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Five Favorite Films With Peter Jackson
21 December 2009 3:33 AM, PST
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Peter Jackson has come a long way since his 1987 debut Bad Taste, a shoestring-budget splatter film shot in his native New Zealand that went on to earn a cult following. Yet there's something of that film's inventive and playful spirit in almost everything he's done since, be it bawdy puppets (1989's Meet the Feebles), killer teens (1994's Heavenly Creatures) or ice-skating apes (2005's King Kong). The Lord of the Rings trilogy made him a household name and earned him Oscar acclaim, while he's currently producing the long-awated prequel, The Hobbit, with Guillermo del Toro directing. As Jackson's latest, the
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Discuss: Who Is the Filmmaker of the Decade…You Decide!
20 December 2009 6:57 PM, PST
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With 2009 ending and 10 years into the new millennium passed we have decided to look at who should be considered the filmmaker of the decade. The guy or perhaps girl who has really made a presence and stamp on cinema and filmmaking over the past 10 years. So tell us – is it Steven Soderbergh, the Coen Brothers, Chris Nolan, Michael Bay perhaps?
Think back to 2000 and all the films that have come out since then, all the directors out there. There is such an amazing amount of movies and directors that stand out in this decade and we feel like at FusedFilm.com that this list features all the appropriate names that should be considered Filmmaker of the Decade. We are proud to announce our choice for Filmmaker of the Decade…Mr. Christopher Nolan, beating out Peter Jackson by 1 vote.
Our vote comprised of 12 voters from FusedFilm’s staff and 3 from outside sites – MarketSaw,
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The Punch Heard Around The "Shore"!!!
10 December 2009 8:26 PM, PST
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Cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore"
Not long after my original post about Jersey Shore hit the web, I was bitch-smacked by Et's report on cast member Nicole (Snookie) being punched in the face by a random guy in the club. Jersey Shore just keeps getting wilder and wilder! But according to Et, Nicole (21) thought that it was good for the producers of Jersey Shore to show the footage, because it was "reality". Now, as much as I denounce reality from reality shows, Nicole pretty much was right about that one.
Here's a quick clip of the punch heard around the Jersey Shore.
Wild huh? But this scene was not shown, despite reports saying that it was to air tonight. Since Italian Americans are offended and disgusted by the show's stereotypical nature, I wonder if battered women will line up to protest for Jersey Shore to be pulled from TV. In recent news,
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Interview: The Cast of The Lovely Bones
9 December 2009 7:43 AM, PST
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Peter Jackson's latest film "The Lovely Bones" is based on Alice Sebold best selling novel. The film centers around 14 year old Susie Salmon who was murdered on her way home from school. She soon realizes that she's not in heaven but stuck in the in between and continues to watch her family and killer from this surreal and dream like word. If you pay close attention to detail you might be able to catch Jackson in the film. He makes a quick cameo while Mark Wahlberg's character is picking up photos in a camera store. There is also another scene where you might catch a glance of J.R.R Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" poster on a window of a mall shop. Leave it to Peter Jackson to keep us on our toes. In this press conference Peter Jackson, Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci,
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Peter Jackson Interview, The Lovely Bones
7 December 2009 8:00 PM, PST
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MoviesOnline sat down this weekend with Oscar winning director Peter Jackson to talk about his new film, “The Lovely Bones.” Jackson has a reputation for spellbinding storytelling on screen. He is best known for having written, directed and produced “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, creating an indelible screen life for the fantasy world forged by J.R.R. Tolkien.
“The Lovely Bones” is based on the beloved, best-selling novel by Alice Sebold and deals with the haunting aftermath of a crime that unfolds from the unexpected vantage point of the beyond. What begins as a shocking homicide unravels into a suspenseful and visually inventive journey through the bonds of memory, love and hope – towards a surprising and emotional reckoning.
The film centers on Susie Salmon, who was just 14 years old when she was murdered in December 1973 on her way home from school. Following her death, she continues to watch over her
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Five Posters For [.Rec] 2 Online
6 December 2009 10:00 PM, PST
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The trailer's tagline was something like "The comedy is over", but for this new crop of Italian posters for Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's Spanish zombie rabies sequel [.Rec] 2, it seems to be (if our ropey translation is trustworthy) "do you have the courage to return?"We know the film picks up mere hours after the end of the original, with a military contingent entering the wasted block of flats, but the posters don't give much away other than to suggest everyone is about to have a very bad day. Well duh. We've got a screaming soldier, a bit of a scuffle with an infected, and an infected having a crucifix bandied about at her (maybe a hint at the Catholic back-plot that was just about revealed first time around). And the chunks of text are all dictionary definitions: fear, panic and (we think) anguish. Don't take our word for
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3 New [Rec] 2 Posters
6 December 2009 7:23 PM, PST
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Italian site Bad Taste has revealed 3 brand new posters for [Rec] 2 likely to help promote the January 2010 release of the upcoming sequel. No word on when the movie will reach America, though New York City offered three screenings over the weekend at the Spanish Cinema Now Festival.
By the way, that [Rec] 3 Facebook page has been debunked. Spanish distributor Filmax may make another [Rec], especially with the positive response the movie has received, but they do not have any part in the rogue 'book page.
