9 articles from 2009
Yes, Jennifer Beals, there is a Santa Claus
19 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST
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Have yourself a merry little Bealsmas. Make the Yuletide gay — or at the very least gayish. Jennifer Beals is getting her holiday on in a new Hallmark movie The Night Before the Night Before Christmas. Bette Porter going merry and bright for the Hallmark Movie Channel? I’m going to need a minute to readjust my understanding of the world.
Jennifer, who has a recurring role on the Fox drama Lie to Me, will appear in the holiday comedy about “a family that's too busy to get ready for the holidays until Santa Claus mistakenly leaves the North Pole a day early and crash lands on their roof, and it's suddenly up to the family to help save Christmas.” Oh, oh my. I can honestly say I have never looked at Jennifer and thought, look at Santa’s little helper — ever.
Now we all know Jennifer can be funny, what
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- dorothy snarker
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Review: "An Englishman in New York" Was Out of Place There Too
15 October 2009 11:01 AM, PDT
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In 1968, at the age of 60, a British writer named Quentin Crisp published a memoir, The Naked Civil Servant, about his life as a defiantly openly gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal. He chose to dye his hair fuchsia, and sometimes wore make-up and women’s clothes — and as a result found himself scorned and beat up for much of his life.
The book was only a modest success, but Crisp's witty, irreverent take on life eventually made its way onto television, in a 1975 movie in which John Hurt portrayed Crisp (to perfection).
Crisp became an international sensation — and it's no exaggeration to say the movie, and its subject's unapologetic gayness, helped usher in a period of more open gay rights activism in the U.K.
Now 34 years after that movie comes a "follow-up" film, once again starring Hurt, telling the story of Crisp’s post-Naked Civil Servant life,
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- Brent Hartinger
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In My Opinion: Ranking the Films of Quentin Tarantino
17 August 2009 3:11 AM, PDT
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Quentin Tarantino on the set of Inglourious Basterds
Photo: The Weinstein Co.
After my not-to-difficult-to-figure-out clues in my What I Watched column yesterday here we have my personal ranking of Quentin Tarantino's first six films. I am excluding his 1987 feature My Best Friend's Birthday for lack of availability and I am not including this weekend's release of Inglourious Basterds because I am not yet ready to weigh in with an official opinion on that one just yet and plan on catching a midnight screening this Thursday before even writing my review. Also, since you guys haven't seen it yet what fun is it really in including it?
So, after re-watching all of Tarantino's movies this weekend, here we have my personal ranking of his films with a favorite clip or two from each for your enjoyment. Hope you enjoy and hope you are ready for a week that will
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- Brad Brevet
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Bride of Frankenstein to be brought back to life
19 June 2009 5:47 PM, PDT
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A Classic from the early days of horror is to get a fresh charge of electricity to bring it back to the big screen.
Universal and Imagine have approached The Illusionist director Neil Burger to write and direct a remake of the 1935 monster movie Bride of Frankenstein.
Burger would pen the screenplay with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, says The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog.
The original film, a follow-up to 1931's Frankenstein, saw the monster persuading his creator to give him a mate.
There was a previous remake called The Bride, starring Sting and Jennifer Beals, in 1985 and there have been several recent attempts to develop another version, with one script setting the story in modern New York.
Universal wants to revamp its library of horror classics and is planning a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, while it will later this year release a new version of The Wolf Man,
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- David Bentley
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The Bride Of Frankenstein May Rise Again!
19 June 2009 5:19 AM, PDT
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Universal are looking to resurrect another of their corpses according to The Trades - this time The Bride of Frankenstein! The studio, alongside production company Imagine, are negotiating with Neil Burger (co-writer/director of The Illusionist) to take on the remake of James Whale’s horror classic.
If the deal goes through, it’s likely that Burger will team once more with writing partner Dick Wittenborn to bring the remake to life. The original film saw Doctor Frankenstein’s monster plead with his maker to creat a mate for him, however once brought to life The Bride rejects Frankenstein’s monster - with disasterous consequences!
