Wong Kar-wai's historical martial arts epic “The Grandmaster” comes ever closer to the U.S., having already been released in most of the rest of the world, and reviewed by our correspondent in Berlin. But if you'd like to refresh your memory about the stunning Hong Kong films that first made him an arthouse star, here's a nice little segment from the BBC show "Moving Pictures" in the mid-90s about the relationship between the filmmaker and the city, when Kar-wai had just released the mesmeric “Chungking Express” just as Hong Kong was about to be handed back to Chinese control.It's a nicely freewheeling look into the director's favorite spots in Hong Kong's ultra-dense, ultra-diverse urban fabric, many of which feature with little or no fictionalization in “Chungking Express”: it also features the intriguing Australian-born cinematographer Christopher Doyle, who works almost exclusively in China and whose career was long entwined with Wong's.
- 6/20/2013
- by Ben Brock
- The Playlist
Last year, following the trio of straight-laced, minor efforts in “World Trade Center,” “W.,” and “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Oliver Stone conjured up an early nostalgic excitement for the Blake Lively/Taylor Kitsch action-drama “Savages,” promising a “return to form” from the passionate director. While that film turned out to be a muddled, occasionally entertaining mess, its spiritual predecessor, “Natural Born Killers,” landed in much more controversy, and an archival clip from 1995 examines the film's testy British release. Culling interviews with film critics David Thomson, Joe Queenan, as well as Stone himself, the 12-minute segment of BBC's “Moving Pictures” series is an intriguingly-timed bit of coverage: After its critically-lambasted theatrical run in America, “Natural Born Killers” was caught up with the BBFC in Britain, who shelved it while they debated whether or not to ban it. In the end, the Woody Harrelson/Juliette...
- 6/20/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
What's not to love about Rod Serling? The man is an absolute icon in the horror/science-fiction community thanks to his work on shows like The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery; he has one of the greatest voices in the history of narration; and the man's eyebrows are legendary. What you may not know, however, is that the man's story is quite incredible, and now he'll be getting a feature film made about him. Bureau of Moving Pictures has made a deal to make a biopic about the life of Rod Serling, according to Deadline. Stanley Weiser, who is best known for co-writing Wall Street with Oliver Stone in 1987, will write the script while Andrew Meieran and Carol Serling, Rod's widow, will produce. Serling had quite an adventurous life before becoming a part of show business history, serving in the Pacific during World War II. Both a paratrooper and a member...
- 7/1/2011
- cinemablend.com
One of the most recognizable classic TV figures is finally getting a biopic made about his strange and interesting life. Deadline reports that "The Twilight Zone" creator/producer/host Rod Serling will have his life story brought to the big screen. The iconic personality, who took sci-fi and fantasy to the mainstream, has had his life rights purchased by a company called the Bureau of Moving Pictures (seriously, that's what it's called), headed by out-of-nowhere writer/director/real estate investor Andrew Meieran. The film will be written by Stanley Weiser, who co-wrote "Wall Street" with Oliver Stone. Serling is best known for "Twilight Zone,"…...
- 7/1/2011
- The Playlist
As huge fans of both "The Twilight Zone" and the man behind it, the great Rod Serling, a true genre hero, we're delighted to learn that a new film is on its way that explores the life and times of the man himself.
According to Deadline, Andrew Meieran and his Bureau of Moving Pictures have acquired rights to make a movie about Rod Serling, the "Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery" creator who left behind a remarkable legacy of sci-fi and fantasy work. Stanley Weiser, who wrote Wall Street with Oliver Stone, will script the movie. Serling's widow, Carol Serling, will be a producer along with Meieran.
"Rod Serling was one of the true visionaries in television history," Meieran said. "He single-handedly broke the mold and established television as a powerful artistic medium capable of changing the world when used wisely." We couldn't agree more.
Look for further info as soon as we get it.
According to Deadline, Andrew Meieran and his Bureau of Moving Pictures have acquired rights to make a movie about Rod Serling, the "Twilight Zone" and "Night Gallery" creator who left behind a remarkable legacy of sci-fi and fantasy work. Stanley Weiser, who wrote Wall Street with Oliver Stone, will script the movie. Serling's widow, Carol Serling, will be a producer along with Meieran.
"Rod Serling was one of the true visionaries in television history," Meieran said. "He single-handedly broke the mold and established television as a powerful artistic medium capable of changing the world when used wisely." We couldn't agree more.
Look for further info as soon as we get it.
