No, we don’t think there is a friendship in Tinseltown more storied or star-studded than the dynamic duo of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Since their early days in the ethereal cornfields of Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams, these kindred spirits have been thick as thieves, a pair whose bond would make even the stars jealous.
But it was not until they struck Oscar gold with Gus Van Sant’s masterpiece Good Will Hunting that their names became etched in our hearts, catapulting them from boys-next-door to A-list actors.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Dogma | Miramax International
Like seasoned sailors braving the tempestuous seas of celebrity, they dodged Hollywood’s fickle tides and built up their fame with the infamous and elusive Dogma, a fantasy comedy flick that stirred the pot like a Sunday sermon gone awry.
The Forgotten Controversy: Exploring Harvey Weinstein’s Involvement Dogma...
But it was not until they struck Oscar gold with Gus Van Sant’s masterpiece Good Will Hunting that their names became etched in our hearts, catapulting them from boys-next-door to A-list actors.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Dogma | Miramax International
Like seasoned sailors braving the tempestuous seas of celebrity, they dodged Hollywood’s fickle tides and built up their fame with the infamous and elusive Dogma, a fantasy comedy flick that stirred the pot like a Sunday sermon gone awry.
The Forgotten Controversy: Exploring Harvey Weinstein’s Involvement Dogma...
- 7/12/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
With prominent supporting roles in classics like “A League of Their Own” and “Dick Tracy,” as well as the lead in the screen adaptation of the musical “Evita,” Madonna’s film career is well-established, but might never have happened without her star turn in the 1985 cult comedy “Desperately Seeking Susan.” A modern farce set in the scuzzy beauty of ‘80s New York City, the film follows a straight-laced housewife and a bohemian drifter who become intertwined in a criminal plot involving a pair of stolen earrings. While the film is led by actress Roseanna Arquette, it quickly became known as the “Madonna movie,” with her character’s fashion sense — which mirrored Madonna’s own — and her free-spirit energy coming to define the popular culture of the era.
“Everyone’s concern was to find the right actor for the role of Susan,” wrote the film’s director, Susan Seidelman, in her memoir,...
“Everyone’s concern was to find the right actor for the role of Susan,” wrote the film’s director, Susan Seidelman, in her memoir,...
- 6/16/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
The latest entry into the Bad Boys film franchise titled Ride or Die is finally out and seems to be rejuvenating the 2024 summer box office single-handedly. Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Bad Boys: Ride or Die becomes the fourth film in a franchise started by Michael Bay. Stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return to reprise their iconic roles of Detective Mike Lowery and Detective Marcus Miles Burnett, and once again, both of their characters get into some tricky situations, and the only way to get out is some cool action sequences and hilarious comedic bits. So, if you love the Bad Boys franchise and love the latest film, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, here are some similar films you could watch next.
Beverly Hills Cop Credit – Paramount Pictures
Beverly Hills Cop is an action comedy film directed by Martin Brest with a screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr....
Beverly Hills Cop Credit – Paramount Pictures
Beverly Hills Cop is an action comedy film directed by Martin Brest with a screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr....
- 6/13/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Mickey Cottrell, the dependable Hollywood publicist who went to bat for independent films for decades while also dabbling in acting and producing, has died. He was 79.
Cottrell died on New Year’s Day at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his friend Ian Birnie, former Lacma film curator, told The Hollywood Reporter. He suffered a major stroke in 2016.
Cottrell did PR for three Gus Van Sant-directed films: Drugstore Cowboy (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991), where he also played the clean freak Daddy Carroll in the movie, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993).
He also repped Bagdad Cafe (1987), Earth Girls Are Easy (1987), Phillip Noyce’s Dead Calm (1989), Tarnation (2003), Ballets Russes (2005), The Price of Sugar (2007), Skin (2008), Bill Cunningham New York (2010), Salt (2010) and Tab Hunter Confidential (2015), among many other films.
Films and filmmakers he represented were honored with eight Sundance jury prizes and three Oscars, he once noted.
Cottrell died on New Year’s Day at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his friend Ian Birnie, former Lacma film curator, told The Hollywood Reporter. He suffered a major stroke in 2016.
Cottrell did PR for three Gus Van Sant-directed films: Drugstore Cowboy (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991), where he also played the clean freak Daddy Carroll in the movie, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993).
He also repped Bagdad Cafe (1987), Earth Girls Are Easy (1987), Phillip Noyce’s Dead Calm (1989), Tarnation (2003), Ballets Russes (2005), The Price of Sugar (2007), Skin (2008), Bill Cunningham New York (2010), Salt (2010) and Tab Hunter Confidential (2015), among many other films.
Films and filmmakers he represented were honored with eight Sundance jury prizes and three Oscars, he once noted.
- 1/2/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Forget “Annie Hall” or “Sex and the City.” For a certain generation of audiences, Martin Scorsese’s 1985 “After Hours” made you want to move to New York City.
“It’s like, wow, that place is so exciting and you never know what’s around the next corner and who I’m going to bump into and how I’m almost going to die and the subway fare will get raised in the middle of the night,” “After Hours” producer Amy Robinson said in a recent interview with IndieWire.
If you haven’t seen this existential screwball classic about paranoid android computer programmer Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) and his dark night of the soul in lower Manhattan, a more recent film serves as a useful retrospective primer: Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid” and especially its Hieroynomous-Bosch-on-bath-salts first hour, set in a downtown hellscape spinning off the orbit of 40-something-year-old virgin...
“It’s like, wow, that place is so exciting and you never know what’s around the next corner and who I’m going to bump into and how I’m almost going to die and the subway fare will get raised in the middle of the night,” “After Hours” producer Amy Robinson said in a recent interview with IndieWire.
If you haven’t seen this existential screwball classic about paranoid android computer programmer Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) and his dark night of the soul in lower Manhattan, a more recent film serves as a useful retrospective primer: Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid” and especially its Hieroynomous-Bosch-on-bath-salts first hour, set in a downtown hellscape spinning off the orbit of 40-something-year-old virgin...
- 8/15/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Bill Geddie, who created the ABC talk show The View with Barbara Walters, produced many of her audience-grabbing TV specials and served as a partner in her production company for a quarter-century, has died. He was 68.
Geddie died Thursday at his home in Rancho Mirage of a heart-related issue, his daughter Allison told The Hollywood Reporter.
“He was a big deal in TV, but at home he was an even ‘bigger than life’ husband and dad,” his family said in a statement. “He had a genuine love for television and entertainment. He would try everything and did it well — screenwriting, recording podcasts, playing guitar and writing songs and loved a wide range of music from country to jazz.
“His favorite band was The Beatles, and he never thought he would have the opportunity to meet one of his personal heroes, Paul McCartney, in person, but his dream came true. The...
Geddie died Thursday at his home in Rancho Mirage of a heart-related issue, his daughter Allison told The Hollywood Reporter.
