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11 articles from 2009
Best films of the noughties No 7: 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
24 December 2009 2:05 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Cristian Mungiu's 2007 film about a backstreet abortion is a social-realist tour-de-force that shines a light on the collective amnesia of those who lived through Ceauşescu-era Romania
They called it "the Romanian film" when it debuted at the 2007 Cannes film festival; a running dog from out of left-field that went on to trump its glitzier rivals even though no one could quite recall its name or who had made it. "Have you seen the Romanian film?" people would whisper inside the Palais. They might as well have been discussing a ghost.
"We'll never speak of this again," promise the characters at the end of Cristian Mungiu's taut, tight little nightmare. And although they are referring to a backstreet abortion, the director has pointed out that the line comes with a wider resonance – spotlighting the collective amnesia of those who lived through Ceauşescu-era Romania and are now keen to move on quickly, »
- Xan Brooks
Best films of the noughties No 7: 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days | Xan Brooks
23 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Cristian Mungiu's 2007 film about a backstreet abortion is a social-realist tour-de-force that shines a light on the collective amnesia of those who lived through Ceauşescu-era Romania
They called it "the Romanian film" when it debuted at the 2007 Cannes film festival; a running dog from out of left-field that went on to trump its glitzier rivals even though no one could quite recall its name or who had made it. "Have you seen the Romanian film?" people would whisper inside the Palais. They might as well have been discussing a ghost.
"We'll never speak of this again," promise the characters at the end of Cristian Mungiu's taut, tight little nightmare. And although they are referring to a backstreet abortion, the director has pointed out that the line comes with a wider resonance – spotlighting the collective amnesia of those who lived through Ceauşescu-era Romania and are now keen to move on quickly, »
- Xan Brooks
The baiting and the snark | Hadley Freeman
22 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The gossip sites mourning Brittany Murphy reveal more about the bullying scrutiny actors now face
With a tidiness that usually only happens in Hollywood movies, 2009 has ended with a celebrity death that depressingly and diligently ticked all the cliches of the past decade and, in particular, the past year. When 32-year-old actor Brittany Murphy died in the early hours of Sunday morning, a pattern followed that has now become as inevitable as the inclusion of the phrase "in the early hours", which never sounds more ominous than in celebrity obituaries. The news was broken by the website tmz.com; an entertainer who had fallen into near obscurity was swiftly bestowed internet ubiquity; rumours from gossip websites were reprinted in tabloids as fact; then came the tweeted expressions of grief from celebrities – some who sounded suspiciously like they just wanted to get involved in the news; Facebook tribute sites were established. »
- Hadley Freeman
Sherlock Holmes | Film review
15 December 2009 2:19 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Cinematic mystery that baffles in all the wrong ways
What a mysterious puzzle Guy Ritchie's new film presents. This time last year, he looked like a man in need of a miracle. The one-time saviour of British cinema's movie, the damp gangster squib RocknRolla, took under $6m in the Us. Yet here he is, launching what looks like his very own period action superhero franchise. And he's been handed a rumoured $80m to blow on it.
But Sherlock Holmes is high-end hack work. It could have been made by anyone. There's the odd Ritchie-ism, like crunchy slo-mo in the fight scenes, but he was, presumably, brought on board for reasons not wholly to do with his cinematic style.
Good news for those Holmes purists appalled by the prospect of literature's most cerebral sleuth getting a geezer makeover, but bad news for the rest of us: Sherlock Holmes isn't even a magnificent mistake. »
- Catherine Shoard
Right Now on TV Squad
12 December 2009 2:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Our brothers and sisters over at TV Squad have busted through the boob tube and brought with them the following juicy bits of must-see eye candy.
The Pee-Wee Herman Show is returning to the stage. Can the return to TV be far behind? Flashforward is going on hiatus and here's a sneak peek at The Deep End, the show that's replacing it. Alan Yang, one of the writers on NBC's Parks and Recreation has sold Fox his pitch for a sitcom called Jackpot. Rest easy, fans of dreadful 80s sitcoms, Small Wonder will finally be appearing on DVD this February. We all know how awesome The Big Bang Theory is, and now they've got the ratings to prove it. ...and finally, just because it's so weird it will make your head spin, here's Carl Reiner auditioning for Snoop Dogg on The Tonight Show.