- 6/30/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Not only is it one of the best and most influential television shows ever made, but The Twilight Zone still holds up today, more than 50 years after its first episode aired, and still maintains much of its appeal even though its best stories have been ripped off, homaged and parodied ad nauseum. The driving force behind the groundbreaking series was, of course, none other than Rod Serling. Now, courtesy of Andrew Meieran and his Bureau of Moving Pictures, we'll learn more about the visionary creator from a movie based on his life.
After serving in World War II, Serling became a writer for radio and television, before eventually creating The Twilight Zone and appearing as the audience's dry, sobering guide to the science fiction and fantasy anthology series. Though he went on to be involved with other projects, including cowriting the original Planet of the Apes movie, it is The Twilight Zone...
After serving in World War II, Serling became a writer for radio and television, before eventually creating The Twilight Zone and appearing as the audience's dry, sobering guide to the science fiction and fantasy anthology series. Though he went on to be involved with other projects, including cowriting the original Planet of the Apes movie, it is The Twilight Zone...
- 6/30/2011
- UGO Movies
The story details that Andrew Meiran of Bureau of Moving Pictures has acquired the official rights from Serling's widow, Carol (who will also serve as producer). The screenplay will be written by frequent Oliver Stone collaborator Stanley Weiser. "Rod Serling was one of the true visionaries in television history," Meieran said. "He single-handedly broke the mold and established television as a powerful artistic medium capable of changing the world when used wisely." Like the late Gene Roddenberry, Serling realized that a fantasy series gave him the opportunity as a writer to explore issues that he never would have been able to on regular dramatic fare at the time. Serling remains a visionary, whose creations continue to live on... in The Twilight Zone.
- 6/30/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Exclusive: Andrew Meieran and his Bureau of Moving Pictures has acquired rights to make a movie about Rod Serling, the Twilight Zone creator who left behind a remarkable legacy of sci-fi and fantasy work. Stanley Weiser, who wrote Wall Street with Oliver Stone, will script the movie. Serling's widow Carol Serling will be a producer along with Meieran. Before he became an iconic TV figure, Serling had a life of struggle that included a stint as a paratrooper and member of the demolition squad in the Army during WWII. Stationed in the Philippines, he saw more than his share of death as the Us battled the Japanese, and his experiences would inform much of what he would write later. He worked his way into radio and then became a TV writer who found his niche with the CBS series Twilight Zone, a series that elevated scripted television with thought-provoking science fiction tales,...
- 6/30/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Check out the links below — and check back often — for our preview, reviews, blogs and more from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival.
Preview
Siff Kicks Off 37th Edition
Audience-centric 25-day Seattle International Film Festival screens festival-circuit favorites, premieres and local projects as well as fetes Ewan McGregor and Warren Miller
Features
Editors’ Choice: 12 Best Films Filmed in Seattle
With the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival in full swing, Moving Pictures counts down the dozen greatest movies shot in the Emerald City
Siff Fetes Ewan McGregor
The Seattle International Film Festival gives an audience its fill of the star of “Beginners” during an all-evening tribute to the beloved actor
Long “Weekend”
British writer-director Andrew Haigh writes for Moving Pictures about the making of “Weekend,” which starts with a one-night stand that becomes something else.
Finding My Way in the “Steam of Life”
Writers-directors Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen write for Moving Pictures...
Preview
Siff Kicks Off 37th Edition
Audience-centric 25-day Seattle International Film Festival screens festival-circuit favorites, premieres and local projects as well as fetes Ewan McGregor and Warren Miller
Features
Editors’ Choice: 12 Best Films Filmed in Seattle
With the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival in full swing, Moving Pictures counts down the dozen greatest movies shot in the Emerald City
Siff Fetes Ewan McGregor
The Seattle International Film Festival gives an audience its fill of the star of “Beginners” during an all-evening tribute to the beloved actor
Long “Weekend”
British writer-director Andrew Haigh writes for Moving Pictures about the making of “Weekend,” which starts with a one-night stand that becomes something else.
Finding My Way in the “Steam of Life”
Writers-directors Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen write for Moving Pictures...
- 5/26/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Check out the links below — and check back often — for our preview, reviews, blogs and more from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival.