“He was a big deal in TV, but at home he was an even ‘bigger than life’ husband and dad,” his family said in a statement. “He had a genuine love for television and entertainment. He would try everything and did it well — screenwriting, recording podcasts, playing guitar and writing songs and loved a wide range of music from country to jazz.
“His favorite band was The Beatles, and he never thought he would have the opportunity to meet one of his personal heroes, Paul McCartney, in person, but his dream came true. The...
- 7/21/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Geddie, a legendary TV-news producer who was behind many of Barbara Walters’ most notable efforts, including the long-running ABC daytime show “The View,” has died of coronary-related factors, his family told Variety. He was 68.
“He was a big deal in TV, but at home he was an even ‘bigger than life’ husband and dad,” said Geddie’s family in a statement. “He had a genuine love for television and entertainment. He would try everything and did it well — screenwriting, recording podcasts, playing guitar, writing songs, and loved a wide range of music from country to jazz. His favorite band was The Beatles, and he never thought he would have the opportunity to meet one of his personal heroes Paul McCartney in person, but his dream came true. The question wasn’t who did he meet, but rather who didn’t he meet?”
Geddie served as executive producer of “The View” for 17 years,...
“He was a big deal in TV, but at home he was an even ‘bigger than life’ husband and dad,” said Geddie’s family in a statement. “He had a genuine love for television and entertainment. He would try everything and did it well — screenwriting, recording podcasts, playing guitar, writing songs, and loved a wide range of music from country to jazz. His favorite band was The Beatles, and he never thought he would have the opportunity to meet one of his personal heroes Paul McCartney in person, but his dream came true. The question wasn’t who did he meet, but rather who didn’t he meet?”
Geddie served as executive producer of “The View” for 17 years,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese was at a crossroads in 1985. The King of Comedy had tanked at the box office, and Paramount had recently pulled the plug on his passion project, The Last Temptation of Christ, weeks before production was set to begin. So when the script for After Hours came across his desk via actor-producer Griffin Dunne and producer Amy Robinson, who had appeared in Mean Streets, Scorsese jumped at the chance to helm a small-scale, low-budget black comedy set in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.
After Hours comes full circle by opening and closing at the workplace of bored data entry drone Paul Hackett (Dunne). In between, Paul’s nightmarish nightlong odyssey sees him repeatedly returning to the same handful of locations and oddball individuals, spiraling ever deeper into an infernal realm of anxiety, paranoia, and free-floating guilt. In this regard, the film shares themes and motifs with other titles...
After Hours comes full circle by opening and closing at the workplace of bored data entry drone Paul Hackett (Dunne). In between, Paul’s nightmarish nightlong odyssey sees him repeatedly returning to the same handful of locations and oddball individuals, spiraling ever deeper into an infernal realm of anxiety, paranoia, and free-floating guilt. In this regard, the film shares themes and motifs with other titles...
- 7/20/2023
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
After Hours poster Image: Warner Bros. Martin Scorsese is an august lion of cinema now, best known for his hard-hitting dramas (and his occasional vivisections of Marvel movies), but The Wolf of Wall Street was no crazy outlier—Scorsese has always had a wicked sense of humor. Rich supporting evidence...
- 7/11/2023
- by Brent Simon
- avclub.com
Dogma is the kind of movie that has to be seen to be believed. But, then again, it’s a movie about belief. Well, kind of. Writer/director Kevin Smith made a movie that poked considerable fun at religion, and the Catholic Church in particular, while simultaneously showing a broad knowledge of religious dogma. Of course, the film drew quite a bit of controversy at the time, even causing its release date to be pushed back by a year, from 1998 to 1999. But, when released, it also became a moderate hit, thanks to an all-star cast that included Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Salma Hayek, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Alan Rickman, Linda Fiorentino, and Janeane Garofalo. Yet, even with all of those big names, Smith managed to make the movie for just $10 million, and he told us how he was able to do that. (Click on the media bar below to hear Kevin Smith) https://www.
- 6/30/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
One of director Kevin Smith’s most beloved – but also controversial – movies, Dogma, has seemingly vanished. The film, which remains his highest-grossing domestic release (by just a few hundred thousand dollars), was a considerable DVD hit back in the day, noted for its wildly un-pc commentary track where, amongst other things, Kevin Smith took aim at the film’s leading lady, Linda Fiorentino. It got a Blu-ray release, which is now out of print, but ever since then the film has been Mia, with it long unavailable on streaming, while old copies of the film cost a pretty penny if you can find them used. Wtf Happened?
In this episode of Wtf Happened to this Movie, we dig into all things Dogma. We explain how the film was a religious hot potato that the Disney-owned Miramax films refused to release theatrically, leading to the Weinstein Brothers, Harvey and Bob, buying back the rights themselves,...
In this episode of Wtf Happened to this Movie, we dig into all things Dogma. We explain how the film was a religious hot potato that the Disney-owned Miramax films refused to release theatrically, leading to the Weinstein Brothers, Harvey and Bob, buying back the rights themselves,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
I've never been much of a superhero movie fan, but one I'd have gladly queued up for back in the 1990s would have been Tim Burton directing Nicolas Cage in "Superman Lives." Along with Alejandro Jodorowsky's wildly ambitious non-starter "Dune," it must go down as one of the greatest what-ifs in cinema history, especially during that period of their respective careers.
"Mars Attacks!" aside, Burton was still regularly making great movies back then, with his unmistakable visual style and penchant for weirdos and outsiders like himself. Cage, on the other hand, was the maverick who made good with his Oscar-winning performance in "Leaving Las Vegas" before transforming himself into one of the decade's biggest action stars.
As for Superman, the time was right for a reinvention after the huge success of Burton's two "Batman" movies. The original "Superman" franchise, which had made audiences believe a man could fly since...
"Mars Attacks!" aside, Burton was still regularly making great movies back then, with his unmistakable visual style and penchant for weirdos and outsiders like himself. Cage, on the other hand, was the maverick who made good with his Oscar-winning performance in "Leaving Las Vegas" before transforming himself into one of the decade's biggest action stars.
As for Superman, the time was right for a reinvention after the huge success of Burton's two "Batman" movies. The original "Superman" franchise, which had made audiences believe a man could fly since...
- 12/25/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
Alfred Sole, the prolific television production designer of Veronica Mars, Castle and MacGyver who had achieved cult-horror status with his 1976 film Alice, Sweet Alice featuring a 10-year-old Brooke Shields in a supporting role, died Feb. 14 at his home in Salt Lake City. He was 78.
His death was announced in a Facebook post by his cousin, filmmaker Dante Tomaselli. A cause of death was not specified.
Sole had already written and directed the 1972 sexually explicit, low-budget film Deep Sleep when several years later – and after the first film had been pulled from theaters on charges of obscenity – he turned to the horror genre. Originally titled Communion, Sole’s second movie premiered at the Chicago Film Festival in 1976 and was released by Allied Artists the following year as Alice, Sweet Alice, a name change disliked by Sole.
