The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has been dormant for over a decade now, and despite the fact that people like Mike Flanagan and Elijah Wood are interested in making Elm Street movies, there are no new films on the horizon. Freddy Krueger’s extended vacation is going to continue a while longer. At least we have several films to revisit – and as part our of Halloween celebrations here at JoBlo and Arrow in the Head, we decided to put together a list ranking those films from worst to best. So keep scrolling down to see our take on Nightmare on Elm Street Movies Ranked.
A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
The production company Platinum Dunes went on a reboot and remake spree for a while, and some worthwhile movies came out of that. Their version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre holds up. I like that movie’s prequel. I love the...
A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
The production company Platinum Dunes went on a reboot and remake spree for a while, and some worthwhile movies came out of that. Their version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre holds up. I like that movie’s prequel. I love the...
- 1/31/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It doesn't matter how many times a slasher villain dies, they will return. Even if a long-running film series has been stretched past the point of credulity, the villain will somehow be back. "Friday the 13th" has traversed Jason Voorhees' constant returns with little explanation, eventually clarifying that he is possessed by a demon (if one prefers "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday") or that he is afflicted with a rare medical condition that allows his cells to spontaneously regenerate (if one prefers "Jason X"). "Halloween," meanwhile, has allowed Michael Myers' constant return by incessantly rebooting itself. At last count, there are at least five separate continuities across 13 "Halloween" movies.
In 1994, Wes Craven cleverly introduced an in-film reason for Freddy Krueger -- the undead, claw-handed dream demon from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" -- to constantly return. In "Wes Craven's New Nightmare," the filmmaker appears as himself to explain...
In 1994, Wes Craven cleverly introduced an in-film reason for Freddy Krueger -- the undead, claw-handed dream demon from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" -- to constantly return. In "Wes Craven's New Nightmare," the filmmaker appears as himself to explain...
- 10/11/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), Jackie Earle Haley (The First Lady), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Suicide Squad), Jessica De Gouw (The Secrets She Keeps) and Alice Lee (Brittany Runs a Marathon) have signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in the Netflix thriller Our Man from Jersey, from director Julian Farino (Ballers).
The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton.
Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos. The...
The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton.
Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos. The...
- 5/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Each week this list assembles songs from the country music and Americana spheres that we think deserve your attention. This edition does that too, but also serves a purpose unique to this 2020 Election Day by compiling exemplary songs of change, protest, compassion, and comfort. Here’s the tracks to get you through the week.
The Avett Brothers, “This Land Is Your Land”
The roots-music power players celebrate both unity and diversity in their rendition of Woody Guthrie’s American staple. But the Avetts’ sparse banjo-led rendition is only part of the story: The video,...
The Avett Brothers, “This Land Is Your Land”
The roots-music power players celebrate both unity and diversity in their rendition of Woody Guthrie’s American staple. But the Avetts’ sparse banjo-led rendition is only part of the story: The video,...
- 11/2/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Englund has turned up, at least officially, as Freddy Krueger in eight A Nightmare on Elm Street movies, and remains one of the most iconic of all the horror villains. However, Englund didn’t come back for the flawed reboot of the franchise in 2010, with the part instead going to Jackie Earle Haley. ScreenRant have now looked at why he didn’t reprise his role in Samuel Bayer’s picture, and here’s what they found.
Unfortunately, there really isn’t much in the way of a shock as to why Englund didn’t return as Freddy in the remake. Effectively, the producers wanted to go in a different direction with the character, particularly in terms of making him scarier and less comical than the version that the actor had developed since 1984. According to him, he wasn’t even keen on a cameo appearance, and had this to say at the time:
“Oh no,...
Unfortunately, there really isn’t much in the way of a shock as to why Englund didn’t return as Freddy in the remake. Effectively, the producers wanted to go in a different direction with the character, particularly in terms of making him scarier and less comical than the version that the actor had developed since 1984. According to him, he wasn’t even keen on a cameo appearance, and had this to say at the time:
“Oh no,...
- 9/7/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Robert Englund hasn’t donned Freddy Krueger’s iconic clawed glove and fedora since 2003 when the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise crossed over with Friday the 13th, and the series has struggled to move forward without him. If the negative reception to Samuel Bayer’s 2010 reboot proved one thing, it’s that the fans don’t like the idea of seeing anyone other than Englund in the role of Freddy.
Although the horror franchise has remained dormant for the last decade, there’s been talk of a possible revival of late. Elijah Wood is keen to bring A Nightmare on Elm Street back for another instalment via his company SpectreVision and is said to have held early talks about the viability of this with Wes Craven’s estate. What’s more, the Lord of the Rings star has assured fans that he would only press ahead if there was a...
Although the horror franchise has remained dormant for the last decade, there’s been talk of a possible revival of late. Elijah Wood is keen to bring A Nightmare on Elm Street back for another instalment via his company SpectreVision and is said to have held early talks about the viability of this with Wes Craven’s estate. What’s more, the Lord of the Rings star has assured fans that he would only press ahead if there was a...
- 8/18/2020
- by Mark Langshaw
- We Got This Covered
Sean Penn’s Core praises Los Angeles’ guardian angels — those on the ground administering Covid-19 tests — in a new PSA that reiterates that “testing saves lives.”
On March 30th, Core (Community Organized Relief Effort) opened its first coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles; since that time, Core now oversees 15 sites, including 12 in California, two in Atlanta and a mobile site in Detroit. Their team of 120 staff members and 300 volunteers have thus far administered 70,000 tests as of May 6th.
The “Guardians” PSA — narrated by actor Edward James Olmos — features a visual tapestry of near-desolate Los Angeles,...
