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5 Things You Might Not Know About Ridley Scott's 'Alien'
25 May 2012 7:03 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The success of "Star Wars" changed everything. While "2001" had been a giant hit a decade ago, most put it down to a fluke, but George Lucas' film suddenly proved that science fiction wasn't just for B-movies, but could be a licence to print money. Every studio in town were chasing the genre, but 20th Century Fox, who had distributed "Star Wars" had a head-start: they already had another space-set script in development, "Alien," by Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Walter Hill and David Giler. They swiftly attached new helmer Ridley Scott to the project, and production got underway in the summer of 1978.
The result, released exactly two years after "Star Wars," on May 25th, 1979 (thirty-three years ago to the day) was an enduring classic, which serves as a high watermark of the both the sci-fi and horror genres, and launched Scott's career. Next week, the director will return to where »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Films To Watch Before You Die #100 - Top Gun (1986)
4 May 2012 10:11 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
D.J. Haza presents the final entry in his series of films to watch before you die...
Top Gun, 1986.
Directed by Tony Scott.
Starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside and Meg Ryan.
Top Gun is possibly the coolest film ever made. It has the coolest characters – fighter pilots, wearing cool clothes, leather jackets and aviator glasses, saying cool things, “I Feel the need the need for speed” – and has the coolest soundtrack – kick-ass rock anthems from the 80’s. Oh and it’s also got a pretty girl in there with a blokes name – Charlie.
The films follows the story of a young naval aviator with an attitude problem, Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise), as he aims to become the best of the best at the Top Gun training camp. Aided by his Radar Intercept Officer Goose (Edwards) the pair enjoy flying their plane, »
- flickeringmyth
Sneak Peek Ridley Scott's "Prometheus"
30 April 2012 11:52 AM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Sneak Peek two new international trailers, filled with movie spoilers, supporting director Ridley Scott's "Alien" prequel, "Prometheus", opening June 8th, 2012, starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Logan Marshall-Green and Patrick Wilson :
"...A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe.
"There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race..."
Scott shot "Prometheus" @ Pinewood Studios (UK),for Twentieth Century Fox, Scott Free Productions and Brandywine Productions.
"Prometheus" re-teams Scott with long-time collaborators production designer Arthur Max ("American Gangster"), Oscar-winning costume designer Janty Yates ("Gladiator"), Oscar-winning editor Pietro Scalia ("Black Hawk Down") and set decorator Sonja Klaus ("Kingdom of Heaven").
The initial draft of "Prometheus" was written by Jon Spaihts ("The Darkest Hour") from an idea by Scott, with Damon Lindelof »
- Michael Stevens
DVD Release: Plot of Fear
27 April 2012 12:38 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
DVD Release Date: May 8, 2012
Price: DVD $19.98
Studio: Raro Video
Corinne Clery (r.) helps Michele Placido solve the mystery behind a series of grisly murders in Plot of Fear.
Murders begin to plague members of the jet set in the 1976 Italian crime thriller film Plot of Fear.
Told through a series of flashbacks, Plot of Fear spins a story of a group of wealthy men and women who get murdered one by one at a decadent weekend party, the killer leaving behind drawings of a famous children’s book on the victims’ mutilated bodies. In an attempt to find a connection between the victims, Inspector Lomenzo (Michele Placido) encounters a mysterious fashion model (Corinne Clery, The Story of O) who becomes his informant. She reveals that at one of the young female victims was “accidently” killed during a gruesome practical joke at the party. But that would mean that there’s »
- Laurence
Shirley MacLaine kicks Dick Clark's dogs when they're down
23 April 2012 11:50 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Oh, Ouiser! Recall the movie Steel Magnolias, in which Shirley MacLaine’s shrew of a neighbor waged war against Tom Skerritt’s Drum Eatenton because his party’s firecracker prep was terrifying her anxious dog? Well, let’s just say MacLaine could relate to her character extremely well.
At the premiere of her new film, Bernie, in which she plays a doomed wealthy widow, the Oscar winner was asked about the recent passing of Dick Clark. “Well, now I can walk past his house in Malibu and his dogs won’t attack mine,” she said, as co-star Jack Black winced. »
- Jeff Labrecque
Five things we learned
11 April 2012 6:11 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Alien echoes abound in Ridley Scott's return to sci-fi, including the space jockey, dodgy suits and a potentially untrustworthy android
It's T-50 until the release of Prometheus and on Tuesday the great and the good (Ok, film hacks from around Europe) were invited to London's Leicester Square to watch a teensy bit more footage from the movie.
