Sofie Gråbøl in the Danish TV hospital drama “The Shift.” Courtesy of MHz Choice
The Danish TV hospital drama “The Shift (originally Dag & Nat)”offers some interesting contrasts with our domestic fare. Ella (Sofie Grabol) stars as the chief midwife for the highest-rated maternity ward in the city. She’s single, in her 40s and besieged by problems on all fronts. The worst of them is the hospital’s money guy who consistently ignores her pleas and arguments to add staff for the sake of her overburdened crew and their patients. Several of the midwives and aides present an assortment of personal and professional issues to manage. She’s boinking a married doctor (Pal Sverre Hagen) on the down-low, and constantly worried about her public facility that serves the underclass losing colleagues to upscale private hospitals and clinics catering to the wealthy. Those places can pay more while working them less.
The Danish TV hospital drama “The Shift (originally Dag & Nat)”offers some interesting contrasts with our domestic fare. Ella (Sofie Grabol) stars as the chief midwife for the highest-rated maternity ward in the city. She’s single, in her 40s and besieged by problems on all fronts. The worst of them is the hospital’s money guy who consistently ignores her pleas and arguments to add staff for the sake of her overburdened crew and their patients. Several of the midwives and aides present an assortment of personal and professional issues to manage. She’s boinking a married doctor (Pal Sverre Hagen) on the down-low, and constantly worried about her public facility that serves the underclass losing colleagues to upscale private hospitals and clinics catering to the wealthy. Those places can pay more while working them less.
- 1/17/2024
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There are plenty of medical drama series on American television. Gray’s Anatomy, The Good Doctor, New Amsterdam, Scrubs, House M.D., ER, and General Hospital are some of the popular shows in the United States in this genre. Skymed is a Canadian medical drama that aired on CBC Television in 2022 and has been renewed for its next season this year. This nine-episode series covers the lives of several nurses and pilots who work for a government air ambulance service in the northern part of Canada, which is covered by dense forest and whose population is scattered. These physicians and medical experts fly men and women who face several kinds of injuries, sicknesses, and ailments. There are several low-maintenance clinics in these wild areas, but most patients are taken to the nearest all-facility hospital in Winnipeg, Canada.
Besides the exceptional job that the crew and the staff do of rescuing people from the wilderness,...
Besides the exceptional job that the crew and the staff do of rescuing people from the wilderness,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
The star-studded field of celebrities from the world of sports and entertainment competing in the first annual Drive Fore Kids Celebrity Golf Tournament was announced today.
Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman was on hand for the announcement at the Falmouth Country Club. Swayman is one of nearly three dozen athletes, actors and TV personalities who will be at the Falmouth Country Club June 21 – 24, 2023 vying for a $250,000 prize purse and helping raise funds for tournament beneficiary, The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
“We cannot wait to welcome this talented field to our beautiful state,” said Brian Corcoran, Chief Engagement Officer of Shamrock Sports & Entertainment and Executive Director of Drive Fore Kids. “We expect a big crowd of fans to give them a warm welcome as we bring the largest celebrity tournament in New England to Maine and raise significant funds for The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.”
Confirmed celebrities include:
Rondé Barber,...
Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman was on hand for the announcement at the Falmouth Country Club. Swayman is one of nearly three dozen athletes, actors and TV personalities who will be at the Falmouth Country Club June 21 – 24, 2023 vying for a $250,000 prize purse and helping raise funds for tournament beneficiary, The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
“We cannot wait to welcome this talented field to our beautiful state,” said Brian Corcoran, Chief Engagement Officer of Shamrock Sports & Entertainment and Executive Director of Drive Fore Kids. “We expect a big crowd of fans to give them a warm welcome as we bring the largest celebrity tournament in New England to Maine and raise significant funds for The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.”
Confirmed celebrities include:
Rondé Barber,...
- 6/16/2023
- Look to the Stars
Last week seemed like something of a lull; there wasn’t an overwhelming amount of terrific new television. That was a fluke. We’re back in full force. This we’ve got a genre-bending new series starring Josh Brolin (it only looks like a western), a documentary about the potential dangers of the beauty industry, and we say goodbye to “Killing Eve” while welcoming back “The Kardashians.” There is a season turn, turn, turn!
On with the television!
“Outer Range”
Friday, April 15, Prime Video
Prime Video
Sure, “Outer Range” looks like a straight up Xerox of Paramount’s rough-and-tumble hit “Yellowstone” (you can practically imagine the board meeting where the edict was forged). But “Outer Range” is considerably weirder and more mysterious. In fact, it might be your new Wtf-worthy obsession, along the lines of “Lost” or (more recently) “Severance.” Josh Brolin stars as Royal Abbott, a gruff rancher trying...
On with the television!
“Outer Range”
Friday, April 15, Prime Video
Prime Video
Sure, “Outer Range” looks like a straight up Xerox of Paramount’s rough-and-tumble hit “Yellowstone” (you can practically imagine the board meeting where the edict was forged). But “Outer Range” is considerably weirder and more mysterious. In fact, it might be your new Wtf-worthy obsession, along the lines of “Lost” or (more recently) “Severance.” Josh Brolin stars as Royal Abbott, a gruff rancher trying...
- 4/9/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
A new Steven Soderbergh movie is on the horizon, but it’s being released a little under the radar. The filmmaker behind “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Magic Mike” and “Traffic” tackles the thriller genre with a story set during the Covid-19 pandemic in “Kimi,” which serves as a performance vehicle for Zoë Kravitz. The film marks the first collaboration between Soderbergh and “Panic Room” and “Spider-Man” writer David Koepp, and is already drawing notice for being a lean, mean thriller that compels from beginning to end.
So how and where do you watch “Kimi?” And what is the film about? Your burning questions answered below.
Where Is “Kimi” Streaming?
“Kimi” is an HBO Max original film and is streaming exclusively on HBO Max starting on Feb. 10. Since it’s an HBO Max original, it will always be available on the streaming service.
Is “Kimi” in Theaters?
No, “Kimi” is not getting a theatrical release.
So how and where do you watch “Kimi?” And what is the film about? Your burning questions answered below.
Where Is “Kimi” Streaming?
“Kimi” is an HBO Max original film and is streaming exclusively on HBO Max starting on Feb. 10. Since it’s an HBO Max original, it will always be available on the streaming service.
Is “Kimi” in Theaters?
No, “Kimi” is not getting a theatrical release.
- 2/10/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
February is Black History Month, and new content celebrating Black stories across television and film is on its way.
Over the course of Black History Month, many channels will premiere nonfiction specials and programming that spotlight Black leaders in politics, entertainment and social justice. PBS will premiere specials about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and singer Marian Anderson, while Starz will premiere a feature length documentary on Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
In addition, the Smithsonian Channel will debut a four-part miniseries tracing the origins exploring the legacy of slavery around the world. Aside from new documentaries and docuseries, streaming channels like Tubi will offer hundreds of hours of Black Cinema to watch, as well as original fiction programming.
