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Reminder: Casting Call for Channing Tatum’s ‘Son of No One’ is Today!!!
30 December 2009 9:06 AM, PST | Channing Tatum Unwrapped | See recent Channing Tatum Unwrapped news »
I just wanted to remind everyone that the open casting call for Chan's movie 'Son of No One' is Today!!
For those who don't know, 'Son of No One' will be directed by Dito Montiel (i.e. the director of Chan's past and future films 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints', 'Fighting', and 'Brotherhood of the Rose') and will start filming in New York City in March 2010. The crime thriller will be released some time in 2011.
The production is holding an open call for boys and girls of any race today in New York City. They are looking for boys to play 15 year old versions of Channing Tatum and Terrence Howard. 'Son of No One' is also looking for girls who look like they're 15.
In case you're wondering what Chan looked like around the age of 15, you can »
- Blog Expert
Best TV of the '00s: Dramatic Actor
30 December 2009 8:06 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
More of our best of the decade coverage, which started on Tuesday. You can read the other posts at the link above. Here, we talk about the best dramatic actors of the decade. And, boy, was it a tough choice.
From a meth-making chemistry teacher to a damaged 1960s ad exec, the guys populating the dramatic actor category in our best of the decade are nothing short of brilliant.
It's hard to choose favorites when you're dealing with the likes of Jon Hamm, Bryan Cranston, Mark Harmon, James Gandolfini, and many others, but the TV Squad team has spoken.
Did your favorites make our list? If not, feel free to add them in the comments below.
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- Jane Boursaw
Josh's Top Ten Movies Of The Year--Or How The King Of The World Reclaimed His Throne
24 December 2009 12:20 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
2009 was a year of delights at the movies. The list below testifies to that. It doesn't rival '07 when two examples of virtual moviemaking perfection were released--namely "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" but '09 may have been filled with as many unexpectedly joyful film going experiences as I can remember in a single calendar year.
From sitting in the first public screening of what should have been a forgetful and frivolous romantic comedy on a frigid night in Park City (see #8) to being flabbergasted by the inventiveness of a would-be sci-fi auteur (whose name I couldn't spell or pronounce at the time, see #7) for 112 riveting minutes. Franchises were reborn. Genres were injected with new life. Stephen Sommers made a watchable film called "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra." Young filmmakers came of age. And one mad genius with the heart of a pussycat and »
- Josh Horowitz
Deconstructing the decade from 'The Shield' and beyond: Zap2it Rick's favorite episodes
23 December 2009 10:43 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
You can scarcely swing a dead cat lately without hitting some kind of best-of-the-decade list (even though, technically, the first decade of the 21st century doesn't end till next year).
Well, here comes another one. Rather than try to construct another best-shows-of-the-'00s list, though -- something that's already been done here, there and everywhere -- I decided to focus on individual episodes from 2000-09. Are these the flat-out "best" episodes of television over the past 10 years? Probably not. But these are the ones that stick with me, that I can still remember not just for brilliant lines or beautifully constructed plots, but for how I actually felt while watching them. They are, simply, my favorites.
Here's my list, in no particular order. What's yours?
"Final Grades" ("The Wire")
HBO sent critics the entire run of season four of "The Wire" before it premiered in 2006. I had watched the first »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Casting Call: Channing’s ‘Son of No One’ On the Hunt for a “Little Tatum”
18 December 2009 10:55 PM, PST | Channing Tatum Unwrapped | See recent Channing Tatum Unwrapped news »
No matter how long I do CTU, I still get giddy why I find surprise emails from people associated with Chan's films in my inbox. Today was no different when I was going through my email and found one that said "From Dito".
The only Dito I know is Dito Montiel (i.e. the director of Chan's past and future films 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints', 'Fighting', 'Brotherhood of the Rose', and 'Son of No One').
In the email, Dito told me about a casting call he's holding for Chan's next movie, 'Son of No One', which will start filming in New York City in March 2010.
