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Anthony Hopkins turns 72
30 December 2009 4:39 AM, PST
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Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, Cbe is a Welsh film, stage and television actor. Considered to be one of Hollywood's greatest living actors, he is known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, its sequel, Hannibal, and its prequel, Red Dragon.
His other prominent films include Magic, The Elephant Man, 84 Charing Cross Road, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, The Remains of the Day, Amistad, Nixon and Fracture. Hopkins was born and raised in Wales, and became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000. He received a star on the
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Kurt Loder Reviews 'The Lovely Bones'
11 December 2009 8:30 AM, PST
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From MTV.Com: Little Susie Salmon, 14 years old and dead, looks back on the world that's going on without her from a new vantage in "the blue horizon," a way station between the Earth from which she's been erased and the Heaven she'll soon call home. Susie (Saoirse Ronan) sees her family — mom (Rachel Weisz), dad (Mark Wahlberg) and little sister (Rose McIver) — being torn apart by her loss. And down the street from their house, she sees the man who murdered her, still undetected, still seething with pedophile furies. Susie's is not a soul at peace.
Outside the precincts of torture porn, any movie that forthrightly depicted the rape and butchery of a young girl would be unendurable (and probably unshowable). So in adapting Alice Sebold's 2002 novel into his new movie, "The Lovely Bones," director Peter Jackson was wise to mute the book's true-crime-style horrors. Susie's murder isn't shown,
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'The Lovely Bones': Girl Interrupted, By Kurt Loder
11 December 2009 6:41 AM, PST
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Peter Jackson blends bone-chilling horror and sky-high fantasy in an extraordinary new movie.
Saoirse Ronan in "The Lovely Bones"
Photo: Paramount Pictures
Little Susie Salmon, 14 years old and dead, looks back on the world that's going on without her from a new vantage in "the blue horizon," a way station between the Earth from which she's been erased and the Heaven she'll soon call home. Susie (Saoirse Ronan) sees her family — mom (Rachel Weisz), dad (Mark Wahlberg) and little sister (Rose McIver) — being torn apart by her loss. And down the street from their house, she sees the man who murdered her, still undetected, still seething with pedophile furies. Susie's is not a soul at peace.
Outside the precincts of torture porn, any movie that forthrightly depicted the rape and butchery of a young girl would be unendurable (and probably unshowable). So in adapting Alice Sebold's 2002 novel into his new movie,
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Black Friday Movie Deals: Amazon.com
26 November 2009 9:03 PM, PST
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At first I thought this would be too difficult. Target, Best Buy, Walmart ... all those stores offer a very manageable number of Black Friday movie deals. Surely Amazon.com would prove way too massive of an undertaking ... but nope! Of course Amazon.com is offering a lot more movie deals than the non-virtual stores are, but they've made things quite easy by categorizing everything, and with handy links and everything!
First off, here's the Amazon Black Friday sales page, movies-only division. But that page offers way too many options, so let's pick out some of the best standard (non-blu-ray) dvd deals: Blazing Saddles ($5.99)! The Marx Brothers Collection ($17.99)!! The Goonies ($6.99)! The Nightmare on Elm Street box set ($24.99)! Spaceballs ($8.49)! And on and on it goes. New, old, classic, crappy, there's a good deal in here whatever you're after.
And what I'm after is blu-rays! 2001: A Space Odyssey ($9.49)! The Silence of the Lambs
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- Scott Weinberg
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6 Actors That Should Probably Not Watch Their Own Movies
23 November 2009 7:16 PM, PST
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When I interviewed Bill Nighy last year, three things seemed to stand out about the man. One, he shakes hands with only the front part of three fingers like I have to imagine witches do. Two, he had a greater sense of humor about himself than anyone else I've ever met. Three, he was insanely, effortlessly cool.
He continues to exude both coolness and the self-effacing grace that makes him such a charismatic personality (aside from the willingness to star in serious work and movies about werewolves fighting vampires) by claiming that he can't stand the experience of watching movies that he's in. He, like most actors who have thrown out that claim in the past, seems completely put off by seeing himself on screen. Hardly an original claim, but one that rings true for anyone who has ever seen a bad photo of themselves (be they regional theater actors or international film stars).
So I decided
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- Dr. Cole Abaius
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Screen Queens: Hollywood Does AIDS
21 November 2009 6:49 PM, PST
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Hi everyone, MattCanada here with another weekly dose of gay cinema. This week we're looking at Philadelphia, the Oscar winning courtroom drama, essentially the defining Hollywood response to the AIDS epidemic.
I first saw this film as a kid. I must have been about seven when I watched it with my parents and it was definitely my, and probably many other people's, introduction to AIDS. For me it continues to shape how I think about the virus, the stigma, and the epidemic. Longtime Companion opened a few years earlier but this was the first mainstream prestige film to deal with AIDS and homophobia. Having two big stars in Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington must have seemed like a big step for Hollywood. All of this is well and good, but rewatching the film for the first time in over a decade, I had serious problems with its filmic construction and especially its politics.