Inspired in part by Nicolas Roeg��s 1973 moody thriller Don’t Look Now, Sole’s Alice,...
His death was announced in a Facebook post by his cousin, filmmaker Dante Tomaselli. A cause of death was not specified.
Sole had already written and directed the 1972 sexually explicit, low-budget film Deep Sleep when several years later – and after the first film had been pulled from theaters on charges of obscenity – he turned to the horror genre. Originally titled Communion, Sole’s second movie premiered at the Chicago Film Festival in 1976 and was released by Allied Artists the following year as Alice, Sweet Alice, a name change disliked by Sole.
Inspired in part by Nicolas Roeg��s 1973 moody thriller Don’t Look Now, Sole’s Alice,...
- 2/17/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
We're about to enter the prime Oscar-hopeful months of the year. Excited? But before we do, here's a quick look back at August at Tfe. In case you missed any of this baker's dozen...
Some Highlights
• Interview Nine Perfect Strangers Abe interviews Michael Shannon
• Emmy Categories -we've analyzed many of the top races
• Spencer tease - will Kristen Stewart be up for gold?
• Jennifer Hudson in Respect a big new role for a fine singer
• The Green Knight -Matt has a big crush on Dev Patel
• Phil Tippet -Elisa meets the "mad god" of vfx
• Jeanette Goldstein in Aliens Nick gives a strong genre turn its due
• Gay Best Friend: Chuck and Buck - with White Lotus all the rage, Christopher looks back at Mike White's breakout
• A Room With a View a long-read team retrospective
• How had I never seen...Blue Velvet Ben has never been a...
Some Highlights
• Interview Nine Perfect Strangers Abe interviews Michael Shannon
• Emmy Categories -we've analyzed many of the top races
• Spencer tease - will Kristen Stewart be up for gold?
• Jennifer Hudson in Respect a big new role for a fine singer
• The Green Knight -Matt has a big crush on Dev Patel
• Phil Tippet -Elisa meets the "mad god" of vfx
• Jeanette Goldstein in Aliens Nick gives a strong genre turn its due
• Gay Best Friend: Chuck and Buck - with White Lotus all the rage, Christopher looks back at Mike White's breakout
• A Room With a View a long-read team retrospective
• How had I never seen...Blue Velvet Ben has never been a...
- 8/31/2021
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
by Cláudio Alves
Since last month, the Criterion Channel is offering a collection of neo-noirs, modern films from the 70s onwards that perpetuate the tradition of 1940s and 50s crime pictures. Freer to explore matters of sex and violence, these versions of film noir tend to be more visceral, updating old archetypes into vicious evocations of misanthropic cinema. For actressexuals, the evolution of the femme fatale is especially enticing. From Kathleen Turner's oversexed take on a Phyllis Dietrichson type in Body Heat to Nora Zehetner's mysterious high-schooler in Brick, this immortal character has gone through an infinite myriad of transfigurations. Maybe none of them caused as much hubbub during her awards season as Linda Fiorentino in John Dahl's The Last Seduction…...
Since last month, the Criterion Channel is offering a collection of neo-noirs, modern films from the 70s onwards that perpetuate the tradition of 1940s and 50s crime pictures. Freer to explore matters of sex and violence, these versions of film noir tend to be more visceral, updating old archetypes into vicious evocations of misanthropic cinema. For actressexuals, the evolution of the femme fatale is especially enticing. From Kathleen Turner's oversexed take on a Phyllis Dietrichson type in Body Heat to Nora Zehetner's mysterious high-schooler in Brick, this immortal character has gone through an infinite myriad of transfigurations. Maybe none of them caused as much hubbub during her awards season as Linda Fiorentino in John Dahl's The Last Seduction…...
- 8/4/2021
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Body Double (1984)Born of film noir and Alfred Hitchcock, erotic thrillers began to flourish in Hollywood in the 1980s, with Dressed to Kill (1980) and Body Double (1984) from Brian DePalma, and the knock-out success of Adrian Lyne’s Fatal Attraction (1987). Although nudity in film had been acceptable for a couple of decades, mainstream American cinema didn’t quite know how to do softcore cinema the way the European’s had managed to. So it’s almost as if erotic thrillers provided a solution—sex can be shown as long as it was presented with a threat, and usually, a punishment. In the hands of crafty screenwriters, bold stars, and directors who were not bashful, the genre stands out for its ability to titillate, taking audiences on a wild ride where sex can undo marriages and careers.
- 7/8/2021
- MUBI
“Friends, our business together is done,” Al Pacino’s mob family patriarch says in the official trailer for Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. And Francis Ford Coppola hopes the new conclusion to the mafia saga takes care of all family business. For the 30th anniversary of The Godfather: Part III, the director and screenwriter will release a new edit and restoration of the final film of The Godfather trilogy.
The Godfather: Part III was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Goodfellas, released that same year, only got six nominations. Neither won Best Picture. Before that The Godfather III had been one of the most anticipated films of all time, but wound up being one of the most maligned theatrical releases.
It has become shorthand to describe cinematic disappointment. Coppola had delivered Paramount Pictures two major motion picture achievements, which...
The Godfather: Part III was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Goodfellas, released that same year, only got six nominations. Neither won Best Picture. Before that The Godfather III had been one of the most anticipated films of all time, but wound up being one of the most maligned theatrical releases.
It has become shorthand to describe cinematic disappointment. Coppola had delivered Paramount Pictures two major motion picture achievements, which...
- 11/17/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
As the weather gets hotter and the film industry continues to face an uncertain future, one thing is crystal clear: There will be plenty of new movies to watch this summer — good ones, in fact — but there isn’t going to be a Summer Movie Season. In lieu of a Summer Movie Season this year, we’ve decided to program our own — the single greatest Summer Movie Season that never happened. We’ve created a release calendar that’s all killer, no filler. From action tentpoles to star-driven comedies, scream-worthy horror, indie charmers, and sophisticated imports, this dream slate captures the full spectrum of what you might have found during a trip to your local multiplex or arthouse theater on any given summer night over the last 30 years.
Parts one and two of IndieWire’s Ultimate Summer Movie Season can be found below:
— Part I: May
— Part II: June
July...
Parts one and two of IndieWire’s Ultimate Summer Movie Season can be found below:
— Part I: May
— Part II: June
July...
- 7/1/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The true heir to William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin’s 1973 masterpiece, The Exorcist III is a hellish horror detective story that pairs thoughtful theological themes with scenes of sheer terror.
To celebrate, we are giving away a Blu-ray!
The Exorcist III boasts some of modern horror’s most unforgettable scares and exceptional supporting performances from Jason Miller (The Ninth Configuration) and Brad Dourif (Dune). Blatty’s film is presented here in both its original theatrical cut and the recently assembled ‘Legion’ director’s cut.
Order today: https://www.arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-exorcist-iii-blu-ray/FCD1969
To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question:
Who was the star of the original Exorcist film? Was it:
a) Linda Blair
b) Linda Fiorentino
c) Linda Hunt
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also leave your answer on our Facebook page,...
