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Pirate Radio Movie Review
12 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
According to the beginning of Pirate Radio (aka The Boat That Rocked), in the 1960s, the BBc would only play 2 hours of pop and rock music a week. In the land that gave the world The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, their own citizens weren't able to find a place to listen to it. Until a barrage of "pirate radio" stations emerged, transmitting non-stop rock from boats just on the side of international waters. This is the fictionalized accounts of what happened on one of these boats.
I make it sound very unappealing, don't I? Quite the contrary, actually. Pirate Radio is a charming ensemble comedy that busts out the seams with terrific actors and a fond love of rock music. It stands up there with the greats of classic rock cinema, perhaps even overtaking Almost Famous in my esteem. Although if we're comparing Pirate Radio to other films, »
Interview: John Cusack On 2012 And The Magic Of Roland Emmerich
11 November 2009 12:22 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
John Cusack has been a certain kind of hero for decades now-- every guy wants the guts to serenade his crush like Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything, or the limitless pop culture knowledge of Rob Gordon in High Fidelity. But only in 2012 is he really taking charge as a hero, helping his ex-wife and their children escape the mayhem and destruction that occurs when, well, the world begins to end. In a roundtable interview last week, Cusack said it was fun to have the chance to play the everyman turned hero, but maybe even more fun to drink near-beers with Woody Harrelson and marvel at how director Roland Emmerich pulled off the whole spectacle. Read below for our conversation with him. 2012 opens this Friday. Did you get sick of acting in front of all the green screen in this movie? The green screen is not as bad as it looks »
Hornby Can't Understand High Fidelity Stage Flop
8 November 2009 3:06 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British author Nick Hornby is still struggling to come to terms with the fact his book High Fidelity wasn't a Broadway smash - because he thought it was a great musical.
The stage version of his book, which was also turned into a film starring John Cusack and Jack Black, failed to find an audience in New York and was cancelled and Hornby can't understand why the critics panned it.
He tells WENN, "I was very sad that it didn't succeed. They were very talented people and they did a really good job.
"It was one of those awful stories where I thought everyone was great and I went to the first night, which was wonderful, had a great party and then the New York Times review came in and it was over and that was it." »
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 8, 2009
8 November 2009 10:08 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This week:
The box office sings A Christmas Carol; Faceman visits Dark Fields; Michael Fassbender fires A Single Shot; High Fidelity guys re-team with Lay The Favorite and Helen Mirren sees Red.
Box Office
Christmas came early for Disney with A Christmas Carol. The motion capture Jim Carey film managed to snag around $31 million over the weekend.
Michael Jackson’s This is It banked about $13.4 million over the weekend after dropping less than 42 % from last weekend.
George Clooney’s The Men Who Stare At Goats and Milla Jovovich’s The Fourth Kind were almost neck and neck over the weekend with a weekend take of just under $14 million for each film.
Paranormal Activity just keep knocking at the door marked profit with another $8.5 million.
Cameron Diaz’s The Box opened with a disappointing $7.8 million. This poor opening means that the Richard Kelly film will not be in the financial Darko for a while. »
- Niall Browne
Stephen Frears Reteaming with 'High Fidelity' Writer
7 November 2009 8:02 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
High Fidelity should have done better at the box office a million years ago. It did Ok considering - $27 million plus about another $20 million internationally, but I think Disney was probably the wrong place to distribute it, and it probably never made a big impression on a lot of people until it hit the home video market.
One of the things the film shows is the versatility of director Stephen Frears (The Queen). It doesn't hurt that they had a fantastic Nick Hornby novel to work from, and now, a decade later, Frears and High Fidelity screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis might reunite to tackle "a dramedy set in the world of geeky gamblers," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is an adaptation of the upcoming memoir Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog by Beth Raymer, which is basically 21 with middle-age guys. »
- Colin Boyd
Dreamgirls National Tour Kicks Off at Apollo Theater, 11/7 - 12/6
7 November 2009 2:30 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. will bring Broadway uptown for four weeks only with Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the new production of the groundbreaking musical. The national tour of Dreamgirls will kick-off at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater (253 West 125 Street) beginning previews Saturday, November 7, 2009, and opening Sunday, November 22, 2009, for 4 weeks only, through Sunday December, 6, 2009.
Dreamgirls is directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom with co-choreography by Shane Sparks, scenic design by Robin Wagner, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Acme Sound Partners, and media design by Howard Werner for Lightswitch. With music direction by Sam Davis, orchestrations by Harold Wheeler, and Vocal Arrangements by David Chase & Cleavant Derricks, Dreamgirls is produced by John Breglio for Vienna Waits Productions in association with Chunsoo Shin, Jake Productions & Broadway Across America/TBS.
