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Marvel’s Next Avengers Film #9: Deathlok
29 May 2012 11:59 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
With a sequel to The Avengers officially confirmed by Marvel/Disney, comic book fans the world over will be contemplating which of the publisher’s other heroes could be added to the line-up, potentially getting their own solo movie as soon as 2014 – filling the popularly acknowledged gap in the schedule alongside Captain America 2 that summer.
Of course, we have to bear in mind that Marvel Studios do not own the film rights to characters as key to their comic book universe as Daredevil, Spider-Man, Wolverine or the Fantastic Four – all of whom have allied with or become members of the Avengers at one time or another – but with that consideration in place, here is another suggestion for Marvel’s Next Avengers Film:
Deathlok (Michael Collins)
Why?: Because, done right, a Deathlok adventure could combine all the best elements of the most successful superhero films – cutting-edge technology, evil, morally bankrupt bad guys, »
- Greg Jorgensen
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
Interview: Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on new 'Music From Another Dimension'
24 May 2012 8:15 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Aerosmith has a pretty good track record with songs in Bruce Willis movies. Remember a little hit called “I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing” from 1998’s “Armageddon?” The song gave the band its first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. They are reuniting with Willis for “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” which will feature Aerosmith’s “Legendary Chid,” both within the movie and as the end title. They band debuted the crunchy rocker (embedded below) on Wednesday night’s “American Idol” finale with little fanfare and no announcement about its tie in with the movie. Undoubtedly, this was because the same day the »
Take Three: Grace Zabriskie
20 May 2012 5:01 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Craig here with this week's Take Three. Today: Grace Zabriskie
It was Grace Zabriskie’s 71st birthday last week. She’s achieved a lot in her vast career over the 34 years she’s been acting: she had a daughter with oversized thumbs (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues); paid River Phoenix for sex (My Own Private Idaho); been killed by Chuckie (Child’s Play 2); ran on a brothel (The Brothel); evangelized about vampires (Blood Ties); had a asteroid named after her (Armageddon); performed a voodoo sex-killing (Wild at Heart); fought for worker’s rights (Norma Rae); navigated b-movie space horrors (Galaxy of Terror); and turned mourning into a mad maternal art (Twin Peaks). And that's just ten of her 93+ screen roles.
Here are three performances that I feel deserve highlighting. »
- Craig Bloomfield
Ender's Game - Fan Questions Answered with New Set Images
18 May 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Yesterday we brought you a great article from Ender's Game author Orson Scott Card detailing his first visit to the set of the film. In it he makes a point of saying that the movie being made is not his book, that this is basically Gavin Hood's retelling of the story. At the same time he loved what he saw, he says it's going to look great, and he had a positive outlook on it. He also talked about Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield in the roles of Graff and Wiggin.
The Ender's Game Blog recently opened itself up to fans for questions that producer Roberto Orci could answer, here's the invite Orci wrote a few days ago...
“I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to
problems we haven’t seen yet.”
In Dragon Army, Ender encourages input. So do we. That »
- Venkman
Poll: Best Movie Awards Spoofs
16 May 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
People, if you're not already hip to this lesson, let us give you a tip: cool guys don't look at explosions. It's just science, really.
Actually, what it really is, is a callback to one of the best movie spoofs in MTV Movie Awards history, when Andy Samberg and Will Ferrell teamed up with J.J. Abrams (what?) at the 2009 show to stress to movie lovers the most important lesson one can take away from the action movie genre.
But that's not the first (or last) time the Movie Awards have poked fun at our favorite flicks. The boys of *Nsync teamed up to save the world from "Armageddon" levels of doom in 1999, and later, in 2003, Justin Timberlake was back again, ready and reloaded to take on "The Matrix." As recently as 2011, Jason Sudeikis and Emma Stone went as far as to apply a live piano show to the art of movie-spoofing, »
- Josh Wigler
"Ghost Recon Alpha" Is Your Short Film View of the Tom Clancy-verse
14 May 2012 2:29 PM, PDT | MTV Multiplayer | See recent MTV Multiplayer news »
The new short shows off the future of war.
The video shows the members of the Alpha Squadron, members of the U.S. armed forces, going after a war criminal in the near future Eastern Europe (which is in part where Ghost Recon Future Soldier will be set).
Publisher Ubisoft put this short together alongside Little Minx films, which acts a prequel to the upcoming game, featuring the four playable characters from Future Soldier as members of the cast of characters here. The location in the film will be a multiplayer map from the game and if you look carefully, there's a secret weapon unlock code somewhere in the Ghost Recon Alpha's running time.
Here's the synopsis:
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha boasts a line-up of top Hollywood talent. The film was directed by Academy Award winners Hervé de Crécy and François Alaux, who won an Oscar in 2010 for Logorama, »
- Charles Webb
William Bradley: Mad Men: Rejecting Advertising, Or, Don Draper Meets Acid Rock, Pop Buddhism, and an Independent Wife
8 May 2012 7:19 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
"Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. It is not dying, it is not dying.
Lay down all thought, surrender to the void. It is shining, it is shining.
