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Oscar Brief: Many Predicting Oscar Will Go Slumming
30 November 2008 11:29 PM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Over the weekend Slumdog Millionaire won big at the British Independent Film Awards as Danny Boyle took home director kudos, Dev Patel won for most promising newcomer and the film itself won best independent film. Of course, many are reporting the news as if this is just the start of something big as buzz around the little film has gotten louder and louder over the course of the previous week. I reviewed it and gave it a well-earned "A-", but when it comes down to awards I can't see this flick moving all the way to the big show. Take, for example, the last five Bifa "Best British Independent Film" award winners were Control, This Is England, The Constant Gardener, Vera Drake and Dirty Pretty Things. Of that bunch there are eight Oscar nominations including a win for Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener, but there isn't a best picture
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Brad Brevet
Cinematical Seven: Non-Dysfunctional Movie Families
27 November 2008 6:02 PM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
A few years ago, I wrote a Cinematical Seven on my favorite dysfunctional families in films. Everyone has a crazy messed-up movie family they love, whether it's the Hoovers in Little Miss Sunshine or the Bullocks in My Man Godfrey or the Corleones in the Godfather saga. I thought that this year, it would be fun to make a list of families that got along, worked together, and supported one another. You know, happy families ... but not dull, one-dimensional bundles of endless cheer.
It's a lot more difficult to find seven movies with happy-but-not-sappy families than it is to find the screwed-up kind, especially if you are looking for something more interesting than the Cleavers. Since I'm visiting my relatives for the Thanksgiving holidays, I asked them for suggestions. They were all very helpful, and I'm sorry I couldn't include all the suggestions, which ranged from The Thin Man to
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Jette Kernion
New Moon: Should Catherine Hardwicke Be Replaced?
25 November 2008 7:07 PM, PST | From twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news
After the mixed reviews that Twilight has gotten from movie critics Film.com has added their two cents and even thrown in their opinion that they think Catherine Hardwicke could and should be replaced as the director of New Moon. Heres what they had to say about Catherines performance in Twilight as well as their picks for her possible replacementMy two main issues with the Twilight movie were pacing and tone. Unfortunately both of those issues have to be laid at the feet of Catherine Hardwicke. But before we start let me first state that Ms. Hardwicke is absolutely delightful in person and Ive liked previous films of hers. Im just reading tea leaves here as I think Summit will take a look at the critical reviews for Twilight and bring in someone else for New Moon. Im also thinking that someone will be a woman as theyve made a
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Fox Searchlight Picking Up 'Arrested Development' Movie
21 November 2008 12:33 PM, PST | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
I'm glad this is happening, now I just hope they don't bungle it. Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz and producer Ron Howard are locking down their deals to make a film version of the show a reality, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The word is that the film would come through Fox Searchlight, which might well be the best label in the business right now. Its track record over the past several years has been very good, especially with smaller, less mainstream films that have somehow found their way to mass acceptance, like Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, and Napoleon Dynamite.
Arrested Development fits that mold artistically, and Searchlight is a much better fit for it than one of the powerhouse majors, which historically don't show as much patience with films of this size or temperament.
The rumors about a movie began shortly after the show's cancellation in 2006, but really began
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Colin Boyd
Terrific New Poster for 'The Wrestler'
17 November 2008 7:12 AM, PST | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
There is plenty of support for Mickey Rourke's performance in the new drama The Wrestler. Almost unanimously, Rourke's work has been seen as career-salvaging, and most pundits think he has a good shot at an Oscar nomination. Who would've thought that after Another 9 1/2 Weeks and several years in the boxing ring?
Of course, great actors still need great directors, and Rourke is working alongside Darren Aronofsky in The Wrestler. Even without having seen the film, I think it's safe to say that this is the most commercial thing Aronofsky has ever made. The film did very well at Toronto and Venice almost simultaneously, and as a result, Fox Searchlight picked up the film for distribution this fall.
If you've made an independent flick, there can be no better news right now than hearing Fox Searchlight is interested in it. In the past few years, they simply haven't missed. And if they have,
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Colin Boyd
Will Mickey Rourke Pull an Eddie Murphy and Miss Out On Oscar?
13 November 2008 5:23 AM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Photo: Fox Searchlight In 2007 everyone was touting Eddie Murphy for an Oscar for his performance in Dreamgirls. He paid back the good wishes with Norbit and ended up not winning as Alan Arkin took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine sending Eddie home with nothing but the $95+ million Norbit made at the box-office. Hey, wait a minute, that's a pretty good consolation prize if you ask me. Of course he had to sell his soul and make a movie that was roundly shunned, but you gotta do what you gotta do, just as the Wayans brothers. Well, this year the talk of the town is Mickey Rourke, he's no longer getting into trouble and he has a bonafide hit on his hands, at least in acting terms. Everyone has been praising his performance as Randy "The Ram" Robinson in The Wrestler
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Brad Brevet
Slumdog Millionaire
12 November 2008 6:00 AM, PST | From Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news
Danny Boyle’s latest jumps off the screen
Release Date: Nov. 12
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Simon Beaufoy
Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan
Studio/Run Time: Fox Searchlight, 120 mins.
