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Kieron’s Top 13 Films of 2009

14 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Looking back over the past twelve months highlights what a strange year this has been in cinema. Transformers 2 swept up at the box office, Terminator 3 nearly killed the franchise. (500) Days Of Summer’s incredible trailer resulted in an incredibly dissapointing film, Where The Wild Things Are dared to be even better than its Arcade Fire powered trailer suggested it would be. So, even though the year hasn’t been the best quality wise, there have been some absolutely terrific films released. In fact for every Blue, Antichrist or Dead Men Running there has been a film of  great quality to counter it to the degree I struggled wittling down my list of favourites to the standard ten entries. So I didn’t bother. Each of the films in this list debuted cinematically in the UK in 2009 with the exception of Cyborg, She which was a direct to DVD release. …

- Kieron Casey

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Sam Rockwell Remembers His Year Of Space Travel And 'Iron Man 2'

24 November 2009 12:00 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

With Oscar buzz for his performance in 'Moon' and 'Iron Man 2' on the way, Rockwell has a lot to be thankful for.

By Josh Horowitz

Photo: Justin Sullivan/ Getty/ Sony/ MTV News

Was there a more inventive performance in 2009 than Sam Rockwell's in "Moon"? Or, we should say, the performances of the many, many Sam Rockwells who show up in this sci-fi mind-bender about outer space, isolation and technology? The actor took a risk with first-time director Duncan Jones and the gamble paid off big time: The movie was one of the coolest of the year and Rockwell has rightly been mentioned as a potential Oscar candidate.

So MTV News must express our gratitude during this week in which we are giving thanks to the best films and brightest performances of the year. But when it comes to Rockwell, we're also thankful for a movie we haven't seen yet: "Iron Man 2, …

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Exclusive: El Mayimbe Watches Hunter Prey Plus Brand New Pics

23 November 2009 2:05 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

Remember Sandy Collora? The guy who made that really hot short fan film called Batman: Dead End, where Batman fights the Alien then the Predator that was all the rage during Comicon 2003? The film that even Kevin Smith said was "An amazing piece of work, possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made."If not then check it out the short by clicking Here to refresh your memory. The short was an excellent calling card and made so much noise it that got Sandy signed to Icm and soon he was being set up around town on the meeting circuit to meet with some pretty big folks at studios and production companies to pitch his other ideas. I always run into filmmakers who want to make a short film as a calling card and I always tell them that if their stuff isn't cool, high concept, or the execution isn't …

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Moon: DVD Review

19 November 2009 12:36 AM, PST | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

Director: Duncan Jones. Review: Adam Wing. How many times have you heard the phrase ‘they don’t make them like that anymore’? Well next time some smart arse film fanatic bangs on about the golden age of science fiction cinema, point them in the direction of Moon. Not the actual moon you understand, that would be taking things a little too far, I’m talking about Sam Rockwell’s (Frost/Nixon) latest movie, an engrossing journey directed by Duncan Jones. You can forget the smash, bang, wallop of Star Trek, this is an altogether different kind of cinematic beast, feeling more at home with genre classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Silent Running. Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the completion of his 3-year contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth’s primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. The only company he has is a vigilant computer called, …

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Moon: DVD Review

19 November 2009 12:36 AM, PST | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

Director: Duncan Jones. Review: Adam Wing. How many times have you heard the phrase ‘they don’t make them like that anymore’? Well next time some smart arse film fanatic bangs on about the golden age of science fiction cinema, point them in the direction of Moon. Not the actual moon you understand, that would be taking things a little too far, I’m talking about Sam Rockwell’s (Frost/Nixon) latest movie, an engrossing journey directed by Duncan Jones. You can forget the smash, bang, wallop of Star Trek, this is an altogether different kind of cinematic beast, feeling more at home with genre classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Silent Running. Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the completion of his 3-year contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth’s primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. The only company he has is a vigilant computer called, …

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Moon, Star Trek and Sunshine Cleaning | DVD reviews

14 November 2009 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Fans of such thoughtful Seventies sci-fi fare as Solaris and Silent Running should be counting down to the release of Moon (2009, Sony, 15), a throwback to the days when the genre was more interested in the loneliness of the inner self than the slam-bam spectacle of outer space. Sam Rockwell channels the rumpled spirit of Bruce Dern as the solitary astronaut doing a three-year stretch on the lunar surface in service of a sinister corporation. With an onboard computer his only companion (Kevin Spacey, sounding like Hal's softer sibling), our antihero falls apart, plagued by visions of a mysterious doppelganger. It's hauntingly poignant stuff – intriguing, intelligent and an exciting first feature for Duncan Jones, who continues the creative legacy of his famously marooned pop cosmonaut father, "Major Tom".

More ripping, but no less rewarding, is Star Trek (2009, Paramount, 12), a smart franchise reboot from Jj Abrams which puts a 21st-century spin on the age-old wagon train. …

- Mark Kermode

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This week's DVD and Blu-ray releases

13 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Star Trek, Moon

DVD & Blu-ray, Paramount, Sony

Two science-fiction movies, in many ways polar opposites, but both successful at what they do. After all, there's room for everyone in outer space. Star Trek sets out to make the franchise cool; something its many fans seem to have worked against, regardless of how fluent they are in Klingon. Jj Abrams's update is so fast you barely have time to notice how clumsy it is, such as when Kirk lands on the icy Planet Of Huge Coincidences, but it is what all the other blockbusters this year failed to be: fun. It's a sleek, futuristic vessel designed to introduce a great set of characters as efficiently as possible and it certainly is dazzling - literally as most scenes are awash with lens-flaring white light. And it's striking how its best moments are all lifted almost intact from the original 1960s TV show. …

- Phelim O'Neill

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Moon: Blu-ray review and details of all the DVD and Blu-ray features

9 November 2009 4:11 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Amid a summer of explosive spectacle - there can barely be a stick of dynamite left unlit in Hollywood - David Bowie's son Duncan Jones surprised everyone with his directorial debut: An old-school sci-fi film called Moon.

