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'9/11' Tops 'Telegraph' Movies of the Decade List
7 November 2009 1:11 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
We're just a couple months away from the acknowledged end of the decade (it's really next year, because there was never a year zero, so this decade actually ends in 2010), and that means we'll get Best of the Decade lists on top of Best of the Year lists. I'm actually looking forward to the process myself and I'm revisiting some of the 25 movies or so I think have a chance to make my own list.
The Telegraph has unveiled a top 100 list, but not necessarily in terms of quality. Instead, we have the most significant hundred films from the past decade, the movies that "defined" the decade. There are, of course, some picks you'll certainly agree with; we have the top 25 listed and you can read the paper's entire list and see even more great films. But their selection of Fahrenheit 9/11 as the number one movie of the past ten years is almost completely unqualified. »
- Colin Boyd
Film: Review:Collapse
5 November 2009 12:01 PM, PST | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
The current documentary landscape is chockfull of doom-laden scenarios of every stripe: If global warming (An Inconvenient Truth) doesn’t get you, then maybe genetically engineered Frankenfoods (Food, Inc.), will. Or contaminated water (Flow). Or crushing personal (Maxed Out) and national (I.O.U.S.A.) debt. But few apocalyptic visions are as comprehensive and frighteningly assured as the one offered by Michael Ruppert, the subject of Chris Smith’s mesmerizing new documentary Collapse. A former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter, Ruppert has chased big stories for his self-published newsletter, From The Wilderness, on everything from CIA involvement ... »
This Is It Madness
3 November 2009 2:03 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
two brief but belated Oscar notes
For months now, people have been reciting various reasons why the 10-Wide Best Picture field is a bad idea. For all the chatter no one has yet talked about the most harmful effect of this decision: armchair and professional punditry has slipped, perhaps irrevocably, into insanity. The world has entirely forgotten what the Oscars are like or, rather, what they like. In the summer everyone seemed convinced that totally atypical films like Star Trek (X), The Hangover and District 9 were Best Picture likely. The new 'Best Pic Nominee To Be' is This Is It, the Michael Jackson documentary. [I've tried not to mention this article for well over 48ish hours but I've finally caved because it's been haunting my thoughts ever since. Share in the daymares with me!] That prediction comes despite the fact that Michael Jackson has never even been so much as a songwriting Oscar nominee and no documentary has ever performed that trick. In fact, I'm not sure you'd even be able to find a documentary that has managed more »
- NATHANIEL R
Former VP Al Gore To Make His 6th "Late Show" Guest Appearance Tuesday
28 October 2009 5:12 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will be visiting David Letterman's "Late Show" next week. He will be making his sixth guest appearance on the CBS show Tuesday, November 3.
Gore will be releasing his new book, "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis," on the same day as his TV appearance. Brad Paisley will be the musical guest on that day.
He has also authored a few other bestsellers, such as "Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit," "An Inconvenient Truth," and "The Assault on Reason."
Gore was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his dedication to the environment.
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Good Halloween Movie Double Features
24 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
With Halloween on the horizon, a lot of people might be planning a shindig of some sort to celebrate. Most will have costume parties, which is terrific, as they usually involve scantily clad females pretending to be something ordinary like a prison guard or dental hygienist, but really sexy. These parties will also most likely contain disturbing, horror-themed food-stuffs, and an increasingly gory display of body parts strewn across the premises like something out of a bad crime scene.
(I tell you, if I had money, I would invest in a Halloween store, as they seem to make mint and only have to work 3 months of the year).
There are also large groups of nerds out there (myself included) who enjoy subjecting their friends to horror movies they may have not yet seen, or seen with a group of people, which is the best way to experience most horror flicks. »
‘Home’ - Rob Reports from Viff
20 October 2009 4:22 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
‘Home‘ screened at Granville 7, Vancouver International Film Festival on October 16, 2009
By Robert Shaer
Movie: Home
Director: Yann-Arthus Bertrand
The first stunning images of Yann-Arthus Bertrand’s newest film, Home, are of a landscape continuously shaped by the volcanoes that dominate it. This is a world appearing free from human influence remaining a ‘living record that offers us a glimpse of what Earth was like at its birth’ suggests the narrator. Better known for his aerial still photography, notably the book and traveling exhibit Earth From Above, Yann-Arthus Bertrand offers Home as spectacular view of the world consistent with a body of work that spans every continent and too many countries to count. It is also an unapologetic and somewhat dour look at the precarious imbalance between human industry and the natural world.
I first encountered Bretrand’s work late in 2003, at an outdoor exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, »
- Kyle Zahar
No global warming?
