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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

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The Queen and I (Drottningen och jag)

27 August 2009 2:10 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

The Queen and I (Drottningen och jag)

Directed by: Nahid Persson

Cast: Empress Farah, Nahid Persson

Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Rating: Unrated

Release Date: August 28, 2009

Plot: Nahid Persson fled her native Iran after making a documentary that the government felt was anti-Islamic. Now she wants to make a film about another Iranian refugee, the former Empress Farah. The two women offer different views on living in exile from a beloved country.

Who’s It For? Anyone who’s interest was piqued by the recent unrest in the Iranian elections. The film offers some really interesting perspective on Iran.

Expectations: I was intrigued by the write up, ever since reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and seeing the film of the same name I’ve been interested in the events of the Iranian Revolution.

Scorecard (0-10)

Actors:

Empress Farah as herself: Initially I wasn’t sure I was going to like Farah. »

- Megan Lehar

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Top illustrators enter charity contest

6 August 2009 10:55 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Top illustrators from the comic book industry are to take part in a design contest organised by action group Ctrl Alt Shift. Entrants will come together to produce an anthology to raise awareness about corruption in the world. Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi and 200Ad founder Pat Mills will both contribute to the event. They will be joined by Bryan Talbot, creator of The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright, as well as artists Warren Pleece and Lee O'Connor. Musician and comic book writer Dev Hynes has contributed a script for the winners to illustrate. "We're (more) »

- By Mark Langshaw

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‘Persepolis’ Creator Marjane Satrapi Decries Iran’s Election Results

18 June 2009 10:11 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Probably the best known Iranian creator in comics today, Marjane Satrapi’s two-volume graphic novel memoir “Persepolis” captivated readers internationally when it was published by Pantheon before the feature-length animated adaptation she directed earned an Oscar nomination. This week, she and fellow filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf let their views be known about the recent, contested Iranian election, and presented a document that she believes proves current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lost to challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.

“Ahmadinejad received only 12 percent of the vote, not 65 percent,” said Satrapi, according to Adnkronos. She and Makhmalbaf presented the document, which they claimed came directly from the Iranian electoral commission, to the Green Party MPs in the European parliament.

Satrapi and Makhmalbaf believe that the democratic process in Iran was derailed when election results were ignored and replaced with fraudulent results naming Ahmadinejad as the winner with more than 65 percent of the vote.

Satrapi, who was »

- Brian Warmoth

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Iran Election: Persepolis’ Satrapi Presents Evidence Ahmadinejad Lost

16 June 2009 10:13 AM, PDT | Spout.com | See recent Spout news »

Adnkronos, an Italian press agency that specializes in English-language news from the Arab world, is reporting today that Persepolis creator/co-director Marjane Satrapi and her fellow Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf (probably best known here for his 2001 film Kandahar) "presented a document to Green Party MPs in the European parliament claiming to show that defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had received over 19 million votes in the weekend election." The document, purportedly from the Iranian Electoral Commission, also claims that standing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came in third place with just 12 percent of the national vote. »

- Karina Longworth

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Animated Movie To Open Cannes For First Time

19 March 2009 2:36 AM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Disney/Pixar's Up will have its world premiere as the opening film of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 13, becoming the first animated film as well as the first 3D film ever to open the celebrated festival, organizers announced today (Thursday). It is due to be released in the U.S. on May 29th. While other animated films have been featured in and out of competition at Cannes over the years, the French black-and-white film Persepolis is the only one ever to have won a prize, taking the Jury Award in 2007. While in making its announcement the festival listed nine other animated films that had been included in its Official Selection in the past, it oddly made no mention of Persepolis, a film about an Iranian girl growing up during the Islamic revolution. Like Up, Persepolis was to have had the prestigious spot as the opening film at the Bangkok Film Festival in 2007 but was yanked following protests by Iranian diplomats in the Thai capital. »

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"Slumdog Millionaire" Leads BAFTA Nominations

15 January 2009 11:45 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

As predicted, "Slumdog Millionaire" leads the pack of nominees for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards. The Danny Boyle-directed film has 11 nominations total.

The BAFTA Film Awards 2009 will be held on February 8th at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Click Read More to see the complete list of nominees:

Best film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

Best British film

Hunger

In Bruges

Mamma Mia!

Man On Wire

Slumdog Millionaire

Leading actor

Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon

Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Sean Penn - Milk

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Leading actress

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Kristen Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

Meryl Streep - Doubt

Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Kate Winslet - The Reader

Supporting actor

Robert Downey Jr - »

- Manny

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BAFTA Nominations: Winslet Gets Double BAFTA Nod

15 January 2009 4:20 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Two-time Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet is set for more glory - she is nominated twice in the best actress category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTAs).

