Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a film that, much like its protagonist, crosses oceans of time. Director Francis Ford Coppola, one of the filmmakers at the leading edge of the “film school” generation of the seventies, tapped into the talents of the young up-and-coming stars, both in front of and behind the camera, to tell a familiar story using very old techniques. Opting to avoid the rising tide of digital effects, expensive location shooting, and elaborate artifices in favor of “naïve” in-camera effects, stage-bound shooting, and lavish costumes as “sets,” Coppola and his collaborators created a thoroughly unique retelling of Dracula. The look of the film is simultaneously timeless and on the cutting-edge of innovation. Though it celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this year, it still feels as modern and transgressive as the day it was released.
Though Coppola is cited as one of cinema’s great auteurs, he is first...
Though Coppola is cited as one of cinema’s great auteurs, he is first...
- 11/14/2022
- by Brian Keiper
- bloody-disgusting.com
Acclaimed writer/director David Lowery joins Josh and Joe to discuss the films that inspired The Green Knight.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Green Knight (2021)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2022)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
The Old Man And The Gun (2018)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Pete’s Dragon (2016) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Ghost Story (1974)
Sword of the Valiant (1984)
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Masters of the Universe (1987) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Andrei Rublev (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards blurb
War And Peace (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Devils (1971)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Conjuring (2013)
Jubilee (1978)
Benedetta (2021)
Dune (1984)
Dune (2021)
Hard To Be A God (2013)
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
Moby Dick (1956) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary,...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Green Knight (2021)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2022)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
The Old Man And The Gun (2018)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Pete’s Dragon (2016) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Ghost Story (1974)
Sword of the Valiant (1984)
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Masters of the Universe (1987) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Andrei Rublev (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards blurb
War And Peace (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Devils (1971)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Conjuring (2013)
Jubilee (1978)
Benedetta (2021)
Dune (1984)
Dune (2021)
Hard To Be A God (2013)
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
Moby Dick (1956) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
"The Furniture," by Daniel Walber, is our weekly series on Production Design. You can click on the images to see them in magnified detail.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula turns 25 years old today. It is, appropriately, not dead. Not that a film can die, exactly, but this one has held onto its toothy vigor with particular success. Even the ridiculous way Keanu pronounces “Bewdapest” still charms. Eiko Ishioka’s Oscar-winning costumes seem simultaneously ancient and way ahead of their time. The same goes for the Oscar-winning makeup, which transforms Gary Oldman across centuries with bewildering commitment. The visual effects, which went unnominated, remain thrilling, a dizzying phantasmagoria of cinematic shadow-puppetry.
But I’m here to rave about the only nominated category that the film didn’t win. Production designer Thomas E. Sanders and art director Garrett Lewis were nominated, but they lost to Howards End. Hard to argue with that, of course.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula turns 25 years old today. It is, appropriately, not dead. Not that a film can die, exactly, but this one has held onto its toothy vigor with particular success. Even the ridiculous way Keanu pronounces “Bewdapest” still charms. Eiko Ishioka’s Oscar-winning costumes seem simultaneously ancient and way ahead of their time. The same goes for the Oscar-winning makeup, which transforms Gary Oldman across centuries with bewildering commitment. The visual effects, which went unnominated, remain thrilling, a dizzying phantasmagoria of cinematic shadow-puppetry.
But I’m here to rave about the only nominated category that the film didn’t win. Production designer Thomas E. Sanders and art director Garrett Lewis were nominated, but they lost to Howards End. Hard to argue with that, of course.
- 11/13/2017
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmExperience
Thomas E. Sanders, the production designer and art director who worked for some of the top names in Hollywood on such pictures as Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula has died. The father of five, whose youngest (Lucas) is only four years old, succumbed to cancer on July 6. He was 63. Sanders was twice Oscar nominated for art direction (Saving Private Ryan, Dracula). He last worked on Justin…...
- 7/14/2017
- Deadline
A who’s-who of online influencers were honored yesterday evening at the ninth annual Shorty Awards, which recognizes the year’s best accomplishments in social media. Hosted by the actor Tony Hale, the ceremony took place at New York's PlayStation Theater.
This year’s awards recognized both emerging and veteran creators, including: Breakout YouTuber James Charles, YouNower Of The Year Zach Clayton, YouTube Ensemble Jenna Marbles & Julien Solomita, YouTube Musician Dodie Clark, Muser (Musical.ly creator) Of The Year Lisa And Lena, Viner Of The Year Kenny Knox, YouTube Comedian Thomas Sanders, YouTube Guru Nikkie Tutorials, and YouTuber Of The Year Gigi Gorgeous.
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This year’s awards recognized both emerging and veteran creators, including: Breakout YouTuber James Charles, YouNower Of The Year Zach Clayton, YouTube Ensemble Jenna Marbles & Julien Solomita, YouTube Musician Dodie Clark, Muser (Musical.ly creator) Of The Year Lisa And Lena, Viner Of The Year Kenny Knox, YouTube Comedian Thomas Sanders, YouTube Guru Nikkie Tutorials, and YouTuber Of The Year Gigi Gorgeous.
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- 4/24/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Since we announced our epic contest and awards for Vine (complete with a promo video from the Epic Voice Guy himself, Jon Bailey) a laundry list of over 400 talented creators with recognizable names have entered the fray. That list includes King Bach, Brittany Furlan, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Lele Pons, Rudy Mancuso, the National Basketball Association, Thomas Sanders, Turner Sports, Justin Bieber, Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and many more. And it's not too late to add your name to it, too.
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- 3/24/2017
- by Tubefilter Staff
- Tubefilter.com
A week ago we announced our epic contest and awards for the six-second looping video app that left the world too soon. Now, we're ready for you to rewatch your favorite one-tenth-of-a-minute pieces of entertainment ephemera and cast your vote for the Best Vines Ever!
