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Deconstructing the Decade from 'The West Wing' and beyond: Zap2it Andrea's favorite episodes

11 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Here comes round no. 3 of favorite episodes. My esteemed colleagues Rick and Hanh have picked their favorites and they each took considerable time preparing their list. I laughed at that -- until I sat down to do mine and it became a four-days-long project.

Here were my personal parameters for the list: 1. Each show could only have one episode on the list. 2. I would not repeat my colleagues' choices, which was particularly hard with "Buffy" and "Veronica Mars," as my top picks have been spoken for. 3. A two-parter counts as one slot on my list. My list, my rules. 4. There was a limit of 10.

Why a limit? Because my initial list had 22 entries and I realized I was basically just listing my favorite shows and then picking good episodes. I had to be more disciplined! The 12 I took off (for a variety of reasons) became "honorable mentions" of a sort. »

- editorial@zap2it.com

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Directors of the Decade: Andrew Stanton

3 December 2009 5:37 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Robert here, still going through the directors who shaped the past decade.  I admit I wondered if it was too much dedicate multiple spots on this list to the Pixar guys.  But more than any other films this decade, the Pixar ones managed to find the perfect combination of art and entertainment, of sincerity and profit.  Oh others have come close (The Lord of the Rings and some of the comic book films) but nothing like Pixar.  A big ago we discussed the intricacies of Brad Bird (Mr. Complexity).  Today we’ll talk about the other Pixar guy on my list, birthday boy Andrew Stanton

Number of Films: Two.

Modern Masterpieces: Two.  Yes both.

Total Disasters: Not possible

Better than you remember: If you think either of these could be better, you should probably just stop reading now..

Awards: Best Animated film Oscar for Finding Nemo and Wall-e.  As many »

- Robert

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Director John Hillcoat Interview The Road

21 November 2009 9:02 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Australian director John Hillcoat creates a bleak universe on film and brings it to life with an incredible cast in his latest film, The Road, an epic post-apocalyptic tale about the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. Based on the best-selling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy, The Road stars Academy Award-nominee Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and young newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee.

While The Road is a tough movie to watch, it’s an incredible story and something worth your time.  We recently had the pleasure to speak with John Hillcoat and our interview is after the jump.  He talks about making the film, casting, film stock, why did he shoot in Pennsylvania, working with Viggo, and a lot more.  It’s a great interview so take a look:

Q: How did you find Kodi? »

- Sheila Roberts

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'New Moon' Director Chris Weitz Has 'Maybe One More Film' Left

19 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

"New Moon" hits theaters on Friday, to the delight of Twilighters everywhere. The director, Chris Weitz, is a favorite of fans and cast members to helm the (technically still unconfirmed) fourth installment in the series, "Breaking Dawn."

Unfortunately, the enthusiasm may not matter much anymore. Weitz, who is previously known for his work on another fantasy adaptation, "The Golden Compass," as well as the Oscar-nominated "About a Boy," is thinking about folding up his director's chair and putting away his pen. Whether or not "New Moon" is a critical success, offers will surely follow in the wake of its release. From the sound of things however, Weitz already has his next project mapped out. After that... the show might be over.

"Every time I make a movie I’m pretty much convinced it’s the last time I’m going to be able to do it and that really it »

- Adam Rosenberg

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‘New Moon’ Director Says He May Retire

19 November 2009 9:22 AM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

After The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the fifth film of his directing career, Chris Weitz may be retiring from filmmaking entirely.

In an interview with MovieMaker, Weitz expressed frustration with the heavy studio (New Line) influence while making The Golden Compass, a CGI-heavy epic that ultimately bombed at the domestic box office amidst religious controversy.  He confirms the “edit was taken from [him]” and his chances of making it his “masterpiece” were ruined by meddling executives.

