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11 items from 2012
Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 2 of 5)
24 May 2012 12:12 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Oliver Reed as Athos in The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1973/1974, UK):
These films were actually shot all at once but ultimately released as two separate films telling one long story. As the musketeer with a dark past, Oliver Reed provides a lot of the heart and soul in these very entertaining and well-made films. Technically, since we have to isolate one film for our fantasy nomination, it would be The Four Musketeers as his role is more prominent in that film. Reed’s reunion scene with Faye Dunaway’s Milady is superb as is Reed’s intense swordplay with an array of opponents including Christopher Lee. An underrated actor whose career was damaged by well-documented alcohol problems and notorious off-screen behavior, Reed still logged in some truly incredible acting performances over the course of his career. His portrayal of Athos is definitely one of them.
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- Terek Puckett
David Cronenberg Marathon: ‘Scanners’ much more than exploding heads
2 May 2012 9:26 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by David Cronenberg
Written by David Cronenberg
1981, Canada
In the early stages of Cronenberg’s career, he established himself as a prolific director of horror films by splicing his features with science fiction elements. His efforts in creating a new sub-genre went unnoticed until his seventh film, Scanners.
At the time of its release, Scanners did not receive a lot of critical acclaim, but became successful enough for Cronenberg to break into Hollywood. For film fans, its classic yet graphic scenes are now part of 1980′s cinema that saw him with fellow director Paul Verhoeven define the era with their now-cult films (Robocop, Total Recall, The Fly).
Scanners follows Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack), who is mysteriously captured by defence and weapon company ConSec. Unbeknowst to him, he is a Scanner: an individual who has unexplained telepathic powers – and he is not the only one in the world. He »
- Katie Wong
New Web-Series "Psience" Premieres: First Impressions
19 April 2012 12:11 PM, PDT | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »
Director/Writer: Leigh Silverstein.
"Psience" is a new mystery web-series that premiered April 18th online. It is an intensely character driven drama about five young adults recruited to become special “magic welding” individuals. Simply known a psientists, their training is nothing like what an apprentice would normally learn from a master of the arts.
Instead, they are on their own. They have to discover what their true potential is from within and Brett (Christina Schimmel), a fully indoctrinated psientist, will help guide them. But there is more to this teacher than a meets the eye.
The title is an apt play with two words that describes two realms of disciplinary study—psychic development and scientific investigation. With the former, the learning is all about intuition. Until everyone can telekinetically move the pinwheel, they cannot symbolically progress to the next level. For the latter, hypothesis and conclusive results are required to achieve success. »
- noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
Another Cool Robert Pattinson/Cosmopolis Trailer
19 April 2012 1:50 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Robert Pattinson as Eric Packer, Cosmopolis Robert Pattinson's multibillionaire Eric Packer doesn't go on and on about wanting a haircut in this new Cosmopolis trailer — yes, another new Cosmopolis trailer. (Please scroll down.) This a more philosophical trailer, with cosmic statements such as "I smell sex all over you." Pattinson's reaction to that is priceless. And are they watching snuff films (minus the sex) at one point? [Check out another Cosmopolis trailer.] Now, this latest Cosmopolis trailer also offers a better look at the various supporting actors in the film. The English Patient / Hidden's Juliette Binoche looks particularly impressive. Cronenberg co-wrote the Cosmopolis screenplay with Don DeLillo, the author of the novel on which the film is based. In addition to Pattinson and Binoche, Cosmopolis features A Dangerous Method's Sarah Gadon, Sideways / Cinderella Man's Paul Giamatti, Sweet and Lowdown / In America's Samantha Morton, Resident Evil: Retribution / I Am Number Four's Kevin Durand, »
- Zac Gille
Awesome Cosmopolis Trailer: Robert Pattinson/David Cronenberg
18 April 2012 11:53 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis "I wanna a haircut," says Robert Pattinson's multibillionaire Eric Packer — sounding like a petulant, spoiled brat with too much power and all-too-mundane needs — at the beginning of the newly released Cosmopolis trailer. (Please scroll down.) But mere human power has its limits. What will Packer become when there's "no more money" and "no more sex" and "no more power"? What would any of us become, especially if we can't get the haircut we want? [Check out another Cosmopolis trailer.] As expected, considering that this is a David Cronenberg movie, the Cosmopolis trailer looks great, Pattinson looks and sounds flawless in the role of the billionaire whose universe is about to be radically rearranged, and the (audible) dialogue sounds as weird as what one gets to hear in real life, e.g., "The logical extension of business is murder" or, again, "I wanna a haircut." No wonder the Cannes Film Festival »
- Andre Soares
The Life Of Patrick McGoohan As A Stage Play, Liverpool April 14
8 April 2012 4:23 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Everyman: The Story Of Patrick McGoohan – The Prisoner
The Lantern Theatre, Blundell St., Liverpool
8.30pm Sat 14th April 2012
www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk
‘Everyman: The Story Of Patrick McGoohan – The Prisoner’ written by Brian Gorman, details the life of the theatre, television, and film star (who sadly died in 2009).
