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Snow White and the Huntsman Review: Kristen Stewart in the Big Leagues
1 June 2012 8:05 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Snow White and the Huntsman had a lot of baggage to overcome as I headed into my screening. With it being the second cinematic retelling of the beloved fairy tale this year (Tarsem's Mirror Mirror being the first), as well as featuring a first-time director along with a producer from Tim Burton's lackluster Alice in Wonderland, it's easy to see why one would go into this film with little to no optimism. Much to my surprise, I came away quite enjoying the dark version of Snow White's tale.
Snow White and the Huntsmanfollows the gist of the tale, with some embellishments that actually work at enhancing and enriching the overall story, although some of these ideas fall by the wayside near the end as the film becomes primarily action focused.
One of the biggest differences is with the Queen, portrayed wonderfully, if a tad over the top, by Charlize Theron. »
Spend the summer with the Academy
1 June 2012 5:51 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
We would probably be a bit remiss around these parts if we didn't bring up two summer screening series the Academy is launching this year: "Oscars Outdoors" and "The Last 70mm Film Festival." The former was initiated at the organizations new outdoor facility in Hollywood with an exclusive screening of "Field of Dreams" on May 19. Highlights of the upcoming schedule, which kicks off June 15 with an already-sold-out screening of "Casablanca," include "The Goonies," "Shane," "The Dark Crystal," "North by Northwest" and "Back to the Future." The idea is to screen classic and contemporary adult gems on Fridays and family-friendly »
- Kristopher Tapley
Snow White and the Huntsman Review: Ladies on Top
31 May 2012 8:37 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Going in to my viewing of Snow White and the Huntsman, the film already had a lot of baggage to overcome. With it being the second cinematic retelling of the beloved fairy tale this year (Tarsem's Mirror Mirror being the other), as well as featuring a first time director along with a producer from Tim Burton's lackluster Alice in Wonderland, it's easy to see why one would go into this film with little to no optimism. Much to my surprise, I came away quite enjoying the film.
Snow White and the Huntsmanfollows the gist of the tale, with some embellishments that actually work at enhancing and enriching the overall story, although some of these ideas fall by the wayside near the end as the film becomes primarily action focused.
One of the biggest differences is with the Queen, portrayed wonderfully, if a tad over the top, by Charlize Theron. »
5 Fractured Fairy Tale Movies Worth Watching After 'Snow White And The Huntsman'
31 May 2012 8:57 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Once upon a time there existed a cinematic landscape where not every feature-length fairy tale movie was drawn from a classic story, and the descriptor “fractured fairy tale” didn’t just mean gross-out humor and a Scottish-accented Mike Myers playing a big green ogre. While some of those films have certainly succeeded (this writer has a soft spot for the first “Shrek”), the kind of tale that the likes of the Brothers Grimm would collect in their oeuvre of beloved folklore was often of the darker-hued variety – pitting characters in bleak struggles that would see them rise from the ashes as better individuals for it in the end. Yes, the stories were simple, but they also served as a basis for many of the storytelling tropes that are used today – and may have influenced a few of our own moral compasses, with the fables acting as parables for life's lessons. »
- Benjamin Wright
Beyond the Black Rainbow | Review
17 May 2012 10:10 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
This is a story about control: Cosmatos’ Throwback a Challenging Piece of Psychedilia
Words cannot rightfully describe Beyond the Black Rainbow, the debut of filmmaker Panos Cosmatos (the son of George Cosmatos of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Tombstone fame), a film that’s obviously imbued and informed by several notable filmmakers yet never actually pays homage to any particular film. Rather, Cosmatos has created a nightmarish world that’s aggravating, hypnotic, and original. While he may not surpass David Lynch in the epitome of the art house mindfuck, he comes close with a film that’s more than a feeling—it’s a state of mind.
