Get in line, because Cocaine Bear has made its way to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital following a successful theatrical run. The “Maximum Rampage Edition” features several featurettes, including a fun audio commentary by director/producer Elizabeth Banks and producer (and Banks’ husband) Max Handelman.
Here are eight things I learned from the Cocaine Bear commentary…
1. The film opens with a Wet Hot American Summer reference.
Cocaine Bear opens to the tune of Jefferson Starship’s “Jane,” which many will recognize as the theme song to Wet Hot American Summer, the film in which Banks got her start. She explains:
“This song straight up is an homage to Wet Hot American Summer. Anybody who knows my work knows Wet Hot American Summer was technically my first movie as Elizabeth Banks. That’s my SAG card, got it on that movie. This is the opening song to Wet Hot American Summer, and I sent David Wain,...
Here are eight things I learned from the Cocaine Bear commentary…
1. The film opens with a Wet Hot American Summer reference.
Cocaine Bear opens to the tune of Jefferson Starship’s “Jane,” which many will recognize as the theme song to Wet Hot American Summer, the film in which Banks got her start. She explains:
“This song straight up is an homage to Wet Hot American Summer. Anybody who knows my work knows Wet Hot American Summer was technically my first movie as Elizabeth Banks. That’s my SAG card, got it on that movie. This is the opening song to Wet Hot American Summer, and I sent David Wain,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Last year, one of TV’s most fascinating trilogies came to a close. Yes, “Deutschland 89” was the culmination of a three-season-long arc of Martin Rauch, going from an informant embedded within the West Germany security forces to eventually being caught up in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the show’s opening credits have become a cornerstone for the series as well, morphing from the energetic opening for the eight episodes of “Deustchland 83” through two other installments that traversed continents amidst its various time jumps through the years of its titles.
It’s an evolution headed by title designer Saskia Marka, whose recent work has spanned some of the more fascinating TV work across multiple languages. Marka helped create the striking art deco-inspired opening title card sequence for the undersung Netflix Original “Babylon Berlin,” also adapting those for the series’ subsequent seasons.
“Deutschland 89” wastes no time grabbing your attention.
It’s an evolution headed by title designer Saskia Marka, whose recent work has spanned some of the more fascinating TV work across multiple languages. Marka helped create the striking art deco-inspired opening title card sequence for the undersung Netflix Original “Babylon Berlin,” also adapting those for the series’ subsequent seasons.
“Deutschland 89” wastes no time grabbing your attention.
- 1/5/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy can’t be a cheap show to make. This superhero story is based on an ambitious, colorful comic book series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá and as such it features big action setpieces, depictions of superpowers, and even a talking chimp or two.
Still it’s hard to imagine any portion of The Umbrella Academy’s budget is larger than the music clearance department. The series features a moody score from Jeff Russo but also a truly stunning amount of pop hits. The Umbrella Academy made its musical intentions clear in its first episode with the now-beloved dance scene set to Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now.” And the show’s investment in soundtrack and music has only grown from there.
“Music is such an important thing to me and I really take time to pick the songs,” showrunner Steve Blackman says.
“We...
Still it’s hard to imagine any portion of The Umbrella Academy’s budget is larger than the music clearance department. The series features a moody score from Jeff Russo but also a truly stunning amount of pop hits. The Umbrella Academy made its musical intentions clear in its first episode with the now-beloved dance scene set to Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now.” And the show’s investment in soundtrack and music has only grown from there.
“Music is such an important thing to me and I really take time to pick the songs,” showrunner Steve Blackman says.
“We...
- 7/31/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“Atomic Blonde” is set just before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and as such, Charlize Theron’s latest actioner features an ‘80s-appropriate soundtrack. Artists such as A Flock of Seagulls, David Bowie, George Michael, and ‘Til Tuesday are featured on the soundtrack, which is now available to listen to Spotify. Stream it below.