And now, enjoy the posters:
Source: BadTaste
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Peter Jackson and Stanley Tucci Talk The Lovely Bones
6 December 2009 3:34 PM, PST
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Dread Central hit The Lovely Bones press conference in Beverly Hills, CA, where director Peter Jackson, along with the film’s stars Stanley Tucci, Saoirse Ronan, Rose Mclver, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon and Rachel Weisz, talked up their cinematic incarnation of Alice Sebold’s best-selling novel.
Centering around lead character ‘Susie Salmon’ (Ronan) who is murdered by child-rapist and killer ‘Mr. Harvey’ (played in the film by Tucci), The Lovely Bones’ source material is at times a challenging read in its portrayal of violence, particularly in the first chapter. The tome though at its core focuses on the effect of the crime on the victim and her relatives, as Susie watches them from a hallucinogenic limbo while struggling with her feelings of vengeance towards her killer and her empathy toward the plight of those that remain. Jackson, whose previous efforts include the rather fantastical The Lord of the Rings trilogy and 2005’s King Kong,
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Peter Jackson on The Lovely Bones and Tintin
3 December 2009 11:03 AM, PST
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There are traces of Peter Jackson’s camp-horror roots in his latest film, an adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel The Lovely Bones. They’re in his vertiginous camera work, his extreme fish-eye closeups, his hazy dreamscapes, his over-crisp sound cues, his flair for the lurid, and his uncanny knack for suspense. But other than that, it’s hard to find a thematic element that connects his early works—such as his gross-out gore-fest Bad Taste or his depraved-and-diseased muppet movie, Meet the Feebles—with the story of Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a bright-eyed 14-year-old girl who watches over her family through the dreamlike prism of the afterlife after she is murdered by a pedophilic maniac (Stanley Tucci). To ask Jackson, the one thing all his movies share is simply that they are movies he wanted to see.
You know how when you read a book you imagine what the movie would look like?
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Two New 'Lovely Bones' Clips and 30 Hi-Res Stills
2 December 2009 11:48 AM, PST
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Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, and directed by Oscar winner Peter Jackson (Dead Alive, Bad Taste) from a screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Jackson, The Lovely Bones centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family and her killer from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
Below you'll find two new clips, along with a whopping 30 stills from the film opening in limited theaters December 11, expanding Dec 25 and going wide on January 15.
Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Saoirse Ronan all star.
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The Lovely Bones to Play Before British Royalty
16 October 2009 9:44 PM, PDT
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According to EW, Peter Jackson's upcoming film The Lovely Bones is set to play for the UK's Royal Film performance, a charity that's attended by member of the British Royal family. Jackson and cast members will also attend. Read the brief article here.
This means that the Queen of England may very well be watching a film directed by the guy who made Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles, and the zombie opus Dead Alive. It's a strange world.
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Lovely Bones: Cynical Awards Fodder Or Box Office Gold?
14 October 2009 10:04 AM, PDT
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The Lovely Bones has been a decade-long project: traversing continents; switching directors; growing in budget; Ryan Gosling fired; Mark Wahlberg hired; delayed for almost a year. Alarm bells start to ring. Despite all the rumours and gossip-mongering Peter Jackson’s latest feature has been, rather cynically, held back for “awards season”. In other words, the studio is unsure of how its product is going to play at the box office, so is hoping critical praise might help.
What started off as a Film Four production with Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsey has turned into an effects-laden, multi-million dollar behemoth. The trailer hit the internet in August and instantly recalled fellow Kiwi filmmaker Vincent Ward’s “beautiful disaster” What Dreams May Come. The similarities in tone and imagery are striking (dodgy wigs included).
The inexorable rise of Peter Jackson appears utterly incongruous given his origins in low budget splatter-horror. But is it?
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Kill Bill Vol. 3 on its way.
1 October 2009 8:53 PM, PDT
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Quentin Tarantino who recently appeared on the Italian Television show "Bad Taste" confirmed that he is indeed making Kill Vol. 3. According to Tarantino, fans will have to wait a few years before he begins production saying, "I gotta wait a couple of years, but I want ten years to pass from the second one to the third one."
So why ten years? Tarantino explains, "Two reasons. One, I think me and Uma needed a ten year break.... And the second one, I loved the character a lot. I think she deserved ten years to relax. She deserved ten years of no fighting, she deserved ten years with her child Bebe, just of peace. I put her through a lot those first two movies, I want her to have a nice, peaceful life for ten years. I want her to set up her store, and have some peace. But after ten
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Tarantino Teases 'Kill Bill 3' - Here's Five People Who Should Star
1 October 2009 3:32 PM, PDT
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The energetic Quentin Tarantino was out and about promoting Inglourious Basterds in Italy, and seeing as he was in the homeland of his hostess spaghetti western, he teased everyone by promising Kill Bill 3. Again. Bad Taste reports that while on Italian talkshow Parla Con me, he prompted his hostess, Serena Dandini, to ask him whether there would be a continuation of the Bride's saga. When I say prompted, I mean it literally. "You didn't ask me whether there will be a third installment, a Kill Bill Vol 3!" Dandini obliged him by asking, and Tarantino said "Yes! The Bride will fight again ... I want ten years to pass between the second one and the third one. Two reasons. I think Uma [Thurman] and I needed a ten year break because the first one was so hard. The second one is that I love the character a lot. I just really really love her.
