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Cannes Film Review: ‘Nebraska’
2 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After making side trips to California’s Central Coast and Hawaii (for “Sideways” and “The Descendants,” respectively), Alexander Payne returns to his home state of Nebraska for his sixth directorial feature, a wistful ode to small-town Midwestern life and the quixotic dreams of stubborn old men. Sporting a career-crowning performance by Bruce Dern and a thoroughly impressive dramatic turn by “SNL”/“30 Rock” alum Will Forte, Payne’s first film based on another writer’s original screenplay (by debut feature scribe Bob Nelson) nevertheless fits nicely alongside his other low-concept, finely etched studies of flawed characters stuck in life’s well-worn grooves. Black-and-white lensing and lack of a Clooney-sized star portend less than “Descendants”-sized business, but critical hosannas and awards buzz should mean solid prestige success for this November Paramount release.
Just as “The Last Picture Show” was a movie made in the 1970s about the end of ’50s-era innocence, »
- Scott Foundas
Nebraska: four stars for Alexander Payne's latest
3 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Alexander Payne's bittersweet road movie, which finds Bruce Dern in terrific form, blends hard truths with a soft heart
After the glossy and faintly implausible Oscar-bait picture, The Descendants, director Alexander Payne has returned to a more natural and personal movie language for his new film in the Cannes competition. Nebraska is a bittersweet road movie starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte as Woody and David, an elderly father and middle-aged son taking an uncomfortable road trip together. Their story is laced with pathos, comedy and regret, recalling the classic indie cinema of Hal Ashby and Bob Rafelson. It is shot, with almost Amish austerity in monochrome, which gives a wintry, end-of-the-world drear to that homely roadside Americana that Payne loves to pick out with his camera.
Nebraska may not be startlingly new, and sometimes we can see the epiphanies looming up over the distant horizon; the tone is, »
- Peter Bradshaw
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Season Two Debuts July 12th
20 May 2013 6:00 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
IFC has announced that the second season of Comedy Bang! Bang! will kick off on Friday, July 12th. They've ordered 20 new episodes and have numerous guest stars booked.
Here's a press release with the details:
Comedy Bang! Bang! Returns With Guest Stars…
Jessica Alba… Aziz Ansari… David Cross… Jim Gaffigan…
Zach Galifianakis… Bill Hader…Pee-wee Herman…
Gillian Jacobs... Rashida Jones…Anna Kendrick… Andy Richter…
Zoe Saldana… Andy Samberg… Jason Schwartzman…
Sarah Silverman… Cobie Smulders… Casey Wilson
Second Season with Host Scott Aukerman and Musical Cohort Reggie Watts Premieres with 20 All New Episodes Starting Friday, July 12
Appearances by Selma Blair, Andy Daly, Will Forte, Chris Hardwick, Nick Kroll, Thomas Lennon, Jack McBrayer, Christopher Meloni, Bobby Moynihan, Bob Odenkirk, Jordan Peele, Horatio Sanz, Kristen Schaal, »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Breaking Bad Season 5 To Possibly Do New Spinoff Show After Summer 2013 Finale
18 May 2013 12:35 PM, PDT | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
Breaking Bad season 5 to possibly do new spinoff show after Summer 2013 finale. According to a recent report from Deadline,the AMC Breaking Bad peeps are currently eyeing a new spin-off show after they wrap things up with season 5 this Summer 2013. The show will reportedly revolve around the Saul Goodman character, played by Bob Odenkirk. During the time of their announcement, there were no deals struck yet as the project is currently in its early stages. The new show is being conceived by Breaking Bad creator ,Vince Gilligan, and series writer/producer ,Peter Gould, who was responsible for putting the Saul character together for a Season 2 episode. Since Saul delivers a very comical presence to the show, they're looking to make this new spin off gig a comedy flick,which could be either an hour or half-hour show. It's also reported that the new spin-off show had been contemplated for quite a while, »
- Eric
Cannes 2013: New Images from Behind The Candelabra, Nebraska, The Immigrant, and As I Lay Dying
15 May 2013 11:19 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The 2013 Cannes Film Festival begins today, and new images have been released for these movies in the fest's line-up: Behind the Candelabra – Directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, and Debbie Reynolds. Nebraska – Directed by Alexander Payne, starring Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach, and Bob Odenkirk. The Immigrant – Directed by James Gray, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, and Jeremy Renner. As I Lay Dying – Directed and starring James Franco, co-starring Tim Blake Nelson, Logan Marshall-Green, and Danny McBride. Hit the jump for the images and synopses. The 2013 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 15 - May 26th. Here's the synopsis for Behind the Candelabra: Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. Liberace lived lavishly and embraced a lifestyle of excess both on and off stage. In summer »
- Matt Goldberg
First Clip from Alexander Payne’s Nebraska with Bruce Dern & Will Forte
15 May 2013 8:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Following 2011’s Oscar-winning The Descendants, Alexander Payne is bound for Cannes this month with his latest film, Nebraska.
