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Cinematical Seven: Your Very-Last-Minute Blu-ray/DVD Shopping Guide
25 December 2009 8:03 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
What's this? You've waited until the very last second to get your holiday shopping done? No worries! Welcome to our ultra last-minute shopping guide, aimed at keeping you in the good graces of everyone on your lists this year. A quick trip to a nearby retailer, or a few clicks and some online shopping, and you should be right as rain. Or, alternatively, if you're stacking up the holiday loot and collecting a lot of gift cards and cash, you can happily spend them on the items in this list.
While this list tends to be fairly Blu-ray heavy, the standard definition of many movies and shows on this list will do you just fine if you haven't yet joined the ranks of the highly defined. Read on for our list of last minute ideas, broken down for you in seven handy categories.
For the Comedy Junkie
Everyone spent the »
- Kevin Kelly
The Good, The Bad And The Wtf: Clashing News, Wolves and All
10 November 2009 6:57 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Things to know about at this week: the first Clash of the Titans teaser, Steve Guttenberg still hanging onto his 80's glory, toy movies are still wanted, and the fantastic piece of news that is the death of the Oldboy remake. What's that? That's right. Read along.
The Good
• A very good poster for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was posted on the Mad Hatter's official Facebook page. Two more are coming, presumably on the Red Queen and White Queen pages.
• A selection of props from Duncan Jones' Moon are up for auction on eBay, including Gerty himself! It's the actual full-size thing, measuring 83” x 33” x 27.5" and even signed by the director himself. As of writing it's still bidding at £1,000, so totally affordable if you're a collector.
• After being impressed by the new trailer for The Wolfman that was released a couple of weeks back, now I'm even more impressed by the posters. »
- Arya Ponto
Monty Python: Almost The Truth - DVD Review
28 October 2009 8:55 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
The iconic Brit comedy group Monty Python is celebrating forty years and this expansive, six part documentary looks into every nook and cranny. I was expecting to not enjoy looking into Terry Jones. nooks and crannies, but it turned out to be a fun time. Maybe it should.ve been called the .Oh Christ, they.ve gotten so old!. edition, but with the fortieth anniversary of Monty Python, airing on telly October 5, 1969 for the first time, it.s time to celebrate. Of the interviewees you realize that Graham Chapman is the most youthful looking of the lot, then you realize it.s because he.s dead and it.s all archive footage of him. The surviving members of Python (Eric »
- Jeff Swindoll
This Week In DVD: October 27th
27 October 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves working for the BBC where his job entails erasing old show master tapes because they don't have the foresight to know that people may want to watch them again someday. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. So join us each week as he takes a look at new DVD releases and gives his highly unqualified opinion as to which titles are worth BUYing, which are better off as RENTals, and which should be AVOIDed at all costs. Click on any of the titles below to magically head over to Amazon.com and pick up the DVD. And don't forget to check out Neil Miller's hilariously titled This Week In Blu-ray column for reviews on the latest high definition Blu-ray releases! Monty Python: Almost the Truth Pitch: The surviving members of Python »
- Rob Hunter
Scottish Officials Banned Pythons From Castles
23 October 2009 1:26 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The Monty Python comedy troupe had to stage a last-minute castle search before shooting their Holy Grail movie because Scottish officials banned them from all the nation's historical sites.
The group was just two weeks away from filming when Department of the Environment for Scotland bosses refused the funnymen access to all their castles.
Terry Jones explains, "They considered that we'd be doing things that were inconsistent with the dignity of the fabric of the building."
Co-director and star Terry Gilliam adds, "(It was as if) a little jokery might undermine all the blood spilling that had gone on in this castle. I thought it was just extraordinary."
The troupe spent a week looking for a privately-owned castle in Scotland after determining the now-cult film should be shot there.
The Pythons eventually settled for Doune Castle in Sterling, but ran out of time to find other sites.
Jones adds, "It had to stand in for every castle." »
Cleese: 'Chapman Should Have Been Fixed'
21 October 2009 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Funnyman John Cleese has opened up about tragic Monty Python pal Graham Chapman in a new documentary, suggesting the late comedian "should have been sent back to the factory and fixed".
Cleese created the comedy troupe with the Life of Brian star, who lost his battle with cancer in 1989, but he now admits he never really understood his friend and found him tough to work with, especially when his well-documented heavy drinking became a real problem.
In a new U.S. TV documentary series, marking the 40th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Cleese reveals, "He just didn't work properly... The simple stuff - getting the lines right, hitting his mark, he just was not an efficient creature... He was always late."
Chapman's former partner David Sherlock insists Cleese was "most uncomfortable" around the funnyman after he discovered Chapman was gay.
In the documentary, Month Python, Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut), Sherlock says, "He discovered he'd been working all this time with someone he thought he knew, but now discovered he didn't know."
Cleese admits, "We were all surprised... We didn't mind that he was gay, but we were very, very surprised and I think Graham, sometimes, took the surprise for disapproval."
And Cleese wasn't the only member of the comedy troupe who struggled with Chapman.