On March 30th, Core (Community Organized Relief Effort) opened its first coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles; since that time, Core now oversees 15 sites, including 12 in California, two in Atlanta and a mobile site in Detroit. Their team of 120 staff members and 300 volunteers have thus far administered 70,000 tests as of May 6th.
The “Guardians” PSA — narrated by actor Edward James Olmos — features a visual tapestry of near-desolate Los Angeles,...
- 5/7/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Following last year's Corpse Club episodes on 2009 horror remakes, Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley are looking back at horror remakes from 2010, and their latest installment focuses on Samuel Bayer's A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Continuing their retrospective episodes on horror remakes released in 2010 that celebrate their 10th anniversaries this year, Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley enter the dream world for a revisit of A Nightmare on Elm Street remake on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast.
Listen as Heather and Patrick discuss Samuel Bayer's reimagining of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street, from the film's use of CG effects and Jackie Earle Haley's portrayal of the iconic Freddy Krueger to the movie's nightmare sequences and the performances by Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, and more.
So, whether you've never seen this version of A Nightmare on Elm Street or you're a longtime...
Continuing their retrospective episodes on horror remakes released in 2010 that celebrate their 10th anniversaries this year, Horror BFFs Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley enter the dream world for a revisit of A Nightmare on Elm Street remake on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast.
Listen as Heather and Patrick discuss Samuel Bayer's reimagining of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street, from the film's use of CG effects and Jackie Earle Haley's portrayal of the iconic Freddy Krueger to the movie's nightmare sequences and the performances by Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, and more.
So, whether you've never seen this version of A Nightmare on Elm Street or you're a longtime...
- 4/17/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
It’s going on 10 years since horror fans flocked to their local theaters to see Freddy Krueger terrorize teens in 2010’s A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot.
But had Robert Englund – the Robert Englund, lead star of Elm Street and a bona fide horror legend – had his way, we would’ve been waiting a little bit longer to see the Midnight Mangler back to his old killing ways.
According to Englund, Samuel Bayer’s reinvention of A Nightmare on Elm Street arrived far too soon, and left very little breathing space between it and 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason, the horror-fueled extravaganza in which Krueger came face-to-face with the masked killer of Camp Crystal Lake.
As a matter of fact, while chatting to Too Fab, Robert Englund admitted that he had once hoped the Powers That Be would greenlight another Freddy vs. Jason crossover film before spearheading a full-blown Elm Street reboot.
But had Robert Englund – the Robert Englund, lead star of Elm Street and a bona fide horror legend – had his way, we would’ve been waiting a little bit longer to see the Midnight Mangler back to his old killing ways.
According to Englund, Samuel Bayer’s reinvention of A Nightmare on Elm Street arrived far too soon, and left very little breathing space between it and 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason, the horror-fueled extravaganza in which Krueger came face-to-face with the masked killer of Camp Crystal Lake.
As a matter of fact, while chatting to Too Fab, Robert Englund admitted that he had once hoped the Powers That Be would greenlight another Freddy vs. Jason crossover film before spearheading a full-blown Elm Street reboot.
- 4/8/2020
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The last time A Nightmare on Elm Street was rebooted back in 2010, the results were very underwhelming. Still, there’s been a recent push for the classic 1984 supernatural slasher film to be remade the right way. A potential reimagining of the movie has been on ice for the past few months due to The Conjuring, but now it looks like the ball is finally starting to get rolling, and according to sources close to Wgtc, Alexandre Aja is currently among the directors being eyed to helm the flick.
He may not be a household name at this point in his career, but horror savants are very familiar with the Frenchman’s impressive filmography. Aja is the director behind hits such as The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha 3D, Horns and more. His latest feature Crawl is in theaters now and has received stellar reviews.
This resumé certainly outshines that of Samuel Bayer,...
He may not be a household name at this point in his career, but horror savants are very familiar with the Frenchman’s impressive filmography. Aja is the director behind hits such as The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha 3D, Horns and more. His latest feature Crawl is in theaters now and has received stellar reviews.
This resumé certainly outshines that of Samuel Bayer,...
- 7/12/2019
- by Evan Lewis
- We Got This Covered
The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street was always going to have a hard time living up to Wes Craven’s original film. The final result was a a disappointment in terms of rehashing the franchise’s iconic moments without really justifying its existence. Screenwriter Eric Heisserer is pretty direct in explaining why the film didn’t work, too, blaming it on director Samuel Bayer’s cavalier approach to his script.
Heiserrer, who was nominated for an Oscar for Arrival, recently used Twitter to rant about his experiences with A Nightmare on Elm Street, with some choice comments including that:
“I wish the script I’d written, with the two New Line execs as shepherds, would have been the movie. …the draft that we thought was going to be shot was different in many ways, some big and some subtle. This happens a lot, but I still have memories...
Heiserrer, who was nominated for an Oscar for Arrival, recently used Twitter to rant about his experiences with A Nightmare on Elm Street, with some choice comments including that:
“I wish the script I’d written, with the two New Line execs as shepherds, would have been the movie. …the draft that we thought was going to be shot was different in many ways, some big and some subtle. This happens a lot, but I still have memories...
- 5/9/2019
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Writer Eric Heisserer gets a bad rap for his earlier works. A fan among us, his screenplay for A Nightmare on Elm Street was butchered by director Samuel Bayer, and his unique take on The Thing was destroyed when the studio covered up as many practical effects as they could in the Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.-directed prequel/remake. Over […]...
- 4/4/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Writer Eric Heisserer has done pretty well for himself in recent years, having penned the scripts for such popular genre works as Arrival and Bird Box. In fact, the scribe’s recent success might be all the more impressive given that his feature debut was a work as widely rejected as 2010‘s A Nightmare on Elm Street, and in a recent series of Twitter posts, Heisserer lamented how his script for the horror remake suffered heavy tampering.