To celebrate, we are giving away a Blu-ray!
The Exorcist III boasts some of modern horror’s most unforgettable scares and exceptional supporting performances from Jason Miller (The Ninth Configuration) and Brad Dourif (Dune). Blatty’s film is presented here in both its original theatrical cut and the recently assembled ‘Legion’ director’s cut.
Order today: https://www.arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-exorcist-iii-blu-ray/FCD1969
To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question:
Who was the star of the original Exorcist film? Was it:
a) Linda Blair
b) Linda Fiorentino
c) Linda Hunt
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also leave your answer on our Facebook page,...
- 12/13/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Mark Harrison Nov 29, 2019
'Faith is a funny thing…' With Jay & Silent Bob Reboot in cinemas now, we revisit Kevin Smith’s most ambitious View Askewniverse film
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Kevin Smith has always felt like an outlier on the indie filmmaking wave that crested during the 1990s, following his own unique trajectory that lead him to Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. And here's a prime example of Smith's singular nature: right at the end of the decade in which he made his name with the Jersey trilogy, he came out with Dogma, a wildly imaginative genre-bender that tilted the relatively grounded View Askewniverse on its axis.
With a stellar cast of View Askew alums and major movie stars, the film follows a pair of fallen angels, Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon), as they become aware of a loophole in Catholic dogma that would...
'Faith is a funny thing…' With Jay & Silent Bob Reboot in cinemas now, we revisit Kevin Smith’s most ambitious View Askewniverse film
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Kevin Smith has always felt like an outlier on the indie filmmaking wave that crested during the 1990s, following his own unique trajectory that lead him to Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. And here's a prime example of Smith's singular nature: right at the end of the decade in which he made his name with the Jersey trilogy, he came out with Dogma, a wildly imaginative genre-bender that tilted the relatively grounded View Askewniverse on its axis.
With a stellar cast of View Askew alums and major movie stars, the film follows a pair of fallen angels, Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon), as they become aware of a loophole in Catholic dogma that would...
- 11/29/2019
- Den of Geek
Back in 2012, many were shocked that Men In Black III existed and yet the filmmakers managed to improve on the second and bring the series to a surprisingly warm and fun close…or so we thought. Truth be told, Men In Black: International had a hard time convincing naysayers when it was announced that original stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones would not be returning, this unease was only strengthened when the first trailer hit and the film’s overall marketing felt under-powered. But could this new reboot/sequel find a story that is worth telling and set a new course for this series, based on Lowell Cunningham’s Malibu/Marvel comic? Sadly, lightening has not struck again.
The lack of the original stars is unavoidably felt in this film, which seems like a very distant cousin to the series as a result, but in Marvel studios’ Thor and Valkyrie,...
The lack of the original stars is unavoidably felt in this film, which seems like a very distant cousin to the series as a result, but in Marvel studios’ Thor and Valkyrie,...
- 7/4/2019
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
A big collection of provocative links for you since we haven't had a hot second to look around the web lately...
I had this cover on my wall for at least a couple of years.
This Week's Must Read
• Vanity Fair an oral history of the very first "Hollywood Cover." Love love love this. Especially that you get a full spectrum of non-prudish feeling about the lingerie. Yes, yes, it was sexist and a double standard that the women were like this and the next year the men were fully clothed. On the other hand, can we stop being so sex-negative about people looking sexy or showing skin? It seems we're over correcting of late and everyone is always shaming people for enjoying the sight of human bodies. There is nothing inherently demeaning about being naked or dressing in sexy clothing... unless you don't want to be doing it ! There...
I had this cover on my wall for at least a couple of years.
This Week's Must Read
• Vanity Fair an oral history of the very first "Hollywood Cover." Love love love this. Especially that you get a full spectrum of non-prudish feeling about the lingerie. Yes, yes, it was sexist and a double standard that the women were like this and the next year the men were fully clothed. On the other hand, can we stop being so sex-negative about people looking sexy or showing skin? It seems we're over correcting of late and everyone is always shaming people for enjoying the sight of human bodies. There is nothing inherently demeaning about being naked or dressing in sexy clothing... unless you don't want to be doing it ! There...
- 2/5/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Choose Me. Courtesy of Everett Collection via the Quad.Alan Rudolph makes a compelling case in defense of sentimentality, in defense of the love-sick and amorous. He believes in the beauty and rejuvenating power of art, and of love. Rarely sanguine or saccharine, but unapologetically emotional, his films understand that love is a painful, often arduous affair, that it is messy and confusing and ultimately ineffable, best captured in glances rather than words. Though there is a certain look, a certain feeling, that defines an Alan Rudolph film, his formal dexterity is varied, his repertoire of visual tricks assured. His swooning camera traces the boundaries of scenes like an outsider gazing longingly in, drifting dreamily, lingering like a voyeur. Choose Me (1984) begins with a voluptuous three-minute long take, starting with a closeup of the luminescent “E” of a neon sign that reads “Eve’s Lounge,” swooping down to show an...
- 5/1/2018
- MUBI
The "Men in Black" franchise is known for many things, but one thing it has been shy on has been developing interesting roles for women.
We had Emma Thompson's chief in the third, and both Lara Flynn Boyle's villainess and Rosario Dawson's love interest in the second, but the only actress who truly had a proper character in the trilogy was Linda Fiorentino's medical examiner Laurel Weaver in the first - a character that disappeared in the sequels.
Now, four years after the last film, franchise producer Laurie MacDonald says the next film in the series plans to not only revive but reboot the sci-fi comedy franchise, and one way they intend to do it is by introducing a female lead.
MacDonald tells BBC Newsbeat the film will star a "prominent woman in black" and that the story would also start afresh:
"We sort of looked...
We had Emma Thompson's chief in the third, and both Lara Flynn Boyle's villainess and Rosario Dawson's love interest in the second, but the only actress who truly had a proper character in the trilogy was Linda Fiorentino's medical examiner Laurel Weaver in the first - a character that disappeared in the sequels.
Now, four years after the last film, franchise producer Laurie MacDonald says the next film in the series plans to not only revive but reboot the sci-fi comedy franchise, and one way they intend to do it is by introducing a female lead.
MacDonald tells BBC Newsbeat the film will star a "prominent woman in black" and that the story would also start afresh:
"We sort of looked...
- 11/25/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"Red Rock West" (1994) "Red Rock West" takes us back to a time when Nicolas Cage was a great, risk-taking actor. Director John Dahl had the misfortune of having both "Red Rock West" and "The Last Seduction" get troubled releases in 1993/1994. "The Last Seduction" had its debut on HBO and thus was ineligible for the Oscars, which essentially robbed Linda Fiorentino of a much deserved nomination (the film did, however, get a limited theatrical run after its HBO debut). "Red Rock West" was Dahl's indisputably great straight-to-video movie. When Cage's Mike enters a mysterious small town and is mistaken for a hitman, he takes the money and runs before the kill. Bad idea, Mixing surreal sequences with nasty violence, Dahl is a master at work here, infusing his film with clever noir relics and an abundance of plot twists. Best of all is Dennis Hopper, who basically does what Dennis Hopper does best: Play a homicidal.
