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Top 10 Action/Adventure Movies of the Decade

23 December 2009 5:08 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The ReelzChannel 100 began when we asked Leonard Maltin for his favorite Hidden Gems of the decade. His list led the web team into a general discussion about the best movies of the decade and — after no small amount of debate, arguing, and (we're not proud to say) some petty name-calling — we decided we'd better bring it to an end with a company-wide vote. Then it was just a matter of tallying up the votes and hoping for the best. Lucky for us, ReelzChannel is filled with a staff ranging from movie lovers to movie fanatics. What turned out isn't what you'll find on a critic's best of list — instead it's what movie fans really enjoyed.

In day three of the ReelzChannel 100, we highlight the Top 10 Action/Adventure Movies of the Decade.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring »

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Brittany Murphy, East Coast Snow And A Zombie Hand In Today's Twitter-Wood

21 December 2009 3:30 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

This has been a bad holiday season for untimely deaths around Hollywood, and none have been more unexpected than actress Brittany Murphy's on Sunday. Alyssa Milano, Peter Facinelli, Paris Hilton and virtually everyone else with a Twitter account associated with the entertainment industry has something to say about Murphy, and there's a rundown below.

The other big nationwide news of the past weekend has been the massive snowstorm pounding the East Coast. "Twilight" actress Christian Serratos was one of those who had her travel plans derailed by the frozen precipitation dump, on Washington, D.C. You can find those posts after jump along with Fred Durst's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" clan name and Neil Gaiman's undead lawn ornament. It's in the Twitter-Wood report for December 21, 2009. (Editor's note: You'll see some crossover between this post and our earlier Brittany Murphy tweet round-up. That's okay... this is a »

- Brian Warmoth

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Brittany Murphy Tweets From Peter Facinelli, Paris Hilton And Others In Another Twitter-Wood Early Edition

21 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Earlier today, we brought you an early edition of Twitter-Wood packed chock-full of celebrity praise for James Cameron's sci-fi epic, "Avatar." It's a much more tragic set of circumstances that brings me back to you with another Twitter-Wood early edition.

"Clueless" star Brittany Murphy left us suddenly over the weekend, the victim of a heart attack at the too-young age of 32. The breaking news resulted in an outpouring of grief and sympathy for Murphy's family from around the celebrity Twittersphere. I'll let the people who knew her take it from here...

@ParisHilton So sad to hear about Brittany Murphy, such a tragedy. She was such a beautiful, funny and sweet girl. My heart goes out to her family.

-Paris Hilton, Actress ("The Hottie and the Nottie," "House of Wax")

@peterfacinelli Brittany Murphy... U were Bold, Brave, and Beautiful. Thank you 4 being the free spirit u were, and always »

- Adam Rosenberg

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The Decade’s Film: 2005-2009

21 December 2009 7:33 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

It had been a successful decade for the comic book movie, with that trend continuing into the latter half of the decade. Just as looked like the public demand for irradiated heroes looked to be diminishing, with lacklustre showings from the likes of Spider-Man 3 and Fantastic Four, out came Iron Man. Coupled with a brilliant script and an excellent performance from Robert Downey Jr as the titular zillionaire industrialist/playboy/freedom fighter/all-round genius, the end result was something truly special. Downey’s career was also revitalised, earning him a role in Tropic Thunder (which would earn him an Oscar nomination). Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk took a similar approach, this time giving Edward Norton of Fight Club fame a shot at getting under the skin of the green goliath.  They set a tough act to follow, but followed they were by one Christopher Nolan. With the Batman »

- Uprising

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Films Of The Decade – Alex’s List

18 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

10 years is bloody ages in film terms. To narrow it down to my ten favourite films of the decade was no easy task. Even now I look at my list and can’t help but think…where the hell is Gladiator? Why didn’t I include any Lord Of The Rings films? What about The Dark Knight? Damn, what about The Lives Of Others, Pan’s Labyrinth, Finding Nemo, Downfall, No Country For Old Men? All of those films are incredible candidates and on another day they might have made it. The truth is no self-respecting film buff will ever be able to narrow down 10 films to fit a list and not have it change every so often.

