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10 items from 2012
John C. Reilly gets animated about 'Wreck-It Ralph'
5 November 2012 6:00 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The first time I remember seeing John C. Reilly was in Brian De Palma's film "Casualties Of War," and right away, he seemed fully defined. That's a movie full of big performances, with Sean Penn and Michael J. Fox going head to head, and even so, Reilly stood out as Hatch, a giant man-child who seemed to follow whoever was the biggest alpha male regardless of the direction of his own moral compass. It was a great introduction to the particular skill set of this actor, and in the years since, he has re-confirmed his gifts over and over again. One »
- Drew McWeeny
Tiff 2012 Review: Rebelle (War Witch) is Bloody and Compassionate
8 September 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Let us start off by saying that Kim Nyugen's Rebelle, is easily the best Canadian war film ever produced. I know, you say that there aren't many Canadian war films made outside of National Film Board documentaries and that big sloppy wet one from Paul Gross. But Rebelle certainly shows what this countries' cinema is capable of. There are not a lot of big set-piece battles here, and the film taking simultaneously a more intimate (and evocative) stance on war. The film, features no Canuck characters and set in the African Congo with child soldiers confiscated into guerrilla rebel forces. But still, it sets the bar very high. Think Beasts of the Southern Wild meets Casualties of War and you are on the right track. Kumona, a »
Tiff 2012 Review: Rebelle (War Witch) is Bloody and Compassionate
8 September 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Let us start off by saying that Kim Nyugen's Rebelle, is easily the best Canadian war film ever produced. I know, you say that there aren't many Canadian war films made outside of National Film Board documentaries and that big sloppy wet one from Paul Gross. But Rebelle certainly shows what this countries' cinema is capable of. There are not a lot of big set-piece battles here, and the film taking simultaneously a more intimate (and evocative) stance on war. The film, features no Canuck characters and set in the African Congo with child soldiers confiscated into guerrilla rebel forces. But still, it sets the bar very high. Think Beasts of the Southern Wild meets Casualties of War and you are on the right track. Kumona, a »
'This Must be the Place' trailer: Sean Penn plays an unlikely Nazi hunter
4 September 2012 9:41 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
When I think of Sean Penn’s most unsettling cinematic creations, I’m inclined to learn towards his cruel Vietnam sergeant in Casualties of War or his death-row inmate in Dead Man Walking. But his character in This Must Be the Place might just take the cake. In this Cannes 2011 film, slated for release on Nov. 2, Penn plays a former goth-pop god who hasn’t given up the iconic look that helped make him famous. When his father — a Holocaust survivor — passes away, he inherits the mission to track down his dad’s concentration camp tormentor. But it’s not »
- Jeff Labrecque
Brian De Palma Returns With Passion: Genius, Hack, or a Little of Both?
25 August 2012 1:42 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Of all the established directors out there, I find myself consistently struggling with where to place Brian De Palma. There have been times in his career where he shows pure brilliance, and even more times where De Palma has delivered some of the most insanely idiotic pictures in film history.
He is back once again, directing his first film in over five years, Passion. The trailer, released this week, suggests a possible return to form for De Palma is on the cards, which means either it will be a seductive thriller or an outlandish embarrassment.
Check it out below;
A stylish and creative eye, Brian De Palma is sometimes consumed by his flair for the melodramatic to an annoying fault. Though he is never one to shy away from edgy material, and when he hits the mark he is as good as anyone of the disciples of the 1970s American film movement. »
- Larry Taylor
War is Upon Us in This 'Xcom: Enemy Unknown' Trailer
24 August 2012 8:06 AM, PDT | MTV Multiplayer | See recent MTV Multiplayer news »
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The "Casualties of War" trailer invites you future Xcom commanders to take it to the aliens and it looks pretty intense. On display: several revamped versions of the enemy types from the 90's original and lots of over-the-shoulder gunplay.
So what are your thoughts on the look so far? This trailer is selling up the death and devastation of a full-on alien attack, but I'm really more curious about some of that old-school Xcom experience which was usually tense, waiting for aliens to pop up on some currently unexplored part of the map to take you out. Here's hoping developer Firaxis brings some of that same tension with their new title.
Xcom: Enemy Unknown will be available for the PS3, PC, and Xbox 360 on October 9th.
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Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 4 of 5)
26 May 2012 7:49 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Tom Noonan as Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986, USA):
Noonan is absolutely incredible as a serial murderer in this underrated adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. With all respect to the talented but miscast actors involved in Brett Ratner’s 2002 adaptation Red Dragon (USA), with the exception of Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, the acting in this earlier, superior version of the book exists on a much higher level. Most notably, there’s nothing resembling a comparison between Noonan’s Francis Dollarhyde and Ralph Fiennes’ interpretation. This role is by far Noonan’s finest film work to date and should not be missed.
Other notable Tom Noonan performances: Phoenix (Danny Cannon, 1998, USA).
Christopher Walken as Brad Whitewood Sr.in At Close Range (James Foley, 1986, USA):
Having once described his role in this film as “the hillbilly Lucifer”, Walken is incredible as a rural crime boss bringing his son, »
- Terek Puckett
David Rabe Tries Catching ‘Fire’ Off-Broadway
16 April 2012 8:28 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Getty Images Playwright David Rabe on February 27, 2012 in New York City.
David Rabe is rewriting during rehearsals for his new play, “An Early History of Fire,” which opens off-Broadway on April 30.
This is the first time he has done that in his 40-year career, he said, adding that “the whole soul of the play started to transform during rehearsals.”
Rabe, who won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 for “Sticks and Bones,” discussed his work as actors read bits »
- Kathy Shwiff
The Criminal Complex Line: Odds That Oliver Stone’s Savages Will Be Any Good?
2 April 2012 9:07 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Director Oliver Stone is bringing Don Winslow’s Savages to the big screen. But will it be any good? The Criminal Complex line says, “Bet.”
Don Winslow’s 2010 novel Savages is one of those books you chide yourself for not reading sooner, even if you were able to get your hands on an Arc in ’09. The drug-dealing anti-hero(es) and the adventures of the Mexican drug cartel are all reinvested with some relevance and some actual personality in the pages of Winslow’s novel. Opening with a brief first chapter, the twin thematic powerhouses of minimalism and breakneckism (in both pace and morality) shoot you through to the conclusion, which is about as Mexican a stand-off as you’re likely to read. There’s no time to do anything but take a deep breath and hope you come out on the other side (not all of you will). If/when you do, »
- Jimmy Callaway
War Horse tramples on western militarism
23 January 2012 4:34 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Steven Spielberg's equine epic may help dispel the acquiescence in warfare to which his own films contributed
Steven Spielberg has done his bit to shape western attitudes to warfare. Saving Private Ryan burnished the myth of heroic conflict when cinema had lost faith in it. Schindler's List re-established the useful notion of the indisputably evil foe. In the films of the 40s and 50s, our boys socked it to the Nazis time and again to audiences' innocent delight. However, Vietnam swept away the simplicities of battlefield bravado. When Hollywood got round to confronting that ill-fated undertaking, it found little to glorify. Instead it homed in on the horror, the horror.
Films like Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and Casualties of War fed public disgust with militarism. America, it was said, would never again put boots on the ground in conflict, but would turn its back on foreign entanglements as its founders had intended. »
- David Cox
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