The Weapon X program has done it, at the cost of their own destruction: they’ve completed their biggest and most dangerous experiment yet, a hybrid of Hulk and Wolverine DNA known as Weapon H. Now, he’s ready to take on the world – and he means business. Following his debut in Totally Awesome Hulk and Weapon X ‘s “Weapon of Mutant Destruction” summer crossover, Marvel have announced that the character will star in a new ongoing series coming in March from Totally Awesome Hulk/Weapon X writer Greg Pak and X-Men: Blue artist Cory Smith.
“Greg Pak wrote one of the biggest and most action packed Hulk stories ever in Planet Hulk…so it only made sense that he brought those same sensibilities to Weapon H,” said series editor Darren Shan. “We’re going to pit him against the biggest threats of the Marvel Universe that you can imagine,...
“Greg Pak wrote one of the biggest and most action packed Hulk stories ever in Planet Hulk…so it only made sense that he brought those same sensibilities to Weapon H,” said series editor Darren Shan. “We’re going to pit him against the biggest threats of the Marvel Universe that you can imagine,...
- 11/22/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It’s time for a new beginning. The last year’s been a difficult one for the X-Men; in the aftermath of Secret Wars, the mutant race was locked in a battle for survival against the Inhumans. All that finally came to a head in Inhumans vs. X-Men, a miniseries that drew a line under this period – and set the groundwork for something new.
So we move to X-Men: Prime, a one-shot that sets the stage for the X-Men’s next era. The issue united a number of key architects in the next wave of X-Men books; Marc Guggenheim, Greg Pak and Cullen Bunn as writers; Ken Lashley, Ibraim Robertson, Leonard Kirk and Guillermo Ortego as artists. It serves a simple purpose: to establish the bare-bones of the new status quo, essentially serving as an advertisement for everything that’s coming. The good news? It’s a tremendous success.
So we move to X-Men: Prime, a one-shot that sets the stage for the X-Men’s next era. The issue united a number of key architects in the next wave of X-Men books; Marc Guggenheim, Greg Pak and Cullen Bunn as writers; Ken Lashley, Ibraim Robertson, Leonard Kirk and Guillermo Ortego as artists. It serves a simple purpose: to establish the bare-bones of the new status quo, essentially serving as an advertisement for everything that’s coming. The good news? It’s a tremendous success.
- 3/29/2017
- by Tom Bacon
- We Got This Covered
A claymation Orion logo? Cool! To drum up some promotion for this Friday’s The Belko Experiment, claymation genius Lee Hardcastle (The ABCs of Death) whipped up his own shorts based on The Belko Experiment. As with all of Lee’s work, they are Bloody. Written by James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy) and directed by Greg […]...
- 3/15/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
A few weeks back, Marvel dropped a mysterious image depicting a Hulk/Wolverine hybrid that caused fans and journalists alike to speculate what the nature of it was and if it could possibly be tying into any of the upcoming X-Men books. Well, today we know that to partially be true as the House of Ideas have officially pulled back the curtain on Weapons of Mutants Destruction.
Here’s the skinny: This June, Marvel will launch a six-issue crossover involving Totally Awesome Hulk and Weapon X. As usual, a story of this nature will kickoff with an oversized one-shot, in this case, Weapons of Mutant Destruction Alpha. Set to be written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Mahmud Asrar, it’s probably safe to say that no True Believer will want to miss this one.
Before we proceed any further, let’s check out the synopsis Marvel has provided:
For years,...
Here’s the skinny: This June, Marvel will launch a six-issue crossover involving Totally Awesome Hulk and Weapon X. As usual, a story of this nature will kickoff with an oversized one-shot, in this case, Weapons of Mutant Destruction Alpha. Set to be written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Mahmud Asrar, it’s probably safe to say that no True Believer will want to miss this one.
Before we proceed any further, let’s check out the synopsis Marvel has provided:
For years,...
- 3/9/2017
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
The RessurXion begins here… In the wake of Inhumans vs. X-Men, the Children of the Atom pick up the pieces and charge headlong into tomorrow; and it’s all kicking off in March’s can’t-miss X-Men Prime #1 – featuring a collection of blockbuster creators, the next chapter of the X-Men’s saga begins in this oversized one-shot.
Xavier’s dream comes full circle as creators Marc Guggenheim and Ken Lashley give fans a taste of what awaits them in X-men Gold. As Kitty Pryde returns home after a long absence, the student becomes the teacher as she readies herself to lead the X-Men for the first time! Then X-men Blue scribe Cullen Bunn teams with artist Leonard Kirk to take the X-Men Blue team into the Danger Room – with shocking results! Finally, Greg Pak and Ibraim Roberson re-open the Weapon X program! What secrets lie within, and why are the...
Xavier’s dream comes full circle as creators Marc Guggenheim and Ken Lashley give fans a taste of what awaits them in X-men Gold. As Kitty Pryde returns home after a long absence, the student becomes the teacher as she readies herself to lead the X-Men for the first time! Then X-men Blue scribe Cullen Bunn teams with artist Leonard Kirk to take the X-Men Blue team into the Danger Room – with shocking results! Finally, Greg Pak and Ibraim Roberson re-open the Weapon X program! What secrets lie within, and why are the...
- 3/3/2017
- by Kat Wheat
- Nerdly
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It appears that this spring will have no shortage of excitement for X-Men fans. Not only is Old Man Logan getting a new creative team in a matter of months, but Inhumans vs. X-Men will soon be behind us, paving the way for ResurrXion. As such, Marvel will be releasing an oversized one-shot in a few weeks to kick things off in the form of X-Men: Prime #1.
With a price tag of $4.99, you may assume that more than one story will be contained within said tome. Well, if that’s the guess you hazarded, you’d be right because various creative teams will contribute tales that will reverberate into their own respective ongoing series.
First, the X-Men Gold creative team of writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Ken Lashley will see Kitty Pryde step up to lead...
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It appears that this spring will have no shortage of excitement for X-Men fans. Not only is Old Man Logan getting a new creative team in a matter of months, but Inhumans vs. X-Men will soon be behind us, paving the way for ResurrXion. As such, Marvel will be releasing an oversized one-shot in a few weeks to kick things off in the form of X-Men: Prime #1.
With a price tag of $4.99, you may assume that more than one story will be contained within said tome. Well, if that’s the guess you hazarded, you’d be right because various creative teams will contribute tales that will reverberate into their own respective ongoing series.
First, the X-Men Gold creative team of writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Ken Lashley will see Kitty Pryde step up to lead...
- 3/2/2017
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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Over the past couple years the X-Men comics have gone through major story lines and the team dismantled and reassembled in many forms. Since 2012 Marvel event Avengers vs. X-Men comic sales for this beloved franchise went on a decline. Majority of fans believed that Marvel Studios wanted the series to do poorly and fans to forget about the X-Men so the Fox would give up rights to the movie franchise. Although that was speculation the plan never worked since Fox was successful with Days of Future Past and Apocalypse. Slowly over the past year Marvel Comics has righted the ship by bringing in favorites like Old Man Logan, X-23, Young Cyclops, and Kitty Pryde back into the main stream X-Men universe. Marvel Comics has made 2017 the RessurXion of the X-Men universe. With the team Marvel has assembled to steer these new series, lets hope that the X-Men...
Over the past couple years the X-Men comics have gone through major story lines and the team dismantled and reassembled in many forms. Since 2012 Marvel event Avengers vs. X-Men comic sales for this beloved franchise went on a decline. Majority of fans believed that Marvel Studios wanted the series to do poorly and fans to forget about the X-Men so the Fox would give up rights to the movie franchise. Although that was speculation the plan never worked since Fox was successful with Days of Future Past and Apocalypse. Slowly over the past year Marvel Comics has righted the ship by bringing in favorites like Old Man Logan, X-23, Young Cyclops, and Kitty Pryde back into the main stream X-Men universe. Marvel Comics has made 2017 the RessurXion of the X-Men universe. With the team Marvel has assembled to steer these new series, lets hope that the X-Men...
- 3/2/2017
- by Michael Connally
- LRMonline.com
It was a rollercoaster GRAMMYs night for Adele.
After the 28-year-old songstress dropped an F-bomb after restarting her George Michael tribute earlier in the evening, Adele took the stage to accept the Song of the Year Grammy for her megahit, “Hello.”
The British singer took the opportunity to address the snafu, which had her in tears at the end of her powerful performance of Michael’s 1996 song, “Fastlove.”
Related: Adele Drops F-Bomb After Briefly Stopping George Michael Tribute
“First of all, I really do apologize for swearing,” Adele said when she first approached the mic during her acceptance speech. “George Michael, I love him. It means a lot to me. I’m sorry if I really offended anyone anywhere.”
Adele was noticeably nervous about continuing her acceptance speech, thanking everyone who has been a part of her journey before pausing and admitting the moment was a bit too much for her to bear.
“Whoo, I always...
After the 28-year-old songstress dropped an F-bomb after restarting her George Michael tribute earlier in the evening, Adele took the stage to accept the Song of the Year Grammy for her megahit, “Hello.”
The British singer took the opportunity to address the snafu, which had her in tears at the end of her powerful performance of Michael’s 1996 song, “Fastlove.”
Related: Adele Drops F-Bomb After Briefly Stopping George Michael Tribute
“First of all, I really do apologize for swearing,” Adele said when she first approached the mic during her acceptance speech. “George Michael, I love him. It means a lot to me. I’m sorry if I really offended anyone anywhere.”
Adele was noticeably nervous about continuing her acceptance speech, thanking everyone who has been a part of her journey before pausing and admitting the moment was a bit too much for her to bear.
“Whoo, I always...
