"American Idol" alum Haley Reinhart's pal -- who was choked out by bouncers at a bar in Illinois -- is now putting the squeeze on them ... legally speaking. Alan Chislof just filed a lawsuit against the Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grille and one of its bouncers, Adam Sobanski, for the July beatdown that left him with what he says are permanent injuries. We broke the story ... Alan claims he was choked so badly by Adam and other security that night,...
- 8/23/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
"American Idol" contestant Haley Reinhart's friend suffered horrendous injuries the night she was arrested after a bar bouncer put him in a choke hold and allegedly beat him. TMZ broke the story, Haley was arrested for allegedly punching the security guard in the face, but she says she was just trying to get the bouncer to release what she thought was a death grip. Haley's friend, Alan Chislof, suffered a concussion, facial laceration near his right temple,...
- 7/17/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
While The Legend of Zelda is one of several Nintendo franchises to stick around over the many generations of video games, it may very well stand as the Japanese company’s most beloved. There are many factors that contribute to the series’ success: the story, the characters, the gameplay, and of course, the music. While the characters are undoubtedly one of the more recognizable aspects of the series, the music may stand out as its most recognizable feature.
As the soundtracks in films like Star Wars, Back to the Future, and Indiana Jones transcends film fans and into the mainstream, so does the music in The Legend of Zelda. While each game has had its own trademark sound and style, they’ve all built upon the bedrock established in that first Zelda, and the main theme is one that many non-gamers can appreciate.
The music in The Legend of Zelda...
As the soundtracks in films like Star Wars, Back to the Future, and Indiana Jones transcends film fans and into the mainstream, so does the music in The Legend of Zelda. While each game has had its own trademark sound and style, they’ve all built upon the bedrock established in that first Zelda, and the main theme is one that many non-gamers can appreciate.
The music in The Legend of Zelda...
- 3/23/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Is there any such thing as a rape gene?
Olivia Benson had questioned herself about that years ago, when an accused rapist turned out to be the son of another rapist.
Now, on Law & Order: Svu Season 18 Episode 13, that old unsettled question came back to haunt her despite her strong belief that the rape gene defense is ridiculous.
I love it when Olivia's complicated past is brought up, especially now that she's older and wiser and presumably has had a lot more time to think and learn about her own history.
Olivia originally became an Svu detective because she was the product of rape and wanted to do for other victims what she could not go back in time and do for her mother.
Over the years, we've seen her question who she is as she rose from an inexperienced detective to the leader of the squad. Along the way...
Olivia Benson had questioned herself about that years ago, when an accused rapist turned out to be the son of another rapist.
Now, on Law & Order: Svu Season 18 Episode 13, that old unsettled question came back to haunt her despite her strong belief that the rape gene defense is ridiculous.
I love it when Olivia's complicated past is brought up, especially now that she's older and wiser and presumably has had a lot more time to think and learn about her own history.
Olivia originally became an Svu detective because she was the product of rape and wanted to do for other victims what she could not go back in time and do for her mother.
Over the years, we've seen her question who she is as she rose from an inexperienced detective to the leader of the squad. Along the way...
- 3/23/2017
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
Expectations were relatively low for writer-director Mark Brown’s $13 million comedy Two Can Play That Game when it opened on September 7, 2001. But this Screen Gems movie, which turned only a modest profit during its original theatrical run, has become a durable and much-imitated favorite in the ensuing decade and a half. On the occasion of the movie’s 15th anniversary, writers Hannah Giorgis and Bim Adewunmi have assembled an appreciative and affectionate oral history that includes new interviews with Brown as well as with stars Vivica Fox, Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, and Tamala Jones.
From the vantage point of 2016, it may be difficult to understand exactly what makes Two Can Play That Game so special. But the article points out that the entertainment landscape was very different in 2001. Shonda Rhimes wasn’t a household name back then, and there really hadn’t even been a ...
From the vantage point of 2016, it may be difficult to understand exactly what makes Two Can Play That Game so special. But the article points out that the entertainment landscape was very different in 2001. Shonda Rhimes wasn’t a household name back then, and there really hadn’t even been a ...
- 9/8/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are reunited in Barbershop: The Next Cut, directed by Malcolm D. Lee (“The Best Man” films, “Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins”).
It’s been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin’s Barbershop. Calvin (Ice Cube) and his longtime crew, including Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood.
Check out the new trailer below.
Barbershop: The Next Cut also stars Regina Hall (“Think Like a Man”), Oscar winner Common (“Selma”), Sean Patrick Thomas...
It’s been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin’s Barbershop. Calvin (Ice Cube) and his longtime crew, including Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood.
Check out the new trailer below.
Barbershop: The Next Cut also stars Regina Hall (“Think Like a Man”), Oscar winner Common (“Selma”), Sean Patrick Thomas...
- 1/18/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are reunited in Barbershop: The Next Cut, directed by Malcolm D. Lee (“The Best Man” films, “Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins”).
It’s been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin’s Barbershop. Calvin (Ice Cube) and his longtime crew, including Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood.
Check out the brand new trailer now.
Barbershop: The Next Cut also stars Regina Hall (“Think Like a Man”), Oscar winner Common...
It’s been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin’s Barbershop. Calvin (Ice Cube) and his longtime crew, including Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood.
Check out the brand new trailer now.
Barbershop: The Next Cut also stars Regina Hall (“Think Like a Man”), Oscar winner Common...
- 11/25/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Adele Silva and Ben Faulks have joined the cast of 'Hollyoaks'. The former 'Emmerdale' actress, who played Kelly Windsor on the ITV soap from 1993 to 2000 and again from 2005 to 2011, is set to star alongside Ben Faulks as childless couple Angela and Mark Brown who arrive in Hollyoaks in July hoping to adopt Tom Cunningham and Peri Lomax's baby. Adele said of her new role: ''I'm over the moon to be joining the show as Angela - I've watched it from the beginning so feel like I know everyone already - must remember not to call them by character...