Check out the full list of Black History Month programming below. (This list will be updated as more titles are announced).
“Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power” — This feature-length documentary follows the career of congresswoman Barbara Lee,...
Over the course of Black History Month, many channels will premiere nonfiction specials and programming that spotlight Black leaders in politics, entertainment and social justice. PBS will premiere specials about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and singer Marian Anderson, while Starz will premiere a feature length documentary on Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
In addition, the Smithsonian Channel will debut a four-part miniseries tracing the origins exploring the legacy of slavery around the world. Aside from new documentaries and docuseries, streaming channels like Tubi will offer hundreds of hours of Black Cinema to watch, as well as original fiction programming.
Check out the full list of Black History Month programming below. (This list will be updated as more titles are announced).
“Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power” — This feature-length documentary follows the career of congresswoman Barbara Lee,...
- 1/31/2022
- by Wilson Chapman, Selome Hailu, Sasha Urban and Wyatte Grantham-Philips
- Variety Film + TV
The entertainment community prides itself on taking the lead in advocating for social change; consider its threat to curtail film and television projects in Georgia due to their laws limiting women’s access to abortion. Racial, gender, ethnic and cultural diversity are now acknowledged as worthy ambitions for popular entertainment.
By contrast, when it comes to Hollywood’s portrayal of characters with disabilities, history has told anything but an uplifting and prosocial narrative. But the entertainment industry is beginning to write a new script on inclusion, a development that is strongly underscored by NBCUniversal’s recent acceptance of the Ruderman Family Foundation guidelines on opening auditions to actors with disabilities.
In taking this landmark step towards inclusivity, the major media and entertainment company has committed to the notion that the more actors with disabilities audition, the more opportunities emerge for them to receive roles and, thus, the potential to receive leading roles.
By contrast, when it comes to Hollywood’s portrayal of characters with disabilities, history has told anything but an uplifting and prosocial narrative. But the entertainment industry is beginning to write a new script on inclusion, a development that is strongly underscored by NBCUniversal’s recent acceptance of the Ruderman Family Foundation guidelines on opening auditions to actors with disabilities.
In taking this landmark step towards inclusivity, the major media and entertainment company has committed to the notion that the more actors with disabilities audition, the more opportunities emerge for them to receive roles and, thus, the potential to receive leading roles.
- 2/13/2021
- by Jay Ruderman
- Variety Film + TV
One of the four remaining contestants in Group B of “The Masked Singer” didn’t make the cut in episode 8, which aired on Fox on November 18. The best performer of this bunch is the one disguised as the Serpent. While we can’t see his face, we are sure we know his voice.
The Serpent first performed on September 30 when he rocked the house with his rousing rendition of “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers. Two weeks later, he shifted genres and make the country hit “The Bones” by Maren Morris his own.
We are certain that we know the name of the celebrity hiding inside the Serpent costume. We ruled out those guesses by the judges that it is someone from the original cast of the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton.” Keep reading as we’ve got all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of the Serpent.
The Serpent first performed on September 30 when he rocked the house with his rousing rendition of “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers. Two weeks later, he shifted genres and make the country hit “The Bones” by Maren Morris his own.
We are certain that we know the name of the celebrity hiding inside the Serpent costume. We ruled out those guesses by the judges that it is someone from the original cast of the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton.” Keep reading as we’ve got all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of the Serpent.
- 11/18/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s Cobra Kai has again topped the Nielsen U.S. streaming chart, racking up 1.655 billion streaming minutes from September 7-13.
The Karate Kid update, which premiered on YouTube Premium before shifting to Netflix, has 20 episodes available spanning its first two seasons. In the previous week, Cobra Kai approached 2.2 billion streaming minutes. The streaming giant last week set January 8, 2021, as the premiere date for Season 3 and said Cobra Kai has been renewed for a fourth season.
Netflix once again dominated the rankings, which cover only streaming views through a TV set and only in the U.S., a minority of the global picture for Netflix and several others. There is also a lengthy delay in compiling the viewership numbers, in contrast with the quicker turnaround of linear and time-shifted viewing through pay-tv set-top boxes.
Amazon’s The Boys, the only non-Netflix entry for the week, racked up 1.06 billion streaming minutes,...
The Karate Kid update, which premiered on YouTube Premium before shifting to Netflix, has 20 episodes available spanning its first two seasons. In the previous week, Cobra Kai approached 2.2 billion streaming minutes. The streaming giant last week set January 8, 2021, as the premiere date for Season 3 and said Cobra Kai has been renewed for a fourth season.
Netflix once again dominated the rankings, which cover only streaming views through a TV set and only in the U.S., a minority of the global picture for Netflix and several others. There is also a lengthy delay in compiling the viewership numbers, in contrast with the quicker turnaround of linear and time-shifted viewing through pay-tv set-top boxes.
Amazon’s The Boys, the only non-Netflix entry for the week, racked up 1.06 billion streaming minutes,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
“You thought the war was over?” a character intones menacingly within the first five minutes of Hunters. “No, dear. Only the dead know the end of war.”
The scene — and the carnage that ends it — sets the tone for Amazon’s newest drama, which chronicles a grassroots team’s take-no-prisoners efforts to eradicate Nazis who have infiltrated America. Viewers are brought into the action after tragedy befalls a Jewish teen named Jonah (played by the Percy Jackson films’ Logan Lerman); in his attempts to achieve justice, Jonah finds himself making the acquaintance of the avuncular Meyer Offerman (Scent of a Woman...
The scene — and the carnage that ends it — sets the tone for Amazon’s newest drama, which chronicles a grassroots team’s take-no-prisoners efforts to eradicate Nazis who have infiltrated America. Viewers are brought into the action after tragedy befalls a Jewish teen named Jonah (played by the Percy Jackson films’ Logan Lerman); in his attempts to achieve justice, Jonah finds himself making the acquaintance of the avuncular Meyer Offerman (Scent of a Woman...
- 2/21/2020
- TVLine.com
The high-profile departure of Friends from Netflix after its run as one of the most-watched shows on the streaming service elicited shrugs from the company’s management team during their fourth-quarter earnings interview Tuesday.
Asked by Michael Morris, the Guggenheim Securities analyst who moderated the earnings interview, whether the show’s exit had affected user engagement, head of content Ted Sarandos replied, “Nothing we can see or we can measure.”
The comment came after the company reported a rise of 8.8 million global subscribers in the fourth quarter. Friends officially went dark on Netflix on January 1 and will resume streaming in the U.S. in May when WarnerMedia launches its subscription streaming entrant, HBO Max.
