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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST
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Hippie Hippie Shake
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence
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- Garth Franklin
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST
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Hippie Hippie Shake
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence
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- Garth Franklin
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Geek Deals: Deadwood, Star Trek, Gone With The Wind, King of Queens, Band of Brothers, Rome and $6 Flux Capacitor T-Shirt
23 December 2009 1:00 AM, PST
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Tanga is selling a Back to the Future Flux Capacitor T-Shirt for only $5.99 (plus $1.99 shipping and handling).
Amazon has a few last minute holiday deals:
Gold Box Deal of the Day (24 hours Only): The King of Queens: The Complete Series on DVD for $89.99, 61% off the $233 msrp/
The Wire: The Complete Series for $89.99, 64% off the $250msrp
Gone With The Wind (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition) Blu-Ray Set for $39.99, 53% off the $85 list price
Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection Blu-ray set for $59.99, 57% off the $140 msrp. Set includes: The Motion Picture / The Wrath of Khan / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home / The Final Frontier / The Captains Summit Bonus Disc.
Deadwood: The Complete Series for $74.99, 58% off the $180 msrp.
Band of Brothers Blu-Ray for $37.49, 63% off the $100 msrp.
Rome: The Complete Series on Blu-Ray for $64.99, 54% off
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- Peter Sciretta
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An open letter to Jay Mohr about Gary Unmarried
12 November 2009 1:02 PM, PST
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Dear Jay,
Let me start by stating that I think you are a very funny man. I have been following your career for years and you're great. You were wonderful in Jerry Maguire. Of course, you were speaking lines written by Cameron Crowe, so that was a plus, but you delivered the performance. Bravo, Jay Mohr.
That said, I have to talk to you now about Gary Unmarried. Jay, you can make this so much better. Really, you are capable of so much more. Yes, you don't have Cameron Crowe writing for you now. I'm fully aware of that. But you're there.
Gary Unmarried may have started as a formula, and it still has too much of that formula intact. The bitchy, controlling wife/ex-wife? Haven't we seen the Allison character on Two and a Half Men (Judith), Everybody Loves Raymond (Deborah), The King of Queens (Carrie)? Do you see the pattern here?
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- Allison Waldman
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Nicole Sullivan on Keeping Pregnancy Under Wraps
28 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT
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Courtesy Life & Style
Although she made a name for herself on MADtv and The King of Queens, Nicole Sullivan says the biggest test of her acting skill came earlier this year when she tried to hide her pregnancy with son Beckett Edward, now 8 weeks, from the cast and crew of Lifetime’s Rita Rocks.
“I got pregnant before the end of last season and was so sick at work,” she explains in a new interview, “and one day I had to come in and lie down for 15 minutes.”
The show sent a doctor to Nicole’s dressing room, where the
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This Week on DVD: Monsters vs Aliens, Away We Go, The Wizard of Oz
29 September 2009 9:27 AM, PDT
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Happy DVD release day, people. Hitting stores this week is one of the year's biggest films, the animated film Monsters vs Aliens, plus a number of indie flicks you might have missed including Sam Mendes' Away We Go, Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience starring Sasha Grey, and Shrink starring Kevin Spacey. Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom is also available for rental exclusively at Blockbuster today, but in a strange deal, it will not be available to buy in the U.S. until January (it will be available in Canada next week, however). In terms of TV releases, there are a ton of Fan Favorites collections for classic shows, plus season 4 of How I Met Your Mother, and then there's the massive 70th Anniversary Edition of The Wizard of Oz plus Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal on Blu-ray. Do you plan on picking anything up this week?
Monsters vs Aliens [1] (DVD,
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- Sean
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Review: ‘Big Fan’
25 September 2009 4:55 AM, PDT
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Big Fan, originally reviewed from Sundance by Scott here at Wamg, is a movie that’s been getting a lot of praise from various critics, which made me curious as to why people have been enjoying it so much. Inherently, it’s this curiosity that has led me to see the film for myself and find out “why all the fuss?”
