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Steven Spielberg to adapt World War I novel into movie
17 December 2009 11:02 PM, PST
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London, Dec 18 (Ians) Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to bring a novel based on the World War I to the big screen.
The Oscar winner has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 book “Warhorse”, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the war, reports hollywood.com.
“From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country,” said Spielberg, who tackled World War II in “Saving Private Ryan”.
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Spielberg to adapt World War I novel into movie
17 December 2009 3:55 PM, PST
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Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to bring a novel based on the World War I to the big screen.The Oscar winner has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 book 'Warhorse', which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the war, reports hollywood.com.'From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country,' said Spielberg, who tackled World War II in 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Band of Brothers'.He has roped in 'Billy Elliot' writer Lee Hall for the project. Hall will adapt the book and Spielberg will produce the film. However, it is uncertain if the latter will direct the movie as well.
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Spielberg Takes On World War I
17 December 2009 8:16 AM, PST
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Steven Spielberg is teaming up with Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall to take a World War I novel to the big screen.
The Hollywood icon has bought the rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 book Warhorse, which follows the relationship between a boy and his horse in the backdrop of the Great War.
Spielberg has recruited Hall to adapt the book for Hollywood, and he will produce the project. It is unknown if he will also direct.
The filmmaker, who tackled World War II in Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, tells Daily Variety, "From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make. Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country."
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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST
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Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.
The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.
If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.
For example, the SAG
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Spielberg and DreamWorks Mount Their War Horse
16 December 2009 11:32 PM, PST
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Since Spielberg has pretty much covered World War II with Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and even Schindler's List, he has decided to focus his attention to World War I. DreamWorks Pictures and Spielberg have acquired the novel War Horse.
DreamWorks Riding War Horse
To be adapted by scribe Lee Hall, War Horse recounts the extraordinary friendship between a boy and a horse who are separated but whose fates continue to be intertwined over the course of Wwi. Though Spielberg is in the market for a new directing gig, he hasn't committed to getting behind the camera for this one (just yet).
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Tobey Maguire Is Going To Be On ‘Jeopardy’
16 December 2009 7:00 AM, PST
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Or, more precisely, he’ll be making a movie about a man on the long-running game show. The story, written by William Wheeler (who also penned The Hoax), is based on a true story called “Prisoners of Trebek.” The plot is supposedly about Maguire’s character who spends time trying to master Jeopardy, falls in love, and experiences some “Charlie Kaufman-esque elements.”
Maguire’s production company, Maguire Entertainment, is producing along with Mark Gordon (who has produced films such as 2012 and Saving Private Ryan). The production is still looking for a director, and with the schedule Maguire currently has — soon to be shooting Spider-Man 4, The Details and Gary Ross’ The Crusaders — it might be some time before he can fit this film in so they probably have time to find a director.
One comment I read recently about this film mentioned something I thought would be hilarious casting: Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek.
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Who do you read? Good Roger, or Bad Roger?
15 December 2009 9:18 PM, PST
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This message came to me from a reader named Peter Svensland. He and a friend have been debating about my qualities as a film critic, and they've involved a considerable critic, Dan Schneider, in their discussion. I will say that he has given the question a surprising amount of thought and attention over the years, and may well be correct in some aspects. What his analysis gives me is a renewed respect and curiosity about his own work.
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Dear Roger,
A friend and I would like to have your opinion. It's basically so that we can settle an argument (and small side bet) with a friend over what your opinion would be. My friend and I have carefully co-drafted this email to try to eliminate one or the other of our biases. I hope we succeeded!
I have read your columns and watched your tv shows for many years now
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The Oscar Badmouthing Has Begun!
15 December 2009 2:20 PM, PST
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2Nd Update: I love awards season because my email and voicemail get filled wiith negative campaigning about all the Academy Awards hopefuls. (Such holiday cheer is out here!) Over the years, I've reported on the studio badmouthing of heavyweight Saving Private Ryan to better the Oscar chances of lightweight Shakespeare In Love. And the planting of "He's an anti-Semite and adulterer" allegations against the schizophrenic Princeton professor who was the sympathetic subject of biopic A Beautiful Mind. And more recently, the efforts to scuttle Blood Diamond and Slumdog Millionaire's chances because of unfounded charges the filmmakers callously exploited locals.
So it shouldn't surprise anyone that this race is already turning [...]