The Golden Compass was going to be his masterpiece?  Maybe it is time to hang it up…

New Moon won’t be his last, though.  He’s eying a script by Eric Essen called “The Gardener” next.  I guess that means he won’t be taking the helm of Breaking Dawn, as rumors have suggested.  Here’s Weitz describing potentially his last film:

“It’s sort of an homage to The Bicycle Thief.  The intention »

- Jeff Leins

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Jason Lee Picks Up His First Directing Gig, While New Moon’s Chris Weitz Might Stop Directing Altogether

18 November 2009 11:08 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Chris Weitz's sure-to-be-a-blockbuster New Moon is about to hit theaters, but according to a recent conversation he had with MovieMaker (via In Contention), he might soon be ready to hang up his spurs. Meanwhile, we also learned that actor Jason Lee is finally stepping behind the camera to direct his first feature-length film. Hit the jump to find out more details on both. The news about Weitz might seem odd. After all, the man has previously commanded budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and his star is about to burn a little bit brighter in the wake of the new Twilight film. According to MovieMaker, Weitz spoke of his next film, The Gardener, as potentially being his last: It’s a script by Eric Essen called The Gardener...It’s sort of an homage to The Bicycle Thief. The intention is that we will shoot half in Spanish, »

- David Chen

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Weitz To Quit Hollywood

18 November 2009 5:36 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz will retire from Hollywood after just one more movie.

Weitz, who also made About A Boy and The Golden Compass, admits he has been put off filmmaking by the bureaucracy of big movie studios and he'd rather spend his time relaxing and learning new skills.

He tells MovieMaker magazine, "Every time I make a movie I'm pretty much convinced it's the last time I'm going to be able to do it and that really it's a rather silly occupation to undertake. But I think I have maybe one more film in me."

Weitz is preparing to start work on new movie The Gardener, inspired by classic Italian movie The Bicycle Thief, and he's happy for the project to be his swansong.

He adds, "I feel that if I were to do this one film, I'd feel okay just sitting back and reading. I'd really like to read some books. It sounds ridiculous, but I'd really like to be a better surfer. I'd like to learn to speak Spanish fluently; I'd like to travel around, live in Italy; I'd like to learn kung fu...

"It's nice to make movies, but it's also really hard." »

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‘New Moon’ Director Quits Filmmaking, Doesn’t Sound Smug At All

18 November 2009 10:34 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Director Chris Weitz has made it as far as he can go. After lackluster showings with his first few films, co-writing Antz and directing American Pie, Down to Earth, About a Boy and The Golden Compass, the latter of which he says was taken away from him by the studio and cut into a movie that he wasn't very proud of, Weitz is hanging up the headphones soon after the release of his next movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon. But Weitz, in what can be said is the only smart move of this whole deal, isn't making New Moon his last film. According to his interview with MovieMaker Magazine, he's got one more project that he'd like to complete before he surfs off into directorial retirement. "It’s a script by Eric Essen called The Gardener," he explained. "It’s sort of an homage to The Bicycle Thief. The intention is that we will shoot half »

- Neil Miller

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New Moon Director Quitting Movies

18 November 2009 9:55 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Well, you can't say he isn't going out on top. Chris Weitz, the Oscar-nominated director of New Moon, will leave all the glitz and glamour behind after he finishes one more film, he tells MovieMaker magazine. "Every time I make a movie I'm pretty much convinced it's the last time I'm going to be able to do it and that really it's a rather silly occupation to undertake," says Weitz, 40, whose Oscar nod was for the adapted screenplay of 2002's About a Boy. "But I think I have maybe one more film in me." The director, who says he's still »

- Michael Y. Park

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Exclusive Interview: Chris Weitz (New Moon Director), Part II

13 November 2009 9:50 PM, PST | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »

Yesterday, in Part I of our Exclusive Interview with New Moon director Chris Weitz, he discussed setting the second Twilight film apart from its predecessor while simultaneously maintaining the veracity of the central characters. He also discussed the pivotal Volturi sequence that's set in Italy and the different acting styles in play in it. Here, in Part II of our conversation with Weitz, he continues to discuss the Volturi sequence, expresses his satisfaction with the finished film, and offers details about what might be his next project -- and it's not necessarily Breaking Dawn. You mentioned the various styles of performance in the Volturi scene and touched on Kristen Stewart's turn and Michael Sheen's. But how about Dakota Fanning? She hardly says a word and yet her Jane is a pretty disturbing little character… Dakota, she has a relatively small part in terms of the number of lines »

- ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)

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Featured Article: Classic Italian Film

9 November 2009 4:45 PM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

With its silent superspectacles, postwar neo-realism and 1960s new wave, the Italian film industry has enjoyed three major periods of international influence. In between times, it has assimilated the technological advances and dramatic styles of foreign competitors and used them to shape such local trends as the `white telephone' film, calligraphism, giallo, the `sword and sandal' epic, the `spaghetti' Western and the dialect comedy.

