Special programmes include three horror masters and representation of women in sci-fi films.
Asia’s largest genre film festival, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), has unveiled the line-up for its 22nd edition, which will open with the world premiere of much-anticipated Korean animation Underdogand close with Indian film Secret Superstar.
Underdogis co-directed by Oh Sung-yoon and Lee Choon-baek, who worked together on local hit animation Leafie, A Hen Into The Wild– Oh as director and Lee as head of animation.
K-pop group Exo member Doh Kyung-soo and Park So-dam are part of the voiceover cast for the adventure...
Asia’s largest genre film festival, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), has unveiled the line-up for its 22nd edition, which will open with the world premiere of much-anticipated Korean animation Underdogand close with Indian film Secret Superstar.
Underdogis co-directed by Oh Sung-yoon and Lee Choon-baek, who worked together on local hit animation Leafie, A Hen Into The Wild– Oh as director and Lee as head of animation.
K-pop group Exo member Doh Kyung-soo and Park So-dam are part of the voiceover cast for the adventure...
- 6/7/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Amazon is bulking up its European television services with a number of new originals in France and Germany as well as a major acquisition of U.S. legal drama The Good Fight. The Svod service has ordered German crime drama Beat, set in Berlin's music scene. The show, which stars Berlin Station's Jannis Niewohner, is produced by Hellinger/Doll Filmproduktion, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany and Pantaleon Films. It tells the story of a human organ trafficking ring in…...
- 2/14/2018
- Deadline TV
A Dutch photographer (played by David Verbeek himself — also a talented photographer in real life) takes a picture of a girl in a parking lot in nighttime Taipei as she plays with her kite. The photo transports us into her life. She is eight years old and is about to lose her best friend, a boy from a wealthy family who is moving to America.
David Verbeek’s film Full Contact showed at the Toronto Internaitonal Film Festival in 2015. A graduate in Directing from Amsterdam’s Film Academy, in 2005, during his second year there, he directed the feature film Beat with a budget of only 500 euros. It was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, as well being released on DVD and nationwide in theaters. The following year, he was asked to direct a television film for the Vpro, resulting in the critically acclaimed Yu-Lan.
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David Verbeek’s film Full Contact showed at the Toronto Internaitonal Film Festival in 2015. A graduate in Directing from Amsterdam’s Film Academy, in 2005, during his second year there, he directed the feature film Beat with a budget of only 500 euros. It was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, as well being released on DVD and nationwide in theaters. The following year, he was asked to direct a television film for the Vpro, resulting in the critically acclaimed Yu-Lan.
A photo of China by...
- 2/4/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Mubi is hosting the exclusive global premiere of Gary Walkow's Radio Mary (2017), which will be showing November 28 - December 28, 2017.Gary Walkow’s filmmaking career has a peculiar shape. For a while he looked like a low-key American indie success story waiting for his breakthrough. His first feature The Trouble With Dick shared the Grand Prize at the 1987 Us Film Festival, which was renamed to Sundance a few years later. Notes From Underground (1995), a modern-day Dostoyevsky adaptation, premiered at Toronto and got good reviews and a modest bit of distribution; but Beat (2000), with Kiefer Sutherland and Courtney Love as Bill and Joan Burroughs, had a rocky reception at Sundance and seemed to mark the end of Indiewood’s flirtation with Walkow. After a hiatus that included an unfinished film, Walkow’s career began a second, more clandestine phase with Crashing (2007), a very low-budget comedy that eventually received DVD distribution, boosted...
- 11/28/2017
- MUBI
2017-09-28T06:59:03-07:00Can Tom Cruise Beat 'Kingsman'?
There was a time when, if you were a movie, the last thing you wanted to do was go up against Tom Cruise at the box office. That time was long ago, however, and Cruise is far from a reliable box-office draw these days. This summer's The Mummy was a colossal flop domestically, and last year's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back did even worse. That's why Cruise's new movie, American Made, is unlikely to best the modestly successful Kingsman: The Golden Circle in its second weekend of release. It's not out of the question, actually, that Cruise could even lose out to a remake of the 1980 thriller Flatliners.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Tom Cruise could have trouble grounding a group of cheeky spies at the box office this weekend.
American Made, starring Cruise as a real-life pilot who...
