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Terror Tidbits (Fango #290): What’s Scary: Part Two
23 December 2009 10:00 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
In the first part of this essay, I made a case for one 21st-century remake (Zack Snyder’s Dawn Of The Dead) as a standout, and now we come to the best horror movie of the new century, Dennis Iliadis’ brilliant revisiting of The Last House On The Left. The engine driving this movie is the most powerful the genre has to offer: fear of the Homicidal Other. There have been hundreds—perhaps even thousands—of these in the long history of the fright film, and most have the same underlying premise: You meet the Homicidal Other either as karmic retribution for doing something wrong (think of Janet Leigh in Psycho, who never would have been showering at the Bates Motel if she hadn’t embezzled a bunch of money from the Phoenix business where she worked) or—this is worse—because you just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Stephen King)
“Robin Hood” Posters
23 December 2009 1:57 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The first two posters for “Robin Hood” directed by Ridley Scott have been revealed.
Robin Hood Poster
The film stars Oscar winners Russell Crowe as Robin Hood and Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian, Matthew Macfadyen as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Danny Huston as King Richard, Mark Strong as Sir Godfrey, William Hurt as William Marshall and Scott Grimes as Will Scarlet.
Actors who have previously played Robin Hood on film include Errol Flynn, Sean Connery and Kevin Costner.
British filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Black Rain, G.I. Jane, Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster) directed the movie from the script written by Oscar winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Conspiracy Theory, Mystic River, Man on Fire, and Green Zone).
Robin Hood Poster
The film is scheduled to hit theaters on May 14th, 2010.
If you haven’t seen “Robin Hood” trailers check them out here
The photos from the »
- Fiona
Discuss: Who Is the Filmmaker of the Decade…You Decide!
20 December 2009 6:57 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
With 2009 ending and 10 years into the new millennium passed we have decided to look at who should be considered the filmmaker of the decade. The guy or perhaps girl who has really made a presence and stamp on cinema and filmmaking over the past 10 years. So tell us – is it Steven Soderbergh, the Coen Brothers, Chris Nolan, Michael Bay perhaps?
Think back to 2000 and all the films that have come out since then, all the directors out there. There is such an amazing amount of movies and directors that stand out in this decade and we feel like at FusedFilm.com that this list features all the appropriate names that should be considered Filmmaker of the Decade. We are proud to announce our choice for Filmmaker of the Decade…Mr. Christopher Nolan, beating out Peter Jackson by 1 vote.
Our vote comprised of 12 voters from FusedFilm’s staff and 3 from outside sites – MarketSaw, »
- Fused Film Staff
Kevin Bacon Is James Gunn's Villainous Drug Dealer In Super
18 December 2009 10:00 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
What happened to Kevin Bacon? Back in the '90s he was a huge star, doing movies like Tremors, A Few Good Men and Apollo 13, but sometime in the past decade he kind of fell off the map, only showing up for roles in major films every few years, like Mystic River and Frost/Nixon. The most notable thing he's done in the past year was losing all of his money to Bernie Madoff. Perhaps that was for the best though, because now he needs to make his money back, and what better way than to have a major role in a superhero flick? ...Kind of. Screen Daily has discovered that Bacon has joined the cast of James Gunn's superhero comedy Super, which is currently filming in Louisiana. Bacon will play the film's main baddie, a slick drug-dealer named Jacques who gets a gets a woman hooked on drugs, »
Antoine Fuqua's Prisoners to Film in Connecticut
18 December 2009 9:36 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
A Connecticut newspaper has revealed an upcoming action film will be shooting in the state next year. Valley Independent Sentinel is reporting that Antoine Fuqua's Prisoners will be filming in the Connecticut towns of Derby and Shelton. Here's an excerpt from the article.Furthermore, Mayor Anthony Staffieri asked and received assurances from the producers that Derby and its residents won't be depicted in a negative light in the film, which is described as a thriller in the vein of Mystic River, the highly-acclaimed 2003 flick directed by Clint Eastwood. Shooting starts in February in Derby and Shelton, according to Sheila O'Malley, the city's economic development director. John Starke, the movie's executive director, sent a letter to Staffieri outlining the film's plot - and promising not to make Derby or Shelton look bad. "I'm writing this letter not only to thank you for your and Mayor Lauretti's help so far, but »
16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
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 »
- Manny
Two New Photos from Scorsese's Shutter Island
17 December 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
A recent advance screening of Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island yielding positive criticism, further fueling our excitement for this psychological thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo. Today, Dreamworks released two new hi-res photos which you can access in our photo gallery by clicking on the image below. Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River"), the film follows two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island's fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane. Look for it in theaters on February 19. »
Sherlock Holmes & Shutter Island Early Reviews
16 December 2009 2:34 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
[This article is Spoiler-free]
Are you guys seriously anticipating Guy Ritchie’s upcoming adaptation of Sherlock Holmes? How about Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s (Mystic River) novel, Shutter Island?