Over 400 of the most epic former Vine creators have signed up for the contest - including King Bach, Brittany Furlan, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Lele Pons, Rudy Mancuso, the National Basketball Association, Thomas Sanders, Turner Sports, Justin Bieber, Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and many, many more - and all of their collective 150,000 Vines are in the running to take home awards from the Best Vines EVERn befitting their creative ingenuity.
And to show you just how epic this Best Vines Ever contest and awards is going to be, we got the Epic Voice...
Over 400 of the most epic former Vine creators have signed up for the contest - including King Bach, Brittany Furlan, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Lele Pons, Rudy Mancuso, the National Basketball Association, Thomas Sanders, Turner Sports, Justin Bieber, Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and many, many more - and all of their collective 150,000 Vines are in the running to take home awards from the Best Vines EVERn befitting their creative ingenuity.
And to show you just how epic this Best Vines Ever contest and awards is going to be, we got the Epic Voice...
- 3/21/2017
- by Tubefilter Staff
- Tubefilter.com
In less than a week since we first announced our final sendoff to Vine and the incredible creators that once made up its thriving community, a lot of those creators' libraries of six-second online-vide-ephemera-turned-entertainment-masterpieces are in the running for Best Vines Ever! In addition the the earlier mentioned King Bach, Brittany Furlan, Jake Paul, and Logan Paul, we've now got Lele Pons, Rudy Mancuso, the National Basketball Association, Thomas Sanders, and Turner Sports on board to name a few. Oh, part-time Viner and full-time international pop star Justin Bieber is in the mix, too. And we're just getting started.
345 of the now-defunct-but-not-forgotten platform's all-star creators are in the mix along with their collective nearly 150,000 Vines. We got Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and so many more inspired individuals whose creations are all in the mix. Like we said before,...
345 of the now-defunct-but-not-forgotten platform's all-star creators are in the mix along with their collective nearly 150,000 Vines. We got Anwar Jibawi, Brandon Bowen, Brandon Calvillo, ChloeLMAO, David Dobrik, The Gabbie Show, Jérôme Jarre, Ry Doon, and so many more inspired individuals whose creations are all in the mix. Like we said before,...
- 3/17/2017
- by Tubefilter Staff
- Tubefilter.com
Disney is making a stated push to showcase influencers on its TV channel via the newly launched Bizaardvark series -- which, in itself, is about two best friends who create an online comedy channel.
In addition to series regular Jake Paul, a Viner-turned-actor who represents the first influencer to star in a Disney Channel TV show, Bizaardvark -- which premiered in June -- has featured digital luminaries Lilly Singh, Logan Paul, Alisha Marie, Meredith Foster, Thomas Sanders, Eva Gutowski, and Rosanna Pansino as guest stars, according to Variety. While many of the aforementioned creators have played themselves on the show, others have appeared as original characters in a bid to flex their acting muscles.
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In addition to series regular Jake Paul, a Viner-turned-actor who represents the first influencer to star in a Disney Channel TV show, Bizaardvark -- which premiered in June -- has featured digital luminaries Lilly Singh, Logan Paul, Alisha Marie, Meredith Foster, Thomas Sanders, Eva Gutowski, and Rosanna Pansino as guest stars, according to Variety. While many of the aforementioned creators have played themselves on the show, others have appeared as original characters in a bid to flex their acting muscles.
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- 12/7/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Yousef Erakat and “The Philip DeFranco Show” were among the big winners Tuesday night at the 6th annual Streamy Awards, highlighting some of the year’s most notable achievements in digital entertainment.
Read More: ‘Honest Trailers,’ Lilly Singh, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Among This Year’s Streamy Awards Winners
Among the night’s 14 winners, audience choice awards went to Erakat as Entertainer of the Year and “The Philip DeFranco Show” as Show of the Year. In addition, Rhett and Link’s “Good Mythical Morning” won for Comedy and Lilly Singh’s “A Trip to Unicorn Island” was acknowledged in the Feature category. Casey Neistat was honored for his work in First Person video work, which he acknowledged as the evolution of reality TV, “more honest and real than anything that predated it.”
The show featured a number of breakout performance moments, including an emotional tribute to the late Christina Grimmie, an...
Read More: ‘Honest Trailers,’ Lilly Singh, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Among This Year’s Streamy Awards Winners
Among the night’s 14 winners, audience choice awards went to Erakat as Entertainer of the Year and “The Philip DeFranco Show” as Show of the Year. In addition, Rhett and Link’s “Good Mythical Morning” won for Comedy and Lilly Singh’s “A Trip to Unicorn Island” was acknowledged in the Feature category. Casey Neistat was honored for his work in First Person video work, which he acknowledged as the evolution of reality TV, “more honest and real than anything that predated it.”
The show featured a number of breakout performance moments, including an emotional tribute to the late Christina Grimmie, an...
- 10/5/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Vine star Thomas Sanders, who counts nearly 8 million followers on the micro video platform and 6.5 billion loops, is taking his singular sense of humor on the road. This summer, Sanders will kick off his first live tour, a musical comedy dubbed Ultimate Storytime -- referring to a series on Sanders’ Vine account where he approaches strangers and narrates, out loud, what they’re doing.
The 17-city North American tour kicks off on August 12 in Tampa, Fla. and concludes on September 2 in Washington, D.C., coinciding with Playlist Live. Ultimate Storytime is being produced by Playlist Live -- the organization behind the large-scale east coast YouTube conventions -- as well as Sanders’ digital talent management firm, Reboot the People.
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The 17-city North American tour kicks off on August 12 in Tampa, Fla. and concludes on September 2 in Washington, D.C., coinciding with Playlist Live. Ultimate Storytime is being produced by Playlist Live -- the organization behind the large-scale east coast YouTube conventions -- as well as Sanders’ digital talent management firm, Reboot the People.
