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10 Biggest Movie Disappointments of the Decade
29 December 2009 2:18 AM, PST
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The ReelzChannel 100 began when we asked Leonard Maltin for his favorite Hidden Gems of the decade. His list led the web team into a general discussion about the best movies of the decade and — after no small amount of debate, arguing, and (we're not proud to say) some petty name-calling — we decided we'd better bring it to an end with a company-wide vote. Then it was just a matter of tallying up the votes and hoping for the best. Lucky for us, ReelzChannel is filled with a staff ranging from movie lovers to movie fanatics. What turned out isn't what you'll find on a critic's best of list — instead it's what movie fans really enjoyed.
In day seven of the ReelzChannel 100, we highlight the 10 Biggest Movie Disappointments of the Decade.
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The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
27 December 2009 9:03 PM, PST
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Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah.
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Avatar | Film review
19 December 2009 4:07 PM, PST
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At $500m, James Cameron's Avatar is the most expensive movie ever. Yet for all its brilliant imagery, is it any more than a smug sermon?
Before I read that James Cameron was born 55 years ago in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the only thing I knew about the town was that when, during their 1951 tour of Canada, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip stopped there for an hour, they were greeted by a banner headline in the local paper reading "Kapuskasing by no mere fluke, welcomes the Princess and the Duke".
He got his first film job in 1980 as art director on Roger Corman's low-budget Sf film Battle Beyond the Stars, a transposition to outer space of The Magnificent Seven. It was scripted by John Sayles, who was to remain an independent film-maker of personal, modestly financed movies, while Cameron was soon to make exponentially expensive blockbusters.
His seventh feature, Titanic, is
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'Spaceballs' Asks You To Use The Schwartz In Today's Sick Day Stash
16 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.
With the last name of Schwartz, it's no doubt that my Sick Day Stash preference happens to be "Spaceballs." After having "May the Schwartz be with you!" screamed at me by seven year olds on my school bus for weeks on end, I knew it was time to send my mother to the video store and get my first taste of Mel Brooks. And yes, I was young enough to still be single digits in the 90s.
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New Alice in Wonderland Trailer
16 December 2009 5:21 AM, PST
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Director Tim Burton benefits from a strong following, comprised of eager fans who have come to love and appreciate Burton's striking visual style and his flair for finding a slightly darker side in places one might least expect it. He already has a handful of book adaptations and reboots under his belt, including 1989's Batman and its sequel, the Planet of the Apes, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In March of next year, Burton unveils his latest project, a colorful blend of CGI and live action in the form of Alice in Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and
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Entourage: The Movie
7 December 2009 4:06 AM, PST
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Hit U.S. TV show Entourage is heading to the big screen, according to executive producer Mark Wahlberg.
The Planet of the Apes star has revealed the programme, starring Adrian Grenier and Jeremy Piven, will continue for two more seasons, but after that he wants the comedy drama to be transformed into a film.
He says, "We'll see; there could be more (seasons). But then, a movie."
If the film goes ahead it won't be the first recent TV hit to be adapted into a movie - a Sex And the City picture hit cinemas last year, while animated family The Simpsons took to the big screen in 2007.
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Fight Club 10th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review
1 December 2009 10:04 AM, PST
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We’re ten years on from Fight Club. There’s still so much to talk about, but the text has been evaluated, eviscerated and analyzed a great deal over that time. Fight Club was an obsession for me when it came out; I saw it at an early screening and it spoke to me. I got it. And it became the movie I took people to see. I ended up in the theater at least ten times with different sets of friends to enjoy this brilliant black comedy. My review of Fight Club after the jump.
The film opens with an unnamed narrator (Edward Norton) sweating and with a gun in his mouth. The gun owner is Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and a bunch of high-rise buildings are about to be destroyed. That’s the ticking clock, and the film then explains how Norton got there. The narrator is unhappy
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Hollywood vs. New York: Four Decades of Destruction
30 November 2009 11:50 AM, PST
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Goodie Bag has created a fantastic video called “Hollywood vs. New York”, featuring four decades of celluloid New York annihilation distilled into one musical montage. Watch the destruction now after the jump.
List of movies featured in the video montage:
A.I.
Armageddon
Cloverfield
Deep Impact
Escape From New York
Gangs of New York
Ghostbusters
Godzilla
I Am Legend
Independence Day
King Kong
Knowing
Men in Black II
Planet of the Apes
Spider-man
The Day After Tomorrow
The Siege
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Incredible Hulk
Watchmen
When Worlds Collide
X-Men
Thanks to /Film reader Kirby F for the tip.