Read More‘Atomic Blonde’: How They Turned One Amazing Action Scene Into a Seven-Minute Long Take
Mondo recently announced a new 2Xlp version of the soundtrack on 180-gram blue vinyl and yellow-swirl vinyl. Here’s the tracklist:
Side A
01. “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” — David Bowie
02. “Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)” — Peter Schilling
03. “Blue Monday” — Health
04. “C*cks*cker” — Tyler Bates
Side B
05. “99 Luftballons” — Nena
06. “Father Figure” — George Michael
07. “Der Kommissar” — After the Fire
08. “Cities in Dust” — Siouxsie and the Banshees
Side C
09. “The Politics of Dancing” — Re-Flex
10. “Stigmata” — Marilyn Manson & Tyler Bates
11. “Demonstration” — Tyler Bates...
Read More‘Atomic Blonde’: How They Turned One Amazing Action Scene Into a Seven-Minute Long Take
Mondo recently announced a new 2Xlp version of the soundtrack on 180-gram blue vinyl and yellow-swirl vinyl. Here’s the tracklist:
Side A
01. “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” — David Bowie
02. “Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)” — Peter Schilling
03. “Blue Monday” — Health
04. “C*cks*cker” — Tyler Bates
Side B
05. “99 Luftballons” — Nena
06. “Father Figure” — George Michael
07. “Der Kommissar” — After the Fire
08. “Cities in Dust” — Siouxsie and the Banshees
Side C
09. “The Politics of Dancing” — Re-Flex
10. “Stigmata” — Marilyn Manson & Tyler Bates
11. “Demonstration” — Tyler Bates...
- 7/30/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
A review of tonight's The Americans coming up just as soon as I promise you it'll be better if you blink... "This is why we're here." -Elizabeth At 10, I was too young to watch The Day After when ABC aired it in the fall of 1983, but I knew all about it. The marketing for it was inescapable, making it into the kind of event that the Jennings and Beeman families would watch together (and that even the agents of the rezidentura would want to check out). I didn't even need to see the thing to have nightmares about it, and about the larger peril of global thermonuclear annihilation that hung over us every damn day back then. More than once as a kid, I had to ask one of my parents to reassure me at bedtime that the world wouldn't blow up while I was asleep, and we know from...
- 5/12/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Premiering its first two episodes at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, the eight episode Cold War television mini-series “Deutschland 83” went on to become the first German series to be broadcast on American television in its native language. A Sundance TV original series (co-produced by Rtl Television), it stands as one of the more notable moments in television from 2015, an example of a growing international industry with increased cross-over potential. Created by husband and wife duo Anna Winger, an American novelist, and Joerg Winger, a German television producer, the series reflects not only period tensions but is constructed in a familiar format that’s earned it comparisons to the acclaimed Us series “The Americans.” Imbued with a delectable early 80s soundtrack, East meets West with vintage flair, an antidote to the curiously hampered mechanics of Steven Spielberg’s recent theatrical release, Bridge of Spies, which documents the birth of the infamous...
- 10/20/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
How did this sneak by? It's a combo escapist spy story, engrossing soap opera, and historically accurate Cold War flashback to the time of Duran Duran and Blondie, produced in Germany with a great cast of young and/or unfamiliar actors. Sure, the expected unlikelihoods are there, but so is an essential authenticity. Great fun! Deutschland 83 DVD (Season 1) Kino Lorber 2015 / Color / 1:78 enhanced widescreen / 336 min. / Street Date September 29, 2015 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sonja Gerhardt, Ulrich Noethen, Ludwig Trepte, Sylvester Groth, Alexander Beyer, Nikola Kastner, Errol Trotman Harewood, Godehard Giese. Cinematography Philipp Haberlandt, Frank Küpper Music Reinhold Heil Written by Anna Winger Produced by Joerg Winger, Nico Hoffman, Henriette Lippold Small>Directed by Edward Berger, Samira Radsi
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is something extraordinary, an exciting TV serial about the misadventures of an East German spy during the Cold War's '80s high point,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is something extraordinary, an exciting TV serial about the misadventures of an East German spy during the Cold War's '80s high point,...
