We took Gene Hackman for granted, and he's making us pay for it.
Between 1964 and 2004, there wasn't a more reliably excellent film actor in the industry. He'd knock out two or three (or more!) movies a year, and even when they were dire propositions — like the Kryptonite-ridden "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" or Bob Clark's laugh-free buddy-cop comedy "Loose Cannons" — you knew Hackman would be present and compelling. He also never went too long between watchable films, so the charge that he was phoning it in (which was also leveled at his prolific contemporary Michael Caine) never made sense.
Hackman was — and, oh, how I hate to refer to this still-very-alive master's career in the past tense — a true working actor. He was grateful for the gigs and took them eagerly. He knew what it was to not only struggle but to be told there is no future...
Between 1964 and 2004, there wasn't a more reliably excellent film actor in the industry. He'd knock out two or three (or more!) movies a year, and even when they were dire propositions — like the Kryptonite-ridden "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" or Bob Clark's laugh-free buddy-cop comedy "Loose Cannons" — you knew Hackman would be present and compelling. He also never went too long between watchable films, so the charge that he was phoning it in (which was also leveled at his prolific contemporary Michael Caine) never made sense.
Hackman was — and, oh, how I hate to refer to this still-very-alive master's career in the past tense — a true working actor. He was grateful for the gigs and took them eagerly. He knew what it was to not only struggle but to be told there is no future...
- 4/14/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
By David Kozlowski | 11 August 2017
Welcome to Issue #8 of The Lrm Weekend, a weekly column offering strong opinions about film, TV, comics, Star Wars, Marvel, DC, animation, and anime. We also want to hear from you, our awesome Lrm community! Share your feedback or ideas for future columns: @LRM_Weekend and we'll post your Tweets below!
Previous Issues: 8.4.17 | 7.28.17 | 7.21.17 | 7.14.17 | 7.7.17 | 6.30.17
Hey Lrm Weekenders, we've got a bunch of cool stuff for you this week. In our editorial we'll examine the big Disney streaming service announcement and what it means for Netflix. We'll also dive into the career of master crime writer Elmore Leonard, assess Chuck Norris' fighting skills, and have some fun with 80s Action movies. Looking forward to your comments and feedback!
Netflix Is Poised To Dominate And It's All Disney's Fault
Disney's big announcement, to pull their films from Netflix and launch their own streaming service by 2019, might look like...
Welcome to Issue #8 of The Lrm Weekend, a weekly column offering strong opinions about film, TV, comics, Star Wars, Marvel, DC, animation, and anime. We also want to hear from you, our awesome Lrm community! Share your feedback or ideas for future columns: @LRM_Weekend and we'll post your Tweets below!
Previous Issues: 8.4.17 | 7.28.17 | 7.21.17 | 7.14.17 | 7.7.17 | 6.30.17
Hey Lrm Weekenders, we've got a bunch of cool stuff for you this week. In our editorial we'll examine the big Disney streaming service announcement and what it means for Netflix. We'll also dive into the career of master crime writer Elmore Leonard, assess Chuck Norris' fighting skills, and have some fun with 80s Action movies. Looking forward to your comments and feedback!
Netflix Is Poised To Dominate And It's All Disney's Fault
Disney's big announcement, to pull their films from Netflix and launch their own streaming service by 2019, might look like...
- 8/11/2017
- by David Kozlowski
- LRMonline.com
Last time on NCIS, the team rescued Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter's daughter from a kidnapper bent on revenge. Of course, Gibbs was one step ahead of the kidnappers the whole time. That's part of the reason why we love him.
This episode of NCIS, "Loose Cannons," finds the team investigating a murder that takes place when some crates of weapons are stolen. Dr. Cyril Taft (Jon Cryer) lends the team a hand, and an uncomfortable Tony runs into his ex-love, Dr. Jeanne Benoit (Scottie Thompson). I love it when Dr. Taft makes an appearance.
This episode of NCIS, "Loose Cannons," finds the team investigating a murder that takes place when some crates of weapons are stolen. Dr. Cyril Taft (Jon Cryer) lends the team a hand, and an uncomfortable Tony runs into his ex-love, Dr. Jeanne Benoit (Scottie Thompson). I love it when Dr. Taft makes an appearance.
- 2/23/2016
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Jon Cryer and Scottie Thompson both return to NCIS in "Loose Cannons," as Dr. Taft gets involved in the case and Tony seeks out Jeanne Benoit.
In this episode, Dr. Taft experiences the rush of an NCIS case after he is assigned surgical duty to Gibbs' suspect and discovers key evidence. Meanwhile, Tony visits Jeanne while chasing a lead involving doctors in Sudan.
In this episode, Dr. Taft experiences the rush of an NCIS case after he is assigned surgical duty to Gibbs' suspect and discovers key evidence. Meanwhile, Tony visits Jeanne while chasing a lead involving doctors in Sudan.
- 2/22/2016
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Recently, CBS dropped the new, official synopsis/description for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 16 of season 13. The episode is entitled, "Loose Cannons," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff take place as a new lead, prompts Tony to visit Jeanne Benoit. We'll also see a new Gibb's suspect get worked on by Doctor Taft, and more. In the new, 16th episode press release: Doctor Taft Experiences The Rush Of An NCIS Case After He Is Assigned Surgical Duty On Gibbs' Suspect And Finds Key Evidence. Press release number 2: Doctor Cyril Taft (Jon Cryer) will end up experiencing the rush of an NCIS case after he is assigned surgical duty to Gibb's suspect and discovers key evidence. Also, Dinozzo is going to pay Jeanne Benoit (Scottie Thompson) a visit as he chases a lead involving doctors in Sudan. Guest stars feature: Jon Cryer (Dr. Cyril...
- 2/16/2016
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Tony + Jeanne + dim lighting = ???
Some three months after their most unexpected reunion, NCIS‘ Tony Dinozzo and Dr. Jeanne Woods née Benoit will again have cause to reconnect, as seen in this exclusive photo.
RelatedMichael Weatherly Leaving NCIS: How Will Dinozzo Be Written Out?
In the Feb. 23 episode of TV’s most watched drama, titled “Loose Cannons,” Tony (played by Michael Weatherly) pays Jeanne (guest star Scottie Thompson) a visit as he chases a lead involving doctors in Sudan. And from the looks of it above, the two have a long night of… work… ahead of them.
And yes,...
Some three months after their most unexpected reunion, NCIS‘ Tony Dinozzo and Dr. Jeanne Woods née Benoit will again have cause to reconnect, as seen in this exclusive photo.
RelatedMichael Weatherly Leaving NCIS: How Will Dinozzo Be Written Out?
