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Collider Goes to Dinner With Mike Judge
21 December 2009 8:20 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
There are two sides to Mike Judge in Hollywood. There’s the TV star, who took a ton of heat but came out as one of the most daring and biting voices of satire in the 1990’s with Beavis and Butthead, and the successful maistream animator with a thirteen season run of the folksy and engaging King of the Hill. Then there’s the film director, who was cajoled into the theatrical Beavis and Butthead Do America, but has worked in live action ever since. He made two films for 20th Century Fox to see them abandoned theatrically, only for both 1999’s Office Space and 2006’s Idiocracy to now be regaled as cult classics. His most recent film, 2009’s Extract did not set the film world afire (Extract is now available on DVD and Blu-ray), but it showed a less biting Judge doing what he does best: everyday life comedy. »
- Andre Dellamorte
The Best of the Decade: The Comic Book Flicks
18 December 2009 5:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Trying to rank the best comic flicks of the decade is a surprisingly tough task. I've approached it with all the enthusiasm Hester Prynne must have shown walking to the scaffold. It's not because I don't love discussing the past ten years of the genre, but because I hate ranking films. It puts me into knots of indecision. If I could, I would rank things in a sort of Venn diagram - Iron Man overlaps Batman Begins which overshadows Spider-Man.
But Venn diagrams are impossible to post, and the end of the decade demands lists. So please, take this as one humble writer's list, and use it to jump-start your own. To keep myself sane, I'm leaving off adaptations such as A History of Violence and Road to Perdition. They were based on graphic novels, and they certainly elevated the art of comic adaptation to a whole new level, but that's precisely the problem. »
- Elisabeth Rappe
100 best films of the noughties: Nos 11-90
18 December 2009 2:17 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Guardian film team's pick of the top 100 movies of the decade. Check back from 21 December as we unveil the top 10 day by day
11-20
12. Dig!
13. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
14. The Consequences of Love
16. Silent Light
17. Japon
18. The Sun
19. What Time Is It There?
20. Before Sunset
21-30
21. Unrelated
22. One and a Two
23. Ivansxtc
28. A Serious Man
29. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
30. Control
31-40
31. The Death of Mr Lazarescu
32. Grizzly Man
33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
34. Être et Avoir
35. Far from Heaven
36. Hidden
37. The Hurt Locker
38. Oldboy
39. The New World
40. The Piano Teacher
41-50
41. Spirited Away
42. Vera Drake
45. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
46. Crimson Gold
49. Movern Callar
50. The Night of the Sunflowers »
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Three
17 December 2009 11:42 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: July 23rd 2010
Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams
Director: Jay Roach
Summary: A renowned publisher encourages his friends to invite the most pathetic guests possible for their weekly dinner party. Just as they find the most pathetic man yet, the host is injured and ends up trapped with the man all night long.
Analysis: A remake of director Francis Veber's 1998 César award-winning "Le Diner des cons", 'Schmucks' is one of the highest profile comedies of next year with one of the strongest casts for the genre in recent memory. It also marks the return of "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" helmer Jay Roach who has produced several films in recent years but hasn't directed since 2004's "Meet the Fockers".
