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Review: Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) 2008-05-07 10:35:52 Dilawar, a rural Afghan peanut farmer turned taxi driver, took his brand new taxi to pick up his first fare – but never made it to his second. As a cover up of their own terrorist activities, certain Afghan rebel forces were capturing innocent civilians and turning them in to American authorities. Dilawar was captured [...]
It’s the end of the World: Donnie Darko the Sequel. 2008-05-09 10:25:05
ComingSoon says that on the 18th of May, filming will begin on “S.Darko
” which is to be directed by Chris Fisher, and is the supposed sequel to the 2001 hit “Donnie
Darko,” which is incidentally one of my favourite films of all time.
The cast includes Daviegh Chase reprising her role as Donnie’s younger sister, Ed [...] Read more:World
Weekend Attractions (9 - 11 May) 2008-05-08 23:16:13
A craptastic weekend: for the first time in ages.
City of Men (Ster Kinekor Only)
Following on from his Academy Award-nominated 2002 success, “City of God,” producer Fernando Meirelles returns with another gritty drama set in the Favelas of Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
Directed, written and co-produced by newcomer Paulo Morelli the story tells of two lifelong friends [...] Read more:Weekend
, Attractions
First Look: “W” 2008-05-08 14:59:04 Remember the film I said I could not care less about? Maybe not, but I know I said it somewhere, now with these images surfacing {this is the first time I am seeing them at least} I am very much interested. Can you believe that is Josh Brolin? I cannot. I may not be Oliver [...] Read more:First
, First Look
Ellen Page as “Jane Eyre” 2008-05-08 11:24:20 Ellen Page, you know my Queen, my reason for living, is set to play the title character in the latest adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” according to Variety. {Fataculture is fast becoming a news-orientated site, I know, I will not let it}.
I do not care if I am not that interested in the story [...] Read more:Ellen
Criterion Collection is Going Blu-Ray! 2008-05-08 10:49:06 This is only a reminder that I need to get Blu-Rayed {and a job}, and fast. /Film reports that “Criterion Collection” has announced that the following films will be released on Blu-Ray:
The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear
Of [...] Read more:Going
Packing our Bags for Cannes… 2008-05-09 15:47:18 For download:
2008 Cannes
Screening Guide
&
2008 Cannes Press Kit
I mean, you cannot plan a pretend trip without an screening list, right?
Richard Kelly on “S.Darko” 2008-05-12 15:25:02 Before the sky turned black…
From his very own MySpace blog {coz’ all the, um, cool kids got one, and I constantly quote ‘em} Richard
Kelly had the following to say on stuff, and I quote:
The Box and Donnie Darko
Tooo
“Over the last couple of days, a few people have asked me what’s up with
“this [...]
Star Wars in Soweto? 2008-05-12 13:59:28
This is the most random thing I have heard all day. Apparently, this was buzzing in the film world, but I had yet to hear about it. Anyways, I guess I was busy when news of this surfaced last year, and now I just want in…but how???
According to Filmmaker SA, Peter Jackson is attached to [...] Read more:Star Wars
Pre-Cannes Pics 2008-05-12 07:22:20 If all goes planned, I will soon be blogging for a French news site on Cannes
over the course of the festival - giving an outsiders opinion and insight into the goings on etc. I am not exactly sure how that is going to work out, but I am willing to give it a shot.
Anyways, [...]
Last Night and Those before It 2008-05-11 03:23:02 So somewhere in between finishing a bunch of homework and catching up on DVDs - a few things went down. None of which I think really happened.
Firstly, my friends and I packed our bags for Cannes, a little too early and it resulted in a series of drunken escapades with numerous “celebs” and gorgeous people. They [...] Read more:Night
Californication: “LOL” 2008-05-13 17:07:28 I assume you have seen this episode or do not mind spoilers.
So Hank (Duchovny) is a snob. His snobbishness now extends to language or rather how internet, mainly aiming his rants at blogging, is slowly but surely destroying the English language. Funny thing is that, being a blogger himself, he is not immune to using [...] Read more:Californication
Grey’s Anatomy: “The Becoming” 2008-05-13 12:25:42 I assume you have seen this episode or do not mind spoilers…
Season four has been a change. Out with the old, and in with the new. Or has it? Everything is the same, but it is very, very different. Without calling the previous weeks less than satisfying, because they were great – Grey’s is as [...] Read more:Becoming
ABC Television Fall Schedule 2008-05-13 10:06:07 Best. Network. Ever.
Fall Schedule
:
Mondays
20:00 - “Dancing with the Stars”
21:30 – “Samantha Who?”
22:00 – “Boston Legal” / “the Bachelor”
Tuesdays
20:00 – “Opportunity Knocks”
21:00 – “Dancing with the Stars” results show / “Scrubs” and “The Goode Family” (midseason)
22:00 – “Eli Stone”
Wednesdays
20:00 – “Pushing Da Read more:Television
Clearing the Air 2008-05-13 03:57:55 Let’s hope I remember my own blog name, and live up to it.
I have just realised something. My blog is half a TV blog and half a film blog, but film has grossly taken over. Not anymore.
