Quicklinks
Top Links
biographyby votesawardsNewsDeskmessage boardFilmographies
categorizedby typeby yearby ratingsby votesby TV series awards titles for saleby genre by keyword power search credited with tv scheduleBiographical
biography other works publicity contact photo gallery resume NewsDeskmessage boardExternal Links
official sites miscellaneous photographs sound clips video clips2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
1-20 of 329 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
John’s 10 Biggest Movie Surprises of 2009
24 December 2009 12:56 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
I’ll be up front with you: the list you’re about to read wasn’t what I had in store for you. As I sat at my desk and prepared to crank out what would be another top ten list of 2009, I realized that I was utterly ill-equipped to do so. As many great films as I witnessed this year, I missed just as many that I’m sure I’d enjoy: A Serious Man. The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Hurt Locker. The Brothers Bloom.
I know. Just thinking about it makes me sick. But I saw enough to be confident in saying that 2009 was an extremely good year for movies — from blockbusters to indie pictures, we’ve witnessed some great films and surprising debuts from unique filmmakers.
What follows isn’t a list of the “best” films of 2009, but instead is a list of the most surprising, excellent »
- John Cooper
Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!
23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year? »
"An Education" Tops London Film Critics' Circle Awards
21 December 2009 10:05 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
The coming of age tale, "An Education," topped the London Film Critics' Circle Awards nominations. The film picked up seven nominations including actress for Carey Mulligan and screenwriter of the year for Nick Hornby.
Quentin Tarantino is set to receive the Critics' Circle's highest honor, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Cinema. The 30th Awards will take plave on February 18 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone.
Here are the nominees:
Breakthrough British Film-maker
Armando Ianucci - In the Loop
Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood - Nowhere Boy
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
In the Loop and Moon
Foreign Language Film Of The Year
The Class
Katyn
Director Of The Year
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker »
- Manny
Jackson's 'Captain Eo' returns in 2010
21 December 2009 12:51 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Captain Eo is to return to Disneyland parks in February 2010. According to Rolling Stone, the popular 3D movie starring Michael Jackson, which screened for audiences at the height of the King Of Pop's popularity, will open to Disney patrons again for a limited run as a tribute to the fallen popstar. The 17-minute film was directed by The Godfather's Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Star Wars mastermind (more) »
- By Aaron Broverman
Exclusive: That Dude Jasper talks Mr. Rage and Horror
21 December 2009 3:59 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
I was recently approached by horrorcore rapper/producer/promoter That Dude Jasper, who politely pointed out that the new Mr. Rage album Underground Cuts may well be worth a listen, and even possibly a review. So, being the fanatic I am, I grabbed the album, I checked it out, and I'll be damned if Jasper wasn't spot on in his recommendation.
Underground Cuts fuses the rapid fire (aka 'crunk') beats the dirty south has made so famous with an array of volatile lyrics. Mr. Rage's vocals are fantastic as he rides a balanced line between his natural voice and the raspiness so often associated with the horrorcore/wicked shit sub genre; the man is wise in not overdoing it. On the lyrical end, content is pretty cut and dried, don't look too deep for monumental rhymes, just open your ears and you'll catch a simplistic darkness that sparks visions of horror cinema old and new. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)
Acting legend Robert Duvall on casting and filming "Crazy Heart"
21 December 2009 1:39 AM, PST | Makingof.com | See recent Makingof.com news »
link: http://makingof.com/happening_now/media/crazy-heart/robert-duvall-discusses-crazy-heart/212/933
Robert Duvall has been acting in and most recently producing films for more than 40 years. During this time he has starred in classics such as "The Godfather," "The Godfather: II," and "Tender Mercies." This weekend his latest film "Crazy Heart," which he co-stars in and produced, opens in theaters across the country.
MakingOf recently sat down with Duvall to learn more about his role in casting the film and what it was like on-set with first time director Scott Cooper. During the interview, he reveals that the set was very relaxed and shares that "a good director will allow you to improvise." He goes on to compare the atmosphere while filming to "The Godfather" because director Francis Ford Coppola would want to see what each actor would bring to their character.
Duvall also discusses how he initially reached out to »
Michael Jackson’s ‘Captain Eo’ to reopen at Disneyland Feb. 2010
20 December 2009 12:30 PM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Michael Jackson is back. Ok, stay with me here: In February 2010, the “Honey I Shrunk The Audience” attraction at Disneyland in southern California is out. Taking back its place is a 17-minute “3-D musical motion picture space adventure” starring the “King of Pop” Michael Jackson, who performs two songs: “We Are Here to Change The World” and “Another Part of Me.” The movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and produced by George Lucas.
