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Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere directs us to the following two minute clip from The Hurt Locker with commentary from director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal. The Hurt Locker hits DVD and Blu-ray on January 12, click here for more on each release.
electrichalibut.co.uk (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A bit shout out to my main man Jann for directing to me to the A.V. Club's film flops hall of fame in response to my post referencing Nicolas Cage's performance in the remake of The Wicker Man . Yeah. Props. Respect. Recognize . Anyway, sure enough The Wicker Man does find a spot on the list, along with another Cage film, Zandalee , which looks as if it features a Cage performance so hammy you could...
Amy's Robot (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The first item in weird movie news is the announcement of American Gladiators: The Movie. Of course! Ever since last year's revival of the original 80s show on NBC, it was only a matter of time before someone decided...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Eye on the Oscars: Preview: 2009 films use far-flung sites to enhance stories -- International locations have played a role in the stories of countless Oscar-winning pics. This year's contenders were shot in environments as far-flung as a shantytown in South Africa for Neill Blomkamp's "District 9" and the sandblasted streets of Amman, Jordan, for Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker."...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
As all Oscarologists know, the movie that wins best picture usually wins best director too, and the recipient of that prize is usually the same person who claims the top honor from the Directors Guild of America.
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Are your pitchforks nice and sharp? Torches soaked in kerosene, ready to burn my house down? If not, I'll wait. Ready? Good, because I'm about to give you five reasons why you should see New Moon , which you may not be aware is the the latest entry in the Twilight Saga . Some background, so you know where my allegiances lay. I've never read a single word of any of the Twilight books. I found the first...
patruped:bun biped:rau (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
De curând Times şi Telegraph au dat publicităţii clasamentele privind cele mai bune 100 de filme din ultimii 10 ani şi înţelegem că fiind independente cele două liste nu au cum să fie la fel, însă filmul lui Cristian Mungiu 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile s-a clasificat pe locul 14 în topul Timesonline şi pe...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The director of "An Education" recently lamented, good-naturedly, that she was tired of producers thinking of her for stereotypically female projects.
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Female directors are enjoying a crowded Oscar race this year -- but the field for Best Actress nominations is sadly thin.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Film News: Ceremony to honor Bigelow, Portman -- Comedian Kumail Nanjiani will host IFP's Gotham Awards ceremony on Nov. 30.
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
There hasn't been a lot of box office to crow about in the last few weeks, but the blockbuster is back thanks to 2012 . We knew it would be big, but worldwide, Sony had one of the top ten openings ever. That includes $65 million here in the states and I don't think it will come to a halt in the next few days. So expect this one to make a lot of money. That's the top story of the weekend, but there...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
With the Oscar deadline about six weeks away, there still doesn't seem to be enough films to completely quiet the mid-year run of The Hurt Locker . Though I don't expect it to win a lot, I still feel it's the year's best movie and should and will be nominated for the biggest awards - Best Picture, probably Best Actor, Best Director, probably Best Original Screenplay, and very likely Best Cinematography,...
(Cool) Shite on the Tube (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
A Hurt Locker q & a was moderated last night by director-screenwriter Tony Gilroy following a 6 pm screening at Manhattan's DGA theatre. (l. to r.) Gilroy, Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal, costar Anthony Mackie, and...I'm sorry but I didn't write down the name of the bearded guy on the right. It could have been producer Nicolas Chartier or associate producer Jack Schuster...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Ben Foster has been attracting attention for some time thanks to his intense (sometimes even downright unhinged) portrayals in action flicks like X-Men: The Last Stand , 3:10 to Yuma , Hostage , and 30 Days of Night . So his affectingly restrained starring turn (alongside Woody Harrelson) as a young casualty-notification officer in this week's The Messenger , writer-director Oren Moverman’s...
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