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Troma Brings 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead' to HD
27 December 2009 1:58 PM, PST
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After grossing the highest per-theater average in the nation on its opening weekend and playing in 300 American cinemas, Tromas latest theatrical hit is going high-def. Troma Entertainment announced today that it will enter the Blu-ray market with the February 23 release of Lloyd Kaufmans Poultrygeist: Night Of The Chicken Dead. Tromas most critically-acclaimed film of the decade, Poultrygeist will be the first in Tromas new line of special edition Blu-ray discs, with a new Blu-ray to follow every month!
Shot and screened on 35mm, the film blends the feather ruffling politics of Fast Food Nation, the satire of Shaun Of The Dead, and the show-stopping musical numbers of The Toxic Avenger: The Musical to skewer the fast food industry, limousine liberals, and almost everyone else in American society.
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Linklater 12-Year Project called 'Boyhood: Year 7'
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST
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According to Production Weekly, Richard Linklater will be shooting for 3 days in Austin...not for a music video or commercial, but for his infamous, twelve-year project which is now past the midway point in its completion... - According to Production Weekly, Richard Linklater will be shooting for 3 days in Austin...not for a music video or commercial, but for his infamous, twelve-year project which is now past the midway point in its completion and finally has some working title. The to-be-released in 2013 experimental film features Ellar Salmon, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette. Salmon made his screen debut with the project in 2002 at a tender pre-school age, and Linklater has been been filming snip-its tracking the physical transformation from childhood to teenagedom to eventual early adulthood on what I imagine is a yearly basis. The actor had a part in recently Linklater's Fast Food Nation. If you ask me, this
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 ‘Me and Orson Welles’ Chicago Passes With Claire Danes, Zac Efron
3 December 2009 1:33 PM, PST
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Chicago – In our latest drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Me and Orson Welles” with Claire Danes and Zac Efron from director Richard Linklater of “School of Rock”!
“Me and Orson Welles” also stars Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Kelly Reilly, James Tupper, Leo Bill, Al Weaver, Iain McKee, Simon Lee Phillips, Simon Nehan and Patrick Kennedy from director Richard Linklater (who also directed “School of Rock,” “Fast Food Nation,” “Bad News Bears,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Before Sunset” and “Before Sunrise”).
The film opens on Dec. 11, 2009. To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Me and Orson Welles” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter
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'I'm not like Orson Welles. I'm a quiet director'
2 December 2009 6:58 AM, PST
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The indie film-maker talks about his new film Me and Orson Welles, starring Zac Efron
In his later years Orson Welles made wine and beer commercials. He acted in The Muppet Movie and Magnum Pi and narrated a documentary about Bugs Bunny. Sometimes he gave lectures, too, shambling into the half-empty town-halls of middle America to breathlessly introduce himself as a film director, writer and actor; a magician, designer and painter. Then his eyes would flick across the rows of empty seats. "Isn't it strange," he said, "that there are so many of me and so few of you?"
It was Welles's fate to burn too brightly, too quickly. He was a man who could be everything except a cog in the Hollywood machine; an artist whose precocity would prove his undoing. He was a stage star in his teens and the creator of Citizen Kane at the age of 25. After that,
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Catching Up With... Richard Linklater
2 December 2009 5:15 AM, PST
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Few modern directors have displayed the sheer range and adoration of filmmaking as that of arthouse luminary Richard Linklater. After spending the last decade offering fare as diverse as rotoscoped sci-fi dirge A Scanner Darkly, yellow-journalism parable Fast Food Nation, a remake of nostalgic kids’ romp Bad News Bears and Jack Black comedy School of Rock, Linklater’s latest, Orson Welles And Me, is just as captivating and surprising as should be expected. In the period piece, Zac Efron plays an aspiring actor thrust into the world of egomaniacal showman Orson Welles, who, at 22, was directing and starring in “Julius
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Theatrical Review: Me And Orson Welles
24 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST
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Rating: 8/10
Writer: Holly Gent Palmo & Vincent Palmo Jr. (screenplay), Robert Kaplow (novel)
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin
Studio: Freestyle
Richard Linklater’s directing resume includes the stoner coming of age comedy Dazed And Confused, a pointed attack at the practices of the fast food industry in Fast Food Nation, as well as Before Sunrise, a film about two people that spend a short but very romantic time together. You also get the based-on-a-true-story bank robber movie, The Newton Boys, and a pretty funny remake of Bad News Bears. These are not all of Linklater’s films, but I think you get the idea – the guy likes to jump genres and mood, and tends to have success at it. Of course, he has had few misfires in his career, but overall, a respectable resume.
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What Not to Eat
23 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST
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Inc., released this summer, picked up where Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation left off, offering up startling visuals of the feed lots, slaughter houses, and flavor factories that churn out the staples of the average American diet. A hit with both audiences and critics, the film was jarring enough to prompt agricultural giant Monsanto, along with an American Meat Institute-headed alliance of food production companies (none of whom were willing to deal with the cameras during filming) to create websites challenging Kenners observations about factory farming. We caught up with Kenner, currently at work on a new documentary about the dangers facing investigative journalism, to coincide with the film's release on Magnolia Home Entertainment Blu-Ray and DVD.