The 3-D experience is called Captain Eo, and it originally played at Epcot and Disneyland starting in 1986 until closing around 1998. Captain Eo cost about a million dollars to make per minute, and was at the time the most expensive motion picture ever.
The short film was about Captain Eo (Jackson) and his crew traveling towards a bitter queen who lived in a cold dark world. (who was played by Anjelica Huston). In the original presentation, lasers, »
- Nick Allen
Trailer trash
19 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
>> Quentin thinks ahead
Trash is thrilled to announce that Quentin Tarantino will receive the Dilys Powell award from the London Film Critics' Circle. Named after the revered former Sunday Times critic, "The Dilys" rewards excellence in cinema and, as the Circle celebrates the 30th anniversary of its awards ceremonies, I can't think of a more energising recipient than Tarantino whose continuing engagement with film history and criticism is being acknowledged (he even had a daredevil British film critic character – played by Michael Fassbender – in Inglourious Basterds). To disclose full interest, I am the current chairman wof the Critics' Circle Film section and when I proposed the Dilys to Tarantino, he was honoured to accept. "I hadn't really heard of Dilys Powell," he admits, "but I've now got two of her books of essays and am devouring them, trying to think what she would have made of my movies. I get »
- Jason Solomons
Captain Eo Returns to Disneyland in 2010!
19 December 2009 12:01 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Disney Parks Official Blog has confirmed that Captain Eo will return to Disneyland in Anaheim for a limited engagement this February. The very popular attraction, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by George Lucas, ran from 1986 until 1997. The movie tells the story of Captain Eo and the ragtag crew of his spaceship on a mission to deliver a gift to a wicked alien queen, the Supreme Leader, on her home world of rotting, twisted metal and steaming vents. Captain Eo's alien crew consists of his small flying sidekick Fuzzbucket, the double-headed navigator and pilot Idee and Odee, robotic security officer Major Domo, a small robot Minor Domo (who fits like a module into Major Domo), and the clumsy elephant-like shipmate Hooter who always manages to blunder the crew's missions. How long the film will run has not yet been confirmed, but it may stick around for »
Disney Revives Michael Jackson's Captain Eo
18 December 2009 7:53 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Disney's hoping that it's been sitting on a goldmine. Seeing as how This Is It exceeded expectations at the global box office and Michael Jackson is back to artistic-hero status after his image spent years in decline, the Mouse House is bringing the 3-D film Captain Eo, starring Jackson as a thriller of an intergalactic commander, back into its theme park fold for a limited engagement in February. The cutting-edge song-and-dance spectacle, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by George Lucas and costarring Angelica Huston as the Witch Queen, premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in 1986 and became a key attraction in Tomorrowlands around the world. Alas, Disneyland grounded Captain Eo in »
Disney Revives Michael Jackson's Captain Eo
18 December 2009 7:53 PM, PST | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »
Disney's hoping that it's been sitting on a goldmine. Seeing as how This Is It exceeded expectations at the global box office and Michael Jackson is back to artistic-hero status after his image spent years in decline, the Mouse House is bringing the 3-D film Captain Eo, starring Jackson as a thriller of an intergalactic commander, back into its theme park fold for a limited engagement in February. The cutting-edge song-and-dance spectacle, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by George Lucas and costarring Angelica Huston as the Witch Queen, premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in 1986 and became a key attraction in Tomorrowlands around the world. Alas, Disneyland grounded Captain Eo in »
Disney Revives Michael Jackson's Captain Eo
18 December 2009 7:53 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
Disney's hoping that it's been sitting on a goldmine. Seeing as how This Is It exceeded expectations at the global box office and Michael Jackson is back to artistic-hero status after his image spent years in decline, the Mouse House is bringing the 3-D film Captain Eo, starring Jackson as a thriller of an intergalactic commander, back into its theme park fold for a limited engagement in February. The cutting-edge song-and-dance spectacle, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by George Lucas and costarring Angelica Huston as the Witch Queen, premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in 1986 and became a key attraction in Tomorrowlands around the world. Alas, Disneyland grounded Captain Eo in »
E-o Captain, My Captain
18 December 2009 2:50 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
In need of a little news to brighten up your Friday? Disney has announced plans to return the Michael Jackson-starring, Francis Ford Coppola-directed short film Captain Eo to Disneyland, beginning in February 2010. Can its primitive 3D compete with an audience that will already have experienced Avatar's high water mark? That I can only answer with two high-pitched words: "Hee hee!" [DisneyParks] »
Confirmed: Michael Jackson’s Captain Eo Returns to Disneyland