- 2/13/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
When military police officer Ken Mica arrived at Jeffrey MacDonald’s Fort Bragg, North Carolina apartment on Feb. 17, 1970, he saw MacDonald in the master bedroom, lying on his stomach next to his bloodied wife, Colette.
“I see he’s still alive and I lean down next to him and say, ‘Who did this?’ ” Mica tells People. “And he starts describing three guys and a woman.”
The woman he described — long blonde hair or wig, a floppy hat and knee-high boots — resembled a woman Mica had passed on the way to the apartment belonging to MacDonald, a Green Beret surgeon. Mica...
“I see he’s still alive and I lean down next to him and say, ‘Who did this?’ ” Mica tells People. “And he starts describing three guys and a woman.”
The woman he described — long blonde hair or wig, a floppy hat and knee-high boots — resembled a woman Mica had passed on the way to the apartment belonging to MacDonald, a Green Beret surgeon. Mica...
- 1/20/2017
- by Nicole Weisensee Egan
- PEOPLE.com
Content Media Corporation has acquired the international distribution rights to the documentary “Legion of Brothers,” which premieres Saturday, January 21 in the Sundance Film Festival’s Documentary Premiers section. Directed by Greg Barker (“Manhunt”) and produced by CNN Films and Passion Pictures, the doc’s domestic theatrical and streaming rights are still available. CNN retains U.S. broadcast rights.
PBS Expands Theatrical Distribution Team In Time For Sundance 2017 — Exclusive
The film was produced by John Battsek, Barker, Peter Bergen, Tresha Mabile and executive produced by Amy Entelis and Vinnie Malhotra,
“Legion of Brothers” centers on the fewer than one hundred Special Forces troops deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11 for a secret war initiated by the U.S. government. The troops fought against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, driving both out of power before the end of 2001, with few casualties despite not having conventional, large-scale military operations. Barker tells the little-known story by drawing...
PBS Expands Theatrical Distribution Team In Time For Sundance 2017 — Exclusive
The film was produced by John Battsek, Barker, Peter Bergen, Tresha Mabile and executive produced by Amy Entelis and Vinnie Malhotra,
“Legion of Brothers” centers on the fewer than one hundred Special Forces troops deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11 for a secret war initiated by the U.S. government. The troops fought against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, driving both out of power before the end of 2001, with few casualties despite not having conventional, large-scale military operations. Barker tells the little-known story by drawing...
- 1/19/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Before he kicks off next year’s summer movie season with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, another serving of James Gunn will be arriving in theaters a few months prior. The Belko Experiment, directed by Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), is scripted and produced by the Slither director and follows a social experiment that turns deadly. Ahead of a March release the first red band trailer, which sets up the horrific scenario with the wit one might expect from Gunn and company.
We said in our Tiff review, “Yet the problem comes with tone. Having been scripted by James Gunn and helmed by Wolf Creek director Greg McClean — remember, the 2005 Australian outback thriller bundled into the torture-porn wave? — there’s something of a tangible dissonance. The grisly grindhouse requirements may be met, but one can’t help but think, if done by Troma veteran Gunn (not known by anyone as...
We said in our Tiff review, “Yet the problem comes with tone. Having been scripted by James Gunn and helmed by Wolf Creek director Greg McClean — remember, the 2005 Australian outback thriller bundled into the torture-porn wave? — there’s something of a tangible dissonance. The grisly grindhouse requirements may be met, but one can’t help but think, if done by Troma veteran Gunn (not known by anyone as...
- 12/1/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It was just yesterday that I was waxing nostalgic about the relationship Lrm has built with the character of Spider-Man over the years, and how interwoven our history has been with his cinematic exploits. Today I woke up to some interesting news that I just had to share with you all, and it's about Spider-Man: Homecoming. So strap yourselves in, boys and girls, we're about to talk a bit about the villains from the upcoming Marvel/Sony reboot.
For some time now, there's been lots of speculation about the antagonists in Spider-Man: Homecoming. We've heard The Vulture be confirmed, we've seen spy pics and heard rumors of Shocker, and there have been other unsubstantiated rumors that aren't worth discussing. A new rumor making the rounds, though, is that there will indeed be another baddie in Spider-Man: Homecoming. And it actually makes a ton of sense.
Read Also: "Spider-man: Homecoming Has Wrapped,...
For some time now, there's been lots of speculation about the antagonists in Spider-Man: Homecoming. We've heard The Vulture be confirmed, we've seen spy pics and heard rumors of Shocker, and there have been other unsubstantiated rumors that aren't worth discussing. A new rumor making the rounds, though, is that there will indeed be another baddie in Spider-Man: Homecoming. And it actually makes a ton of sense.
Read Also: "Spider-man: Homecoming Has Wrapped,...
- 10/4/2016
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Easily one of my most anticipated horror films in the coming year is The Belko Experiment, written by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Slither) and directed by Greg McLaean (Wolf Creek). The film concerns the employees of Belko Industries who are are one day ordered to kill each other or be killed themselves.
The film has been described by McLean as being "insanely violent and genious because of it" by McLean and I believe it.
Synopsis:
On what appears to be a normal day at Belko Industries, Belko employees are horrified when they find out that they& [Continued ...]...
The film has been described by McLean as being "insanely violent and genious because of it" by McLean and I believe it.
Synopsis:
On what appears to be a normal day at Belko Industries, Belko employees are horrified when they find out that they& [Continued ...]...
- 8/9/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Stephen Colbert poked fun at Ticketmaster Thursday night after the company released their list of not-so-appetizing free concerts, the result of a long-standing, just-settled class action lawsuit.
"Ticketmaster is settling a class action lawsuit for overcharging customers, and as part of the settlement, they're giving out $5 million dollars in free concert tickets. Obviously, minus a $3.5 million dollar processing fee," Colbert said.
Like everyone else who logged into their Ticketmaster account to find free ticket vouchers waiting for them, that excitement soon turned into disappointment for Colbert when he saw the...
"Ticketmaster is settling a class action lawsuit for overcharging customers, and as part of the settlement, they're giving out $5 million dollars in free concert tickets. Obviously, minus a $3.5 million dollar processing fee," Colbert said.
Like everyone else who logged into their Ticketmaster account to find free ticket vouchers waiting for them, that excitement soon turned into disappointment for Colbert when he saw the...
- 6/24/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The Danish-born director, Nicolas Winding Refn, has helmed a few popular movies such as Drive (2011), Bronson (2008), and the Pusher trilogy. This success has been only slightly marred by a handful of far-less-favored works including Fear X (2003) and Only God Forgives (2013) starring Ryan Gosling.
Ironically, that latter disaster supplied grist for one of the best scenes in the documentary, My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, which was helmed by Refn's wife, the talented but put-upon Liz Corfixen. Near the end of her engaging feature on her self-absorbed spouse, Refn, lying on his bed after the Cannes opening of Only God Forgives, mutters, "Why do critics have to be so cruel?" Then he reads aloud off his cell phone this Hollywood Elsewhere critique by Jeffrey Wells:
"Movies really don't get much worse... It's a shit macho fantasy -- hyperviolent, ethically repulsive, sad, nonsensical, deathly dull, snail-paced, idiotic, possibly woman-hating, visually suffocating, pretentious... [T]his is a defecation by an over-praised, over-indulged director who thinks anything he craps out is worthy of your time. I felt violated, shat upon, sedated, narcotized, appalled and bored stiff."
What I found so fascinating here, besides Refn's reaction to such verbiage ("That's how you know when you made great cinema. When half love and half hate it."), was that Mr. Wells will be able to reuse his review word for word for The Neon Demon.
This tale focuses upon a sixteen-year-old virgin, Jesse (Elle Fanning), who arrives in Los Angeles to begin a modeling career. Her first job is to lie on a couch with her neck supposedly slit and the fake blood streaming everywhere. The photographer is the young, kind-hearted Dean (Karl Glusman, who exposed his erection throughout Gaspar Noé's equally dull Love (2015)). The chap instantly falls in love with her.
Please don't ask why a nice guy would have a young woman pose with her body mutilated, other than it is a striking visual to open a film with. Anyway, Jesse has no time for love. Admitting herself talentless except for being pretty, she has only one item on her bucket list: to be a top model. Seemingly, she will succeed because when this young woman enters a room, everyone stares. Men. Women. Goats. Chimpanzees.
The very next day she's hired by a modeling agency. Twenty-four hours later she's posing for a top brooding photographer (Desmond Harrington), who after spotting her, has everyone leave the studio, orders Jesse to strip, then rubs metallic paint all over her body. Hopefully, it's not lead-based.
Soon every blonde model in L.A. with an Olive-Oyl physique hates her for stealing their jobs, and to top it off, the manager (Keanu Reeves) of the cruddy motel she's staying in is a rapist with a Lolita fixation. Uh-oh. Can there be more? Poorly directed party scenes, stray wildcats and eyeballs, cannibalism, a vile depiction of a horny lesbian, necrophilia in a mortuary, and a dastardly over-the-top performance by Alessandro Nivola as a shallow fashion designer just scrape the top layer of the slime that slithers about as The Neon Demon.
Mr. Refn has noted his goal was to make a satire about the modeling industry and America's facile addiction to externals. He also wanted to explore the 16-year-old girl that resides within himself. As if that weren't enough inspiration, he's spouted, "One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women. Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty."
Now if Mr. Refn had an iota of wit (visual or otherwise) or if he respected women (his wife says he just wants her around as a housewife) or if his half-baked ideas spent ten more minutes in the oven, this offering could have been a gas. Paul Morrisey, John Waters, or even Greg Araki might have shaped this hodgepodge into a tongue-in-cheek funfest. But if Refn is aiming for intentional laughs, he fails. He seems to have been treading more into David Lynch territory but was swallowed up by the quicksand of his own dullardry. More Blue Polyester than Blue Velvet.