As the streaming competition intensifies, many analysts and media observers point to avid viewing of titles like The Office, Friends and Gray’s Anatomy — all of which are of leaving Netflix — and questioned how the company will cope.
Asked by Michael Morris, the Guggenheim Securities analyst who moderated the earnings interview, whether the show’s exit had affected user engagement, head of content Ted Sarandos replied, “Nothing we can see or we can measure.”
The comment came after the company reported a rise of 8.8 million global subscribers in the fourth quarter. Friends officially went dark on Netflix on January 1 and will resume streaming in the U.S. in May when WarnerMedia launches its subscription streaming entrant, HBO Max.
As the streaming competition intensifies, many analysts and media observers point to avid viewing of titles like The Office, Friends and Gray’s Anatomy — all of which are of leaving Netflix — and questioned how the company will cope.
- 1/22/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Frank Zappa may be the only rock star as prolific in death as he was in life. And that’s saying a lot, considering he released 62 albums in his 52 years on this planet. Since his death in 1993, his estate has put out nearly 60 releases, making it even harder to navigate his labyrinthine catalogue and making most of these posthumous releases jewels waiting to be discovered. The latest is The Hot Rats Sessions — a six-disc, exhaustive deep dive into the main Mother of Invention’s first solo masterpiece, Hot Rats, which...
- 12/26/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
This week on "The Walking Dead," we learned something revolutionary about the people of Alexandria: They have no idea how to survive in the zombie apocalypse!
Lol, just kidding -- we've known that literally the entire time. But for some reason, the show decided to drive that point home once again during tonight's episode, "Now," as if this was a brand new revelation. Get a load of this: These people have lived a coddled, sheltered life, have no idea how to fight zombies, and are suspicious of Rick and his gang! I mean, color me shocked.
Excuse the sarcasm, but, c'mon, "Twd." This episode was bursting with a-ha! moments that turned out to be anything but, framing big character developments (Spencer, who started out as an a-hole, is still an a-hole! Jessie, who started out as a wuss, is still kinda a wuss! Carl, who started out as the worst,...
Lol, just kidding -- we've known that literally the entire time. But for some reason, the show decided to drive that point home once again during tonight's episode, "Now," as if this was a brand new revelation. Get a load of this: These people have lived a coddled, sheltered life, have no idea how to fight zombies, and are suspicious of Rick and his gang! I mean, color me shocked.
Excuse the sarcasm, but, c'mon, "Twd." This episode was bursting with a-ha! moments that turned out to be anything but, framing big character developments (Spencer, who started out as an a-hole, is still an a-hole! Jessie, who started out as a wuss, is still kinda a wuss! Carl, who started out as the worst,...
- 11/8/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
As Sesame Street delivers its True Blood parody, we revisit its TV spoofs from Sons Of Anarchy to Mad Men and more...
Feature
It's an odd combination: pre-school puppet show meets some of TV's most adult, violent, sex-charged drama, but it's showing no signs of going away. In addition to Sesame Street's clutch of film parodies (if you've not seen it, we can recommend Hunger Games: Catching Fire), the PBS children's show has been spoofing TV's best and brightest for years.
As its latest TV parody - an educational felt version of HBO's True Blood dedicated, as so many of these spoofs are, to the art of rhyming - arrives, let's revisit some of Sesame Street's previous homages, from Birdwalk Empire, to Homelamb, Sons Of Poetry, 30 Rocks and more...
True Blood
Poor Bill Compton can't always get what he wants...
Boardwalk Empire
Nucky Ducky comes beak to beak with Clucky Luciano in a birdwalk confrontation.
Feature
It's an odd combination: pre-school puppet show meets some of TV's most adult, violent, sex-charged drama, but it's showing no signs of going away. In addition to Sesame Street's clutch of film parodies (if you've not seen it, we can recommend Hunger Games: Catching Fire), the PBS children's show has been spoofing TV's best and brightest for years.
As its latest TV parody - an educational felt version of HBO's True Blood dedicated, as so many of these spoofs are, to the art of rhyming - arrives, let's revisit some of Sesame Street's previous homages, from Birdwalk Empire, to Homelamb, Sons Of Poetry, 30 Rocks and more...
True Blood
Poor Bill Compton can't always get what he wants...
Boardwalk Empire
Nucky Ducky comes beak to beak with Clucky Luciano in a birdwalk confrontation.
- 6/25/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Katherine Heigl hasn't always been her own best advocate. A lead role in Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" is mostly remembered by the fallout that came when she complained about the supposed sexist elements of the hit film. Then there's the saga with "Gray's Anatomy," with the actress battling with the creatives on the show and even withdrawing her name from Emmy contention one year because she didn't feel the material was up to snuff. While one could scoff at the irony of someone who went on star in movies like "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth," Heigl had the last laugh because they were hits. And then suddenly, her choices were no longer so sound. "Killers," "One For The Money" and "The Big Wedding" were all bombs, with the Apatow-clone "Life As We Know It" as the lone outlier, a modest hit that you still probably forgot existed. So perhaps...
- 5/6/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
0:00 - Intro 10:40 - Review: Magic Mike 52:15 - Headlines: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Call it Quits, Marvel to Announce Guardians of the Galaxy Movie, The Devil’s Knot Casting, Martin Scorsese Going Digital for Good but Not 3D 1:02:20 - Top 5: Best Movies of 2012 So Far 1:06:00 - Other Stuff We Watched: The Avengers, Gray's Anatomy, Walk Away Renee, Ali, Missing in Action, M. Hulot's Holiday, Blade Runner, The Newsroom, Jeff Who Lives at Home, Brave, Ted, Showgirls 1:37:55 - Junk Mail: Perfect and Underrated Sequels, First and Favourite Drive-In Experiences, Blues Brothers and Favourite Intros, Favourite Stammers in Movies, Tony Stark and Shawarma 1:52:15 - This Week's DVD Releases 1:54:10 - Outro 1:56:40 - Spoiler Discussion: Prometheus Revisited
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- 7/3/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Gray's Anatomy Directed by Steven Soderbergh Written by Spalding Gray Starring: Spalding Gray With Stephen Soderbergh on the verge of retiring from filmmaking, one has to wonder how somebody with such an amount of creative freedom could ever feel uninspired or suffocated by the limitations of their chosen medium. He's the guy who popularized the "one for me, one for them" modus operandi and within it, has seemed to have found his rhythm. In the mid-nineties, Soderbergh faced a similar dilemma in which he overcame an artistic slump by rebuilding himself with two experiments; Schizopolis and Gray's Anatomy. While they both fall under the "one for me" category, Gray's Anatomy is fairly accessible and wholly entertaining as Soderbergh attempts to transform Spalding Gray's squeamish tale of a rare ocular affliction into something resembling Errol Morris meets Dario Argento. The story begins as Spalding, having just turned 50, discovers a problem...
- 7/1/2012
- by Jay C.
