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The Master Builder
30 December 2010 4:04 AM, PST | backstage.com | See recent Backstage news »
In roles large and small, in theater and onscreen, Jim Broadbent is a masterful actor. Thanks to impeccable credentials—training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, rising up through Britain's National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and continuing to ply his craft from his days in Britain's repertory system through today—he is superb in every role he takes on.Imprinting his work with his characteristic mix of truthfulness and colorful details, whether appearing in period comedies or wrenching dramas, he can play an astonishing variety of characters. The kinetic manager in "Moulin Rouge!" and the devastated husband in "Iris" reflect only two of the many extremes of his work. The straight-and-narrow judge in "Vera Drake" gives smooth way to Bridget Jones' placidly patient dad. And Broadbent deftly leaps from portraying a star in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" to playing the Duke of »
10 Overlooked Films of 2010
21 December 2010 3:46 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
If there is anything that I love doing as a film buff, it is recommending overlooked films. Films that, for whatever reason, did not get a fair shot in theatres but are worth seeking out. They may not have played at a lot of places or their runs might have been cut short due to financial reasons. Whatever the reason is, these are those little buried gems that you want to promote to all your friends. These ten films, in no particular order, are films that you will not be seeing on most year end lists, with the exception of one film. However they are all deserve a chance, if not in the theatres, than on DVD.
Directed by Alejandro Amenabar
Movies about ideas rarely get any play in this marketplace so it would have been silly to think that Alejandro Amenabar’s ambitious film would get a wide release. »
- Josh Youngerman
The Notable Films of 2011: Part Two
19 December 2010 2:05 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: March 23rd 2011
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Director: Jodie Foster
Summary: A depressed toy company CEO with a failed marriage starts to wear a beaver puppet on his hand as a form of therapy, much to the initial bemusement of his family. He soon begins talking only through the character.
Analysis: This time last year, excitement was quietly brewing for "The Beaver". Gibson's drunken tirade a few years before hand wasn't forgotten, but enough time had passed that this looked to be the year of a potential comeback for the actor.
The thriller remake "Edge of Darkness" and this were his first on screen roles in ten years, 'Beaver' is also his "Maverick" co-star Foster's return to the director's chair fifteen years after her last feature. The script topped the 2008 Black List and scored rave reviews for its blend of sophisticated humor and sad pathos, »
- Garth Franklin
The Notable Films of 2011: Part Two
19 December 2010 2:05 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: March 23rd 2011
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Director: Jodie Foster
Summary: A depressed toy company CEO with a failed marriage starts to wear a beaver puppet on his hand as a form of therapy, much to the initial bemusement of his family. He soon begins talking only through the character.
Analysis: This time last year, excitement was quietly brewing for "The Beaver". Gibson's drunken tirade a few years before hand wasn't forgotten, but enough time had passed that this looked to be the year of a potential comeback for the actor.
The thriller remake "Edge of Darkness" and this were his first on screen roles in ten years, 'Beaver' is also his "Maverick" co-star Foster's return to the director's chair fifteen years after her last feature. The script topped the 2008 Black List and scored rave reviews for its blend of sophisticated humor and sad pathos, »
- Garth Franklin
Winter's Bone, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Lawrence: San Diego Film Critics' Winners
15 December 2010 5:38 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda in Neil Jordan's Ondine Debra Granik's Winter's Bone Ends David Fincher's The Social Network's Absolute Rule: San Diego Film Critics Awards Best Picture: Winter's Bone Best Foreign Language Film: I Am Love Best Director: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone Best Actor: Colin Farrell, Ondine Best Supporting Actress: Lesley Manville, Another Year Best Supporting Actor: John Hawkes, Winter's Bone Best Ensemble: 44 Inch Chest Best Original Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network Best Adapted Screenplay: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, and Christopher Morris, Four Lions Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 Best Documentary: Exit Through the Gift Shop Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, Inception Best Score: Rachel Portman, Never Let Me Go Best Editing: Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss, Scott Pilgrim vs the World Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti, Shutter Island Body of Work: Rebecca Hall, The Town, Please Give and »
- Steve Montgomery
Awards Avenue 2010 -- Compiling All the Nominees, Winners Leading Up to the Oscars, So You Don't Have To!
