Viewers have pointed out an error in Chris Rock’s latest stand-up special.
The comedian made history this weekend as he performed Netflix’s first ever live-streamed set on Saturday (4 March).
Selective Orange contained a number of notable moments, including Rock addressing the time he was slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars.
Rock, 58, said, “The thing people wanna know… did it hurt? Hell yeah, it hurt. He played Muhammad Ali!” in reference to Smith’s role as the famous boxer in 2001’s Ali.
“I played Pookie [in 1991’s New Jack City]. Even in animated movies, I’m a zebra, he’s a f***ing shark. I got hit so hard, I heard ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears,” said Rock.
The comedian was referring to his voiceover role as Marty the zebra in the Madagascar franchise, and Smith’s part in the 2004 film Shark Tale.
Fans, however, were quick to point out...
The comedian made history this weekend as he performed Netflix’s first ever live-streamed set on Saturday (4 March).
Selective Orange contained a number of notable moments, including Rock addressing the time he was slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars.
Rock, 58, said, “The thing people wanna know… did it hurt? Hell yeah, it hurt. He played Muhammad Ali!” in reference to Smith’s role as the famous boxer in 2001’s Ali.
“I played Pookie [in 1991’s New Jack City]. Even in animated movies, I’m a zebra, he’s a f***ing shark. I got hit so hard, I heard ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears,” said Rock.
The comedian was referring to his voiceover role as Marty the zebra in the Madagascar franchise, and Smith’s part in the 2004 film Shark Tale.
Fans, however, were quick to point out...
- 3/6/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder.
About the films:
From the very beginning of his incandescent career, the New German Cinema enfant terrible Rainer Werner Fassbinder refused to play by the rules. His politically charged, experimental first films, made at an astonishingly rapid rate between 1969 and 1970, were influenced by the work of the Antiteater, an avant-garde stage troupe that he had helped found in Munich. Collected here are five of those fascinating and confrontational works. Whether a self- conscious meditation on American crime movies, a scathing indictment of xenophobia in contemporary Germany, or an off-the-wall look at the dysfunctional relationships on film sets, each is a startling glimpse into the mind...
About the films:
From the very beginning of his incandescent career, the New German Cinema enfant terrible Rainer Werner Fassbinder refused to play by the rules. His politically charged, experimental first films, made at an astonishingly rapid rate between 1969 and 1970, were influenced by the work of the Antiteater, an avant-garde stage troupe that he had helped found in Munich. Collected here are five of those fascinating and confrontational works. Whether a self- conscious meditation on American crime movies, a scathing indictment of xenophobia in contemporary Germany, or an off-the-wall look at the dysfunctional relationships on film sets, each is a startling glimpse into the mind...
- 6/22/2015
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
There has always been an understated rivalry between the mediums of movies and television. Many years ago it was even thought as being somewhat of a drastic career letdown if actors/actresses from film decided to depart for the landscape of television. The truth is that for some performers that had stalled or uneventful momentum in motion pictures that the concept of “slumming it” in television actually saved their show business profession. Hence, the boob tube made them relevant whereas the big screen had unceremoniously passed them by.
However, there is also a mutual respect that cinema and television share that go hand in hand when shaping our appreciation for entertainment on both the big and small screen. When movies depict the aspects of the TV world giving a sociological, psychological or emotional perspective then it is not so uncool to be a proud couch potato after all, right? Let...
However, there is also a mutual respect that cinema and television share that go hand in hand when shaping our appreciation for entertainment on both the big and small screen. When movies depict the aspects of the TV world giving a sociological, psychological or emotional perspective then it is not so uncool to be a proud couch potato after all, right? Let...
- 7/13/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Hollywood loves its remakes. It’s a reality we’ve all got to live with. But does that mean we have to accept it? I say, “Hell to the no!” — especially in the light of news that Paramount is going forward with its remake of the 1991 comedy Soapdish, which was first reported last May. This totally underrated gem about the backstage drama at a daytime soap opera does not deserve to have its memory defiled by what could very well be a pale and lackluster update. (Of course, maybe it will be great — because sometimes, on rare occasions, remakes don’t totally suck.