The Titanic star has been given the nod for her performances in Revolutionary Road and The Reader.

Winslet will go up against fellow Brit Kristin Scott Thomas for her role in I've Loved You So Long, Angelina Jolie for Changeling, and Meryl Streep for Doubt.

British director Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire - which scooped four Golden Globes this year - has been nominated in eleven categories, including best film, best British film and best director.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button also received eleven nominations, with the film's star Brad Pitt up for best actor alongside Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler).

Pitt is also nominated in the best supporting actor category for Burn After Reading alongside the late Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt).

The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held at London's Royal Opera House on 8 February.

The main nominees are as follows:

Best Film:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding British Film:

Hunger

In Bruges

Mamma Mia!

Man On Wire

Slumdog Millionaire

Animated Film:

Persepolis

Wall-e

Waltz With Bashir

Director:

Clint Eastwood - Changeling

David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Stephen Daldry - The Reader

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Leading Actor:

Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon

Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Sean Penn - Milk

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Leading Actress:

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

Meryl Streep - Doubt

Kate Winslet - The Reader

Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Supporting Actor:

Robert Downey Jr. . Tropic Thunder

Brendan Gleeson . In Bruges

Philip Seymour Hoffman . Doubt

Heath Ledger . The Dark Knight

Brad Pitt . Burn After Reading

Supporting Actress:

Amy Adams . Doubt

Penélope Cruz . Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Freida Pinto . Slumdog Millionaire

Tilda Swinton . Burn After Reading

Marisa Tomei . The Wrestler

Original Screenplay:

Burn After Reading - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Changeling - J. Michael Straczynski

I've Loved You So Long - Philippe Claudel

In Bruges - Martin McDonagh

Milk - Dustin Lance Black

Adapted Screenplay:

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth

Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan

The Reader - David Hare

Revolutionary Road - Justin Haythe

Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy. »

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'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'Ben Button' Lead BAFTA Nominees with 11 Followed By 'The Dark Knight'

15 January 2009 3:25 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

The 2009 BAFTA Award nominees have been announced and Slumdog Millionaire, along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, leads the way with 11 nominations with The Dark Knight close behind with nine. However, at the top of the pile it is immediately noticeable that The Dark Knight did not get a Best Film nomination as all the usual suspects are there, but The Reader is added to the pack as one of its five nominations. Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) is considered a lead actor at the BAFTAs and earns a nomination in the category while he is competing Stateside for a Supporting nom. I believe he is more of a lead actor than a supporting, but Fox Searchlight obviously sees the supporting category as the easier place to get him a nomination and has pushed him in the category as a result. Other than that, the usuals are there with Brad Pitt earning a nomination, »

- Brad Brevet

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BAFTA Awards Unveil 2009 Nominees

15 January 2009 1:49 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Nominees of the 2009 Orange British Academy Film Awards a.k.a. BAFTA Awards have been announced on Thursday, January 15. Through the announcement, it has been revealed that "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" have dominated the awards as they each collected eleven counts, including nomination for Best Film.

Beside Best Film, "Slumdog" was also up for Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Leading Actor for Dev Patel and Supporting Actress for Freida Pinto amongst other categories. Meanwhile, the nominations for "Benjamin Button" included Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Brad Pitt.

Trailing close behind those two dominating movies with nine nods was "The Dark Knight", which mostly nabbed the nominations from the technical categories, except the Best Supporting Actor gong for Heath Ledger and Best Music count for Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. In addition to "Dark Knight", "Changeling" was also given multiple nominations, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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British Academy Film Awards Announce Longlist Nominations

6 January 2009 11:09 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Boy oh boy, the British Academy sure meant it when they said longlist, 'cause folks, their nomination list is long!

Just an example, under the Best Picture category, 15 films are nominated!

Leading the pack are "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Frost/Nixon" with 14 nominations each.

"Slumdog Millionaire," "The Reader," "Revolutionary Road," "Changeling" and "The Dark Knight" received 13 nominations each, and "Milk" and "Burn After Reading" 11.

The awards will take place Feb. 8 at London.s Royal Opera House.

Click Read More to see the complete list, or, longlist of nominees.

Longlist for the British Academy Film Awards:

Best Film

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

"Burn After Reading"

"Changeling"

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"The Dark Knight "

"Doubt"

"Frost/Nixon"

"In Bruges"

"I've Loved You So Long"

"Milk"

"The Reader"

"Revolutionary Road"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

"Wall-e"

"The Wrestler"

Adapted Screenplay

"The Baader Meinhof Complex"

"The Boy in the Striped »

- Manny

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