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Celine Sciamma interview about Water Lilies 2008-05-20 12:05:53 Alternative Film Guide has posted a question and answer interview
with Celine
Sciamma, the writer/director of Water Lilies
(Naissance des pieuvres). I usually would not do a post of this nature but since I thought Water Lilies was well executed, I decided to go ahead. An excerpt from the Q & A session:
What was [...]
Torture Porn: Why this Horror Genre Moniker is a Misnomer 2008-05-22 11:00:19 This tale starts with the horror movie Hostel, directed by Splat Packer Eli Roth. When Hostel premiered on January 6, 2006, it ushered in Eli Roth as a true blue horror director who possessed competency and confidence. In an article by film critic David Edelstein of the New York Magazine entitled Now Playing at Your [...] Read more:Torture
Movie Showtimes & Tickets courtesy of Film-Book dot Com 2008-05-24 11:00:54 Film-Book dot Com has added a new sidebar feature that anyone that goes to see films at a movie theater will be able to use on a weekly basis. If you are a true cinephile, maybe twice a week. That new sidebar feature, which is between Recent Comments and Featured Blog, is entitled Showtimes & [...] Read more:Tickets
Box Office / Weekend of May 23 – 25 2008-05-26 01:43:48 Indie’s latest adventure, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, premiered with $101 Million over the weekend. The film does not deserve half of that take in my opinion and will assuredly drop a large portion of its audience by next weekend. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a disappointment on almost [...] Read more:Weekend
, Box Office
Review: War, Inc. 2008-05-25 11:00:21 War, Inc.
A Film Review by Reginald Williams
Rating: 6.5/10
Review Date: 5/24/08
War, Inc. is a political satire about the nature of war, America’s conduct in other countries before and after a military conflict has occurred, product placement, the CIA, logos and killers. The world that exists in War, Inc. is a marketing teacher’s dream. The four P’s [...]
Why Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Sucked 2008-05-27 11:09:34 Poor dialog.
Hands down the worst dialog out of all four Indiana
Jones movies. Instead of existing to propel the plot of this film, a large portion of the dialog was used to fill in the gaps between the four films. In perilous situation, while surrounding by the enemy in an encampment, Indy and company [...] Read more:Kingdom
, Crystal
, Skull
Specter is Alone in the Dark 2008-05-29 11:00:09 Actress, model and rising celebrity Rachel Specter has joined the cast of the straight-to-video sequel to Alone in the Dark. Alone in the Dark 2, which is being produced by Uwe Boll, will be released in 2009. Alone in the Dark 2’s other cast members include Lance Henriksen, Danny Trejo, Natassia Malthe and Rick Yune.
The [...]
Box Office / Weekend of May 30 – June 1 2008-06-02 10:00:33 Everybody knows that sex sells, especially at the box office. Now it’s sold a syndicated television show on the big screen. Sex and the City: The Movie premiered in the Number One spot this weekend with $55 Million. The real quandary is how this film cost $65 Million (not including marketing costs) to make. I’m [...] Read more:Weekend
, Box Office
Review: Iron Man 2008-06-03 18:39:07 Iron Man
A Film Review by Reginald Williams
Rating: 9.5/10
Review Date: 5/18/08
Iron Man is one of the few superhero films of late to take its source material seriously. The film also boasts an impressive roster of note-worthy A-listers. All of these elements, combined with great direction by Jon Favreau, make Iron Man one of the best superhero [...] Read more:Iron Man
Box Office / Weekend of June 6 - 8 2008-06-09 22:14:39 A family-friendly animated Kung-fu flick took the top spot this weekend. Kung Fu Panda, which premiered this weekend, was Number One with $60 Million. In second place was You Don’t Mess with the Zohan with $40 Million. The crapfest that is Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was third this weekend with $21.3 [...] Read more:Weekend
, Box Office
The Dark Knight Television Commercials 2008-06-11 13:54:51 With the July 17, 2008 release date for The Dark Knight
fast approaching, the “television” advertisement campaign for the approaching The Dark Knight has started. Three commercials have already promulgated the air waves and are presented below for your viewing pleasure. The best line (in Commercial #3) out of all three The Dark Knight commercials: [...] Read more:Television
, Commercials
Wall-E Trailer 2008-06-11 10:10:29 Saw the latest trailer for the Disney / Pixar film WALL-E before I saw garbage Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Almost everyone in the audience enjoyed this WALL-E trailer, young, middle-aged and old. The CGI looks great. WALL-E, if it delivers on the promise of its latest trailer, will be a [...] Read more:Trailer
Zhao Wei is on a Red Cliff 2008-06-12 11:00:42 Before I began writing this post about John Woo’s upcoming film Red Cliff
, I asked myself a question. What has Zhao Wei been up to since I last saw her in So Close (Chik yeung tin si), Shaolin Soccer (Siu lam juk kau) and Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Tian di ying xiong)? If [...]