- 2/23/2011
- by Kristen Baldwin
- EW.com - PopWatch
Hollywood is still buzzing about the premiere of the gritty urban-action film Out The Gate. The star-studded event was held Thursday the 13th at Laemmle’s Royal Theatre and the scene was electric. Camera flashes pulsed like a strobe light as the film’s stars Paul Campbell, Shelli Boone, and Everton Dennis hit the red carpet. Numerous celebrities came out to support the event including Leon (Five Heartbeats, Temptations), Harold Perrineau (Lost, Oz) as well as Jamaican favorites Jeffrey Gunter (Naked Gun, Marked for Death), Stacyann Chin, and many more.
The near capacity crowd of 600 was on the edge of their seats laughing, clapping and interacting with the movie throughout the screening as Los Angeles witnessed the historical opening of the Jamaican feature. The response to the picture was tremendous. Immediately following the screening a question and answer session was held, moderated by reggae historian Roger Steffens, who offered the...
The near capacity crowd of 600 was on the edge of their seats laughing, clapping and interacting with the movie throughout the screening as Los Angeles witnessed the historical opening of the Jamaican feature. The response to the picture was tremendous. Immediately following the screening a question and answer session was held, moderated by reggae historian Roger Steffens, who offered the...
- 1/19/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
To celebrate the release of the Henri Cartier-Bresson DVD set, GreenCine teamed up with our friends at Photojojo for our first ever photo contest. We asked you to send us your photos inspired by a film, and we received some amazing submissions! Thanks to all the photogs who entered, and to Photojojo for supplying the awesome prizes, the Digital Harinezumi 2.0 and the magnetic photo rope. And thanks to our judging panel, which included GreenCine's Craig Phillips, Maian Tran, plus film critics Jeffrey Anderson and Erin Donovan.
Congrats to our first prize winner Juan Rodrigo Jardón Galeana for his photo inspired by Wings of Desire.
See more of our favorite entries after the jump!
Congrats to our first prize winner Juan Rodrigo Jardón Galeana for his photo inspired by Wings of Desire.
See more of our favorite entries after the jump!
- 5/27/2010
- by weezy
- GreenCine
I know I'm not the first one to cover this tune. The illustrious Roger Ebert tackled the subject on Christmas Eve, while our own Jeffrey Anderson made a similar call six months ago. But after sitting down with the ridiculously enjoyable (and enjoyably ridiculous) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, my brain started percolating...
Avatar is an animated feature. As is my very favorite flick of 2009 (Fantastic Mr. Fox) ... and don't forget Pixar's truly sublime Up! And Disney's triumphant return to "traditional" animation with The Princess and the Frog! Oh, and the admirably twisted Coraline! Yet another Miyazaki masterpiece (Ponyo)? The strangely dark but oddly amusing adventures of 9? The slight-but-amusing antics of Monsters vs. Aliens? The environmentally friendly adventures of The Battle for Terra? The blissfully bizarre Belgian import A Town Called Panic? Oh, and be sure to remember the title Sita Sings the Blues. It's worth remembering. Stuff I...
Avatar is an animated feature. As is my very favorite flick of 2009 (Fantastic Mr. Fox) ... and don't forget Pixar's truly sublime Up! And Disney's triumphant return to "traditional" animation with The Princess and the Frog! Oh, and the admirably twisted Coraline! Yet another Miyazaki masterpiece (Ponyo)? The strangely dark but oddly amusing adventures of 9? The slight-but-amusing antics of Monsters vs. Aliens? The environmentally friendly adventures of The Battle for Terra? The blissfully bizarre Belgian import A Town Called Panic? Oh, and be sure to remember the title Sita Sings the Blues. It's worth remembering. Stuff I...
- 1/7/2010
- by Scott Weinberg
- Cinematical
By Jeffrey Anderson
Believe it or not, there were still some classics appearing for the first time on DVD in 2009, even though Blu-Ray continues to loom ever larger. Also, movies continue to be re-mastered and re-released on new DVDs, making up for the early flaws of the technology. Unfortunately, 3D hasn't quite been mastered in the home format just yet, but that's undoubtedly coming. The following is my list of the ten best DVDs of the year, plus 15 more runners-up for a total of 25. And most of them make great gifts too! Happy Holidays!
