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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is Bizarrely Wonderful
13 hours ago | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
Most Terry Gilliam movies are so packed with information, I only get the broad strokes. 12 Monkeys is about time travel. Fisher King is about mourning. Every little device crammed into a set, every line of dialogue, that stuff gets hazy. It.s just so busy, visually and metaphysically, I just let it happen.
Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is Gilliam.s most surreal and boundless, if that.s possible. I don.t know what it would have been had Heath Ledger lived and everything gone according to plan. What has come out of the tragedy is something bizarrely wonderful and a fitting tribute to the late artist. »
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
30 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST | The Culture Post | See recent The Culture Post news »
Without being necessarily perfect, the film pretends to offer more than its counterparts who excessively rely on CGIs. This might be slightly true. However, the story is fairly thin and we’re left with a simple and decent blockbuster. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) is 1000 years old. With the help of Valentina (Lily Cole), his fifteen-years-old daughter, along with Percy (Verne Troyer) and Anton (Andrew Garfield), Valentina’s friend, Dr. Parnassus runs a travelling show. In this show, a member of the audience is invited on stage in order to be sent on the other side of a mirror. Afterwards, he/she will be plunged into his/her own imagination.
However, there’s no amusement behind this and the troupe is seriously poor. Many centuries ago, Dr. Parnassus made a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits). In exchange of immortality, Dr. Parnassus must promise he’ll give »
- anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
Verne Troyer Launches New Interactive Site
30 December 2009 12:51 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
"Austin Powers" star Verne Troyer is hoping to get better acquainted with his fans by launching a new social networking website. The actor, who rose to fame as Mini Me in Mike Myers' films, has set up the interactive site "Looking Up" on his official page VerneTroyer.com - and is already busy uploading personal photos and videos for his followers to check out, and encouraging them to post their own snaps.
And Troyer is pleased he'll be able to use the website to keep in touch with fans. He tells Parade magazine, "I've launched a new website, VerneTroyer.com. It's linked to a social networking site called Looking Up, which is similar to Facebook. I get to chat with people that like my movies and just stay in touch with fans."
After appearing in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "Austin Powers in Goldmember", Verne Troyer »
- AceShowbiz.com
Heath Ledger`s kindness recalled
29 December 2009 11:50 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Ahead of the first anniversary of Heath Ledger's death, a fellow actor recalled his compassion. Verne Troyer, who starred with Ledger in The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, which was finished with the help of Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, said: 'I just think of having dinner with him and being able to talk to him and being surprised that he was really open and down to earth. He was a kind, giving person, even on set. And he had huge enthusiasm, which was sort of contagious.' Of finishing the movie after Ledger's death, he said:'i think we all came together as a group, as a family, you know, to finish it for Heath. Johnny Depp just »
- Philippa Bourke
'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' review (3/5) - The final performance from Heath Ledger.
29 December 2009 8:10 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Terry Gilliam has always had a star-crossed career. His magnum opus, "Brazil," was sliced-and-diced and essentially neutered when it hit American shores. The problems he ran into shooting "Man of La Mancha," a film he never finished, have been widely documented. "Tideland," his last film and his most personal movie to date, was (rightly) savaged by critics and ignored by most audiences. And during his latest film, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," leading man Heath Ledger died during shooting. Of course, that means "Imaginarium" has to be considered with that in mind, doesn't it? Because Gilliam's solution, having Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell to step into Ledger's shoes for various sequences, wasn't a choice borne out of anything but necessity. Essentially, it's a conceit that you have to decide if you're able to forgive as an audience member, but since you know the history behind the film and Ledger's death, »
Troyer: 'Ledger was kind and giving'
29 December 2009 5:10 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Verne Troyer has paid tribute to the late Heath Ledger. Ledger, who starred alongside Troyer in The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus, died while the film was still being made. His part was later filled by Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell. "I actually didn't even really think about whether we'd ever go back into production after his death," Troyer told Parade. "My first thoughts were with his family. I just thought it was impossible that he was gone. Then, when [director] Terry Gilliam sort of recovered, he talked to us about not quitting. "I think we all came together as a group, (more) »
- By Catriona Wightman
Avatar Box Office: James Cameron’s Sci-Fi Adventure Breaks Another Monday Record
