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'Mrs. Doubtfire' Dresses In Drag For Today's Sick Day Stash
4 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.
by Rya Backer
Basically, the best movie in the history of the world is “Mrs. Doubtfire.” I mean, I like “good” movies, too (“This Is Spinal Tap,” “Being There,” “Annie Hall,” “Taxi Driver,” – what I’m trying to say is that I’m well-rounded and know enough about the art of filmmaking), but in the land of celluloid, only one feature film can be king. And that feature film clocks in at just over 120 minutes, most »
- MTV Movies Team
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: November 3, 2009
3 November 2009 4:53 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
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Before we get into this week's releases I thought I would alert you to an upcoming 50% off Criterion Collection titles at Barnes and Nobles beginning on November 10 and running for two weeks. The full details, and a $5 off coupon, can be found in the DVD Talk forums.
Wings of Desire (Criterion Collection) This is a huge week for major title releases on Blu-ray as Criterion's release of Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire is just the first of three titles I reviewed and most likely blew my word count for the next two weeks trying to get all of my thoughts squared away.
As for this title specifically, it was my first time seeing it and as it played on and on I began to enjoy it more and more. However, if you read my lengthy review, you will »
- Brad Brevet
It’S Garry Shandling’S Show The Complete Series DVD Review
29 October 2009 12:40 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Gary Shandling: 2 for 2. Two TV shows, two masterpieces. But where more people are familiar with his later Larry Sanders Show, It’s Gary Shandling’s Show has not received the same posthumous praise or attention, partly because it was a Showtime show in the mid to late 80’s, and then began playing on the just-starting Fox network. The show aired for four seasons, and then was out. And to be fair, it ran out of steam, but when it was on, it was one of the most dazzling formalist TV shows to ever air. My review after the jump.
The premise is that Gary Shandling plays himself, and has a platonic female best friend in Nancy (Molly Cheek) and a married best friend in Pete Schumacher (Michael Tucci). Pete’s wife Jackie (Bernadette Birket) eventually gives birth to a second child, who gets named by the audience, and they have »
- Andre Dellamorte
It’S Garry Shandling’S Show The Complete Series DVD Review
29 October 2009 12:26 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Gary Shandling: 2 for 2. Two TV shows, two masterpieces. But where more people are familiar with his later Larry Sanders Show, It’s Gary Shandling’s Show has not received the same posthumous praise or attention, partly because it was a Showtime show in the mid to late 80’s, and then began playing on the just-starting Fox network. The show aired for four seasons, and then was out. And to be fair, it ran out of steam, but when it was on, it was one of the most dazzling formalist TV shows to ever air. My review after the jump.
The premise is that Gary Shandling plays himself, and has a platonic female best friend in Nancy (Molly Cheek) and a married best friend in Pete Schumacher (Michael Tucci). Pete’s wife Jackie (Bernadette Birket) eventually gives birth to a second child, who gets named by the audience, and they have »
- Andre Dellamorte
DVD Review: Beautiful Series Set For ‘It’s Garry Shandling’s Show’
27 October 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – A lot of classic TV comedies are often pointed to as being “ahead of their time”. The quirky, weird, and memorable “It’s Garry Shandling Show” wasn’t really ahead of its time because there’s nothing quite like it on the air. The groundbreaking cult classic is now available in a gorgeous 16-disc set from Shout Factory and it’s just what Shandling fans deserve.
DVD Rating: 4.5/5.0
Between his stint as the heir apparent to Johnny Carson (Shandling guest hosted “The Tonight Show” an incredible number of times) and the pioneering television he would do on one of the best sitcoms of all time, “The Larry Sanders Show,” there was “It’s Garry Shandling Show,” which ran for 72 episodes from 1986 to 1990. The program was the first ever broadcast on Showtime and would later be rerun and more widely seen on Fox.