- 10/14/2015
- by Jordan Ruimy
- Indiewire
Great news for fans of filmmaker Jeff Lipsky, her controversial and critically acclaimed sixth feature “Mad Women” is now available digitally, for rent or download, on Amazon and Vimeo-on-Demand.
The official synopsis reads: "'Mad Women' is a dark satire about Harper Smith, a middle-aged mom who, following a one-year prison sentence for having committed an act of conscience, becomes a local hero and folk legend in her small community of Iris Glen, NY. She runs for local office but has much grander aspirations up her sleeve. She is a woman accustomed to personal challenges: She lost her third child at the age of three to cancer, her first-born daughter, a pediatrician, is in Ukraine having joined Doctors Without Borders, her own mother lost an eye in her youth in an archery mishap, and her husband, a successful and beloved dentist, commits statutory rape under the influence of LSD at a rock concert. It’s up to Harper and her middle daughter, Nevada, to persevere, and they do, as a most unlikely mother/daughter bond emerges."
About the genesis of “Mad Women” Lipsky explains: “I began writing 'Mad Women' in early 2013, just after President Obama’s second inaugural, moments after a season of political drivel came to an end, and seemingly seconds before cable outlets began their non-stop palaver about the 2016 election. So I set out to conjure up my personal candidate, one whose idealism can’t be blunted, even as the world would be playing whack-a-mole with her. When I finished the script I knew there could never be a ‘Harper Smith.’ But now that Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are front-runners, well, now I’m not so sure anymore!”
“Mad Women” marks the third consecutive collaboration between Lipsky and co-star Reed Birney (“House of Cards,” 2014 Tony Award nominee “Casa Valentina”). It also spotlights three extraordinary actresses – Kelsey Lynn Stokes, Christina Starbuck, and Sharon Van Ivan (John Cassavetes’ “Opening Night”) and marks a reunion for Lipsky with Jamie Harrold who co-starred in “Flannel Pajamas.” Lipsky’s previous films include “Twelve Thirty,” “Molly’s Theory of Relativity,” and “Once More With Feeling,” which along with “Flannel Pajamas,” have starred Justin Kirk, Julianne Nicholson, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Chazz Palminteri, Drea deMatteo, Linda Fiorentino, Cady Huffman, Rebecca Schull, Halley Feiffer and Barbara Barrie.
The official synopsis reads: "'Mad Women' is a dark satire about Harper Smith, a middle-aged mom who, following a one-year prison sentence for having committed an act of conscience, becomes a local hero and folk legend in her small community of Iris Glen, NY. She runs for local office but has much grander aspirations up her sleeve. She is a woman accustomed to personal challenges: She lost her third child at the age of three to cancer, her first-born daughter, a pediatrician, is in Ukraine having joined Doctors Without Borders, her own mother lost an eye in her youth in an archery mishap, and her husband, a successful and beloved dentist, commits statutory rape under the influence of LSD at a rock concert. It’s up to Harper and her middle daughter, Nevada, to persevere, and they do, as a most unlikely mother/daughter bond emerges."
About the genesis of “Mad Women” Lipsky explains: “I began writing 'Mad Women' in early 2013, just after President Obama’s second inaugural, moments after a season of political drivel came to an end, and seemingly seconds before cable outlets began their non-stop palaver about the 2016 election. So I set out to conjure up my personal candidate, one whose idealism can’t be blunted, even as the world would be playing whack-a-mole with her. When I finished the script I knew there could never be a ‘Harper Smith.’ But now that Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are front-runners, well, now I’m not so sure anymore!”
“Mad Women” marks the third consecutive collaboration between Lipsky and co-star Reed Birney (“House of Cards,” 2014 Tony Award nominee “Casa Valentina”). It also spotlights three extraordinary actresses – Kelsey Lynn Stokes, Christina Starbuck, and Sharon Van Ivan (John Cassavetes’ “Opening Night”) and marks a reunion for Lipsky with Jamie Harrold who co-starred in “Flannel Pajamas.” Lipsky’s previous films include “Twelve Thirty,” “Molly’s Theory of Relativity,” and “Once More With Feeling,” which along with “Flannel Pajamas,” have starred Justin Kirk, Julianne Nicholson, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Chazz Palminteri, Drea deMatteo, Linda Fiorentino, Cady Huffman, Rebecca Schull, Halley Feiffer and Barbara Barrie.
- 10/1/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
“I said I wanna see a Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight, now cough it up!”
After Hours screens midnights this weekend (September 25th and 26th) at The Moolah Theater (3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Mo). Admission is only $5. Come early for great drink specials, cool trivia with even cooler prizes, and a free comedy set by the ‘MooHaa at the Moolah’ Comedians!
Getting home from a hard day’s work should be simple. For Paul Hackett, it’s a night he’ll never forget. In Martin Scorsese’s After Hours (1985) Griffin Dunne played Paul, an average Joe who gets to know too well the term ‘late night’. He works as word processor for a big computer company. He meets a lovely young woman named Marcy (Roseanna Arquette) at a coffee shop who wants to hook up later on. Unfortunately, the night doesn’t go the way he wanted to be.
After Hours screens midnights this weekend (September 25th and 26th) at The Moolah Theater (3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Mo). Admission is only $5. Come early for great drink specials, cool trivia with even cooler prizes, and a free comedy set by the ‘MooHaa at the Moolah’ Comedians!
Getting home from a hard day’s work should be simple. For Paul Hackett, it’s a night he’ll never forget. In Martin Scorsese’s After Hours (1985) Griffin Dunne played Paul, an average Joe who gets to know too well the term ‘late night’. He works as word processor for a big computer company. He meets a lovely young woman named Marcy (Roseanna Arquette) at a coffee shop who wants to hook up later on. Unfortunately, the night doesn’t go the way he wanted to be.
- 9/23/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Men in Black" actress Linda Fiorentino knocked it out of the park as Laurel Weaver in the hit movie ... she's about to hit another homer with her farmhouse. Our real estate sources say Fiorentino -- who also played Jesus Christ's last living relative in "Dogma" -- is looking to turn her 2-bed, 3-bath 1679 sq. ft. Westport Ct colonial into over half a million in profit. We're told Fiorentino bought it in 1997 for $578k -- the same year as Mib.
