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10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies

9 hours ago | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!

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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.

Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies

9 hours ago | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!

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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.

Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies

9 hours ago | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!

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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.

Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 139 – The Fat Kind

6 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

On This Week's Show: Kevin and Neil say good-bye to scary movies (well, not really, considering two are released this week) and decide to ring in the Christmas season early. They stare at some goats, grumble about not being allowed to open a box, visit the uncanny valley and debate whether Kevin is spoiling the viewing experience for The Fourth Kind. They also lay down a Fat Guy Five about awesome UFO movies, and Kevin gloats over Neil's not-so-accurate box office predictions from last week. Films Reviewed this Week: A Christmas Carol, The Fourth Kind, The Men Who Stare At Goats and The Box [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/audio/episode139.mp3] Download this Episode Episode Schedule: Segment 1 [8:50] - Reviews of The Box and The Men Who Stare At Goats Segment 2 [10:40] - Review of A Christmas Carol and The Fourth Kind Segment 3 [12:45] - Box office gloatation and the Fat Guy Five: Five Awesome UFO Movies Segment 4 [6:35] - DVD Round-Up: Neil's picks are G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, North by Northwest »

- Kevin Carr

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AFI La 09: Review of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

4 November 2009 4:43 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Year: 2009

Directors: Terry Gilliam

Writers: Terry Gilliam & Charles McKeown

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Hal MacDermot

Rating: 7 out of 10

Terry Gilliam’s latest movie is a tribute to his wonderfully creative and absurd imagination, and it’s also the last film of the late, great Heath Ledger, who died during production. With Gilliam on the verge of quitting, Heath’s friends in the shape of Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell stepped into the breach and saved the day. Imaginarium is ambitious with flashes of genius, but the individual parts are greater than the whole. When Gilliam is in full-on Time Bandit absurd mode I loved it, but in the bigger picture, the exploration of imagination, lust and the path to salvation, I wasn’t convinced. This is a movie with the Gilliam visual stamp, and you should try and see it on the big screen.

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Denver Film Festival announces full lineup

26 October 2009 11:34 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

The only big film festival in my own backyard is back and it runs from November 12th through the 22nd. While it caters more to heavy run fest material and arthouse film, they do have some of the more interesting films playing this year:

Ryan Ward's excellent Son of the Sunshine which is one of my favorite films of the year. (review)

The weird, lengthy comedy The Revenant (review)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

and much more. Program after the break!

In Competition

Children of Invention

Two first-generation Chinese kids in suburban Boston find themselves on their own after their desperate mother is unwittingly involved in a pyramid scheme and arrested. Older brother Raymond takes a page from her marketing seminars to start creating a life for himself and his sister - casting a strange, pint-sized reflection on the American Dream.

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Ciff 2009: The winners! And our reviews

22 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.

Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"

The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor, »

- Roger Ebert

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The Persistent Misfortune of Mister Gilliam

15 October 2009 4:01 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

This week, finally, sees the release of Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The titular Parnassus sold his daughter’s soul to the devil, and now she is reaching 16, the devil is due to collect. Parnassus hopes a stranger, Tony, holds the key to saving her.

Gilliam’s productions have a tendency towards misfortune, and The Imaginarium was no exception. The tragic death of Heath Ledger, of course, overshadows trivialities like film production and distribution problems, and i’m sure Gilliam’s thoughts were with the family of his friend, and not his movie. A question mark did, however, hang over the future of the project. Eventually, Heath’s friends stepped in and the show went on.

That wasn’t that though, as Gilliam struggled to obtain a distribution deal, with companies reluctant to gamble on an independent fantasy movie in the current economy. For some film-makers, this »

- Barry Steele

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Gorgeous UK Poster for Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

14 October 2009 6:20 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Another gorgeous new UK poster for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has hit the web today. I first saw this poster on SlashFilm and fell in love with it as well (just like everyone is once they see it). I love how all the little Terry Gilliam "trinkets" are popping out of every side, it's a very fitting poster for the film, and the beautiful Lily Cole sitting nude is just... wow. I'm in London this week (where it hits theaters starting next Friday) and I've seen a lot of the blue posters on buses, but none of these. This is some of the best marketing for a Terry Gilliam movie I've ever seen. And don't forget to watch the trailer! The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is directed by beloved filmmaker Terry Gilliam, of the Monty Python movies, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Twelve Monkeys, »

- Alex Billington

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Check Out 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus' Trailer In Freeze Frames

14 October 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

I'm intrigued by "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." Director Terry Gilliam is one of my all-time favorites, even if his output over the past decade -- just two movies, "The Brothers Grimm" and "Tideland" -- has left a lot to be desired. Still, we're talking about the guy who successfully adapted Hunter S. Thompson's book "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas." Who gave the world classics like "Brazil," "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Time Bandits." Surely there's some benefit left to extinguish any doubts, right?

