As is annual tradition, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has announced this year’s 25 film set to join the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Selected for their “cultural, historic and/or aesthetic importance,” the films picked range from such beloved actioners as “Die Hard,” childhood classic “The Goonies,” the seminal “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” and the mind-bending “Memento,” with plenty of other genres and styles represented among the list.
The additions span 1905 to 2000, and includes Hollywood blockbusters, documentaries, silent movies, animation, shorts, independent, and even home movies. The 2017 selections bring the number of films in the registry to 725.
“The selection of a film to the National Film Registry recognizes its importance to American cinema and the nation’s cultural and historical heritage,” Hayden said in an official statement. “Our love affair with motion pictures is a testament to their enduring power to enlighten, inspire and...
The additions span 1905 to 2000, and includes Hollywood blockbusters, documentaries, silent movies, animation, shorts, independent, and even home movies. The 2017 selections bring the number of films in the registry to 725.
“The selection of a film to the National Film Registry recognizes its importance to American cinema and the nation’s cultural and historical heritage,” Hayden said in an official statement. “Our love affair with motion pictures is a testament to their enduring power to enlighten, inspire and...
- 12/13/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Since 1989, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has been accomplishing the important task of preserving films that “represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking.” From films way back in 1897 all the way up to 2004, they’ve now reached 725 films that celebrate our heritage and encapsulate our film history.
Today they’ve unveiled their 2017 list, which includes such Hollywood classics as Die Hard, Titanic, and Superman along with groundbreaking independent features like Yvonne Rainer’s Lives of Performers, Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger, and Barbara Loden’s Wanda. Also making this list are a pair of Kirk Douglas-led features, Ace in the Hole and Spartacus, as well as Christopher Nolan’s Memento and more. Check out the full list below and you can watch some films on the registry for free here.
Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival) (1951)
Based on the infamous...
Today they’ve unveiled their 2017 list, which includes such Hollywood classics as Die Hard, Titanic, and Superman along with groundbreaking independent features like Yvonne Rainer’s Lives of Performers, Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger, and Barbara Loden’s Wanda. Also making this list are a pair of Kirk Douglas-led features, Ace in the Hole and Spartacus, as well as Christopher Nolan’s Memento and more. Check out the full list below and you can watch some films on the registry for free here.
Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival) (1951)
Based on the infamous...
- 12/13/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Hulu has given a pilot order to Locke & Key, a one-hour horror/fantasy drama adaptation of the Idw comic by Joe Hill (The Fireman) and artist Gabriel Rodriguez (Little Nemo). The project comes from Hill, Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel, The Strain) and Idw Entertainment, with Doctor Strange helmer Scott Derrickson set to direct. Cuse developed Locke & Key with Hill who wrote the script on spec. The finished script was sent to one director, Derrickson, who came on board…...
- 4/20/2017
- Deadline TV
comScore today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of February 19, 2017, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services.
This past weekend saw the release of a few less impressive films such as Fist Fight, The Great Wall, and A Cure for Wellness, none of which managed to top last weekend’s top two contenders.
Finishing on top for the second weekend in a row was The Lego Batman Movie, which dropped a minor 35.4 percent in this second weekend to take in an estimated $34.2 million. While its first weekend wasn’t as profitable as the studio had hoped, the good word of mouth seems to be doing it some good.
In second place is Fifty Shades Darker with $21 million. The film dropped an estimated 55 percent from its first weekend, marking a disappointing second weekend after an already-disappointing first weekend. Make no mistake, given the film’s $55 million budget,...
This past weekend saw the release of a few less impressive films such as Fist Fight, The Great Wall, and A Cure for Wellness, none of which managed to top last weekend’s top two contenders.
Finishing on top for the second weekend in a row was The Lego Batman Movie, which dropped a minor 35.4 percent in this second weekend to take in an estimated $34.2 million. While its first weekend wasn’t as profitable as the studio had hoped, the good word of mouth seems to be doing it some good.
In second place is Fifty Shades Darker with $21 million. The film dropped an estimated 55 percent from its first weekend, marking a disappointing second weekend after an already-disappointing first weekend. Make no mistake, given the film’s $55 million budget,...
- 2/19/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Animal Planet’s new six-part series Ocean Warriors will gut you with footage that shows the careless and destructive ways people fish the world over, often destroying the ecosystems where those fish live in the process. The premiere heads to Thailand, and reveals exactly how this illegal fishing is ruining the ocean floor. One scene where a puffer fish suffocates on the deck will draw some tears as the reporter talks about Little Nemo and how all the film’s characters lay dying on the deck in front of him. The trawler pulls up the entire ocean floor including delicate corals and octopus that are shown dying...read more...
- 12/4/2016
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Recently I’ve been reading through the Sailor Moon manga that my friend David has generously been lending me. I used to watch the anime when I was kid and had been curious about tackling these books for a while. Reading through these books made me reflect on the greater world of comics and an aspect of it that I haven’t addressed here yet: branching out beyond American comics.
I love American/Western comics. It’s certainly the bulk of what I’ve read. Not just the superhero stuff, but comics and graphic novels like Stuck Rubber Baby, Fun Home, March, Blankets, The Sculptor, and many many more. Many of the comics I go out of my way to read are either from women, Lgbtq, or minority creators or they at least tell a unique story from a perspective that makes it stand out. However, I have a big...
I love American/Western comics. It’s certainly the bulk of what I’ve read. Not just the superhero stuff, but comics and graphic novels like Stuck Rubber Baby, Fun Home, March, Blankets, The Sculptor, and many many more. Many of the comics I go out of my way to read are either from women, Lgbtq, or minority creators or they at least tell a unique story from a perspective that makes it stand out. However, I have a big...
- 9/6/2016
- by Joe Corallo
- Comicmix.com
In his weekly New York Time column last week, the New York Times’ wine expert Eric Asimov wrote about how to pick a wine store. He stressed that if a person cared about wine and wanted to drink better and more confidently, the best thing one can do is to find a good wine store and then cultivate a good relationship with the staff.
There’s an enormous amount of choices for wine and good stores help consumers select and choose more wisely. They might do this with the way they arrange the wines, or with a friendly and knowledgeable staff or even through handwritten recommendations placed near the wine.
As I reach this wine column, I was drawing the inevitable parallels between wine stores and comics shops. Geek culture also offers such a diverse tapestry of choices. It can be difficult for fans and consumers to navigate through it...
There’s an enormous amount of choices for wine and good stores help consumers select and choose more wisely. They might do this with the way they arrange the wines, or with a friendly and knowledgeable staff or even through handwritten recommendations placed near the wine.
As I reach this wine column, I was drawing the inevitable parallels between wine stores and comics shops. Geek culture also offers such a diverse tapestry of choices. It can be difficult for fans and consumers to navigate through it...
