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Is Hollywood Going Alien Crazy? Will Aliens Become the New Vampires?
20 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Ben Magid's spec screenplay Invasion has sold to Summit Entertainment/Participant for low to mid six figures. The story, which is an alien invasion thriller in the same vein as Cloverfield, is being produced by Eli Roth and Eric Newman (Children of Men, Slither). According to Shock, "the film opens with a wicked subway accident in Los Angeles in which the survivors (the film's protagonists) climb from the wreckage to find the, now "snowy," city in ruins." No further details are available at this time. Magid made a name for himself in 2006, selling a pitch to New Line for his script Pan, a spin on J.M. Barrie's tale of Peter Pan, where Pan is a villain being hunted by a police captain named Hook. He has since taken a stab at an early draft for the live-action adaptation of Hack/Slash. With the success of recent films like the »
- Peter Sciretta
Cuaron and Depp Find Its a High Season for 'The Tourist'
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
The French film from which The Tourist is based from (Anthony Zimmer) contains a narrative DNA that is very kaiser soze, but to be frank about it, I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. Spyglass Entertainment is seeing a lot of action for a tale about a wanted man...its mostly due to scheduling conflicts. - The French film from which The Tourist is based from (Anthony Zimmer) contains a narrative DNA that is very kaiser soze, but to be frank about it, I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. Spyglass Entertainment is seeing a lot of action for a tale about a wanted man...its mostly due to scheduling conflicts. Male lead Sam Worthington has jumped ship and an even better replacement in Johnny Depp might take the part. Meanwhile, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck who just recently considered taking helming duties has dropped the pic, »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Exhibit A Trailer Online
30 November 2009 12:12 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Ever wondered what the credit crunch could lead to? Inspired by news stories about devoted family men who turn murderous under pressure, this is first look at the new trailer for Exhibit A, the pantwettingly scary camcorder horror which was first screened at festivals in 2007 when it won Best UK Feature at the Raindance Film Festival and was nominated for two BIFAs.With hand-held scares in the vein of The Blair Witch Project, [Rec] and Paranormal Activity’s, this time the horror comes from a distinctly non-supernatural source. A dad’s failed attempt to sort out family troubles eventually leads to murder, the slow build up to which is detailed through the his teenage daughter’s video camera – the titular Exhibit A.Stunt fans should also doff their caps to coordinator Roy Alon who died in 2006 after a record-breaking career performing stunts in Bond, the Indiana Jones trilogy and Children of Men »
The Sunday Movie Quiz – The Answers
29 November 2009 4:01 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Here are the answers to yesterday’s weekly Sunday Movie Quiz. If you missed the quiz yesterday, go here and give it a try before you look at the answers. Hope you had fun, and will come back for another quiz next Sunday.
Movie Quotes – Name the films
1 I’ll have what she’s having. – When Harry Met Sally
2 Yes Miss Daisy, I be honking. – The Long Kiss Goodnight
3 So, um, we think we should discuss the bonus situation… – Alien
4 Alrighty then. – Ace Ventura – Pet Detective
5 Watch out for that first step, it’s a doozy. – Groundhog Day
6 It’s like looking in a mirror, only, not. – Face/Off
7 Hi, I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork, how have you been? – Grosse Point Blank
8 You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain’t never seen a donkey fly. – Shrek
9 Tell me about it, »
- Barry Steele
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 77 - Imagined Worlds, Children of Men....
28 November 2009 11:13 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file. In this episode, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley talk about the role of imagined worlds in some of their favorite films. Also, film critic Mike D'Angelo joins us to discuss his article decrying the use of long continuous shots in Children of Men, and to assess Anne Thompson's claim that film criticism is a dying art. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us next Monday at 9 Pm Est / 6 Pm Pst at Slashfilm's live page as »
- David Chen
Birthday Suits, An Oscar For Ed!
28 November 2009 6:20 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Each day we're celebriting the birth of various cinematic persons. Can someone in Hollywood please give their Oscar to Ed Harris today? I mean, my god how long does he have to wait for that damn thing? The rest of today's Sagittarians are less easy to shop for. What could we give Jon Stewart, for example, that he doesn't already have?
