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‘Conan the Barbarian’ Reveals What Else Is Best In Life
25 May 2012 5:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; the Riddle of Steel…is that Shaq should not play superheroes. You’ve entered a mythic realm of swords and sorcery, of Tangos and Cashes, of Mikes and Ikes. Every week, our hero (read: pudgy misanthrope) battles a tremendous schlock monster – as well as the sinister threat of early onset heart failure. With his sharp words, he slices the beast open, spilling its flaws upon the ground before hoisting the entrails aloft in celebration. To commemorate this all-too-violent metaphor, a feast of one tasty snack food item will be prepared and set before you. A couple weeks ago, the Alamo Drafthouse launched its Summer of 1982 series; a celebration of arguably the greatest season of the greatest year to ever…fall two years before I was born. Dozens of iconic films, both real people legit and Jfc-approved, are being screened, including a certain sword and sandal epic that redefined swords, sandals »
- Brian Salisbury
Iamtw Announces 2012 Scribe Award Nominees and Grandmaster
25 May 2012 4:10 PM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers co-founders Lee Goldberg & Max Allan Collins are pleased to announce the 2012 nominees for the Scribe Award, honoring excellence in media tie-in writing, and the naming of author Kevin J. Anderson as this year’s Grandmaster for his lifetime achievement in the field.
Anderson is the author of more than one hundred novels, adding up to over 20 million books in print in thirty languages. His work includes the Star Wars “Jedi Academy” books, three internationally bestselling X-Files hardcovers, the Superman novels The Last Days Of Krypton and Enemies & Allies, many novelizations (Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, etc.) and, of course, the ten globally bestselling Dune novels he has co-authored with Brian Herbert.
He has won or been nominated for numerous prestigious honors, including the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and a New York Times Notable Book prize…and »
- Robert Greenberger
Exclusive: Mondo’s Rocky 3 Poster by Jay Shaw
23 May 2012 2:26 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The Alamo Drafthouse’s Summer of ‘82 series is the hottest ticket in Austin, Texas this summer, and not only because the Drafthouse’s consistently-brilliant programmers are bringing back some of the most beloved genre classics from the “Me Decade”: on top of several months’ worth of kick-ass classics like The Thing, Poltergeist, and The Road Warrior, the Drafthouse is also using this series to debut some brand-spanking new artwork from Mondo (the movie-poster producing arm of the Alamo Drafthouse, as if you needed to be told). This Friday, the Summer of 1982 series is delivering Rocky 3 upon the city, and Collider.com is co-hosting the event. Wanna see the Mondo print that’s set to debut during the show? Meet me after the jump, folks. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably already heard about the Alamo Drafthouse’s ongoing Summer of ’82 series (presented in conjunction »
- Scott Wampler
Ryan Reynolds may say There Can Be Only One in Highlander Remake
18 May 2012 7:46 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Highlander reboot may star Ryan Reynolds "There Can Be Only One" ...Ryan Reynolds? As much as I like Reynolds as an actor, I just can't picture the guy wearing a kilt and lopping people's heads off the way Christopher Lambert did in the brilliant original film of 1986. First Lionsgate butchered Conan the Barbarian, now it's off to the Highlands for the next reboot victim...courtesy of Summit Entertainment. According to Variety, Reynolds is a front runner for the lead in the Juan Carlos Fresnadillo-directed film, but sources say that both sides are "very interested" in working together and Reynolds is weighing other options, and may pursue some other project. Plot details on the remake are scarce, but the original told of an immortal Highlander called Connor McLeod and his journey through the years, from time with his mentor Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez (Sean Connery) and »
Beefcake! Beefcake!
16 May 2012 6:05 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Do you like to watch big, burly men punching each other? Well, so do I! And so this summer Twitch will present a film series dedicated to the biggest, beefiest stars of them all with a retrospective of films starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger screening at the Tiff Bell Lightbox on Saturday nights starting June 16th.As the eighties dawned, the rise of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone to box-office royalty signaled the beginning of a new era in action movies: the Age of Beefcake had arrived. Revisit some of the battling behemoths' finest moments in this über-buff ten-film series.Included in the series: The Terminator, Rocky, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Cliffhanger, Conan The Barbarian, Demolition Man, Total Recall, The Running Man, First Blood and »
Cool Clicks: The 20 Hottest Photos of Olga Kurylenko
15 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 ...