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Review: 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' lucky seven on HBO
19 September 2009 1:06 PM, PDT
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HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" returns for a seventh season this Sunday, September 20 at 9 Pm. Mixed feelings about this series, which has genuinely made me laugh but more often made me wince, experiencing bad La Talent Agency employment flashbacks making me quickly change the channel. Full disclosure: Wasn't a big "Seinfeld" fan either. Bad taste, odd situational humor and awkward social moments are the playground for the fertile tortured mind of Larry David, the show's nebbishy writer/producer reeling from his estrangement from his popular saint-like wife Cheryl, who all his friends, Maitre d's and associates choose in the post-split "pick the spouse" game. The new season promises more Susie Greene (Susie Essman) histrionics (she operates
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Julian Gilbey exclusive interview: British director talks ‘Reckoning Day’
14 September 2009 8:39 AM, PDT
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British director Julian Gilbey, best known for his 2007 film Rise of the Footsolider, finally sees his directorial debut, Reckoning Day, released on DVD next week. An ultra-violent action movie made on a shoestring budget, Reckoning Day was completed in 2002 – so it’s been a long time coming.
As a film it is certainly flawed: bearing the hallmarks of a director who, by his own admission, was looking to experiment and find his way, and featuring a cast of willing but limited novice actors. The script is often suspect and the progression of events sometimes nonsensical but, as Julian explains, mitigating factors there most certainly were. Amicable, well-spoken, and forthcoming, he discusses Reckoning Day itself, the difficulties facing low-budget movie production, and what the future holds…
First things first - why the 7 year wait for Reckoning Day on DVD?
We’ve had a nightmare with distribution basically! Unfortunately I got terribly
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Housewives of Atlanta: Lisa Faces Reality, Kim Still Wants to Sing
28 August 2009 7:20 AM, PDT
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For a show so full of fake hair, fake boobs and faux leopard, you'd think it would be fascinating to see Atlanta's Housewives unmasked, dealing with such real-life drama as -- in Lisa's case -- the death of beloved sibling. Thursday's episode wobbled between setting up combustible situations for future catfights (Who will hate the "alter ego" Nene designs for her at next week's photo shoot? When will Sheree explode at her new party planner?) and the raw emotion of a family visiting the grave of a loved one who died of unknown causes but allegedly mixed prescription pills and alcohol.
Heavy stuff. When the next frame cut to a wine-swilling Kim trashing the grieving Lisa -- "She tries to portray this image of 'I'm just so perfect.' And the reality is, b----, you're not," she told new Bff Kandi -- it was nothing short of distasteful. But, you know what?
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Lists of Doom Xxiii: Sister Sin
23 August 2009 3:56 PM, PDT
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Greetings Fango Fiends! It's time once again for another installment of Fangoria Musick's Lists Of Doom - the column where we track down some of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite) bands to get their thoughts on on the world of horror, and which films scare them.
For our 23rd installment, we caught up with Sweden's Sister Sin. Currently touring on their Victory Records' release Switchblade Serenades, the band took time out to fill Fango in on their five most fearful fright films.
1. Hellraiser (1987)
Clive Barkers debut movie. Hooks & chains+Pinhead= masterpiece!
The original title was actually ""Sadomasochists From Beyond The Grave" which says it all
2. Bad Taste (1987)
Awesome gore & fun! We would gather up a bunch of friends in the weekends and watch this flick over n over again.
"Suck my spinning steel, shithead!" Is an instant classic line and who knew Peter Jackson would go from this and make Lord of The Rings.
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Fred Stops in at District 9
13 August 2009 11:25 PM, PDT
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District 9 is part Starship Troopers, part Mad Max, part Aliens and part The Fly. Peter Jackson let Neil Blomkamp make his Bad Taste but with all of Jackson.s expensive toys.
Review: District 9
The documentary style actually does establish reality. Unlike in those B.S. movies where a shaking camera thinly justifies ridiculous happenings, District 9 is actually shot like a professional documentary. They us a tripod. Even video footage is locked off and moving shots are steady. This is a narrative, not just some amateurs letting a camera run on the fly. When the camera does shake, it.s because there.s something so intense, even professionals can.t hold it steady. It actually gets shakier when the film transitions into fictional structure, which is an interesting artistic decision, not an arbitrary gimmick.
It is a profound satire of the highest order. Of course it.s the immigration debate.
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A Lovely Trailer for The Lovely Bones
5 August 2009 12:42 AM, PDT
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Before Peter Jackson made it Huge, he belonged to us genre fans, providing us with classics like Bad Taste, Dead Alive, and Heavenly Creatures just to name a few. The trailer for his latest film, The Lovely Bones, just debuted on Apple, and we've got a peek at it for you right here!
The story centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
Check out the trailer below, and look for more on this one soon.
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