- 3/14/2016
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
Little Nemo Return to Slumberland
Colorist Nelson Daniel
Letterer Robbie Robbins
Writer Eric Shanower
Artist Gabriel Rodriguez
Publisher Ted Adams
Published by Idw Publishing
Beautiful and overflowing with elegance. These are the words which match perfectly with ‘Little Nemo Return to Slumberland.’ The comic finds its roots from Winsor McCay’sLittle Nemo in Slumberland comic from the early 20th. ‘Little Nemo Return to Slumberland’ builds slowly on a tale of Slumberland once the original Nemo is no longer the Princess’s playmate. The writing is well thought out and characters are planned with care as the plot unfolds in time. Supporting the grand writing is the artwork. Stunning, detailed, and class in its appearance, the art creates a dreamy state that places the reader in the middle of the action.
King Morpheus, ruler of Slumberland, wishes to find his poor daughter the Princess a playmate for she is sad without one.
Colorist Nelson Daniel
Letterer Robbie Robbins
Writer Eric Shanower
Artist Gabriel Rodriguez
Publisher Ted Adams
Published by Idw Publishing
Beautiful and overflowing with elegance. These are the words which match perfectly with ‘Little Nemo Return to Slumberland.’ The comic finds its roots from Winsor McCay’sLittle Nemo in Slumberland comic from the early 20th. ‘Little Nemo Return to Slumberland’ builds slowly on a tale of Slumberland once the original Nemo is no longer the Princess’s playmate. The writing is well thought out and characters are planned with care as the plot unfolds in time. Supporting the grand writing is the artwork. Stunning, detailed, and class in its appearance, the art creates a dreamy state that places the reader in the middle of the action.
King Morpheus, ruler of Slumberland, wishes to find his poor daughter the Princess a playmate for she is sad without one.
- 7/21/2015
- by Annie
- SoundOnSight
Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for 2015. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, highlight the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from companies big and small, in print and on line. The awards will be given out during a gala ceremony on Friday, July 10 during Comic-Con International: San Diego.
Best Short Story
“Beginning’s End,” by Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com
“Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
“,” by Lee Bermejo, in Batman Black and White #3 (DC)
“,” by Max Landis & Jock, in Adventures of Superman #14 (DC)
“When the Darkness Presses,” by Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness/
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Astro City #16: “Wish I May” by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, by Evan Dorkin...
Best Short Story
“Beginning’s End,” by Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com
“Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
“,” by Lee Bermejo, in Batman Black and White #3 (DC)
“,” by Max Landis & Jock, in Adventures of Superman #14 (DC)
“When the Darkness Presses,” by Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness/
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Astro City #16: “Wish I May” by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, by Evan Dorkin...
- 4/24/2015
- by Luana Haygen
- Comicmix.com
This time around the honor of writing the last ComicMix column of 2014 falls to me, and I am grateful for the opportunity to taunt the gods and goddesses of irony once more before the Cherub of the New Year arrives, gets a good look around, and shits his diaper.
Many, if not all of my friends seem to be happy that this year is coming to an end. String theory tells us that such optimism is silly, but since I’m starting 2015 with a left arm different from the one I had last January – and the anesthesia almost killed me – well, sayonara old bastard and take your scythe with you.
Now that I’ve got off my chest, when it comes to the Wonderful World Of Comic Books it’s been a pretty good year. For the incurably wealthy, we have all these Artist’s Edition books, entire stories shot from original art.
Many, if not all of my friends seem to be happy that this year is coming to an end. String theory tells us that such optimism is silly, but since I’m starting 2015 with a left arm different from the one I had last January – and the anesthesia almost killed me – well, sayonara old bastard and take your scythe with you.
Now that I’ve got off my chest, when it comes to the Wonderful World Of Comic Books it’s been a pretty good year. For the incurably wealthy, we have all these Artist’s Edition books, entire stories shot from original art.
- 12/31/2014
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Like Jurassic Park would do years later, David Cronenberg’s The Fly showed that if you tamper too much with science, your experiments can destroy you. Viewers who watched the film when it first came out nearly 20 years ago may still be haunted by its visceral visuals, and soon fans can see the movie’s storyline continue, as Idw Publishing has announced a sequel comic book series, The Fly: Outbreak.
Press Release - “San Diego, CA (December 17, 2014) – The story that began in David Cronenberg’s film update of The Fly continues here with a five-issue miniseries The Fly: Outbreak written by Brandon Seifert (Hellraiser, Witch Doctor) with painted interior and cover art by menton3 (Silent Hill, Monocyte). Issue one will hit in March and will boast variant covers by Jason Edmiston and Lukas Ketner.
Years ago, a scientist had a horrific accident when he tried to use his...
Press Release - “San Diego, CA (December 17, 2014) – The story that began in David Cronenberg’s film update of The Fly continues here with a five-issue miniseries The Fly: Outbreak written by Brandon Seifert (Hellraiser, Witch Doctor) with painted interior and cover art by menton3 (Silent Hill, Monocyte). Issue one will hit in March and will boast variant covers by Jason Edmiston and Lukas Ketner.
Years ago, a scientist had a horrific accident when he tried to use his...
- 12/17/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
It’s a bit of a puzzler why I find myself reviewing comics for kids on a website called Destroy The Brain. Not that I’m going to pretend that none of my readers have kids and would be interested in comics for kids. But the weird thing is that I don’t have kids or ever want to have kids. It’s nothing personal, kids. I’m just barely responsible enough to manage my own perpetual catastrophe (aka life) so there’s a snowball’s chance in Hell I’d be capable of doing so for another lifeform, much less want to. But! I do have two nieces and two nephews, the oldest of whom is just the right age to read comics! That said, I’m not actually sure the comics I’ve reviewing are up his alley honestly, as he’s more a superhero fan than anything.
- 11/24/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
by Mike Gold and Martha Thomases
Ed Summer, the man who opened one of America’s first comic book stores and went on to a varied and significant media career, died Thursday from cancer.
A graduate of the New York University School of the Arts (his classmates included Oliver Stone, Jonathan Kaplan and Alan Arkush), Summer opened the Supersnipe Comic Book Emporium on Manhattan’s upper east side in 1971. The store was named after the Street and Smith comic book character who owned more comic books than anybody else in the world. In the late 1970s he opened a comic art gallery, also one of the first, near his store. His friend George Lucas was an investor.
Moving on to motion pictures, Ed wrote or co-wrote Conan the Barbarian (and also was associate producer), Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck cartoons for Disney, and Shinsha (a anime take on Little Nemo...
Ed Summer, the man who opened one of America’s first comic book stores and went on to a varied and significant media career, died Thursday from cancer.
A graduate of the New York University School of the Arts (his classmates included Oliver Stone, Jonathan Kaplan and Alan Arkush), Summer opened the Supersnipe Comic Book Emporium on Manhattan’s upper east side in 1971. The store was named after the Street and Smith comic book character who owned more comic books than anybody else in the world. In the late 1970s he opened a comic art gallery, also one of the first, near his store. His friend George Lucas was an investor.
Moving on to motion pictures, Ed wrote or co-wrote Conan the Barbarian (and also was associate producer), Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck cartoons for Disney, and Shinsha (a anime take on Little Nemo...