This brand-new production will »
Preview: 2012
6 November 2009 4:01 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying Independence Day was a big movie, with a place in cinematic history. Roland Emmerich has been the prince of diminishing returns since, but remains the current king of the global disaster movie. With next week’s 2012, he’s hoping to get his career back on track.
10,000 BC was universally panned, so he has decided to go back to what he does best. Namely, destroying contemporary landmarks, and killing a large percentage of the population. Emmerich loves himself a budget, and epic scale CGI, and judging from the trailer, he has used both liberally. There have been plenty of pre-release clips to encourage the hype. You can see a five minute clip in full HD here, some additional clips here, and some behind the scenes footage here.
As usual, however, there is a human story to be told. In this case, it »
- Barry Steele
Stephen Frears Re-Teaming with His High Fidelty Screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis for Lay The Favorite
6 November 2009 1:20 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Stephen Frears is probably one of the most successful directors that most Americans have never heard of because his movies tend to be highly British. However, he does enjoy some solid success when he comes over to this side of the Atlantic with the popular films “The Grifters” and “High Fidelity”. The latter film, adapted from Nick Hornby’s book, was a box office flop but has developed a strong cult following over the years. Now it looks like he may reunite with the film’s screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis for another adaptation. This time they’re going for geeky gamblers rather than music nerds. Hit the jump for details.
According to THR, Frears and DeVincentis would re-team for “Lay the Favorite”, based on Beth Raymer’s upcoming memoir “Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog”. As THR describes the plot, it looks like this film could be a lot of fun: »
- Matt Goldberg
Stephen Frears Gears Up for 'High Fidelity' Reunion
6 November 2009 12:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Having dipped into the seductive waters of sexy courtesans, Stephen Frears is now looking towards the future, and the future's got lots of gambling. The trades are reporting that Frears is set to direct Lay the Favorite, a dramedy that will rejoin him with High Fidelity scribe D.V. De Vincentis. The project stems from an upcoming memoir by Beth Raymer called Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog, which will be published this Spring.
Now, why did I say trades and not pick one? That's because it's time to play Pick the Plot.
In one corner, we've got The Hollywood Reporter, who says that this is a world of "geeky gamblers" who "figure out how to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas for their own profit. It centers on a woman in her early thirties who has made a series of bad choices but achieves a redemption of sorts when »
- Monika Bartyzel
Team Behind High Fidelity Tells You to 'Lay Your Favorite'
6 November 2009 10:12 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
If we listed the top movies about break-ups, there's no doubt High Fidelity would be near the top. Well, good news, as the team behind one of John Cusack's best is moving to the arguably more dangerous world of gambling as THR reports that director Stephen Frears and writer D.V. DeVincentis are re-teaming for an adaptation of Beth Raymer's upcoming memoir Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog. Story centers a woman in her early thirties who has made a series of bad choices but achieves a redemption of sorts when she meets a group of fiftyish math geeks who figure out how to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas. D.V. DeVincentis says: "It's a less violent, less sketchy version of the mob. This is the version of 50-year-old math geeks from Queens in basketball shorts who have pet guinea pigs." And while this film might seem like »
- Ethan Anderton
'High Fidelity' Writer, Director May Reunite
6 November 2009 5:51 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By the Hollywood Reporter
Call it higher fidelity.
Stephen Frears and D.V. DeVincentis, who teamed up on the John Cusack breakout "High Fidelity," could be joining forces again. DeVincentis is writing and Frears is attached to direct "Lay the Favorite," a dramedy set in the world of geeky gamblers that's set up at Focus Features.
Read more from the Hollywood Reporter. »
- Dylan Stableford
'High Fidelity' duo to 'Lay The Favourite'
6 November 2009 4:46 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
High Fidelity makers Stephen Frears and D.V. DeVincentis are eyeing a reunion on dramedy Lay The Favorite. Screenwriter DeVincentis will adapt Beth Raymer's upcoming memoir Lay The Favorite, Take The Dog, which follows a 30-something woman as she meets a group of middle-aged nerds who use their maths skills to gamble in Las Vegas. Frears is currently attached to direct the project. "It's (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
High Fidelity reunion
6 November 2009 3:26 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Director Stephen Frears and writer D.V. DeVincentis last worked together on the John Cusack classic, High Fidelity back in 2000, but now they’ve reteamed for a new project, titled Lay The Favorite, based on an upcoming memoir by Beth Raymer. Raymer's memoir is set amid a group of fiftyish math geeks who figure out how to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas for their own profit. It centers on a woman in her early thirties who has made a series of bad choices but achieves a... »
- Paul Tassi
Stephen Frears lines up Lay The Favourite
6 November 2009 12:34 AM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Stephen Frears looks to have lined up a possible new directing job, attaching himself to an adaptation of Beth Raymer's memoir Lay The Favourite, Take The Dog. If he does make the film, it'll make something of a High Fidelity reunion as writer Dv DeVincentis, who worked on Fidelity, is the man tackling the script. The plot would follow the based-on-truth tale of 50-something maths geeks who figure out how to work the sports betting system in Vegas. They meet a woman in her 30s whose life has taken a change for the worse thanks...
