We felt lucky last week when The Weinstein Company moved the release date of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie to September 21, more than a month earlier than we originally expected, but one group of blessed moviegoers in L.A. got to see "The Master" before any of us.
Before the Aero Theater in Santa Monica screened Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," the staff announced that there would be a secret screening afterward for anyone who wanted to stick around. Those smart enough to see what was happening were treated to the first public screening of "The Master," Anderson's newest film, which supposedly takes the foundations of Scientology as its inspiration.
Read some reactions from the screening after the jump!
Several of the attendees took the Twitter immediately after the screening to rave about the film, specifically the performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, but most of the...
Before the Aero Theater in Santa Monica screened Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," the staff announced that there would be a secret screening afterward for anyone who wanted to stick around. Those smart enough to see what was happening were treated to the first public screening of "The Master," Anderson's newest film, which supposedly takes the foundations of Scientology as its inspiration.
Read some reactions from the screening after the jump!
Several of the attendees took the Twitter immediately after the screening to rave about the film, specifically the performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, but most of the...
- 8/6/2012
- by Kevin P. Sullivan
- MTV Movies Blog
With Hollywood turning more of its attention to the world of graphic novels for inspiration, I'll cast the spotlight on a new comic book each week that has the potential to pack a theater or keep you glued to your television screens. At the end of each "Adapt This" column, you'll also find some thoughts from the industry's top comic creators about the books they'd like to see make the jump from page to screen.
This Week's Book: Dmz by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli
The Premise: After a second Civil War turns the island of Manhattan into a demilitarized zone, photojournalist Matthew Roth finds himself alone and abandoned when the news crew he accompanied to the island is killed in a firefight. As one of the few journalists on the ground in the Dmz, he begins reporting on the daily struggles for the 400,000 remaining inhabitants of the island, who are cut off from family,...
This Week's Book: Dmz by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli
The Premise: After a second Civil War turns the island of Manhattan into a demilitarized zone, photojournalist Matthew Roth finds himself alone and abandoned when the news crew he accompanied to the island is killed in a firefight. As one of the few journalists on the ground in the Dmz, he begins reporting on the daily struggles for the 400,000 remaining inhabitants of the island, who are cut off from family,...
- 8/17/2011
- by Rick Marshall
- ifc.com
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