Over the years, the unexpected has become commonplace. Therefore, it's no surprise to see Gianni di Gregorio, the screenwriter of the uncompromising crime saga Gomorrah, making his directorial debut with Mid-August Lunch, a charming comedy of bourgeois manners, whose unforced naturalism, social insight and deceptive wit hark back to a golden age that is recalled here by MovieMail - the best place to buy classic movies and world cinema on DVD.

After two decades of propaganda and pictorialism, Italian film went back to basics after the Second World War. »

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But Will Antichrist Play in Panchkula?

6 November 2009 9:30 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

The foreign trades are full of all kinds of fun, weird surprises. Take this news that emerged Thursday from the Mumbai Film Festival: The city's Enlighten Film Society acquired Indian DVD rights for Lars von Trier's Antichrist. That would add the grim, gory, explicitly sexual film to Enlighten's catalog of world-cinema classics including The Rules of the Game, Bicycle Thieves, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. There might be a slight hold-up in bringing it home, though: "We are currently talking to the sensor [sic] board for a clearance for the film; based on their response we will release the movie on DVD in India." Memo to India: If the entrails-devouring fox looks or sounds anything like this, then you've definitely got the censored version. [Business of Cinema] »

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Modern Family Episode 2 – The Bicycle Thief Recap

1 October 2009 3:50 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

Modern Family turned to a bona-fide hit last week on ABC with its premiere which garnered Top 20 ratings. Episode two showed the show can stay a success at least in the laughs.

Right of the bat, the shows dads, Phil, Mitchell, Cameron, and Jay all talk to their respective cameras about what it means to be a great dad. Jay cannot think of anything, Cameron says it is support, Mitchell patience, while Phil just throws the question to Claire.

Phil, Claire, and Luke are biking around the neighborhood as they meet Desiree, a divorcee that lives down the block, wearing in a very revealing top. Phil is impressed and offers a dinner invitation but Claire is not for it. Luke meanwhile is riding a pink girls bike because he is not responsible enough to have his own. Jay comes around in his car and mocks Luke which makes Phil want »

- tvmadman

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Modern Family Recap: "The Bicycle Thief"

1 October 2009 10:43 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

On last night's Modern Family, each of the fathers of the family were asked what it means to be a great dad and it led to three great stories.

Phil was trying to teach his son responsability when he bought him a new bicycle; Cameron and Mitchell took Lily to a toddler class to play with other kids; and Jay tried to bond with Manny over installing a ceiling fan.

Find out what happened in each of their adventures and what they thought it took to be a good dad in our recap of "The Bicycle Thief."

Now, for some of the best Modern Family quotes from the episode, most of which were uttered by Jay and Manny during their bonding time.

Manny [about his father]: He's not afraid of anything, he doesn't wear a seat belt when he drives. He killed a bear once

Jay: Oh yeah? Was the bear in the passenger seat? »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Second Take: ABC's "Modern Family"

1 October 2009 8:50 AM, PDT | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »

Second episodes of new series are always tricky. While the pilot gives both the network and viewers an idea of what the series will be encapsulated into a single episode, second installments are often hit-or-miss as they represent the everyday norm of the series: they're produced on smaller budgets with less time to write scripts, rehearse, and shoot. So when they work just as well as the pilot, there's a sense of relief for all parties involved. Last night's episode of ABC's hilarious and heartfelt comedy Modern Family ("The Bicycle Thief"), written by Bill Wrubel and directed by Jason Winer, didn't stray into the pitfalls of the second episode curse, instead delivering an episode that was overflowing with humor and heart and serviced the characters in beautifully touching ways. Given my feverish love for this series, I was curious to see just how the second episode would affect me »

- Jace

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Review: Take Out (2004)

