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Vinnie & Mario Trailer: Pusher Director Nicolas Refn Has Another New Movie?
18 December 2009 9:12 AM, PST
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Or does he?
I honestly don't know if this is real. I have no idea what it is, though it appears to be a trailer for a darkly comedic gangster film from director Nicolas Winding Refn. We've heard nothing about this until now. But here's some footage with David Proval from The Sopranos, John Capodice (the actor who is basically a walking incarnation of Jersey), and a decidedly grindhouse-style trailer narration. What the hell is going on with Vinnie & Mario?
I was a bit gobsmacked to have a look at Twitch and see this trailer right at the top of the page. So was Twitch's Todd Brown, it seems, and he's usually way more in the loop about stuff like this than mere mortals. Besides, between making Bronson and Valhalla Rising and doing press for both, Refn couldn't have made another movie. Could he?
"I used to make people disappear,
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Nicolas Winding Refn is back with mob comedy Vinnie & Mario starring David Proval
17 December 2009 1:24 PM, PST
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From the director of the Pusher trilogy, Bronson, and Valhalla Rising comes a mob comedy which looks to be in the vein of the cinema verite style that Pusher was done in. Starring David Proval who you might remember as Richie Aprile from The Sopranos, this is looking mighty, mighty fine.
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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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Last Minute Christmas Present Recommendations!
16 December 2009 8:16 AM, PST
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Ho Ho Ho! It’s that time of the year for giving and receiving and if your having trouble finding the perfect gift for your loved one then i will hopefully mention something that will help fill that stocking in time for 25th December.
I’m going to run down my top Blu-Ray films, Top DVD’s, Top TV Boxsets and Top anything else that I think are must haves this year.
We’ve added links to Zavvi.com who are currently offering free delivering on everything so make sure you check them out.
Blu-ray and DVD Films
I’ll start with Blu-Ray/DVD films. Blu-Rays have reduced in price incredibly in the run up to Christmas and if you shop around then you will find all sort of deals like 2-4-1’s or 2 for a nice low price, and it’s still not to late to get them in time for Christmas.
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Californication Season 3 Finale : Well Played Kapinos Onward to Season 4
14 December 2009 11:12 AM, PST
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“You’re gonna die poor, drunk… and alone.”
The season 3 finale of Californication was its best episode ever. If you’ve been following Californication since day one, then each moment was even more rewarding than the next. Mia’s (Madeline Zima) return could have been a simple gimmick, but it wasn’t. The drama tied up three seasons of push and pull between Karen (Natascha McElhone) and Hank (David Duchovny), with the love of Becca (Madeleine Martin) dangling in the middle. While everyone gasps over the season finale of Dexter, watching this Trinity unfold was just as satisfying.
We knew that Hank’s secret about Mia would be exposed at some point, but we never really had an episode that fully explored the mental impact of Hank’s sexual indiscretions. Taking a page from The Sopranos’ creator David Chase, Tom Kapinos created a semi-dream episode that revolved around Hank’s emotional abyss.
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2010 Sundance Film Festival: Extra Tidbits on the U.S Dramatic Competition Selections
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST
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As we wait for tomorrow's selections in the non-competitive categories, I figured I'd further explore/familiarize myself with the sixteen titles (Blue Valentine, Douchebag, The Dry Land, Happythankyoumoreplease, Hesher, Holy Rollers, Howl, The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, Lovers of Hate, Night Catches Us, Obselidia, Skateland, Sympathy for Delicious, 3 Backyards, Welcome to the Rileys and Winter's Bone) selected for the U.S Dramatic Competition. - As we wait for tomorrow's selections in the non-competitive categories, I figured I'd further explore/familiarize myself with the sixteen titles (Blue Valentine, Douchebag, The Dry Land, Happythankyoumoreplease, Hesher, Holy Rollers, Howl, The Imperialists Are Still Alive!, Lovers of Hate, Night Catches Us, Obselidia, Skateland, Sympathy for Delicious, 3 Backyards, Welcome to the Rileys and Winter's Bone) selected for the U.S Dramatic Competition. Much like what IndieWIRE did here, I'll point to my own set of factoids.
Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine was originally
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The people who ruined the decade
11 December 2009 5:02 PM, PST
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Part 7: From Dan Brown to Kanye West
Dan Brown From conspiracy guff to blockbuster industry
If conspiracy theorists didn't have enough fuel this decade what with 9/11 being an "inside job", the non-arrival of the millennium bug and the possibility of Jedward being a situationist prank, along came a man looking like a bad Whose Line Is It Anyway? panellist to convince millions of airport novel-reading simpletons that if only they pushed the right stone in the floor of the Louvre, the roof would open revealing irrefutable evidence that Jesus was a blood-sucking alien in cahoots with the Freemasons.
See Also Noel Edmonds, Sudoku
Rebecca Farnworth The ghost of literature to come
In 1948 loony lefty George Orwell imagined a Britain wherein novel-writing machines banged out indistinguishable works of soft porn for a nation of hopeless proles. Crazy bastard, right? Then again, in September 2007 Katie Price's Crystal, ghost-written by Rebecca
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- Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Grace Dent, Priya Elan, Andrew Emery, Rob Fitzpatrick, Stuart Heritage, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Alex Rayner, Steve Rose, Sam Richards, Richard Vine
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The people who ruined the decade
11 December 2009 5:02 PM, PST
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Part 7: From Dan Brown to Kanye West
Dan Brown From conspiracy guff to blockbuster industry
If conspiracy theorists didn't have enough fuel this decade what with 9/11 being an "inside job", the non-arrival of the millennium bug and the possibility of Jedward being a situationist prank, along came a man looking like a bad Whose Line Is It Anyway? panellist to convince millions of airport novel-reading simpletons that if only they pushed the right stone in the floor of the Louvre, the roof would open revealing irrefutable evidence that Jesus was a blood-sucking alien in cahoots with the Freemasons.
See Also Noel Edmonds, Sudoku
Rebecca Farnworth The ghost of literature to come
In 1948 loony lefty George Orwell imagined a Britain wherein novel-writing machines banged out indistinguishable works of soft porn for a nation of hopeless proles. Crazy bastard, right? Then again, in September 2007 Katie Price's Crystal, ghost-written by Rebecca
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- Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Grace Dent, Priya Elan, Andrew Emery, Rob Fitzpatrick, Stuart Heritage, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Alex Rayner, Steve Rose, Sam Richards, Richard Vine
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Golden Globes: Which new shows will make the cut?
10 December 2009 9:01 PM, PST
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The Golden Globes tend to be pretty difficult to predict, but one thing that has been pretty reliable in recent years has been the willingness to recognize new TV series at the awards.
Which could make for a very crowded comedy field this year.
The mini-renaissance of TV comedy this year, on both broadcast and cable networks, could land several new shows in the best comedy series category when the nominations are announced Tuesday. In fact, it's not inconceivable to envision an all-new field in the category, made up of, say, "Glee," "Modern Family," "Cougar Town," "Nurse Jackie" and "United States of Tara."
Ok, so that's probably also not very likely. It's hard to see last year's winner, "30 Rock," getting overlooked, and probably at least one of the other 2008 nominees -- "Californication," "Entourage," "The Office" and "Weeds" -- will make the cut too ("The Big Bang Theory," which has become a top-15 hit this year,
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Blu-Ray Review: First Season of HBO’s ‘The Sopranos’ Comes to HD
9 December 2009 6:43 PM, PST
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Chicago – The network that redefined TV on DVD has some catching up to do when it comes to Blu-Ray. When you buy a Blu-Ray player for that TV-loving viewer in your family, they can buy all five seasons of “Lost,” the complete series of “Battlestar Galactica,” and even the original “Star Trek” on Blu-Ray, but most HBO series are just catching up. With an excellent recent release for “Rome,” the studio/network now turns its gaze to the best program of the ’00s with the first season of “The Sopranos”.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
What more is there to say about “The Sopranos”? It changed television more than any program in decades, setting a new standard for the kind of complex, character-driven storytelling that could be accomplished in the hour-long format. With uniformly remarkable performances from the entire cast and iconic characters, “The Sopranos” transcended just being another TV show to become a true cultural phenomenon.
