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Joe Pantoliano Stole Clothes To Get High
24 May 2012 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Former The Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano has confessed he was once hooked on the high he would get from stealing clothes from posh department stores.
The actor, who has struggled with depression and eating disorders, admits his shoplifting habit was something that gave him an awful lot of joy.
Appearing on Access Hollywood Live on Thursday to promote his memoir Asylum, Pantoliano said, "I got into dressing up, and when I couldn't afford the clothes I wanted, I started stealing the clothes.
"That was a tremendous high - to walk out of Barney's and you've got this stuff on you and you make it."
But he has turned his back on all his vices and troubles thanks to meditation and medication.
The actor added, "I do the 12-step programme every day, I do yoga, I meditate, I breathe. I take a minuscule amount of medication."
And, now he's clear, he's keen to become the poster boy for mental disease: "We want to take the discussion of mental disease and make it cool and trendy. Erectile dysfunction is cool and trendy." »
Joe Pantoliano Opens Up About Depression Battle
2 May 2012 12:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano has opened up about his battle with depression, revealing he once took up to 20 prescription pain pills a day to stabilise his mood.
The 60 year old had a challenging childhood - he was dyslexic, obese and bullied at school - and his mother Mary left his father Dominic for her third cousin, crime family associate Florio Isabella.
He admits his past took its toll after a close friend committed suicide, and the actor began self-medicating with alcohol, sex, and prescription drugs, at one point swallowing more than two dozen Vicodin pills a day.
Pantoliano finally sought professional help and was diagnosed with clinical depression in 2007.
He tells the New York Daily News, "What I was going through, depression, is such an insidious disease because it just stops you. It sneaks up on you and you don't really know. And that can vary in conditions."
The Matrix actor later went into recovery and quit drinking, and Pantoliano admits he's now doing much better.
He continues, "It's not a daily struggle. I do the 12-step (treatment) programme diligently... it's as simple as... asking for help and seeking treatment and becoming even a greater member of society." »
‘Bound’: Lesbians in the labyrinth
25 April 2012 3:53 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by: The Wachowski Brothers
Written by: The Wachowski Brothers
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon
Genre: Thriller
Year: 1996
Bound is a perfect distillation of 90’s cinema, a bygone era when indie filmmakers and screenwriters, clamoring to capture the cinematic zeitgeist, found themselves backed into corners and forced to write their way out.
The Wachowski Brothers cut their legacy with 1999’s The Matrix and will probably be known for that film until movies cease to exist. It’s a fair legacy to have, one which any filmmaker would gladly wish for. But Bound, in its taut screenplay and tight stylistic flourishes, seems a greater representation of their skill, exhibiting a fondness for dirty noir atmosphere and fetishized technology that the first Matrix reveled in and that was missing from the later two movies.
In the cramped corners of a Chicago apartment complex, lesbian ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) renovates the dwelling »
- Shane Ramirez
Tribeca 2012: Events Preview
18 April 2012 11:12 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Yesterday I posted a Preview of some of our most anticipated films at this year.s Tribeca Film Festival. Since there are a lot of other things going on besides movie screenings, I thought I.d share with you some of the coolest events also taking place as part of Tff. Unfortunately I will be unable to attend nearly all of these events but hopefully some of you will be able to check them out!
100 Years of Universal
In celebration of 100 years of Universal Pictures, join us for a conversation with iconic actors and directors Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Judd Apatow as they share their favorite moments and memories from Universal.s extraordinary history. Moderated by Film Editor for Deadline Hollywood Mike Fleming.
****This event will be streamed for Free at TribecaFilm.com today at 3 Pm! ***
Meet The Filmmakers At Apple
The SoHo and 14 St. Apple stores will »
- Jerry Cavallaro
Tribeca 2012: Tribeca Drive-In Returns with Jaws and The Goonies
23 March 2012 10:28 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
The free community activities taking place during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival have been announced, including one of the most popular components of the annual event: the Tribeca Drive-In. This year two of the films being screened are beloved genre classics.