In the Feb. 23 episode of TV’s most watched drama, titled “Loose Cannons,” Tony (played by Michael Weatherly) pays Jeanne (guest star Scottie Thompson) a visit as he chases a lead involving doctors in Sudan. And from the looks of it above, the two have a long night of… work… ahead of them.
And yes,...
- 2/11/2016
- TVLine.com
It’s going to be a great week for fans of Dr. Dre, as his new record Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre will hit stores on Friday, August 7th.
The new record is said to be sparked by the forthcoming premiere of “Straight Outta Compton,” a biopic regarding the rise of Dre’s old hip hop group Nwa.
Dr. Dre told press, "I felt myself being so inspired by the movie that I started to record an album. It’s going to be my grand finale. The record is bananas."
The track list for Compton: A Soundtrack By Dre is:
1. "Intro"
2. "Talk About It" feat. King Mez & Justus
3. "Genocide" feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay
4. "It’s All on Me" feat. Justus & Bj the Chicago Kid
5. "All in a Day’s Work" feat. Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius
6. "Darkside/Gone" feat. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar
7. "Loose Cannons" feat.
The new record is said to be sparked by the forthcoming premiere of “Straight Outta Compton,” a biopic regarding the rise of Dre’s old hip hop group Nwa.
Dr. Dre told press, "I felt myself being so inspired by the movie that I started to record an album. It’s going to be my grand finale. The record is bananas."
The track list for Compton: A Soundtrack By Dre is:
1. "Intro"
2. "Talk About It" feat. King Mez & Justus
3. "Genocide" feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay
4. "It’s All on Me" feat. Justus & Bj the Chicago Kid
5. "All in a Day’s Work" feat. Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius
6. "Darkside/Gone" feat. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar
7. "Loose Cannons" feat.
- 8/3/2015
- GossipCenter
The Informant – a gripping crime thriller by Julien Leclercq’s that is inspired by real events – will be available on DVD and Blu-ray from 25 August 2014 and to celebrate, we have 3 Blu-rays to give away!
In order to free his family from financial worries, Marc Duval (Gilles Lellouche – Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Little White Lies, Tell No One), a Frenchman expatriated to Gibraltar, becomes a spy for French customs. From petty trafficking to shady cargo, he progressively wins the trust of Claudio Lanfredi (Riccardo Scamarcio – Loose Cannons), a powerful cocaine importer tied to the dangerous Columbian cartels.
This in-depth immersion in the world of drug trafficking forces Marc to take increasing risks. But, as he rises in the cartel hierarchy, he also discovers easy money, temptation and a luxury lifestyle.
Permanently living on a knife edge, only his lies keep him alive. When the English customs join the game to arrest Lanfredi,...
In order to free his family from financial worries, Marc Duval (Gilles Lellouche – Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Little White Lies, Tell No One), a Frenchman expatriated to Gibraltar, becomes a spy for French customs. From petty trafficking to shady cargo, he progressively wins the trust of Claudio Lanfredi (Riccardo Scamarcio – Loose Cannons), a powerful cocaine importer tied to the dangerous Columbian cartels.
This in-depth immersion in the world of drug trafficking forces Marc to take increasing risks. But, as he rises in the cartel hierarchy, he also discovers easy money, temptation and a luxury lifestyle.
Permanently living on a knife edge, only his lies keep him alive. When the English customs join the game to arrest Lanfredi,...
- 8/22/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The summer of 2001 was especially tense. Having just been through an unending presidential election, the U.S. seemed especially on edge. Even before the towers fell in September, the media was already pushing a large, unknown insurgency, it’s face gracing the cover of Time just a month before.
The infamous “Summer of the Shark” cover is today gawked upon, like Y2K or the Africanized bees that preceded it. After a media feeding frenzy, there is always a through-the-looking-glass “What were we so worried about?” perspective that takes hold once reason sets in. And, as such, post-9/11, America stopped looking to the ocean.
Killer shark movies have since been relegated to direct-to-dvd shlock from Roger Corman and The Asylum. However, just a few decades earlier, they were franchise-bait.
When Steven Spielberg was approached to direct a sequel to his first major success Jaws, he didn’t even bother responding. He...
The infamous “Summer of the Shark” cover is today gawked upon, like Y2K or the Africanized bees that preceded it. After a media feeding frenzy, there is always a through-the-looking-glass “What were we so worried about?” perspective that takes hold once reason sets in. And, as such, post-9/11, America stopped looking to the ocean.
Killer shark movies have since been relegated to direct-to-dvd shlock from Roger Corman and The Asylum. However, just a few decades earlier, they were franchise-bait.
When Steven Spielberg was approached to direct a sequel to his first major success Jaws, he didn’t even bother responding. He...
- 5/3/2014
- by Kenny Hedges
- SoundOnSight
Six emerging producers selected to join upcoming writers and support development of their stories.
After hosting a first module in August with 14 upcoming UK screenwriters, The Bureau’s Sos development programme is set to enter its second stage.
Six emerging producers have been selected to join the writers to support them during the development of their story – now at treatment stage - the aim being to fast track their own development experience while connecting with writers and writer-directors.
Selected Participants & Projects for Module II
Writers
Adam Dewar – The SafetyAl Mackay Mackay – The FarmAleem Khan – After LifeEd Hime – Last ChristmasJesse Quinones – Carlito Y JaneMatthew Knott – TrollOrhan Boztas - Twinelle
Producers
Amy BasilDavid AllainEmily MorganFarhana BuhlaJack TarlingJessica Levick
The newly selected producers includes Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Emily Morgan, who have been active in producing shorts since leaving the school, and Jack Tharling, a Newcastle-based producer with more than 20 shorts to his credit and production experience, currently co-producing...
After hosting a first module in August with 14 upcoming UK screenwriters, The Bureau’s Sos development programme is set to enter its second stage.
Six emerging producers have been selected to join the writers to support them during the development of their story – now at treatment stage - the aim being to fast track their own development experience while connecting with writers and writer-directors.
Selected Participants & Projects for Module II
Writers
Adam Dewar – The SafetyAl Mackay Mackay – The FarmAleem Khan – After LifeEd Hime – Last ChristmasJesse Quinones – Carlito Y JaneMatthew Knott – TrollOrhan Boztas - Twinelle
Producers
Amy BasilDavid AllainEmily MorganFarhana BuhlaJack TarlingJessica Levick
The newly selected producers includes Nfts graduates Jessica Levick and Emily Morgan, who have been active in producing shorts since leaving the school, and Jack Tharling, a Newcastle-based producer with more than 20 shorts to his credit and production experience, currently co-producing...