That Refn had no idea what he was creating with Demon was not a new occurrence for this vanquished auteur. He has said of a previous effort, "I've spent three years on this movie, and I don't really know what it's about." Then after the filming and the editing of Only God Forgives was completed, he observed to his wife," I wasted six months of our lives." Happily, for us, with his latest, our wasted time clocks in at one hour and 57 minutes. It just feels like six months.
(The Neon Demon, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival to several boos, opens in theaters on June 24th.) - Brandon Judell
Mr. Judell has written on film for The Village Voice, indieWire.com, the New York Daily News, Soho Style, and The Advocate, and is anthologized in Cynthia Fuchs's Spike Lee Interviews (University Press of Mississippi) and John Preston's A Member of the Family (Dutton). He is also a member of the performance/writing group FlashPoint.
Ironically, that latter disaster supplied grist for one of the best scenes in the documentary, My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, which was helmed by Refn's wife, the talented but put-upon Liz Corfixen. Near the end of her engaging feature on her self-absorbed spouse, Refn, lying on his bed after the Cannes opening of Only God Forgives, mutters, "Why do critics have to be so cruel?" Then he reads aloud off his cell phone this Hollywood Elsewhere critique by Jeffrey Wells:
"Movies really don't get much worse... It's a shit macho fantasy -- hyperviolent, ethically repulsive, sad, nonsensical, deathly dull, snail-paced, idiotic, possibly woman-hating, visually suffocating, pretentious... [T]his is a defecation by an over-praised, over-indulged director who thinks anything he craps out is worthy of your time. I felt violated, shat upon, sedated, narcotized, appalled and bored stiff."
What I found so fascinating here, besides Refn's reaction to such verbiage ("That's how you know when you made great cinema. When half love and half hate it."), was that Mr. Wells will be able to reuse his review word for word for The Neon Demon.
This tale focuses upon a sixteen-year-old virgin, Jesse (Elle Fanning), who arrives in Los Angeles to begin a modeling career. Her first job is to lie on a couch with her neck supposedly slit and the fake blood streaming everywhere. The photographer is the young, kind-hearted Dean (Karl Glusman, who exposed his erection throughout Gaspar Noé's equally dull Love (2015)). The chap instantly falls in love with her.
Please don't ask why a nice guy would have a young woman pose with her body mutilated, other than it is a striking visual to open a film with. Anyway, Jesse has no time for love. Admitting herself talentless except for being pretty, she has only one item on her bucket list: to be a top model. Seemingly, she will succeed because when this young woman enters a room, everyone stares. Men. Women. Goats. Chimpanzees.
The very next day she's hired by a modeling agency. Twenty-four hours later she's posing for a top brooding photographer (Desmond Harrington), who after spotting her, has everyone leave the studio, orders Jesse to strip, then rubs metallic paint all over her body. Hopefully, it's not lead-based.
Soon every blonde model in L.A. with an Olive-Oyl physique hates her for stealing their jobs, and to top it off, the manager (Keanu Reeves) of the cruddy motel she's staying in is a rapist with a Lolita fixation. Uh-oh. Can there be more? Poorly directed party scenes, stray wildcats and eyeballs, cannibalism, a vile depiction of a horny lesbian, necrophilia in a mortuary, and a dastardly over-the-top performance by Alessandro Nivola as a shallow fashion designer just scrape the top layer of the slime that slithers about as The Neon Demon.
Mr. Refn has noted his goal was to make a satire about the modeling industry and America's facile addiction to externals. He also wanted to explore the 16-year-old girl that resides within himself. As if that weren't enough inspiration, he's spouted, "One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women. Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty."
Now if Mr. Refn had an iota of wit (visual or otherwise) or if he respected women (his wife says he just wants her around as a housewife) or if his half-baked ideas spent ten more minutes in the oven, this offering could have been a gas. Paul Morrisey, John Waters, or even Greg Araki might have shaped this hodgepodge into a tongue-in-cheek funfest. But if Refn is aiming for intentional laughs, he fails. He seems to have been treading more into David Lynch territory but was swallowed up by the quicksand of his own dullardry. More Blue Polyester than Blue Velvet.
That Refn had no idea what he was creating with Demon was not a new occurrence for this vanquished auteur. He has said of a previous effort, "I've spent three years on this movie, and I don't really know what it's about." Then after the filming and the editing of Only God Forgives was completed, he observed to his wife," I wasted six months of our lives." Happily, for us, with his latest, our wasted time clocks in at one hour and 57 minutes. It just feels like six months.
(The Neon Demon, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival to several boos, opens in theaters on June 24th.) - Brandon Judell
Mr. Judell has written on film for The Village Voice, indieWire.com, the New York Daily News, Soho Style, and The Advocate, and is anthologized in Cynthia Fuchs's Spike Lee Interviews (University Press of Mississippi) and John Preston's A Member of the Family (Dutton). He is also a member of the performance/writing group FlashPoint.
- 6/15/2016
- by webmaster
- www.culturecatch.com
Some believe it’s based on a terrifying truth, while others harbor the hope that it’s purely fiction, but what many can agree on is that for years the Delta Green role-playing game universe has offered endless hours of eerie entertainment. With a new wave of Delta Green projects now underway, Daily Dead recently caught up with Arc Dream Publishing co-founder and lead Delta Green editor Shane Ivey, who discussed the new RPG and much more in our latest (and in this case, Lovecraftian) Q&A feature.
Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Shane. For those that are unfamiliar, can you talk a little bit about Delta Green and its Lovecraftian history?
Shane Ivey: Delta Green was a secret unit that conducted psychological operations for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II. It was disbanded with the rest of the Oss after the war.
Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Shane. For those that are unfamiliar, can you talk a little bit about Delta Green and its Lovecraftian history?
Shane Ivey: Delta Green was a secret unit that conducted psychological operations for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II. It was disbanded with the rest of the Oss after the war.
- 3/10/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With submissions ranging from countries like Italy and Nepal to as short as several minutes to feature length films, every aspect of storytelling has been covered within the 2015 Soho International Film Festival . It only seems fitting that the festival wraps up its sixth annual festival with a number of prominent presenters including The Avengers’ Robert Clohessy and Rescue Me’s James McCaffrey. With awards given to the best of the best at the festival, it was a great close to another successful year for the festival.
There was an even greater presence among the jurors of the festival, with people have worked as actors on shows like Dexter to writers and directors having worked on films like On Golden Years. The jurors included Emmy Award nominee journalist and educator Ernabel Demillo, or ABC Network Casting Head Marci Phillips. David Zayas, an actor on Gotham and Donna McKenna, a casting director and producer,...
There was an even greater presence among the jurors of the festival, with people have worked as actors on shows like Dexter to writers and directors having worked on films like On Golden Years. The jurors included Emmy Award nominee journalist and educator Ernabel Demillo, or ABC Network Casting Head Marci Phillips. David Zayas, an actor on Gotham and Donna McKenna, a casting director and producer,...
- 1/21/2016
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Know a hero? Send suggestions to heroesamongus@peoplemag.com. For more inspiring stories, read the latest issue of People magazineWhen Bryan Shaw's wife Elizabeth first pointed out that a white reflection would sometimes appear in their 3-month-old son's eyes in pictures, he brushed it off as a side effect of flash photography. Elizabeth mentioned her concerns to their pediatrician during Noah's next visit, and when the doctor shined a penlight in his eyes, she saw a similar white light reflected. The doctor then sent the Shaws to an ophthalmologist who confirmed the devastating news that same afternoon: Noah had tumors in both eyes.
- 1/14/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
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To celebrate the release of Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, available on DVD from 11 January 2016, we are giving you the chance to win 1 of 3 copies!.
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl is the moving story of Greg (Thomas Mann), a high school senior who is trying to blend in anonymously, avoiding deeper relationships as a survival strategy for navigating the social minefield that is teenage life. He even describes his constant companion Earl (Rj Cyler), with whom he makes short film parodies of classic movies, as more of a ‘co-worker’ than a best friend. But when Greg’s mom (Connie Britton, Nashville) insists he spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke, Bates Motel) – a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer – he slowly discovers how worthwhile the true bonds of friendship can be.
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To celebrate the release of Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, available on DVD from 11 January 2016, we are giving you the chance to win 1 of 3 copies!.
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl is the moving story of Greg (Thomas Mann), a high school senior who is trying to blend in anonymously, avoiding deeper relationships as a survival strategy for navigating the social minefield that is teenage life. He even describes his constant companion Earl (Rj Cyler), with whom he makes short film parodies of classic movies, as more of a ‘co-worker’ than a best friend. But when Greg’s mom (Connie Britton, Nashville) insists he spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke, Bates Motel) – a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer – he slowly discovers how worthwhile the true bonds of friendship can be.
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- 1/6/2016
- by Laura Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Let’s talk remakes again. Our series continues as we look at a remake which is just as good--and maybe better--than the original. Cinelinx goes ape this week as we look at the 1998 remake of Mighty Joe Young.
As cinematic simians go, Joe Young is not as well remembered as King Kong or Caesar from the Planet of the Apes films, but the original 1948 film has enough of a cult following to rate a remake, which came out exactly 50 years later.
The 1948 version of Mighty Joe Young was made by some of the same people as the classic King Kong (1933) was. It had the same writer (Ruth Rose), one of the same lead actors (Robert Armstrong) and the guy who did the Kong SFX (Willis O’Brien.) Fun Fact: O’Brien trained FX legend Ray Harryhausen, who also worked on this film as Willis’ First Tech. But I digress. The...
As cinematic simians go, Joe Young is not as well remembered as King Kong or Caesar from the Planet of the Apes films, but the original 1948 film has enough of a cult following to rate a remake, which came out exactly 50 years later.