There was a time when, if you were a movie, the last thing you wanted to do was go up against Tom Cruise at the box office. That time was long ago, however, and Cruise is far from a reliable box-office draw these days. This summer's The Mummy was a colossal flop domestically, and last year's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back did even worse. That's why Cruise's new movie, American Made, is unlikely to best the modestly successful Kingsman: The Golden Circle in its second weekend of release. It's not out of the question, actually, that Cruise could even lose out to a remake of the 1980 thriller Flatliners.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Tom Cruise could have trouble grounding a group of cheeky spies at the box office this weekend.
American Made, starring Cruise as a real-life pilot who...
- 9/28/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
A funny thing happened on Daryl, Abraham and Sasha’s way back to Alexandria in this week’s episode of The Walking Dead. And — imagine that! — a whole lotta horrific and unfunny things happened, too. For instance? Read on…
Pleased To Beat You | After being shot at by a group that was pretty clearly supposed to be the infamous Negan’s Saviors, Abraham and Sasha got separated from Daryl, who, after eluding his pursuers, was taken hostage by a guy and two sisters. Mind you, the trio weren’t Saviors, they were on the run from the Saviors and, mistaking...
Pleased To Beat You | After being shot at by a group that was pretty clearly supposed to be the infamous Negan’s Saviors, Abraham and Sasha got separated from Daryl, who, after eluding his pursuers, was taken hostage by a guy and two sisters. Mind you, the trio weren’t Saviors, they were on the run from the Saviors and, mistaking...
- 11/16/2015
- TVLine.com
Beat-Up Little Seagull
Michelle Pfeiffer will star opposite Kiefer Sutherland in "Mother of George" helmer Andrew Dosunmu's indie drama "Beat-Up Little Seagull" for Killer Films and Great Point Media. Christine Vachon is producing and shooting begins on Monday in New York.
Darci Picoult's script follows a sensitive and fragile woman (Pfeiffer) who struggles to find footing in a fast-paced world. When her mother dies, she faces a crisis in which she must find a means for survival, all the while hiding her struggles from her new lover (Sutherland). [Source: THR]
Untitled Sci-Fi Project
Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") will join Robert Pattinson ("Twilight") and Mia Goth ("The Survivalist") in the cast of "White Material" and "Beau Travail" director Claire Denis' anticipated untitled sci-fi project which marks her English-language debut.
Nick Laird and UK novelist Zadie Smith penned the script which follows a group of skilled criminals who, in a bid to escape their long sentences,...
Michelle Pfeiffer will star opposite Kiefer Sutherland in "Mother of George" helmer Andrew Dosunmu's indie drama "Beat-Up Little Seagull" for Killer Films and Great Point Media. Christine Vachon is producing and shooting begins on Monday in New York.
Darci Picoult's script follows a sensitive and fragile woman (Pfeiffer) who struggles to find footing in a fast-paced world. When her mother dies, she faces a crisis in which she must find a means for survival, all the while hiding her struggles from her new lover (Sutherland). [Source: THR]
Untitled Sci-Fi Project
Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") will join Robert Pattinson ("Twilight") and Mia Goth ("The Survivalist") in the cast of "White Material" and "Beau Travail" director Claire Denis' anticipated untitled sci-fi project which marks her English-language debut.
Nick Laird and UK novelist Zadie Smith penned the script which follows a group of skilled criminals who, in a bid to escape their long sentences,...
- 10/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Michelle Pfeiffer is taking an indie turn. The actress, who has worked almost exclusively in studio films throughout her career, will star opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the drama Beat-Up Little Seagull for Killer Films and financier Great Point Media. Mother of George helmer Andrew Dosunmu is directing from a screenplay written by Darci Picoult. Beat-Up Little Seagull follows the life of a sensitive and fragile woman (Pfeiffer) who struggles to find footing in a fast-paced world. When her mother dies, she faces a crisis in which she must find a means for survival, all the while hiding her struggles
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- 10/26/2015
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Don't get me wrong: Taylor Swift's performance of "Blank Space" was good. But Lorde stole the show. The Kiwi singer performed her "Hunger Games: Mockingjay" song "Yellow Flicker Beat" for the first time at tonight's ceremony, thrilling us all with her on-stage flailing and hair-flipping wonderment. Truly, it was a standout, show-stopping moment. That Courtney Love-esque lipstick smear at the end was pure magic. Watch it below. You are hers now. Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat (Live at American... by uploaderdisney...