The Bride of Frankenstein also made an appearance of sorts in 1994’s “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”, directed by “Thor” helmer Kenneth Branagh. The character was then played by Helena Bonham Carter.
Universal are clearly keen to revive their library of classic monster movies, with a
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- Craig Sharp
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‘Bride of Frankenstein’ Remake Reawakened
18 June 2009 4:04 PM, PDT
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A remake of the classic 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein has been talked about for a long while now and it looks like new life has been breathed into the project by Universal and Imagine Entertainment. Neil Burger, writer and director of The Illusionist, is reportedly in talks to direct the Bride of Frankenstein remake. If it goes through, he’ll also pen the script with writing partner Dirk Wittenborn, with Brian Grazer (Frost/Nixon, A Beautiful Mind) and Sean Daniel (The Mummy) set to produce.
The original Bride of Frankenstein was a straight sequel to 1931’s Frankenstein in which a mate is created for the monster by Dr. Frankenstein, only to unexpectedly find that she rejects him. As stated, a remake of the movie has been talked about for a long time now: American Splendor writers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini were once attached to pen the screenplay for
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- Ross Miller
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Universal’s Bride of Frankenstein Remake May Actually Happen
17 June 2009 3:00 PM, PDT
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Seems like Universal has been angling for a remake of The Bride of Frankenstein for years. Now, according to the Risky Biz blog, it is rising again, this time with director Neil Burger (The Illusionist) slated to make the film a reality. Burger would write the film as well, with Illusionist co-writer Dirk Wittenborn. But when the only previous remake of the James Whale original is The Bride, with Sting and Jennifer Beals, what makes Universal think this one will fare better than previous attempts?
The studio is actively mining the old monster properties. The Wolf Man will finally see release this year after significant delay, while a Creature From the Black Lagoon re-do is in development. American Splendor writer/directors Shari Springer Bergman and Robert Pulcini once wrote a draft of Bride that skewed the film as a modern story, with the title character being brought back to life
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Universal to Resurrect the 'Bride of Frankenstein'
17 June 2009 12:30 PM, PDT
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This story caught my eye this morning, and for some unfathomable reason I set it aside to prioritize other material. Which is odd, because the resurrection of Bride of Frankenstein may be the best news so far this week, in my opinion. And while I'm typically down on remakes — mostly because they're usually not very good and have become a lazy crutch in Hollywood — I'm not opposed to the occasional one, especially if the material is interesting and it's well executed (i.e. The Thomas Crown Affair).
Here are the details: Universal Pictures hopes to launch a new take on Bride of Frankenstein with filmmaker Neil Burger at the reins. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Burger may direct and co-write the remake. The original 1935 horror film featured Elsa Lanchester (pictured to your left) in the title role.
Sting and Jennifer Beals co-starred in a largely forgettable remake in 1985 called The Bride,
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Next Up for a Reboot: The Bride!
16 June 2009 10:55 PM, PDT
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Well, here's something we all should have seen coming: Universal and Imagine are getting ready to reinvent The Bride of Frankenstein. And they're in talks with Neil (The Illusionist) Burger to direct and co-write the script with Dirk Wittenborn.
As the Risky Biz Blog on THR.com explains it, "Burger is attached to direct 'Dark Fields,' a thriller about a slacker who discovers a drug that makes him sharper, at Universal, but progress has been slowed since star Shia Labeouf was forced to pull out last year with a hand injury.
'Frankenstein' has been remade numerous times — Mary Shelley’s book sits in the public domain — but 'Bride' has had only one other go-round on the big screen: a 1985 version at Columbia starring Sting and Jennifer Beals. In 1999 Bill Condon’s 'Gods and Monsters,' a biopic of James Whale, showed clips from the film and re-created the bride herself.
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- The Woman In Black
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