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2009 | 2008

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Film Weekly's top 10 movies of 2009

24 December 2009 3:50 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

In this special edition of Film Weekly, Jason Solomons and Xan Brooks sum up 2009 by counting down their respective top 10s of the year's best movies. There's also a competition for loyal listeners – up for grabs is a Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee prize pack, with a mug, DVD and poster signed by director Shane Meadows. Just listen to the montage of four directors who have featured in In the Director's Chair, identify them and email your answers to film.weekly@guardian.co.uk by 5 January 2010.

Looking back over the year, both critics agree that 2009 was a great year for small films that said big things, while Hollywood enjoyed huge commercial success but appeared to have nothing to say. The long-awaited release of Avatar signalled a change in format, yet did not change the way we see the world.

And then it's down to the main order of business: Jason and Xan's »

- Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Observer

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George Romero's Survival of the Dead Finally Arriving in the U.S. Next Spring

23 December 2009 1:41 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

George Romero has spent a good amount of time this year bringing his latest zombie movie, Survival of the Dead, around to festivals such as the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals while patiently awaiting someone to pick up the U.S. distribution rights. At long last, the wait is over. Variety reports that Magnet Releasing, the company that picked up Let the Right One In last year, has nabbed the rights to Romero's sixth Dead movie.

Romero's latest goes the Western route in a story that depicts two families living on an island with differing opinions on how to treat their refuge's living dead inhabitants. Set for release sometime next spring, Magnet will also release Survival on video-on-demand a month before the movie hits theaters.

Next Showing:

Link | Posted 12/23/2009 by Ryan

George Romero | Survival of the Dead »

- Ryan Gowland

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Exclusive: The Fangoria interview with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed

22 December 2009 11:39 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

If you’re into metal or hardcore, chances are you have a Hatebreed record in your collection. Known for their crushing live shows and tireless efforts, the band has been a fixture in heavy music for the past fifteen years.  With a growing following based on a mutual loyalty and respect between the band and their audience, the Grammy-nominated band closes out 2009 with a hit album on a new label, energized by their return to independence.

At the center of all things Hatebreed is Jamey Jasta - the multi-tasking frontman not only of Hatebreed, but also of Kingdom Of Sorrow and Icepick. Balancing music with running his own label Stillborn Records, and a clothing line called Hatewear without ever seeming spread too thin, Jasta has his sights set on conquering even more frontiers in the near future.

Last month I had the chance to talk with Jamey in the midst of Hatebreed’s fall tour, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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"An Education" Tops London Film Critics' Circle Awards

21 December 2009 10:05 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

The coming of age tale, "An Education," topped the London Film Critics' Circle Awards nominations. The film picked up seven nominations including actress for Carey Mulligan and screenwriter of the year for Nick Hornby.

Quentin Tarantino is set to receive the Critics' Circle's highest honor, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Cinema. The 30th Awards will take plave on February 18 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone.

Here are the nominees:

Breakthrough British Film-maker

Daniel Barber - Harry Brown

Armando Ianucci - In the Loop

Duncan Jones . Moon

Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga

Sam Taylor-Wood - Nowhere Boy

The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year

Bright Star

An Education

Fish Tank

In the Loop and Moon

Foreign Language Film Of The Year

The Class

Katyn

Let the Right One In

A Prophet

The White Ribbon

Director Of The Year

Jacques Audiard - A Prophet

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker »

- Manny

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'Survival Of The Dead' Next Spring

21 December 2009 9:05 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will revisit the western.

No one can accuse George A. Romero, the pioneer of the zombie film, of having a shortage of ambition. He’s already directed five installments of his ongoing "Dead" series, each with its own satirical agenda. Now the sixth, entitled Survival of the Dead, is scheduled to hit theaters next spring, Variety reports.

The story will revolve around an isolated refuge lorded over by two powerful families, who maintain order in the wake of the zombie epidemic. However, as inhabitants of both sides gradually die off, the two clans start to turn against each other, culminating in a showdown with echoes of the classic Western standoff.

