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Philippe Mora: The Hollywood Interview
22 December 2009 11:28 AM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
"Stand and deliver, sir!" Dennis Hopper in Philippe Mora's Mad Dog Morgan.
Philippe Mora: Ballad Of A Mad Dog
By
Alex Simon
Born in Paris in 1949, Philippe Mora is a member of one of Australia’s best known artistic families. His parents, Georges Mora and Mirka Mora, migrated to Australia from France in 1951 and settled in Melbourne, where they quickly became key figures on the Melbourne cultural scene. Georges, a wartime resistance fighter, became an influential art dealer, and in 1967 he founded one of the first commercial art galleries in Melbourne, Tolarno Galleries. The Mora family home and restaurants were focal points of Melbourne's bohemian subculture. As a result of this, Philippe and his brothers had what he has described as a "culturally privileged childhood."
Philippe moved to London in late 1967 to pursue painting and filmmaking. He was one of many important Australian artists, writers and others who »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Tracking 'Avatar' From Inception To Release
21 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
From MTV.Com: The love, the hate, the hubris and drama! Sure, all those elements are within the story line of "Avatar," but they've also played into the behind-the-scenes hype surrounding the film over its 12-year development.
Now, the proof is finally in the pudding, and you can judge for yourself as you slip on those 3-D glasses and escape into the world of Pandora. But, for old times' sake, let's take one final look back at the unique timeline that has followed "Avatar" from script to screen. After all, where else are you going to find an up-and-down story involving Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, FernGully, Adolf Hitler and our own Josh Horowitz?
Continue reading 'Avatar' Timeline: The Film's Long Journey From Dream To Screen
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- Larry Carroll
'Avatar' Timeline: The Film's Long Journey From Dream To Screen
21 December 2009 6:31 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
James Cameron's boundary-breaking film has experienced ups and downs for 12 years.
"Avatar"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
The love, the hate, the hubris and drama! Sure, all those elements are within the story line of "Avatar," but they've also played into the behind-the-scenes hype surrounding the film over its 12-year development.
Now, the proof is finally in the pudding, and you can judge for yourself as you slip on those 3-D glasses and escape into the world of Pandora. But, for old times' sake, let's take one final look back at the unique timeline that has followed "Avatar" from script to screen. After all, where else are you going to find an up-and-down story involving Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, FernGully, Adolf Hitler and our own Josh Horowitz?
1995: James Cameron writes his first draft for "Avatar" as an 80-page treatment heavily influenced by Edgar Rice Burroughs and his "John Carter" series. »
Inglourious Basterds (Blu-Ray/DVD Review)
17 December 2009 1:10 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Here Come the Basterds
The Basterds have come to Blu-Ray. As anticipated as Chinese Democracy, but not nearly as disappointing, Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds made its Blu-ray and DVD this past Tuesday.
Dropped into German occupied France, a band of Jewish-American soldiers have one mission- kill as many Nazis as possible. Led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), The Basterds carry out their goal with a total disregard for human life or proper spelling. Whether scalping Nazi soldiers or beating them with baseball bats, they carry out their task with a truly “exploitation” level of violence. Their acts become legendary within the Third Reich, even sticking in the craw of one Adolph Hitler.
Inglourious Basterds is World War II as fought by battalions of film geeks. Taratino stays true to his video store clerk roots invoking 70’s WWII exploitation flicks like Escape To Athena (1979), Kelly’S Heroes (1970), and of »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (David McKendry)
Who do you read? Good Roger, or Bad Roger?
15 December 2009 9:18 PM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
This message came to me from a reader named Peter Svensland. He and a friend have been debating about my qualities as a film critic, and they've involved a considerable critic, Dan Schneider, in their discussion. I will say that he has given the question a surprising amount of thought and attention over the years, and may well be correct in some aspects. What his analysis gives me is a renewed respect and curiosity about his own work.
¶
Dear Roger,
A friend and I would like to have your opinion. It's basically so that we can settle an argument (and small side bet) with a friend over what your opinion would be. My friend and I have carefully co-drafted this email to try to eliminate one or the other of our biases. I hope we succeeded!