- 11/24/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
According to a new report from TV Line, the "Sons Of Anarchy" season 7 folks have hired rocker chick, Courtney Love (left), to come on and portray a new preschool teacher, named Ms. Harrison, and she is set to do a multi-episode arc. Her first appearance is scheduled to take place in the 4th episode. Ms. Harrison, is described as being a straight-shooting preschool teacher of Jax’s eldest son, Abel. She will take a special interest in Abel, which will likely spark an interesting reaction from the boy’s mother, Wendy (newly-minted series regular Drea de Matteo). Courtney Love's acting credits include roles in 1996?s The People vs. Larry Flynt, the Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon ,and the Kiefer Sutherland drama Beat. Season 7 is due to premiere this Fall 2014.
- 7/9/2014
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Sons of Anarchy‘s final season promises to be one big Love-fest!
The FX drama has tapped rocker Courtney Love to join Season 7 in a pivotal, multi-episode arc, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Photos | New Year’s Deathwatch: 24 TV Characters We Suspect Won’t Make It Out of 2014 Alive
In what marks her dramatic TV acting debut, Love will play Ms. Harrison, the straight-shooting preschool teacher of Jax’s eldest son, Abel. Look for Love’s educator to take a special interest in Abel — which will likely spark an interesting reaction from the boy’s mother Wendy (newly-minted series regular Drea de Matteo).
Love,...
The FX drama has tapped rocker Courtney Love to join Season 7 in a pivotal, multi-episode arc, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Photos | New Year’s Deathwatch: 24 TV Characters We Suspect Won’t Make It Out of 2014 Alive
In what marks her dramatic TV acting debut, Love will play Ms. Harrison, the straight-shooting preschool teacher of Jax’s eldest son, Abel. Look for Love’s educator to take a special interest in Abel — which will likely spark an interesting reaction from the boy’s mother Wendy (newly-minted series regular Drea de Matteo).
Love,...
- 7/8/2014
- TVLine.com
Today is the centennial of the infamous Beat era writer William S Burroughs and I've been thinking about him lately due to Philip Seymour Hoffman's death via heroin (why is it that I always start stringing the celebrity junkies together when they die? Is it because there are so damn tragic many of them?) but mostly because I was really gripped by Ben Foster's portrayal of him in Kill Your Darlings, a problematic movie about guys that weren't nearly as palatable in real life (despite the movie being about murder) that had a great moment here and there. Of course the movie wasn't really about Burroughs but about Lucien Carr's (Dane Dehaan) murder of his lover (Michael C Hall). From time to time I have wondered why we've had no straight up biopic about Burroughs (Keifer Sutherland is the only other actor I can think of that's played...
- 2/5/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
It's been awhile since last we had a good horror/sci-fi hybrid flick, but given what we're hearing about the upcoming Animus, that could be exactly what's on the agenda. Read on for the first details and possible casting news.
According to Movie Hole, Rufus Sewell (pictured) is being courted for science-fiction/horror flick Animus.
The Thomas Konkle-written script fixes on space-journeying scientists who, on the way back from investigating some far-off moons, are hit by micrometeorites.
One of the scientists is infected, and it’s not long before another side of him comes out – threatening the family– killing the men, while dominating and impregnating the women. It’s up to the rest of the guys on the ship to kill the infected man – and thus, the monster within – before the evolved contagion makes it to Earth.
Commercials director Konkle is also directing. More as we get it!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
According to Movie Hole, Rufus Sewell (pictured) is being courted for science-fiction/horror flick Animus.
The Thomas Konkle-written script fixes on space-journeying scientists who, on the way back from investigating some far-off moons, are hit by micrometeorites.
One of the scientists is infected, and it’s not long before another side of him comes out – threatening the family– killing the men, while dominating and impregnating the women. It’s up to the rest of the guys on the ship to kill the infected man – and thus, the monster within – before the evolved contagion makes it to Earth.
Commercials director Konkle is also directing. More as we get it!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 1/20/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Blumhouse has found a kid to turn all demonically killer for their new terror tale Incarnate as the child actor from Fox's horrendous show "Touch," David Mazouz, is set to do a lot more than just count things with Kiefer Sutherland.
Deadline reports that Mazouz has booked a lead role in director Brad Peyton’s thriller Incarnate to play a boy found by an unconventional exorcist (Aaron Eckhart) who is possessed by a demon from the man’s past.
Catalina Sandino Moreno also stars. The movie begins production this month in Los Angeles.