Survival of the Dead screened at the Venice and Toronto film festivals this year. Magnet, which recently released the horror film Let the Right One In, as well as the action epic Red Cliff, »

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London Film Critics Awards 2010

21 December 2009 2:01 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

2010 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards 2010 London Film Critics’ nominations: Dec. 21, 2009 2010 London Film Critics’ winners: Feb. 18, 2010 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)   Film Of The Year Avatar The Hurt Locker A Prophet The White Ribbon Up in the Air The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year Bright Star An Education Fish Tank In the Loop Moon Foreign Language Film Of The Year The Class Katyn Let the Right One In A Prophet The White Ribbon Director Of The Year Jacques AudiardA Prophet Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker James CameronAvatar Michael HanekeThe White Ribbon Jason ReitmanUp in the Air British Director Of The Year Andrea ArnoldFish Tank Armando IannucciIn the Loop Duncan Jones [...] »

- Andre Soares

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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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Film 2009: The year in lists

18 December 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Seven ridiculous film plots, five unlikely weapons and the five scariest children in film

Seven Ridiculous Film Plots

1 Star Trek

Physicists could have a quantum field day with the rebooted space opera's loose interpretations of black holes, supernovas, "red matter", etc – but relax, it's only sci-fi! Harder to swallow was the bit when Kirk was exiled to a barren, snowy planet, but luckily landed right outside the cave of Leonard Nimoy. Or the fact that Kirk and Spock could two-handedly overpower a 24th-century Romulan spaceship like it was a 60s Bond movie. Didn't those guys invent security cameras yet?

2 The Invention Of Lying

Ricky Gervais told us this was set in a world where nobody knew how to lie. He lied. In a lie-free world, there'd be no corrupt cops like Ed Norton's. There'd be no corruption. Or secrecy, bribery, exaggeration, artifice, or, in fact, crime. There'd be no cops at all, »

- Charlie Brooker, Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Grace Dent, Priya Elan, Malik Meer, Steve Rose, Richard Vine

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Magnet to Release Survival Of The Dead

18 December 2009 12:42 PM, PST | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Great news for George Romero fans.  Magnolia's subdivision Magnet Releasing has secured the rights to release Survival Of The Dead, Romero's entry in his Dead series.

Following a recent trend in the distribution of indie films, Magnet will release the film on Video on Demand a month before it debuts in theatres.  As low budget filmmakers and studios struggle to find new ways to get their films to the fans, the VOD option is one viable measure they deem worth trying.  Whether Magnet will release Survival to theatres wide or limited, the studio has yet to indicate.  Given the poor handling of Diary Of The Dead's release, at least it seems that Magnet is giving Survival a legitimate effort.

Though Romero doesn't have nearly the cache he used to, he still makes films that are relevant and challenge an audience.  He's got a huge following, and his films deserve to be seen, »

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100 best films of the noughties: Nos 11-90

18 December 2009 2:17 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The Guardian film team's pick of the top 100 movies of the decade. Check back from 21 December as we unveil the top 10 day by day

11-20

11. Waltz With Bashir

12. Dig!

13. The Beat That My Heart Skipped

14. The Consequences of Love

15. No Country for Old Men

16. Silent Light

17. Japon

18. The Sun

19. What Time Is It There?

20. Before Sunset

21-30

21. Unrelated

22. One and a Two

23. Ivansxtc

24. Let the Right One In

25. Of Time and the City

26. When the Levees Broke

27. You Can Count on Me

28. A Serious Man

29. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

30. Control

31-40

31. The Death of Mr Lazarescu

32. Grizzly Man

33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

34. Être et Avoir

35. Far from Heaven

36. Hidden

37. The Hurt Locker

38. Oldboy

39. The New World

40. The Piano Teacher

41-50

41. Spirited Away

42. Vera Drake

43. American Splendor

44. Capturing the Friedmans

45. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

46. Crimson Gold

47. A History of Violence

48. In the Mood for Love

49. Movern Callar

50. The Night of the Sunflowers »

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Millennium Trilogy gets Hollywood treatment

