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Daily Diversion: Ask a Ninja Reviews Ninja Assassin

5 hours ago | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

"This is like the Saving Private Ryan for ninjas!" After having to sit through Ninja Assassin at Fantastic Fest, I was personally clamoring for some real ninja action -- something that didn't feel like a hyper-stylized cartoon. And something that didn't star Rain. Luckily, my all-time favorite online entity Ask a Ninja is out to give us just that with their review of James McTeigue's body-impaling opus. As you will see below, the real ninja's take on the matter is far more hilarious than Rain's bad acting, his threats of killing you if you don't see it over New Moon are far more menacing, and in a way, we're more attracted to him than we are Naomi Harris. Alright, that last part isn't exactly true. Either way, you should watch today's Daily Diversion below, in which a real ninja reviews Ninja Assassin... hilariously. Have a video that you'd like to share as a Daily Diversion »

- Neil Miller

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Watch This: Ask a Ninja's Hilarious Review of Ninja Assassin

21 hours ago | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Enough people saw James McTeigue's Ninja Assassin these past few days to put it at #6 on the five-day weekend chart with roughly $21 million in box office earnings. But the one person I was desperately hoping would see this is the Ask a Ninja ninja himself. And oh did he see it. Thanks to SlashFilm, his video review is now viewable below, and it's a definite must watch. I love this guy. And it couldn't be more perfect that he's reviewing Ninja Assassin, one of the only big ninja movies we've seen in a while. His review: it's awesome! But he has more to say than just that. "This is like the Saving Private Ryan for ninjas!" Watch and enjoy! I was worried that this guy would just tear it apart (even he said that) but remarkably he loved it (surprise, surprise). Or at least he loved it as a »

- Alex Billington

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Bollywood rebuffed at White House state dinner

21 hours ago | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Indo-Americans have applauded Us President Barack Obama for honouring India in his first state dinner held at White House in Washington DC (USA) on November 24.Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a presidential acknowledgement of appreciation of world.s largest democracy.It showcased the growing ties between two great nations, Zed, who is president of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, added.Although about 105 Indians or Americans of India descent and their relatives were on the 338-person guest list, Bollywood was totally rebuffed with not a single name from India.s film industry appearing on this list. On the other hand, many Hollywood names showed up on this list.Hollywood celebrities which appeared on the guest list included: Oscar winner producer-director Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), Oscar nominated producer Jeffrey Katzenberg (Shrek) and his wife Marilyn Katzenberg, Oscar nominated filmmaker-screenwriter M. Night Shyamalan »

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Ninja Assassin Review

25 November 2009 9:06 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Short Version: Ninja Assassin has many flaws; however, the ninjas are not one of them. All of the ninja action in this film is awesome, and for fans of the genre that’s probably enough.

Screen Rant’s Paul Young reviews Ninja Assassin

Ninja Assassin is the first action movie this Fall that delivers on what it promises: Lots of ninja action.

I’m a sucker for a good ninja fight, no matter how choreographed it is. The silent-but-deadly ninja was a huge part of the 80’s action movie sub-culture; since I grew up in the 80’s, I have seen every one that I can get my hands on (yes that includes American Ninja, I, II, III, IV And V).  Ninjas doing what they do best (being sneaky) have slowly crept into popular culture over time. Mythbusters did an entire episode on ninja myth and lore and the website AskANinja. »

- Paul Young

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Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg, Dino de Laurentiis: Governors Awards 2009

15 November 2009 4:33 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Warren Beatty, who also won a best director Oscar for Reds in 1982, at the presentation of the Thalberg Award to John Calley, who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Steven Spielberg, who also won two best directors Oscars, for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Dino de Laurentiis, the producer of classics such as La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, The Great War, The Stranger, and Serpico Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos to enlarge them. »

- Anna Robinson

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Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt'

12 November 2009 1:27 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it

'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt," says Paul Giamatti, closely inspecting his coffee cup in a Polish restaurant in a leafy neighbourhood of Brooklyn. "But I don't think I'd want to be Brad Pitt, you know? So that's Ok."

