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How Hollywood destroyed our classical legends

3 December 2009 2:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

It took a millennium for western civilisation to create a canon of classical literature – but just 10 years for Hollywood to destroy it

When I think back on this decade's spate of movies based on the great legends of European history, I remember how fantastically it started – with Gladiator – and how badly things went downhill after that: with Kingdom of Heaven, Troy, 300 and Beowulf. When I saw Gladiator in 2000, I thought this was going to be just the best millennium ever. It had everything you could want in a movie: glory, gore, guts, gladiators. It was a sweeping epic with a computer-generated cast of thousands. Augustus Caesar would have been proud of it. Julius and Tiberius, too.

Yet the thing I liked most about Ridley Scott's superb film was how closely it hewed to the historical record, in its portrayal of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) as the depraved son of Marcus Aurelius, »

- Joe Queenan

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We get answers from the stars of We Need Answers

27 November 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Tim Key, Mark Watson and Alex Horne from TV's silliest quiz face the sheer randomness of Wikipedia

If a snail and a pigeon were to meet in Nottingham and race around the world in opposite directions, where would they meet?* It's not a hugely important question, but it is one that a member of the great British public deemed puzzling enough to spend 98p on texting an SMS answer service to find out.

We Need Answers has taken the funniest, dumbest and smartest questions posed by texting Britons and turned them into Britain's silliest new quiz show – back for a full series on BBC4 this week, after starting as an after-hours free-for-all at the Edinburgh fringe. Hosted by comedians Tim Key, Mark Watson and Alex Horne, the show takes minor celebrities and asks them questions that people have been wondering about, like, "How many grapes can most people stuff into their mouths? »

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Your Thanksgiving TV marathon guide: Friday

27 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

It's as much of an annual tradition as turkey, football, and awkward family dynamics -- the Thanksgiving weekend TV marathon. With Thursday behind you, why not go to the fridge, get some leftovers, and settle in to that nice groove in the sofa. And look, we've already done the hard part for you. Here's our guide to the best marathon programming for Friday, Nov. 27. *Bravo is running The Real Housewives of New Jersey all day long. I don't know why exactly this qualifies as "special" holiday programming since they pretty much air the various Housewives incarnations all the time anyway. »

- Chris Nashawaty

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Pinewood Studios To Host Halloween Drive-in Movie Night

1 October 2009 7:01 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

The historic mansion house at Pinewood- which doubled for Spectre HQ in the James Bond classic From Russia With Love. On October 31, the legendary Pinewood Studios in England will provide a rare opportunity for the public to visit the studios. The occasion is the first ever drive-in movie night, with The Shining and The Omen being shown as a double feature. Expect a massive turnout, even at £55 per car. Tickets will go on sale shortly. For details click here »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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'Knockout' star 'can break people in half'

1 October 2009 2:21 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Steven Soderbergh has said that the star of his upcoming spy thriller Knockout "can break people in half". The Oscar-winning director, who cast mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano in the lead role, admitted that he wanted to present an accurate take on espionage, more akin to early Bond film From Russia With Love than the recent outing Quantum Of Solace. He told Empire: "I'd been wanting to make a spy action film for a while, but hadn't really determined what I was going to bring to it that would distinguish it from the traditional approach. Then I thought, 'Why don't I just build it around her? She can actually break people in half'. I was interested in doing something ultra-realistic. "My (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Gina Carano's Knockout Will Be Like Old School James Bond

30 September 2009 10:46 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Although I know not everyone is as big of a fan of Steven Soderbergh as I, he's still a great director that makes solid films. Now that The Informant is out, he's starting prep on a spy thriller called Knockout that will star real life Mma fighter, and hottie, Gina Carano. Empire just talked with Soderbergh and learned that it may be pretty badass, like an old school James Bond flick. He describes Knockout as "a combination of a Bond movie and Point Blank," though, "more on the scale of From Russia With Love than, you know, Quantum Of Solace... Something where the characters and the story are as prominent as the action stuff." When this was originally announced, it was described as a "flat out action movie" that follows a tough girl from the wrong side of the tracks who takes the opportunity to use a special set of »