- 11/5/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
An actor shares his flat in Rome with a ghostly theatrical troupe in this beguiling tale from Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek
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This unexpectedly charming Italian ghost story finds an aspiring actor sharing an apartment with a theatrical troupe who disappeared in 1943, and who are still searching for news of their missing leading lady. Co-writer and director Ferzan Ozpetek, who made the equally poignant and touching Loose Cannons, spins a sprightly yarn from a tragicomic tale laced with engaging character vignettes and deft tonal shifts. There's real pleasure to be had watching the worlds of the living and the dead intermingle, and Ozpetek handles the supernatural elements with ease, balancing the magic and the mundane to rewarding effect.
Rating: 4/5
DramaMark Kermode
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This unexpectedly charming Italian ghost story finds an aspiring actor sharing an apartment with a theatrical troupe who disappeared in 1943, and who are still searching for news of their missing leading lady. Co-writer and director Ferzan Ozpetek, who made the equally poignant and touching Loose Cannons, spins a sprightly yarn from a tragicomic tale laced with engaging character vignettes and deft tonal shifts. There's real pleasure to be had watching the worlds of the living and the dead intermingle, and Ozpetek handles the supernatural elements with ease, balancing the magic and the mundane to rewarding effect.
Rating: 4/5
DramaMark Kermode
theguardian.com © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms...
- 10/26/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Writer Richard Matheson to update classic sci-fi novel for new 'existential action movie' that will include new scientific advances
The Incredible Shrinking Man is to be seen on the big screen once again after it was announced that Richard Matheson, the 86-year-old sci-fi novelist and screenwriter whose stories have formed the basis of films such as Steven Spielberg's Duel and the 2007 Will Smith vehicle I Am Legend, was to adapt his 1953 book The Shrinking Man for a second time.
Working with his son Richard Matheson Jr, the author plans an "existential action movie" that will hold true to the cold war themes of the novel and the Hugo award-winning 1957 film which followed it, while taking account of advances in science such as nanotechnology. "My original story was a metaphor for how man's place in the world was diminishing," Matheson told the Hollywood Reporter. "That still holds today, where all...
The Incredible Shrinking Man is to be seen on the big screen once again after it was announced that Richard Matheson, the 86-year-old sci-fi novelist and screenwriter whose stories have formed the basis of films such as Steven Spielberg's Duel and the 2007 Will Smith vehicle I Am Legend, was to adapt his 1953 book The Shrinking Man for a second time.
Working with his son Richard Matheson Jr, the author plans an "existential action movie" that will hold true to the cold war themes of the novel and the Hugo award-winning 1957 film which followed it, while taking account of advances in science such as nanotechnology. "My original story was a metaphor for how man's place in the world was diminishing," Matheson told the Hollywood Reporter. "That still holds today, where all...
- 2/14/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, November 12th 2012.
Pick(S) Of The Week
The Arrival of Wang (DVD)
When Chinese-language interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a job that pays a fortune, she can’t believe her luck. This time, however, is going to be a little different. After being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous ‘Wang’. Who is Wang and what does he want? Disturbed by the way the interrogation is conducted by...
Pick(S) Of The Week
The Arrival of Wang (DVD)
When Chinese-language interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a job that pays a fortune, she can’t believe her luck. This time, however, is going to be a little different. After being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous ‘Wang’. Who is Wang and what does he want? Disturbed by the way the interrogation is conducted by...
- 11/12/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
14th Mumbai Film Festival (Mff) announced its complete lineup today in a press conference. Mff will be held from October 18th to 25th at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Ncpa) and Inox, Nariman Point, Liberty Cinemas, Marine Lines as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri and Cinemax Sion as the satellite venues. Click here to watch trailers and highlights from the festival.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
Here is the complete list of films to be screened during the festival (October 18-25)
International Competition for the First Feature Films of Directors
1. From Tuesday To Tuesday (De Martes A Martes)
Dir.: Gustavo Fernandez Triviño (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 111′)
2. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis)
Dir.: Armando Bo (Argentina / 2012 / Col. / 91′)
3. The Sapphires
Dir.: Wayne Blair (Australia / 2012 / Col. / 103′)
4. The Wall (Die Wand)
Dir.: Julian Pölsler (Austria-Germany / 2012 / Col. / 108′)
5. Teddy Bear (10 timer til Paradis)
Dir.: Mads Matthiesen (Denmark / 2012 / Col. / 93′)
6. Augustine
Dir.: Alice Winccour (France / 2012 / Col.
- 9/24/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
“The Arrival of Wang” is a sci-fi movie from the Mannetti brothers that’s scheduled to play Frightfest in London on Saturday 25th. (Forget about tickets. It’s sold out.) I guess you could go into this not knowing that it’s an alien movie, but one glance at the poster will pretty much ruin that. Or heck, the teaser trailer. The synopsis below certainly does a fine job of hiding it, though I’m not sure what the point is. When Chinese-language interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a job that pays a fortune, she can’t believe her luck. This time, however, is going to be a little different. After being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous ‘Wang’. Who is Wang and what does he want? Disturbed by...
- 8/17/2012
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
As the official drinks sponsors of the Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House, Bordeaux Wines have offered HeyUGuys a pair of tickets to the exclusive (and sold out!) UK premiere of Lawless, starring Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Shia Labeouf and Jessica Chastain, on 27th August 2012.
The Film4 Summer Screen is returning to Somerset House from 16th to 27th August so you will be attending the closing night screening that involves the exclusive, giant outdoor film screening, a Bordeaux Wines sampling bar and, for the early birds, The Loose Cannons performing as guest DJs to entertain the audience pre-film.
Bordeaux Wines will be offering tastings from a selection of their 2012 Everyday Bordeaux list on the night as well; all these wines have been recommended by the Association of Wine Educators and are widely available in the UK at prices between £6-£20.
So bring a picnic and a blanket and buy a glass,...
The Film4 Summer Screen is returning to Somerset House from 16th to 27th August so you will be attending the closing night screening that involves the exclusive, giant outdoor film screening, a Bordeaux Wines sampling bar and, for the early birds, The Loose Cannons performing as guest DJs to entertain the audience pre-film.
Bordeaux Wines will be offering tastings from a selection of their 2012 Everyday Bordeaux list on the night as well; all these wines have been recommended by the Association of Wine Educators and are widely available in the UK at prices between £6-£20.
So bring a picnic and a blanket and buy a glass,...
- 8/15/2012
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Man, seems you can’t do anything these days without being teased by Wang. Wait, what? No! Not that, you filth! We’re talking about The Manetti Bros’ intergalactic urchin, landing on DVD in the UK on October 8th. Ahead of his visit, we have a tasty little teaser trailer for you!
Synopsis::
Interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a fortune by security forces to use her Chinese-language skills on a very special, highly secretive job. Her curiosity means she accepts, and after being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room under the watchful eye of the domineering Inspector Curti (Ennio Fantastichini, Loose Cannons) where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous 'Wang'. But who exactly is the mysterious visitor, and what does he want? Gaia uncovers some startling truths that not only jeopardise her position but could also...