- FilmJunk
When Spalding Gray committed suicide in January of 2004 (after watching the film Big Fish), he left behind as extensive and detailed a record of his thinking leading up to that decision as perhaps anyone who has ever come to that conclusion. Gifted screenwriter, playwright and actor, Gray distinguished himself primarily through his monologues, in which he spoke frankly and casually of his own life experience, much of it dealing with his own struggles with depression. Steven Soderbergh directed one of these himself (Gray's Anatomy), so it seems only fitting that he would want to revisit this footage after his friend's death. Even if the reasoning behind his suicide was never mysterious (precluding the need to resolve any unanswered questions), Soderbergh's assembly serves as an appropriately autobiographical eulogy, in which the man himself dictates both his life story and its ultimate meaning.
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- 6/28/2012
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Above: Via Them Heavy People, the late, great, Rainer Werner Fassbinder whose retrospective is currently traveling from city to city.
News.
Countless critics have been sharing their thoughts on the life & work of Andrew Sarris, who passed away on June 20th, 2012. Visit both Fandor and Indiewire's gateways to these often personal and heartfelt remembrances. Also make sure to read David Bordwell's comprehensive tribute. Tremendous news for those on Team Verhoeven: His long awaited, often stymied film about Jesus Christ has, against all odds, finally landed funding. For those who know Paul Verhoeven, and even more so for those who have encountered his book Jesus of Nazareth, you're well aware we're in store for something subversive and controversial. A new film blog has launched entitled Photogénie, thus far featuring coverage of Il Cinema Ritrovato. From their mission statement:
"At photogenie.be, we want to combine a sense of wonderment with keen analyses.
News.
Countless critics have been sharing their thoughts on the life & work of Andrew Sarris, who passed away on June 20th, 2012. Visit both Fandor and Indiewire's gateways to these often personal and heartfelt remembrances. Also make sure to read David Bordwell's comprehensive tribute. Tremendous news for those on Team Verhoeven: His long awaited, often stymied film about Jesus Christ has, against all odds, finally landed funding. For those who know Paul Verhoeven, and even more so for those who have encountered his book Jesus of Nazareth, you're well aware we're in store for something subversive and controversial. A new film blog has launched entitled Photogénie, thus far featuring coverage of Il Cinema Ritrovato. From their mission statement:
"At photogenie.be, we want to combine a sense of wonderment with keen analyses.
- 6/27/2012
- MUBI
#617: And Everything Is Going Fine (dir. Steven Soderbergh) 2010 #618: Gray's Anatomy (dir. Steven Soderbergh) 1997 On March 7, 2004, a 28 year-old internet developer named Robin Snead found Spalding Gray’s body down by the Brooklyn waterfront. Complete happenstance. After learning that the waterlogged corpse was that of the famous monologist, Snead called Gray’s wife. In a piece for Esquire Magazine, this is how Snead described their conversation: “I get in touch with his wife, and I mentioned that I’d never try to exploit my discovery. She said, ‘No, please, do whatever you like. You don’t have to be tasteful. This is Spalding Gray. All he ever talked about was his own death.’” Spalding Gray was not a...
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- 6/27/2012
- by David Ehrlich
- Movies.com
There aren't any earth-shattering new releases on DVD and Blu-ray this week, but still a handful of comedies you might have missed in theatres and a couple of big TV releases as well. David Wain's Wanderlust pretty much bombed at the box office (somewhat surprising for a Paul Rudd / Jennifer Aniston comedy) but received decent reviews, while Project X was slammed by critics and yet it ended up being a financial success. Go figure. You can now catch both of those on DVD along with Jeff, Who Lives at Home starring Ed Helms and Jason Segel, Seeking Justice starring Nicolas Cage, and Brandon and Jason Trost's instant cult classic The Fp. Louie: Season 2 is also in stores this week along with the first season of the FX series Wilfred starring Elijah Wood, plus Criterion releases of Steven Soderbergh's Spalding Gray films Gray's Anatomy and And Everything is Going Fine.
- 6/19/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Edit: I screwed up, I previously had 21 Jump Street on the list, but it doesn't come out until next week. Sorry for the confusion. Jeff, Who Lives at Home A very good movie with an ending that comes out of nowhere and really hits home. The Duplass brothers are, for me, a bit hit and miss, but this was a definite hit.
Wanderlust And here we have a complete misfire. A film sold as a comedy, but it forgot to make us laugh.
Big Miracle I never saw this film, but based on the trailers it looked like a harmless feature that probably would have been better served premiering on Animal Planet than in theaters. Based on the $20 million it made at the theater its receipts seem to agree.
Lockout Lockout is finally where it belongs, on DVD and Blu-ray. This is exactly the kind of film you're looking for...
Wanderlust And here we have a complete misfire. A film sold as a comedy, but it forgot to make us laugh.
Big Miracle I never saw this film, but based on the trailers it looked like a harmless feature that probably would have been better served premiering on Animal Planet than in theaters. Based on the $20 million it made at the theater its receipts seem to agree.
Lockout Lockout is finally where it belongs, on DVD and Blu-ray. This is exactly the kind of film you're looking for...
- 6/19/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
21 Jump Street I know a lot of people are really high on this movie, but the third act is such a misfire I can't give it my full support. Why make such a funny and inventive comedy only to depend on sentimentality and a cliched gross-out joke in the end, both of which are counter-intuitive to everything that was done leading up to those points? That said, I still think you should give this film a watch, but I just don't see it as a buy unless you plan on watching the first 75% and then stopping it after that each time.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home Alternatively, this is a very good movie with an ending that comes out of nowhere and really hits home. The Duplass brothers are, for me, a bit hit and miss, but this was a definite hit.
Wanderlust And here we have a complete misfire.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home Alternatively, this is a very good movie with an ending that comes out of nowhere and really hits home. The Duplass brothers are, for me, a bit hit and miss, but this was a definite hit.
Wanderlust And here we have a complete misfire.
- 6/19/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Moviefone's New Release Pick of the Week "The Fp" What's It About? In a hyper-ridiculous society that bares a few similarities to our own, a mysterious eye-patch-wearing hero battles evil gang leaders in "Dance, Dance Revolution"-style combat where only one man walks away. See It Because: Is it cheesy? Absolutely. Is it technically good? Not really. But an over-the-top midnight movie like this is perfect for a get-together with friends. Moviefone's Blu-ray Pick of the Week "Evita," "Newsies," and "Sister Act 1" & "2" Anniversary Editions What's It About? They were crowd-pleasers then, and they're crowd-pleasers now; four musical hits from the '90s are already eligible for "Anniversary editions." See It Because: They're entertaining as hell. (Also, did we mention you could win all four for free in our giveaway?) New on DVD & Blu-ray "And Everything is Going Fine" (Criterion Collection) What's It About? Steven Soderbergh's documentary of Spalding Gray,...