The question now lies not in the performers or director but the material itself and whether a Gallic comedy can »
- Garth Franklin
Sundance Photo Preview: The Extra Man, from the Writer/Directors of American Splendor
14 December 2009 10:02 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
American Splendor directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini return to Sundance with The Extra Man, a comedy which will screen in the Premieres section. Based on a novel by Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death), the film tells the story of a down-and-out playwright who escorts wealthy widows in Manhattan's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring writer under his wing. The cast includes Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, John C. Reilly, and Katie Holmes. After the jump we have photos, a poster, and a very extended plot synopsis from this upcoming film. Extended Plot Synopsis: A sophisticated and moving comedy, The Extra Man follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel... When a deeply embarrassing incident forces him to leave his job at an exclusive Princeton prep school, Louis heads to New York City to make a fresh start. »
- Peter Sciretta
Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Duplass Bros., Janez Burger, Kit Hui
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
If the Croisette belonged to Sony Pictures Classics and IFC Films, then Park City is where Searchlight, Focus, Apparition, Roadside, Samuel Goldwyn and Magnolia get to have a piece of the cake. If my predictions are half right, then this year's Sundance will have a unusually high number of titles with A list talent for sale. - If the Croisette belonged to Sony Pictures Classics and IFC Films, then Park City is where Searchlight, Focus, Apparition, Roadside, Samuel Goldwyn and Magnolia get to have a piece of the cake. If my predictions are half right, then this year's Sundance will have a unusually high number of titles with A list talent for sale. The market trend right now is far from the heyday of all night negotiation days after a film's premiere, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some titles get picked up for some impressive numbers during and not after the fest. »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
8 December 2009 10:25 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah. »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
2010 Sundance Film Festival Premieres: First Images from The Extra Man and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Jack Goes Boating
4 December 2009 6:13 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Yesterday, we reported the list of films playing in the Premieres category at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Today, images for some of these films have come online including The Extra Man starring Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, and John C. Reilly; and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debut Jack Goes Boating starring Hoffman and Amy Ryan. I’m particularly excited for The Extra Man because writer-directors Robert Pulicini and Shari Springer Berman’s American Splendor was one of my favorite films of 2003. As for Jack Goes Boating, I’m interested in seeing what Hoffman can do on the other side of the camera and I’m always happy to see Amy Ryan.
Check out images and the official synopsis for each film after the jump. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31st.
Here’s the official synopsis for The Extra Man:
Louis Ives (Dano) fancies himself »
- Matt Goldberg
Sundance 2010: The Makers Of American Splendor Return With The Extra Man
4 December 2009 10:46 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Paul Dano and Kevin Kline in a buddy comedy from the directors of American Splendor? One in which Kline plays an upperclass escort and mentor to Dano's F Scott Fitzgerald worshipping would-be writer? Oh, yes please.
A sophisticated and moving comedy, The Extra Man follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel...
When a deeply embarrassing incident forces him to leave his job at an exclusive Princeton prep school, Louis heads to New York City to make a fresh start. He quickly finds a nine-to-five job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker Mary (Katie Holmes). But it's Louis' new home life that really sparks his imagination. He rents a room in the ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline), a penniless, wildly eccentric but brilliant playwright.
When Henry's not dancing alone to obscure music or singing operettas, »
2010 Sundance Film Festival Out-of-Competition Line-up Announced
3 December 2009 3:30 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Yesterday, the Sundance Institute announced the in competition line-up for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Today Sundance unveiled the out-of-competition line-up for the annual January fest. And I have to admit, while there isn't any huge surprises, but the line-up is pretty solid across the board. Here are a few of the films I'm particularly interested in checking out: John Wells's The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, and Tommy Lee Jones as three company men who attempt to survive a round of corporate downsizing while trying to fend off its effects on their families and their identities. Maria Bello, Chris Cooper, and Rosemarie DeWitt also star. American Splendor directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's The Extra Man, about a down-and-out playwright who escorts wealthy widows in Manhattan's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring writer under his wing. Cast: Katie Holmes, John C. Reilly, Paul Dano, »
- Peter Sciretta
Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt'
12 November 2009 1:27 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it
'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt," says Paul Giamatti, closely inspecting his coffee cup in a Polish restaurant in a leafy neighbourhood of Brooklyn. "But I don't think I'd want to be Brad Pitt, you know? So that's Ok."
