While Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens are considered to be two of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made, Alien 3 (watch it Here) continues to divide audiences to this day, more than 30 years after it was first released. There are fans who hate it, there are fans who love it, and the film’s director doesn’t even like to talk about it. With the new episode of their new show Lance and Arrow at the Movies, Arrow in the Head founder John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek have decided to revisit Alien 3 and sit down for a debate: is this movie a gem or a cinematic disaster? You can hear what they had to say about it by watching the video embedded above.
Here’s what Lance and Arrow at the Movies is all about: Join hosts The Arrow and Lance as they...
Here’s what Lance and Arrow at the Movies is all about: Join hosts The Arrow and Lance as they...
- 9/26/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
If you want to stream all of the movies in the “Alien” franchise, including the “Alien vs. Predator” spinoffs, head over to Hulu.
All eight films, released theatrically by 20th Century Fox (since renamed as 20th Century Studios) are currently on the Disney-owned streamer at the moment.
Ridley Scott’s 1979 original space thriller and James Cameron’s action-packed 1986 sequel and subsequent sequels are variously available on Fubu, FX Now and Max.
Here’s where to stream all the “Alien” movies right now ahead of the release of “Alien: Romulus,” the ninth film in the franchise that opens in theaters on Aug. 16.
20th Century Fox
Alien (1979)
In the first film, the crew of the Nostromo – Ripley, Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Ash (Ian Holm), Kane (John Hurt), Parker (Yaphet Kotto), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) — answer a deep-space distress call that will prove fatal for most of them. Four decades latter,...
All eight films, released theatrically by 20th Century Fox (since renamed as 20th Century Studios) are currently on the Disney-owned streamer at the moment.
Ridley Scott’s 1979 original space thriller and James Cameron’s action-packed 1986 sequel and subsequent sequels are variously available on Fubu, FX Now and Max.
Here’s where to stream all the “Alien” movies right now ahead of the release of “Alien: Romulus,” the ninth film in the franchise that opens in theaters on Aug. 16.
20th Century Fox
Alien (1979)
In the first film, the crew of the Nostromo – Ripley, Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Ash (Ian Holm), Kane (John Hurt), Parker (Yaphet Kotto), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) — answer a deep-space distress call that will prove fatal for most of them. Four decades latter,...
- 8/15/2024
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
As the Vidhu Vinod Chopra directorial ‘1942: A Love Story’ clocked 30 years on Monday, veteran actor Jackie Shroff celebrated the occasion by sharing a video montage on his social media.
Jackie took to Instagram stories to share a video montage featuring memorable moments from the film, which also stars Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Pran, and Brian Glover.
The video shared by the actor was captioned: “Celebrating 30 years of ‘1942: A Love Story’.”
The film talks about lovers, who come from different family backgrounds, and showcases how their relationship is threatened due to the outbreak of the Indian revolutionary movement.
Meanwhile, Jackie, who was last seen in ‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’. He will next be seen in ‘Two Zero One Four’, ‘Baby John’ starring Varun Dhawan, and Rohit Shetty’s ‘Singham Again’.
Jackie shroff celebrates 30 years of vidhu vinod chopra classic ‘1942: a love story’...
Jackie took to Instagram stories to share a video montage featuring memorable moments from the film, which also stars Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Pran, and Brian Glover.
The video shared by the actor was captioned: “Celebrating 30 years of ‘1942: A Love Story’.”
The film talks about lovers, who come from different family backgrounds, and showcases how their relationship is threatened due to the outbreak of the Indian revolutionary movement.
Meanwhile, Jackie, who was last seen in ‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’. He will next be seen in ‘Two Zero One Four’, ‘Baby John’ starring Varun Dhawan, and Rohit Shetty’s ‘Singham Again’.
Jackie shroff celebrates 30 years of vidhu vinod chopra classic ‘1942: a love story’...
- 4/15/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Time once again to quote Brian Glover, as this is Rumour Control. Fans of Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation (which pretty much includes everyone) have been longing for a follow-up, and not only does this rumour concern a sequel, there’s also rumoured to be another title in the works.
According to Insider Gaming, an anonymous source has revealed to them that a new Aaa game involving the Alien license is currently in development, with a planned Holiday 2023 release window. Details on just who is developing the game weren’t revealed. However, the game is being developed under the codename “Marathon”, and will be a current-gen only game with a Aaa budget behind it. The game will also be in the Survival Horror vein, taking inspiration from franchises like Dead Space and Resident Evil.
The same source also revealed that a sequel to Alien: Isolation is either in development or being pitched.
According to Insider Gaming, an anonymous source has revealed to them that a new Aaa game involving the Alien license is currently in development, with a planned Holiday 2023 release window. Details on just who is developing the game weren’t revealed. However, the game is being developed under the codename “Marathon”, and will be a current-gen only game with a Aaa budget behind it. The game will also be in the Survival Horror vein, taking inspiration from franchises like Dead Space and Resident Evil.
The same source also revealed that a sequel to Alien: Isolation is either in development or being pitched.
- 11/23/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
The smash hit monster-gore popcorn flick comes to 4K Ultra HD two years and four months after a deluxe Blu-ray, so we do a pointed comparison for purchase-crazy fans that want official sanction for their madness. Happily, you don’t need to be full-moon looney to go for the 4K: David Naughton and Griffin Dunne’s descent into a lycanthropic nightmare is as wrenching as ever.
An American Werewolf in London 4K
4K Ultra-hd
Arrow Video
1981 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date March 15, 2022 / Available from / 59.95
Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley.
Cinematography: Robert Paynter
Art Director: Leslie Dilley
Film Editor: Malcolm Campbell
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Special Makeup Effects Designer and Creator: Rick Baker
Produced by George Folsey Jr., Peter Guber, John Peters
Written and Directed by John Landis
The street date for a 4K disc of a certain high-profile...
An American Werewolf in London 4K
4K Ultra-hd
Arrow Video
1981 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date March 15, 2022 / Available from / 59.95
Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley.
Cinematography: Robert Paynter
Art Director: Leslie Dilley
Film Editor: Malcolm Campbell
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Special Makeup Effects Designer and Creator: Rick Baker
Produced by George Folsey Jr., Peter Guber, John Peters
Written and Directed by John Landis
The street date for a 4K disc of a certain high-profile...
- 3/5/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
An old-fashioned monster movie gore-fest that hasn’t dimmed in popularity, John Landis’s slightly twisted telling of a hiking mishap pulled nervous laughter from audiences pre-primed to expect ground-breakingly shocking special effects. Rick Baker delivers the shape-shifting fireworks in a two-minute sequence that goes way beyond easy laughs. The story is thin but the execution slick in a Landis film fashioned from his own screenplay, written at age 19.
An American Werewolf in London
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1981 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date October 29, 2019 / 49.95
Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley.
Cinematography: Robert Paynter
Film Editor: Malcolm Campbell
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Art Direction: Leslie Dilley
Special Makeup Effects Designer and Creator: Rick Baker
Produced by George Folsey Jr., Peter Guber, John Peters
Written and Directed by John Landis
John Landis didn’t overtax Hollywood connections to get into moviemaking. A fast-talking...
An American Werewolf in London
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1981 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 97 min. / Street Date October 29, 2019 / 49.95
Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Frank Oz, Sydney Bromley.
Cinematography: Robert Paynter
Film Editor: Malcolm Campbell
Original Music: Elmer Bernstein
Art Direction: Leslie Dilley
Special Makeup Effects Designer and Creator: Rick Baker
Produced by George Folsey Jr., Peter Guber, John Peters
Written and Directed by John Landis
John Landis didn’t overtax Hollywood connections to get into moviemaking. A fast-talking...
