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Peter Jackson Announces, Hints At Elaborate Blu-Ray Shenanigans
15 December 2009 4:23 AM, PST
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It has been announced that the Lord of the Rings Trilogy is finally arriving on Blu-Ray April 6th. Currently, Peter Jackson’s only film available in the format is 2005’s King Kong. While the Kong Blu-Ray contains both the theatrical and extended cuts of the film, these Lord of the Rings Blu-Rays will contain only the theatrical versions.
In a recent radio interview, however, Jackson mentioned additional plans to release some of his ‘earlier films’ on Blu-Ray as well in the near future — a list we can only hope covers everything up to 1996’s The Frighteners.
The Lord of the Rings Blu-Ray set will span 9 discs, with the extra features on Standard-Definition DVDs and Digital Copies thrown into the mix as well. Retail price: $99.98.
Updated — Enjoy the trailer for the Blu-Ray
Anaconda (Blu-Ray Review)In Cold Blood (Blu-Ray Review)Do The Right Thing 20th Anniversary Blu-Ray ReviewThe Silence of the
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- Andrew Ford
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Oscar Flashback – 1991
29 November 2009 12:58 PM, PST
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The debate raging in the comments section of another post declares that this year mirrors 1989, when Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture. They compare that to the Blind Side and
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- Sasha Stone
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'Kobe Doin Work' is More Than Just Hoopla
27 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST
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I have only been to one NBA game in my life and that was 10 years ago (the Vancouver Grizzlies against Portland, I think it was). I didn't understand the rules of this high-scoring sport so I thought the half time acrobat show was the most entertaining part of the event. Nevertheless, I was intrigued when I received a review copy of the Espn basketball documentary Kobe Doin' Work.
Helmed by renowned film director Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Summer of Sam, Malcolm X), Kobe Doin' Work focuses on a "game in the life" of La Lakers star Kobe Bryant. From it, I hoped to learn something about how the game of basketball is played and about the life of one of the biggest sports stars in the world. As a fan of other sports (particularly English Premier League soccer) I was also curious to get a sense of what
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The Decade: Film's 10 Best Music Moments In The Aughts
24 November 2009 5:43 PM, PST
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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
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He Said – He Said … Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
20 November 2009 7:18 AM, PST
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is the story of an overweight 16-year-old who is physically and emotionally abused. I know, it sounds like an after school special, not a potential Oscar-winning film. Lee Daniels (Shadowboxer) directs his second film which stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton and Mariah Carey. As always, it’s better to read reviews if you are planning on seeing this film. With all of the “said” articles, nothing is off limits. Plot spoilers, big twists and the ending are all fair game for us to talk about. Enough jibber jabber, onto the film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire with he (Jeff Bayer) and he (Nick Allen).
Bayer’s Tsr – 8/10
Allen’s Tsr – 5/10
Bayer Said
I knew you were desperate for someone else to see this film. I also knew you gave it a 5/10. Plus, I knew it was about a big girl,
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- Jeff Bayer
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Antoine Fuqua, Spike Lee Together on 'Miss'
18 November 2009 11:10 PM, PST
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Who says there’s better living through crime? Antoine Fuqua and Spike Lee, that’s who.
Fuqua, who has directed films ranging from the crime thriller Training Day to the adventure saga King Arthur, will be directing an adaptation of "Miss: Better Living Through Crime", a French graphic novel. The book revolves around a poor white girl and a black pimp — named Nola and Slim, respectively — who partner up as killers-for-hire in early 1900’s New York.
Spike Lee, the groundbreaking director of such films as Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever and He Got Game, will serve as executive producer, Variety reports. Lee’s most recent film was the 2008 war movie Miracle at St. Anna.
Fuqua’s latest, Brooklyn’s Finest starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Ethan Hawke, will be released next March.
Miss will be produced through Vigilante Entertainment, and John Ridley, who wrote the upcoming World War
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Spike Lee And Antoine Fuqua To Adapt 'Miss: Better Living Through Crime'
18 November 2009 7:01 AM, PST
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Critically acclaimed filmmakers Spike Lee and Antoine Fuqua will adapt Philippe Thirault, Marc Riou and Mark Vigouroux’ graphic novel "Miss: Better Living Through Crime" for Vigilante Entertainment.
Originally published by French comic publisher Humanoids, “Miss” is a crime thriller set in the 1920s that follows an unusual partnership between two killers for hire: a poor white girl named Nola who becomes a tough femme fatale and Slim, an African-American pimp from Harlem. “Miss” was also published in the U.S. in 2002.
According to Variety, Fuqua will direct “Miss” while Lee is onboard as an executive producer along with Pierre Spengler, Fabrice Giger and Vigilante Entertainment founder Hicham Benkirane. The project is currently being shopped around to film studios.
Lee is widely known for films like “Do the Right Thing”, “Malcolm X” and “Get on the Bus,” while Fuqua’s best-known film is “Training Day” — which earned Denzel Washington the
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- Blair Marnell
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Antoine Fuqua and Spike Lee Team Up for Adaptation of Graphic Novel Miss: Better Living Through Crime
17 November 2009 10:39 PM, PST
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It’s been twenty years since Do the Right Thing but Spike Lee has continued to grow and innovate as a filmmaker, pushing himself to work outside his comfort zone while never completely leaving his deep-seated convictions about race in America.