Fast and the Furious 4 Pictures 2008-06-24 11:06:31 New pics of upcoming fourth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise have surfaced courtesy of USA Today. Check them all out below. It nice to know that Vin Deisel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewester are returning. Sung Kang is making a returning from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as [...] Read more:Pictures
Review: Severe Visibility 2008-06-24 09:56:38 Severe Visibility
A Film Review by Reginald Williams
Review Date: 6/15/08
Rating: 6/10
Severe Visibility is film about the terrorist attack on the Pentagon during 9/11 and the investigation into that attack afterward. At the center of that investigation and this film is Stanley Kruter (Paul Cross), a United States Army Major with the accounting branch of the Pentagon. [...]
Box Office / Weekend of June 20 - 22 2008-06-22 21:56:42 A television show-turned-movie topped the box office this weekend. Get Smart premiered in the Number One spot this weekend with $39.1 Million. Kung Fu Panda bet The Incredible Hulk with $21.7 Million for the Number Two position by $143,000. The aforementioned The Incredible Hulk nabbed Third Place. The Fourth Spot went to The Love Guru, [...] Read more:Weekend
, Box Office
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Trailer 2008-06-22 09:07:54 Watch the trailer for The Curious
Case of Benjamin
Button. You’ll LOVE it. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button looks outstanding. Its directed by David Fincher and stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button “tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.” The [...] Read more:Trailer
Halle Berry will play Frankie and Alice 2008-06-19 10:13:57 Halle Berry
is set to star in a new drama called Frankie
and Alice, which comes out in 2009. Frankie and Alice is a drama “centered on a young woman with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and not give in to her racist alter-personality.” This sounds like an intriguing plot, [...] Read more:Halle
, Halle Berry
, will play
The Wackness Trailer 2008-07-10 11:13:47 Here is the red-band trailer for the film The Wackness. This looks like one funny-ass movie. It stars Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Method Man, Famke Janssen and Mary-Kate Olsen. The Wackness is now open in theaters.
Source: youtube
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Marisa Miller in August (2008) GQ Magazine 2008-07-08 16:00:28 Model MarisaMiller
graces the inner pages of August
’s GQ Magazine
. I have seen pictures of Miller for years before she became popular and walked the catwalk of the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. This last year and a half, EVERYONE has taken notice of Marisa Miller
as well. It probably had something to do [...]
Word of the Week – Laconic 2008-07-08 11:00:38 Laconic
- using or marked by use of a minimum of words; brief and pithy; brusque.
Source: Dictionary.com
Box Office / Weekend of July 4- 6 2008-07-07 10:26:57 A would-be superhero took the top spot this weekend. Hancock was Number One this weekend with $66 Million for a total of $107.3 Million. WALL-E was Number Two with $33.4 Million for a total of $128.1 Million so far. Wanted was third with $20.6 Million. Get Smart was Fourth this weekend with $11.1 Million and [...] Read more:Weekend
, Box Office
The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer 2008-07-05 11:00:32 I just finished watching the original The Day The Earth
Stood Still. Not a bad film. I’m looking forward to see what this remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still brings to the table.
The High Definition version can be found here.
Source: apple, firstshowing
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Friday the 13th (2009) Photos 2008-07-23 12:08:05 The hockey-masked one’s reboot is beginning to take shape. Friday
the 13th, directed by Marcus Nipel and staring Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees and Amanda Righetti as Whitney, slashes into theaters on February 13th, 2009. Some recently released Friday the 13th pictures can be found below.
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Source: fi
Taken Trailer 2008-07-22 12:24:35 I loved the first teaser trailer for Taken
. This Taken trailer gives you more information on Liam Neeson’s character. “Bryan [Liam Neeson], a former secret agent living in the US, is divorced; he is fond of his 17-year-old daughter Kim [Maggie Grace] who lives with his ex-wife and her new husband. Kim wants to [...] Read more:Trailer
Word of the Week – Lachrymose 2008-07-21 11:00:41 Lachrymose
- Generating or shedding tears: given to shedding tears; suffused with tears: tearful.
Source: Dictionary.com
Box Office / Weekend of July 18 - 20 2008-07-20 20:31:19 The Bat takes the weekend Box Office
by a land slide and sets a few records along the way. The Dark Knight took the top spot this weekend (no sh*t) with $155.3 Million dollars. It also set the one day record on Friday, July 18, 2008 with $67.85 Million, betting Spiderman 3, the previous record [...] Read more:Weekend
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