17 December 2009 12:03 AM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

  Genre-defying Swedish chiller Let The Right One In caused quite a stir this year, bagging itself an impressive confection of awards and accolades. No surprise, then, that Hollywood has set its sights on Scandinavia for lavish stories to give a glitzy makeover. With Let The Right One In already making its way along the remake conveyor belt, Sony have got their eye on the Millennium Trilogy book series. Authored by the late Stieg Larsson, the three tomes in the crime series have already been made into Swedish...

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- Josh Winning

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The Quiet Earth team shares their favorite films of 2009

16 December 2009 10:15 AM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Looking over the team's top-five of 2009 lists today it struck me what a diverse year for genre cinema it was. Oh sure, there are certain titles that managed to make it onto almost everyone's lists (Moon and Antichrist being two clear winners), but, put together, the titles run the gamut of film styles - like the best film festival program you could image.

I certainly didn't think I'd see films like The Hangover bumping up against The Road, or a double bill of Ursula Meiers' French oddity, Home, and Stingray Sam, but it's all just too cool of a mash-up to ignore and I may have to program a little private festival of some of these titles for viewing over the holidays.

But anyway, sit back, grab a drink, peruse the lists and refresh your memory of all the films you should be netflixing, buying or borrowing in the new year. »

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Last Minute Christmas Present Recommendations!

16 December 2009 8:16 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Ho Ho Ho! It’s that time of the year for giving and receiving and if your having trouble finding the perfect gift for your loved one then i will hopefully mention something that will help fill that stocking in time for 25th December.

I’m going to run down my top Blu-Ray films, Top DVD’s, Top TV Boxsets and Top anything else that I think are must haves this year.

We’ve added links to Zavvi.com who are currently offering free delivering on everything so make sure you check them out.

Blu-ray and DVD Films

I’ll start with Blu-Ray/DVD films. Blu-Rays have reduced in price incredibly in the run up to Christmas and if you shop around then you will find all sort of deals like 2-4-1’s or 2 for a nice low price, and it’s still not to late to get them in time for Christmas. »

- Gary Phillips

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Us Remake of Swedish 'Millenium Trilogy' in the Works at Sony

15 December 2009 7:10 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Last year it was the critically acclaimed vampire thriller Let the Right One In. And it looks like the Swedes are doing something right, as indieWIRE reports that the rights to Steig Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, which begins with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, have just been picked up by Sony for producer Scott Rudin and writer Steve Zailian to adapt. They'll be working from Stieg Larsson's books that were also adapted in Sweden. The story follows a once-respected financial journalist who is promised professional resurrection if he researches a mysterious disappearance that has been unsolved for nearly four decades. Across the ocean in Europe, the first film in the series (renamed Men Who Hate Women) has apparently grossed over $100 million internationally, and the film hasn't even been released over here yet. The novels themselves have also found international acclaim selling over 20 million copies. It sounds like Rudin and »

- Ethan Anderton

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Film Junk Podcast Episode #247: The Cove

14 December 2009 11:42 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

0:00 - Intro 3:10 – Top 20 Films of the Decade: Let The Right One In, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Anchorman, Zodiac, The Royal Tenenbaums 16:00 - Headlines: Kevin Smith’s Cop Out, Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride Team Up Again, James Cameron to Produce Fantastic Voyage Remake, David O. Russell Signs on for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Twilight New Moon Piracy Arrest Overturned, New Star Wars Movie a Possibility?, Robert Duvall is Don Quixote, John Malkovich as The Vulture in Spider-Man 4?, Tobey Maguire to Star in The Hobbit? 33:50 - Review: The Cove 53:55 - Trailer Trash: The Sorcerer's Apprentice 59:25 - Other Stuff We Watched: Rocky: The Undisputed Collection, City of God, Food Inc., School of Rock, World's Greatest Dad 1:26:43 - Junk Mail: Impressive Camera Work in Movies, Dating Advice, The Chip Shop, Lack of Accuracy in Sports Movies, Aristotle and Comic Book Movies, »

