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Fiona Apple Gets Wordy: Wake-Up Video
11 hours ago | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »
With Lilith Fair returning next year, perhaps it's time for Fiona Apple to make a comeback. The feisty singer-songwriter whose debut album became a smash on the back of big singles "Criminal," "Sleep to Dream" and "Shadowboxer" proved that young women didn't have to be overly sexy or buttoned-down to make it big in pop music. Tidal sold over three million copies in this country, an astounding number for any album but especially incredible considering the content of the album. Apple's combination of jazzbo grooves, edgy art rock and openly hostile persona made her a favorite both among fans and media. On this day in 1999 (that's a decade ago, homes), Apple dropped her second album, which at the time contained the longest title in the history of pop music. Known commonly as When the Pawn, the actual full name of the record is (deep breath): When the pawn hits »
- Kyle Anderson
The Men Who Stare At Goats Review
5 November 2009 11:14 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
The Men Who Stare At Goats Directed by: Grant Heslov Written by: Peter Straughan (screenplay), Jon Ronson (book) Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges Since the dawn of modern warfare, people have fantasized about the concept of super soldiers, enhanced human beings that could defend their homeland and give them the edge over their enemies. At this point, we're not just talking about fictional characters like Captain America, either; today's soldiers really are trained to push their body beyond its physical and mental limits, and outfitted with bleeding edge technological advancements. Military interests drive scientific research like few other fields, leading to all kinds of wacky pills and biological experiments. But would it surprise you to learn that U.S. military has delved into even stranger realms in the past, and may still be doing so today? In his 2004 book, The Men Who Stare At Goats, Welsh »
- Sean
Clooney's 'Men Who Stare at Goats' Fun But Forgettable
5 November 2009 9:25 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
At times, The Men Who Stare at Goats seems like it could be a minor entry in the Coen brothers’ filmography. Quirky dialogue and a few Coens alumni—George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Stephen Root—populate the film, and it certainly veers toward the surreal. Though the movie gets a few laughs with its absurdist humor and winks at the audience, it never reaches the inspired lunacy of the Coens’ previous work, or even approaches the heights of similar war satires such as Three Kings and Catch-22.
Despite elements that make it seem more science fiction than non-fiction, the debut from actor/writer Grant Heslov is based on Jon Ronson’s factual book. Ewan McGregor employs a slightly distracting American accent to play Bob Wilton, an Ann Arbor journalist. In investigating a routine story, he interviews Gus Lacey (Root). At first, Lacey's stories about life as a psychic spy seem crazy, »
Birthday Suits: Tilda's Frontal & Sam's Moon
5 November 2009 9:30 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
I was going to try out this new quickie daily birthday feature. Only it's not quickie it's longie. I can't even do filler without breaking my back. Sigh, I'll never be a mega famous blogger. I care too much!
Today's birthdays 11/05
For those prone to celebrating the filmic and famous.
1905 Joel McCrea undervalued 40s star. Read this great piece on his career
1913 Vivien Leigh, more on her soon
1931 Ike Turner didn't deserve Tina. But, ugh, remember how great Laurence Fishburne was in What's Love Got To Do Without It?
1940 Elke Sommer, the German movie star turns 69 years young today. She was very generous with her birthday suit back in the 60s. Wouldn't you be if you looked like that? On a sad note I have never seen the infamous movie The Oscar (1966) which is about the Oscars that she co-stars in. Is it as bad as they say? I must see it. »
- NATHANIEL R
The Men Who Stare At Goats
4 November 2009 7:47 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
The Men Who Stare at Goats Directed by Grant Heslov According to Jon Ronson's book The Men Who Stare At Goats, the U.S. government has experimented with various extra-sensory ‘abilities,’ such as remote-viewing and mind control, since the 1950s. These highly classified sub-divisions of the Army were developed in the hopes of creating a different kind of warrior, one who could harness mental abilities to destroy his adversary. Although many of these divisions were kept under wraps, journalist Ronson (known as Bob Wilton in the film) got wind of a low-profile Army project after having met Jim Channon, the former colonel who wrote a manual for the creation of the ‘First Earth Battalion,’ an army unit to based upon New Age principals. The book, which inspired the film, charts the absurd journey that began with this chance encounter. It contains a wild, often questionable, but ultimately fascinating story of introspection and destiny. »
- Myles Dolphin
Watch Nathan Love's Animated Short Blood Trail
3 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Halloween may be over, but that doesn't mean we aren't still on the lookout for the latest treat to share with you guys. On today's agenda we have "Blood Trail", an almost three-minute animated short/trailer that promotes writer Matt Cochran’s screenplay of the same name.
Our own Jon Condit found the goods in the forums for VFXTalk.com, where we learned Perspective Studios, the production company overseeing creative development and licensing for "Blood Trail" across all media platforms, brought the project to Nathan Love, [who] used a hand-animated 3D style to conjure the piece, and the work is expected to be developed shortly into a feature film, videogame, and/or graphic novel.