- 6/18/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
Warning: The following review of Scandal, which debuted last night on ABC, contains pretty much nothing but spoilers. How crazy is Scandal? So crazy that I didn't want to review it in advance because the thought of treading lightly around its deliriously stupid/brilliant plot twists was depressing. You don't watch a show like this because it's a delicately imagined drama whose ins-and-outs need to be protected; you watch it because it's so enthusiastically crappy that it circles 'round the bend and somehow becomes audacious. It's the new Revenge, but so much goofier and more shameless that it makes Revenge look comparatively measured.Created by Shonda Rhimes (Gray's Anatomy), this drama about a high-powered Washington PR wiz named Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is mainly concerned with topping itself from scene to scene. It's a singularly loopy watercooler series, the kind that makes you sort of half-skip toward whoever you know...
- 4/6/2012
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Photos of Daniel Radcliffe in costume as Allan Ginsberg on the set of Kill Your Darlings, and both Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara at SXSW filming scenes for Terrence Malick's Lawless.
Photos from Riddick, To Rome with Love, Dark Shadows, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Chernobyl Diaries, Bernie and Sparkle.
Posters for Dark Shadows, Upside Down, Battleship, 4:44 Last Day on Earth, Chernobyl Diaries, On the Road.
A new alternate cut of the "Dark Shadows" trailer shows off Alice Cooper's cameo in the film in the final ten seconds. Check that out by clicking here.
Concept illustrator Phil Saunders talks about the design of Iron Man’s Mark VII suit for The Avengers.
"Christopher Nolan has presented his first cut of the anticipated "The Dark Knight Rises" to top Warner Bros. executives…" (full details)
"The world premiere of Marvel's "The Avengers" is set to take place on April 11th at...
Photos from Riddick, To Rome with Love, Dark Shadows, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Chernobyl Diaries, Bernie and Sparkle.
Posters for Dark Shadows, Upside Down, Battleship, 4:44 Last Day on Earth, Chernobyl Diaries, On the Road.
A new alternate cut of the "Dark Shadows" trailer shows off Alice Cooper's cameo in the film in the final ten seconds. Check that out by clicking here.
Concept illustrator Phil Saunders talks about the design of Iron Man’s Mark VII suit for The Avengers.
"Christopher Nolan has presented his first cut of the anticipated "The Dark Knight Rises" to top Warner Bros. executives…" (full details)
"The world premiere of Marvel's "The Avengers" is set to take place on April 11th at...
- 3/20/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Well, time to break open those vacation savings for this summer, as The Criterion Collection have dropped a heckuva slate for June, so let's get to it.
Hinted at in the annual New Year's clue, Danny Boyle's breakout debut film, "Shallow Grave," has indeed joined the collection. Starring Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, and Ewan McGregor, all it takes is a dead body and a suitcase full of money to kick off a twisty, funny and vicious little thriller. This edition will be loaded with extras, including "Digging Your Grave," a documetnary from 1993 about the making of the movie by Kevin Macdonald, two audio commentaries, new cast interviews and more. Pretty great set all around.
Steven Soderbergh and/or Spalding Gray fans have much to rejoice about as the director's 1997 and 2010 films "Gray's Anatomy" and "And Everything Is Going Fine" will get the wacky C. The former is essentially a...
Hinted at in the annual New Year's clue, Danny Boyle's breakout debut film, "Shallow Grave," has indeed joined the collection. Starring Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, and Ewan McGregor, all it takes is a dead body and a suitcase full of money to kick off a twisty, funny and vicious little thriller. This edition will be loaded with extras, including "Digging Your Grave," a documetnary from 1993 about the making of the movie by Kevin Macdonald, two audio commentaries, new cast interviews and more. Pretty great set all around.
Steven Soderbergh and/or Spalding Gray fans have much to rejoice about as the director's 1997 and 2010 films "Gray's Anatomy" and "And Everything Is Going Fine" will get the wacky C. The former is essentially a...
- 3/16/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Cosmopolitan magazine played hosted last night for their annual Fun and Fearless Awards at NYC's Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The year's big honorees were Dakota Fanning, in Miu Miu, and Paul Rudd, who earned the female and male titles, respectively. Additional honors went to The Hunger Games hunk Liam Hemsworth, Gray's Anatomy's Jesse Spencer, 21 Jump Street's Jonah Hill, a Ysl-clad Freida Pinto, NFL star Adrian Peterson, Pretty Little Liars' Lucy Hale, and a Chanel-wearing Rose Byrne. We caught a moment with Liam on the red carpet, where he opened up about his big Hunger Games press tour. He spoke about the devoted fans of the series he's encountered so far, saying, "We had our first mall event the other day, and there were lots of screaming fans, and a few teary-eyed fans, which was interesting. Very nice and very flattering to see people that passionate about it." Dakota told...
- 3/6/2012
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
Brett Ratner: Oscar Producer & Gay Slur, (Not) Banging Olivia Munn This is what Mark Harris quite eloquently has to say at Grantland: What I do care about is what the Academy does, which should be either to ask for and receive his resignation from the show or to drop him as the producer of a show that is supposed to represent the best the industry has to offer. There’s not really a long, nuanced debate to be had about this. If he had used an equivalent racial or religious slur, the discussion would go something like, “You’re fired.” Apology or not. The same rule applies here. You don’t get a mulligan on homophobia. Not in 2011. Well, maybe not in 2011. But back in 2008, Jerry Lewis was named the next recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award despite having said on Australian television "Oh, cricket? It's a fag game.
- 11/8/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
In this week's episode, Ben and Tyler are joined by DC Pierson (from Mystery Team and Derrick Comedy) to discuss Martin Scorsese's 1980 film, Raging Bull.
Introduction
DC answers questions about his book possibly being made into a film - 1:18
Character Name Game Intro - 5:16
Media Consumed
Tyler
"2 Broke Girls" - 5:40
Grizzly Rage - 11:00
Jason Goes to Hell - 14:18
DC
Swimming to Cambodia - 15:02
Monster in the Box - 17:45
Gray's Anatomy - 19:03
Ben
Pretty Woman - 22:50
Review
Raging Bull - 28:30
Wrap-Up
Next Time: Videodrome - 1:15:15
Listener E-mail/Voicemail/Twitter - 1:15:55
Character Name Game - 1:28:30
Where You Can Find Us - 1:30:33...
- 10/18/2011
- by benp
- GeekTyrant
If the stars align correctly then about a year from now you could be watching the first episode of a Source Code television series.
Of course, this isn't the first time that a movie's premise has been used to launch a weekly TV series, or even a TV series about government employees using time travel to save innocent lives. But Duncan Jones' Source Code movie does have the benefit of being well-received by movie critics and modestly successful in its theatrical run, so some early trail-blazing has been done to get word out about the property.
