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Kevin Costner at Field Of Dreams Screening
18 December 2009 1:11 PM, PST
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented a 20th anniversary screening of the Academy Award-nominated Field of Dreams on Wednesday, December 16, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Pictured above prior to the screening of the family drama featuring baseball, corn fields, and ghosts are (left to right): Academy President Tom Sherak, cinematographer John Lindley, Oscar-nominated writer/director Phil Alden Robinson (he was nominated in the original screenplay category), Oscar-nominated producer Chuck Gordon, actor Kevin Costner, production designer Dennis Gassner and Oscar-nominated producer Lawrence Gordon. (Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.)
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Kevin Costner and Field of Dreams producers Chuck Gordon (left) and Lawrence Gordon. (Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.)
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Kevin Costner, director Phil Alden Robinson at Field Of Dreams Screening
18 December 2009 1:09 PM, PST
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented a screening of the supernatural baseball drama on Wednesday, December 16, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Back in 1989, Field of Dreams, in which a farmer builds (a baseball field) so they’ll come ("they" being the Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven banned Chicago White Sox players), was nominated for three Academy Awards: best picture, best original screenplay, and best original score (James Horner). Based on W.P. Kinsella’s short novel, the film stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, and James Earl Jones.
Field of Dreams was also part of a [...]
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question of the day: What’s your favorite sports-related movie?
15 December 2009 6:12 AM, PST
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What with football-themed The Blind Side doing gangbusters at the box office and the rugby-will-save-the-world-themed Invictus just opening, the members of the Online Film Critics Society recently picked our top 5 favorite sports movies. Raging Bull came out on top; go to the Ofcs news blog for the rest of the top 5, and other films that ranked.
I picked The Rookie as my very favorite, followed by Bull Durham, Eight Men Out, Field of Dreams, and Rocky.
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Draft excluder: Napoleon - the greatest movie never made?
9 December 2009 9:24 AM, PST
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In the first of a new fortnightly series, Phil Hoad reviews an as-yet-unfilmed movie script. Today: Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon
This is Draft excluder, the Guardian's fortnightly review of unproduced screenplays. Whether it's the latest hot item that's got the development execs thumb-wrestling over it in the parking lot, or the great unfinishable obsession that has defeated many a director, we'll be dicing it, slicing it and making nice (or not) with it.
Remember: the scripts reviewed here are works-in-progress, and will differ from the finished film.
This week: Napoleon by Stanley Kubrick
The pitch
The rise and fall of history's greatest general by history's greatest director (if you subscribe to Empire magazine). Napoleon dynamite, surely?
The pedigree
Doesn't come any higher, really. In a career that saw a fair few get away, Napoleon became Kubrick's cream cetacean. Having tackled the entire history of humanity in 2001: A Space Odyssey,
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Kevin Costner in Field Of Dreams Screening
8 December 2009 10:03 PM, PST
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Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner in the days when he could do no wrong, is turning 20. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the occasion by presenting a new print from the Academy Film Archive and Universal on Wednesday, December 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Hosted by Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan — one of those rare film reviewers worth paying attention to — the evening will also feature a cast-and-crew reunion that is scheduled to include actors Costner and Timothy Busfield; Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson, who also directed the movie; Oscar-nominated producers [...]
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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Films About Friendly Ghosts
8 December 2009 7:38 PM, PST
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They can be harmful. They can be helpful. They can be annoying as all get-out. The film world has given us everything in the spectrum of ghost virtue from Bruce Willis to the creepy girl from Ringu. Today, in honor of The Lovely Bones, we salute the good guys, the friendly ghosts who ride high along with Casper in the act of moral solidarity.
10. Heart And Souls
Anything starring Robert Downey, Jr. is worth checking out in my book, but this comedy was surprisingly enjoyable. Downey plays a guy used by four ghosts to reconcile their lives before moving on into the afterlife. The catch is, Downey is less than enthusiastic, but finds himself the catalyst for something bigger than himself and goes along for the ride. The cast is comprised of several well-known actors making the film that much more enjoyable.
9. Truly, Madly, Deeply
The 1991 charming, English love story of a woman,
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Tears of 'Glee': Top 5 most emotional moments
8 December 2009 9:23 AM, PST
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If you're anything like us, "Glee" makes you cry all the time. What moments have cut us the deepest?
5. Sue Sylvester and her sister, "Wheels"
Darn you, show! You've created this excellent villain for us to hate, spewing out all manner of hare-brained quotes, and then you go and have her donate money for wheelchair ramps and read a book to her sister with Downs Syndrome. That's just unfair.
4. "Imagine" with the Haverbrook Deaf Choir, "Hairography"
It was emotional enough to watch the deaf show choir sign the song, but when Mercedes started singing we couldn't hold the tears back any longer.