15 December 2010 10:16 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
As we walk down towards the Super Bowl of the movie awards season aka the Academy Awards, all the various critics associations and guilds release their own kudofest. It can get confusing and beguiling, so I created a nifty package for you -- I compiled all the nominees, winners of various award-giving bodies so you can make informed decision when it comes to predicting the Oscars.
And here we go:
AFI Honorees
African-American Film Critics
Annie Awards
Boston Film Critics
Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics Choice)
Chicago Film Critics Association
Detroit Film Critics
European Film Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Gotham Awards
Houston Area Film Critics
International Documentary Association Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
Indiana Film Journalists. Association
La Film Critics Association Awards
London Critics' Circle Awards
National Board of Review Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
New York Film Critics Online Awards
Producers Guild Documentary Awards
San Diego Film Critics »
- Manny
San Diego Critics Puts the Chill on "The Social Network," Picks "Winters Bone" For Best Film!
15 December 2010 10:03 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone" topped the San Diego Critics Association's annual awards, putting the brakes on "The Social Network's" full victory sweep among critics awards.
"Winter's Bone" also won Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence, and Best Supporting Actor for John Hawkes. It's interesting to note that the San Diego Critics picked out-of-vogue winners such as Colin Farrell for Best Actor for "Ondine" (check out my interview with the actor for the film), and Lesley Manville for Best Supporting Actress for "Another Year." Yet, went with the safer "Toy Story 3" for Best Animated Feature.
Here's the full list of nominees and winners (highlighted):
Best Film:
The King.s Speech
Winter.s Bone
Best Director:
Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
David Fincher, The Social Network
Debra Granik, Winter.s Bone
Best Actress:
Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go
- Manny
Music in the movies: Elliot Goldenthal
13 December 2010 9:20 PM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
The latest Music in the Movies column celebrates the work of Elliot Goldenthal, whose compositions have graced such films as Alien 3, Interview With The Vampire and Heat…
Like previous Music in the Movies subject, Elmer Bernstein, Elliot Goldenthal was a student of the legendary Aaron Copland. Whilst Goldenthal isn't the most prolific of film composers, his distinct sound has accompanied some great films over the years and earned him three Oscar nominations and one win. A reason why Goldenthal hasn't got the number of credits his contemporaries boast? He often alternates between film scoring and stage productions.
I haven't included his Oscar winning score for Frida in the article, as I'm not a huge fan of it and there are other titles below that fit better with the rest of the series.
So, here are what I consider to be the most notable scores of Goldenthal's career:
Alien 3 »
Film Feature: The Best Lead Performances of 2010
13 December 2010 11:29 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – It’s the time of year when critics and Oscar pundits like to take a look back at the performances of the last twelve months and pick out the ones most deserving of special citation. As every critics group in the country prepares to unveil their choices for the cream of the acting crop, we thought we’d offer a guide to who they should reflect upon, first in the lead actor and actress categories and then, later this week, in the supporting ones.
The Best Lead Actor Performances of 2010
The very best of the best may be crowded with amazing performances to the degree that picking just five is difficult but the pool gets shallow awful quickly as you swim further away from the deep end. The fact is that while there were a number of truly stellar leading male turns in 2010, it certainly isn’t a long »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
News Shorts: December 9th 2010
9 December 2010 8:03 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The first official stills from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and The Son of No One.
The first photos of Emma Stone shooting Spider-Man 3D and the Blackbird Jet in X-Men: First Class.
"Universal Pictures confirmed that their upcoming samurai epic "47 Ronin" with Keanu Reeves will be shot in 3D. A November 21st 2012 release date was locked back in October…" (full details)
"Disney Pictures has today announced it has moved up the release date for "The Muppets" movie by a month, from next Christmas (Dec 25th) to just before next Thanksgiving (November 23rd)…" (full details)
"The Weinstein Company has successfully won its appeal against the Nc-17 rating given to "Blue Valentine" with the Classification and Rating Appeals Board today overturning the previous rating and recategorising the film with an R-rating for "strong graphic sexual content, language, and a beating"..." (full details)
"Despite reports that shooting on a fifth »
- Garth Franklin
Sweetest Tongue Has Sharpest Tooth: A Look Back At “The Company Of Wolves” – Part Two
9 December 2010 5:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
For Part One of my look back at The Company of Wolves click here before reading on.