- Alex Billington

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Badass Trailer & Poster for ‘From Paris with Love’

30 September 2009 10:31 AM, PDT | Movie Cultists | See recent Movie Cultists news »

This trailer flew under my radar when it was released last week, but I'm glad I finally caught it.  From Paris with Love is an action-comedy starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (sporting an American accent) that was co-written by Luc Besson, the godfather of modern European action movies himself.  It's directed by Besson's frequent collaborator Pierre Morel, a longtime cinematographer (Transporter, Unleashed) who directed 2004's parkour flick District 13 and hit pay dirt at the beginning of the year with Taken, the surprise smash starring Liam Neeson and Maggie Grace. Despite the From Russia with Love-reminiscent title, it looks decidedly ... »

- Michael Dance

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Geek Deal: James Bond Blu-Ray Three-Packs for $30 Each

25 September 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

In today's Gold Box Deal of the Day, Amazon is offering all three James Bond Blu-Ray Collection Three-Packs for $29.99 each, 57% off the Msrp of $69.99 Volume One includes Dr. No, Die Another Day, and Live and Let Die. Volume Two includes For Your Eyes Only, From Russia with Love, and Thunderball. Volume Three includes Moonraker, The World is Not Enough, and Goldfinger. As you know, Amazon's Gold Box Deals will only be available for 24 hours. »

- Peter Sciretta

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James Bond has licence to thrill in new comic strip collection

9 September 2009 3:53 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

A New Book is reopening the files on some of James Bond's most famous adventures later this month.

Get ready for gadgets, girls, globetrotting escapades and nefarious villains bidding for world domination.

The James Bond Omnibus includes stories which appeared in daily newspaper comic strips in the late 50s and early 60s, before the film adaptations were made.

Released by Titan Books on September 25, priced £14.99, the omnibus collects for the first time eleven of Bond's most thrilling missions, adapted from Ian Fleming's novels.

The first bumper volume of its kind from Titan Books, Volume 001 presents Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr No, Goldfinger, Risico, From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Thunderball.

With an introduction by former Bond actor Sir Roger Moore, this paperback features 304 pages of action and the occasional vodka martini, shaken not stirred. »

- David Bentley

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Iron Man 2: From Russia With Love

7 September 2009 11:06 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Sneak Peek a new Russian poster supporting the international release of Iron Man 2, the upcoming 2010 sequel, based on the Marvel Comics character 'Iron Man', directed by Jon Favreau, with actor Robert Downey Jr. reprising the title role. The new film is set six months after the events of Iron Man, with an exploration of 'Tony Stark' (Downey Jr.) and his 'drinking' problem. Iron Man 2 will be released May 7, 2010. Click on the image to enlarge and Sneak Peek the trailer for the first Iron Man movie... »

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The Blu-Ray Review: Goldfinger (1964)

2 September 2009 5:06 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Colin Jacobson reviews the James Bond classic in HD.

For my money, Bond never got any better than Goldfinger. The series got bigger and flashier, but no film ever portrayed the fun, action, and danger, and the high-tech nuttiness of the world of James Bond any more perfectly than this 1964 classic. This was the film that convinced me that Sean Connery was unquestionably the best Bond ever. It may sound like heresy, but for much of my life, I thought Roger Moore defined the character. It's a matter of timing. By the time I became interested in the series in 1979 with Moonraker, Connery had been without his license to kill for eight years and Moore was firmly ensconced in the role. Considering that these were the days before common and affordable VCRs, that meant that for all intents, Moore was Bond to my generation. We had very little experience with anyone else. »

- Paul

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Film poster auction in UK to fetch £170,000

1 September 2009 4:32 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Here at Boxwish we recently brought you the news of movie-memorabilia-mad Luke Kay and his £1 million film-prop sale in Wiltshire. Well, now it’s Berkshire’s turn, as an anonymous collector has finally (and pretty reluctantly we expect) decided to part ways with his beloved 50-year accumulation of original cinema artworks at a Reading auction house. And the auction, taking place this very day, is supposed to raise a pretty impressive sum for the film-poster-hoarder – between £120,000 and £170,000!