29 December 2009 12:01 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Sam Worthington in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) James Cameron’s Avatar has broken its own "Monday in December" record. According to the Box Office Mojo Monday chart, yesterday Avatar earned an estimated $19.4 million ($5,619 per screen) at the Us/Canada box office, landing in the chart’s #7 slot. Last Monday, Cameron’s sci-fi adventure had grossed $16.3m. Still ahead of Avatar are Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 ($27.6m), with Tobey Maguire; Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($26,7m), with Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett; the Johnny Depp vehicle Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($25m); Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, with Christian Bale and Heath Ledger ($24.4m); Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon’s animated feature [...] »
- Michelle Hutton
Top 100 Tuesday: 100 Best Movies of the Decade
29 December 2009 4:43 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
We are leaving Kubrick behind and fast approaching Hyams. If you get that reference, go grab yourself a cookie. It is time for us to reflect back on the decade that was. On January 1st, 2000, Disney released Fantasia 2000. On Wednesday, December 30th, 2009, The White Ribbon is set to bow. Between the release of these two films, thousands of films came and went, and some of them were far more memorable than others. It was a long trek getting this list together, but here are our collective top 100 films of the past decade.
Quick Year-to-Year by the Numbers:
2009 – 11
2008 – 11
2007 – 7
2006 – 14
2005 – 12
2004 – 8
2003 – 7
2002 – 12
2001 – 10
2000 – 8
100. Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Clint Eastwood
99. Juno (2007) – Jason Reitman
98. An Education (2009) – Lone Scherfig
97. Spider-man 2 (2004) – Sam Raimi
96. Munich (2005) – Steven Spielberg
95. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) – Wes Anderson
94. The King Of Kong (2007) – Seth Gordon
93. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’S Stone (2001) – Chris Columbus
92. Clerks 2 (2006) – Kevin Smith
91. Femme Fatale (2002) – Brian De Palma
90. Tasogare Seibei »
- Movie Geeks
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
tMF Top 50: Best Movies of the 2000s (50-41)
28 December 2009 9:59 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Editors Note: This week our resident film critic David Dimichele will count down the top 50 best films of the decade. Today we will look at the first ten from the list and unveil a new portion of the list each day until we get to the number one film of this past decade.
The countdown starts after the jump.
50. The Dark Knight (2008)
This nocturnal epic of a nightmare can be a metaphor to what may await America. With President-elect Obama ready to step in and lay a new foundation over a rundown America that is suffering from economic issues, bailout options, unemployment and the always looming threat of a terrorist attack, director Christopher Nolan conceives such unfavorable situations and employs them in a world that usually doesn’t deal with such catastrophes. He dominates the comic book atmosphere of Batman like no one has ever done with jokers, white knights, »
- rlpolo04@aol.com (David DiMichele)
Johnny Depp: 'Honour to represent Heath'
28 December 2009 2:38 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Johnny Depp has spoken out about replacing Heath Ledger in the late star's last film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. According to HitFlix, Depp has joined Jude Law as the second actor to open up about the movie. "It was an honour to represent Heath. He was the only player out there breathing heavy down the back of every established actor's neck with a thundering and ungovernable talent that came up on you quick, hissing rather mischievously with that cheeky grin, 'Hey... (more) »
- By Aaron Broverman
In Theaters: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
28 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
For the first 20 minutes or so of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Gilliam's latest labor of love and chaos, I fought off the suspicion that I'd rather be watching a documentary about the film's blighted production. This is partly Gilliam's fault -- the introductory sequence is painfully oblique, laborious in its attempts at whimsy and off-kilter charm -- and partly that of Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, whose Lost in La Mancha, a chronicle of Gilliam's disastrous attempt to adapt Don Quixote, was as layered and entertaining as the director's best work, all of which is over a decade behind him. Famously hamstrung by the January 2008 death of its star, Heath Ledger, Imaginarium was saved by the subbing-in of three actors to cover Ledger's unfinished scenes; the film then faced the death of one of its producers and continuous funding and sale snags. The Gilliam curse was beginning to outpace, »
Johnny Depp finally discusses stepping in for Heath Ledger in 'Imaginarium'
28 December 2009 12:51 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Like many of Terry Gilliam's films "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" almost didn't make it to the screen, but as fate would hand it three premier actors stepped in when the production was its lowest point. Heath Ledger's tragic passing in the middle of filming could have forced "Parnassus" to remain unfinished or a shadow of what it was supposed to be, but thanks to a break in the shooting schedule and a lucky fantastical story element other actors could step in for the departed Oscar winner. Those gentleman turned out to be Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law. Out »
- Gregory Ellwood
'Avatar' Defeats 'Sherlock Holmes' At Record-Breaking Holiday Box Office
28 December 2009 6:53 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
James Cameron's science-fiction epic trumps Robert Downey Jr.'s debut as Britain's number-one sleuth.