And so, what of the aformentioned FX?. Whilst time has, understandably, not been the kindest to them the sheer creativity on display is enough to make up for any technical shortcomings. Only 3 years earlier Rick Baker had wowed audiences with his stunning work on John Landis’ “An American Werewolf In London” (still, arguably, the greatest man to wolf transformation scene ever comitted to celluloid) and so it was perhaps wise for the FX team to avoid a similarly extended, fully lit transformation sequence.
Nonetheless the finished film does boast some extraordinary, albeit dated, scenes including Stephen Rea tearing the very skin from his face (his eventual metamorphosis sadly looks decidedly mechanical), a gypsy woman transforming an entire wedding party into a pack of slobbering wolves (the decision to shoot parts of this scene »
- Nick Turk
Michael Collins is 30 seconds from the truth about Irish history
9 December 2010 12:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Republicans, imperialists and fictional teenage assassins fight it out in Neil Jordan's 1996 biopic of the Irish guerrilla
Director: Neil Jordan
Entertainment grade: B
History grade: D
Michael Collins was an Irish republican leader and guerrilla strategist. He led the negotiations that established the Irish Free State.
Casting
The film begins with the Easter Rising of 1916, after which Collins (Liam Neeson) and his compatriots surrender to the British. Neeson carries off Collins's intense, earthy charisma. There's just one problem: when Neeson made this, he was 44. In 1916, Collins was 25. He was assassinated at the age of 31. Accurately, Collins is shown asking young men to kill for the Irish republican cause – but the fact that Neeson is visibly twice their age changes the tone, making him look more like a behind-the-scenes manipulator than a fellow fighter.
Imperialism
After the Easter Rising, the film depicts the cold-blooded firing-squad executions of its leaders by the British authorities. »
- Alex von Tunzelmann
Sex, Blood and More Sex: The 12 Sexiest Stills from Showtime's Papal History Lesson
7 December 2010 2:40 PM, PST | Movieline - TVline | See recent Movieline - TVline news »
If you don't remember anything from your European history class, Showtime is introducing a new drama series that will surely sear a few lessons into your brain for years to come. Because unlike your 10th grade teacher, the premium cable network -- and Oscar-winning director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) -- know what it takes for any good lesson on corrupt popes to stick: sex and blood. And lots of it. »
TV Trailer: Jeremy Irons in Neil Jordan’s Showtime Series ‘The Borgias’
7 December 2010 12:30 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Power! Sex! Decadence! That's the promise of Showtime's new series The Borgias. The show seems to act as a spiritual successor to The Tudors, but ups the ante by casting Jeremy Irons as the infamous Cardinal Borgia, who became Pope Alexander IV in 1492. And Neil Jordan acts as exec producer and directs the first two episodes. See the trailer for what Showtime bills as 'the original crime family,' after the break. Rodrigo Borgia (Irons) was a notorious power-fiend who was not at all restrained in using his influence after ascending to the Papacy. But you can see that in the trailer, or at least get a sense that nefarious goings-on will be part of the show's core dramatic thrust. There's a clear conflict between Borgia and at least one rival, and between his role as Cardinal and Pope and a tendency to indulge the perks that come with power. »
- Russ Fischer
The Borgias Trailer: First Look at Showtime's New Historical Drama
7 December 2010 11:25 AM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
When Showtime aired The Tudors, the fact that the majority of the actors' accents were British seemed to work well, since the show was about an English royal family. I guess they couldn't find the Italian equivalent of Jeremy Irons to star in their new historical drama, The Borgias.
