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Movie Review: Snow White and the Huntsman Is a Grim Fairy Tale
3 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
When a friend’s little daughter became upset recently watching the beauteous Buttercup in the fun 1987 mock fairy tale The Princess Bride do little to help the hero slay the Rodent of Unusual Size, I realized we’d crossed a bridge: Damsels in distress can no longer be rescued by handsome men, at least until they’ve proved they can rescue themselves. Snow White and the Huntsman, the latest adaptation of one of the Brothers Grimm’s most beloved fairy tales, is not your father’s Snow White — and, more to the point, not your Uncle Walt’s. Nightmarishly brutal, set against wintry landscapes and medieval battlements, and rife with hopeless, starving peasants, it’s practically a full-bore horror picture, reminiscent of Game of Thrones, Joan of Arc, and Countess Dracula — the one where the title character, inspired by Elizabeth Bathory, stays youthful by bathing in the blood of young women. »
- David Edelstein
Experience FEARnet's 'June Gloom'
16 hours ago | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
FEARnet is taking "June Gloom" to an entirely new level with the broadcast premiere of the 2009 blockbuster horror sensation "Saw VI" on Sunday, June 17 at 10 p.m. Et/7 p.m. Pt. And to help start the night out, FEARnet will debut "Saw," at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt. "Saw" was the first movie that began the seven-film franchise and introduced the world to the infamous serial killer Jigsaw. Now that's a Father's Day to remember! Full details below. If Father's Day is too jammed-packed for some then fans of the franchise can catch "Saw," "Saw V" and "Saw VI" again as a movie block on Thursday, June 21. The Cary Elwes ("The Princess Bride") starrer »
This week's new film events
25 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Tyneside 75, Newcastle upon Tyne
What better way to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the cinematic medium than with a 75-hour film marathon? And what better value in the land can there be this weekend than 75p a film? The selection here has been chosen by cinemagoers, who were asked last year to vote on their favourite films of the past 75 years, so they're all movies you'd gladly watch again and again, from Annie Hall to Chasing Amy, The Princess Bride to The Great Dictator, Evil Dead II to The Third Man. The 75 hours is divided into 25 hours on each of the three screens, in case you were wondering. Being a marathon, some films still start at three in the morning. But come on! 75p!
Tyneside Cinema, Sat & Sun
Warren Beatty & Shirley MacLaine, London
Who knows what Kathlyn Corinne MacLean and Ira Owens Beaty did in the 1930s to produce not »
- Steve Rose
All-ages Hero, Michael Midas Champion, Due in July
23 May 2012 10:47 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Not a lot has been heard from Jordan B. Gorfinkel, former DC editor and the mastermind behind Batman: No Man’s Land. His Avalanche Comics Entertainment operation has been doing some custom and corporate comics work while he continues to produce a weekly strip for Jewish newspapers. But, behind the scenes, he’s been slowly assembling this project which is finally coming out after way too many years. I’ve worked on it, I’ve read it, and I recommend it.
Here’s the official press release with the details:
May 23rd, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA – This June, Boom! Studios is proud to announce Michael Midas Champion by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and Scott Benefiel. Wrapping a classic fairy tale in superhero comic book clothing, Michael Midas Champion blends the heart of It’s A Wonderful Life, the majesty of The Princess Bride and the thrills of Spider-Man.
Michael Midas Champion is »
- Robert Greenberger
Tina Fey + Paul Rudd = Worth the Cost of Admission
14 May 2012 8:02 AM, PDT | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd will topline Admission about the life of a Princeton admissions counselor. The admissions counselor (Fey) decides she needs to shake up her boring life and two things happen: one is when she meets an attractive potential student who is not really Princeton material (Nat Wolff of "The Naked Brothers Band") and another is when she starts crushing on a former classmate and teacher at an alternative high school (Rudd). One big problem is that she already has a boyfriend Michael Sheen (The Twilight Saga movies). Gloria Reuben ("ER") plays another admissions counselor trying to get Fey's job. Lily Tomlin (The Pink Panther 2, "The Magic School Bus") and Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, Toy Story movies) also costar in the comedy. Paul Weitz (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant) is directing from a script by Karen Croner for Focus Features.
Source: Variety »
- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
Ilana Teitelbaum: 'The Old Gods and the New': A Geek Girl Watches Game of Thrones
11 May 2012 2:07 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Or should that be "old plots and new?" This episode deviates so sharply from George R. R. Martin's books that fans were reeling, with some upset by this turn of events.
But others are feeling just fine, and count me in the latter camp. From what I can see, the showrunners are doing some wonderful things that only make the story better. My only gripe, and it's a small one, is that Dany's Dothraki keep getting killed, which undermines her credibility as Khaleesi. At this rate, I wouldn't follow Daenerys if I were Dothraki any more than I'd wear a red shirt on board the Enterprise.