- 10/26/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The BFI’s Missing Believed Wiped returns to BFI Southbank this December to present British television rediscoveries, not seen by audiences for decades, most since their original transmission dates…. The bespoke line-up of TV gems feature some of the countries most-loved television celebrities and iconic characters including Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part: Sex Before Marriage, Cilla Black in her eponymous BBC show featuring Dudley Moore , Jimmy Edwards in Whack-o!, a rare interview with Peter Davison about playing Doctor Who, an appearance by future Doctor Who Patrick Troughton from ITV’s early police drama, No Hiding Place plus a significant screen debut from a young Pete Postlethwaite.
However for Nerdly readers, one of the real highlights of this edition of Missing Believed Wiped is the uncovering of TV horror Late Night Horror: The Corpse Can’t Play. Originally broadcast on 3 May, 1968 on BBC2 this is the only...
However for Nerdly readers, one of the real highlights of this edition of Missing Believed Wiped is the uncovering of TV horror Late Night Horror: The Corpse Can’t Play. Originally broadcast on 3 May, 1968 on BBC2 this is the only...
- 12/11/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve looked at the Marines from Aliens, but this week our Eaglemoss Alien and Predator Figurine Collection review moves back to the Xenomorph. While Alien 3 may not have been the best received of the Alien films, it still had an interesting variation of the alien, based off the animal from which it was born.
Fans will remember that in Alien 3 a Facehugger actually managed to attach itself to a dog. When the Xenomorph ripped itself out of the canine, it came out as a faster variation of the Xenomorph, ready to hunt down the prison staff and inmates.
While David Fincher’s film is legendary for it’s behind the scenes problems, I still think the film stands up well as a unique Alien movie. There are even two cuts of it available, which feature different origins of this Xenomorph’s birth.
Fans will remember that in Alien 3 a Facehugger actually managed to attach itself to a dog. When the Xenomorph ripped itself out of the canine, it came out as a faster variation of the Xenomorph, ready to hunt down the prison staff and inmates.
While David Fincher’s film is legendary for it’s behind the scenes problems, I still think the film stands up well as a unique Alien movie. There are even two cuts of it available, which feature different origins of this Xenomorph’s birth.
- 4/10/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Simon Brew Oct 10, 2016
From Doctor Who and The FiveIsh Doctors to Campion and Button Moon: we chat to the fifth Doctor, Mr Peter Davison...
Ah, the mighty Peter Davison. The Fifth Doctor, All Creatures Great And Small, Campion, and living in a house with Freddy from Rainbow are just some of the topics we chatted to him about, ahead of the publication of his terrific autobiography, Is There Life Outside The Box.
We’ve got a fair bit to get through, so without further ado….
I got a sense you thoroughly enjoyed writing this book, once you were over some initial research-y hurdles. Would that be fair?
Yeah, that’s fair. It was kind of a journey, really. A reassembling. I’ve had these memories, and it was really a chance to put them down on paper and order them. Everything fragments as you get older, and things come out,...
From Doctor Who and The FiveIsh Doctors to Campion and Button Moon: we chat to the fifth Doctor, Mr Peter Davison...
Ah, the mighty Peter Davison. The Fifth Doctor, All Creatures Great And Small, Campion, and living in a house with Freddy from Rainbow are just some of the topics we chatted to him about, ahead of the publication of his terrific autobiography, Is There Life Outside The Box.
We’ve got a fair bit to get through, so without further ado….
I got a sense you thoroughly enjoyed writing this book, once you were over some initial research-y hurdles. Would that be fair?
Yeah, that’s fair. It was kind of a journey, really. A reassembling. I’ve had these memories, and it was really a chance to put them down on paper and order them. Everything fragments as you get older, and things come out,...
- 10/6/2016
- Den of Geek
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Divisive among fans though it is, David Fincher's 1992 sequel Alien 3 contains the most powerful shots in the whole franchise, Ryan writes.
Producers didn't want to make it. Many fans were outraged by it. To this day, David Fincher won't talk about it. Released in 1992, Alien 3 was a violent and some would say disappointing contrast to James Cameron's triumphant, Reagan-era Aliens.
Where Aliens formed the near-perfect chapter to Alien, reintroducing Sigourney Weaver's Ripley as an emotionally wounded survivor who faces down her inner demons, Alien 3 served as a mercilessly downbeat coda. The treasures that Ripley managed to snatch away from the loathsome aliens at the end of the 1986 sequel - a surrogate daughter in Newt, a faithful partner in Hicks - were eliminated during Alien 3's opening credits. Ripley the triumphant victor was recast as a lonely warrior at the end of her journey.
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Divisive among fans though it is, David Fincher's 1992 sequel Alien 3 contains the most powerful shots in the whole franchise, Ryan writes.
Producers didn't want to make it. Many fans were outraged by it. To this day, David Fincher won't talk about it. Released in 1992, Alien 3 was a violent and some would say disappointing contrast to James Cameron's triumphant, Reagan-era Aliens.
Where Aliens formed the near-perfect chapter to Alien, reintroducing Sigourney Weaver's Ripley as an emotionally wounded survivor who faces down her inner demons, Alien 3 served as a mercilessly downbeat coda. The treasures that Ripley managed to snatch away from the loathsome aliens at the end of the 1986 sequel - a surrogate daughter in Newt, a faithful partner in Hicks - were eliminated during Alien 3's opening credits. Ripley the triumphant victor was recast as a lonely warrior at the end of her journey.
- 11/23/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The year that gave us Gremlins, Ghostbusters and The Temple Of Doom also gave us these 20 underappreciated movies...
It's been said that 1984 was a vintage year for movies, and looking back, it's easy to see why. The likes of Ghostbusters and Gremlins served up comedy, action and the macabre in equal measure. James Cameron's The Terminator cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's star status and gave us one of the greatest sci-fi action movies of the decade.
This was also the year where the Coen brothers made their screen debut with the stunning thriller Blood Simple, and when the Zucker brothers followed up Airplane! with the equally hilarious Top Secret! And we still haven't even mentioned Beverly Hills Cop, This Is Spinal Tap, The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and the unexpectedly successful romantic comedy, Splash. Then there was Milos Forman's sumptuous period drama Amadeus, which...
It's been said that 1984 was a vintage year for movies, and looking back, it's easy to see why. The likes of Ghostbusters and Gremlins served up comedy, action and the macabre in equal measure. James Cameron's The Terminator cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's star status and gave us one of the greatest sci-fi action movies of the decade.
This was also the year where the Coen brothers made their screen debut with the stunning thriller Blood Simple, and when the Zucker brothers followed up Airplane! with the equally hilarious Top Secret! And we still haven't even mentioned Beverly Hills Cop, This Is Spinal Tap, The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and the unexpectedly successful romantic comedy, Splash. Then there was Milos Forman's sumptuous period drama Amadeus, which...
- 9/8/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Alien and Aliens are classics. But how do the other sequels, prequel and spin-offs compare? We try to rank them in descending order...
Ranking any franchise is a personal and difficult process, but the Alien series represents its own challenges. Were you more affected by the intimate shocks of the 1979 original, or the more action-led 1986 sequel? Were you impressed by Alien 3's commitment to its bleak tone, or irked by its soupy darkness?
You're sure to have your own opinions as to how the Alien movies should be ranked, though we'd wager that, like us, you'd place the Alien Vs Predator spin-offs quite far down the list. But then there's Ridley Scott's prequel, Prometheus, a film some might rank far above Jean-Pierre Jeunet's quirky Alien Resurrection, and perhaps even David Fincher's Alien 3.
Accepting, then, that the ranking below is very much down to personal taste,...