Her biggest claim to fame so far has been as a Bond Girl in "Quantum of Solace," but Olga Kurylenko is set for even bigger and better things with her upcoming turns in "Seven Psychopaths" and "Oblivion." Check out Heavy's collection of the 20 hottest photos of the beauty who's currently turning heads on "Magic City."
He sure knows how to make things like all gothic and pretty, but can Tim Burton actually work with actors and, you know, tell a good story? Moviefone ponders whether the "Dark Shadows" filmmaker has ever really known what he's doing when it comes to "directing."
"Hulk very excited when 'Smash' begin, because Hulk still yearn for days of 'Slings and Arrows' and know every word to 'Chorus Line.' (Won't regret, can't forget what Hulk did for love. »
- Bryan Enk
Dialogue: Alamo Drafthouse Honcho Tim League Talks the Summer of '82, Novelty Programming, Fears of Over-Expanding and More
14 May 2012 6:00 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
At the beginning of March the Alamo Drafthouse announced ambitious plans to recreate the release schedule of the Summer of 1982, screening in order of their release Conan The Barbarian, The Road Warrior, Rocky III, Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, E.T., The Thing (which Movies.com will be co-hosting!), and Tron. Well, their awesome time machine has arrived. Last Friday saw the first screening of the series (Conan) roll out, and it only gets cooler from there. We got on the phone with Alamo Drafthouse co-founder Tim League to talk about the elaborate endeavor and find out where the whole idea came from, what Tim remembers from the actual Summer of '82, as well as the future of the Drafthouse and what the company will do to...
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- Peter Hall
5 Things You Might Not Know About John Milius' 'Conan The Barbarian'
14 May 2012 8:20 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
These days, after "Lord of the Rings" and "Game Of Thrones," fantasy isn't just big business, but a genre that's spawned critically acclaimed awards favorites, and picked up Oscars and Emmys by the handful. As such, it's easy to forget that prior to the 1980s, the genre barely existed on screen, with animated takes on Tolkein's works the only really significant blip on the radar. But in 1977, "Star Wars," a film that owed as much to high fantasy as to science-fiction, became the biggest hit in history, and that opened the door to all kinds of new fantasy worlds.
The 1980s would see many, many examples of the genre, from "Labyrinth" and "Legend" to "Krull" and "Ladyhawke," but the film that started it all -- and was probably the finest of that decade's wave in the genre, was 1982's "Conan The Barbarian." Written and directed by gonzo, gun-loving genius John Milius »
- Oliver Lyttelton
5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: HBO Watches Our Weight and 'Community' Closes Out the Semester
14 May 2012 6:21 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Sure, with "Sherlock," "Game of Thrones," "Mad Men," "Girls," "Nurse Jackie" and more, Sunday's overcrowded with great TV, but what to watch the rest of the time? Each Monday, we bring you this guide to five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Conan the Barbarian" IFC, Monday, May 14th at 8pm So the former governor of California may not have had a political career nor a marriage that ran smoothly -- what could you expect from someone who once made the famous on-screen declaration that the best things in life are "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentation of their women"? See how well John Milius' 1982 fantasy, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of his most memorable roles, holds up. "The Weight of the Nation" HBO, Monday, May 14th at 8pm (Parts 1 & 2); Tuesday, May 15th at 8pm (Parts 3 & 4) ...
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- Alison Willmore
5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: HBO Watches Our Weight and 'Community' Closes Out the Semester
14 May 2012 6:21 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Sure, with "Sherlock," "Game of Thrones," "Mad Men," "Girls," "Nurse Jackie" and more, Sunday's overcrowded with great TV, but what to watch the rest of the time? Each Monday, we bring you this guide to five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Conan the Barbarian" IFC, Monday, May 14th at 8pm So the former governor of California may not have had a political career nor a marriage that ran smoothly -- what could you expect from someone who once made the famous on-screen declaration that the best things in life are "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the lamentation of their women"? See how well John Milius' 1982 fantasy, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger in one of his most memorable roles, holds up. "The Weight of the Nation" HBO, Monday, May 14th at 8pm (Parts 1 & 2); Tuesday, May 15th at 8pm (Parts 3 & 4) »
- Alison Willmore
HeyUGuys Reaction Shot – A Remembrance to Cinematic Summers Past
14 May 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Welcome to another instalment of our regular section in which members of the HeyUGuys family discuss a variety of topics concerning all things cinema.
