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The Best of the Best Movies of the Year!
30 December 2011 12:09 PM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
By Scott Mendelson
HollywoodNews.com: This time, it’s the best of the best. Of course ‘best’ is a subjective term, so you might want to consider these my ‘favorites’. Despite what everyone likes to whine about at the end of every year, 2011 was in fact one of the better years in a good long time. Maybe it was the effects of the 2007 WGA strike wearing off, maybe it was just dumb luck, but on the whole, movies, especially mainstream movies, were pretty on-spot more often than they weren’t. But just as important, most of the year-end Oscar bait was actually quite good, so this is a year where I don’t have to half-heartedly apologize for having a list filled with movies nobody saw and mainstream pictures that no one admits to liking. Even if it took 1/3 of the year to really get cooking, 2011 was an uncommonly solid »
- Scott Mendelson
Christopher Plummer Talks The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Pixar’s Up, Beginners, Michael Powell, and a Lot More
29 December 2011 12:08 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
It's not too often you get to interview a living legend, but sitting across from Christopher Plummer in a hotel room in New York City a few weeks ago, I was smiling like a kid on Christmas. That's because before I understood what a movie was, I had already seen his work, as I grew up watching The Sound of Music with my family every holiday season. And while most eighty year olds might slow down, Plummer has delivered some of his best work these past few years. If you haven't seen Mike Mills' Beginners, Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus or Pixar's Up (he voices Charles Muntz), I strongly suggest checking them out. I'll be shocked if Plummer doesn't get nominated for an Oscar for Beginners. The reason I got to speak with this great actor is for David Fincher »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
New Additions to the National Film Registry Include ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ ‘El Mariachi,’ ‘Forrest Gump’
28 December 2011 6:00 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
In 1988, the National Film Preservation Act create the National Film Registry, which selects a couple dozen films each year for preservation in the Library of Congress. Up to 25 films are selected annually as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films." These have to be at least ten years old, can be feature, short experimental or 'other' -- anything that is film, really -- and are chosen from a list of films nominated by the public. This year, 2228 films were nominated by the public and twenty-five were selected for preservation. Among those are the big Oscar winner The Silence of the Lambs, everyone's favorite autistic history hero Forrest Gump, Charlie Chaplin's The Kid and one of the greatest (and earliest) train movies ever made, John Ford's The Iron Horse. We've got a more complete list below. The New York Times [1] has the rundown on some of the new inductees, which will be fully announced today. »
- Russ Fischer
Best in Blogs: Wines to Bring Home for the Holidays
23 December 2011 6:30 AM, PST | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
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Which wines should you bring home for the holidays? How can you protect yourself against debt collectors? And where can you find the real “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”? A look at the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal family of blogs.
Wines to Bring Home for the Holidays: Top retailers to divulge the names of their favorite and/or best-selling holiday wines. Here’s a look at what’s selling well in New York, Washington DC, »
- Christopher John Farley
Pixar Titles Bob Peterson’s Dinosaur Movie ‘Frozen’
22 December 2011 1:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[1] Walt Disney Studios has announced the title for Pixar's Holiday 2013 movie -- Frozen. I'm kind of surprised that the MPAA approved the title considering there was a popular indie movie released under the same title only two years ago, Adam Green's horror thriller Frozen. When the project was first announced at the D23 Expo, they revealed a joke working title (complete with logo seen above): "The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs". More details after the jump. Previously: Here is the official plot synopsis from Disney: What if that life-changing asteroid missed Earth? Director Bob Peterson’s hilarious tale depicts a world where dinosaurs never went extinct. And here is a bit of information on the filmmakers behind the movie: Bob Peterson started at Pixar as an additional animator and layout artist on Toy Story, and worked on the story team for A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2. »
- Peter Sciretta
The 25 Best Movies of 2011
22 December 2011 8:00 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
It was the year Harry Potter ended, the Muppets returned, Ryan Gosling drove, Apes rose, Matt Damon bought a zoo, and a bunch of raunchy Bridesmaids made us pee our pants (or wedding dresses) laughing.
Yeah, we're pretty happy with you, 2011 movies.
