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He Said – He Said … Top Films of the Decade
1 hour ago | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
He Said – He Said … The Top 7 Films of the Decade
Our lists are done. We’ve checked them twice (and then some). Now there is only one thing left to do, complain, rant and argue. It’s time for the He Said – He Said … Top 7 Films of the Decade.
It’s He (Jeff Bayer) and his list …
6. Moulin Rouge!
4. Memento
3. Wall-e
2. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
1. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Versus
He (Nick Allen) and his list …
7. The Band’s Visit
6. Superbad
4. Adaptation
2. Talk to Her
Jeff Bayer’s Top 7 Films of the Decade
Nick Allen’s Top 7 Movies of the Decade
Amazing. Not one movie in common. I’ve decided to let you go first after this introduction, instead of going into attack mode right off the bat. By the way, »
- Jeff Bayer
Record Breaking Holiday Box Office Is Led By ‘Avatar’
8 hours ago | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Seems that film studios received plenty of holiday cheer this past holiday weekend. Audiences flocked to a myriad of movies, which resulted in the highest grossing domestic box office on record. When the dust had cleared, a massive $278 Million had been earned at the box office, which bested the previous record ($260.8 Million) set by The Dark Knight opening weekend in July 2008. The top three films alone grossed over $190 Million, an astonishing number.
Avatar has many prognosticators eating crow, as it dropped only a few percentage points from its opening total and made about $75 Million, earning a solid first place finish. Its 10 day total now stands at $212 Million, and worldwide, the film has made over $617 Million! At this point, there is little question it will earn its purported $300-$500 Million budget back. After months of speculation, Fox studio heads can finally exhale a sigh of relief.
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes also fared well, »
- Shannon Hood
Interview: Rob Marshall (director, Nine)
8 hours ago | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »
Rob Marshall created a very successful and acclaimed film with his feature directing debut, the movie musical, Chicago. The director’s first cinematic effort won Best Picture at the Oscars, and Marshall won the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures from the Director’s Guild of America. Mr. Marshall began artistically on the stage, starting as a dancer and then becoming a choreographer. His next project after Chicago was Memoirs Of Geisha, which definitely wasn’t a musical. Marshall’s third and latest film, Nine is, like Chicago, a musical and it features Daniel Day-Lewis and plenty of other A-listers showing us what they’ve got musically. The recent release of Nine allowed me the opportunity to talk to director Rob Marshall, who is a very thoughtful interview subject. And yes, Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 came up, but probably not how you would think.
Read more on Interview: Rob Marshall (director, »
- Rusty Gordon
'Avatar,' 'Sherlock Holmes' lead huge box office weekend -- only 'Nine' disappoints
27 December 2009 9:28 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
From the Los Angeles Times' Company Town.
20th Century Fox's 3-D event film "Avatar" led the box office with a studio-estimated $75-million take in the U.S. and Canada.
Its minuscule drop of just 3% from last weekend's opening is a sign of extremely strong word of mouth and is continuing to fuel industry buzz that it could end up as one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, alongside "Avatar" director James Cameron's "Titanic." That would easily justify the massive $430 million that Fox and its financing partners invested in production and marketing.
"Avatar" has grossed $212.3 million domestically in just 10 days. As with other pictures, international grosses weren't available yet early this morning.
