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Walken, Freeman, and Macy Team Up For The Maiden Heist
6 hours ago | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
It’s hard to a fault a movie that features Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, and William H. Macy in key roles, even if it does look like yet another wacky heist movie featuring actors who are capable of better things. Peter Hewitt’s 2009 crime comedy “The Maiden Heist” certainly has potential, but after watching the trailer, I’m not entirely sold on the idea. I used to be able to trust Morgan Freeman, that is, until I properly investigated both “The Contract” and “The Code,” two films that are the very definition of mediocre. What’s more, it’s from the guy who directed that terrible live-action “Garfield” flick. Yikes. Perhaps “The Maiden Heist” suffers from a lackluster trailer, one that degrades the film’s overall quality. Then again, maybe not. Here’s what it’s all about: A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan »
- Todd
Pat Seals of Flyleaf Shares His Top Ten Horror Films
16 hours ago | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
As we've mentioned previously, November 10th is the release date of the band Flyleaf's new CD, entitled Memento Mori, and to help celebrate the occasion, their bass player, Pat Seals, has taken time out of his hectic schedule to prepare for Dread Central readers a list of his Top Ten favorite horror films.
Nothing relieves the stress of the holidays -- or anything really -- like a good horror flick, and Pat certainly has prepared an eclectic catalog that shows he knows his shit about our genre.
Without further ado, here's Pat's list (click each image to see the full poster):
1. The Addiction (1995) - Dir. Abel Ferrara, Starring Lili Taylor
This is my favorite vampire movie. It is the best. The best. Morality and the darkness of human nature are the focus, and Lili Taylor's performance is brutal. Plus, Christopher Walken waltzes in for a philosophical cameo. The »
- The Woman In Black
Christopher Walken Out-Poker-Faces Lady Gaga
4 November 2009 6:03 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I don't think there's anything Christopher Walken can't do. He can make gold records, hide watches up his arse, dance like a prince, play Russian roulette, find missing people, live underground for decades, and make just about everything sound cool. He's no one-hit wonder.
And now he's also proved that he can out-Poker Face Lady Gaga. Yes, the latest YouTube video to make the rounds (embedded after the jump) finds the actor guesting on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross -- a program from BBC One. Instead of adding more cowbell to the music scene, he calmly sits in his chair and reads lyrics to Gaga's song. In. The way. Walken. Would. Say it.
You might just be able to manage getting through the first part unscathed, but when he starts making "Oh!" sound effects, well, it's comedy gold and I don't see how you could maintain your own poker face. »
- Monika Bartyzel
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross sees Christopher Walken, Friday, Nov. 6
3 November 2009 9:18 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross airs Fridays, 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt on BBC America. His guest is Oscar award-winning actor Christopher Walken on the November 6 show. Jonathan puts Walken.s acting skills to the test as he recites Lady Gaga.s hit song Poker Face in his famous Walken-style. Known mostly for his unconventional and controversial roles, Walken admits he is most famously known by his hair, .I.ve had my ups and downs but my hair has always been famous.. and without his wild hair, he tells Jonathan he would wear a wig. Also joining Jonathan is Mama Mia! star Dominic Cooper revealing the chaos behind the making of Mama Mia!, .It was kind of intimidating...we all had no idea what »
- April MacIntyre
If Ben Stiller & Downey Jr. Aren't Hosting the Oscars...
3 November 2009 12:45 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Back in October, Adam Shankman was determined to make the Oscars fun, itching to "kick up the funny a little bit" and celebrate entertainment. But there wasn't a whole new revamp in mind -- he still wanted to continue with the path laid out last year and have Hugh Jackman host ... but the actor refused. Rumors immediately started bubbling that Neil Patrick Harris was circling, but there were other funny men in his sights. Deadline Hollywood reports that Shankman and Bill Mechanic went to Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. to host as a duo.
But they said no.
