film. »
- Jacob
New Editors Hired for The Wolfman; French Trailer Released
18 November 2009 5:07 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Buried deep inside a Variety piece, SlashFilm found news that Universal has hired editors Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now) and Mark Goldblatt (The Terminator) to recut Joe Johnston's The Wolfman.
The release date for The Wolfman has already been rescheduled several times, but the move to put the movie out in February was clearly done so that Murch and Goldblatt could have some time to fix things. The two editors likely will be cutting together footage from six weeks of reshoots completed over the summer, mostly supervised by second unit director Vic Armstrong.
Already, the work of the two editors has the movie looking more historic in the new French trailer, shown below ...:
Ok, we admit that's the trailer for the 1941 original. It might be a little while before any work from Murch and Goldblatt will be seen in trailers, if at all. The "new" French trailer is nothing »
- Ryan Gowland
More Wolfman Crew Shuffling as New Editors Are Brought In
17 November 2009 6:21 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
And Universal's The Wolfman continues down a bumpy road toward its February 12, 2010, release date. On the editing front Dennis (The Chronicles of Riddick, The Fog-2005 version) Virkler is apparently out, and Mark Goldblatt and Walter Murch are in.
Goldblatt started out strong with The Howling, Halloween II, The Terminator (1 and 2), and he most recently worked on X-Men: The Last Stand and G-Force. Murch did editing and sound work on such diverse fare as Apocalypse Now, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Godfather: Part III, and Jarhead.
The news was somewhat buried in a Variety article, but /Film did a good job fleshing it out. At this point we can only wonder about director Joe Johnston’s day-to-day involvement with the picture after all the myriad changes it's undergone, and as more details are made available, we'll pass them on.
The Wolfman - Trailer 2
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- Uncle Creepy
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!: Sunday liveblog
15 November 2009 2:45 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
You might not recognise some of the famous faces. In fact you might not recognise many of the famous faces. Luckily we're on hand to guide you through their arrival in the jungle
You're a Celebrity? Heidi Stephens' guide to this year's hopefuls
In Pictures: This year's contestants
So we have our starting 11: ex-Eastender Lucy Benjamin; celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo; former Strictly star Camilla Dallerup; stunna Sam Fox; Dynasty legend George Hamilton; ex Hollyoak actor Stuart Manning; interior designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan; Mis-Teeq singer Sabrina Washington; snooker whirlwind Jimmy White; and How Clean is Your House presenter Kim Woodburn.
So who will be the first to leave the jungle? Or eat something that any normal person might refuse on grounds of ick/dignity? Join Heidi Stephens here – live! – from 9pm on Sunday evening to kick off the new series of I'm a Celebrity …
9.03pm: Evening all - Heidi here. »
- Heidi Stephens
Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload
11 November 2009 2:33 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Instead of doing a cheesy list for Veteran's Day, we here at Fsr decided just to give a run down of all the war-type movies that we've covered over the years (the good, the bad, and the boots on the ground). Some of these you'll be able to pick up at the rental store on your way back home from work, but hopefully your employer was nice enough to give you the day off so you could sit back with a beer, some BBQ and a swelling fervor in remembrance of the monumental jobs done by the bravest members of our society. And since we're overloading here, we went ahead and included just about any flicks that involve soldiers and wartime. We even included some featuring those limey Brits! Look how far we've come since 1776. As an added challenge, why not watch all of them? The General (1927) Battleship Potemkin (1925) The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) To Hell and Back (1955) Operation Petticoat »
- Dr. Cole Abaius
‘Mad Dog Morgan’ Comes To DVD Uncut
11 November 2009 11:51 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Philippe Mora's Mad Dog Morgan, a violent true story and a 70's classic that forever changed the way international audiences saw Australian cinema, is being released in a two-disc limited edition DVD set on November 24 from Troma. Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now) plays Mad Dog Morgan, Australia's most notorious criminal, with all the bravado that turned him into the decade's most radical screen icon. Critics at the Cannes Film Festival praised Mad Dog Morgan and awarded it the John Ford Memorial Award for Best Western before it became a worldwide hit. The new two-disc set includes the shocking uncut version of Mad Dog Morgan (with graphic violence previously censored in North America!), That's Our Mad Dog (a conversation with writer/director Philippe Mora and Dennis Hopper), a rare radio interview with Mora, new interviews with crewmembers, a locations featurette, and more! One of the inaugural films of the Australian New Wave, »
- Ricky
Fishburne Glad He Turned Down Pulp Fiction
11 November 2009 12:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Laurence Fishburne has no regrets about turning down a role in Pulp Fiction, because he could never have played ruthless hitman Jules Winnfield as well as his pal Samuel L. Jackson.