Showtime had given Shandling and his co-writer »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Bethany’s Austin Film Festival Diary: Day 1
23 October 2009 1:03 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Today is my first official day as on-the-ground geek press. I've never covered a film festival before, and now I'm part of Fsr's eyes and ears at this prestigious, exciting fest. I'm nervous. Getting There I woke up extremely late. Embarrassingly late. I had all of these plans to get my badge, hobknob for hours in the beautiful, 19th century Driskill Hotel. I had visions of invites to secret special parties and panels that no one else gets to see. But, instead, I'm towel-drying my hair and sticking my toes out my window to see if I need a jacket. Let's roll. Thanks to my editor, I read Slackerwood's Guide to the Austin Film Festival. It would be massively helpful, I think. If I could read. I also found some random girl named Shawna's rules for surviving Aff. I like her #4. She's got spunk. After screening student short films at Reject HQ, I »
- Bethany Perryman
The Family That Slays Together: Ten Domestic Slashers
15 October 2009 9:27 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
If you feel like you've seen this week's new slasher flick "The Stepfather" before, you probably have, even if you're not a fan of the 1987 original starring "Lost"'s Terry O'Quinn. That's because the family-bands-together-to-fend-off-the-one-member-who-turns-on-the-rest trope is at the heart of dozens of horror movies.
Need proof? Here's a list of ten different types of immediate and extended family members and a notable cinematic example of each going medieval on their loved ones.
Killer Mom
I'd wager that everybody has said "My parents are crazy!" at least once in their lives. But the filicidal mother in 2008's "Baby Blues" is so far gone into Crazytown that she'll make you want to call your own mom to apologize for ever implying she was nuts. Colleen Porch plays the killer in question, an exhausted mother of four with a truck-driving husband, who snaps one day and begins picking off her own children slasher movie-style; at one point, »
- Matt Singer
David Mamet to direct new 'Anne Frank'
12 August 2009 1:22 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Disney has acquired film rights to a new version of "The Diary of Anne Frank," to be written and directed by David Mamet.According to Variety, Mamet will produce with Andrew Braunsberg.The film will be an combination of the famed diary; the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; and Mamet's own original take on the material that could reframe the story as a young girl's rite of passage. Frank, who died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, became an icon of the Holocaust after the post-war publication of the diary that she kept during the two years that her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam.Braunsberg, best known for producing "Being There," spent a year gathering »
- Adnan Tezer
David Mamet to Direct Diary of Anne Frank
12 August 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Disney has acquired rights to a new rendition of "The Diary of Anne Frank," to be written and helmed by David Mamet (Heist, Spartan). The film will be an amalgamation of the famed diary; the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; and Mamet's own original take on the material that could reframe the story as a young girl's right of passage. Frank, who died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, became an icon of the Holocaust after the post-war publication of the diary that she kept during the two years that her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam. Producer Andrew Braunsberg, best known for producing "Being There," spent a year gathering the rights from the Anne Frank Estate as well as the estates of Hackett and Goodrich. He met with Icm's John Burnham, who recommended Mamet. Mamet sparked to the opportunity tell the story, »
Mamet Adapting The Diary of Anne Frank
11 August 2009 10:29 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
David Mamet has signed on to write and direct an adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank. Disney recently acquired the film rights to a new rendition of the true story. Mamet, whose directing credits include Heist, Spartan and Redbelt, will also produce with Andrew Braunsberg. Frank, who died at 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, became an icon of the Holocaust after the post-war publication of the diary that she kept during the two years that her family hid in a secret attic apartment in Amsterdam. The film will be an amalgamation of the famed diary; the stage adaptation by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich; and Mamet's own original take on the material that could reframe the story as a young girl's right of passage. Braunsberg, best known for producing Being There, spent a year gathering the rights from the Anne Frank Estate as well as the estates of Hackett and Goodrich. »
- James Cook
'Bruno' Star Sacha Baron Cohen Is Just One Of Hollywood's Top Cinematic Chameleons
14 July 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
How weird is it that, out of Sacha Baron Cohen’s three trademark characters, Ali G is now the least famous of them all? With this past weekend’s strong “Brüno” opening, the UK-born and raised funnyman has once again fooled the world into believing that he is someone else. Where he goes from here is anyone’s guess, but as we play Monday-morning quarterback there is an even more pressing question: is Cohen the greatest cinematic "chameleon" of all time?