Talk about a bummer. It's quite easy to imagine the red carpet coverage wind down, and Stiller and Downey Jr. dancing or strolling to center stage. They could easy bring a healthy dose of classic funny, yet still embody the new spin focused solely on entertainment and mirth. Hell, I would »
- Monika Bartyzel
Eric Roberts: The Hollywood Interview
2 November 2009 10:23 AM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Eric Roberts in "Crash," above.)
Rediscovering Roberts
Eric Roberts never really left, but 2009 audiences are learning (or relearning) the charms of the actor Mickey Rourke has called the best he ever worked with.
By Terry Keefe
(This article is currently appearing in this month's Venice Magazine.)
“Eric Roberts is the [expletive deleted] Man,” proclaimed Mickey Rourke at this past year’s Independent Spirit Awards, while accepting his trophy for Best Male Lead, at the very beginning of a speech which then saw him singling out Roberts, his one-time co-star in 1984’s The Pope of Greenwich Village, as someone who was worthy of a comeback like Rourke had with The Wrestler. From the audience, Roberts himself watched his friend at the podium with what looked to be a combination of embarrassment at being mentioned and some pleasure at the same, finally throwing it back at Rourke by shouting good-naturedly, “Accept your award!” For »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
‘The Fourth Kind’ Abduction Featurette and Genre Picks
2 November 2009 10:15 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
If you have been eagerly anticipating Friday’s release of The Fourth Kind, here is a creepy little featurette from Universal and Yahoo Movies to prime you for the movie — which you can watch after the jump. It’s no spoiler to note that the plot of the movie has to do with missing people in Alaska, and possible alien abduction. This featurette provides a back-story, so to speak, about the four different kinds of alien encounters.
Still can’t sate your appetite for alien abduction? If so, take a look at these other genre titles while you are biding your time. And, look for our review of The Fourth Kind on Friday.
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) – Arguably the best known in the genre. This movie terrified me when I saw it as a child. Steven Speilberg’s follow up to Jaws racked up several oscar nominations and won for best cinematography. »
- Shannon Hood
Post-Halloween Clip du Jour: Christopher Walken reads Lady Gaga
2 November 2009 8:17 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Halloween is over, but Christopher Walken's powerful dramatic reading of Lady Gaga's eminent piece of poetry, "Poker Face," on BBC1's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross will boast a YouTube time stamp of Oct. 31, 2009 forever. Witness a haunting lyrical miracle, below. I already like Walken's interpretation better than Lady Gaga's, but the jury's still out for me on whether Eric Cartman's more "melodic" effort on last week's South Park (featured at the end of last week's Sound Bites video and embedded after the jump -- that song takes on a whole different meaning with a guttural male voice, »
- Annie Barrett
The Fourth Kind (Film Review)
1 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
The Fourth Kind is an incredibly unsatisfying alien abduction movie. Unsatisfying because it has neither an alien or an abduction!
In Nome, Alaska, people under hypnosis remember being abducted by aliens who first notice they are being watched by an owl--that is not an owl. After seeing this boring flick, I would be amazed if owls want to watch it (even if they are not owls).
The title comes from categories of alien contact. The beginning of this film is strange. Actress Milla Jovovich walks out in an Alaskan forest to explain that she's going to be playing Dr. Abigail Tyler. Then for the next 10 minutes, we see purportedly real footage of the 'real' Tyler, sometimes in split screen with Milla Jovovich. While that sounds interesting, it really isn't--it's distracting and the people look nothing like who they are playing.
I'm all for verisimilitude, but this gets dull fast. Just as you're sick of it, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Kurt Russell As Hans Solo In Star Wars Audition
30 October 2009 11:51 AM, PDT | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »
Lots of famous folks were up for the part of Hans Solo in “Star Wars”. Thankfully, Harrison Ford came away with the job. Besides Harrison, actors like Nick Nolte, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson and even Steve Martin were considered for the part. Here’s one guy that I think could have pulled it off. Kurt Russell’s audition was a little dry but I think Kurt would have brought the humour and the attitude eventually. Here’s his game effort to land Han. While I’m at it, just for giggles is a few more auditions of the lucky bunch that caught Uncle George’s attention. Via Cinematical. »
- endymi0n
Watch This: Kurt Russell Auditioning for 'Star Wars'
30 October 2009 10:45 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
After reading Peter Hall's post on Kevin Spacey's stunning impersonations, I had to reacquaint myself with the old SNL sketch he mentioned and get as much Spacey as I could. (Check it out if you have no idea what I'm talking about.) From there, well, the handy site called YouTube suggested something else for me -- Kurt Russell's Star Wars audition.