Made for just $5million by Liberty Films and released by Sony Pictures Classics, Moon lands on DVD and Blu-ray next Monday, November 16. The new website for the film has now gone live (and you can see it here).

This psychological drama - which was on a limited theatrical release - stars Sam Rockwell (Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, Frost/Nixon) and features the voice of Kevin Spacey as a computer called Gerty.

Rockwell is Sam Bell, a Lunar Industries worker supervising the mechanical extraction of the clean fuel helium-3 from rocks on the surface of the moon.

Bell is nearing the end of a solitary three-year contract during which he has been …

- David Bentley

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Duncan Jones talks Moon and reveals his next sci-fi project

11 October 2009 7:37 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

The director of this year's sci-fi release Moon has spoken about his influences for the film and revealed what projects he has lined up next.

Duncan Jones is attached to helm a Second World War submarine drama called From The Deep, but he isn't done with science fiction just yet.

As his next film, he's aiming to make what he calls a love letter to one of the genre's all-time classics.

Moon, released in the Us in June and in the UK a month later, was Jones' feature film debut and received largely positive reviews. Films fans appreciated it for easing off on the pedal of CGI visual dazzle and delivering a more thoughtful story without the bang-bang-boom of films such as Transformers.

Made for $5million, it brought in just $6.56million worldwide, partly due to its limited release. Clearly this was never intended to be an explosive summer blockbuster.

The film, …

- David Bentley

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‘The Hole 3D’ - Videos from Joe Dante’s New Thriller Film

21 September 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »

MovieSet was on the set of acclaimed director Joe Dante’s new film ‘The Hole 3D’ while shooting last fall. With the great buzz from Comic-Con and impending release of the film at festivals in Toronto and Venice, we are rolling out some more unique - and exclusive to MovieSet - clips.

Fans of 3D film making, thrills and chills and Joe Dante’s other films (i.e. Gremlins) will find this clip especially interesting as the director discusses the plot and process of The Hole.

Plenty more of ‘The Hole’ Videos on MovieSet.com.

The Hole News Bruce Dern on the set of The Hole 3D

On a recent trip to the set of The Hole 3D, directed by master of horror Joe Dante, I had the pleasure of meeting with American cinema icon Bruce Dern. As well as speaking at length about his character in the film, things …

- Dave

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Like Movie Lists? Here are Four to Scrutinize

2 September 2009 1:27 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Do you like lists? Well, how about these options? Wired's Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks of All Time - Pre-Star Wars A Trip to the Moon (1902) The Thing From Another World (1951) The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) Them! (1954) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958) The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Fahrenheit 451 (1966) Fantastic Voyage (1966) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Planet of the Apes (1968) Solaris (1972) Silent Running (1972) Soylent Green (1973) Day of the Dolphin (1973) Zardoz (1974) A Boy and His Dog (1975) Logan's Run (1976) Lassie Come Home (1943) Richard Roeper's Top Five of Summer 2009 (500) Days of Summer Inglourious Basterds Up The Hurt Locker District 9 ...and his worst... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra Land of the Lost Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian The Ugly Truth He has more, click here for the rest. …

- Brad Brevet

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Interview: To the Stars With ‘Moon’ Director Duncan Jones

17 June 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – With “Star Trek,” “Terminator: Salvation,” and now Duncan Jones’ “Moon,” it’s been a good season for science fiction fans. Jones’ directorial debut is a stunning piece of psychological sci-fi about a man who is literally being replaced by a younger version of himself.

Sam Rockwell stars (and gives the best performance of the year to date) as Sam, a man who works mining an energy-producing substance on the moon and sends it back to Earth. His three-year assignment with only a robot pal named Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey) to keep him company is finally about to come to an end.

After an accident outside the base, Sam returns to find a younger version of himself who claims to be starting his three-year assignment. Has Sam gone crazy? What is going on? “Moon” is one of the best debuts of the year and it was borne not …

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Pff 09: Review of Duncan Jones' Moon

25 April 2009 3:05 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Year: 2009

Directors: Duncan Jones

Writers: Duncan Jones / Nathan Parker

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: agentorange

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

For such a "small movie," Moon manages to be a lot of things. It's working man's scifi, an old-school FX extravaganza, a tragic drama, a comedy, a buddy movie and a thriller all rolled into one giant indie geekgasm and slapped onto celluloid. Yes, I Loved this film. Let me put in in perspective. I've never had the urge to get up and slow clap Rudy style at the end of a movie - then I watched Moon. It made me laugh, then it broke my heart and then it renewed my faith in smart fanboy filmmakers. I already know it'll make my list of best films of 2009 and I hope to god Sony releases it widely in the theaters because this is one film you guys just have to see on the big screen. …

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13 articles from 2009

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