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9 items from 2011
Fantasy Casting: If They Made Star Wars Today…
7 September 2011 3:05 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Iconic is an overused term, but few things really merit its use like the original Star Wars of 1977. And when you think of those enduring pop culture images they are indelibly wedded to the actors who played the parts: Luke Skywalker looking wistfully at that binary sunset on Tatooine, with John Williams‘ stirring music behind it, is forever linked to Mark Hamill in our collective imagination. For many Harrison Ford Is Han Solo, whilst everybody would be freaked out if Darth Vader spoke with any voice other than that of James Earl Jones.
But what if the film were made today with different actors?
With the Star Wars Blu-ray finally hitting stores next week and another hypothetical exercise in the spirit of Alex Lawson’s interesting take on re-casting Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon, I’m looking at re-casting all the main parts with today’s actors. But whereas »
- Robert Beames
Sea Turtle Andre found dead in Florida
26 August 2011 2:39 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Disturbing the animal-related euphoria we reached upon learning Friday (Aug. 26) is National Dog Day, we're sorry to report the death of Sea Turtle Andre.
Andre was found off the coast of Hutchison Island, Fla., on Wednesday and, according to CBS News, was in such bad shape that marine biologists were unable to identify what killed him.
Andre had his moment in the sun when he was found stranded on a sandbar in June 2010. The badly ailing turtle had three pounds of sand inside his punctured shell, along with some sea crabs and a raging infection. After a year of groundbreaking rehabilitation at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Andre was released back into the ocean just three weeks ago.
The turtle was believed to be about 25 years old when he died.
(The turtle pictured above is not Andre.) »
- editorial@zap2it.com
It's National Dog Day: Hug your mutt
26 August 2011 11:48 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Surely man's best friend deserves a holiday in honor of his devotion, unflagging loyalty, general good nature and ability to ingest pretty much anything. Luckily, Friday (Aug. 26) is National Dog Day.
The holiday is the brainchild of "pet lifestyle expert" Colleen Paige, who first celebrated the day in 2004. Since then, it's grown to six countries and is marked by celebs from Cindy Crawford to Brooke Shields.
According to the day's official website, the point is to raise awareness about dogs in need of a home and "acknowledges family dogs and dogs that work selflessly each day to save lives, keep us safe and bring comfort." It also honors canine heroes who work as drug sniffers, disaster relief workers and companion animals to the blind.
Paige suggests celebrating by making a donation to a local dog-related charity -- a shelter or breed rescue program. We're sure a few extra pats on »
- editorial@zap2it.com
The Help Rises to Top of Lackluster Box Office
21 August 2011 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office. As hard as we try not to believe in the "Dog Day of Summer," the absolutely dreadful showing for the four new movies opening in wide release--three of them in higher-priced 3D theaters!--pretty much confirms that the last couple of weekends of August continue to be the worst time to release a new movie. That's the bad news. The good news is that how poorly those four movies fared allowed last week's top 2 movies to remain on top and for DreamWorks' adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's bestseller The Help to take advantage of »
Interview: Kevin Asch, Director of Holy Rollers
7 July 2011 2:06 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
It’s taken almost 18 months for the independent film Holy Rollers to hit U.K. shores having debuted at last year’s Sundance Film Festival where the film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize but finally we Brits can see the crime drama from Friday. We Brits have to be so patient these days don’t we?
Based on a true story in the late 90′s when Hasidic Jews were hired to smuggle drugs from Europe to the States, the movie is led by Jesse Eisenberg in a pre-Oscar nominated Social Network turn, The Hangover’s Justin Bartha, Ari Graynor, Danny Abeckaser, Q-Tip and Jason Fuchs.
What Culture! were granted interview access with director Kevin Asch, who won the Breakthrough Director Award at the 2010 Gotham Awards for his work on the film….
Wc: How did the idea for Holy Rollers originate?
Kevin Asch: “Danny A., who plays Jackie »
- Matt Holmes
Who is Terrence Malick and Will 'Tree of Life' Live Up Its Lofty Expectations?
13 April 2011 10:28 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I have a bone to pick with many of today's films critics. Every time a director shows up at a film festival with a slow paced, meandering film critics of all stripes immediately compare that filmmaker to the legendary Terrence Malick, a filmmaker who is perhaps the most misunderstood of the last 50 years.
Sometimes the comparisons are obvious and actually make sense. Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford did seem to be the bastard child of Badlands and Days of Heaven, but most of the time, as with recent efforts by New York filmmaker Kelly Reichardt and this year's Sundance film Little Birds, the Malick reference seems tangential at best. It seems to simply be shorthand for a movie that is meandering in narrative and lugubriously paced.
This makes me wonder which Terrence Malick these critics are referencing. It certainly can't be the »
- Bill Cody
Sidney Lumet 1924-2011
12 April 2011 10:14 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Director Sidney Lumet.
Sidney Lumet was the first director I interviewed whose one-sheet posters hung on my wall as a kid. He was an idol, an icon, and an inspiration. I wasn't yet 30 when I met him at The Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills for our interview at the press junket for "Night Falls On Manhattan," one of his solid, authentic urban dramas that blended crime, politics and personal revelations that became his signature.
Lumet immediately put any butterflies I had at ease. Diminutive, but with the infectious energy of a teenager, his was a disarming presence. He paid me a compliment on my sportcoat, saying that I looked a bit like the young Mickey Rourke (which I still don't see, but what the hell), then went on to regale me for an hour with stories about his remarkable life in the theater, the early days of live television, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Director Sidney Lumet has died aged 86
10 April 2011 4:42 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Sidney Lumet, director of such classics as 12 Angry Men, Network and Dog Day Afternoon, died yesterday aged 86. Lumet passed away in his Manhattan home, as a result of lymphoma. He first garnered serious mainstream attention for directing superlative courtroom drama 12 Angry Men (adapted from a teleplay), which saw a jury gradually question their verdict. A prolific director, he worked on a great many TV movies and episodes, as well as making several more highly-regarded films. The most popular of his movies include Serpico, Dog Day...
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- Matt Maytum
Sidney Lumet Passes Away at the Age of 86
9 April 2011 9:29 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Lumet on the set of Dog Day AfternoonDirector Sidney Lumet passed away this Saturday morning of lymphoma at his home in New York City. He was 86.
Lumet last directed Before the Devil Knows You're Dead in 2007, but was best known as the director of 12 Angry Men, Network, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict and Serpico.
He was one of the great and respected directors to have never won an Oscar despite his many wonderful films and five Oscar nominations. He was, however, awarded an honorary Oscar in 2005. His films were nominated for a total of 46 Oscars and won six with 1976's Network being his most awarded with four.
Lumet was married three times -- to Rita Gam, Gloria Vanderbilt and Gail Jones -- before marrying his current wife Mary Gimbel in 1980. He is survived by his wife, stepdaughter Leslie Gimbel, stepson Bailey Gimble and daughters Amy Lumet and Jenny Lumet as »
- Brad Brevet
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9 items from 2011
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