As for counting down the best of the best, we're happy/relieved to report that coming to an in-house consensus was pretty easy, and entirely non-violent. And our number one pick? Even easier to decide.
Tell us your favorite movies in the comments section, and for a taste of sour, check out our picks for the 5 Worst Movies of 2011.
25. 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'
So many movies this year promised edge-of-your-seat action and nonstop popcorn scarfing, but few delivered like the fourth installment in this would-be aging franchise. Tom Cruise is at his best, reminding us that his charisma and ability to sell a crazy fight »
- NextMovie Staff
Easter Eggs: Robin and More Hidden in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer, Pixar Nods in ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
21 December 2011 7:00 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[1] Chances are you saw the new trailer [2] for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and didn't catch Robin the boy wonder or a reference back to the very beginning of the trilogy: Batman Begins. And you probably also saw Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol in IMAX but somehow missed the hidden Pixar easter eggs that Ratatouille/The Incredibles director Brad Bird hid within the film. Aren't you glad we're here to point them out to you? Find the easer eggs, after the jump. [3] A113 [4]: What started as an inside joke of CalArts alumni (a reference to the classroom number that was used by Animation students, including John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, Pete Docter) has been present in not only every Pixar film, but Disney movies, Iron Giant, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Powerpuffgirls and Tinytoon Adventures. [5] Director Brad Bird has put the reference in every project »
- Peter Sciretta
'Mission: Impossible' Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know
21 December 2011 6:16 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
We've been following Tom Cruise's road back to the 'M:i' series, leading up to the film's release Wednesday (December 21).
By Kara Warner
Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"
Photo: Paramount
After a five-year hiatus, Tom Cruise is back as superspy Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol." This is Cruise's fourth foray into the world of fancy gadgetry, high-stakes missions and crazy action sequences, with "Incredibles" director Brad Bird at the helm of his first live-action film.
To celebrate Cruise's long and winding road back to Hunt and the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, here is everything you need to know about "Ghost Protocol," which releases wide Wednesday (December 21).
The Return of Ethan Hunt
Although Cruise's third "Mission" film was a bona fide box-office success following its $134 million gross in 2006, the green light for a fourth film was a long time coming. First, director J.J. Abrams confirmed that »
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Review
21 December 2011 5:30 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is about power - who has it and who doesn't, but mainly how quickly it shifts. Take a scene in the film's first hour: Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) is on a subway platform bothering no one when a foolish stranger snatches her backpack. Soon, she's capably retrieved her pack - and beaten the thief so savagely that passersby see her as the heinous one. In an instant she's gone from victim to victor to victimizer. And she's just getting started. What may be most shocking about director David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson »
- Alynda Wheat
Listen to Over Ten Minutes of Michael Giacchino's Score For John Carter!
18 December 2011 8:55 AM, PST | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Yesterday, the Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino was the special guest on the radio show called Movies on the Radio, hosted by David Garland. Giacchino is best known for his work on The Incredibles, Up, Lost, Star Trek and recently he worked on the score for 50/50, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Super 8. While he was on the radio show, Giacchino and Garland debuted over 10 minutes of music from the Andrew Staton-directed science fiction epic, John Carter. If you don't want to listen to the whole show, just wait couple minutes (it loads quickly) and fast forward to 43:50 to hear "John Carter's theme." And after that there is also a "Dejah's theme" which starts at 54:50. Check it out below: (function(){var s=function(){__flash__removeCallback=function(i,n){if(i)i[n]=null;};window.setTimeout(s,10);};s();})(); I absolutely love what I'm hearing! I mean the mixture »
Famed '70/80s director Randal Kleiser on "Getting It Right" and giving up on big-budget Hollywood films
16 December 2011 7:45 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
With the possible exception of Steven Spielberg, no 1980s filmmaker was responsible for more watershed Generation X films than Randal Kleiser: starting with "Grease" in 1978, Kleiser created a seemingly neverending series of coming-of-age films, including "Summer Lovers," "The Blue Lagoon," "Flight of the Navigator" and "Big Top Pee Wee," that continue to entertain and resonate with audiences. Recently, MGM's DVD-on-demand service released "Getting It Right," another of the director's films from that era, and although it was set in London and featured decidedly more R-rated content than its predecessors, it too was another tale of a young person finding his footing in an adult world.