- 6/1/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
"A 54-minute 'essay film' that refers to Ira martyrdom, Marxist theory and anthropomorphic ketchup dispensers as it explores the value of art won its maker Duncan Campbell the 2014 Turner prize," reports Mark Brown for the Guardian. "It was by no means a surprise." What was a surprise about this year's shortlist, as I noted in May, is that three out of this year’s group of four artists are filmmakers—or at the very least, they incorporate filmmaking into their work. Besides Campbell, we had James Richards and Tris Vonna-Michell—and printmaker Ciara Phillips. Campbell's winning work is inspired by Chris Marker and Alain Resnais. » - David Hudson...
- 12/1/2014
- Keyframe
"A 54-minute 'essay film' that refers to Ira martyrdom, Marxist theory and anthropomorphic ketchup dispensers as it explores the value of art won its maker Duncan Campbell the 2014 Turner prize," reports Mark Brown for the Guardian. "It was by no means a surprise." What was a surprise about this year's shortlist, as I noted in May, is that three out of this year’s group of four artists are filmmakers—or at the very least, they incorporate filmmaking into their work. Besides Campbell, we had James Richards and Tris Vonna-Michell—and printmaker Ciara Phillips. Campbell's winning work is inspired by Chris Marker and Alain Resnais. » - David Hudson...
- 12/1/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" The episode is entitled, "Girls Gone Wilder," and it sounds like things will get quite intense and drama-filled as a mass shooting ruins everyone's day at a forensics conference, and more. The episode is titled, "Girls Gone Wilder." In the new, 5th episode press release: Morgan, Sidle and Finlay are going to try to relax at a forensics conference when a mass shooting occurs on site. Press release number 2: Morgan, Sidle and Finlay will try to relax at a forensics conference when a mass shooting occurs on site. Guest stars will feature: Marc Vann (Conrad Ecklie), Gillian Vigman (Jane Snyder), Michael Landes (Mark Perlow), Hugh Scott (Cliff Ballard), Victor Mark Brown (Jeff Lasky), Ron Del Barrio (Swat Leader), Jeremy Hudson (Dancer #1), Michael Stein (Dancer #2), Stefan Raulston (Dancer #3), Dollar Tan (Dancer #4), Nolan Padilla (Dancer #5) and...
- 10/19/2014
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
Hollywood actors say Greek sculptures have had a "very nice stay" in Britain but should be returned
They came to promote a film showing how millions of artworks were rescued and returned to their rightful owners after plunder by the Nazis. But George Clooney, Bill Murray and Matt Damon left implying that Britain, too, needed to have a long, hard, look at itself.
The Hollywood actors had become embroiled in one of the fiercest of all heritage controversies: should the Elgin marbles, removed from the Parthenon 200 years ago, be housed in London or in Athens?
At the National Gallery, Clooney repeated his belief that it would be a good thing if the British Museum gave the 2,500-year-old sculptures back to Greece. He was backed by Murray, who said they had had "a very nice stay here" but now should be returned.
The actors joined a dispute which has simmered ever...
They came to promote a film showing how millions of artworks were rescued and returned to their rightful owners after plunder by the Nazis. But George Clooney, Bill Murray and Matt Damon left implying that Britain, too, needed to have a long, hard, look at itself.
The Hollywood actors had become embroiled in one of the fiercest of all heritage controversies: should the Elgin marbles, removed from the Parthenon 200 years ago, be housed in London or in Athens?
At the National Gallery, Clooney repeated his belief that it would be a good thing if the British Museum gave the 2,500-year-old sculptures back to Greece. He was backed by Murray, who said they had had "a very nice stay here" but now should be returned.
The actors joined a dispute which has simmered ever...
- 2/12/2014
- by Helena Smith, Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
The critics of La, New York and Boston have spoken. We'll be reporting on their films of the year. Plus: all the rest of today's film news
In the news
- Critics in La, New York and Boston have handed out their gongs for their favourite films of 2013.
- Christian Bale says his love/hate relationship with acting started when he was a kiddie-wink.
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is really not bad at all, say reviewers from pretty much everywhere.
- And Edouard Molinaro, director of Cage aux Folles, has died aged 85.
Elsewhere on the site today
- The Us box office report will see Jeremy Kay explain how Frozen is putting the competition on ice.
- We'll be starting our own countdown of the top ten films of 2013. Wadjda's in at number 10.
- Mark Brown reports from the British Independent Film Awards, where Sean Ellis's Metro Manila won big.
In the news
- Critics in La, New York and Boston have handed out their gongs for their favourite films of 2013.
- Christian Bale says his love/hate relationship with acting started when he was a kiddie-wink.
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is really not bad at all, say reviewers from pretty much everywhere.
- And Edouard Molinaro, director of Cage aux Folles, has died aged 85.
Elsewhere on the site today
- The Us box office report will see Jeremy Kay explain how Frozen is putting the competition on ice.
- We'll be starting our own countdown of the top ten films of 2013. Wadjda's in at number 10.
- Mark Brown reports from the British Independent Film Awards, where Sean Ellis's Metro Manila won big.
- 12/9/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Based on a story by Wesley Mills, Sharon 1.2.3 is the latest film to be greenlit by Forest Whitaker's collaborative independent film studio JuntoBox Films. The romantic comedy centers on a tech geek and Blaxploitation enthusiast who gets sexually involved with two different women named Sharon, and finds himself in a bind when he falls in love with a third woman, also named Sharon. Writer-director Mark Brown (Barbershop, How to be a Player, Two Can Play That Game) made time to talk about the film with Shadow & Act from the production set in La. Shadow & Act: This movie is a departure from the urban comedies that you've become known for. What attracted you to the...
- 12/6/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
See above, a recently tweeted photo from the set of Sharon 1.2.3, the upcoming indie romantic comedy from writer-director Mark Brown (Barbershop 1 &2, How to be a Player, Two Can Play That Game). Previously titled Sharon is Caring, the film was greenlit by Forest Whitaker's JuntoBox Films at the American Film Market last year. Based on a story by New York based filmmaker Wesley Mills, Sharon 1.2.3 stars Matt Bush (Adventureland) as a young tech geek who gets sexually involved with two different women, both named Sharon. When he falls in love with a third, also named Sharon, the three women conspire to take the relationship into their own hands. Production began in La...