- 11/14/2014
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
The visual form of comic books, what we as readers see splashed across the funny pages and beyond, is something very unique. It is something that has been experimented with during its infancy and is still tampered with today. One thing that made comic books so accessible to readers and the general public was a formula. The “Funny Pages” in the local newspapers, especially when the paper was the only way to read a comic, was seen as something cheap and repetitive in form. Sure, there are some that appear to be content with the four frames of content and the switch in appearance for a Sunday, but there are many special exceptions.
Take Winsor McCay for example. There are many words that can describe what McCay did to influence the comic world, but he can surely be agreed to embody the definition of genius. McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland is incredible.
Take Winsor McCay for example. There are many words that can describe what McCay did to influence the comic world, but he can surely be agreed to embody the definition of genius. McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland is incredible.
- 10/5/2014
- by Anthony Spataro
- SoundOnSight
All month long in our Gamerlinx editorial series, we’ve been talking about the best exclusives to have ever graced the Nintendo systems. While our writers have done a great job breaking some of them down, there’s simply too many to cover in one month! So instead, for our final article this month we’ve opened it up to All of our writers to briefly discuss our favorite Nintendo exclusives that we’re still playing to this day. Come check out our lists and share your own!
Each month the Cinelinx staff will write a handful of articles covering a specified gaming-related topic, similar to our Movielinx series on the film side of things. These articles will be notified by the Gamerlinx banner. Gamerlinx is an exploration and discussion of our personal connections with video games. This month, we're putting the focus solely on Nintendo's gaming consoles, and exploring...
Each month the Cinelinx staff will write a handful of articles covering a specified gaming-related topic, similar to our Movielinx series on the film side of things. These articles will be notified by the Gamerlinx banner. Gamerlinx is an exploration and discussion of our personal connections with video games. This month, we're putting the focus solely on Nintendo's gaming consoles, and exploring...
- 9/30/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Last week was moving week. It’s been a little hectic. It’s cool though, because if my plans go through the way I want them to, you’ll have more Comic Execution than you can handle in about a month. Here’s a hint: Fire & Stone.
Regardless, this week’s column is extra long to make up for last week’s absence. It’s probably not much consolation for you but hey, at least I acknowledge my failures by overcompensating?
Helraiser: Bestiary #1
Writer: Ben Meares, Mark Miller, Victor Lavalle
Artist: Conor Nolan, Colin Lorimer, Carlos Magno
Colorist: Tamra Bonvillain, Michael Garland
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Price: $4 (Digital)
This comic was kind of doomed from the start. You see, when I see the word “bestiary” my immediate association is with roleplaying games, whose massive catalogs of monsters are usually called “bestiaries” so, naturally, I was hoping against hope that Hellraiser...
Regardless, this week’s column is extra long to make up for last week’s absence. It’s probably not much consolation for you but hey, at least I acknowledge my failures by overcompensating?
Helraiser: Bestiary #1
Writer: Ben Meares, Mark Miller, Victor Lavalle
Artist: Conor Nolan, Colin Lorimer, Carlos Magno
Colorist: Tamra Bonvillain, Michael Garland
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Price: $4 (Digital)
This comic was kind of doomed from the start. You see, when I see the word “bestiary” my immediate association is with roleplaying games, whose massive catalogs of monsters are usually called “bestiaries” so, naturally, I was hoping against hope that Hellraiser...
- 8/24/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
12 Gauge Comics
Sherwood TX #2 (Of 5), $3.99
215 Ink
Enormous #3 (Cover A Mehdi Cheggour), $3.99
Enormous #3 (Cover B Sarah Delaine), $3.99
Action Lab Entertainment
Skyward #9 (Gene Ha Variant Cover), $3.99
Skyward #9 (Jeremy Dale Regular Cover), $2.99
Alternative Comics
Death In Oaxaca #1, $4.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman 20th Anniversary 2014 Full Color Showbook Special Edition, Ar
Cavewoman Fallen (One-Shot)(Cover B Rob Durham), Ar
Cavewoman Fallen (One-Shot)(Cover D Budd Root), Ar
Archie Comics
Best Of Archie Comics Volume 4 Tp, $9.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Archives Volume 23 Tp, $7.99
World Of Archie Comics Digest #42, $4.99
Avatar Press
God Is Dead The Book Of Acts Omega (Jacen Burrows Pure Art Incentive Cover), Ar
Uber Special #1 (Michael Dipascale Pure Rage Cover), $9.99
Big Finish Productions
Avengers The Lost Episodes Volume 2 Audio CD Box Set, $49.99
Doctor Who...
12 Gauge Comics
Sherwood TX #2 (Of 5), $3.99
215 Ink
Enormous #3 (Cover A Mehdi Cheggour), $3.99
Enormous #3 (Cover B Sarah Delaine), $3.99
Action Lab Entertainment
Skyward #9 (Gene Ha Variant Cover), $3.99
Skyward #9 (Jeremy Dale Regular Cover), $2.99
Alternative Comics
Death In Oaxaca #1, $4.99
Amryl Entertainment
Cavewoman 20th Anniversary 2014 Full Color Showbook Special Edition, Ar
Cavewoman Fallen (One-Shot)(Cover B Rob Durham), Ar
Cavewoman Fallen (One-Shot)(Cover D Budd Root), Ar
Archie Comics
Best Of Archie Comics Volume 4 Tp, $9.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Archives Volume 23 Tp, $7.99
World Of Archie Comics Digest #42, $4.99
Avatar Press
God Is Dead The Book Of Acts Omega (Jacen Burrows Pure Art Incentive Cover), Ar
Uber Special #1 (Michael Dipascale Pure Rage Cover), $9.99
Big Finish Productions
Avengers The Lost Episodes Volume 2 Audio CD Box Set, $49.99
Doctor Who...
- 8/18/2014
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Day 3 of Sdcc '14 marks the end of an era with "True Blood's" last panel. It's joined by fellow fangers "The Vampire Diaries," the witches of "Salem" and "Ahs: Coven," "Grimm," Sin City, "Constantine," Troma, and lots more.
Per usual, we have the horror highlights along with info on a few other panels that should be of general interest (plus a couple of things for the kids). Be sure to visit the official 2014 San Diego Comic-Con website for the full lineup.
Day 3: Saturday, July 26, 2014
10 Am - The Simpsons
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons-no gifts please-with creator Matt Groening, executive producer Al Jean, supervising director Mike Anderson, and director for life David Silverman. Topics include the new Treehouse of Horror, Simpsorama, a visit from Homer Simpson and much, much more.
Saturday July 26, 2014 10:00am - 10:45am - Ballroom 20
10 Am - Idw: Summer Blockbusters!
Idw...
Per usual, we have the horror highlights along with info on a few other panels that should be of general interest (plus a couple of things for the kids). Be sure to visit the official 2014 San Diego Comic-Con website for the full lineup.
