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Decade in Review: 2005 Top Ten
19 December 2009 4:00 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
2009 is almost over and so many magazines and websites have already offered up their best of the year And decade that I'm afraid y'all will get sick of the retrospectives before The Film Experience has chimed on. Remember: the tortoise wins! 2005's top ten list (in its original form) follows. New comments in red.
Public Favorites (Box Office): Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, War of the Worlds, King Kong, Wedding Crashers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, Madagascar and Mr & Mrs Smith
Oscar Favorites: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck and Munich
My Vote For UnderAppreciated: In Her Shoes, Happy Endings and The White Countess
Top Ten Runners Up (11-15): The Squid and the Whale, Match Point, The New World, Junebug and The Beat That My Heart Skipped. …
- NATHANIEL R
Movie Preview: A Single Man (Starring Colin Firth, Matthew Goode, and Julianne Moore)
6 December 2009 11:33 PM, PST | ScreenStar | See recent ScreenStar news »
Tom Ford's creativity apparently doesn't end with his forward-thinking fashion designs. Branching out in an entirely new direction, Ford has co-written, co-produced, and made his feature-directing debut with A Single Man (2009), set for release on December 11, 2009, before opening in additional theaters at Christmas. The drama is based on Christopher Isherwood's 1964 book, also entitled A Single Man, and it follows the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth). A reserved, emotionally closed-off British professor in Los Angeles in 1962, Falconer has just lost his longtime partner, Jim (Matthew Goode), and Jim's death in a car accident has left him crushed, despondent, trapped in the past and unsure of how -- or if -- to continue on into the future. The drama picks up Falconer's plight on a single, pivotal day in his life. The boozy, depressed Charlotte (Julianne Moore), who's always harbored feelings for Falconer, tries to console her suicidal friend. And …
- ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
Carla Is Woody Allen's First Lady
26 November 2009 3:18 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Let's hope Woody Allen is planning on recreating his recent success with Vicky Cristina Barcelona and not the shame of duds such as Match Point, Scoop and Cassandra's Dream as he has a very important and influential star on board, with a husband who wouldn't take kindly to it coming up short.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas, has agreed to try out acting for the legendary director - having already added politics to the modelling and musical strings on her bow.
Although she has already agreed to be in his next film, she admits that she knows nothing about the role she is set to play or even whether she will be able to act: "I'm not at all an actress. Maybe I'll be absolutely terrible."
But she said that she had entered into the project, despite the lack of details offered to her, because it was an …
Could Carla Bruni be the next Mia Farrow?
25 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
France's first lady has agreed to be in a Woody Allen film. She's such an obvious choice, we should have predicted it
Why on earth didn't we predict it long ago? France's first lady, Carla Bruni, has revealed that Woody Allen has asked her to be in one of his films, despite her complete lack of acting experience. And she has said yes.
Bruni – of course! She is a quintessential Minor Woody Allen Character: sexy, wealthy, European in that luxury-hotel sense that he adores, liberated in a pre-feminist sort of way, with creative aspirations that are preposterous but which powerful, besotted men might well indulge in the hope of getting inside her exquisitely tailored culottes.
Bruni is the classic unattainable woman from a golden-age Woody Allen picture: the sort who might get a party-scene cameo, towering sexily over him while giving her deadpan opinions on literary or artistic topics – opinions with which he, …
- Peter Bradshaw
Liff 09: Review of Brit revenge thriller Harry Brown
15 November 2009 11:44 AM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2009
Directors: Daniel Barber
Writers: Gary Young
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7 out of 10
Michael Caine stars as the titular character in Daniel Barber’s fast paced and slick revenge flick, which is centered on the equally awesome and ridiculous premise of an old age pensioner who takes justice into his own hands on a rough London council estate. The film begins with a very brutal hand-held camera introduction of a gang initiation, in which a youth is forced to take crack and then shoot a young mother in a park, before crashing his scooter, and dying horribly – setting the scene for the deeply unpleasant and dangerous world we’re about to enter.
Harry lives on the estate, visiting his comatose wife daily, but having to detour around the dark underpass that leads to the hospital for fear of the gang of kids who hang around and cause trouble. …
Cast Gathers at the Edge of the World
9 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Actor Charles Dance's sophomore outing in the director's chair is set to be a supernatural one called The Inn at the Edge of the World . Shooting is anticipated to start sometime in the first quarter of 2010 with actors Michael Gambon ( The Omen redo), Stephen Fry ( V for Vendetta ) and Penelope Wilton ( Match Point ). That's a strong cast for this story of a group of people who spend Christmas on a remote Scottish island. Flashes of "supernatural mysticism," however, make it a holiday they'll never forget. If you recall, Dance starred in David Fincher's Alien 3 and was the villain in The Last Action Hero . He started directing with the film Ladies in Lavender . …
Review: Five Minutes Of Heaven
6 November 2009 4:30 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
When one thinks of a powerful film, what comes to mind? An epic saga? A grandiose drama? A hard-hitting film of controversy? For me, the films that have the greatest impact, the films that offer the most honest and realistic portrayal of contemporary concerns, are those that present themselves in their purest form. All the fancy camera work, all the flashy visual style and emotionally-charged music in the world will never take the place of a powerful story. And, that story does not necessarily need to be complex.