- 4/20/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
"Fifty Shades of Grey" is in theaters this weekend. Have you heard? In celebration of this stunning cinematic achievement, we've trawled through all the streaming sites to bring you a list of five worthwhile erotic thrillers to watch online right now! Particularly useful for those who, you know, aren't interested in seeing "50 Shades" (they do exist!) but are nevertheless jonesing for some steely sexual tension to spice up their weekends. "Basic Instinct" (1992) The film that made Sharon Stone a star is still one of her best. Watch the aesthetically-gifted stunner command the screen with that placid, aquamarine stare. Forget the "no undies" leg crossing (or don't!) -- that interrogation scene is a classic for way better reasons than a single shot of Stone's naughty parts. "Nymphomaniac Pts. I and II" (2014) How about four hours of erotic thrillerisms? Charlotte Gainsbourg's commanding underbite does some of its best work in Lars von Trier...
- 2/13/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
The Lego Movie has earned prizes far beyond an Oscar nomination. But the snub still hurts...
The dust has settled somewhat on last week's Oscar nominations, and as is the norm, controversy has not been in short supply. The more Oscar-friendly films - such as The Imitation Game - have already arguably been over-rewarded, whereas edgy, genuinely brave and daring movies such as Nightcrawler have been all but blocked out. To be fair, that's a surprise to virtually nobody: rarely have the Oscars ventured too far out of a mainstream comfort zone when it comes to giving out main prizes.
Yet the snub this year that's got people talking the most is the bizarre failure to nominate The Lego Movie for a Best Animated Feature Oscar.
It is, to be fair, a fairly staggering omission. For many people, The Lego Movie was the finest animated production of last year; a film bubbling with ideas,...
The dust has settled somewhat on last week's Oscar nominations, and as is the norm, controversy has not been in short supply. The more Oscar-friendly films - such as The Imitation Game - have already arguably been over-rewarded, whereas edgy, genuinely brave and daring movies such as Nightcrawler have been all but blocked out. To be fair, that's a surprise to virtually nobody: rarely have the Oscars ventured too far out of a mainstream comfort zone when it comes to giving out main prizes.
Yet the snub this year that's got people talking the most is the bizarre failure to nominate The Lego Movie for a Best Animated Feature Oscar.
It is, to be fair, a fairly staggering omission. For many people, The Lego Movie was the finest animated production of last year; a film bubbling with ideas,...
- 1/19/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Welcome to Sexpositions, a weeklong Vulture celebration of sex scenes in movies and on TV. A good sex scene is about a lot more than just showing some skin. (Though sometimes it's about that, too!) In director John Dahl’s 1994 neo-noir The Last Seduction, Linda Fiorentino’s femme-fatale character Bridget Gregory turns sex into a spider’s web — a tool for ensnaring her victims. As the hapless Mike Swale, Peter Berg played one of Bridget’s character-revealing sexual conquests. He tells us about the experience.I was hanging on for dear life in those scenes. Linda was by far the aggressor. There’s a scene where I had to tell her I was hung like a horse, and she stopped and said, "Really? Let’s see." She unzipped my pants, reached down, and grabbed a hold of me and squeezed hard with a handful of ice. That’s when I...
- 12/3/2014
- by Jennifer Vineyard
- Vulture
Chris Rock's incisive new interview with New York magazine features a number of awesome soundbites, but one particular quip made us think. The legendary standup talks about how he wanted Nora Ephron to direct him in a movie, and he added that he still wants to star in a Nancy Meyers project. Isn't that something? It reminded us: Chris Rock used to be in a lot more movies. And he used to be really, really awesome in them. So what's his best role to date? For my money, the greatest Chris Rock performance is in "Dogma." Why? Because that movie feels like a know-it-all 19-year-old wrote it, but Rock makes every line as Rufus, God's thirteenth apostle, feel fresh and cool and observant. Here's a particularly good moment he shares with Linda Fiorentino. It's even better when you remember he's talking about his pal God, who is played in...
- 12/1/2014
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
He began the 90s with Bill and Ted's silliness and ended them with The Matrix's existential angst, but in between came Keanu Reeves's greatest role as Jack Traven, a taciturn, tough-guy cop who oozed charisma. Getting the job done never looked so cool
Why I'd like to be Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous
Why I'd like to be Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink
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Why I'd like to be Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous
Why I'd like to be Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink
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- 7/28/2014
- by Alex Hess
- The Guardian - Film News
He's a giant dog/bear with a blood-curdling howl who oozes cool as he flies spaceships around the Star Wars galaxy and shoots clone fascists with lasers plus he saved me from the terrors of Watership Down
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Why I'd like to be Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink
Why I'd like to be Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction
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- 7/25/2014
- by Luke Holland
- The Guardian - Film News
The original sci-fi comedy smash sees Will Smith's New York street cop join a secret government agency that monitors alien activity on Earth. His loose attitude doesn't sit well with his unsmiling new partner Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones), but it takes all sorts to outsmart the scum of the universe when they intend to ruin the intergalactic peace. Rip Torn gives the orders and Linda Fiorentino lends scientific support, but the most valuable contribution to their mission comes from a talkative pug called Frank.
- 5/20/2014
- Sky Movies
Part 2 of this list gets a bit more foreign. In fact, this may be the first full list that has more foreign-language films than English-language ones. Maybe English-speaking audiences aren’t as willing to watch religious films. Maybe films associated with religion come off as preachy or accusatory. Or maybe (most of) the films on this list have done it so well already that it doesn’t need to be done again.
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40. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Directed by František Vláčil
The film often credited as being the best to come out of the Czech Republic, Marketa Lazarová was based on the novel by Vladislav Vančura and is an early, biting narrative about the chasm of difference between paganism and its shift into Christianity in the Middle Ages, as the daughter of a lord is kidnapped and becomes the mistress of one of her kidnappers, a robber knight. It...
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40. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Directed by František Vláčil
The film often credited as being the best to come out of the Czech Republic, Marketa Lazarová was based on the novel by Vladislav Vančura and is an early, biting narrative about the chasm of difference between paganism and its shift into Christianity in the Middle Ages, as the daughter of a lord is kidnapped and becomes the mistress of one of her kidnappers, a robber knight. It...
- 3/31/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
The annual showbiz gatefold tableau, an Annie Leibovitz shot of the cream of the film world wearing funny-looking clothes, has finally overcome its past shortcomings
Awards season breaks into a gallop with the first peek at Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue, second only to the Superbowl as an annual exercise in celebrating rich people in funny-looking clothes. Every March the magazine features a colourfully titled gatefold cover, populated by a group of Hollywood's hottest stars and photographed by Annie Leibovitz. This year's pic features Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, but it's not just the healthy number of Brits that makes the new cover an oddity compared to most years. It's nothing less than a rebellion against the format.
"Diversity"
There are six black actors on this year's cover. That's a six-fold increase over most years (Will Smith was the only black man on 1996's "Boy's Town" cover, Anthony Mackie...
Awards season breaks into a gallop with the first peek at Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue, second only to the Superbowl as an annual exercise in celebrating rich people in funny-looking clothes. Every March the magazine features a colourfully titled gatefold cover, populated by a group of Hollywood's hottest stars and photographed by Annie Leibovitz. This year's pic features Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, but it's not just the healthy number of Brits that makes the new cover an oddity compared to most years. It's nothing less than a rebellion against the format.