Day 3: Saturday, July 26, 2014
10 Am - The Simpsons
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons-no gifts please-with creator Matt Groening, executive producer Al Jean, supervising director Mike Anderson, and director for life David Silverman. Topics include the new Treehouse of Horror, Simpsorama, a visit from Homer Simpson and much, much more.
Saturday July 26, 2014 10:00am - 10:45am - Ballroom 20
10 Am - Idw: Summer Blockbusters!
Idw...
- 7/13/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
From 1914 to Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes in the present, Ryan charts the evolution of animated characters in live-action film...
Feature
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and this year's Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes chart the ascendance of a new, genetically-modified species of intelligent ape. Yet behind the scenes, these films also show us the technical evolution of digital effects, and how seamlessly live-action and computer-generated characters can be blended.
Where 20th Century Fox's earlier Planet Of The Apes films, beginning in 1968, used actors and prosthetic effects to bring their talking simians to life, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes used the latest developments in performance capture to create some extraordinarily realistic characters. With its story told largely from the perspective of a genetically-modified chimpanzee named Caesar, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' success hinged on the quality of its effects...
Feature
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and this year's Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes chart the ascendance of a new, genetically-modified species of intelligent ape. Yet behind the scenes, these films also show us the technical evolution of digital effects, and how seamlessly live-action and computer-generated characters can be blended.
Where 20th Century Fox's earlier Planet Of The Apes films, beginning in 1968, used actors and prosthetic effects to bring their talking simians to life, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes used the latest developments in performance capture to create some extraordinarily realistic characters. With its story told largely from the perspective of a genetically-modified chimpanzee named Caesar, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' success hinged on the quality of its effects...
- 6/17/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Idw has announced that they will launch a Rot & Ruin comic book series this September, taking us back to the zombie-filled world of Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin novels:
“San Diego, CA (May 29, 2014) – Idw and multiple Bram Stoker award-winning author, Jonathan Maberry bring the untold stories from the zombie post-apocalyptic world of Rot & Ruin to comic books this September.
This all-new series is set in a world fifteen years after the dead have risen and vastly outnumber the survivors of the zombie-apocalypse. In the aftermath, humanity has found a way to live a marginal existence by forming fenced-in towns where everyone has a job to do in order to survive. As in the award-winning novels, the comic series will center on Benny Imura and his friends as they make their way in a world where the zombies aren’t always the greatest danger.
“The Rot & Ruin isn’t about how...
“San Diego, CA (May 29, 2014) – Idw and multiple Bram Stoker award-winning author, Jonathan Maberry bring the untold stories from the zombie post-apocalyptic world of Rot & Ruin to comic books this September.
This all-new series is set in a world fifteen years after the dead have risen and vastly outnumber the survivors of the zombie-apocalypse. In the aftermath, humanity has found a way to live a marginal existence by forming fenced-in towns where everyone has a job to do in order to survive. As in the award-winning novels, the comic series will center on Benny Imura and his friends as they make their way in a world where the zombies aren’t always the greatest danger.
“The Rot & Ruin isn’t about how...
- 5/29/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
With Godzilla and even Gamera getting all the giant monster love lately, we'd be remiss if we didn't wish a hearty Happy Birthday to one of the big screen's most incredible creatures, Gertie the Wonderful Trained Dinosaurus!
From Wikipedia: Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur.
McCay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaudeville act; the frisky, childlike Gertie did tricks at the command of her master. McCay's employer, William Randolph Hearst, later curtailed McCay's vaudeville activities so McCay added a live-action introductory sequence to the film for its theatrical release. McCay abandoned a sequel, Gertie on Tour (c. 1921), after producing about a minute of footage.
Although Gertie is popularly thought to be the earliest animated film, McCay had earlier made Little Nemo (1911) and How a Mosquito Operates...
From Wikipedia: Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur.
McCay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaudeville act; the frisky, childlike Gertie did tricks at the command of her master. McCay's employer, William Randolph Hearst, later curtailed McCay's vaudeville activities so McCay added a live-action introductory sequence to the film for its theatrical release. McCay abandoned a sequel, Gertie on Tour (c. 1921), after producing about a minute of footage.
Although Gertie is popularly thought to be the earliest animated film, McCay had earlier made Little Nemo (1911) and How a Mosquito Operates...
- 2/28/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
I didn’t read comics as a kid. At all. Ever. Then, one year, someone gave my brother a copy of The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes. I remember picking it up, idly, when I was bored, and getting hooked. The transmogrifier, the red wagon rides, the school scenes… Calvin was something I saw within myself, and something I wanted to be, and something that showed me a whole universe of possibilities waiting for me.
Dear Mr. Watterson, a documentary by Joel Allen Schroeder, plumbs the depths of the influence Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, has had on readers, comic writers, and comic book publishers. Watterson does not appear in the documentary. He is famously unfriendly to the media. Instead, Schroeder mostly uses talking head interviews with fans and industry professionals to explore what Calvin and Hobbes meant and what the man behind it had to tell us. He...
Dear Mr. Watterson, a documentary by Joel Allen Schroeder, plumbs the depths of the influence Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, has had on readers, comic writers, and comic book publishers. Watterson does not appear in the documentary. He is famously unfriendly to the media. Instead, Schroeder mostly uses talking head interviews with fans and industry professionals to explore what Calvin and Hobbes meant and what the man behind it had to tell us. He...
- 11/14/2013
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
Idw Procures the Rights to Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The original novel featured illustrations by Ralph Steadman so making it a graphic novel actually makes sense. This could be a chance to look at this classic of gonzo journalism and redeem its reputation after the 1996 film starring Johnny Depp got mixed reviews. No artist, writer, or release date has been announced, but Idw could announce more details at New York Comic Con. This book would be perfect for Warren Ellis, who basically wrote a future version of Hunter S. Thompson in his masterpiece Transmetropolitan. No matter who writes or draws it, this will be a comic, like the Fight Club sequel, that will appeal to non-comics fan and continue Idw’s tradition of having excellent literary adaptations, like Darwyn Cooke’s Eisner winning Richard Stark’s Parker comics.
J. Michael Straczynski Revives the Twilight Zone...
The original novel featured illustrations by Ralph Steadman so making it a graphic novel actually makes sense. This could be a chance to look at this classic of gonzo journalism and redeem its reputation after the 1996 film starring Johnny Depp got mixed reviews. No artist, writer, or release date has been announced, but Idw could announce more details at New York Comic Con. This book would be perfect for Warren Ellis, who basically wrote a future version of Hunter S. Thompson in his masterpiece Transmetropolitan. No matter who writes or draws it, this will be a comic, like the Fight Club sequel, that will appeal to non-comics fan and continue Idw’s tradition of having excellent literary adaptations, like Darwyn Cooke’s Eisner winning Richard Stark’s Parker comics.
J. Michael Straczynski Revives the Twilight Zone...
- 7/26/2013
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
San Diego Comic Con is the time for plugging future projects and Idw Comics is unveiling new ventures featuring iconic characters like Doctor Who and Little Nemo, as well as new series from popular creative talents such as Walter Simonson and Dave Simm.