- 9/15/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Deutschland 83, Season 1, Episode 1, “Quantum Jump”
Written by Anna Winger
Directed by Edward Berger
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) on SundanceTV
Germany isn’t known for its television programming. While Scandinavia has produced worldwide sensations like The Killing, The Bridge, Wallander, and Borgen, and France exported The Returned, Germany has been largely content to get by on its reputation for fine beer, upscale autos, and rabid soccer fans, while importing most of its TV dramas.
There were some indications that Germany’s long disinterest in television artistry was coming to an end in 2013 when Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) premiered to mostly positive reviews. The World War II drama, which follows an idealistic group of young friends as they are changed by war, was broadcast in Germany and Europe as a mini-series and initially released as a film in the U.S. before landing on Netflix in serialized form.
Written by Anna Winger
Directed by Edward Berger
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) on SundanceTV
Germany isn’t known for its television programming. While Scandinavia has produced worldwide sensations like The Killing, The Bridge, Wallander, and Borgen, and France exported The Returned, Germany has been largely content to get by on its reputation for fine beer, upscale autos, and rabid soccer fans, while importing most of its TV dramas.
There were some indications that Germany’s long disinterest in television artistry was coming to an end in 2013 when Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) premiered to mostly positive reviews. The World War II drama, which follows an idealistic group of young friends as they are changed by war, was broadcast in Germany and Europe as a mini-series and initially released as a film in the U.S. before landing on Netflix in serialized form.
- 6/19/2015
- by A.R. Wilson
- SoundOnSight
On Aug. 11, Breaking Bad returns for its final eight-episode run. Before the second half of season 5 premieres, refresh your memory with this handy guide to the series — presented, naturally, in the form of the periodic table.
1. H — Hank: Schrader, Walt’s brother-in-law — a DEA agent who’s the Javert to Heisenberg’s Valjean
2. He — Heisenberg: Walt’s criminal alter-ego, named for Werner Heisenberg — a German theoretical physicist best known for his eponymous “uncertainty principle”
3. Li — Lily of the Valley: A pretty flowering plant found in cool, temperate environments and New Mexican backyards — and what Walt uses to poison Jesse...
1. H — Hank: Schrader, Walt’s brother-in-law — a DEA agent who’s the Javert to Heisenberg’s Valjean
2. He — Heisenberg: Walt’s criminal alter-ego, named for Werner Heisenberg — a German theoretical physicist best known for his eponymous “uncertainty principle”
3. Li — Lily of the Valley: A pretty flowering plant found in cool, temperate environments and New Mexican backyards — and what Walt uses to poison Jesse...
- 8/9/2013
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
We have yet to get any real indication about where Season 5 of "Breaking Bad" will take us.
We're pretty sure, though, that it won't involve the ghost of Gus Fring making supernatural meth that turns people into zombies, killing Walter White with a falling Los Pollos Hermanos Atm and Jesse and Walt Jr. seeking heavily armed revenge while Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)" plays on the soundtrack.
All that happens, though, in a bonkers animated trailer from Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese web outfit known mostly for re-imagining celebrity slip-ups. At least we think that's what happens after Mike -- we think that's Mike, anyway -- slits the throat of a guy in a chicken suit (reminiscent of Gus in "Box Cutter" last season) to resurrect Gus from the dead (with face intact, incidentally).
We've come to expect just about anything from Vince Gilligan and the "Breaking Bad" writers,...
We're pretty sure, though, that it won't involve the ghost of Gus Fring making supernatural meth that turns people into zombies, killing Walter White with a falling Los Pollos Hermanos Atm and Jesse and Walt Jr. seeking heavily armed revenge while Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)" plays on the soundtrack.
All that happens, though, in a bonkers animated trailer from Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese web outfit known mostly for re-imagining celebrity slip-ups. At least we think that's what happens after Mike -- we think that's Mike, anyway -- slits the throat of a guy in a chicken suit (reminiscent of Gus in "Box Cutter" last season) to resurrect Gus from the dead (with face intact, incidentally).
