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Mel Brooks And David Lynch To Receive Honorary Degrees From The American Film Institute; First AFI Commencement At Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
29 May 2012 7:25 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The American Film Institute announced it will confer Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees honoris causa upon American comedy icon Mel Brooks and celebrated surrealist David Lynch for “contribution of distinction to the art of the moving image” during AFI Conservatory commencement 2012 at Hollywood’s landmark Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Both artists worked together on the Academy Award winning The Elephant Man (1980), with Lynch as director and screenwriter and Brooks as executive producer. The AFI Conservatory . named the #1 film school in the world by The Hollywood Reporter . is renowned for its collaborative approach to hands-on filmmaking and its advanced training of the next generation of storytellers in six filmmaking disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting. Previous recipients of the AFI Honorary Degree include Robert Altman, Maya Angelou, Clint Eastwood, Roger Ebert, James Earl Jones,Nora Ephron, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kathleen Kennedy, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Helen Mirren, Haskell Wexler and John Williams. »
- Michelle McCue
Mel Brooks, David Lynch to Get Honorary Degrees From AFI
29 May 2012 6:51 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Mel Brooks and David Lynch will receive honorary degrees at the American Film Institute’s Conservatory commencement, which will be held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on June 13. Both will receive Doctorates of Fine Arts for “contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image.” While Brooks is known for rapid-fire comedies like The Producers and Blazing Saddles and Lynch is known for uniquely strange films like Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, the two have collaborated in the past. Brooks’ production company Brooksfilms produced 1980’s The Elephant Man, which Lynch co-wrote and directed.
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- Gregg Kilday
DVD Review: Lucky Luke
20 May 2012 5:25 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Jean Dujardin, Michaël Youn, Sylvie Testud, Daniel Prévost, Alexandra Lamy | Written by James Huth , Sonja Shillito, Jean Dujardin | Directed by James Huth
First released in 2009, French spoof Western Lucky Luke is being re-released, presumably to capitalise on the newfound fame of Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning star of The Artist (the same trick was played with Cash). Lucky Luke is based on the popular Gallic comic strip of the same name (which once shared a writer with Asterix) and features Dujardin as the titular hero, a cowboy with outrageous shooting skills who is tasked by the President with purging his birthplace of Daisy Town of the various outlaws and bad guys that thrive there. Short of Blazing Saddles, the best-forgotten Wild Wild West and that episode of Red Dwarf, the Western is a genre that seems poorly served by affectionate parody; Lucky Luke is a welcome addition to this slight canon. »
- Jack Kirby
Cool Clicks: The Seven Scariest Lady Ghosts
19 May 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
We scour the interwebs for the coolest movie news and more so you don't have to ...
Is it true that ghosts are scarier when they're female? In anticipation of next week's Blu-ray and DVD release of "The Woman in Black," Screen Junkies takes a look at the seven most terrifying lady spirits in cinema, from the librarian in "Ghostbusters" to those damn(ed) Grady daughters in "The Shining" and beyond.
Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey and the rest of the cast of "Magic Mike" are getting nakedly honest (and perhaps also honestly naked) in a new interview. Head over to Pop Watch to get in on the stripper action ... and check out the rather exotic cover photo.
These folks sure are "Lawless," all right! The Playlist has put up some character posters of the most wanted criminals of the upcoming Prohibition crime drama, including Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy and Shia Labeouf. »
- Bryan Enk
Best Movie Ever?: "Clue"
16 May 2012 11:26 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
In the short history of "Best Movie Ever?", I've covered enough cinematic treasure to render Leonard Maltin catatonic and super-gay for yeeeears. From Nine to Five and Working Girl to Clueless and Mean Girls, we've reexamined a lot of staggering celluloid and, more importantly, women in blazers. Today, I offer up a movie that I can hardly judge as a mere admirer. It's my favorite movie, it's probably your favorite movie, and when we add up its five most unbelievable elements, we'll be so high on glamorous (and Inconceivably Silly) goodness that we'll strike each other with candlesticks, lead pipes, and Colleen Camp's triumphant bazooms. Can you dig it? It's the zany whodunit Clue, darlings, and it's what makes Western civilization good.