The crowd were shown approximately five minutes of new material, including what may be the entirety of the opening scene in which archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and her lover and colleague Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) uncover a pictogram that Shaw sees as confirmation that aliens visited Earth in pre-history and invited humans back to theirs. Next we were whisked straight off into space and the exploratory vehicle Prometheus. We are introduced to the crew, from push-up loving suit Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron) to disgruntled staffer Fifield (Sean Harris). There's an on-ship briefing, »
- Paul MacInnes
Stanley Kubrick: Master of Contradictions
9 April 2012 11:53 AM, PDT | The Moving Arts Journal | See recent The Moving Arts Journal news »
Who are the great American film directors? More to the point, who do we think are the great American film directors? Well, there’s Ford, of course, the Zeus of the American pantheon, by turns comic, epic, maudlin and humane. Then there’s Welles, the ill-fated genius, abused by producers but beloved of critics. Spielberg, even in his seventh decade, is still the boy wonder; Scorsese the mad scientist. Griffith is the wise forefather, deeply flawed but idolized nonetheless, while Hawks is ageless, just as sly and self-assured as he was at the time of “The Big Sleep” (1946).
Kubrick, however, beats them all.
Is there anyone more respected or, with the possible exception of Hitchcock, recognizable? Turn on any Stanley Kubrick movie and you should know instantly, whether you’ve seen it before or not, who the film’s director is. The peerless, pristine images; the long, empty corridors; the upturned, »
- Graham Daseler
'Alien' (1979) - the movie 'Prometheus' must live up to
5 April 2012 3:36 AM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
Unless you've been hiding under a rock on Lv-426 for the last eighteen months it can't have escaped your notice that after more than three decades since first introducing the word 'xenomorph' into popular culture, and scaring a good few cinema-goers in the process, director Ridley Scott is returning to the universe of inaudible screaming that he fashioned with Alien (1979). Though not strictly a prequel to his celebrated classic, or so the director would have us believe, the upcoming Prometheus is definitely set in the same universe and, as Scott himself puts it, shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak."
As a massive fan of Scott's original film, I'm genuinely excited about a new Alien movie for the first time in years (having suffered through Alien Resurrection (1997), which even a screenplay by The Cabin In The Woods (2012) co-writer Joss Whedon couldn't save, and the duo of lame Avp »
Movies to See Before the World Ends: Top Gun
30 March 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The Mayans, the wise race of ancients who created hot cocoa, set December 21st, 2012 as the end date of their Calendar, which the intelligent and logical amongst us know signifies the day the world will end, presumably at 12:21:12am, Mountain Time. From now until zero date, we will explore the 50 films you need to watch before the entire world perishes. We don’t have much time, so be content, be prepared, be entertained. The Film: Top Gun (1986) The Plot: Two renegade fighter pilots, the now iconic Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Goose (Anthony Edwards), are selected to hone their skills as pilots (and as men) at an elite program known as: Top Gun. Veritable underdogs, Maverick and Goose find themselves testing their talent against advisories like Ice Man (Val Kilmer), their charm against love interests like Charlie (Kelly McGillis) and learning from veteran pilots like Viper (Tom Skerritt), all while discovering what it truly means to »
- Allison Loring
Prometheus Trailer UK: Philosophical Question
19 March 2012 12:27 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Ridley Scott's Prometheus movie Philosophical question: if God created the universe and all its creatures, did he also create the title character in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror classic Alien? If so, then for what purpose? To make Sigourney Weaver a star? "How far would you go to get your answers? What would you be willing to do?" inquires Michael Fassbender's David The Android in the British trailer (please scroll down) of Scott's Alien sort-of prequel Prometheus. Although I don't think David is referring to Sigourney Weaver's stardom, the answer to that particular question seems to be … hop on a huge spaceship and travel to a distant, dark planet where things may not be quite as they seem. Hint: That's the place where Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, and Yaphet Kotto encountered the remains of several gigantic beings in addition to »
- Andre Soares
The 38th Saturn Awards Nominations
2 March 2012 2:08 PM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
The 38th Annual Saturn Award Nominations were announced earlier this week and we now have the full list of nominees. The Saturn Awards recognizing outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror releases in the last 12 months. Included in the list of nominees is multiple nominations for American Horror Story and The Walking Dead.