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- 7/22/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
On the heels of an ingenious musical collaboration with digital star Thomas Sanders that shrewdly compared the relative merits of YouTube and Vine, Jon Cozart is back with another savage -- but deceptively sweet-sounding -- takedown of YouTube culture in 2016.
Cozart’s latest video on his Paint channel, simply dubbed YouTube Culture: A Song, features cameos from a host of popular creators as they trumpet a litany of stereotypes surrounding YouTube stars and their fans, as well as some uncomfortable truths about the industry as a whole. Some particularly cutting lines include “I'm a famous clown in a flower crown/ My friends are dictated by similar subscriber counts,” and “Hey guys, I'm on tour, so tug on mommy's hair/ If she pays two hundred bucks you can meet-and-greet a millionaire.” In the chorus, Cozart likens YouTube culture to something slightly more sinister: a cult.
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Cozart’s latest video on his Paint channel, simply dubbed YouTube Culture: A Song, features cameos from a host of popular creators as they trumpet a litany of stereotypes surrounding YouTube stars and their fans, as well as some uncomfortable truths about the industry as a whole. Some particularly cutting lines include “I'm a famous clown in a flower crown/ My friends are dictated by similar subscriber counts,” and “Hey guys, I'm on tour, so tug on mommy's hair/ If she pays two hundred bucks you can meet-and-greet a millionaire.” In the chorus, Cozart likens YouTube culture to something slightly more sinister: a cult.
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- 3/31/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The communities of YouTube and Vine are increasingly intertwined, but a friendly rivalry still exists between the creators who make videos on each platform. The latest iteration of this online video competition features YouTube star Jon “Paint” Cozart and Vine star Thomas Sanders, who teamed up for a video called “Anything Vine Can Do, YouTube Does Better.”
In the video, Cozart and Sanders rewrite the lyrics to a classic showtune in order to dis each other’s platforms of choice. Cozart ribs Sanders for Vine’s gimmicky nature and the rigidness of its format, while Sanders shoots back by criticizing YouTube’s pesky ads and its increasingly corporate nature. By the end of the video, the two creators seem less interested in trading boasts and more interested in showing off their respective singing voices.
This isn’t the first time YouTubers and Viners have been pitted against one another in lyrical combat,...
In the video, Cozart and Sanders rewrite the lyrics to a classic showtune in order to dis each other’s platforms of choice. Cozart ribs Sanders for Vine’s gimmicky nature and the rigidness of its format, while Sanders shoots back by criticizing YouTube’s pesky ads and its increasingly corporate nature. By the end of the video, the two creators seem less interested in trading boasts and more interested in showing off their respective singing voices.
This isn’t the first time YouTubers and Viners have been pitted against one another in lyrical combat,...
- 3/18/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Unfortunately, Guillermo Del Toro’s original Gothic romance Crimson Peak didn’t translate to box office gold, netting thirty one million at the domestic box office (it was budgeted at fifty-five million) and receiving criticism for a basic narrative failing to live up to the promise of inventive visuals. Still, one can appreciate Universal’s gambling on Del Toro’s vision and hope the property is considered lucrative enough to continue supporting unique visions from auteurs. Featuring a talented cast (despite the questionable casting of Jessica Chastain), Del Toro’s period suspense thriller collapses under close inspection, but is worth a glance as a piece of glossy strangeness.
Borrowing mercilessly from yellowed clichés of romantically inclined gothic literature, screenwriters Del Toro and Matthew Robins (whose last collaboration was the 1997 mutant insect thriller Mimic) plunder Edgar Allan Poe templates infused with the emotional melodrama oozing eternally from the pages of the...
Borrowing mercilessly from yellowed clichés of romantically inclined gothic literature, screenwriters Del Toro and Matthew Robins (whose last collaboration was the 1997 mutant insect thriller Mimic) plunder Edgar Allan Poe templates infused with the emotional melodrama oozing eternally from the pages of the...
- 2/9/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The more “international” body of tastemaker critics have anointed Todd Haynes’ Carol, Hou Hsaio-Hsien’s The Assassin, George Miller’s Mad Max, Sean Baker’s Tangerine and Bruno Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin as the better film items for 2015 and top vote getters with the most noms for 2016 Ics Awards. Winners of the 13th Ics Awards will be announced on February 21, 2016. Here are the noms and all the categories.
Picture
• 45 Years
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Carol
• Clouds of Sils Maria
• The Duke of Burgundy
• Inside Out
• Li’l Quinquin
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
• Tangerine
Director
• Sean Baker – Tangerine
• Bruno Dumont – Li’l Quinquin
• Todd Haynes – Carol
• Hou Hsaio-Hsien – The Assassin
• George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Film Not In The English Language
• Amour Fou
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Hard to Be a God
• Jauja
• La Sapienza
• Li’l Quinquin
• Phoenix
• A...
Picture
• 45 Years
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Carol
• Clouds of Sils Maria
• The Duke of Burgundy
• Inside Out
• Li’l Quinquin
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
• Tangerine
Director
• Sean Baker – Tangerine
• Bruno Dumont – Li’l Quinquin
• Todd Haynes – Carol
• Hou Hsaio-Hsien – The Assassin
• George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Film Not In The English Language
• Amour Fou
• Arabian Nights
• The Assassin
• Hard to Be a God
• Jauja
• La Sapienza
• Li’l Quinquin
• Phoenix
• A...
- 2/8/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The ghosts of Allerdale Hall will be unleashed tomorrow with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Legendary Pictures' Blu-ray / DVD release of Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, and we've been provided with five Blu-ray / DVD combo packs to give away.
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Prize Details: (5) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray / DVD combo pack copy of Crimson Peak.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Crimson Peak Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on February 14th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Previous Press Release: Universal City, California, December 8, 2015 – A sheltered young woman abandons the safe certainty of her upbringing for life with an...