Samuel Bayer’s critically panned slasher flick toys with the idea that Freddy Krueger, played this time by Jackie Earle Haley, may have been wrongly accused of molesting children, and is now coming back from the dead to seek vengeance. But while the film ultimately reveals the villain to be guilty, this wasn’t what Heisserer initially had in mind.
“There was an iteration of the movie at one point where he remained innocent and vengeful,...
Samuel Bayer’s critically panned slasher flick toys with the idea that Freddy Krueger, played this time by Jackie Earle Haley, may have been wrongly accused of molesting children, and is now coming back from the dead to seek vengeance. But while the film ultimately reveals the villain to be guilty, this wasn’t what Heisserer initially had in mind.
“There was an iteration of the movie at one point where he remained innocent and vengeful,...
- 3/19/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Jules Daly, who spent 17 of her 28 years at Rsa Films as president of the film, TV and commercials production company started by Ridley and Tony Scott, is transitioning into an independent producing deal with sister company Scott Free Productions. Daly launches her own banner, Big Red Films, with seven feature film projects.
Rsa, which is approaching 50 years in business with tons of commercials including Scott’s famed 1984 Apple spot, will now be run by company veteran David Mitchell. Mitchell has produced high-profile commercials with Jake Scott and many other directors including Michael Mann, Jordan Scott, Terence Neale, Samuel Bayer, Chris Cunningham and Ridley and Tony Scott. He has been elevated to Rsa managing director.
While much of running Rsa consisted of managing thousands of commercials shot by emerging director clients in locales all over the world, Daly also produced films that included the Joe Carnahan-directed The Grey, The...
Rsa, which is approaching 50 years in business with tons of commercials including Scott’s famed 1984 Apple spot, will now be run by company veteran David Mitchell. Mitchell has produced high-profile commercials with Jake Scott and many other directors including Michael Mann, Jordan Scott, Terence Neale, Samuel Bayer, Chris Cunningham and Ridley and Tony Scott. He has been elevated to Rsa managing director.
While much of running Rsa consisted of managing thousands of commercials shot by emerging director clients in locales all over the world, Daly also produced films that included the Joe Carnahan-directed The Grey, The...
- 6/7/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s almost 2018, and neither Elm Street nor The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are in the best of shape.
The former was last rebooted back in 2010, when Samuel Bayer resurrected Freddy Krueger for a new generation and, well, let’s just say the end product struggled to leave much of an impression. Wes Craven’s horror masterclass is by no means finished, though, what with plans in place for a second reboot, one that will presumably begin to step out of the shadows in 2018.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, on the other hand, has been steadily pumping out one sequel after another ever since Tobe Hooper’s seminal classic introduced those blood-thirsty cannibals back in ’74. The latest incarnation, Leatherface, took things in a decidedly different direction, though Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s prequel will ultimately be remembered as an uninspired mess.
Thankfully, Bloody Disgusting has unearthed the perfect palette cleanser: a gory,...
The former was last rebooted back in 2010, when Samuel Bayer resurrected Freddy Krueger for a new generation and, well, let’s just say the end product struggled to leave much of an impression. Wes Craven’s horror masterclass is by no means finished, though, what with plans in place for a second reboot, one that will presumably begin to step out of the shadows in 2018.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, on the other hand, has been steadily pumping out one sequel after another ever since Tobe Hooper’s seminal classic introduced those blood-thirsty cannibals back in ’74. The latest incarnation, Leatherface, took things in a decidedly different direction, though Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s prequel will ultimately be remembered as an uninspired mess.
Thankfully, Bloody Disgusting has unearthed the perfect palette cleanser: a gory,...
- 11/22/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Samuel Bayer's 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street was widely reviled by both critics and fans, with a 15% average on Rotten Tomatoes and a 5.2/10 user rating on IMDb (by comparison, Wes Craven's original boasts a 7.5/10). Now, Robert Englund -- whose iconic performance as Freddy Krueger was reinterpreted by a cat-faced Jackie Earle Haley in the remake -- is diagnosing what went wrong with the updated version. In a nutshell: the film's nubile victims weren't carefree enough at the beginning of the film for audiences to invest in their eventual downfall. “You don’t ever see any of the people happy go-lucky, they’re never untainted,” said Englund during an appearance at the Film & Comic Con in Belfast, Ireland (via Bloody Disgusting). “You need to see before and after so you can invest emotionally with the children. They’re practically zombies from the get-go because they’re haunted...
- 6/2/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Now this is a crazy version of a Nightmare on Elm Street reboot that I could get behind! Before the disappointing 2010 reboot happened with Jackie Earle Haley and Rooney Mara, French filmmakers Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo were developing a version of the film that sounds like it would have been awesome. Unfortunately, New Line Cinema and Platinum Dunes went with director Samuel Bayer for some reason, and we all know how that turned out.
Bloody-Disgusting recently interviewed Maury and Bustillo and talked to them about their vision for Freddy Krueger that never happened. Their pitch is explained as a Goonies-inspired take on the franchise involving kids being terrorized by Freddy instead of teenagers.
“Our idea of a good remake is to have a new vision on the same thematics. Here it was to really use the fact that Krueger is a child molester. So the idea was to have...
Bloody-Disgusting recently interviewed Maury and Bustillo and talked to them about their vision for Freddy Krueger that never happened. Their pitch is explained as a Goonies-inspired take on the franchise involving kids being terrorized by Freddy instead of teenagers.
“Our idea of a good remake is to have a new vision on the same thematics. Here it was to really use the fact that Krueger is a child molester. So the idea was to have...