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Payback is making a comeback
20 November 2009 4:15 PM, PST
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Why does recession bring with it a thirst for dumb revenge dramas?
Law Abiding Citizen, which I should say at the outset is a terrible, terrible movie – either the stupidest of the year so far or the most unintentionally funny – takes the urban revenge movie and grafts on to it certain depressing innovations from other genres, including the serial killer-as-genius trope from The Silence Of The Lambs, and the post-Saw/Hostel enthusiasm for torture-porn and mega bloodshed. Let's just say it doesn't tell us much except that the revenge movie is back with, um, a vengeance.
Gerard Butler plays a man who takes complicated, detailed and violent revenge against the killers who raped and murdered his wife and daughter. Thing is, he's already in jail when most of the killings occur (cue evil genius!), which doesn't stop one victim from being surgically deprived of various extremities, up to and including his Johnson (hello,
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- John Patterson
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Roger Corman Accepts Oscar
17 November 2009 12:38 PM, PST
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It's been a long time coming, but Roger Corman has finally received his Oscar. At the annual Governors Awards ceremony, honoring the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients, Corman was, fittingly, handed his trophy by former protege Jonathan Demme, who directed Corman in his cameo appearance in The Silence of the Lambs, for which Demme received an Oscar for directing. Hit the jump to watch a video of the ceremony.
The video can be watched here on Oscars.org.
It's worth noting that, at 83, Corman still hasn't gone legit, as last month saw the grand old B-King unveil his latest piece of exploitation -- the online web series Splatter. Check out our recent video
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Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Vera Farmiga: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 5:49 PM, PST
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Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients Saul Zaentz, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Walter Mirisch, and two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks present the Thalberg Award to producer John Calley (The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons), who was unable to attend the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14.
Actress Vera Farmiga, a potential contender for the 2010 best supporting actress Oscar
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges and wife Susan
Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (for The Silence of the Lambs) and Honorary Award recipient Roger Corman
Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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- Joan Lister
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Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie king
13 November 2009 12:48 PM, PST
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He gave life to teenage cavemen and candy-stripe nurses. Crab monsters and humanoids from the deep. T-bird gangs and towns that dreaded sundown. His name is Roger Corman. And on Nov. 14, he will receive an honor that no one would have predicted: an honorary Academy Award. The 83-year-old B-movie titan has made nearly 400 films as a director and producer. From the start, Corman was a magnet for hungry young actors, writers, and directors who would work for slave wages for the chance to make their first film. They called it the "University of Corman," and the alumni include Francis Ford Coppola,
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- Chris Nashawaty
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Afm Debuts First Photos and Synopses from 6 Upcoming Movies Including Manolete, Mona Lisa, Small Town Saturday Night and The Long Good Friday
12 November 2009 8:18 PM, PST
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When it comes to the first photos and synopsis from upcoming films, Collider has reaped great rewards from this year’s American Film Market (Afm). For those who don’t know, Afm is where film buyers from around the world come once a year to buy movies and also pre-buy films in development. Simply put, this is where a lot of money changes hands in the film industry and it’s where many decisions about what you and I get to see are made. In an effort to try and raise a film’s profile or attract film buyers, many of the studios distribute full synopses and still images for their movies.
With that in mind, we have grabbed some of those synopses and images for Manolete (starring Adrien Brody and Penelope Cruz), Mona Lisa, Pearblossom, Small Town Saturday Night (starring Chris Pine), and The Long Good Friday. Hit the
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- Matt Goldberg
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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST
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"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand!
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Anthony Hopkins Joins Thor
1 November 2009 8:29 AM, PST
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Oscar-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) has committed to playing Odin in the big budget Marvel Studios/Paramount Pictures production, Thor. Hopkins will play dad to Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Tom Hiddleston as Loki in the action drama directed by Kenneth Branagh, according to Variety.
In Thor, the Norse god of thunder is forced to spend time on Earth in order to learn humility. Production on the film is expected to begin early next year, with Paramount and Marvel eyeing a May 20, 2011 release.
Sir Hopkins' last big studio film was the performance capture piece Beowulf. He'll next be seen on the big screen in The Wolfman opposite Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt.
(Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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Quiz: Can you spot the Oscars' nominee for best actor?
31 October 2009 5:13 PM, PDT
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Only one of these performances received a nomination for best actor at the Oscars. See the answer here!
Answer: James Stewart, "It's a Wonderful Life."
More Gold Derby Awards Quizzes
Can you spot the Oscar nominee for best picture?
Who turned down Kevin Spacey's Oscar-winning role in 'American Beauty'?
Which actor had the most Oscar nominations in a row?
Which Bette Davis flick suffered the worst Oscars shut-out?
Quiz: Who turned down Jodie Foster's Oscar-winning role in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
Who won an Oscar on her birthday?