“Hugo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 each received 10 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented on Wednesday, June 20.
Other leading titles in the Academy’s film categories were Super 8 (eight nominations); Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger (seven); and The Adventures of Tintin and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (six each). Rise of the Planet of the Apes breathed new life into a classic sci-fi franchise with five nominations, including a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Andy Serkis. »
- Jonathan James
Saturn Award Nominees Announced
1 March 2012 12:00 PM, PST | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the list of nominations for the 38th Saturn Awards, which will be presented on June 20th. These are presented without comment, other than to say to certain TV series, “Surprise! Welcome to Sci-Fi!”
Hugo and Harry Potter Cast Their Spells and Lead Film Nominations for 38th Saturn Awards
Breaking Bad and American Horror Story Scare Up Most TV Nominations in Banner Year for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror; Winners to be Announced June 20
Los Angeles – February 29, 2012 – Hugo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 each received 10 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented on Wednesday, June 20.
Other leading titles in the Academy’s film categories were Super 8 (eight nominations); Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger (seven); and The Adventures of Tintin »
- Erin Willard
38th Annual Saturn Awards – The Nominees
1 March 2012 2:16 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films have announced the nominations for its 38th Annual Saturn Awards. In the film categories Martin Scorsese’s Hugo and David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 each scored 10 nominations; whilst in the TV categories AMC’s Breaking Bad scored 6 nominations, followed by American Horror Story with five. The awards ceremony will take place in June in Burbank, Calif.
The complete list of nominees is below:
Film
Best Science Fiction Film
The Adjustment Bureau (Universal)
Captain America: The First Avenger (Paramount/Marvel)
Limitless (Relativity Media)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox)
Super 8 (Paramount)
X-Men: First Class (20th Century Fox)
Best Fantasy Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Warner Bros.)
Hugo (Paramount)
Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Muppets (Walt Disney Studios)
Thor (Paramount/Marvel)
Best Horror/Thriller Film
Contagion (Warner Bros. »
- Phil
'Hugo,' 'Harry Potter' Top Saturn Award Nominees
29 February 2012 11:25 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Awards season may have come and gone, but sci-fi fans still have something to look forward to with today's announcement of the Saturn Award nominees.
The awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, recognize excellence in these genres, which are often underrepresented at other awards shows.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, this year's big movie contenders are "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2," "Hugo," tied with 10 nominations each.
A number of the movies scoring big have been commercial successes but have not received awards show love, including J.J. Abrams' $260-million grossing monster hit "Super 8," which nabbed eight nominations, and "Captain America: The First Avenger," which earned nearly $400 million worldwide, coming in with six.
One of the most surprising cross-genre hits is Woody Allen's romantic comedy "Midnight in Paris," which took home the award for Best Original Screenplay at Sunday's Oscars, in »
- Sarah Crow
DVD Playhouse--February 2012
25 February 2012 8:40 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—February 2012
By Allen Gardner
To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Robert Mulligan’s film of Harper Lee’s landmark novel pits a liberal-minded lawyer (Gregory Peck) against a small Southern town’s racism when defending a black man (Brock Peters) on trumped-up rape charges. One of the 1960s’ first landmark films, a truly stirring human drama that hits all the right notes and isn’t dated a bit. Robert Duvall makes his screen debut (sans dialogue) as the enigmatic Boo Radley. DVD and Blu-ray double edition. Bonuses: Two feature-length documentaries: Fearful Symmetry and A Conversation with Gregory Peck; Featurettes; Excerpts and film clips from Gregory Peck’s Oscar acceptance speech and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award; Commentary by Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 2.0 mono.
Outrage: Way Of The Yakuza (Magnolia) After a brief hiatus from his signature oeuvre of Japanese gangster flicks, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Opposing Force (aka Hell Camp) DVD Review!
22 February 2012 12:05 PM, PST | The Movie Pool | See recent The Movie Pool news »
The Movie Pool joins the first-ever Opposing Force (aka Hell Camp) DVD!
The Set-up
An overzealous military camp commander (Anthony Zerbe) abuses a female soldier (Lisa Eichhorn) during torture training, leading her comrade (Tom Skerritt) to take serious measures to stop his brutality. Also stars Richard Roundtree.