- 3/10/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Platinum Dunes' 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street was worse than bad; it was an entirely uninspired riff on its predecessor, with none of the terror, charm or killer subtext of Wes Craven's original. Not even an excellent actor like Jackie Earle Haley -- who was rendered unrecognizable beneath pounds of cat-like makeup as nu-Freddy -- could overcome the film's glaring deficiencies. Here's something interesting: while Noes is being remade yet again by New Line Cinema, Bloody Disgusting just provided an intriguing window into what might have been. What many fans don't know is that before music video director Samuel Bayer took the helm, Inside directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo were in talks to direct the remake. And based on what they told the horror site in a recent interview, if they'd had it their way the film could have been something more than just a tired rehash.
- 3/9/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
New Line Cinema is moving forward with a new A Nightmare on Elm Street film, and fans are split as to the announcement. After Samuel Bayer’s underwhelming 2010 remake, there’s good reason to call for pause. Perhaps the franchise needs… Continue Reading →
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- 8/18/2015
- by Matt Molgaard
- DreadCentral.com
New Line Cinema
If there’s but a few things in life that are certain, it’s death, taxes and reboots of popular horror franchises. That’s how the old saying goes, right? Just as Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Leatherface are all set to return to their own respective series after absences of varying length, so too has the re-emergence of the Bastard Son of a Hundred Maniacs has been announced.
To say things didn’t go so well last time they tried to remake A Nightmare On Elm Street would be an understatement, so it’s with some trepidation that we approach this news. One can only hope that lessons have been learned and that the team behind this redo have the savvy to build on past mistakes to make it a New Nightmare worth having.
Accepting that there’s nothing we can do about this film being made,...
If there’s but a few things in life that are certain, it’s death, taxes and reboots of popular horror franchises. That’s how the old saying goes, right? Just as Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Leatherface are all set to return to their own respective series after absences of varying length, so too has the re-emergence of the Bastard Son of a Hundred Maniacs has been announced.
To say things didn’t go so well last time they tried to remake A Nightmare On Elm Street would be an understatement, so it’s with some trepidation that we approach this news. One can only hope that lessons have been learned and that the team behind this redo have the savvy to build on past mistakes to make it a New Nightmare worth having.
Accepting that there’s nothing we can do about this film being made,...
- 8/11/2015
- by Joel Harley
- Obsessed with Film
Dreams turned reality. Horror classic Nightmare on Elm Street will be getting a reboot more than 30 years after the release of Wes Craven’s original, according to The Wrap. The film, which first terrorized audiences’ imaginations in 1984 and spawned four sequels, made a comeback in 2010 with director Samuel Bayer’s remake. It starred Rooney Mara, with Jackie Earle Haley taking over as Robert Englund’s famed villain, Freddy Krueger. Critics largely panned the new film. According to The Wrap, the new Nightmare script will be penned by David Leslie [...]...
- 8/7/2015
- Us Weekly
Five years on from the Platinum Dunes remake with Jackie Earle Haley, studio New Line is planning to resurrect Freddy Krueger again, with another new Nightmare On Elm Street. Toby Emmerich will be among New Line's producers, while David Leslie Johnson will write the screenplay.A Nightmare On Elm Street, of course, arrived from horror icon Wes Craven in 1984, making an instant star of Robert Englund and an unlikely, wisecracking pop culture juggernaut of undead child-murderer Freddy. Five sequels of variable quality followed, plus an anthology TV series and Wes Craven's New Nightmare, in which the director tried to take back his character and make him frightening again. Englund's final scrape of the glove was in 2003's Freddy Vs Jason, mashing up the franchise with Friday The 13th, basically as a splatstick comedy.The Michael Bay-produced 2010 remake turned a profit but enthused nobody, even though Haley made a decent fist of it.
- 8/7/2015
- EmpireOnline
One, two, another reboot coming for you. Three, four, the more franchise movies the better. Five, six, you get the point. Over at the Tracking Board, they're reporting that New Line Cinema is ready to try again with A Nightmare on Elm Street. Just a few years ago we followed very closely the most recent remake that came out in 2010, directed by Samuel Bayer starring Jackie Earle Haley as the new Freddy. And, once again, since that remake didn't end up doing so well they're simply going back to the drawing board and restarting because of course it's a successful name-brand horror franchise so they can restart and it still has a fanbase. Here's all the information Tracking Board has about the new version - which is currently being scripted. Plot details are kept under lock and key, though fans can safely assume that the red-and-green sweater/fedora wearing Freddy...
- 8/6/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Freddy's dead? Never. The House That Freddy Built (a.k.a. New Line Cinema) is reportedly remaking the Wes Craven classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street" -- for a second time -- after the Samuel Bayer-directed update failed to connect with audiences a few years ago. That film, which saw Jackie Earl Haley slipping on the razor-sharp claw and fedora hat formerly occupied by Robert Englund, grossed over $115 million worldwide but suffered from withering reviews and -- worst of all -- fan indifference. Silver lining: Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes, which produced the 2010 remake, doesn't appear to be involved this time around (if the report indeed turns out to be true/accurate). And screenwriter David Leslie Johnson ("Orphan," "The Walking Dead") seems like a reasonable (if not particularly inspired) choice to pen the script. But is this necessary? Absolutely not! Is it even welcome? Not as far as I'm concerned.
- 8/6/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
He’s one of the luckiest guys in the world and Adam Levine gives fans an inside look at his red hot romance with wife Behati Prinsloo in the new “Animals” video from Maroon 5.
Directed by Samuel Bayer (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”), the clip finds Levine working behind the counter at a butcher shop while Behati comes in to pick up some meat.
As the story progresses, the “Maps” crooner ends up tracking his lady down and getting into bed with her and before long they’re both naked and covered in blood.