IFC caught with Kleiser to talk about the release of "Getting It Right"; additionally, the accomplished filmmaker offered some insights into how he managed to make so many terrific, iconic '80s films, and reflected on his history as one of Hollywood's great purveyors of films about growing up. »
- IFC
The Biggest Shockers From the 2012 Golden Globe Nominations
15 December 2011 9:30 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
While the Academy Awards may have prestige, the Golden Globes are like the rowdy, beer-swilling younger brother that everyone wants to party with. They're the Roger Clinton of awards ceremonies.
Like all black sheep, though, the Globes occasionally embarrass their family with mistakes so heinous it almost makes us want to not pay bail when they get arrested. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced this year's nominees, and before returning host Ricky Gervais even opens his mouth we find ourselves utterly shocked by some surprising inclusions and omissions.
No Melissa McCarthy -- Wtf?
After gobbling up awards from New York, D.C., Boston and Las Vegas, we assumed McCarthy was saving room for an inevitable Globe and even an Oscar nomination. Nope! While "Bridesmaids" costar Kristen Wiig got a Best Actress nod, two supporting slots for "The Help" swept this breakout actress under the rug.
'Ides of March' Backstabs 'Drive »
- Max Evry
Movie News After Dark: Paramount is Old, More Synths, John Carter, Walt Disney and Patton Oswalt Gets Booted from the Alamo Drafthouse
14 December 2011 8:56 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly collection of things, movie related and otherwise, that will entertain you, astound you and most likely give you that much needed late-night push toward deep, restful sleep. We begin tonight with the new logo Paramount Pictures has released for their 100th anniversary celebration. I caught it this evening on a massive IMAX screen in front of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which was quite awesome. But more on that later. Up first, some trivia: Did you know that the original Paramount mountain was based on a doodle by W.W. Hodkinson and that the live-action logo is based on Peru’s Artesonraju? Wikipedia did. Speaking of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, I was also hipped to this new music video, in which a stylish techno DJ person has remixed the iconic theme song and added some synths. Gotta have those synths. Though it’s worth noting that I’m »
- Neil Miller
Dick Van Dyke to Present SAG.s 48th Life Achievement Award to Mary Tyler Moore at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
13 December 2011 7:47 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur
Dick Van Dyke will present Screen Actors Guild.s 48th Life Achievement Award to Mary Tyler Moore at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, executive producer and director Jeff Margolis announced today.
Screen Actors Guild is honoring Mary Tyler Moore for her career achievement and humanitarian accomplishments. Past recipients of SAG.s Life Achievement Award include Ernest Borgnine, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Julie Andrews, Shirley Temple Black, James Garner, Karl Malden, Clint Eastwood, Edward Asner, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Robert Redford and George Burns.
The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, one of the awards season.s premier events, will be simulcast live coast-to-coast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at 8 p.m. (Et) / 5 p.m. (Pt) from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles. An encore primetime telecast will begin immediately following on TNT at 10 p. »
- Michelle McCue
Awards: AFI Names Best of 2011; La and Boston Critic Groups Honor ‘The Descendants’ and ‘The Artist’
11 December 2011 5:27 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
We're getting into the full swing of the awards season for 2011, and this evening four organizations announced their picks for best achievement in film in 2011. The biggest group is the American Film Institute, which released a simple unranked list of ten 'movies of the year,' which includes Bridesmaids, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo and The Tree of Life. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association named The Descendants as best picture of 2011, while the Boston Society of Film Critics named The Artist best film of the year, which was also voted as the top film by the New York Film Critics Online. Lists from all four organizations are below. AFI Movies Of The Year Bridesmaids The Descendants The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo The Help Hugo J. Edgar Midnight In Paris Moneyball The Tree Of Life War Horse TV Programs Of The Year Breaking Bad Boardwalk Empire »
- Russ Fischer
Awards 2011. Los Angeles Film Critics Association Goes for "The Descendants"
11 December 2011 3:02 PM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association, too, has spent the day convening, voting and is tweeting. Here's what they've settled on for 2011:
Best Picture: Alexander Payne's The Descendants. Runner-Up: Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.