- 11/19/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Second feature from Forest Whitaker’s digital studio JuntoBox Films was greenlit last year at Afm.
Romantic comedy Sharon 1.2.3., written and directed by Mark Brown, has commenced principal photography in Los Angeles.
The second feature from Forest Whitaker’s digital studio JuntoBox Films stars Matt Bush as Jonah, a 22-year old technology geek who’s having casual sex with two women coincidentally named Sharon who then meets a third Sharon who he falls in love with. The three Sharons will be played by Skylar Samuels, Nadine Velasquez and Erinn Hayes.
Based on a story by Wesley Mills, Sharon 1.2.3. was greenlit at last year’s Afm and is a result of JuntoBox Film’s crowdsourcing model. This allows filmmakers to upload projects directly to the JuntoBox site and then rate and vote on projects to be selected.
The film is produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi and Kelly Thomas.
Romantic comedy Sharon 1.2.3., written and directed by Mark Brown, has commenced principal photography in Los Angeles.
The second feature from Forest Whitaker’s digital studio JuntoBox Films stars Matt Bush as Jonah, a 22-year old technology geek who’s having casual sex with two women coincidentally named Sharon who then meets a third Sharon who he falls in love with. The three Sharons will be played by Skylar Samuels, Nadine Velasquez and Erinn Hayes.
Based on a story by Wesley Mills, Sharon 1.2.3. was greenlit at last year’s Afm and is a result of JuntoBox Film’s crowdsourcing model. This allows filmmakers to upload projects directly to the JuntoBox site and then rate and vote on projects to be selected.
The film is produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi and Kelly Thomas.
- 11/13/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
All the film news that's fit to e-print on Friday 18 October 2013
In the news today
- Sylvester Stallone has said he had a "violent hatred" for Arnold Schwarzenegger during the 80s.
- One more lap: Cars 3 might be on the cards...
- ... As is a film based on the zoomy kids' toys Hot Wheels.
- Jonás - son of Alfonso - Cuarón is writing a Lost City of Atlantis movie.
- Amanda Seyfried has signed up to star opposite Russell Crowe in family drama Fathers and Daughters.
- And Luc Besson has opened a luxury cinema multiplex on the outskirts of Paris. You want salt, sweet or fois gras?
Elsewhere on the site today
- Dur-dur-dur-duh-dah, dur-dur-dur-duh-dur. The Guardian Film Show floats back into view with reviews of Captain Phillips, Like Father, Like Son and Enough Said.
- We asked you to help us pick Tom Hanks' five best performances.
In the news today
- Sylvester Stallone has said he had a "violent hatred" for Arnold Schwarzenegger during the 80s.
- One more lap: Cars 3 might be on the cards...
- ... As is a film based on the zoomy kids' toys Hot Wheels.
- Jonás - son of Alfonso - Cuarón is writing a Lost City of Atlantis movie.
- Amanda Seyfried has signed up to star opposite Russell Crowe in family drama Fathers and Daughters.
- And Luc Besson has opened a luxury cinema multiplex on the outskirts of Paris. You want salt, sweet or fois gras?
Elsewhere on the site today
- Dur-dur-dur-duh-dah, dur-dur-dur-duh-dur. The Guardian Film Show floats back into view with reviews of Captain Phillips, Like Father, Like Son and Enough Said.
- We asked you to help us pick Tom Hanks' five best performances.
- 10/18/2013
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Everything worth knowing about in the world of film on Thursday 10 October
In the news today
• Christian reviewers say Gravity is an allegory for God, while George Clooney denies writing Gravity scenes
• First full trailer for David O Russell's American Hustle released
• Kevin Smith walrus horror gets green light
• Sacha Baron Cohen would have been "distracting" as Freddie Mercury, says Brian May
• Ab Fab film "may happen" says Jennifer Saunders
• James Woods "doesn't expect to work in Hollywood again" after anti-Obama tweets
• The first bacon film festival hits New York
Elsewhere on the site today
• Xan Brooks will be telling us, in moving picture video style, what we should be watching at this year's London film festival
• Fancy some more London film festival lowdown? Tony Paley fills us in on the restored Lady of Shanghai
• Peter Bradshaw reviews coastal cruising hot potato Stranger by the Lake
• This week's Week in...
In the news today
• Christian reviewers say Gravity is an allegory for God, while George Clooney denies writing Gravity scenes
• First full trailer for David O Russell's American Hustle released
• Kevin Smith walrus horror gets green light
• Sacha Baron Cohen would have been "distracting" as Freddie Mercury, says Brian May
• Ab Fab film "may happen" says Jennifer Saunders
• James Woods "doesn't expect to work in Hollywood again" after anti-Obama tweets
• The first bacon film festival hits New York
Elsewhere on the site today
• Xan Brooks will be telling us, in moving picture video style, what we should be watching at this year's London film festival
• Fancy some more London film festival lowdown? Tony Paley fills us in on the restored Lady of Shanghai
• Peter Bradshaw reviews coastal cruising hot potato Stranger by the Lake
• This week's Week in...
- 10/10/2013
- by Adam Boult
- The Guardian - Film News
Viking: westerly becoming cyclonic 5 or 6. Cromarty: visibility moderate becoming poor. London: conditions are tip-top for the opening night of the 67th film festival
Coming up today
Ahoy there mateys! Avast ye heavin and lend me ye ears, for tonight the good ship London film festival 67th edition hoists anchor for its 11 day voyage. And shiver me timbers if Captain Phillips isn't first to walk the gangplank. It's a tale of piracy on the high seas as the booty of our noble seadog Tom Hanks is seized by a clutch of thievin buccaneers who's hoisted the Jolly Roger off the horn of Africa. But here be warned: this ain't no yo-ho-ho affair, but a serious and Oscar-tipped thriller from Paul Greengrass about the true-life tale of a cargo liner set upon by Somali pirates in 2009. Sorry if the tone so far has been misleading.
Peter Bradshaw will review Captain Phillips around lunchtime today,...
