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13 items from 2011
Mindy Newell: Happy Christmas! Merry Chanukah! And Festivus For The Rest Of Us!
19 December 2011 5:00 AM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
As a nice Jewish girl, I’ve always loved Christmas and Chanukah and Festivus for the rest of us.
We lived on a “not quite” cul-de-sac that had an island in the middle of the street. On that island was a huge old fir tree, and every holiday season all the “cul-de-sac’ers” would decorate it for Christmas. Yep, it was “National Brotherhood Week” on Hodges Place – I always wondered if the street was named for Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers. I doubt it – this was on Staten Island, not Brooklyn – but it would make a nice story, wouldn’t it?
Anyway, my brother and I didn’t feel cheated in mid-December – like every snotty, young, selfish Jewish kid, Chanukah meant eight days of presents. And latkes ; potato pancakes for the uninitiated. But truth to tell, we also thought the story of the oil in the Temple miraculously burning »
- Mindy Newell
The Mod Quad: Hickey & Boggs, The Incredible Melting Man, A Quiet Place in the Country, The Revolutionary
21 November 2011 4:42 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Mod, or manufacturing on demand, means studios and labels don’t have to press the DVD until you order it. MGM’s Limited Edition Collection and the Warner Archive Collection are the two big names in the Mod game right now, and each month they make dozens of titles available on DVD for the very first time. And The Mod Quad will take a look at as many of them as we can handle on a semi-irregular basis. Which will probably average out to some number divisible by four. Highlights this installment include Hickey & Boggs, The Incredible Melting Man, A Quiet Place in the Country, and the very timely student protest flick, The Revolutionary. * The discs are manufactured using the best source materials available and they’re strictly no-frills affairs, so the quality varies between releases. But remember, in many cases this may be the only opportunity to own these titles on DVD. Hickey »
- Rob Hunter
Another 80's Cheese-Fest: The Stuff (1985) Review
21 November 2011 4:39 PM, PST | Horrorbid | See recent Horrorbid news »
The Stuff (1985) is a..."Horror" movie, sort of. Written and Directed by Larry Cohen, starring (unbelievably) Danny Aiello, (no freakin' way) Paul Sorvino, Michael Moriarty, Garrett Morris, and Andrea Marcovicci. Alright, I'll start this review by stating the following: This movie is both completely fucking retarded, and hilarious lol. I can't tell if that makes it great or terrible. Yet somehow, it still managed to scare me/bother me as a kid… »
'Pick Me Up' -- Masters of Horror Episode Review
25 October 2011 9:03 PM, PDT | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »
by Emir Husain, MoreHorror.com
When I first heard about Showtime’s Dexter, the series reminded me of director Larry Cohen’s Pick Me Up (2006), the eleventh episode of Masters of Horror (an anthology series featuring the original works of horror writers and directors, by Showtime again). Admittedly, I’ve never watched Dexter, and haven’t read any of the associated novels. No matter, the contrast between its concept and that of Pick Me Up is as sharp as any horror-thriller knife.
The Cohen-esque imaging, for its part, doesn’t envisage a “good” serial killer tracking, only death-deserving baddies. Tout au contraire, it visualizes recreational murderers fighting over their innocent human quarry--amid equal-opportunity killers taking their grisly pleasure with all and sundry.
A novel idea of its own, to be sure, even if more realistic (frighteningly), but certainly not one romanticizing homicidal maniacs, or letting us off the hook for it. »
- admin
Quick Shooter: A Clint Eastwood Profile (Part 3)
11 October 2011 11:41 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood in the third of a five-part feature (read parts one and two)...
“You’ve got to keep stretching out and trying other stuff,” observed actor and director Clint Eastwood. “I could have chosen a lot of scripts that were different than Bronco Billy [1980], that were less of a challenge but it was worth trying.” The native of San Francisco, California explains, “It’s about the American Dream, and Billy’s dream that he fought so hard for. It’s all the context of this outdated Wild West show that has absolutely no chance of being a hit. But it’s sweet. It’s pure.” The subject matter resembles the work of two legendary Hollywood filmmakers. “My first thought was that Frank Capra [It’s a Wonderful Life] or Preston Sturges [Sullivan’s Travels] might have done it in their heyday. It has some values that were interesting to »
- flickeringmyth
The Top Ten Baseball Movies of All-Time
19 September 2011 10:35 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Moneyball is one of the year's most anticipated films and it will be hitting theaters this Friday. Starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's who lead a team of castoffs to the American League playoffs back in 2003, the film is based on Michael Lewis' ("The Blind Side") bestselling book of the same name, and has been mentioned for awards season kudos.
The film debuted in Toronto at the beginning of this month where it didn't cement it as the Oscar frontrunner, but it didn't knock it out of contention either. Most of the reviews coming out of the festival were positive to glowing including Brad's take on the film (read that here) when he saw it on the first day of the fest.
Hollywood hasn't made that many baseball movies over the years but the ones they have made have often been terrific. Here, »
- Bill Cody
Whatever Happened To Michael Moriarty?