Ranking any franchise is a personal and difficult process, but the Alien series represents its own challenges. Were you more affected by the intimate shocks of the 1979 original, or the more action-led 1986 sequel? Were you impressed by Alien 3's commitment to its bleak tone, or irked by its soupy darkness?
You're sure to have your own opinions as to how the Alien movies should be ranked, though we'd wager that, like us, you'd place the Alien Vs Predator spin-offs quite far down the list. But then there's Ridley Scott's prequel, Prometheus, a film some might rank far above Jean-Pierre Jeunet's quirky Alien Resurrection, and perhaps even David Fincher's Alien 3.
Accepting, then, that the ranking below is very much down to personal taste,...
- 1/22/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
From the Macra to The Mysterious Planet, Andrew finds the gold in oft-unloved Doctor Who episodes from across the decades...
For the show's fiftieth anniversary, Doctor Who Magazine ran a new poll ranking the 241 stories up to and including The Time Of The Doctor. The Twin Dilemma came last again, having done so in 2009 survey, and though it does have many faults, it isn't completely bad. Colin Baker blazes his way haughtily through it, and the story noticeably lacks energy when he's off screen. Perhaps it might have been marginally better just to have had the Sixth Doctor and Peri go to a Little Chef so he could complain about the service.
In the lower half of the poll (compiled by people rating all the stories out of ten) are some pretty good stories, or at least ones that arguably don't deserve to be there. We've therefore compiled a list...
For the show's fiftieth anniversary, Doctor Who Magazine ran a new poll ranking the 241 stories up to and including The Time Of The Doctor. The Twin Dilemma came last again, having done so in 2009 survey, and though it does have many faults, it isn't completely bad. Colin Baker blazes his way haughtily through it, and the story noticeably lacks energy when he's off screen. Perhaps it might have been marginally better just to have had the Sixth Doctor and Peri go to a Little Chef so he could complain about the service.
In the lower half of the poll (compiled by people rating all the stories out of ten) are some pretty good stories, or at least ones that arguably don't deserve to be there. We've therefore compiled a list...
- 11/18/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Reviewed by Grace Fontaine
An American Werewolf In London (1981)
Written and directed by John Landis
Starring: David Naughton (David Kessler), Griffin Dunne (Jack Goodman), Jenny Agutter (Nurse Alex Price), Don McKillop (Inspt. Villiers) and Paul Kember (Sgt. McManus)
I will be honest with all of you; I am not a huge fan of ‘The Howling’. I know, I know. One of the most revered werewolf films ever made with a huge base of fans and critics alike. By all accounts I should be among them, but there is just something about it I do not gel with. It’s not a badly made film and it boasts some really incredible visual effects (you don’t see a natural lady garden in this day and age, either) and Dee Wallace was very likeable in the lead role, but as a whole, I just couldn’t get into it. Maybe it wasn’t precisely to my tastes,...
An American Werewolf In London (1981)
Written and directed by John Landis
Starring: David Naughton (David Kessler), Griffin Dunne (Jack Goodman), Jenny Agutter (Nurse Alex Price), Don McKillop (Inspt. Villiers) and Paul Kember (Sgt. McManus)
I will be honest with all of you; I am not a huge fan of ‘The Howling’. I know, I know. One of the most revered werewolf films ever made with a huge base of fans and critics alike. By all accounts I should be among them, but there is just something about it I do not gel with. It’s not a badly made film and it boasts some really incredible visual effects (you don’t see a natural lady garden in this day and age, either) and Dee Wallace was very likeable in the lead role, but as a whole, I just couldn’t get into it. Maybe it wasn’t precisely to my tastes,...
- 9/9/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Odd List Andrew Blair 25 Apr 2014 - 06:29
They're despicable, smug and downright unpleasant. Andrew lines up his pick of 50 biggest unpleasant, sometimes heroic folk in cinema...
Nb: This article contains swearing and spoilers for numerous films. Bear in mind that it may be not safe for work, and if you haven't seen a film mentioned in a particular entry, do consider skipping to the next one.
Conflict drives drama. Unpleasant people create conflict. Thus, cinema is crammed with huge, provocative arseholes/assholes (we went with the latter on the headline, but now we're in the article, we're going more arse than ass). There are obviously too many to list, but we've provided you with a thought-provoking array of multi-faceted bell-endery. That said, feel free to copy and paste the phrase, "Nice list, but you forgot x" to save time when placing comments below! The 'nice' bit is not compulsory.
Incidentally,...
They're despicable, smug and downright unpleasant. Andrew lines up his pick of 50 biggest unpleasant, sometimes heroic folk in cinema...
Nb: This article contains swearing and spoilers for numerous films. Bear in mind that it may be not safe for work, and if you haven't seen a film mentioned in a particular entry, do consider skipping to the next one.
Conflict drives drama. Unpleasant people create conflict. Thus, cinema is crammed with huge, provocative arseholes/assholes (we went with the latter on the headline, but now we're in the article, we're going more arse than ass). There are obviously too many to list, but we've provided you with a thought-provoking array of multi-faceted bell-endery. That said, feel free to copy and paste the phrase, "Nice list, but you forgot x" to save time when placing comments below! The 'nice' bit is not compulsory.
Incidentally,...
- 4/24/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Odd List Ryan Lambie 4 Oct 2013 - 06:41
They're funny, they're sad, they're weird. Here are 50 famous last words from characters in the movies...
Please Note: There are potential spoilers ahead. Check the name of the film, and if you haven't seen it, don't read the entry!
As someone famous probably once said, “We’ve all gotta go sometime,” and if we’re going to die, we might as well do so with a witticism or a memorable line rather than a scream and a cry for mother. Which is the subject of this lengthy but far from definitive list: the memorable things movie characters have uttered shortly (not necessarily immediately) before they’re about to meet their maker.
Some of these last words are long, tear-jerking monologues. Others amount to little more than a word or two. But all of them, in our estimation, are worthy of mention, and one...
They're funny, they're sad, they're weird. Here are 50 famous last words from characters in the movies...
Please Note: There are potential spoilers ahead. Check the name of the film, and if you haven't seen it, don't read the entry!
As someone famous probably once said, “We’ve all gotta go sometime,” and if we’re going to die, we might as well do so with a witticism or a memorable line rather than a scream and a cry for mother. Which is the subject of this lengthy but far from definitive list: the memorable things movie characters have uttered shortly (not necessarily immediately) before they’re about to meet their maker.
Some of these last words are long, tear-jerking monologues. Others amount to little more than a word or two. But all of them, in our estimation, are worthy of mention, and one...
- 10/2/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
When the stars of the squared circle try their hand at cinema, the results can be mixed
They may have made their names by dressing up in spandex and pretending to hit other men, but professional wrestlers are some of the most engaging performers in the entertainment world.
Some of the industry's biggest stars have made the transition from the squared-circle to the silver screen, with varying degrees of success – and quality.
Here are five of the most memorable films starring professional wrestlers – can you think of any others? Let us know in the thread below.
1. Mr Nanny
It's odd to think that a man who looked constantly sunburnt and sported a bleached Fu Manchu moustache could be such a hit with the kids, but Hulk Hogan was a huge star in the 80s and 90s, when Hulkmania ran wild across the globe.
Hogan's film credits read like an essay in naffness: Suburban Commando,...
They may have made their names by dressing up in spandex and pretending to hit other men, but professional wrestlers are some of the most engaging performers in the entertainment world.
Some of the industry's biggest stars have made the transition from the squared-circle to the silver screen, with varying degrees of success – and quality.
Here are five of the most memorable films starring professional wrestlers – can you think of any others? Let us know in the thread below.