Director Quentin Tarantino approached Fishburne to star alongside John Travolta in his 1994 crime thriller - but the Apocalypse Now star declined the part.
The movie went on to be a huge hit, reigniting Travolta's career and earning Jackson an Oscar nomination.
But Fishburne isn't jealous, insisting the role was made for his close friend.
He says, "I decided not to do it, because I couldn't respond to the part. As a whole piece, it didn't speak to me. It didn't feel like something I needed to do. It's the part that Sam Jackson wound up doing brilliantly.
"I'm glad I didn't do it, because Sam is a bada**.'" »
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! »
People Briefs: Actor Dennis Hopper suffering from prostate cancer
30 October 2009 10:40 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Los Angeles - Actor Dennis Hopper is suffering from prostate cancer and has cancelled all engagements to focus on his treatment, his manager said in a statement Friday. Sam Maydew, told Access Hollywood that the 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a 'special programme' at the University of Southern California medical centre. The star of Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and the TV series Crash would be forced to miss an exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne called Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood, a collection of his artwork and photos, Mayhew added. 'We're hoping for the »
Dennis Hopper Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
30 October 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
This is some very upsetting news.
It appears that actor Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Earlier this month, there were some reports that Hopper had been rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed reason. Now, according to the BBC, Hopper is entering a special program for treatment in California. The initial stay in the hospital was reportedly due to flu-like symptoms and dehydration.
Hopper has had a long and varied history in cinema, ranging back to his friendship in his youth with actor James Dean. He went from playing bit parts to writing, directing, and starring in Easy Rider, which many regard as one of the formative films of 1960s and 1970s cinema. Since then, he has played many memorable roles in over 200 productions, ranging from villains in Speed and Waterworld to a psychotic photographer in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet. »
- John Cooper
Dennis Hopper Cancels Australian Trip
29 October 2009 9:33 PM, PDT | FilmInk.com.au | See recent FilmInk.com.au news »
The revelation that Hollywood legend Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer is a hard pill to swallow. A man of magnanimous presence on screen, and star of films such Easy Rider, Mad Dog Morgan, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet and Speed, he has undoubtedly made his name as a tough guy not to be messed with. However, he must now focus all his strength and attention on recovery, which, as a result, puts his artistic endeavours on the backburner. First on the list is the cancellation of Hopper's imminent plans to arrive in Melbourne. The subject of an exclusive Australian exhibition due to open Thursday 12 November at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi), Hopper had arranged to fly in next week to oversee the installation, and take part in the official opening program. »
Movie Review: Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
22 October 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »
Oct 23, 2009
If I was still an impressionable young man more easily swayed by the martial arts skills of the cinematic heroes of my youth like Bruce Lee then I think I might have a Tony Jaa poster on my wall. Honestly, the guy totally kicks ass. Despite rumors of the actor/director losing his mind in the Cambodian jungles a la Coppola on Apocalypse Now, the film that resulted, Ong Bak 2: The Beginning features an international star at the top of his particular game right now, delivering continuously impressive vehicles for his gritty, ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »
Archaia announces 'Titanium Rain'
21 October 2009 9:53 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Archaia Studios Press has announced a new science fiction war series titled Titanium Rain. Created by Josh Finney and Kat Rocha, the comic draws influence from cinematic classics including Apocalypse Now, Casablanca, Blade Runner and Ghost In The Shell. "I wanted a story that operated on multiple levels," Finney told Cbr. "Granted, there are going to be a number of readers who pick it up because (more) »
- By Mark Langshaw
Cinema falling apart
13 October 2009 | Cineman.ch/en | See recent Cineman.ch/en news »
