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19 articles from 2009
DVD: Review:DVDs In Brief: October 14, 2009
13 October 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Is nothing sacred? It seems like only yesterday—if yesterday was, say, 20 years ago—that the Andie MacDowell/Gérard Depardieu rom-com Green Card walked off with America’s heart, and now the Sandra Bullock vehicle The Proposal (Buena Vista) has come along to steal its “immigrant marries to stay in the country but improbably falls in love” premise. For this sly piece of counter-programming, summer audiences rewarded Bullock and co-star Ryan Reynolds with a sleeper hit. But we will never forget you, Green Card!… Following the bellicose third entry in his Spider-Man franchise, Sam Raimi’s horror-comedy Drag ... »
Cherien Dabis Explores the Arab-American Diaspora in 'Amreeka'
3 September 2009 10:20 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
When divorced single mother Muna arrives at Chicago O’Hare International Airport from the West bank with her teenage son Fadi, she is filled with hope and optimism. Having won a Green Card through the U.S. State Department’s lottery program, Muna is happy to leave behind the noise, heat and political strife of her homeland.
When an immigration officer asks if her husband is traveling with her and her son, she replies innocently "We have divorced. My husband, he is not a good man." The comment arouses the immigration official’s suspicion and their luggage is thoroughly searched. Muna and her son are briefly separated and Fadi allows an airport custom’s officer to confiscate a Saran-wrapped tin of cookies from their baggage. Later that evening, Muna searches in vain for the tin—which contained all her life savings.
Too proud to admit her mistake, Muna immediately tries to find work. »
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
26 August 2009 7:55 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Peter Weir's comprehensive profile at Senses of Cinema begins with:
Peter Weir helped to define the rebirth of Australian cinema, while addressing some of the most pressing concerns of the nation in the 1970s and 1980s. His intriguing images of Australia, evocative and transcendent, made an impact in the international art house scene, eager for compelling visions of geo-political areas and cultures overlooked by mainstream cinema. After achieving international recognition as an emblematic Australian filmmaker, Weir made his transition to Hollywood while maintaining a sense of experimentation and artistic exploration . . .[ read more ]
I have to say, Peter Weir's films are so diverse, it's hard to pinpoint exactly his focus as a filmmaker. That is, if he has any intention to focus on certain themes. He has done such an impressive list of movies in many genres - dramatic mystery-thrillers (Picnic at Hanging Rock), comedy-romance (Green Card), action-adventure (Master and Commander »
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
26 August 2009 7:55 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Peter Weir's comprehensive profile at Senses of Cinema begins with:
Peter Weir helped to define the rebirth of Australian cinema, while addressing some of the most pressing concerns of the nation in the 1970s and 1980s. His intriguing images of Australia, evocative and transcendent, made an impact in the international art house scene, eager for compelling visions of geo-political areas and cultures overlooked by mainstream cinema. After achieving international recognition as an emblematic Australian filmmaker, Weir made his transition to Hollywood while maintaining a sense of experimentation and artistic exploration . . .[ read more ]
I have to say, Peter Weir's films are so diverse, it's hard to pinpoint exactly his focus as a filmmaker. That is, if he has any intention to focus on certain themes. He has done such an impressive list of movies in many genres - dramatic mystery-thrillers (Picnic at Hanging Rock), comedy-romance (Green Card), action-adventure (Master and Commander »
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
26 August 2009 7:55 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Peter Weir's comprehensive profile at Senses of Cinema begins with:
Peter Weir helped to define the rebirth of Australian cinema, while addressing some of the most pressing concerns of the nation in the 1970s and 1980s. His intriguing images of Australia, evocative and transcendent, made an impact in the international art house scene, eager for compelling visions of geo-political areas and cultures overlooked by mainstream cinema. After achieving international recognition as an emblematic Australian filmmaker, Weir made his transition to Hollywood while maintaining a sense of experimentation and artistic exploration . . .[ read more ]
I have to say, Peter Weir's films are so diverse, it's hard to pinpoint exactly his focus as a filmmaker. That is, if he has any intention to focus on certain themes. He has done such an impressive list of movies in many genres - dramatic mystery-thrillers (Picnic at Hanging Rock), comedy-romance (Green Card), action-adventure (Master and Commander »
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
26 August 2009 7:55 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Peter Weir's comprehensive profile at Senses of Cinema begins with:
Peter Weir helped to define the rebirth of Australian cinema, while addressing some of the most pressing concerns of the nation in the 1970s and 1980s. His intriguing images of Australia, evocative and transcendent, made an impact in the international art house scene, eager for compelling visions of geo-political areas and cultures overlooked by mainstream cinema. After achieving international recognition as an emblematic Australian filmmaker, Weir made his transition to Hollywood while maintaining a sense of experimentation and artistic exploration . . .[ read more ]
I have to say, Peter Weir's films are so diverse, it's hard to pinpoint exactly his focus as a filmmaker. That is, if he has any intention to focus on certain themes. He has done such an impressive list of movies in many genres - dramatic mystery-thrillers (Picnic at Hanging Rock), comedy-romance (Green Card), action-adventure (Master and Commander »
Jasmine Fiore's Tomboy Childhood, Green Card Marriage
25 August 2009 8:26 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
She was known for her looks and various modeling gigs, but to close friends and family Jasmine Fiore was a small town girl with a love for nature and animals, a strong work ethic and a warm personality. The bikini model's dreams of stepping away from the spotlight and working in real estate and as a personal trainer ended abruptly after her mutilated body was found stuffed in a suitcase in a trash bin in Buena Park, Calif., on Aug. 15. Her husband, Ryan Jenkins, was charged with her murder on Aug. 20 and killed himself days later while police mounted an international manhunt. ... »
- people.com
From the Files of Fangoria: The Cars That Ate Paris
24 August 2009 5:29 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
The best part about this unfettered access to Fangoria’s Files is being able to track down those films Academy Award Nominated directors would rather forget. Sure Peter Weir made us all tear up in front of our girlfriends with such films as Gallipoli, The Truman Show and Witness, but what kind of emotion was he trying to evoke with one of his earlier films, The Cars That Ate Paris from 1974?