The plot focuses on an unconventional exorcist who can tap into the subconscious of the possessed; he meets his match when a 9-year-old boy is possessed by a demon from his past.
Blumhouse and Im Global co-finance the film. Jason Blum is producing, and Couper Samuelson is exec producing with Michael Seitzman and Trevor Engelson.
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Deadline reports that Mazouz has booked a lead role in director Brad Peyton’s thriller Incarnate to play a boy found by an unconventional exorcist (Aaron Eckhart) who is possessed by a demon from the man’s past.
Catalina Sandino Moreno also stars. The movie begins production this month in Los Angeles.
The plot focuses on an unconventional exorcist who can tap into the subconscious of the possessed; he meets his match when a 9-year-old boy is possessed by a demon from his past.
Blumhouse and Im Global co-finance the film. Jason Blum is producing, and Couper Samuelson is exec producing with Michael Seitzman and Trevor Engelson.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 11/8/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The 57th BFI London Film Festival line-up has officially been revealed, and it is led by a slew of incredibly promising films, many of which have already been buzzing on the festival circuit, and a number of which will be making their debuts here in London.
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
As previously announced, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips will open the festival next month, and John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks will close it, book-ending the festival with Tom Hanks leading two highly prominent, Oscar-primed movies.
Stephen Frears’ Philomena was also previously announced as the Lff American Express Gala, with The Epic of Everest announced as the Lff Archive Gala.
And leading the line-up alongside them this year will be some of the most Oscar-buzzed movies of 2013, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (in 3D), Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem,...
- 9/4/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The writer and king of London psychogeography is curating a season of 70 classic and unusual films throughout his 70th birthday year, presented in cinemas and quirky venues across the capital. Here he explains the project's genesis
Approaching a birthday I had no particular desire to record or commemorate, I was seduced by an enticing offer: the opportunity to nominate 70 films, one for each year survived. The man floating this folly across the table of the Little Georgia restaurant on Hackney's Goldsmith's Row was Paul Smith, underground impresario and secret magus of King Mob, Blast First, Disobey, and other shortlived but potent cultural manifestations. We had some previous, through a series of spoken-word CDs involving Ken Kesey, Charles Bukowski, the Black Panthers, Stewart Home. The CDs existed and I had copies to prove it, but they never really made the transit from warehouse to retail counter. I had performed, under Paul's promotion,...
Approaching a birthday I had no particular desire to record or commemorate, I was seduced by an enticing offer: the opportunity to nominate 70 films, one for each year survived. The man floating this folly across the table of the Little Georgia restaurant on Hackney's Goldsmith's Row was Paul Smith, underground impresario and secret magus of King Mob, Blast First, Disobey, and other shortlived but potent cultural manifestations. We had some previous, through a series of spoken-word CDs involving Ken Kesey, Charles Bukowski, the Black Panthers, Stewart Home. The CDs existed and I had copies to prove it, but they never really made the transit from warehouse to retail counter. I had performed, under Paul's promotion,...
- 7/16/2013
- by Iain Sinclair
- The Guardian - Film News
Packed buses and taxis have been jetting industry and cinephiles about snowy Park City in hopes of making it to a program of shows that even before the festival were all sold almost to capacity. If you’re willing to wait two to three hours in the freezing cold, you might just be able to slip in. Many press and showbiz types have found themselves shut out of highly important screenings they were supposed to attend because they weren’t aware of the protocols for waiting. This makes actually getting into a movie all the more sweet.
The Crystal Fairy
The first showing of Crystal Fairy with Michael Cera by was greeted enthusiastically. The audience seemed up for anything The Crystal Fairy had in store for them. There was an audible gasp and laughter when Gaby Hoffman’s unshaved armpits appeared onscreen. It appeared to be the consensus that there...
The Crystal Fairy
The first showing of Crystal Fairy with Michael Cera by was greeted enthusiastically. The audience seemed up for anything The Crystal Fairy had in store for them. There was an audible gasp and laughter when Gaby Hoffman’s unshaved armpits appeared onscreen. It appeared to be the consensus that there...