1. Mr Nanny
It's odd to think that a man who looked constantly sunburnt and sported a bleached Fu Manchu moustache could be such a hit with the kids, but Hulk Hogan was a huge star in the 80s and 90s, when Hulkmania ran wild across the globe.
Hogan's film credits read like an essay in naffness: Suburban Commando,...
- 7/10/2013
- by Guardian readers
- The Guardian - Film News
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) provided us with a combined/all time top ten film list (dated: April 2013).
Les Quatres cents Coups Blows (400 Blows) – Francois Truffaut (1959)
“I saw this when I was at secondary school (high school) and there was something in it that really spoke to me. It’s the film that made me want to be a director.” (Eb)
“Truffaut was getting out there onto the streets of Paris with the camera and capturing life. I love the playful scene with Antoine turning upside-down on the Rotor, and that final breathtaking tracking shot as Antoine runs down to the sea.” (Re)
Le Notti di Cabiria...
Les Quatres cents Coups Blows (400 Blows) – Francois Truffaut (1959)
“I saw this when I was at secondary school (high school) and there was something in it that really spoke to me. It’s the film that made me want to be a director.” (Eb)
“Truffaut was getting out there onto the streets of Paris with the camera and capturing life. I love the playful scene with Antoine turning upside-down on the Rotor, and that final breathtaking tracking shot as Antoine runs down to the sea.” (Re)
Le Notti di Cabiria...
- 4/8/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Suffering withdrawal symptoms after Euro 2012? This week's clip joint tackles the best football scenes in cinema
This week's Clip joint is by Ashley Clark, who also wrote Clip joints on breaking the fourth wall, mirrors and arguments. He runs the film blog Permanent Plastic Helmet. You can follow it on Twitter at @PPlasticHelmet, and/or him @_ash_clark.
Think you can do better than Ashley? If you've got an idea for a future Clip joint, pop an email over to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
As the dust settles on tiki-taka titans Spain's soaraway success at the Euro 2012, our thoughts have turned to football's ever-complex relationship with film. Blessed with a fast pace and unpredictable rhythms, the action of the game is rather difficult to capture authentically without looking fake or telegraphed, but that hasn't stopped a number of film-makers trying their luck. Others, meanwhile, have simply used the raw...
This week's Clip joint is by Ashley Clark, who also wrote Clip joints on breaking the fourth wall, mirrors and arguments. He runs the film blog Permanent Plastic Helmet. You can follow it on Twitter at @PPlasticHelmet, and/or him @_ash_clark.
Think you can do better than Ashley? If you've got an idea for a future Clip joint, pop an email over to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
As the dust settles on tiki-taka titans Spain's soaraway success at the Euro 2012, our thoughts have turned to football's ever-complex relationship with film. Blessed with a fast pace and unpredictable rhythms, the action of the game is rather difficult to capture authentically without looking fake or telegraphed, but that hasn't stopped a number of film-makers trying their luck. Others, meanwhile, have simply used the raw...
- 7/4/2012
- by Guardian readers
- The Guardian - Film News
Ken Loach expertly combines comedy with politics – and a drop of the hard stuff – in a warm, deftly-plotted heist movie
Though not generally considered a comedy director, Ken Loach has made films that have contained some of the funniest moments and sequences of the past 50 years, and he has regularly employed club comedians in serious roles (Crissy Rock in Ladybird Ladybird, John Bishop in Route Irish) and developed the talents of people such as Ricky Tomlinson not previously considered comics. It's just that Loach is a master of sudden, disturbing shifts of mood, and the comedy is embedded in works that are often deeply sad or tragic. The football game, for instance, that Brian Glover referees in Kes is at once hilariously funny and a brilliant study of bullying, bad education and humiliation that illuminates the film's larger context.
The background of The Angels' Share, his latest collaboration with the...
Though not generally considered a comedy director, Ken Loach has made films that have contained some of the funniest moments and sequences of the past 50 years, and he has regularly employed club comedians in serious roles (Crissy Rock in Ladybird Ladybird, John Bishop in Route Irish) and developed the talents of people such as Ricky Tomlinson not previously considered comics. It's just that Loach is a master of sudden, disturbing shifts of mood, and the comedy is embedded in works that are often deeply sad or tragic. The football game, for instance, that Brian Glover referees in Kes is at once hilariously funny and a brilliant study of bullying, bad education and humiliation that illuminates the film's larger context.
The background of The Angels' Share, his latest collaboration with the...
- 6/2/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Ken Loach has always had a flair for comedy. Whether it's the football match in Kes (one of Brian Glover's finest moments) or Ricky Tomlinson trying to catch a sheep in Raining Stones or Peter Mullan up to mischief in My Name Is Joe, his work abounds in lively, comic business. However, the humour is invariably counterbalanced by bleakness.
- 5/31/2012
- The Independent - Film
To mark the DVD release of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five Series 1 on May 21st, we’ve been given three copies of the show to give away. The release includes all 13 episodes of the classic 70’s TV show and has been released to celebrate 70 years of Enid Blyton.
The series was originally broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979 and this year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of the Famous Five series of books.
Meet the Famous Five: Julian (Marcus Harris), Dick (Gary Russell), Anne (Jennifer Thanisch), their cousin George (Michelle Gallagher) and her dog Timmy. Ruined castles and rolling moors; mysterious islands and hidden caves: the five can find adventure wherever they are. Join them at Kirrin Cottage, or away on their holidays as they encounter smugglers, scoundrels and spies. Thankfully, Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny are always around to offer lashings of ginger beer.
The series was originally broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979 and this year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of the Famous Five series of books.
Meet the Famous Five: Julian (Marcus Harris), Dick (Gary Russell), Anne (Jennifer Thanisch), their cousin George (Michelle Gallagher) and her dog Timmy. Ruined castles and rolling moors; mysterious islands and hidden caves: the five can find adventure wherever they are. Join them at Kirrin Cottage, or away on their holidays as they encounter smugglers, scoundrels and spies. Thankfully, Uncle Quentin and Aunt Fanny are always around to offer lashings of ginger beer.
- 5/15/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ken Loach's new film The Angels' Share is one of the big contenders at Cannes. Will its star – Glaswegian binman Gary Maitland – finally give up the day job?
Like many people, Gary Maitland juggles two jobs. For both, he must wake at 6.30am. But it's only when he's working as a movie star that he gets chauffeur-driven to work. South Lanarkshire council does not, as yet, extend this service to its binmen.
The Glaswegian's days of merely moonlighting on the big screen – he has already appeared in two Ken Loach films – look to be drawing to a close, though. This week, he will emerge into the limelight: his latest collaboration with Loach, The Angels' Share, is in competition at the Cannes film festival, and he will be there to promote it.
Maitland has been to France before, travelling through by coach to see Rangers play in the Netherlands. This...
Like many people, Gary Maitland juggles two jobs. For both, he must wake at 6.30am. But it's only when he's working as a movie star that he gets chauffeur-driven to work. South Lanarkshire council does not, as yet, extend this service to its binmen.
The Glaswegian's days of merely moonlighting on the big screen – he has already appeared in two Ken Loach films – look to be drawing to a close, though. This week, he will emerge into the limelight: his latest collaboration with Loach, The Angels' Share, is in competition at the Cannes film festival, and he will be there to promote it.
Maitland has been to France before, travelling through by coach to see Rangers play in the Netherlands. This...
- 5/15/2012
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
If Sean Bean has a hole in his schedule, Andrew has a few film pitches that might interest him...
What can you say about Sean Bean that hasn't been said before? He's like a Moomin Shaman. His love is deeper than the sun and he's as gentle as a mother's kiss.