We've come to expect just about anything from Vince Gilligan and the "Breaking Bad" writers,...
- 4/30/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"Zou Bisou Bisou," the saucy ditty performed by Mad Men's equally saucy Megan Draper, played by Jessica Paré, didn't come with a dictionary. The only translation you needed was her strut, her snap, her stupefied yet leering husband Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and that big-sleeved-black-dress and patterned-hosiery combo suggesting a bat paired with Spider-Woman.
Yet all I could think about while watching her was David Costabile and his mesmerizing performance of "Crapa Pelada" at the end of the third season of Breaking Bad, while he nimbly watered his plants. You didn't need a dictionary for that one, either.
For viewers who missed Costabile's priceless one-man minute of cabaret, here's the back story. Walter White (Bryan Cranston) works for Gus Fring's (Giancarlo Esposito) operation. Fring makes Costabile's character -- the mild-mannered, super-smart and fastidiously quirky Gale Boetticher -- White's laboratory assistant, with an eye towards offing White and having Gale take over.
Yet all I could think about while watching her was David Costabile and his mesmerizing performance of "Crapa Pelada" at the end of the third season of Breaking Bad, while he nimbly watered his plants. You didn't need a dictionary for that one, either.
For viewers who missed Costabile's priceless one-man minute of cabaret, here's the back story. Walter White (Bryan Cranston) works for Gus Fring's (Giancarlo Esposito) operation. Fring makes Costabile's character -- the mild-mannered, super-smart and fastidiously quirky Gale Boetticher -- White's laboratory assistant, with an eye towards offing White and having Gale take over.
- 3/29/2012
- by Coeli Carr
- Aol TV.
Space, it really is the final frontier. And with the Space Shuttle Atlantis due to blast off for the last-ever shuttle mission into the heavens on Friday morning (unless Mother Nature gets in the way), we were feeling all nostalgic about songs that glorify the deepness of the cosmos.
When they're not focused on penning songs about their sexual conquests, cars or whatever "Bohemian Rhapsody" is about, rock stars have often looked to the heavens for inspiration. Some have returned to that topic over and over again to great effect, including the original cosmic cowboy, David Bowie, who has written some of the best galaxy tunes of all time with "Space Oddity," "Ashes to Ashes," "Five Years," "Life on Mars" and "Starman."
And while deep space was long the go-to topic of choice for classic rockers (Rush' "Countdown," Elton John's "Rocket Man," Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive," Deep Purple's "Space Truckin',...
When they're not focused on penning songs about their sexual conquests, cars or whatever "Bohemian Rhapsody" is about, rock stars have often looked to the heavens for inspiration. Some have returned to that topic over and over again to great effect, including the original cosmic cowboy, David Bowie, who has written some of the best galaxy tunes of all time with "Space Oddity," "Ashes to Ashes," "Five Years," "Life on Mars" and "Starman."
And while deep space was long the go-to topic of choice for classic rockers (Rush' "Countdown," Elton John's "Rocket Man," Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive," Deep Purple's "Space Truckin',...
- 7/8/2011
- by Gil Kaufman
- MTV Newsroom
Because I’m a sick and severely twisted individual, I honestly can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of director Ryan Lightbourn’s extremely promising action/horror hybrid “Roid Rage”. Not only does it feature a carnivorous hemorrhoid ripping out some poor bastard’s eyeball, it also makes very good use of Shiny Toy Guns’ cover of Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom”. What more could you possibly ask for? Before you answer that pertinent question, be sure to properly investigate the embedded trailer. In fact, I won’t even bother prepping you with an official plot synopsis — just grab your ankles and dive right in. Did I mention this thing isn’t safe for work? Oh, yeah. This thing isn’t safe for work. Visit the official site for more details, wallpapers, and other goodies.
- 12/8/2010
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
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