To produce "Blood Trail", Nathan Love began by creating a detailed breakdown of the script elements. Extensive research into the time period, environments, characters, clothing, and props was conducted to ensure accuracy. This search extended beyond photo and animation references. »
- Uncle Creepy
Six New Clips From ‘The Box’
1 November 2009 8:23 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Since I’m a huge fan of his cult film Donnie Darko, I’m automatically looking forward to anything writer/director Richard Kelly puts out. And the upcoming Cameron Diaz, James Marsden starring thriller, The Box, is no different.
The Box stars Diaz and Marsden as a married couple in financial trouble who are one day visited by a mysterious, facially scarred stranger (Frank Langella) who makes them a strange and bold offer involving a box: if they push the button on the box they will receive a payment of one million dollars, but the catch is someone, somewhere in the world who they don’t know will die.
It’s a great premise that raises all sorts of moral questions (what would You do?), coming to us from the guy who brought us the fantastically bewildering Donnie Darko, and the totally wacky Southland Tales (I was one of the »
- Ross Miller
Film School 101: Protagonists
1 November 2009 4:57 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
First off I need to apologize for the tardiness of this entry. I was infected with the swine pandemic and was unable to do anything but utter “Bbbbraaaiiinsssss…” feebly from my bed. Now I’m up and about again, so here we go.
One of the first things to do when making your movie is figure out who your main character is going to be. Now, you may pick your plot first and then figure what kind of protagonist you want or you may pick your characters and write about what they do – it all depends on your style of writing. In either case, understanding your protagonist(s) is very important since these are the people whom the plot revolves around, who we will come to know and love and who we will follow for the next 120 minutes. They will be our tour guides through your movie so you have »
- Marco Duran
Day-Lewis Feted At British Independent Film Awards
27 October 2009 5:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Daniel Day-Lewis is to be honoured with the top prize at the 2009 British Independent Film Awards.
The There Will Be Blood star will receive the Richard Harris Award in recognition of his contribution to British film at a London ceremony on 6 December.
David Bowie's filmmaker son, Duncan Jones, has scored seven nominations for his directorial debut Moon, including best director and the Douglas Hickox Award for best debut director.
His movie was only beaten by British drama Fish Tank, which garnered eight, including best film and screenplay.
Emily Blunt is nominated in the best actress category for her role in Young Victoria and is set to compete against 18-year-old Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank), Abbie Cornish (Bright Star), Carey Mulligan (An Education) and Sophie Okonedo (Skin).
The Wire actor Idris Elba joins this year's selection jury, which also includes Irish actor Liam Cunningham and Brick Lane director Sarah Gavron. »
Fassbender, Duff & Ryan Nominated for BIFAs
27 October 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Irish talent has been recognised and acknowledged once again, this time at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). Irish Dop Robbie Ryan (Mischief Night) and actors Michael Fassbender (Hunger) and Anne Marie Duff (The Magdalene Sisters) have all received Bifa nominations. In addition, Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood) will be awarded the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Film by an Actor. The Bifa Pre-Selection Committee of 70 members viewed more than 200 films, out of which they selected the nominations via ballot. »
Cool Where The Wild Things Are Photos
25 October 2009 12:04 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Check out a few more really cool photos from the fantasy film “Where the Wild Things Are” by director Spike Jonze (Jackass Number Two) and starring Forest Whitaker (The Expendables, Street Kings), Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood), Catherine Keener (Hamlet 2, Capote) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Where The Wild Things Are. Synopsis: “Where the Wild Things Are” is an adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world–a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie [...] »
- Brian Corder
Psyched for Saw 6
24 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
The end of October. This means changes in weather, the end of baseball, lots of parties with women dressed up in "sexy" versions of everything from Strawberry Shortcake to nuns, and another Saw movie to be unleashed upon the multiplexes.
You know, I gotta hand it to the filmmakers. They've crafted a wholly original new series of cheap thrillers that don't require much money, and have led it to the greatest grossing horror series of all time!
On top of which, we're six movies in, and they haven't resorted to 3-D releases, a prequel set in the old west, or Jigsaw in space yet, which means there must still be plenty of needlessly complex methods of killing people with common household rusted objects. Although I hear the next one will probably be in 3-D, so Saw VIII will probably take place aboard the Nsa Jigsaw
Anyway, with the release of »
New Photos from Where The Wild Things Are
22 October 2009 12:35 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Here’s a few very cool photos from the upcoming fantasy film “Where the Wild Things Are” by director Spike Jonze (Jackass Number Two) and starring Forest Whitaker (The Expendables, Street Kings), Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood), Catherine Keener (Hamlet 2, Capote) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Where The Wild Things Are. Synopsis: “Where the Wild Things Are” is an adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world–a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news [...] »
- Brian Corder
Where the Wild Things Are - “Scene Selection” Review
20 October 2009 11:24 AM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
Children are so hard to incorporate into film and theater. The actors always are pesky, uncooperative, and rarely any good. However Max Records of “Where The Wild Things Are” stands out among today’s young actors with composure, emotion, and charm.