Apologies if your mother sometimes gets a bit carried away. No one needs those flashbacks.
While Robert Carlyle selfishly took the lead role in Sawney Bean, there are still movies out there, potentially, with a Sean Bean shaped hole in them. The Hobbit is set about 78 years before The Fellowship Of The Ring, but maybe Ecthelion II looks quite like his grandson. And maybe, what with it being a Fantasy film, Ecthelion II can somehow have an even more spectacular death than his son. Who can have a baby with Sean Bean's face. I'm fairly sure Weta could...
What can you say about Sean Bean that hasn't been said before? He's like a Moomin Shaman. His love is deeper than the sun and he's as gentle as a mother's kiss.
Apologies if your mother sometimes gets a bit carried away. No one needs those flashbacks.
While Robert Carlyle selfishly took the lead role in Sawney Bean, there are still movies out there, potentially, with a Sean Bean shaped hole in them. The Hobbit is set about 78 years before The Fellowship Of The Ring, but maybe Ecthelion II looks quite like his grandson. And maybe, what with it being a Fantasy film, Ecthelion II can somehow have an even more spectacular death than his son. Who can have a baby with Sean Bean's face. I'm fairly sure Weta could...
- 3/23/2012
- Den of Geek
In our writers' favourite film series, Simon Hattenstone finds real meaning in Ken Loach's film about a boy and a kestrel
Are your feathers ruffled by this review? Then write your own here or take flight to the comments section below
We didn't come from a very filmy family. I'd only seen two movies before Kes. One was The Poseidon Adventure – all I can remember is going in my pyjamas (I was ill) and being cold – and the other the film of Steptoe and Son. It was a friend's birthday, and I think (my memory might be playing a sick trick here) Albert Steptoe takes a bath in a tin tub and I found it weirdly thrilling.
Then came Kes. By now I was 12 years old, and at a special school, Crumpsall Open Air – or, as we pupils called it, Crumpsall Open Air for Mongs (no, I won't attempt...
Are your feathers ruffled by this review? Then write your own here or take flight to the comments section below
We didn't come from a very filmy family. I'd only seen two movies before Kes. One was The Poseidon Adventure – all I can remember is going in my pyjamas (I was ill) and being cold – and the other the film of Steptoe and Son. It was a friend's birthday, and I think (my memory might be playing a sick trick here) Albert Steptoe takes a bath in a tin tub and I found it weirdly thrilling.
Then came Kes. By now I was 12 years old, and at a special school, Crumpsall Open Air – or, as we pupils called it, Crumpsall Open Air for Mongs (no, I won't attempt...
- 12/2/2011
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
Directed by: David Fincher
Written by: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Vincent Ward, David Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Lance Henriksen
It happens to everyone. You dislike a film, then rewatch it years later and discover it wasn't as bad as you thought.
Perhaps you initial response was marred by the events in your life. Or maybe a few years more of life experiences allowed you to see something in the film you missed in your previous viewing.
In the spirit of such misguided opinions, I'm starting a new feature entitled Is It Really That Bad? Each month, I'll pick a film I disliked/hated/had issues with when I first watched it and see if time has changed my opinion. For my first film, I decided to watch both the theatrical and director's version of Alien 3, to...
Written by: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Vincent Ward, David Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Lance Henriksen
It happens to everyone. You dislike a film, then rewatch it years later and discover it wasn't as bad as you thought.
Perhaps you initial response was marred by the events in your life. Or maybe a few years more of life experiences allowed you to see something in the film you missed in your previous viewing.
In the spirit of such misguided opinions, I'm starting a new feature entitled Is It Really That Bad? Each month, I'll pick a film I disliked/hated/had issues with when I first watched it and see if time has changed my opinion. For my first film, I decided to watch both the theatrical and director's version of Alien 3, to...
- 9/25/2011
- by Chris McMillan
- Planet Fury
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Living in the mining town of Barnsley, Yorkshire, the life and future of 14 year old Billy Casper (David Bradley) is unpromising. Confined to poverty, he is a petty thief, and mediocre student soon to face the unescapably bleak prospect of joining his older brother Jud in the mines. Billy’s mother (Lynne Perry) spends her free time with her admirers in the local, hoping to fulfil her dream of “a nice house and someone to come home to.” To her, Billy is a “hopeless case” who receives little more than nonchalance. Jud, Billy’s bullying older brother rules the house and like their mother, is more interested in the opposite sex. But Billy’s pastimes of reading the Dandy and pilfering milk are soon substituted by raising Kes, the kestrel he ‘discovers’ near his home which brings him real happiness and a new experience of freedom.
Living in the mining town of Barnsley, Yorkshire, the life and future of 14 year old Billy Casper (David Bradley) is unpromising. Confined to poverty, he is a petty thief, and mediocre student soon to face the unescapably bleak prospect of joining his older brother Jud in the mines. Billy’s mother (Lynne Perry) spends her free time with her admirers in the local, hoping to fulfil her dream of “a nice house and someone to come home to.” To her, Billy is a “hopeless case” who receives little more than nonchalance. Jud, Billy’s bullying older brother rules the house and like their mother, is more interested in the opposite sex. But Billy’s pastimes of reading the Dandy and pilfering milk are soon substituted by raising Kes, the kestrel he ‘discovers’ near his home which brings him real happiness and a new experience of freedom.
- 9/11/2011
- by Laura Clark
- Obsessed with Film
Back on the big screen in a new print that serves well the excellent naturalistic photography by Chris Menges (whose first feature film this was), the 75-year-old Loach's 1969 masterpiece of social criticism and humanist cinema is at the centre of the current well-deserved celebration of his 50 years as a film-maker. David Bradley is wonderful as the semi-literate Yorkshire schoolboy from a sink estate who shows up the inadequacy of the educational system by mastering a complex book on falconry to train a kestrel that becomes a symbol of freedom and spiritual affirmation in a world of cruelty and willed indifference. The bird's destruction and burial are as tragic, affecting and socially meaningful as anything in 20th-century art. I note new riches every time I see this film (for example, the noble kestrel is found nesting high in an old ruin from pre-industrial days), as well as happily revisiting such familiar ones as the contrasted teachers,...
- 9/10/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Forty-two years on, Ken Loach's social-realist tragedy about a boy who trains a kestrel is still transcendentally powerful
Ken Loach's social-realist tragedy from 1969 looks more luminous, more impassioned than ever, a rich film of flesh and blood. Perhaps, 42 years on, now is the time to restore the co-authorial status of Barry Hines, who adapted his own novel and gave Loach such a great story to work with. Non-professional David Bradley plays Billy Casper, the lad with the unforgettably pinched, shrewd, hungry face at the Barnsley comp where brutal teachers cane kids for things they haven't done. The poster famously shows Billy flicking a V-sign, but that's something he never does in the film, his defiance being more complex. Billy discovers a wild kestrel and realises he can train it: like a Tudor emblem of underdog ambition and power. The scene where Colin Welland's kindly teacher coaxes him...
Ken Loach's social-realist tragedy from 1969 looks more luminous, more impassioned than ever, a rich film of flesh and blood. Perhaps, 42 years on, now is the time to restore the co-authorial status of Barry Hines, who adapted his own novel and gave Loach such a great story to work with. Non-professional David Bradley plays Billy Casper, the lad with the unforgettably pinched, shrewd, hungry face at the Barnsley comp where brutal teachers cane kids for things they haven't done. The poster famously shows Billy flicking a V-sign, but that's something he never does in the film, his defiance being more complex. Billy discovers a wild kestrel and realises he can train it: like a Tudor emblem of underdog ambition and power. The scene where Colin Welland's kindly teacher coaxes him...