Regardless of that, I am dazzled by this new trailer for The Borgias. I don't know whether it's my latent Italian Catholic heritage or the gorgeous costumes and sets, but I will definitely be tuning into this show when it premieres in the spring of 2011. Showtime has provided a short description of the series:
The Borgias, a one-hour drama series based on the infamous Italian Renaissance family, will premiere on Showtime in the Spring of 2011 with 10 episodes. Oscar®- winning actor Jeremy Irons stars in the epic drama series as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of The Borgia family who »
- Clarissa
Watch: The trailer for Showtime's "The Borgias"
7 December 2010 7:16 AM, PST | Nerve | See recent Nerve news »
We really are living in the golden age of the televised period piece, aren't we? If you're looking for the elaborate finery of HBO's Game of Thrones but without any of the fantasy bits, you're in luck! Showtime's new series, The Borgias, which focuses on the notorious Roman dynastic family (whose hobbies included being Pope, sexual indiscretion, and poison), will fulfill all your costume drama needs: The series was created by Neil Jordan, director of The Crying Game and Breakfast On Pluto; hopefully the series lives up to his reputation. I could do without the emo wailing at the end there, but otherwise: I'm pretty much on board. (I could also do with more nudity, but knowing Showtime, that will come in due time.) Bring on the suspicious deaths and courtly [...] »
Never Stop Upon the Way: A Look Back At “The Company Of Wolves” – Part One
6 December 2010 5:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The horror movie, in all its multitude of cinematic guises, has offered up many a piece of friendly advice throughout the years. Whether it’s a deranged old man warning a bunch of witless teenagers to skip this year’s camping vacation, an urban legend warning the curious amongst us all to avoid speaking a certain name out loud five times whilst staring into a mirror or a pub full of especially suspicious punters suggesting we all just “stick to the roads” and “keep clear of the moors” as many an important life lesson has been learnt from the silver screen as from our dear and loving parents.
And so, for an overly imaginative teenager of the Nineteen Eighties, it’s understandable that a great deal of curiosity was to be aroused when Angela Lansbury kindly warned us all to “never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple »
- Nick Turk
Zemeckis not heading down the yellow brick road
18 November 2010 12:54 PM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Deadline announced that the remake of the 1939 film Wizard Of Oz, using the original script, was to be directed by Robert Zemeckis. But apparently they got ahead of themselves as, as of yet no one is attached to the project. His people denied with Zemeckis only having a brief talk with Warners exces. Instead he is sticking to his Yellow Submarine project starting filming next year.
Even though Zemeckis is a great director with films like the Back To The Future trilogy and Forrest Gump under his belt I still don’t want to see him having any creative control on this project. The trouble with the director now is his obsession with Motion Capture animation and implying it to every feature that comes his way. Even though I don’t think you can improve the classic original film I would rather it wasn’t remade as Motion Capture.
But »
- Katie McCabe
Twilight director's Red Riding Hood looks refreshingly adult
17 November 2010 11:08 AM, PST | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke seems to have come up with what looks to be the most atmospheric version of the ancient 'Red Riding Hood' tale ever put on screen. This time round, the wolf is a werewolf, the human identity of which is hidden among the village in which our heroine lives. What with the snow and oppressive paranoia, Red Riding Hood (2011) has overtones of The Thing (1982).
It's not the first time that movies have added a distinctly lycanthropic take on the tale, as Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves (1984) was another fantasy-take on werewolves within the 'Red Riding Hood' tale. However it was also a rather disjointed anthology of wolf-related tales, charming but unfocused and very patchy.
Hardwicke's version stars Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Virginia Madsen and Julie Christie, amongst many other luminaries, and is produced by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Ireland, »
Tarsem Singh to Direct Relativity's Snow White Project
2 November 2010 11:10 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Coming off what appears to be a very successful pairing on the upcoming The Immortals, Relativity Media super producer Ryan Kavanaugh and Tarsem Singh are reteaming for the company's untitled Snow White project. With a script by Melissa Wallack (based on the original Brothers Grimm tale) the film is gearing up for a March shoot date. With several Snow White Projects being prepped across Hollywood, it looks like Relativity's will be the first one out of the gate.
And on account of these rival projects they are keeping pretty mum on story details beyond the basic idea that it will be a rather modern take on the classic fairy tale, which could mean a number of things at this point. Typing this Neil Jordan's Little Red Riding redo The Company of Wolves comes to mind, but who knows.
One thing I do know is I'm intrigued by the choice of Tarsem. »
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