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- Matt Bradshaw
2nd Review: Avatar
11 December 2009 7:42 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
This our second Avatar review of the day. Our first, by Chris Bumbray, can be found here. Plot: In the 22nd century disabled, ex-marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is called to take the place of his dead twin in the Avatar program. He travels to Pandora, a planet whose natives, the Na'vi are hostile to humans. Small wonder, since the humans are destroying their planet while mining for minerals. To try to win over the populace, human and Na'vi DNA are combined to create Na'vi avatars »
- Jenna Busch
Consider yourself warned: Small Wonder coming to DVD
10 December 2009 5:01 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
Do you remember the day you first watched an entire episode of Small Wonder? Do you have friends who didn't get to experience the pain and hell you did on that day? Why should you be the only one who has to suffer? Now you can help burn a "day of pain" in their own brain.
The first full season of Small Wonder, the Troll 2 of 80's sitcoms, is coming to DVD this February. This television crapgasm is about an electronics expert father who tries to build a daughter for his family, but ends up creating the creepiest child star of all time. The clip below should explain the show for you, both the plot and the blindness it spread through televisions across America.
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Reality-Free
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- Danny Gallagher
Small Wonder The Complete First Season On DVD February
9 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Small Wonder confirmed the age-old adage: If it looks like a ten-year-old girl and talks like a robot… it’s a Robot! When genius cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson (Dick Christie) brings home his top secret invention, a Voice Input Child Identicant or V.I.C.I. (Tiffany Brissette), life becomes anything but mechanic for the Lawson family. With Ted’s boss and nosy neighbors (the Brindles) next door, his family must pass off Vickie as a real child. It’s easy for his wife Joan (Marla Pennington) who can’t help dotting on her like a real daughter, but harder for his precocious son Jamie (Jerry Supiran) who uses Vickie to do his homework and ward off [...] »
- Brian Corder
Apple Gives iPod Nano Video Eyes, iPod Touch Stays Blind
9 September 2009 11:45 AM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
Apple just announced its refreshed iPod line-up, and among the products came the long-rumored news that the iPod Nano would be getting a built-in video cam...but not the iPod Touch. It's a tad surprising, but still a clever move.
During the It's Only Rock'n'Roll media event, Phil Schiller revealed the iPod's success stats--and they're staggering: Some 220 million iPods have been sold, making it "one of the most successful products in the history of all products." It's captured a 73.8% market share. Of those 220 million iPods, some 100 million were iPod Nanos, which is probably why Apple chose to strap booster rockets to that particular product and take it roaring off in a new direction (and help turn around a slight iPod sales slip.)
It's a genius piece of thinking--instantly making the iPods more functional, more fun and transforming the pocket digital camcorder market. In fact it'll have a serious impact on »
- Kit Eaton
Small Wonder: Shane Acker’s “9”
8 September 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »
The release of Shane Acker’s “9,” an expansion of his compelling Academy Award-nominated short of the same name, adds another to 2009’s slate of intelligent, distinctive animated features. “Coraline,” “Up,” “9.99,” and “Ponyo” all represent antidotes to increasingly homogenized studio animation via a blend of unique, considered visual styles and depth of storytelling ability. “9”‘s no slouch in either of these regards. (If “Fantastic Mr. Fox” turns out well, this might … »
Soleil Moon Frye Resurrects Self, Punky Brewster
1 September 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Inspired, perhaps, by Mark-Paul Gosselaar's late-night resurrection of Saved By The Bell's Zack Morris, actress Soleil Moon Frye dressed up as Punky Brewster and shouted at Demi Moore for five minutes in a web video (after the jump) in order to acquire a million Twitter followers. Meanwhile, somewhere, Vicki from Small Wonder whispered at a Sav-On pharmacist for ten seconds and got nothing in return but some tropical-fruit-flavored Rolaids. Is this fair? »
11 articles from 2009
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