Ed, Laura and Jon
1896 Lilia Skala, Oscar nominated actress (Lilies of the Field)
1923 Gloria Grahame, Oscar winner (The Bad the Beautiful)
933 Hope Lange, Oscar nominated actress (Peyton Place, The Young Lions, Death Wish)
1941 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress, sex symbol
1946 Joe Dante He'll always have Gremlins, such a great 80s picture.
1949 Alexander Godunov, like Baryshnikov, he was a Russian ballet star who defected to America and co-starred in movies. It didn't go quite as well. He never achieved anything close to Misha's level of fame though he made for a memorable screen presence (Witness, »
- NATHANIEL R
Movie Reviews: “The Road”
27 November 2009 2:54 PM, PST | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
First came the apocalypse with 2012. Now comes the post-apocalypse with The Road, starring Viggo Mortensen, which arrives in theaters in limited release this weekend. It is enthralling several critics. A.O. Scott in the New York Times says that the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it movies have a similar theme. "These two films -- the cheesy action blockbuster and the earnest, literary Oscar aspirant -- converge on a serious, anxious question. In the wake of a planetary catastrophe, how will humanity survive? Not the species itself, but rather the repertory of behaviors and impulses that we like to think separate us from other animals." His verdict: "The Road is engrossing and at times impressive, a pretty good movie that is disappointing to the extent that it could have been great. Is this the way the world ends? With polite applause?" Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News writes that it "earns every minute that it rattles inside your head." Steven Rea in the Philadelphia Inquirer writes similarly: "I cannot think of another film this year that has stayed with me, its images of dread and fear - and yes, perhaps hope -- kicking around like such a terrible dream." Claudia Puig in USA Today calls it "stirring and life-affirming." Kyle Smith in the New York Post has just the opposite reaction, however. "File The Road under apocalypse porn," he writes. "Unlike Wall-e and Children of Men, though, this one offers no hope of renewal, no exit from the hell it so persuasively depicts." Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times shares that opinion, writing that The Road "turns out to be good at shocking and upsetting us, but it lacks the compensating emotional heft that would make absorbing those shocks worth our while." And Lisa Kennedy puts it more succinctly in the Denver Post, writing that the movie "has brutality but not benevolence." »
Movies This Week: Fox and Old Dog Ninja Assassins
25 November 2009 9:30 AM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
Why, yes, we are doing Movies This Week early. But it's also the start of the holidaze, with movies opening today and Thanksgiving feasts tomorrow, so Wednesday is the new Friday.
Opening in Austin theaters:
Fantastic Mr. Fox -- Wes Anderson's love child with the spirit of Roald Dahl is destined to top quite a few Best Of lists this year. The puppetry is mesmerizing, and you're sure to leave smiling. In short, it's cussing good. Read my review, and see once now so you're only slightly distracted when you go to the Alamo feast. After you see it once, you'll really want to see it again. It does hold up, and if you see movies on Thanksgiving, this is the movie to see.
Ninja Assassin -- Slick, dark Hollywood sword-porn. What it lacks in plot it makes up for in unimpressively outrageous fight scenes so dark you can barely see what's going on. »
- Jenn Brown
The Road Reviews
25 November 2009 12:44 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
General consensus seems to be that The Road, starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron, doesn't quite have the same punch as Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning and awesome novel.
"...it'll leave you exhausted, emotionally spent and with much to ponder."
— Peter Paras, E! Online
"The Road evokes the images and the characters of Cormac McCarthy's novel. It is powerful, but for me lacks the same core of emotional feeling."
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...a faithful but pale imitation of a film adaptation..."
— Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
"...The Road, for all its vivid desolation, remains a curiously unmoving experience..."
— Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"The Road honors McCarthy's book with haunting pictures of the future's end ... but they tend to overwhelm the drama in the fore."
— Scott Tobias, Onion Av Club
"The only purpose I can detect in the smoldering wreckage is simple masochism; some people like to take a beating »
- reelz reelz
Advert. Subvert. Gonzo (Fake) Commercials within Films
24 November 2009 7:50 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
"Can't get enough, of the Stuff!" From the mid-1920s whereupon the eventual Oscar winning film Wings featured a Hershey Chocolate Bar prominently in the story right on up to the use of M&Ms in Steven Spielberg's E.T. and beyond to the modern James Bond films or Castaway (FedEx) or The Great Yokai War (Kirin Beer) or perhaps the worst offender ever: I, Robot, product placement is simply a large part of big expensive movies. And many filmmakers have either parodied product placement (ahem, sorry: Brand Integration) or even invented their own fictional consumer goods that only appear in their movies. Unlike television, which (in large part) relies on advertising to fund the creation of shows, there are rarely full commercials used explicitly in a film (before the screening of the film is another story, unfortunately!). But filmmakers love to offer ads for fake products or services or »
‘The Orphanage’ Remake Loses Its Director
20 November 2009 2:22 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Back in August we reported on the fact that prolific film actor/editor/producer/director, Larry Fessenden, was attached to direct the upcoming inevitable remake of Juan Antonio Bayona’s excellent Spanish-language horror film, The Orphanage (or “El orfanato” to use its Spanish name). Fessenden had reportedly co-written the script with the ultra-busy Guillermo del Toro (who produced the original and is performing the same duties for the remake), and was tapped to bring the creepy tale to English-speaking audiences who may not have seen (or maybe not even have heard of) the original.