The 1948 version of Mighty Joe Young was made by some of the same people as the classic King Kong (1933) was. It had the same writer (Ruth Rose), one of the same lead actors (Robert Armstrong) and the guy who did the Kong SFX (Willis O’Brien.) Fun Fact: O’Brien trained FX legend Ray Harryhausen, who also worked on this film as Willis’ First Tech. But I digress. The...
- 12/22/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
20th Century Fox
2015 was a great year for people who like to cry at the movies. The weepier among us were given ample opportunity to let the tears flow like a soft, traumatic rain. And it wasn’t just the obvious dramas that overwhelmed our emotions and caused us to leave the theater feeling like we’d just witnessed Old Yeller being shot by the ghost of Bambi’s mother.
In fact, some of the hardest gut punches came from movies we least expected. You’ll find that many of the dude-baiting, balls-to-the-wall action movies from 2015 snuck in a few devastating blows to the heart parts as well.
Granted, there was no Beaches or Green Mile level heartbreak, but hey, those moments don’t exactly come around every day. And anyone who watched even half of the movies listed below is likely a changed person. Or at the very least,...
2015 was a great year for people who like to cry at the movies. The weepier among us were given ample opportunity to let the tears flow like a soft, traumatic rain. And it wasn’t just the obvious dramas that overwhelmed our emotions and caused us to leave the theater feeling like we’d just witnessed Old Yeller being shot by the ghost of Bambi’s mother.
In fact, some of the hardest gut punches came from movies we least expected. You’ll find that many of the dude-baiting, balls-to-the-wall action movies from 2015 snuck in a few devastating blows to the heart parts as well.
Granted, there was no Beaches or Green Mile level heartbreak, but hey, those moments don’t exactly come around every day. And anyone who watched even half of the movies listed below is likely a changed person. Or at the very least,...
- 12/11/2015
- by Jacob Trowbridge
- Obsessed with Film
The Katering Show, Marc Furmie.s Airlock and nine-year-old Grace Mulgrew have won key prizes at the second annual Australian Online Video Awards.
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan's The Katering Show, which parodies the obsession with food culture, was named best overall video and best performance at the OVAs staged in Melbourne on Wednesday night.
The duo, who are repped by Wme and are hoping to crack the Us market, win a trip to YouTube.s Creator Space in Los Angeles to learn from world leaders in online video production and marketing, supported by YouTube.
Funded by Screen Australia, the show follows McLennan as a horrendously smug foodie as she tries to teach McCartney, a food-intolerant anti-foodie, how to cook new dishes. The series has had nearly 5 million views, according to producer Tamasin Simpkin.
McCartney tells If, "When we started The Katering Show we hoped we would get 10,000 views.
Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan's The Katering Show, which parodies the obsession with food culture, was named best overall video and best performance at the OVAs staged in Melbourne on Wednesday night.
The duo, who are repped by Wme and are hoping to crack the Us market, win a trip to YouTube.s Creator Space in Los Angeles to learn from world leaders in online video production and marketing, supported by YouTube.
Funded by Screen Australia, the show follows McLennan as a horrendously smug foodie as she tries to teach McCartney, a food-intolerant anti-foodie, how to cook new dishes. The series has had nearly 5 million views, according to producer Tamasin Simpkin.
McCartney tells If, "When we started The Katering Show we hoped we would get 10,000 views.
- 10/21/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Melbourne-based Grace Mulgrew is one of Australia.s most popular YouTube stars whose videos have notched up more than 180 million views.
At nine years old, she may also be the youngest.
Grace is among the finalists in the second annual Australian Online Video Awards, the OVAs, which recognise the work of online video content makers in Australia.
Presented by Open Channel and ScreenPro.tv and supported by YouTube and Film Victoria, the awards will be announced on October 21 at The Savoy Tavern in Bourke Street Melbourne.
Grace.s father Greg edits her videos. The Barbie fanatic has 200,000 YouTube subscribers. Her most popular video, which sees Barbie taking her family on a cruise ship, complete with accidental doll overboard incidents, has been watched more than 38 million times.
Her submissions for the award are Barbie - New Girl at School (https://youtu.be/R-79xnE1lEw) which has had 2 million views; Barbie...
At nine years old, she may also be the youngest.
Grace is among the finalists in the second annual Australian Online Video Awards, the OVAs, which recognise the work of online video content makers in Australia.
Presented by Open Channel and ScreenPro.tv and supported by YouTube and Film Victoria, the awards will be announced on October 21 at The Savoy Tavern in Bourke Street Melbourne.
Grace.s father Greg edits her videos. The Barbie fanatic has 200,000 YouTube subscribers. Her most popular video, which sees Barbie taking her family on a cruise ship, complete with accidental doll overboard incidents, has been watched more than 38 million times.
Her submissions for the award are Barbie - New Girl at School (https://youtu.be/R-79xnE1lEw) which has had 2 million views; Barbie...
- 9/27/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Warner Bros. is still hard at work fleshing out the corners of their own cinematic universe, and now it looks like they're keen to get Booster Gold and Blue Beetle on the big screen together with the help of Arrow and Flash's Greg Belanti!
If you're eager to see slightly different heroes pop up on the big screen in DC's cinematic universe, then you're in luck. The Tracking Board is reporting that Greg Berlanti, the executive producer and primary force behind Arrow and The Flash, is developing a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle movie for WB. There was already a Booster Gold Easter egg hidden in Man of Steel, which led many fans to believe/hope that the hero would eventually have a role to play in the Dceu. Now it sounds like it's going to happen, though from the report, it'll be something dramatically different from the other DC films currently in the works.
If you're eager to see slightly different heroes pop up on the big screen in DC's cinematic universe, then you're in luck. The Tracking Board is reporting that Greg Berlanti, the executive producer and primary force behind Arrow and The Flash, is developing a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle movie for WB. There was already a Booster Gold Easter egg hidden in Man of Steel, which led many fans to believe/hope that the hero would eventually have a role to play in the Dceu. Now it sounds like it's going to happen, though from the report, it'll be something dramatically different from the other DC films currently in the works.
- 9/18/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Nothing inspires magical thinking quite like death. That's the central idea in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Sundance standout Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, a coming of age drama whose lightness of touch never undermines its emotional weight. It's truthful and funny and often bracingly tragic, its teenage characters believably incoherent in the face of despair.
"Me" is Greg (Thomas Mann), a lanky, awkward yet socially versatile high schooler who drifts between cliques without belonging to any, too much in need of validation to commit. His only actual friend is the languid Earl (Ronald Cyler III), whom he nevertheless describes as more of a "co-worker" thanks to their sideline in amateur movie making.
Greg's overbearing parents (played by the TV dream team of Connie "Mrs Coach" Britton and Nick "Ron Swanson" Offerman) guilt him into befriending Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a classmate recently diagnosed with leukemia. Despite their initially mutual...
"Me" is Greg (Thomas Mann), a lanky, awkward yet socially versatile high schooler who drifts between cliques without belonging to any, too much in need of validation to commit. His only actual friend is the languid Earl (Ronald Cyler III), whom he nevertheless describes as more of a "co-worker" thanks to their sideline in amateur movie making.
Greg's overbearing parents (played by the TV dream team of Connie "Mrs Coach" Britton and Nick "Ron Swanson" Offerman) guilt him into befriending Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a classmate recently diagnosed with leukemia. Despite their initially mutual...
- 9/3/2015
- Digital Spy
Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson is having a hard time shaking his ex-wife ... so hard, he had to call the cops. Hetson claims in a restraining order, ex-wife Alia Blue has incessantly showed up at his La home and each time refuses to leave. He's afraid to leave town because sometimes she just shows up and makes herself at home. Greg says she just won't accept the fact they divorced 2 years ago and he doesn't...
- 9/2/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
One month from now, Bruce Cambell's Horror Film Festival will take over the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Illinois and they've announced killer lineup that includes Tales of Halloween, a screening of Fright Night with a Q&A from Tom Holland, and Eli Roth introducing Cannibal Holocaust:
"Chicago, July 22, 2015 – The second annual Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival presented by Wizard World, running August 20 – 23 at the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Illinois (9701 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont), promises thrills, chills, guests and surprises to Chicago’s legions of horror fans. The four-day event, programmed by The Awesome Fest, will coincide with Wizard World Chicago and offers convention-goers and ticket holders a chance to sit back, relax, and lose their minds.
“You can have your rom-coms, your indie darlings and your blockbusters,” remarks Bruce Campbell. “I’ll take a good old-fashioned horror movie any day or night of the week!”
“With this program we...
"Chicago, July 22, 2015 – The second annual Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival presented by Wizard World, running August 20 – 23 at the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Illinois (9701 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont), promises thrills, chills, guests and surprises to Chicago’s legions of horror fans. The four-day event, programmed by The Awesome Fest, will coincide with Wizard World Chicago and offers convention-goers and ticket holders a chance to sit back, relax, and lose their minds.
“You can have your rom-coms, your indie darlings and your blockbusters,” remarks Bruce Campbell. “I’ll take a good old-fashioned horror movie any day or night of the week!”
“With this program we...
- 7/22/2015
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Tributes have begun to pour in for Omar Sharif, who died today (July 10) at the age of 83.
The Egyptian actor was known for roles in movies such as Dr Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia and Funny Girl. Stars from stage, screen and beyond have paid their respects to the Academy Award nominee.
Very saddened by the passing of Omar Sharif. Blessed that I was able to work with such a legend. Love to the family.
— Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) July 10, 2015
Lawrence of Arabia. Dr. Zhivago. Funny Girl. Top Secret! And Many more. If you haven't seen, see! Rip Omar Sharif.
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) July 10, 2015
Elegance & Grace.Omar Sharif was a brilliant artist. He transported me to distant worlds in his films. A true Movie Star! Rest in Peace.