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Cineaste: Winter 2009
30 November 2009 6:27 AM, PST
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"Its critical thunder eclipsed at the time by the more lushly funded Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey (both of which brokered in discomfiting speculation about mankind's origins and destiny), Night of the Living Dead seems the more influential work forty years after the fact," argues Richard Harland Smith. "Eschewing heady preoccupations of past and future, the film grounds itself in the moment, favoring infection over evolution as a vector for change.... As it was ripped off, remade, referenced, and sequelized, the film's logline incubated to emerge as archetypal an American narrative as the frontier myth."
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Steve McQueen, Lord Of The Apes!
27 November 2009 9:56 AM, PST
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All similarities to the contrary, this is Not Steve McQueen...Love your website, although I have one question regarding your
banner. Who is the guy pointing the gun (the guy between Raquel Welch
and Christopher Lee)? I used to think it was Dr. Cornelius from
Planet of the Apes... Is it McQueen? If it is McQueen it's a very
unflattering picture... It's driving me crazy.
Other than that, your website is great.
RomuloRetro responds: First, thank you for your kind words and for being a loyal reader. In fact, the image of the guy pointing the gun in our masthead graphic is indeed Steve McQueen, as depicted on a European release poster for Bullitt. Now, Romulo, we will admit it might not be the most life-like portrait of the iconic star...and we can understand confusing the image with that of another actor--but frickin' Cornelius from Planet of the Apes?
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Heston's Embarrassment Over Baldness
27 November 2009 12:21 AM, PST
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Movie icon Charlton Heston was so embarrassed by his thinning hair he wore two wigs on stage, according to Star Trek's George Takei.
The Planet of the Apes actor was starring in A Man For All Seasons at a theatre in London's West End in 1987.
And Heston made sure he wore his regular hairpiece at all times - despite having to don a large wig during the shows.
Takei says, "There was another actor that wore two helmets in a play on the West End at the Savoy Theatre as matter of a fact, an American... Charlton Heston was as bald as a billiard ball, so he wore a hairpiece, a toupee - and he didn't like to reveal that fact. So he came in to the theatre with the toupee on, he was doing A Man For All Seasons... so on top of his toupee he'd put the Sir Thomas More wigs on, can you imagine how hot it was? Two wigs on: His toupee and that full head of hair."
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Zombieland sequel in 3D – a small rant
25 November 2009 4:20 PM, PST
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With notable exceptions such as the Godfather trilogy, up until recently film series were known for their decreasing quality as each new instalment passed. Trying to capitalise on the “name” success of a brand, studios would try and quickly rush out a sequel whilst the original was still fresh in the minds of the cinema audience. A case in point would be the Planet Of The Apes series which, with each new film, saw the series regress from innovative special effects to rushed out hackery.
It was not until Spielberg and Lucas, with the Indiana Jones and Star Wars series, did the idea occur of making sequels bigger, grander than their original films. The trend grew and grew until this decade when the box office has been dominated by franchise sequels – The Lord of the Rings, The Pirates of the Caribbean, the Harry Potter films, The Dark Knight, New Moon and many,
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Super-8 Movie Madness @ The Way Out Club #3
24 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST
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“Super-8 Movie Madness 3” will be held on Tuesday December 1 from 8pm to Midnight at the Way Out Club. The cover charge is a bargain at a measly $2.00. There will be movie passes, T-Shirts and poster giveaways this time. If you’re not familiar with the madness, here’s a brief rundown: Remember (before video tapes) the Super-8 films they used to sell in the 1950’s and 60’s that were condensed versions of features? In the 1970’s they sold Sound versions of these films and 16 of these will be projected on a large screen at the Way Out Club (they average about 15 minutes each).
Condensed versions of the following films will be screened December 1: Duel, The House Of Frankenstein, the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, The Dirty Dozen, Peter Cushing in Twins Of Evil, Sssssss (don’t say it…hiss it!), The Invisible Man, The Three Stooges in Disorder In The Court,
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Exclusive: El Mayimbe Watches Hunter Prey Plus Brand New Pics
23 November 2009 2:05 PM, PST
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Remember Sandy Collora? The guy who made that really hot short fan film called Batman: Dead End, where Batman fights the Alien then the Predator that was all the rage during Comicon 2003? The film that even Kevin Smith said was "An amazing piece of work, possibly the truest, best Batman movie ever made."If not then check it out the short by clicking Here to refresh your memory. The short was an excellent calling card and made so much noise it that got Sandy signed to Icm and soon he was being set up around town on the meeting circuit to meet with some pretty big folks at studios and production companies to pitch his other ideas. I always run into filmmakers who want to make a short film as a calling card and I always tell them that if their stuff isn't cool, high concept, or the execution isn't
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The Forgotten: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden
20 November 2009 3:26 PM, PST
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When critic David Ehrenstein told actor Sir Ian McKellen that there existed a photograph of actor Roddy McDowell (How Green was My Valley, Planet of the Apes) performing oral sex upon himself, the great stage and screen star's response was immediate: "Put it up on the internet!" he boomed, in the voice that breathed life in to Gandalf the Grey.