There certainly is if you've seen the latest trailer for "Doctor Parnassus," which is filled with mind-bending eye candy. Even if you can't figure out what's going on, you'll have a hard time not being dazzled by what you see. And with the movie serving up the late Heath Ledger's final screen performance, you've got yet another reason to believe we're in for something good. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Q+A: Terry Gilliam for The Imaginarum Of Doctor Parnassus

13 October 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

In the dark days following the death of Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam was grieving the loss of a close friend and couldn't bring himself even to contemplate what would happen to the film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, that they had both been working on when the young Australian actor sadly passed on.

"It was a terrible time," he says. "And frankly I was just devastated by the loss of such a great guy. The film didn't really come into it at that point."

But gradually, encouraged by his collaborators including his daughter, Amy Gilliam, who is a producer on the film, he began to accept that finishing it would be a fitting tribute to Heath even though, at first, he couldn't see how they could do it. Ledger died in January 2008 with the British end of the production completed but with weeks of shooting still planned on sound stages in Canada. »

- Paul

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Terry Gilliam Knows He'll Never Win An Oscar

13 October 2009 7:55 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Terry Gilliam has given up on ever getting an Oscar, and really, that's probably a good thing. The visionary, probably crazy director behind masterpieces like Brazil and Twelve Monkeys and, uh, less-than-masterpieces The Brothers Grimm and (I'll go ahead and say it) The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus has never made movies for anything other than his boundless imagination, while the Academy wants movies made specifically to their tastes and their tastes alone. And Gilliam isn't having any of that! "You would think that there's intelligent life in Hollywood. But then you discover that there's just fear," he said in The Daily Telegraphy. "People are frightened of making decisions or even having - I hate to use the word 'vision', but they lack all of that. Hollywood is run by Goldman Sachs and not by entrepreneurs or studio people." He's completely right, of course, and just saying what everyone is too »

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Mirror/Mirror – “There Is a Place Like No Place on Earth”

11 October 2009 8:58 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

2009 and 2010 will see the release of two films by master visionary directors — Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam. In a world that’s full to the brim of remakes and reboots, unoriginal thought after unoriginal thought, you’d think we’d be happy to see some artistic ingenuity. And before you start: yes, I’m aware that Alice in Wonderland is in no way a “new” idea, but it’s been quite a while since it has been brought to life on screen effectively.

This got me thinking though, with the release of Alice in March and Parnassus this coming December, that here we have two directors whose stylistic flair is almost inseparable from their body of work. Each has had their share of blockbuster successes as well as flops. When they flop, they tend to flop hard. »

- John Cooper

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The Week in Film: "An Education" beats a "Retreat," plus new trailers

9 October 2009 9:23 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Thirty Republican senators voted down an amendment by Al Franken to take away government funds from defense contractors who prevent their employees from pursuing legal action for workplace assault or sexual discrimination, but luckily it passed anyway.

Meanwhile, David Letterman admitted to affairs with his employees, and his ratings are higher than ever.

Fix your boss with a “no means no” stare and let’s talk about this week’s movies.

The weekend’s big release is Couples Retreat, and while the resort-set movie always looks postcard-pretty — which is never a given, since lush Greek locales couldn’t save Mamma Mia! or My Life in Ruins from looking washed-out and awful — the script is rather problematic.