Coming up today
Ahoy there mateys! Avast ye heavin and lend me ye ears, for tonight the good ship London film festival 67th edition hoists anchor for its 11 day voyage. And shiver me timbers if Captain Phillips isn't first to walk the gangplank. It's a tale of piracy on the high seas as the booty of our noble seadog Tom Hanks is seized by a clutch of thievin buccaneers who's hoisted the Jolly Roger off the horn of Africa. But here be warned: this ain't no yo-ho-ho affair, but a serious and Oscar-tipped thriller from Paul Greengrass about the true-life tale of a cargo liner set upon by Somali pirates in 2009. Sorry if the tone so far has been misleading.
Peter Bradshaw will review Captain Phillips around lunchtime today,...
- 10/9/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Your daily movie bulletin bringing you the lowdown on 4 September
Coming up today
It's musical chairs time in film festival-land: Xan Brooks is leaving Venice, Henry and I are off to Toronto, and Mark Brown reports on the lineup for this year's London film festival, which is announced today. Before Xan goes, he'll offer his verdict on The Unknown Known, the new documentary by Errol Morris about Donald Rumsfeld.
In the real world there's plenty going on, too, so stand by for full stories on some of these headlines:
• Blue is the Warmest Colour actors accuse director Abdellatif Kechiche of sexual humiliation during shoot
• Benedict Cumberbatch's representatives deny Star Wars rumours
• Naomi Watts "walked out of Simon Mayo interview" over Diana questions
• Argentina plans Pope Francis movie
• Fan anger over Fifty Shades of Grey casting
• Derek Cianfrance is to direct The Light Between Oceans
Elsewhere on the site, Charles Gant...
Coming up today
It's musical chairs time in film festival-land: Xan Brooks is leaving Venice, Henry and I are off to Toronto, and Mark Brown reports on the lineup for this year's London film festival, which is announced today. Before Xan goes, he'll offer his verdict on The Unknown Known, the new documentary by Errol Morris about Donald Rumsfeld.
In the real world there's plenty going on, too, so stand by for full stories on some of these headlines:
• Blue is the Warmest Colour actors accuse director Abdellatif Kechiche of sexual humiliation during shoot
• Benedict Cumberbatch's representatives deny Star Wars rumours
• Naomi Watts "walked out of Simon Mayo interview" over Diana questions
• Argentina plans Pope Francis movie
• Fan anger over Fifty Shades of Grey casting
• Derek Cianfrance is to direct The Light Between Oceans
Elsewhere on the site, Charles Gant...
- 9/4/2013
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Mark "Coonrippy" Brown rocketed to Internet stardom after videos of him and his pet raccoon Gunshow dancing to Aretha Franklin went viral on YouTube. Today, however, Brown is fighting to regain custody of his second raccoon pet, Rebekah, who was taken from him by state wildlife officials two week ago.
Brown, a native of Gallatin, Tenn., said he originally adopted Rebekah after she was accused of eating a local school's chickens, according to News Channel 5. After Gunshow died earlier this year, Rebekah starred in her own series of YouTube videos, where she can be seen hanging out -- and even showering -- with Brown.
The pair's unlikely friendship came to an abrupt halt, however, after officials from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency showed up to confiscate Rebekah in late July, according to local ABC affiliate Wate.
The self-described "hillbilly," who said he is in talks about a reality TV show,...
Brown, a native of Gallatin, Tenn., said he originally adopted Rebekah after she was accused of eating a local school's chickens, according to News Channel 5. After Gunshow died earlier this year, Rebekah starred in her own series of YouTube videos, where she can be seen hanging out -- and even showering -- with Brown.
The pair's unlikely friendship came to an abrupt halt, however, after officials from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency showed up to confiscate Rebekah in late July, according to local ABC affiliate Wate.
The self-described "hillbilly," who said he is in talks about a reality TV show,...
- 8/15/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Viewer complained to British Board of Film Classification that the film might encourage children to play on railway tracks
Most people would think it one of the most unobjectionable films ever made but film censors revealed on Thursday that The Railway Children had received its first complaint – 42 years after its release.
It was not the sugary sentimentality, nor young Peter's bucket of water on the door prank with the maid. Not even Jenny Agutter boldly whipping off her red bloomers to prevent a crash.
No, the British Board of Film Classification said a correspondent had raised concerns that seeing the jolly japes of the three Edwardian children might encourage children to play on railway tracks.
"You never know quite what's going to flare up," said BBFC director David Cooke about one of the most unexpected complaints of the year.
Fortunately, it was not upheld. The board's annual report states: "While...
Most people would think it one of the most unobjectionable films ever made but film censors revealed on Thursday that The Railway Children had received its first complaint – 42 years after its release.
It was not the sugary sentimentality, nor young Peter's bucket of water on the door prank with the maid. Not even Jenny Agutter boldly whipping off her red bloomers to prevent a crash.
No, the British Board of Film Classification said a correspondent had raised concerns that seeing the jolly japes of the three Edwardian children might encourage children to play on railway tracks.
"You never know quite what's going to flare up," said BBFC director David Cooke about one of the most unexpected complaints of the year.
Fortunately, it was not upheld. The board's annual report states: "While...
- 7/11/2013
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Recently, African-American–directed relationship movies have hewed toward either incongruous absurdity (Think Like a Man), overt sentimentality (Jumping the Broom), or, in Tyler Perry's work, both. Long gone feel the days of complex films like Two Can Play That Game, Mark Brown's modern screwball comedy that provided hilarity alongside a clear-eyed critique of romantic battle. Writer-director Tina Gordon Chism's Peeples lacks the energy of Two Can Play That Game, but like that picture it manages to deliver farce without compromising realism. Craig Robinson (The Office) stars as Wade Walker, a musician who shows up uninvited at his girlfriend's parents' house for the weekend, planning to win the approval of her father, Virgil (David Alan G...
- 5/8/2013
- Village Voice
Sotheby's to auction off trove of art treasures and memorabilia owned by the renowned playboy. Mark Brown, meets his son Rolf
Picture the scene. A ruggedly handsome, impeccably dressed man is enjoying a snack with his superstar wife, Brigitte Bardot, in St Tropez's Gorilla bar in the late spring of 1967. A pale, odd-looking white-haired man with a large entourage notices him and marches straight over, complaining that the Cannes film festival, of all places, has refused to screen his film because of its nudity. The man agrees to see the film, Chelsea Girls, and everyone bundles into speedboats and heads for the Carlton Hotel on La Croisette.