Crimson numerals inform us that it’s 1983 and infomercial footage of Mercurio Arboria (Scott Hylands) explains what his Arborian Institute has to offer, namely “a state of mind, a way of being,” with the methods he has developed to create a “happier you” with “serenity through technology. »
- Nicholas Bell
Guillermo Del Toro And Mark Gustafson Will Co-Direct Stop Motion 3D Feature Guillermo Del Toro’S Pinocchio
10 May 2012 4:10 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Guillermo Del Toro will co-direct “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” with Mark Gustafson (Animation Director on The Fantastic Mr. Fox). The Jim Henson Company production will be a 3D stop-motion animated version of Pinocchio based on the edition of Carlo Collodi’s classic tale illustrated by Gris Grimly. Inferno will represent the property to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
Del Toro most recently served as executive producer of DreamWorks’ “Puss in Boots,” “Kung Fu Panda2″ and the upcoming “Rise of the Guardians” as well as creative consultant on “Megamind.” “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” marks his first turn helming an animated feature.
With a story by Del Toro, his frequent collaborator Matthew Robbins, and Gris Grimly, “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” is a retelling of one of the world’s best-loved tales. The puppet Pinocchio embarks on a series of extraordinary and thrilling adventures, proving himself to »
- Michelle McCue
Guillermo del Toro to Co-Direct Pinocchio
10 May 2012 9:46 AM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
It has been officially announced that Guillermo del Toro will co-direct a 3d stop-motion animated version of Pinocchio for The Jim Henson Company:
“Hollywood, Calif., May 10, 2012 — Guillermo Del Toro will co-direct “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” with Mark Gustafson (Animation Director on The Fantastic Mr. Fox). The Jim Henson Company production will be a 3D stop-motion animated version of Pinocchio based on the edition of Carlo Collodi’s classic tale illustrated by Gris Grimly. Inferno will represent the property to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
Del Toro most recently served as executive producer of DreamWorks’ “Puss in Boots,” “Kung Fu Panda 2″ and the upcoming “Rise of the Guardians” as well as creative consultant on “Megamind.” “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” marks his first turn helming an animated feature.
With a story by Del Toro, his frequent collaborator Matthew Robbins, and Gris Grimly, “Guillermo Del Toro’s »
- Jonathan James
Oscars to showcase movies under the stars in outdoor screening series
7 May 2012 5:17 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Oscar would like to ask you out on a date.
While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may seem like a highly restrictive group — and it is, if you want to win one of those golden statuettes — the organization is expanding its outreach to regular moviegoers by announcing a summer-long series of outdoor movies.
“Oscars Outdoors” will showcase films on Fridays and Saturdays on a 40-by-20 foot screen in a park the organization built in the heart of Hollywood specifically for the sake of showing movies under the stars. The public is welcome, and the Academy is especially »
- Anthony Breznican
Academy Unveils Oscars® Outdoors Venue, Announces Slate of Summer, Fall Programming
7 May 2012 11:42 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak today unveiled the Academy.s new screening venue and announced its summer series, “Oscars Outdoors,” which will kick off on Friday, June 15 and run through Saturday, August 18. The open-air theater is part of the organization.s nearly 7.5 acre Academy Hollywood campus, which is also the site of the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, home to the Academy Film Archive, the Science and Technology Council and the Linwood Dunn Theater.
Concurrently, the Academy announced a slate of summer and fall 2012 public programs at its other theaters, including 50th anniversary celebrations of the James Bond franchise and the Oscar®-winning epic “Lawrence of Arabia.”
The “Oscars Outdoors” series will devote every Friday night to classics and contemporary favorites aimed at adult audiences, and every Saturday night to family-friendly fare. The final Friday night presentation, on August 17, will be an “Audience Choice” selection, »
- Michelle McCue
Free Comic Book Day 2012 Spotlight: Archaia Entertainment
5 May 2012 6:48 AM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
It’s the first week of May and you know what that means, The Avengers in theaters kicking off the summer movie season on May 4, which is also Star Wars Day, and Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 5. Fcbd has capitalized on the first weekend of May because of what seems like an annual release of a Marvel movie and hopefully there will be plenty of interest in stories starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, but we would be irresponsible to pass up the opportunity to showcase all of the other comic book publishers and diverse selection of comics to choose from that will be made to sample in the form of free comics, as well as hopefully well-stocked selections of their catalog at your local comic book shop, which you can find by dialing 1-888-comic-shop or visiting the Comic Shop Locator website.