Synopsis::
Interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a fortune by security forces to use her Chinese-language skills on a very special, highly secretive job. Her curiosity means she accepts, and after being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside a pitch-black room under the watchful eye of the domineering Inspector Curti (Ennio Fantastichini, Loose Cannons) where she is asked to interpret the harsh interrogation of the eponymous 'Wang'. But who exactly is the mysterious visitor, and what does he want? Gaia uncovers some startling truths that not only jeopardise her position but could also...
- 7/28/2012
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
We see plugs for independent movies here at 24fps almost daily, but its not every day that one stops us dead in out tracks, but this little gem of a sci-fi horror - The Arrival of Wang - from Italian directors the Manetti Brothers, has done just that. The Arrival of Wang has been causing a buzz on the festival circuit recently, and is due for a screening at UK premiere horror event The London Frightfest this August, following up with a release in September! Right, enough of the chit-chat...check out the new UK teaser trailer to see why it’s caught our eye....Big time. Synopsis: Interpreter Gaia (Francesca Cuttica) is offered a fortune by security forces to use her Chinese-language skills on a very special, highly secretive job. Her curiosity means she accepts and after being escorted to a secret location in Rome, she is locked inside...
- 7/27/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Happy Father's Day to all the readers celebrating their dad today whether or not he's a movie-lover. Especially big props go out to the proud papa readers out there raising their own movie-mad tots. (Please tell me you're starting them young! If so, I approve.)
Today is my first father's day without my own dad so to distract me from this distressing realization which ruined an otherwise wonderful morning chez moi, I wrote this impromptu brain vomit list. Feel free to share your own in the comments...
The royal clan in Brave (2012)
Thoughts I Had on the Six Most Recent Movie Dads Screened
"King Fergus" (Billy Connolly) in Brave
I don't want to give too much away about Pixar's first "princess" movie, but let it suffice to say that I was very surprised that the Queen and not just the princess is so major in the narrative. It really is...
Today is my first father's day without my own dad so to distract me from this distressing realization which ruined an otherwise wonderful morning chez moi, I wrote this impromptu brain vomit list. Feel free to share your own in the comments...
The royal clan in Brave (2012)
Thoughts I Had on the Six Most Recent Movie Dads Screened
"King Fergus" (Billy Connolly) in Brave
I don't want to give too much away about Pixar's first "princess" movie, but let it suffice to say that I was very surprised that the Queen and not just the princess is so major in the narrative. It really is...
- 6/17/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
One could argue, and some did, that we didn't need another Alien movie after four regular features and Alien vs. Predator mash-ups. One could argue, though no one bothered to, that we didn't need another Madagascar. Yet both films had robust attention from audiences for their opening weekend. When all the new entries are crowd-interest family films always win since they have better legs at the box office. Their target audience doesn't even require legs to get to them since they're carried to or wheeled to the movie theaters question via their parental units.
an unlikely franchise showdown: Aliens vs. Madagascar
The Dirty (Box Office) Dozen
01 Madagascar 3 new $603
02 Prometheus new $50.0
03 Snow White And The Huntsman $23 (cum $98.5) Review & Sequel Plans
04 Mib 3 $13.5 (cum $135.5)
05 The Avengers $10.8 (cum $571.8) Review
06 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel $3.2 (cum. $31) Review
07 What To Expect When you're Expecting $2.7 (cum. $35.7)
08 Battleship $2.2 (cum $59.8)
09 The Dictator $2.1 (cum $55.1)
10 Moonrise Kingdom $1.5 (cum $3.7) (Wes Anderson...
an unlikely franchise showdown: Aliens vs. Madagascar
The Dirty (Box Office) Dozen
01 Madagascar 3 new $603
02 Prometheus new $50.0
03 Snow White And The Huntsman $23 (cum $98.5) Review & Sequel Plans
04 Mib 3 $13.5 (cum $135.5)
05 The Avengers $10.8 (cum $571.8) Review
06 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel $3.2 (cum. $31) Review
07 What To Expect When you're Expecting $2.7 (cum. $35.7)
08 Battleship $2.2 (cum $59.8)
09 The Dictator $2.1 (cum $55.1)
10 Moonrise Kingdom $1.5 (cum $3.7) (Wes Anderson...
- 6/10/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
A sun-soaked, jewel-toned dramedy of long-buried secrets and upturned tradition set amidst a sprawling family pasta empire in southern Italy, the 2010 film Loose Cannons (getting a Stateside VOD release today thanks to Focus Features) bears more similarities to a longform Bertolli ad than it does to most American gay films.
And this is a good thing.
Kicking off with a flashback of a hysterical woman in a wedding dress running into weathered ruins to shoot herself in front of an achingly handsome young man in an impeccably-tailored suit - and then quickly jumping to the present, where young, beautiful people zoom around in sports cars while large, pasta-obsessed families sit around huge tables and talk with their hands, Loose Cannons seems right out of the gate to be the most quentessentially Italian movie since Fellini hung up his nun's habit and clown shoes.
But soon enough the story makes a...
And this is a good thing.
Kicking off with a flashback of a hysterical woman in a wedding dress running into weathered ruins to shoot herself in front of an achingly handsome young man in an impeccably-tailored suit - and then quickly jumping to the present, where young, beautiful people zoom around in sports cars while large, pasta-obsessed families sit around huge tables and talk with their hands, Loose Cannons seems right out of the gate to be the most quentessentially Italian movie since Fellini hung up his nun's habit and clown shoes.
But soon enough the story makes a...
- 6/1/2012
- by brian
- The Backlot
As revealed last month, Dan Aykroyd doesn’t leave the Rv for anything less than the money he deserves, nor will he work with anyone beyond the A-list that he fought and clawed and starred in Loose Cannons to get on. So now that his plans to reunite with Bill Murray on Ghostbusters 3 have been stymied by Murray’s complete and total indifference to the wishes of his close, personal friend, Aykroyd is looking ahead to another team-up with a former collaborator of his unique caliber by announcing that he is currently working on an unspecified project with Chevy ...
- 3/20/2012
- avclub.com
Comedian/actor Russell Brand was honored as the "Man of the Year" at the 22nd Friendly House Annual Gala Awards.
Watch all the red carpet action!
As he accepted the award, Brand said, "This is a call to action; we all need to step up to the plate of citizens of the planet and do our part."
Broadcasting veteran Pat O'Brien, who hosts "Loose Cannons" for Fox Sports, served as Master of Ceremonies.
For more information on Friendly House,...
Watch all the red carpet action!
As he accepted the award, Brand said, "This is a call to action; we all need to step up to the plate of citizens of the planet and do our part."
