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The best films of 2009
25 December 2009 11:21 AM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
Since Moses brought the tablets down from the mountain, lists have come in tens, not that we couldn't have done with several more commandments. Who says a year has Ten Best Films, anyway? Nobody but readers, editors, and most other movie critics. There was hell to pay last year when I published my list of Twenty Best. You'd have thought I belched at a funeral. So this year I have devoutly limited myself to exactly ten films.
On each of two lists.
The lists are divided into Mainstream Films and Independent Films. This neatly sidesteps two frequent complaints: (1) "You name all those little films most people have never heard of," and (2) "You pick all blockbusters and ignore the indie pictures." Which is is my official Top Ten? They both are equal, and every film here is entitled to name itself "One of the Year's 10 Best!"
Alphabetically:
¶ The Top 10 Mainstream Films
Bad Lieutenant. »
- Roger Ebert
Who do you read? Good Roger, or Bad Roger?
15 December 2009 9:18 PM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
This message came to me from a reader named Peter Svensland. He and a friend have been debating about my qualities as a film critic, and they've involved a considerable critic, Dan Schneider, in their discussion. I will say that he has given the question a surprising amount of thought and attention over the years, and may well be correct in some aspects. What his analysis gives me is a renewed respect and curiosity about his own work.
¶
Dear Roger,
A friend and I would like to have your opinion. It's basically so that we can settle an argument (and small side bet) with a friend over what your opinion would be. My friend and I have carefully co-drafted this email to try to eliminate one or the other of our biases. I hope we succeeded!
I have read your columns and watched your tv shows for many years now »
- Roger Ebert
Interview: James McTeigue, 'Ninja Assassin' (Part 1)
27 November 2009 4:15 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Director James McTeigue has been working on films since the late 1980s, back in his native Australia. He was second assistant director on Dark City and first assistant director on Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. He started working with Andy and Larry Wachowski as an assistant director on The Matrix, and they've been collaborating on projects together ever since. The Wachowskis wrote the first feature film helmed by McTeigue, V for Vendetta, and he provided second-unit direction on their most recent film, Speed Racer.
Ninja Assassin, which opened this week, is the latest movie McTeigue has directed, with the Wachowskis on board as producers. You can read William Goss's review for more details about the action/fantasy film. Cinematical sat down with the director in late September during Fantastic Fest, just after the movie played the festival. He was very pleased with the fest screening and happy to talk about the film. »
- Jette Kernion
Ninjas, Princesses and Old Dogs
23 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Families arriving at the multiplex for a little pre/post-turkey entertainment have two choices -- separate off into your respective age/gender demographics and indulge yourselves, or stick together in a tragic statement of family unity and purchase seven tickets for "Old Dogs." The choice, it is yours.
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"Home"
A selection at Cannes 2008 and this year's Swiss Oscar hopeful, the sophomore feature from Ursula Meier centers on a middle class couple (Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet) that enjoys bringing up their children away from urban life in the French countryside. However, the construction of a highway near their home leads to a divide between the two on what's best for their family as the pollution from the cars and the incessant noise begins to drive them a little mad.
Opens in New York; opens in Los Angeles on December 18th. »
- Neil Pedley
50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 1
27 October 2009 5:54 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Given man's unwavering fascination with woman, it's no surprise that the female star acts as the anchor to a dominant portion of horror pictures. I mean really, who wants to see a bare chested man tearin ass through the woods screaming at the top of his lungs while a bladed assailant nips at his heels? I don't - I know that much, although I'm certain there are plenty of men who would disagree (and that's okay with me, to each his own!). The simple fact remains however, women bring a unique appeal and certain sensual atmosphere to film that no man ever could. And it's not all about gratuitous T&A.
There's a comforting quality in the hands of the heroine; a fascinating maternal strength that, as a man I cannot genuinely relate to. I can however admire, and in many cases it's nearly impossible to not admire the lone »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)
Triangle (Film Review)
26 October 2009 4:05 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Triangle starts out with a premise that would fit any Sy-Fy original: when passengers out on a yacht hit sudden stormy weather, they seek refuge on a mysteriously abandoned ocean liner. You've seen it in Virus, Ghost Ship, Ghost Voyage and a dozen other bad movies. What you don't expect is where writer/director Christopher Smith is going with it and the compelling lead performance by Melissa George.
After they abandon their capsized yacht, Jess (George) and her friends come aboard the ocean liner, which has food, drink and everything they could possibly want. Unfortunately, there's also a bag-headed killer picking them off one by one with a bloody ax. Who this killer is and their motivation for targeting Jess and her friends is the interesting twist in Triangle.
It's a time travel movie, and they are slated to keep dying again and again, unless Jess can figure out a way to break the cycle. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Norrington submits script for The Crow
22 October 2009 5:51 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Stephen Norrington (Blade) has submitted his script for a new take on The Crow to Relativity Media. The script has apparently been getting praise and Norrington has promised an “almost documentary style” approach. This, in an effort to differentiate his film from the original.