That chance meeting between the millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs and artist Andy Warhol had a profound effect on both men. For Sachs, a serious collector, it led to a sea change in his art buying; for Warhol it marked a vital first foothold in Europe.
Picture the scene. A ruggedly handsome, impeccably dressed man is enjoying a snack with his superstar wife, Brigitte Bardot, in St Tropez's Gorilla bar in the late spring of 1967. A pale, odd-looking white-haired man with a large entourage notices him and marches straight over, complaining that the Cannes film festival, of all places, has refused to screen his film because of its nudity. The man agrees to see the film, Chelsea Girls, and everyone bundles into speedboats and heads for the Carlton Hotel on La Croisette.
That chance meeting between the millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs and artist Andy Warhol had a profound effect on both men. For Sachs, a serious collector, it led to a sea change in his art buying; for Warhol it marked a vital first foothold in Europe.
- 5/7/2012
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
A modest flurry of news has come out of the Cannes Film Festival in the run-up to tomorrow morning's announcement of the lineup for the Official Selection. Nick Vivarelli reports that the festival, running May 16 through 27, will screen the "redux cut" of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America on May 18. When in premiered at Cannes in 1984, the film ran 229 minutes but was cut down to 139 minutes for its Us release. The full version's been restored by Bologna Cinematheque in collaboration with Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation and Gucci.
Also in Variety, Justin Chang has yet another roundup of likely candidates for the various lineups. And, as Anne Thompson reports, Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights to one of the likeliest of those candidates, Michael Haneke's Amour.
"Bérénice Bejo, co-star of the hit French silent movie The Artist, is to host the Cannes...
Also in Variety, Justin Chang has yet another roundup of likely candidates for the various lineups. And, as Anne Thompson reports, Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights to one of the likeliest of those candidates, Michael Haneke's Amour.
"Bérénice Bejo, co-star of the hit French silent movie The Artist, is to host the Cannes...
- 4/18/2012
- MUBI
DVD Playhouse—April 2012
By Allen Gardner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) An eleven year-old boy (newcomer Thomas Horn, in an incredible debut) discovers a mysterious key amongst the possessions of his late father (Tom Hanks) who perished in 9/11. Determined to find the lock it matches, the boy embarks on a Picaresque odyssey across New York City. Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth have fashioned a film both grand and intimate, beautifully-adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, thought by most who read it to be unfilmable. Fine support from Jeffrey Wright, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis and the great Max von Sydow. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Battle Royale: The Complete Collection (Anchor Bay) Adapted from Koushun Takami’s polarizing novel (compared by champions and detractors alike as a 21st century version of A Clockwork Orange) and set in a futuristic Japan,...
By Allen Gardner
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) An eleven year-old boy (newcomer Thomas Horn, in an incredible debut) discovers a mysterious key amongst the possessions of his late father (Tom Hanks) who perished in 9/11. Determined to find the lock it matches, the boy embarks on a Picaresque odyssey across New York City. Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth have fashioned a film both grand and intimate, beautifully-adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, thought by most who read it to be unfilmable. Fine support from Jeffrey Wright, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis and the great Max von Sydow. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Battle Royale: The Complete Collection (Anchor Bay) Adapted from Koushun Takami’s polarizing novel (compared by champions and detractors alike as a 21st century version of A Clockwork Orange) and set in a futuristic Japan,...
- 4/13/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
"The Adventures of Tintin" dominated the nominations but it was "Rango" that received the most trophies at the 10th Visual Effects Society (Ves) awards. Stan Lee received the the Lifetime Achievement Award and visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull received the George Melies Award. Patton Oswalt hosted the event held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Antonion Banderas, Lou Ferrigno, director Chris Miller, Marc Webb, and Jennifer Yuh Nelson presented awards. But the surprise appearance by Martin Scorsese was the highlight of the evening.
Here's the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 10th Annual Ves Awards, to visit our Awards Avenue coverage of other award-giving bodies, winners and nominees, click here:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The First Avenger
Charlie Noble
Mark Soper
Christopher Townsend
Edson Williams
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke
Emma Norton
John Richardson
David Vickery...
Here's the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 10th Annual Ves Awards, to visit our Awards Avenue coverage of other award-giving bodies, winners and nominees, click here:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
Captain America: The First Avenger
Charlie Noble
Mark Soper
Christopher Townsend
Edson Williams
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke
Emma Norton
John Richardson
David Vickery...
- 2/9/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The visual effects that we are seeing in movies these days are absolutely mind blowing. At this point it doesn't seem like there's any excuse for a film to have bad visual effects unless the people hired lack talent, or the studio is keeping the cash in their pockets.
There's a lot of good nomination this year such as Captain America, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Out of all of these I think that Planet of the Apes might take home the top prize, those apes were incredibly freaky looking. Weta did an amazing job with this movie, and out of all the other nominations this was the movie I was most impressed by. What are your thoughts? What movie did you think have the best visual effect in 2011?
Here's the full press release with all of the nominations:
Los Angeles,...
There's a lot of good nomination this year such as Captain America, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Out of all of these I think that Planet of the Apes might take home the top prize, those apes were incredibly freaky looking. Weta did an amazing job with this movie, and out of all the other nominations this was the movie I was most impressed by. What are your thoughts? What movie did you think have the best visual effect in 2011?
Here's the full press release with all of the nominations:
Los Angeles,...
- 1/9/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: Over the weekend, the Visual Effects Society announced the nominees for its 10th Annual Ves Awards ceremony, recognizing summer tentpoles (“Harry Potter,” “Captain America”) and surprise hits (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Hugo”) for their outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games.
“The standard of the creative work that is being considered this year is unbelievably high across all categories,” said Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Society. “The judges faced a huge challenge because all of the work was so far above the norm. We’re honored to have the opportunity to focus the spotlight on the outstanding work that has contributed to some of the highest grossing films and broadcast projects of all time.”