1 October 2009 7:28 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Image courtesy of Amazon.com"] [/caption] Take Out 2004, USA Directed by Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou Written by Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou Starring Charles Jang, Jeng-Hua Yu, Wang-Thye Lee, Justin Wan English/Mandarin In the context of film reviews, ‘hypnotic’ often means the critic fell asleep, but got the DVD for free and is trying to be nice. This is why Jean Rollin films keep getting positive notices, and why Jim Jarmusch still makes movies (click here [1] to send the hate mail). But in the case of Take Out, no more apt adjective exists. And it’s a good thing it applies, because otherwise 90 minutes of a sullen deliveryman carrying around fried rice would seem like the ninth circle of a minimum wage hell. Ming Ding (Charles Jang) is an illegal Chinese immigrant living in New York. Crippled by the debt incurred getting himself smuggled into the country, Ming finds himself short on his loan payments, and »

- Al Kratina

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Modern Family: The Bicycle Thief

30 September 2009 10:35 PM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

(S01E02) Let all the doubters stand and face the wall in shame. This cast is not too big and this is absolutely the funniest new show of the season. Tonight, rather than have the characters interact directly (except for one small scene), the connection between them was thematic. And tonight it was all about fatherhood.

When they opened the show with the fathers talking about what they thought fatherhood meant, I knew this show was going to become a huge hit. They absolutely get it. They've got something really special with the three family dynamics they've set up. Something that represents almost every facet of modern America all in one show. And one by one they can talk about anything through these families.

It's brilliance in its simplicity, brilliantly executed. Not only did we get so many funny moments throughout, but if we paid close attention, we learned several »

- Jason Hughes

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"Modern Family" sneak peek pics and clips of "The Bicycle Thief"

28 September 2009 2:23 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

(ABC/Eric McCandless)

While Wednesday night's episode of Modern Family is titled "The Bicycle Thief", the storyline for gay dads Cameron and Mitchell might be better titled "Anything Your Baby Can Do, Ours Can Do Better."

***Warning*** Spoilers!

The plot revolves around Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) taking Lily to a "Mommy and Me" class where it turns out they aren't the only gay dads attending.

Also present are Anton and Scott along with their baby Chauncey who, much to Mitchell's chagrin, seem to do everything a little better than they do. Indeed, while Lily comes from Vietnam, Chauncey is from Sudan because "...the situation in Darfur right now is just horrific."

They are also much better "dancers" not having any inhibitions when it's their turn to dance with with Chauncey.

Anton, Scott and Chauncey are also very popular with the other mothers, so much so that »

- michael

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Sneak Peaks – Modern Family 1.02 "The Bicycle Thief"

27 September 2009 9:56 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

Modern Family is hilarious.  It's laugh out loud, tears running down your face kind of funny.  ABC loves to share sneak peaks with the press, and we love to share them with you.  So below check out a synopsis and 2 sneak peaks for next new episode of Modern Family, airing Wednesday, September 30.

Being A Good Dad Can Take Various Forms, On ABC's "Modern Family"

"The Bicycle Thief" – Phil is determined to help Luke prove to mom that he is responsible enough to have the brand new bike they just got him. However Phil ends up being the irresponsible one when a hot neighbor clouds his judgment. Meanwhile Mitchell and Cameron take Lily to their first Mommy & Me class, and Jay and Manny have some awkward father and son time, on "Modern Family," Wednesday, September 30 (9:00-9:30 p.m., Et), on the ABC Television Network.

Nore: This episode replaces "Coal Digger. »

- SpoilerGuy

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Modern Family 1.02 'The Bicycle Thief' Synopsis & Promo Pics

22 September 2009 9:14 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

ABC has already started shaking up some of their show's episodes this season, and Modern Family's second episode, which had been titled Coal Diggers, has been replaced with The Bicycle Thief.  Despite my lack of enthusiasm over sitcoms the past couple of years there are several that have me laughing this fall, and Modern Family is at the top of the heap.  Catch all the details and promotional pics for the second episode below.

“The Bicycle Thief” – Phil is determined to help Luke prove to mom that he is responsible enough to have the brand new bike they just got him. However Phil ends up being the irresponsible one when a hot neighbor clouds his judgment. Meanwhile Mitchell and Cameron take Lily to their first Mommy & Me class, and Jay and Manny have some awkward father and son time, on “Modern Family,” Wednesday, September 30 (9:00-9:30 p.m., Et), on the ABC Television Network. »

- SpoilerGuy

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