Adam sings, "Baby, I’m preying on you tonight / Hunt you down eat you alive / Just like animals… Maybe you think that you can hide / I can smell your scent from miles / Just like animals."...
Directed by Samuel Bayer (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”), the clip finds Levine working behind the counter at a butcher shop while Behati comes in to pick up some meat.
As the story progresses, the “Maps” crooner ends up tracking his lady down and getting into bed with her and before long they’re both naked and covered in blood.
Adam sings, "Baby, I’m preying on you tonight / Hunt you down eat you alive / Just like animals… Maybe you think that you can hide / I can smell your scent from miles / Just like animals."...
- 9/30/2014
- GossipCenter
Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine does a disgusting and disturbing acting turn in the band's new music video for "Animals," which could seriously cause you nightmares. Co-starring supermodel Behati Prinsloo (Levine's wife), the clip features Levine as a psychotic and literal butcher, who becomes obsessed with his beautiful customer and starts stalking her. He finds out where she lives, snaps pics without her consent, has grand delusions of bedding her and having the bestest, sexiest blood-soaked sex with her. Unlike Maroon 5's horrendous "Misery" music video, this little ditty shoots for at least some gritty realism, with Levine's character trying to actually make a move on his -- as the song describes her -- "prey." She rejects him. This is a character who owns a bunch of knives with an unhealthy relationship with meat, mind you. Sex and violence combine in what are ultimately these delusions, but hint at...
- 9/30/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo sure know how to keep married life interesting. The couple, who tied the knot in July, star in the new video for Maroon 5's "Animals," in which Levine, 35, plays a butcher obsessed with Prinsloo. While he spends most of the video stalking her from a distance and chopping feverishly at slabs of raw meat, the singer eventually hunts her down and ravishes her in a shower of blood. Um, romantic, we guess? The singer Instagrammed a shot from the set of the video, which was directed by the legendary Samuel Bayer, earlier this month.
- 9/29/2014
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo sure know how to keep married life interesting. The couple, who tied the knot in July, star in the new video for Maroon 5's "Animals," in which Levine, 35, plays a butcher obsessed with Prinsloo. While he spends most of the video stalking her from a distance and chopping feverishly at slabs of raw meat, the singer eventually hunts her down and ravishes her in a shower of blood. Um, romantic, we guess? The singer Instagrammed a shot from the set of the video, which was directed by the legendary Samuel Bayer, earlier this month.
- 9/29/2014
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
The singer stalks his prey and engages in a blood-soaked romp.
Adam Levine is the opposite of sexy in Maroon 5's new "Animals" video.
On its own, the song's lyrics manage to objectify and degrade women. Paired with a blood-soaked video, it's downright disturbing.
Pics: Adam and Behati Got Matchy-Matchy on the VMAs Red Carpet
A lyrical sampling: "Baby I'm preying on you tonight/Hunt you down/Eat you alive/Just like animals. Maybe you think that you can hide/I can smell your scent for miles/Just like animals."
We understand a good metaphor, but there's just something about comparing a woman – one which Levine is sexually interested in, by the way – to prey just doesn’t sit right. With feminism and human rights at the forefront of national consciousness (see: Emma Watson's passionate #HeForShe United Nations speech; also: the horrifying invasion of privacy faced by female celebrities who've had their private and personal...
Adam Levine is the opposite of sexy in Maroon 5's new "Animals" video.
On its own, the song's lyrics manage to objectify and degrade women. Paired with a blood-soaked video, it's downright disturbing.
Pics: Adam and Behati Got Matchy-Matchy on the VMAs Red Carpet
A lyrical sampling: "Baby I'm preying on you tonight/Hunt you down/Eat you alive/Just like animals. Maybe you think that you can hide/I can smell your scent for miles/Just like animals."
We understand a good metaphor, but there's just something about comparing a woman – one which Levine is sexually interested in, by the way – to prey just doesn’t sit right. With feminism and human rights at the forefront of national consciousness (see: Emma Watson's passionate #HeForShe United Nations speech; also: the horrifying invasion of privacy faced by female celebrities who've had their private and personal...
- 9/29/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Last night, amidst the butts and the Feminism and the important message from Miley Cyrus, the VMAs bestowed its latest award for Best Direction to Daniels, aka Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, for helming the Lil Jon and DJ Snake music video for “Turn Down For What.” You didn’t miss that part of the show, because this category isn’t millennial-friendly enough for the telecast (nor was the one given to Oscar-nominated art director Anastasia Masaro), but somewhere in the night there were some Moonman statues given to a duo that might just be the franchise film directors of the future. In winning the award, Kwan and Scheinert follow in the footsteps of such notable directors as David Fincher (The Social Network), Spike Jonze (Her), Adam Yauch (Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That!), Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo), Tarsem Singh (Mirror Mirror), Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys), Samuel Bayer (Nightmare on Elm Street), Steve Barron (the...
- 8/25/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Michael Jackson's latest music video is already making history as the first to debut on Twitter. Late Wednesday, the video for "A Place with No Name" - the new release from Jackson's posthumous Xscape album - was Tweeted out to his 1.66 million followers with the message: "It's time! The first ever premiere of 'A Place With No Name' right now on Twitter." Here are three things to know about the late singer's new video: 1. It features a mix of old and new footage. The video begins with a black-and-white scene featuring a male driving through a desert in his Jeep,...
- 8/15/2014
- by Gabrielle Olya, @gabyolya
- PEOPLE.com
Michael Jackson's latest music video is already making history as the first to debut on Twitter. Late Wednesday, the video for "A Place with No Name" - the new release from Jackson's posthumous Xscape album - was Tweeted out to his 1.66 million followers with the message: "It's time! The first ever premiere of 'A Place With No Name' right now on Twitter." Here are three things to know about the late singer's new video: 1. It features a mix of old and new footage. The video begins with a black-and-white scene featuring a male driving through a desert in his Jeep,...
