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2009 | 2008
10 articles from 2009
Where have all the biopics gone?
9 December 2009 1:32 PM, PST | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »
A few years ago, the Hollywood biopic finally seemed to be coming of age. It was the fall of 2004 -- a season that gave us not one but two of the most thrilling biographical dramas ever made, the jumpin' and impassioned Ray and the bold and brilliant Kinsey. (No, that's not Kinsey at left -- it's Woody Harrelson as Larry Flynt -- though it's probably a ménage he would have approved of.) The fact that these two movies came out within one month of each other was a coincidence, yet I marveled, at the time, at what they had in »
- Owen Gleiberman
The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
8 December 2009 10:25 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah. »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Scenes We Love: Ed Wood
11 August 2009 7:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
A biopic about Ed Wood originally sounded like a bad idea, simply because the primary impulse should have been to ridicule the poor old Angora-wearing fellow into oblivion for two hours. That might have been funny for a minute or two, but Wood did it to himself, so much better, in his own films. Happily, screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski and director Tim Burton instead made a loving tribute to a nut that never gave up, and Ed Wood became one of the most endearing movies of the 1990s. It's one of my all-time favorites, but it gets extra credit for one brief scene that comes fairly late in the film.
Wood (Johnny Depp) is having trouble with the producers of his latest low-budget sci-fi epic and he storms out -- in full drag -- to the nearest bar. There he meets Orson Welles and gets a stirring piece »
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
Stephen King’s Cell Now To Be A Miniseries From John Harrison
13 July 2009 2:28 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Originally, the Weinstein Brothers' planned for their option on Stephen King's novel Cell to translate into a feature film directed by Eli Roth. Recently though, Roth has confirmed that he's moved on from the project in favour of self-created works. So what next? According to a new report from Fangoria, the plan to realize the Cell adaptation as a big screen movie left with him and now, John Harrison is scripting an adaptation to be shopped around the networks as a 4-hour miniseries. There's no suggestion he'll be using any of the material Scott Alexander and Larry Karazewski developed for the Roth movie. Harrison's horror film legacy is already substantial, unravelling backwards from his new Books of Blood feature film to his work in Romero's Dead films as composer, actor and assistant to Romero. Indeed, he is credited as the assistant director of Romero and King's Creepshow and made »
- Brendon Connelly
Columbus Takes Over Ripley Film
1 July 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Robert Ripley, the cartoonist who showcased oddities from around the world on radio, television, and in the famous comic strip "Ripley’s Believe It or Not", is on his way to the big screen sometime in 2011.
Paramount will release Ripley’s Believe It or Not, which already has Jim Carrey attached to play Ripley. Originally scheduled to be a biopic, Sci Fi Wire reports John Collee, the screenwriter of Happy Feet and Zach Snyder’s upcoming Guardians of Ga'Hoole, is writing a more fantastical version of a script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the writers of Carrey’s 1999 film Man on the Moon.
Chris Columbus has been hired to direct the more outlandish Ripley’s Believe It or Not, replacing Tim Burton, who would have directed Alexander and Karaszewski’s more biographical script. Carrey was reportedly unhappy with Burton’s approach, and Burton is no longer attached to the project. »
USC Alum/Producer Laura Ziskin to be Keynote Speaker at School Of Cinematic Arts This Friday
11 May 2009 6:11 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Laura Ziskin, above left, on the set of Spider-Man, and Shonda Rhimes, below.)
"Grey's Anatomy" Executive Producer and Head Writer Shonda Rhimes will also receive the Mary Pickford Foundation Award at the ceremony.
by Terry Keefe
Two of the most successful alumni of the USC School of Cinematic Arts (Sca) will be featured players at the Sca Commencement this Friday, May 15th. The Commencement Address will be delivered by producer Laura Ziskin, who counts the Spider-Man franchise amongst her many producing credits. Other Ziskin productions include As Good As It Gets and Pretty Woman, as well as the 74th Annual Academy Awards Show.
Shonda Rhimes, the creative force behind "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice," will receive the distinguished Mary Pickford Foundation Award, which is given to distinguished alumni. Past recipients include: Brian Grazer, William Fraker, Conrad L. Hall, Ray Harryhausen, Alan Ladd Jr., Michelle Manning, Walter Murch, Jay Roach, Gary Rydstrom, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
A Sweeping Tour of the new USC School of Cinematic Arts, including Special Appearances by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg - Part One
20 April 2009 11:48 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Steven Spielberg, Dean Elizabeth M. Daley, USC President Steven B. Sample, and George Lucas at the dedication of new USC School of Cinematic Arts.)
Part One of our tour of the new USC School of Cinematic Arts!
By Terry Keefe & Alex Simon, Photography and Videography by Gregory Weinkauf.
Back at the turn of the 90s, when we attended what was then known as the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California, we always considered our institution the best film school in the world and it was an easy argument to make. Buildings and production facilities with the names of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Johnny Carson, Harold Lloyd, and Marcia Lucas formed the centerpiece of the physical campus, and when these were dedicated back in 1983, it made international news. A somewhat forgotten fact of university cinema studies is that majoring in film wasn’t always considered to be a legitimate pursuit by many, »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
20 April 2009 4:52 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Steven Spielberg, Dean Elizabeth M. Daley, USC President Steven B. Sample, and George Lucas, above.)
A tour of the new USC School of Cinematic Arts, including video of speeches by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Dean Elizabeth Daley, and USC President Stephen B. Sample
By Terry Keefe & Alex Simon, Photography and Videography by Gregory Weinkauf.
Back at the turn of the 90s, when we attended what was then known as the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California, we always considered our institution the best film school in the world and it was an easy argument to make. Buildings and production facilities with the names of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Johnny Carson, Harold Lloyd, and Marcia Lucas formed the centerpiece of the physical campus, and when these were dedicated back in 1983, it made international news. A somewhat forgotten fact of university cinema studies is that majoring in film wasn »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
20 April 2009 4:36 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Steven Spielberg, Dean Elizabeth M. Daley, USC President Steven B. Sample, and George Lucas, above.)
A tour of the new USC School of Cinematic Arts, including video of speeches by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Dean Elizabeth Daley, and USC President Stephen B. Sample
By Terry Keefe & Alex Simon, Photography and Videography by Gregory Weinkauf.
Back at the turn of the 90s, when we attended what was then known as the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California, we always considered our institution the best film school in the world and it was an easy argument to make. Buildings and production facilities with the names of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Johnny Carson, Harold Lloyd, and Marcia Lucas formed the centerpiece of the physical campus, and when these were dedicated back in 1983, it made international news. A somewhat forgotten fact of university cinema studies is that majoring in film wasn »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
The Future of Cinematic Education is Here at the New USC School of Cinematic Arts, Featuring Appearances by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg
20 April 2009 4:29 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Steven Spielberg, Dean Elizabeth M. Daley, USC President Steven B. Sample, and George Lucas, above.)
A tour of the new USC School of Cinematic Arts, including video of speeches by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Dean Elizabeth Daley, and USC President Stephen B. Sample
By Terry Keefe & Alex Simon, Photography and Videography by Gregory Weinkauf.
Back at the turn of the 90s, when we attended what was then known as the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California, we always considered our institution the best film school in the world and it was an easy argument to make. Buildings and production facilities with the names of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Johnny Carson, Harold Lloyd, and Marcia Lucas formed the centerpiece of the physical campus, and when these were dedicated back in 1983, it made international news. A somewhat forgotten fact of university cinema studies is that majoring in film wasn »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
2009 | 2008
10 articles from 2009
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