By Josh Wigler
"Avatar"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
The Box-Office Top Five
#1 "Avatar" ($75 million)
#2 "Sherlock Holmes" ($65.4 million)
#3 "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($50.2 million)
#4 "It's Complicated" ($22.1 million)
#5 "Up in the Air" ($11.8 million)
Despite his brilliant deductive reasoning and combat proficiency, Sherlock Holmes proved no match for the Na'vi of Pandora as James Cameron's "Avatar" won first place at the box office for the second weekend in a row. Still, victory wasn't entirely effortless for the 3-D science-fiction epic, as "Avatar" surrendered Wednesday night to the debut of "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" and also succumbed to "Sherlock Holmes" on Friday.
But a closer look at the numbers reveals that "Avatar" never had much to worry about, as the film lost to "Alvin" on Wednesday by a mere $2.4 million and an even smaller »
Kaleidoscope 2009: Important Movie Events (Part 1/4)
28 December 2009 2:19 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
2009 is drawing to a close. Although the year isn't marked with any crippling writers' strike or a shocking death of a Hollywood young talent like Heath Ledger, it does have a story of its own. Kate Winslet winning her first two Golden Globes, "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" logo being unveiled and Mickey Rourke finally aboard "Iron Man 2" are only a few events shaping up the film industry during the year's first three months. Here, AceShowbiz presents a look at the occurrences happening in movie biz over the first quarter.
January
January is highlighted with one significant news that sent many of the "Twilight" fans sighing for relief. After weeks of uncertainty, the question whether or not Taylor Lautner reprises his Jacob Black role in sequel "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" had been met with a satisfying answer. On January 8, director Chris Weitz confirmed that the teen actor will »
- AceShowbiz.com
No Shot, Sherlock—Avatar Rules
27 December 2009 6:15 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
For a while there, Sherlock Holmes had James Cameron outwitted. But only for a while. Cameron's Avatar ended up the biggest, fattest movie of a big, fat box-office weekend, with an estimated $75 million Friday-Sunday. The Robert Downey Jr.-ized Sherlock Holmes finished second, but didn't settle for second, with a bigger-than-expected $65.3 million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ($50.2 million) and Meryl Streep's It's Complicated ($22.1 million) got in on the record-breaking holiday action as well. More box-office highlights, including the debut of Heath Ledger's last film, and a Top 10 farewell to New Moon: • The Chipmunks sequel edged Avatar on »
No Shot, Sherlock—Avatar Rules
27 December 2009 6:15 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
For a while there, Sherlock Holmes had James Cameron outwitted. But only for a while. Cameron's Avatar ended up the biggest, fattest movie of a big, fat box-office weekend, with an estimated $75 million Friday-Sunday. The Robert Downey Jr.-ized Sherlock Holmes finished second, but didn't settle for second, with a bigger-than-expected $65.3 million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ($50.2 million) and Meryl Streep's It's Complicated ($22.1 million) got in on the record-breaking holiday action as well. More box-office highlights, including the debut of Heath Ledger's last film, and a Top 10 farewell to New Moon: • The Chipmunks sequel edged Avatar on »
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