It's Gray's Anatomy/Criminal Minds producer Mark Gordon who is developing the Source Code TV show for CBS. Steve Maeda, a writer on ABC's Lost and Fox's Lie to Me, is writing the pilot episode. According to the source that broke the story, the Source Code TV show follows the film's premise: three...
Of course, this isn't the first time that a movie's premise has been used to launch a weekly TV series, or even a TV series about government employees using time travel to save innocent lives. But Duncan Jones' Source Code movie does have the benefit of being well-received by movie critics and modestly successful in its theatrical run, so some early trail-blazing has been done to get word out about the property.
It's Gray's Anatomy/Criminal Minds producer Mark Gordon who is developing the Source Code TV show for CBS. Steve Maeda, a writer on ABC's Lost and Fox's Lie to Me, is writing the pilot episode. According to the source that broke the story, the Source Code TV show follows the film's premise: three...
- 9/18/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
The cross-over has long been a staple of prime time TV programming. The Jetsons went back in time to visit The Flintstones, Jay Sherman came to Springfield for a film festival and there was probably some episode where "Gray's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" came together that I never saw. Cross-overs in video games are more rare, usually just existing in two games from the same company. Valve has done this a bunch with Black Mesa references in "Portal," but they're also willing to bring other companies into the fold, thanks to "Team Fortress 2." The game's many updates have added items from games like "Skyrim" and "Monday Night Combat."
The latest non-Valve cross-over is promoting "Deus Ex: Human Revolution," which releases next week. The update adds eight new items, including some new guns and cosmetic options. Diligent "TF2" fans can access these guns for free through standard drops and trading, but...
The latest non-Valve cross-over is promoting "Deus Ex: Human Revolution," which releases next week. The update adds eight new items, including some new guns and cosmetic options. Diligent "TF2" fans can access these guns for free through standard drops and trading, but...
- 8/19/2011
- by Russ Frushtick
- MTV Multiplayer
Martin Scorsese has chosen the upcoming London International Documentary Film Festival to host the UK premiere of his so-called "labour of love" Letter to Elia.
This highly personal feature documentary looks at the life and influence of Greek-American director/actor Elia Kazan. Scorsese (pictured) recalls how seeing Kazan's On the Waterfront and East of Eden was a life-changing experience for himself as a young man growing up in Little Italy.
He takes us through Kazan's life and his own as well, and his growing realisation that there was an artist behind the camera, "someone who knew me better than I knew myself."
Letter to Elia is about being exposed to the right movies at the right moment in adolescence and being inspired to chart a course into filmmaking.
Also debuting at the event will be Brigitte Berman's Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel along with Steven Soderberg's entertaining...
This highly personal feature documentary looks at the life and influence of Greek-American director/actor Elia Kazan. Scorsese (pictured) recalls how seeing Kazan's On the Waterfront and East of Eden was a life-changing experience for himself as a young man growing up in Little Italy.
He takes us through Kazan's life and his own as well, and his growing realisation that there was an artist behind the camera, "someone who knew me better than I knew myself."
Letter to Elia is about being exposed to the right movies at the right moment in adolescence and being inspired to chart a course into filmmaking.
Also debuting at the event will be Brigitte Berman's Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel along with Steven Soderberg's entertaining...
- 4/29/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Famous for encouraging people to exercise regardless of their age, Lalanne passed away Sunday at his California home.
By Gil Kaufman
Jack Lalanne
Photo: Toby Canham/ Getty Images
Before Jazzercise, before spinning, before kettle bells, Pilates, Wii Fit, Zumba or the Shake Weight, there was Jack Lalanne. The tireless fitness guru who taught the world how to get in shape for nearly 80 years died on Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, California, due to respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia. He was 96.
"He was surrounded by his family and passed very peacefully and in no distress ... and with the football game on Sunday, so everything was normal," daughter Yvonne Lalanne, 66, told Reuters.
Lalanne spent his life encouraging couch potatoes to be fit, helping to jump-start the modern fitness movement while proving that it's never too late to get in shape. Though a modest 5' 6", Lalanne had an oversize personality...
By Gil Kaufman
Jack Lalanne
Photo: Toby Canham/ Getty Images
Before Jazzercise, before spinning, before kettle bells, Pilates, Wii Fit, Zumba or the Shake Weight, there was Jack Lalanne. The tireless fitness guru who taught the world how to get in shape for nearly 80 years died on Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, California, due to respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia. He was 96.
"He was surrounded by his family and passed very peacefully and in no distress ... and with the football game on Sunday, so everything was normal," daughter Yvonne Lalanne, 66, told Reuters.
Lalanne spent his life encouraging couch potatoes to be fit, helping to jump-start the modern fitness movement while proving that it's never too late to get in shape. Though a modest 5' 6", Lalanne had an oversize personality...
- 1/24/2011
- MTV Music News
A stretch, perhaps, but "Going Blind" could be considered a follow-up to the late Spalding Gray's wonderfully humorous 1993 film "Gray's Anatomy," in which America's greatest monologist described his experience with macular pucker-an eye disease which he tried to cure by visiting a quack in the Philippines. The San Francisco Chronicle review was negative, its reviewer sniffing "Sooner or later, it happens to all of us. We're trapped at a party with a bore who insists on telling us about his operation. It's not pleasant, but usually within a few minutes it's possible to escape, either by running away, changing the subject or feigning a seizure."...
- 1/3/2011
- Arizona Reporter
by Steve Dollar
Dead men tell no tales, yet through the magic of the moving image they find a new kind of life, not in the flesh but the flickering resurrection of their own archives.
Spalding Gray left behind 120 hours of film and video when he died in January 2004, following a jump off the Staten Island Ferry, a fateful occurrence that came as a shock to the public. Family and friends of the actor and monologist had long coped with his suicidal tendencies, which had been aggravated by brain damage from a dreadful 2001 car crash in Ireland. The circumstances of the accident are touched on, and poignantly so, but the very end of Gray's life isn't part of And Everything Is Going Fine. Steven Soderbergh fashioned the new documentary out of old home movies, low-key documentary footage, TV interviews and ghosty videotapes of Gray's early performances in the late 1970s...
Dead men tell no tales, yet through the magic of the moving image they find a new kind of life, not in the flesh but the flickering resurrection of their own archives.
Spalding Gray left behind 120 hours of film and video when he died in January 2004, following a jump off the Staten Island Ferry, a fateful occurrence that came as a shock to the public. Family and friends of the actor and monologist had long coped with his suicidal tendencies, which had been aggravated by brain damage from a dreadful 2001 car crash in Ireland. The circumstances of the accident are touched on, and poignantly so, but the very end of Gray's life isn't part of And Everything Is Going Fine. Steven Soderbergh fashioned the new documentary out of old home movies, low-key documentary footage, TV interviews and ghosty videotapes of Gray's early performances in the late 1970s...