Four couples (Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis, Faizon Love and Kali Hawk) fly off to a tropical paradise, but three of the pairs don »

- ADuralde

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Terry Gilliam To Chase Windmills Once Again

9 October 2009 7:19 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

“The Brothers Grimm” aside, I tend to believe that Monty Python alumni Terry Gilliam is a cinematic genius. “Brazil” is one of my favorite movies ever bestowed upon mankind, as is “Time Bandits” and the slightly misunderstood “Tideland.” As such, I’m pretty pumped to hear that the director’s long-awaited dream project, “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” is on the fast track to becoming a reality. For those who are a little slow on the uptake, Gilliam’s adventures in Quixoteland were chronicled in Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe’s 2002 documentary “Lost in La Mancha,” a film that should be seen by anyone with a passing interest in how movies are made. I highly recommend checking it out. Good stuff all the way around and back again. While doing a little PR work for the British premiere of “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” Gilliam had quite a bit »

- Todd

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Dsma Movie Legend: Terry Gilliam

5 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

With classic films such as Brazil, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas to his name, Terry Gilliam is a fitting recipient of the Movie Legend prize at the Digital Spy Movie Awards. The much-loved filmmaker was delighted when we informed him about the honour, joking: "Is the award a heavy one or a light one? I've got a lot of doors that need propping open, that's why!" Digital Spy recently spoke exclusively to Gilliam, taking a look back at his work and incredible career. > Click here to see Terry Gilliam's Movie Legend acceptance video What made you decide to move away from Monty Python, to go from being an animator into feature directing?

"Well I never wanted to be an animator just as much as Mike Palin never wanted to be a lumberjack. It was something I could do that I fell (more »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Polanski Watch – This Week’s Roundup

2 October 2009 9:59 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

News, like nature, abhors a vacuum and as the wire goes quiet on Roman Polankski’s incarceration at the hands of the Swiss Authorities, the director’s industry peers have jumped in to offer their own views on his probable extradition to the Us in connection to his 1977 conviction for raping Samantha Geimer, then 13.

Whoopi Goldberg astonished Guardian readers on Wednesday when she was quoted making a distinction between “rape-rape”, as in the classic definition most of us are familiar with and rape (formally rape-rape) which she’d confusingly rechristened “something else.”

Showcasing the understanding of legal distinctions for which the Jumpin’ Jack Flash actress is rightly lauded around the world, she told The View chatshow on Us television:

“I know it wasn’t rape-rape. It was something else but I don’t believe it was rape-rape. He went to jail and when they let him out he was like, »

- Ed Whitfield

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I Can’t Stop Watching The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus Trailer

30 September 2009 9:46 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Terry Gilliam is a brilliant director, and “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” looks to be one of the talented filmmaker’s most visually complex motion pictures to date. The international trailer for this upcoming slice of mind-melting eye candy isn’t even two minutes long, yet it generates more giddiness and unbridled mirth in me than any preview in recent memory. Is this because “Brazil” is my favorite movie of all-time? Maybe. Could all of this excitement be a result of my fanboy status? Perhaps. Regardless of whether or not my opinion is biased, you can’t deny that Gilliam’s latest is a feast for the eyes, and promises to be one of one of the year’s most engaging experiences. Did you see how I arrived at this conclusion without having laid eyes on the finished product? Yes, I’m pathetic. Allow me to briefly hang my head in shame. »

- Todd

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Win tickets to the London premiere of The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

30 September 2009 6:23 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Director Terry Gilliam has often weathered the stormy seas of troubled movie productions, from studio squabbles over Brazil (1985) to the once-shelved now reportedly back on track The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, yet the untimely death of his latest leading man, the much-missed Heath Ledger, really threw a spanner in the works for The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, the former Python’s new fantasy flick. Thankfully, in stepped a trio of other Hollywood stars, namely Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell to fill the void left by Ledger, a move that has helped the film skilfully sidestep possible shutdown and is now due to release on 16th October in UK cinemas (Christmas Day in the Us). And now you can be one of the first to catch a glimpse of this, the last film by Heath Ledger with this chance to attend the movie’s London premiere. »

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The M/C Review: 'The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus'

28 September 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

It would be an understatement to say that I was excited by tonight's secret screening, the third of the festival, when it was revealed conclusively that we'd be seeing "The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus." Although Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" is one of my two favorite films, it's been a while since I wholeheartedly adored one of his movies.  After talking to him this summer, it was obvious that he thought he'd done something special, and now that I've finally laid eyes on it myself, I would agree. Working with co-writer Charles McKeown, Gilliam has crafted a simple, desperate little fable about the... »

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