The film is screening In Competition at Cannes, alongside the likes of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives, the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, James Gray’s The Immigrant, and a slew of other anticipated titles. And we can’t wait to hear the first reviews from the festival. Smart money says that Nebraska is going to be a strong contender come Oscar season this year.
With its premiere out in France just a few days away, the festival has debuted the first clip from the film, giving us a look at Payne’s family drama/comedy.
A poor old man living in Montana escapes repeatedly from his house to go to Nebraska to collect a sweepstakes prize he thinks he has won. Frustrated by his increasing dementia, his family debates »
- Kenji Lloyd
Happy Twentieth Anniversary, Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker
8 May 2013 12:15 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Once upon a time, Chris Farley was known for his pratfalls, Phil Hartman was holding down most of the dad roles on SNL, and Christina Applegate was midway through her tenure on Married with Children. Twenty years ago today, that combined into a sketch about a motivational speaker named Matt Foley, who lived in a van down by the river.Foley started out as a character at Second City — created by Bob Odenkirk, but performed by Chris Farley. Eventually, the character made eight appearances on SNL. This first one is a personal favorite, though, not only because of David Spade and Applegate getting the giggles (corpsing makes me laugh!), but also because this is how I learned what a "doobie" was. Farley gives the character a surprisingly menacing quality; Matt Foley's not just a big weirdo — he seems like he could actually be dangerous. There's also the stiltedness of the »
- Margaret Lyons
First Still From Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
7 May 2013 6:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
I’m a huge fan of Alexander Payne’s satirical and biting output, particularly Election, Sideways and About Schmidt, so I’m extremely looking forward to his upcoming Nebraska. The film is writer/director Payne’s first effort since the Oscar-nominated hit The Descendants and follows an alcoholic father (Bruce Dern) who decides to take a road trip from his home in Montana to Nebraska, all to collect what he believes to be a million dollar prize. Bringing his estranged son (Will Forte) along for the ride.
Payne shot the entire the entire picture in black and white, while on location through the Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota highways.
The film will premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival later this month and will hit Us cinemas from 22nd November, while a UK is still to be confirmed. Check out this first still for the film co-starring Bob Odenkirk, »
- Craig Hunter
Tobey Maguire and Kristen Wiig to play siblings who want to bang in new Will Ferrell series
30 April 2013 10:47 AM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
In March, IFC announced a couple of new comedy series, one a sketch show from La comedy troupe The Birthday Boys and Bob Odenkirk, and the other a melodramatic mini-series from Funny Or Die called The Spoils Of Babylon. The latter is a six-episode Thorn Birds-esque story about the oil-rich Morehouse family, the names of whom are starting to be revealed: Tobey Maguire will play Devon Morehouse, the adopted son of patriarch Jonas Morehouse, and Kristen Wiig will play the magnate’s daughter, Cynthia. Also: The two of them want to bang. Deadline reports the two (non-biological) siblings run »
10 non-blockbuster films we’re looking forward to this summer
29 April 2013 4:43 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Octavia Spencer in Fruitvale Station
The summer season has, over the past few decades, become synonymous with movie blockbuster season, as studios have found the months of May to August to contain the most profitable release dates for big-budget tentpole features, leading to the summer of recent years being filled with superhero films, big budget CGI features, and other tentpole movies that draw in huge crowds. This year is no different, as Marvel’s Iron Man 3 is set to kick off the summer movie season as May rolls around. However, this doesn’t mean non-blockbuster features don’t make their way to theatres during this time, and for those looking for smaller features, there are plenty of viewing options. Here are ten of our most anticipated non-blockbuster features set to be released over the next few months.