I have read your columns and watched your tv shows for many years now »
- Roger Ebert
Inglourious Basterds DVD Review
15 December 2009 1:49 PM, PST | ScreenStar | See recent ScreenStar news »
Just when the moviegoing public seemed ready to write off Quentin Tarantino, who'd been years removed from either a big hit or a critical success, the director roared back to the forefront of American filmmaking with Inglourious Basterds (2009). Unapologetically violent, disturbingly funny, brilliantly plotted, and ingeniously shot, Inglourious Basterds is prime Tarantino. The film, with its beautiful imagery, intricate camera moves, and wide scope, was truly meant to be absorbed on a big-screen, but for those who missed it in theaters the DVD -- out now from Universal Studios Home Entertainment -- will have to do. There are several versions: a two-disc Blu-ray set, a two-disc special edition DVD, and a single-disc DVD. Inglourious Basterds is, at its core, a stylized revenge/wish-fulfillment fantasy. Brad Pitt stars as Lt. Aldo Raine, the American leader of a team of Jewish-American soldiers referred to as the Basterds, and its their mission to kill Nazis, »
- ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
Eli Roth’s father talks about his son killing Adolf Hitler
14 December 2009 2:50 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Eli Roth posted a tweet to an article that his Father had written regarding his role in Inglourious Basterds titled “My Son killed Adolf Hitler” on the Jewish Journal. Its a really great read..check out this snippet below:
What I scarcely expected were the overwhelming feelings that flooded me as I witnessed the scene in the film, “Inglourious Basterds.” I watched my son, as his character of “The Bear Jew,” machine gun the Fuhrer’s face to a bloody pulp. In that moment, I felt that my beloved boychik was carrying out wishes of mine from my Brownsville, Brooklyn childhood, wild longings from a lifetime of agonizing over the Holocaust. I felt a powerful mixture of rescue, revenge, redemption, relief and a strange grief. My son was sacrificing himself for all of us. He was doing what I could not. And I cried.
Many friends have told me of similar personal, »
- Scott
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
Pete Doherty: Arrested in Germany For Throwing A Pint Glass At A Car
7 December 2009 5:33 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »
The Babyshambles frontman was taken into custody for throwing a pint glass at a car – believed to be parked at the time – outside of the bar Trinkteufel (Drink Devil) in Berlin shortly before 7am on Saturday morning (05.12.09).
According to German newspaper Bild, Pete had been thrown out of another bar a short while earlier, and upon arriving at Trinkteufel had been asking staff where he could buy some drugs.
A bartender said: "I almost threw them out too. He was drinking shots and constantly asking where to get cocaine."
Pete was taken to a police station not far from Checkpoint Charlie – the best known crossing point between East and West Germany when the country was separated after World War II - where he spent the next three hours. He was booked for property damage and released.
Pete recently finished a tour of Germany during which he attracted controversy by singing »
- Alice
Top 10 conspiracy films of the 70s
3 December 2009 5:19 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Richard Kelly’s The Box opens today in the UK, you can read my review here, and to celebrate the 70s paranoia vibe we’re posting this look back at some of the greatest conspiracy/paranoia thrillers of that decade. There are some great films here, and The Box does its best to emulate this, so you might want to look into some of these when you’re done with Kelly’s latest.
Klute 1971
Strongly following the crime / investigation genre, this film tells the story of a conspiracy theory that may be a little more personal, a little more close to home. Realistic and gritty (it centres on a prostitute); it promises the keep fans of 70’s films on their edge of their seat. ‘Don’t be afraid…’
When laboratory engineer Tom Gruneman (Robert Mili) disappears, the only clue available to detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) is an obscene letter »
- admin
Downfall (2004) Movie Review
2 December 2009 1:12 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
It seems to me that there is a metaphor embedded somewhere in Downfall, transforming what is at first glance just another World War II film into a provocative account of the final days of the Nazi party, anchored by a genuinely great performance from Bruno Ganz, who plays Adolph Hitler as a man that seems hunched over and sickly, his voice rough and haggard. The withering emaciation of ruthless and unchecked power makes him appear like a man whose soul is corroded away and his body denigrated, whose ideologies have obviated compassion and understanding and set him on the course toward total annihilation. Occasionally he effects a moment of warmth and affection, as if the evil is the corruption of all that’s good and true within him, but his obsession with conquest (or, at least, holding Berlin from the oncoming Russians) drags him down again into a dark place within his soul. »
- Jacob
Pete Doherty Infuriated Fans At German Music Festival By Singing The Banned Nazi Verse Of The National Anthem
1 December 2009 11:29 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »
The rocker took to the stage at the Munich event, organised by radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk, on Saturday (28.11.09) and launched into a rendition of ‘Deutschlandlied’ – translated ‘The Song of Germany’. As soon as fans heard the first verse – which has been banned since the end of World War II because of its use during the Nazi regime by Adolf Hitler and its reference to racial superiority – they began to jeer and heckle Pete. His performance was allowed to continue for five more songs before organisers made him leave the stage and the live radio broadcast was cut, prompting Pete to hurl his microphone at the concert’s host. A statement released by Bayerischer Rundfunk said: “As the British say, ‘We are not amused.’ Unfortunately, it was unforeseeable. Live is live.” Only the third verse of the national anthem is allowed to be sung in Germany. The first stanza of the anthem translates as: “Germany, »
- Alice
Pete Doherty sparks Nazi row
30 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Pete Doherty infuriated fans at German music festival by singing the banned Nazi verse of the national anthem. The rocker took to the stage at the Munich event, organised by radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk, on Saturday (28.11.09) and launched into a rendition of 'Deutschlandlied' - translated 'The Song of Germany'. As soon as fans heard the first verse - which has been banned since the end of World War II because of its use during the Nazi regime by Adolf Hitler and its reference to racial superiority - they began to jeer and heckle Pete. His performance was allowed to continue for five more songs before organisers made him leave the stage and the live radio broadcast was cut, prompting »
Hitler's Mercedes 'bought for £5m'
24 November 2009 10:18 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Adolf Hitler's Mercedes has reportedly been purchased by a Russian billionaire for an estimated £5m. The midnight blue 770 K was bought together with seven other vehicles used by Nazi leaders that had been stored in a garage in Western Germany. Duesseldorf car dealer Michael Froehlich told the Cologne Express: "On Wednesday I got a tip-off whom it had been sold to. It belonged to a private (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
Nazi Mystery: Blonde Twins from Brazil on National Geographic this week
24 November 2009 9:52 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
National Geographic exposes the real life Nazi mystery of Dr. Joseph Mengele in Exploer: Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil this Sunday, November 29. Explorer airs this Sunday, November 29 at 9Pm Et/Pt Joseph Mengele, the escaped Nazi war criminal and SS physician, known as the Angel of Death, spent years doing cruel, gruesome and inhuman medical experiments on twins at Auschwitz working to determine if twins held the key to building a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race for Adolf Hitler. There is real evidence that Mengele's attempts may not have ended at Auschwitz, and that his obsession to engineer an Aryan master race continued, and that succeeded while he was on the run in South America. »
- April MacIntyre
Fox Reveals Fake Personas
17 November 2009 2:01 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Megan Fox has developed a string of fake personalities to sex-up her Hollywood image.