Broadcasting veteran Pat O'Brien, who hosts "Loose Cannons" for Fox Sports, served as Master of Ceremonies.
For more information on Friendly House,...
- 11/1/2011
- Extra
Enter the Void; Burlesque; On Tour; The Tourist; Loose Cannons; Abel
Say what you like about Gaspar Noé, the man has a vision. Watching his latest art-exploitation mash-up Enter the Void (2009, Entertainment One, 18), in which the soul of a young man floats through the neon-lit streets of Tokyo after being violently killed in a toilet, is an extraordinary, if ultimately somewhat empty, experience. Imagine ingesting a vast amount of hallucinogenic drugs while skim-reading The Tibetan Book of the Dead and watching the final reel of 2001, and then sticking your head into one of those machines which makes pink candyfloss – in a strip club.
As always with Noé, everything is turned up to 11, from the cod metaphysics to the ear-bashing soundtrack, the retina-scorching visuals and the obsession with the mechanics of hardcore (remember the Vapors' catchy/creepy 80s hit "Turning Japanese" which wanted "a doctor to take your picture so I...
Say what you like about Gaspar Noé, the man has a vision. Watching his latest art-exploitation mash-up Enter the Void (2009, Entertainment One, 18), in which the soul of a young man floats through the neon-lit streets of Tokyo after being violently killed in a toilet, is an extraordinary, if ultimately somewhat empty, experience. Imagine ingesting a vast amount of hallucinogenic drugs while skim-reading The Tibetan Book of the Dead and watching the final reel of 2001, and then sticking your head into one of those machines which makes pink candyfloss – in a strip club.
As always with Noé, everything is turned up to 11, from the cod metaphysics to the ear-bashing soundtrack, the retina-scorching visuals and the obsession with the mechanics of hardcore (remember the Vapors' catchy/creepy 80s hit "Turning Japanese" which wanted "a doctor to take your picture so I...
- 4/26/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Loose Cannons/Mine Vaganti
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writtem by Ivan Cotroneo & Ferzan Ozpetek
Italy, 2010
Ferzan Ozpetek’s comedy drama Loose Cannons springs a few surprises – not least the long-forgotten voices of Spanish disco duo Baccara on the soundtrack. The dubious musical selections sound a jarring note in what is otherwise a witty and well-crafted tale of dysfunction within a bourgeois Italian family. To borrow that memorable last line from one of the greatest screen comedies: “Nobody’s perfect.”
Tommaso Cantone (Riccardo Scamarcio) and his elder brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) are about to take over the reins of the family’s pasta business in southern Italy. But Tommaso, a writer who now lives in Rome, is determined to go his own way. He confides to his brother that he plans to come out to his relatives at an important dinner that evening. In the ultimate act of filial betrayal, Antonio steals...
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writtem by Ivan Cotroneo & Ferzan Ozpetek
Italy, 2010
Ferzan Ozpetek’s comedy drama Loose Cannons springs a few surprises – not least the long-forgotten voices of Spanish disco duo Baccara on the soundtrack. The dubious musical selections sound a jarring note in what is otherwise a witty and well-crafted tale of dysfunction within a bourgeois Italian family. To borrow that memorable last line from one of the greatest screen comedies: “Nobody’s perfect.”
Tommaso Cantone (Riccardo Scamarcio) and his elder brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) are about to take over the reins of the family’s pasta business in southern Italy. But Tommaso, a writer who now lives in Rome, is determined to go his own way. He confides to his brother that he plans to come out to his relatives at an important dinner that evening. In the ultimate act of filial betrayal, Antonio steals...
- 4/7/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
Charlie Sheen has let loose again at his CBS bosses in yet another radio rant - this time calling into former Access Hollywood host Pat O'Brien's Fox Sports radio show, "Loose Cannons," on Friday afternoon, dubbing "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre and executive producer Lee Aronsohn "a couple of AA [Alcoholics ...
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 2/26/2011
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
Charlie Sheen says he would still return to Two and Half Men for a ninth season as long as series creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre wasn't around.
Charlie Sheen: The history of a promising acting career
Continuing an anti-Lorre tirade that began Thursday morning on the Alex Jones Show radio program, Sheen unleashed more harsh words about his boss Friday afternoon on Pat O'Brien's Loose Cannons radio show.
"If they want to roll back to Season 9, I...
Read More >...
Charlie Sheen: The history of a promising acting career
Continuing an anti-Lorre tirade that began Thursday morning on the Alex Jones Show radio program, Sheen unleashed more harsh words about his boss Friday afternoon on Pat O'Brien's Loose Cannons radio show.
"If they want to roll back to Season 9, I...
Read More >...
- 2/26/2011
- by Natalie Abrams
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Charlie’s rants might cost him his career and every shred of dignity he has left — but the crazy keeps on coming!
Charlie Sheen’s erratic behavior caused this season of Two and a Half Men to go dark on Feb. 24, mostly due to the super-troubled star’s epic rants. The ball started rolling yesterday when Charlie went nuts on a Feb. 24 radio interview on The Alex Jones Show, dropping a ton of insults to the show’s creators and inspiring CBS to issue the following statement: “Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition, CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decided to discontinue production of Two and a Half Men for the remainder of the season.” But what did Charlie say that made CBS so worried?
We chose our our favorite crazy moments from the interview, which likely inspired the network and production company to...
Charlie Sheen’s erratic behavior caused this season of Two and a Half Men to go dark on Feb. 24, mostly due to the super-troubled star’s epic rants. The ball started rolling yesterday when Charlie went nuts on a Feb. 24 radio interview on The Alex Jones Show, dropping a ton of insults to the show’s creators and inspiring CBS to issue the following statement: “Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition, CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decided to discontinue production of Two and a Half Men for the remainder of the season.” But what did Charlie say that made CBS so worried?
We chose our our favorite crazy moments from the interview, which likely inspired the network and production company to...
- 2/25/2011
- by William Earl
- HollywoodLife
Hey, guess what? Charlie Sheen called into a radio show and ripped his bosses on "Two and a Half Men" Friday!
We know: shocking.
The venue Friday (Feb. 25) was the "Loose Cannons" show on Fox Sports Radio, hosted by Pat O'Brien (who introduced Sheen as a "dear friend"). On the subject of "Two and a Half Men," we got a couple now-familiar insults at creators Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn ("hypocrites," "turds") as well as a new one: "I just don't go out of my way to hassle people, and I kept asking for that respect," he says. "And I couldn't get it. I couldn't get it. Those guys are a couple of AA Nazis."
Sheen also tells O'Brien that if CBS still wants to make "Two and a Half Men" with him next season, he's there: "If they want to roll back with Season 9, I gave them my word,...