If you didn't already know, he was one of the many actors vying for the role of Han Solo (according to IMDb, a list including Nick Nolte, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, and even -- egads -- Steve Martin). What's funny about the clip (after the jump) is how completely earnest and goodie Russell was playing it -- almost like the good-natured Disney fare from his youth. There was none of the true cockiness, ego, or charisma that made the character so memorable. No, no one could »
- Monika Bartyzel
Discuss: The Characters We Wish Were Serialized
29 October 2009 3:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
There are times when our fandom gets satiated. We see a world stretch out before us on the big screen, come to adore a character, and then get to follow him or her through a number of films. In some cases, they might even start to feel like an old friend, popping up over and over again. We'll become attuned to their swagger, the tone of their voice, the moments they love or loathe. Other characters, their presence in our lives is deliciously, yet painfully brief -- destined only for repeat viewings of the same scenes, the same reactions, the same outcome over and over again.
The more our movie world leans towards sequels, the more part of me wishes certain characters could have continuing life on the big screen. (Played by the same actor, of course. No Vince Vaughn/Norman Bates recasts allowed.) On the mind from earlier this month, »
- Monika Bartyzel
Watch This: Kevin Spacey's Uncanny Knack for Impersonations
29 October 2009 2:45 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Kevin Spacey is a talented actor, there's no denying that, but who knew that the man of a million characters was also a man of a million impersonations? Oh, you did? Well, you must have already seen Spacey's appearance on James Lipton's "Inside the Actor's Studio" from back in July of 2000. Or maybe you saw him in his great "Saturday Night Live" skit in which he does Christopher Walken auditioning for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars.
Okay, so maybe it's no big secret that the man who blindsided moviegoers in The Usual Suspects has a special talent for camouflaging himself in the skin of his acting peers, but it's new to me, and that means it's bound to be new to someone else. Below is a clip from Spacey's aforementioned trip to the "Actor's Studio" in which he goes along with a silly game of Lipton's. »
- Peter Hall
Willem Dafoe Was Almost Batman, Seriously
28 October 2009 11:11 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Willem Dafoe is one of the stranger actors in Hollywood. He gives me sort of a Christopher Walken vibe, the kind of guy that you know is really talented but doesn't necessarily seem all there. His choice of roles tends to prove that point. His latest, The Antichrist is about a creepy psychologist who takes his wife into the woods to perform an unconventional mental cleansing on her after their baby dies. You may also remember that he is the only guy to play Jesus as a real dude, not that magical guy in the bible. Now imagine Dafoe as Batman because, according to MTV, he almost was. When asked about an age-old rumor that he had been attached to the Tim Burton Batman movies, Dafoe was straight up. "Very early, they talked to me about playing Batman," he said. "I hate to spread these things because unless you remember »
Fan Made: Raunchy, Vampiric 'Twilight' Underoos
27 October 2009 10:48 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
It's not exactly surprising that Stephenie Meyers' world of Twilight has gotten copycat merchandise like porn and sex toys. The entire series is about the -- at first -- pent up sexual urges of a human and her vampiric paramour. But this one makes me laugh to no end because it's more suggestive than blatant. The blog Twitarded has thrown up the following ditty -- Twilight underwear where Edward's face is not only on the outside, but on the inside. (Just check the pic over to the right.)