18 December 2009 1:30 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Disney Parks has confirmed that Honey I Shrunk The Audience will be closing sometime in the next few weeks to make way for the the return of the Francis Ford Coppola-directed/George Lucas-produced Michael Jackson sci-fi action 3D musical short film Captain Eo. The original film will return to Disneyland's Tomorrowland beginning in February 2010. Rumors that the attraction would return to the Southern California theme park hit the web in September, but were quickly denied by the mouse house. Bob Iger admitted at the time that Disney was considering the possibility but that "It's the kind of thing that, if we did it, would get a fair amount of attention and we'd want to make sure we do it right." Many people took the comment as meaning that Disney wanted to update the attraction in ways to appeal to today's audiences. The 17-minute film cost a record $17 million »
- Peter Sciretta
Christmas and new year TV films
18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year
Choose a date
Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day
Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all, »
- Paul Howlett
Christmas and new year TV films
18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year
Choose a date
Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day
Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all, »
- Paul Howlett
Directors We Love: Monte Hellman
17 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I have seen nearly every Christmas movie ever made, but there was one I couldn't wait to see that kept eluding me: Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (1989). Why, you're wondering, would I waste my time on this crappy, sub-par horror series whose only claim to fame was irritating a group of parents back in the 1980s? Because this third part of a five-film series was the "comeback" feature for one of the greatest American directors of the 1960s and 1970s. Finally, Lionsgate has released the film on DVD for the first time, in a three-disc box set, no less, that also contains Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990) and Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991, starring Mickey Rooney!). I finally got to see it. But more on that later.
Like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme and others, Monte Hellman (born 1932) started working for Roger Corman. »
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
The 20 Coolest Movie Cars of the Aughties
17 December 2009 10:16 AM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
Demi Moore exits a Ferrari Enzo in 2003's Charlie's Angels II: Full Throttle. The Aughties (ugh) were an incredible decade for film—if you like superheroes and comic books, romances based on 19th Century fiction, the apocalypse, brah-com, or fragmented narratives of disparate people crashing into each other. Personally, I hate most of this shit. But if you’re into the kind of stellar goodbad films that I admire, and you happen to like cars, you’re in luck, because what we have here is a gorgeous slide show of the best vehicles in the bestworst movies of the 2000s. Brett Berk writes Stick Shift, Vf.com's gay car blog. Visit him at brettberk.com 2000 Bring it On, Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The decade got kicked off right with this genius cheerleading movie, a proto-Glee that features a rag-tag bunch of losers united in a love of choreography and personal harmony. »
The 2009 Terror Film Festival 'Claw' Awards - Winners Announced
13 December 2009 1:23 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
On October 24th, The Terror Film Festival Claw Awards took place at the Ethical Society Building on the famous Rittenhouse Square of Philadelphia.
The 4th season brought in the most astounding talent from all over the USA, as well as, the world. The assemblage of fans, filmmakers, screenwriters, and industry professionals, waited in anticipation, and all bets were on, as the illustrious Claw and the beautiful Princess Horror stood onstage, envelopes in hand, to present the coveted awards.
And the winners are...
Evil Angel - A steamy and heart-pounding story based on the ancient myth of Lilith, the first wife of Adam, who has roamed the Earth for centuries as a sexy and seductive villainous, and proudly holds the title of the world’s first serial killer. Written and directed by the iconoclastic Richard Dutcher of Utah, the film garnered several awards, such as, Best Feature Film, Best Original Music »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Source: TERROR FILM FESTIVAL)
Tao Ruspoli's Top Ten Films of All Time
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Godard's Breathless is the film that made me want to become a filmmaker. I saw it my freshman year in college and I couldn't believe how a director could take a few great characters and a mostly hand-held camera and make a film that said so much about life in a world in which absolute values had become irrelevant (both filmically and ethically.) And what a face Belmondo had! - Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of filmmakers? As part of our monthly Ioncinephile profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This month we profile Tao Ruspoli, helmer behind Fix which ropens November 20th at the Village East in NY. He gave us his top ten (as of November 2009). 8 1/2 (1963) Federico Fellini I'm sure this film has been on this list 100 times, »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
1-20 of 329 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles. News articles are published for the entertainment of our users only. The news items do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the site responsible for the article in question to report any concerns you may have.
Home
| Search
| Site Index
| Now Playing
| Top Movies
| My Movies
| Top 250 |
TV
| News
| Video |
Message Boards
Register
| 
RSS
| Advertising
| Content Licensing
| Help
| Jobs
| IMDbPro
| IMDb Resume
| Box Office Mojo
| Withoutabox
| Follow us on Twitter
International Sites: IMDb Germany
| IMDb Italy
| IMDb Spain
| IMDb France
| IMDb Portugal
Copyright © 1990-2009
IMDb.com, Inc.
Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.
An 
company.