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- James White
High Fidelity Writer & Director Reteam for Geeky Gambling Film, Lay the Favorite
5 November 2009 10:49 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Director Stephen Frears and writer D.V. DeVincentis are teaming up for another project, which seems to have some similarities to the John Cusack-starring hit, High Fidelity. The two are adapting the upcoming Beth Raymer memoir, Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog, which will be released this spring. The adaptation will simply be titled Lay the Favorite. The dramedy concerns a thirty-something woman who falls in with a crowd of older math geeks that have figured out how to game the sportsbook system in Vegas. Says DeVincentis, "It's a less violent, less sketchy version of the mob. This is the version of 50-year-old math geeks from Queens in basketball shorts who have pet guinea pigs." He also goes on to spell out the similarities to High Fidelity, "[the gamblers] have an intense pride in a very specific expertise -- and a lack of socialization." And of course, they're struggling to come to »
- Devindra Hardawar
Stephen Frears and D.V. DeVincentis could reteam for Lay the Favorite for Focus Features.
5 November 2009 10:41 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Stephen Frears and D.V. DeVincentis, the team behind the winning ""High Fidelity" starring John Cusack, could be joining forces again. Frears is set to direct "Lay the Favorite" which DeVincentis is writing. The dramedy is apparently set in the world of geeky gamblers with Focus Features distributing. The project is based on Beth Raymer's upcoming memoir "Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog," which Random House is set to publish in the spring. The memoir follows a group of math geeks in their fifties who figure out how to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas for their own benefit. The center point is a woman who is in her early thirties plagued by a series of bad choices who achieves a redemption of sorts when she meets and then becomes involved with the gamblers. »
A High Fidelity Reunion Will Happen In Vegas
5 November 2009 8:53 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
High Fidelity is one of the few movies that perfectly articulates the relationship between popular media and our lives. Throw in a career starting performance by Jack Black (for better or for worse) and a cameo by The Boss, and it is a film that stands proudly in many DVD collections. It's been nine years since the film came out, and while one has seen their career rise while the other's somewhat fizzled, it now appears that film's writer and director may be working together again. Director Stephen Frears and writer D.V. DeVincentis, according to THR, are now both attached to Lay the Favorite, a dramedy based on the memoirs of Beth Raymer (the book has a release date of next June). The film will focus on a woman in her thirties (presumably Raymer) who, after making a series of bad life choices, gets involved with a group of ... »
Stephen Frears Will Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog
5 November 2009 4:16 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Variety reports that Stephen Frears is going to direct Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog. This is an adaptation of the soon to be released memoir from Beth Raymer.
Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog follows a young woman as she navigates the world of sports gambling.
The film is being made through a partnership between Random House Films and Focus Features. It will start production in June.
Adapting the book for the screen will be D.V. DeVincentis. He previously worked with Frears on High Fidelity.
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Alan Greenspan Joins Cork Media Panel
4 November 2009 11:26 PM, PST | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Producer Alan Greenspan (High Fidelity, Donnie Brasco), Dr. Barry Monahan, lecturer in Ucc's Film Studies Deapartment (Ireland's Theatre on Film: style, stories and the national stage on screen) and Teresa McGrane, head of business affairs of the Irish Film Board, have all been confirmed as the working group facilitators of the film discussion event being presented on 6 November, by the Corona Cork Film Festival and Media Desk Ireland. The event, designed to mark the fact that this year is the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, will also see Ucc lecturer Donncha Kavangh join veteran filmmaker George Morrison (Saoirse) and keynote speaker Dr. Edward de Bono, Maltese Ambassador for the European Year of Creativity & Innovation, in giving filmmaking presentations. Rapporteur for this event will be filmmaker and musician Philip King (Rocky World). »
Dreamgirls National Tour Kicks Off at Apollo Theater, 11/7 - 12/6
4 November 2009 1:09 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. will bring Broadway uptown for four weeks only with Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the new production of the groundbreaking musical. The national tour of Dreamgirls will kick-off at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater (253 West 125 Street) beginning previews Saturday, November 7, 2009, and opening Sunday, November 22, 2009, for 4 weeks only, through Sunday December, 6, 2009.
Dreamgirls is directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom with co-choreography by Shane Sparks, scenic design by Robin Wagner, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Acme Sound Partners, and media design by Howard Werner for Lightswitch. With music direction by Sam Davis, orchestrations by Harold Wheeler, and Vocal Arrangements by David Chase & Cleavant Derricks, Dreamgirls is produced by John Breglio for Vienna Waits Productions in association with Chunsoo Shin, Jake Productions & Broadway Across America/TBS.
This brand-new production will »
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