Author’s note: All films were selected based on their release date in American theatres. »
- Deepayan Sengupta
Alexander Payne's 'Nebraska' Gets Ready For Oscar With Fall Release Date Set
27 April 2013 7:45 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
One of the surprise inclusions in this year's Cannes Film Festival lineup, Alexander Payne's "Nebraska," is a low-key movie that could be making some big waves. And certainly, Paramount is hoping they've got a contender on their hands. The studio has slated "Nebraska" for a November 22nd limited release, putting it right into the heart of Oscar season. Led by the unlikely duo of Bruce Dern and Will Forte, the story follows an aging, booze-addled father (Dern) who makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son (Forte) in order to claim a million dollar Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes prize. Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach and Devin Ratray round out the cast. And certainly, Payne is an awards season force, with every film since "Election" getting nominations of some kind, so "Nebraska" is one that prognosticators will be putting on the predictions lists early in the game. But of course, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
'21 Jump Street 2' Set for June 2014 + 'Nebraska' for November 2013
26 April 2013 6:28 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Briefly: New release dates have been set by Hollywood studios for a number of upcoming films. Though we first heard hints at CinemaCon last week about 21 Jump Street 2 getting a 2014 release, Sony Pictures has now officially set a June 6th, 2014 summer release. In addition, they scheduled their other sequel Think Like A Man Too on June 20th, 2014; and the Jason Segel/Cameron Diaz comedy Sex Tape for July 2nd, 2014, to round out their summer after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 kick things off in early May. Paramount also scheduled a few of their movies including Alexander Payne's next film Nebraska for later in the season. The updated release date reports are from Deadline, where they've also learned that Paramount Pictures has finally set an initial release date for Nebraska, the upcoming B&W Alexander Payne (who won Oscars for The Descendants and Sideways) film starring Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach and Bob Odenkirk. »
- Alex Billington
Blu-ray, DVD Release: Movie 43
25 April 2013 9:55 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 18, 2013
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Movie 43 might have the distinction of featuring the most movie stars in a film that’s not a documentary about Hollywood.
The comedy stars Hugh Jackman (Real Steel), Justin Long (Going the Distance), Dennis Quaid (The Words), Greg Kinnear (The Kennedys), Emma Stone (Gangster Squad), Kate Winslet (Contagion), Liev Schreiber (Salt), Naomi Watts (Fair Game), Anna Faris (What’s Your Number?), Gerard Butler (Playing For Keeps), Halle Berry (Cloud Atlas), Terrence Howard (The Ledge), Elizabeth Banks (The Next Three Days), Richard Gere (Arbitrage), Kate Bosworth (Straw Dogs), Kristen Bell (Big Miracle), Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses), Josh Duhamel (Life As We Know It), Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction) … Phew!
Rated R, Movie 43 tells a series of interconnected stories about a washed-up producer pitching insane story ideas all over Hollywood. Bob Odenkirk (TV’s Breaking Bad) took overall directing duties, »
- Sam
Ebertfest 2013: Day 4 looks at mythology and the difficult road to self-knowledge
21 April 2013 7:48 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
After a late day three (the Q&A didn’t get out until about midnight), many of the attendees to Ebertfest, myself included, were a bit on the sluggish side this morning. The first screening was set for 11am, which hardly seems early on paper, but for anyone catching up with friends at the festival or, in my case, writing up articles into the wee hours, 11am came a bit too soon. Honestly, many of us probably were not in a particularly good headspace to approach our first screening of the day, the silent, black and white film Blancanieves.
Fortunately, as can happen at Ebertfest, we were treated to a surprise when, rather than starting with the customary introduction to the first film, Chaz Ebert came on stage and announced that, inspired by Tilda Swinton, we were kicking things off with some dancing in the aisles. Barry White’s “My First, »
- Kate Kulzick
Networks Take the Easy Route With Overload of Spinoff Prospects
19 April 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
It’s time to uproot TV’s overgrown garden of planted spinoffs. Enough already.
(From the pages of the April 16 issue of Variety.)
The major nets are going overboard in efforts to squeeze new shows out of existing skeins with very special backdoor pilot episodes. Sure, it’s an economical way to float a trial balloon for a prospective new series. But viewers aren’t stupid, or patient at a time when savvy critics like Hitfix’s Alan Sepinwall are asking philosophical questions about the limits of space and time when it comes to viewing options. “How much good TV is too much?” he posited in an April 11 post.