Norrington’s version of The Crow, based on James O’Barr’s modern classic graphic novel, in not intended to be a remake of the first movie. In fact, it may not even be a remake of the graphic novel, per se. Norrington has also promised a “new character and storyline” as well, which raises a question of how different?
The first film (and only good one) was a Gothic take, dark and moody. directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City) and starred Brandon Lee, immortalized by his role in the film and his tragic, somewhat mysterious and untimely death during production.
Source: Empire
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- Travis
Proyas Doing "Tripods" Film Trilogy
18 October 2009 9:36 AM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Stuart Hazeldine ("Exam") has apparently completed the screenplay for a film adaptation of John Christopher's classic British sci-fi novel trilogy "The Tripods" and indicates Alex Proyas ("Knowing", "Dark City") is aiming to produce and potentially direct according to Digital Spy. The story follows three teens fleeing from alien conquerors dwelling in three-legged machines who enslaved humans with mind-control devices implanted in the brain. A previous BBC TV adaptation in the 1980's gained a cult following but was cancelled after its second season, failing to bring the last of the books to the screen. Hazeldine indicates his script is based on the first book alone and should the film be a success, the plan is to adapt the remaining two. »
Vinyan: Lost Souls review
8 October 2009 10:44 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Fabrice Du Welz. Review: Adam Wing. Every parent's worst nightmare is explored in the new thriller Vinyan, after losing their only child in a devastating tsunami; Paul (Rufus Sewell, Dark City) and Janet Belhmer (Emmanuelle Beart, Mission Impossible) barely have the strength to go on. Paul is somewhat lacking in faith when his wife claims to have seen their son in a documentary about the orphans living in the Burmese jungle; he shows his support by agreeing to join her on a search for the boy. They really should have stayed at home though because what they uncover is both devastating and destructive to them both, drug traffickers threaten their lives and a clan of rabid children suggest a fate far worse than anything death could conjure up. An unimaginable descent into pure madness from the writer and director of The Ordeal (Fabrice Du Welz) which kind of goes »
Stephenie Meyer’s ‘The Host’ Headed For The Big Screen
23 September 2009 12:14 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Today we get word from Variety that Stephenie Meyer’s novel The Host (which is nothing to do with the Twilight series, Fyi!) has been acquired by producers for adaptation to the big-screen. The 600-plus page science fiction-romance novel is the first adult novel written by Meyer.
Producers Nick Wechsler, Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz have used their own money to acquire the screen rights to Meyer’s The Host (not to be mistaken for the Korean monster movie from 2006). The book is, “a love story set in the near future on Earth, which has been assimilated by an alien species of benevolent parasites that call themselves “Souls.” One such soul, the Wanderer, is fused with a dying human named Melanie Stryder, in an attempt to locate the last pocket of surviving humans on Earth.” The adaptation is set to be written and directed by Andrew Niccol (Lord of War, »
- Ross Miller
Lionsgate will distribute Soderbergh's 'Knockout'
13 September 2009 11:20 PM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Lionsgate is set to distribute "Knockout" domestically. Stephen Soderbergh will direct the film which stars Mma circuit fighter Gina Carano. Written by Lem Dobbs ("Dark City"), the film stars Carano as a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second shot to use her skills for a better purpose. Similar to what the classic 'La Femme Nikita' and "Point of No Return" starring Bridget Fonda and Gabriel Byrne »
Steven Soderbergh’s Planning a Knockout
6 September 2009 8:15 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Bouncing back from Moneyball, Steven Soderbergh will next direct the spy-thriller film Knockout. Similar to Bubble and The Girlfriend Experience, Soderbergh has gone outside the traditional Hollywood circuit for casting. Variety reports that Gina Carano, a mixed martial arts fighter, will star in the film, her screen starring debut. Previously, Carano had a small role in the indie film Blood and Bone and voiced a character in the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. In Knockout Carano will play a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes. Soderbergh will surround Carano will name actors in supporting roles. Lem Dobbs, whose credits include Dark City, The Score and the Soderbergh-directed The Limey, penned the screenplay. According to the trades, The film is a closer cousin to La Femme Nikita and Kill Bill than Million Dollar Baby, in »
- James Cook
Steven Soderbergh to Helm Knockout with Mma Fighter in the Lead
6 September 2009 6:30 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, Traffic) has committed to next direct "Knockout," a spy thriller that will mark the screen starring debut of Gina Carano, the mixed martial arts circuit fighter who was also Crush on "American Gladiators." Scripted by Lem Dobbs (Dark City, The Score), "Knockout" stars Carano as a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes. Soderbergh considers the film as a flat out action film in the James Bond mold, and will shoot in locations around the world that include Ireland, Turkey and the Us. Soderbergh will surround Carano with name actors in supporting roles and will begin shooting the film in January. The Mma circuit is where Soderbergh discovered Carano, a lightweight division slugger with movie star good looks. The Muay Thai-trained fighter has compiled a 7-1 record. Though Carano suffered her »
Gina Carano to Star in Knockout, Soderbergh’s Spy Adventure
6 September 2009 4:18 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
The mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano is to make her big screen starring debut in Steven Soderbergh's Knockout, a spy drama he's comparing to James Bond but also sounds to me a little like Luc Besson's Nikita. Described by producer Ryan Kavanaugh as "mainstream action film with universal appeal for a reasonable budget" this picture sounds like heaven on a slice of warm toast. The screenplay for Knockout has been written by Lem Dobbs, who had a hand in writing Dark City and was previously responsible for scripting Soderbergh's The Limey and Kafka, as well as Edward Ford, reputedly one of the great unproduced screenplays of all time. The boy can write. According to Variety, Soderbergh will be filming in the New Year, with locations in the Us, Ireland and Turkey - at least. This sounds like it could be a proper, square-on-the-nose spy caper. Here's hoping »
- Brendon Connelly
Soderbergh Plans 'Knockout' with Gina Carano
5 September 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Steven Soderbergh may be looking forward to the release of his new comedy The Informant! in just a few weeks, but it's not slowing him down one iota. Variety reports that the filmmaker has next chosen to direct a spy thriller entitled Knockout, which will be the acting debut of Mixed Martial Arts fighter Gina Carano, who was featured as Crush on American Gladiators.