As previously announced, Stan Lee will be honored with the Ves 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award and...
hollywoodnews.com: Over the weekend, the Visual Effects Society announced the nominees for its 10th Annual Ves Awards ceremony, recognizing summer tentpoles (“Harry Potter,” “Captain America”) and surprise hits (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Hugo”) for their outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games.
“The standard of the creative work that is being considered this year is unbelievably high across all categories,” said Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the Visual Effects Society. “The judges faced a huge challenge because all of the work was so far above the norm. We’re honored to have the opportunity to focus the spotlight on the outstanding work that has contributed to some of the highest grossing films and broadcast projects of all time.”
As previously announced, Stan Lee will be honored with the Ves 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award and...
- 1/9/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
BFI reports record year for box office takings, but number of films made in Britain falls while budgets suffer as well
The number of films being made in Britain has fallen to the lowest level since at least 2003, with those that are being being made on strikingly lower budgets.
The figures appear in the British Film Institute's yearbook, which in 200 pages of tables and trends tells a story that is best described as mixed.
On the consumer side, Britons watch more films across more platforms than ever before, with record receipts of £988m at the box office. But the production side is a grim picture. The number of films made was down from 87 in 2009 to 79 in 2010. Total films made in Britain, including Hollywood productions and co-productions, fell from 150 to 128 last year.
Similarly, overall production spend is down by 22% to £176m. In 2003, the median budget for a British film was £2.9m.
The number of films being made in Britain has fallen to the lowest level since at least 2003, with those that are being being made on strikingly lower budgets.
The figures appear in the British Film Institute's yearbook, which in 200 pages of tables and trends tells a story that is best described as mixed.
On the consumer side, Britons watch more films across more platforms than ever before, with record receipts of £988m at the box office. But the production side is a grim picture. The number of films made was down from 87 in 2009 to 79 in 2010. Total films made in Britain, including Hollywood productions and co-productions, fell from 150 to 128 last year.
Similarly, overall production spend is down by 22% to £176m. In 2003, the median budget for a British film was £2.9m.
- 8/1/2011
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Tremors: The Series, Tripping the Rift, Stargate Sg-1, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Shows like these are what made Sci-Fi (or “SyFy”) great. Now, along with every other respectable cable channel, SyFy is devoting the majority of their programming to reality based shows. Today, SyFy announced what they have lined up for the coming year. Find out after the bounce!...
Haunted Collector, Legend Quest and Paranormal Witness are among the new series that will be joining long running Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth and Face Off. Mark Brown, Original Programming President, said "I think that it's very important to us as we go deeper into reality that it feel appropriate and relevant” when referring to how the recent rebranding allowed the network explore more reality platforms.
Haunted Collector, centers on a family of renowned paranormal investigators who spend its time tracking down haunted items. (sounding like Friday the 13th: The Series to me!
Haunted Collector, Legend Quest and Paranormal Witness are among the new series that will be joining long running Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth and Face Off. Mark Brown, Original Programming President, said "I think that it's very important to us as we go deeper into reality that it feel appropriate and relevant” when referring to how the recent rebranding allowed the network explore more reality platforms.
Haunted Collector, centers on a family of renowned paranormal investigators who spend its time tracking down haunted items. (sounding like Friday the 13th: The Series to me!
- 3/25/2011
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
Tremors? Nightbreed? Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat? 976-evil? Are all on the list this year. And though there were not huge horror wins in sound editing through screenplays, the Technical Awards never cease to bring out the horror veterans. Notably Tim Drnec who contributed to such VHS classics as Alien Seed, Destroyer, and Prison won for his work on “Spydercam 3D volumetric suspended cable camera technologies.” An award also shared with Ben Britten Smith and Matt Davis who both also worked on Constantine.
But among all the winners, the Academy also honored some great loses in 2010. And though they mentioned some of our heroes, Dennis Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Dino de Laurentiis (King Kong), they did not mention Zelda Rubinstein or Corey Haim. But we will in this last section and the others lost to us last year.
So farewell fight fans and remember,...
But among all the winners, the Academy also honored some great loses in 2010. And though they mentioned some of our heroes, Dennis Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Dino de Laurentiis (King Kong), they did not mention Zelda Rubinstein or Corey Haim. But we will in this last section and the others lost to us last year.
So farewell fight fans and remember,...
- 3/13/2011
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
What started as a one scene writing project over ten years ago has emerged to become an international collaboration with various directors & writers all over the world. Little known horror series, Mark Of The Wolf is a vision like no other. Including a web series and film, creator Mark Brown has started gathering the pieces to make the total picture complete. More after the jump Bidites...
So just what exactly is Mark Of The Wolf about? The film chronicles a young man who finds out on his 18th birthday that he has been cursed with lycantrophy and becomes a werewolf. The only sign of his condition is a small, pentagram shaped mark located on his left forearm. He then finds himself in other things that complicate his life further, including murder and a deep family secret.
Mark Brown, who is currently writing a 4th draft of the script, says that...
So just what exactly is Mark Of The Wolf about? The film chronicles a young man who finds out on his 18th birthday that he has been cursed with lycantrophy and becomes a werewolf. The only sign of his condition is a small, pentagram shaped mark located on his left forearm. He then finds himself in other things that complicate his life further, including murder and a deep family secret.
Mark Brown, who is currently writing a 4th draft of the script, says that...
- 2/27/2011
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 22 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at the Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 12, 2011.
Unlike other Academy Awards to be presented this year, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2010. Rather, the achievements must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures.
The Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements are:
Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy Plaques)
To Dr. Mark Sagar for his early and continuing development of influential facial motion retargeting solutions.
Dr. Sagar.s work led to a method for transforming facial motion capture data into an expression-based, editable character animation system that has been used in motion pictures with a high volume of digital characters.
To Mark Noel for the design,...
Unlike other Academy Awards to be presented this year, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2010. Rather, the achievements must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures.
The Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements are:
Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy Plaques)
To Dr. Mark Sagar for his early and continuing development of influential facial motion retargeting solutions.
Dr. Sagar.s work led to a method for transforming facial motion capture data into an expression-based, editable character animation system that has been used in motion pictures with a high volume of digital characters.
To Mark Noel for the design,...
- 1/7/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
hollywoodnews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 22 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at the Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 12, 2011.