- 8/15/2014
- by Gabrielle Olya, @gabyolya
- PEOPLE.com
Michael Jackson’s latest video has premiered on Twitter. The promo for “A Place With No Name” was tweeted overnight from the late pop star's official account. A message tells Jackson’s 1.5 million followers, “It’s time! The first ever premiere of "A Place With No Name" right now on Twitter.” The video was directed by Samuel Bayer, who shot the clips for Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Blind Melon's “No Rain” and Justin Timberlake’s "What Goes Around... Comes Around," among many others. Bayer’s new work features a photogenic pair dancing and driving a Jeep through a desert.
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- 8/14/2014
- by Lars Brandle, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Studios love a good idea for a film. They love them so much they’ll even use it again and again. For this reason we are bombarded with remake after remake every year.
Sometimes we get surprised. Last year’s Evil Dead remake had just enough mayhem and style to satisfy long time fans and silence most protests. It’s rare but it does happen.
Then there are those remakes that far surpass the original. Remakes like John Carpenter’s The Thing or David Cronenberg’s vastly superior The Fly. Whether they utilize modern technology to fully realize a film’s potential or add a previously unrealized element to a film, they prove that sometimes a good idea can only get better.
More often than not, there are the remakes that just don’t cut it. Now and then it’s a case of a lack of respect for the original material.
Sometimes we get surprised. Last year’s Evil Dead remake had just enough mayhem and style to satisfy long time fans and silence most protests. It’s rare but it does happen.
Then there are those remakes that far surpass the original. Remakes like John Carpenter’s The Thing or David Cronenberg’s vastly superior The Fly. Whether they utilize modern technology to fully realize a film’s potential or add a previously unrealized element to a film, they prove that sometimes a good idea can only get better.
More often than not, there are the remakes that just don’t cut it. Now and then it’s a case of a lack of respect for the original material.
- 2/25/2014
- by Mickey Galie
- Obsessed with Film
To preface this article, I’d like to openly acknowledge the fact that there isn’t a single “great” film on this list. Furthermore, given the concept of this piece, it’s safe to say that you’re not going to read about any significantly original films either.
The whole remake thing kind of blew those hopes out of the water. That said, we’re going to eye 10 remakes/reboots/reimaginings that were forced through the meat grinder upon arrival, despite the fact that they didn’t entirely deserve such brutish treatment.
Believe it or not, there are a few remakes out there worth watching. The horror world would have you believe that not a single film on this list qualifies, but I’m here – battling valiantly – to prove the voices of many wrong. Dig in for a closer look at some remakes that, while not monumental, still offer some redeeming qualities.
The whole remake thing kind of blew those hopes out of the water. That said, we’re going to eye 10 remakes/reboots/reimaginings that were forced through the meat grinder upon arrival, despite the fact that they didn’t entirely deserve such brutish treatment.
Believe it or not, there are a few remakes out there worth watching. The horror world would have you believe that not a single film on this list qualifies, but I’m here – battling valiantly – to prove the voices of many wrong. Dig in for a closer look at some remakes that, while not monumental, still offer some redeeming qualities.
- 2/6/2014
- by Matt Molgaard
- DreadCentral.com
Kellan Lutz ‘The Legend of Hercules’: New Summit release has 0% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating (photo: Gaia Weiss and shirtless Kellan Lutz in ‘The Legend of Hercules’) Starring Kellan Lutz, best known as the hunky and likable vampire Emmett in the Twilight movies, The Legend of Hercules opens today, January 10, 2014, in North America. That’s the good news for Kellan Lutz fans. Now, the bad news: The Legend of Hercules isn’t about to become the next Spartacus — or even the next Gladiator. “The only thing epic about The Legend of Hercules is what a failure it is,” writes Stephanie Merry in the Washington Post, while Newsday‘s Rafer Guzman’s complains that “this painfully feeble version of the strongman story fails on every level, from Lutz’s wooden acting to the styrofoam special effects.” In fact, out of 35 reviews, the Summit Entertainment / Lionsgate Pictures release has a 0% approval rating...
- 1/10/2014
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Hunger Games DoP Tom Stern and 12 Years a Slave cinematographer Sean Bobbitt among those chosen for jury duty.
The 21st Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 16-23), has revealed the competition jurors who will judge entries at this year’s event in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Jury members of the main competition jury are:
Tom Stern, cinematographer (Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, The Hunger Games);Ed Lachman, cinematographer (Erin Brockovich, The Virgin Suicides, I’m Not There);Todd McCarthy, journalist and film critic;Denis Lenoir, cinematographer (Paris, je t’aime, Righteous Kill, 88 Minutes);Adam Holender, cinematographer (Midnight Cowboy, Smoke, Fresh);Timo Salminen, cinematographer (The Man Without a Past, La Havre, The Match Factory Girl);Franz Lustig, cinematographer (Don’t Come Knocking, Land of Plenty, Palermo Shooting);Jeffrey Kimball, cinematographer (Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, The Expendables).Polish Films Competition
Jost Vacano, the cinematographer behind several Paul Verhoeven films including Total Recall, RoboCop and [link...