The film, written and directed by Robert D. Siegel, is his first directorial outing. Prior to Big Fan, Siegel has written The Onion Movie and most importantly, The Wrestler, which was one helluva great film, directed by Darren Aronofsky. So, this leads me to my first inclination… would certain films be better if they weren’t directed by the writer? After seeing Big Fan, I am inclined to believe this, in some cases, it may be true. The Wrestler would not have been as good, in theory, ifSiegel had directed it himself.
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- Travis
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Channel Surfing: "Gavin and Stacey" Heads to ABC, Nelsan Ellis Talks "True Blood" FInale, "Bones" Flashback Possible for 100th Episode, and More
14 September 2009 7:10 AM, PDT
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Welcome to your Monday morning television briefing.
ABC is developing a Us adaptation of British hit comedy series Gavin and Stacey, about the romance between two very different lovers from two very different places (in the original it was Essex and Wales) who fall in love over the phone and begin a relationship, against the advice of their eccentric friends and families. Us version, from BBC Worldwide, will be written by Stacy Traub (Notes from the Underbelly) and Hayes Jackson (According to Jim). Elsewhere at the Alphabet, the network has given a pilot order to 18 Years, about a young couple who become parents and must "adjust to their new life as parents -- trading their fast-paced existence for a more domesticated lifestyle," from Sony Pictures Television and writer/executive producers Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith (The King of Queens). ABC is also developing an untitled comedy, from Samantha Who? executive producer Don Todd,
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- Jace
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Geek Deal: The King of Queens Complete Series for $94
10 September 2009 12:26 AM, PDT
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Amazon's week of TV on DVD Gold Box Deals continues with The King of Queens Complete Series DVD set for $93.99, 60% off the $233 msrp. This set comes in a limited time only fantastic cardboard Ips delivery truck. The retractable truck door opens to reveal all nine seasons. The hood lifts up to reveal a 90 page episode guide. This set contains all 207 episodes on 26 discs + 1 special features bonus disc. Special Features include a Series Retrospective, Thanks to the Fans, 200th Episode Celebration, The Writers of King of Queens, Character Profiles, and a 90 Page Episode Guide with Complete Synopses for Every Show.
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- Peter Sciretta
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Exclusive Video: Patton Oswalt Is a Big Fan
6 September 2009 9:47 PM, PDT
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Patton Oswalt has been making us laugh for years, whether it be from his long-running stint on the hit comedy The King of Queens or his hilarious stand-up comedy special or his roles in films like Reno 911!: Miami, Balls of Fury or his voice role as the culinary rat Remy in the Pixar hit Ratatouille. As funny as the man is, we get to see a whole new side of his acting chops as the lead character Paul Aufiero in Big Fan, which will be released on August 28 in New York City and will expand to Los Angeles and other markets on Septemeber 11. We were able to speak exclusively with Oswalt about his new film (and a few tidbits about The Informant!) as well, so click below on our exclusive video interview to see what Oswalt has to say.
Big Fan stars Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz
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TNT Renews Leverage for a Third Season
27 August 2009 8:42 AM, PDT
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Television's hottest team of con artists, grifters, hackers and thieves will be back again as TNT lines up a third season of its fast-paced drama series Leverage, starring Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), Gina Bellman (Coupling), Christian Kane (TNT's Into the West), Beth Riesgraf (Alvin and the Chipmunks) and Aldis Hodge (Friday Night Lights). The network has ordered 15 episodes of the series, which is currently in its second season, airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt). The show's summer finale will air Wednesday, Sept. 9. It will then return to complete the second season in winter, with the third season slated to air in summer 2010.
"Thanks in large part to its engaging cast and clever storytelling, Leverage has proven itself to be one of the most exciting and fun hours on television," said Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "The producers,
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‘Dusty Peacock’ And Crackle’s Love For The Hapless Hopeful
13 July 2009 3:12 PM, PDT
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Crackle loves the hapless hopeful comedy. Today they rolled out another would-be hero trapped in a cloud of delusion with the launch of daredevil comedy Dusty Peacock. The 8-episode web series stars Gary Valentine, brother of King of Queens star Kevin James, as the eponymous and talentless daredevil trying to take his act to the big time.
As is often the case with celebrity-backed web series, the production is kept in the family. It's touted on site as produced by Kevin James, and the writer (Rock Reuben) and cast all share some connection with James.