One day my opinion of the best film of all time will be Seven Samurai the next day it will be Apocalypse Now and the day after that it might be Night Of The Hunter. »

- Alex Wagner

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Roy Disney, 'Avatar' And Copenhagen In Today's Twitter-Wood

16 December 2009 4:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Roy Disney's death today was big news in Twitter-Wood, where a lot of folks have been affected by his work and commitment to animation over the course of their careers. It's certainly appropriate that "Toy Story 3" director Lee Unkrich was among the first to post his condolences.

And speaking of animation, Danny DeVito made it onto the guest list for the "Avatar" premiere tonight, and took a picture of his excitable foot to prove it. His "Twins" co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger posted

pic, too, from over in Copenhagen where he's meeting with folks for the U.N. Climate Summit. You can click through all of those tweets after the jump where you'll also find out who may have cut actress Jenna Stern off and which musician/director is working on a new FunnyorDie.com sketch. It's all in the Twitter-Wood report for December 16, 2009.

@OmarDoom: http://twitpic.com/ts6fd »

- Brian Warmoth

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DVD review: Inglourious Basterds

11 December 2009 1:23 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Universal, rental and retail, cert 18

After the empty flashiness of Kill Bill and Death Proof, this comes as a relief from Quentin Tarantino, a proper story and one or two fine performances. None of these is the nominal lead, Brad Pitt, who unaccountably chooses to play his character, head of a Dirty-Dozen-type assassination squad in Germany, as Cletus, the slack-jawed yokel. But Christoph Waltz imbues his part as a Nazi with great subtlety, and the the kind of suaveness we haven't seen in jackboots since James Mason played Rommel. It's still a Tarantino film – he does manage to work a Mexican standoff in at one point – but this is the first of his films for a while where the soundtrack isn't more interesting than what you're watching.

Rating: 3/5

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- Rob Mackie

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This List of 'Most Dangerous Stunts Done Without Stunt Doubles' Needs Your Help

8 December 2009 4:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

PopCrunch just put up a compilation of the 13 Most Dangerous Movie Stunts Done Without Stunt Doubles and, well, it's missing a few must-haves for such a topic. But before getting to who/what didn't make the cut, let's look at those who did: Jason Statham's helmet-less bike ride wearing a hospital gown in Crank? Sylvester Stallone in Rambo and Harrison Ford in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull simply because they were old during filming? Christian Bale losing 63 pounds for The Machinist? Matt Damon filming a "scene in the water" in one of the Bourne films? I find few of those qualifying of a Most Dangerous label.

Now PC's list isn't always so nebulous. Jackie Chan, Tom Cruise, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd all warrant being on such a list, but unfortunately they're inclusion only serves to highlight how lacking the rest of the roster is; not to mention their »

- Peter Hall

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'Green Lantern' Was Once Offered to Tarantino

3 December 2009 7:03 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Over the past year or so, I've consistently screwed up when talking about Green Lantern by calling it Green Hornet and vice versa. I know the difference, of course, but having both films in various stages of production has tripped me up more often than I care to admit. Thank goodness DC's Green Arrow is still a long way off and damn you, Noah Baumbach, for calling your new movie Greenberg.

The confusion slapped me again last night when I read Quentin Tarantino could have directed The Green Lantern. See, he could be ideal for The Green Hornet - and in fact, Al Hirt's madcap theme song from the TV show wound up on Tarantino's Kill Bill soundtrack - so that got me pretty excited. Then I came around, checked the title again, and it was that other green thing, after all. Certainly, Qt had a few more detractors after »

- Colin Boyd

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Birthday Suits: Giant Sized Edition

17 November 2009 11:05 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

11/17 ~ Todays special boys and girls. Are you one of them?