The film was released in the Us as The Cars That Eat People. I guess they figured American audiences wouldn’t be that sympathetic to the French. It took me a good twenty minutes of viewing and language deciphering to realize that the Paris they were referring to was actually a small town in Australia. At first glance, it looks like Maximum Overdrive meets Herbie The Love Bug with sadly no Emilio or Lindsey. However, it shares more in »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (David McKendry)
Streep Nom #9 and Act III: Funny Lady
11 July 2009 9:59 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Streep at 60: We've been looking at each Meryl Streep Oscar nod and its competition. Previously 78, 79, 81, 82 and 83, 85, 87 and 88
I believe that Meryl Streep's film career can be divided into five chapters or acts (thus far).
Act I (Liberated Lady) 1977-1981Act II (Chamaeleonidae Erotica) 1981-1988Act III (Funny Lady) 1989-1992Act IV (???) 1993-2001Act V (The Great Entertainer) 2002-presentAfter the High Drama years it came as a shock to many when Meryl was suddenly making comedies. Some felt it was a career crisis and there was some backlash going on. This is possibly hard to comprehend for her new young fans but great success always leads to it and many people were sick of Streep's total dominance as the Eighties wound down. It was somewhat common wisdom at the time that her run at the top was ending, having turned 40 in 1989. Several younger stars were coming into their own »
- NATHANIEL R
Fliff Announces 8th Annual Perrier French Film Festival
25 June 2009 5:59 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival is announcing the invasion of the French at Cinema Paradiso. The 8th annual Perrier French Film Festival is set to showcase 12 French films from July 30 to August 2.
For four days, the fest will be bringing diverse selection of French films, ranging from historical dramas, adventures and comedies.
On July 30, "Hello Goodbye" will be opening the festival. The romantic comedy film stars Gerard Depardieu, who is known to American audience in film such as "Green Card" and "Last Holiday" among others, and Fanny Ardant.
For the closing, "A Pain in the Ass" will be showing on August 2.
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'The Proposal'
21 June 2009 9:30 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
If you’ve ever seen a romantic comedy, then you know exactly how The Proposal ends. Unless you have been in a coma for the last 50 years, it won’t come as a surprise that even though Sandra Bullock’s Margaret Tate and Ryan Reynolds’s Andrew Paxton start the film with zero affection between them, the film ends with them in each other’s arms. The Proposal could’ve wallowed in its lazy basic premise, used in everything from the fizzy classic It Happened One Night to either of the messy Kate Hudson-Matthew-McConaughey pairings. Instead, it takes the talent of its two leads — and nice supporting work from Betty White and Oscar Nuñez — and turns into an entertaining comedy.
A hybrid of Green Card, The Devil Wears Prada, and every fish-out-of-water comedy ever made, The Proposal has a villain who could go Christian-Louboutin-clad-toe-to-Christian-Louboutin-clad-toe with Prada’s Miranda Priestley. »
Review: The Proposal
18 June 2009 7:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I love watching Sandra Bullock, who is enjoyable even in the lamest of films. And sadly, there are so many lame movies starring Bullock, and so few that I would enjoy watching more than once -- Infamous is a rare exception. After I saw Speed, I said that I thought Bullock could be this generation's Carole Lombard, but unfortunately the actress has not yet found her Howard Hawks or Ernst Lubitsch. The Proposal is yet another Bullock-starring formulaic romantic comedy with little to offer except sparkling performances, and not just from Bullock.