The humanizing of Theon Greyjoy that began in the first season, where he is a loyal brother to Robb, reaches a crescendo in this episode. Instead of indiscriminately killing everyone in sight and displaying pure hatred toward the Starks as he does in »
- Ilana Teitelbaum
Our New Outdoor Movie Theater In Hollywood
8 May 2012 10:30 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Movie night just got a major upgrade.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced their new film venue just in time for summer: an outdoor theater and bi-weekly film series titled, "Oscars Outdoors."
Screenings will take place on Friday and Saturday nights, June 15 through August 18. "Casablanca," "The Princess Bride," "North By Northwest," "Back To The Future," and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," are just some of the titles being projected on the permanent 40 by 20 foot screen.
"I wish we could have built a drive-in theater," said AMPAS President Tom Sherak to ABC. "This is the closest we could get."
Expansive grounds provide ample space for lounging and City Councilman Eric Garcetti has even agreed to look into street closures in order to provide a more enjoyable movie-going experience, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Guests will be able to purchase $5 tickets (not bad!) online starting June 1. Amaps members »
- The Huffington Post
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’s New “Film-To-Film” Preservation Includes The Lady Eve, The Princess Bride, Airplane!
7 May 2012 1:33 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has undertaken a unique expansion in film preservation. As the rise of digital technology drastically reduces the availability of film stock, the project accelerates the work of the Academy Film Archive to acquire and create new archival film masters and prints from at-risk elements. Under the banner “Film-to-Film,” the $2 million initiative, approved by the Academy.s Board of Governors, focuses largely on Academy Award®-winning and nominated films from across motion picture history, including works made as recently as the 1990s.
“This is a moment of great transition for our industry, and we are responding to the urgency of that moment,” said Dawn Hudson, Academy CEO. “By increasing our preservation efforts now, we are building a vital pipeline of films and film elements that we will not only safeguard, but also make available for audiences well into the future.”
Until recently, the »
- Michelle McCue
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
'Game of Thrones' Season 2: Episode 6 Review and Recap - 'The Old Gods and the New'
6 May 2012 6:58 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
The cost of power is often steep. Episode six of this second season of "Game of Thrones" emphasizes this on a near continual basis, and it's an effective technique overall. However, we start this particular episode with an idiot. Hi, Theon (Alfie Allen)! While Joffrey is tougher to watch, Theon is neck-and-neck when it comes to overall annoyance level, if only because Joffrey has never pretended to be loyal to anything other than his sadistic whims. Theon makes decisions the way one orders pizza -- without much thought and adding up to little material gain. Regardless, Theon's schemes pay off and he's the new Lord of Winterfell. It's no happy occurrence, with one blunder after another coming from the new boss. Then we're off to the great white north to learn lessons about wildlings, though thankfully this lesson involves a great new character in the form of Ygritte (Rose Leslie »
- Laremy Legel
Cool Clicks: Postcards From 'On the Road'
4 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 ...
Who wouldn't want to hit the road with Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen? Check out BuzzSugar's photo album of all the cool cats who star in the upcoming adaptation of Jack Kerouac's classic beat novel, "On the Road."
Explosions, lasers and three headed beasts — Tenacious D has risen from the ashes and is about to rock out once more. Head over to Heavy and check out the music video for the D's latest best song in the world, "Rize of the Fenix."
Who would win in a fight: The Human Torch or Captain America? Head over to Hollywood.com to witness the superhero battle that pits one Chris Evans against another (yeah, we'd kind of forgotten all about "Fantastic Four," too).
Scarlett Johansson is currently »
- Bryan Enk
Jason Reitman Debuts His 'Live Read' Series In NYC With 'The Apartment' Starring Paul Rudd & Emma Stone
28 April 2012 1:16 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It was a magical evening at the New York Times Center last night for those lucky enough to be in attendance, for at long last, Jason Reitman brought his “Live Read” Series to NYC. The series began about six months ago when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) asked Reitman if he had any ideas for programs. His idea was a simple one: to stage readings of classic screenplays live on stage, one time only for an audience of a few hundred people. As he told the NY Times recently, “I’d done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. [So I thought], ‘Why couldn’t we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life?’ You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there’s really nothing like that for movie scripts. »
- Cory Everett
Jason Reitman Recruits Emma Stone And Paul Rudd For The Apartment
27 April 2012 9:01 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Director Jason Reitman has recruited stars including Emma Stone, Paul Rudd and James Woods for a reading of The Apartment as he takes his movie theatre project to New York City.
The moviemaker has been bringing a series of well-loved movies to the stage in Los Angeles in recent months for star-studded live readings of films including The Big Lebowski, The Breakfast Club and The Princess Bride.
He is now taking the shows to the Big Apple and will kick off the Live Read series in Manhattan on Friday with a reading of 1960 classic The Apartment.