Terry Gilliam says, "Graham was just a frustrating person. I never could make out who Graham was."
And Terry Jones adds, "Graham was a mystery... The only times I had lunch with him, we really hadn't got much to say to each other, really."
Michael Palin admits Chapman's drinking problem was a real issue. He recalls, "Sometimes he'd be quite funny and other times... he'd just irritate people for the sake of it." »
In Pictures: 'Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut New York City Premiere'
21 October 2009 8:46 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Michael Palin attending the "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut" New York City premiere at The Ziegfeld Theater, 154 West 54th Street in New York City. Photo copyright by Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos. Trudie Styler attending the "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut" New York City premiere at The Ziegfeld Theater, 154 West 54th Street in New York City. Photo copyright by Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos. Steve Coogan attending the "Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut" New York City premiere at The Ziegfeld Theater, 154 West 54th Street in New York City. Photo copyright by Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos. Terry Jones attending »
- James Wray
Science Discovers 32 New Planets... And Monty Python's Seen Them All
20 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
It was announced yesterday by a group of international researchers that 32 new planets had been discovered outside of our solar system. "Exoplanets," as they're called. It's a mystery to me why these scientists relied on fancy and undoubtedly expensive monitoring equipment when they could simply have asked the members of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
In their 1983 film, "The Meaning of Life," Python's Eric Idle took viewers on a trip through the galaxy with the appropriately titled "Galaxy Song." Last week, the five remaining Python members -- Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam -- gathered in New York City to promote the newly released documentary, "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)." To cap off the half-hour Q&A, Idle picked up an acoustic guitar and strummed his way through the Galaxy Song. Check it out in our video below...
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- Adam Rosenberg
Cleese In Agony After Python Scenes
19 October 2009 1:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
John Cleese was left in so much pain after filming scenes for cult British comedy Monty Python he had to stop the comedy routines.
The star appeared in the series alongside Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and the late Graham Chapman, from 1969.
During the sketch shows Cleese would carry out a silly walk to make people laugh while he was in character.
Palin has revealed the scenes left Cleese in agony - but the actor tried to continue because the fans enjoyed it so much.
He says, "John found it physically impossible. He did it in terrific and violent pain while people roared with laughter." »
Harassing Monty Python On The Red Carpet Of 'Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The Lawyer's Cut'
16 October 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
What does one do when confronted with the opportunity to probe the remaining members of Monty Python, one of the greatest sketch comedy troupes of all time? In the case of MTV's Josh Horowitz, it's an opportunity to play a little game of Marry/Eff/Kill. The results are hilarious. But then, that's to be expected when you're dealing with comedy geniuses on the level of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam.
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- Adam Rosenberg
Monty Python Reunite and Answer the Proust Questionnaire
16 October 2009 1:10 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
Circus Act: from left: Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle. Photograph courtesy of Patrick McMullan. In an excellent new documentary about Monty Python (Monty Python: Almost the Truth, to air on IFC October 18—23), Terry Gilliam says that people want the five surviving members of the comedy troupe to reunite for the same reasons that they want the Beatles to reunite: to remind them of the what it was like to be young and witness a revolution. And he was absolutely right. Though they went their separate ways years ago, Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin assembled last night for the premiere of the documentary and gave the audience at the Ziegfeld theater in Manhattan a taste of the absurdity that upended comedy when Flying Circus first aired, in the 1970s. (Graham Chapman couldn’t make it on account of being dead.) After the screening of an abridged, »
Monty Python: 40 More Years!
16 October 2009 10:56 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, the five surviving members of Monty Python, gathered at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre for a rare reunion in order to celebrate their 40th anniversary and to receive a special award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
After a screening of a feature-length cut of the new documentary "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut)," the five gathered on-stage (with a cardboard cut-out standing in for the late Graham Chapman) to answer questions from the crowd, banter, invite a ten-year-old girl up to do her impression of their "Spanish Inquisition" sketch and sing "The Galaxy Song" from "The Meaning of Life." You can watch a video of the session here.
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- IFC
Pythons honoured for film and TV work
16 October 2009 4:47 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
The Monty Python team have been honoured for their contribution to film and television during a special 40th anniversary reunion event in New York. John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin turned up to receive the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts gong with a cardboard cut-out of the sixth troupe member, the late Graham Chapman. The presentation followed a screening of a new documentary (more) »
- By Sarah Rollo
Monty Python Recordings Saved By U.S. Fans
15 October 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Early episodes of cult British comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus would have been lost forever if BBC bosses hadn't landed a deal to air the TV show in the U.S.
The cult series, starring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and the late Graham Chapman, was picked up by BBC network bosses in 1969.
But there would be no trace of the troupe's early comedy shenanigans if the funnymen hadn't broken into the American market in 1975 - because network executives were eager to erase the original recordings of Monty Python to clear some space in their vaults.
Cleese explains, "The technology was so clumsy; I mean the tapes that the shows were stored on were so wide and took up so much space that the BBC started wiping the shows."