Now, full disclosure: I've already written one magnum opus about Clue, and it's pretty comprehensive. But I wrote that for (gasp!) a largely straight audience, and now »
- virtel
Watch It: 'Where The Wild Things Are,' 'Annie Hall' And More
9 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
With "The Avengers" smashing box office records left and right, it's a bit challenging to focus on any other movies that don't involve Earth's mightiest heroes. But we're doing exactly that in this week's Watch It, which contains an ode to Maurice Sendak, a trip six feet under, and a visit to '70s era New York with Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
Tami Katzoff, MTV News producer:
“The Frisco Kid” was one of my favorite movies when I was very young. The 1979 film stars Gene Wilder as a fresh-off-the-boat Polish rabbi on his way to a gig in San Francisco, and Harrison Ford as a soft-hearted Wild West bank robber who helps him get there. I must have watched “The Frisco Kid” (and “Time Bandits”) on VHS a dozen times in the 80’s, but until recently I hadn’t seen it in many years. So when I sat down »
- MTV Movies Team
Off-Centered Film Festival: 'Blazing Saddles' and Awards
26 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
The Alamo Drafthouse recently hosted the fifth annual Off-Centered Film Festival with Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, who once again brought along his filmmaker and actor pals Ken Marino and Joe Lo Truglio (seen above with Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League). Several hundred craft beer and film fans filled Republic Park in downtown Austin to watch the classic Mel Brooks movie Blazing Saddles on the first night of the festival.
Calagione was extremely vocal about his support for the Texas Craft Brewers Guild and their growth and legislative efforts in Texas, both during the event by rallying folks to donate at the pie booth as well as part of a panel after the film. I accompanied Calagione as he tried various craft beers at the festival, and was impressed by his thoroughness in familiarizing himself with the new brewers and attentiveness to his devoted fans. By far, Calagione »
- Debbie Cerda
Atx Giveaway: An Off-Centered Film Fest preview & your chance to attend the Blazing Saddles Beer Party!
13 April 2012 2:55 PM, PDT | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »
It's almost that time of year again when the combined forces of Alamo Drafthouse and Dogfish Head Craft Brewery bring to life the Off-Centered Film Fest in Austin, TX and this year we're giving you a chance to join in on the fun.
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- Brian Kelley
Movies This Week: April 13-19, 2012
13 April 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
This week Austin moviegoers can choose from an unusually large number of new releases and special screenings offering everything from horror to slapstick. (Here's an intriguing mashup idea: The Cabin in the Woods and The Three Stooges.)
If the nine new releases simply won't do -- and if so, perhaps you're being a bit too picky -- the Austin Film Society is screening The Trap on Tuesday at the Alamo Lamar. This Serbian drama is the story of a father caught in a moral quandary: To afford life-saving heart surgery for his son, he must commit a terrible crime. The screening is part of the Afs Essential Cinema "Seefest Austin: Films of Southeast Europe" series.
My special screening pick of the week will surprise no one: the Blazing Saddles (pictured above -- and I swear this is the only available photo) Quote-Along on Thursday evening in Republic Park. What's better than Blazing Saddles? »
- Don Clinchy
Blazing Saddles Star Karras Sues NFL
13 April 2012 1:01 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Blazing Saddles star Alex Karras is suing America's National Football League (NFL) bosses for failing to protect him from the concussions he suffered as a Detroit Lions player.
The sportsman, who played Mongo in Blazing Saddles, claims his footballing hits have left him with dementia.
Karras has joined hundreds of other former NFL players in a class lawsuit that seeks medical monitoring, cognitive health benefits and financial compensation, according to TMZ.com.
A statement from Karras' wife, which accompanies his suit, reads, "Dementia prevents him from doing everyday activities such as driving, cooking, sports fishing, reading books and going to big events or travelling.