The buzz around Danny Boyle’s latest film hit fever pitch when it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this summer. Two weeks later, Slumdog Millionaire picked up the People’s Choice Award at Toronto and the chatter intensified to “Oscar buzz.” At a screening, I heard comparisons to Little Miss Sunshine and Juno. Does it live up to the hype? For the most part, yes.
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Jerry Garcia Biopic On the Way
12 November 2008 1:51 AM, PST | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Producers Albert Berger (Little Miss Sunshine), Ron Yerxa (Cold Mountain) and Eric Eisner (Hamlet 2) have signed on to develop a biopic about Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia, report the trades. The untitled film will aim to offer a revealing look at the roots of the counterculture icon. It will focus primarily on Garcia's early life in the Bay Area before he joined the band that would become the Grateful Dead -- a period that includes a stint in the military, a life-changing car accident and his first creative encounters with members of the Northern California music scene including future Dead bassist Phil Lesh. Producers have acquired rights to Robert Greenfield's book Dark Star, an oral history of Garcia from dozens of people who knew him, including musicians, relatives and artist friends like Ken Kesey. Music rights also are being negotiated, Topper Lilien (Dungeons & Dragons ) is attached to write the screenplay.
James Cook
Jerry Garcia movie
12 November 2008 12:30 AM, PST | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news
I don't profess to know much, if anything, about The Grateful Dead, but it's heard to imagine their story not making an interesting movie. Now it looks like the life of Jerry Garcia will get the biopic treatment from the producers of Little Miss Sunshine. Like many rock biopics before it, the film will focus on Garcia's early years before he joined the band. Expect the latter part of the film to be his first musical encounters with future Dead members like Phil Lesh. Topper Lilien (Where...
Mike Sampson
Attack of Even More Spoof Movies!
10 November 2008 5:36 PM, PST | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
You'd think with a downward trend more pronounced than the stock market or the use of the phrase "Whazzzuuup!" that studios would aver from spoof movies for a while. The market was inundated with them to the point that, as we reported this weekend, there's going to be a spoof movie called Not Another Not Another Movie.
But wait - there's more!
MTV has revealed that the Wayans Brothers will make Dance Flick, a send-up of, well, you know. And there's even a new poster, which I'd share with you if I thought you really needed or even wanted to see it.
But wait - there's even more!
Once upon a time, there was a movie script called Armageddagain: The Day Before Tomorrow, which is essentially Disaster Movie with some semblance of a plot, I guess. Or at least, I hope. That movie has since been re-titled 2012-ish: The Year The Earth Bent Over,
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Colin Boyd
Interview: Slumdog Millionaire Star Dev Patel
10 November 2008 8:29 AM, PST | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
You've never heard of Dev Patel, but I guarantee that's about to change. The 18-year-old Brit, whose only previous screen experience was a bit part on the racy British series Skins, is set to be the breakout star of Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's movie about love, death and adventure in the underworld of Mumbai, India. The movie is already being talked up as this year's Little Miss Sunshine, and that's not just because of the bright colors and the fact that Fox Searchlight is distributing it. Slumdog is one of the rare feelgood movies likely to be considered Oscar worthy-- and Patel is right there in the middle, more likely than not to find a seat at the Kodak Theater in February. Though Jamal, his character in Slumdog, is quite buttoned-up and serious, Patel bursts into the room on a veritable wave of energy. He's the first star I've
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Indie Film is Dead Version 772
4 November 2008 12:13 PM, PST | From Spout.com | See recent Spout news
"What is indie cinema?" asks Richard Vine at The Guardian. He runs though a brief history of Indiewood, notes that the London Film Festival put Azazel Jacobs, Barry Jenkins and Joe Swanberg on a panel promoting a new wave of truly independent filmmaking, and then rhetorically wonders if his initial question is irrelevant: But is indie a meaningful term anymore, or is it just shorthand for "cool", "edgy" or "offbeat"? Does it matter if the so-called faux-indie production methods result in decent films such as Juno and Little Miss Sunshine that play at easy-to-access multiplexes alongside the CGI sequels and threequels? To answer the three questions posed in the above paragraph: Yes, no, yes. What follows is essentially the same argument I've made o ...