- 9/8/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
This spring no less than three British-made sports documentaries get a cinematic release. Does this mark the start of a new relationship between sport and film?
Sport and cinema have been uneasy bedfellows over the years, their dual history mapped out by a series of rather awkward public conjoinings. Football has long been something close to a running joke on film, its high points restricted to the Brian Glover Pe teacher bits in Kes, the luminous pre-modern internationalism of Escape to Victory, and any action movie in which geezer-for-hire and former Wimbledon clogger Vinnie Jones takes a beating.
Perhaps sport and film stand apart as poles: an oil-and-water collision of the loud, the outdoor and the boisterous with the dimly lit, the indoor and the ruminative. That might be about to change. This month three British-made sporting documentaries have had a cinematic release. Two are cricket films: From the Ashes...
Sport and cinema have been uneasy bedfellows over the years, their dual history mapped out by a series of rather awkward public conjoinings. Football has long been something close to a running joke on film, its high points restricted to the Brian Glover Pe teacher bits in Kes, the luminous pre-modern internationalism of Escape to Victory, and any action movie in which geezer-for-hire and former Wimbledon clogger Vinnie Jones takes a beating.
Perhaps sport and film stand apart as poles: an oil-and-water collision of the loud, the outdoor and the boisterous with the dimly lit, the indoor and the ruminative. That might be about to change. This month three British-made sporting documentaries have had a cinematic release. Two are cricket films: From the Ashes...
- 5/13/2011
- by Barney Ronay
- The Guardian - Film News
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
African Cats – Samuel L. Jackson (Narration)
Deep Gold – Bebe Pham, Jaymee Ong, Michael Gleissner
Madea’s Big Happy Family – Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Bow Wow
Water for Elephants – Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz
Movie of the Week
Water for Elephants
The Stars: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz
The Plot: A veterinary student (Pattinson) abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.
The Buzz: This period piece looks to be a well put together romantic drama. I enjoyed Pattinson’s general vibe in the trailer; thankfully a far cry from his brooding ham-bake of the Twilight films. Witherspoon is winsome, I typically love her in her more dramatic pieces — aside from the laborious Vanity Fair. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of on-screen magic this pair can conjure up. Happy to see Christolph Waltz again,...
African Cats – Samuel L. Jackson (Narration)
Deep Gold – Bebe Pham, Jaymee Ong, Michael Gleissner
Madea’s Big Happy Family – Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Bow Wow
Water for Elephants – Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz
Movie of the Week
Water for Elephants
The Stars: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz
The Plot: A veterinary student (Pattinson) abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.
The Buzz: This period piece looks to be a well put together romantic drama. I enjoyed Pattinson’s general vibe in the trailer; thankfully a far cry from his brooding ham-bake of the Twilight films. Witherspoon is winsome, I typically love her in her more dramatic pieces — aside from the laborious Vanity Fair. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of on-screen magic this pair can conjure up. Happy to see Christolph Waltz again,...
- 4/20/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
Kes Quick Thoughts:
Just who is Ken Loach? What are his films about? Why is he so highly regarded? Honestly, I can't answer these questions without any great amount of knowledge, but after watching Criterion's treatment of Loach's second feature film, Kes, I'm beginning to have a greater understanding of the man and why Loach has remained a director appreciated by many since the mid-1960s.
Last year at the Cannes Film Festival I saw my first Ken Loach film, Route Irish. Kes was my second, and considering the British Film Institute named it the seventh best British film of the century my expectations were quite high.
To begin with, you are most likely going to want to turn on the subtitles for this one. The Yorkshire accents are so strong in the opening scene I couldn't understand a word. Things improve as you go along, but the dialect adds to the difficulty.
Just who is Ken Loach? What are his films about? Why is he so highly regarded? Honestly, I can't answer these questions without any great amount of knowledge, but after watching Criterion's treatment of Loach's second feature film, Kes, I'm beginning to have a greater understanding of the man and why Loach has remained a director appreciated by many since the mid-1960s.
Last year at the Cannes Film Festival I saw my first Ken Loach film, Route Irish. Kes was my second, and considering the British Film Institute named it the seventh best British film of the century my expectations were quite high.
To begin with, you are most likely going to want to turn on the subtitles for this one. The Yorkshire accents are so strong in the opening scene I couldn't understand a word. Things improve as you go along, but the dialect adds to the difficulty.
- 4/19/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
"We all sat there and decided to make a china cup, a beautiful, delicate china cup. You can't tell me we should have made a beer mug." --David Fincher on making Alien 3
David Fincher's Alien 3 (1992) has become somewhat infamous, thanks mostly to how it illustrates how creative differences behind the camera affect the end product (to say nothing about how the film alienated---pun intended---fans of James Cameron's Aliens by killing off the beloved characters of Hicks and Newt during the opening sequence). Essentially, the film began production on the whim of a release date: May 22nd 1992. Seven million dollars were allegedly spent before filming began, as the unfinished script ran through a gauntlet of writers (including cyberpunk writer William Gibson) and, directorially, the project was handed off from Renny Harlin to first-timer David Fincher (who began his career as a technician for Industrial Light and...
David Fincher's Alien 3 (1992) has become somewhat infamous, thanks mostly to how it illustrates how creative differences behind the camera affect the end product (to say nothing about how the film alienated---pun intended---fans of James Cameron's Aliens by killing off the beloved characters of Hicks and Newt during the opening sequence). Essentially, the film began production on the whim of a release date: May 22nd 1992. Seven million dollars were allegedly spent before filming began, as the unfinished script ran through a gauntlet of writers (including cyberpunk writer William Gibson) and, directorially, the project was handed off from Renny Harlin to first-timer David Fincher (who began his career as a technician for Industrial Light and...
- 3/7/2011
- by Drew Morton
1985 is something of a year of guilty pleasures. Take some of the offerings on the big screen. A View To A Kill. Clue. Weird Science. Not really movies that I'd bring up in the middle of a conversation about all-time classics, but in their own gormless way, they're actually quite enjoyable.
Ditto Attack Of The Cybermen, not really a story you'd admit to enjoying out loud. After all it's mindlessly violent, obsessed with pointlessly fannish continuity, and has a plot that might as well be written in hieroglyphics, since when you ponder on it, it makes little to no sense. It may not boast Cybermen wearing bras on their heads or Tim Curry frantically playing Lytton as a last-minute replacement, but nevertheless, I still quite like Attack Of The Cybermen.
It's the story that kicks off season 22, something of a turning point in Who history for a number of reasons.
Ditto Attack Of The Cybermen, not really a story you'd admit to enjoying out loud. After all it's mindlessly violent, obsessed with pointlessly fannish continuity, and has a plot that might as well be written in hieroglyphics, since when you ponder on it, it makes little to no sense. It may not boast Cybermen wearing bras on their heads or Tim Curry frantically playing Lytton as a last-minute replacement, but nevertheless, I still quite like Attack Of The Cybermen.
It's the story that kicks off season 22, something of a turning point in Who history for a number of reasons.
- 2/7/2011
- Shadowlocked
For Part One of my look back at The Company of Wolves click here before reading on.
And so, what of the aformentioned FX?. Whilst time has, understandably, not been the kindest to them the sheer creativity on display is enough to make up for any technical shortcomings. Only 3 years earlier Rick Baker had wowed audiences with his stunning work on John Landis’ “An American Werewolf In London” (still, arguably, the greatest man to wolf transformation scene ever comitted to celluloid) and so it was perhaps wise for the FX team to avoid a similarly extended, fully lit transformation sequence.
Nonetheless the finished film does boast some extraordinary, albeit dated, scenes including Stephen Rea tearing the very skin from his face (his eventual metamorphosis sadly looks decidedly mechanical), a gypsy woman transforming an entire wedding party into a pack of slobbering wolves (the decision to shoot parts of this scene...