Idw, the award-winning, San Diego based publisher of comics, graphic novels and trade paperbacks is releasing a myriad of new projects at Comic Con. First up, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, comes the Doctor Who Special, which will arrive during the final week of 2013, written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Jimmy Broxton. The plot: A strange force flings the Tardis and the Doctor into our own universe! Once here, the Doctor encounters a 10-year-old girl who happens to be a huge fan of the Doctor Who TV show. The Doctor grapples with being a fictional character as well as and a monster...
Idw, the award-winning, San Diego based publisher of comics, graphic novels and trade paperbacks is releasing a myriad of new projects at Comic Con. First up, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, comes the Doctor Who Special, which will arrive during the final week of 2013, written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Jimmy Broxton. The plot: A strange force flings the Tardis and the Doctor into our own universe! Once here, the Doctor encounters a 10-year-old girl who happens to be a huge fan of the Doctor Who TV show. The Doctor grapples with being a fictional character as well as and a monster...
- 7/20/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Like Google wasn’t going to celebrate Halloween.
In what is quickly becoming one of my favorite parts of the search engine giant, Google has released yet another Google Doodle today on its homepage, this time celebrating the spooky season.
Instead of just a picture, this Doodle – like Star Trek and others before it – is clickable and interactive. For those not afraid of a little fright, click behind each of the five doors for a little trick or treat. Make sure you have your volume turned up to really get into the spirit.
Since this is now obviously recurring, what...
In what is quickly becoming one of my favorite parts of the search engine giant, Google has released yet another Google Doodle today on its homepage, this time celebrating the spooky season.
Instead of just a picture, this Doodle – like Star Trek and others before it – is clickable and interactive. For those not afraid of a little fright, click behind each of the five doors for a little trick or treat. Make sure you have your volume turned up to really get into the spirit.
Since this is now obviously recurring, what...
- 10/31/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Art history majors, your time has come.
The popular Google Doodle feature on the Google homepage got an artsy twist today in honor of what would have been Bob Ross’ 70th birthday (The beloved painter and TV personality passed away in 1995).
Ross is best known as the creator and host of the PBS show The Joy of Painting, which ran for over a decade (1983-1994) and instructed people how to create oil paintings in easy, step-by-step instructions.
A fun added detail on Ross’ Doodle is the squirrel on his shoulder. In addition to his painting, Ross was an animal fan who often adopted wildlife creatures,...
The popular Google Doodle feature on the Google homepage got an artsy twist today in honor of what would have been Bob Ross’ 70th birthday (The beloved painter and TV personality passed away in 1995).
Ross is best known as the creator and host of the PBS show The Joy of Painting, which ran for over a decade (1983-1994) and instructed people how to create oil paintings in easy, step-by-step instructions.
A fun added detail on Ross’ Doodle is the squirrel on his shoulder. In addition to his painting, Ross was an animal fan who often adopted wildlife creatures,...
- 10/29/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
It’s Halloween season, the time of year when we watch all of those super scary movies that guarantee we sleep with the light on until Thanksgiving. But not all horror flicks have blood and guts. Some of them are right there in the kid’s section next to the Yo Gabba Gabba DVDs! Yes, the most terrifying things we have ever seen have come directly from movies we saw as little kids. No matter how many decades go by, we will never be ready for these G-rated terrors!
We’re older now and more mature, and finally able to come out from under our blankeys and stand up for ourselves. So now we’d like to say what we’ve been meaning to say to the makers of these films for years: What the f–, you guys!? We were kids for god’s sake, and we trusted you to...
We’re older now and more mature, and finally able to come out from under our blankeys and stand up for ourselves. So now we’d like to say what we’ve been meaning to say to the makers of these films for years: What the f–, you guys!? We were kids for god’s sake, and we trusted you to...
- 10/26/2012
- by Jordan Runtagh
- TheFabLife - Movies
“Call me Google.”
The search giant has released a seaworthy new Doodle today in honor of the 161st anniversary of Moby Dick’s publication. Herman Melville’s seminal novel was first published in Britain on October 18, 1851, though it didn’t exactly garner rave reviews until much later; contemporary critic Henry F. Chorley of the London Athenaeum called it an “absurd book” and named Melville among “the incorrigibles who occasionally tantalize us with indications of genius, while they constantly summon us to endure monstrosities, carelessnesses, and other such harassing manifestations of bad taste.”
But how do you really feel, Chorles?
This...
The search giant has released a seaworthy new Doodle today in honor of the 161st anniversary of Moby Dick’s publication. Herman Melville’s seminal novel was first published in Britain on October 18, 1851, though it didn’t exactly garner rave reviews until much later; contemporary critic Henry F. Chorley of the London Athenaeum called it an “absurd book” and named Melville among “the incorrigibles who occasionally tantalize us with indications of genius, while they constantly summon us to endure monstrosities, carelessnesses, and other such harassing manifestations of bad taste.”
But how do you really feel, Chorles?
This...
- 10/18/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Long before a movie about a certain cartoon clownfish hit theaters, pop culture’s most famous kid named Nemo was the protagonist of Little Nemo in Slumberland. Winsor McCay’s whimsical comic strip delighted early 20th-century newspaper readers for nine years, transcending its humble setting and influencing a generation of artists — including Maurice Sendak and Alan Moore. Though Little Nemo has inspired operas, films, and even a video game, none of its adaptations have been as celebrated as the original comic.
The strip premiered in the New York Herald on Oct. 15, 1905. In honor of its 107th birthday, Google has posted...
The strip premiered in the New York Herald on Oct. 15, 1905. In honor of its 107th birthday, Google has posted...
- 10/15/2012
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Friday schedule for Comic-Con is here! Once again, it's packed full of some awesome panels! We've got Total Recall, Looper, Elysium, Wreck-it-Ralph, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Community, The Venture Bros, Firefly, Arrow, Robot Chicken, and a ton of other great stuff! Check out the full schedule below, which doesn't disappoint. I've put *** next to the panels we are looking to cover.
We will be at Comic-Con kicking all kinds of ass, so for all your Comic-Con coverage and needs make sure to keep checking back here at Geektyrant!
If you plan on attending Comic-Con we will be having our annual meet-up on Wednesday night before the madness begins! Details for the meet-up will be revealed soon, so stay tuned!
Check out the schedule and let us know what panels you'll be hitting up!
Friday July 13th:
9:30-10:20 ComicsPRO "Fresh Start"— Your day at Comic-Con gets...
We will be at Comic-Con kicking all kinds of ass, so for all your Comic-Con coverage and needs make sure to keep checking back here at Geektyrant!
If you plan on attending Comic-Con we will be having our annual meet-up on Wednesday night before the madness begins! Details for the meet-up will be revealed soon, so stay tuned!
Check out the schedule and let us know what panels you'll be hitting up!
