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19 June 2011 2:05 PM, PDT | Trailers from Hell | See recent Trailers from Hell news »

A favorite filmmaker and worth noting.

One of our favorite filmmakers here at Trailers from Hell is the great William Cameron Menzies, boldly graphic production designer extraordinaire. He also directed and produced, and gave us such classics as Things to Come, Invaders from Mars and the criminally obscure Address Unknown.

David Bordwell, while researching the bizarre Menzies-designed Alice in Wonderland (1933), did a bit of delving into his astonishingly influential work, and published a sort of teaser for his elucidations here:

From the evidence I was encountering, it seemed that Welles and Toland’s accomplishment was to synthesize and push further some deep-space schemas that were already circulating in ambitious Hollywood circles. Connecting some dots, I realized that one of the earliest champions of aggressive imagery in general, not just big foregrounds and deep backgrounds, was William Cameron Menzies.

Don’t forget to click the links to his larger essay. It’s a must, »

- Joe

3 May 2011 2:38 PM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »

The remains of '50s B-movie actress and former Playboy model Yvette Vickers were found in her L.A. home. She was 82.

A neighbor noticed cobwebs on Vickers' mailbox, and when she entered the dilapidated house, she found the actress' decomposing body. Vickers had long been a recluse -- and could have been dead for as long as a year, reports the Los Angeles Times.

"She kept to herself, had friends and seemed like a very independent spirit, »

2 February 2011 6:00 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Hitting movie theaters this weekend:

The Roommate – Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet

Sanctum – Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Allison Cratchley

Movie of the Week

Sanctum

The Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Allison Cratchley

The Plot: An underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world.

The Buzz: This film looks stunning. I’m excited to see it in IMAX 3D. With a cast of relative unknowns (save Richard Roxburgh of Moulin Rouge) the star of this one looks to be cinematographer Jules O’Loughlin.

This is S.O.P. as far as Hollywood marketing is concerned, but I’ve always been annoyed when production credits are used to dupe the cinematically challenged populace. This film is produced by James Cameron, not directed. Direction credits go to Alister Grierson, a relatively untested director; Sanctum being only his second feature, »

- Aaron Ruffcorn

30 January 2011 9:59 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

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The late, great Blake Edwards’ 10 — starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek — gets immortalized on Blu-Ray. Two films go from silver screen to Blu-Ray… Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in An Affair To Remember; and Bette Davis stars in All About Eve, just in time for it’s 60th anniversary. Disney’s animated classic Alice In Wonderland comes out of the vault for a special 60th anniversary treatment. Sticking with the anniversary trend, Highlander reaches it’s 25th (tentatively) with a special gift set, boxed with Highlander 2. Let Me In fills the role as this week’s primary horror release, with Hatchet 2 showing up to the party a day late. My indie Blu-Ray pick of the week goes to the indie sci-fi/drama Monsters, a low-budget film which made huge waves on the festival circuit, is »

- Movie Geeks

4 items from 2011