1. The Samuel Fuller Collection (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sony follows up their great Budd Boetticher box set with this tribute to Samuel Fuller. The set is of course limited to films that Fuller made at Columbia, and it contains only two films he actually directed, but they're both masterworks: The Crimson Kimono and Underworld U.S.A. Additionally it...
Believe it or not, there were still some classics appearing for the first time on DVD in 2009, even though Blu-Ray continues to loom ever larger. Also, movies continue to be re-mastered and re-released on new DVDs, making up for the early flaws of the technology. Unfortunately, 3D hasn't quite been mastered in the home format just yet, but that's undoubtedly coming. The following is my list of the ten best DVDs of the year, plus 15 more runners-up for a total of 25. And most of them make great gifts too! Happy Holidays!
1. The Samuel Fuller Collection (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sony follows up their great Budd Boetticher box set with this tribute to Samuel Fuller. The set is of course limited to films that Fuller made at Columbia, and it contains only two films he actually directed, but they're both masterworks: The Crimson Kimono and Underworld U.S.A. Additionally it...
- 12/31/2009
- by underdog
- GreenCine
As a pretty big fan of Richard Linklater (the writer, the filmmaker, the artist, the dude), I was totally bummed to hear that the guy is having ridiculous amounts of trouble getting another film off the ground. As we told you earlier, the three potential projects he was working on (That's What I'm Talking About, Liars (A to E) and School of Rock 2) have all but been erased for various reasons (even though all three have tremendous commercial potential), not to mention that his latest film, Me and Orson Welles (which is definitely worth the watch) has been delayed for over a year. It's disheartening to see a wickedly talented filmmaker like Linklater get shoved off to the side, but as Jeffrey Anderson pointed out in his latest 400 Screens, 400 Blows column, perhaps part of it has to do with folks just not being interested in coming-of-age films right now (see; Whip It,...
- 11/17/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
It's the Fourth of July weekend, and what better way to celebrate America's independence than by watching a John Dillinger decide taxation with representation wasn't nearly as much fun as the patriots made it out to be. Public Enemies has gone wide this week, brandishing their tommy guns in the hopes of stealing some of Transformers' box office thunder. If anyone can do it, it might just be Johnny Depp, who does appeal to a crowd that Optimus Prime just can't reach.
Jeffrey Anderson was full of praise for Michael Mann's film, likening it to earlier crime classics such as Max Nosseck's Dillinger or Don Siegel's Baby Face Nelson. "... it equals them, capturing some of their raw energy and allure and clocking in as a longer, but equally fast-moving and adrenaline-pumping example Somehow Mann only manages to use the extra time for flash and spectacle, and hardly any for depth or detail,...
Jeffrey Anderson was full of praise for Michael Mann's film, likening it to earlier crime classics such as Max Nosseck's Dillinger or Don Siegel's Baby Face Nelson. "... it equals them, capturing some of their raw energy and allure and clocking in as a longer, but equally fast-moving and adrenaline-pumping example Somehow Mann only manages to use the extra time for flash and spectacle, and hardly any for depth or detail,...
- 7/3/2009
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
Hey all! Since our last report, a few new Cine-staff members have joined the mix, plus we're pleased to announce that the official Cinematical Twitter account is new and improved. Up till now it's just been a basic RSS feed, but now it'll be a more streamlined (once an hour) feed, plus an infusion of random fun from myself and Erik Davis. If you're a flick junkie who likes to be up-to-date on all the news, reviews, and casting to-dos, then Twitter has lots of great resources. We hope to be one of your favorites.
And if you'd like to follow the personal ramblings of your favorite Cinematical scribes, you can do so thusly: Jessica Barnes, Monika Bartyzel, Erik Davis, William Goss, Kevin Kelly, Jette Kernion, Peter Martin, Jenni Miller, Eugene Novikov, Elisabeth Rappe, Nick Schager, Eric Snider, Dawn Taylor, Scott Weinberg (Still holding out: Jeffrey Anderson, Matt Bradshaw, and Todd Gilchrist!