And so, what of the aformentioned FX?. Whilst time has, understandably, not been the kindest to them the sheer creativity on display is enough to make up for any technical shortcomings. Only 3 years earlier Rick Baker had wowed audiences with his stunning work on John Landis’ “An American Werewolf In London” (still, arguably, the greatest man to wolf transformation scene ever comitted to celluloid) and so it was perhaps wise for the FX team to avoid a similarly extended, fully lit transformation sequence.
Nonetheless the finished film does boast some extraordinary, albeit dated, scenes including Stephen Rea tearing the very skin from his face (his eventual metamorphosis sadly looks decidedly mechanical), a gypsy woman transforming an entire wedding party into a pack of slobbering wolves (the decision to shoot parts of this scene...
- 12/9/2010
- by Nick Turk
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In addition to being one of the most stunning science fiction sagas of all time, the Alien franchise is also one of the most storied and combative. From the raging debate over which is better: Alien or Aliens, through Fincher's ultimately futile attempt to vanish down the rabbit hole from pursuant, angry Fox executives, to Jeunet's ill-fated attempt to resist his own eccentricities and "go Hollywood," we're not short on talking points. In honor of the much-anticipated blu-ray release of the Alien Anthology (Quadrilogy wasn't a word, we knew it!), JustPressPlay revisits this breathtaking series (like we need an excuse) and examines every film, every cut, all the extras, and sees what's new.
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Alien (1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrit, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Koto, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright
Director: Ridley Scott
How does the movie hold up?
Ridley Scott's 1979 classic certainly ranks as one of the...
• • •
Alien (1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrit, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Koto, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright
Director: Ridley Scott
How does the movie hold up?
Ridley Scott's 1979 classic certainly ranks as one of the...
- 11/15/2010
- by Neil Pedley
- JustPressPlay.net
After the triumphant Aliens, the doom-laden Alien 3 followed, a film that has split fan opinion. Here’s our look back at David Fincher’s troubled debut…
Ridley Scott's Alien was a masterpiece of sci-fi horror, and James Cameron's Aliens was a landmark action movie. Together, the films formed a cohesive, satisfying whole that worked as a beginning, middle and end to heroine Ripley's story.
That was the upshot of our previous retrospective, and I think it's a summary that most would agree with, at least in part. But with 1992's Alien 3, we're in more divisive territory. Some find merit in David Fincher's compromised debut feature, while others have decried it as a pale imitation of the two films that came before it.
I personally fall into the former camp, and I've written about my admiration for Alien 3 before. It's a flawed movie, but considering...
Ridley Scott's Alien was a masterpiece of sci-fi horror, and James Cameron's Aliens was a landmark action movie. Together, the films formed a cohesive, satisfying whole that worked as a beginning, middle and end to heroine Ripley's story.
That was the upshot of our previous retrospective, and I think it's a summary that most would agree with, at least in part. But with 1992's Alien 3, we're in more divisive territory. Some find merit in David Fincher's compromised debut feature, while others have decried it as a pale imitation of the two films that came before it.
I personally fall into the former camp, and I've written about my admiration for Alien 3 before. It's a flawed movie, but considering...
- 10/27/2010
- Den of Geek
With the Blu-ray release of the Alien Anthology on the 25th of October HeyUGuys are taking a look at the entire Alien and Predator series. From Facehuggers to trophy hunting Predators, from the iconic and classic to the dubious crossovers – this is your ultimate retrospective.
So remember, even if you ain’t got time to bleed, in the Video Vault no-one can hear you scream…
Adam Lowes is our man in the penal colony.
Third entries into popular film franchises are notoriously difficult to get right. For every Toy Story 3, there are the second sequels to Blade, Spiderman, X-Men, The Terminator and even The Godfather, all of which have failed to deliver the goods and satisfy fans by either losing a grip on character continuity or generally been unable to match what has come before.
Alien 3, a departure from the previous film’s “Vietnam-in-space”, action-packed extravaganza, and considered...
So remember, even if you ain’t got time to bleed, in the Video Vault no-one can hear you scream…
Adam Lowes is our man in the penal colony.
Third entries into popular film franchises are notoriously difficult to get right. For every Toy Story 3, there are the second sequels to Blade, Spiderman, X-Men, The Terminator and even The Godfather, all of which have failed to deliver the goods and satisfy fans by either losing a grip on character continuity or generally been unable to match what has come before.
Alien 3, a departure from the previous film’s “Vietnam-in-space”, action-packed extravaganza, and considered...
- 10/21/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Riddles of the Sphinx (Syfy)
When an astronomer and a cryptographer discover a series of ancient tunnels, they unwittingly release a deadly Sphinx intent on carnage. In order to recapture the creature in its tomb, the pair must decipher a series of intricate and deadly riddles. Monster thriller starring Dina Meyer and Lochlyn Munro.
9.00pm Time Under Fire (Movies4Men)
The crew of a U.S. submarine accidentally pass through a rift in time where they arrive 70 years into the future. There they find common ground with a resistance group fighting an evil empire.
10.00pm An American Werewolf in London (Syfy)
A tourist is attacked while walking on the Yorkshire Moors and undergoes a terrifying metamorphosis, becoming a ravening werewolf whenever the moon is full.
8.00pm Riddles of the Sphinx (Syfy)
When an astronomer and a cryptographer discover a series of ancient tunnels, they unwittingly release a deadly Sphinx intent on carnage. In order to recapture the creature in its tomb, the pair must decipher a series of intricate and deadly riddles. Monster thriller starring Dina Meyer and Lochlyn Munro.
9.00pm Time Under Fire (Movies4Men)
The crew of a U.S. submarine accidentally pass through a rift in time where they arrive 70 years into the future. There they find common ground with a resistance group fighting an evil empire.
10.00pm An American Werewolf in London (Syfy)
A tourist is attacked while walking on the Yorkshire Moors and undergoes a terrifying metamorphosis, becoming a ravening werewolf whenever the moon is full.
- 8/4/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
After the colossal success of Aliens, David Fincher’s Alien 3 was considered a terrible disappointment. Here’s why it deserves a second look…
The production woes of Alien 3 are well documented. Its script was written and rewritten. A potentially fascinating draft was turned in by cyberpunk godfather William Gibson, only for it to be thrown in the bin.
Eric Red, the writer behind horror classics The Hitcher and Near Dark (a brilliant vampire movie directed by Kathryn "Hurt Locker" Bigelow) wrote a script of his own. This too was thrown out. Scripts were written which excluded the character of Ripley, before the president of 20th Century Fox insisted she be reinstated.
With time running out before filming was due to commence, producers Walter Hill and David Giler cobbled together a shooting script of their own, taking elements of the earlier drafts and melding them into something like a workable whole.
The production woes of Alien 3 are well documented. Its script was written and rewritten. A potentially fascinating draft was turned in by cyberpunk godfather William Gibson, only for it to be thrown in the bin.
Eric Red, the writer behind horror classics The Hitcher and Near Dark (a brilliant vampire movie directed by Kathryn "Hurt Locker" Bigelow) wrote a script of his own. This too was thrown out. Scripts were written which excluded the character of Ripley, before the president of 20th Century Fox insisted she be reinstated.
With time running out before filming was due to commence, producers Walter Hill and David Giler cobbled together a shooting script of their own, taking elements of the earlier drafts and melding them into something like a workable whole.
- 5/25/2010
- Den of Geek
Robert De Niro has already turned the spotlight onto the early days of the CIA in The Good Shepherd but now the agency's less controversial sister organisation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will get similar treatment. Clint Eastwood, an eternally shining star of cinema, has turned his attention to J Edgar Hoover, founder of the FBI.