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Prize Details: (5) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray / DVD combo pack copy of Crimson Peak.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Crimson Peak Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on February 14th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Previous Press Release: Universal City, California, December 8, 2015 – A sheltered young woman abandons the safe certainty of her upbringing for life with an...
- 2/8/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
On Mubi Off is a bi-weekly column exploring two films: one currently available on Mubi in the United States, and the other screening offsite (in theaters, on VOD, Blu-ray/DVD, etc).On MUBIIn a Glass Cage (Agustí Villaronga, 1986)A number of directors have put audiences in the head of a murderer using a subjective point of view shot—Michael Powell, John Carpenter, Dario Argento, to name but a very few. The opening sequence of Agustí Villaronga's 1986 feature film debut, In a Glass Cage, further perverts that sense of empathetic identification by using subjective Pov to put us in the mind of a killer in the making. We don't know who this germinal cut-throat is at first, only that he or she is bearing witness to a truly unspeakable horror: a middle-aged man lasciviously caressing, then beating to death, a naked, bloodied and helpless adolescent boy. Though the actions playing...
- 2/2/2016
- by Keith Uhlich
- MUBI
Bridge Of Spies
Nominees for the Art Directors Guild (Adg, Iatse Local 800) 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos were announced by Adg Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards Producer Thomas Wilkins.
The 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards presented by Dxv by American Standard, will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.
The Art Directors Guild (Iatse Local 800) represents 2,300 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; Set Designers and Model Makers; and Previs Artists.
The Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015 Are:
1. Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen...
Nominees for the Art Directors Guild (Adg, Iatse Local 800) 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in 11 categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos were announced by Adg Council Chair Marcia Hinds and Awards Producer Thomas Wilkins.
The 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards presented by Dxv by American Standard, will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with comedian Owen Benjamin serving as host.
The Art Directors Guild (Iatse Local 800) represents 2,300 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world in film, television and theater as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors; Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists; Illustrators and Matte Artists; Set Designers and Model Makers; and Previs Artists.
The Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015 Are:
1. Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen...
- 1/6/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Coco here, ready to talk about the Art Directors Guild and their wacky nominations.
Usually we reserve the term category fraud for when lead performances are nominated in less competitive supporting categories, but the Art Directors Guild suggests we expand the definition. The Guild divides its film categories into period, fantasy, and contemporary, which makes senses. But this year's nominations suggest the division between the three categories are rather arbitrary. (The Film Experience is on the record saying that categories only matter if you follow the rules, so maybe the Adg should read this piece by our beloved Nathaniel.)
Anyway, here are the nominations:
Production Design (Period Film)
Bridge of Spies - Adam Stockhausen
Crimson Peak - Thomas Sanders
The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart
The Revenant - Jack Fisk
Trumbo - Mark Rickner
Thomas Sanders's gothic sets are gorgeous, but Crimson Peak is a movie about ghosts. The...
Usually we reserve the term category fraud for when lead performances are nominated in less competitive supporting categories, but the Art Directors Guild suggests we expand the definition. The Guild divides its film categories into period, fantasy, and contemporary, which makes senses. But this year's nominations suggest the division between the three categories are rather arbitrary. (The Film Experience is on the record saying that categories only matter if you follow the rules, so maybe the Adg should read this piece by our beloved Nathaniel.)
Anyway, here are the nominations:
Production Design (Period Film)
Bridge of Spies - Adam Stockhausen
Crimson Peak - Thomas Sanders
The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart
The Revenant - Jack Fisk
Trumbo - Mark Rickner
Thomas Sanders's gothic sets are gorgeous, but Crimson Peak is a movie about ghosts. The...
- 1/5/2016
- by Coco
- FilmExperience
The Art Directors Guild has unveiled the nominees of its 20th anual Excellence in Production Design Awards and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is one of the contenders in the Contemporary Feature Film category. But it may be hard for the force to beat the magical "Cinderella!"
And as a big Madonna fan, yup I'm a Rebel Heart, it's heartwarming to see the icon as one of the nominees in the Short Format category for her "Ghosttown" music video! The only music video nominated!
Winners will be announced on January 31. Here's the full list of nominees of the Art Directors Guild Awards:
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015
Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Crimson Peak
Production Designer: Thomas E. Sanders
The Danish Girl
Production Designer: Eve Stewart
The Revenant
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Trumbo
Production Designer: Mark Ricker
Fantasy Film
Cinderella
Production Designer:...
And as a big Madonna fan, yup I'm a Rebel Heart, it's heartwarming to see the icon as one of the nominees in the Short Format category for her "Ghosttown" music video! The only music video nominated!
Winners will be announced on January 31. Here's the full list of nominees of the Art Directors Guild Awards:
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015
Period Film
Bridge Of Spies
Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen
Crimson Peak
Production Designer: Thomas E. Sanders
The Danish Girl
Production Designer: Eve Stewart
The Revenant
Production Designer: Jack Fisk
Trumbo
Production Designer: Mark Ricker
Fantasy Film
Cinderella
Production Designer:...
- 1/5/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak was one of our films of 2015. Here's why...
A mild cheat to kick off our countdown of the top 10 films of the year, following our look at numbers 20-11. Crimson Peak so narrowly missed out, that we felt it deserved an article of its own. This one, in fact...
11. Crimson Peak
Guillermo del Toro delivered an English language masterpiece this year. Crimson Peak is an absolute triumph in production design, storytelling, performance, direction, and most importantly atmosphere. What it doesn’t deliver in is traditional scares. Because, and I can’t stress this enough, it’s not a horror film. Despite the ghosts roaming the place, it’s not even really a supernatural story. As main character Edith (a career best Mia Wasikowska) explicitly states for the audience when describing her own novel, ‘It’s not a ghost story, it’s...
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Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak was one of our films of 2015. Here's why...
A mild cheat to kick off our countdown of the top 10 films of the year, following our look at numbers 20-11. Crimson Peak so narrowly missed out, that we felt it deserved an article of its own. This one, in fact...
