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2009 | 2008
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Swarez's Top Ten of 2009
31 December 2009 7:06 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
My list consists of some studio products, festival favorites and a few that deserve a wider audience.Happy New Year yall!
The first film I saw at this year's Fantastic Fest and the one I think stuck with me the most. The depute feature from Jonathan auf der Heide tells the story of a group of prisoners stuck on the island of Tasmania, known then as Van Diemen's Land. They escape from their captors and venture in to the vast wilderness of the island which was probably not the best idea they ever had. Based on a true story the film is a tour de force in both performance and visual terms. If Terence Malick ever made a cannibal movie then this would be it.
Another feature depute from a young genius but this time aided with considerable more funds and the guiding hand of one Peter Jackson. »
Ari Lehman's Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei Journal
14 December 2009 2:50 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Much as we'd like to, we can't always get to Every festival that happens. That's why we have friends like Ari Lehman, who travels extensively and who can bring us a blow-by-blow of the events as they happened. Here, then, is Ari's exclusive journal from his recent trip to Spain, where his band, First Jason, played the Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei, which is a really long name for one hell of a festival dedicated to horror movies and music. So without further ado...
Firstjason Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei Journal
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As we looked out of the airplane window, Barcelona lay sprawled out before us like an overflowing Pirate's chest that had been tipped into the shiny blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea. I looked up to the north where I saw a dark, craggy mountaintop looming in the distance. »
- Sifu Scott
Casting News: Rashida Jones Gets Social, Langella is Unknown
9 December 2009 8:54 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Two bit of casting news this week: Rashida Jones, the charming and delightful co-star of NBC’s “The Office”, has landed a role in David Fincher’s social networking movie called, well, “Social Network”. She joins a cast that includes Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg, and revolves around the founders of the social-networking website Facebook and their less-than-amicable split. Aaron Sorkin wrote the script, with Fincher directing. Over at thriller land, Frank Langella, fresh off freaking people in “The Box”, has joined the international thriller “Unknown White Male”. He joins Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger in the film, which will star Neeson as a man who awakens from a coma to find somebody else has assumed his identity. Langella will play Cole, who comes forward as the coma guy’s colleague and gets involved as he tries to reclaim his identity. Shooting on “Unknown White Male” is expected »
- Nix
Frank Langella to Star in Unknown White Male
9 December 2009 1:17 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Frank Langella has signed on to star opposite Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, and January Jones in the Jaume Collet-Serra-directed thriller Unknown White Male, according to Variety.
The script is based on the Didier Van Cauwelaert novel Hors de moi (Out of My Head) and tells the story of a man (Neeson) who wakes from a coma following a car accident. He finds that his wife of ten years (Jones) does not recognize him and has struck a relationship with another man who has stolen his identity.
Both Kruger and Langella will portray characters that help the protagonist in his quest to recover his identity and his relationship with his wife.
This will be the fourth project for Langella following his Oscar-nominated performance in Frost/Nixon. He had a memorable role as the enigmatic Arlington Steward in Richard Kelly's The Box and has completed shooting on Andrew Jarecki's »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Langella Continues Genre Work in Unknown White Male
8 December 2009 8:12 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
I have always been a fan of Frank Langella. He was in one of my guilty pleasures as a horror fan, Brainscan. Go ahead, judge me.
From the Variety article:
Frank Langella has been set to star with Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger in Unknown White Male, the Dark Castle thriller.
Neeson plays a man who awakens from a coma to find somebody else has assumed his identity. Langella plays Cole, who comes forward as the coma guy’s colleague and gets involved as he tries to reclaim his identity.
Shooting starts January in Berlin, with Warner Bros. distributing. Joel Silver produces with Leonard Goldberg and Andrew Rona. Steve Richards, Sarah Meyer and Peter McAleese are exec producers.
One thing that the article doesn’t mention is that Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan & House Of Wax) will be directing his third film for Dark Castle Films.
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- Andy
Frank Langella is an ‘Unknown White Male’
8 December 2009 7:42 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Frank Langella is one of those guys who can be effortlessly good in any role he picks out of a hat, just like his co-star in Frost/Nixon, Michael Sheen. Sheen will have his New Moons and his Underworlds, Langella will have his Superman Returns and Small Soldiers variety of roles, but they’ll both be great through and through.
Will Dark Castle’s thriller Unknown White Male, starring Liam Neeson, Inglourious Basterds‘ Diane Kruger, and now Langella be a Frost/Nixon or disposable dreck? Who cares when you have a cast like this?
Jaume Collet-Serra’s film, which starts production in Berlin next month, will be centered on Neeson, who “plays a man who awakens from a coma to find somebody else has assumed his identity. Langella plays Cole, who comes forward as the coma guy’s colleague and gets involved as he tries to reclaim his identity.”
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- John Cooper
Frank Langella Joins “Unknown White Male”
8 December 2009 6:02 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Frank Langella will star with Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones in a thriller “Unknown White Male.”
Jaume Collet-Serra (”Orphan”) will direct the movie from the screenplay written by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell.