Unlike other Academy Awards to be presented this year, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2010. Rather, the achievements must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures.
The Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements are:
Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy Plaques)
To Dr. Mark Sagar for his early and continuing development of influential facial motion retargeting solutions.
Dr. Sagar’s work led to a method for transforming facial motion capture data into an expression-based, editable character animation system that has been used in motion pictures with a high volume of digital characters.
To Mark Noel for the design,...
Unlike other Academy Awards to be presented this year, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2010. Rather, the achievements must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures.
The Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements are:
Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy Plaques)
To Dr. Mark Sagar for his early and continuing development of influential facial motion retargeting solutions.
Dr. Sagar’s work led to a method for transforming facial motion capture data into an expression-based, editable character animation system that has been used in motion pictures with a high volume of digital characters.
To Mark Noel for the design,...
- 1/7/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/42514?ns=guardian&pageName=British+Film+Institute+to+take+over+from+UK+Film+Council%3AArticle%3A1486743&ch=Film&c3=Guardian&c4=UK+Film+Council%2CFilm+industry+%28business%29%2CEd+Vaizey%2CFilm%2CBusiness%2Cuk+news%2CPolitics&c5=Unclassified%2CBusiness+Markets%2CNot+commercially+useful&c6=Mark+Brown&c7=10-Nov-29&c8=1486743&c9=Article&c10=News&c11=Film&c13=&c25=&c30=content&h2=Gu%2FFilm%2Fuk+Film+Council" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">BFI will distribute lottery money to film-makers, the culture minister Ed Vaizey announces</p><p>The British Film Institute will distribute lottery money to film-makers from next year, ministers announced today, ending – they hope – an acrimonious row that even prompted Clint Eastwood to write a concerned letter to the chancellor.</p><p>The government revealed its plan to abolish the 10-year-old UK Film Council in July. Even those who sympathised with the decision criticised the lack of a plan for who would take over.</p><p>Today the culture minister, Ed Vaizey, tried to alleviate those worries by announcing the BFI would take on most of the UKFC's functions apart from the task of encouraging inward investment, which would be in the hands of Film London.</p><p>Vaizey said the BFI would have to "change fundamentally" to be "more able to realise an exciting vision of a coherent, joined-up film industry".</p><p>It will be responsible not only for heritage and education,...
- 11/29/2010
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Sixty boxes of notes and photographs cover 40-year career of director who worked with Beatles and on Superman films
Richard Lester – the movie director who helped give the Beatles big screen success in the 1960s before finding more fame with The Three Musketeers and Superman franchises – has donated his archive to the nation.
The BFI National Archive yesterday announced that it had acquired more than 60 boxes of letters, scripts, notes, receipts and photographs covering Lester's 40 year career in the TV and movie business.
Highlights include early drafts for the film A Hard Day's Night – then simply called The Beatles – and letters from stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch and Spike Milligan.
Lester, now aged 78, has had a long association with the BFI, standing in for Jean-Luc Godard when he failed to turn up for the first John Player lecture in 1968. "The organisation has always been very helpful to me in different ways,...
Richard Lester – the movie director who helped give the Beatles big screen success in the 1960s before finding more fame with The Three Musketeers and Superman franchises – has donated his archive to the nation.
The BFI National Archive yesterday announced that it had acquired more than 60 boxes of letters, scripts, notes, receipts and photographs covering Lester's 40 year career in the TV and movie business.
Highlights include early drafts for the film A Hard Day's Night – then simply called The Beatles – and letters from stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch and Spike Milligan.
Lester, now aged 78, has had a long association with the BFI, standing in for Jean-Luc Godard when he failed to turn up for the first John Player lecture in 1968. "The organisation has always been very helpful to me in different ways,...
- 8/22/2010
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
• Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins top prize at Cannes with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
• Grand Prix goes to Des Hommes et des Deux
• Mathieu Amalric wins best director
• Juliette Binoche wins best actress
• Jarvier Bardem and Elio Germano share best actor
• Mike Leigh and Ken Loach go home empty handed
.
6.33pm: We're going short and to the point for this year's Cannes live blog. Word has just come in that the Jury prize goes to Un Homme qui Crie (A Screaming Man) - Chad's much-applauded entry
6.38pm: Another big shock: Mathieu Amalric takes best director for Tournee
6.40pm: Best screenplay goes to Poetry
6.44pm: Best actress: Juliette Binoche for Copie Conforme
6.47pm: Our sources at the Palais inform us Binoche is holding up a sign protesting against the imprisonment of Iranian director Jafar Panahi
6.50pm: Best actor: Jarvier Bardem for Biutiful.
6.55pm: Word has come in...
• Grand Prix goes to Des Hommes et des Deux
• Mathieu Amalric wins best director
• Juliette Binoche wins best actress
• Jarvier Bardem and Elio Germano share best actor
• Mike Leigh and Ken Loach go home empty handed
.
6.33pm: We're going short and to the point for this year's Cannes live blog. Word has just come in that the Jury prize goes to Un Homme qui Crie (A Screaming Man) - Chad's much-applauded entry
6.38pm: Another big shock: Mathieu Amalric takes best director for Tournee
6.40pm: Best screenplay goes to Poetry
6.44pm: Best actress: Juliette Binoche for Copie Conforme
6.47pm: Our sources at the Palais inform us Binoche is holding up a sign protesting against the imprisonment of Iranian director Jafar Panahi
6.50pm: Best actor: Jarvier Bardem for Biutiful.
6.55pm: Word has come in...
- 5/23/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Think of it as ‘The Bourne Locker’. Director Paul Greengrass (United 93) and his action muse Matt Damon have teamed up a third time to bring us The Green Zone, a frenzied, fast-paced war thriller that races through the turbulent streets of Baghdad looking for elusive WMDs.
It’s probably fortunate for Damon and the gang that this is opening in the wake of Bigelow’s Oscar win, because they are going to need that initial interest. Once you’ve seen The Green Zone, you aren’t likely to think much on it either way.
The Green Zone is a fictional adventure based off of the details collected in Imperial Life in the Emerald City, a book by former Washington Post writer Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Chandrasekaran’s book and Greengrass’ film return to the milieu of Iraq in 2003 and casts a long look at the invasion itself and the faulty intel that brought it about.