Scripted by Lem Dobbs (Dark City, The Score), Knockout stars Carano as a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes.
Soderbergh envisions the film as an action movie in the vein of Bond, and will use locations around the world for the shoot, including Ireland, Turkey and the United States.
Soderbergh will surround Carano with name actors in supporting roles and will begin lensing the film in January.
The Mma circuit is where Soderbergh discovered Carano, »
X-Men Origins: Magneto Could Start Next Year?
25 August 2009 12:12 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
David Goyer has made quite a reputation in Hollywood as one of the go to writers of comic book adaptations. His credits include penning Dark City, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and the Blade trilogy. With his fame growing each year, he's been offered plenty of other projects to help develop, mostly all related to comic properties. Among them is the upcoming Super Max film which would follow DC Comics' Green Arrow character incarcerated in prison with super villains for a crime he did not commit. Unfortunately his reputation as a director is frowned upon given his critically panned Blade Trinity and The Invisible. However that isn't stopping studios from granting him the director's chair on X-Men Origins; Magneto and the possibility to direct the first Avengers film. »
- Ricky
'District 9' Has Nothing On The Creepy Alien Invasion In 'Batteries Not Included'
14 August 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
I haven’t seen "District 9" yet, but you really only need the trailer to get a heaping spoonful of the heebie jeebies. Better yet, check out Neill Blomkamp’s “Alive in Joburg,” the short film “District 9” is based on. It is, in a word, unsettling. As repulsive as the human population’s treatment of the stranded aliens is, you can almost sympathize; they are inhuman, and that otherness coupled with closeness to our homes makes the skin crawl. That much is evident in the "D9" clip below:
It’s a classic trope in sci-fi cinema, alien infiltration. Not invasion mind you, I mean aliens living among us, incognito or otherwise. Here are five classics that did it best. Before "District 9" came along, that is.
“Starman”
John Carpenter’s got a knack for directing scary alien stories. “The Thing”, with its titular extraterrestrial that can shapeshift and horrifically disfigure people, »
- John Constantine
Interview With Ninja Assassin Director James McTeigue
10 August 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with director James McTeigue (V For Vendetta) about his new film, Ninja Assassin. As many of you know, McTeigue started in Hollywood as a second assistant director on films like Dark City, and made a name for himself as the first assistant director on The Matrix films. He famously took the reigns from The Wachowski Brothers, directing big screen adaptation of Alan Moore's comic book V For Vendetta (currently ranked #178 on IMDb's top 250 of all time). His latest film, Ninja Assassin, hits theaters on November 25th. I caught a sneak preview screening during Comic-Con, and while I'm barred from reviewing the movie, I will say that the action is bloody awesome and worth the price of admission alone. I was also able to talk briefly with James about his next project, a period thriller titled The Raven, a fictionalized account of »
- Peter Sciretta
The Ten Best and Five Worst Films of 2009 (So Far)
6 August 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
2009's Ten Best and Five Worst Films (So Far) We're technically over halfway through 2009, but a disproportionately large number of great films tend to spring up in the latter months of the year, so let's call it halfway for the sake of our collective sanity. It hasn't been a terrific year for filmgoing so far this year, but there have been enough films worth celebrating to justify a roundup. Keep in mind that these rankings are tentative - they're largely based on single viewings, and my estimates of their relative worth may vary over the course of the year. My principal question when ranking new film is: "which films am I most eager to watch again?" With that in mind, my top ten films of the year so far, in descending order: 10. Star Trek (Podcast review) [1] listen now [2] If someone had told you back in January that the summer of »
- Simon
McTeigue on Poe
5 August 2009 7:58 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Practically the third Wachowski brother, James McTeigue has made quite a name for himself assisting on Dark City and The Matrix then progressing to directing V For Vendetta and now Ninja Assassin. Recently, Slashfilm got him to open up a little about his other upcoming projects. What McTeigue has cooking next is a period piece called The Raven, which chronicles the (fictionalized) account of Edgar Allan Poe’s last five days on earth. Quoth McTeigue, “It’s like »
- Paul Tassi
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