The new adaptation of "Sherlock Holmes" starring Robert Downey Jr. was also a hit this weekend, opening to a very strong $65.4 million domestically. Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Entertainment spent $90 million to produce the movie after the benefit of British tax credits, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Movie Reviews: “Nine”
25 December 2009 11:27 AM, PST | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Movie musicals have struggled at the box office since their heyday in the '40s and '50s, and few have found favor with critics. Last year's Mamma Mia! did solid business in the U.S. and was a standout blockbuster overseas, but most critics hated it. That's the way Nine, based on he Fellini classic 8 1/2, appears to be performing. As it rolled out in a handful of theaters, it drew big crowds. Now, as it opens wide, some analysts are predicting that it will do decent business even in the face of mostly negative reviews. A.O. Scott in the New York Times noted that in one song, a lead character played by Daniel Day-Lewis sings, "I can't make this movie." Comments Scott: "Substitute "watch" for "make" and provide your own music." The director, Rob Marshall, also directed the movie version of Chicago, but unlike that musical, writes Claudia Puig in USA Today, "there are no show-stopping musical numbers here. It takes a couple viewings/listenings to appreciate -- or even distinguish -- its songs." The problem, some critics suggest, is not the songs themselves but the actors who perform them. In the old days, beginning with Al Jolson and continuing later with Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, popular singers were cast in movies and asked to act. Now the reverse is true. Nine features a raft of high-power stars, but only Oscar winner Marion Cotillard is a trained singer. Comments Betsy Sharkey in the Los Angeles Times about the performance of Daniel Day-Lewis: "Because Nine is a musical, it would help if your leading man could sing. ... Love Daniel Day-Lewis, excellent racing shirtless through the forest, but a song-and-dance man he is not." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post comments that the movie has been contrived "to suit the vocal limitations of its Weinstein-gerrymandered cast." Adds Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer: "Rarely have so many Oscar-winners struggled so strenuously for such meager payoff." Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe writes that Nine is the "Olive Garden version" of 8 1/2. "You can easily imagine the movie's catchiest song, "be Italian," used to sell bowls of spaghetti." And Roger Ebert closes his exasperated review of Nine with this advice."In the life of anyone who loves movies, there must be time to see 8 1/2. You can watch it instantly right now on Netflix or Amazon. What are you waiting for?" »
‘Nine’ Movie Gets Ok Reviews From Top Movie Critics
25 December 2009 10:57 AM, PST | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
'Nine' movie gets "Ok" reviews from top movie critics. The Weinstein Company's new feature film entitled, "Nine" hit theaters today,and it garnered "just ok" reviews from top movie critics,mostly getting Cs,two Bs,and two Ds. It stars : Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson, and Sophia Loren Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly gave it a C. He said, "If there's a lesson to be learned from Nine, it's that writer's block is not a great subject for a musical." Chris Barsanti over at Filmcritic.com gave it a C. He stated, he was "wandering, sporadically entertaining." Kirk Honeycutt gave it a C. He said, " The disappointments here are many, from a starry cast the film ill-uses to flat musical numbers that never fully integrate into the dramatic story." »
- Andre@ontheflix
Nine
25 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Cast: Daniel Day Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Sofia Loren, Fergie
Running Time: 2 hrs
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: December 25, 2009
Plot: Famous film director Guido Contini (Day Lewis) struggles with what his new film will be about. Plus, his personal life is in turmoil as well with his wife, his mistress, the press and his lead actress all vying for his attention as well. This is based on the Broadway musical about acclaimed director Federico Fellini’s film 8 1/2.
Who’S It For? Did you like Chicago? That should be all the thought needed. Plus, if you love the name Guido, that’s another reason to see the film.
Expectations: Daniel Day Lewis and a boatload of insanely attractive women. Yeah, I thought that would be a good enough time.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Daniel Day Lewis as Guido Contini: The man can act. »
- Jeff Bayer
Movie Review - 'Nine'
24 December 2009 11:03 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, and Penélope Cruz
Directed by Rob Marshall
Rated PG-13
Physically beautiful and a little troubled underneath, Rob Marshall’s Nine is the musical of year, although that's based more on a lack of other musicals to compare it to than how well it succeeds. It's the kind of film for which the Golden Globes are made but not the Academy Awards nor permanent places in our memories.
Unlike his previous song-and-dance act, Chicago, Nine is bogged down by its story and more musical numbers fail than succeed. In Chicago, to note the difference, the songs fed back into the narrative seamlessly.
In Nine, while several of the tunes are absolute showstoppers, that's exactly the problem: They interrupt Marshall's story and it's hard to get it back on track.
The setup will sound familiar to fans of classic European cinema, because it is »
- Colin Boyd
Nine Review
24 December 2009 7:18 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Maybe I’m just old-fashioned but I believe that a musical needs, above all else, good music. Direction, performances, production design, and choreography (if applicable) are all important, but a musical lives and dies with its songs. Nine dies and it’s a long, excruciating death as we follow mopish director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) suffering from writer’s block and depending on all the women in his life while providing nothing in return. Eventually, “Nine” no longer represents Frederico Fellini’s “8 ½ plus music”, but a countdown to how many forgettable numbers you’ll have to endure before the movie ends.