11. Crimson Peak
Guillermo del Toro delivered an English language masterpiece this year. Crimson Peak is an absolute triumph in production design, storytelling, performance, direction, and most importantly atmosphere. What it doesn’t deliver in is traditional scares. Because, and I can’t stress this enough, it’s not a horror film. Despite the ghosts roaming the place, it’s not even really a supernatural story. As main character Edith (a career best Mia Wasikowska) explicitly states for the audience when describing her own novel, ‘It’s not a ghost story, it’s...
- 12/22/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
A sheltered young woman abandons the safe certainty of her upbringing for life with an alluring aristocrat on a remote English estate in Crimson Peak, a visually stunning and intensely disturbing thriller from writer and director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), coming to Digital HD on January 26, 2016, and Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on February 9, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Legendary Pictures.
Brilliantly unforgettable visuals and an atmosphere steeped in dread make Crimson Peak an elegant, gorgeously realized and completely original horror mystery that has been declared “a masterpiece” by Fox-tv. The Blu-ray Combo Pack comes with more than an hour of bonus features that reveal some of the terrifying secrets hidden behind the doors of sinister Allerdale Hall.
From the imagination of director Guillermo del Toro comes a terrifying Gothic romance masterpiece starring Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Thor series), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty,...
Brilliantly unforgettable visuals and an atmosphere steeped in dread make Crimson Peak an elegant, gorgeously realized and completely original horror mystery that has been declared “a masterpiece” by Fox-tv. The Blu-ray Combo Pack comes with more than an hour of bonus features that reveal some of the terrifying secrets hidden behind the doors of sinister Allerdale Hall.
From the imagination of director Guillermo del Toro comes a terrifying Gothic romance masterpiece starring Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Thor series), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty,...
- 12/8/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The ghosts of Allerdale Hall will be haunting homes early next year, as Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have announced a January 26th Digital HD debut and February 9th Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release of Guillermo del Toro's latest film, Crimson Peak:
Press Release: Universal City, California, December 8, 2015 – A sheltered young woman abandons the safe certainty of her upbringing for life with an alluring aristocrat on a remote English estate in Crimson Peak, a visually stunning and intensely disturbing thriller from writer and director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), coming to Digital HD on January 26, 2016, and Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on February 9, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Legendary Pictures. Brilliantly unforgettable visuals and an atmosphere steeped in dread make Crimson Peak an elegant, gorgeously realized and completely original horror mystery that has been declared “a masterpiece” by Fox-tv.
Press Release: Universal City, California, December 8, 2015 – A sheltered young woman abandons the safe certainty of her upbringing for life with an alluring aristocrat on a remote English estate in Crimson Peak, a visually stunning and intensely disturbing thriller from writer and director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), coming to Digital HD on January 26, 2016, and Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on February 9, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Legendary Pictures. Brilliantly unforgettable visuals and an atmosphere steeped in dread make Crimson Peak an elegant, gorgeously realized and completely original horror mystery that has been declared “a masterpiece” by Fox-tv.
- 12/8/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
More signs of "Spotlight" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" duking it out for the awards season! Much like the winners of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, "Spotlight" won best picture while George Miller won best director for "Mad Max: Fury Road" at this year's Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association awards.
Miller's "Fury Road" received the most honors including production design and editing while "Spotlight" received two including best ensemble.
Here's the complete list of nominees and winners (highlighted) of the 2015 Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association awards:
Best Film:
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Spotlight -- Winner
Best Director:
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) -- Winner
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Best Actor:
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Johnny Depp (Black Mass)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) -- Winner
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne...
Miller's "Fury Road" received the most honors including production design and editing while "Spotlight" received two including best ensemble.
Here's the complete list of nominees and winners (highlighted) of the 2015 Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association awards:
Best Film:
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Spotlight -- Winner
Best Director:
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) -- Winner
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Best Actor:
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Johnny Depp (Black Mass)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) -- Winner
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne...
- 12/7/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
“Do not let your eyes see or your ears hear that which you cannot account for.” Abraham Van Helsing’s warning to three men in disbelief of the living dead has a blunt message: Our senses can lie to us. Anthony Hopkins’s off-kilter professor may be one of the top-billed “jewels” in what Francis Ford Coppola deemed his proverbial “crown” of 1992, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but his words feel ironic next to the lavish production design of Dante Ferretti and Thomas Sanders. Their work, along with Ishioka Eiko’s Japanese Gothic hybrid costuming, is a visual feast, sensual in its ebonies and crimsons and a sleek, sexy companion to Wojciach Kilar’s music. Coppola’s dramatic realization is overwhelmingly a sensory experience, a film engineered for appreciating how it looks and the way it sounds.
And does it “sound.” The story of Dracula is legend, and along with qualifying...
And does it “sound.” The story of Dracula is legend, and along with qualifying...
- 10/19/2015
- by David Klein
- SoundOnSight
I am such an admirer of Guillermo del Toro that I want his films to be as great as he is. But just as del Toro values honesty in his relationship with his filmmaking compadres Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu, I have to be straightforward in evaluating Crimson Peak: it’s a disappointment. On the plus side, the film is a feast for the eyes. Thomas E. Sanders’ production design and Kate Hawley’s costumes are sumptuous beyond description. Obviously they and their collaborators took their cues from del Toro, whose visual imagination is without rival. This gothic ghost story/ romance offers a broad canvas, from the interior of a Victorian home...
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- 10/15/2015
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Guillermo del Toro has merged both his blockbuster enthusiasm and intimate sensibilities on a grand scale and the result happens to be his best English language film to date. An early scene perfectly sets the tone of what's to come as Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), wanting to leave her mark in literature like her idol Mary Shelley, explains to a reluctant publisher the difference between a ghost story and a story that happens to have a ghost in it. Del Toro is channeling classic gothic literature and cinema that covers the spectrum of paying tribute to all of the greats, from Daphne du Maurier and Edgar Allan Poe to Jack Clayton and Mario Bava.