Karina Longworth
On DVD Today: November 4, 2008
4 November 2008 1:08 AM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Man, this week seems almost bigger than it actually is due to the myriad of ways each of these releases occurs. The Planet of the Apes Blu-ray release can be purchased as a collection or individually, Kung Fu Panda can be purchased individually or with the Secrets of the Furious Five, the Get Smart movie is out and you can also purchase the complete TV series set, Shrek the Halls can be bought on DVD as well as options with toys, the Star Wars trilogies are being released again and A Christmas Story now comes to Blu-ray. On top of all that I have added several upcoming Fox catalog Blu-ray releases, which are listed at the end of this report. Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray I just reviewed the single disc Blu-ray edition of the 1968 film that started this massive franchise,
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Brad Brevet
Breslin inspired by Meryl Streep
31 October 2008 6:24 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Little Miss Sunshine star Abigail Breslin has revealed her admiration for Meryl Streep. The 12-year-old described the actress as an inspiration, saying: "I really like Meryl Streep, my favorite movie is The Devil Wears Prada". Breslin was speaking at the Rising Stars Gala in Beverly Hills, where she received the Young Heroes Award. The charity event recognises those who are positive (more)
By Sarah Rollo
Sherman's March Gets Unnecessary Remake
31 October 2008 2:35 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
Ok, there are remakes, there are unnecessary remakes, and there are remakes so unnecessary you wonder who in God's name would front the money for such a thing. That's pretty much all I can think about the planned feature remake of Sherman's March, Ross McElwee's 1986 documentary that was one of the earliest hits produced by the Sundance Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter says that Steve Carr, the director of movies like Daddy Day Care and Next Friday, has acquired the rights to McElwee's film, which was supposed to be a documentary about Civil War General Sherman but became the story of his own exes. It was an indie hit before indie hits even existed, and now Carr wants to turn it into a "smaller, quirky comedy, keeping the original's tone but producing something that will feel akin to Sideways or Little Miss Sunshine." An actual documentary about a guy
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Milk Duo Drink The Kool-Aid
28 October 2008 11:46 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
Dustin Lance Black is most likely on the verge of becoming the Next Big Thing in the screenwriting world-- he's the guy who wrote Milk, which is poised to be one of fall's biggest Oscar contenders. Even before Milk gets seen by any critics, Black and that movie's director Gus Van Sant are teaming up again, adapting the challenging novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I don't call it challenging beacuse of its themes or topics, but because it's about hippies in the 60s who drive across the country in a Day-Glo bus and drop Lsd-- not exactly the most relevant topic to modern times. But The Hollywood Reporter says that Fox Searchlight will be distributing it, which marks another movie for the independent studio that produced Little Miss Sunshine about people riding around in a brightly colored bus. I'm as excited to see anyone to see Milk, and if
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New DVD Releases: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Kit Kittredge, and More
28 October 2008 3:59 AM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Brendan Fraser's adaptation of the classic story from Jules Verne, leads this week's crop of new DVD releases. Also debuting on DVD: the toy-inspired Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, starring Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin as a Depression-era investigative journalist; and Tinker Bell, Disney's straight-to-video tale of the Peter Pan fairy's adventures, featuring the voices of Raven-Symone, America Ferrera, and Lucy Liu.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 10/28/2008 by Thomas
Journey to the Center of the Earth | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | Tinker Bell
Thomas Leupp
Talking With Mike Leigh on Indies, 3-D vs. Reality and 'Happy-Go-Lucky'
20 October 2008 4:01 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Sitting down with Mike Leigh was a little intimidating. Strange considering he's about half my height (exaggeration), but he's an accomplished filmmaker and not from Hollywood stock so I felt I had to be on my A-game. The main reason I sat down with him was to talk about my thoughts on his fantastic film Happy-Go-Lucky (my review here), my theories on its protagonist, Poppy, as played by Sally Hawkins and see if my idea on what the film was all about was up the right alley or way off base. As it turns out, I was on the right track, which meant we were able to move onto more interesting things such as independent filmmaking versus Hollywood and even better, a recent quote from DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg saying how he felt all films would soon be shot in 3-D, a ridiculous statement of course and Mike had
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Brad Brevet
'Big Momma's House 3' Still in the Work
20 October 2008 12:37 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
Another "Big Momma's House" film is going to the big screen. During the "Soul Men" press day in Beverly Hills on Sunday, October 19, producer David Friendly opens up about the development of "Big Momma's House 3" to IESB.
On the subject, Friendly reveals that the third film is currently in its script writing stage. Though this movie has been rumored to be finished for 2008 release, the producer of "Meet Dave" and "Little Miss Sunshine" suggests that "Big Momma 3" is expected to be ready by 2009.
On the "Big Momma" franchise itself, the movie that centers its story on an undercover FBI agent donning a fat suit to impersonate a Southern granny has been made into two movies, "Big Momma's House" in 2000 and "Big Momma's House 2" in 2006. Both of the films are starred by Martin Lawrence.
AceShowbiz.com
Trailer Park: Standing Out in the Crowd
18 October 2008 3:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
This week I'm taking a look at trailers chosen purely on the basis of how much they caught my eye.
Marley and Me
What caught my attention here was the idea that Owen Wilson is yet again playing a man wrestling with his inability to grow up, kind of like he did in Wedding Crashers and You Me and Dupree. Is this a groove or a rut? This time out Wilson is playing a married man who is unsure about whether or not he's ready to be a father, so he and his wife (played by Jennifer Aniston) test the parental waters by getting a dog. There's lots of cute doggie hijinx on display here, but between the Beethoven flashbacks and the fact that I've yet to see a really good Jennifer Aniston movie makes me think I'll be passing on this one.
In this indie comedy, two
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Matt Bradshaw
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