It’s been eight years since Training Day but Antoine Fuqua has yet to make another successful film and even Training Day succeeded more because of Denzel Washington than because of Fuqua’s direction. While he did receive positive notices for his most recent film Brooklyn’s Finest, which played at Sundance earlier this year, it’s been a long dry spell for Fuqua. Can he finally up his game by joining forces with Lee? Their collaboration in adapting the graphic novel Miss: Better Living Through Crime may answer that question. Hit the jump for details.
Here’s what Variety has to say about the source material:
[Miss, by French writers Philippe Thirault, Marc Riou and Mark Vigouroux] revolves around Nola and Slim,
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- Matt Goldberg
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The Sunday Movie Quiz – The Answers
16 November 2009 12:33 PM, PST
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Here are the answers to yesterday’s weekly Sunday Movie Quiz. If you missed the quiz yesterday, go here and give it a try before you look at the answers. Hope you had fun, and will come back for another quiz next Sunday.
Movie Quotes – Name the films
1 Who you gonna butcher man? – The Limey
2 Los Locos kick your ass, Los Locos kick your face, Los Locos kick your balls into outer space! – Short Circuit 2
3 You tell him i’m coming, and hells coming with me, you hear? – Tombstone
4 Better hurry up Russell, time is healing this wound! - Up
5 Muad’Dib!! – Dune
6 Oh, i dunno. Cos i wanted to redecorate. A couple of throw pillows, TV news reporter, what do you think? – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7 Don’T shake hands with messy Tessy. – Garbage Pail Kids
8 I want you to hit me as hard as you can. – Fight Club
9 I love this plan,
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- Barry Steele
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The Sunday Movie Quiz
14 November 2009 4:01 PM, PST
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Last Sunday was the first Sunday Movie Quotes Quiz. If you missed it, you can find it here, with the answers here. This week, it’s not just quotes, we’ll have several sections. Same rules as before, no prize, just for fun. Answers are now here. Feel free to shout answers in the comments if you want, and if it’s too hard or too easy let us know.
Movie Quotes – Name the films
1 Who you gonna butcher man?
2 Los Locos kick your ass, Los Locos kick your face, Los Locos kick your balls into outer space!
3 You tell him i’m coming, and hells coming with me, you hear?
4 Better hurry up Russell, time is healing this wound!
5 Muad’Dib!!
6 Oh, i dunno. Cos i wanted to redecorate. A couple of throw pillows, TV news reporter, what do you think?
7 Don’T shake hands with messy Tessy.
8 I want you
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- Barry Steele
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Entertainment Weekly Lists the 25 Best Soundtracks from the Past 25 Years
3 November 2009 2:34 PM, PST
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I’m no music expert what with their fancy degrees and ability to appreciate music beyond “This sounds good.” But I do know lists and lists generate controversy and controversy equals traffic! And with their patented “slideshow” format which creates more hits based on an itemized story, EW.com has a real racket going!
Well, we just listed it like normal people after the jump. Take a look, see if you agree, and scream your disbelief at how a certain album you love wasn’t included. Also, remember that this is a list of soundtracks which are usually a collection of songs used in a movie as opposed to a score which is usually the instrumental accompaniment to the film created by a single composer (although there are obviously scores created by more than one composer).
If you want to click through the list like a chump, click here. It
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- Matt Goldberg
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Lee Sparks Film Fight With Perry
25 October 2009 4:26 PM, PDT
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Outspoken moviemaker Spike Lee has picked a new film fight with actor/director Tyler Perry after suggesting the Madea Goes To Jail star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans.
The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and buffoonery" in his films - comments the younger filmmaker has taken exception to.
In a taped interview for U.S. news show 60 Minutes, Perry says, "That p**ses me off. It really does - because it's so insulting.
"It's attitudes like that that make Hollywood think that these people (his characters) do not exist and that's why there's no material speaking to them, speaking to us. I would love to read that to my fan base."
It's not the first time Lee has picked a fight with a big name movie icon - he attacked Quentin Tarantino over the use of the 'N' word in his films and also took aim at Clint Eastwood for failing to include African-Americans in his war movies Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima.
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Oscar Update: 'Precious' Backlash, 'An Education' Looms Large and New Predictions
22 October 2009 3:24 AM, PDT
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We shall begin with Amelia, a film I wrote about on Monday as it became the talk of the town with hardly a review in sight and a mere five days until its release. Well, that's all changed as I saw the film early Tuesday morning and it seems most everyone in Los Angeles and New York saw it for the first time as well. While I won't be joining David Poland on the train to completely disembowel Mira Nair's film of the famed aviatrix (and it seems Kris Tapley will also be doing the same), I will admit it's not a very good movie and would agree with Justin Chang's take at Variety when he says the film "offers snazzy aerial photography and inspirational platitudes in lieu of insight into Amelia Earhart's storied life and high-flying career."
