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5 September 2008 11:06 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

I've started looking forward to Friday nights, when I sip some vino and cull the stories that will comprise the Weekly Wrap-Up. Sometimes it is a struggle to find the thread that ties them together, but for the week of August 30-September 5, 2008, it was no problem determining the theme: Indies! Incredible, edible indies. We love them, we hate them, and we can't live without them!

One indie that I am definitely intrigued by is Netherbeast Incorporated, which is getting a limited theatrical run. The premise sounds like sheer genius, and in her Netherbeast review, Melissa claims the film "creates a whole new way to look at the legend of vampire." High praise indeed. The eclectic cast includes Judd Nelson, Dave Foley, Jason Mewes, and Robert Wagner. Does it get any stranger?

If you had a chance to watch any of the HBO series "In Treatment," then you know how brilliantly

The Woman In Black

2 September 2008 11:26 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Those crazy bastards over at Arrow in the Head apparently don’t think a new trailer and poster are good enough for you guys. No, instead they got two new posters and a slew of trailers for Eric Red’s upcoming feature 100 Feet.

Today they’re showing off the Korean trailer, two Korean TV spots, a “Beat Down Reel” and an interview with star Famke Janssen. The posters, the other of which you’ll see when you follow the link above, were created by famed comic artist Tim Bradstreet, and if I do say so myself, they’re quite badass.

Still no word on a U.S. release for 100 Feet yet, but I’m guessing it’s a safe bet we’ll be hearing some news very soon. Stay tuned!

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17 July 2008 11:59 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

The Wackness

Starring Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, and Olivia Thirlby

Directed by Jonathan Levine

Rated R

Sometimes it's the strangest relationships that can be the most rewarding. Felix and Oscar, Harold and Maude, Martin and Lewis, Laurel and Hardy, Gnarls Barkley. The Wackness provides us the most dysfunctional friendship of 2008, but it's one the characters and the audience are both the better for exploring.

Recent high school graduate Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) attends therapy sessions with Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley). At the end of each session, Luke pays his doctor with dime bags of pot. It's a win-win situation; Luke gets the help he seeks and gains a customer, and Dr. Squires gets the high he wants and, for 45 minutes, a friend he needs.

Squires lives a pretty vacant life. He's in a loveless marriage (to Famke Janssen) and he doesn't get along very well with his step-daughter Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby from Juno). Luke,

Colin Boyd

3 July 2008 9:07 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Matt Singer

Many movies wax nostalgic for the good old days; "The Wackness" is the only movie I can think of that's nostalgic for a time occupied by people who are themselves nostalgic about their own good old days. Though writer/director Jonathan Levine's wistful coming-of-age film wants us to miss New York City as we knew it in 1994, the characters are all pissed off: their marriages are falling apart or their high school careers (and, thus, their lives) are coming to an end, and the new mayor is cracking down on drug use.

I guess the grass . the grass, man . is always greener. Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is an enterprising high school senior who makes up for his parents' employment fuckups by dealing pot around his Upper East Side neighborhood. His aesthetic, much like the movie itself, is pointedly old school: cassettes instead of CDs, Nintendo instead of Sega Genesis.

Matt Singer

1 July 2008 8:33 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Stephen Saito

Jonathan Levine calls "The Wackness" a "second first film." In a way, he's speaking for his whole cast. While Levine is making his debut as a writer after helming the much buzzed-about (but still unreleased) teen horror comedy hybrid, "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane," he hired an eclectic cast for his latest film that includes Nickelodeon staple Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby ("Juno"), Method Man, Famke Janssen, Sir Ben Kingsley, and in case you hadn't heard, Mary-Kate Olsen. It's an unusual ensemble for an unusual coming-of-age story of a teen (Peck) who forms an unlikely friendship with a psychologist (Kingsley) by trading marijuana for therapy in 1994 New York. It's clearly a personal story for Levine, but it's not an autobiographical one, though both he and Peck both sweated out sticky summers in Manhattan, listening to Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa" a generation apart. Now, the two have

Stephen Saito

30 June 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Jonathan Levine’s indie comedy “The Wackness” picked up the audience award for best narrative feature Sunday at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival. The film stars Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen and Olivia Thirlby, and focuses on a young drug dealer who falls for his psychiatrist’s daughter.

