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"The Purge" Fails to Dispense Any Message of Substance
8 June 2013 2:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Ever since the ink dried on Anthony Burgess' novel version of a A Clockwork Orange, Hollywood filmmakers have mined over and over a two pronged theme about the near future. First, the veneer that separates the mundane world from absolute anarchy is thinner than tissue paper. Second, in the future, everyone will be a mad-dog killer for fifteen minutes.
It's these concepts that are explored in James DeMonaco's (screenwriter for Assault on Precinct 13 and Crash) new sf thriller, The Purge. Starring Ethan Hawke (Sinister, Brooklyn's Finest) and Lena Headey (Possession, The Brothers Grimm), the film's premise gives us a surprisingly strong springboard for this well worn topic: By 2023, the wise New Founding Fathers of America will institute a once-a-year 12 hour period where all street crimes are legal and all police and fire services are suspended.
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- Jason Stewart
'The Purge': How To Survive This Movie
7 June 2013 7:02 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
This week, high-concept horror/thriller "The Purge" asks moviegoers a question straight out of Psych 101: what would people do if there were no consequences? And since this is a horror/thriller, the answer is obviously murder, and lots of it.
Set in 2022, "The Purge" takes place in an America where, thanks to the "New Founding Fathers," the authorities officially look the other way for an annual 12-hour period as its citizens are encouraged to "release the beast" in the interest of curbing violent crime the rest of the year. Or in other words, it's society's ultimate cheat day. It's also good business for a home security system salesman like James Sandin (Ethan Hawke) and his family. That is, until the Sandins give refuge to a man (Edwin Hodge) on the run from a group of masked machete-wielding revelers and become the group's new targets.
And since the movie's cautionary »
- Rick Mele
10 Movies Which Unwittingly Inspired Real-Life Crimes
5 June 2013 11:20 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
The issue of copycat crimes inspired by cinema is an ongoing one that has been with us for decades and it doesn’t look as if it will go away any time soon. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for an individual to see an act take place in a film and to then emulate it in real life. Filmmakers don’t set out to make films that are going to inspire people to commit awful and atrocious acts, but do they have a moral responsibility to their audience?
Copycat crimes relating to a particular film will usually damage the film heavily. The most obvious example of this is A Clockwork Orange, which was pulled from distribution in the UK after the film began to get heavily misinterpreted and crimes based on acts that took place in the happened at a scary frequency. Sometimes, it is just the case of mentally »
- Sam Moore
Matthew Modine on his short-films collection and how making 'Cutthroat Island' felt like being kidnapped -- Exclusive Video
3 June 2013 10:23 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Before Matthew Modine became an actor and starred in movies like Vision Quest and Memphis Belle, he dreamed of becoming a painter. It was the back-up career he never needed after a solid 30-year career of memorable roles on film, television, and the Broadway stage. But he never lost his artistic eye, which proved useful in other creative pursuits, beginning with his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on 1987′s Full Metal Jacket. Modine documented that complicated production experience with still photography, and working with the esteemed director of 2001 and A Clockwork Orange inspired him to try his own hand behind the camera. »
- Jeff Labrecque
Diary From Ledger's Iconic Role Surfaces
1 June 2013 11:25 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
A fascinating new video that may provide a brush of insight into Heath Ledger prior to his death has surfaced. In it, Ledger's father leafs through a diary his son kept for the Joker while filming the now-iconic role in "The Dark Knight."
The diary is an extensive portrait of what Ledger thought the Joker's mentality looked like, complete with elaborate entries, drawings and magazine clippings. The actor included imagery that features everything from old Batman comics to "A Clockwork Orange" photos. As Ledger's father discusses the diary, the Oscar his son won posthumously for the role sits nearby on the table.
The footage turned up on Reddit and appears to be a clip from a year-old episode of the German docuseries "Too Young To Die." The segment was titled "Heath Ledger: Favorite of the Gods."