- 12/13/2010
- GreenCine Daily
Before reality television, there was Spalding Gray. Part performance artist, part actor and part journalist, Gray's autobiographical stage performances were mesmerizing. The man was just a natural born storyteller. Armed with only a table and a glass of water, Gray would spend hours interestingly and hysterically exposing the cracks in his mind and his life. He was notoriously depressed, possibly bipolar and after having suffered a 2001 car accident and horrific injuries from which he never truly recovered, in 2004 he followed his mother's lead by committing suicide.
The life in between was filled with success, though Gray himself never seemed to realize it. He acted in many films including The Killing Fields, after which he wrote and performed Swimming to Cambodia, a stage monologue based on his experiences while making Tkf; Swimming to Cambodia later became a Jonathan Demme film. Gray won an Obie for the play and the National Book Award for his writing.
The life in between was filled with success, though Gray himself never seemed to realize it. He acted in many films including The Killing Fields, after which he wrote and performed Swimming to Cambodia, a stage monologue based on his experiences while making Tkf; Swimming to Cambodia later became a Jonathan Demme film. Gray won an Obie for the play and the National Book Award for his writing.
- 12/8/2010
- by Cindy Davis
The idea of documenting one's life via confessional and storytelling monologues is hardly unusual in 2010, but Spalding Gray did it before almost anyone else. And he did it better; in films like Swimming to Cambodia, Monster in a Box and Gray's Anatomy his personal histories were a gateway to perceptive observations about life and the world around us. Gray's Anatomy was directed by Steven Soderbergh. After Spalding Gray's tragic death by apparent suicide, his widow asked the director to make a documentary about her late husband. The result is And Everything is Going Fine, which is presented not as "a documentary by Steven Soderbergh," but as "a tribute by" the director. The trailer is after the break. The film takes the best possible approach to telling Spalding Gray's story: it uses his own words. His widow gave Steven Soderberg a trove of tapes -- 90 hours or so --...
- 12/3/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
After the somewhat underwhelming - okay, the a lot underwhelming - Entertainment Weekly cover peek at Ryan Reynolds in costume, we finally get to see some of Hal Jordan in ring-slingin' action!
Yes, boys and girls, Warner Bros is premiering the trailer for Martin Campbell's Green Lantern movie on Entertainment Tonight this Tuesday the 16th, and in true Et fashion they've given us a 30-second peek at the goods!
Gotta breathe a big sigh of relief with the costume looking more like the canonical duds of the Green Lantern Corps and not something out of "Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body". Also, our first glimpse of Kilowog in all his badass glory!!!
Check it out in HD below, courtesy of The Daily Blam!
Yes, boys and girls, Warner Bros is premiering the trailer for Martin Campbell's Green Lantern movie on Entertainment Tonight this Tuesday the 16th, and in true Et fashion they've given us a 30-second peek at the goods!
Gotta breathe a big sigh of relief with the costume looking more like the canonical duds of the Green Lantern Corps and not something out of "Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body". Also, our first glimpse of Kilowog in all his badass glory!!!
Check it out in HD below, courtesy of The Daily Blam!
- 11/13/2010
- UGO Movies
Love Jackass or hate it, we have to admit that many of the Gcn staff writers have a fondness in our heart for MTV reality TV star Johnny Knoxville after seeing him advocate for special needs kids in the sleeper hit movie The Ringer with green celebrity mom and Gray's Anatomy television series actress Katherine Heigl. Watch celebrity interview of Katherine Heigl and Johnny Knoxville Here His humanitarian performance brought a great deal of attention to the Special Olympics programs around the country, drawing an entire new generation of Gen X and Gen Y volunteer crew in from the younger generations. His movie role even influenced a whole core group of students from Gen Me (who wanted to volunteer as Special Olympics assistants after their parents let them watch the surprisingly inspiring movie) -- rather than having kids try to imitate the bad plan that was The Ringer movie premise.
- 10/17/2010
- by Green Goddess
- Green Celebrity
Elizabeth Reaser ("Esme Cullen" in the Twilight Saga films) will be joining The Good Wife, according to TV Guide.
Reports TV Guide, "Executive producers Robert and Michelle King reveal that Reaser, 35, will play a sports writer who will serve as a new love interest for Will (Josh Charles)" on the "CBS legal drama," and "It is not yet known when [Reaser] will make her first appearance."
Elizabeth Reaser has a great deal of experience with television acting. She had a long-time recurring role on Gray's Anatomy from 2007-2008, and she has also worked on programs like Saved, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Ex-List.
The Good Wife returns for its second season on Tuesday, September 28th on CBS. The show stars Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, and Chris Noth, an ..
Reports TV Guide, "Executive producers Robert and Michelle King reveal that Reaser, 35, will play a sports writer who will serve as a new love interest for Will (Josh Charles)" on the "CBS legal drama," and "It is not yet known when [Reaser] will make her first appearance."
Elizabeth Reaser has a great deal of experience with television acting. She had a long-time recurring role on Gray's Anatomy from 2007-2008, and she has also worked on programs like Saved, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Ex-List.
The Good Wife returns for its second season on Tuesday, September 28th on CBS. The show stars Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, and Chris Noth, an ..
- 9/16/2010
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Elizabeth Reaser ("Esme Cullen" in the Twilight Saga films) will be joining The Good Wife, according to TV Guide.Reports TV Guide, "Executive producers Robert and Michelle King reveal that Reaser, 35, will play a sports writer who will serve as a new love interest for Will (Josh Charles)" on the "CBS legal drama," and "It is not yet known when [Reaser] will make her first appearance."Elizabeth Reaser has a great deal of experience with television acting. She had a long-time recurring role on Gray's Anatomy from 2007-2008, and she has also worked...
- 9/16/2010
- by amandajunebernard
- Examiner Movies Channel
Robert here, back with more of my series on great contemporary directors. Last week I promised someone more universally beloved than my subject Andrew Bujalski. I'm not sure if I've kept that promise. Although Mr. Soderbergh is certainly better known (though not necessarily less experimental) which is why he's so damn interesting.
Maestro: Steven Soderbergh
Known For: Politically charged dramas, mini-budget indies and the Oceans films.
Influences: William Friedkin, Sidney Lumet, take your pick from the 70's but also Bergman and (according to Soderbergh) Jean-Luc Godard most of all.
Masterpieces: So many of his films depend on personal reaction... but let's say Traffic.
Disasters:i'd say Full Frontal and Ocean's Twelve.
Better than you remember: And how you remember them is also so personal. Let's say Che.
Box Office: 183 mil for Ocean's Eleven... no shock there.
Favorite Actor:After scouring through Soderbergh's vast casts, I find the answer to be Clooney with...
Maestro: Steven Soderbergh
Known For: Politically charged dramas, mini-budget indies and the Oceans films.