Jones adds, "There were no VCRs (video recorders), no DVDs in those days. The BBC nearly wiped all the shows. We got a call one day from our video editor saying they were about to erase all the shows - the BBC had put them onto Phillips cassettes, the only thing we had at the time. So, for a time, I thought the only record we had of the first Monty Python series was in my basement!
"In fact, the BBC would have wiped the Python TV shows if they hadn't suddenly sold them to the United States, so thank you the United States!"
Cleese reveals he suffered a similar fate with another TV comedy he made with late pals Chapman and Marty Feldman - and would have nothing to look back on had it not been for a superfan in Sweden.
He explains: "I did a show with Graham and Marty Feldman, called At Last the 1948 Show, and they (BBC bosses) completely wiped it.
"It wouldn't exist apart from the fact that, quite seriously, some guy in Sweden found seven episodes in a vault and sent them (to Cleese). So these classic series got completely wiped because the technology took up too much space." »
Monty Python on Jimmy Fallon
15 October 2009 2:15 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
We don’t usually post video from late night shows like Jimmy Fallon’s unless they contain something very special. Well, in this case, these three videos do contain something very special. In a very rare TV appearance, the surviving members of the legendary Monty Python appeared on television as guests on Jimmy Fallon last night — and we’ve got video.
On the show, Fallon asked the guys about how they started the group, where they got their name and their new IFC documentary. Plus, Eric Idle got up on stage with The Roots to perform the Python classic “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life.” I’m not going to lie, I love Monty Python and seeing these guys together sure is fun. Yes, I realize they were probably on the show in large part to promote their upcoming IFC documentary but who cares, its frakking Monty Python! »
- Chris Ullrich
Monty Python Stars Draw Laughs On U.S. TV
15 October 2009 9:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Monty Python comedians John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones caused havoc on U.S. TV on Wednesday night when they abandoned an interview midway through and started a water fight.
Four of the five surviving castmembers came together for an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote their new documentary Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut).
But the show was a comedic shambles from the start - Gilliam was forced to sit on the floor after Cleese removed one of the chairs that had been set out for the actors.
They then left presenter Fallon in giggles by answering his questions all at once, before walking away from the host to mingle with the studio audience.
When they returned to their seats, Idle, Jones and Gilliam started a water fight by throwing their mugs of water over Cleese, causing him to retaliate and chuck his drink back at his pals.
Cleese also tried to start a fake rumour about the only other surviving Monty Python member, Michael Palin, joking that he was absent from the interview because had died that morning.
He told the audience, "Early this morning Michael Palin died", prompting Fallon to query his comment saying, "But he's not dead, is he?"
Cleese then teased, "No, but he's not at all well (mentally)."
Palin was missing from the line-up as he was filming a travel documentary elsewhere.
The sixth castmember, Graham Chapman, passed away in 1989. »
And now for something completely like Jimmy Fallon meeting Monty Python
15 October 2009 7:06 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The best joke on last night's Monty Python-themed Jimmy Fallon show was even older than the comedy team, four members of which appeared to mark their 40th anniversary. "Did you ever think the show would be a disaster?" asked Fallon at one point. "Shortly after you started the monologue," replied Eric Idle, quick as a flash. He had a point, too. While self-confessed comedy nerd Fallon was genuinely, and justifiably, psyched to have Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam on the show, you'd be hard pressed to say the result was all that mirthsome. Then again, in Fallon's defense, »
- Clark Collis
Monty Python takes over Late Night, videos
14 October 2009 10:46 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Tonight.s Late Night episode was a special All Monty Python edition featuring cast members John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, and Terry Jones. The Pythons will gather on Oct. 15 at New York.s Ziegfeld Theater to screen a new documentary about the group.s history titled .Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer.s Cut),. which weaves old and new interviews. The film will be shown on IFC. .The Pythons are a classic in sketch comedy, and no matter the age, they remain very, very funny,. said Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC.s .Late Night,. who appears in the documentary. .The first time you see Monty Python, you go, .Wow, I didn.t know this was possible.. It.s silly but »
- April MacIntyre
John Cleese on 40 years of 'Monty Python,' 'Fawlty Towers,' and sex!
14 October 2009 3:14 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It is now 40 years since the legendary and hugely influential comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus was first broadcast in the U.K. How do we know this? Well, partly because Python member John Cleese is so unbelievably decrepit. "I'm old and incontinent!" laughs the comedian. The Python crew's 40th anniversary is also being marked by a series of events. Tonight the five surviving members (Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam) will reunite for an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Tomorrow they will grace (and possibly silly walk across) the stage of New York's »
- Clark Collis
Python Stars Land Their Own Radio Channel
13 October 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The members of the Monty Python comedy troupe are to become satellite radio stars after landing their own channel.
Sirius Xm Radio bosses are launching a channel dedicated to all things Python, including songs and classic comedy skits.
The channel will launch on Friday and run for 10 days.
It marks the group's 40th anniversary.
Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin will reunite at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on Thursday for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts tribute. »
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