We know: shocking.
The venue Friday (Feb. 25) was the "Loose Cannons" show on Fox Sports Radio, hosted by Pat O'Brien (who introduced Sheen as a "dear friend"). On the subject of "Two and a Half Men," we got a couple now-familiar insults at creators Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn ("hypocrites," "turds") as well as a new one: "I just don't go out of my way to hassle people, and I kept asking for that respect," he says. "And I couldn't get it. I couldn't get it. Those guys are a couple of AA Nazis."
Sheen also tells O'Brien that if CBS still wants to make "Two and a Half Men" with him next season, he's there: "If they want to roll back with Season 9, I gave them my word,...
- 2/25/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Who needs Two and a Half Men when we got Charlie Sheen in real life? Apparently not content to let sleeping dogs lie, the TV star otherwise known as Carlos Estevez phoned in today to Fox Sports Radio's Loose Cannons with pal Pat O'Brien and once again went off on Two and a Half Men, calling the show a "pukefest" and producers Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn "Nazis." The outburst came a day after Sheen caught flak from Jewish groups for a "borderline" anti-Semitic comment when he referred to Lorre by the Hebrew version of his name, Chaim Levine. Uh-oh. Asked by O'Brien, himself no stranger to substance abuse and rehab, about what happened with CBS and Warner Bros. TV...
- 2/25/2011
- E! Online
I bet many Warner Bros. TV and CBS executives are having second thoughts about going into great lengths in May to bring Charlie Sheen back to Two and a Half Men for 2 more years. Over the last few weeks, and particularly over the past 24 hours, the show's star has evolved from a nuisance and a sideshow into a full-blown PR nightmare for the network and the studio behind the hit sitcom. And there is no end in sight as Sheen continued his parade on radio shows and online gossip sites with rants against Two and a Half Men showrunner Chuck Lorre, Wbtv and CBS. They reveal an ugly rift between Sheen and Lorre. "He had had these feelings for Chuck for years, but kept them bottled up," one insider said. "Now, with all the drugs, he has has no filter and speaks what's on his mind." Sheen's latest outburst happened...
- 2/25/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Charlie Sheen's show, Two and a Half Men, halted production after he blasted creator Chuck Lorre Thursday but the actor is still enjoying his time in the Bahamas - and says "defeat is not an option." As he's relaxing, Sheen said he's contemplating his next project. "It's called life and fatherhood and fun. I get to step back into the light," he said Friday on the radio show Loose Cannons. His interview was characteristically frank and lively, as well as rambling and slightly unintelligible at times. Vacationing with "the most amazing women a guy could ever hope to find and to bond with,...
- 2/25/2011
- by Sara Hammel
- PEOPLE.com
Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti, Ferzan Ozpetek) is an Italian comedy about Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio), a young man who returns home planning to announce to his family that he is gay. However, his older brother Antonio beats him to it: he has been hiding his own homosexuality, and makes his announcement first. Both brothers want the freedom to openly live the lives they desire, and the younger brother wants to avoid the responsibility of running the family pasta factory. After his father’s reaction to Antonio’s announcement, however, it begins to look like he will be stuck with the family business forever.
If Loose Cannons were a consumer product, it would be among the luxury goods: soft leather, polished wood, and fine, hand-crafted details. And yet unlike most luxury items, the film is comfortable and unpretentious: you feel almost immediately at ease with it. And the pleasure of Loose Cannons...
If Loose Cannons were a consumer product, it would be among the luxury goods: soft leather, polished wood, and fine, hand-crafted details. And yet unlike most luxury items, the film is comfortable and unpretentious: you feel almost immediately at ease with it. And the pleasure of Loose Cannons...
- 1/8/2011
- by Alison Frank
- The Moving Arts Journal
Well, At Least I Won't Get Called Poncy Again. I Hope....
As you read this week's column, I'll already be attending the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour down in Pasadena, California. And before I've attended a single panel, I can already pretty much guarantee this is going to be one of the weaker (gay) tours in memory. For starters, CBS hasn't given us a single screener for their two new shows (which sound utterly conventional and appear to be gay free. Shock!) and even ABC which is reliably gay-friendly, doesn't have anything that looks terribly promising.
Honestly, Starz looks to be the best bet between Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Torchwood, but since for some reason, Russell T Davies won't be available for me to interview during the TCA, even that won't take up quite as much as my time. Fortunately, Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight is available...
As you read this week's column, I'll already be attending the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour down in Pasadena, California. And before I've attended a single panel, I can already pretty much guarantee this is going to be one of the weaker (gay) tours in memory. For starters, CBS hasn't given us a single screener for their two new shows (which sound utterly conventional and appear to be gay free. Shock!) and even ABC which is reliably gay-friendly, doesn't have anything that looks terribly promising.
Honestly, Starz looks to be the best bet between Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Torchwood, but since for some reason, Russell T Davies won't be available for me to interview during the TCA, even that won't take up quite as much as my time. Fortunately, Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight is available...
- 1/7/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
Pre-Christmas snow put the brakes on Tron: Legacy, but at least it did better than disappointing Burlesque and Fred: The Movie
Snow 1, Tron 0When you release a film in spring or early summer, you always run the risk that a freak sunny weekend will play havoc with your box office. In winter, however bad the weather, it's rare for conditions to be so severe that it deters potential cinemagoers from leaving their homes. So whatever you think of Disney's decision to reactivate its long-dormant Tron property – gutsy move or standard Hollywood creative atrophy – it's hard not to feel some sympathy for the unlucky timing of the UK release.
The last weekend before Christmas, with schools across the country breaking up for the festive holiday, should be the right time to release a film with family appeal. Tron: Legacy debuted with a lacklustre £1.97m, below the opening of the previous week's Chronicles of Narnia instalment,...
Snow 1, Tron 0When you release a film in spring or early summer, you always run the risk that a freak sunny weekend will play havoc with your box office. In winter, however bad the weather, it's rare for conditions to be so severe that it deters potential cinemagoers from leaving their homes. So whatever you think of Disney's decision to reactivate its long-dormant Tron property – gutsy move or standard Hollywood creative atrophy – it's hard not to feel some sympathy for the unlucky timing of the UK release.
The last weekend before Christmas, with schools across the country breaking up for the festive holiday, should be the right time to release a film with family appeal. Tron: Legacy debuted with a lacklustre £1.97m, below the opening of the previous week's Chronicles of Narnia instalment,...