However, just a few short months later the guys over at JoBlo have learned exclusively from Fessenden himself that he most likely won’t be directing The Orphanage remake. On the set of his upcoming project, the post-apocalyptic vampire film Stake Land (Fessenden is producing), he told Joblo the following:
“The Orphanage was two years of waiting. »
- Ross Miller
Dystopian Visions
18 November 2009 7:11 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
On our last day in Denmark, a few of us in the Cph:dox American contingent stopped by Christiania, Copenhagen's hippie paradise and self-proclaimed autonomous zone. In stark contrast to the cobblestones and slick Scandinavian design of the main city, Christiania is dirt paths and Diy housing, a neighborhood based around abandoned military barracks that were taken over by squatters in the early '70s.
It was too early for much to be going on, but on the main drag the cannabis market that's made the area a favorite for backpackers and a constant source of controversy was already open, with stalls displaying giant blocks of hash for sale, while a few nearby stands offered rasta wear. A dog trotted by, and a few dreadlocked Danes warmed their hands over a trashcan fire.
"Maybe it's just me, but this all seems incredibly 'Children of Men,'" I said.
Or maybe »
- Alison Willmore
Joe Wright Trains a Teen Girl Assassin in ‘Hanna’
17 November 2009 1:23 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Concepts that will always stop me in my tracks: when a visually compelling director (in this case, Atonement's Joe Wright) takes on a project that is being described as having shades of La Femme Nikita and the Bourne movies. That is how Borys Kit at Heat Vision is describing Hanna, the next project for Wright. It is a project that has been kicked around by several directors since it was set up at Focus Features in 2007, including Danny Boyle and more recently, Children of Men director Alfonso Cuaron. The story revolves aroudn a 14-year old Eastern European girl who has been raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killing machine. She connects with a French family, forms a friendship with their daughter and begins going through the norms of adolescence. But when she is dragged back into her fathers world, she discovers that she was bred as a killing machine in a CIA prison camp »
- Neil Miller
“Salt” Poster
16 November 2009 3:06 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Joblo got their hands on the first poster for Angelina Jolie’s new film “Salt“.
Angelina Jolie is a CIA officer who, after being accused of being a Russian sleeper spy, sets out to prove her innocence while trying to elude capture by her superiors.
The film, directed by Phillip Noyce (Catch a Fire)from script by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, co-stars Liev Schreiber (Defiance, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Winter, her ally and supervisor in the CIA’s Russia office, and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men, American Gangster) as Peabody, a counterintelligence officer who tries to take her down.
“Salt” opens to theaters July 23rd, 2010.
Click to see larger poster.
“Salt” Poster
If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can check it out here.
»
- Allan Ford
Road, The | Review
16 November 2009 11:40 AM, PST | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: John Hillcoat Writer(s): Cormac McCarthy (novel), Joe Penhall (screenplay) Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron The world exists only in various shades of gray after an unexplained calamity many years ago. This is a world without a biosphere; deplete of vegetation, animal life, natural resources (fuel), and food. Only some humans remain, aimlessly wandering the abandoned roads on a path towards imminent death. Humans are facing extinction via starvation – some resort to cannibalism, but they are only extending the torture. Truly a manifestation of hell on earth the humans are being punished for their plentitude of ecological sins. Knowing that they cannot survive another winter in their present location, a protective father (Viggo Mortensen) leads his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) east across the bleak ash-covered landscape towards the ocean in the hopes of eventually heading south. The boy’s mother (Charlize Theron), whom we see in various flashbacks, »
- Don Simpson
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
- - -
- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
- - -
- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
- - -
- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
- - -
- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
- - -
- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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