- Sean

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Kieron’s Top 13 Films of 2009

14 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Looking back over the past twelve months highlights what a strange year this has been in cinema. Transformers 2 swept up at the box office, Terminator 3 nearly killed the franchise. (500) Days Of Summer’s incredible trailer resulted in an incredibly dissapointing film, Where The Wild Things Are dared to be even better than its Arcade Fire powered trailer suggested it would be. So, even though the year hasn’t been the best quality wise, there have been some absolutely terrific films released. In fact for every Blue, Antichrist or Dead Men Running there has been a film of  great quality to counter it to the degree I struggled wittling down my list of favourites to the standard ten entries. So I didn’t bother. Each of the films in this list debuted cinematically in the UK in 2009 with the exception of Cyborg, She which was a direct to DVD release. »

- Kieron Casey

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2009 Efa Noms: This Year's Favorite (A Prophet) vs. Last Year's Fave (Slumdog)

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

With the film eligibility dates covering portions of two years, the 2009 European Film Awards finds itself in an awkward mode of having a clear favorites from circa 2008 (Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In) go up against cream of the crop from Cannes 2009 (A Prophet, The White Ribbon and Fish Tank). - With the film eligibility dates covering portions of two years, the 2009 European Film Awards finds itself in an awkward mode of having a clear favorites from circa 2008 (Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In) go up against cream of the crop from Cannes 2009 (A Prophet, The White Ribbon and Fish Tank). Jacques Audiard's A Prophet leads all nominations with a total of six with Best European Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actor (Tahar Rahim), Cinematography and Sound Design. Slumdog comes in 2nd place with five nominations while the Palme d'or winning The White Ribbon and Broken Embraces are tied with 4 each. »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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2009 in review: Film

12 December 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Vampires were everywhere, Hollywood failed to excite, and British cinema ploughed a familiar furrow

The year began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: The Reader, Che, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler, Gran Torino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being New Moon, the latest in Stephenie Meyers's Twilight saga, the best the subtle Swedish Let the Right One In and the worst the British horror spoof Lesbian Vampire Killers.

Documentaries continued to flourish, introducing us to fascinating new worlds: Afghan TV talent shows (Afghan Star), Australian exploitation cinema (Not Quite Hollywood), haute couture (The September Issue). Animation thrived, the 3-D comeback threatened »

- Philip French

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European Film Awards 2009

12 December 2009 1:55 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

2009 European Film Awards 2009 European Film Award nominations: Nov. 7, 2009 2009 European Film Award winners: Bochum, Germany, on Dec. 12, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke   Best European Film Fish Tank, UK written and directed by Andrea Arnold produced by Kees Kasander & Nick Laws Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One In), Sweden directed by Tomas Alfredson written by John Ajvide Lindqvist produced by John Nordling & Carl Molinder Un Prophète (A Prophet), France directed by Jacques Audiard written by Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain based on an original idea by Abdel Raouf Dafri after an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri [...] »

- Andre Soares

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Uncle Creepy's Blu Christmas Buyer's Guide 2009

11 December 2009 1:55 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Note: This Will Be Posted At The Top Of Our Headlines Throughout The Weekend! Happy Shopping! With the holiday shopping season officially upon us, I figured it might be a good idea to start making some recommendations for the lucky horror-loving folks on your lists!

Blu-ray players once again are going to be pretty hot items this year, but what of the movies available for them? If you already own the DVD of your favorite flick, is there a need to replace it with a Blu-ray? I'm here to answer all of your questions in the second annual ...

Before we get into my picks, let's take a second to explain how I rated them. They're broken down into three categories:

Can't Miss -- Must Haves: These are the cream of the crop! The purchases that are guaranteed to bring a smile to someone's face. Items no one with the tech should be without. »

- Uncle Creepy

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