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) July 10, 2015
Omar Sharif Rip. You were so fantastic. Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia Legend
— donal logue (@donallogue) July 10, 2015
Rip, Omar Sharif...
The Egyptian actor was known for roles in movies such as Dr Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia and Funny Girl. Stars from stage, screen and beyond have paid their respects to the Academy Award nominee.
Very saddened by the passing of Omar Sharif. Blessed that I was able to work with such a legend. Love to the family.
— Roland Emmerich (@rolandemmerich) July 10, 2015
Lawrence of Arabia. Dr. Zhivago. Funny Girl. Top Secret! And Many more. If you haven't seen, see! Rip Omar Sharif.
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) July 10, 2015
Elegance & Grace.Omar Sharif was a brilliant artist. He transported me to distant worlds in his films. A true Movie Star! Rest in Peace.
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) July 10, 2015
Omar Sharif Rip. You were so fantastic. Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia Legend
— donal logue (@donallogue) July 10, 2015
Rip, Omar Sharif...
- 7/10/2015
- Digital Spy
This is the part where this writer attempts to eloquently describe his stirring experience with a film that redefined his notion of what a coming-of-age story could be. There is a boy, a girl, a sidekick, high school politics, and many of the adolescent insecurities and yearnings that come with the territory, but what’s unexpectedly striking are the stylistic and dramatic sensibilities with which these ingredients are manipulated to assemble a transcendent reinvention. Laughter and tears flow in a continuum of brilliantly executed emotional turns that are hard to shake off even months after the first viewing.
Behind "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” are inspired debutant author Jesse Andrews, who penned both the original novel and its screen version, and director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - whose bulk of work prior to this project was in television and as a second unit director. Their tonally nuanced and visually inventive collaboration resulted in a fascinating work that's nothing short of a cinephile's dream come true. Surely one of the year's best films and by far the best young-adult fiction adaption of the decade. This tragicomedy invokes tropes from a familiar realm and deconstructs or tailors them to the uniquely poignant circumstances of it's characters.
Awkwardly concerned with superficially knowing everyone at school but not truly knowing anyone at all, Greg (Thomas Mann) is a 17-year-old high school senior that has mastered the art of blending in and avoiding developing meaningful relationships that could compromise his wallflower status. He is equally self-deprecating about his talents and his appearance, but efficiently conceals this uneasiness beneath witty remarks and his acerbic sense of humor. Overcoming a stint of raunchy comedies and other forgettable endeavors, Mann ultimately gets a shot at a richly layered role that demanded a camouflaged vulnerability, which eventually becomes visible as his defense mechanisms give in to intimacy.
Using Andrew’s hometown of Pittsburgh, and more specifically the house he grew up in and the high school he attended, as principal locations in Greg’s life, the director creates even more of a profound connection between the source material and his vision. Adorned with an assortment of film-related paraphernalia, such as a “400 Blows “ poster or a copy of Gomez-Rejon's favorite book “Scorsese on Scorsese,” Greg’s room is a shrine to medium. Such interest was encouraged by his father, played by the reliably amusing Nick Offerman, who is a flamboyant lover of exotic foods and art house titles that introduced him to great filmmakers like Werner Herzog at an early age.
Opposing this parenting approach is the boy’s mother (Connie Britton), a substantially more traditional figure who hopes he'll become a well-rounded adult in time for college. In her efforts to do this, Greg’s mother pushes him to befriend Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a classmate that has just been diagnosed with cancer. Greg's not pleased with the idea, but with time their initially forced hang out sessions evolve into a form of companionship and support neither of them anticipated.
Rachel has leukemia, and there is no way to entirely diminish how that weights on Greg, but she is never reduced to a defeated or pitiful token to coerce compassion out of the viewer. Yes, the possibility of tragedy, of lost promise, of truncated youth, is latent, but cancer is always boldly affronted and never shied away from in a didactic manner. Tactfully, yet certainly with the intention of posing some sharp questions about the way those who are ill are treated and perceived, the film depicts Rachel's transition from a lively girl to a physically fragile cancer patient with an authentic range of emotions and avoiding formulaic over-sentimentalism.
Cooke and Mann are on the same wavelength and the charming complicity between the two young stars is evident. Still, there is no doubt that in the crucial, most affecting sequences the actress' performance stands out as she conveys the character's powerlessness and anger towards the cards she's been dealt. Her friendship is a precious gift for Greg to figure out who he wants to become and to bet on sympathy over isolation. To know that the boy’s primordial interest is not to get the girl is fantastically refreshing. It decisively confirms that this is not a touching romantic tale but a film about a more intricate and untainted type of affection.
To balance out the heightened emotional heaviness as the narrative develops and to provide an assertive counterpart to Greg's self-doubt, the third variant in this equation, Earl (Rj Cyler), blesses every scene with pragmatic, comedic observations and outrageously straightforward lines. The somewhat unbreakable toughness with glimpses of a softer side that newcomer Cyler brings, is what makes Earl a peculiarly charismatic buddy. While Greg - afraid of labeling any interaction with anyone around him - introduces Earl as a coworker, these two are almost family. Growing up in a rougher neighborhood just across from Greg's side of town, Earl spent most of his childhood discovering film with his friend and eventually making them.
Their oeuvre is comprised of spoof films that reshape classics of World Cinema into hilariously juvenile and cheaply made treasures from the mind of a pair of outcasts who, like many of us, find refuge in the art form's ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary. Gems like “2:38 Pm Cowboy,” "Pooping Tom,” ”Monorash" or “A Box O’ Lips Wow” exemplify the pure joy of making movies without any agenda or ulterior pretension. In Greg and Earl’s purposeless, yet passionate craftsmanship, both Andrews and Gomez-Rejon see their profound connection to the films they love validated and perpetuated on screen. These ridiculous little homages are as entertaining and original as the feature itself because their vibrant and precisely designed to be memorable - they are awesome.
Whether is entering a "subhuman" state to ignore annoying conversations, hallucinating creepy characters, dealing with a war zone called cafeteria, or spending time with his secretly wise teacher Mr. McCarthy (Jon Bernthal), Greg’s existence is a puzzle glued together by his fear of rejection. He makes films but never lets anyone see them worried about what they’ll think, he has a friend but doesn’t dare to call him a friend, and he refuses to accept he has the potential to become something greater even when everyone else points it out. It’s only when he realizes that entirely devoting his time for someone else’s happiness can be an exponentially more fulfilling and transformative adventure than selfishly hiding away, that Greg grows. The kindhearted and sincere nature of the filmmaking showcased in "Me and Earl" elevates the story even at times that could have been faulted as excessively twee if handled by a different artist.
Broad and unimaginably coherent in his use of various techniques - including a number of claymation sequences that express Greg's conviction that beautiful girls have the inherent power to shatter a young man's life into smithereens - Gomez-Rejon direction is award-worthy on all counts. Not only did he channel his own cinematic obsessions through the elaborate and awe-inspiring production design, but he also used this film to process loss in his own life by dedicating it to his father. The incredible significance of it all is reflected in every creative aspect he commanded from Chung-hoon Chung's colorful cinematography, to David Trachtenberg's meticulous editing, and, of course, the cast’s honest commitment. Putting that much heart into a project can’t go unnoticed.
With a non-verbal sequence highlighted by Brian Eno's subtly industrial and evocative score, the film finally hits you with full force and very few resist the urge to surrender to the overwhelming tenderness of a moment that's simultaneously hopeful, shattering, and strikingly visual. By honoring life, celebrating artistry, and treasuring every unfolding truth about these characters, Gomez-Rejon took Andrews book and embellished it with a strangely imaginative magic that ingeniously beguiles you to fall in love with every instant of it .
This is, indeed, the part where this writer signs off hoping many others will find “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” as ravishing as he did.
"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" opens Friday in L.A. and NYC.
Behind "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” are inspired debutant author Jesse Andrews, who penned both the original novel and its screen version, and director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - whose bulk of work prior to this project was in television and as a second unit director. Their tonally nuanced and visually inventive collaboration resulted in a fascinating work that's nothing short of a cinephile's dream come true. Surely one of the year's best films and by far the best young-adult fiction adaption of the decade. This tragicomedy invokes tropes from a familiar realm and deconstructs or tailors them to the uniquely poignant circumstances of it's characters.
Awkwardly concerned with superficially knowing everyone at school but not truly knowing anyone at all, Greg (Thomas Mann) is a 17-year-old high school senior that has mastered the art of blending in and avoiding developing meaningful relationships that could compromise his wallflower status. He is equally self-deprecating about his talents and his appearance, but efficiently conceals this uneasiness beneath witty remarks and his acerbic sense of humor. Overcoming a stint of raunchy comedies and other forgettable endeavors, Mann ultimately gets a shot at a richly layered role that demanded a camouflaged vulnerability, which eventually becomes visible as his defense mechanisms give in to intimacy.
Using Andrew’s hometown of Pittsburgh, and more specifically the house he grew up in and the high school he attended, as principal locations in Greg’s life, the director creates even more of a profound connection between the source material and his vision. Adorned with an assortment of film-related paraphernalia, such as a “400 Blows “ poster or a copy of Gomez-Rejon's favorite book “Scorsese on Scorsese,” Greg’s room is a shrine to medium. Such interest was encouraged by his father, played by the reliably amusing Nick Offerman, who is a flamboyant lover of exotic foods and art house titles that introduced him to great filmmakers like Werner Herzog at an early age.
Opposing this parenting approach is the boy’s mother (Connie Britton), a substantially more traditional figure who hopes he'll become a well-rounded adult in time for college. In her efforts to do this, Greg’s mother pushes him to befriend Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a classmate that has just been diagnosed with cancer. Greg's not pleased with the idea, but with time their initially forced hang out sessions evolve into a form of companionship and support neither of them anticipated.