The sexy star has become infamous for delivering stinging soundbites and curious anecdotes about her eccentricities, stirring up controversy this year by comparing her Transformers director Michael Bay to Adolf Hitler and admitting to "bouts of schizophrenia".
But the 23-year-old actress reveals she's simply playing a game with the media every time she makes outlandish claims and comments - and then sits back as fans and critics alike try to figure out what's for real.
In an interview with New York Times magazine, she explains, "I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they're going to tear you down. And I created a character as an offering for the sacrifice.
"I'm not willing to give my true self up. It's a testament to my real personality that I would go so far as to make up another personality... The reality is, I am hidden amongst all the insanity. Nobody can find me." »
Megan Fox doesn’t want to be like Angelina Jolie (IrishCentral)
16 November 2009 6:06 AM, PST | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
Megan Fox has revealed that she is nothing like Angelina Jolie. The “Jennifer's Body” actress has frequently been compared to the “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” star since her breakthrough role in 2007's “Transformers,” but despite the brunettes' similar looks and penchant for wild statements, the younger actress insists they are poles apart . Fox, 23, said: "People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite. "I'm not a tigress like Angelina. Of course, people want me to be. But I want to be the contradiction of that." Fox, who was caught in a furor after she compared “Transformers” director Michael Bay to Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler, blamed the Angelina comparisons for people taking her too seriously. "When I do interviews, I say things that I think are hysterical,” she said. “But because we live in a world of sound bites, you're not allowed to have a sense of humor. »
Megan Fox Is Always Compared With Angelina Jolie
16 November 2009 1:21 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »
The sexy 'Jennifer's Body' actress has frequently been compared to the 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' star since her break-through role in 2007's 'Transformers', but despite the brunettes' similar looks and penchant for wild statements, the younger actress insists they are poles apart . Megan, 23, said: "People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite. "I'm not a tigress like Angelina. Of course, people want me to be. But I want to be the contradiction of that." Megan - who was caught in a furore after she compared 'Transformers' director Michael Bay to Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler - blamed the Angelina comparisons for people taking her too seriously. She said: "When I do interviews, I say things that I think are hysterical. But because we live in a world of sound bites, you're not allowed to have a sense of humour. »
- admin
Megan Fox no Angelina Jolie
15 November 2009 10:01 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Megan Fox doesn't want to be like Angelina Jolie. The sexy 'Jennifer's Body' actress has frequently been compared to the 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' star since her break-through role in 2007's 'Transformers', but despite the brunettes' similar looks and penchant for wild statements, the younger actress insists they are poles apart . Megan, 23, said: "People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite. "I'm not a tigress like Angelina. Of course, people want me to be. But I want to be the contradiction of that." Megan - who was caught in a furore after she compared 'Transformers' director Michael Bay to Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler - blamed the Angelina »
1930s journalist Gareth Jones to have story retold
12 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Correspondent who exposed Soviet Ukraine's manmade famine to be focus of new documentary
In death he has become known as "the man who knew too much" – a fearless young British reporter who walked from one desperate, godforsaken village to another exposing the true horror of a famine that was killing millions.
Gareth Jones's accounts of what was happening in Soviet Ukraine in 1932-33 were different from other western accounts. Not only did he reveal the true extent of starvation, he reported on the Stalin regime's failure to deliver aid while exporting grain to the west. The tragedy is now known as the Holodomar and regarded by Ukrainians as genocide.
Two years after the articles Jones was killed by Chinese bandits in Inner Mongolia – murdered, according to his family, in a Moscow plot as punishment.
The remarkable story of Jones is being told afresh by his old university, Cambridge, which »
- Mark Brown
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