Director Rob Marshall (with the help of Bill Condon’s outstanding script) made Chicago one of the best films of 2002. The songs were memorable, the tone was sharp, the performances were strong, the script made a welcome criticism of the criminal celebrity, and Marshall managed to turn almost every musical number into a showstopper. »
- Matt Goldberg
John’s 10 Biggest Movie Surprises of 2009
24 December 2009 12:56 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
I’ll be up front with you: the list you’re about to read wasn’t what I had in store for you. As I sat at my desk and prepared to crank out what would be another top ten list of 2009, I realized that I was utterly ill-equipped to do so. As many great films as I witnessed this year, I missed just as many that I’m sure I’d enjoy: A Serious Man. The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Hurt Locker. The Brothers Bloom.
I know. Just thinking about it makes me sick. But I saw enough to be confident in saying that 2009 was an extremely good year for movies — from blockbusters to indie pictures, we’ve witnessed some great films and surprising debuts from unique filmmakers.
What follows isn’t a list of the “best” films of 2009, but instead is a list of the most surprising, excellent »
- John Cooper
Star-Studded ‘Nine’ With Daniel Day-Lewis Delivers Grand Musical Spectacle
24 December 2009 11:45 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Rob Marshall’s highly anticipated “Nine” isn’t quite the complete piece that it could have been, but its flaws are easy to overlook in favor of old-fashioned, pure entertainment. It is what so many musicals are remembered for being: a series of memorable moments the sum of which makes a missed beat or two easier to overlook. “Nine” has flaws, but I was too busy humming with the energy of this vibrant, eccentric piece of musical entertainment to really care.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Nine” is a beautifully made film about both the pitfalls and the benefits of being deemed a creative genius. Loosely based on Federico Fellini’s “8 1/2,” “Nine” tells the tale of the creative crisis of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), one of the most respected filmmakers in the world. He’s scheduled to start work on his next masterpiece but completely crippled by a creative block.
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
New To Theatres This Weekend: Sherlock Holmes, Up in the Air, Nine, It’s Complicated
24 December 2009 11:43 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
We've definitely got a strange line-up of movies in theatres this Christmas. There aren't as many Oscar contenders out there this year, and not much in the way of family comedies except for The Squeakquel (ugh). The big battle shaping up is the one between Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and James Cameron's Avatar. Avatar is building on strong word of mouth, but Sherlock Holmes has name recognition, Robert Downey Jr., and positive reviews to back it up. Which one will come out on top? Jason Reitman's Up in the Air is also finally in wide release this weekend, and it's definitely the critical favourite of the bunch. Other major releases include It's Complicated starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin and the Rob Marshall musical Nine starring Daniel Day-Lewis, while Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is opening in select theatres. What will you be checking out this weekend? »
- Sean
‘Nine’ Movie Trailer Shows Musical And Sexy Scenes
24 December 2009 11:39 AM, PST | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
'Nine' movie trailer shows musical and sexy scenes. The Weinstein Company's new musical,drama movie, "Nine" hits theaters nationwide tomorrow after a limited release last weekend. The movie trailer features some hot,sexy, and musical scenes. It stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson, and Sophia Loren. "Nine" movie revolves around character, Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is a famous film director that reaches a huge creative and personal crisis as he tries to handle numerous amounts of women in his life. »
- Chris
Review: Nine
24 December 2009 10:33 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Give me a movie where people burst into song and dance for no logical reason and I'm happy ... assuming the musical numbers are good, the story isn't dull and the characters are interesting. Nine, the latest movie musical directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago) has a lot of flash and dash ... so why wasn't I charmed?
Veteran screenwriters Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella scripted this adaptation of a 1982 Broadway musical, which includes a few new songs. The Broadway version itself is a musical remake of the Federico Fellini movie 8 1/2. That may be part of my difficulty with Nine -- I've always found Fellini's film tiresome and interminable. I'm more of an Amarcord girl myself.
Adding music to Fellini's story doesn't change it much. Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a famous Italian director in the early 1960s who is two weeks away from the start of production on his next »
- Jette Kernion
The 10 Best Films of the Decade
24 December 2009 7:29 AM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
Daniel Day-Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 masterpiece, There Will Be Blood. There’s no getting around it: ten-best lists are arbitrary and cruel. Summing up as cinematically rich a decade as this one is impossible, and any such attempt can promise nothing but blood feuds and celluloid psychosis. So, let’s give it a try! 10. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) The first decade of this century will be remembered as the moment when comics finally conquered the cinema. At the dawn of the decade, Comic-con was just another massive geek-fest that studios barely acknowledged. Now it’s a necessary stop on any summer blockbuster’s publicity blitz. For studio chiefs in need of $50 million-plus opening weekends, it’s become a mandatory ritual to offer their first-born (director, stars, t-shirts) to the fanboys. From Spiderman to Sin City, the fan gods have been kind (and the studios have cashed in »
Review: Nine
24 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
If you need a dose of Federico Fellini, you might get just that in Nine, the adaptation of the Broadway musical that re-interprets Fellini's film 8 1/2. The story is a slight shift from the original film, filling in backstory and turning it into a love poem to objectified women and their rebellion against a self-centered, childish and charming egotist.