What does this mean for the Best Actress race? Well, I
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- Brad Brevet
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'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Hang in there, Kandi
9 October 2009 7:36 AM, PDT
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After the sad news over the weekend that Kandi's fiance (or ex-fiance, apparently) had been killed, it was difficult to watch the woman innocently struggle over their fraught engagement. And seriously, Bravo—the preview for next week shows a tense therapy session in which Kandi's skeptical mother accuses the man of being a dead-beat. Surely this scenes could have been scrapped in response to the tragic turn of events.
Kandi continued to be the sole voice of reason on the show. (This good sense will hopefully steer her well as she navigates her grief.) The best parts of the episode
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- Karen Valby
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'Parks and Recreation' recap: Dirty little secrets
9 October 2009 6:10 AM, PDT
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Having not yet watched the latest Office (has anyone seen or heard anything about this wedding?) or It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and eliminating Friday and Saturday's television offerings (do they air shows those nights?) from my pool, I admit that the following claim might be under-researched...but you know what? I'm going to make it anyway: Last night's Parks and Recreation was the most satisfying comedy of the week.
Sure, Curb Your Enthusiasm gave us the Seinfeld gang and Modern Family proved once again -- even in its weakest episode thus far -- worth all the critical fuss,
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- Henning Fog
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Top Ten Working American Directors
7 October 2009 2:18 AM, PDT
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Top Ten Working American Directors
A list like this is tricky to the point of madness. However, I'm going to save you the trouble by saying it right here, right now: Most of the choices on this list are obvious. There's a reason why certain names continually pop up whenever conversation drifts toward great American films. So there. I said it.
Yet, how do you weigh the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, a genius who delivered some of the all-time greatest films, but fizzled out 25 or so years ago, against a filmmaker like Woody Allen who has worked consistently for decades churning out both brilliant gems and disposable time wasters? How do you compare either of these directors against an auteur such as Spike Jonze who has only opened two films so far, but both are masterpieces?
In the end I just went with my gut. I knew there were
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- David Frank
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Rosie Perez preps for her role on "Law & Order: Svu"
21 September 2009 10:00 AM, PDT
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It’s been way too long since I’ve seen my girl Rosie Perez. Sure, she was on Lipstick Jungle but I wasn’t going to watch that unless it was Lipstick Lesbian Jungle — jump on this Logo!
Thankfully, she’ll soon be returning to the small screen as a guest star on Law & Order: Svu, which I watch regularly thanks to Mariska Hargitay. I can show you where to put those handcuffs, Detective Benson!
Rosie will always be a tough-acting Brooklyn goddess to me. Whenever I think of her, I either picture her dancing during the opening sequence of Do The Right Thing or the scene in White Men Can’t Jump where she’s giving Woody Harrelson’s character, Billy, the smackdown when he says Jeopardy isn’t going to call her:
Jeopardy is going to call Billy, it is my destiny that I triumph magnificently on that
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- Stubbs
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Music: Review:The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker: Burn It Down
14 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT
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Nashville retro-soul outfit The Dynamites and their 65-year-old frontman Charles Walker may not quite measure up to the high standard set by genre exemplars Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, but then again, who does? When The Dynamites follow The Dap-Kings’ lead and combine social commentary with horn-pumped funk on songs like “Somebody’s Got It Better,” and “Do The Right Thing,” the results are more than a little overbearing. But Walker has a likeably earthy, expressive voice, and The Dynamites are a tight, punchy combo capable of J.B.’s-level vamps like “Treadneck” and “The Third Degree,” marked by complex rhythms
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An Open Letter About Red Cliff
11 September 2009 11:52 AM, PDT
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Next to Public Enemies, John Woo’s Red Cliff was (and still is) my most anticipated film of this year. The fact that it became the highest-grossing Chinese picture and the accolades being left on it aren’t helping me wait for this thing. Nor is the fact this poster has now hit stateside, and it looks like pure epicness. Reports also have the film opening in limited theaters and Video On Demand come November 20th.
If true, I ask all cinema goers to do one thing: please see this film over New Moon. I stress, please see this film over New Moon. John Woo is one of the best directors to ever get near a camera, even if his American films aren’t up to par with his previous work. Twilight is a cancer of a depressed, quality-hatin, Mormon maniac and it needs to be dee-stroyed. Do the right thing,
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- Philip Barrett
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Anaconda (Blu-Ray Review)
11 September 2009 5:46 AM, PDT
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Anacona on Blu-Ray
Main Feature (1H 29M 20S)
Question: Is this one of the worst films ever made?
Answer: Quite possibly. Then again, this is possibly also one of the worst films featuring a giant snake.
I am truly amazed at this film. I am very rarely left open-jawed and at a loss for words, but this is one of those moments. Since I’m finding it a struggle to communicate I will partially dissect this disaster step by step.
Jon Voight, who (let’s be honest) was the best hope for some decent acting, plays a character named Sarone who speaks as though he is constantly chewing marbles, and affects a ridiculous “Tony Montana” accent. Eric Stoltz is another actor I have a lot of respect for but his character, Dr. Steven Cale, quickly goes from being a strong leader to being just as incompetent as everyone else on this little expedition.
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