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Does The Avengers Have What Oscar Voters Like in a Comic-Book Movie (Especially When Oscar Voters Don't Like Comic-Book Movies)?
4 hours ago | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »
The Avengers has never faced a foe as stingy as the Oscar voter. In the long history of the Academy Awards, just one film based on a comic has ever been nominated for Best Picture—and it wasn't The Dark Knight, The Road to Perdition, American Splendor or Richard Donner's Superman. What qualities did this select film possess, and does The Avengers, riding high on near-unprecedented waves of critical and popular support, share them? A look at how the Marvel blockbuster matches up against Skippy—yes, Skippy: Available in Black-and-White? No, but this is not a point against The Avengers, because for Skippy, black-and-white wasn't an artistic decision à la The »
Does The Avengers Have What Oscar Voters Like in a Comic-Book Movie (Especially When Oscar Voters Don't Like Comic-Book Movies)?
4 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
The Avengers has never faced a foe as stingy as the Oscar voter. In the long history of the Academy Awards, just one film based on a comic has ever been nominated for Best Picture—and it wasn't The Dark Knight, The Road to Perdition, American Splendor or Richard Donner's Superman. What qualities did this select film possess, and does The Avengers, riding high on near-unprecedented waves of critical and popular support, share them? A look at how the Marvel blockbuster matches up against Skippy—yes, Skippy: Available in Black-and-White? No, but this is not a point against The Avengers, because for Skippy, black-and-white wasn't an artistic decision à la The »
Blu-ray Review: Lethal Weapon Collection – The Genesis of the Modern Buddy Cop
1 June 2012 11:17 AM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Before the phrase “buddy cops” became its own genre, Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) were blowing up the gritty side of Los Angeles at the expense of taxpayers. The Lethal Weapon franchise kicked off decades of buddy cop films and TV shows, which tried to match the wit and intensity of Gibson and Glover. However, after rewatching the first movie straight through Lethal Weapon 4, it’s clear that these two actors transcended the simple good cop vs crazy cop stereotype. Riggs and Murtaugh have a family relationship that makes them two of the best cops to ever enter the action-movie foray. And, their playful banter never gets old even though the characters did.
Before the franchises added big names like Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock and Jet Li to the roster, Lethal Weapon focused strictly on Gibson and Glover. It may have seemed like »
- Bags Hooper
Christopher Reeve & Marlon Brando's Superman Gear Up For Sale
31 May 2012 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The costumes late stars Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando wore in Superman: The Movie are to be auctioned off in Los Angeles this summer.
Reeve's Superman outfit, complete with the comic book superhero's trademark 'S', yellow belt, red cape and leather boots and Brando's Jor-El tunic, sleeveless full-length robe, pants and boots are expected to fetch up to $80,000 (£50,000) each when they go under the hammer at auction house Profiles in History on 20 July.
These items are a part of the fabled Dreier Collection, which is so vast that its sale has been ongoing for years.
The auction also features highlights including the screen-used Kryptonite crystal and box from Superman III. »
Geek Gifts: Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando’s Costumes from Superman: The Movie Available at Auction
31 May 2012 5:20 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
We’ve shared quite a few items in our ongoing Geek Gifts article series, and sometimes said gifts land on the slightly more expensive side. Today’s edition should be filed under “ridiculously expensive Geek Gifts.” Profiles in History will be selling a Christopher Reeve Superman costume and a Marlon Brando Jor-El costume from Superman: The Movie at their upcoming July auction. Furthermore, the Kryptonite crystal and box that they actually used in Superman III will also be available for auction. The costumes are a thing of beauty, but they’re expected to sell between $60,000 - $80,000. For the more thrifty, the Kryptonite crystal can be yours for the low, low price of just $8,000 - $12,000! Though most, if not all, of you won’t be able to take part in this auction, we’ve got high-resolution images of the three items after the jump for your viewing pleasure as well as »
- Adam Chitwood
The 50 greatest matte paintings of all time
27 May 2012 5:35 AM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
The art of the glass shot or matte painting is one which originated very much in the early ‘teens’ of the silent era. Pioneer film maker, director, cameraman and visual effects inventor Norman Dawn is generally acknowledged as the father of the painted matte composite, with other visionary film makers such as Ferdinand Pinney Earle, Walter Hall and Walter Percy Day being heralded as making vast contributions to the trick process in the early 1920’s.