The elder Ledger says the actor, who died of an accidental overdose at 28, was »
- Matthew Jacobs
Fascinating Look At Heath Ledger’s Joker Diary For ‘The Dark Knight’
31 May 2013 9:07 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
The sad death of brilliant Australian actor Heath Ledger left many a film fan in a state of shock. Like so many shining stars, he left the world too soon with his growing potential not yet fulfilled despite a host of terrific performances in the likes of 10 Things I Hate About You, A Knight’S Tale and Brokeback Mountain. However, his final finished film gave the world the ultimate comic-book villain in the form of ‘The Joker’ in Christopher Nolan’s Bat-masterpiece, The Dark Knight. An unnerving and unforgettable performance that deservedly won the late star a posthumous Academy Award.
This little video has appeared giving us a peek at Heath’s father Kim showing a documentary team the diary he put together while preparing for the role. It’s shows an inspired to link Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange character Alex DeLarge, was well as early make-up tests. »
- Craig Hunter
Film Review: ‘This Is the End’
31 May 2013 9:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The apocalypse, generally seen as an occasion for sober reflection and perhaps deep despair, instead provides an excuse for ostensibly grown men to drink their own urine, kick around a guy’s severed head and have long, drawn-out arguments about their autoerotic habits in “This Is the End.” A sloppy, sophomoric, sometimes awfully funny horror-laffer hybrid that speculates as to how Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and other members of the Judd Apatow comic fraternity would (mis)behave if forced to spend Armageddon in close quarters, this directing debut for co-writers Rogen and Evan Goldberg offsets its slightly smug premise with a clever sense of self-parody and near-cataclysmic levels of vulgarity. Mid-summer competition aside, commercial disaster seems unlikely.
In making the decision to have well-known comedic actors play themselves, regular screenwriting partners Rogen and Goldberg (elaborating on their 2007 short “Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse”) clearly had fun playing up and »
- Justin Chang
Take a Look at Heath Ledger's 'Dark Knight' Diary
31 May 2013 8:43 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
It's a pretty uncontested fact that the late Heath Ledger delivered something insanely special when portrayed The Joker in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight."
Filling a crazed pair of shoes previously occupied by Jack Nicholson is no small feat for anyone, but Ledger managed to meet and well exceed all expectations for the twisty character and even went on to (deservedly) receive a posthumous Oscar for the wild performance. And there's a reason he was so good in the role: he worked his britches off to prepare.
In this video excerpt from a German documentary series called "Too Young to Die," the actor's father Kim Ledger introduces the world to the little-known diary he kept while readying himself for the movie.
"He pretty well locked himself up in a hotel and ... galvanized the upcoming character. That was typical of him, really," Kim Ledger, father of the late actor, explained »
- Amanda Bell
Clip joint: the top five movie scenes featuring cassettes
29 May 2013 5:58 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Five of the best film appearances from everybody's favourite outmoded audio format
Cassettes represent a very specific window in history, having only been of widespread popularity for about 25 years, from the 70s to late 90s. They are wrapped up in nostalgia. Film depictions of cassette tapes and their decks have been surprisingly diverse. Here's a few of the most memorable highlights – can you think of any more?
Wayne, Garth and co. singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody in the car to open the legendary 90s slacker bromance. No explanation needed.
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It wasn't easy to pick just one clip from this film (the Walking on Sunshine 'Monday tape' scene was a close second), but ultimately the record store owner Rob (John Cusack)'s summary of the very important and complex art of compiling a mix tapes made the cut.
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- Paul Frankl
The Purge review
28 May 2013 1:04 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Review Ryan Lambie 29 May 2013 - 06:47
Ethan Hawke stars in a dystopian thriller where murder’s legal for 12 hours per year. Here’s Ryan’s review of The Purge...
A decade in the future, the United States has been transformed by a new political regime that has managed to all but eradicate crime and unemployment. Every year in March, a 12-hour period is given over to an event called the Purge - a murderous twist on Halloween trick-or-treating, where prosecution for any offence is suspended and the populace is given free rein to head out into the streets and do as it pleases.
For many, this means donning masks and killing whoever they can find, while for well-to-do types like security hardware salesman James Sandin (Ethan Hawke) the Purge means heading back to his gated community and dropping the steel barriers surrounding his lushly-appointed house.