The script is based on the 2003 novel by French author Didier Van Cauwelaert – “Out of My Head” (”Hors de moi”).
Neeson will play a doctor who heads to Berlin for a medical conference and ends up in a car crash. When he recovers from a coma, his wife no longer recognises him and is living with another man, who has stolen Neeson’s identity.
Langella plays Cole, who comes forward as the coma guy’s colleague and gets involved as he tries to reclaim his identity.
Shooting starts January in Berlin, with Warner Bros. distributing.
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- Fiona
Langella Joins Unknown White Male Cast
8 December 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Frank Langella ( The Box ) is the latest to join the cast of the upcoming Dark Castle thriller Unknown White Male reports Variety. Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger have already been announced. Neeson plays a man who awakens from a coma to find somebody else has assumed his identity. Langella plays Cole, who comes forward as the coma guy's colleague and gets involved as he tries to reclaim his identity. Jaume Collet-Serra ( Orphan , House Of Wax ) will direct from a screenplay penned by Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell and Karl Gajdusek. Joel Silver produces along with Leonard Goldberg and Andrew Rona. Shooting starts January in Berlin, with Warner Bros. distributing. »
Frank Langella joins 'Unknown White Male'
8 December 2009 2:06 AM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
The great Frank Langella has signed on to star in Jaume Collet-Serra's upcoming Warner Bros./Dark Castle thriller "Unknown White Male." He's joining Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger.
Karl Gajdusek wrote the script, which follows a doctor who slips into a coma after a car accident while on vacation with his wife in Berlin. When he wakes up, he realizes he's been replaced by another man.
Neeson plays the lead character, and Variety reports Langella plays a colleague who tries to help him reclaim his identity. Joel Silver is on board as a producer, and the film shoots next month. »
- Franck Tabouring
Frank Langella Bringing his Whole Face to Unknown White Male
7 December 2009 11:45 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
And the cast for Jaume Collet-Serra's newest flick Unknown White Male has expanded by one. And boy is it a a good one.
Variety reports that Frank Langella has been set to star with Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger in Dark Castle's latest thriller Unknown White Male.
Neeson plays a man who awakens from a coma to find somebody else has assumed his identity. Langella plays Cole, who comes forward as the former coma patient's colleague who gets involved as he tries to reclaim his identity.
Shooting starts January in Berlin, with Warner Bros. distributing. Look for more soon.
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Casting Tidbits: Elijah Wood, Kate Bosworth, & Frank Langella
7 December 2009 11:20 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
To Casting Tidbits and beyond! First up, THR reports tonight that Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in negotiations to reprise their penguin alter egos in Happy Feet 2, the follow-up to the 2006 computer animated musical about a young tap-dancing social outcast named Mumble amongst a society of uncannily talented singing penguins. But under the tutelage of some funky fresh penguins including Ramon and the master of funk Lovelace (both voiced by Williams) Mumble gets the courage to be true to himself and his happy feet. The sequel's story is being kept under wraps but George Miller is writing and directing again. Next up Variety says Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) will be joining Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger in Orphan director Jaume Collet-Serra's action thriller Unknown White Male. The story follows a doctor (Neeson) who, while visiting Berlin with his wife (Jones), is in a car accident that »
- Ethan Anderton
Frank Langella Scores Starring Role in 'Unknown White Male'
7 December 2009 9:08 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
Frank Langella - the creepy dude from Richard Kelly's The Box - has been set to star with Liam Neeson, January Jones and Diane Kruger in Unknown White Male, the Dark Castle thriller that begins lensing this January in Berlin. Neeson plays a man who awakens from a coma to find somebody else has assumed his identity. Langella plays Cole, who comes forward as the coma guy's colleague and gets involved as he tries to reclaim his identity. Jaume Collet-Serra, who had a successful run with Orphan and the remake of House of Wax, will be getting behind the camera for the Warner Bros. thriller. »
Orphan
30 November 2009 9:04 AM, PST | Pure Movies | See recent Pure Movies news »
"There's something wrong with Esther" reads the tag line to Orphan, the latest offering from House of Wax director Jaume Collet-Serra. Little girls with curly hair and dimples have never been so sinister. "There's something wrong with Esther" reads the tag line to Orphan, the latest offering from House of Wax director Jaume Collet-Serra. After the death of their unborn baby, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John Coleman (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child from a local orphanage. The couple, who already have two children, take home an angelic nine-year-old Russian girl, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), who has impeccable manners, a talent for painting, and an archaic dress sense. »
- Natalie Peck
DVD review: Orphan
26 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Optimum, rental and retail
Has any nice couple in a film ever adopted a sweet, charming child and had everything go just swimmingly? I can't recall any, but few parents have had such a vengeful cuckoo in the nest as Isabelle Fuhrman's Esther. There's nothing wildly different here from umpteen bythe-numbers horror films, but Catalan director Jaume Collet-Serra has superior acting, memorable snowbound settings and a whopper of a twist on his side. In particular, Vera Farmiga, put through the wringer here as she was in The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, is expert at empathetic, anguished motherhood and 12-year-old Fuhrman, appropriately disturbing in the difficult, key role, is outstanding in a rather superior horror film.