Boiled down, the matte process is one whereby a limited film set may be extended to whatever, or wherever the director’s imagination dictates with the employment of a matte artist. In it’s most pure form, the artist would set up a large plate of clear glass in front of the motion picture camera upon which he would carefully paint in new scenery an ornate period ceiling, snow capped mountains, a Gothic castle or even an alien world. »
80s Flashback: Remembering the First ‘Gremlins’ Movie
25 May 2012 7:33 PM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
If there was one great gift the 80s gave us, it was the gift of the B-flick, horror movie. Malicious villains like Freddy Krueger and Jason were born in Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. Both of these films kept children awake at night with nightmares of gruesome deaths. Parents regretted not heeding the “R” rating that drove those children into their beds. I still remember my dad waking up with bruises left from me kicking him in the back. Shame on him for allowing this five-year old kid to watch Freddy eviscerate everyone on Elm Street. The Gremlins was one movie that received acclaim during this era of low-budget horror. The story revolved around a young boy who received a pet Mogwai, named Gizmo, as a gift. However, much like the Amazing Spider-Man, with great Mogwai comes great responsibility. When two rules are broken, all hell breaks »
- Bags Hooper
'Amazing Spider-Man' Web-Slinging Stunts Explained
25 May 2012 10:42 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
While we're pretty intrigued about the storyline being introduced in "The Amazing Spider-Man," we also can't help but get excited about the movie's special effects. We've seen teases of the first-person flying perspective that director Marc Webb was adamant about getting in the movie, but it turns out that all the aerial work in this flick is going to be steps above the previous "Spider-Man" films.
ComicBookMovie recently got a chance to talk to Vic Armstrong, the second unit director on "The Amazing Spider-Man." Armstrong has risen to fame as one of the best stuntmen and stunt coordinators in the business, and he spoke at length about the process he and the crew on "The Amazing Spider-Man" went through to make Spider-Man look as fluid as possible while he was using his web shooters.
"The producers and director wanted to have a much more realistic approach to it. They felt »
- Terri Schwartz
Thoughts on... Black Christmas (1974)
25 May 2012 9:10 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Black Christmas, 1974.
Directed by Bob Clark.
Starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and John Saxon.
Synopsis:
A group of girls are murdered one-by-one during Christmas break.
Christmas time - it always brings out the worst in people. For evidence, look no further than the surprisingly high amount of festive-themed horrors, which includes the memorable Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) alongside a plethora of films that barely merit a mention, and of course Black Christmas. Often considered as helping to spawn the wildly popular slasher craze (although credit also belongs to Psycho [1960] and the Italian giallo genre), Black Christmas is an enjoyably dark horror film.
Set during the holiday season, the inhabitants of a sorority house find themselves the target of a mysterious caller who moans and mutters obscenities down the phone. The girls are mostly frightened by this, although Barb (a pre-Superman [1978] Margot Kidder) delivers some witty retorts which serve to anger the caller further. »
- flickeringmyth
Emily S. Whitten: Getting Started in the Comics Industry
22 May 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
I love comics. I love reading them, thinking about them, discussing them, and even critiquing them. I also love writing them, something I’ve discovered in the last couple of years as I started writing a series of webcomics about characters in upcoming comic book-related movies, which were then published on movie news websites like MTV Splash Page and ReelzChannel. Since that time, I’ve realized that I’d really like to keep writing comics, including, hopefully someday soon, full issues for a major company, to be seen by all the worrrrrrld [insert maniacal laugh here].