Cb: Where do you shop for food?
Robert Kenner: I live in Los Angeles, in the Larchmont area. I love going to the farmers market in my little town. The food is so delicious,
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Avril Lavigne And Wilmer Valderrama Reportedly Dating
19 November 2009 12:10 AM, PST
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Avril Lavigne is fresh out of her marriage to Sum 41 rocker Deryck Whibley and she isn't wasting any time in finding a new man. Whibley and Lavigne officially split in September of 2009 and the songstress has been seen out and about with actor Wilmer Valderrama.
An insider told Life & Style, "They have been friends since working together on Fast Food Nation in 2005, but things heated up last month. One of their first dates was Oct. 29 at Nobu in West Hollywood."
"She had her hand on his knee and they were whispering in each other's ear, laughing," claims a witness. "They even closed the club, sneaking out just after 2."
The couple was also spotted out at La club Wonderland on Saturday.
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Avril Lavigne Said Dating Wilmer Valderrama
17 November 2009 7:07 PM, PST
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While waiting for her divorce from husband Deryck Whibley to be finalized, Avril Lavigne has been hit with another romance rumor. After her alleged new boyfriend Brandon Davis denied the story of them moving in together, the 25-year-old is reported to have moved on from her broken marriage with Hollywood actor Wilmer Valderrama.
Bringing out the romantic speculation to the surface was Life & Style. In its report, the magazine quoted an insider as revealing that Lavigne has had her first date with Lindsay Lohan's former boyfriend in late October. "They have been friends since working together on Fast Food Nation in 2005, but things heated up last month," so the insider claimed. "One of their first dates was Oct. 29 at Nobu in West Hollywood."
The rumored couple was seen going out together once again on Saturday, November 14 when the two hit L.A. hotspot Wonderland. On this particular outing, Life
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Linklater Film Caught In Miramax Crunch
17 November 2009 2:01 PM, PST
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Disney's decision to slash Miramax's releases to three films a year, shut down operations in New York, and reduce its overall budget by 70 percent has resulted in the cancellation of the planned Richard Linklater romantic comedy Liars (A to E), MovieLine.com reported on Monday. Linklater, whose films include 2003's The School of Rock, 2005's Bad News Bears, and the 2006 documentary Fast Food Nation, told the website that the cancellation of the film left him without "anything coming up." He said that after receiving the green light from Miramax, he had cast Rebecca Hall and Kat Dennings in leading roles, but that the light had now turned red. "It's no longer happening, unfortunately," Linklater confirmed.
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Report: Avril Lavigne Dating Wilmer Valderrama
17 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST
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Sounds like Avril Lavigne has moved on with another man already, and this one is no skater boy! Her marriage to Dereck Whibley ended a couple of months ago, and now we hear Avril has moved on with Wilmer Valderrama.
A source tells Life & Style, “They have been friends since working together on Fast Food Nation in 2005, but things heated up last month. One of their first dates was Oct. 29 at Nobu in West Hollywood.”
Then just this past weekend, the two were spotted again out clubbing at La hotspot Wonderland. The pair took things public at La
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Richard Linklater's Latest Project on Hold, Also Says School of Rock 2 Not Likely
17 November 2009 3:28 AM, PST
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With Disney taking the axe to Miramax's output and staff, we guess it's no surprise that one of the latter studio's planned projects — Richard Linklater's Liars (A-e) — is now in limbo.
The next planned effort from the director of A Scanner Darkly, Fast Food Nation, Before Sunrise, and Dazed and Confused was supposed to be one of the projects protected from Disney's cuts. But Movieline recently caught up with Linklater, who indicated unequivocally that the project is on hold indefinitely.
It's no longer happening, unfortunately. It didn't really work out. It's tough.
Tough indeed, because Linklater had already cast Rebecca Hall and Kat Dennings in the romantic comedy, which involves a road trip in which the two lead characters visit Hall's exes and attempt to retrieve personal effects.
The sudden dissolution of the project also means that Linklater has nothing on the horizon, which will come as a disappointment to his fans.
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Blu-Ray Review: Galvanizing ‘Food, Inc.’ is Riveting, Must-See Viewing
9 November 2009 11:23 AM, PST
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Chicago – If you thought Al Gore’s truth was inconvenient, get a load of the one presented by filmmaker Robert Kenner. To paraphrase Peter Finch, Kenner’s new documentary is guaranteed to make viewers exclaim, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to eat the same way anymore.”
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Like Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story,” “Food, Inc.” boldly questions the entire system that American citizens have taken for granted over the last several decades. One of the most noble uses of the cinematic medium is to investigate issues that most people wouldn’t have the time or ability to examine on their own. “Food, Inc.” isn’t just great investigative journalism, it’s one of the year’s best films. It may be hard to stomach, but it’s well worth digesting.
Food, Inc. was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 3rd,
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Wilmer Valderrama to Play the Dog Whisperer in a New Sitcom
19 October 2009 10:35 AM, PDT
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Wilmer Valderrama is going to the dogs.
