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Avatar | Film review
19 December 2009 4:07 PM, PST
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At $500m, James Cameron's Avatar is the most expensive movie ever. Yet for all its brilliant imagery, is it any more than a smug sermon?
Before I read that James Cameron was born 55 years ago in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the only thing I knew about the town was that when, during their 1951 tour of Canada, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip stopped there for an hour, they were greeted by a banner headline in the local paper reading "Kapuskasing by no mere fluke, welcomes the Princess and the Duke".
He got his first film job in 1980 as art director on Roger Corman's low-budget Sf film Battle Beyond the Stars, a transposition to outer space of The Magnificent Seven. It was scripted by John Sayles, who was to remain an independent film-maker of personal, modestly financed movies, while Cameron was soon to make exponentially expensive blockbusters.
His seventh feature, Titanic, is
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- Philip French
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Like, Oh My God! It's The Gnarly New Hot Tub Time Machine Trailer.
16 December 2009 1:45 PM, PST
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John Cusack, Rob Cordy, Clark Duke (really? Clark Duke?) and Craig Robinson are four friends looking to spice up their boring party scene. They spice it up all right when a night of drinking in a time machine sends them back to the 80's. The time machine? Not a cool DeLorean, but a hot tub. If I were to go back in time to the 80's the first thing I'd do is kill everyone who I know who screw me over, that way I don't have to deal with them. Then I'd copyright and invent Yahoo, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. After that, I'd try to buy up that small Pixar company and then invest in stock that I know will blow up in the future. I'd also try to father at least 500 children so I could start my plan of family global domination. I'd also kill the Hiltons so they
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Guy Pearce Joins Nicolas Cage And January Jones In 'The Hungry Rabbit Jumps'
30 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST
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Shh — be very, very quiet. Guy Pearce is hunting wabbits. Or jumping for them, at least.
Pearce, the actor behind such hits as "The Proposition" — not to be confused with the Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds rom-com "The Proposal" — and "The Time Machine" — which is, sadly, the atrocity you're thinking of — has joined the cast of "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps," the thriller starring Nicolas Cage and January Jones of "Mad Men" fame. Roger Donaldson is the director.
Variety reports on the casting news but neglects to mention the specific role that Pearce has in the film. Given the premise of the movie and Pearce's talents, however, it's likely — not definite, but more than possible — that he'll play one of the movie's multiple antagonists.
In October, MTV News spoke with James D. Stern, one of the film's producers. He described "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps" as a vigilante-centric thriller.
"It's a thriller
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- Josh Wigler
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Darwin at the movies: A festival of apes, aliens and troglodytes
20 November 2009 12:05 PM, PST
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Would we have had Alien, Planet of the Apes and The Time Machine if it weren't for a certain bearded Victorian?
Darwin, Evolution and the Movies is a one-off festival of film and live comedy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species on 24 November 1859.
Over this weekend the festival is running at three separate venues across London. Classic films you rarely get a chance to see on the big screen, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and brand new shorts commissioned as part of Darwin200 make up this small but perfectly formed festival.
If Darwin had chickened out in 1859 and decided to put his dusty manuscript back in the drawer, allowing Alfred Russel Wallace to take the fame, and the flack, the genre of science fiction that we take for granted probably would not have evolved to become the seductive, cultural force that it is.
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"Mister Ed" And Beyond:an Interview With Alan Young
14 November 2009 7:44 AM, PST
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By Nick Thomas
Alan Young created some memorable characters over his long career in film and
television. Co-starring with Rod Taylor, Young played David Filby in the classic
sci-fi film of the 60s, The Time Machine. He also horsed around as Wilbur
Post for six seasons in one of best-loved sitcoms ever, Mister Ed,
and was the voice behind numerous cartoon characters such as the grumpy Scrooge
McDuck. Mr. Young is celebrating a milestone birthday- although he isn’t
especially fond of talking about such traditional annual events. But when
I spoke with him a few days ago, he was quite happy to chat about his long
career.