The 21st Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 16-23), has revealed the competition jurors who will judge entries at this year’s event in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Jury members of the main competition jury are:
Tom Stern, cinematographer (Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, The Hunger Games);Ed Lachman, cinematographer (Erin Brockovich, The Virgin Suicides, I’m Not There);Todd McCarthy, journalist and film critic;Denis Lenoir, cinematographer (Paris, je t’aime, Righteous Kill, 88 Minutes);Adam Holender, cinematographer (Midnight Cowboy, Smoke, Fresh);Timo Salminen, cinematographer (The Man Without a Past, La Havre, The Match Factory Girl);Franz Lustig, cinematographer (Don’t Come Knocking, Land of Plenty, Palermo Shooting);Jeffrey Kimball, cinematographer (Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, The Expendables).Polish Films Competition
Jost Vacano, the cinematographer behind several Paul Verhoeven films including Total Recall, RoboCop and [link...
- 11/8/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Ive been avoiding this collision for some time. A quick comparison between both A Nightmare on Elm Street films feels like it produces a nobrainer pick for superior feature. But upon closer inspection there are a lot of strengths to each film which surprisingly makes comparing and rating the flicks against each other a hint more daunting than initially believed. Both of these flicks did a lot of things right and both of these flicks did a lot of things wrong. For Wes Craven A Nightmare on Elm Street was a sign of major evolution as a filmmaker for Samuel Bayer A Nightmare on Elm Street was the chance to prove worthy of shooting an actual featurelength picture.
- 9/15/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Green Day will unveil their 'Oh Love' music video next week. The Samuel Bayer-directed clip will be screened on Wednesday, August 15 on MTV First: Green Day, airing at 7.49pm Et in the Us. Green Day will also sit for an exclusive 30-minute interview with Sway Calloway. The chat will stream live on MTV.com. 'Oh Love' is the first single from Green Day's trio of albums ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre!, which will be released over the next several months. Billie (more)...
- 8/11/2012
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
Band will appear exclusively on MTV on June 25, followed by a 30-minute Q&A on MTV.com.
By Gil Kaufman
Adam Levine in Maroon 5's "One More Night" music video
Photo: Universal Music Group
Maroon 5 will appear live exclusively on MTV next Monday to premiere the video for their new single "One More Night." "MTV First: Maroon 5" kicks off June 25 at 7:53 p.m. Et and will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A with the band on MTV.com that will include an opportunity for fans to ask questions via Twitter.
Adam Levine and the boys will sit down with MTV News' James Montgomery on the eve of the release of their new album, Overexposed, which features their hit collaboration with Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone." Before the premiere, fans can get in on the action by submitting video or text questions via MTV.com or Twitter (using @MTVNews...
By Gil Kaufman
Adam Levine in Maroon 5's "One More Night" music video
Photo: Universal Music Group
Maroon 5 will appear live exclusively on MTV next Monday to premiere the video for their new single "One More Night." "MTV First: Maroon 5" kicks off June 25 at 7:53 p.m. Et and will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A with the band on MTV.com that will include an opportunity for fans to ask questions via Twitter.
Adam Levine and the boys will sit down with MTV News' James Montgomery on the eve of the release of their new album, Overexposed, which features their hit collaboration with Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone." Before the premiere, fans can get in on the action by submitting video or text questions via MTV.com or Twitter (using @MTVNews...
- 6/20/2012
- MTV Music News
'We decided to not play by the rules,' Adam Levine says of the band's upcoming clip, which features Wiz Khalifa.
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Kara Warner
Maroon 5's Adam Levine
Photo: MTV News
When it came time to think up a treatment for "Payphone," the first single off Maroon 5's upcoming Overexposed album, frontman Adam Levine knew exactly what he wanted ... he also knew there would be some occupational hazards involved in getting his way.
"The video is this crazy thing; it's about a bank robber, it was actually an idea that I had, and Sam Bayer, who's a brilliant director is doing it," he told MTV News on the "Payphone" set. "I work at a bank and I wear these glasses that are really a bit creepy and maybe make me look like a child molester. It's a real go-for-it, swing-for-the-fences video, I get...
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Kara Warner
Maroon 5's Adam Levine
Photo: MTV News
When it came time to think up a treatment for "Payphone," the first single off Maroon 5's upcoming Overexposed album, frontman Adam Levine knew exactly what he wanted ... he also knew there would be some occupational hazards involved in getting his way.
"The video is this crazy thing; it's about a bank robber, it was actually an idea that I had, and Sam Bayer, who's a brilliant director is doing it," he told MTV News on the "Payphone" set. "I work at a bank and I wear these glasses that are really a bit creepy and maybe make me look like a child molester. It's a real go-for-it, swing-for-the-fences video, I get...
- 5/9/2012
- MTV Music News
It's a lot easier to win accolades for your performance in a "good" movie, than it is to shine in a "bad" one. Any actor or actress can work with a gifted director and look great, but real talent finds a way to collaborate with all types of filmmakers and still turn in commendable work. Flash to the new issue of Entertainment Weekly and an interview with Rooney Mara where The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star recalls her breakout role in Samuel Bayer's 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street — and not very fondly. "You kind of learn to self-sabotage with things you don't want to get," she said about her audition. "Sometimes you don't want to get something, but you do a really good job and you get in anyway...
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- 1/2/2012
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
If you were one of the many people who didn’t care very much for Samuel Bayer’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” remake, then join the party. Not only did a lot of people didn’t like it (although the film did go on to earn $115 million worldwide from a $35 million dollar production budget), but the film’s star, Rooney Mara, doesn’t care for it very much as well. A year later, and the actress is still all kinds of miffed about the film. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the current “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” had some very unflattering things to say about the horror remake that she did just a scant year ago. She tells the mag (perhaps channeling her inner Lisbeth Salander just a tad too much): You kind of learn to self-sabotage with thing you don’t want to get. Sometimes you don’t...
- 12/31/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
We'll be the first to admit that after seeing the abysmal remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, we didn't think there was any way that Rooney Mara could pull off playing the complex role of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander. Guess who else wasn't a big fan of the movie or the role of Nancy? Mara herself.