That may seem like a big leap, but it could happen. After all, most of the people who are or have been involved in professional comics started out just as I did: as ridiculously huge fans of the medium and the characters and stories. I mean, sure, maybe a few here or there got pulled into a job »
- Emily S. Whitten
Timothy Bottoms: The Hollywood Interview
21 May 2012 6:21 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Timothy Bottoms Gets His Pound Of Flesh
By
Timothy Bottoms became an overnight sensation at the height of the so-called “Easy Riders and Raging Bulls” era, after landing the leading role in The Last Picture Show (1971), Peter Bogdanovich’s film about the social and sexual rites of small town Texans in the early 1950s. Internationally acclaimed for his portrait of Sonny, a sensitive kid struggling to find his way in the harsh landscape of post-war America, the then-twenty year-old Bottoms suddenly found himself not only in-demand as a rising young star, but a major celebrity, as well, with younger brothers Sam (who co-starred in The Last Picture Show), Joseph and Ben following in their older brother’s footsteps, making names for themselves on stage and screen. Bottoms reprised the role of Sonny for Picture Show's 1990 sequel, Texasville.
After another triumphant turn with the lead in James Bridges’ The Paper Chase »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Twilight's Taylor Lautner, X-Men's Wolverine, The Hangover's Heather Graham and Sin City's Jessica Alba: Who are the sexiest strippers and scariest werewolves on screen?
17 May 2012 8:34 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
To Mark the recent release of Strippers Vs Werewolves on DVD and Blu-ray comes a new battle between both sides of the monstrous mash-up.
Kaleidoscope's British comedy-horror flick sees sleazy werewolf Mickey (Martin Kemp) killed in a strip club. The girls who work there have until the next full moon before his bloodthirsty brethren seek murderous retribution. Among the cast is glamour model and former Celebrity Big Brother contestant Lucy Pinder (above).
So who leads the pack in the film world as a whole? An infographic from the film's publicity people (see below) ranks the contenders.
Vying for the title of Sexiest Stripper are Heather Graham in The Hangover, Jennifer Beals in Flashdance, Demi Moore in Striptease, Jessica Alba in Sin City and Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn.
The contenders for Scariest Werewolf were: Taylor Lautner's character Jacob in the Twilight films; Michael J. Fox's Scott »
- David Bentley
Stan Lee, Star Trek and More to Collide with the Whedonverse at Dallas Comic Con
17 May 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Boy, does Dallas Comic Con keep getting better and better. This weekend’s tenth anniversary of Dallas Comic Con not only features the return of comic book legend Stan Lee, but also brings Star Trek stars Sir Patrick Stewart and John de Lancie, 1960’s television dynamic duo Adam West and Burt Ward, and Whedonverse veterans Summer Glau and James Marsters.
Here’s the details on this Dallas Comic Con, May 19-20, 2012:
What: Serving Dallas area fans since 1994, the Dallas Comic Con returns with an even bigger guest lineup than 2011 which helped greet more than 11,000 pop culture fans from all over the world!
Where: Irving Convention Center 500 W Las Colinas Blvd Irving , TX (At intersection of 114 and Nw Highway). Click here for map.
Box Office Hours:
Friday May 18th: 4:30-7:00pm,
Saturday May 19th: 9:30am,
Sunday May 20th: 10:00am
Event Hours:
Saturday 11:00am – 7:00pm, »
- Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
The galactic disco genius of Meco!
11 May 2012 7:32 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Twenty-five years ago, in a galaxy far, far away, disco producer Meco gave the Star Wars soundtrack an astronomical twist. Feast your ears on the cosmic funk
Quelque chose d'un wee bit différent this Friday, but bear with me: nearly 25 years ago, something momentous in world culture happened, an event that would sear the imaginations of every creative artist who has gone since, and if it didn't, well, it should have done. I refer not to the premiere of George Lucas's Star Wars, on 25 May 1977, but to the work of musical genius that the film inspired. John Williams's score? Only partly. Much, much better, indeed galactically finer, astronomically more ambitious, and charting new realms of cosmic genre-bending was what disco producer Meco came up with that summer.
Meco made a 15 minute suite on the themes of the movie, after obsessively watching the film in the first few days and weeks of its release. »
- Tom Service
Edgar Wright's 'World's End' Targets 2013 Release Date
10 May 2012 1:10 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Just last month, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg finished writing the third installment in their "Blood and Ice Cream" trilogy, which includes hits "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." Fans weren't sure when they'd see "The World's End" complete the genre tale connected by Cornetto ice cream flavors with Wright's "Scott Pilgrim" sidestepping things and Pegg's occupation with the "Star Trek" films.