Born in Northern England, Alan’s Scottish father soon moved the family to
Edinburgh, then later to Canada when he was six. Bed-ridden for months at a time
with asthma, Alan would listen to radio shows and write his own comedy routines.
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Venture Brothers Review: "Return to Malice"
9 November 2009 12:11 PM, PST
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This week's episode of The Venture Bros. wasn't as heavy on the laughs as the last couple weeks, but it came in extra strong on the character development. And hey, how can you not love any episode that centers around the Monarch and his henchmen?
During the episode, Henchmen 21 kidnaps Hank and Dean, and immediately Sgt Hatred and Dr. Venture assume the Monarch is behind it. They return to Hatred's old neighborhood, Malice, where they run into his ex-wife. You can read all about it in our "Return to Malice" recap.
Now for some of our favorite parts of the episode:
Henchman 21's backstory from after 24's death to the present, only then releazing it was his cowardice that was responsible.
Someone finally revealing why the Monarch is in charge... only he has enough hate
We love the concept of Malice and are so glad to return to it!
Hehe,
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- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)
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TV on DVD Round Up, Oct. 8, 2009: ‘Primeval,’ ‘Life on Mars,’ ‘Mister Ed’
8 October 2009 12:16 PM, PDT
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Chicago – The Round-Up returns with a special TV on DVD edition of our regular, informational column. Why is it special? Because this is the most diverse collection of TV that the Round-Up staff has ever seen. From classics like “Mister Ed” to recent shows like “Life on Mars,” this edition truly has something for everyone. And something remarkable for “Spongebob Squarepants” fans.
“Primeval: Volume Two” was released on September 15th, 2009.
“Brotherhood: The Final Season” and “Spongebob Squarepants: The First 100 Episodes” were released on September 22nd, 2009.
“Life on Mars: The Complete Series” and “The Patty Duke Show: Season One” were released on September 29th, 2009.
“Mister Ed: Season One” was released on October 6th, 2009.
“Brotherhood: The Final Season”
Photo credit: Paramount
Synopsis: “This 2-Disc set includes all 8 dramatic final season episode of this critically acclaimed, superbly acted and explosive blue-collar drama. Will Tommy live up
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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Trinity Of Terrors Guest Profile: Robert Kurtzman
7 October 2009 12:33 AM, PDT
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Writer, Director, and Special FX legend Robert Kurtzman will be attending the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas! Kurtzman will be onhand to discuss his work on the Jennifer Lynch-directed Hisss, his latest directorial effort Deadly Impact (formerly To Live And Die) starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Joe Pantoliano, and the latest FX projects from his Precinct 13 Creature Corps.
Tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend are now available online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day.
For more than two decades Robert Kurtzman has been an icon in the world of special make-up,creature effects, and genre filmmaking.
His award winning, photorealistic effects work can be seen inhundreds of movies including Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, franchises and television series.
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Staff)
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The Pull List Comic Reviews: ‘Ex Machina’, ‘Planetary’ and ‘Blackest Night’
17 September 2009 2:00 PM, PDT
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Because we want to keep things fresh, we’ve decided to bring you an edition of The Pull List by guest reviewer Dave Press today. Keep it here tomorrow for another guest reviewer! –Ed
Ex MacHina #45
Rating: 7.5
My favorite series of the last couple of years is beginning to wind down and I’m getting quite sad about it. This issue picks up where we left off with New York City Mayor Mitchell Hundred discussing the effects of the previous arc and how Village Voice reporter Suzanne Padilla may be on to the White Box.
Our Mayor who can talk and control machines created The White Box around his election night. Padilla was convinced that it helped elect Hundred as Mayor. What happened was the White Box went off and implanted itself in Padilla’s brain, in a similar manner that the device that gave Hundred his powers.
Ex Machina
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Writer sinks his teeth into The Passage
16 September 2009 8:04 AM, PDT
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One of the many possible directing and/or producing projects that director Ridley Scott has in creative orbit around him is The Passage, a horror tale that puts a different spin on the vampire mythos. It's taken Fox 2000 two years to get from purchasing the screen rights to Jordan Ainsley's book (the pseudonym of Justin Cronin) of the same name to hiring a screenwriter to start adapting the book into screenplay format but it's finally happened.
