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Amazon's Cyber Monday Blu-ray Deals Arrive Early
29 November 2009 6:31 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Online retailer Amazon.com has begun its Cyber Monday deals a little early with one of the sales featuring 258 Blu-ray Disc titles being offered for 50% or more off their suggested retail price.
The hottest title in the deal is Quantum of Solace starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. It is currently selling for only $9.99 or 75% off its list price.
Some of the other titles towards the top of the list are The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio for $16.99, I Am Legend with Will Smith for $14.49, perennial bestseller Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series for $40.99, Coraline for $14.99, and The Passion of the Christ from Mel Gibson for the super low price of $8.99.
Click here to browse or shop all 258 titles in Amazon's Cyber Monday Blu-ray sale.
New Blu-ray titles and deals could be added tomorrow so keep your eyes peeled. »
Avatar May Debut at Knowles Butt-Numb-a-Thon
24 November 2009 1:37 PM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
AICN’s Harry Knowles has long cultivated close friendships with powerful filmmakers. Peter Jackson showed him The Lovely Bones before any one else, and now I hear that James Cameron, who often calls Knowles when he wants to promote something, is trying to override studio Twentieth Century Fox’s antipathy toward the Austin-based webmaster (who likes to blast co-chairman Tom Rothman) by giving him Avatar to screen at his annual December 24-hour film marathon Butt-Numb-a-Thon. The Bnat shows classic films as well as such premieres as The Passion of the Christ, Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Magnolia, Knocked Up, 300 and … »
Black Friday Week Geek Deals: Monday
23 November 2009 2:01 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
As Black Friday approaches, a bunch of really great movie deals are hitting the web. We'll try to bring you a daily round-up of links throughout the week. The following deals are good for today, and possibly today only. Amazon is also doing a set of "Lightning Deals" which are only good for a specified set of hours. We have marked those hours below: Good All Day Monday: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo $15.99 Harry Potter Years 1-5 Box Set [Blu-ray] $54.99 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [Blu-ray] $14.99 Slumdog Millionaire $7.99 The Fountain [Blu-ray] $9.99 Bullitt [Blu-ray] $8.99 The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition) [Blu-ray] $8.99 The Terminator [Blu-ray] $7.49 Dogma [Blu-ray] $7.99 24: Season 7 $19.99 The Simpsons: Season 1, 3-10 $12.49 each Ghostbusters: The Video Game Slimer Edition $29.75 PS3 Xbox360 Wii Amazon has some awesome deals on some select three Blu-Ray movie packs. Each of the listed packs below is only $21.99 each. That's ... »
- Peter Sciretta
Get Ready to See 'Agora' Early Next Year
19 November 2009 8:18 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
There's nothing better than the times when you get to blog about good news, and I hope this is just another spoke in a continual cycle: Variety reports that Newmarket Films -- the peeps who handled The Passion of the Christ -- has scored the U.S. rights to Alejandro Amenabar's Agora, and plan to release the film during the first half of next year. This is the second '09 Tiff film they've nabbed, the first being Creation, although I have no idea what would lead them to the much chastised Darwin pick before Rachel Weisz and Hypatia.
As I mentioned in October, the film was a big, expensive risk, but seemed to be paying off. In four days, it earned the best opening weekend for 2009, over $10 million, and the second best opening in Spain ever. Now, it still holds onto the number one spot, and according to Box Office Mojo, »
- Monika Bartyzel
Newmarket Buys Amenabar's 'Agora'
17 November 2009 4:21 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Variety
Newmarket Films has acquired U.S. rights to Alejandro Amenabar's "Agora" and will release the Rome-set historical epic during the first half of next year.
It's the first acquisition for Newmarket -- best known for handling "The Passion of the Christ" -- since the company was bought earlier this month by Exclusive Media Group.
Read more in Variety. »
- Lisa Horowitz
Roger Corman, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 5:25 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Honorary Award recipient Roger Corman, the producer-director of cult classics such as House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Tower of London, The Terror, The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Tomb of Ligeia, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and Bloody Mama, arrives at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Academy Award-nominated actress Sally Kellerman (in the supporting category, for M*A*S*H, in 1970) and Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston (also as best supporting actress, for Prizzi’s Honor in 1985) Five-time Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, among whose credits are The Black Stallion, The Right Stuff, The Natural, and The Passion of the Christ Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on [...] »
- Joan Lister
The Governors Awards: On the scene at Oscar's special honors
15 November 2009 5:20 PM, PST | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »
It was the first big experiment of a quite experimental Oscar season, and by all accounts, it was a resounding success. Last night, for the first time in Academy Award history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out their honorary awards at a separate event from their annual Academy Award ceremony. At a three-hour gala dinner in the ballroom above the Kodak Theatre, B-movie king Roger Corman (pictured, left), groundbreaking cinematographer Gordon Willis (right), and legendary screen siren Lauren Bacall (center) received honorary Oscars, and producer and studio chief John Calley was recognized with the rarely bestowed Irving G. »
- Adam B. Vary
AMC's The Prisoner Review: A Challenging Investment
15 November 2009 9:38 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
The Prisoner, a 'reimagining' of the iconic British fantasy drama from the 1960s, tells the story of a man who wakes up stranded in a strange place known as The Village. Given the name Six, he discovers that nobody in The Village knows of anything beyond its boundaries and that it is ruled by a single man . the mysterious Two.