- 1/20/2013
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 17-27 and today the fest unveiled their competition slates including film in the Dramatic, Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, Word Cinema Documentary and Next competitions. As always, these lineups are incredibly hard to predict, but amid this group there are a few interesting titles. The Dramatic competition includes Jill Soloway's Afternoon Delight, a dark comedy starring Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor and Jane Lynch that centers on a L.A. housewife who hires a stripper as a live-in nanny. I had not heard of David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints, but a cast that includes Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker and Keith Carradine is immediately appealing, while the plot compares itself to Terrence Malick's Badlands and Bonnie & Clyde telling a story of Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, two young outlaws who are brought down by the authorities in the hills of Texas.
- 11/28/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Daniel Radcliffe in a murder story involving the icons of the Beat Generation. Keri Russell in comedy about a woman obsessed with Jane Austen. Kristen Bell as a lifeguard in a dangerous relationship.
These are among the films making their debut in the competition category at the Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 17-27 in Park City, Utah.
Other announcements — such as those for the Midnight Movie and Premiere sections — will come in the days ahead, but first the festival likes to highlight those films that will be competing for the jury prizes this year.
As for trends, this year...
These are among the films making their debut in the competition category at the Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 17-27 in Park City, Utah.
Other announcements — such as those for the Midnight Movie and Premiere sections — will come in the days ahead, but first the festival likes to highlight those films that will be competing for the jury prizes this year.
As for trends, this year...
- 11/28/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
… and still is a mystery.
In Sunday’s Stephen Moyer-directed True Blood, Claude and what looked like a fairy girl group took the Stackhouses to the site of their folks’ murder so that ol’ jazz hands could sync up with her mom’s memory and see the face of her attacker. But, though the clairvoyant waitress did manage to flash back and observe what transpired from her mom’s Pov – and surprisingly from the blood-sucker’s as well – we still couldn’t be sure whodunit. (Kinda looked like Russell, though, didn’t it?) Among the other goings-on in the...
In Sunday’s Stephen Moyer-directed True Blood, Claude and what looked like a fairy girl group took the Stackhouses to the site of their folks’ murder so that ol’ jazz hands could sync up with her mom’s memory and see the face of her attacker. But, though the clairvoyant waitress did manage to flash back and observe what transpired from her mom’s Pov – and surprisingly from the blood-sucker’s as well – we still couldn’t be sure whodunit. (Kinda looked like Russell, though, didn’t it?) Among the other goings-on in the...
- 7/30/2012
- by Andy Patrick
- TVLine.com
Joining the likes of James Franco, David Cross, Ron Livingston and John Turturro, who've all previously grown their hair into shaggy curls and put on thick, tortoise-shell glasses to portray Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Daniel Radcliffe has ditched the Potter specs and looks positively transformed in images from the upcoming drama Kill Your Darlings.
Radcliffe stepped in for Jesse Eisenberg in November and stars as Ginsberg alongside Chronicle stand-out Dane DeHaan as Lucien Carr, the brilliant but self-destructive Beat member who would eventually kill David Kammerer, an older man who was infatuated with Carr.
Check out new pics from Kill Your Darlings after the jump and leave your thoughts in the comments.
Radcliffe stepped in for Jesse Eisenberg in November and stars as Ginsberg alongside Chronicle stand-out Dane DeHaan as Lucien Carr, the brilliant but self-destructive Beat member who would eventually kill David Kammerer, an older man who was infatuated with Carr.
Check out new pics from Kill Your Darlings after the jump and leave your thoughts in the comments.
- 3/20/2012
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
Joining the likes of James Franco, David Cross, Ron Livingston and John Turturro, who've all previously grown their hair into shaggy curls and put on thick, tortoise-shell glasses to portray Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Daniel Radcliffe has ditched the Potter specs and looks positively transformed in images from the upcoming drama Kill Your Darlings.
Check out Radcliffe as Ginsberg after the jump and leave your thoughts in the comments.
Check out Radcliffe as Ginsberg after the jump and leave your thoughts in the comments.
- 3/20/2012
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
20. Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll's movie career is both the archetype and warning for every single performer on this list. "Love Me Tender," Presley's first of 33 films, made him a even bigger star than he was when it was released in 1956. But through the 1960s, the singer -- more specifically his manager Colonel Tom Parker -- favored quantity over quality, releasing a slew of critically panned films that watered down his once unshakeable sound. The worldwide celebrity continued yet the results were now unpredictable.
19. Janet Jackson
A perennial television star in the 1970s and '80s -- remember Willis' girlfriend Charlene from "Diff'rent Strokes?" -- Jackson made the transition to film in 1993 in John Singleton's "Poetic Justice," a romantic road trip film featuring Tupac Shakur. Singleton's follow-up to "Boyz n the Hood" was a surprise hit, though Jackson chose to focus primarily on her music through the next decade.