7 August 2011 3:48 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
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By Harvey F. Chartrand
Michael Moriarty, who starred in such classic films as Who’ll Stop the Rain and Pale Rider, exiled himself to Canada in 1995, following a nasty confrontation with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno in a Washington, D.C. hotel room. Moriarty was invited along with network television executives and producers to hear Reno’s views on censorship of TV violence. Law and Order, one of the least violent shows on television, was cited as a major offender. Incensed by Reno's campaign to “forcibly end violence on television and trample on rights of free expression as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution,” Moriarty quit the series and left the U.S. in protest. He has been a landed immigrant in Canada ever since. Why the fateful encounter with Reno led to a radical (and seemingly overnight) transformation of Moriarty’s »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Cinema’s 10 most underrated monsters
4 July 2011 5:59 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
They’re sometimes furry, sometimes scary, and always angry. Here’s our list of cinema’s 10 most underrated monsters…
King Kong. Godzilla. The terrifying creature out of Alien. They’re all household names. They’re the superstars of the monster world, hogging the limelight while their less charismatic brethren languish in obscurity.
To redress the balance a little, we’ve compiled a list of a few cinematic monsters that deserve more attention. And given that movie monsters are always being shot, stabbed and set on fire by square jawed heroes, it’s fair to say that even the rubberiest, most shambling ones deserve a little bit of love, so if there are any you think we’ve forgotten, feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments.
Q: The Winged Serpent
Larry Cohen’s largely forgotten 1982 creature feature is a genuine trash classic, with some great stop-motion effects and memorable performances from Michael Moriarty, »
DVD Playhouse--June 2011
10 June 2011 10:53 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse June 2011
By
Allen Gardner
Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion) Robert Aldrich’s 1955 reinvention of the film noir detective story is one of cinema’s great genre mash-ups: part hardboiled noir; part cold war paranoid thriller; and part science- fiction. Ralph Meeker plays Mickey Spillane’s fascist detective Mike Hammer as a narcissistic simian thug, a sadist who would rather smash a suspect’s fingers than make love to the bevvy of beautiful dames that cross his path. In fact, the only time you see a smile cross Meeker’s sneering mug is when he’s doling out pain, with a vengeance. When a terrified young woman (Cloris Leachman, film debut) literally crossed Hammer’s path one night, and later turns up dead, he vows to get to the bottom of her brutal demise. One of the most influential films ever made, and perhaps the most-cited film by the architects »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
‘Two and a Half Men’ Creator Has ‘Fabulous’ Idea to Get Rid of Charlie Sheen’s Character
18 May 2011 1:30 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Call in the mind readers. It’s confirmed: Chuck Lorre has “cooked up something fabulous” to get rid of Charlie Sheen’s character on “Two and a Half Men” and replace Charlie Harper with a new character played by Ashton Kutcher, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler told reporters on Wednesday.
But no one but Mr. Lorre knows exactly how the switcheroo will work. From Dick Wolf killing off “Law & Order” star Michael Moriarty to Marc Cherry’s graphic disposal of Nicollette Sheridan on “Desperate Housewives, »
- Amy Chozick
Top 10 goo-filled films to make you shudder
28 March 2011 7:41 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Melting astronauts! Sentient ooze! We celebrate cinema’s most memorable goo-filled films…
Some directors use Ky Jelly, others employ hair gel, or in one memorable instance, gallons of shaving cream. The techniques used to create them vary, but cinema history is full of gloopy, ickily-runny special effects that will either have you laughing incredulously or feeling thoroughly queasy.
Here’s a list of ten films that feature some memorably gelatinous moments…
If you want a film filled with goo, look no further than The Blob. Steve McQueen starred in the 1958 original, which saw a gigantic globule of alien strawberry compote terrorise a small town in America. Schlocky B-movie fun, fans of gore will find even more to enjoy in the 1988 remake, which retains the same basic plot while upping the body horror aspects considerably.
Drawing inspiration from Rob Bottin’s effects in The Thing six years earlier, the »
Gerard Butler to star in Surf Film called Mavericks
11 February 2011 2:47 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Looks like we've got a new surf film going into production. The movie is called Mavericks and Gerard Butler (300) is set to star in it. This is exciteing for me because I love surfing. The movie is based on a true story in which Butler will play Rick "Frosty" Hesson the man who trained Jay Moriarty to surf the incredibly huge waves at the treacherous Northern California surf break known as Mavericks. Moriarty is a freakin' big wave legend amoung surfers. Unfortuntely he died in 2001 from a free-diving accident a day before he turned 23 years old. I think it's awesome that a movie is being made that celebrates his life.
The movie is set to be directed Curtis Hanson is set to direct from a script by Kario Salem and Brandon Hooper. Hanson is currently on the hunt for a young actor to play Moriarity. The film is scheduled to start shooting in October. »
- Venkman
David Thomson on James Franco
10 February 2011 4:00 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Time magazine has already called James Franco "the coolest guy alive", and the evidence piles up until you wonder: is that "evidence" or hype? Is he running a little too fast? Yes, in a few weeks' time he will be presenting the Academy awards show, along with Anne Hathaway, in the clearest sign yet that Oscar will do anything to get young viewers. And yes, he will be up for an Oscar himself for his performance in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, where his character has to hack off an arm to get out of a tight squeeze in a Utah canyon. And no, people have not run to see that film.
And yes, this is the James Franco who plays support in the Spider-Man franchise. Yes again, last year he had a collection of short stories published by Scribner, and it would take a bold literary critic to say that »
- David Thomson
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