The man who was hired for the job is screenwriter John Logan. He's worked with Scott before on Gladiator, for which Scott was nominated for an Oscar for Best Directing and the picture won both Best Actor (Russell Crowe) and Best Picture honors. Logan's one of Hollywood's A-list writers and has a very impressive resume of past work including credits on Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd.
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- Patrick Sauriol
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What's On Tonight: Smackdown, Jonathan Ross, SuperNews
4 September 2009 2:05 PM, PDT
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At 7, ESPN2 has more U.S. Open coverage.
At 8, Fox has a new Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, followed by new episodes of Now and Bill Moyers Journal.
MyNetwork TV has a new Smackdown! at 8.
TCM has the original War of the Worlds at 8, then the original The Time Machine.
Also at 8: Espn has College Football, Tulsa vs. Tulane.
At 8:30, Disney has a new Suite Life on Deck.
At 9, BBC America has a new Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
At 10, E! has a new episode of The Soup, followed by a new Comedians of Chelsea Lately.
Current has a new SuperNews at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.Continue reading What's On Tonight: Smackdown, Jonathan Ross, SuperNews
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
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- Bob Sassone
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Tscc's Lena Headey Joins the Cast of HBO's "Game of Thrones"
2 September 2009 6:43 AM, PDT
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Now that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is done (*sob*damn you, Fox!*sob*), former cast member Lena Headey is moving over to HBO's new series Game of Thrones. I love any shows and movies that focus on royal families, so I'm already sold on this one.
Turns out that this show is actually based on a series of books by author George R. R. Martin (does he really need two Rs in his name?) called "A Song of Fire and Ice". I have never heard of this series, which means that I will head over to Amazon and quickly purchase it. Four of the seven books of the series have been released, with the first one entitled "A Game of Thrones".
Apparently, the books are set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, which had emerged from civil war about 15 years prior to the start of the book. The book
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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: September 1, 2009
1 September 2009 2:08 AM, PDT
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No major new reviews this week, but if you have some time I too a rather extensive look at the Warner Bros. Archive title Don't Be Afraid of the Dark yesterday. It's a film being remade with Guillermo del Toro producing and may be of interest as well as it will introduce you to Warner's attempt to creatively distribute some of their never-before-released titles on DVD. You can check that piece out right here if you are interested.
Paramount Blu-ray Sapphire Series
Braveheart / Gladiator
I am expecting to have review copies of these two in my hands any day now, and I will hustle through them as fast as I can. However, considering the two titles in question I would expect many of you are already eying one or both of them. I know I would definitely be looking
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- Brad Brevet
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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 9/01/2009
29 August 2009 11:06 PM, PDT
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Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.
Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions. Want a glimpse into the future? Click here for the master list, which just received a major update on titles through September!
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Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas - Lionsgate
Considered to be one of America's most notorious serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas admitted to committing over 350 murders with partner and fellow serial killer Ottis Toole while drifting through multiple states in the American South from 1975 until his arrest in 1983.
Earth Day - R Squared Films
Earth Day tells the tale of a
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
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Back to the Future named top time travel movie
19 August 2009 3:45 AM, PDT
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Nothing messes with your mind like the thought of time travel, especially when in the ever popular context of movies. It’s a subject which invites countless questions (would this have happened if that doesn’t? But how did he get here when he’s meant to be there? And so on and so on), and its introduction to a film plot can make what was previously easily understood into a mess of miscomprehension, reducing even the smartest among us into clueless schmucks. Help! We don’t remember the problems of closed timelike curves cropping up in our school physics lessons. But the riddle still continues to enthrall film audiences and LOVEFiLM has conducted a survey into the UK’s favourite time travel flick with seminal 80s classic Back to the Future coming out on top with an impressive 40 per cent. Great Scott Doc, you’re number one! Click over
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'Star Trek' vs. 'Lost': Competing time-travel theories
15 August 2009 6:00 AM, PDT
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Warning! The following essay -- the last lecture in our EW University course on time travel stories -- may induce a migraine. Students are advised to take some aspirin before reading. Getting stoned may also help, though this cannot be encouraged or condoned by the faculty.
“Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.”
With those famous words in Slaughterhouse Five (1969), author Kurt Vonnegut introduced one of the most memorable time travelers and depictions of time travel that literature has ever given us. The premise: Billy Pilgrim has gone crazy from failing to grapple with the horror he experienced during World War II many, many years before. Unmoored from sanity, the haunted optometrist convinces himself he’s been abducted by aliens who believe that time is eternally present, that past and future are happening in the now -- Cubism made real. Pilgrim -- his mind desperately flailing to save itself
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Pritam signs an anti-plagiarism indemnity for Action Replay
14 August 2009 4:22 PM, PDT
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Pritam may be hot property in Bollywood, but he got there with a little .help. from other bands that he has generously .borrowed. from. Now his past is coming back to bite him as he has made his producer Vipul Shah wary, lest he lands the producer into legal tangles. As a safeguard, Vipul has made Pritam sign an indemnity clause for the music of his film Action Replay, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshay Kumar. This is virtually unheard of in an industry that is particularly lax about copyright infringement.Vipul Shah has become very cautious about derivative material in his films especially after his victory in court against Shree Venkatesh Films who have been accused of lifting material from Namastey London for a Bengali film, Poran Jai Joliya Re. To avoid any potential disasters that might blow up in his face with his next film, Action Replay,
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Time travelers: We'll take (Dr.) Manhattan
14 August 2009 9:19 AM, PDT
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"It took two years to make," retorted the Time Traveler. "Now I want you clearly to understand that this lever, being pressed over, sends the machine gliding into the future, and this other reverses the motion. The saddle represents the seat of the time traveler. Presently I am going to press the lever, and off the machine will go. It will vanish, pass into future time, and disappear. Have a good look at the thing. Look at the table, too, and satisfy yourself that there is no trickery. I don’t want to waste this model and then be told I am a quack!" -The Time Machine
That’s the description of the first time machine to be called a time machine -- little more than a Victorian mechanical bull, although a pretty one, built of brass, quartz and ivory. H.G. Wells’ landmark 1895 novella was a major leap forward
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EW U: Let's do the time warp again!
10 August 2009 8:00 AM, PDT
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Welcome to the first class of Jeff "Doc" Jensen's EW University course on time travel as a time-honored sci-fi trope. Coming up this week: additional posts that take a look at memorable movies and TV shows where this favorite conceit plays a starring role, plus a trivia quiz "final exam" and a gallery of our favorite time travelers.
As you may have noticed from a summer filled with starcruisers, giant robots, and adamantium-boned mutants, the genre commonly (if imprecisely) called science-fiction is big business, invading and filling the culture's escapist landscape like tribbles, replicants, bunches of alien-hatching pods -- you get the idea. This week's EW University course is devoted to one of the most popular sci-fi tropes: time travel. And there's been a lot if it lately. One of the year's biggest films, Jj Abrams' Star Trek, hinges on a time-travel plot twist. The forthcoming The Time Traveler's Wife
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Klaus Badelt: Shanghai
7 August 2009 3:25 AM, PDT
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Klaus Badelt is the new composer signed to score Swedish director Mikael Håfström’s upcoming romantic thriller Shanghai. Badelt, who is best known for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Poseidon, The Time Machine, is the third composer on this film. He is replacing UK composer Alex Heffes who, in his turn, had replaced Gabriel Yared, the composer who scored Håfström's 1408. Shanghai is a 1940s period piece starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, John Cusack, David Morse, Yun-Fat Chow and Li Gong. It tells the story about an American who travels to Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor, discovers that his friend has been murdered and unveals a big secret that his own government is hiding. Film is slated to premiere later this year.
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