And if you'd like to follow the personal ramblings of your favorite Cinematical scribes, you can do so thusly: Jessica Barnes, Monika Bartyzel, Erik Davis, William Goss, Kevin Kelly, Jette Kernion, Peter Martin, Jenni Miller, Eugene Novikov, Elisabeth Rappe, Nick Schager, Eric Snider, Dawn Taylor, Scott Weinberg (Still holding out: Jeffrey Anderson, Matt Bradshaw, and Todd Gilchrist!
- 5/18/2009
- by Scott Weinberg
- Cinematical
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bruce Campbell's newest film, My Name Is Bruce, is a mini-masterpiece that fans will no doubt rank near his Evil Dead trilogy and up with Bubba Ho-Tep (2003). It's a kind of post-modern, meta-film, in which Bruce plays "Bruce Campbell," a B-movie star who is called upon to help battle a real-life monster, though he believes he's just putting on a show. As with his best work, it's a combination of sheer enthusiasm for the horror genre, some clever jokes, and some sidesplitting, infectiously stupid jokes. It comes out on DVD this week, complete with the requisite Bruce Campbell commentary track. Jeffrey Anderson had the chance to sit down with Bruce when he was in San Francisco last December, to talk about the film.
Bruce Campbell's newest film, My Name Is Bruce, is a mini-masterpiece that fans will no doubt rank near his Evil Dead trilogy and up with Bubba Ho-Tep (2003). It's a kind of post-modern, meta-film, in which Bruce plays "Bruce Campbell," a B-movie star who is called upon to help battle a real-life monster, though he believes he's just putting on a show. As with his best work, it's a combination of sheer enthusiasm for the horror genre, some clever jokes, and some sidesplitting, infectiously stupid jokes. It comes out on DVD this week, complete with the requisite Bruce Campbell commentary track. Jeffrey Anderson had the chance to sit down with Bruce when he was in San Francisco last December, to talk about the film.
- 2/9/2009
- by underdog
- GreenCine
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Bruce Campbell's newest film, My Name Is Bruce, is a mini-masterpiece that fans will no doubt rank near his Evil Dead trilogy and up with Bubba Ho-Tep (2003). It's a kind of post-modern, meta-film, in which Bruce plays "Bruce Campbell," a B-movie star who is called upon to help battle a real-life monster, though he believes he's just putting on a show. As with his best work, it's a combination of sheer enthusiasm for the horror genre, some clever jokes, and some sidesplitting, infectiously stupid jokes. It comes out on DVD this week, complete with the requisite Bruce Campbell commentary track. Jeffrey Anderson had the chance to sit down with Bruce when he was in San Francisco last December, to talk about the film.
Bruce Campbell's newest film, My Name Is Bruce, is a mini-masterpiece that fans will no doubt rank near his Evil Dead trilogy and up with Bubba Ho-Tep (2003). It's a kind of post-modern, meta-film, in which Bruce plays "Bruce Campbell," a B-movie star who is called upon to help battle a real-life monster, though he believes he's just putting on a show. As with his best work, it's a combination of sheer enthusiasm for the horror genre, some clever jokes, and some sidesplitting, infectiously stupid jokes. It comes out on DVD this week, complete with the requisite Bruce Campbell commentary track. Jeffrey Anderson had the chance to sit down with Bruce when he was in San Francisco last December, to talk about the film.
- 2/9/2009
- by underdog
- GreenCine
In Gus Van Sant's Milk, opening Friday, Josh Brolin plays Harvey Milk's fellow supervisor Dan White, who eventually pulled the trigger and ended Milk's life in 1978. (The real-life White received only a light sentence based on what came to be known as "the Twinkie defense." See the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk for more info.) Brolin's White comes across as a frustrated, underconfident fellow. He only appears in a handful of scenes with Milk, but their attempts to reach one another are almost touching. Jeffrey Anderson sat in on a roundtable discussion with the film's cast following the premiere, appropriately, at San Francisco's Castro Theater, and caught the typically boisterous, candid Brolin.
- 11/26/2008
- by underdog
- GreenCine
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