The play begins a mini tour of the UK, beginning with a special preview at The Lantern Theatre in Liverpool at 8.30pm on Saturday 14th April. The play will be seen later in the year, across the UK, as part of a double bill with ‘A Passion For Evil’ by writer/actor John Burns (detailing the life of the infamous Aleister Crowley).
Chester-based writer Brian Gorman, has played McGoohan and his character 'Number Six' on stage in Manchester, Chester, and twice in Portmeirion (as a guest of Six Of One, The Prisoner appreciation society). A reading of the play by Gorman garnered »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Doctor Who: Professor Wenn – The Series That Never Was
1 April 2012 1:18 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
I’m sure by now most of you have already read or heard the fascinating news from the BBC. Apparently a very, very early draft version of Doctor Who has surfaced. How early? 1956, making it a full seven years before the series actually aired.
From what it sounds like, this idea never really made it past the concept stage. They never did any filming or casting, though they had some people in mind, and never wrote any stories, but they did have some outlines. The series was to go into production in 1957, in an effort to capitalize on the success of The Quatermass Experiment. BBC budget cutbacks early that year prevented this from happening, which was for the best, as you’ll see. The BBC article is quite long, so I’ll summarize it for you tl;dr people.
The series appears to have been the creation two low-level BBC »
- Chris Swanson
Possible future films for Sean Bean
23 March 2012 3:36 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
If Sean Bean has a hole in his schedule, Andrew has a few film pitches that might interest him...
What can you say about Sean Bean that hasn't been said before? He's like a Moomin Shaman. His love is deeper than the sun and he's as gentle as a mother's kiss.
Apologies if your mother sometimes gets a bit carried away. No one needs those flashbacks.
While Robert Carlyle selfishly took the lead role in Sawney Bean, there are still movies out there, potentially, with a Sean Bean shaped hole in them. The Hobbit is set about 78 years before The Fellowship Of The Ring, but maybe Ecthelion II looks quite like his grandson. And maybe, what with it being a Fantasy film, Ecthelion II can somehow have an even more spectacular death than his son. Who can have a baby with Sean Bean's face. I'm fairly sure Weta could »
Brooding Robert Pattinson: Cosmopolis Poster
22 March 2012 10:38 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Cosmopolis poster: brooding Robert Pattinson The classy Cosmopolis teaser trailer was posted online last night. Now comes the classy Cosmopolis poster. Both center on star Robert Pattinson in the role of Eric Packer, a multi-billionaire having a really difficult day. [Watch Cosmopolis teaser trailer. See Robert Pattinson covered in pie cream.] Veteran director David Cronenberg helmed Cosmopolis, in addition to co-writing the screenplay with Don DeLillo, author of the original novel. A highly likely Cannes Film Festival entry (Cosmopolis opens in France on May 23, a week after the festival opens), Cronenberg's latest also features A Dangerous Method's Sarah Gadon, The English Patient / Chocolat's Juliette Binoche, Rock of Ages / Win Win's Paul Giamatti, Minority Report / In America's Samantha Morton, I Am Number Four / Real Steel's Kevin Durand, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly / Quantum of Solace's Mathieu Amalric, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice / She's Out of My League's Jay Baruchel, Good Neighbors / The Trotsky's Emily Hampshire, »
- Zac Gille
Simon Moore's Desert Island Collection
27 February 2012 1:01 PM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Simon Moore presents his Desert Island Collection...
Movies
1. Withnail & I - the perfect mix of comedy, pathos and uniquely quotable dialogue.
2. The Princess Bride - everything that's funny and beautiful about fantasy fiction.
3. Porco Rosso - Miyazaki's midlife crisis masterpiece, with Michael Keaton as a flying pig. Yes.
4. Monkey Business - probably the Marx Brothers' purest distillation of slapstick insanity.
5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - the greatest Western ever made? Who the hell cares, I love the ambition, the danger and the hilarity of gunfighters on a gold rush.
6. The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler writes, Bogart & Bacall sizzle. Unbeatable film noir.
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - it's a musical with fistfights instead of songs. How do you resist?
8. From Russia with Love - Connery in his prime.
9. Young Frankenstein - artful comedy in every sense.
10. Rocky - the film by which all others are now measured in some degree. »
- flickeringmyth
Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #1 – Columbo
23 January 2012 6:35 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Peter Falk's dogged detective was an expert in the thing that matters: the human condition
The only way to start a blog about TV detectives is with Columbo. He remains the iconic police detective of the 20th century, and that's because of several important things. Firstly, Columbo retrieves the credibility of the police detective, after a spate of amateur detectives had rendered the police useless. Why do you need Japp when you have Poirot, or Lestrade when you have Holmes? For the paperwork, mainly.
But Columbo brings us back to the idea that the best person to solve a crime isn't a charming amateur, it's the detective in charge of the case. He plays low-status, even when he's up against a murderer. He wears a beaten-up raincoat, and under it, he's usually wearing a suit in a colour somewhere between brown and pink, which only existed in the 70s. »
- Natalie Haynes
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