Tribeca Drive-In, co-sponsored by JetBlue and Time Warner Cable, hosted by Brookfield Office Properties, and supported by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, offers cinema under the stars at the World Financial Center, where families and movie lovers of all ages are welcome. Each night's programming includes film-inspired activities and live music courtesy of the New York Downtown Jazz Festival beginning at 6:00 pm (which is also when the doors open), with the screenings starting at dusk, or approximately 8:15 pm. The Drive-In is open to the public, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. (Leave your car at home! »
- The Woman In Black
I know I'm supposed to be outraged by the idea of a 'Midnight Run' sequel, but I'm not
22 March 2012 8:12 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
So Brett Ratner is plotting a sequel to Midnight Run. The beloved 1988 buddy comedy starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin is one of those perfect movies with a screenplay (by George Gallo) that is structurally flawless; a deep and inspired cast that includes Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, and Yaphet Kotto; and lighting-in-a-bottle chemistry between the two leads, who play a bounty hunter (De Niro) tasked with tracking down the Duke, an embezzling accountant (Grodin) wanted by the feds and the mob. De Niro had played funny before — in Scorsese’s The King of Comedy — but his Jack Walsh was a revelation at the time. »
- Jeff Labrecque
Is Brett Ratner In For A ‘Midnight Run’?
22 March 2012 5:45 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
For myself, Martin Brest’s Midnight Run is the greatest buddy action-comedy ever made. The pairing of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin was perfect for the 1988 film, that saw DeNiro’s grumpy bounty hunter Jack Walsh, on the hunt for Grodin’s ‘The Duke’, just so he can ‘get out of the miserable fucking business forever‘. Along with a superb quotable script from George Gallo and a supporting cast that included Joe Pantoliano, Dennis Farina, Phillip Baker Hall, John Ashton and Yaphett Kotto, Midnight Run really is an absolute classic.
Last year in an interview, De Niro hinted that a sequel was in the works which will see Walsh finally back on the big-screen for another Midnight Run. Now word is Rush Hour director Brett Ratner is being tapped by Universal, to helm the sequel that has a script currently being written by David Elliot and Paul Lovett. De »
- Craig Hunter
Memento Timeline Infographic
11 March 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | Film-Book | See recent Film-Book news »
Memento Timeline Infographic. The Memento (2000) Timeline Infographic explains the multiple plot lines of the film if the viewer was having a problem understanding. Memento “chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time.”
The Memento infographic poster:
Memento Infographic
More on Memento (with spoilers):
Memento is a 2000 American psychological thriller and neo-noir film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his younger brother Jonathan’s short story, Memento Mori. It stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with anterograde amnesia, which impairs his ability to store new explicit memories. During the opening credits, which portray the end of the story, it is shown that Leonard »
- R.W.
Special Features - The Greatest Action Movie Douchebags
2 March 2012 6:42 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Tom Jolliffe presents a selection of the action genre's greatest douchebags...
Cinema has created many wonderful characters over the years. We’ve had classic heroes, and the most heinous of villains. Heroes and villains are particularly paramount in the action genre. There’s also another type of character: The Douchebag. These would be the whiny, sniveling, low down, dirty weasels who at some point try to screw over the hero but normally come unstuck. Often they’re not the main villain because they’re too slimy and weasily, without enough determination to get done what a full-on evil-doer will.
Here is a list of classic action movie douchebags, in no particular order...
The Die Hard Douchebags
Die Hard remains one of the best action films ever. It’s a template by which many subsequent films have molded themselves on, but without ever matching the quality of this benchmark. Die Hard »
- flickeringmyth
DVD Release: Loosies
28 February 2012 12:27 PM, PST | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2012
Price: DVD $24.98
Studio: IFC
Peter Facinelli and Jaimie Alexander take it to the streets in Loosies.
The comedy-drama-romance hybrid Loosies stars Peter Facinelli (the Twilight series), who also wrote the film’s screenplay.