Against her father's better judgement, Edith finds herself being swept off her feet by Sir Thomas Sharpe, portrayed with elegance and ferocity by the remarkably talented Tom Hiddleston. As Edith travels with Sir Thomas and his...
Against her father's better judgement, Edith finds herself being swept off her feet by Sir Thomas Sharpe, portrayed with elegance and ferocity by the remarkably talented Tom Hiddleston. As Edith travels with Sir Thomas and his...
- 10/14/2015
- by Sean McClannahan
- DailyDead
Guillermo Del Toro has been able to build a very unusual career for himself, balancing smaller Spanish-language titles that have been very personal with giant American blockbusters that are somehow equally personal. They're just personal to different sides of his personality, and when you're a filmmaker who is both a wicked-smart erudite voracious reader, an art collector whose tastes are all over the place, adult and part of a loving, close-knit family, raising strong daughters with a strong wife, who also just happens to be a filmmaker who is a 13-year-old boy who delights in the creepies and the crawlies and the gross and the absurd and superheroes and has a house full of the most amazing toys of all time including secrets rooms and part of the Haunted Mansion, then "personal" can cover a whole lot of ground. Universal has done "Crimson Peak" a disservice by selling it as a horror film.
- 10/14/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Special Mention: Battle Royale
Written and directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Japan, 2000
The concept of The Hunger Games owes much to Koushun Takami’s cult novel Battle Royale, adapted for the cinema in 2000 by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is set in a dystopian alternate-universe, in Japan, with the nation utterly collapsed, leaving 15 percent unemployed and 800,000 students boycotting school. The government passes something called the Millennium Educational Reform Act, which apparently provides for a class of ninth-graders to be chosen each year and pitted against one another on a remote island for 3 days. Each student is given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water, and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred fight to the death. With 48 contestants, only one will go home alive. Yes, this has been often cited as the original Hunger Games; whether or not Suzanne Collins borrowed heavily...
Written and directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Japan, 2000
The concept of The Hunger Games owes much to Koushun Takami’s cult novel Battle Royale, adapted for the cinema in 2000 by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is set in a dystopian alternate-universe, in Japan, with the nation utterly collapsed, leaving 15 percent unemployed and 800,000 students boycotting school. The government passes something called the Millennium Educational Reform Act, which apparently provides for a class of ninth-graders to be chosen each year and pitted against one another on a remote island for 3 days. Each student is given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water, and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred fight to the death. With 48 contestants, only one will go home alive. Yes, this has been often cited as the original Hunger Games; whether or not Suzanne Collins borrowed heavily...
- 10/10/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
The Gen Y Productions' Florida premiere of the hit film adaptation Heathers The Musical enters its final weekend at The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Fl. Crowds and critics have raved about the production click here to read my review, and many have come in costume and carrying croquet mallets and Corn Nuts at every performance. As they prepared for their Opening Night, I sat down with the show's stars Nicola Visco Veronica, Thomas Sanders J.D., Lindsey Wells Heather Chandler, Caroline Drage Heather Duke, and Jillian Gizzi Heather McNamara and chatted about the show, their roles, and what they were like in high school. Check out the video below.
- 8/20/2015
- by Matt Tamanini
- BroadwayWorld.com
A group of Vine celebrities wants to spread some impromptu holiday cheer. Thomas Sanders, Taylor Shrum, Brittney Kelly, and Michael Tremaine have partnered in an initiative to leverage their audiences and promote random acts of kindness during the Christmas season.
The four stars are collectively known by their fans as the Fanders Army. Each person in the Army published a Vine video on their accounts and showing themselves committing an impromptu act of charity to a random stranger. Each Fanders Army Viner is encouraging their fans to do the same and share their videos using the hashtag #Givemas. Here’s the “good deed” explanation video from Sanders himself:
Sanders is known for his “Story Time” Vines where he ambushes a random person in public and “narrates” their life at that moment in time. On Christmas day, the Viner with over 4.6 million followers will pick five of the best holiday giving...
The four stars are collectively known by their fans as the Fanders Army. Each person in the Army published a Vine video on their accounts and showing themselves committing an impromptu act of charity to a random stranger. Each Fanders Army Viner is encouraging their fans to do the same and share their videos using the hashtag #Givemas. Here’s the “good deed” explanation video from Sanders himself:
Sanders is known for his “Story Time” Vines where he ambushes a random person in public and “narrates” their life at that moment in time. On Christmas day, the Viner with over 4.6 million followers will pick five of the best holiday giving...
- 12/23/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Toronto - On movie set visits, occasionally journalists won't get the chance to talk to directors at all. Sometimes the directors are artistes, too far down the cinematic rabbit hole to engage in casual chit-chat with the fourth estate. Sometimes the directors merely glorified puppets, but the producers are happy to put themselves forward instead. And sometimes the directors are friendly, smart and well-adjusted, but making movies is such complicated work that they can't spare more than two minutes for a smile-and-wave, lest the production between to teeter like an ill-formed game of Mouse Trap. Guillermo del Toro plays by his own rules. It's mid-March on the Toronto set of Legendary/Universal’s "Crimson Peak" and del Toro is literally lifting the roof off of his production to let a small group of reporters see the inner-workings of his Victorian haunted house drama. Actually, over the course of a lengthy day on set,...
- 7/17/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Hook
Written by James V. Hart, Nick Castle, Malia Scotch Marmo, and J. M. Barrie
Directed by Steven Spielberg
USA, 1991
Steven Spielberg is known the world over for creating genuine movie magic. From his blockbuster splash Jaws in 1975 up until his 2012 biopic Lincoln, Spielberg is certainly a gifted filmmaker. Very few auteurs are still work today but Spielberg keeps banging out films that dazzle the senses and leave an everlasting impression on the viewer. However, some of Spielberg’s films haven’t achieved the recognition and respect they deserve. There are certain films that this movie master made that didn’t quite achieve a high status. One such film is 1991’s Hook, a fantasy adventure which didn’t really score well with critics but filled children of the 90s with joy, innocence, and wonder.