Records plays Max, an innocent boy who throws tantrums in a bratty, boisterous manor. He acts exactly as a child should though, beginning the film playing in the snow, throwing snowballs, and building an igloo. He ends up getting hurt and crying like a child should, but in return we see the wrath of Max and the love of his mother. Later Max plays out the scene from the book step for step by throwing a tantrum at the kitchen table and gets sent to bed. Flash forward and we see Max traveling to his own world toward the wild things. Max interacts and has an uneven time with the creatures. »
- Alex Kartman
Page 2
20 October 2009 9:58 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 33 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Stormtroopers can improve almost any movie. For example, how about "The Stormtrooper Singing in the Rain"? [superpunch] Diablo Cody talks with Movieline about her favorite movie scene of all time, which somehow combines elements of classic horror, There Will Be Blood, Mamma Mia, and the updated 90210, tribal ceremony, and Jennifer Grey. AP has some set photos from the remake of Red Dawn. Click through to see more. FilmSchoolRejects has an epic one-hour long interview with writer/director Kevin Smith. Splash News has some new set photos from Christopher Nolan's Inception featuring Leonardo Dicaprio and Ellen Page. Marvel Studios mastermind »
- Peter Sciretta
Diablo Cody Plays 'My Favorite Scene' With Movieline!
16 October 2009 4:30 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Though Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody's completed projects include just Juno, Jennifer's Body, and the Showtime series United States of Tara (plus a little gem entitled Father Approved), the 31-year-old's varied viewing tastes are well-known. In the past she has championed classic horror, There Will Be Blood, Mamma Mia, and the updated 90210 -- a piquant platter! Somehow, the explanation of her all-time favorite cinematic scene combines elements of all four -- and a tribal ceremony. And Jennifer Grey. »
Hey Kids - It's Time to Play Poovie With Justin Long!
16 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
I’ve been saying it for years, but perhaps it should be repeated one more time: The funniest person in Hollywood might just be Justin Long.
For exhibit A, check out the attached clip of a chat I had with Long about “Drag Me to Hell,” the awesome Sam Raimi thriller that hits DVD this week. During our conversation, he brought up a rude, crude, new game that might soon sweep the nation.
“I’ve been playing this movie game, it’s called Poovie,” the Mac pitchman and movie star said with a grin. “I’ll introduce it to you.”
“You come up with movie titles - you don’t change the movie titles - just straight-up movie titles that sound like they have to do with number two,” Long explained, giving us examples of some of his favorite films that also sound like someone possibly describing a bowel movement. »
- Larry Carroll
Where The Wild Things Are | Review
15 October 2009 8:06 PM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Spike Jonze Writer(s): Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers (screenplay) Maurice Sendak (book) Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker Our story follows Max (Max Records), an interesting and tender young boy full of imagination and wonderment. Max has become disconnected from his sister who has left childhood for the teenage years, and his mother (Catherine Keener) is dating someone that Max sees as competition for his time and attention. With the absence of Max's father due to divorce, we see him acting out emotionally the only way a young boy can - loudly and inappropriately. After putting on his wolf costume and displaying a "rebel yell" outburst in front of his mom and boyfriend Mark Ruffalo, Max's mom attempts to scold Max and send him to his room...but Max has other plans. He bolts from the house »
- Dave Campbell
Fantastic Fest
14 October 2009 5:39 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
[1] Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. In years past they have presented the world premieres of There Will Be Blood, Apocalypto, City Of Ember and Eagle Eye, while their guest roster has included such talent as Mel Gibson, Bill Murray, Paul Rudd, Bill Pullman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kevin Smith, Jon Favreau, George Romero, Darren Aronofsky and Mike Judge. Fantastic Fest is held each year, primarily at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on South Lamar in Austin, Texas. The Alamo Drafthouse was named the best cinema in America by Entertainment Weekly and features food and drink served to your seat without any disruption of the movie experience. [1] http://2009.fantasticfest.com/default.aspx »
- Ricky
Slayer announce Playing With Dolls horror short
14 October 2009 1:50 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
With Slayer's World Painted Blood (see our advance rave here) set to hit retail on November 3rd, news is beginning to flow from the Slayer camp. Today brings word that the limited-edition CD/DVD Combo version of the album will come with a 20-minute short film created by Mark Brooks, director of Adult Swim's Metalocalypse.
Get the details and view the trailer below.
Official Statement:
It was only a matter of time before Slayer's lyrics leapt off the printed page and made their wanton way to the visual medium. The band's discography is gorged with tales of mass murderers, serial sadists and drooling deviants of every stripe - vicious mental cases just begging for a cinematic reception.
Enter Metalocalypse director and big-time Slayer fan Mark Brooks who created a 20-minute DVD titled Playing with Dolls, a 12-episode video-graphic novel that will be included exclusively in Slayer's World Painted Blood Deluxe Edition, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
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