The King of Rock and Roll's movie career is both the archetype and warning for every single performer on this list. "Love Me Tender," Presley's first of 33 films, made him a even bigger star than he was when it was released in 1956. But through the 1960s, the singer -- more specifically his manager Colonel Tom Parker -- favored quantity over quality, releasing a slew of critically panned films that watered down his once unshakeable sound. The worldwide celebrity continued yet the results were now unpredictable.
19. Janet Jackson
A perennial television star in the 1970s and '80s -- remember Willis' girlfriend Charlene from "Diff'rent Strokes?" -- Jackson made the transition to film in 1993 in John Singleton's "Poetic Justice," a romantic road trip film featuring Tupac Shakur. Singleton's follow-up to "Boyz n the Hood" was a surprise hit, though Jackson chose to focus primarily on her music through the next decade.
- 8/24/2011
- by Jason Newman
- NextMovie
Jay Leno hosts Taylor Swift and Dwayne Johnson tonight. Johnson talks about Charlie Sheen and Taylor Swift talks about her lucky omen. Fitz and the Tantrums perform. Jay Leno.S Monologue Highlights Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Congratulations To Uconn; They Beat Butler 53 To 41, To Win The Ncaa Championship. 53 To 41? What Happened To Butler? I Think Snooki Put Up A Better Fight At Wrestlemania. I Tell You, There Were A Lot Of Opportunities For Gambling This Weekend . You Could Gamble On Basketball, Gamble On Baseball, Gamble On Flying Southwest Airlines. As I.M Sure You Know; A Southwest Flight From Sacramento To Phoenix Had To Make An Emergency Landing When A Hole Tore Open On The Top Of...
- 4/6/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Okay, so it may be a little early to talk about the best films of next year. But based on the number of high-profile auteurs with new works on the horizon, 2011 looks like it will be a banner annum for art cinema. While Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" is already trailering around the world and Sundance will parade a number of hot new projects from American indie stalwarts (Miguel Arteta, Tom McCarthy) and doc-makers (Eugene Jarecki, Steve James), look abroad to the next Berlin or Cannes and you're likely to see the most thrilling examples of contemporary cinema. Here are ten films we believe could top the best-of lists 12 months from now (in no particular order):
"This Must Be the Place"
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Though not yet known much outside of his home country or the festival circuit, Italian auteur Sorrentino received considerable acclaim -- including a...
"This Must Be the Place"
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Though not yet known much outside of his home country or the festival circuit, Italian auteur Sorrentino received considerable acclaim -- including a...
- 12/20/2010
- by Anthony Kaufman
- ifc.com
Last week at the May Fair Hotel in central London I sat down with documentary filmmaker Yony Leyser to discuss his excellent new feature William S. Burroughs: A Man Within.
My own opinion of the American writer isn’t a comfortable one and Leyer’s movie didn’t change my mind on Burrough’s work or his character, but it did offer a fresh glimpse of the man and his extremely complex personality. Indeed, the film’s subtitle – A Man Within – highlights the drive of the documentary.
It is well made film on an often lurid and strange individual. I had to share my interview time with a journalist from The Independent, and it would have been great to chat with Leyser more in depth about Burroughs and his movie. Alas, it was not to be.
As my friend, the writer Ben Loory told me, Burroughs is a writer who...
My own opinion of the American writer isn’t a comfortable one and Leyer’s movie didn’t change my mind on Burrough’s work or his character, but it did offer a fresh glimpse of the man and his extremely complex personality. Indeed, the film’s subtitle – A Man Within – highlights the drive of the documentary.
It is well made film on an often lurid and strange individual. I had to share my interview time with a journalist from The Independent, and it would have been great to chat with Leyser more in depth about Burroughs and his movie. Alas, it was not to be.
As my friend, the writer Ben Loory told me, Burroughs is a writer who...
- 10/26/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
There's no doubt about it; if there's one thing that Tom Holland knows, it is vampires, and he's about to unleash a whole new batch of them via his latest endeavor Twisted Tales. Ready for a quick and catchy bite?
From the Press Release
Writer/director Tom Holland introduced horror fans to the provocative world of vampires with his modern classic horror film “Fright Night.” Now Holland is back, along with a new clan of seductive vampires, for the debut of Lisa McClowry’s sultry new music video “Born Twice.”