The production will be holding an open call for boys and girls of any race. They are looking for boys to play 15 year old versions of Channing Tatum and Terrence Howard, and they're »
- Blog Expert
Where the Wild Things Are – A kids story for grown ups
15 December 2009 7:49 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
With a history of making music videos featuring crazy dancing and filming crazy stunts with the cast of Jackass, it is quite possible that director Spike Jonze is a 12 year old at heart. In adapting Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, the real surprise is that it would appeal more to adults than children. The ambition on show is admirable and the results are often spectacular. Max (an astonishing debut performance by Max Powers) lives with his single mother who has begun to date new men and an older sister who is more interested in her new set of friends. After an argument with his mother, Max runs away and finds himself sailing to an island with a host of wild creatures who he convinces to make him their king. Each character is a representation of Max’s personality from the wild Carol (James Gandolfini) to the ignored »
- Michael Shelton
'In the Loop': the brightest, funniest, most foul-mouthed British political farce of the year
14 December 2009 5:15 PM, PST | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »
Earlier on Monday, Owen and I cast our votes with our colleagues in the New York Film Critics Circle for the best in 2009 movies. (Here's what won.) And in the course of the morning meeting, In the Loop kept popping up for consideration, eventually winning the award for Best Screenplay. A spin-off of the BBC TV series The Thick Of It, about contemporary diplomatic relations between the U.K. and the U.S., In the Loop features Tom Hollander as a twitty British government minister and the extraordinary Peter Capaldi as an apoplectic Blackadder of a government director of communications »
- Lisa Schwarzbaum
2010 Sundance Film Festival: Extra Tidbits on the U.S Dramatic Competition Selections
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
As we wait for tomorrow's selections in the non-competitive categories, I figured I'd further explore/familiarize myself with the sixteen titles (Blue Valentine, Douchebag, The Dry Land, Happythankyoumoreplease, Hesher, Holy Rollers, Howl, The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, Lovers of Hate, Night Catches Us, Obselidia, Skateland, Sympathy for Delicious, 3 Backyards, Welcome to the Rileys and Winter's Bone) selected for the U.S Dramatic Competition. - As we wait for tomorrow's selections in the non-competitive categories, I figured I'd further explore/familiarize myself with the sixteen titles (Blue Valentine, Douchebag, The Dry Land, Happythankyoumoreplease, Hesher, Holy Rollers, Howl, The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, Lovers of Hate, Night Catches Us, Obselidia, Skateland, Sympathy for Delicious, 3 Backyards, Welcome to the Rileys and Winter's Bone) selected for the U.S Dramatic Competition. Much like what IndieWIRE did here, I'll point to my own set of factoids. Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine was originally »
Tatum, De Niro, Howard and Gandolfini Set for Montiel's 'Son of No One'
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
I guess this means that The Brotherhood of the Rose is on ice. Dito Montiel is instead pegging The Son of No One as his next project, his third film following 2006's A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and this year's Fighting. - I guess this means that The Brotherhood of the Rose is on ice. Dito Montiel is instead pegging Son of No One as his next project, his third film following 2006's A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and this year's Fighting (you'd have to pay me to watch that one). This would mark the third time that Dito works with Channing Tatum (safe to say they're friends) and a second straight project with Terence Howard. Also attached are a pair of actors synonymous with "the streets" are Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini. Production is expected to begin in January. The thriller is about a young »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Blu-Ray Review: First Season of HBO’s ‘The Sopranos’ Comes to HD
9 December 2009 6:43 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The network that redefined TV on DVD has some catching up to do when it comes to Blu-Ray. When you buy a Blu-Ray player for that TV-loving viewer in your family, they can buy all five seasons of “Lost,” the complete series of “Battlestar Galactica,” and even the original “Star Trek” on Blu-Ray, but most HBO series are just catching up. With an excellent recent release for “Rome,” the studio/network now turns its gaze to the best program of the ’00s with the first season of “The Sopranos”.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
What more is there to say about “The Sopranos”? It changed television more than any program in decades, setting a new standard for the kind of complex, character-driven storytelling that could be accomplished in the hour-long format. With uniformly remarkable performances from the entire cast and iconic characters, “The Sopranos” transcended just being another TV show to become a true cultural phenomenon. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Where The Wild Things Are: a testament to the power of childhood
9 December 2009 6:53 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Dir: Spike Jonze Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker Maurice Sendak’s 1965 children’s classic ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ is one of those primal, infallible texts that have been around for long enough to inform the world-view of parents and children alike. Like Lewis Carroll’s poems and Aesop’s fables, it is a brutally simple tale reminding us of the Dionysian chaos and fury that lurks beneath the surface of our manicured lives. So who better to bring this warped and wonderful story to the big screen than the ‘realiseur’ of Charlie Kaufman’s most famous scripts, the possessor of a juvenile, ‘Jackass’ sense of fun, and the inventor of a raw and powerful aesthetic that defined a generation of skateboarding, Sonic Youth fans… Spike Jonze. Jonze has already stamped his mark on the film before the first frame »
- Nicholas Deigman
Where The Wild Things Are Review
8 December 2009 4:42 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Where The Wild Things Are is a welcome step away from the deranged comedies that made Spike Jonze’s name, and sees him attempting that perennial classic American cinema staple: heartfelt sentiment.
Max is a lonely and sensitive boy who craves the attention of his sister and mother – all the time. His misplaced energy and anger gets him into trouble. During a flare up, Max bites his mother then runs out of the house setting sail to a foreign land where he meets the wild things – a collection of odd monsters with childlike personalities. And that’s about it. A major criticism in other reviews is Jonze’s film has no proper narrative. It is an unfair assessment. It does tell a story, but it doesn’t unfold in the traditional way. The script, co-written with author Dave Eggers is deceptively simple. It is the thematic concerns and character interaction »
- Martyn Conterio
In The Loop wins Best Screenplay at Bifa 2009 - something even Malcolm Tucker would smile at?