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The Perfectionist: Matthew Weiner Turns the World Mad
7 December 2009 12:05 PM, PST
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Long before he was an awards show darling at the helm of one of the most obsessively consumed shows on television, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner was a bitter hater. "I think expressing myself changed [that], and realizing that it was all my problem, and that if I wanted my life to be different, it was up to me," Weiner says. His expression has become a smoke-filled, whiskey-soaked drama about capitalism, consumption, and careerism at their highest and lowest. It's an incisive look at American history, a titillating tale of sex and power, and a heartbreaking story of a doomed marriage. We chatted with Weiner, one of the influential television industry players interviewed for TVGuide.com's Best of the Decade section, about the enormous success of his show, what tips he took from his stint on The Sopranos, and TV becoming more powerful than movies.
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The Perfectionist: Matthew Weiner Turns the World Mad
7 December 2009 12:05 PM, PST
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Long before he was an awards show darling at the helm of one of the most obsessively consumed shows on television, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner was a bitter hater. "I think expressing myself changed [that], and realizing that it was all my problem, and that if I wanted my life to be different, it was up to me," Weiner says. His expression has become a smoke-filled, whiskey-soaked drama about capitalism, consumption, and careerism at their highest and lowest. It's an incisive look at American history, a titillating tale of sex and power, and a heartbreaking story of a doomed marriage. We chatted with Weiner, one of the influential television industry players interviewed for TVGuide.com's Best of the Decade section, about the enormous success of his show, what tips he took from his stint on The Sopranos, and TV becoming more powerful than movies.
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TV News: Dallas, Rex, V, Howl, Private
7 December 2009 6:52 AM, PST
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Dallas
Cynthia Cidre ("Cane," Mambo Kings) has been hired to write a reboot of 80's soap "Dallas" for cable network TNT says The Hollywood Reporter.
The initial idea was to revolve around J.R. and Sue Ellen's son John Ross and Bobby and Pam's adopted son Christopher.
Original stars Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, and Larry Hagman were approached two months ago about potentially reprising their roles.
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Jerry O'Connell has replaced "Heroes" star Sendhil Ramamurthy in NBC's dramedy pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer" starring David Tennant as a lawyer who coaches citizens who will be representing themselves in court.
V
Now on hiatus, ABC has announced a return date of March 30th for the sci-fi remake. The show will move to 10pm Tuesdays in the post-"Lost" slot.
Howl
Fox and Dreamworks are developing a werewolf TV series entitled "Howl" reports Variety.
The story
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TV News: Dallas, Rex, V, Howl, Private
7 December 2009 6:52 AM, PST
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Dallas
Cynthia Cidre ("Cane," Mambo Kings) has been hired to write a reboot of 80's soap "Dallas" for cable network TNT says The Hollywood Reporter.
The initial idea was to revolve around J.R. and Sue Ellen's son John Ross and Bobby and Pam's adopted son Christopher.
Original stars Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, and Larry Hagman were approached two months ago about potentially reprising their roles.
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Jerry O'Connell has replaced "Heroes" star Sendhil Ramamurthy in NBC's dramedy pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer" starring David Tennant as a lawyer who coaches citizens who will be representing themselves in court.
V
Now on hiatus, ABC has announced a return date of March 30th for the sci-fi remake. The show will move to 10pm Tuesdays in the post-"Lost" slot.
Howl
Fox and Dreamworks are developing a werewolf TV series entitled "Howl" reports Variety.
The story
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The Lord of the Rings decade s best film
6 December 2009 11:41 PM, PST
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy has been voted as the best movie of the past decade in a magazine poll.
Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic beat Brokeback Mountain, Gladiator and The Dark Knight to top Entertainment Weekly's end-of-the-decade film hit list, reports express.co.uk.
Rapper Kanye West's 2004 debut The college dropout landed at the number one best album ahead of Jay-Zs The Blueprint and Radiohead's Kid A.