The underwear were custom-made with Pattinson's face on the front, his lips on the inside, his signature along the seam, and the hand carrying the apple along the tuckus, which has too many, erm, unsanitary connotations to be a coincidence. The underwear was made with the idea that when it is time for fantasy, RPattz is there. But... Is it going too »
- Monika Bartyzel
John William Codling's "Sundays with Chris" Exhibition
23 October 2009 4:04 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
Christopher Walken might not be an obvious choice as a therapeutic muse, but that's whom John William Codling, a painter and the head of an institutional brokerage firm, turned to for inspiration when the financial crisis hit. His series of paintings Sundays with Chris (named for Codling's weekly painting sessions) debuted yesterday evening in New York City at Diane von Furstenberg's Dvf Gallery to a crowd of downtown types, including artist Dustin Yellin, singer Angela McCluskey, and photographer Mick Rock. The paintings are being sold to benefit Team Continuum, a nonprofit organization that assists cancer patients and their families, founded by Codling's close friend Paul Nicholls. The artist explained why he was drawn to Walken: "I painted as a child, and when I decided to start, I had three large canvases in my apartment that sat there for a while before I got Christopher Walken in my head. So I painted him, »
Happy Belated 15th Anniversary 'Pulp Fiction'
16 October 2009 1:54 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
(from left to right) Cast of Pulp Fiction with Bruce Willis, Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta Pulp Fiction was released 15 years ago today (minus two days) and slowly but surely we have started to reconsider how we view the film. When it first came out, it was as close to a religious experience as you could get within the movie industry from all angles. It influenced a lot of less talented filmmakers to try and copy Quentin Tarantino's success. The results were mostly cringe-worthy. Why did I have to suffer through 2 Days in the Valley? Things to do in Denver When You're Dead? Thursday? Spun? Because Hollywood loves them a fad. Some imitations were much more vibrant and distinct (Go and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels come to mind). But mostly, there was a lot of crap. Either way, it was a movie »
- Andre Rivas
Highly Explosive - Cars blowing up on the Set of ‘The Irishman’
14 October 2009 3:56 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
Go behind the scenes of ‘The Irishman‘ to hear what SFX Foreman’s Rob Tyrell of Tyrell Effects and Rental from Chesterfield, Mi and Russel Tyrrell have to say about blowing things up.
Hear Rob talk about working smart and safe as well as buying supplies locally, while Russel runs you through an on-set car explosion in which they explode a series of 1970’s era cars on “just another day on the job.”
Exploding cars on the set of 'The Irishman' movie
You’ll see the safety measures used on the set of a movie including wiring doors, towing cars and handling explosives. Great for aspiring filmmakers and action fans alike!
More explosions from ‘The Irishman’
‘The Irishman’ Blows Up in Detroit, Cleveland and Beyond
More videos from ‘The Irishman’
‘The Irishman’: Interview with Costume Designer Melissa Bruning
Hair and Costumes for ‘The Irishman’ - Behind the »
- Dave
New Criminologist dives deep into ‘The Irishman’ in “Inside an Upcoming Major Hollywood Mob Flick”
14 October 2009 12:58 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
While promoting the production of ‘The Irishman,’ we’ve found there are many disparate niches of fans for this film. For example, Vincent D’Onofrio, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Ray Stevenson and many of the other actors have dedicated fan groups and dozens of fan sites and busy message boards.
Ray Stevenson as Danny Greene in 'The Irishman'
There are folks who have a personal association with the Cleveland mob wars and others who care mostly that the film is made in Detroit. Then of course, there are mafia movies fans And also the historians and researchers who adeptly chronicle every nuance of the situations, characters and compare/contrast the reality with the movies.
A perfect example of the latter is the New Criminologist who published an deep-dive article into the story by Ron Chepesiuk called The Irishman: Inside an Upcoming Major Hollywood Mob Flick.
For those »
- Dave
New Promotional Posters for Upcoming Films Including Neuromancer, Chloe, The Irishman, and I Come With The Rain
12 October 2009 11:10 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Here’s some inside baseball about Hollywood that your average moviegoer may not know: movies do not get made solely from investors or studios nor do they make money solely from domestic box office. A large majority of films, especially true indie films (i.e. no name stars), require the sale of their foreign distribution rights to finish the film they’re selling or to secure a profit that will provide investors with a good return on their investment. However, films with name actors like Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Val Kilmer, and Christopher Walken also have to play this game. Some movies do it by creating unofficial posters and after the jump, we’ve featured six of these posters plus synopses for films with name actors but are still trying to secure funding. However, this is no guarantee that these films will ever get made and just because someone made up a poster, »
- Matt Goldberg
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