The audience award for best international feature went to James Marsh’s “Man on Wire,” a British documentary about tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring but often illegal stunts.

But “Man on Wire” failed to collect the audience award for best documentary feature, which went to Sacha Gervasi’s “Anvil! The Story of Anvil,” a film about a Canadian rock band that never made the big time.

The festival also presented two awards sponsored by Target. Darius Marder’s “Loot” took home the best documentary award, while Sean Baker’s “Prince of Broadway” won best narrative feature.

Other winners included Jennifer Lawrence

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20 June 2008 9:24 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

This morning Arrow in the Head you can check out brand new exclusive stills from Eric Red's latest directing effort, 100 Feet, which stars Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick and Michael Pare. A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband a violent NYC cop in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husbands partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping shell violate probation and he can send her back to prison.

12 May 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

One film we're pretty excited about is 100 Feet, which features the big return of Eric Red - writer of such classics as The Hitcher and Near Dark - who will get behind the director's chair for a new horror-thriller starring the beautiful Famke Janssen. Today a new Cannes sales flyer was posted online and can be found inside. Read on for a look or click the title for poster, stills and more.

12 May 2008 7:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Famke Janssen has no plans to become a Hollywood mum - because she's too devoted to her pet dog.

The former Bond girl admits her four nieces help to satisfy every maternal yearning the actress has, and she has no plans to join fellow X-Men star Halle Berry and become a mum in her 40s.

She explains, "It has nothing to do with not liking children or anything of the sort. I love children. I love my nieces but it's not something I've looked for.

"My life revolves around my dog, Licorice. It's all about making him happy. Since I got him he's brought me such love and joy that I thought the only thing I can do is to make this creature happy, comfortable and spoil him as much as I possibly can."

But the new United Nations Ambassador on corruption issues is not ruling out motherhood altogether.

The 42 year old adds, "Maybe I'll adopt a kid one day. Would I adopt a baby? Maybe not, it would have to be a kid that's a little older."

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8 May 2008 2:25 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Stephen Saito

One of Chris Eigeman's favorite performances in his directorial debut, "Turn the River," comes from an actor who has all of three lines and plays a pimply faced donut shop employee who tells his potential customers that he already drank the coffee. It's the kind of droll one-liner that one could easily imagine rolling off Eigeman's tongue during his heyday as the quick-witted star of Noah Baumbach's "Kicking and Screaming" and Whit Stillman's trilogy of "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco." But "Turn the River" isn't the intellectual yukfest one might expect from an actor with a reputation for snark and smarts, but rather the heartfelt character study of Kailey (Famke Janssen), a mother forced to give up her son Gulley (Jaymie Dornan), who attempts to raise enough money through hustling at pool and poker to steal him away from his father.

Stephen Saito

5 May 2008 8:14 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week sees the return of the Wachowski brothers, Tarsem Singh ("The Cell") and Henry Bean ("The Believer") to the big screen, not to mention new films from documentarians Nick Broomfield ("Tupac and Biggie") and Doug Pray ("Scratch"). On the other hand, after running around Tribeca, we still need to catch up on last week's releases.

"The Babysitters"

The idea of the spunky teenage boy succumbing to the allure of an experienced older woman is the kind of Hollywood golden goose that launches major careers (think Dustin Hoffman). But when the roles are reversed, the result is the directorial debut of David Ross that sees an entrepreneurial high schooler (Katherine Waterston, daughter of Sam) and her friends turn their babysitting ring into a call girl service, realizing there are alternative ways to pay for college besides waiting tables. It stars when one local dad (John Leguizamo) goes

Neil Pedley

24 April 2008 10:46 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Today the first official teaser poster for Eric Red's 100 Feet was posted online, read on for a look. In the film a young woman, Marnie Watson (Famke Janssen), is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husbands partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping shell violate probation and he can send her back to prison. But the 100-foot radius her ankle bracelet allows isnt the worst of her problems. Her dead husband --now a malevolent ghost--is still in the house, where he died -- intent on savage revenge.

12 articles from 2008