They've battled through the zombie apocalypse, they've freed a small British hamlet from the clutches of evil cult, and now Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are teaming up for the ultimate challenge: The Golden Mile.
"The World's End," opening Aug. 23, is the final chapter of the "Cornetto Trilogy," this millennium's most beloved and least formal comedy triptych. Each installment follows Britain’s schlubbiest duo as they take on new characters and contend with their faded adolescence in one way or another. "Shaun of the Dead" poked loving fun at zombie movies and "Hot Fuzz" applied the same treatment to the spectacular mayhem of Michael Bay-style actioners, "The World’s End" is by contrast a somewhat sobering series capper, a bittersweet comedy that very much takes place in the real world until, well, it doesn't.
The story of an alcoholic man-child who yearns to relive his glorious '80s high school days,...
"The World's End," opening Aug. 23, is the final chapter of the "Cornetto Trilogy," this millennium's most beloved and least formal comedy triptych. Each installment follows Britain’s schlubbiest duo as they take on new characters and contend with their faded adolescence in one way or another. "Shaun of the Dead" poked loving fun at zombie movies and "Hot Fuzz" applied the same treatment to the spectacular mayhem of Michael Bay-style actioners, "The World’s End" is by contrast a somewhat sobering series capper, a bittersweet comedy that very much takes place in the real world until, well, it doesn't.
The story of an alcoholic man-child who yearns to relive his glorious '80s high school days,...
- 8/22/2013
- by David Ehrlich
- NextMovie
Bishop Brad Allen, a frequent Fox News Channel guest and substance addiction recovery advocate, appeared on Fox & Friends on Monday where he exploded over a pro-marijuana advertisement which aired on mobile screen at a recent Nascar event. Allen called the ad “horrible” and suggested the firm which produced the ad be sued for false advertisement. He wondered if Nsacar could also be culpable for having colluded with the firm that produced the pro-Marijuana ad.
- 7/29/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
The high point of the annual EW Comic-Con Visionaries panel with Alfonso Cuaron ("Gravity"), Marc Webb ("The Amazing Spider-Man") and Edgar Wright ("The World's End") moderated by Anthony Breznican was an exchange on the aesthetics of long takes and bringing reality into fantasy on film. Wright launched a discussion about combining fights and effects "The world's End," a reunion comedy about old chums (led by co-writer/star Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) returning to their home town for a pub crawl--and stumbling on an alien invasion. EW: The challenge this time is to try and do the [action sequences] without cutting so that you believe that the actors are doing it. There's no obvious stunt-doubling. I worked with this great choreographer Brad Allen and we basically evaluated the cast members – we had six actors who were up for the challenge (Pegg, Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, and Rosamund Pike). All...
- 7/22/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
So, Edgar Wright has been tweeting all week that he's in London. London. Not San Diego. London. But we were onto his ruse from the start - and today at Comic-Con the director bounded into Hall H to confirm that Ant-Man, his long-awaited adaptation of the classic Marvel character, will be happening.There's no date yet, nor any casting news, but Wright did bring along some test footage that he shot with a member of Brad Allen's stunt team just two weeks ago. And it was absolutely fantastic.It begins with two agents - ominous, shades-wearing - at the end of a long, white corridor. We pull back behind an air vent to reveal... Ant-Man, tiny as they come, sporting a red-and-black suit, with a mask that's a nod to the original Kirby design.He then jumps through the vent, runs along the corridor and zaps to normal size.
- 7/15/2012
- EmpireOnline
It is the late 1950′s in a well to do section of Manhattan and Jan Morrow (Doris Day) is getting annoyed with her neighbour Brad Allen (Rock Hudson). You see, they share a party line and he is always on the telephone serenading his various romantic conquests and Jan cannot make her calls. They have never met but through a mutual friend Allen works out who she is, introduces himself as Texan alter-ego Rex Stetson and tries to woo her. Will she work out his true identity? Will they fall in love? Will Doris Day sing a bit?
*****
Doris Day and Rock Hudson appeared together on screen a number of times and made for a beautiful pairing – she was all wholesomeness with a dash of sexiness, he was a tall, broad, dark, handsome rogue. Looking back on it now, especially within our current cycle of much more explicit adult comedies,...
*****
Doris Day and Rock Hudson appeared together on screen a number of times and made for a beautiful pairing – she was all wholesomeness with a dash of sexiness, he was a tall, broad, dark, handsome rogue. Looking back on it now, especially within our current cycle of much more explicit adult comedies,...
- 5/25/2012
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The perfection of a rose-tinted past, Doris Day’s costumes in Pillow Talk (1959) are some of the most exquisite ever worn on screen. They personify her immaculate character and symbolise the remnants of a dying era; opulence, optimism and the changing face of urbanised fashion.
