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Henry Poole Is Here: A failed ‘Indie’ movie, but a wonderful portrait of a pathetic hero
9 July 2009 5:00 AM, PDT
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I seem to have developed something of a rebellious streak with regards my choice of films recently. After so many years of watching only the most critically acclaimed cinematic milestones (and the most ‘difficult-to-pronounce-in-their-original-language’ Michael Haneke films) my experience of ‘King of California’ has opened up a whole new world of lesser-known American ‘Indie’ films.
I was going to coin a phrase there – post-‘Indie’ – but as soon as you attach a prefix to this most ugly of words it begins to sound like you are referring to films inspired by a certain maverick archaeologist.
With my newfound adventurousness, and spurred on by the presence of a highly apathetic friend who ‘just wanted to watch whatever was on’, I decided to watch Luke Wilson’s ‘Henry Poole Is Here’. I attribute the film to Wilson because he is the only recognisable name on the project and, I am confident, was
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- Nicholas Deigman
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Battle for Terra (review)
29 April 2009 12:29 PM, PDT
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A beautiful jewel of a planet. Alien invaders swooping down to steal precious resources and wipe out the natives. Oh, but look at that: it’s humans as the bad guys, as the alien invaders, in the CG-animated Battle for Terra, and that makes for a nice switcheroo, if one some human beings will howl at. How dare humans be the villains! After all, it’s not like humanity has a long legacy of genocide and invasion and cultural imperialism toward our own species! Why on Earth -- or beyond -- would we be so mean to nonhuman creatures?
Hmmm.
I’m not at all surprised to discover the Terra director Aristomenis Tsirbas is Canadian, because if there’s one term that best characterizes Canadian science fiction, it’s “humanist.” As in “rational” and “equanimous” and “liberal,” and in this case, we have to extend the definition to “non-specieist”: or,
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- MaryAnn Johanson
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Watch the Premiere Props Underworld auction Live!
5 February 2009 11:19 AM, PST
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This Saturday, February 7th, Fangoria is co-sponsoring the massive Underworld prop auction being conducted by Premiere Props. For those of you wondering how such an auction takes place, you can watch the entire auction Live right here on Fangoria.com, with appearances by the Underworld cast and crew!
Staring at 9am Pst, check back to this posting, or hit the link located on the right-hand side of the Fangoria.com homepage. Former Fango scribe Ryan "Rotten" Turek of ShockTillYouDrop will be moderating a discussion with director Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans) and series creator Kevin Grevioux (here an interview on the Fangoria Podcast) prior to the live auction.
Want more details? Read the press release below:
Premiere Props will be hosting a charity auction of never before seen movie props and costumes from Sony Pictures’ Underworld, Underworld Evolution and Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans, which was released on
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DVD Round Up, Jan. 20, 2009: ‘Henry Poole is Here,’ ‘The Pink Panther,’ ‘King Kong,’ ‘Skins’
20 January 2009 2:05 PM, PST
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Chicago – This week’s edition of the Round-Up - HollywoodChicago’s recurring feature of titles that might fall through the cracks if we don’t shine a spotlight on them, however briefly - includes proof that while not all remakes fail some certainly do, Chris Rock is still the most talented stand-up comedian alive, and the Brits usually do TV better than Americans.
“Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger,” “Henry Poole is Here,” “King Kong,” “The Pink Panther,” and “Skins”. Some you probably know well, others you may be reading about for the first time here. Take notes.
(Check out the first edition of the round-up, the second edition, number three and a few Blu-Ray Round-Ups here and here.)
All of these titles were released on January 20th, 2009, unless otherwise noted.
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger was released by HBO Home Video on January 20th, 2009.
Photo credit: HBO
“Chris Rock: Kill
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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DVD Tuesday: Horror, Historical Drama, and More
20 January 2009 2:40 AM, PST
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Title
Box Office
Summary
Saw V
$56.7M
Success virtually ensures Saw VI.
Max Payne
$40.6M
Wasn't this just in theaters?
Igor
$19.5M
Animated crowd pleaser featuring a hunchbacked scientist wannabe.
The Express
$9.7M
One of the worst investments of 2008 to DVD fast.
City of Ember
$7.8M
The worst investment of 2008.