Directed by: Eric Karson
The Delivery
Originally released under the title Hell Camp, this 1986 military drama pre-dates G.I. Jane by over a decade, but it was more brutal and not nearly as stylized as the later Demi Moore debacle. Golden Globe nominee Lisa Eichhorn stars as Casey, an Air Force pilot who volunteers for a brutal survival training exercise, only to fall victim to a sadistic commander named Becker, played by Anthony Zerbe. Becker decides Casey must learn the harsh realities of being a possible prisoner of war, so he rapes her "for her own good."
This doesn't sit well with Logan (Tom Skerritt »
- medina.victor@sbcglobal.net (Victor Medina)
365 Days, 100 Films #99 - Top Gun (1986)
18 February 2012 1:49 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Top Gun, 1986.
Directed by Tony Scott.
Starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside and Meg Ryan.
Synopsis:
Maverick, a United States Naval Aviator, is sent to Top Gun, an elite academy for fighter pilots.
“Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhh,” I yelled, running down the stairs at Top Gun’s conclusion. “I wanna be a fighter pilot!” I proclaimed to my mother, and proceeded to text every male friend I have, asking if they’d be my wingman. I’m 23 years young.
That’s how good the film is. Films, particularly twee, America indie ones, prefer to be ironic and reflexive these days. Which is fine when they’re accompanied by sincerity, but the majority come off as insufferably smug. Unabashed cheesiness feels as though it got left on the wayside, somewhere in the early 90s. Even Stallone’s The Expendables has a wink-wink, nudge-nudge disposition throughout.
Top Gun couldn’t be made today. »
- flickeringmyth
White Collar Season 3 Episode 14 Review: Save The Blues For The Symphony
8 February 2012 7:05 PM, PST | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Episode 314: Pulling Strings
After Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen) was kidnapped at the mid-season break and catching a criminal in last week’s episode, Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) deserved a vacation weekend–but it was no picnic in the Central Park. That left Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) in the capable hands of Diana Barrigan (Marsha Thomason) and his ex-girlfriend, Sara Ellis (Hilarie Burton) who specifically asked for Neal’s help as she was running her own investigation of Bryan McKenzie, her boss at Sterling Bosch.
We learned a little bit of Sara’s past as her fling with Neal was a rebound relationship off of break-up where she broke off an engagement with McKenzie when he was arrested in Beijing. When they searched McKenzie’s place there were an awful lot of pictures of Sara and Bryan. Neal wasn’t the only one withholding information in that relationship.
With Sara and Diana running point, »
- Ernie Estrella
Tonight on White Collar: Sara Returns Sneak Peek
7 February 2012 4:35 AM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Tonight on White Collar: Sara Returns Sneak Peek
All seems to have settled down for Neal (Matt Bomer) since the mid-season premiere of White Collar and the end of the Nazi treasure charade, but that doesn't mean that Neal is in for an easy ride as his ex Sara (Hilarie Burton) returns tonight. Sara is not the only character coming back into Neal's life tonight as Peter's mentor Agent Kramer (guest star Beau Bridges) also makes an appearance and Kramer is determined to find out what Neal is hiding.
Sara needs Neal's help in a strictly professional manner and Peter (Tim DeKay) is more than happy to loan out Neal and his services, much to Neal's discomfort. Sara is trying to track down a missing Stradivarius violin; this fact does raise interest from Neal as there are less than 650 of these violins left in the world. This mission with »
- emma fraser
'White Collar' preview: Sara returns, Burke's in-laws and a wedding?
6 February 2012 10:44 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
"White Collar" has some major twists in store for its Tuesday night (Feb. 7) episode. The preview video above teases the return of Sara (Hilarie Burton), who is thrown together with Neal for a case as they search for a missing Stradivarius violin. Meanwhile, Beau Bridges is back as Agent Kramer - we're assuming he was not satisfied with Keller's taking credit for the treasure heist.
Meanwhile, Agent Burke has his hands full at home - Elizabeth's parents are in town and are being played by the wonderful Debra Monk and Tom Skerritt (pictured below). That ought to prove fun for the greatest married couple on TV.
And in another wonderful twist, our USA contacts tell us that "Special Agent Diana (Marsha Thomason) may finally have plans to tie the knot with girlfriend Christie." A "White Collar" wedding! Love it.
"White Collar" airs Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on USA. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
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