Rachel has leukemia, and there is no way to entirely diminish how that weights on Greg, but she is never reduced to a defeated or pitiful token to coerce compassion out of the viewer. Yes, the possibility of tragedy, of lost promise, of truncated youth, is latent, but cancer is always boldly affronted and never shied away from in a didactic manner. Tactfully, yet certainly with the intention of posing some sharp questions about the way those who are ill are treated and perceived, the film depicts Rachel's transition from a lively girl to a physically fragile cancer patient with an authentic range of emotions and avoiding formulaic over-sentimentalism.
Cooke and Mann are on the same wavelength and the charming complicity between the two young stars is evident. Still, there is no doubt that in the crucial, most affecting sequences the actress' performance stands out as she conveys the character's powerlessness and anger towards the cards she's been dealt. Her friendship is a precious gift for Greg to figure out who he wants to become and to bet on sympathy over isolation. To know that the boy’s primordial interest is not to get the girl is fantastically refreshing. It decisively confirms that this is not a touching romantic tale but a film about a more intricate and untainted type of affection.
To balance out the heightened emotional heaviness as the narrative develops and to provide an assertive counterpart to Greg's self-doubt, the third variant in this equation, Earl (Rj Cyler), blesses every scene with pragmatic, comedic observations and outrageously straightforward lines. The somewhat unbreakable toughness with glimpses of a softer side that newcomer Cyler brings, is what makes Earl a peculiarly charismatic buddy. While Greg - afraid of labeling any interaction with anyone around him - introduces Earl as a coworker, these two are almost family. Growing up in a rougher neighborhood just across from Greg's side of town, Earl spent most of his childhood discovering film with his friend and eventually making them.
Their oeuvre is comprised of spoof films that reshape classics of World Cinema into hilariously juvenile and cheaply made treasures from the mind of a pair of outcasts who, like many of us, find refuge in the art form's ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary. Gems like “2:38 Pm Cowboy,” "Pooping Tom,” ”Monorash" or “A Box O’ Lips Wow” exemplify the pure joy of making movies without any agenda or ulterior pretension. In Greg and Earl’s purposeless, yet passionate craftsmanship, both Andrews and Gomez-Rejon see their profound connection to the films they love validated and perpetuated on screen. These ridiculous little homages are as entertaining and original as the feature itself because their vibrant and precisely designed to be memorable - they are awesome.
Whether is entering a "subhuman" state to ignore annoying conversations, hallucinating creepy characters, dealing with a war zone called cafeteria, or spending time with his secretly wise teacher Mr. McCarthy (Jon Bernthal), Greg’s existence is a puzzle glued together by his fear of rejection. He makes films but never lets anyone see them worried about what they’ll think, he has a friend but doesn’t dare to call him a friend, and he refuses to accept he has the potential to become something greater even when everyone else points it out. It’s only when he realizes that entirely devoting his time for someone else’s happiness can be an exponentially more fulfilling and transformative adventure than selfishly hiding away, that Greg grows. The kindhearted and sincere nature of the filmmaking showcased in "Me and Earl" elevates the story even at times that could have been faulted as excessively twee if handled by a different artist.
Broad and unimaginably coherent in his use of various techniques - including a number of claymation sequences that express Greg's conviction that beautiful girls have the inherent power to shatter a young man's life into smithereens - Gomez-Rejon direction is award-worthy on all counts. Not only did he channel his own cinematic obsessions through the elaborate and awe-inspiring production design, but he also used this film to process loss in his own life by dedicating it to his father. The incredible significance of it all is reflected in every creative aspect he commanded from Chung-hoon Chung's colorful cinematography, to David Trachtenberg's meticulous editing, and, of course, the cast’s honest commitment. Putting that much heart into a project can’t go unnoticed.
With a non-verbal sequence highlighted by Brian Eno's subtly industrial and evocative score, the film finally hits you with full force and very few resist the urge to surrender to the overwhelming tenderness of a moment that's simultaneously hopeful, shattering, and strikingly visual. By honoring life, celebrating artistry, and treasuring every unfolding truth about these characters, Gomez-Rejon took Andrews book and embellished it with a strangely imaginative magic that ingeniously beguiles you to fall in love with every instant of it .
This is, indeed, the part where this writer signs off hoping many others will find “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” as ravishing as he did.
"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" opens Friday in L.A. and NYC.
- 6/10/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Thomas Mann is an actor on the cusp. Think of Miles Teller right before the release of “The Spectacular Now” or Michael B. Jordan before “Fruitvale Station.” Once “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” hits theaters over the course of the next month, the 23-year-old actor is going to find himself busier than ever. Of course, Mann’s mug may be familiar to many moviegoers. He starred in the hit comedy “Project X” ($102 million worldwide) and had supporting roles in “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” and “Beautiful Creatures.” “Earl,” which won both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, is on a completely different level. Based on Jesse Andrews' novel, “Me and Earl” centers on Greg (Mann), a Pittsburgh area high school senior whose life takes a turn after his mom (Connie Britton) pushes him to hang out with a family friend and classmate,...
- 6/8/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
We were told that the character chosen to be the new Hulk would cause a bit of controversy, and if the following is true then that may be an understatement. Many guessed that since Jane Foster now wields the hammer of Thor, that it might be Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk that'd take up the mantle of the Green Goliath, and Bleeding Cool got a reader's tip that it'd be the psychopathic Ultimate version of Reed Richards, but Talking Comic Books claims to have the answer. According to them the new Hulk will be none other than Amadeus Cho. This super-genius, also known as Mastermind Excello, is said to be the seventh (or eight, or tenth, depending on who you ask) most intelligent character in the Marvel Universe, and has been an ally of The Hulk's for years. He was co-created by Greg Pak, who is believed to be heading up the...
- 6/7/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
One of the amazing things about the Sundance Film Festival is it attracts people from all walks of life from all over the globe. As one of the world’s preeminent film festivals that might seem obvious, but my experience during the world premiere of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” may surprise even the most callous industry observers. “Earl,” which was directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, is a coming of age drama that in its own ways shatters the cliche's of the genre. It tells the story of Greg (Thomas Mann), a High School senior who is pressured by his mother (Connie Britton) to hang out with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), the daughter of a family friend who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Along with his seemingly one real friend Earl (Ronald Cyler II), they cheer Rachel up by screening their homemade remakes of classic films ("Senior Citizen Kane," "2:48 Pm Cowboy,...
- 4/8/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Kill or be killed. How would you react? James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Slither) peels back the civilized veneer of one company's workforce to see what lies beneath in The Belco Experiment, a screenplay he wrote years ago in which co-workers are forced to slay one another or bite the bullet themselves. Gunn's carnage on the printed page will now come to life with a familiar face behind the camera, as Gunn has announced that The Belco Experiment is moving forward at MGM with Greg McLean (Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek 2) in the director's chair.
Below is Gunn's official announcement from his Facebook page. Pre-production on the horror-thriller is underway and shooting is slated to start in Colombia this June. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on The Belco Experiment, which sounds a little like Operation: Endgame with a horror twist:
"I’m incredibly excited to announce...
Below is Gunn's official announcement from his Facebook page. Pre-production on the horror-thriller is underway and shooting is slated to start in Colombia this June. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on The Belco Experiment, which sounds a little like Operation: Endgame with a horror twist:
"I’m incredibly excited to announce...
- 3/31/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Director: Gregg Araki; Screenwriter: Gregg Araki; Starring: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez, Angela Bassett, Gabourey Sidibe, Thomas Jane; Running time: 91 mins; Certificate: 15
Shailene Woodley's star continues to rise on a sharp upward trajectory thanks to The Descendants and the Divergent/Insurgent franchise and it may be because she seems wise beyond her years, bringing with her a kind of soulful ennui with the world. Casting her in this adaptation of Scott Heim's novel is also a clever move by writer/director Greg Araki, but the film is ill-judged in various other aspects.
Araki is particularly fascinated by extreme growing pains, with credits including The Doom Generation (1995) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt drama Mysterious Skin (2004) and at the heart of this story is the tragedy of abandonment. Kat Connors (Woodley) is just getting to grips with her changing body – and the boy next door Phil (Shiloh Fernandez) is...
Shailene Woodley's star continues to rise on a sharp upward trajectory thanks to The Descendants and the Divergent/Insurgent franchise and it may be because she seems wise beyond her years, bringing with her a kind of soulful ennui with the world. Casting her in this adaptation of Scott Heim's novel is also a clever move by writer/director Greg Araki, but the film is ill-judged in various other aspects.
Araki is particularly fascinated by extreme growing pains, with credits including The Doom Generation (1995) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt drama Mysterious Skin (2004) and at the heart of this story is the tragedy of abandonment. Kat Connors (Woodley) is just getting to grips with her changing body – and the boy next door Phil (Shiloh Fernandez) is...
- 3/6/2015
- Digital Spy
Former Top Gear presenter Beki Adam is to stand as an MP at the next election.
Adam is to challenge the Conservatives' Mid Sussex MP Sir Nicholas Soames as an independent parliamentary candidate, The Argus reports.
The 48-year-old appeared on Top Gear between 1988 and 1990.
In an eventful career, Adam went from presenting the show to leading a drug legalisation protest by selling cannabis cakes from a Brighton coffee shop in 1992, to becoming a Buddhist monk in the late '90s.
She will also compete with Labour candidate Greg Mountain, Ukip's Tony Brothers, Green Miranda Diboll and Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper for the seat.
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson recently criticised a Liverpool newspaper after it published an article condemning him for comments he made about the city.
Watch a clip of Beki Adam presenting Top Gear below:...
Adam is to challenge the Conservatives' Mid Sussex MP Sir Nicholas Soames as an independent parliamentary candidate, The Argus reports.