3. Kurt and his father, "Preggers"
We're a sucker for a good "prickly father bonds with his son" storyline. It's the "Field of Dreams" syndrome. But "Glee" did a nice job with it, especially because it included a football team dancing to a Beyonce song. It doesn't get much better than that.
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The Sunday Movie Quiz – The Answers
16 November 2009 12:33 PM, PST
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Here are the answers to yesterday’s weekly Sunday Movie Quiz. If you missed the quiz yesterday, go here and give it a try before you look at the answers. Hope you had fun, and will come back for another quiz next Sunday.
Movie Quotes – Name the films
1 Who you gonna butcher man? – The Limey
2 Los Locos kick your ass, Los Locos kick your face, Los Locos kick your balls into outer space! – Short Circuit 2
3 You tell him i’m coming, and hells coming with me, you hear? – Tombstone
4 Better hurry up Russell, time is healing this wound! - Up
5 Muad’Dib!! – Dune
6 Oh, i dunno. Cos i wanted to redecorate. A couple of throw pillows, TV news reporter, what do you think? – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7 Don’T shake hands with messy Tessy. – Garbage Pail Kids
8 I want you to hit me as hard as you can. – Fight Club
9 I love this plan,
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Waterworld Blu-ray Review
15 November 2009 9:14 AM, PST
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Hollywood has figured something out, which is that even if you spend a shit-ton of money on a film, that in and of itself can attract an audience. It’s hard to look at the relative success of Waterworld at the box office as anything more than rubbernecking on the freeway, and it was worthwhile for many who had grown tired of Kevin Costner. My review of Waterworld after the jump.
Though somewhat stiff at times, Costner was the leading man of the late 80’s, even more so than Tom Cruise, with his sexual charisma and aw-shucks charm. No Way Out, The Untouchables, Bull Durham, and Field of Dreams said “hey world, check me out.” Then came Dances with Wolves, which won him a couple of Oscars, defeating the (now seen as obviously superior) Goodfellas. Some resentment sets in with success and the oddball A Perfect World, and the terrible
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- Andre Dellamorte
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The Sunday Movie Quiz
14 November 2009 4:01 PM, PST
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Last Sunday was the first Sunday Movie Quotes Quiz. If you missed it, you can find it here, with the answers here. This week, it’s not just quotes, we’ll have several sections. Same rules as before, no prize, just for fun. Answers are now here. Feel free to shout answers in the comments if you want, and if it’s too hard or too easy let us know.
Movie Quotes – Name the films
1 Who you gonna butcher man?
2 Los Locos kick your ass, Los Locos kick your face, Los Locos kick your balls into outer space!
3 You tell him i’m coming, and hells coming with me, you hear?
4 Better hurry up Russell, time is healing this wound!
5 Muad’Dib!!
6 Oh, i dunno. Cos i wanted to redecorate. A couple of throw pillows, TV news reporter, what do you think?
7 Don’T shake hands with messy Tessy.
8 I want you
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- Barry Steele
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Top 7 Movies That Make The End of the World Sound Hilarious
13 November 2009 2:18 PM, PST
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We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
Somehow, the end of the world has become a form of entertainment. Instead of being scared out of our wits of apocalyptic thoughts, we enjoy plunking down $10 to watch them become realized by big budget blockbusters. Hollywood serves it up, however: whole cities are destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people die, the fate of mankind is brought into question, and sometimes, Randy Quaid becomes our savior.
Which brings us to a certain theme that has been continued through a legacy of doomsday movies – they’re funny as hell. More unintentional than not, these movies are loaded with goofy movie milestones that make the blockbusters seem like gargantuan scaled jokes, with their characters, dialogue, and special moments serving as a type of punch line. Many disaster movies seem to be plagued by an air of idiocy that moves from one big budget movie to the next,
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2 New Vampire Baseball Events - Tickets Go On Sale Friday!
10 November 2009 5:54 PM, PST
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If you were at the Portland Vampire Baseball event this past July or even if you werent! Im sure you all know how much of a success it was. Well the event was so successful that they are expanding to two new cities! Salt Lake City and New Orleans are on the roster this year and you can purchase your tickets starting Friday! Not only that but if you purchase your tickets to either event before December 31st you are eligible for a drawing to win Edi Gathegis autographed Vampire Baseball uniform that he wore at the Portland event! Read below for full detailsCatch Vampire Baseball Fever! Tickets go on Sale Friday November 13!Following on the heels of the hugely successful Vampire Baseball event in Portland Oregon Fan Trips Travel is pleased to announce its 2010 series of Vampire Baseball exhibition games. Vampire Baseball Portland brought thousands of fans from around
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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST
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"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand!
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Who's Going To Be The World Series Mvp? Forget A-Rod or A. J. Burnett, Give Me Willie Mays Hayes!