If you answered yes to either or both of those, then you may be interested to know that we’re now seeing some early reactions to both films and we’ve gathered snippets of those reactions to share with you. These are only the opinions of a few, so please do take them with a Big grain of salt.
Also, I’ve kept both reactions strictly Spoiler-free, so you can read at your leisure without spoiling anything.
We’ll do things in order of release date. First up, Sherlock Holmes. Here are an early batch of reviews, as collected by our friends over at Slash Film. Click the links on each selected quote to read the full review:
The Hollywood Reporter: “Guy Ritchie’s flamboyant, »
- Kofi Outlaw
Weekly Poll Results: Best Movie Directed by Clint Eastwood
16 December 2009 11:23 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
The results from the great Eastwood debate are in, and it looks like the majority of Film Junk readers believe that Unforgiven is Clint's best work behind the camera to date. It won a handful of Oscars and was nominated for a bunch more, so it's probably not all that surprising, however, I find it interesting that Million Dollar Baby was not the runner-up. Instead, it was ranked #4 after both Mystic River and Gran Torino. Most of Eastwood's older movies were severely underrepresented here, but I am assuming this is because less people have seen them. Do you agree with these results? 1. Unforgiven -- 41.9% 2. Mystic River -- 15.7% 3. Gran Torino -- 14.6% 4. Million Dollar Baby -- 12.2% 5. Letters from Iwo Jima -- 7.8% 6. The Outlaw Josey Wales -- 3% 7. High Plains Drifter -- 2.7% 8. The Bridges of Madison County -- 1.4% 9. The Gauntlet -- 0.5% 10. Sudden Impact -- 0.3%
For More Daily Movie Goodness, Visit Filmjunk.Com! »
- Sean
BNAT1138: The Middle
15 December 2009 10:00 AM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
Before our next Butt-Numb-a-Thon (Bnat) feature and apropos to nothing other than the fact they were there for their own guest appearance at a Slammin' Salmon screening, the Broken Lizard guys had a beer-drinking contest with the Ain't it Cool Newswriters. The Lizards won, with appropriate comedic timing.
Trailers: They Call Her One Eye, Sudden Death (possibly another but between writing in the dark and my pen being rebellious, I can't tell if just overwrote notes on the next film, or over a trailer name)
Shutter Island. Essentially still a rough cut, and Harry recounts the correspondence involved getting the film. And it turned out that Scorcese negotiated the inclusion of The Red Shoes. Nice programming, Mr. Scorcese. Based on a Dennis Lehane book (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone), the mystery of a missing patient at an isolated mental institution is a little too clever for my taste, but I »
- Jenn Brown
Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman Deliver Predictable Drama With ‘Invictus’
14 December 2009 2:18 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Director Clint Eastwood has given up on subtlety, choosing instead to tell old-fashioned, direct stories with as much technical skill and dramatic competency as possible. There’s nothing particularly wrong with the legendary director’s “Invictus,” but it’s also not nearly as memorable or thrilling as it could have or, given the true story that it tells, should have been.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Personally, I find Eastwood the most interesting when he deals in gray moral situations like the ones at the core of “Mystic River,” “Unforgiven” or “Million Dollar Baby”. Lately, with films like “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Changeling,” “Gran Torino,” and, now, “Invictus,” there is no gray. He seems to have lost any interest at all in striking a subtle chord. Every single character development and plot turn is telegraphed in the previews and merely underlined by the film itself. It’s old-fashioned cinema and, in this case, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Weekend Box-office: "Princess And The Frog" #1; "Invictus" Soft
14 December 2009 9:52 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
The Princess and the Frog, the animated fairy tale that breaks new ground by offering a black heroine, placed #1 at the weekend box-office in North America with $30 million. The well-reviewed pic will likely be a major player over the holidays. Clint Eastwood's Nelson Mandela-inspired Invictus landed a somewhat soft $9 million, but Warner Brothers didn't expect much more, given the fact that the film has zero appeal to young people, many of whom are completely ignorant of the events that are told in the story. Warner Brothers isn't worried, however - they are masters at nurturing Eastwood films into gradual major box-office successes by slowly building word-of-mouth, as in the cases of Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby and Grand Torino. The film's side theme - a major rugby tournament - probably has little appeal to American audiences, who have never warmed to the sport. However, soccer mania in international »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
This decade’s film: 2000-2004
14 December 2009 8:08 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Pottermania, Tolkein-mania, Twilight-mania…it’s fair to say that the noughties have been a strong one for different kinds of mania. Moreover, it’s also been the time for some pretty awesome movies. 2000 marked a particularly promising start: American Beauty, the directorial debut from Sam Mendes was a unique critique on the American dream that attracted widespread acclaim, being nominated for 8 Academy Awards and winning 5; including Best Picture. His next project, Road to Perdition proved this success to be no fluke. Apparently this was a good time for new directors, as further evidenced by Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, and Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich. Not that the decade was limited to low-budget concept flicks. Box office-smashing comic book adaptations became the name of the game; ranging from the great (Spider-Man, X-Men and Hellboy), to the not so much (Daredevil and Fantastic Four). It became (almost) socially acceptable »
- Uprising
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: December 13, 2009
13 December 2009 12:35 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This weekend:
Disney leap Frogs the competition to get to number one; Andy Daly moves to Jelly Stone Park; a Twilight star sees Hereafter; Polanski might not get a release but his Ghost Writer will; Diaz is a Bad Teacher; Frank Langella is an Unknown White Male and Frankenstein Lives in Death Race 2.