Facinelli plays Bobby, a skilled New York City pickpocket passing himself off as a stockbroker. Bobby has done well in his illicit work, but he tempts fate when he lifts the badge of a NYC detective (Michael Madsen, The Brazen Bull). Becoming the target of a citywide search, Bobby goes on the run when he encounters Lucy (Jaimie Alexander, Thor), a woman he once had a one-night stand with and who is now carrying his child. Suddenly faced with the responsibilities of parenthood, Bobby must re-evaluate his life of crime and decide if he can ever settle down. Meanwhile both the cops and Bobby’s irate fence Jax (Vincent Gallo, Tetro) begin to close in from all sides. »
- Laurence
'Star Wars,' 'Safe House,' More: Double Feature Friday!
10 February 2012 11:18 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
If one movie a night is never enough for you and you're looking for a flick to get you in the mood for this week's new release, Double Feature Friday is here to help. This new weekly column takes a look at the week's releases and pairs them with a complimentary film to watch before, after or as a substitution.
"Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in 3D" & "Serenity"
The connection between these two goes deeper than their deep space setting. Joss Whedon filled the big-screen continuation of his television space opera, "Firefly," with the fun and swagger of their original "Star Wars" trilogy, while creating a vision that was entirely his own. Sure, Mal burrows from Han, but that doesn't make Nathan Fillion an ounce less likable or cool. You could easily argue that "Firefly" and "Serenity" were more earnest continuations of the space opera/western combo-genre »
- Kevin P. Sullivan
Films To Watch Before You Die #55 - Bad Boys (1995)
28 January 2012 10:53 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die...
Bad Boys, 1995.
Directed by Michael Bay.
Starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni, Joe Pantoliano and Theresa Randle.
Bad Boys is the directorial debut of Michael Bay and since the majority of his films have the same shots recycled over and over again maybe it’s the only one of his films with any visual originality, but is great fun nonetheless.
The film is an action comedy that sees Miami cops Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) and Mike Lowry (Smith) trying to uncover $100 million of heroin stolen from a police vault. The seized drugs need to be recovered within five days or Internal Affairs warn that the narcotics division of the Miami-Dade Police Force will be shut down. When escort Max is hired for a party and takes along her flat mate Julie (Leoni) what »
- flickeringmyth
Films To Watch Before You Die #53 - The Matrix (1999)
25 January 2012 7:37 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die...
The Matrix, 1999.
Directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano.
The Matrix is one of the most iconic films in the modern era and itself draws on iconic films and genres of the passed such as Spaghetti Westerns, Hong Kong cinema, dystopian fiction and Japanese animation. The film references several subcultures including cyberpunk and hacking as well as touching upon religion and philosophy.
The Matrix follows Thomas Anderson (Reeves), whose computer name is Neo, as the truth of the world in which he lives is made clear to him by Morpheus (Fishburne). It is revealed that the world in which Neo has been living is in fact a simulated reality that sentient machines have created in order to harvest energy from the humans that they farm. »
- flickeringmyth
The Frank Sinatra I Never Knew
19 January 2012 9:00 AM, PST | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Everett Frank Sinatra in “Higher and Higher,” 1943.
My new novel “Narrows Gate” is set in the years preceding and immediately following World War II. The town of Narrows Gate, with its waterfront piers, factories and urban grit, sits in the shadow of New York City. It’s a fictional version of Hoboken, New Jersey, where I was born and raised.
You’d be right if you guessed that “Narrows Gate” includes a skinny young blue-eyed Italian-American crooner who rises from »
- Jim Fusilli
Loosies Movie Review
12 January 2012 10:36 AM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Title: Loosies Directed By: Michael Corrente Starring: Peter Facinelli, Jaimie Alexander, Vincent Gallo, Michael Madsen, Joe Pantoliano, William Forsythe, Marianne Leone Having never watched Nurse Jackie, for the past few years, Peter Facinelli has been Carlisle Cullen and Carlisle Cullen alone. However, thanks to Facinelli’s itch to write, we get Loosies and even though Facinelli’s writing is average, it really shows he’s an incredibly talented actor. He seems to have some ability in the writing department, but now I’m more excited for The Twilight Saga to come to a close so Facinelli can sink his teeth into some meatier roles. Bobby (Facinelli) may look like a stockbroker, but the suit »
- Perri Nemiroff
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