2 November 2009 3:30 PM, PST
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So the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez was last night's World Series hero, knocking a ninth-inning double for the go-ahead run and a 3-1 series lead against the Phillies. In tonight's Game 5, A. J. Burnett looks to mirror his one-run gem from last week as he takes the mound at Citizens Bank Park. With the Yanks possibly locking up the Fall Classic in a matter of hours, either of these guys could end up nabbing the series' Mvp award. Or the Phils could stage a comeback powered by Game 1 gods, Chase Utley and Cliff Lee.
Whatever happens, though, I know one thing: I detest both these teams because I am a heart-broken Mets fan (is there any other kind?). That's why when I think about ballplayers these days, I tend to think about movies. Cinema has given us some of the best and silliest sluggers and hurlers imaginable, and it is these
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Did James Earl Jones seem like an evil dictator in House?
8 October 2009 6:41 AM, PDT
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In this week's episode of House, James Earl Jones played an African dictator. Much of the plot centered on whether he should live or die, and whether the doctors should make that decision in order to save innocent Africans that he would kill if he survived.
Ok, here's the thing about this. Jones is undoubtedly a great actor, but he didn't seem like an evil dictator ready to wipe out half the population of his country. He seemed more like his character Terence Mann in Field of Dreams, a kindly old guy who needed to be shown the way.
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Games: Review:Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
4 October 2009 10:00 PM, PDT
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The Ninja Gaiden franchise was once synonymous with its unrelentingly difficult 1989 Nes ancestor, but now, 20 years later, it’s starting to look like the Field Of Dreams of videogames. Since being revived in 2004 as a separates-the-boys-from-the-men challenging Xbox game, it was subsequently refined, tweaked, and re-released twice over the next three years before reaching across the aisle and landing on the PlayStation 3 with Ninja Gaiden Sigma. And so, after last year’s release of Ninja Gaiden II on the Xbox 360, its fine-tuned sibling Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is now coming to the PlayStation 3.
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Top 7 Actors playing Athletes in Sports Films
3 October 2009 7:30 AM, PDT
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With Whip It swirling its way into theaters, it’s a wonder no one has fully acknowledged the absolutely amazing athletic work these brave actresses have put into the final product. Let’s face it, not all actors can “bring it” when it comes to believably portraying a real-life athlete.
Truth of the matter is, it’s about as rare a feat as you’re likely to see capably pulled off in Hollywood. Ellen Page (who will more than likely make a later edition of this list) made frantically scuttering around a cylindrical death-track look effortless, even graceful. Hell, the entire cast made roller derby look like the ballet with brute violence. This got me to thinking – Which other Hollywood actors have been the most convincing athletes on the big screen? They deserve their due (to go along with their millions of
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- Chris De Salvo
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John Scalzi - The Best and Worst Television Adaptations of SciFi Classics
30 September 2009 9:00 PM, PDT
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I'm going to engage in a bit of shameless self-promotion and tell you that this Friday marks the debut of Stargate: Universe, a television show for which I am the Creative Consultant, and if you wouldn't mind watching it (whilst, of course, setting your DVR to record AMC's scheduled offering Field of Dreams, and promising to watch all of it, including the commercials), I would be deeply appreciative. Appalling
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"The Children of Gatlin" - 25 Years Later The Anniversary Interview Series
30 September 2009 7:50 AM, PDT
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It was 1984. Ronald Reagan was president, Van Halen made us "Jump", and we made our way into theaters to witness a small town in Nebraska overrun by a religious leader and his group of community children followers. That movie was, of course, Stephen King's Children of the Corn. And as this year marks the twenty-five year anniversary that this milestone in horror was released, we wondered "What was it like on the set for the Iowa-extras that rounded out the children population of Gatlin?" So after much searching through the cornfields and tracking them down, we were pleased to get in touch recently with Russ Roach who played one of the Gatlin-natives led by Isaac. So Outlanders, here it is. After months of planning we give you, the fans, "The Children of Gatlin" - 25 Years Later.
Cotcm - Before "Field of Dreams", Iowa was chosen to host another feature about
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John Barrowman Edges Out Alexander Skarsgard In 'Captain America' Casting Poll!
28 September 2009 2:01 PM, PDT
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Maybe it's some sort of "Field of Dreams" thing, but apparently if you ask who should play Captain America, they will respond. And by "they" I mean every-freakin'-one.
Clocking in as the most popular poll we've ever run on Splash Page, our query regarding who should play Steve Rogers in "The First Avenger: Captain America" not only received a lot of votes, but it also generated quite a bit of discussion. We posted our thoughts on who's best suited to fill the role, so now it's time to reveal who you chose to play Captain America.
In the end, it was a close race between "Torchwood" star John Barrowman and "True Blood" actor Alexander Skarsgard—but Captain Jack Harkness prevailed, and Barrowman landed at the top of the tally with 36 percent of the total votes. Here's how the rest of the poll panned out, and a sampling of readers' explanations
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