It’s probably fortunate for Damon and the gang that this is opening in the wake of Bigelow’s Oscar win, because they are going to need that initial interest. Once you’ve seen The Green Zone, you aren’t likely to think much on it either way.
The Green Zone is a fictional adventure based off of the details collected in Imperial Life in the Emerald City, a book by former Washington Post writer Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Chandrasekaran’s book and Greengrass’ film return to the milieu of Iraq in 2003 and casts a long look at the invasion itself and the faulty intel that brought it about.
- 3/12/2010
- by Nathan Bartlebaugh
- Atomic Popcorn
People with mental health difficulties are not monsters. It's a shame films such as The Crazies fetishise them in this way
"Insanity is infectious!" The strapline for Breck Eisner's new film, The Crazies, plays on stereotypes about people with mental health difficulties, who are once again portrayed as violent, contagious monsters. Mental health advocacy groups have already criticised the blithely offensive language used in the promotional material, but the film itself reveals a more troubling undercurrent of popular anxiety about the nature of mental health.
Horror movies often manipulate middle-class social unease, and The Crazies is no exception. Set in the sleepy Iowa town of Ogden Marsh, the film follows the familiar logic of the zombie genre: some government clot releases a virus that swiftly turns the local population into an unsightly mob of oozing, bloodthirsty killers; the few citizens who remain untainted find themselves trapped between a repressive state and the shambling masses,...
"Insanity is infectious!" The strapline for Breck Eisner's new film, The Crazies, plays on stereotypes about people with mental health difficulties, who are once again portrayed as violent, contagious monsters. Mental health advocacy groups have already criticised the blithely offensive language used in the promotional material, but the film itself reveals a more troubling undercurrent of popular anxiety about the nature of mental health.
Horror movies often manipulate middle-class social unease, and The Crazies is no exception. Set in the sleepy Iowa town of Ogden Marsh, the film follows the familiar logic of the zombie genre: some government clot releases a virus that swiftly turns the local population into an unsightly mob of oozing, bloodthirsty killers; the few citizens who remain untainted find themselves trapped between a repressive state and the shambling masses,...
- 3/4/2010
- by Laurie Penny
- The Guardian - Film News
Pajiba.com revealed that Palmstar Entertainment and Animus Films are developing a biopic based on the life of Ian Fleming. Currently titled "Ian Fleming," the movie will be about the man who created James Bond.
Based on the book "Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond" by Andrew Lycett, the script by Mark Brown will focus on how Fleming got inspired to write the Secret Agent 007 character.
The best part? James McAvoy is supposed to be attached in the lead role as Fleming. This is a great casting choice for McAvoy can do edgy action ("Wanted") and give his character its much needed heart ("Atonement").
The film is an independent feature, and right now, no distributor is attached yet. The project is currently searching for a director.
Based on the book "Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond" by Andrew Lycett, the script by Mark Brown will focus on how Fleming got inspired to write the Secret Agent 007 character.
The best part? James McAvoy is supposed to be attached in the lead role as Fleming. This is a great casting choice for McAvoy can do edgy action ("Wanted") and give his character its much needed heart ("Atonement").
The film is an independent feature, and right now, no distributor is attached yet. The project is currently searching for a director.
- 12/31/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
On December 15th, Ronie Midfew Arts and DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com held the Lost Underground Art Project, an art show at Gallery1988: La celebrating one of the greatest television programs of all-time. In addition to the 16 poster prints released over the past few months, over 20 artists created original Lost-inspired paintings and sculptures (all available for purchase) to commemorate the event. These artists include: Alex Pardee - Ben Strawn - Carlos Ramos - Chris Ryniak - Dan Lydersen - Dan May - Danielle Buerli - Edwin Ushiro - Eric Fortune - Jeff McMillan - Jeremy Asher Lynch - Julian Callos - Ken Garduno - Kirk Demarais - Lauren Gregg - Leontine Greenberg - Luke Berliner - Mark Bodnar - Mark Brown - Martin Wittfooth - Misha (from the mind of Paul Scheer) - Ralph Cosentino - Scott Campbell - Wade Schin - 64 Colors - Brent Nolasco - Dave Pressler - Jason Limon...
- 12/17/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Virginia Stage Company (Vsc) presents the second play in its 2009-2010 season, a new modern adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless Romeo and Juliet in //romeo&juliet/ running October 20 through November 8 at the Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk.
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
- 11/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Virginia Stage Company (Vsc) presents the second play in its 2009-2010 season, a new modern adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless Romeo and Juliet in //romeo&juliet/ running October 20 through November 8 at the Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk.
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
Vsc's presentation of //romeo&juliet/ is unique as it integrates Shakespeare's original dialogue with on-stage 21st century digital multimedia including audio, video, internet techology and social networking communications.
Director and Vsc Associate Artistic Director Patrick Mullins takes this timeless story of young lovers and places it into today's teenage and 20-something world filled with cell phones, laptops, email, text messages and Facebook friends. A classic play that is often considered a museum piece in the theater world now becomes a fresh new canvas in which multimedia is used to energize the passion within Shakespeare's poetic words.
As the text flashes across large video screens on stage and strategically mounted within the theater, it provides...
- 11/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Westport Country Playhouse incoming artistic director Mark Lamos and managing director Michael Ross announce a new look to the 2009 season. The Playhouse will open its 79th season in April with "Around the World in 80 Days" directed by Michael Evan Haney. "Around the World in 80 Days" was original scheduled for a September run, but will now open the 2009 season. "Around the World in 80 Days," an adventure tale adapted from the book by Jules Verne and written by Mark Brown, will play April 21 through May 9. Hailed by the New Yorker as "a riveting testament to the ingeniousness of the human imagination," and heralded by Associated Press as "a clever, action-packed production skillfully directed by Michael Evan Haney," "Around the World in 80 Days" is a wild, global adventure for the whole family about Phileas Fogg and his ever loyal man-servant Passepartout---complete with elephants, steamboats and trains. Following "Around the World in 80 Days," the...
- 1/15/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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