So, my favourite television show in the entire world is genius Shonda Rhime’s “Grey’s Anatomy” – which I would [...] Read more:Clearing
Pic: Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel 2008-05-12 18:32:44 “Coco avant Chanel
”
I have been waiting a long time for this, and I cannot wait to see this either. The film is set to be a anti-biopic of the fashion designer, focusing on her as a young woman - and her rise to the pinnacle of being a fashion legend - portrayed by “Amélie” actress [...] Read more:Audrey
, Tautou
, Audrey Tautou
Cannes? Sort of. 2008-05-15 10:43:37 “swimming in milk” by Justin Chang
So yesterday, one of the biggest film festivals in the world began. Oh, you heard did you? Awesome, because my intro was not that great anyway.
So the initial word on Fernando Meirelles’ “Blindness,” has not been great. Reading the initial reviews, which you can tell are full of tiredness and [...] Read more:Cannes
Jason Reitman to go “Up in the Air” 2008-05-14 14:47:35 So Jason
Reitman finally confirmed Latino Review’s suspicions - that his next film will be an adaptation of Walter Kirn’s best selling novel “Up in the Air.” The book, which I have read, is about Ryan Bingham who lives his life within the pressurized cabins of the numerous airplanes he makes use of as a [...]
Ugly Betty: “I See Me, I.C.U.” 2008-05-14 12:03:50 I assume you have seen this episode or don’t mind spoilers…
Ugly Betty
has become quite the downer these days, not that that is an awfully bad thing. If anything, I find it far more balanced that before. Besides, there has been so much drama over the past few weeks it is almost too much to [...] Read more:Ugly Betty
Moore on “Fahrenheit 9/whatever” 2008-05-16 17:06:56 This news story is hurting my brain
“To just say it’s a sequel is so wrong,” Moore
told The Associated Press. “It would be easier and safer to make a sequel, if that’s all it was, but this isn’t about Bush. We all know this. Regardless of who the president is come November, we have a [...] Read more:Fahrenheit
, whatever
Cannes: Jeudi, le 15 Mai 2008-05-16 11:00:30 “Three Monkeys” premieres to raves.
While I was off in the land of the Real World last night, more Cannes
action went down. What seems to have been a better day for film than the fests opening day, with a number of films playing to rave reviews, my original dissatisfaction has subsided, the films included: Three Monkeys, [...]
Weekend Attractions (16 - 18 May) 2008-05-15 23:02:08 Films opening in South Africa this weekend
Brick Lane
From Elizabeth and The Other Boleyn Girl producer Alison Owen and debut feature director Sarah Gavron comes this adaptation of author Monica Ali’s award-winning, best-selling novel of the same name that is a true contemporary story of love, of cultural difference and ultimately the strength of the human [...] Read more:Weekend
, Attractions
Africa on Screen Film Fest. 2008-05-18 23:14:09 Africa
on Screen
Johannesburg — In honour of Africa Day, the third annual Africa on Screen Film Festival returns to South African cinemas on May 23rd -29th.
The festival will go national with screenings at Cinema Nouveau in Cavendish Square, Cape Town and Rosebank Mall, Johannesburg. In addition there will be screenings from May 23rd-25th at the [...]
Cannes: Dimanche, 18 Mai 2008-05-18 11:35:07
The Day of Indy Mania. Which we all know is review-proof. But let’s not forget Gomorra, Serbis, Ashes of Time Redux, La Vie Moderne, Afterschool and whatever else I remember later.
In Competition:
“Serbis” by Brillante Mendoza
Howard Feinstein, “With Serbis (Service), his first feature with foreign (French) backing, he has taken a giant step in the wrong [...] Read more:Cannes
Cannes: Lily Allen, Blonde and Topless 2008-05-18 10:00:54 Because Cannes
is not all fun and games, it’s scary too.
Simon Crerar talked to the blonde creature:
“Attending a party in Cannes to celebrate her friend Simon Pegg’s new film How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, Allen
was asked if she was bothered by the topless photographs and answered: “No, it’s my body.”
She joked: “I [...] Read more:Blonde
, Lily Allen
Friday Night Lights: Season One Recap 2008-05-18 01:05:42 FNL Season
2 Kicks Off 18 May
Finally, one of television’s best dramas, which has still been unable to establish high ratings - meaning a low number of people watch the show - but those who do, love it.
FridayNightLights
is NOT a television series about football. It is a show about a fictional set [...] Read more:Recap
, Friday Night
Cannes: Samedi, 17 Mai 2008-05-17 14:21:20 “Linha De Passe”
Day 4 on the Rivera, and I still have not found my ticket. I will, however, update this as more reviews come streaming in. This is only a round up of a few reviews. Films include 24 City, Linha De Passe, Boogie, It’s Hard Being Loved By Jerks, Better Things, with The Chaser, [...] Read more:Cannes
Cannes: Vendredi, 16 Mai 2008-05-17 11:06:07 Un Conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale)
Another day came and went on the Rivera, and a few more positive reviews. The films screened yesterday, 16 May, were Tyson, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Soi Cowboy, Moscow, Belgium, Un Conte de Noël, Rumba and The Seven Days. Updates may follow.
In Competition:
“Un Conte de Noël” by Arnaud Desplechin
Andrew O’Hehir, [...] Read more:Cannes
Cannes? Sort of: Mercredi, 14 Mai 2008-05-15 10:43:37 “swimming in milk” by Justin Chang
So yesterday, one of the biggest film festivals in the world began. Oh, you heard did you? Awesome, because my intro was not that great anyway.
So the initial word on Fernando Meirelles’ “Blindness,” has not been great. Reading the initial reviews, which you can tell are full of tiredness and [...] Read more:Cannes
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