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10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
17 hours ago | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
17 hours ago | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
17 hours ago | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
17 hours ago | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Varmpire's Assistant a Solid Vampire Movie
22 October 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
Well, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is Paul Weitz.s best solo movie. I can.t even really say things like that anymore because people have me figured out. It.s also the best of the recent crop of vampire shows and movies, but also see my reviews of those for context. It has promise, but I certainly don.t care if they never complete the series as movies.
Review: Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
It.s got a Tim Burton-y vibe, like the old Tim Burton of whimsical freaks we love. The music sounds all Danny Elfman-y even though it.s not and the credits are animated. The tone towards .normal. people is good and irreverent, with parental love literally tied to grades and super arch one dimensional adults. Yes, we get it. The idea that the oppressive life plan leads to happiness is actually false. »
‘9′ composer scores Hallström’s new drama
14 October 2009 1:40 PM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »
Deborah Lurie, the composer who recently scored the Tim Burton-produced animated fantasy movie 9 based on themes penned by Danny Elfman, is doing the original score for Dear John. This is the new film from Swedish director Lasse Hallström, who previously worked with Lurie on An Unfinished Life, a film where Lurie replaced a rejected score by Christopher Young. Dear John, starring Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins and Henry ... »
- moviescore
Theatrical Trailer: 9
8 October 2009 12:01 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
I mentioned in a previous post that there are a few movies coming out at the moment with ‘9′ in them… and here’s the latest!
We’ve just been sent the theatrical trailer in high definition for Shane Acker’s ‘9′. The name of the movie is where the similarity to the musical ‘Nine’ ends.
‘9′ features the voices of Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and John C. Reilly and is directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov. ‘9′ focuses on a group of dolls in a post apocalyptic world – sounds naff, looks amazing! Early signs from trailers and posters make this movie look beautiful and is defintely one to look out for.
Check out the trailer below. ‘9′ will be at a cinema near you 28th October.
Synopsis: Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch »
- David Sztypuljak
Fall Frights: Willard (Film Review)
3 October 2009 2:02 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.
Willard - Fangoria Archives: Originally Published 2/28/03
Willard is, of course, a remake of the 1971 cult classic, but it belongs equally to a just slightly older tradition—’60s movies like What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? and Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, which mixed grande dames with Grand Guignol to turn horror into high Gothic melodrama. Everything in Willard is heightened or exaggerated to some degree, but writer/director Glen Morgan never allows it tip over into camp, combining enough intentional humor with serious squirm-inducing moments to make it a scary/funny good time.
The not-so-secret weapon that holds it all together is Crispin Glover, who is so absolutely right for the title role that it’s astonishing to learn that the studio wanted anyone else. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Scores from Outer Space
30 September 2009 7:38 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Undertones: Volume 6 The classic science fiction film emerged during a period of great societal paranoia in the Us in the early 1950s. The post-WW2 environment saw an increased concern with nuclear armament and a fear of the infiltration of communism on the American way of life. Essentially, the sci-fi film was Hollywood’s great metaphor for these threats; its power largely dependent on playing on the fears of the cinema-goer. Many of the films were low-budget affairs pumped out by the studios; a steady stream of high-camp and cheap thrills in order to provide what one can only assume was constant necking-fodder for teens at drive-ins. Amongst these ‘B’ pictures, many of which have been long lost in time to the more technologically-savvy audiences of recent years but considered charming nostalgia to retro film junkies, are films that stand out for their innovation and social commentary and are considered classics by modern cinophiles. »
- Ricky
Universal Music Publishing Group signs publishing deal with Danny Elfman
26 September 2009 11:26 PM, PDT | BusinessofCinema | See recent BusinessofCinema news »
Universal Music Publishing Group (Umpg) has signed Grammy award-winning, Hollywood composer and Oingo Boingo co-founder Danny Elfman to a worldwide publishing deal. The deal encompasses the entire Oingo Boingo catalogue, as well as all publishing interests Danny Elfman has retained in his film and television compositions, and includes the publishing interests he retains in new works.Danny and his older brother Richard Elfman started Oingo Boingo (originally called the Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo) for Richard's directorial debut, Forbidden Zone - now considered a cult ... »
Elfman signs publishing deal with Universal
24 September 2009 6:53 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »
A-list composer Danny Elfman has signed a world-exclusive publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, Music Week reported today. According to the site, the agreement takes in all the publishing interests Elfman has retained in film and television scores, as well the entire cataklogue of Oingo Boingo, the cult rock band Elfman ran before he became a full-time film composer. Danny Elfman, who is represented by Kraft-Engel Management, is one of ... »
- moviescore
‘9′ - “Ticket Stubs Review”
14 September 2009 5:36 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
In many ways ‘9‘ is all about potential and living up to it. Its characters and its filmmaker, Scott Acker, each want to accomplish something personal to them. As an observer to their quest, I can’t help but conclude that they all failed. Yes, the film is stunning in many regards. All who have seen the trailer can comment on its unique visual setting and intriguing cinematography. I hate using clichés, but it’s been a while since I’ve had a perfect example for “style over substance.”
#9 (voiced by Elijah Wood) and #5 (voiced by John C. Reilly)
With the right advisor, this movie could have used those components to create a masterful and memorable tale. Instead the movie slowly unveils a mythology that begins as compelling and quickly evolves into something that is insultingly dumb.
9 begins with the birth of number 9, voiced by Elijah Wood. 9 is a robotic sock »
- Austin Lugar
Preview: Movies of the Fall
12 September 2009 9:20 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
The fall movie season is upon us, and there are some interesting choices out there, the first of which are hitting theaters right now. For autumn, get ready for a host of films that will ramp up the creep factor...before destroying the Earth (one film isn't just opening in the fall, it's about the fall—the fall of humanity, that is), after which we'll find ourselves visiting another planet.