As they say, less is more. Five Minutes Of Heaven is 90 minutes of raw, unfiltered human emotion. Not the over-done, exaggerated type that makes for good Hollywood drama, but the kind that makes an audience sit up in their seats. The kind of tactile human sensory emotion that makes an audience stare, unflinching, mesmerized into the lives of another human being. Plain and simple. …
- Travis
Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 10/27
27 October 2009 11:32 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
An "outwardly angelic little girl" gets adopted by a new family consisting of Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga, and then begins to unleash her hidden evilness. In his review, Peter Martin wrote that Orphan "is so bats*** crazy that it wears you down just enough to accept the lunacy and enjoy the movie for what it is: every parent's worst nightmare, writ large in childish crayon." Skip it. Also on Blu-ray.
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Woody Allen's follow-up to Vicky Cristina Barcelona and return to the Big Apple takes his old man self out of the equation to give a new dude (played by Larry David) some May-December romance with Evan Rachel Wood. Nick Schager wasn't sold, and in his review, he wrote: "rather than an inspired meeting of kindred minds, their collaboration does little except reinforce the notion that Allen's creative well has long since run dry, …
- Monika Bartyzel
Woody Allen's Tall Dark Stranger
26 October 2009 11:46 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
The title of Woody Allen's next film has just been revealed: it's the somewhat elongated You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. After his return to New York for Whatever Works, and his Spanish detour for Vicky Christina Barcelona, Allen's latest brings him back to the UK, al la the "trilogy" of Match Point, Scoop and Cassandra's Dream. The funding set up is the same as Vcb's, with Allen co-producing alongside the Spanish Mediapro: the second project of a projected four.As always, the cast is the thing. This time Allen has rounded up Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts (replacing Nicole Kidman), Gemma Jones, Freida Pinto and Lucy Punch. The plot, as sketched by the Hollywood Reporter, "revolves around different members of a family, their tangled love lives and their attempts to try to solve their problems", which is as good as telling us nothing, except that it's not a thriller. …
Whatever Works Blu-ray Review
26 October 2009 4:19 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
There are two things it’s hard to get away from when discussing Woody Allen: the first is that his output is so constant, there’s going to be winners mixed with losers. Over the last couple years, Allen’s talent has been scattershot to say the least, but then he might surprise you with a film like Match Point, or Vicki Christina Barcelona. Even his early funny period had some misfires, but that leads into the second point, which is that Allen has not been strong for a long time. You can never count him out, but the 21st century is easily his weakest period of cinema. Whatever Works, however, was written a very long time ago, and it shows, so it combines early funny with later Woody. My review after the jump.
Larry David stars as Boris Yellnikof (really? This must be a leftover name for when …
- Andre Dellamorte
Elegantly Bubbly
26 October 2009 1:01 AM, PDT | FilmInk.com.au | See recent FilmInk.com.au news »
It should not be surprising that a famous Hollywood star is the face of a luxury brand. They seem to have their face on everything these days, from watches to designer clothing and even European cars. But when quintessential champagne house, Möet & Chandon, for the first time in champagne marketing history elects to use a famous actress to be their ambassador, and that celebrity happens to be Scarlett Johansson, it is a beautiful amalgamation befitting the hype. Since her springboard to worldwide fame with Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation, Johansson has been delighting audiences with a range of roles encompassing gritty dramas, period features and mainstream romantic comedies (A Love Song For Bobby Long, The Other Boleyn Girl, He's Just Not That Into You), and in recent times has been the muse of Woody Allen (Match Point, Scoop, Vicky Cristina Barcelona). …
Rio de Janeiro offers incentives to host Woody Allen’s next film
16 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
We often talk about movie locations and one director who completely embodies them is Woody Allen. The Jewish New Yorker uses the locations in his movies as an extra character, something always there and directly affecting the themes of the film. His early titles like Manhattan and Annie Hall instantly conjure images of the hustle and bustle of New York while his London films, Match Point, Scoop and Cassandra’s Dream, capture the lifestyles of the capital’s elite against the gritty setting. And now another city is hoping Allen will work his magic for them as Rio de Janeiro is offering $2 million in subsidies to attract him to the Brazilian town. …
Secret Identity: Five Actors Who Could Play Magneto In 'X-Men Origins: Magneto'
15 October 2009 2:46 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Given recent comments from Sir Ian McKellen about his involvement (or lack thereof) in the upcoming "X-Men Origins: Magneto" film from Fox, it's time to face the inevitable—Magneto is going to be recast. This was already a virtual certainty due to the story's purported focus on the Master of Magnetism's more youthful days, but McKellen's words confirm the need for a new, younger actor.