Stone and Rudd will take over the roles made famous by Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon, while the show will also feature James Woods, Lena Dunham and Jason Sudeikis.
The event will take place at The Times Center, and due to the overwhelming demand for tickets, the reading will also be broadcast on screens in the venue's main hall for those who couldn't get a seat in the theatre. »
Safe review
20 April 2012 1:41 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Jason Statham returns for yet another action movie, and this one may well be his best yet. Here’s Duncan’s review of the mighty Safe…
It’s amazing what a physiological effect a film can have on me sometimes. Despite the high expectations I had of Safe after the thoroughly entertaining trailer, mixed with my ardent love of Jason Statham, I was exhausted when I went to the screening. So tired in fact, that when I spoke to a friend of mine just before the film started I was barely able to string two words together, even using the word ‘magical’ to describe my hopes for Safe.
Now, I’ve used many superlatives to describe the films of our man Statham over the years, but ‘magical’ isn’t a logical fit. Regardless, by the time Safe had finished, I was running high on adrenaline and in a state of absolute joy, »
Vamps Acquired by Anchor Bay Films
17 April 2012 12:42 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to the latest film by Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Vamps. Starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin), Krysten Ritter (Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23, Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, The Princess Bride) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Avatar), the film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires. A theatrical release is expected near Halloween. The deal was announced by Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment.
"We are excited to have picked up the rights to Vamps," commented Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Anchor Bay Films. "It's a hilarious story with the perfect cast."
Beautiful vampires Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Ritter) have been enjoying the good life in New York City. As upstanding, politically correct Extended Life Forms (ELFs »
- MovieWeb
Cary Elwes on 'The Princess Bride': 'I'll be Westley the rest of my life. And I'm cool with that.'
17 April 2012 10:44 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
In the first five minutes of the classic film The Princess Bride, a very young Fred Savage is playing a 1980s baseball video game. I hadn’t seen the movie since the advent of Playstation, Xbox, and Wii, and it never struck me as something that might stand out. But this week, sitting in a theater of mega Princess Bride fans — including some who were in costume for the occasion and many who had brought youngsters with them for their first big-screen experience of the film — that beginning moment got one of the biggest laughs of the night. That was »
- Laura Hertzfeld
Anchor Bay Films Acquires Amy Heckerling's Vamps
17 April 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to the latest film by Amy Heckerling ( Clueless , Fast Times at Ridgemont High ), Vamps . The film, starring Alicia Silverstone ( Clueless , Batman & Robin , Krysten Ritter (.Don.t Trust the B.- in Apartment 23,. Confessions of a Shopaholic ), Wallace Shawn ( Toy Story , The Princess Bride ) and Sigourney Weaver ( Aliens , Avatar ), is expected to be released near Halloween. The deal was announced by Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment. .We are excited to have picked up the rights to 'Vamps,'. commented Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Anchor Bay Films. .It.s a hilarious story with the perfect cast.. Beautiful vampires Goody »
Dollhouse's Enver Gjokaj joins Twitter, calls Gene Hackman best actor ever
16 April 2012 5:22 PM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
Just minutes ago, Dollhouse's Enver Gjokaj joined Twitter (@EnverGjokaj), amassing several hundred followers so far. The versatile and talented actor quickly gained a devoted fan following for his performance(s) on the show, and thus it's unsurprising that Twitter has greeted him with enthusiasm.
One fan expressed the sentiment, not uncommon among Dollhouse fans, that Enver Gjokaj is the "best actor ever", to which Enver replied "that would be Gene Hackman Imo".
Gene Hackman is a great actor, but can he play the nerdy, excitable Topher Brink as brilliantly as Enver Gjokaj did? And that wasn't even Enver's (main) character in Dollhouse...
But Enver needn't give up the possibility of surpassing his favourite actor Gene Hackman just yet. After all, “every day is a chance to be better…”
They used to say that you couldn’t turn on the TV without a Gene Hackman movie being on one of the channels. »
You'd Better Be Good or The Butcher Fairy is Coming for You! Check Out the Short!
15 April 2012 1:36 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Okay kiddies, you know all about Santa and Krampus and the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny, but how many of you are familiar with the legend of The Butcher Fairy? We've got a 15-minute short film for you showing that particular entity in action!
To sum it up, the world's naughtiest five-year old has already acted up enough that his parents have spanked his ass off his body. Literally. They've got no other alternative than to turn to The Butcher Fairy. She's like Nanny McPhee…with a straight razor.
The film was written and directed by Brent Bokovoy and starring Rylan Gregg McPherson, Diana Vanhorn, Joel Boling and Kai Whiteley. The narrator is Donald O'Donovan. The entire film is written in rhyme, which can become a bit tedious, but there are some cool F/X and the creepiest damn Charlie McCarthy doll since the Night Terrors Dummy short. It's »
- Doctor Gash
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