"Diversity"
There are six black actors on this year's cover. That's a six-fold increase over most years (Will Smith was the only black man on 1996's "Boy's Town" cover, Anthony Mackie...
- 2/5/2014
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Matt's Inside Line: Scoop on Once, New Girl, H50, Haven, Arrow, S.H.I.E.L.D, Mentalist, Reign & More
Will Once Upon a Time‘s Rumbelle reunion be a lasting one? Will Haven‘s finale raise a bit of Hell? How will things get “hairy” on New Girl? Coming soon: Beauty and the feast? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.
Related | Once Upon a Time Mystery: Lost Beauty to Play Which Villainess?
Did I miss something on Once Upon a Time? I though Charming couldn’t leave Neverland…. –Javiera
A few weeks back, Rumple revealed that once back in Storybrooke, he could fashion an elixir to ward off the fatal side effect of...
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Did I miss something on Once Upon a Time? I though Charming couldn’t leave Neverland…. –Javiera
A few weeks back, Rumple revealed that once back in Storybrooke, he could fashion an elixir to ward off the fatal side effect of...
- 12/5/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 17 Oct 2013 - 06:29
Here are 25 more great, unsung films - this time, from the year 1994...
Yes, 1994. The year cinemas were dominated by such whimsical wonders as The Lion King, Forrest Gump, The Mask and, erm, True Lies. It was also the year Gump dominated the Academy Awards, and Four Weddings And A Funeral loomed large at the Baftas.
As ever, there was so much more to the year's cinematic landscape than Tom Hanks' park bench ramblings or Hugh Grant mithering from beneath his gorgously crafted hair. To prove it, here's a list of 25 films that, in our estimation, are among its most underappreciated. There's much horror, drama, tears and laughter, plus a couple of classic documentaries, too.
25. Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead
The Phantasm series was quite unusual, in that writer and director Don Coscarelli made all four of them. This means that,...
Here are 25 more great, unsung films - this time, from the year 1994...
Yes, 1994. The year cinemas were dominated by such whimsical wonders as The Lion King, Forrest Gump, The Mask and, erm, True Lies. It was also the year Gump dominated the Academy Awards, and Four Weddings And A Funeral loomed large at the Baftas.
As ever, there was so much more to the year's cinematic landscape than Tom Hanks' park bench ramblings or Hugh Grant mithering from beneath his gorgously crafted hair. To prove it, here's a list of 25 films that, in our estimation, are among its most underappreciated. There's much horror, drama, tears and laughter, plus a couple of classic documentaries, too.
25. Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead
The Phantasm series was quite unusual, in that writer and director Don Coscarelli made all four of them. This means that,...
- 10/16/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
- 7/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Hammett, Chandler, Cain: the modern mystery thriller starts with them. They are the godfathers of that sensibility that would come to be called noir which would, in time, overflow the printed page and onto the stage, the big screen, and eventually even to television. Identified primarily with mysteries, the concept of flawed human beings ethically tripping and stumbling in a moral No Man’s Land, equidistant between Right and Wrong, Good and Bad would bleed across genre lines. There would be noir Westerns (Blood on the Moon, 1948), noir war movies (Attack!, 1956), noir horror (The Body Snatcher, 1945), even noir melodramas like Cain’s own Mildred Pierce, adapted for the screen in 1945.
But they all started with what Hammett, Chandler, and Cain did on the page, and each provided an evolutionary step which took what had once been usually dismissed as a flyweight genre dedicated to colorful private investigators and clever puzzles,...
But they all started with what Hammett, Chandler, and Cain did on the page, and each provided an evolutionary step which took what had once been usually dismissed as a flyweight genre dedicated to colorful private investigators and clever puzzles,...
- 9/19/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
In this Sdcc panel, Catherine Taber (Vette), Tasia Valenza (Kaliyo), Tara Strong (Risha), Neil Kaplan (Skadge), and Holly Fields (Nadia) talk about being your companions in The Old Republic.
Taber and Strong said that they didn't even know what they were participating in: two years ago when they first auditioned for the role, it was simply called The Old Republic and they were unaware of its Star Wars ties.
It's the largest voice over project in entertainment history, with thousands of lines of dialog. Each of the performers were surprised by the scope of the game.
I'm always kind of interested in the ways voice actors find a connection to their roles. Kaplan says he appreciated playing another large, tough character who he says are braver than himself. Fields, who regularly stands in for Cameron Diaz for any Shrek non-film content says she appreciated being able to take on a...
Taber and Strong said that they didn't even know what they were participating in: two years ago when they first auditioned for the role, it was simply called The Old Republic and they were unaware of its Star Wars ties.
It's the largest voice over project in entertainment history, with thousands of lines of dialog. Each of the performers were surprised by the scope of the game.
I'm always kind of interested in the ways voice actors find a connection to their roles. Kaplan says he appreciated playing another large, tough character who he says are braver than himself. Fields, who regularly stands in for Cameron Diaz for any Shrek non-film content says she appreciated being able to take on a...
- 7/15/2012
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
The third installment in the "Men in Black" series is in theaters now, returning the duo of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones to their familiar roles as Agents J and K, who patrol the Earth ensuring that alien visitors follow our laws, and that the general public never finds out about them.
What may not be as familiar to many people is that Agents J and K, and the agency they work for, originated not on the big screen as many may assume, but in the pages of a comic book series several years before the original "Men in Black" film was released. With that in mind, we're going to take a look back at the original "Men in Black" comics, and find out just how similar — or different — the source material may be from the films you know and love.
The very first "Men in Black" comics were...
What may not be as familiar to many people is that Agents J and K, and the agency they work for, originated not on the big screen as many may assume, but in the pages of a comic book series several years before the original "Men in Black" film was released. With that in mind, we're going to take a look back at the original "Men in Black" comics, and find out just how similar — or different — the source material may be from the films you know and love.
The very first "Men in Black" comics were...
- 5/30/2012
- by Matt Adler
- MTV Splash Page
Though most of the press for "Don't Trust The B---- in Apartment 23" has focused on James Van Der Beek's return to TV playing a fictionalized version of himself, viewers of the show will quickly find that the Beek from the Creek is a supporting player to two fierce female leads.
The show is anchored by Dreama Walker as June, a small-town girl who moves to New York City with a very detailed five-year plan and has to abandon it when job prospects fall through and her fiance turns out to be a cheating jerk. For fans who know Walker best from her dark, conniving role on CBS's "The Good Wife," June is a breath of fresh air.
Executive producers Nahnatchka Khan and David Hemingson say that she was an easy role to cast once Dreama was in the picture. "Dreama was the second person to come in and read,...
The show is anchored by Dreama Walker as June, a small-town girl who moves to New York City with a very detailed five-year plan and has to abandon it when job prospects fall through and her fiance turns out to be a cheating jerk. For fans who know Walker best from her dark, conniving role on CBS's "The Good Wife," June is a breath of fresh air.