16 October 2009 | Cineman.ch/en | See recent Cineman.ch/en news »
Boycotted by Hollywood and ignored by traditional media, the documentary "Not Evil Just Wrong" takes issue with the alarmist theories of Al Gore and attacks the arguments made by global warming lobbyists. With death threats against them, the makers of the documentary, Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, have taken out the big guns. Claiming the alarmist theories posited by the sustainable development lobby, as well as those of Al Gore in "An Inconvenient Truth", are exaggerated and incorrect, the Irish couple says the laws adopted to fight global warming will have worse consequences for mankind. The film makes a parallel between their cause and the banning of Ddt in 1972 thanks to ecology lobbyists, pointing to the fact that since the insecticide has been taken off the market, mosquitoes have flourished and 40 million people have died of malaria. McElhinney and McAleer also include a clip of Greenpeace CEO, Gerd Leipold, admitting »
- Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)
It Might Get Loud Cranks It Up on DVD and Blu-ray on December 22nd
13 October 2009 9:42 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
You can bring home a documentary featuring three amazing guitarists on DVD and Blu-ray this December. It Might Get Loud will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 22. The standard DVD will be priced at $27.96 Srp while the Bd will go for $37.95 Srp. We don't have cover art images yet, but we'll update this story as soon as we have the artwork. The film stars Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's The Edge and The White Stripes' Jack White.
The electric guitar has dominated popular music for the last half century. Anyone who has ever plugged into an amp understands its power. So does the average stadium crowd. But if you have too much exposure to amateurs, you might forget the incredible range of expression that the creation pioneered by Les Paul can achieve in the hands of masters.
Director Davis Guggenheim, well-known for his Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, »
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Ghost House Underground Four Film Collection’ Offers Few Chills
12 October 2009 8:07 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – It’s always nice to see world-famous filmmakers raising awareness about work from their lesser known peers. Where would Eli Roth be without Quentin Tarantino, or Neill Blomkamp be without Peter Jackson, or Danny McBride and Jody Hill be without the better half of Hollywood’s comedy titans? That’s why it’s nice to see “Evil Dead” creators Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert “hand pick” the indie horror films they admire, and then assist in their distribution.
Overall Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
Raimi and Tapert’s “Ghost House Underground” series began last year with a collection of eight features that included the exuberant zombie satire “Dance of the Dead.” This year’s collection has shrunk to four features, none of which are as fun or memorable as last year’s “Dance.” Only one film manages to satisfy, while the other three vary in their degrees of mediocrity and failure. Let »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Al Gore will answer your question until they kill the mic
12 October 2009 11:46 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Well, this is convenient: Philip McAleer, whose independent film purporting to explain "the true cost of global warming hysteria," Not Evil, Just Wrong, releases this Friday, got to ask Al Gore about the inaccuracies of 2006's An Inconvenient Truth at the Soceity of Environmental Journalists' annual meeting in Madison, Wis. Would you have "killed the mic" on McAleer, too? Or perhaps you'd like to hear Gore answer more questions about his science? [via Columbia Journalism Review] Science is annoying! »
- Annie Barrett
Woody Harrelson: 'Zombies are ecological'
1 October 2009 7:16 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Woody Harrelson has joked that a zombie infestation would be an ecological blessing. The Zombieland actor told Parade that a takeover by the undead could be of interest to former Us vice president and An Inconvenient Truth writer Al Gore. Harrelson said: "In my mind, zombies are pretty ecological because they eat humans who are causing most of the ecological damage to the planet. "So, if you think about it, it's better for the environment if zombies are overrunning the Earth. Maybe I've got the plot for a sequel here which might get (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
Exclusive Interview: Hope Glows With 'Fierce Light' for Velcrow Ripper
1 October 2009 12:07 AM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Scenes of violent street protests tend to capture the attention of the news media during major political summits. Is aggression the only meaningful method of activism in a world in which people feel detached from world leaders, though? That is a question asked by Canadian independent filmmaker Velcrow Ripper in his latest documentary, Fierce Light.
Velcrow Ripper has been directing fiction and documentary films since his teenage years and even his earliest productions had political themes. He is no militant, though. Inspired by such activists as Gandhi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, he seems more intent on encouraging introspection than persuasion. Fierce Light exemplifies that. The film essentially chronicles Ripper's personal exploration of different methods of activism and raises more questions than it answers. His approach, combined with some beautiful and striking images from some of the world's most exotic places, makes Fierce Light feel more like Baraka than An Inconvenient Truth »
Biggest Doc Ever?
28 September 2009 4:20 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Jose here with some box office news. Reuters is reporting that Michael Jackson's This Is It has broken advance ticket records all over the world.
The documentary/concert film spans the rehearsals of Jackson's eponymous "comeback" that would've taken place in London before the entertainer's sudden death.
In cities like Los Angeles and New York, fans waited outside in line for days before the tickets went on sale yesterday morning. In Tokyo, the film sold $1 million in advance tickets. With the undying passion of Jackson fans could this eventually become the highest grossing documentary of all time? This genre hasn't been particularly lucky in the money making department.
The highest grossing documentaries stand as follows:
1. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore) $119,194,771
2. March of the Penguins $77,437,223
3. Earth $32,011,576
4. Sicko (Michael Moore) $24,540,079
5. An Inconvenient Truth $24,146,161
6. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore) $21,576,018
7. Madonna: Truth or Dare $15,012,935
8. Religulous $13,011,160
9. Winged Migration $11,689,053
10. Super Size Me $11,536,423
(numbers courtesy of Box Office »
- Jose
Academy Documentary Series Looks for Connections
17 September 2009 3:20 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Steve Pond
You may have noticed that documentaries often come in groups: there are lots of films about Iraq (“Taxi to the Dark Side,” “Iraq in Fragments”), films about the environment (“An Inconvenient Truth,” “Encounters at the End of the World”), films about the economy (“Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” “Capitalism: A Love Story”) …
For the Academy, that kind of repetition is a very good thing.