The former star of That '70s Show will star in a half-hour sitcom based on the escapades of Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan now being developed for Fox, reports Variety.
Cesar's Way author Millan, who has re-trained some of the worst-behaved dogs ever to appear onscreen, has been involved in many, er, hairy adventures that will presumably be fodder for the new show. Related: What You Don't Know About CesarWhile details of the project remain sketchy, the trade paper says Hung co-executive producer Emily Kapnek is onboard to write and executive produce, and both Valderrama,
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London Film Festival: ‘The Informant!’
13 October 2009 8:32 AM, PDT
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Dir: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey
‘The Informant!’ is the true(ish) story of Mark Whitacre, the highest ranking whistleblower in corporate history. Mark (Damon) is a biochemist who has been promoted to the heady heights of agricultural giant Adm’s corporate infrastructure. But when his division loses money for a record year, he pretends that a Japanese competitor has infected Adm’s corn stock, and before he knows it the FBI is involved.
Mark is clearly not a man who thinks his decisions through very carefully – he is one of those polite and hopelessly naïve Americans that we don’t see enough of outside the Us – and so he decides to tell Agent Shepherd (Bakula) about Adm’s involvement in one of the largest global price-fixing scandals in corporate history.
What follows is basically what ‘The Insider’ would have looked like if Mel Brooks owned the rights.
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Listen To Genius Producer Jeremy Thomas
10 October 2009 11:24 PM, PDT
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I knew there was a reason that David Cronenberg’s enigmatic film of J.G. Ballard’s Crash is one of my favorite motion pictures. So its producer, Oscar-winner Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Naked Lunch, Sexy Beast, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Tideland, Fast Food Nation, and Creation), was the keynote speaker at Film Independent’s 5th annual Filmmaker Forum [...]
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Zac Efron’s “Me and Orson Welles” Trailer
9 October 2009 5:30 AM, PDT
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Yahoo! Movies premiered a new trailer from Zac Efron’s new film “Me and Orson Welles.”
Based on Robert Kaplow’s novel of the same name, “Me and Orson Welles” tells the story of Samuels (Efron), a teenage student who gets the chance to make his big break when he is hired to star in Orson Welles’ production of Julius Caesar. Falling in love with a production assistant, he soon learns the horrible secret of show business.
The film is directed by Oscar nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Waking Life, Fast Food Nation, Scanner Darkly) and is scheduled to hit theaters on November 25th, in limited release.
Watch “Me and Orson Welles” trailer below:
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In Profile: Bruce Willis
1 October 2009 4:22 AM, PDT
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Bruce Willis is not a bad actor. He just occasionally acts in bad movies. It’s not entirely his fault either. Shall we put it down to “bold choices” that didn’t work out? If in a charitable mood, sure. There has always been a touch of uncertainty about Willis. He does not appear to be a natural storyteller.
Let’s say acting is an egotistical, ridiculous career option for anybody. Consider it. Even before the lucrative potential is taken into account – pretending to be other people is rather odd. Actors take up a lifetime of lying and fantasying in some vainglorious search for truth (fame and wealth too, if we are being cynical). Is it completely stupid or brave? Actors as pathological liars or sociopaths is a salient thought.
The American studios created the film star and it destroys them. Maintaining a lifelong and popular career in such a fickle,
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Midpoint Music Fest: Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Is Totally Crazy)
24 September 2009 12:53 PM, PDT
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Chances are you've never heard of most of the bands playing the Midpoint Music Fest in Cincinnati this weekend (September 24-26). Hell, even I haven't heard of half the 270 acts playing in 20 venues all around downtown, and it's technically my job.
The fest, which draws around 10,000 music fans to hear mostly unsigned and up-and-coming local, national and international bands, is seeded with a handful of buzzy names like Chairlift, Extra Golden, Heartless Bastards, Sarah Borges and the Broken Shingles, Rosewood Thieves and Wussy to draw out the casual fan.
But what I love about it is that the rest of the roster put together by the city's alternative weekly, Citybeat is that it contains a variety of the weirdest, funniest, dumbest, most confounding and career-defying names you are likely to see outside of the nation's second biggest band showcase, Austin's South by Southwest.
So, for your pleasure, a few of my favorites.
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- Gil Kaufman
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Oh No, Not Another Film About Climate Change
16 September 2009 1:07 PM, PDT
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"But didn't Al Gore already make the climate change documentary?" has been a common question over the five years we've been making The Age of Stupid. Which never fails to raise a weary smile. Casablanca had already done love, so why bother with Brokeback Mountain? Apocalypse Now did war, what's the point of Three Kings?
Love and war will soon become minor concerns to us humans, as the full horrors of climate change begin to unfold.
When I started my first documentary, McLibel, I never for a moment thought it would have any effect on that immovable corporate mountain called McDonald's. I just found the story of two people daring to stand up to Big Mac enormously inspiring -- and felt that others would too. But only ten years later -- thanks also to Fast Food Nation, Jamie's School Dinners and
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