Best Director: Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life. Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese for Hugo.
Best Actress: Yun Jung-hee for Poetry. Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia.
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender for A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame and X-Men: First Class. Runner-Up: Michael Shannon for Take Shelter.
Best Foreign Language Film: Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death. Runner-Up: Asghar Farhadi's A Separation.
Best Independent/Experimental Film: Bill Morrison's Spark of Being.
Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film: Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Runner-Up: Clio Barnard's The Arbor.
New Generation: "The creative team behind Martha Marcy May Marlene (Antonio Campos, »
“The Descendants” takes Los Angeles Film Critics
11 December 2011 11:47 AM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: The Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association are revealing their year-end selections Sunday afternoon, handing out Best Picture honors to Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants.” The director has had a ton of success with the Lafca over the years, so the win comes with little surprise. At least it wasn’t a clean sweep for “The Artist,” which picked up wins in Boston and New York on Sunday. Is this year’s Best Picture race a two-horser?
Elsewhere, Best Supporting Actress recognition went to Jessica Chastain, who has had an incredibly impressive year (though she’ll have to pick one film to back in the Oscar race, as the Academy recognizes quality over quantity).
The group went off the board, naming Yun Jung-hee Best Actress for “Poetry.” (Um, Ok?)
Christopher Plummer also earned a Best Supporting Actor (for “Beginners”), while “A Separation” was a surprise choice for Best Screenplay. »
- Sean O'Connell
Pixar’s Next Film from the Doctor Goes Inside a Girl’s Mind?
8 December 2011 1:06 PM, PST | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Pixar’s Next Film from the Doctor Goes Inside a Girl’s Mind?
The Pixar/Disney team has taken us into many strange new worlds where everyday objects are given personality (Toys, Cars) but now we’re going to see emotions as characters.
Pixar’s top guy, John Lasseter, shared some of Pixars’s future plans during an interview on the Charlie Rose show recently, revealing that director Pete Docter’s new untitled film takes place inside the mind of a girl, with her emotions being the characters.
Docter has previously brought us Monsters, Inc and Up so I’m willing to see where he goes with this, because I loved those other two films, and I was shocked to find myself like Up, which really didn’t seem to offer much when you just listened to the basic plot. There’s no word at this time on if ‘girl »
- Marty Shaw
Q&A: How Does A Pixar Short Film Get Made?
8 December 2011 11:30 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[1] Over the years, we've learned a lot about how Pixar develops and produces their feature animated films, but we've learned very little about how the beloved short films get created. So I decided it was time we find out. I shot a message over to Enrico Casarosa, the director of Pixar's next short film La Luna, who was happy to shed some light on the process. "How Does A Pixar Short Film Get Made?" Find out, after the jump. While most people won't get to see La Luna until its released in June 2012 attached to Brave, the short has been playing the film festival circuit and already short listed for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. I was lucky enough to catch a screening of it at the 2011 Telluride Film Festival, and I loved it so much that they used my quote [2] in their "For Your Consideration" advertisements. [3] A Very »
- Peter Sciretta
John Lasseter Provides Some Details on Pete Docter’s Next Pixar Project
7 December 2011 3:13 AM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Director Pete Docter isn’t really saying what’s going on in his head for his next project, but Pixar’s chief creative officer John Lasseter has an idea. During D23 Expo this past August, Docter and producer Jonas Rivera (“Up,” “Toy Story 2”) appeared on stage to announce “The Untitled Movie That Takes You Inside The Mind.” At the time, Docter described it as a movie that explores “what we think, dream and reason.” In an interview with Charlie Rose, Lasseter provided a little more detail on Doctor’s next project. “Pete Docter, from ‘Monsters, Inc.’ and ‘Up’ is doing a new film that takes place inside of a girl’s mind and it is about her emotions as characters, and that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen,” he explained. Here is the official premise provided by Disney/Pixar: Pixar takes audiences on incredible journeys into extraordinary worlds: »
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