- 12/21/2010
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Ferzan Özpetek, a Turkish director trained and living in Italy, made his impressive debut in 1997 with Hamam, in which a handsome middle-class Italian and his pretty wife inherit an old Turkish bathhouse in Istanbul that spectacularly transforms their lives. His elegant, deeply romantic films since then have mostly been set in Rome and evoked comparison with Pedro Almodóvar. But his new one, Loose Cannons, takes place in Lecce, the capital of Puglia, a southern, culturally conservative city in the heel of Italy. Tommaso, an ambitious would-be novelist long absent in Rome, returns to his wealthy family determined to break the news that he is gay. Unfortunately at the dinner party he's chosen for his bombshell, his brother Antonio, who manages the family's world-renowned pasta factory, gets in first to announce his gayness. Dad has a heart attack, Antonio is banished, and Tommaso has to take over the firm.
It's overlong...
It's overlong...
- 12/19/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Tron: Legacy (PG)
(Joseph Kosinski, 2010, Us) Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde. 125 mins
Less a brand-new vision of the future than an upgrade of the old one, this reboot delivers digital thrills beyond your wildest electric dreams, but ties itself in knots with an analogue-era plot. There's sleek, sexy design, gladiatorial arcade game action and Daft Punk-scored retro styling, but questions pile up as Hedlund seeks to rescue his long-lost Zen-spouting dad (old Jeff Bridges) from Tron-world and its evil techno-führer (young Jeff Bridges).
Burlesque (12A)
(Steve Antin, 2010, Us) Christina Aguilera, Cher, Cam Gigandet. 119 mins
A rags-to-riches showbiz fable that makes Mariah Carey's Glitter look self-effacing and Showgirls avant garde. The mask of Cher presides over a bitchy La club where Aguilera's talent for warbling while modelling frilly lingerie eventually shines through.
Catfish (12A)
(Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2010, Us) 84 mins
The perils of social media are spelt...
(Joseph Kosinski, 2010, Us) Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde. 125 mins
Less a brand-new vision of the future than an upgrade of the old one, this reboot delivers digital thrills beyond your wildest electric dreams, but ties itself in knots with an analogue-era plot. There's sleek, sexy design, gladiatorial arcade game action and Daft Punk-scored retro styling, but questions pile up as Hedlund seeks to rescue his long-lost Zen-spouting dad (old Jeff Bridges) from Tron-world and its evil techno-führer (young Jeff Bridges).
Burlesque (12A)
(Steve Antin, 2010, Us) Christina Aguilera, Cher, Cam Gigandet. 119 mins
A rags-to-riches showbiz fable that makes Mariah Carey's Glitter look self-effacing and Showgirls avant garde. The mask of Cher presides over a bitchy La club where Aguilera's talent for warbling while modelling frilly lingerie eventually shines through.
Catfish (12A)
(Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2010, Us) 84 mins
The perils of social media are spelt...
- 12/18/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
This week Jason Solomons delves into the complex world of social networking when he meets Nev Schulman, the subject of Catfish, a documentary that traces the Facebook romance between New Yorker Nev and Megan from rural Michigan. As their relationship deepens and Nev heads out on a misson to meet his sweetheart it transpires that reality is in this instance much stranger then fiction.
Continuing in this eerie vein, Jason meets British director Richard Bracewell whose thriller Cuckoo follows the story of medical student Polly, who fears for her sanity. The lead is played by Laura Fraser but there are also great central performances from Richard E Grant and Tamsin Greig.
Xan Brooks is on hand to review some of this week's other releases including Tron: Legacy, starring Jeff Bridges young and old; Cher and Christina Aguilera high-kicking their way through Burlesque; Italian drama Loose Cannons and two classic re-issues:...
Continuing in this eerie vein, Jason meets British director Richard Bracewell whose thriller Cuckoo follows the story of medical student Polly, who fears for her sanity. The lead is played by Laura Fraser but there are also great central performances from Richard E Grant and Tamsin Greig.
Xan Brooks is on hand to review some of this week's other releases including Tron: Legacy, starring Jeff Bridges young and old; Cher and Christina Aguilera high-kicking their way through Burlesque; Italian drama Loose Cannons and two classic re-issues:...
- 12/16/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps
- The Guardian - Film News
HeyUGuys brings you the latest in World Cinema film trailers in association with Film Dates UK.
We’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
For those who’ve yet to embark on their journey into the foreign movie world, here’s a beautiful and carefully crafted video tribute to the vibrant world of foreign cinema.
Manmadhan Ambu UK Cinema Release Date: Thursday 16th December...
We’ll be showcasing some of most anticipated foreign releases as well as highlighting a few hidden gems which may have fallen off your radar. It’s no surprise that Hollywood has turned to World Cinema for inspiration in recent years with the number of remakes getting more and more popular.
Whilst it remains to be seen how many of these remakes go on to succeed or stay true to their original story counterparts, we decided it was high-time we turned the spotlight onto the next wave of foreign films to grace our screens.
For those who’ve yet to embark on their journey into the foreign movie world, here’s a beautiful and carefully crafted video tribute to the vibrant world of foreign cinema.
Manmadhan Ambu UK Cinema Release Date: Thursday 16th December...
- 12/14/2010
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Somewhere (15)
(Sofia Coppola, 2010, Us) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. 98 mins
Let's see: a poor little lost girl; a distant, powerful father figure; artsy observations on wealth and fame – Coppola's hardly hurling herself out of her comfort zone. But there's just enough to make it work, with Dorff's disengaged movie star struggling to bond with his daughter, get a life and check out of Hotel California. It's an almost structureless essay on how celebrity is wasted on the famous.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG)
(Michael Apted, 2010, Us) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes. 113 mins
The seafaring odyssey was always the series' most cinematic proposition, and if you can get over the stagey acting and religious homilies, it's a solid kids' adventure.
The Tourist (12A)
(Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2010, Us/Fra) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. 103 mins
With its handsome leads, Venetian locations and wrong-man intrigues,...
(Sofia Coppola, 2010, Us) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. 98 mins
Let's see: a poor little lost girl; a distant, powerful father figure; artsy observations on wealth and fame – Coppola's hardly hurling herself out of her comfort zone. But there's just enough to make it work, with Dorff's disengaged movie star struggling to bond with his daughter, get a life and check out of Hotel California. It's an almost structureless essay on how celebrity is wasted on the famous.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG)
(Michael Apted, 2010, Us) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes. 113 mins
The seafaring odyssey was always the series' most cinematic proposition, and if you can get over the stagey acting and religious homilies, it's a solid kids' adventure.
The Tourist (12A)
(Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2010, Us/Fra) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. 103 mins
With its handsome leads, Venetian locations and wrong-man intrigues,...
- 12/11/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
While his last few films may have failed to make any headway with discerning film fans, it seems Ferzan Ozpetek’s latest effort is set to reward faithful audiences the world over.
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
Set in the Puglia region of Italy’s deep south, the Turkish-Italian director’s Loose Cannons is a light-hearted but considerate outing filled with unabashed passion and affection for its characters and story. Touching on themes of family, love, sexual identity, prejudice and bigotry, Ozpetek’s latest fare is both heartfelt and heart-warming, dipping a comedic toe into the oft-told tale of a young man coming to terms with who he really is.
