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9 items from 2012
Comedy classic Clue makes its Blu-ray debut
17 May 2012 6:44 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Bodies and laughter are set to pile up as the classic murder comedy Clue makes its Blu-ray debut on August 7th from Paramount Home Media Distribution. The Blu-ray will feature three alternate endings with a random way of playing them. Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or did the butler do it? Prepare for murder, madness, mystery and mayhem with the killer comedy Clue. Based on the world-famous Parker Brothers board game, Clue boasts an all-star cast including Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull, Michael McKean and Lesley Ann Warren. When six guests arrive at a strange house they soon »
- Patrick Luce
Best Movie Ever?: "Clue"
16 May 2012 11:26 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
In the short history of "Best Movie Ever?", I've covered enough cinematic treasure to render Leonard Maltin catatonic and super-gay for yeeeears. From Nine to Five and Working Girl to Clueless and Mean Girls, we've reexamined a lot of staggering celluloid and, more importantly, women in blazers. Today, I offer up a movie that I can hardly judge as a mere admirer. It's my favorite movie, it's probably your favorite movie, and when we add up its five most unbelievable elements, we'll be so high on glamorous (and Inconceivably Silly) goodness that we'll strike each other with candlesticks, lead pipes, and Colleen Camp's triumphant bazooms. Can you dig it? It's the zany whodunit Clue, darlings, and it's what makes Western civilization good.
Now, full disclosure: I've already written one magnum opus about Clue, and it's pretty comprehensive. But I wrote that for (gasp!) a largely straight audience, and now »
- virtel
Best Movie Ever? "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
11 April 2012 1:09 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Roald Dahl is a beloved children's book author who scares the hell out of me. I don't want to know where he lived, who raised him, or why he decided to address kids as an occupation, because the man is so, so disturbing. His Matilda is grim, his James and the Giant Peach is twisted, and his most beloved novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a frightening, cruel morality tale set in a candy-colored dystopia. I'm happy to report that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 film adaptation of Dahl's sugary absinthe dream starring Gene Wilder, Oscar winner Jack Albertson, and a crew of unknowns, is just as frightening and cruel as the source material. And it has a secret gay relevance that I figured out only last night! Hooray! Now it's the Best Movie Ever.
I'm sure you know the story, but I'll dutifully recount it: Charlie »
- virtel
Jon Stewart as Mel Brooks in 'Blazing Shtik: The Mel Brooks Story' For HBO
1 April 2012 2:16 PM, PDT | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »
Comedian Jon Stewart is set to play Mel Brooks in a new biopic co-written by the man himself, Mel Brooks, for HBO entitled Blazing Shtik, airing fall 2012.
Apparently, according to Variety, Stewart was approached to play the comedian and writer/director after expressing interest in portraying him onscreen. Unlike the ill-fated The History of Mel Brooks, Part 1, which seems to be languishing in development hell over at Paramount, Shtik was made for considerably less and is TV-ready.
The film focuses mainly on Brooks' making of the classics Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in the 1970s, just like all the Hitchcock biopics and that Marilyn Monroe film. It seems to be the new thing.
I have to say I Love Brooks and Stewart and couldn't think of a better man for the job. Honestly. Can you think of a better actor to play Brooks? Adrian Brody is Gene Wilder, which could be hit or miss, »
- Superheidi
TCM Classic Film Festival Continues To Expand In Final Weeks Before April 12 Opening
28 March 2012 1:28 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Latest Additions Include Star-Studded Appearances, Noted Film Historians,
An Opening-Night Poolside Screening of High Society (1956)
And a Vanity Fair Showcase of Architecture in Film
Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival
Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival
With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances:
On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being “Bond Girls.” Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the »
- Michelle McCue
Was "The Hunger Games" Gay (and Great) Enough?
26 March 2012 8:45 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
It's easy to be critical of a rush-ordered blockbuster based on a young adult novel, but I have to admit, The Hunger Games hit most of the major notes of Suzanne Collins' saga: It was swift, dramatic, and even gruesome in a Real World/Road Rules Challenge-gone-awry way. But I still left wondering what was missing from the final cut. The difference between "entertaining" and "edifying" may be slim, but I felt like The Hunger Games only achieved the former quality. Let's break down the movie's big draws one by one (including gay appeal), grade their effectiveness on a 1-10 scale, and see what can be improved before the second installment goes into production. Spoilers ahead!
Katniss
Performance: 8.5
Jennifer Lawrence's unpretentious smarts absolutely shine through Katniss' alert stare. Like in Winter's Bone, she brings the right blend of stoicism and killer instincts, which happen to be Katniss' two best traits. »
- virtel
Chenoweth Talks Christians, Comedy & Cockburn
2 March 2012 8:46 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Over the last few years, I have had multiple opportunities to spend some time with Kristin Chenoweth. We've hunkered down in tiny green rooms, kicked it in elevators and made the most out of makeup chairs. Over that time, the world has watched her star rocket -- from theater queen to Emmy darling and now the star of a brand new ABC series.
But when I caught up with Kristin yesterday to talk all about G.C.B, I found out that all this fame hasn't gone to her head one bit.
She is still the girl who openly mocks herself, the one who happily does spit-takes on camera for shiggles and the one who will undoubtedly reach an even higher echelon of fame thanks to Carlene Cockburn, a character whose behavior is eye-popping as her name!
Insider.com: ABC is seriously behind this show -- everywhere I turn there are massive billboards of you!
Kristin Chenoweth: I know »
And The Oscar Goes To ... Someone Who Didn't Deserve It.
23 February 2012 11:59 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
It still provides a chuckle
The history of The Academy Awards is littered with strange and inexplicable happenings: Revealed shortcomings, spontaneous pushups, "The winner is Paul Newman," Sandahl Bergman's interpretive dance to "Eye Of The Tiger" (admittedly, one of the highlights of my life).
And of course ... Snow White rolling on the river.
But aside from the odd ceremony moments, and the fashion drama on the red carpet, it's the Oscar errors in judgment that we remember the most.
A few weeks ago we discussed the Oscar nomination Sins Of Omission, so let's now take a look at the performers who actually won, and how The Academy still blew it.
The 2005 nominees for Best Actor were:
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn in Good Night and Good Luck
Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line
And The Oscar Went »
- snicks
5 Screen Legends Worthier of a Biopic Than Marilyn Monroe
26 January 2012 5:53 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Michelle Williams’s Oscar nomination means one more month of my least favorite activity: thinking about Marilyn Monroe. Are we done yet? The whole point of My Week With Marilyn was to validate your great aunt’s boring perception of Norma Jean – that she took great photos, was sometimes a screen gem, and confused pills for meals. I get it. Here are five screen legends with lesser-explored stories worthier of a biopic.
Nearly a decade ago, Colin Farrell was in talks to star in a biopic of the gifted and visibly tragic actor who made A Place in the Sun’s insane melodrama sort of believable, From Here to Eternity a classic, and Judgment at Nuremberg the slightest bit awkward. (Was that slurring at the witness stand part of his role or everyday life?) Clift is captivating as a screen presence and as a subject, and I’d »
- virtel
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