Of the 312 posters that are up for sale, a great many depict the iconic big guns of the 20th Century. These include the most valuable item, a rare 1941 original promo of High Sierra featuring the eternally smooth Humphrey Bogart and touted at a whopping £10,000, as well as one of Audrey Hepburn striking her charmingly winsome pose as Holly Golightly for Breakfast at Tiffany’s (expected to fetch £4,000), and a largely unseen The Great Escape »

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The Blu-Ray Review: From Russia With Love (1963)

26 August 2009 4:13 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Colin reviews the second James Bond film in the series.

For reasons that seem absolutely mystifying to me now, I used to dislike 1963's From Russia With Love, the second James Bond film. I always liked its predecessor, 1962's Dr. No, and I absolutely adored the follow-up, 1964's Goldfinger.

For reasons unknown, I just couldn't get into Russia. I vaguely recall an impression that it was dull and slow moving, but now that I've seen it again, I think I must have watched it on Opposite Day, for the truth of the matter is quite different from my old perception.

In fact, I now feel that Russia is clearly one of the best Bond films. It surpasses Dr. No and definitely rivals Goldfinger and 1965's Thunderball. Man, what was I thinking when I disliked this movie? I guess I'm not infallible after all!

In any case, I find Russia to »

- Paul

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Rare Movie Alert! Tonight's TCM Sean Connery Festival Includes Rare Showing Of "Woman Of Straw"

8 May 2009 6:26 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

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Connery and Lollobrigida on the set of Woman of Straw, which airs at midnight tonight on TCM. By Lee Pfeiffer

Turner Classic Movies (North America) is capitalizing on their acquisition of the broadcast rights to the James Bond films by screening  Sean Connery triple features every Friday night in May. Tonight's blockbuster triple bill is Goldfinger, Thunderball and a very rare showing of the 1964 thriller Woman of Straw which has not been seen on American TV in decades. As usual, TCM will present uncut, pristine prints with excellent introductions by Robert Osborne. Woman of Straw is a well done thriller in the Hitchcock style, ably directed by Basil Dearden. The plot centers on a repulsive elderly millionaire (Ralph Richardson) and his scheming nephew (Connery). The two men despise each other but are locked together due to family and business interests. Connery's character, Anthony Richmond, concocts a scheme to convince his uncle's voluptuous, »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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BFI Celebrates The Life And Career Of Albert R. Broccoli

4 April 2009 10:19 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

The British Film Institute's SouthbankTheatre in London will honor the 100th birthday of legendary film producer Albert R. Broccoli by presenting screenings of his films throughout the month of April. The festival kicks off on April 8 with The Cockleshell Heroes directed by and starring Jose Ferrer. There will be screenings of other early Broccoli films that are rarely seen on the big screen including The Trials of Oscar Wilde Fire Down Below, Hell Below Zero and The Red Beret (U.S. title: Paratrooper). There will also be screenings of the James Bond classics Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The festival is being staged in cooperation with the Broccoli family and Eon Productions. (To read The Times of London's tribute to Broccoli, including comments from Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, click here)  For the film schedule click »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Blu-Ray Review: James Bond Continues Blu-Ray Dominance With Four New Releases

1 April 2009 4:38 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0 Chicago – James Bond continues working his way into your Blu-Ray collection with the release of Volume Three of MGM’s “James Bond Blu-Ray,” which includes HD versions of “The World is Not Enough,” “Goldfinger,” and “Moonraker”. Meanwhile, the unofficial Bond adventure, Fox’s “Never Say Never Again” hits Blu-Ray at the same time. All will make worthwhile additions to 007 fans with Blu-Ray players.

In case you missed it, Volume One of “James Bond Blu-Ray” included “Die Another Day,” “Live And Let Die,” and “Dr. No”. Volume Two includes “For Your Eyes Only,” “From Russia With Love,” and “Thunderball”. Both collections were released last October. With the new volume, that’s nine official Bond movies on Blu-Ray. In other words, there will be more volumes in the future.

James Bond Blu-Ray: Volume Three was released on Blu-Ray on March 24th, 2009.

Photo credit: MGM

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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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