Influences: William Friedkin, Sidney Lumet, take your pick from the 70's but also Bergman and (according to Soderbergh) Jean-Luc Godard most of all.
Masterpieces: So many of his films depend on personal reaction... but let's say Traffic.
Disasters:i'd say Full Frontal and Ocean's Twelve.
Better than you remember: And how you remember them is also so personal. Let's say Che.
Box Office: 183 mil for Ocean's Eleven... no shock there.
Favorite Actor:After scouring through Soderbergh's vast casts, I find the answer to be Clooney with...
- 6/25/2010
- by Robert
- FilmExperience
Steven Soderbergh first worked with actor/monologue artist/diarist-poet Spalding Gray in 1996, filming the show Gray's Anatomy, which dealt with Gray's health troubles (a problem eye) and anxieties at the age of fifty-two, which was the age at which his mother had killed herself. After Gray's own suicide in 2004, Soderbergh has returned to fashion a documentary/tribute that's loving, moving and funny.
- 6/19/2010
- MUBI
Katherine Heigl is about to gain movie immortality, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The star of Knocked Up and Gray's Anatomy will take the title role in The Age of Adaline, an epic romance from Lakeshore Entertainment.Dorian Gray got his shot at everlasting life through a painting that aged instead of him, but Adaline's longevity is apparently the result of an accident that renders her ageless at the start of the 20th century. She lives a solitary life until she meets that certain someone, who may be worth going mortal for. Like Superman when he gave up everything for Lois Lane. Except without the ice fortress, or Terence Stamp in leather trews. As far as we know.There's not much to be learned about the details so far. "Accident that causes immortality" sounds like that sort of vague, Benjamin Button style magic-realism that doesn't need explanation, but the idea...
- 5/13/2010
- EmpireOnline
Today, the full track list for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's soundtrack is set to be revealed by MySpace (one song/artist at a time every thirty minutes), and - as promised yesterday - the first has come out.
The first band to join Muse on the announced Eclipse soundtrack roster is . . . Metric for their song “Eclipse (All Yours),” according to MySpace Music!
Metric is a Canadian indie band with experience in being on soundtracks (including Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and Gray's Anatomy).
Here's a couple of video ...
The first band to join Muse on the announced Eclipse soundtrack roster is . . . Metric for their song “Eclipse (All Yours),” according to MySpace Music!
Metric is a Canadian indie band with experience in being on soundtracks (including Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and Gray's Anatomy).
Here's a couple of video ...
- 5/12/2010
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Spalding Gray had a knack for turning everyday life into art, not as hard-to-decipher poetry or visual expression, but as a free-flowing conversation that would pull you in, word by word, as piles of curiosity, recollection, and neuroses poured forth. A poetic journalist, his life was his material as he unabashedly flowed from happy reminiscences to pain and loss, dalliances with New Age medicine to life with a suicidal mother.
Since he reveled in the comedy of pain, it was easy to forget that it was, still, pain. After three years of struggling with the aftermath of a serious car crash in Ireland, Spalding Gray committed suicide, leaving a legacy of monologues and colorful yet frank recollections of his life. As part of her work to keep his memory alive, Spalding's widow Kathie joined forces with Steven Soderbergh -- who filmed the monologist for Gray's Anatomy -- to create a...
Since he reveled in the comedy of pain, it was easy to forget that it was, still, pain. After three years of struggling with the aftermath of a serious car crash in Ireland, Spalding Gray committed suicide, leaving a legacy of monologues and colorful yet frank recollections of his life. As part of her work to keep his memory alive, Spalding's widow Kathie joined forces with Steven Soderbergh -- who filmed the monologist for Gray's Anatomy -- to create a...
- 5/10/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
In addition to the massive Universal release schedule announcements from this morning, a wave of other noteworthy changes streamed in this afternoon. Lionsgate announced that Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family, featuring Perry cross-dressing as the title character Madea for the sixth time, will be released April 22, 2011. Perry's nine movies have made a combined $480 million, and his most recent, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?, has grossed $57.7 million so far. With Perry's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf scheduled for release Jan. 14, 2011, Perry now has two movies scheduled for the first half of 2011. That three-month gap between movies is not only the smallest yet for Perry but represents the smallest for a major director's work since Steven Soderbergh released Gray's Anatomy and Schizopolis three weeks apart back in 1997. While it was unofficially announced yesterday, Sony today officially shuffled Columbia/MGM's Zookeeper,...
- 4/28/2010
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
The mega-sized Canadian documentary film festival, Hot Docs, announced its line-up of 166 films from 41+ nations yesterday.
The festivals opening films are the French documentary Babies (on the first year of life - from first breath to first steps - of four babies from different countries) and a music doc on Canadian prog-rock gods, Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage which was directed by the Metal: A Head Bangers Journey boys.
Want to see a documentary following David Lynch on a transcendental meditation pilgramage? David Wants to Fly is here. Stephen Soderbergh's Spalding Gray doc, And Everything Is Going Fine, which would make a fine companion piece with his 1996 monologue film Gray's Anatomy, is another highlight of the festival lineup.
Hot Docs is also doing a retrospective of some of the most influential documentaries of the decade and a few of the films are Tarnation, American Movie, The Fog of War, Spellbound and Into Great Silence.
The festivals opening films are the French documentary Babies (on the first year of life - from first breath to first steps - of four babies from different countries) and a music doc on Canadian prog-rock gods, Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage which was directed by the Metal: A Head Bangers Journey boys.
Want to see a documentary following David Lynch on a transcendental meditation pilgramage? David Wants to Fly is here. Stephen Soderbergh's Spalding Gray doc, And Everything Is Going Fine, which would make a fine companion piece with his 1996 monologue film Gray's Anatomy, is another highlight of the festival lineup.
Hot Docs is also doing a retrospective of some of the most influential documentaries of the decade and a few of the films are Tarnation, American Movie, The Fog of War, Spellbound and Into Great Silence.
- 3/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Slamdance 2010 (the other Park City, Ut film fest) is where you'll want to be to catch the world premiere of Steven Soderbergh's upcoming documentary, And Everything Is Going Fine. The doc concerns the life and work of Spalding Gray, who made a career as a writer, actor, and monologist. Gray and Soderbergh worked together previously on the 1996 film, Gray's Anatomy, as well as 1993's King of the Hill . While at Slamdance, Soderbergh will also take part in the Filmmaker's Summit, which will gather filmmakers to "collectively craft a new charter for storytelling and content distribution, with and by the global filmmaking community, that can succeed by using new technology." Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter is unsurprisingly glad to have Soderbergh involved with the festival once again: Steven Soderbergh represents the spirit of Slamdance. This year, he's fully immersed himself within our community in support of the indie filmmaker by debuting...
- 12/9/2009
- by Devindra Hardawar
- Slash Film
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