Archaia Entertainment
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- Ernie Estrella
Engrossing Puppet Cinema
24 April 2012 3:36 AM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
Planet Egg
Directed and Conceived by Zvi Sahar
Produced by Ali Sky Bennett
Here Theaters
April 6 through 8, 2012 (Closed)
A new sub-genre of puppetry called Puppet Cinema by its creator, Zvi Sahar, took the stage, or rather the stage and screen, on Easter Weekend: a work entitled Planet Egg. This is puppetry in the mode of video-projected microsurgery. Its workings will take some explaining (so all those suffering from Add please take an extra pill before reading further).
In the center of the stage is a medium-sized video projection screen. To the left is the puppeteers' work area ("the set"), consisting of a yard-wide revolving fixed form upon which the puppeteers have modeled the surface of a miniature planet with a moon-like landscape of plains and hills and very small, down-to-tiny objects. Lights and an auto-remote video camera are trained on this miniature set. What the camera captures is fed to the video screen. »
- Jay Reisberg
Thanks to the Alamo Drafthouse, the Summer of 1982 Just Got Bigger
17 April 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The Alamo Drafthouse was already planning to turn the heat up on this summer by looking ahead to the past – celebrating the 30th anniversary the massive 1982 months that made the middle of the year famous for movies. Their marquee already included The Thing, Tron, The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist and more. Now, the “more” part of that is about to expand. As special badges go on sale (80 bucks gets you the original 8 films), Team Alamo is announcing 7 more flicks to the tour. That includes Class of 1984, The Dark Crystal, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Secret of Nimh, Vice Squad and Pink Floyd: The Wall. How they knew that Nimh was my security blanket as an elementary school kid is anyone’s guess. This event was already an awesome trip down memory lane, and now it’s even greater. What’s fantastic here isn’t just the re-release of a ton of excellent movies, it »
- Cole Abaius
Very Cool E.T. Poster Art from Mondo Tees and Summer of '82 Movie Line-up
16 April 2012 4:00 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Alamo Drafthouse will be celebrating 1982's summer of movies, which is considered one of the greatest summer of movies ever. They will be screening several of these films at their legendary theaters this summer.
A list of these films include, Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Poltergeist, The Road Warrior, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Tron, The Dark Crystal, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Vice Squad, The Secret of Nimh, Friday the 13th Part 3, Q: The Winged Serpent, Pink Floyd: The Wall and more.
Thanks to our friends at /Film we have a look at the poster art created for Steven Spielberg's E.T. The poster was wonderfully created by artist Dan McCarthy. It will go on sale at the screening on June 8th. If there are any left over from the screening, they will put them up for sale online. Just make sure to follow @MondoNews for details. »
- Venkman
Badges for Alamo Drafthouse’s Summer of 1982 Go on Sale Tomorrow; 11 More Movies Added to Line-Up; Plus a Look at Mondo’s E.T. Poster
16 April 2012 1:16 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Last month, we reported that the Alamo Drafthouse would be spending this summer honoring the summer of 1982 by holding screenings of Conan the Barbarian, The Road Warrior, Rocky III, Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Thing, and Tron, with all the movies being presented in 35mm. Tomorrow, a limited number of badges—priced at $80—will go on sale here at 11am Cst and provide admission to all these movies. The Drafthouse will also be selling tickets to the first movie in the series, Conan the Barbarian, which will play on May 11th. In addition to the terrific movies that have already been announced, the Drafthouse has added 11 more movies to the summer series: Vice Squad, Escape 2000, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Secret of Nimh, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Class of 1984, Friday the 13th: Part 3 in 3D, Halloween 3, Q: The Winged Serpent, »
- Matt Goldberg
Was 1982 the best ever year for fantasy and sci-fi movies?
16 April 2012 5:17 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
1982. The best year for sci-fi and fantasy movies? The year that home video gave second life to films that otherwise would have flopped? Join the celebration here...
2012 marks the 30th anniversary of 1982, a year widely considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, years ever for science fiction and fantasy movies.
Going by original Us release dates, there are indeed few years in cinema history that can boast the release of so many classic, cult, influential, popular and, in some cases, all of the above, Science Fiction and Fantasy movies.