This is partly just a reference to Giamatti's "character-actor" looks, but also to something deeper: a sense of composure, of being comfortable in one's own skin, that the archetypal Hollywood star exudes but both Giamatti and his characters tend to lack. "You know that thing where you can just fuckin' stand there and people can't take their eyes off the person? I don't have that weight of charisma," he explains. "That's not me. If I just stand there, it's going to be boring. You're going to »

- Oliver Burkeman

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Tom Sturridge on Pirate Radio

11 November 2009 11:15 AM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

Pirate Radio is set on one of the rogue ships broadcasting rock n. roll off the coast of England in 1962. Tom Sturridge plays a young man sent to live on the boat. Of course he comes of age there. Should Sturridge ever be drafted into the Navy, he.s already done his boat training.

Tom Sturridge Boards Pirate Radio

.Everyone.s calling it boat camp like it was some kind of Saving Private Ryan elite naval training,. Sturridge said. .We just slept on the boat for a couple of days and got drunk and watched bad films. It was great. Everyone keeps going, .How was boat camp?. It was great..

The history of pirate radio boats was news to Sturridge, though the music was old hat. .Nothing. I was completely ignorant to it. My concept of Pirate Radio is very different. The music, I think you.ve got to be »

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Veteran's Day Honored, Hollywood-Style

11 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Today is Veteran's Day. It is a time when we step back for a moment to honor the bravery and sacrifices of our nation's soldiers. Men and women who give everything, up to and including their lives, all in the name of protecting this country and all that it represents. Also known as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, the holiday always falls on November 11, commemorating the anniversary of the 1918 armistice that brought an end to World War I.

The history of film is rife with stories pulled straight from the front lines. War stories make great cinema, both because they serve up gripping tales of heroism and because they honor those who take on such acts in the real world. So today, in honor of the veterans from wars past and wars ongoing, we give you this small selection of classics to spend some time with. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg Take You Inside 'The Pacific,' Their WWII 'Band Of Brothers' Follow-Up

10 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

One of the greatest things HBO ever aired was "Band of Brothers," the deeply emotional tale of a group of American soldiers fighting their way through Europe during World War II. The Emmy-winning miniseries was gritty, poignant, violent, shocking and often with a vein of dark humor...basically all of the experiences of men and women in wartime.

The folks behind "Band of Brothers" were none other than Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who brought their "Saving Private Ryan" expertise to this ultra-realistic outing. Well, now they're back for "The Pacific," which follows three American G.I.'s in the Pacific theater, from their initial landing at Guadalcanal, to Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and all the way through to V-j Day and back stateside.

The ten-part series won't air until March 2010, but you can get a taste for what's in store in the behind-the-scenes featurette below.

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- Brian Jacks

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'Sgt. Rock' Movie To Be Set In The Future, New Writer & Director Attached

10 November 2009 7:44 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Guy Ritchie's attachment to "Sgt. Rock" was immediately put in question once the filmmaker was announced for "Lobo," but now the question has been answered—Ritchie is out and a new team is in for the DC war hero's big-screen debut.

"I Am Legend" helmer Francis Lawrence is the latest director attached to the long-developing "Sgt. Rock" film, based on a new screenplay from Chad St. John. Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman, two names with plenty of comic book connections, are producing the picture. Despite the departure of Ritchie, the addition of a new director-writer team means that fans of the classic World War II hero can hope to see Rock on the big screen before too long.

Except that Sgt. Rock won't be a World War II hero in this version—instead, he's heading into the future.

The Hollywood Reporter notes that the surprising decision to jettison the »

- Josh Wigler

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'Sgt. Rock' Set in Today.s Time?

9 November 2009 9:30 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Francis Lawrence, who directed I Am Legend, is attached to another action-adventure film set in the future. However, this one revolves around a World War II hero/DC Comics character, and by set in the future, we mean the present day.

