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'New Moon' score composer Alexandre Desplat to receive Hollywood Award
9 September 2009 7:14 AM, PDT
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The composer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon's score, Alexandre Desplat, is set to receive an award this October for excellence in score composition throughout his impressive career.
Desplat, a native of Paris, France, has been nominated for two Academy Awards and has composed for over a hundred films, including Julie & Julia, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Golden Compass, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, The Painted Veil, The Queen, Syriana, and Hostage.
Desplat will be presented with a trophy at the Hollywood Awards on October 26th, during the 13th ann
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- thetwilightexaminer
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Because You Asked For It: Portman Teams with McBride
31 May 2009 9:58 PM, PDT
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I'm one of the few people not totally on board the Danny McBride Express Train Bandwagon. First of all, the tickets are really expensive, and secondly, they need to figure out whether it's a train or a bandwagon. Come on, people. I get that he's funny, and for the most part his characters are pretty solid, but so far there hasn't been much range to get excited about, and I'm not exactly buzzed to hear about another movie where he'll be playing a hyper-aggressive crazy person. All gimmicks get old eventually.
But he seems to be a hot commodity, and will probably continue that achievement while co-starring with Natalie Portman, who you may know from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and those dreams that you can't tell your mother about. The two will be acting alongside James Franco in Your Highness, a movie about two princes who must go on a quest to save their kingdom. According
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- Cole Abaius
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Dark Woods
29 April 2009 12:54 AM, PDT
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Tracy Coogan has taken part in several feature films and plays throughout the world; now, this actress takes time out from a busy shooting schedule to talk about her central role as Susan Branch in the film "Dark Woods." This Irish born actress and producer has a connection to Canadian horror fans as her parents met and were married in Toronto, Ontario. Taking part in several upcoming films including the sex comedy “Good Guys Finish Last,” a dark comedy “The Devil in the kitchen,” and now appearing in romantic thriller “Dark Woods,” Tracy Coogan talks about her preparation for her role as a wife with cancer, hope in dark subject matter, and collaborating with Olivia Tracey on her latest project "Devil in the Kitchen."
Coogan’s list of acting credits is extensive and includes theatre performances in world renowned plays and films. Starring in the rugged Irish comedy “The Playboy of the Western World,
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- Michael Ross Allen
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Alexandre Desplat: New Moon
24 April 2009 5:59 AM, PDT
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New Moon, the upcoming sequel to last year's massive hit Twilight, gets an original score by French composer Alexandre Desplat. The assignment of the Curious Case of Benjamin Button composer has been confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores by Desplat's manager. This means that Carter Burwell, whose 'Bella's Lullaby' became an immediate success with Twilight fans, does not return to the sequel. The reason is that New Moon director Chris Weitz already has an ongoing working relationship with Desplat who scored his fantasy epic The Golden Compass. Desplat's other previous films include The Queen, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Lust, Caution. The Twilight Saga: New Moon will hit theatres on November 20.
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- noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
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Errol Morris Making Narrative Debut
16 April 2009 3:32 PM, PDT
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Errol Morris is probably the highest-profile working documentarian after Michael Moore -- and since Moore is more of a video essayist than a documentarian, Morris is, in truth, number one. He's also one of the rare documentary filmmakers who embraces the genre as cinema rather than mere journalism. His movies are always visually interesting, and never straightforward.
That bodes well for Morris's upcoming maiden voyage into narrative cinema: a yet-untitled dark comedy about the good old days when people thought that cryonics was our best bet to cheat death. The movie, focusing on 1960s efforts to freeze people for later reanimation by future scientists armed with incredible technology, will be written by Zach Helm, who wrote Stranger than Fiction and wrote and directed the lovely Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.
Documentary filmmakers transitioning to narrative features isn't anything new of course. This weekend's State of Play, for example, was very competently directed by Kevin MacDonald,
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- Eugene Novikov
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Errol Morris to Take Another Shot at Fictional Filmmaking
16 April 2009 9:59 AM, PDT
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As some Film Junk readers may know, I'm a huge fan of Errol Morris [1]. He is, without question, one of my top five directors of all time. But even I was bored to death when I recently checked out his only fictional film, The Dark Wind [2]. This middle of the road murder mystery is so forgettable that most people don't even realize it's a part of Morris' filmography. It's too bad too, because after his amazing work on The Thin Blue Line [3], you'd think the jump to a big screen thriller would be a great match; especially considering he brought Blue Line's cinematographer, Stefan Czapsky [4], along for the ride. Unfortunately, the results were closer to an excrutiatingly slow paced, glorified episode of Scooby Doo.
That was 1991. I think enough time has passed to get excited for Morris' second attempt at a 'narrative' piece. According to Variety [5], his next project is
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- Jay C.
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Docu-Filmmaker Errol Morris To Direct Cryogenic-Themed Dark Comedy
16 April 2009 8:38 AM, PDT
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Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris ("The Fog of War") will be directing an untitled dark comedy for Mandate Pictures and Film Rites.
The true story, inspired by a Robert F. Nelson memoir "We Froze the First Man," will focus on a TV repairman in the 1960s who joined a group of enthusiasts who believe they could cheat death with cryonics. However, freezing dead people so scientists could bring them back to life in the future turned out to be harder than they thought.
As per Variety, Ira Glass ("This American Life") and Alissa Ship are producing along with Steve Zaillian.
Zach Helm ("Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium") will direct.
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Errol Morris Leaves Docs for 'Cryonics'
16 April 2009
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- I had to back check into the filmmaker's filmography to verify whether one of the the 21st centuries' best documentarians had even come close to making a fictional feature film project. Apart from a style that re-constructs the events, the answer is a definite no. Errol Morris is climbing on a project that at the core is based on factoids, but Zach Helm from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Stranger Than Fiction fame was hired to put a narrative spin to the project. Variety reports that Morris will direct the dark comedy inspired by both Robert F. Nelson's memoir "We Froze the First Man" and a story that aired on NPR's "This American Life" this week titled "You're as Cold as Ice." (To listen to the episode that hired exactly one year ago click here). The true story centers on Nelson, a TV repairman who in the 1960s joined
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I Won Second Place for Best Film Critic of the Year From the Los Angeles Press Club, But Wait, There's Drama, Controversy!
30 March 2009 9:06 AM, PDT
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Self-congratulatory warning -- I just heard that the Los Angeles Press Club bestowed yours truly the second place for Best Film Critic for their National Entertainment Journalism Awards.
I was nominated in two categories -- Best Feature (I didn't win, darn it :happy) and Best Film Critic. Last year, I was honorable mention, and cliche aside, I'm just honored to be nominated, are you kidding me? Being in the throes of the Los Angeles Press Club is honor enough!
To see the full list of winners, click here.
So, since I wasn't able to make it to the ceremony last Thursday, March 26th, I was frantically perusing the internet to see who won. And I came across this harsh critique of the La Press Club from Brian Lowry at Variety. He said these are "Five Reasons to Ignore the L.A. Press Club Awards." He's not mean to me, but
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- Manny
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