Margaret Tate (Bullock) is the terror of the Manhattan publishing office where she's editor-in-chief, and even her charming assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds) is scared of her. Her Achilles heel turns out to be that she's ... Canadian, and she's about to be deported for a year due to some visa problems. So Margaret hurriedly declares that she's engaged to Andrew, »
- Jette Kernion
June 19: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
18 June 2009 12:40 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
We all know how it is. You'd like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but the Old Testament stippled with fart jokes ain’t your idea of a good time. But you can have something close to that blockbuster experience at home with the proper application of DVDs. In fact, you might even be able to one-up everyone else at the watercooler come Monday, because while they're saying, "Hey, did you see Year One?" you can respond, "No, I saw a couple classic movies from the era when blasphemy was taken seriously." Instead Of: The Proposal, the “romantic” “comedy” in which “poisonous bitch” Sandra Bullock sexually harasses her secretary, Ryan Reynolds, into marrying her to avoid being deported... Watch: Green Card, obviously, the 1990 dramedy in which Andie MacDowell agrees to marry Gérard Depardieu so he can stay in New York. It’s unaffectedly charming, unlike The Proposal, »
- MaryAnn Johanson
The Proposal (review)
17 June 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
Stupid narrow-minded provincial Alaskans? Hilarious! Especially when they’re horny white grandmas appropriating native Inuit culture for their own use! Stupid narrow-minded provincial New Yorkers? That’s our heroine! Whom we’re supposed to hate so much we love her, or something! Except she’s Canadian! A Canadian who’s gone so native in the Big Apple that she thinks Canada is part of the United States! Her? An immigrant? Nonsense! The grinding of my teeth began as The Proposal opened, and it didn’t stop for the next two excruciating hours. I’m going to send my dentist’s bill to Sandra Bullock. And to screenwriter Pete Chiarelli, who hasn’t written anything before (at least not that’s been produced), but clearly, he has seen Green Card and Northern Exposure and figured that those two great tastes would go great together. And to director Anne Fletcher, who clearly »
- MaryAnn Johanson
trailer break: ‘The Proposal’
3 June 2009 9:10 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
Oh, ugh. It’s Green Card meets 9 to 5. See, cuz sexual harrassment is funny when it happens to guys, and it’s romantic, too. Cuz, holy crap, you just know they’re gonna actually fall in love by the end of this. And then I shall go on a shooting rampage, I swear to god I will. And I will not be convicted by a jury of my peers. My peers being people inspired to go on shooting rampages by phony romantic comedies starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. And there’s gotta be millions of us. Gotta be. For better or worse? I’m thinking, for worse. The Proposal opens in the U.S. on June 19, and in the U.K. on July 22. »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Ask 'The Proposal' Stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds a Question
15 May 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Submit your burning questions for Deadpool and the queen of rom-coms.
Sandra Bullock has long been the queen of romantic comedies, but sadly, she hasn't made one since 2002's 'Two Weeks Notice,' a movie some of us may have seen, um, multiple times. (On cable! It's always on cable!) That's why it's such a delight to see her returning to the genre in 'The Proposal' (June 19), which co-stars Hollywood's current rising star, the ridiculously charming and funny Ryan Reynolds.
Bullock, in a nice change of pace from her girl-next-door roles, plays the boss from hell, and Reynolds her beleaguered assistant. But it turns out she's a foreigner -- from (gasp!) Canada -- and when she suddenly has work visa issues, she tells her superiors that the two of them are engaged ... and Reynolds' character, who owes his paycheck to the woman after all, is forced to go along with it. »
- Patricia Chui
New John Lennon Exhibition Showcases His NYC Years
30 April 2009 11:30 PM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
An exhibition based on John Lennon's years in New York City is set to open in May at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC. Lennon's passion for music, art, politics and film will be the subject of the exhibit.
The exhibition entitled "John Lennon: The New York City Years" will open May 11 at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC. It will include many artifacts from Lennon's life in New York, from photographs to musical instruments, handwritten lyrics and artwork.
Also on display will be Lennon's actual "New York City" t-shirt, as well as the Telecaster guitar he used when he played at the historic Elton John concert at Madison Square Garden in 1974, Live Daily reports.
Lennon's Green Card and letters that petitioned for his American visa will be included, some of which were written by the likes of Joan Baez, Dick Clark and John Lindsay, »
New John Lennon Exhibition Showcases His NYC Years
30 April 2009 11:30 PM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
An exhibition based on John Lennon's years in New York City is set to open in May at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC. Lennon's passion for music, art, politics and film will be the subject of the exhibit.
The exhibition entitled "John Lennon: The New York City Years" will open May 11 at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC. It will include many artifacts from Lennon's life in New York, from photographs to musical instruments, handwritten lyrics and artwork.
Also on display will be Lennon's actual "New York City" t-shirt, as well as the Telecaster guitar he used when he played at the historic Elton John concert at Madison Square Garden in 1974, Live Daily reports.
Lennon's Green Card and letters that petitioned for his American visa will be included, some of which were written by the likes of Joan Baez, Dick Clark and John Lindsay, »
Peter Weir Begins Making His Way Back
26 February 2009 3:30 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Peter Weir has broken his six year film dormancy by kicking off principal photography on his next project, World War II Siberian exile epic The Way Back.Starring bushy browed Colin Farrell, so-hot-right-now newcomer Jim Sturgess, the legend that is Ed Harris and Atonement's Saoirse Ronan, it is based on the acclaimed novel The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz. His book, along with a range of other accounts, chronicle the escape of a small band of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940, and their epic journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries.Aussie director Weir has been nominated six times for Academy Awards, and has a CV boasting the likes of World War I drama Gallipoli which introduced newcomer Mel Gibson to the world, Witness with Harrison Ford, Dead Poets' Society, Green Card and Fearless starring Jeff Bridges. »
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