Henry Poole Is Here
$1.8M
Sappy, low-key Luke Wilson drama panned by critics.
The Children of Huang Shi
$1.M
Historical drama that looks at 1930s China and three people who rescue 60 war orphans.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
$146,750
Paris Hilton bomb.
Save Me
$82,369
Indie about a man staying in a Christian facility for troubled people.
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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: January 20, 2009
20 January 2009 12:42 AM, PST
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This week isn't exactly a great week for new releases, but as you will see at the very end of this article I have added a Ton of new titles to the database over the past seven days including Quantum of Solace and Wave 3 of James Bond on Blu-ray which will bring us Goldfinger, Moonraker and The World is Not Enough all on March 24. I have also added several new Criterion releases, the X-Men trilogy is coming to Blu-ray as is The Silence of the Lambs.
As for new DVDs you can begin digging into those just below with a few brief comments on each as well as the Even More section, which includes several new catalog Blu-ray releases.
The Express
I already reviewed the Blu-ray version of The Express and was pleasantly surprised. This film won't bowl you over with greatness,
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- Brad Brevet
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giveaway: ‘Henry Poole Is Here’ Region 1 DVD
19 January 2009 5:56 PM, PST
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Henry Poole Is Here -- the story of a disillusioned man (Luke Wilson) who attempts to hide from life, only to discover he cannot escape the forces of hope -- will be released on DVD on January 20, and I’ve got two copies of the DVD to give away, courtesy of Anchor Bay.
(Visit the film’s official site.) (Read my review of the film.)
Enter by using this link to send your name and U.S. mailing address.
Enter By: 11:59pm Eastern time, Sunday, February 1.
Winners are chosen at random from all eligible entries received.
Note: Your email address and mailing address will be used Only for contest purposes. You will not be added to any mailing lists; you will not be spammed as a result of entering. All contest entries are discarded at the end of the contest period.
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- MaryAnn Johanson
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Thick as Thieves Foreign Movie Poster
16 January 2009 11:00 PM, PST
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Nu Image Films just released this brand new foreign poster from the upcoming film “Thick as Thieves” aka The Code by director Mimi Leder (Mandrake , Pay it Forward) and starring Morgan Freeman (The Last Full Measure, The Human Factor), Antonio Banderas (Sin City 2, Shrek Goes Fourth) and Radha Mitchell (Henry Poole Is Here, Finding Neverland).
Film Synopsis: A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest “Thick as Thieves” movie news and more.
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- Brian Corder
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Radha Mitchell Recruited For The Crazies -- Pitch Black star joins Timothy Olyphant in the Romero Remake
12 January 2009
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Australian actress Radha Mitchell (last seen stateside in "Henry Poole Is Here") has joined the cast of "The Crazies", according to the folks at ShockTillYouDrop. A remake of George A. Romero's 1973 cult-classic, "The Crazies" centers on a town whose residents experience violent side-effects when a biological weapon infects their water supply. The great Timothy Olyphant is already on board to play the town sheriff, so Mitchell (best known for "Pitch Black" and "Silent Hill") may be up for the part of his wife. Breck Eisner is directing the project which is scheduled for a September 25th release. Get more crazy here
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Fangoria to co-sponsor Underworld Charity Prop Auction
9 January 2009 9:00 PM, PST
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Premiere Props announced today that they will be hosting a charity auction of never before seen movie props and costumes from Sony Pictures’ Underworld, Underworld Evolution and the soon to be released Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans, which hits theaters everywhere on January 23, 2009.
The auction featuring all three Underworld movies will be presented by Fangoria, DreadCentral.com, ShockTillYouDrop.com and hosted by Leo Quinones, host of 97.1 Talk Radio The Film Freak Show with a special appearance by Miss Horror Fest 2008. The live auction will take place on Saturday, January 24 and Sunday, January 25 at Premiere Props’ warehouse in El Segundo, California (128 Sierra Street, El Segundo, CA 90245) with proceeds to benefit the Entertainment Industry Foundation. There will be a preview from 9am – 11am, and the auction will begin at 11am.
Underworld fans will finally have the chance to own unique costumes and props from all three Sony Pictures’ Underworld movies! Also, a
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