That you may see the meaning of within. It is being, it is being."
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
from Tomorrow Never Knows, on the album Revolver
Don't look now, but something important just happened on Mad Men. A major character, someone with real talent in the field, just rejected advertising. Someone who happens to be ad guru Don Draper's bright and shiny new wife.
Megan Calvet Draper's Marxist academic father, who so disapproves of her work in advertising, and of her life of easing into wealth by marrying a rich older man, evidently got through to his daughter in the episode before this. She's now pursuing her dream, which was unclear then but turns out to be acting. And »
- William Bradley
‘The Town’ & ‘Savages’ Authors Team For Ensemble Crime Thriller Script
7 May 2012 4:38 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
With every major studio trying to squeeze the maximum revenue out of their films, development on a broad appeal blockbuster usually results in a fairly watered down final product. So when there is strictly adult-themed drama with a sizable budget, it is a moment to rejoice. We saw it just under two years ago with Ben Affleck‘s sophomore effort The Town and this summer Universal will release Oliver Stones’ Savages. Both crime thrillers feature strong ensembles and now the original authors of both are teaming up for another entry in the genre.
Deadline reports that Don Winslow, author of Savages and the upcoming prequel The Kings of Cool (set for a release just a few days before the former’s film adaptation), and Chuck Hogan, author of Prince of Thieves, the book based on The Town, are set to write a “contemporary” crime thriller. While it’s still untitled, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Liv Tyler To Pen Foreword To Grandmother's Manners Book
7 May 2012 1:01 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Liv Tyler is set to give her grandmother's new manners book a big boost by penning the novel's foreword.
The Armageddon star and daughter of rocker Steven Tyler was raised by her model mum Bebe Buell and etiquette coach grandmother Dorothea Johnson.
And now Tyler is to thank her beloved relative for her years of devotion by giving Johnson a career lift and writing a short intro to her sixth tome, Modern Manners.
Tyler tells Harper's Bazaar, "My grandmother is an incredible teacher. In the world, she's been a businesswoman, but for me she's always been nurturing."
The actress will share some of her best-learned tips and words of wisdom, admitting she still puts into practice most of Johnson's advice for always looking and acting like a polished woman.
The mum of seven-year-old son Milo adds, "They taught me to just take that extra bit of time. There's nothing worse than having to get up at seven every morning, get Milo dressed, me dressed, walk the dog, make breakfast, get him to school by 8.30, and then have all the paparazzi jumping up from behind a bush when you have no make-up on." »
Indie Versions Of Summer Blockbusters (Photos)
4 May 2012 12:37 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
With the release of "The Avengers," the summer movie season has officially begun. For the next four months, we'll be inundated with superheroes, explosions, reboots, sequels, guns, vampires, aliens and toys. But as the folks over at NextMovie pointed out, "inside every loud, attention-grabbing, big-budget action movie, there's also a sensitive indie just wanting to get out." And to help illustrate the pedigreed potential of these mindless summer blockbusters, they've teamed up with graphic artist Old Red Jalopy to indie-fy the whole honkin' season. These alternative movie posters put an emphasis on art and subtlety, as opposed to the usual badly Photoshopped assault on our senses that overuse the same metallic font. These are summer blockbusters that look like they belong with the Criterion Collection (ignoring the fact that Michael Bay's "Armageddon" actually is part of the Criterion Collection). Check out some of our favorite indie-fied summer blockbusters below. »
- Eric Larnick
Open thread: what films have you been watching?
4 May 2012 7:17 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The good, the bad, and the blockbusters … whatever you've seen recently, we'd like to hear about it
What films have you seen recently? Whatever you've been watching, we'd like you to tell us about it.
You can either leave a comment in the thread below, or tweet your thoughts with the hashtag #gdnreview. We'll pick the best and show them off here once a week.
Here's what some @guardianfilm followers had to say about recent films they'd seen:
@bexter2001
Damsels in Distress: witty, whimsical and deeply offbeat, it grew on me, mainly thanks to the wonderful Greta Gerwig
@StephWhalley
Sticky sweet & naughty with lashings of humour & a sprinkling of nineties nostalgia: everything an American Pie Reunion should be!
@RedAppleChango
Lockout: Ott action sci-fi. Very 90s vibe, in a good way. See if you like Timecop or Sudden Death (who doesn't?)
@hannah_echo
Drive. Beautiful aesthetics and faux-retro sound juxtaposed »
- Adam Boult
Starz And Michael Bay Take To The High Seas For New Original Series “Black Sails”
3 May 2012 2:41 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced the straight-to-series greenlight of “Black Sails” (working title) from executive producer Michael Bay. The new Starz Original series is expected to air in 2014. The eight-episode first season of the pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.”
Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day . a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.
“Starz is excited to be working with a visionary like Michael,’” said Albrecht. “Along »
- Michelle McCue
Michael Bay's 'Treasure Island' Prequel Coming To Starz
3 May 2012 11:20 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Starz and Michael Bay are setting sail on the high seas. The premium cable network has ordered an eight-episode season of "Black Sails," a pirate drama set to focus on "Treasure Island's" Captain Flint.