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- Steve Pond
Documentary filmmaker found the convenient truth behind three guitar heroes (PopWire)
13 September 2009 9:46 AM, PDT | PopMatters | See recent PopMatters news »
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) -- Minneapolis — He has rock-star hair, rock-critic glasses and a movie-star wife. Davis Guggenheim also has an Oscar for directing "An Inconvenient Truth," the Al Gore documentary about global warming. He deserves an Oscar, a Grammy and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his new documentary "It Might Get Loud." The film tells the stories of three guitar heroes from different generations — Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's the Edge and the White Stripes' Jack White. In a captivating and illuminating way, Guggenheim deconstructs how the icons make their magic and tells their histories. In… »
- By Jon Bream
Review: It Might Get Loud
9 September 2009 2:19 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Adam looks at the rock flick It Might Get Loud.
It Might Get Loud explores the awesome glory that is the rock guitar and it does so through the eyes (and ears) of three incredible talents; Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's The Edge, and The White Stripes' Jack White. All three of these vastly diverse musicians are extremely accessible as they give insight into the heavenly instrument that gave them their unique voices.
It Might Get Loud makes its way towards a rock fan's biggest wet dream as these musical heavyweights engage in an all star jam session, but the film's true highlight occurs about halfway through as Jimmy Page breaks into an intense rendition of "Whole Lotta Love". Watching The Edge and Jack White look on as Page does his thing was worth the price of admission alone. No egos on display. Just three iconic musicians (yes, »
- Paul
Fashion passion: Why 'The September Issue' is a hit
4 September 2009 2:10 PM, PDT | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »
The September Issue, R.J. Cutler's dishy, glitzy, vibrant, and sensationally fun documentary about Anna Wintour and the inner workings of Vogue magazine, is the rare nonfiction film that is now poised to cross over -- that is, to become a mainstream conversation piece and bona fide indie hit, like last year's Man on Wire or, before that, An Inconvenient Truth, March of the Penguins, and the films of Michael Moore. (I don't necessarily expect it to be that big; I'm just trying to sketch in the possibilities after its huge limited-run opening last weekend.) The film’s appeal seems obvious enough. Wintour, as I said in my review, exerts the electromagnetic pull of power, and the fact that she's a woman only makes that more enticing. One person in the movie hails her as the most powerful woman in America, and however hyperbolic that statement may be, you at »
- Owen Gleiberman
'The Cove' worked! Dolphin slaughter stops in Taiji
2 September 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It is all too rare when filmmakers can know they've directly caused a major change in the world, but that is exactly what the team behind the most excellent documentary The Cove can claim today. The film, which has been making some small waves on the art-house circuit this summer, focuses a bright spotlight on the annual slaughter of thousands of dolphins in the small fishing town of Taiji, Japan. The practice had gone on for years unseen inside an isolated cove until director Louie Psihoyos -- inspired by the work of Flipper trainer-turned-activist Ric O'Barry -- put together a crack team to capture the killing via hidden cameras and underwater microphones. Yesterday, O'Barry returned to Taiji for the start of the dolphin killing season, but this time, he says, "there were no dolphin killers in sight." Granted, this time he came with a small entourage of international journalists, including members of the Japanese press, »
- Adam B. Vary
Review: It Might Get Loud
1 September 2009 1:14 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Editor's Note: This review comes to us from guest writer Aaron Turney who has written for several other publications and formed just as many bands. By: Aaron Turney Segovia famously denounced the idea of an electric guitar by likening it to a toaster. He despised the idea that such a beautiful instrument would be plugged in like a household appliance. But not many kids have posters of Segovia hung above their beds. They want to be Hendrix or Page with a wall of Marshall stacks flanking them on all sides. A Fender or a Gibson harnessed around their neck, slung low while tossing off musical acrobatics like "Stairway to Heaven," a riff so famous many English music shops banned kids from playing it. It Might Get Loud is a film for the bedroom dreamers and weekend warriors, a chance to see three of guitar rock's finest players (by way of U2's The Edge, Jimmy Page »
- Guest Author
2009 Fall Preview: Melrose Place
29 August 2009 4:04 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Melrose Place
Network: The CW
Premiere date: Tuesday, September 8 at 9:00/8:00 Central
Cast: Katie Cassidy, Colin Egglesfield, Stephanie Jacobsen, Jessica Lucas, Michael Rady, Shaun Sipos, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz
Synopsis (from The CW):
In an elegant Spanish-style apartment complex in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, the lives and relationships of a diverse group of 20-somethings intertwine to form a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original "Melrose Place") is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, "Shark"). Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro, the original "Melrose Place"). Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people.
Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, "Supernatural"), once considered Sydney her mentor, »
- Featherlite
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