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Tobey Maguire is a Prisoner of Love
14 December 2009 11:32 AM, PST
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I can’t help think that, besides board game movies, game show movies are the next big thing, with Slumdog Millionaire already having set the precedent. Now Pajiba is reporting that Tobey Maguire is planning to produce and star in a film called Prisoner of Trebek, which is based on the real life story of a man who attempts to master Jeopardy but ends up falling in love. This is the extent of their description:
Not much more is known about the film, except that it will be a heartstring-playing pic with elements of a Charlie Kaufman film. Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan, 2012) is producing, and the search is on for directors. A couple of names have been mentioned, including Goran Duric (The Wristcutters) and Raymond De Felitta (Two Family House), but they’re really looking for an A-list director to take on the project.
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New York Film Critics name 'Hurt Locker' Best Picture
14 December 2009 10:19 AM, PST
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"The Hurt Locker" is turning into the little film that could. At least with critics that is. Kathryn Bigelow's impressive war thriller has now won both Best Picture awards from the nation's most prestigious critics groups, the Los Angeles Film Critics and the New York Film Critic's Circle. Not an easy feat. The only film to match that accomplishment this decade is "Brokeback Mountain" and only five since 1990 ("Mountain," "Schindler's List," "Leaving Las Vegas," "L.A. Confidential" and "Saving Private Ryan"). Additionally, Mo'Nique, Christoph Waltz and Meryl Streep's wins are cementing their status as frontrunners for Oscar in their respective categories.
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To Hell and Back: Real life to reel life
4 December 2009 1:07 AM, PST
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Audie Murphy was the most decorated American soldier of the second world war. He was also the leading man in To Hell and Back, the story of his own war experience
Truth is the first casualty of the war movie. Ask a British D-day veteran who has seen Saving Private Ryan. Or a Zulu who's seen Zulu. Or anyone who has seen Where Eagles Dare. But what about To Hell and Back? The veracity of that one is harder to call. It's a 1955 spectacular about the war in Europe that had finished 10 years earlier: the story of a teenage Nazi slayer who, in January 1945, secured himself the congressional medal of honour by mounting the burning carcass of a tank and gunning down a phalanx of Germans. His name was Audie Murphy. He was the most decorated American soldier of the second world war. He was also the leading man in To Hell and Back.
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Top Ten Overrated Films
3 December 2009 9:58 AM, PST
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Overrated films are an interesting breed. They are essentially the type that everybody goes crazy for until consideration, time, thought and retrospect force us to reassess the situation. They are, by and large, the product of Hollywood: though by no means exclusive. However, Hollywood films are the most hyped; the most seen; the most heard. They are garnered with awards and flattery and the cycle begins again. Is it genius of deception or commerce?
Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is often labelled as “the greatest film ever made”. It will not appear in this list. It is not an overrated film. Even now, in the sixty-plus years since its release, Welles’ masterpiece remains inimitable. Searching for something to dislike in it is pointless. Yes, critics go ga-ga for Orson, and so they should. He was a true maverick.
If one looks at the history of the Best Film award at the Oscars,
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- Martyn Conterio
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Daily Diversion: Ask a Ninja Reviews Ninja Assassin
30 November 2009 4:49 AM, PST
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"This is like the Saving Private Ryan for ninjas!" After having to sit through Ninja Assassin at Fantastic Fest, I was personally clamoring for some real ninja action -- something that didn't feel like a hyper-stylized cartoon. And something that didn't star Rain. Luckily, my all-time favorite online entity Ask a Ninja is out to give us just that with their review of James McTeigue's body-impaling opus. As you will see below, the real ninja's take on the matter is far more hilarious than Rain's bad acting, his threats of killing you if you don't see it over New Moon are far more menacing, and in a way, we're more attracted to him than we are Naomi Harris.
Alright, that last part isn't exactly true. Either way, you should watch today's Daily Diversion below, in which a real ninja reviews Ninja Assassin... hilariously.
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Watch This: Ask a Ninja's Hilarious Review of Ninja Assassin
29 November 2009 1:04 PM, PST
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Enough people saw James McTeigue's Ninja Assassin these past few days to put it at #6 on the five-day weekend chart with roughly $21 million in box office earnings. But the one person I was desperately hoping would see this is the Ask a Ninja ninja himself. And oh did he see it. Thanks to SlashFilm, his video review is now viewable below, and it's a definite must watch. I love this guy. And it couldn't be more perfect that he's reviewing Ninja Assassin, one of the only big ninja movies we've seen in a while. His review: it's awesome! But he has more to say than just that. "This is like the Saving Private Ryan for ninjas!" Watch and enjoy!