This is partly just a reference to Giamatti's "character-actor" looks, but also to something deeper: a sense of composure, of being comfortable in one's own skin, that the archetypal Hollywood star exudes but both Giamatti and his characters tend to lack. "You know that thing where you can just fuckin' stand there and people can't take their eyes off the person? I don't have that weight of charisma," he explains. "That's not me. If I just stand there, it's going to be boring. You're going to »
- Oliver Burkeman
Interview: Dean Haspiel on Act-i-vate, ‘Bored to Death’, and Jack Kirby
26 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Before getting a chance to sit down and talk with Dean Haspiel (American Splendor, The Quitter, Billy Dogma) at the Alternative Press Expo, I met him at the Isotope Comics Lounge on the eve of Ape weekend for a pre-ape Isotope in-store bash. Currently, Haspiel is but one artist that is part of a larger collective of storytellers at Act-i-vate.
Recently, October saw the recent release of The Act-i-vate Primer by Idw Publishing, featuring new and original stories. While at the Isotope, I discovered Haspiel is as gracious and as nice as I could have imagined just sitting and talking with him as he signed and sketched a head shot of Harvey Pekar in my copy of The Quitter.
That night talking generally about the unique positivity that courses through the comic industry, Haspiel signs my Pekar sketch advising me to “never quit.” It’s good advice.
Needless to say, »
- Joey Pangilinan
James Gunn Reveals Exclusive Super Details
22 September 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Ahhh, the benefits of a Jesuit education. Saint Louis University graduate James Gunn, writer of Scooby Doo, Slither, Dawn of the Dead and the upcoming Super (which we talked about here) has been making the rounds preparing for production on his self-proclaimed dark comedic take on a superhero. The film stars Rainn Wilson of The Office, Ellen Page, and Liv Tyler. On his personal blog, James wrote:
“Rainn and I have been working together on the project for a few months now – Rainn will be playing the lead role of Frank D’Arbo who dresses up as a superhero called the Crimson Bolt; he’s got no superpowers other than a pipe wrench. Rainn and I both worked hard to get the best possible folks involved. We were lucky to get Ted Hope to produce – he’s done such movies as Happiness, The Ice Storm, The Savages, American Splendor, and 21 Grams. »
- John Cooper
Duplicity Blu-ray Review
11 September 2009 9:10 AM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Duplicity (2009) is one of the more aptly titled thriller/comedies I have seen in recent memory. Since incorporating a twist or two has become the en vogue method of flaunting cinematic ingenuity, this take on corporate espionage within the cosmetics industry (I can imagine how difficult it must be to sell a movie just on that premise) could be considered to have earned an honors degree in narrative trickery. Within the first fifteen minutes, you realize that this cinema is not just being playful with context but is actually daring you to accept the validity of any particular scene (making it not easily digestible escapist fare). Befitting the theme of coy deception, our leads, Ray Koval (Clive Owens) and Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts), are employed by British Mi:6 and the C.I.A. respectfully when they first become acquainted at a party in Dubai. Ray lays down his best pickup »
Rainn, Ellen and Liv are Super
11 September 2009 6:39 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler have been cast in Super, the new project from writer/director James Gunn (Slither, PG Porn).
After Variety ran a piece on the news earlier, Gunn responded with more details on his personal blog, stating that he’s “never loved a screenplay more than Super and have been working on it for years.”
Rainn and I have been working together on the project for a few months now – Rainn will be playing the lead role of Frank D’Arbo who dresses up as a superhero called the Crimson Bolt; he’s got no superpowers other than a pipe wrench. Rainn and I both worked hard to get the best possible folks involved. We were lucky to get Ted Hope to produce – he’s done such movies as Happiness, The Ice Storm, The Savages, American Splendor, and 21 Grams. This is not a wacky, over-the-top comedy. »
- John Cooper
Exclusive: Harvey Pekar Talks Webcomics, Art And His New Series, 'The Pekar Project'
8 September 2009 11:41 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
"American Splendor" writer Harvey Pekar, whose life and long-running autobiographical comic inspired a 2003 film starring Paul Giamatti, has never been known for his tech savvy. Famously avoiding computers and the online world whenever possible, Pekar surprised many fans with his latest project: an ongoing webcomic series.