I chatted with Valentine who plays Peacock, to get his take on the colorful character. "Dusty Peacock is a man who consdiers himself an icon," said Valentine. "He doesn't have much talent but he has a lot of drive—this Criss Angel guy who thinks he's a rock star, but doesn't have the talent."
Rounding
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- Marc Hustvedt
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Patton Oswalt A Dad
27 April 2009 3:00 PM, PDT
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Comedian Patton Oswalt is celebrating the birth of his first child with wife Michelle.
The star of animated hit Ratatouille and sitcom King of Queens welcomed daughter Alice Rigney Oswalt into the world on 15 April in Los Angeles.
The actor tells People.com, "I'm blissfully exhausted and exhausted-ly blissful."
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Kevin James's 'Mall Cop' tops Us chart
19 January 2009 8:58 AM, PST
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Comedian Kevin James's new movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop has topped the Us box office chart. The King Of Queens star's latest vehicle pushes Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino into second spot, taking $$33.8 million in its opening weekend. Meanwhile, thriller My Bloody Valentine enters at three, hip-hop biopic Notorious debuts at four, while family comedy House Of Dogs charts at five. Elsewhere, Daniel Craig's war movie Defiance climbs 27 places (more)
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King James Rules Box Office
19 January 2009 1:34 AM, PST
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Dumbfounding box-office prognosticators, Paul Blart: Mall Cop,
starring Kevin James (King of Queens), opened in first place with
$33.8 million in ticket sales over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
weekend. The film's take, which far exceeded predictions, helped lead the
box office into record territory for a January weekend again. Total revenue
was up a whopping 29 percent from the same weekend a year ago, according to
Media by Numbers, with revenue for the month now up 25 percent over last
year. Mall Cop's victory pushed last week's winner, Clint Eastwood's
Gran Torino, into second place with $22.2 million, although it
dropped only 25 percent from its opening weekend. In third place was
Lionsgate's My Bloody Valentine 3D. The film was not screened for
critics, and surprisingly few of them went to see the movie over the
weekend. Those who did review it agreed that the 3-D images significantly
aided a movie that had little in the way of plot or performance. Jeannette
Catsoulis in the New York Times commented, "From the moment you duck
a flying mandible and gaze, mesmerized, at a severed hand oozing two inches
from your nose, you'll be convinced that the extra dimension was worth
seeking out." But Mark Olsen wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "The
effects here can be startling, but after a while the minor thrill of the
trick is gone. How often can the evil miner swing his mighty pickax straight
toward the camera?"
The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by
Media by Numbers:1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop, $33.8 million; 2.
Gran Torino, $22.2 million; 3. My Bloody Valentine 3-D, $21.9
million; 4. Notorious, $21.5 million; 5. Hotel for Dogs, $17.7
million; 6. Bride Wars, $11.75 million; 7. The Unborn, $9.8
million; 8. Defiance, $9.2 million; 9. Marley & Me, $6.3
million; 10. Slumdog Millionaire, $5.9 million.
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Movie Reviews: Paul Blart: Mall Cop
16 January 2009 1:30 AM, PST
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Film critics agree that Paul Blart: Mall Cop, featuring Kevin James
(The King of Queens) in his first starring role in a movie, is not
likely to offend anyone. But they disagree on the effect of that result.
"Perfectly inoffensive and almost entirely unfunny," is the way Elizabeth
Weitzman describes it in the New York Daily News. Glenn Whipp in the
Los Angeles Times writes that the movie is "as sticky and gooey
as a Cinnabon cinnamon roll," then notes that "the targeted 'tween audience
will lap up James' antics, but for the rest of us, Blart is just
empty calories.". On the other hand, Roger Ebert in the Chicago
Sun-Times writes that he was amazed to realize that the movie "isn't
'wholesome' as a code name for 'boring.' It's as slam-bang preposterous as
any R-rated comedy you can name. It's just that Paul Blart and the film's
other characters don't feel the need to use the f-word as the building block
of every sentence." And alluding to the fact that film studios release most
of their dregs in January, when ticket sales are generally light, Peter
Howell in the Toronto Star writes, "It's surprisingly okay, in a
January kind of way."
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