I was worried that this guy would just tear it apart (even he said that) but remarkably he loved it (surprise, surprise). Or at least he loved it as a
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Bollywood rebuffed at White House state dinner
29 November 2009 12:19 PM, PST
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Indo-Americans have applauded Us President Barack Obama for honouring India in his first state dinner held at White House in Washington DC (USA) on November 24.Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a presidential acknowledgement of appreciation of world.s largest democracy.It showcased the growing ties between two great nations, Zed, who is president of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, added.Although about 105 Indians or Americans of India descent and their relatives were on the 338-person guest list, Bollywood was totally rebuffed with not a single name from India.s film industry appearing on this list. On the other hand, many Hollywood names showed up on this list.Hollywood celebrities which appeared on the guest list included: Oscar winner producer-director Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), Oscar nominated producer Jeffrey Katzenberg (Shrek) and his wife Marilyn Katzenberg, Oscar nominated filmmaker-screenwriter M. Night Shyamalan
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Ninja Assassin Review
25 November 2009 9:06 PM, PST
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Short Version: Ninja Assassin has many flaws; however, the ninjas are not one of them. All of the ninja action in this film is awesome, and for fans of the genre that’s probably enough.
Screen Rant’s Paul Young reviews Ninja Assassin
Ninja Assassin is the first action movie this Fall that delivers on what it promises: Lots of ninja action.
I’m a sucker for a good ninja fight, no matter how choreographed it is. The silent-but-deadly ninja was a huge part of the 80’s action movie sub-culture; since I grew up in the 80’s, I have seen every one that I can get my hands on (yes that includes American Ninja, I, II, III, IV And V). Ninjas doing what they do best (being sneaky) have slowly crept into popular culture over time. Mythbusters did an entire episode on ninja myth and lore and the website AskANinja.
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Warren Beatty, Steven Spielberg, Dino de Laurentiis: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 4:33 PM, PST
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Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Warren Beatty, who also won a best director Oscar for Reds in 1982, at the presentation of the Thalberg Award to John Calley, who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14.
Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Steven Spielberg, who also won two best directors Oscars, for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan
Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Dino de Laurentiis, the producer of classics such as La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, The Great War, The Stranger, and Serpico
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Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt'
12 November 2009 1:27 AM, PST
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Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it
'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt," says Paul Giamatti, closely inspecting his coffee cup in a Polish restaurant in a leafy neighbourhood of Brooklyn. "But I don't think I'd want to be Brad Pitt, you know? So that's Ok."
This is partly just a reference to Giamatti's "character-actor" looks, but also to something deeper: a sense of composure, of being comfortable in one's own skin, that the archetypal Hollywood star exudes but both Giamatti and his characters tend to lack. "You know that thing where you can just fuckin' stand there and people can't take their eyes off the person? I don't have that weight of charisma," he explains. "That's not me. If I just stand there, it's going to be boring. You're going to
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Tom Sturridge on Pirate Radio
11 November 2009 11:15 AM, PST
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Pirate Radio is set on one of the rogue ships broadcasting rock n. roll off the coast of England in 1962. Tom Sturridge plays a young man sent to live on the boat. Of course he comes of age there. Should Sturridge ever be drafted into the Navy, he.s already done his boat training.
Tom Sturridge Boards Pirate Radio
.Everyone.s calling it boat camp like it was some kind of Saving Private Ryan elite naval training,. Sturridge said. .We just slept on the boat for a couple of days and got drunk and watched bad films. It was great. Everyone keeps going, .How was boat camp?. It was great..
The history of pirate radio boats was news to Sturridge, though the music was old hat. .Nothing. I was completely ignorant to it. My concept of Pirate Radio is very different. The music, I think you.ve got to be
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Veteran's Day Honored, Hollywood-Style
11 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST
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Today is Veteran's Day. It is a time when we step back for a moment to honor the bravery and sacrifices of our nation's soldiers. Men and women who give everything, up to and including their lives, all in the name of protecting this country and all that it represents. Also known as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, the holiday always falls on November 11, commemorating the anniversary of the 1918 armistice that brought an end to World War I.
The history of film is rife with stories pulled straight from the front lines. War stories make great cinema, both because they serve up gripping tales of heroism and because they honor those who take on such acts in the real world. So today, in honor of the veterans from wars past and wars ongoing, we give you this small selection of classics to spend some time with.
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- Adam Rosenberg
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