(In)famous Italian director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) is about to start filming his latest production, but he doesn't have a script, and can't escape his own celebrity status or his relationships long enough to concentrate on it. His creative crises is exacerbated by his personal ones as he fails to balance his relationships with his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his married mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz), his reluctant muse Claudia (Nicole Kidman), and brash fashionista journalist Stephanie (Kate Hudson) who makes it clear she wants to be one of his women, »
- Jenn Brown
Latest Movie Reviews: "Sherlock Holmes," "Nine," "It's Complicated"
23 December 2009 10:31 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
It's that time of the year when studios cram the Christmas weekend with lots and lots of movies! Not only do we have to overindulge with eating, we can also overindulge with watching movies.
This weekend, "Sherlock Holmes," "Nine," "It's Complicated," "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" are going to try to topple "Avatar's" No. 1 position. But I think James Cameron's masterpiece will remain the king of the box-office weekend.
"Up in the Air" also goes in wide release (Check out my movie review of "Up in the Air" here, and my interviews with director Jason Reitman, and cast Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick right here).
Here's my movie reviews of "Sherlock Holmes," "Nine," and "It's Complicated." Have fun! :happy
Here more info from Yahoo on the films we discussed:
Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life as he has never been portrayed before. »
- Manny
'Nine' review (1.5/5) - Sure, it's got a huge marketing campaign behind it, but so does the Olive Garden.
23 December 2009 5:36 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
When Rob Marshall directed "Chicago" in 2002, he revitalized the musical as a viable movie genre. It's just that simple. Musicals were box office poison, and had languished for years, but his jazz-filled, steamy story of sex and prison and murder and Billy Flynn took home Best Picture honors and sent Hollywood looking to Broadway once again. So you would think his adaptation of "Nine," the Broadway version of Fellini's "8 ½," would be something spectacular, especially with Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead and Marion Cotillard as his wife. You would think that, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong. No, everything Marshall got right about "Chicago" he gets wrong in "Nine." In fact, this might be the least interesting thing Day-Lewis has ever done. Here's how it works—Day-Lewis is Guido Contini, a legendary Italian film director about to direct his most legendary film. There's only one problem—he hasn't written a word of it. »
Films Of The Decade – Ed’s List
23 December 2009 5:17 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Each decade of celluloid is defined by its psychological preoccupations. Oh yes it is, don’t look at me like that. The 9/11 terror attacks on New York and Washington cast a long shadow over the first decade of the 21st century. The Nineties had been a relatively stable and optimistic era by comparison and was all the more moribund for it. Tom Sizemore’s speech in Katherine Bigelow’s Strange Days (1995) summed up the emerging consensus – “everything’s been done, every kind of music’s been tried, every government’s been tried, every fuckin’ hairstyle. How you gonna make it another thousand years, for Chrissake?”
But it wasn’t quite the end of history after all. After 9/11 the zeitgeist became politically-charged once more as it had been in more polarised times. Entertainment was not immune from this effect, nor could it afford to be. With rare exceptions such as Paul Greengrass »
- Ed Whitfield
Santa Claus Conquers The Stage!
23 December 2009 11:29 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
The greatest UFO incident of all time was not Roswell or Area 51--it was when little green men landed in the North Pole and attempted to kidnap Santa Claus! This occurred in the grade Z atrocity, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.
Everyone knows Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, the 45-year old bad movie that surfaces this time of year on late night TV and at 99-Cents Only Stores. It's #77 on the IMDb's "Bottom 100" of the worst movies of all time.
The legendary made-in-New Jersey bomb that pits the Christmas Crusader against backwards aliens who know nothing about our Yuletide traditions, is a goofy holiday perennial best known for introducing the world to Pia Zadora, who played the Martian daughter, Girmar..
The Maverick Theater in Fullerton, California lives up to their name by staging a faithful adaptation of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians that simultaneously takes the piss out of it! »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
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