Friday July 13th:
9:30-10:20 ComicsPRO "Fresh Start"— Your day at Comic-Con gets...
- 6/29/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
He was a curmudgeon who didn’t have children, didn’t especially like children, and yet was probably the most noted children’s book writer and illustrator in the past fifty years, J.K. Rowling notwithstanding. He was Maurice Sendak and he died May 8th at age 83 after a stroke.
Sendak was famous for many books, especially Where The Wild Things Are, a favorite in our house. I got my Mary the full set of the McFarlane figurines and we saw and liked the movie version (many people didn’t but we did, nyah nyah).
He was infamous for books like In The Night Kitchen because its hero is a young boy named Mickey who falls out of his night clothes and runs around naked. As Lewis Black might put it, “Some people see pictures of a little boy’s wee-wee and it makes them want to cry.” It’s gotten...
Sendak was famous for many books, especially Where The Wild Things Are, a favorite in our house. I got my Mary the full set of the McFarlane figurines and we saw and liked the movie version (many people didn’t but we did, nyah nyah).
He was infamous for books like In The Night Kitchen because its hero is a young boy named Mickey who falls out of his night clothes and runs around naked. As Lewis Black might put it, “Some people see pictures of a little boy’s wee-wee and it makes them want to cry.” It’s gotten...
- 5/13/2012
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
Check out the latest trailer mashup featuring “Little Nemo” set to the trailer for the upcoming film “The Dark Knight Rises” by director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Memento) which stars Christian Bale (Batman Begins, Terminator Salvation, The 13 Women of Nanjing), Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, Get Smart, Alice in Wonderland, The Silver Linings Playbook), Tom Hardy (Inception, RocknRolla, Bronson), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Elektra Luxx, 3rd Rock from the Sun), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight, Se7en), Gary Oldman (The Professional, The Fifth Element) and Michael Caine (Cars 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Inception, Harry Brown). Click Here to check out our Top 30 photo gallery from...
- 1/23/2012
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Filed under: Recaps, TV Replay
This is it! After months of performances, it comes down to four final acts and a battle between dance and voice on 'America's Got Talent' (Tue., 9Pm Et on NBC).
And yet, neither of the dance acts are what you'd expect. One, Team iLuminate, uses light-up costumes to create mind-blowing visuals on stage, while the other, the Silhouettes, creates illusions using shadow.
Both acts have blown us away in the past, but it was tough picking a favorite in this performance finale. Silhouettes went back to their more traditional shadow play, and created a rather wonderful story about a little girl going into a dreamscape. It was like watching Little Nemo in Slumberland play out on the stage before us.
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This is it! After months of performances, it comes down to four final acts and a battle between dance and voice on 'America's Got Talent' (Tue., 9Pm Et on NBC).
And yet, neither of the dance acts are what you'd expect. One, Team iLuminate, uses light-up costumes to create mind-blowing visuals on stage, while the other, the Silhouettes, creates illusions using shadow.
Both acts have blown us away in the past, but it was tough picking a favorite in this performance finale. Silhouettes went back to their more traditional shadow play, and created a rather wonderful story about a little girl going into a dreamscape. It was like watching Little Nemo in Slumberland play out on the stage before us.
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- 9/14/2011
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
For a time, Disney was trying to sequel several of its classic properties. Bambi II fares better than earlier ones, but those expecting a great deal of new stuff for the title.s Blu-ray debut will be disappointed. Bambi reunites with his father who must now raise him upon the death of his mother. The Great Prince (voiced solidly by Patrick Stewart) has to teach Bambi (voiced by Alexander Gould who also voiced Nemo in Little Nemo) the ways of the forest. All of the favorite characters from the first film return, Thumper, Flower, and Wise Old Owl. Bambi feels that he has to prove himself to his father and this gets him into some comic adventures. He...
- 8/23/2011
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Many of us have seen, or at least have heard of, the 1989 animated film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (seen above). Based on the groundbreaking comic strip by Winsor McCay, it centers on a young boy and the wild adventures he has in his dreams. Long before its release, the film went through years of development hell and, at one point, was actually being developed by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Ultimately, Miyazaki and his team left the project and it became something very different, but a clip has now surfaced that gives us an idea of what Little Nemo in Dreamland, the Ghibli version of the film, might have been. Part Peter Pan, part E.T., part Ponyo and part Top Gun, this clip will make you wish this film existed. Check it out after the jump. Thanks to Comics Alliance [1] (via io9 [2]) for the heads up. Here's the clip...
- 8/18/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
While not as widely publicized as the Oscars, the self-serving Golden Globes or even the WGA or SAG Awards, the Annies (2011 winners here) are given out each year to honor achievements in animation.
This year, Brad Bird was given the Winsor McCay Award, which recognizes an outstanding or lifetime contribution to the art of animation – and you have admit the man has earned it. The award’s namesake was a pioneer in animation and cartooning, creator of the influential comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Gertie the Dinosaur. Past recipients include such luminaries as Walt Disney, Tex Avery, Max Fleischer and Mel Blanc.
Since Bird has his hands full with the Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, he had to accept the award in a pre-recorded video. Keep watching (around 4 minute 30 seconds mark) after the rather nifty overview of his career for Bird’s acceptance speech, which extols the virtues of live-action filmmaking,...
This year, Brad Bird was given the Winsor McCay Award, which recognizes an outstanding or lifetime contribution to the art of animation – and you have admit the man has earned it. The award’s namesake was a pioneer in animation and cartooning, creator of the influential comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Gertie the Dinosaur. Past recipients include such luminaries as Walt Disney, Tex Avery, Max Fleischer and Mel Blanc.
Since Bird has his hands full with the Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, he had to accept the award in a pre-recorded video. Keep watching (around 4 minute 30 seconds mark) after the rather nifty overview of his career for Bird’s acceptance speech, which extols the virtues of live-action filmmaking,...
- 2/8/2011
- by Anthony Vieira
- The Film Stage
"Valentine's Day" saw its fair share of haters in Twitter-Wood last month, despite the enormous number of citizens who starred in the film. Eli Roth took a stand in defense of Taylor Swift's performance, though. I should mention his next half dozen tweets about the film were fairly sarcastic. This may affect the amount of sincerity you attribute to his words.
In other tweets, Emma Roberts posted her own little valentine to Olympic snowboarder and Gold Medalist Shaun White. I think she wants him to call her. You can decide for yourself after jump where you'll find Lee Unkrich's Oscar plans for the weekend, a picture of the Limp Bizkit mug Fred Durst drinks from while play video games and very fine homemade Snooki costume. It's all in Twitter-Wood for March 5th, 2010.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@iamdiddy Me at the Mona Lisa!!!!!!!! Click here--->http://twitpic.com...
In other tweets, Emma Roberts posted her own little valentine to Olympic snowboarder and Gold Medalist Shaun White. I think she wants him to call her. You can decide for yourself after jump where you'll find Lee Unkrich's Oscar plans for the weekend, a picture of the Limp Bizkit mug Fred Durst drinks from while play video games and very fine homemade Snooki costume. It's all in Twitter-Wood for March 5th, 2010.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@iamdiddy Me at the Mona Lisa!!!!!!!! Click here--->http://twitpic.com...