Mischa, Marty and Rachel

1897 Frank Fay, aka Mr. Barbara Stanwyck. The theory goes that their troubled marriage was the basis of A Star is Born. That story is so big it's practically it's own franchise. I can't stop thinking about it today: Stanwyck through the lens of Gaynor, Garland, Streisand. Yummy!) Even if it's only an urban La legend, I love to think about it. Fay, a popular comedic actor, was also the originator of the Harvey role (on stage) before Jimmy Stewart got to it.

1901 Lee Strasberg, the hugely influential acting teacher that helped popularize "The Method" Students included... well, basically a whose who of late 40s / early 50s giants of the silver screen.

1905 Mischa Auer, very tall actor of oversized comic turns. You'll remember him from the blissfully funny My Man Godfrey and best picture winner You Can't Take It With You »

- NATHANIEL R

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Bad Boys Grow Up

17 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Let's start with a few images: A psycho jive artist dancing around as he cuts a man's ear off. A retired bullfighter slumped in front of a television set, masturbating furiously to slasher movies. Scenes like those, from Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and Pedro Almodóvar's "Matador," pretty much secured the bad-boy reputations of their creators. Tarantino came to be regarded as a hyped-up pop culture junkie spritzing bloodshed and movie references in equal measure. And Almodóvar was thought of as something like the post-Franco John Waters, mixing '50s Hollywood-style melodrama with cheerful hedonism awash in sex and drugs.

But at this year's New York Film Festival, it was Almodóvar's latest, "Broken Embraces," that was chosen for the stately closing night slot. And about a month or so before the festival, Tarantino's latest film, the epic World War II adventure "Inglourious Basterds," became the unlikeliest hit of the year. »

- Charles Taylor

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Kurt Russell: 'Rodriguez is terrific kid'

9 November 2009 6:19 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Kurt Russell has reportedly branded Kate Hudson's boyfriend Alex Rodriguez a "terrific kid". The Death Proof star was spotted cheering on the sidelines as Rodriguez and the Yankees won the World Series last week in New York. "I'm so happy for him. He's a terrific kid," Ok quotes him as saying. "He's worked incredibly hard for a long, long time and now, all questions (more) »

- By Lara Martin

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Ferrara Exits Game Of Death

3 November 2009 12:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Moviemaker Abel Ferrara has quit Wesley Snipes' new action film to concentrate on Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent's new movie Jekyll & Hyde.

Ferrara was due to direct Snipes and Death Proof star Zoe Bell in Game of Death, but, according to MovieHole.net, he has been replaced by Giorgio Serafini.

In the film, Snipes and Bell team up to defend an injured diplomat who is hospitalised after an assassination attempt.

It's currently shooting in Detroit, Michigan. »

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A Conversation with Zoe Bell

26 October 2009 2:11 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

An accomplished stunt performer whose journey to Kill Bill was chronicled as the subject of the excellent documentary Double Dare, Zoe Bell has become a fixture in genre fare not only for her impressive stunt skills - but also her acting chops.

After a leading role in the Grindhouse installment Death Proof, Bell's recent work includes Bitch Slap (screening at our Trinity Of Terrors this weekend), a starring turn in Angel Of Death, and the most recent Tarantino effort Inglourious Basterds. Jason Anders recently sat down with bell for a discussion about her craft.

Ja:  Let's start off with talking about the film Death Proof, and your initial reaction to the script by Quentin Tarantino which had you playing yourself.  You originally thought this was a joke, right? Zb:  Well no, I didn't think the movie was a joke.  He was on his way over to my house with the script, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jason Anders)

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Fan Film Friday: ‘The Wrestler’ (Grindhouse Version)

23 October 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Those who had the dedication to sit through nearly 4 hours of film in the theater when Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse hit cinemas worldwide are tough. Not for the four-hour film stint, but because they managed to sit through Death Proof without tearing out their eyes.