Box Office
Clint Eastwood’s Invictus scored just under $10 million over the weekend from 2,125 locations. Opening much like Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, the film has had solid reviews from critics. With Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon head-lining, the film might have a chance of hitting the $100 million club if it gets some awards momentum.
Disney’s The Princess and the Frog took the top spot this weekend with an estimated $25 million. The film which had been on limited release in selected cinemas has gotten great reviews and with no real competition for the next »
- Niall Browne
2009 Black List Announced
13 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | AMC - Script to Screen | See recent AMC - Script to Screen news »
Since 2004, Universal Pictures executive Franklin Leonard has been compiling The Black List. As its website states, The Black List is "an annual list of Hollywood's most liked unproduced screenplays published on the second Friday of December each year." All of the scripts are in some stage of development and two of the top ten scripts are already in production.
Entertainment Weekly got the exclusive on the top 10 (well, really, 11 because there was a tie) and Nikki Finke has posted additional details for the entire list.
You can download the whole list in Pdf from the official website.
Here's an excerpt of some of the top choices (thanks EW!):
1. The Muppet Man
By Christopher Weekes
What it’s about: The life and times of the late Jim Henson (pictured), the man behind Sesame Street and The Muppets.
What it’s like: The Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, but with puppets. »
- Christina Warren
Movie Review: Invictus
12 December 2009 11:22 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Running Time: 87 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for brief strong language
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
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A South African newspaper’s heading read “he won the election, now can he lead a country?” This unhopeful question is referring to Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman), who in 1994 was elected the first black President of an apartheid stricken South Africa. After emerging 27 years from prison for political upheaval, Mr. Mandela had no inclinations to seek revenge on the white Afrikaners who placed the cuffs on him. Instead he disarms any such thought, and the film, entitled Invictus after an 1875 poem by British writer William Earnest Henley, is attracted to the passive stance which had, at its focal point, the sport of ruby.
Rugby is a primitive sport that glorifies brutality. A character »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Invictus
12 December 2009 11:22 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Running Time: 87 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for brief strong language
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
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A South African newspaper’s heading read “he won the election, now can he lead a country?” This unhopeful question is referring to Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman), who in 1994 was elected the first black President of an apartheid stricken South Africa. After emerging 27 years from prison for political upheaval, Mr. Mandela had no inclinations to seek revenge on the white Afrikaners who placed the cuffs on him. Instead he disarms any such thought, and the film, entitled Invictus after an 1875 poem by British writer William Earnest Henley, is attracted to the passive stance which had, at its focal point, the sport of ruby.
Rugby is a primitive sport that glorifies brutality. A character »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Invictus
12 December 2009 11:22 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Running Time: 87 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for brief strong language
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
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A South African newspaper’s heading read “he won the election, now can he lead a country?” This unhopeful question is referring to Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman), who in 1994 was elected the first black President of an apartheid stricken South Africa. After emerging 27 years from prison for political upheaval, Mr. Mandela had no inclinations to seek revenge on the white Afrikaners who placed the cuffs on him. Instead he disarms any such thought, and the film, entitled Invictus after an 1875 poem by British writer William Earnest Henley, is attracted to the passive stance which had, at its focal point, the sport of ruby.
Rugby is a primitive sport that glorifies brutality. A character »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Invictus
12 December 2009 11:22 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Running Time: 87 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for brief strong language
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
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A South African newspaper’s heading read “he won the election, now can he lead a country?” This unhopeful question is referring to Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman), who in 1994 was elected the first black President of an apartheid stricken South Africa. After emerging 27 years from prison for political upheaval, Mr. Mandela had no inclinations to seek revenge on the white Afrikaners who placed the cuffs on him. Instead he disarms any such thought, and the film, entitled Invictus after an 1875 poem by British writer William Earnest Henley, is attracted to the passive stance which had, at its focal point, the sport of ruby.
Rugby is a primitive sport that glorifies brutality. A character »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Movie Review: Invictus
12 December 2009 11:22 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Running Time: 87 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for brief strong language
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
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A South African newspaper’s heading read “he won the election, now can he lead a country?” This unhopeful question is referring to Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman), who in 1994 was elected the first black President of an apartheid stricken South Africa. After emerging 27 years from prison for political upheaval, Mr. Mandela had no inclinations to seek revenge on the white Afrikaners who placed the cuffs on him. Instead he disarms any such thought, and the film, entitled Invictus after an 1875 poem by British writer William Earnest Henley, is attracted to the passive stance which had, at its focal point, the sport of ruby.
Rugby is a primitive sport that glorifies brutality. A character »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
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