The 48-year-old appeared on Top Gear between 1988 and 1990.
In an eventful career, Adam went from presenting the show to leading a drug legalisation protest by selling cannabis cakes from a Brighton coffee shop in 1992, to becoming a Buddhist monk in the late '90s.
She will also compete with Labour candidate Greg Mountain, Ukip's Tony Brothers, Green Miranda Diboll and Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper for the seat.
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson recently criticised a Liverpool newspaper after it published an article condemning him for comments he made about the city.
Watch a clip of Beki Adam presenting Top Gear below:...
- 2/27/2015
- Digital Spy
Committed
Showcase Inventory
Created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnne Heline
Produced by Blackie and Blondie productions, NBC Television
Aired on NBC for 1 season (13 episodes) from Jan 4 – March 15, 2005
Cast
Josh Cooke as Nate Solomon
Jennifer Finnegan as Marni Fliss
Darius McCrary as Bowie James
Tammy Lynne Michaels as Tess
Tom Poston as Dying Clown
RonReaco Lee as Todd
Show Premise
Meet Nate and Marni, two complete opposites that have one thing in common: they are both eccentrically unable to find someone that they believe is “The One.” That is, until they mistakenly meet on a blind date that they go on together instead of with the dates they were set up with. After establishing a connection with each other that neither has felt before, they defy logic and reason to date one another even after sharing quirks that would normally send any sane person running for the hills. Now, together they...
Showcase Inventory
Created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnne Heline
Produced by Blackie and Blondie productions, NBC Television
Aired on NBC for 1 season (13 episodes) from Jan 4 – March 15, 2005
Cast
Josh Cooke as Nate Solomon
Jennifer Finnegan as Marni Fliss
Darius McCrary as Bowie James
Tammy Lynne Michaels as Tess
Tom Poston as Dying Clown
RonReaco Lee as Todd
Show Premise
Meet Nate and Marni, two complete opposites that have one thing in common: they are both eccentrically unable to find someone that they believe is “The One.” That is, until they mistakenly meet on a blind date that they go on together instead of with the dates they were set up with. After establishing a connection with each other that neither has felt before, they defy logic and reason to date one another even after sharing quirks that would normally send any sane person running for the hills. Now, together they...
- 2/14/2015
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
So Joey 'Snowy' Essex has been crowned the winner of this year's The Jump.
Viewers have taken to Twitter to gush and vent about the result and we've collated all the best reactions.
The Jump: Who's going to win the coveted cowbell trophy? - As it happened
Most were pleased Joey Essex took home the Cowbell Trophy:
Yes!!! Well done to @JoeyEssex_ for winning The Jump! Doing Essex proud x
— Harry Derbidge (@MrHarryDerbidge) February 9, 2015
Reason I loved #thejump. No one gives a shit. Just looks a great party. Like every winter holiday. Hope we get a series next year
— Greg (@gregreh) February 9, 2015
Wow! @JoeyEssex_ for sports personality of the year I say after that performance on the jump. Congratulations Joey! #TheJumpFinal
— Liam Buckingham (@xliam93) February 9, 2015
And there were some fairly surprised viewers, too:
From this year's #TheJump I've learned that Joey Essex is quite a likeable idiot, and Mike Tindall is a gracious,...
Viewers have taken to Twitter to gush and vent about the result and we've collated all the best reactions.
The Jump: Who's going to win the coveted cowbell trophy? - As it happened
Most were pleased Joey Essex took home the Cowbell Trophy:
Yes!!! Well done to @JoeyEssex_ for winning The Jump! Doing Essex proud x
— Harry Derbidge (@MrHarryDerbidge) February 9, 2015
Reason I loved #thejump. No one gives a shit. Just looks a great party. Like every winter holiday. Hope we get a series next year
— Greg (@gregreh) February 9, 2015
Wow! @JoeyEssex_ for sports personality of the year I say after that performance on the jump. Congratulations Joey! #TheJumpFinal
— Liam Buckingham (@xliam93) February 9, 2015
And there were some fairly surprised viewers, too:
From this year's #TheJump I've learned that Joey Essex is quite a likeable idiot, and Mike Tindall is a gracious,...
- 2/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Park City — A great film is often one that it transcends the cliches of its genre. The 2015 Sundance Film Festival already debuted one movie that overcame the tropes of the coming-of-age picture, "The Diary of a Teenage Girl," Saturday. And on Sunday, it brought another genre-breaker to the zeitgeist with Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's powerhouse "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl." Let me start off by saying that the film's main character, Greg (Thomas Mann), would want everyone to know that the dying girl isn't going to die. She's gonna be Ok and what you'll eventually see in theaters is really just the story of their friendship. The dying girl is named Rachel, by the way, and she's wonderfully played by Olivia Cooke ("Bates Motel"). But back to Greg. Greg has spent most of high school trying to be casual friends with everyone while remaining as invisible as possible at the same time.
- 1/26/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Cantinas Entertainment has acquired Mission Pictures to form Cantinas Distribution.
The new entity will be bundled up with an established P&A fund and is led by Mission Pictures co-founder Cindy Bond.
The plan is to release “positive, life-affirming films” in North America. Bond and her team plan to have a major presence at the leading film markets and will be on the ground this week at Sundance.
“We are thrilled to announce the formation of Cantinas Distribution,” said Cantinas Entertainment co-founder and CEO Greg Campbell.
“This fulfils one of the core components for Cantinas Entertainment to become one of the next-gen content providers of quality entertainment. We are equally excited to be partnering with Cindy who is a respected industry leader and her vision that is in lock-step with our long-term strategic goals for the company.”
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Mission Pictures and me personally,” said Bond. “I look forward...
The new entity will be bundled up with an established P&A fund and is led by Mission Pictures co-founder Cindy Bond.
The plan is to release “positive, life-affirming films” in North America. Bond and her team plan to have a major presence at the leading film markets and will be on the ground this week at Sundance.
“We are thrilled to announce the formation of Cantinas Distribution,” said Cantinas Entertainment co-founder and CEO Greg Campbell.
“This fulfils one of the core components for Cantinas Entertainment to become one of the next-gen content providers of quality entertainment. We are equally excited to be partnering with Cindy who is a respected industry leader and her vision that is in lock-step with our long-term strategic goals for the company.”
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Mission Pictures and me personally,” said Bond. “I look forward...
- 1/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios wants you to learn stop-motion without leaving the comfort of your home. The production studio founded by Seth Green and responsible for highly-recognized shows such as Robot Chicken and WWE Slam City has launched a stop-motion animation course called Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Animation Camp on Vimeo on Demand. A rep calls the Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Animation Camp “the first animation educational service of its kind.” The course gives audiences the opportunity to get stop-motion training, tips, and guidance directly from Green’s animation team. Animation Camp is aimed at aspiring animators who want to advance their skills and become a professional in the animation industry. Students will learn about frame rates, basic physics, performing with a character, animating to dialogue, and more. Stoopid’s Animation Camp is similar in style to the production studio’s beginner and intermediate eight-week training course held at its Burbank location. When...
- 12/15/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
The Little Mermaid, the movie that launched Disney's animated renaissance, premiered 25 years ago this Nov. 15. That might seem hard to believe for those of us who caught it in theaters, but we've had a quarter-century of snarfblats and dinglehoppers since then. In honor of the film's silver anniversary, we're presenting a list of things that you might not know about The Little Mermaid, even if you were one of those kids who wore out your VHS copy. 1. It wasn't expected to be a hit It's been alleged that Jeffrey Katzenberg, Disney's CEO at the time, thought that The Little Mermaid...
- 11/14/2014
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the production studio founded by Seth Green and responsible for such popular and acclaimed animation TV shows as Robot Chicken and WWE Slam City, just announced a partnership with Vimeo. The pairing will bring an online, stop-motion animation course to aspiring animators around the world. “Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Animation Class” will be available exclusively on Vimeo on Demand starting December 15, 2014, with over two hours of instructional content taught by the Stoopid Buddy creative team. In the course’s trailer, Seth Green states, “Aspiring animators will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of stop-motion animation from our professional team of expert artists.” The course resembles the eight-week training sessions Stoopid Buddy already hosts at its Burbank, California studios. "'Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Animation Class' is a natural fit for the Vimeo On Demand platform as instructional and animation content thrives with our audience," said Greg Clayman, general...
- 10/9/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Of all the DC characters that could appear on either The Flash or its sister series Arrow, I was not expecting to see Booster Gold’s name on the list of possibilities. However, as a card-carrying member of the Booster Gold Fan Club, I obviously couldn’t be more excited about it.
DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, who has his hand in all of the upcoming DC projects, teased the possibility of Booster Gold’s appearance while on tour promoting The Flash, which premieres later this week. He and the other Flash producers talked at length with MTV about the upcoming series and were questioned about their plans to fill Arrow and The Flash with even more DC characters.
Executive Producer Greg Berlanti (who’s currently developing Supergirl for CBS) shared that a major point to The Flash was to populate it with a wide variety of characters, as...
DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, who has his hand in all of the upcoming DC projects, teased the possibility of Booster Gold’s appearance while on tour promoting The Flash, which premieres later this week. He and the other Flash producers talked at length with MTV about the upcoming series and were questioned about their plans to fill Arrow and The Flash with even more DC characters.
Executive Producer Greg Berlanti (who’s currently developing Supergirl for CBS) shared that a major point to The Flash was to populate it with a wide variety of characters, as...