Which Oscar-winning role was not gay?
How much does it cost to manufacture an Oscar statuette?
Oscars quiz: Which movies won for writing, directing and acting but failed to win best picture?
Easiest Oscars quiz ever: What two films suffered the worst shutout?
What film was the first grand slam winner of the guilds' awards?
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Good Morning, Oscar: Halloween (non-Oscar) Edition
31 October 2009 9:46 AM, PDT
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By Steve Pond
In this morning’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, I temporarily ignore Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web.
Because, after all, it’s Halloween.
“It’s time for scares, it’s time for screams,” as the Shaggs once theorized in song.
Scares and screams don’t usually do too well at the Oscars, “The Silence of the Lambs” notwithstanding. Even Martin Scorsese’s list of his 11 favorite scary movies, which he offered to the Daily Beast earlier this week, does not contain
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Teaser Trailer and Art for Pearblossom
30 October 2009 5:20 PM, PDT
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And the award for least likely title for a horror film goes to ... Who cares what the movie's called? It stars Sophie Monk, and she's like the finest haul of Halloween candy imaginable! Time for a treat!
Pearblossom also stars Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie's Halloween I & II), Patrick Renna (Dark Ride), Electra Avellan (Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse), Danny Woodburn (Watchmen) and Charles Napier (The Silence Of The Lambs).
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It's New Year's Eve, 1968: While driving on the Pearblossom Highway, a lesbian couple (played by Sophie Monk of "The Hills Run Red" and "Date Movie"; and Anya Lahiri of the "Goal" series) find themselves face to face with the creator of the universe (played by Victoria's Secret supermodel Angela Lindvall). Laid to rest for 40 years, the women wake up on New Year's Day as reborn creatures. Now, they walk the earth fighting in the eternal battle of good and evil,
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Anthony Hopkins Is Odin In ‘Thor’
30 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT
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It shouldn’t be completely surprising that an actor of Anthony Hopkins stature has decided to take the role of Odin, the father of Thor and Loki, in Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming big screen adaptation of the comic Thor. After all, famous actors playing parts such as this in big budget fantasy or genre movies is not completely unheard of.
As an example, take a look at the original Clash of the Titans, which featured the great Laurence Olivier as Zeus. Or, how about a little movie called Star Wars, which cast the great Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi. Plus, Hopkins himself has been in a few genre movies previously, including Dracula and The Silence of the Lambs.
In case you’re not familiar with Thor, the film, which is scripted by Mark Protosevich and Zack Stentz, centers on partly disabled med student Dr. Donald Blake’s discovery of his Norse god alter ego,
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question of the day: What is the creepiest movie moment ever?
30 October 2009 7:32 AM, PDT
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To me, Halloween isn’t about “scary” -- it’s about “creepy.” Scares make you jump out of your seat and scream, but then they’re gone. The creeps stay with you forever, and then sneak back up on you in the middle of the night and keep you away long into the wee hours.
What does that to you? What is the creepiest movie moment ever?
It might be hard to pick just one, so feel free to choose several, if you like. Here’s a few of mine:
• “It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.” From href="http://www.flickfilosopher.com/oscars/bestpix/silencelambs.shtml">The Silence of the Lambs, of course. I think the depersonalization of that is the worst part.
• the news footage of the spindly ETs on Joaquin Phoenix’s TV in Signs: that always ooks me out for days.
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Governors Awards presenters to include trio of Oscar winners
30 October 2009 7:26 AM, PDT
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Oscar champs Jonathan Demme ("The Silence of the Lambs"), Anjelica Huston ("Prizzi's Honor") and Quentin Tarantino ("Pulp Fiction") as well as honorary Oscar winner Kirk Douglas are the first presenters announced for the inaugural Governors Awards on Nov. 14. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences event will fete Thalberg honoree studio exec John Calley and honorary Oscar recipients actress Lauren Bacall, producer Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis. Douglas will no doubt salute Bacall, his onetime acting school classmate and co-star ("Young Man With a Horn"). Huston -- daughter of director John Huston, who worked with Bacall and her husband Humphrey Bogart on "Key Largo" -- could also be talking about Bacall's talents.
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Odin of 'Thor' Found in Anthony Hopkins
29 October 2009 8:50 PM, PDT
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Anthony Hopkins has taken a leap from being a cannibalistic serial killer to be a Marvel Universe god. According to Variety, the actor who received an Academy Award for his Dr. Hannibal Lecter portrayal in 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs" has come on board the forthcoming Marvel's adaptation, "Thor".
The publication claimed that the 71-year-old has signed on to star as Odin, the father of the titular character as well as of Thor's half-brother and nemesis, Loki. The co-star of Benicio del Toro in "The Wolfman", thus, is expected to share screen with Chris Hemsworth, who will play Thor, and Tom Hiddleston, who is set to take on Loki.
"Thor" is an epic adventure that spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. The story centers on Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior, who is cast down to Earth and forced to live
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