Imagine Entertainment's Brian Glover is overseeing the production while Milk-scripter Dustin Lance Black will pen the screenplay to narrate Hoover's story from when he founded the FBI in 1935 and led it until his death in 1972. Hoover cast himself as a man dedicated to justice, eager to use modern tools to bring down criminals, but his private life was more controversial with allegations of closeted homesexuality and cross-dressing. He was also accused of abusing his power by harassing political activists and collecting sensitive information on American leaders.
While we don't know which studio will land the deal,...
Imagine Entertainment's Brian Glover is overseeing the production while Milk-scripter Dustin Lance Black will pen the screenplay to narrate Hoover's story from when he founded the FBI in 1935 and led it until his death in 1972. Hoover cast himself as a man dedicated to justice, eager to use modern tools to bring down criminals, but his private life was more controversial with allegations of closeted homesexuality and cross-dressing. He was also accused of abusing his power by harassing political activists and collecting sensitive information on American leaders.
While we don't know which studio will land the deal,...
- 3/11/2010
- Screenrush
Anne Hathaway has admitted to channelling Nigella's 'sensuality' for her White Queen in Alice in Wonderland. But she's only blown the whistle on the greatest source of character inspiration in modern cinema
Aside from the boycott drama and the mixed reviews, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland has drawn attention for one reason: Anne Hathaway's portrayal of the White Queen. Apparently, it's based entirely on Nigella Lawson. Tim Burton hinted as much last month, noting Lawson's ability to look "really nuts", and Hathaway herself confirmed the rumours this week by praising Lawson's "passion" and "sensuality".
To the uninitiated, all this Nigella talk might seem like nothing more than a cheap ploy to get a few more dads to go to the pictures. But in reality Burton and Hathaway are simply tapping into a long history of movie characters based on television chefs. It's a little-known fact that almost...
Aside from the boycott drama and the mixed reviews, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland has drawn attention for one reason: Anne Hathaway's portrayal of the White Queen. Apparently, it's based entirely on Nigella Lawson. Tim Burton hinted as much last month, noting Lawson's ability to look "really nuts", and Hathaway herself confirmed the rumours this week by praising Lawson's "passion" and "sensuality".
To the uninitiated, all this Nigella talk might seem like nothing more than a cheap ploy to get a few more dads to go to the pictures. But in reality Burton and Hathaway are simply tapping into a long history of movie characters based on television chefs. It's a little-known fact that almost...
- 3/3/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
From Crosby beach to a big match at Anfield, actor David Morrissey takes Amy Raphael on a tour of his hometown – and explains why it has inspired him to direct a new film
Past the Hillsborough memorial and beneath the legend "You'll Never Walk Alone" atop the Shankly Gates, through the creaking turnstile and into the main stand. A subdued Liverpool team warm up on the pitch. Freezing fog swirls in the floodlights. David Morrissey warms his hands on a cup of hot chocolate and wishes he hadn't left his gloves back home in north London. Two officials stare and nudge each other, but no one else even glances at him.
We are sitting five rows from the pitch and, for the first half of this Premiership game against Birmingham City, all the action is at the other end as Liverpool attack the Kop. Morrissey – 6ft 3in, broad of shoulder,...
Past the Hillsborough memorial and beneath the legend "You'll Never Walk Alone" atop the Shankly Gates, through the creaking turnstile and into the main stand. A subdued Liverpool team warm up on the pitch. Freezing fog swirls in the floodlights. David Morrissey warms his hands on a cup of hot chocolate and wishes he hadn't left his gloves back home in north London. Two officials stare and nudge each other, but no one else even glances at him.
We are sitting five rows from the pitch and, for the first half of this Premiership game against Birmingham City, all the action is at the other end as Liverpool attack the Kop. Morrissey – 6ft 3in, broad of shoulder,...
- 3/3/2010
- by Amy Raphael
- The Guardian - Film News
David Morrissey has revealed that he was inspired to start acting after watching Ken Loach's Kes. The star told The Guardian that the 1969 movie was the first he had seen which mirrored his own world. Morrissey said: "As a kid I spent most of my time watching TV. Hollywood musicals, Colditz, anything. But they never reflected my life - until I saw Ken Loach's Kes. "I was a happy kid, but the football scene where Brian Glover bullies Billy Caspar reminded me of my school. I felt total empathy for the lad, but I was also transported. Like God knows how many blokes my age, (more)...
- 3/3/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
With bullying hogging the headlines this week, we're going back to the classroom to face up to the menacers. So pull up your socks, swallow hard and take a look at solidchris's folder of the best film clips featuring school bullies
They are the dictators in the playground corners, the scourge of the bike sheds. They create a living hell, an endless tension for all those they decide to target, preying on the fears of the meek, the weak and the geek. They're probably they first bad guys you encounter in real life.
And that's what makes them so perfect as film characters. All those old memories – the whispered insults, the secret beatings, the toilet dunkings – can be relived in the safety of the cinema. Better still, these tormentors can be fought back. Bullies on screen tend to get something they rarely receive in real life: a comeuppance. It's a wonderful,...
They are the dictators in the playground corners, the scourge of the bike sheds. They create a living hell, an endless tension for all those they decide to target, preying on the fears of the meek, the weak and the geek. They're probably they first bad guys you encounter in real life.
And that's what makes them so perfect as film characters. All those old memories – the whispered insults, the secret beatings, the toilet dunkings – can be relived in the safety of the cinema. Better still, these tormentors can be fought back. Bullies on screen tend to get something they rarely receive in real life: a comeuppance. It's a wonderful,...
- 2/24/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
On Wednesday night just off Upper Street, Islington, a curious queue of worshipers formed outside the glorious Union Chapel. No bell rang to summon them there and no single faith united them. They had come to worship at the altar of film.
The Jameson Cult Film Club made the inspired choice of location and throughout the week they had screened a selection of spooky greats both old and new. For HeyUGuys though there was only ever going to be one choice, that film was An American Werewolf in London.
John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London set precedents for the future of horrifying cinema that live on to this day. It also happens to be a jolly good movie. A head rolling through Piccadilly Circus, a stalking in Tottenham Court Road tube and (rotting) friends reunited in a XXX movie theatre – of these things a cult following was born. After all these years,...
The Jameson Cult Film Club made the inspired choice of location and throughout the week they had screened a selection of spooky greats both old and new. For HeyUGuys though there was only ever going to be one choice, that film was An American Werewolf in London.
John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London set precedents for the future of horrifying cinema that live on to this day. It also happens to be a jolly good movie. A head rolling through Piccadilly Circus, a stalking in Tottenham Court Road tube and (rotting) friends reunited in a XXX movie theatre – of these things a cult following was born. After all these years,...
- 10/31/2009
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With world attention newly focused on Michael Jackson's Quincy Jones-produced Thriller recordings and the accompanying John Landis-directed Thriller video, remake rights to Lycanthrope Productions' An American Werewolf in London have reportedly been sold to Dimension films, the 'genre' arm of Miramax. Both Landis Thriller video and An American Werewolf In London feature used Rick Baker's Oscar winning make-up effects team. The new Werewolf is being developed by producers Sean and Bryan Furst of the upcoming vampire feature Daybreakers, set for a January 2010 release. The 1981 Us/UK comedy horror feature An American Werewolf In London, starred actors David Naughton, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter, winning an Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup. Landis came up with the story while working in Yugoslavia as a Pa on the Clint Eastwood war comedy Kelly's Heroes, driving in a car on location when he came across a group of...
- 6/29/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
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