Two at first tries to convince Six through persuasion that he belongs in The Village but when Six proves resistant, he goes to extreme measures to convince him to conform. Six continues to resist and attempts to discover where and who he really is.
The new mini-series kicks off tonight on AMC which has previously set a high standard with its outstanding dramas Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Unfortunately the first episode is something of a mess. Tasked with the difficult job of introducing the series' high concept, its characters and setting, »
Jim Caviezel Talks About 'The Prisoner,' Blackberries and Basketball
13 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | Inside TV | See recent Inside TV news »
Jim Caviezel is a lot more of a philosopher than most actors. It's that rigorous, philosophical bent that made him ideal to play both Jesus in 'The Passion of the Christ' and the trapped cipher Six in AMC's new remake of 'The Prisoner.' In the ... Read more
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- Gary Susman
Previews: Don't get locked up with this Prisoner?
13 November 2009 6:35 AM, PST | doorQ.com | See recent doorQ.com news »
The Prisoner is one of my favorite shows. Balls out insanity, the original 1960s Sf/spy/allegory series blew my 14-year old mind away the first time I saw it. (It came on right after PBS repeats of Doctor Who. It was hours of strange-accented greatness.)
Earlier this year, AMC set out to remake this classic series, setting up Jim Caviezel as the hero of the story (Number Six) and Ian McKellan as the ongoing antagonist / villain / mysterious force (Number Two.) On paper, that's an awesome match-up, if for no other reason than Sir Ian alone. Given the themes of autonomy, surveillance and security -- cornerstones of the original series and issues of deep concern to us in our terrorist touched world -- the new take on The Prisoner should have a deep, rich metaphorical vein to mine. Plus, this time out, the story has a bunch of gay themes. »
Review: Jim Caviezel Doesn’t Have it So Bad in The Prisoner. ...
12 November 2009 9:20 AM, PST | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »
One and a Half Torches (Out of Five)
You may think it's easy being a television critic, getting paid to watch television on all day.
What you're forgetting is that I have to watch television even when it's bad.
Even when it's a six-hour mini-series!
And I don't get overtime.
AMC's remake of the classic (and wildly influential) 1960s cult TV series The Prisoner is bad.
But you're very lucky: I slogged through all six, slowly-paced hours, precisely to tell you that you don't have to.
The story is similar to the original: a man (The Passion of the Christ's Jim Caviezel) wakes up in a picturesque, seemingly "perfect" small town that everyone simply calls "the village." People don't have names here, but numbers: the man is suddenly called Number Six. »
Big B’s amazing dedication for Paa
12 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
It is learnt that it used to take three to four hours daily for Amitabh Bachchan’s makeup to be done for his film Paa. The prosthetic makeup as we know has been done by Hollywood’s Christien Tinsley (The Passion Of The Christ, Catwoman and other films) and Dominie Till (The Lord Of The Rings trilogy).
Our sources reveal, “On one occasion, when the film was being shot in Delhi, Bachchan had to report for his makeup at 2 o’clock in the morning for a 6 o’clock shift. What’s worth noting is that the superstar landed in Delhi the previous evening and had to attend a dinner party at. »
- realbollywood
Jim Caviezel: 'At Least I Had Thirty Years of Normality'
11 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
As Jim Caviezel told me quite a few times last week, Hollywood's got a short memory, and an actor tends to be offered nothing but variations on his last big part -- a tall order, if that role was playing Jesus Christ. Since acting in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ in 2004, Caviezel hasn't necessarily been an easy actor to cast, and some of his larger projects -- like the sci-fi adventure Outlander, which was shunted off by the Weinstein Company -- haven't provided the big bump he hoped for. AMC's miniseries remake of The Prisoner, however, falls right into his wheelhouse: Not only is it getting a splashy, three-night release beginning in the spot just vacated by Mad Men, but Caviezel's role plays to his strengths, casting him as a lone man in a world that doesn't understand him (save for a few acolytes convinced by his »
Is Avatar One of the Top 100 Movies of the Decade?