Interviewed at the Beirut Film Festival, the great Francis Ford Coppola was pessimistic about the movie industry: "The cinema as we know it is falling apart." Coppola's opinion on the subject is not reassuring: "It's a period of incredible change. We used to think of six, seven big film companies. Every one of them is under great stress now. Probably two or three will go out of business and the others will just make certain kind of films like 'Harry Potter' -- basically trying to make 'Star Wars' over and over again, because it's a business." "Cinema is losing the public's interest, because there is so much it has to compete with to get people's time. The profusion of leisure activities; the availability of movies on copied DVD and on the Internet; and news becoming entertainment are reshaping the industry." The maker of "Apocalypse Now", "Rumble Fish" and the "Godfather »
- Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)
Mvff '09: Zombie Girl: The Movie
12 October 2009 1:24 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Having known quite a few "aspiring directors," I noticed that often what kills the potential of so many talented and creative people is the failure to follow through on a project. They could learn a thing or two from the subject of this very entertaining documentary. Emily Haggins was a 10-year-old girl (now 16) who—perhaps against better judgment—decided to write and direct a zombie feature film. We see her try to make the ambitious Pathogen in her hometown of Austin; with schoolwork, budgeting and scheduling middle schoolers as actors being constant setbacks—a perseverance that's really impressive no matter how you slice it.
The doc drops in on local Austin film figures, including AICN's Harry Knowles and the Alamo Drafthouse caretaker Tim League, who know Emily personally and chime in on what they think of her effort, speculating on whether or not it would be fruitful. Well, after 4 years, »
- Arya Ponto
Viff 2009: 'Tetro'
10 October 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
From the opening credits of Tetro you know you're watching a film from a master of the craft.
Produced, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the film stars Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich (who has an eerie resemblance to a young River Phoenix) as two brothers. Ehrenreich's Bennie is coming of age, while Gallo's Tetro is simply coming to terms.
The themes here are much the same as with Coppola's Godfather films. Big families with traditions and names to live up to, and the secrets within those bonds.
But Tetro is much more intimate than the Godfather films, and focuses not on the sprawling family, but the broken connection between the brothers. Bennie, looking for answers to his questions about the family, and Tetro wanting nothing more than to escape.
The cinematography by Mihai Malaimare, who lensed Coppola's Youth Without Youth, is almost too polished, too perfect. The black »
MacHete Maidens to cut in from Not Quite Hollywood director
9 October 2009 11:14 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Fango’s Australian correspondent Michael Helms sent along word that a new exploitation documentary called MacHete Maidens Unleashed is coming from Mark Hartley, the man behind Not Quite Hollywood. Much the way that film (just out on DVD from Magnolia) delved into the history of Aussie genre fare, MacHete Maidens will be a feature-length exploration of Filipino cinema.
“It was the Marcos era—the country was under martial law and, at the same time people were being taken into the jungle and shot for their political views, filmmakers such as Roger Corman were making women-in-prison films full of revolutionaries,” Hartley told Screendaily.com. Produced by Veronica Fury and backed by the Melbourne International Film Festival, MacHete Maidens will spotlight the insane horror and action fare to emerge from the Philippines at that time (like the mini-James Bond epic For Your Height Only, pictured above), as well as the production of »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Mini Recap – Supernatural 5.05 "The End"
1 October 2009 10:22 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
This week, on Supernatural: Welcome to Apocalypse Now, Wal-Mart edition! All the End of Days destruction and drama you could want at a low low price!
Shortly after the events of last week's episode, Sam frantically calls Dean and tells him he's just found out that he's Lucifer's vessel. Dean's none too thrilled with the idea of joining up again and more or less repeats his speech from the end of "Shadow" about Winchesters being weak when they're together. And then he hangs up on Sam. Nice attempt at a parallel, but I'm not sure if I'm buying it. Because there was that one time that Dean left Sam on his own (yes, I understand he was in Hell) and Sam got wrangled by a demon bitch and hooked on blood and started the Apocalypse. Remember, boys? Oh, yes. You're definitely better off alone.
Focus, Julia! Recap. So the next morning, »
- Julia Thorne
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