Tommaso (Roccardo Scamarcio) is the youngest child in the large and very eccentric Cantone family. His mother Stefania (Lunetta Savino), is loving and caring, but trapped by bourgeois conventions; while his father, Vincenzo (Ennio Fantastichini), has dangerously high expectations of his children and is just...
- 12/9/2010
- Shadowlocked
David from Victim of the Time, reporting from the 54th BFI London Film Festival.
I've been engrossed in this festival for so long now, it already feels like it's winding down; in fact, there's another week to go, with Danny Boyle's 127 Hours the closing night gala next Thursday evening. Perhaps my feeling comes from the fact that my most anticipated film is just around the corner: yes, I too fell under the spell of the Black Swan trailer, and it hits my eyeballs tomorrow. I'm at fever pitch. Today, though, we visit Italia and Quebec, but not before a British perennial delivers once again...
Lesley Manville.
I realise I have a tendency to waffle, so I thought I’d get straight to the point.
I had my problems with Another Year, but, as you’ve heard (and heard, and heard), Lesley Manville is absolutely superb in it. I’d heard that too,...
I've been engrossed in this festival for so long now, it already feels like it's winding down; in fact, there's another week to go, with Danny Boyle's 127 Hours the closing night gala next Thursday evening. Perhaps my feeling comes from the fact that my most anticipated film is just around the corner: yes, I too fell under the spell of the Black Swan trailer, and it hits my eyeballs tomorrow. I'm at fever pitch. Today, though, we visit Italia and Quebec, but not before a British perennial delivers once again...
Lesley Manville.
I realise I have a tendency to waffle, so I thought I’d get straight to the point.
I had my problems with Another Year, but, as you’ve heard (and heard, and heard), Lesley Manville is absolutely superb in it. I’d heard that too,...
- 10/21/2010
- by Dave
- FilmExperience
This is the Pure Movies trailer for Loose Cannons, directed by Ferzan Ozpetek and starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Ennio Fantastichini, Lunetta Savino, Ilaria Occhini, Elena Sofia Ricci, Bianca Nappi, Massimiliano Gallo, Paola Minaccioni and Crescenza Guarnieri. Celebrated award-winning director Ferzan Özpetek’s outrageous family comedy lifts the lid on a multi-generational household coming to terms with a rapidly modernising world, and the broadening social acceptance that comes with it. No other nationality respects their food and family gatherings with the fervour and zest of the Italians, but when it comes to the Cantone family, some things are better left well away from the dinner table and in the closet!
- 10/16/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
Mathias Domahidy in Jean-Luc Godard‘s Film Socialism (top); Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff in Sam Taylor Wood‘s Nowhere Boy (upper middle); Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski‘s The Ghost Writer (lower middle); Semih Kaplanoglu‘s Honey (bottom) Jean-Luc Godard‘s mind-boggling Film Socialism, Semih Kaplanoglu‘s Berlin Film Festival winner Bal / Honey, Roman Polanski‘s thriller The Ghost Writer, Samuel Maoz‘s 2009 Venice Film Festival winner Lebanon, Ferzan Ozpetek‘s (gay) family comedy Loose Cannons, Sam Taylor Wood‘s young John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, and Juan José Campanella‘s Academy Award-winning The Secret in Their Eyes are among the 46 titles in consideration for the 2010 European Film Awards. [Full list of 2010 European Film Award semi-finalists.] Those semi-finalists, most of which are co-productions hail from 32 countries, chiefly Germany (nine titles), France (seven), the United Kingdom (five), and Italy (five). Titles released in 2009 are included because the European Film Awards — to its detriment — don’t follow [...]...
- 9/9/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Cologne, Germany -- Roman Polanski's political thriller "The Ghost Writer," Mike Leigh's melancholic drama "Another Year" and Berlin Film Fest winner "Honey" from Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu are among the features on the European Film Academy's 46-title long list for this year's European Film Awards.
Other high-profile films on the Efa long list include Samuel Maoz's Venice Film Fest winner "Lebanon," Stephen Frears' comic-book adaptation "Tamara Drewe" and "Oliver Assayas' five-and-a-half hour terrorist biopic "Carlos."
The 20 countries with the most Efa Members each picked a national feature, with the remaining 12 selected by the Efa selection committee. The 2,300 European Film Academy members will vote for the official nominees, which will be announced at the Sevilla Film Festival in Spain on Nov. 6.
The 23rd European Film Awards will be held in Tallinn, Estonia Dec. 4.
The long list of nominees for the 2010 European Film Awards:
European Film Awards 2010
"3 Seasons In Hell,...
Other high-profile films on the Efa long list include Samuel Maoz's Venice Film Fest winner "Lebanon," Stephen Frears' comic-book adaptation "Tamara Drewe" and "Oliver Assayas' five-and-a-half hour terrorist biopic "Carlos."
The 20 countries with the most Efa Members each picked a national feature, with the remaining 12 selected by the Efa selection committee. The 2,300 European Film Academy members will vote for the official nominees, which will be announced at the Sevilla Film Festival in Spain on Nov. 6.
The 23rd European Film Awards will be held in Tallinn, Estonia Dec. 4.
The long list of nominees for the 2010 European Film Awards:
European Film Awards 2010
"3 Seasons In Hell,...
- 9/9/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The full line up for the 54th BFI London Film Festival was announced in the Odeon, Leicester Square this morning, with a number of highly anticipated films set to light up the capital this October.
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
The festival runs from the 13th to the 28th of October and will begin with Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting masterpiece Never Let Me Go, and will close with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours which stars James Franco.
Announcing the roster were Artistic Director Sandra Hebron and the Director of the British Film Institute, Amanda Nevill.
HeyUGuys will be all over the festival this year, it looks like it will be one to remember.
Click here to view the full calendar
The 54Th BFI London Film Festival Programme Launch
London, Wednesday 8 September: The programme for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of...
- 9/8/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
TV entertainment reporter and recovering alcoholic Pat O'Brien wrote an open letter to Lindsay Lohan. THR reports the O'Brien, who has struggled with all sorts of addictions, is taking to the trade to talk openly to Lohan. Pat O'Brien, a guest columnist in the September 3 print edition of the Hollywood Reporter, wrote this column about Lindsay Lohan, whose movie "Machete" opened the same day. O'Brien recently joined Fox Sports Radio's "Loose Cannons" as co-host alongside Steve Hartman and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs. From Pat: Dear Lindsay: Do us all a favor and take a snapshot of your life on this Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. By all accounts, you are reasonably healthy right now. You are out...
- 9/3/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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