Titled "The Pekar Project," the ongoing series hosted by Smith Magazine kicked off its run this week with four new comics written by Pekar and illustrated by a quartet of artists. New comics will appear every two weeks, with various interviews, lists and other types of content produced by Pekar appearing in alternate weeks. (Check out Pekar's list of recommended jazz albums that appeared last week for a taste of things to come).
I spoke with the veteran writer about this new project, his relationship with technology, and what to expect from both the series and the team of artists involved with the project. »
- Rick Marshall
'American Splendor' Creator Harvey Pekar Begins New Webcomic Series, 'The Pekar Project'
25 August 2009 10:36 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Perhaps not as well-known as Superman—and certainly not as chiseled as the Man of Steel, either—"American Splendor" creator Harvey Pekar is nonetheless a comic book legend. The autobiographical "Splendor," which details Pekar's musings on life's everyday occurrences, has already crossed over into theaters in the form of a 2003 Paul Giamatti-starring film. Now, Pekar is trying out a whole new medium: the Internet.
Harvey Pekar and Smith Magazine are teaming up for "The Pekar Project," an all-new ongoing webcomic series written by Pekar and illustrated by artists Tara Seibel, Joseph Remnant, Rick Parker and Sean Pryor. The series will be edited by Jeff Newelt.
"Pekar [in Smith Magazine] is a natural," said Newelt. "Because this is a free webcomic, and can be read while not-working at the office, on your iPhone, etc, we're hoping to literally turn a new generation, those who are into shows like ['Seinfeld' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'], on to Pekar's work in general. »
- Josh Wigler
Three Stooges Cast: Paul Giamatti is Larry; No Carrey for Curly
10 August 2009 9:23 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
The Boston Globe recently caught up with the Farrelly Brothers (in town to see Paul McCartney perform in Fenway Park) and took the opportunity to get the lowdown on how their recently-announced feature-film of The Three Stooges is coming along.
The production hit a road bump earlier this year when Sean Penn, who was set to star as zany middleman, Larry, dropped out of the film due to personal reasons.
Since losing Penn, there’s been wide speculation and name-tossing about who should replace him as Larry, as well as continued inquiry into the early rumors that Jim Carrey would playing the most loony Stooge of them all, Curly.
Well, the Farrellys managed to provide answers on both fronts:
Actor Paul Giamatti (American Splendor, John Adams) has signed-on to replace Penn as Larry in The Three Stooges, joining the already-cast Benicio Del Toro, who will be playing the Stooges’ no-nonsense leader, »
- Kofi Outlaw
Paul Giamatti Replaces Sean Penn in The Three Stooges, Jim Carrey Not Starring
10 August 2009 8:25 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
In an interview with The Boston Globe, director Peter Farrelly announced a new casting decision for The Three Stooges, which he is directing with brother Bobby Farrelly. Paul Giamatti (Sideways, American Splendor) will play Larry, replacing Sean Penn who withdrew from the movie two months ago. Giamatti will star opposite Benicio del Toro as Moe.
Jim Carrey was rumored to star as Curly, but the Farrelly Brothers confirm that this is not true, and they have not yet cast anyone in the role.
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Paul Giamatti | Sean Penn | The Three Stooges »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Sophie Barthes letter to audiences about 'Cold Souls'
7 August 2009 6:57 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
As director/writer Sophie Barthes's sci-fi fantasy/comedy Cold Souls hit United States theaters today (It will hit the U.K. Nov 2009,) she has a message for audiences who might be going to see her film.
Three years ago, I had a strange dream. I had just read C.G. Jung’s 'Modern Man in Search of a Soul' and watched one of my favorite Woody Allen films, 'Sleeper'. A strange synaptic connection must have happened in my brain....
In my dream, I am holding a box and waiting in line to see a doctor in a white futuristic office. A secretary explains that our souls have been extracted. A doctor will examine them and assess our problems. Woody Allen is also in line, just in front of me! When his turn comes, he discovers that his soul is a pale yellow seed: a chickpea. He is furious. »
- Superheidi
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