Thankfully, we all had a selection of great, fake trailers in between the films to keep us entertained. Trailers directed by names like Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, and Edgar Wright, which are all still rumored to be in the works as real films. We all know that Rodriguez’s Machete is being planned, and almost ready to start.

After seeing those trailers, it was only a matter of time before the YouTube generation got their hands on some fun footage, and made it look like a Grindhouse film. What better film than something as depressing and cheap-looking as Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. »

- Matt Raub

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Five Cool Movies For Spring 2010

23 October 2009 3:12 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

It’s a slow week for movie releases, with Fantastic Mr. Fox the only release of note in the UK, along with Cirque Du Freak. Most of the remaining big films this year are due out in November and December.  

So, with the big winter films already hyped to the max, and with Iron Man 2, Clash of the Titans and Robin Hood being the highly anticipated movies this Spring, I thought i’d take a look at some Spring movies that maybe aren’t getting the attention they deserve – The Losers, Green Zone, A Couple of Dicks, Machete and Kick-Ass. Note, this is a list of the films i’m personally looking forward to, so you won’t necessarily agree with me…

The Losers

When is it? – 9th April.

Where is it? – Currently filming in Puerto Rico

Who is it? – Directed by Sylvain White, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, »

- Barry Steele

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Fall Frights: Grindhouse (Film Review)

20 October 2009 1:16 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.

Originally published, 04/01/2007

In the Robert Rodriguez-scripted/directed first of its two conjoined movies, Grindhouse is the ultimate sugar rush for horror fans, a high-calorie, low-nutrition blast of cheap thrills wrought on a big budget. In the second, Quentin Tarantino upends the framework and traditions of exploitation fare to craft a film that’s just as much a showcase for his gift of (writing) gab as it is for action. And in both Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantino’s Death Proof, a love and respect shines through for the B-movie tradition that too many others “homage” with snarky irony. The wholeheartedness with which they express their devotion to the form almost amounts to a kind of innocence, and for all the explicit mayhem on screen, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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From 'Spinal Tap' to 'Machete' to 'Black Dynamite': My favorite movie parodies put the machete to reality

16 October 2009 3:27 PM, PDT | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »

When you think about movie parodies -- we could be talking Airplane!, the Austin Powers films, or one of those great old Mad magazine satires, which were really the first place that a lot of us, as kids, got to "see" movies made for adults -- the key to a terrific send-up would seem to be the art of exaggeration, pure and simple. But there’s a particular brand of cinematic parody that I love, at this point, almost more than any other. And though it does employ the art of exaggeration (in very, very deadpan ways), far more than that, »

- Owen Gleiberman

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Fred Has Fun Playing With Black Dynamite

16 October 2009 1:25 AM, PDT | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

Black Dynamite totally captures the .70s style in a knowing spoof and irreverent homage to the Blaxploitation genre. It.s better than I.m Gonna Git You Sucka and more fun than Tarantino.s tedious later efforts like Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds (WWII I know, but he.s always .70s style.)

Review: Black Dynamite

The use of zooms alone defines Black Dynamite.s style, but they have more .70s tricks too. Their use is strategic and skillful, not just wild camera because nobody cares. They care, a lot. They play with split screens, phone voiceover, even theme songs in a self-knowing wink, but it never becomes smarmy or superior.

It.s got a sort of Walk Hard tone of performance, which won.t do the marketing department any favors but it.s a high watermark for satire. Characters announce their ages and speak morals and ultimatums with melodramatic sincerity. »

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Aubrey Plaza Interview on Scott Pilgrim Co-Starring Michael Cera

13 October 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

The folks at MakingOf.com passed along this really cool interview with actress Aubrey Plaza who plays Julie Powers in the upcoming film “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” by director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Them) and starring Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Death Proof) and Anna Kendrick (Twilight). Synopsis: Everything is totally sweet. Scott Pilgrim’s life is so awesome. He’s 23 years old, in a rock band, “between jobs,” and dating a cute high school girl. Everything’s fantastic until a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, roller blading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. But the path to Ms. [...] »

- Brian Corder

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