According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, producers Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman are looking at the Sgt. Rock comic as the basis for a big-budget actioner along the lines of The Dirty Dozen. The recent success of Inglourious Basterds might have made the project seem more palatable, since expensive period war movies — especially those lacking the contemplative tone of a Saving Private Ryan — have not exactly been on many Hollywood studios' to-do lists.

Chad St. John, who has written a remake of the sci-fi film Outland, will be writing the modern take on Sgt. Rock, with Silver and Goldsman expected to bring it to Warner Bros. »

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Spider-Man 4 Finally Gets Its Villain

9 November 2009 5:29 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Well folks, no need to wonder any longer. Spider-Man 4 director Sam Raimi has reportedly decided on at least one villain to throw at Spider-Man.

Completely blowing out of the water the numerous villains whose names had been tossed around to be Spider-Man’s potential nemesis in the fourth film, Raimi is going with Black Cat as the foe in Spider-Man 4.

While Black Cat was certainly not one of the names that came up in speculation about the movie’s villain, the choice is anything but random.

Raimi follows a strict rule when it comes to choosing his villains: the character can’t just be a threat to Spider-Man, but also has to somehow be linked to Peter Parker’s life. Black Cat fits this rule perfectly.

In the Spider-Man comic series, Black Cat is the cat burglar alter ego of Felicia Hardy, who at one time was Peter »

- Carly

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Matt Damon, from private campaigner to Hollywood's biggest star

9 November 2009 1:59 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

A clutch of new films will cement Matt Damon's reputation as the hit of his generation. But that won't change this most reserved and politically committed of actors. Vanessa Thorpe reports

Runners taking part in the annual Miami Triathlon this time last year were surprised to spot a familiar face crossing the finishing line. It looked very like Jason Bourne, the implacable, brain-washed hitman, who was coming in with a time of just under an hour for the 6.2 mile leg. In fact Matt Damon, who plays Bourne in the trio of hit films based on Robert Ludlum's character, was competing in an effort to lose some weight. He had gained 30lbs that summer to play the part of the chubby, delusional executive at the centre of The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh's new film.

Its recent premiere in America may well prove the high-water mark of an already illustrious career. »

- Vanessa Thorpe

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Jones and Gyllenhaal Crack Source Code

8 November 2009 11:36 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Duncan Jones, son-of-Bowie and director of this year's finest sci-fi Moon, has signed on to direct Source Code: a near-future thriller about a soldier mysteriously waking up in somebody else's body on a commuter train, with a bomb about to go off. That intriguing premise has enticed Jake Gyllenhaal, who's currently in talks to star.Jones' next project was supposed to be the Blade Runnerish Mute, but difficulties raising the $25m he needs to get it going seem to have put that project on hold for the time being, so a shot at a solid studio genre film would seem like a canny move.Source Code, to be honest doesn't have the greatest pedigree: the original script was by Ben Ripley, whose CV to date includes little other than two Dtv Species sequels. But the currently-hot Billy Ray, who wrestled six hours of the BBC's State of Play into »

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Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, 'New Moon' Cast Dazzle Hollywood Hot Topic

6 November 2009 10:40 PM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'Twilight Saga: New Moon' cast tour kicked off in L.A. on Friday.

By Larry Carroll

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart kick off the "Twilight Saga: New Moon" cast tour in Hollywood on Friday

Photo: Jordan Strauss/ WireImage

Hollywood — "New Moon" mania took over the Hollywood & Highland Center on Friday night, as one of the first stops on the movie's nationwide Hot Topic promotional tour kicked off with an event featuring concerts by bands from the film's soundtrack, laughs with the cast, and a special appearance by the film's three biggest stars.

"Thank you to you guys," gushed Robert Pattinson, taking the stage alongside Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner in front of hundreds of shrieking, black-t-shirt-clad fans. "Without you, 'Twilight' wouldn't be anywhere."