Deadline delivered news last night, however, that the film is set for a spring 2013 release date. The duo makes their return with frequent collaborator Nick Frost, "20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl," with a September shoot date.
“ … One of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, »
- Alison Nastasi
Producer Unleashes Zombies, Pairs Richard Stanley, Nacho Cerda for I Am Legion
9 May 2012 6:58 AM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Superman series co-producer Pierre Spengler is lining up a slate of new projects in anticipation of the Cannes. Screen Daily says he's bringing two genre projects to the festival's film market.
The first being I Am Legion, a directing vehicle for Nacho Cerda (Aftermath, Abandoned) based on the comic book by Fabien Nury and John Cassaday.
French publisher Humanoids released the comic which was picked up in the U.S. by Devil's Due. The synopsis goes like this: While the outcome of the war is in doubt, the Nazis frantically search for Ana, a girl with the ability to possess other bodies.
Richard Stanley is attached to write the script.
Read more »
Harry Lennix Reveals Excitement Over Appearing in Man of Steel
8 May 2012 11:16 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Actor Harry Lennix once again expressed his excitement over playing General Swanwick in next year’s anticipated superhero film ‘Man of Steel,’ Comic Book Movie is reporting. In an interview with Black Film, Lennix said he has a good role in the film, and is a huge Superman fan. Of starring in ‘Man of Steel,’ Lennix said the film “is going to be a very big deal when it comes out…I was like a kid in a candy shop. Superman has always been my favorite superhero…As a teenager I saw the reboot with Christopher Reeve and I’ve watched that man, many times, and the second one with Christopher Reeve many, many [ Read More ] »
- Karen Benardello
Now Let's Cast the 'Justice League' Movie
8 May 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
For superhero fans, there's only one thing in this world that could possibly be more exciting than "The Avengers": a Justice League movie. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the rest of DC Comics' legendary heroes, all in one film? Superhero nirvana.
With "The Avengers" blasting away box office records, that dream may finally become a reality. So we thought now would be the perfect time to reveal our dream cast for "The Justice League." Because someone needs to assemble these heroes, and it might as well be us.
Batman
Christian Bale has already announced he's done with the Bat suit, so Warner Bros. will be searching for a new Bruce Wayne to serve as the strategic mind behind the Justice League. Batman needs to be both cerebral and violently physical, emotionally withdrawn but wracked with buried demons. We know just the guy: James Franco. Think about it, and »
- Scott Harris
The challenge that DC Entertainment now faces
7 May 2012 1:07 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
With Marvel's The Avengers breaking box office records and proving a superhero team can be a hit in cinema, Cj invites DC Entertainment to rise to the challenge...
We're guessing that you, along with lots of other people, might just have seen The Avengers by now. Lots of people have.. Some went several times. Bums were put on seats, and the film has now passed $1bn at the global box office already.
Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 are out next year. Captain America 2 and more Marvel movies are scheduled for 2014. Mark Ruffalo has signed a six-movie deal to play the Hulk - widely regarded as the best thing in The Avengers after two solo movies that didn't capture the spirit of the character.
It was a funny movie, and it was fun. Then there was that tip of the hat at the end. You know the one. We're »
Time For DC To Assemble? Thn’s Guide To The Justice League Of America Movie
7 May 2012 10:34 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
With Marvel’S Avenegers Assemble taking an estimated $200 million in its opening weekend state side, let’s assume the superhero movie is only just getting started. Marvel Studios’ efforts have been a resounding success: expertly replicating their comic universe, expanding ever so slightly with each new movie, and culminating with Joss Whedon’s ultimate spandex-clad smackdown, proving the superhero ensemble can work. Can we now expect DC Comics to follow suit with its own super-squad, The Justice League of America?
Though DC are falling behind on big-screen solo projects, they do have an advantage: owned by Warner Bros, there will be no quibbling over character rights, and whilst Marvel will have to wait an age (and shell out big bucks) before they can include later members Spider-Man and Wolverine in their Avengers movies, DC will have no such problem. And with Marvel taking just four years to build a blockbusting franchise, »
- Tom Fordy
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