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- Rob Mackie
2nd Joel Silver Interview Ninja Assassin. Plus Info on Dark Castle Projects, Remakes, Sherlock Holmes, More
24 November 2009 8:49 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
At last weekend’s press junket for Ninja Assassin, I had the opportunity to speak with producer Joel Silver twice. The first time was an exclusive TV interview, and the second time was during a roundtable interview the following day. While I normally would be happy to use just one of the interviews, since Joel Silver is producing so many high profile projects (Lobo, Sgt. Rock, The Apparition), I knew getting to speak with him twice would be a good thing.
Also, what a lot of people don’t realize is how much info a producer can tell you. While it’s always great to talk with an actor, unless you’re a Brad Pitt, most actors don’t have that much juice to get a project made. So that’s why getting to speak with Joel Silver is so great, because not only can he talk about all his projects that are getting made, »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Joel Silver Interview, Ninja Assassin
22 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
Joel Silver, one of the most prolific and successful producers in the history of motion pictures, has produced over 50 films, including the groundbreaking “The Matrix” trilogy, the blockbuster four-part “Lethal Weapon” franchise, and the seminal action films “Die Hard” and “Predator.” To date, Silver’s catalog of films have earned more than $10 billion in worldwide revenue from all sources.
Under his Silver Pictures banner, Silver is currently producing “Sherlock Holmes,” directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams, and set for a Christmas release; and the action thriller “The Book of Eli,” starring Denzel Washington under the direction of Albert and Allen Hughes, and due out January 2010.
MoviesOnline caught up this weekend with Joel at the Los Angeles press day for his new film, "Ninja Assassin.” The film is directed by James McTeigue from a screenplay by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski and »
Orphan: Who’s a good girl, then?
20 November 2009 6:09 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Jaume Collet-Serra's horror/thriller Orphan certainly treads familiar territory. Imperfect parents Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) head off to the local orphanage to adopt a brother or sister for their two children. With Kate's recent still birth and bouts of alcoholism and infidelity playing heavily in the backstory the pair settle, as much as you don't want them too, on the obviously odd, charming and artistic Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), a freaky eyed 12 year old Russian girl who insists on wearing vintage dresses. Mistake number one. Max, the couple's hearing impaired youngest daughter takes to Esther immediately. She bizarrely picks up sign language in a matter of days. Oldest boy and Guitar Hero addict Daniel isn't too impressed however and before long Esther's cutsie little girl routine begins to slip. Soon enough it's visits to the shirk and mind games with mummy and daddy galore and when young »
- Neil Innes
Blu-Ray Review: Underrated ‘Orphan’ Deserved Better Blu-Ray
5 November 2009 8:25 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – “Orphan” is a surprisingly effective thriller that delivers exactly what audiences should expect from it. This is B-movie filmmaking elevated by A-list actors Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard in a clever mix of honest emotion and ridiculous, over-the-top, “Mommie Dearest”-esque insanity. The film deserved a better Blu-Ray release.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
In theaters, some questioned whether or not the more ridiculous moments in “Orphan” were meant to be played for laughs or horror. I honestly don’t care. Movies are enjoyable for what they are, not what they mean to be. And I enjoyed “Orphan”. It runs way too long and features lot twists that stretch credulity but it is as genuinely intriguing and entertaining as any of the adult thrillers released this past summer.
Orphan was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, On Demand and Digital Download on October 27th, 2009.
Photo credit: Warner Brothers Home Video
The great Farmiga (who »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The Blu-Ray Review: Orphan
31 October 2009 2:09 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Colin Jacobson reviews Orphan on Bd.
While not as prolific a horror subject as zombies or vampires, creepy kids have been a genre standby for decades. We get a new entry in that field via 2009's Orphan.
When her pregnancy results in miscarriage, Kate Coleman (Vera Farmiga) suffers from nightmares and various psychological concerns. Though somewhat reticent, she and husband John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child to add to their existing brood of Maxine (Aryana Engineer) and Daniel (Jimmy Bennett).
They choose Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), a rather prim and proper but nonetheless sweet, charming little girl. She immediately hits it off with hearing impaired Max, but Daniel becomes jealous of all the attention his new sister receives. They become rivals, and Esther also runs into mockery and disdain at school.
None of this ends well for the parties who cross Esther. Not that things go much better for »
- Paul
Bits 'n Pieces: 'Paranormal' International, 'Crowded' Faces, 'Mortis Rex' & More!
28 October 2009 11:07 AM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Variety has been hitting us pretty hard the past couple of days with some interesting casting and distribution news. The first three tidbits below all come from Variety. Unknown White Male First up we have casting news for Jaume Collet-Serra's (Orphan) upcoming flick Unknown White Male. January Jones and Diane Kruger have signed to star alongside Liam Neeson in the thriller which is about 'a man who awakens from a coma to find that someone else has assumed his identity, and no one, including his wife, believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.' Jones will play Neeson's wife, who gets caught up in a conspiracy regarding her husband. Kruger will play a Berlin »
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