Executive producers Nahnatchka Khan and David Hemingson say that she was an easy role to cast once Dreama was in the picture. "Dreama was the second person to come in and read,...
- 4/25/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Since his breakthrough comedy Clerks, Kevin Smith has secured his position as one of Indie cinema’s leading directors. His films are defined by his own brand of bittersweet comedy with iconic slacker characters and an ability to walk a perfect line between profane gross out comedy with genuinely affecting drama. That’s depending on who you ask of course, as for some Smith’s New Jersey flavoured dramedies have often been criticized as mawkish, immature and self indulgent.
Whatever your stance on Smith, his influence on independent cinema since the early ’90s has been huge, with many up-and-coming young filmmakers owing a debt of gratitude to Smith. His controversially outspoken persona has also made him one of cinema’s most engagingly entertaining voices – as witnessed by his hugely successful one-man tours. Recently his public spats with critics have caused much debate, while Smith himself has also suggested that he’ll soon retire from filmmaking.
Whatever your stance on Smith, his influence on independent cinema since the early ’90s has been huge, with many up-and-coming young filmmakers owing a debt of gratitude to Smith. His controversially outspoken persona has also made him one of cinema’s most engagingly entertaining voices – as witnessed by his hugely successful one-man tours. Recently his public spats with critics have caused much debate, while Smith himself has also suggested that he’ll soon retire from filmmaking.
- 2/8/2012
- by Stephen Leigh
- Obsessed with Film
Did Bette Davis live and die in vain? I want Wallis Simpson in all her adulterous, Nazi-loving glory – even if it makes her a bitch
I have no intention of going to see The Iron Lady. This is not for political reasons (though there is that) but because it's by the same director as Mamma Mia!, which was like a drunken Club Med hoedown shot through a sock. Worse, I hear they've softened Margaret Thatcher in an effort to make her seem human and vulnerable. Again, I don't object to this for political reasons (though there is that) but because it's not what I want from a movie about one of the most powerful women of our time.
No, what I really want is for screenwriters to go Shakespearean on Thatcher's ass. I don't care if we're tricked into empathising, even sympathising with her, just so long as we get hamartia,...
I have no intention of going to see The Iron Lady. This is not for political reasons (though there is that) but because it's by the same director as Mamma Mia!, which was like a drunken Club Med hoedown shot through a sock. Worse, I hear they've softened Margaret Thatcher in an effort to make her seem human and vulnerable. Again, I don't object to this for political reasons (though there is that) but because it's not what I want from a movie about one of the most powerful women of our time.
No, what I really want is for screenwriters to go Shakespearean on Thatcher's ass. I don't care if we're tricked into empathising, even sympathising with her, just so long as we get hamartia,...
- 1/13/2012
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
Birthday Shoutouts! Awkwardly shy tennis hottie Dmitry Tursunov (above) is 29, Sheila E. is 54, Jennifer Connelly is 41, Regina Hall is 41, Mayim Bialik is 36, and Dionne Warwick is 71. Okay, time to name your top five Dionne songs! Here are mine: 5. "Valley Of The Dolls," 4. "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye," 4. "Deja Vu," 2. "Love's Hiding Place (Theme to the 80's classic The Seduction)," 1. "Heartbreaker."Once Upon A Time's fall finale was its lowest rated episode, and the rumor is they killed someone off (trying to avoid spoilers here). Speaking of (or not, I'm not saying either way), check out today's Briefs Guy!The faboo Jami Gertz has been cast in that ABC pilot about a "family that moves into a highly desirable gated community in New Jersey only to discover that the entire neighborhood is made up of aliens disguised as humans." TV Line has a blind item about a "hit freshman...
- 12/12/2011
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven For decades, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards have been considered a precursor of the Academy Awards. Movies, performers, directors — and later cinematographers and screenwriters — singled out by the Nyfcc usually have gone on to receive Oscar nominations, oftentimes the golden statuette itself. The New York critics awards also have the reputation of being "snooty" and "artsy." Are they? When it comes to serving as a precursor of the Academy Awards, the answer would have to be a resounding Yes despite a number of Nyfcc winners eventually bypassed by (most of) the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters. As for the Nyfcc's "artsy" choices … Well, that depends on your idea of "artsy." If choosing John Ford's box-office disappointment The Informer as Best Film of 1935 makes the New York critics artsy, then they were. If selecting a couple of non-Hollywood British actresses (Celia Johnson,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
To celebrate Pulp Fiction‘s blu-ray release, I thought we’d take a look at the ‘Ladies of Crime and Femme Fatales’. Tarantino is known for his strong female characters, and there have been many through-out cinema just as strong and memorable.
Not a definite list of these ladies, but ones I think do a great job all the same.
10.) Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) – Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Based upon the real life Bonnie, Faye Dunaway gave a breakthrough and memorable performance. One of the all time classic ladies of crime, both on the screen and in history.
9.) Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) – The Last Seduction (1994)
A real femme fatale, stealing money, grifting men and oozing with sex appeal. Linda Fiorentino has never been sexier as she scheme’s her way into a new town.
8.) Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) – Basic Instinct (1992)
A beautiful seductress possibly involved with a murder, why could it be … Sharon Stone?...
Not a definite list of these ladies, but ones I think do a great job all the same.
10.) Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) – Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Based upon the real life Bonnie, Faye Dunaway gave a breakthrough and memorable performance. One of the all time classic ladies of crime, both on the screen and in history.
9.) Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) – The Last Seduction (1994)
A real femme fatale, stealing money, grifting men and oozing with sex appeal. Linda Fiorentino has never been sexier as she scheme’s her way into a new town.
8.) Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) – Basic Instinct (1992)
A beautiful seductress possibly involved with a murder, why could it be … Sharon Stone?...
- 10/7/2011
- by Marcella Papandrea
- Killer Films
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films being made available by Netflix for instant streaming. Important Note: There may be some films that do not become available on the specified dates. This is merely a report of the most accurate release dates I can find, but is not directly confirmed by Netflix themselves.
The Tourist (2010)
Streaming Available: 07/07/2011
Synopsis: Watery Venice, Italy, provides the setting as Johnny Depp, playing an American tourist seeking solace for his shattered heart, instead finds it in danger again after encountering a beautiful Interpol agent (Angelina Jolie). Little does the Yank know that the artful lady has gone to great lengths to arrange their “chance” meeting and is using him to trap a thief who happens to be her ex-lover. The film...
The Tourist (2010)
Streaming Available: 07/07/2011
Synopsis: Watery Venice, Italy, provides the setting as Johnny Depp, playing an American tourist seeking solace for his shattered heart, instead finds it in danger again after encountering a beautiful Interpol agent (Angelina Jolie). Little does the Yank know that the artful lady has gone to great lengths to arrange their “chance” meeting and is using him to trap a thief who happens to be her ex-lover. The film...
- 7/6/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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