Unfortunately for this modern-day prince in his castle, »
- ryanlambie
Exclusive: Malcolm McDowell Gives Us the Goods on The Employer
28 May 2013 7:00 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Legendary thespian Malcolm McDowell will again be in the middle of another creepy tale when The Employer is released next month by First Look Pictures. McDowell sat down with Dread Central to talk about the film and some other current projects.
Although The Employer is not a dyed-in-the-wool horror film, more of a genre-bender according to the actor, it certainly will entertain audiences with a chilling story. "It's not an out and out horror film per se," McDowell said. "Sort of a psychological thriller/horror. It's a little bit fuzzy as to what genre it is. But it's a fun piece. We did it on a very modest budget. I liked the script. It's definitely a character-driven piece, and our director, Frank Merle, did a great job. It's a fun ride."
And speaking on the director, McDowell continued with the accolades. "This is his first feature film, but it certainly won't be his last, »
- Scott Hallam
Trailer Trash Cannes
25 May 2013 4:03 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
All the Cannes gossip, including news of Michael Fassbender's fake head and Naomie Harris's long walk to stardom
M vs Moneypenny
Next year's race for the actress Oscars is already taking tasty shape after Cannes. It should be a battle of the Princesses as we see Cannes juror Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco go toe-to-toe with Naomi Watts in a film now, finally and officially, named Diana. But there could be another twist as two Bond girls enter the fray. Dame Judi Dench, who was M in the Bond movies, must be a cert for Philomena, the British road movie written by and co-starring Steve Coogan, for which Harvey Weinstein parted with $6m after seeing just a seven-minute showreel at Cannes, clearly scenting a movie that will swell his Oscar cabinet. But Weinstein has also swooped on Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and is, I hear, preparing »
- Jason Solomons
The unused poster for 1989's Batman
22 May 2013 10:21 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Poster Simon Brew 23 May 2013 - 06:17
See the poster for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman that didn't get used in the end...
One of the most striking features of the sizeable promotional campaign for Tim Burton's 1989 blockbuster Batman was the poster. A simple, straight image of the Batman logo, it was pretty much everywhere in the build-up to the film's release, and was one of many ingredients that led to Batman being arguably the first modern-era blockbuster. It was certainly the first to really show how important the opening weekend could be to a film, and arguably sowed the seeds to the first weekend-driven ad campaigns we get with modern cinema.
But things could have been different. Over at Daybees, the site has gathered together a collection of alternative versions of movie posters. These were the drafts that never made it, and amongst examples for Unforgiven, Mystic River, The Exorcist »
- simonbrew
Check Out A Cool Unused Poster For Tim Burton's Batman (1989)
22 May 2013 3:59 PM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Website Daybees ran an article featuring unused and alternative posters for lots of big movies, and in among them was this little gem below. Check out that odd tagline though! Makes the movie sound more like Judge Dredd than Batman. Anyway, this was the only real Cbm related poster but click the link below to see some for the likes of A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, Pulp Fiction and more. Follow @RorMachine !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); »
Clip joint: mind control
22 May 2013 3:18 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Look into my eyes – and help us find the best examples of mind control in film
This week's Clip joint is by writer Nia Jones; follow her on Twitter here.
We've covered the workings of the mind on clip joint, but how about scenes involving manipulation of the human brain?
1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
This adaptation of Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate is an intense political thriller with wonderful performances by Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury and Frank Sinatra. Director John Frankenheimer taps into multinational conspiracies in a fascinating and enthralling film.
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2. Village of the Damned (1995)
Based on The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, and a remake of the 1960 film adaptation, Village of the Damned sees hostile extraterrestrial forces send the population of the Midwest American village Midwich to sleep. When they wake up, all the women of child-bearing age are pregnant. The children »
- Guardian readers
Lucky Bastard - Two New Clips and Artwork!
21 May 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
We told you a couple of months ago that the MPAA had branded the upcoming cinéma vérité effort Lucky Bastard with the dreaded Nc-17 rating, but the show must go on, right? Check out some new video goodies and the latest one-sheet right here!