“Chicago Fire” has done an admirable job for NBC this year in the Wednesday 10 p.m. slot with not much to speak of as a lead-in. But the show is averaging a 1.6 demo rating. With all due respect to Chicago’s hunkiest, »
- Cynthia Littleton
Ben Stiller replacing Tim Burton as 'Pinocchio' director, says Robert Downey Jr.
19 April 2013 8:28 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Ben Stiller will step in to direct "Pinocchio," in place of Tim Burton, according to the film's probable star, Robert Downey Jr.
While doing international press to promote his May 3 release, "Iron Man 3," Downey spilled the beans to film journalists who still believed Burton to be attached to the project.
"I want to make Pinocchio as a live action film and not resorting to animation," says Downey in an English to Italian and back again translation provided by Bleeding Cool. "I would like to do with Ben Stiller ... I'd like it to be shot as much as possible in Italy, I think it is also a matter of consistency."
The latest news on the Warner Bros. film, to which Downey is only loosely attached at this point, was that a rewrite was being handed by Jane Goldman, of "Stardust" and "Kick-Ass" fame. The film is set to star Downey as Gepetto, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, HBO's 'Behind the Candelabra' in 2013 Cannes Film Festival competition
18 April 2013 8:45 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
New films starring Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, Matt Damon, Joaquin Phoenix and Will Forte made the official competition cut for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
The 66th annual edition of the celebrated international fest is unusually heavy on American and English language productions this year, which should keep the paparazzi as busy as the cineastes.
Gosling reteams with "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn for the Thai boxing drama "Only God Forgives," also starring Kristin Scott-Thomas. A new trailer and poster also arrived today to tease the mysterious and reportedly ultra-violent film.
Damon co-headlines Steven Soderbergh's Liberace bio-pic "Behind the Candelabra" with Michael Douglas as the famed flamboyant piano man. The film was made for HBO and is expected to be a prime Emmy contender. Qualifying for the prestigious Cannes competition lineup only bolsters the movie's status. The only other HBO film to ever play in competition at Cannes was 2004's »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Cannes Film Festival unveils Line-Up, Led by Only God Forgives, Inside Llewyn Davis & Nebraska
18 April 2013 3:01 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
With less than a month to go before the festival kicks off out in France, the official line-up has finally been unveiled for this year’s 66th Cannes Film Festival.
The festival is, of course, one of the most prominent events of the year for the industry, with a handful of films launching their status as strong awards contenders out on the Croisette.
Last year, it was Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, Michael Haneke’s Amour, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. The year before that, it was Michael Hazanavicius’ The Artist, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.
This year, Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated The Great Gatsby has been chosen as the Opening Night Film for Cannes, following its theatrical release in the Us the previous weekend. And bookending »
- Kenji Lloyd
Watch: Vince Gilligan and the Cast of 'Breaking Bad' Delve Into the Show in a Panel Moderated by Conan O'Brien
17 April 2013 6:49 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
"I did not know how it was going to end, not in those early days," Vince Gilligan confessed to moderator Conan O'Brien about the approaching final episodes of "Breaking Bad." Gilligan and stars Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, Rj Mitte, Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks gathered for a panel, which can be watched in full below, in front of an Academy of Arts and Sciences crowd. The hour-long conversation is a good, meaty one, in part because O'Brien's clearly a fan. While avoiding spoilers for the finale, which wrapped a week before, Gilligan talks about their process in approaching the end game for the series, and about how he doesn't feel in any way that it needed to go on longer. The group also breaks down Hank's (Norris) "Sherlock Holmes moment" on the toilet at the end of the last episode, confirming any lingering doubts that the Walt Whitman »
- Alison Willmore
Watch: Vince Gilligan and the Cast of 'Breaking Bad' Delve Into the Show in a Panel Moderated by Conan O'Brien
17 April 2013 6:49 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
"I did not know how it was going to end, not in those early days," Vince Gilligan confessed to moderator Conan O'Brien about the approaching final episodes of "Breaking Bad." Gilligan and stars Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, Rj Mitte, Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks gathered for a panel, which can be watched in full below, in front of an Academy of Arts and Sciences crowd. The hour-long conversation is a good, meaty one, in part because O'Brien's clearly a fan. While avoiding spoilers for the finale, which wrapped a week before, Gilligan talks about their process in approaching the end game for the series, and about how he doesn't feel in any way that it needed to go on longer. The group also breaks down Hank's (Norris) "Sherlock Holmes moment" on the toilet at the end of the last episode, confirming any lingering doubts that the Walt Whitman »
- Alison Willmore
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