11 November 2009 6:23 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
The end of the decade is almost upon us, which means that over the next month or so you can expect to see all kinds of lists counting down the "Best Of" the previous 10 years in just about everything. One of the first publications out of the gate with their Best Movies of the Decade list is London's Telegraph [1], who count down their top 100 movies from 2000 to 2009. There are some interesting choices and some predictable ones, along with a few movies I've never even heard of. One thing that has a few people raising an eyebrow, however, is the fact that they've included James Cameron's Avatar on their list, based solely on the 15-minute IMAX preview! Isn't that a little presumptuous? To be fair, they did tack it on at the end of the list at #100, but it still feels like they're going mainly based on hype rather than anything concrete. »
- Sean
The Prisoner - Trailer And Website
6 November 2009 12:57 AM, PST | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »
A man, known as "Six," finds himself inexplicably trapped in "The Village" with no memory of how he arrived. As he explores his environment, he discovers that his fellow inhabitants are identified by number instead of name, have no memory of any prior existence, and are under constant surveillance. Not knowing whom to trust, Six is driven by the need to discover the truth behind The Village, the reason for his being there, and most importantly -- how he can escape.
Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ, The Thin Red Line) will play the role of Six; and two-time Oscar nominee Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, The Da Vinci Code) will co-star as Two.
Prisoner Portal: www.amctv.com/originals/the-prisoner/premiere/
Also check out The Village Wiki, The Village Map and test your spying aptitude with Swat.
The Prisoner premieres on Sun., Nov. 15 from 8Pm to 10Pm Et | Pt. »
- Leigh
'North' Meets 'Groundhog Day' in New Comedy 'Hello, I Love You'
4 November 2009 10:04 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
And that's what you get when you combine a producer from The Passion of the Christ (Stephen McEveety) with a writer (David McFadzean) from Tim Allen's TV series "Home Improvement": complete and utter chaos. But when you combine a box office and critical disaster like North with the modern comedy classic Groundhog Day, there has to be some semblance of a decent comedy hidden in there right? That's the hope as THR reports that development on Hello, I Love You, a comedy about a teenager who wishes for a new family only to find herself waking up each successive day with a new and strange one, is progressing well. Sunu Gonera (Pride), seen in the photo above, will direct from a script by Kim Beyer-Johnson, and though there's probably some fun to be had with this concept, the same producing team also brought us the equally recycled and »
- Ethan Anderton
Mel Gibson sells off Icon distribution firm
3 November 2009 1:31 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Mel Gibson has sold his UK distribution firm Icon to Russian-born tycoon Len Blavatnik. Blavatnik's Access Industries purchased "more than a controlling stake in Icon UK" from Gibson and his partner Bruce Davey, Access head Alex Genin told Russian business newspaper Vedomosti. Gibson released The Man Without A Face, The Passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto, all of which he directed, through Icon. The firm's (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
5 Great Wilhelm Screams
31 October 2009 3:47 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
You’ve heard it. You might not think that you’ve heard it, but you have, countless times in fact. A piercing, despair-ridden wail so aurally disturbing that you instinctively glance up, even if you weren’t watching, to try to glimpse what unspeakable horror just befall the character whose demise it was assigned to signify.
Though named for its first on screen use, the 1953 film Charge at Feather River where a character named Private Wilhelm takes an arrow to the leg and screams in agony, the origin of the scream dates back two years previously. The scream was originally recorded for the 1951 film Distant Drums with Gary Cooper and slated as “man being bitten by alligator” but was never used. A post-production sound effects actor, who some believe to be none other than Sheb Wooley of “Purple People Eater” fame, made several attempts that the supervisor deemed unsatisfactory. The »
- Neil Pedley
Jackson Film In Less-than-Thriller Start
29 October 2009 4:29 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
The Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It! brought in $2.2 million at the box office in late-night screenings Tuesday -- very good, but far from extraordinary. Industry forecasters said that it was likely to earn $10-12 million by the end of the day Wednesday. Today's (Thursday) Los Angeles Times observed that comparisons are difficult inasmuch as only two major films have ever been released on a Wednesday outside of summer or the holiday periods. And each of them, The Passion of the Christ and The Matrix Revolutions collected more than twice what This Is It! is expected to earn. The film also faces a tough weekend ahead, since Halloween, which falls on Saturday, is a night when the moviegoing crowd usually is occupied with other activities. The Times noted, however, that regardless of how well -- or poorly -- the movie performs domestically, it is likely to become a smash hit overseas, where Jackson's image and reputation were never undermined the way they were in the U.S. »
The Problem with Torture Porn
27 October 2009 8:56 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Just when it seemed that usage of the term “torture porn” was behind us, it’s once again raised its ugly head - from reviews of The Hills Run Red and Lars von Trier's Antichrist to blog posts about how Paranormal Activity earned more than Saw VI this past weekend.
"Torture porn" is a term that simply doesn't make sense when describing horror films that feature graphic depictions of torture. To the uninitiated, it sounds more like a subgenre of porn than a horror subgenre, as evidenced by Roger Ebert's review of Antichrist:
"... These passages have been referred to as 'torture porn.' Sadomasochistic they certainly are, but porn is entirely in the mind of the beholder. Will even a single audience member find these scenes erotic?" When a film critic with as much experience as Roger Ebert misunderstands the term, it's obvious that "torture porn" has »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm)
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