- 10/7/2014
- by James Garcia
- We Got This Covered
Saint Laurent
Written by Bertrand Bonello and Thomas Bidegain
Directed by Bertrand Bonello
France, 2014
Expressing his appreciation for a painting of Proust’s bedroom, Yves Saint Laurent says, “There’s so much fidelity in it. The artist didn’t eclipse his subject.” Something similar can be said of Bertrand Bonello’s biopic of the iconic woman’s fashion designer, as the film seems content with offering fleeting glimpses of its subject drinking, smoking, pill-popping, and sketching in fervid bursts rather than trying to understand him. It doesn’t pontificate or wax philosophical or dig deeply into Saint Laurent’s psyche. It treats the man more like a piece of art to be displayed and observed. (To be fair, this year’s other Saint Laurent biopic, Yves Saint Laurent, does try to explain the man, and it fails pretty hard, so maybe Bonello has the right idea.)
Gaspard Ulliel, perhaps finally...
Written by Bertrand Bonello and Thomas Bidegain
Directed by Bertrand Bonello
France, 2014
Expressing his appreciation for a painting of Proust’s bedroom, Yves Saint Laurent says, “There’s so much fidelity in it. The artist didn’t eclipse his subject.” Something similar can be said of Bertrand Bonello’s biopic of the iconic woman’s fashion designer, as the film seems content with offering fleeting glimpses of its subject drinking, smoking, pill-popping, and sketching in fervid bursts rather than trying to understand him. It doesn’t pontificate or wax philosophical or dig deeply into Saint Laurent’s psyche. It treats the man more like a piece of art to be displayed and observed. (To be fair, this year’s other Saint Laurent biopic, Yves Saint Laurent, does try to explain the man, and it fails pretty hard, so maybe Bonello has the right idea.)
Gaspard Ulliel, perhaps finally...
- 9/30/2014
- by Greg Cwik
- SoundOnSight
Friday night's Strictly opener got off to a dazzling start with the great (Pixie Lott, Jake Wood and Caroline Flack) and the not-so-great (Scott Mills) providing us with excitement, drama and a few laughs.
This evening, the remaining nine celebrities hit the dance floor for the first time with their pro partners. Frankie Bridge, Thom Evans, Simon Webbe and Gregg 'Buttery Biscuit Base' Wallace are among those hoping to impress us with their cha chas, jives and waltzes.
20:27So that's all folks. Time for a breather and a chance to look back at all my dreadful spelling and grammar during the evening. Apologies for that! It's been lovely working on Strictly again. Please let us know who you think was the best in the comments below.
20:26Looking back at all the dances now, Mark Wright's performance is looking more impressive than most. Especially considering his personality is...
This evening, the remaining nine celebrities hit the dance floor for the first time with their pro partners. Frankie Bridge, Thom Evans, Simon Webbe and Gregg 'Buttery Biscuit Base' Wallace are among those hoping to impress us with their cha chas, jives and waltzes.
20:27So that's all folks. Time for a breather and a chance to look back at all my dreadful spelling and grammar during the evening. Apologies for that! It's been lovely working on Strictly again. Please let us know who you think was the best in the comments below.
20:26Looking back at all the dances now, Mark Wright's performance is looking more impressive than most. Especially considering his personality is...
- 9/27/2014
- Digital Spy
Here's part three of my list of the most ridiculous and obscure characters from the Marvel Universe. To see Part 1, click here, and for Part 2, click here. I've been spending a lot of time going through the Marvel library of characters, and there are some strange doozies in there that are very amusing. Here are the next ten characters to add to the collection.
The Asbestos Lady
Real name: Victoria Murdock
The Asbestos Lady was a gifted scientist who became famous by designing a flameproof costume from asbestos. She also used a flame-thrower and guns that fired asbestos-lined bullets. What's so ironic and funny about this is the fact that the Asbestos Lady fell victim to being exposed to the harmful carcinogenic fiber for so long. She eventually got cancer from asbestos poisoning and is believed to have succumbed to the disease. I'm not saying cancer is funny, but the...
The Asbestos Lady
Real name: Victoria Murdock
The Asbestos Lady was a gifted scientist who became famous by designing a flameproof costume from asbestos. She also used a flame-thrower and guns that fired asbestos-lined bullets. What's so ironic and funny about this is the fact that the Asbestos Lady fell victim to being exposed to the harmful carcinogenic fiber for so long. She eventually got cancer from asbestos poisoning and is believed to have succumbed to the disease. I'm not saying cancer is funny, but the...
- 9/18/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Browse all the sections of the 58th London Film Festival (Oct 8-18) including the galas, competition titles and individual sections.
Alphabetical list of titles by section including feature premiere status
Wp = Wp
Ep = European Premiere
IP = International Premiere
UK = UK Premiere
Opening Night
The Imitation Game (UK-us)
dir. Morten Tyldum
Closing Night
Fury (Us)
dir. David Ayer
GalasTitlePremFoxcatcher (Us)
dir. Bennett MillerUKWhiplash (Us)
dir. Damien ChazelleUKMen, Women And Children (Us)
dir. Jason ReitmanEPWild (Us)
dir. Jean-Marc ValleeEPTestament Of Youth (UK)
dir. James KentWPMr. Turner (UK)
dir. Mike LeighUKThe Battles Of Coronel And Falkland Islands (UK)
dir. Walter Summers Rosewater (Us)
dir. Jon StewartEPMommy (Can)
dir. Xavier DolanUKA Little Chaos (UK)
dir. Alan RickmanEPWild Tales (Arg)
dir. Damián SzifrónUKThe Salvation (Den)
dir. Kristian Levring The White Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom (Chi)
dir. Jacob CheungIPWinter Sleep (Tur)
dir. Nuri Bilge CeylanUKBjork: Biophilia Live (UK)
dir. Nick Fenton, Peter StricklandUKSong Of The Sea (Ire)
dir. Tomm MooreEPOfficial...
Alphabetical list of titles by section including feature premiere status
Wp = Wp
Ep = European Premiere
IP = International Premiere
UK = UK Premiere
Opening Night
The Imitation Game (UK-us)
dir. Morten Tyldum
Closing Night
Fury (Us)
dir. David Ayer
GalasTitlePremFoxcatcher (Us)
dir. Bennett MillerUKWhiplash (Us)
dir. Damien ChazelleUKMen, Women And Children (Us)
dir. Jason ReitmanEPWild (Us)
dir. Jean-Marc ValleeEPTestament Of Youth (UK)
dir. James KentWPMr. Turner (UK)
dir. Mike LeighUKThe Battles Of Coronel And Falkland Islands (UK)
dir. Walter Summers Rosewater (Us)
dir. Jon StewartEPMommy (Can)
dir. Xavier DolanUKA Little Chaos (UK)
dir. Alan RickmanEPWild Tales (Arg)
dir. Damián SzifrónUKThe Salvation (Den)
dir. Kristian Levring The White Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom (Chi)
dir. Jacob CheungIPWinter Sleep (Tur)
dir. Nuri Bilge CeylanUKBjork: Biophilia Live (UK)
dir. Nick Fenton, Peter StricklandUKSong Of The Sea (Ire)
dir. Tomm MooreEPOfficial...
- 9/3/2014
- ScreenDaily
The delights of genre cinema are born from human imagination. The stories are nurtured by individuals who optimistically hope and believe across the years of their lives that a single film will devour that their tales arrive at the intended destination – to discover and touch the sensibilities of the audience.
If films are born out of the imagination then so the same could be said for the festivals that showcase them – festivals such as FrightFest that are crafted according to an ethos shared by four men who genre cinema continues to owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude – “‘Run by fans for the fans”, to find those great new voices in genre and see what difference they can make, and to ensure the FrightFest spirit of community endures.
But those who champion and showcase films, supporting their endeavours to find an audience on their ongoing journey from the intimate confines of its maker’s world,...
If films are born out of the imagination then so the same could be said for the festivals that showcase them – festivals such as FrightFest that are crafted according to an ethos shared by four men who genre cinema continues to owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude – “‘Run by fans for the fans”, to find those great new voices in genre and see what difference they can make, and to ensure the FrightFest spirit of community endures.
But those who champion and showcase films, supporting their endeavours to find an audience on their ongoing journey from the intimate confines of its maker’s world,...
- 8/19/2014
- by Paul Risker
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Will & Grace‘s Sean Hayes is officially joining The Millers for their second season. He will be a series regular as Kip Withers, a friend of Carol who is the disdain of Nathan’s life. The Millers creator Greg Garcia has expressed his love of Sean Hayes and is excited to announce the funnyman joining the series. Greg didn’t say on how he won the Emmy winning star on his series, but he did have to say the following about the 90s classic star.
After years of being a fan and hearing from others how wonderful he is to work with, I couldn’t be more excited about Sean Hayes joining The Millers, The thought of he and Margo Martindale as BFFs makes me smile every time I think about it
This is great news for Sean, as he hasn’t been on a hit series since Will & Grace ended.
After years of being a fan and hearing from others how wonderful he is to work with, I couldn’t be more excited about Sean Hayes joining The Millers, The thought of he and Margo Martindale as BFFs makes me smile every time I think about it
This is great news for Sean, as he hasn’t been on a hit series since Will & Grace ended.
- 7/9/2014
- by Sarah Peel
- Boomtron
I missed last week’s column, as you no doubt guessed. I’m proud to say that I have the most brutal of excuses; I had my teeth pulled. Two back molars, to be precise. I contend that there are few things as metal as a dental extraction. Unless you’re a big baby and you opt to get put under (more on that later), you’re totally aware for the whole thing. Needles jabbed into your gums? Check. Bone-deep hammer-blows ringing straight through your jaw and into your skull? Check? Uncontrolled loss of blood of the hot and fresh variety? Check. And the most unrelentingly intense part? Watching as they sew shut the gaping wound in your mouth. Nothing quite as surreal as watching that needle and thread go in your mouth, then out through your raw flesh, then in again a few more times. It’s like ‘Enter The Void...
- 3/7/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
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