The brand new video was released on Thursday, July 29th, through SingingFool.com in conjunction with Internet Video Archive, the premiere video hosting site on the internet.
Born Twice was created in conjunction with Holland’s third Twisted Tale entitled “Vampire’s Dance.” The tale is centered around a young woman (McClowry) who heads to a dance club in search of her missing roommate.
From the Press Release
Writer/director Tom Holland introduced horror fans to the provocative world of vampires with his modern classic horror film “Fright Night.” Now Holland is back, along with a new clan of seductive vampires, for the debut of Lisa McClowry’s sultry new music video “Born Twice.”
The brand new video was released on Thursday, July 29th, through SingingFool.com in conjunction with Internet Video Archive, the premiere video hosting site on the internet.
Born Twice was created in conjunction with Holland’s third Twisted Tale entitled “Vampire’s Dance.” The tale is centered around a young woman (McClowry) who heads to a dance club in search of her missing roommate.
- 8/2/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Whenever I think of "The Three Musketeers," I hear in my head the 1993 ballad "All For Love." That song, written by Bryan Adams and sung by Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting, was part of Disney's plan to bring Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of 17th century bodyguard buddies to the MTV generation. Another way of updating the story for a hip, young audience was to cast hot actors like Kiefer Sutherland and Charlie Sheen as the legendary heroes in order to make the film like a "Young Guns" for the swashbuckling genre.
17 years later, I wonder what it will take for Hollywood to translate Dumas for the kids, many of whom may think a movie titled "The Three Musketeers" is based on a candy bar (movies are based on all kinds of things these days, after all). One of the people who wants to give it a try is producer Lionel Wigram,...
17 years later, I wonder what it will take for Hollywood to translate Dumas for the kids, many of whom may think a movie titled "The Three Musketeers" is based on a candy bar (movies are based on all kinds of things these days, after all). One of the people who wants to give it a try is producer Lionel Wigram,...
- 2/12/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- MTV Movies Blog
Two nights ago, "Gossip Girl" star Taylor Momsen celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a party in New York City that featured a performance by her band the Pretty Reckless. While Momsen's band draws on a lot of different influences, it's clear that their look and sound draw a lot from Courtney Love and her band Hole (one listen to the Pretty Reckless makes it fairly clear that Momsen has listened to Celebrity Skin on repeat).
Though imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery, Love apparently doesn't appreciate the homage. She took to Twitter to cut down Momsen (along with the Veronicas), saying "Why does Taylor Whatsit deeply disturb me and why is the Blonde one from the verons or whatever they are called wearing my actual clothes?" She also told Momsen, "I don't watch tv or read teen mags and gossip rags so I wouldn't know. Do...
Though imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery, Love apparently doesn't appreciate the homage. She took to Twitter to cut down Momsen (along with the Veronicas), saying "Why does Taylor Whatsit deeply disturb me and why is the Blonde one from the verons or whatever they are called wearing my actual clothes?" She also told Momsen, "I don't watch tv or read teen mags and gossip rags so I wouldn't know. Do...
- 7/30/2009
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Chicago – Welcome back to the world of the Blu-Ray Round Up, a safety net for all the Blu-Ray titles hitting store shelves that might otherwise slip through the cracks. Every week seems to see more and more catalog releases and new titles hitting the next-gen format and it’s shockingly easy to miss a title that you’d like to add to your collection. That’s why we’re here.
This edition of the Blu-Ray Round-Up presents an amazingly diverse wave of titles from Fox/MGM that includes comedy classics, two best picture nominees, and a couple of new flicks that barely made a dent at the box office.
“Igor” and “The Pink Panther” were released by MGM on January 20th, 2009.
“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Office Space,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” and “Sideways” were released by Fox on February 3rd, 2009.
“Igor”
Photo credit: MGM “Igor” is one of...
This edition of the Blu-Ray Round-Up presents an amazingly diverse wave of titles from Fox/MGM that includes comedy classics, two best picture nominees, and a couple of new flicks that barely made a dent at the box office.
“Igor” and “The Pink Panther” were released by MGM on January 20th, 2009.
“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Office Space,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” and “Sideways” were released by Fox on February 3rd, 2009.
“Igor”
Photo credit: MGM “Igor” is one of...
- 2/8/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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