The film follows middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a bitter individual who has forgotten who he is.
Written by James V. Hart, Nick Castle, Malia Scotch Marmo, and J. M. Barrie
Directed by Steven Spielberg
USA, 1991
Steven Spielberg is known the world over for creating genuine movie magic. From his blockbuster splash Jaws in 1975 up until his 2012 biopic Lincoln, Spielberg is certainly a gifted filmmaker. Very few auteurs are still work today but Spielberg keeps banging out films that dazzle the senses and leave an everlasting impression on the viewer. However, some of Spielberg’s films haven’t achieved the recognition and respect they deserve. There are certain films that this movie master made that didn’t quite achieve a high status. One such film is 1991’s Hook, a fantasy adventure which didn’t really score well with critics but filled children of the 90s with joy, innocence, and wonder.
The film follows middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a bitter individual who has forgotten who he is.
- 6/23/2014
- by Randall Unger
- SoundOnSight
Mommy Pole Dancers Show Us All How It's Done When I say all, I mean all. by Conor Gallagher Strippers have been called many things: artists, dancers, feminists, and now, perhaps, "Mommy." In his intimate photo set, originally posted on Slate, Tom Sanders has captured these pole dancers in their graceful best but, with a unique twist. All the women are in the privacy of their own homes, which leaves us with one brief, artful question: Why in the hell are your kids in the room? You're beautiful ladies, but you've got to know your audience. Still, the work of these mothers is incredibly impressive, possibly World Pole Dance Championship ready. Look below and you'll see what I mean. [h/t Slate] Images by Tom [...]...
- 4/3/2014
- by Conor Gallagher
- Nerve
Heading into the annual convention in San Diego, Universal Pictures-based Dravnverse has announced the start of pre-production on the first Dravn feature adaptation.
Jesse Negron created Dravn, a comic book and graphic novel property that takes place in a dark parallel universe where world events have gone awry populated by heroes such as Achilles and Joan Of Arc.
Dravnverse head Tom Sanders will serve as executive producer on the feature while Negron will produce with Knightvision’s James Knight, who served as performance capture project manager on Avatar.
Knight will oversee special effects on the project, which Sanders has been developing with Negron for five years.
The lead concept artist will be Keith Thompson, whose credits include Pacific Rim.
Production is scheduled to take place at various locations early next year.
Jesse Negron created Dravn, a comic book and graphic novel property that takes place in a dark parallel universe where world events have gone awry populated by heroes such as Achilles and Joan Of Arc.
Dravnverse head Tom Sanders will serve as executive producer on the feature while Negron will produce with Knightvision’s James Knight, who served as performance capture project manager on Avatar.
Knight will oversee special effects on the project, which Sanders has been developing with Negron for five years.
The lead concept artist will be Keith Thompson, whose credits include Pacific Rim.
Production is scheduled to take place at various locations early next year.
- 7/17/2013
- ScreenDaily
At the beginning of the 2013 Summer film season comes M. Night Shyamalan’s coming-of-age movie, After Earth.
The movie begins more than one thousand years in the future long after people are forced to abandon the only home they had ever known. Upon leaving Earth in 10 arks, calendars were changed from Ad to Ae, reflecting the new life “After Earth.”
Humans relocated to Nova Prime where they faced an invasion from the Skrel and the genetically engineered weapon – The Ursa. These beasties can sense humans’ fear and use that to track and kill their prey.
Just as it seemed nothing could stop the Ursa, Ranger Cypher Raige (Will Smith) inadvertently uncovers their weakness: without fear, humans are invisible to the Ursa. In an unprecedented show of self-control and discipline, Raige eliminated his fear and defeated the Ursa. This act of restraint became known as “Ghosting,” and lifted Raige to new heights of fame.
The movie begins more than one thousand years in the future long after people are forced to abandon the only home they had ever known. Upon leaving Earth in 10 arks, calendars were changed from Ad to Ae, reflecting the new life “After Earth.”
Humans relocated to Nova Prime where they faced an invasion from the Skrel and the genetically engineered weapon – The Ursa. These beasties can sense humans’ fear and use that to track and kill their prey.
Just as it seemed nothing could stop the Ursa, Ranger Cypher Raige (Will Smith) inadvertently uncovers their weakness: without fear, humans are invisible to the Ursa. In an unprecedented show of self-control and discipline, Raige eliminated his fear and defeated the Ursa. This act of restraint became known as “Ghosting,” and lifted Raige to new heights of fame.
- 5/30/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.
After writing the story for After Earth, Will Smith – also a producer of the film – would turn over the writing reins to Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan would also direct the movie. Smith called Shyamalan on his birthday, and Shyamalan told Smith how great Jaden Smith was in The Karate Kid. Will Smith said, “Well, we do have a movie idea in the works…” and they took off from there.
After writing the story for After Earth, Will Smith – also a producer of the film – would turn over the writing reins to Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan would also direct the movie. Smith called Shyamalan on his birthday, and Shyamalan told Smith how great Jaden Smith was in The Karate Kid. Will Smith said, “Well, we do have a movie idea in the works…” and they took off from there.
- 5/20/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Set to hit theaters on May 31st, After Earth begins more than one thousand years in the future – in fact, one thousand years after humanity was forced to abandon the only home they had ever known.
Legendary General Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith) returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai (played by Jaden Smith). When an asteroid storm damages their craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
To celebrate the theatrical release of After Earth, Wamg is doing a giveaway!
Two (2) winners will receive an After Earth Prize Pack, including:
1 T-shirt...
Legendary General Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith) returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai (played by Jaden Smith). When an asteroid storm damages their craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
To celebrate the theatrical release of After Earth, Wamg is doing a giveaway!