Recasting Magneto is difficult for a number of reasons. For one, McKellen already played him so expertly that an actor of his quality is absolutely essential—and not only that, but it'd be a good idea to find someone who looks like they could age into McKellen's likeness, which is very tricky. For that reason, I think it's more important to focus on finding an excellent, fitting actor for the role, rather than selecting an actor based on his likeness to McKellen.
When and if "X-Men Origins: Magneto" gets underway, …
- Josh Wigler
Emilio directs again
1 October 2009 4:04 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
We haven't seen much of ex-Brat Packer Emilio Estevez since he spent so much time with the Mighty Ducks, but that's because he's been behind the camera. After directing a number of TV series episodes and the acclaimed drama Bobby, the bro-Sheen is underway on a new low-budget indie film called The Way. The movies stars smoky-voiced actress Deborah Kara Unger (The Game, Stander) and Brit actor James Nesbitt (Match Point, Bloody Sunday). Estevez also managed to coax screen veteran Martin …
- Dave Davis
Allen 'bases film titles on quality'
30 September 2009 6:10 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Woody Allen has said that he waits until his films are completed to name them because he likes the titles to reflect how good they are. The director told The Daily Telegraph that he has not yet named his current movie, the fourth film he has shot in London after Match Point, Scoop and Cassandra's Dream. Allen said: "I never title a movie until it's finished because if I look at the film and it's no good I don't like to give it an aggressive title. "I give it what I call one of my hiding titles - the kind of title that is low-key and promises nothing, so people are less disappointed (more) …
- By Mayer Nissim
Woody Allen Is Going Down to Rio
19 September 2009 8:47 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
After being cold-shouldered by the Us studios, Woody Allen turned to globe trotting for both the finance and the settings for his projects. Match Point, Scoop, Cassandra's Dream and his untitled 2009 project have all been set in London, Vicky Cristina Barcelona took place in, well, Barcelona, and now it looks as though he's heading to Brazil for his 2011 production. As well as shooting in Brazil, it looks like Allen will be take some funding for the project from the country too. I read in Brazzil Mag that two different Brazillian production companies are looking to come onboard, Conspiração and 02. As far as I know, there's no reason they can't each chip in. In just a couple of weeks, Allen's producers Stephen Tenenbaum and Letty Aronson will be in town to negotiate: In the first week of October the duo will be landing in São Paulo where, for two days, …
- Brendon Connelly
What's your favorite tennis-related movie moment?
6 September 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
With All About Steve, Extract, and Gamer double-faulting with our critics, it looks like our best bet for high drama this weekend might be on the tennis courts at the U.S. Open in Flushing, Queens. Seriously, that Oudin-Sharapova match yesterday was just about the best girlfight I've seen since Sheree-Kim on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. And that's saying a lot. But as someone whose interest in televised athletics is generally limited to the speed-sewing on Project Runway, I find that watching the Open just makes me think back on my favorite tennis moments in movies. There’s the fateful net shot in Match Point, of course, and the romantic volleying in Wimbledon. And who could possibly forget the gut-wrenching suspense of the climactic match in Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train? There are also plenty of great tennis moments in movies that don’t have anything to do with the sport. …
- Adam Markovitz
Review of German casual serial killer drama Distanz
28 July 2009 1:16 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2009
Directors: Thomas Sieben
Writers: Thomas Sieben & Christian Lyre
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 6 out of 10
Thomas Sieben's Distanz is a curious, stylish and enigmatic little film, about a quiet gardener called Daniel Bauer, who can't seem to shake the nasty habit he has for casual murder in his local park. The film begins with a montage of Bauer's daily routine at the botanical gardens where he works, we see him raking leaves and hosing down his tools, before heading to the park after work to lie in the sun and enjoy some peace, away from his demanding boss and the pretty secretary who makes eyes at him. Later that night he plays games on the bridge over a motorway, dropping stones onto the cars that pass below, which is our first hint that he's anything other than a shy loner.
Thing is, Bauer isn't a happy person. …
Top 50 Hottest Young Actresses - Top 20
5 July 2009 4:22 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!
Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old). Definitely some of the names you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.
# 20 - Emma Roberts - Acting runs in the family. While …
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Arrested Again
25 June 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Back in April of 2007, Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point, "Tudors") was admitted to a California alcoholism treatment clinic only to be arrested for public drunkenness and breach of the peace at Dublin Airport just a few months later. Now comes news that Rhys Meyers was arrested once again, this time for "willful violence, outrage, hitting and threatening death." The incident began when a bartender at the Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris refused to serve the actor, who appeared drunk. A shouting match developed between Rhys Meyers and the bar manager. Then when another bar employee tried to separate the pair, Rhys Meyers ended up punching him. Police handcuffed the actor after he reportedly challenged them to a fight. According to The Sun, Rhys Meyers threw fistfuls of euros at the officials and bragged of his wealth while shouting "You wanna hit me? Hit me!" He was released …
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