For those who like horror, there's several choices, typically mixed with either humor or romance. You'll have flesh eating zombies in Zombieland (read our early review here), the Devil in drag in Jennifer's Body and effete vampires in New Moon. Meanwhile, another dark subject appears in the form of the posthumous tribute of sorts to Michael Jackson in This Is It; you might say horrific given the circumstances and timing.
And, of course, if all that's not disturbing enough (and let's face it, »
'9'
11 September 2009 9:25 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
At once strikingly original and hauntingly familiar, the animated film 9 is a startling work of imagination. It follows the standard tropes of man vs. machine and post-apocalyptic works in the science-fiction genre — including The Matrix, Battlestar Galactica, and The Terminator — with its technology-will-be-our-doom message. But this is an animated film produced by creative forces Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted and the sadly overlooked Day Watch), and despite its standard story, it is so visually bold that it threatens to work its way into the audience's dreams.
Based on Shane Acker's Oscar-nominated short, 9 begins in an alternate earth. A rag doll-like creation with the number 9 on his back (voiced by The Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood) wakes up among the destruction to discover that the scientist who created him is dead, as are the rest of the people in the world. An invention created with the best of intentions, »
"9" and "The September Issue" Movie Reviews
11 September 2009 3:36 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
It's all about stitching at the box-office this weekend. One, is an animated adventure called "9" about the "stitchpunk" creations by director Shane Acker featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, and Jennifer Connelly.
(For my written review of "9" click here)
The other's such a stitch of a fashion documentary. It's called "The September Issue" and it's from filmmaker R.J. Cutler. He does for fashion what he did for politics in the brilliant "The War Room."
"The September Issue" focuses on Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour during the production of the magazine's 2007 September Issue -- the holy grail of fashion. Egos clashing, tempers flaring, strike a pose there's nothing to it :happy
Here are my movie reviews of both "9" and "The September Issue."
"9" -- A Focus Features presentation in association with Relativity Media of a Jim Lemley/Tim Burton/Timur Bekmambetov production. 9. Elijah Wood, »
- Manny
9 Movie Trailer Little Brother
9 September 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Focus Features just released this new movie trailer “Little Brother” for the upcoming animated film “9″ from producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov by director Shane Acker and starring Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly and Crispin Glover. Synopsis: A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman. When 9 (The Lord of [...] »
- Brian Corder
“9″ Movie Review
8 September 2009 1:30 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Shane Acker’s new post-apocalyptic animated adventure “9” began its life as the young director’s thesis project during his grad school days in UCLA’s animation department. In that original incarnation, the film was an 11-minute silent short that plunged viewers into a desolate, destroyed world inhabited only by diminutive rag dolls loosely stitched together out of whatever odds and ends survived the unseen cataclysm…read more [FilmJournal]
I have no idea who “9″ was made for, aside from me. It’s a dark, post-apocalyptic tale whose main characters are walking burlap sacks. There are killer robots, responsible for obliterating the human race, and they have long spindly arms and glowing red eyes, cousins of the Matrix’s sentinels. The story involves one of these sacks (9) meeting up with a group of other sacks, in an attempt to reclaim the world for… more sack people?…read more [MoviesOnline.ca]
Acker’s UCLA-made short pictured the same bombed-out, »
- Allan Ford
'Forbidden Zone' ... The Stage Musical?
4 September 2009 5:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
It's time for another cult classic flick to hit the stage. In 1980, the world entered the Forbidden Zone. The cult classic was written and directed by Richard Elfman. It marked the first appearance of '80s band Oingo Boingo, which was led by Danny, Richard's brother. (Yes, this is the Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman.) Now, in conjunction with the classic's 30th anniversary, the Zone is going live and following the film-to-stage trend. After a lot of murmuring in the blogosphere, Hollywood's officially getting Forbidden Zone: Live in the 6th Dimension -- "a surreal bawdy musical" adapted by playwright and actor Michael Holmes (Det. Miller in the online series Duck 'n Cover).
One look at the trailer for the film (you can see it after the jump, Nsfw, some nudity) shows that it's almost futile to try and describe this insane flick. At its simplest, The Forbidden Zone is the »
- Monika Bartyzel
9 Movie – New Images And Fun Diversions
4 September 2009 7:49 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
If you aren't at least a little excited for the upcoming release of Shane Acker's 9, I have to believe your just mostly dead inside. The animated short expansion with Tim Buron's name on it has been flooding the online campaign approach with more goodies and fun stuff than any movie in recent memory, and here comes a round-up of a bit more. In case you're completely out of the loop, here's the official film synopsis - A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker's distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman. When 9 (The Lord of the Ring's Elijah Wood) first comes to life, »
- Marc Eastman
Review of 9
3 September 2009 10:57 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2009
Directors: Shane Acker
Writers: Shane Acker & Pamela Pettler
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Hal MacDermot
Rating: 7 out of 10
Shane Acker won an Oscar nomination with the short version of this movie back in 2006, and this time he has all kinds of fire power behind him. Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (Day Watch, Wanted) are executive producing and there’s a host of voice talent including Jennifer Connolly (Blood Diamond) and Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Space 1999). Danny Elfman does the themes. The fully apocalyptic monsters are visually stunning and it’s a steampunk-ish world where digital has disappeared and technology means mechanics with a splash of spiritualism. Looks a bit like World War II bombed London/Berlin with mechanical versions of evil Terminator machines. I found the story much less impressive, although there are some very cool action sequences. 9 is probably too scary for little kids, but for people old enough to drink beer, »
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