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Former MGM Chief Daniel Melnick Dead At 77; Many Classic Films To His Credit

16 October 2009 9:58 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Producer and former MGM chief Daniel Melnick died Tuesday at age 77. His credits are as diversified as they are impressive. Among the films and TV series he oversaw, produced or developed: Get Smart, Network, Straw Dogs, All That Jazz, That's Entertainment, Midnight Express, The Goodbye Girl, The Sunshine Boys, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Footloose and Altered States. For more click here »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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The Planting of Dan Melnick and the Death of Hollywood Cool

15 October 2009 3:36 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

I woke up this morning enchanted by the first rain in Los Angeles in more than three months, and lay awake for a while to savor the sound of it. Then I went to the computer and found out my old friend, the truly larger-than-life producer Danny Melnick, had died suddenly. What a flood of memories swept down with the rain ... However you pictured Hollywood Cool, from the '60s through the '90s, Dan Melnick embodied the fantasy. Incredibly gifted -- CBS producer at 20, nurturer of Sam Peckinpah and Roman Polanski, head of MGM at 39, producer of All That Jazz, Straw Dogs, Altered States and the creative impetus behind Get Smart, the list goes on an on. He was also stylish, politically bold, dryly (and, on occasion, cruelly) hilarious, a patron of the arts and a provocateur... »

- John Eskow

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Fringe S1 DVD review

8 September 2009 7:11 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

Left to right: The holographic cover, the inner case, the insert

I love watching shows on TV. I really do. There's nothing better than experiencing a show for the first time at the same time the rest of the world does. But even while I'm watching the episode, I often find myself wanting to see the 'making-of' clips on the DVD. Fringe was not an exception; I often found myself in marvel of the mechanics of the show almost as much as I found the show a marvel in and of itself.

So when the Fringe season one DVD dropped, I rushed out to buy it, scooping up the holographic cover and rushing to checkout, not even bothering to glance at anything between those two points.

And oh, what a good investment the set was.

The seven-disc set, in addition to housing the entire twenty episodes (two episodes for disc one, »

- Sam McPherson

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Scenes We Love: The Americanization of Emily

13 August 2009 5:27 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

In 1964's The Americanization of Emily, James Garner plays Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Madison, a "dog robber" serving under a Navy general. His job is to procure whatever his boss needs, be it booze, food, cigarettes, or female companionship, and he's very good at what he does. A proud coward, Madison's figured out that the best way to avoid being killed in a war is to stay as far away from the fighting as possible. Until, that is, he ends up at Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion as part of a PR stunt, and ends up an inadvertent hero.

Written by Paddy Chayevsky (Network, Altered States) and directed by Arthur Hiller, the story focuses on Charlie's love affair with a London war widow (Julie Andrews) who's lost her husband, brother and father in the war and finds Charlie's avowed cowardice encouraging -- she can't bear the thought of losing another loved one, »

- Dawn Taylor

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Event Report: AMPAS' Tribute to FX Legend Dick Smith

29 June 2009 1:10 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In Hollywood, it is celebrity which makes headlines, but what lasts longest in this industry is respect The key to respect is something nobody on Earth has the time or experience to analyze, but it is an easy thing to gauge: if you were at AMPAS’s tribute to legendary makeup artist Dick Smith, you saw respect in the eyes of the likes of Rick Baker, Linda Blair, and Hal Holbrook. This salute drew the newsworthy likes of J.J. Abrams and John Landis, but this was merely the audience. The great make-up artist Rick Baker moderated panels that included actor Linda Blair, recent Oscar-winner Greg Cannom, and a host of others who came to express their gratitude for this titan of make-up. You also saw a love for the art of makeup, and, indeed, love for the mastery of any art form, whether it be cinematic or otherwise. And you »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Cameron Koller)

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Five: Adaptations Of Stories You Probably Don't Have On Your Bookshelf

18 April 2009 11:33 AM, PDT | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »

Peter from Horror's Not Dead gives us Five: Adaptations of stories you probably don’t have on Your bookshelf

These days horror adaptations from the literary world are so rare (unless the source is Stephen King or a Manga) that one may forget a time when they were the bread and butter of genre productions.  Obvious monster lineage (Frankenstein et al) and genre staples (Jaws, The Shining et al) aside, there are plenty of terrific adaptations of fairly underplayed short stories or novels.  Some a little more common than others, but the following five all owe their existence to that wonderful breed of horror unique to tried and true prose.

Incident on and off a Mountain Road

Directed by the fan friendly Don Coscarelli, Incident is an adaptation of a short story by the relatively prolific Joe R. Lansdale.  Perhaps best known as the author of Bubba Ho-Tep, Lansdale has »

- Leigh

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Bravetart vs. the Loch Ness Monster

28 March 2009 5:56 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Sometimes you come across word of a movie for which the only logical reaction is "What the hell?" Such a movie is Bravetart vs. the Loch Ness Monster. Seriously. What the hell?

Remember Ken Russell? He's the filmmaker behind Altered States, Lair of the White Worm, The Devils, Tommy, Gothic, Whore, etc. Always one known for mixing the artsy with the offbeat, he's usually a "love him or hate him" kind of filmmaker. In this case, however, he's more of a "what is he smoking?" kind of filmmaker.

Bravetart vs. the Loch Ness Monster is, according to the London Times, the next bit of cinematic lunacy to spring forth from Ken Russell's mind with an assist from his current wife, Elise.

"Bravetart MacDonald, our matter-of-fact hooker with a heart of gold and a brogue as thick as her boot soles, comes from a family of entrepreneurs - all in the flesh trade. »

- Foywonder

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John Corigliano: Edge of Darkness

19 February 2009 7:59 AM, PST | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

John Corigliano, one of the most acclaimed composers of contemporary concert music who wrote the groundbreaking score for Altered States in 1980 and won an Oscar for The Red Violin ten years ago, is making a spectacular comeback to the film scoring stage. The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency confirms that Corigliano is doing the music for Edge of Darkness, the new thriller from director Martin Campbell, starring Mel Gibson as a detective who uncovers a government collusion when investigates the death of his activist daughter. The film is based on the 1985 TV miniseries which featured a score by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton. Gk Films produces for release on November 11. »

- noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)

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Bruce Dickinson presents Crowley on DVD March 10th!

30 January 2009 6:31 AM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

What happens when ancient evil marries 21st-century technology? Behold Crowley. Also known under its international title Chemical Wedding, Anchor Bay Entertainment will unleash this one-of-a-kind supernatural shocker on DVD on March 10, 2009 .

Crowley stars Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love, Phantom of the Opera), two-time BAFTA Award nominee and SAG Award winner and is directed by Julian Doyle (editor of Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life and Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits and Brazil). Doyle co-wrote the screenplay with Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of the legendary heavy-metal rock group Iron Maiden. Dickinson also co-wrote the film’s music score with Dave Howman, Andre Jacquemin and Rod Melvin.

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was the most notorious occultist who ever lived. A man whose appetites for corruption, sadism, sexual excess and moral degradation knew no bounds. His sphere of influence extended far beyond England to the world at large, »

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2009 | 2008

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