- 3/5/2010
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Movies Blog
Copper
By Kazu Kibuishi
96 pages, Scholastic Graphix, $16.99
It’s often illuminating to look at a creator’s earlier works to see how they inspire and influence the later, better known works. Such is the case with Kazu Kibuishi’s Copper, now in a single volume collection from Scholastic. This webcomic, launched in 2002, was the first serious work the artist produced on a sustained basis and in his introduction; he talks about how this helped put him on a career path.
Copper is a young boy, accompanied by his dog Fred who is his best friend and constant companion. The classic duo, unlike Red & Rover, go on fantastical adventures that in reading them reminded me of Calvin & Hobbes mixed with Little Nemo’s inventive page design. I was pleased to see that Kibuishi cites both in a recent Newsarama interview. There are few recurring characters beyond these two, other than the girl in the bubble,...
By Kazu Kibuishi
96 pages, Scholastic Graphix, $16.99
It’s often illuminating to look at a creator’s earlier works to see how they inspire and influence the later, better known works. Such is the case with Kazu Kibuishi’s Copper, now in a single volume collection from Scholastic. This webcomic, launched in 2002, was the first serious work the artist produced on a sustained basis and in his introduction; he talks about how this helped put him on a career path.
Copper is a young boy, accompanied by his dog Fred who is his best friend and constant companion. The classic duo, unlike Red & Rover, go on fantastical adventures that in reading them reminded me of Calvin & Hobbes mixed with Little Nemo’s inventive page design. I was pleased to see that Kibuishi cites both in a recent Newsarama interview. There are few recurring characters beyond these two, other than the girl in the bubble,...
- 1/27/2010
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Michael Jackson's 1983 video "Thriller" is among the 25 motion pictures that have been selected this year for preservation by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.
The Hollywood Reporter tells us:
Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, to be preserved for all time. These films are not selected as the "best" American films of all time; rather, they are chosen as works of enduring importance to American culture.
So now, "Thriller" is one of the 525 films since the Registry's inception to be preserved and honored as a significant element of our history.
Here's the complete list of 2009 selections:
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Exiles (1961)
Heroes All (1920)
Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Jezebel (1938)
The Jungle (1967)
The Lead Shoes (1949)
Little Nemo (1911)
Mabel's Blunder (1914)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Muppet Movie...
The Hollywood Reporter tells us:
Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, to be preserved for all time. These films are not selected as the "best" American films of all time; rather, they are chosen as works of enduring importance to American culture.
So now, "Thriller" is one of the 525 films since the Registry's inception to be preserved and honored as a significant element of our history.
Here's the complete list of 2009 selections:
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Exiles (1961)
Heroes All (1920)
Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Jezebel (1938)
The Jungle (1967)
The Lead Shoes (1949)
Little Nemo (1911)
Mabel's Blunder (1914)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Muppet Movie...
- 12/31/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Every year, the Us National Film Registry choose to preserve 25 movies and shorts in the Library of Congress. And this year? The likes of Thriller, Dog Day Afternoon and The Muppet Movie have made the list.The choices are decided by Librarian of Congress James H Billington and, as usual, they're an eclectic bunch. Among the titles are are 1957's The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1911 silent release Little Nemo and 1968's Sergio Leone classic Once Upon A Time In The West. But yes, this year, Michael Jackson's Thriller and the cinematic debut of Kermit and co have also been deemed worthy of inclusion. And why not?"Established by Congress in 1989, the National Film Registry spotlights the importance of protecting America's matchless film heritage and cinematic creativity," Billington said in a statement. "By preserving the nation's films, we safeguard a significant element of our cultural patrimony and history." You can find...
- 12/30/2009
- EmpireOnline
The classic music video/short film for Michael Jackson’s Thriller (directed by John Landis) was among 25 films selected Wednesday to be forever preserved by the Library of Congress. Every December, films that have attained a certain level of historical importance are selected to be entered into the National Film Registry, and the list of this year’s inductees offers a few classics, something never done before, and even the Muppets.
Here’s the list:
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Exiles (1961) Heroes All (1920) Hot Dogs For Gauguin (1972) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Jezebel (1938) The Jungle (1967) The Lead Shoes (1949) Little Nemo (1911) Mabel’S Blunder (1914) The Mark Of Zorro (1940) Mrs. Miniver (1942) The Muppet Movie (1979) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) Pillow Talk (1959) Precious Images (1986) Quasi At The Quackadero (1975) The Red Book (1994) The Revenge Of Pancho Villa (1930-36) Scratch And Crow (1995) Stark Love (1927) The Story Of G.I. Joe (1945) A Study In Reds (1932) Thriller (1983) Under Western Stars...
Here’s the list:
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Exiles (1961) Heroes All (1920) Hot Dogs For Gauguin (1972) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Jezebel (1938) The Jungle (1967) The Lead Shoes (1949) Little Nemo (1911) Mabel’S Blunder (1914) The Mark Of Zorro (1940) Mrs. Miniver (1942) The Muppet Movie (1979) Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) Pillow Talk (1959) Precious Images (1986) Quasi At The Quackadero (1975) The Red Book (1994) The Revenge Of Pancho Villa (1930-36) Scratch And Crow (1995) Stark Love (1927) The Story Of G.I. Joe (1945) A Study In Reds (1932) Thriller (1983) Under Western Stars...
- 12/30/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Jackson, the Muppets and "Attica! Attica!" have earned a place in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
The library announced its annual 25 additions to the registry on Wednesday (Dec. 30), and as usual they're a mix of well-known feature films -- "The Muppet Movie," "Dog Day Afternoon" (featuring Al Pacino's famous "Attica! Attica" rant), "Pillow Talk" -- pieces of early cinematic history and experimental and short films.
For the first time since the registry was founded, the list also includes a music video: Michael Jackson's "Thriller," which, in the registry's words, "revolutionized the music industry with this lavish and expensive production."
The National Film Registry's goal is not to crate a best-of list but rather to preserve movies that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and stand as "works of enduring importance to American culture."
Following is this year's list of additions to the registry. More detailed...
The library announced its annual 25 additions to the registry on Wednesday (Dec. 30), and as usual they're a mix of well-known feature films -- "The Muppet Movie," "Dog Day Afternoon" (featuring Al Pacino's famous "Attica! Attica" rant), "Pillow Talk" -- pieces of early cinematic history and experimental and short films.
For the first time since the registry was founded, the list also includes a music video: Michael Jackson's "Thriller," which, in the registry's words, "revolutionized the music industry with this lavish and expensive production."
The National Film Registry's goal is not to crate a best-of list but rather to preserve movies that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and stand as "works of enduring importance to American culture."
Following is this year's list of additions to the registry. More detailed...