Preview
Siff Kicks Off 37th Edition
Audience-centric 25-day Seattle International Film Festival screens festival-circuit favorites, premieres and local projects as well as fetes Ewan McGregor and Warren Miller
Features
Editors’ Choice: 12 Best Films Filmed in Seattle
With the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival in full swing, Moving Pictures counts down the dozen greatest movies shot in the Emerald City
Siff Fetes Ewan McGregor
The Seattle International Film Festival gives an audience its fill of the star of “Beginners” during an all-evening tribute to the beloved actor
Long “Weekend”
British writer-director Andrew Haigh writes for Moving Pictures about the making of “Weekend,” which starts with a one-night stand that becomes something else.
Finding My Way in the “Steam of Life”
Writers-directors Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen write for Moving Pictures...
Preview
Siff Kicks Off 37th Edition
Audience-centric 25-day Seattle International Film Festival screens festival-circuit favorites, premieres and local projects as well as fetes Ewan McGregor and Warren Miller
Features
Editors’ Choice: 12 Best Films Filmed in Seattle
With the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival in full swing, Moving Pictures counts down the dozen greatest movies shot in the Emerald City
Siff Fetes Ewan McGregor
The Seattle International Film Festival gives an audience its fill of the star of “Beginners” during an all-evening tribute to the beloved actor
Long “Weekend”
British writer-director Andrew Haigh writes for Moving Pictures about the making of “Weekend,” which starts with a one-night stand that becomes something else.
Finding My Way in the “Steam of Life”
Writers-directors Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen write for Moving Pictures...
- 5/26/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Randee Dawn
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
Editor’s note: One of the persons interviewed for this article was longtime Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, who was shot and killed on the morning of Nov. 16 while driving in Beverly Hills after having attended a movie premiere. Chasen, 64, was a fixture in the Hollywood PR community for almost 40 years and was as influential as many of the A-list clients she represented. She was working on Oscar campaigns up to the time of her death, and as such, we believe it important that her perspectives remain included in this report both for their relevance and as a tribute to her legacy.
No matter how you look at it, September’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’” New York premiere was a rousing success: The red carpet outside the historic Ziegfeld Theatre and the Cipriani post-party were packed with financiers who included Warren Buffett...
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
Editor’s note: One of the persons interviewed for this article was longtime Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, who was shot and killed on the morning of Nov. 16 while driving in Beverly Hills after having attended a movie premiere. Chasen, 64, was a fixture in the Hollywood PR community for almost 40 years and was as influential as many of the A-list clients she represented. She was working on Oscar campaigns up to the time of her death, and as such, we believe it important that her perspectives remain included in this report both for their relevance and as a tribute to her legacy.
No matter how you look at it, September’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’” New York premiere was a rousing success: The red carpet outside the historic Ziegfeld Theatre and the Cipriani post-party were packed with financiers who included Warren Buffett...
- 2/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By Randee Dawn
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
Editor’s note: One of the persons interviewed for this article was longtime Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, who was shot and killed on the morning of Nov. 16 while driving in Beverly Hills after having attended a movie premiere. Chasen, 64, was a fixture in the Hollywood PR community for almost 40 years and was as influential as many of the A-list clients she represented. She was working on Oscar campaigns up to the time of her death, and as such, we believe it important that her perspectives remain included in this report both for their relevance and as a tribute to her legacy.
No matter how you look at it, September’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’” New York premiere was a rousing success: The red carpet outside the historic Ziegfeld Theatre and the Cipriani post-party were packed with financiers who included Warren Buffett...
(from Moving Pictures, winter issue, 2011)
Editor’s note: One of the persons interviewed for this article was longtime Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, who was shot and killed on the morning of Nov. 16 while driving in Beverly Hills after having attended a movie premiere. Chasen, 64, was a fixture in the Hollywood PR community for almost 40 years and was as influential as many of the A-list clients she represented. She was working on Oscar campaigns up to the time of her death, and as such, we believe it important that her perspectives remain included in this report both for their relevance and as a tribute to her legacy.
No matter how you look at it, September’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’” New York premiere was a rousing success: The red carpet outside the historic Ziegfeld Theatre and the Cipriani post-party were packed with financiers who included Warren Buffett...
- 2/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Check out the links below — and check back often — for all the latest blogs, reviews, video interviews and filmmaker features from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
Actors scheduled to appear in the Moving Pictures Media Studio on Park City’s Main Street during the fest include Elizabeth Banks, Kate Bosworth, Steve Buscemi, Patrick Dempsey, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Giamatti, Ed Helms, Rashida Jones, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Emma Roberts, Paul Rudd, Alicia Silverstone, Liv Tyler and Rita Wilson (talent subject to change). Do you have a question for one of our guests? Leave it in the comment box below for the chance to connect with a Sundance star!