We’ll pick a topic inspired by what’s happening in the world of film and invite our writers to voice their opinions, an invitation we extend to you. If you want to submit your own answer, or respond to an answer from one of our writers, then please do so.
With The Avengers making a seismic dent on the international box office and winning almost unanimous critical acclaim, Hollywood’s summer season is already off to a flying start. The excitement across the blogosphere is also palpable with the hugely-anticipated return of Ridley Scott to sci-fi land, and the concluding chapter to Christopher Nolan’s epic take on the Batman myth.
Add to that list a rebooted Spider-Man, further adventures within the ‘Bourne’ universe and »
- Adam Lowes
DVD Review - Farewell to the King (1989)
13 May 2012 11:42 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Farewell to the King, 1989.
Directed by John Milius.
Starring Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae and Gerry Lopez.
Synopsis:
After escaping a Japanese firing squad during World War II, a renegade American soldier flees to Borneo where he is adopted by a local tribe and made their king.
John Milius’ career in film has seen a fascination with war. Mostly Vietnam, but as in Farwell to the King, WWII. The stories are personal, or - even in something like Conan the Barbarian - carry analogies of real life conflicts. Farewell to the King is something of a forgotten film in his canon. It went by largely unnoticed. It was neither critically lauded or mauled, it was just a brief ripple in Hollywood's waters.
Based on Schoendoerffer’s novel, L’Adieu au Roi, this is also markedly similar to the now well-borrowed source, Heart Of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad. We’ve »
- flickeringmyth
Movies Chat: Guest Scott Weinberg, on Our Favorite Summer of Movies Ever
9 May 2012 3:03 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Movies Chat is our new work-in-progress chat show hosted by Movies.com Managing Editor Erik Davis. Each week we'll release multiple episodes that feature 15-20 minute conversations with some of the web's most notable movie experts. This Friday the good folks at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas officially launch their "Summer of 1982" program, featuring screenings (many of which will be co-hosted by various movie sites, like ours) of a whole ton of awesome films that came out during the summer of 1982. We're talking Rocky III, E.T., Poltergeist, Tron, Conan the Barbarian, The Road Warrior, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and The Thing (Movies.com will be co-hosting this screening on June 22). It was a dope summer, no doubt, but is it the greatest summer of...
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- Erik Davis
Conan The Barbarian - Mondo Poster Art
7 May 2012 4:30 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Mondo has released another great piece of movie poster art for the Alamo Drafthouse Summer of 1982 movie celebration. As you can see the awesome poster is for Conan the Barbarian, and it will make you forget about that crappy ass remake from last year.
The poster, which originated at Hitfix, was designed by Jason Edmiston, and it will be available for purchase at the screenings for the film on May 11th. The regular green fire version version will go for $45, and the variant fire version goes for $85. There are only 320 being printed of the regular version and 100 of the variants, all of them measuring 24 x 36".
I love this movie! This is one of those movies I loved watching while I was growing up. It was a larger than life epic film, and Arnold Schwarzenegger kicked ass as Conan! What do you think of the poster design?
A barbarian trained in »
- Venkman
Exclusive: Check out Mondo's 'Conan' poster for Alamo's Summer of '82
7 May 2012 1:15 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
It's hard to believe that the summer of 1982 is already upon us. Oh, sure, it happened 30 years ago, but what I'm talking about is the Alamo Drafthouse celebration of what I consider the best genre summer of all time. This week, they're warming up with a Tuesday booking for the great sleazy "Vice Squad," and then the party starts in earnest with "Conan The Barbarian" this Friday. HitFix is pleased to co-present this first weekend's movie, and as part of that, we've got a very special premiere for you today of Mondo's special poster that they've put together for »
- Drew McWeeny
Giada De Laurentiis recalls fave of her grandfather's movies: From 'Orca' to 'King Kong'
4 May 2012 1:25 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Giada De Laurentiis is a celebrity in her own right, and she feels she owes it in large part to her ancestors in the entertainment world.