Mara recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly and dropped the following comments about her part in Samuel Bayer's travesty of a flick:
"You kind of learn to self-sabotage with things you don't want to get," she tells EW. "Sometimes you don't want to get something, but you do a really good job and you get in anyway. That's kind of [what happened] with A Nightmare on Elm Street-I didn't even really want it. And then I went in [to audition], and I was like, "Fuck. I definitely got that."
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Mara recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly and dropped the following comments about her part in Samuel Bayer's travesty of a flick:
"You kind of learn to self-sabotage with things you don't want to get," she tells EW. "Sometimes you don't want to get something, but you do a really good job and you get in anyway. That's kind of [what happened] with A Nightmare on Elm Street-I didn't even really want it. And then I went in [to audition], and I was like, "Fuck. I definitely got that."
So...
- 12/31/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Kurt Cobain was disappointed with the first version — so he went in and edited it himself.
By Gil Kaufman
Kurt Cobain
Photo: MTV News
It's one of the most iconic videos in music history, up there with Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Madonna's "Like a Virgin" or Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance." But to hear late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain tell it, he wasn't that happy with how the final version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" turned out, which is why he went in at the last minute and tweaked it himself.
"Although it worked ... I like the video overall, but it wasn't what I pictured in my mind," Cobain said in a December 13, 1993, interview with MTV News about the clip that helped launch a rock revolution and turned his band into unwitting grunge poster children. "When I come up with an idea for a video, I want it to...
By Gil Kaufman
Kurt Cobain
Photo: MTV News
It's one of the most iconic videos in music history, up there with Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Madonna's "Like a Virgin" or Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance." But to hear late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain tell it, he wasn't that happy with how the final version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" turned out, which is why he went in at the last minute and tweaked it himself.
"Although it worked ... I like the video overall, but it wasn't what I pictured in my mind," Cobain said in a December 13, 1993, interview with MTV News about the clip that helped launch a rock revolution and turned his band into unwitting grunge poster children. "When I come up with an idea for a video, I want it to...
- 9/22/2011
- MTV Music News
There are few things as pointless as a copy-and-paste remake. The perfect example, of course, is Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot version of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, but even Samuel Bayer's remake of Nightmare on Elm Street kept so much from the original that the reason for it's existence was called into question. Good remakes exist, but they're the ones that actually experiment and try something new. Even if a remake fails a filmmaker can still be respected for actually making an effort. It would seem that's what Jose Padilha will be trying to do with his remake of Paul Verhoeven's Robocop. The Brazilian filmmaker recently sat down with Dutch movie site Film1 (the site has been translated into English) and told the reporter about his approach for the new project. First commenting on how the movie's politics and "sharpness" can be easily transferred into a parallel for today's climate,...
- 9/21/2011
- cinemablend.com
I'm always interested in seeing what music video directors can do on the big screen. Coming from telling short form stories in 30 seconds, it's a big leap to take on an hour and half project. People like Michael Bay have succeeded, while his predecessors like Sam Bayer (Elm Street remake) have failed. Musicvid director Ray Kay, whose credits include Justin Bieber's "Baby" and Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," is set to make his feature directorial debut on the supernatural thriller Paranormalcy, which Mitch Klebanoff is adapting from the novel by Kiertsen White, reports Variety. "Story follows a teen who works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency and discovers she may be at the center of a dark prophecy predicting the destruction of all paranormal creatures." I don't like puns, therefore I don't like the title.
- 8/11/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
There's really no telling if a music video director can successfully transfer into feature films. While some absolutely incredible talents have cut their teeth in the medium, including David Fincher, Mark Romanek, Spike Jonze, and Michel Gondry, there are cases like Samuel Bayer, McG, and Francis Lawrence who, perhaps, should have continued making videos under four minutes. Hype Williams is fairly untested in this arena. While the director has more than a couple videos under his belt, his only previous attempt at a feature was the 1998 film Belly, which wasn't exactly the most successful debut on the books. Now he's apparently ready to give it another go. Variety has learned that Williams is now attached to direct Lust, the new film from Basic Instinct writer Joe Eszterhas. First announced back in April, the plot is described as "Fatal Attraction in reverse," the story is about a man married to a...
- 8/9/2011
- cinemablend.com
Shia Labeouf sure did have a lot to say during the MTV Movie Awards this past Sunday. Aside from dropping hints that the ball is rolling on a fifth Indiana Jones movie, the 24-year-old actor (he turns 25 tomorrow) has said that he will not be back for another Transformers movie. The actor also added that director Michael Bay would most likely not return either. Bay has a trio of movies he’s current producing. The most prominent of them is the long-gestating movie adaptation based on Hasbro’s Ouija Board game that has McG (Terminator Salvation, We Are Marshall) currently attached to direct. He also is producing a thriller called Fiasco Heights that has Samuel Bayer (2010’s A Nightmare on Elm Street) attached to direct. Labeouf has one project slated for release...
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- 6/10/2011
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Like any awards show, the Grammys are often hit and miss, with some years completely vanishing into the ether while others live on in the imaginations of music fans everywhere. The 2006 version of the show is one of the latter, as it featured a clean sweep by U2 (they won all five awards they were nominated for, including Album of the Year for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) and one of the biggest lineups of performances ever (including Madonna, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, Kanye West and an all-star tribute to Sly & the Family Stone). It also represented a peak for Green Day, who on this day in 2006 took home the prize for Record of the Year (often considered the top award of the night) for the American Idiot track "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
Originally released as the second single from Green Day's watershed 2004 album American Idiot,...
Originally released as the second single from Green Day's watershed 2004 album American Idiot,...
- 2/8/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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