"His constant complaint is dizziness - the result of multiple concussions. What Alex wants is for the game of football to be made safer and allow players and their families to enjoy a healthier, happier retirement." »
'Blazing Saddles' Star Alex Karras Sues NFL -- I Have Dementia
12 April 2012 4:40 PM, PDT | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »
Former Detroit Lions star Alex Karras -- the guy who played Mongo in "Blazing Saddles" -- says he now suffers from dementia ... and blames the NFL for not properly protecting him from concussions during his playing days. Karras -- who also starred in "Webster" -- has joined hundreds of ex-nfl players in a lawsuit that seeks medical monitoring, cognitive health benefits as well as financial compensation for the damage he suffered as a result of brain injuries. »
- TMZ Staff
'How I Met Your Mother' boss breaks down 'Trilogy Time,' teases 'satisfying' finale
11 April 2012 6:19 PM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
This week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother featured a pretty unforgettable smile-inducing kicker. After Ted found himself bemoaning his romantic setbacks and lack of personal progress, a look into the not-so-distant future revealed he had a daughter. Tear up? Join the club. But would you have guessed that the moment wasn’t even part of the greater plan for the season?
“We had a week of treading water, to be honest,” says co-creator/executive producer Carter Bays. “We have the arc of the season going, but this was one week where there wasn’t one, specific big event happening. »
- Sandra Gonzalez
Yahoo! Lists the 100 Funniest Movies to See Before You Die
10 April 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It's not easy to put together a top 100 of just about anything, but the folks over at Yahoo! Movies have really thrown down the gauntlet this time with a list of the 100 Funniest Movies to See Before You Die. In describing the list, they maintain that their goal was to choose the "funniest" movies out there, not necessarily the "best" comedies. With that in mind, you might think they'd stay away from critically acclaimed classics and lean more toward low brow, quick and easy laughfests. But you'd be wrong. There are a lot of classics on this list, everything from The Apartment to Dr. Strangelove to Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and Buster Keaton's The General. There are also movies on here that aren't really "comedies" per se, such as Pulp Fiction and Martin Scorsese's After Hours. More than anything, this serves as a reminder that what is »
- Sean
Film on Tap: Burton Baton Meets the Waco Kid
4 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
Film on Tap is a column about the many ways that beer (or sometimes booze) and cinema intersect in Austin.
The most significant local event that infuses film with beer is the annual Off-Centered Film Fest (Ocff), now in its fifth year in Austin, which runs Thursday, April 19 through Saturday, April 21 this year. A collaboration of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the festival features craft beer-themed films and events.
Tickets go on sale today for the Ocff, which includes a Rolling Roadshow screening of Mel Brooks' comedy, Blazing Saddles, a spaghetti Western feast paired with selections from the Dogfish Head portfolio and a special screening of the short-film fest finalists. As usual, Dogfish Head founder and head brewer Sam Calagione will be on hand for all of the festivities and this year he's bringing along his favorite comedic actors, writers and directors including David Wain (Wanderlust), Ken Marino (Role Models, »
- Debbie Cerda
Jon Stewart as Mel Brooks in 'Blazing Shtik: The Mel Brooks Story' For HBO
1 April 2012 2:16 PM, PDT | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »
Comedian Jon Stewart is set to play Mel Brooks in a new biopic co-written by the man himself, Mel Brooks, for HBO entitled Blazing Shtik, airing fall 2012.
Apparently, according to Variety, Stewart was approached to play the comedian and writer/director after expressing interest in portraying him onscreen. Unlike the ill-fated The History of Mel Brooks, Part 1, which seems to be languishing in development hell over at Paramount, Shtik was made for considerably less and is TV-ready.
The film focuses mainly on Brooks' making of the classics Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in the 1970s, just like all the Hitchcock biopics and that Marilyn Monroe film. It seems to be the new thing.
I have to say I Love Brooks and Stewart and couldn't think of a better man for the job. Honestly. Can you think of a better actor to play Brooks? Adrian Brody is Gene Wilder, which could be hit or miss, »
- Superheidi
Scott Glosserman Explains Gathr And Theatrical-on-demand
9 March 2012 12:30 PM, PST | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
“Tipping.” “Pulling.” “Gathring.” Yes, a new tech start-up has entered the independent film space, and with it a nomenclature that speaks to its ambition to “democratize” the business of theatrical distribution. Launched by a filmmaker, Scott Glosserman (Behind the Mask), Gathr offers “Tod,” or theatrical-on-demand, an audience-driven process by which fans request (or “pull”) films to local venues by aggregating their interest and pledging their funds in advance via credit card. When enough fans support a screening on a particular day, the film “tips,” and credit cards are charged. Fans get to see films that might never come to their towns, and theaters get a guaranteed audience for a low-traffic night.