On TV, The Sopranos beat Lost and comedy news show The Daily Show to claim the best TV show honour.
However, stealing the pie was boy wizard
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‘The Lord of the Rings’ voted best film of decade
6 December 2009 9:17 PM, PST
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London, Dec 6 (Ians) The “Lord of the Rings” trilogy has been voted as the best movie of the past decade in a magazine poll.
Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic beat “Brokeback Mountain”, “Gladiator” and “The Dark Knight” to top Entertainment Weekly’s end-of-the-decade film hit list, reports express.co.uk.
Rapper Kanye West’s 2004 debut “The college dropout” landed at the number one best album ahead of Jay-Zs “The Blueprint” and Radiohead’s “Kid A”.
On TV, “The Sopranos” beat “Lost” and comedy news show “The Daily Show” to claim the best TV show honour.
However,.
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Lord Of The Rings & Kanye's Debut Top Best Of The Decade List
4 December 2009 5:31 PM, PST
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The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Kanye West's The College Dropout album have been named the Best Movie and Best Album of the past decade in a new magazine poll.
Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic beat Brokeback Mountain, Gladiator and The Dark Knight to top Entertainment Weekly's end-of-the-decade film hit list, while the rapper's 2004 debut landed at number one ahead of Jay-z's The Blueprint and Kid A by Radiohead.
The Sopranos beat Lost and comedy news show The Daily Show to claim the Best TV Show honour.
But boy wizard Harry Potter topped them all in the publication's overall poll - the magical literary character landed at number one on the Best of the Decade list, which counts down the 100 greatest songs, albums, films, TV shows and episodes, characters, trends, books and stars from the past 10 years.
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Entourage, the movie?
4 December 2009 6:31 AM, PST
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Mark Wahlberg has stated in an interview that he believes that Entourage, the HBO show in which he serves as executive producer, has two more years left in its television life before making the jump to the theatrical screen. The show has just been renewed for a sixth season.
It's not a bad idea, although the concept of a Hollywood insider movie has been done in Hollywood movies before, most notably with Robert Altman's The Player. However, it's been 17 years since that movie was released, so its ripe for recycling (It's surprising it hasn't been redone yet).
HBO has seen tremendous success with one of its franchises moving to the big screen, Sex and the City (which has a sequel on the way). On the other hand, The Sopranos hasn't made it to the big screen yet for some reason. Perhaps David Chase didn't want to ruin a perfect ending to the series.
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- Brad Trechak
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Kristen Stewart Goes from Twilight to…Stripping?
3 December 2009 10:48 AM, PST
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While a lot of us are anticipating Kristen Stewart's upcoming role in The Runaways as the iconic musical artist Joan Jett, and as Bella in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the girl has another under-the-radar film hitting screens this January and, well, guess whose shirt is coming off this time around. Unfortunately most fans won't get to see this one right away as it's first debuting at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah next month. But seeing as Stewart is a hot commodity right now, I don't think it'll take long for someone to scoop this sucker up and chuck it into theaters.
The film is called Welcome to the Rileys, and it stars James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) as a "damaged man" who finds salvation while caring for a wayward young woman (Stewart) while on a business trip...
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The Naughts: The Television Show of the '00s
2 December 2009 10:11 AM, PST
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"It's not TV, it's HBO" goes the tagline, and in the '00s, TV was "The Sopranos," a series that not only defined a channel but, more fundamentally, a decade's worth of living-room drama.
When David Chase's series about the titular New Jersey crime family debuted in 1999, it came equipped with a conceit that seemed, dare I say, a tad too cute -- a mob boss balancing his two "families," and buckling under the stress of it all? Yet cute was something the program almost never wound up flirting with, instead carving out a position as both a key member of America's controversial modern gangster-fiction canon alongside "The Godfather," "Scarface" and "Goodfellas," as well as the prime example of the small-screen's potential to be an artistic venue equal to that of the cinema.
Ten years ago, no self-respecting critic would have made such a case, but bada bing, at the close of this decade,
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