1982 is certainly a year that the Sf/fantasy genre really came into its own, both in terms of its own cinematic aesthetic and as a viable source of commercial success. In the wake of hit Sf/fantasy films like Star Wars and Alien, the genre was finally breaking free of its previous status as predominantly schlocky low budget B-movies and kiddie fare. »
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Hotel Transylvania Trailer
27 March 2012 1:59 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
For over a decade now, animator Genndy Tartakovsky has been perpetually poised to break into feature films, and yet somehow up until now, the stars have not aligned to make it happen. He did serve as animation director on The Powerpuff Girls Movie, but neither the Samurai Jack movie nor The Dark Crystal sequel that he was attached to ended up coming to fruition. Now he is set to make his directorial debut with a CG-animated film featuring the voices of Adam Sandler and Kevin James... probably not his first choice, but I guess sometimes you take what you can get! At first glance, Hotel Transylvania appears to be a knock-off of both Monsters vs. Aliens and Tim Burton's various stop-motion animated films. The story revolves around a high-end resort run by Dracula where various monsters go to get away from the human world. When a young boy stumbles »
- Sean
Eurovision Preview! Partying Russian Grannies, Caped Divas, and The Return of ... Jedward!
15 March 2012 11:06 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Yes, it's that time of year again. Pop music fans around the world eagerly anticipate the return of the only televised music competition that really matters. Forget the boring Idol, Voice and Got Talent shows ... Eurovision 2012 has arrived!
This year's competition will be held in Baku. And yes, I had to look it up. Here's a little info:
Baku, also known as Baky or Bakı, is the largest city in the Caucasus and is the capital of Azerbaijan. It's situated on the western coast of Caspian Sea and thus there are a number of mud volcanoes and salt lakes around it. The first written evidence for Baku dates to the 1st century and the population of the city is now around 3,7 million.
This year's semi-finals will be held on May 22nd and 24th, with the finals on May 26th, but we're already getting glimpses of what we can look forward to. »
- snicks
Life-caster and special effects artist John Schoonraad interview
6 March 2012 4:56 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Life-caster John Schoonraad tells us about his work, from Star Wars and Kick-Ass through to Rambo, X-Men and Jim Henson.
“Head on a stick!” I’m sitting opposite life-caster and special effects artist John Schoonraad, and he’s regaling me with a story about the time he made a fake head of Kristin Scott Thomas during the production of The English Patient.
“I did Kristin Scott Thomas’ head on a stick,” Schoonraad says. “You know the albatross on a stick [Monty Python sketch]? I just walked in, shouting, ‘Head on a stick!’ No one knew what was going on.”
This brief tale sums up John Schoonraad’s genuine enthusiasm for his remarkable body of work. He’ll casually mention working on something as jaw-dropping as Return Of The Jedi (“I worked on Jabba the Hutt’s skiff”), and then immediately go on to talk about the years he spent working with Jim Henson (there was, »
Bret McKenzie Oscar 2012 Q&A
4 March 2012 7:03 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Bret McKenzie Bret McKenzie, Best Original Song Oscar winner for The Muppets' "Man or Muppet," at the 2012 Academy Awards after-party. The song had only one competitor: Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett's "Real in Rio," from Carlos Saldanha's Rio. (Photo: Darren Decker / © A.M.P.A.S.) "I grew up in New Zealand watching The Muppets on TV," McKenzie said in his acceptance speech. "I never dreamed I’d get to work with them. And I was genuinely starstruck when I finally met Kermit the Frog. But once you get to know him, he’s just a normal frog. And like many stars here tonight, he’s a lot shorter in real life. Just a few jokes." Bret McKenzie kept on with his "jokes" at the q&a backstage. See partial transcript (courtesy of AMPAS) below. Q. Here you are joining the ranks of Hugh Jackman, Jane Campion. »
- Anna Robinson
'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' Sequel Gets Title, New Look At 'Smurfs 2' Gives Away Film's Setting
1 March 2012 6:42 AM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Well, we guess they had to call it something. We already reported that Sony is moving full-steam ahead on a sequel to their 2009 adaptation of Judi and Ron Barrett's children's book "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," but would not utilize the storyline from the book's sequel, "Pickles to Pittsburgh." Hot shit "Horrible Bosses" writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein were hired to write the script and while original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have moved on to live action (they directed next month's terrifically cartoony "21 Jump Street"), Sony substituted them with two story artists from the first film – Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn. What it was going to be called remained a mystery…until now. Thanks to a promo image at Coming Soon, everyone can now say hello to "Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers." Evocative.
We're not sure what the title really means – how do leftovers get revenge, »
- Drew Taylor
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