Alas, or not, the image under discussion still apparently lacks a public forum, and is as elusive as McDowell's sole film as director, Tam Lin a.k.a. The Ballad of Tam-Lin a.k.a. The Devil's Widow, starring Ava Gardner.
1970, of course, was the one year in the history of western civilization when the ability to self-fellate was alone enough to guarantee a directing career, and so it was that McDowell found himself in Scotland, filming Ian McShane (sweary Al Swearingen from TV's Deadwood) running screaming through a swamp on Lsd.
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Darwin at the movies: A festival of apes, aliens and troglodytes
20 November 2009 12:05 PM, PST
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Would we have had Alien, Planet of the Apes and The Time Machine if it weren't for a certain bearded Victorian?
Darwin, Evolution and the Movies is a one-off festival of film and live comedy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species on 24 November 1859.
Over this weekend the festival is running at three separate venues across London. Classic films you rarely get a chance to see on the big screen, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and brand new shorts commissioned as part of Darwin200 make up this small but perfectly formed festival.
If Darwin had chickened out in 1859 and decided to put his dusty manuscript back in the drawer, allowing Alfred Russel Wallace to take the fame, and the flack, the genre of science fiction that we take for granted probably would not have evolved to become the seductive, cultural force that it is.
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Review: Help! I’m Being Held Captive in the Six-Hour Mini-Series "The Prisoner"!
13 November 2009 8:09 AM, PST
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***Warning*** This review contains some mild spoilers about AMC's The Prisoner.
You people owe me.
When people find out that I review movies and television for a living, they often say something like, “Wow, that’s some cushy deal – getting paid to watch TV for a living!”
What they don’t understand is that I often have to watch things that I’m not necessarily interested in, and I have to watch them all the way through, even if they stink.
Even if it’s a six-hour mini-series.
Such is the case with The Prisoner, AMC’s highly publicized remake of the classic and influential 1960s U.K. series about a man who finds himself being held captive in a mysterious “village” where everyone has a number rather than a name.
AMC's remake airs this Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights at 8 Pm. And it’s bad.
But most of you
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The view: Richard Kelly enters The Twilight Zone with The Box
13 November 2009 6:33 AM, PST
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Rod Serling's ghostly shadow looms large over the latest film from the director of Donnie Darko – but what's the problem? It's a hell of a show to take cues from
In certain eyes, the impending release of The Box, the third film from the still more-or-less boyish Richard Kelly, will be notable mostly as a trial by public opinion for its creator. This is, after all, quite the crossroads for a director whose deservedly beloved debut Donnie Darko proposed him as the emo David Lynch before its follow-up Southland Tales instantly made a lot of us stick a large and hasty question mark beside that judgment. Much therefore rides on his latest project. But, for me, the mixed response to the movie so far – out in the Us last week, released here next month – has been interesting not just for its implications about Kelly's future, but because almost every
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The view: Richard Kelly enters The Twilight Zone with The Box
13 November 2009 6:33 AM, PST
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Rod Serling's ghostly shadow looms large over the latest film from the director of Donnie Darko – but what's the problem? It's a hell of a show to take cues from
In certain eyes, the impending release of The Box, the third film from the still more-or-less boyish Richard Kelly, will be notable mostly as a trial by public opinion for its creator. This is, after all, quite the crossroads for a director whose deservedly beloved debut Donnie Darko proposed him as the emo David Lynch before its follow-up Southland Tales instantly made a lot of us stick a large and hasty question mark beside that judgment. Much therefore rides on his latest project. But, for me, the mixed response to the movie so far – out in the Us last week, released here next month – has been interesting not just for its implications about Kelly's future, but because almost every
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Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt'
12 November 2009 1:27 AM, PST
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Paul Giamatti tends to play moody defeatists and rageful misanthropes. Which is just the way he likes it
'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt," says Paul Giamatti, closely inspecting his coffee cup in a Polish restaurant in a leafy neighbourhood of Brooklyn. "But I don't think I'd want to be Brad Pitt, you know? So that's Ok."
This is partly just a reference to Giamatti's "character-actor" looks, but also to something deeper: a sense of composure, of being comfortable in one's own skin, that the archetypal Hollywood star exudes but both Giamatti and his characters tend to lack. "You know that thing where you can just fuckin' stand there and people can't take their eyes off the person? I don't have that weight of charisma," he explains. "That's not me. If I just stand there, it's going to be boring. You're going to
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