7 December 2009 2:57 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Political satire The Thick of It's transition to the big screen, In The Loop picked up the Best Screenplay award at this year's British Independent Film Awards, and we caught up with the writers behind it, including the infamous Armando Ianucci. A film famed for its, 'memorable' and quick witted dialogue, we were desperate to find out what their secret was to create ...apparently, it's not spending much time together, Armando also told us about how he was able to get James Gandolfini involved in the project - apparently he couldn't resist the chance to play something other than a menacing gangster! »
- t5m
Kristen Stewart as a Prostitute in ‘Rileys’
5 December 2009 2:08 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Kristen Stewart, the navel-gazing star of the record-breaking Twilight saga, is going indie. The 19-year-old actress is appearing in two movies at the Sundance Film Festival next month, one a premiere title and the other a film playing in competition. This is her third year in a row with an entry at the Park City, Utah festival.
The first is the rock biopic The Runaways with her The Twilight Saga: New Moon co-star Dakota Fanning, as well as Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat, and Tatum O’Neal. Stewart plays Joan Jett in the coming-of-age story and all-female 70’s group.
In Jake Scott’s Welcome to the Rileys, Stewart is a prostitute and a stripper named Mallory who comes into the lives of the Rileys, a couple (James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo) struggling with the death of their daughter. (Full synopsis is below.) Rumors have persisted that Stewart went completely nude in certain scenes, »
- Jeff Leins
TA Follows The Stars: Taylor The Action Star And A Sundance Update
5 December 2009 12:13 PM, PST | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »
We have another great TA Follows the Stars for you this morning. First we have word that Taylor Lautner is going to be picking up a great action role as Max Steel. Then we have Kristen Stewart Dakota Fanning and Ashley Greene all with movies headed to the Sundance Film Festival. Check out more belowFirst Taylor Lautner is said to be taking the lead as Max SteelParamount has confirmed to me exclusively that its hired 8packabs Taylor Lautner for the lead in Max Steel instantly creating perhaps the next young big action star. The Twilight Saga phenom is only 17 years old and the Summit Entertainment folks predicted to me a year ago that hed end up in demand for this kind of role after he bulked up for New Moon. This is the Joe Rothproduced project based on the hugely successful Mattel property thats an international bestseller. The movie will »
Spike Jonze: 'I'm never going to compromise'
4 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The well-connected director is very good at getting his own way, hence his family unfriendly take on kids' classic, Where The Wild Things Are
Ten years after Being John Malkovich, there are still few people's heads you'd pay to spend 15 minutes inside as much as Spike Jonze's. It would be easy to imagine life from his perspective as a continual flow of way-cool experiences: "Here I am dashing off another era-defining music video. Here I am hanging out with Karen O/Kanye/Mia/the Coppolas. Oh look, I've got another bunch of Oscar nominations. I think I'll pop into Vice magazine and do some cool shit. Now I'm just scrolling through the contacts on my iPhone and thinking how phenomenally well-connected I am." That's the movie version, but real life hasn't been quite so straightforward for Jonze of late. Over the past five years, a random visit to Jonze's »
- Steve Rose
Kristen Stewart Looking A Bit Vampish
4 December 2009 1:39 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Say what you like about Kristen Stewart, she’s certainly working pretty hard. In addition to filming the next Twilight film, as well as the Joan Jett biopic The Runaways, she’s also found the time to appear opposite James Gandolfini in Welcome to the Rileys.
The film tells the story of a grieving couple who befriend a young stripper, and is directed by Jake ‘Son of Ridley’ Scott*, who’s last pic, Plunkett and MacLeane was something of an underrated gem.
Earlier this week it was announced that the film will debut in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. To further whet appetites, Rope of Silicon have published a set of stills, showing Stewart looking like a hooker, and Gandolfini looking like he’s eaten a few too many pies.
According to First Showing, Stewart shot some of the scenes entirely naked. Perhaps her lady parts will have the »
- Ben Mortimer
Stewart & Fanning's The Runaways To Debut At Sundance Film Festival
3 December 2009 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The Twilight Saga: New Moon stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning's new movie about Joan Jett's all-girl rock band will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January.
In much-anticipated new film The Runaways, Stewart portrays Jett, while Fanning plays Cherie Currie.
The film will be among the highlights at Robert Redford's film festival, where Ben Affleck and Kevin Costner's new movie The Company Men and Katie Holmes and John C. Reilly's The Extra Man will also premiere.
Stewart will screen a second film at the festival - Welcome to the Rileys, in which she plays a young prostitute opposite James Gandolfini. »
Sundance 2010 Film Lineup *Updated*
3 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: Premieres To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly. »
Stars To Gather At Sundance
3 December 2009 12:21 PM, PST | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
The Sundance Film Festival unveiled its list of films competing for its prestigious awards Wednesday, and the names of stars appearing in the drama category seemed as impressive as those in any Oscar contest. Among them were Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini, Orlando Bloom, Laura Linny, Edie Falco, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Mary-Louise Parker, America Fererra, and Michelle Williams. The World Cinema competition will feature films from 14 countries (including one, Undertow, which is a joint Colombia-France-Germany-Peru production). Among them is a film from Iraq, Son of Babylon, that takes place following the toppling of Saddam Hussein. »
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