From the Press Release
Vineyard Haven, LLC, has announced the April 5, 2013, Los Angeles theatrical release of Lucky Bastard, a “found footage” thriller taking place behind the scenes of a porn website. The film is rated Nc-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America for explicit sexual content.
Lucky Bastard is the directorial debut for Robert Nathan (Law & Order), the Peabody-winning, Emmy-nominated veteran writer. The film stars Don McManus (The Shawshank Redemption) as the proprietor of a website that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson ("Mad Men") plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint, »
- Uncle Creepy
The Voice Recap: Pharrell Should Be a Coach
21 May 2013 6:40 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
My goodness. This singing troupe of orphans really performed for their alms this evening, yet there seemed an element of enervation in the air. Even their increasingly woebegone warden, Carson Daly, seemed drawn and wan. Perhaps it was his new gray suit with matching gray tie. Gray on gray washes him out. Maroon 5, “Take Me All the Way” This was kind of great because it was like if Adam Levine were drinking one of those milky drinks from A Clockwork Orange but also singing a very catchy song. Side note: Maroon 5 is a surprisingly tight band. Holly Tucker, “How Great Thou Art”Holly did a decent job here. She’s got a very powerful instrument but I find her dynamics and phrasing rather lacking. She certainly doesn’t put chills up and down your spine. I did enjoy Usher’s comments to Holly. He even superseded his usual inarticulateness. »
- Rebecca Harrington
Cinema’s Greatest Villains: The 1970′s
19 May 2013 4:43 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Recent hot cinema topics such as the portrayal of the Mandarin character in Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 and speculations about what classic Star Trek villain Benedict Cumberbatch’s character in J.J Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness was modeled after leading up to the film’s release, among others, underline the importance of great villains in genre cinema.
Creating a great cinematic villain is a difficult goal that makes for an incredibly rewarding and memorable viewer experience when it is achieved.
We’ll now take a look at the greatest film villains. Other writing on this subject tends to be a bit unfocused, as “greatest villain” articles tend to mix live-action human villains with animated characters and even animals. Many of these articles also lack a cohesive quality as they attempt to cover too much ground at once by spanning all of film history.
This article focuses on the 1970’s, »
- Terek Puckett
Link Riot: Get Ready For 'Fatty and Tatty'
18 May 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
• From Broken Lizard, the guys behind 'Super Troopers' & 'Beerfest', get ready for 'Fatty and Tatty. [YouTube]
• Fear not, tributes. Catniss has got this. [Jenny Parks]
• These are 10 great black and white movies from the last 20 years. [Film.com]
• This "I left my heart in the Temple of Doom" t-shirt is awesome. [Shirtoid]
• Cover Girl + 'Catching Fire'= the Capitol Collection beauty campaign. It just makes sense. [Hypable]
• Here's 5 classic movies that ruined their makers' careers. [Cracked]
• How actors made (and will make) their directorial debuts. [Buzzsugar].
• 'Fast and Furious 6' has probably the most intense cat fight you will ever see. [ScreenCrush]
• This is a list of Disney's 20 best animated movies. [Flavorwire]
• The penis sculpture from 'A Clockwork Orange' can be yours for a cool $1,600 - $2,000. [FilmDrunk] »
- NextMovie Staff
Rejected film posters go on display
17 May 2013 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Online gallery to showcase works by Bill Gold and others for movies including Pulp Fiction and The Exorcist
A gallery that should comfort any struggling young graphic artist is revealed for the first time today: the ones that got away, rejected original versions of posters for some of the most famous films of recent decades, including Batman, Pulp Fiction, A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist and Cool Hand Luke.
The last three were the work of the remarkable Bill Gold, who over a 70-year career created the images that sold more than 1,000 movies.
As a 21-year-old in the art department of Warner Bros, he was asked to come up with a poster for a vehicle for one of its stars, Humphrey Bogart. His poster for Casablanca became as classic as the film itself: black and white, the other characters in a misty background, Ingrid Bergman looking yearningly towards Bogey, and Bogey in the foreground, »
- Maev Kennedy
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