Preview
‘Be There’ or Be Square: Festival director John Cooper and programming director Trevor Groth are making Sundance the gem of indie fests. Read our interview with the duo for insider tips on how to Sundance, from in-depth programming notes to what to pack...
Actors scheduled to appear in the Moving Pictures Media Studio on Park City’s Main Street during the fest include Elizabeth Banks, Kate Bosworth, Steve Buscemi, Patrick Dempsey, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Giamatti, Ed Helms, Rashida Jones, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Emma Roberts, Paul Rudd, Alicia Silverstone, Liv Tyler and Rita Wilson (talent subject to change). Do you have a question for one of our guests? Leave it in the comment box below for the chance to connect with a Sundance star!
Preview
‘Be There’ or Be Square: Festival director John Cooper and programming director Trevor Groth are making Sundance the gem of indie fests. Read our interview with the duo for insider tips on how to Sundance, from in-depth programming notes to what to pack...
- 1/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Check out the links below — and check back often — for all the latest blogs, reviews, video interviews and filmmaker features from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
Actors scheduled to appear in the Moving Pictures Media Studio on Park City’s Main Street during the fest include Elizabeth Banks, Kate Bosworth, Steve Buscemi, Patrick Dempsey, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Giamatti, Ed Helms, Rashida Jones, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Emma Roberts, Paul Rudd, Alicia Silverstone, Liv Tyler and Rita Wilson (talent subject to change). Do you have a question for one of our guests? Leave it in the comment box below for the chance to connect with a Sundance star!
Preview
‘Be There’ or Be Square: Festival director John Cooper and programming director Trevor Groth are making Sundance the gem of indie fests. Read our interview with the duo for insider tips on how to Sundance, from in-depth programming notes to what to pack...
Actors scheduled to appear in the Moving Pictures Media Studio on Park City’s Main Street during the fest include Elizabeth Banks, Kate Bosworth, Steve Buscemi, Patrick Dempsey, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Giamatti, Ed Helms, Rashida Jones, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Emma Roberts, Paul Rudd, Alicia Silverstone, Liv Tyler and Rita Wilson (talent subject to change). Do you have a question for one of our guests? Leave it in the comment box below for the chance to connect with a Sundance star!
Preview
‘Be There’ or Be Square: Festival director John Cooper and programming director Trevor Groth are making Sundance the gem of indie fests. Read our interview with the duo for insider tips on how to Sundance, from in-depth programming notes to what to pack...
- 1/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Finally, I got out of JFK four hours late on a nine-hour non-stop to Nice, along with Oliver Stone (sporting a neat mustache), USA Today's Anthony Breznican, the Nyff's Richard Pena, Richard and Mary Corliss, Village Voice's Jim Hoberman, Moving Pictures Magazine critic Aaron Hillis, indieWIRE critic Eric Kohn, Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells, Wash. Post critic Ann Hornaday, Boston Globe's Wesley Morris, and Screen's Howard Feinstein. After a smooth flight and various travails with shuttle buses, a group of us piled into a pair of cabs, and after lugging valises to our abodes and picking up pink, white or blue press badges, we assembled at Le Pizza to share pizza and vin rose, an annual ritual. Hot topics: the Berneys leaving Apparition and future plans--Newmarket? Weinstein/Miramax? ...
- 5/11/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
Albuquerque – This sleepy town is getting rocked awake by a mad bomber in Deadly Impact. Thomas Armstrong (Boondock Saints’s Sean Patrick Flanery) is a cop that is forced to shoot his wife in order to save 10 people that are being held hostage by The Lion (The Matrix’s Joe Pantoliano). The ugliness of the moment cause Armstrong to quit the force and devote himself to booze. Eight years later The Lion reappears. The FBI wants Armstrong’s help in identifying him, but can he tangle with the diabolical madman who has promised to blow up the city?
Deadly Impact is an action rush with Pantoliano using the power of Bluetooth for evil. Here’s the trailer for the film:
The movie is out on DVD this week. I had a chance to swap email with Director Robert Kurtzman and Producer David S. Greathouse. The duo had previously made Buried Alive.
Deadly Impact is an action rush with Pantoliano using the power of Bluetooth for evil. Here’s the trailer for the film:
The movie is out on DVD this week. I had a chance to swap email with Director Robert Kurtzman and Producer David S. Greathouse. The duo had previously made Buried Alive.
- 4/28/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
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