The project, written and created by "Jericho" showrunner Jon Steinberg, will be set 20 years before Robert Louis Stevenson's iconic tale. Its protagonist, Captain Flint, who was known as "the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day," takes on a slick new recruit to his crew who goes by the name of John Silver, according to a press release. "Black Sails" will be set on New Providence Island, a "criminal haven" inhabited by a motley crew of "pirates, prostitues, thieves and fortune seekers."
"I'm excited to branch out into television, especially doing a long-form series for Starz, a network known for supporting cutting edge programming," Michael Bay, the producer of cinematic hits such as "Transformers" and "Armageddon, »
- Alex Moaba
Second Opinion - The Avengers (2012)
1 May 2012 2:56 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Avengers (a.k.a. Avengers Assemble), 2012.
Written and Directed by Joss Whedon.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Bettany.
Synopsis:
Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble to protect the Earth from Loki and his army of alien invaders.
[Warning... Here Be Spoilers]
The Avengers is not a great film. It is at best an average summer blockbuster. I want to make my opinions clear from the very beginning of this review because I know there are many, many people who will disagree with most or all of the criticism I have for the film. This is my personal opinion and I will back up my criticisms where possible.
Firstly, I love films based on comic book characters and I enjoy many summer blockbusters, so I cannot complain that I wasn’t part of The Avengers' target audience. »
- flickeringmyth
Mining Asteroids? Jon Stewart Doesn’t Want to Miss a Thing
26 April 2012 5:24 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
It was recently announced that a new company backed by two Google billionaires, movie director James Cameron and others may try to mine asteroids for precious raw materials. “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart is excited by the prospect–and thinks that space mining may even cooler than earth mining. Plus space mining comes accompanied by “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” that song Aerosmith rocked in the 1998 film “Armageddon.”
Watch a clip.
»
- WSJ Staff
Can Owen Wilson survive The Coup?
24 April 2012 11:29 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Owen Wilson is not known for his dramatic output. You can pretty much count the serious movies that he has been in on one hand: Armageddon, Permanent Midnight, The Minus Man, Behind Enemy Lines, and Marley And Me. For some of those, I am being generous in calling them serious. But, Wilson will be taking what could be his first starring role in a thriller in The Coup from writer/director John Erick Dowdle (Devil). Crime Scene Pictures will produce the film which Dowdle co-wrote with his »
- Alex Maidy
Solar Crisis: unearthing a forgotten moment in 90s sci-fi
24 April 2012 5:53 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
It was expensive, and its cast included Jack Palance and Charlton Heston. So what was 1990’s Solar Crisis like, and why did it sink without trace…?
Home Alone. Total Recall. Die Hard 2. Dances With Wolves. If you’re old enough to remember the year 1990, then you may also remember that these movies were among its biggest hits. 1990 was also the year of movies such as Edward Scissorhands, Tremors and Goodfellas – movies that didn’t make it into the top 10 list of successes, but are still fondly remembered and enthusiastically discussed.
By contrast, who remembers Solar Crisis? Hardly anyone is the likely answer. What’s strange about the film’s anonymity is that, although its title generic title suggests a straight-to-video B-movie, it was anything but. In fact, with a budget of around $55 million, it wasn’t all that far behind Die Hard 2 ($70 million) and Total Recall ($65 million), the two most expensive movies released that year. »
Scenes We Love: Celebrate Earth Day with the Destructive Force of ‘Armageddon’ and ‘Deep Impact’
22 April 2012 6:45 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
It’s difficult to read a statement like “Happy Earth Day” and not read it as “Happy Earth” Day. Which feels rather trite, as the Earth herself does not seem happy at all. In fact, recent years have proven her to be sort of a bitch, stomping around passive aggressively in response to hundreds of years of humanity using her resources, under-appreciating her majesty and killing off their fellow man so that they can do more of the resource using. She’s not happy, so why should we be happy? Nihilism aside, it is Earth Day after all and we’re not one to turn away from a good party. However, it’s important that while you’re out there celebrating by buying organic, recycling beer bottles and picking up trash and used condoms down by the boardwalk — the boardwalk — that we allow our weekly Scenes We Love feature to remind you of Earth’s fragile state »
- Neil Miller
The top 50 sci-fi movie protagonists
19 April 2012 8:55 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Whether they’re male or female, old or young, they’ve illuminated some classic movies. Here’s our top 50 list of sci-fi heroes and heroines…
On the face of it, compiling a list of truly great sci-fi protagonists should be easy. Pick a load of familiar names from a hat, write some breathlessly adoring drivel beneath them, and head off to the pub to reward a job well done.
Except it was never going to be as simple as that – and compiling lists seldom is. For every character making an appearance in the list below, there were at least two other possible candidates who didn't quite make the cut. Some sci-fi heroes were removed, then quickly reinstated. The order was jiggled around, then reordered again.
At one point, your humble writer realised there were more than 50 entries, and then had the unenviable task of hunting back through to decide which poor soul to eliminate. »
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