Positioning itself both as a resource for Diy filmmakers and a sub-distributor for established players in the theatrical space, Gathr launched this week with titles ranging from indies (Behind the Mask, Truth in Numbers) to repertory (Alien, Blazing Saddles »
- Scott Macaulay
And The Oscar Goes To ... Someone Who Didn't Deserve It.
23 February 2012 11:59 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
It still provides a chuckle
The history of The Academy Awards is littered with strange and inexplicable happenings: Revealed shortcomings, spontaneous pushups, "The winner is Paul Newman," Sandahl Bergman's interpretive dance to "Eye Of The Tiger" (admittedly, one of the highlights of my life).
And of course ... Snow White rolling on the river.
But aside from the odd ceremony moments, and the fashion drama on the red carpet, it's the Oscar errors in judgment that we remember the most.
A few weeks ago we discussed the Oscar nomination Sins Of Omission, so let's now take a look at the performers who actually won, and how The Academy still blew it.
The 2005 nominees for Best Actor were:
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn in Good Night and Good Luck
Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line
And The Oscar Went »
- snicks
Episode Recap: Supernatural - 6.15: "The French Mistake"
17 February 2012 6:32 PM, PST | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
Bobby's on a supply run when Balthazar (Sebastian Roche) arrives. He's seen the Godfather movie. Balthazar is big on movies isn't he? Just like Dean (Jensen Ackles) in a way. They wanted Dean to be the meat suit for the wrong angel, me thinks, last season. He draws a symbol on the window. Raphael's after him, which is no big thing. He's after everyone if you think about it, but let's not. Oh oops, he says that too. Cas (Misha Collins) is underground and wants to draw Cas out into the open. Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean go hurtling through the window into an alternate reality, of sorts. Balthazar manages to give Sam a key before they leave, as Virgil (Carlos Sanz) comes after Balthazar. Surprise, surprise Sam and Dean end up on a TV show, the filming of Supernatural. Bobby singer (Brian Doyle Murphy) thinks the window part was »
- mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
Scorpion Releasing Doling Out Another Four Lost Gems - Thrill Kill, Mark of Cain, Whispers, Double Exposure
16 February 2012 1:48 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
It's like an odd flickapalooza, man! The sickos over at Scorpion Releasing have four more terror flicks on tap for us that haven't seen the light of day in ages. Read on for all the details.
From the Press Release
On February 21st, Scorpion Releasing and Katarina's Nightmare Theater present Whispers, from the horrifying best seller by master horror writer Dean R. Koontz! Hilary Thomas (Victoria Tennant, L.A. Story) is a beautiful young writer who is stalked by a madman. The demented killer, Bruno Clavel (Jean LeClerc, All My Children), brutally attacks Hilary one night and she thinks she kills him, but he later reappears alive and well. She enlists the aid and protection of a cop (Chris Sarandon, Fright Night, Child's Play, The Sentinel) who believes her story, and as his love for her grows, he helps her discover the terrifying dark secret that drives Bruno to kill!
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- Uncle Creepy
NFL's Greatest Players: The 13 Best Football Stars in Movies
3 February 2012 11:00 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
On Super Bowl Sunday, the best and baddest of the professional football world will lay it on the line for the biggest of prizes. But only a select few will go on to achieve an even greater glory: movie superstardom.
Okay, the odds of anybody from the NFL rubbing shoulders with Daniel Day-Lewis is somewhat slim, but there have been several former players who have acquitted themselves well on the big screen.
Join us as we salute these gridiron heroes-turned-silver screen stars. (Pros only, please: Sorry, former college star The Rock.)
13. Dan Marino, 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' (1994)
"Laces out, Dan!" As the object of place kicker-turned-psycho killer Ray Finkel's madness, former Dolphins Qb great Dan Marino plays a key role in the mystery that leads Jim Carrey's wacky title character into a multiple-murder mystery. But what's surprising is the manner in which Marino acquits himself as an actor, »
- Adam Swiderski
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