Two (2) winners will receive an After Earth Prize Pack, including:
1 T-shirt...
- 5/17/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael Douglas and Demi Moore set the box office alight in the adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Disclosure. But has any film of the 90s aged as badly as this one?
There was a point in the 1990s where Michael Crichton's novel, Disclosure, was something of a must read. This was a book that dared to address sexual discrimination against men in the workplace, from that man who wrote the thing with all the dinosaurs. And thanks to that combination of factors, it shot up the charts and stayed there for a long time.
Also in the 1990s, Michael Douglas was riding high. Off the back of Basic Instinct, he was Hollywood's go-to guy if they wanted someone to have sex while wearing a jumper. And thus, when the movie version of Disclosure came together, in fairly quick time, he was the obvious choice for the male lead.
It...
There was a point in the 1990s where Michael Crichton's novel, Disclosure, was something of a must read. This was a book that dared to address sexual discrimination against men in the workplace, from that man who wrote the thing with all the dinosaurs. And thanks to that combination of factors, it shot up the charts and stayed there for a long time.
Also in the 1990s, Michael Douglas was riding high. Off the back of Basic Instinct, he was Hollywood's go-to guy if they wanted someone to have sex while wearing a jumper. And thus, when the movie version of Disclosure came together, in fairly quick time, he was the obvious choice for the male lead.
It...
- 7/28/2011
- Den of Geek
Hate your boss? You might want to check these 10 out and thank your lucky stars!
We’ve all had them at some point in our working life. Some of us are still unfortunate enough to have them. Most of us, however, aren’t fortunate enough to live our lives with horrible bosses as a comedy movie! But to celebrate the release of black comedy Horrible Bosses (rather aptly named!), WhatCulture! were challenged with chronicling the 10 worst bosses to ever grace the big screen.
Here’s what we came up with;
10. Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) – The Proposal (2009)
If there’s one thing you wouldn’t want an insensitive, anally retentive boss to do, it’s become your wife! Well that’s what Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), the quiet and hardworking assistant of the maniacal Margaret Tate finds himself forced to say he’s doing. Whilst many of us have probably had...
We’ve all had them at some point in our working life. Some of us are still unfortunate enough to have them. Most of us, however, aren’t fortunate enough to live our lives with horrible bosses as a comedy movie! But to celebrate the release of black comedy Horrible Bosses (rather aptly named!), WhatCulture! were challenged with chronicling the 10 worst bosses to ever grace the big screen.
Here’s what we came up with;
10. Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) – The Proposal (2009)
If there’s one thing you wouldn’t want an insensitive, anally retentive boss to do, it’s become your wife! Well that’s what Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), the quiet and hardworking assistant of the maniacal Margaret Tate finds himself forced to say he’s doing. Whilst many of us have probably had...
- 7/19/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
There's a moment early on in Red Riding Hood when the heroine and title character, Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), is talking about her love for a boy named Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), and the things that love makes her do, that acts a kind of key for the whole film. Valerie and Peter live with their families in a small village surrounded by a wood that we're told is dark and deep, though it doesn't actually appear to be that imposing. As she watches him cut lumber, she says in a voice-over that she knows "girls aren't supposed to hunt rabbits or go into the woods alone" but that "Peter had a way of making me break the rules." The line is meant to underscore Valerie's desire to break free from the gender stereotypes that plague her village as well as fairy tales in general: she's no weak-willed girl, but a young...
- 3/11/2011
- by Daniel Carlson
Believe the legend. Beware the wolf. From the director of Twilight comes this exclusive new trailer (via iTunes) for Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood. So…who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
Synopsis:
The film features an ensemble cast, led by Amanda Seyfried (.Letters to Juliet,. .Mamma Mia!.) in the title role. The film also stars Gary Oldman (.The Dark Knight,. the .Harry Potter. films), Billy Burke (the .Twilight. films), Shiloh Fernandez (.Skateland.), Max Irons (.Dorian Gray.), Oscar® nominee Virginia Madsen (.Sideways.), and Oscar® winner Julie Christie (.Away from Her,. .Darling.).
In .Red Riding Hood,. Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn...
Synopsis:
The film features an ensemble cast, led by Amanda Seyfried (.Letters to Juliet,. .Mamma Mia!.) in the title role. The film also stars Gary Oldman (.The Dark Knight,. the .Harry Potter. films), Billy Burke (the .Twilight. films), Shiloh Fernandez (.Skateland.), Max Irons (.Dorian Gray.), Oscar® nominee Virginia Madsen (.Sideways.), and Oscar® winner Julie Christie (.Away from Her,. .Darling.).
In .Red Riding Hood,. Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn...
- 11/17/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – Randall Wallace began his screenwriting career at the top of the ladder, penning the script for the Best Picture-winning “Braveheart” and earning an Oscar nomination himself. He went on to direct “The Man in the Iron Mask” and “We Were Soldiers,” and returns this week with the inspirational “Secretariat,” the true story of the legendary horse starring Diane Lane and John Malkovich. Wallace recently sat down with us for a very-friendly and informative discussion on where he’s been for the last several years, the films that inspired him, and the difficulties of making a movie about horse racing.
HollywoodChicago.com: What is an interesting question that you’ve been asked by an audience member at a Q&A?
Randall Wallace: I was asked what I learned making the film.
HollywoodChicago.com: Well?
Wallace: All of my movies – “Braveheart,” “We Were Soldiers” – have been about the same things: That hope prevails,...
HollywoodChicago.com: What is an interesting question that you’ve been asked by an audience member at a Q&A?
Randall Wallace: I was asked what I learned making the film.
HollywoodChicago.com: Well?
Wallace: All of my movies – “Braveheart,” “We Were Soldiers” – have been about the same things: That hope prevails,...
- 10/7/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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