- 12/30/2009
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Library of Congress’ National Film Registry I assume has some sort of vault that will hold up under nuclear blast and global warming to preserve the most important films for future generations. Because an infinite number of DVD double-dips won’t suffice.
In all seriousness, though — an entry into the Registry means that your film has significance of some sort, whether it be historic, aesthetic or cultural. This year, the number of films in the registry has been hiked from 500 to 525.
New to the list this year:
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Michael Jackson/John Landis’ Thriller music video
• Hot Dogs for Gaugin (?)
• The Muppet Movie
• Once Upon a Time In the West (how was this not entered already?)
• Pillow Talk
• The Exiles
• Quasi at the Quackadero
• Precious Images
• The Red Book
• Little Nemo
• Mabel’s Blunder
• Scratch and Crow
• Jezebel
• The Incredible Shrinking Man
• Mrs. Miniver
• Heroes All
• The Story of G.I. Joe...
In all seriousness, though — an entry into the Registry means that your film has significance of some sort, whether it be historic, aesthetic or cultural. This year, the number of films in the registry has been hiked from 500 to 525.
New to the list this year:
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Michael Jackson/John Landis’ Thriller music video
• Hot Dogs for Gaugin (?)
• The Muppet Movie
• Once Upon a Time In the West (how was this not entered already?)
• Pillow Talk
• The Exiles
• Quasi at the Quackadero
• Precious Images
• The Red Book
• Little Nemo
• Mabel’s Blunder
• Scratch and Crow
• Jezebel
• The Incredible Shrinking Man
• Mrs. Miniver
• Heroes All
• The Story of G.I. Joe...
- 12/30/2009
- by John Cooper
- ReelLoop.com
Every year for the last 20 years, 25 motion pictures have been selected for archiving in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. Here's the full of list of this year's films, while after the break I will embed full video for some of the shorts. Dog Day Afternoon, Dir. Sidney Lumet (1975) The Exiles, Dir. Kent MacKenzie (1961) Heroes All, Dir. Anthony Young (1920) Hot Dogs for Gauguin, Dir. Martin Brest (1972) The Incredible Shrinking Man, Dir. Jack Arnold (1957) Jezebel, Dir. William Wyler (1938) The Jungle, Dir. Charlie "Brown" Davis, Jimmy "Country" Robinson, David "Bat" Williams (1967) The Lead Shoes, Dir. Sidney Peterson (1949) Little Nemo, Dir. Winsor McCay (1911) Mabel's Blunder, Dir. Mabel Normand (1914) The Mark of Zorro, Dir. Rouben Mamoulian (1940) Mrs. Miniver, Dir. William Wyler (1942) The Muppet Movie, Dir. James Frawley (1979) Once Upon a Time in the West, Dir. Sergio Leone (1968) Pillow Talk, Dir. Michael Gordon (1959) Precious Images, Dir. Chuck Workman (1986) Quasi at the Quackadero, ...
- 12/30/2009
- by Brendon Connelly
- Slash Film
The selections for this year's additions to the National Film Registry include some Muppets, a Sergio Leone classic, dancing zombies, and a Doris Day rom-com. In short, not a bad slice of U.S. film history.
Under the National Film Preservation Act, the Library of Congress chooses 25 films each year to add to the registry, picking titles that they consider "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant. The movies aren't preserved because they're the "best," but rather because of their cultural importance. This year's selections bring the number of films in the collection to 525.
The 2009 entries include 1979's The Muppet Movie, Sidney Lumet's Oscar-winning Dog Day Afternoon, 1957's The Incredible Shrinking Man, the William Wyler-directed Mrs. Miniver, and the Doris Day-Rock Hudson classic Pillow Talk. Also on the list are the animated 1911 adaptation of Windsor McKay's Little Nemo, and Mabel Normand's silent Mabel's Blunder, which the actress wrote and directed,...
Under the National Film Preservation Act, the Library of Congress chooses 25 films each year to add to the registry, picking titles that they consider "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant. The movies aren't preserved because they're the "best," but rather because of their cultural importance. This year's selections bring the number of films in the collection to 525.
The 2009 entries include 1979's The Muppet Movie, Sidney Lumet's Oscar-winning Dog Day Afternoon, 1957's The Incredible Shrinking Man, the William Wyler-directed Mrs. Miniver, and the Doris Day-Rock Hudson classic Pillow Talk. Also on the list are the animated 1911 adaptation of Windsor McKay's Little Nemo, and Mabel Normand's silent Mabel's Blunder, which the actress wrote and directed,...
- 12/30/2009
- by Dawn Taylor
- Cinematical
Iconic clip is the first music video to be inducted into the Library of Congress.
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson in his "Thriller" music video
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images
Since his death on June 25, 2009, late pop icon Michael Jackson has been showered with accolades and honors for his 40-plus-year musical career. But on Wednesday (December 30), one of Jackson's most enduring legacies, the pioneering 1983 dancing-ghoul-filled video for "Thriller," was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
The Associated Press reported that the 14-minute mini-movie that revolutionized music videos and cemented Jackson's status as one of the most ambitious, innovative pop stars of all time, was one of 25 films that were inducted into the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.
The iconic video, directed by John Landis ("Animal House," "The Blues Brothers"), is the first music video named to the registry. It earned...
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson in his "Thriller" music video
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images
Since his death on June 25, 2009, late pop icon Michael Jackson has been showered with accolades and honors for his 40-plus-year musical career. But on Wednesday (December 30), one of Jackson's most enduring legacies, the pioneering 1983 dancing-ghoul-filled video for "Thriller," was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
The Associated Press reported that the 14-minute mini-movie that revolutionized music videos and cemented Jackson's status as one of the most ambitious, innovative pop stars of all time, was one of 25 films that were inducted into the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.
The iconic video, directed by John Landis ("Animal House," "The Blues Brothers"), is the first music video named to the registry. It earned...
- 12/30/2009
- MTV Music News
Michael Jackson has made it into the National Film Registry.
The late performer's 1983 video "Thriller" is among the 25 motion pictures that have been selected this year for preservation by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.
The list of films, announced Wednesday, ranged from the 1911 silent film "Little Nemo," which mixed animation with live action, to 1995's "Scratch and Crow," an animated short film made by Helen Hill.
The films named to the 2009 National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress include the 1957 sci-fi classic "The Incredible Shrinking Man," as well as the Muppets' movie debut in 1979's "The Muppet Movie."
This year's selections bring the number of films in the registry to 525.
Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant,...
The late performer's 1983 video "Thriller" is among the 25 motion pictures that have been selected this year for preservation by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.
The list of films, announced Wednesday, ranged from the 1911 silent film "Little Nemo," which mixed animation with live action, to 1995's "Scratch and Crow," an animated short film made by Helen Hill.
The films named to the 2009 National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress include the 1957 sci-fi classic "The Incredible Shrinking Man," as well as the Muppets' movie debut in 1979's "The Muppet Movie."
This year's selections bring the number of films in the registry to 525.
Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant,...
- 12/30/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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