Well, on Friday night, it was everywhere. In two different storefronts, autographs were being signed by the likes of Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene and members of the Wolf pack and the Volturi. »

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Forgotten Performances: Tom Hanks As Brainwashed D&D Nerd

6 November 2009 5:30 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

· Topless Robot reminds us that before Angels & Demons, Saving Private Ryan, and Philadelphia, there was Mazes and Monsters -- a made-for-tv movie starring Tom Hanks as an RPG enthusiast who lurks in alleyways, stabbing stuntmen in really shoddy-looking lizard suits. The climax takes place on the roof of the Wtc, further underscoring the movie's underlying message that virgins cause terrorism. »

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Interview: Adam Goldberg on the Art of Performance in ‘(Untitled)’

4 November 2009 3:30 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The Adam Goldberg character is well known to fans of TV’s “Friends” and the movie’s “Saving Private Ryan.” With his heart-on-his-sleeve persona, he takes that character to rarified heights in the new film “(Untitled).”

Set in the galleries and small symphony halls of New York City, (Untitled) is a deeply philosophical look at the nature of art, through three characters who each believe they understand the essence of what art is within themselves.

Adam Goldberg plays Adrian, a composer of atonal symphonies, whose work continues to go unrecognized. His brother Josh (Eion Bailey), is a successful painter of hotel decor-style art, who longs to be recognized for more. Rounding out the triad is Madelaine (Marley Shelton), the arty and pretentious gallery owner who strives for the next atmospheric happening.

Adam Goldberg as Adrian and Marley Shelton as Madeleine in ‘(Untitled)’

Photo credit: Parker Film Company/Samuel Goldwyn »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Adam Goldberg: The Hollywood Interview

2 November 2009 10:22 AM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Adam Goldberg: Shooting To The Music

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Alex Simon

Adam Goldberg first brought his unique brand of manic intensity to Richard Linklater’s ensemble classic Dazed and Confused in 1993 and has since been featured in such varied films as 2 Days in Paris, A Beautiful Mind, Saving Private Ryan, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Hebrew Hammer and I Love Your Work, which he also directed. An actor with a talent for mining the neuroses of his character for both comedic and dramatic effect, Goldberg also played recurring roles in “Friends” and “Entourage.” Goldberg's music CD, "LANDy, Eros And Omissions," hit shelves June 23 of this year from Nine Yards Records.

Goldberg’s latest film, (Untitled), is a satirical comedy that has him playing Adrian Jacobs, a brooding avant-garde composer who falls for the gorgeous owner (Marley Shelton) of a trendy New York art gallery. The quirky worlds »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Martin Scorsese's List of the Scariest Movies Ever

31 October 2009 5:23 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Even though movie lists are opinions (and we know what opinions are like), there's usually a kernel of universality to them. For example, any knowledgeable list about the greatest movies ever made would almost certainly include The Godfather, and if you're counting war movies, it's hard to see Saving Private Ryan being omitted. We just covered a list about animated films, and not surprisingly, about half the titles would be on any respected collection. But what's interesting about most lists is in the exceptions.

So while Martin Scorsese's well-informed list of the scariest movies ever may not be exactly the way you'd draw it up, there are a few here that are surefire locks: Exorcist, Psycho, and The Shining. Now, Marty is in his 60s and he grew up in a generation that didn't have a lot of horror films. There was the early crop of Universal monster movies »

- Colin Boyd

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'Let the Right One In': Yes, I saw it again

31 October 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »

In honor of Halloween, a day of vampires and naughty misdeeds, I sat down to watch Let the Right One In again -- a movie tied to a naughty misdeed of my own. My offending act of immoral behavior? Back when it was released, one year ago, on Oct. 24, 2008, I wrote a review that trashed this pensive and brooding Swedish vampire movie. I called it "arty," I said that it wasn't "coherent," and I accused the hero -- a 12-year-old blond boy in a wintry Stockholm suburb who befriends the vampire child next door -- of "skulk through the movie in a blank-faced torpor. »

- Owen Gleiberman

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