Costume designer for Pillow Talk was Bill Thomas, although, as became standard with Doris Day pictures, he was not directly responsible for creating her outfits. That job fell to celebrated costume/fashion designer Jean Louis, earning him a ‘Gowns By’ credit on the film. Louis was known for his stylish and often deceptively simple garments, including most famously Rita Hayworth’s strapless black sheath in Gilda (1946). He even created Marilyn Monroe’s sheer ‘President’s dress’, immortalised at John F. Kennedy’s 45th birthday celebration in 1962.
Whether or not Jean Louis was working from specification for Pillow Talk we do not know. Bill Thomas would...
Costume designer for Pillow Talk was Bill Thomas, although, as became standard with Doris Day pictures, he was not directly responsible for creating her outfits. That job fell to celebrated costume/fashion designer Jean Louis, earning him a ‘Gowns By’ credit on the film. Louis was known for his stylish and often deceptively simple garments, including most famously Rita Hayworth’s strapless black sheath in Gilda (1946). He even created Marilyn Monroe’s sheer ‘President’s dress’, immortalised at John F. Kennedy’s 45th birthday celebration in 1962.
Whether or not Jean Louis was working from specification for Pillow Talk we do not know. Bill Thomas would...
- 5/18/2012
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, May 7th 2012.
Pick Of The Week
The House by the Cemetery: Dual Format Edition (DVD+Blu-ray)
Shock gore master Lucio Fulci s The House by the Cemetery is one of the finest typically single-minded exercises in zombie terror. Its just a shame no-one told the Boyle family who move into a gothic style house (by a cemetery) with a bloody past and a guts spraying future, what is yet to come! You d think they d twig given the basement door is nailed shut that they should get the hell out. Instead they...
Pick Of The Week
The House by the Cemetery: Dual Format Edition (DVD+Blu-ray)
Shock gore master Lucio Fulci s The House by the Cemetery is one of the finest typically single-minded exercises in zombie terror. Its just a shame no-one told the Boyle family who move into a gothic style house (by a cemetery) with a bloody past and a guts spraying future, what is yet to come! You d think they d twig given the basement door is nailed shut that they should get the hell out. Instead they...
- 5/7/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Pillow Talk
Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter | Written by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin | Directed by Michael Gordon
When interior decorator Jan Morrow (Day) is forced to share a telephone party line with carefree playboy Brad Allen (Hudson). There is no connection between them until the two accidentally meet in person. As sparks begin to fly, the smitten Brad pretends to be a wealthy Texan, wooing Jan with late-night calls.
Available for the first time on Blu-ray, Hollywood classic Pillow Talk is making it HD debut as part of the Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary celebration in a fully restored and digitally re-mastered iteration which has been, judging by the fantastic picture quality, lovingly restored from the original film elements – this is the best the film has Ever looked, no doubt even better than the original cinema release. To go with the fantastic new picture quality, Pillow Talk...
Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter | Written by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin | Directed by Michael Gordon
When interior decorator Jan Morrow (Day) is forced to share a telephone party line with carefree playboy Brad Allen (Hudson). There is no connection between them until the two accidentally meet in person. As sparks begin to fly, the smitten Brad pretends to be a wealthy Texan, wooing Jan with late-night calls.
Available for the first time on Blu-ray, Hollywood classic Pillow Talk is making it HD debut as part of the Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary celebration in a fully restored and digitally re-mastered iteration which has been, judging by the fantastic picture quality, lovingly restored from the original film elements – this is the best the film has Ever looked, no doubt even better than the original cinema release. To go with the fantastic new picture quality, Pillow Talk...
- 5/6/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Pillow Talk, the Academy Award-winning rom-com, is being released on Blu-Ray Digibook on 11 May.
A Limited Edition Collector's Digibook, it will include exclusive storyboards, original poster art and script pages.
It centres around successful interior decorator Jan Morrow (Doris Day) and composer Brad Allen (Rock Hudson), who happen to share a phone line. Although they have never seen each other, Brad quickly irritates Jan for clogging up the line on calls to numerous girlfriends.
When he eventually sets eyes on her, Brad falls for Jan and sets on a plan to seduce her. Aware of how she feels about him, he poses as an innocent Texan country boy to win her heart.
To celebrate the release of this romantic classic, we’ve put together a slideshow of our favourite phone scene film moments.
From Sleepless In Seattle to When Harry Met Sally, they're all there... or have we missed one?...
A Limited Edition Collector's Digibook, it will include exclusive storyboards, original poster art and script pages.
It centres around successful interior decorator Jan Morrow (Doris Day) and composer Brad Allen (Rock Hudson), who happen to share a phone line. Although they have never seen each other, Brad quickly irritates Jan for clogging up the line on calls to numerous girlfriends.
When he eventually sets eyes on her, Brad falls for Jan and sets on a plan to seduce her. Aware of how she feels about him, he poses as an innocent Texan country boy to win her heart.
To celebrate the release of this romantic classic, we’ve put together a slideshow of our favourite phone scene film moments.
From Sleepless In Seattle to When Harry Met Sally, they're all there... or have we missed one?...
- 5/4/2012
- by The Huffington Post UK
- Huffington Post
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