The Food Network and Cooking Channel personality is the granddaughter of the late film producer Dino De Laurentiis, whom she says "made something like over 600 movies in 60 years" including "Serpico," "Death Wish" and the Jessica Lange-introducing 1976 remake of "King Kong." And actress Silvana Mangano, who starred in such epics as "Ulysses" and "Barabbas," was her maternal grandmother.
"Honestly, when the show 'Everyday Italian' started, I wanted to shoot it like Grandfather shot movies," De Laurentiis explains to Zap2it, "and really tell a story from beginning to end. The cinematography, the lighting and everything else in that show really set me up for what I have today, and I don't think I would have had that knowledge had I not come »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Concept Art for David Croneneberg’s Unsuccessful Attempt to Make Total Recall
3 May 2012 9:35 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Before Paul Verhoeven cranked out Total Recall in 1990, producer Dino De Laurentiis approached David Cronenberg to direct the feature. The project never came to fruition because Cronenberg's vision never coincided with De Laurentiis'. The two parted ways, Cronenberg went on to make The Fly, and Verhoeven made a movie where a woman has three boobs. Wins all around. But the question of "What If?" is always fascinating, and we've never had a chance to see what Cronenberg was planning until now. Artist Ron Miller and his wife Judith Miller worked at De Laurentiis' studio outside Rome, and the duo produced concept art and sculptures under the direction of production designer Pierluigi Basile (1982's Conan the Barbarian). Ron Miller has now released some of the designs he and his wife created along with some details on how Cronenberg planned to adapt the source material, Philip K. Dick's short story "We »
- Matt Goldberg
Sylvester Stallone talks Rambo 5
1 May 2012 2:36 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Despite being just a couple of months away from his 66th birthday, Sylvester Stallone is showing little sign of slowing down and settling into a nice, cosy retirement. Having completed principal photography on The Expendables 2 earlier this year, Stallone is currently filming The Tomb alongside fellow action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger and while The Expendables 3 is said to be on the cards for later in the year, it seems that Sly is also intent on bringing back Vietnam veteran John J. Rambo for one last hurrah.
"There's a volcanic eruption [brewing]. The magma of Rambo is coming to the surface," said Stallone in a recent interview with MTV News (via Den of Geek). "It's one thing where you lay down the final culmination of your life where you can articulate it, but also act on it where he realizes what his destiny really is. It's not to be a farmer, it's »
- flickeringmyth
Miley Cyrus Lol Movie Gets No Love From Lionsgate in The Hunger Games Wake
19 April 2012 9:27 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Miley Cyrus took a giant step away from her Disney Hannah Montana persona to adult actress two years ago when she filmed Lionsgate's PG-13 rated Lol with Demi Moore. A coming of age tale based on a 2008 hit French film of the same name, Lol doesn't shy away from sex or mature subject matter. It had the potential to springboard Cyrus' career to a new level of maturity and respect.
These days when Lionsgate comes up in conversation, it's about The Hunger Games success and not about Lol or Miley Cyrus' first starring adult role. Rather, her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth is getting more attention for co-starring in one of the biggest movie openings of all time.
Sometime between the end of Lol production and now, Lionsgate lost faith in the film. Box office bombs like Conan the Barbarian and Abduction were released in its place. Demi Moore's personal »
The Surprises & Notable Absences Of The 2012 Cannes Line-Up
19 April 2012 8:03 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Early this morning brought one of the most anticipated moments in the cinephile's calendar: the announcement of the line-up of this year's installment of the Cannes Film Festival. And while it reads in places like a parody of a Cannes line-up (Alain Resnais! Abbas Kiarostami! Michael Haneke! Ken Loach!) there's no doubt that we're excited about all of those films, as well as new ones from David Cronenberg, Jacques Audiard, Walter Salles and many, many others.
Much of the line-up had been widely predicted by Cannes-watchers (even that April Fool's Day prank ended up getting 18 films right), but nevertheless, there were a few surprises, as well as a few major absences, either expected ones or more eyebrow-raising ones. Some Cannes favorites we've known weren't coming for a while: Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love" opens tomorrow in Italy and wasn't thought to be at Cannes, while neither Wong Kar-Wai »
- Oliver Lyttelton
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