There are few things I love more in a movie than when an actor fully immerses himself in another persona. Sometimes it’s for comedy, sometimes it’s for drama... but whatever the performance is in the name of, when done right it can make that performer a legend. Below are my favorite "chameleon" actors of all time. Post your thoughts in the comments section and tell us where »
- Larry Carroll
DVD Playhouse--July 2009
14 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—July 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Lookin' to Get Out (Extended Version) - DVD Review
2 July 2009 7:39 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
.Is she a hooker?. Lookin. to Get Out has a reputation and it.s not a good one. A notorious bomb in the career of late director Hal Ashby (Being There, Harold and Maude) it was discovered that he donated his director.s cut print to UCLA and this extended version finally .gets out.. It.s still a failed effort, but I.m glad that his version finally got out. Unlucky gambler Alex Kovas (Jon Voight) loses $10,000 to New York hood Joey (Allen Keller) and has till the next night by 7pm to come up with the dough. He goes to his pal Jerry Feldman (Burt Young) to tell him of his woes and the duo goes to a café »
- Jeff Swindoll
DVD: Review: Lookin’ To Get Out!
30 June 2009 10:01 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
The ‘80s were a lost decade for many titans of ‘70s cinema, but few fell harder or steeper than Oscar-winning editor turned director Hal Ashby. In the ‘70s, Ashby logged an astonishing run of classics that included Harold & Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Bound For Glory, Coming Home, and Being There. Ashby’s winning streak ended abruptly with 1981’s long-shelved Second-Hand Hearts and continued until his early death. So while the release of an extended version of a Hal Ashby film with never-before-seen footage should be a cause for celebration, viewers would be wise to view the extended cut ... »
[DVD Review] Lookin' to Get Out
28 June 2009 10:04 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
I knew literally nothing about this movie going in, aside from it being directed by Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude, Being There), and a few of its cast members. Summarizing the story would be fruitless. Suffice it to say, it’s convoluted as hell and I couldn’t tell you anything specifically about it because I don’t remember, and the movie ended 20 minutes ago. I was completely lost during this film, and the arcane, frustratingly delivered dialogue just wasn’t helping. The scenes fluctuate between sentimental and comedic at will, but whatever Ashby is going for typically comes across as overly complex. As a result, nothing he says resonates and no single occurrence has any real weight.
Take, for instance, the climactic round of blackjack. I know the basic rules of blackjack, and I’m not completely unclear about the more complex aspects of it. But I hope you »
- Saul Berenbaum
DVD Review: Hal Ashby's "Lookin' To Get Out: The Extended Version"
22 June 2009 8:01 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By Lee Pfeiffer
Warner Home Video continues to earn the gratitude of movie fans by releasing special editions of films that had limited commercial appeal. The latest example is director Hal Ashby's Lookin' to Get Out, a 1982 comedy that was a notorious box-office disaster - and one that virtually ruined Ashby's career. Like fellow gadfly director Sam Peckinpah, Ashby could be a temperamental personality who prided himself on clashing with studios over issues of artistic integrity. His acclaimed hits include Coming Home, Being There and Shampoo, but -like Peckinpah- he wore out his welcome with his employers and was relegated to filming "by the numbers" movies in return for a paycheck.There has been a renaissance of interest in Ashby's career of late, so hopefully this director's cut of Lookin' to Get Out will find an appreciative audience.
The film stars Jon Voight (who co-wrote the script) as Alex Kovac, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Cat Stevens To Perform At Hal Ashby A.M.P.A.S. Tribute On June 25
20 June 2009 3:11 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
There will be a major tribute to director Hal Ashby at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on June 25 in Los Angeles. The event sold out immediately, but there are provisions for stand-by tickets. Among those paying tribute to the late director are Jon Voight, Seth Rogen, Haskell Wexler and the singer Yusuf, formerly known as Cat Stevens. There will be a number of Ashby's films screened during the month including Coming Home, The Last Detail, Harold and Maude, Shampoo, The Landlord and Being There. For details click here »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
A.M.P.A.S. Los Angeles Events For June Schedule Announced
22 May 2009 10:18 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the June events for Los Angeles. For tickets and more info visit www.oscars.org
2008-2009 Contemporary Documentaries
Wednesday, June 3, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn TheaterThe Academy’s free 2008-2009 Contemporary Documentary series closes with screenings of “Salim Baba,” “Please Vote for Me” and “My Kid Could Paint That.”
Wednesday evenings, through June 3, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Linwood Dunn Theater
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
All seating is unreserved.
Admission is free.
(310) 247-3600
www.oscars.org
“Gunga Din” (1939) – How Did They Do That?
Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn TheaterOscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron discuss the “1939 state-of-the-art” sound and visual effects of “Gunga Din,” followed by a screening of the classic George Stevens’ adventure film.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors at 6:30 p.m.
All seating is unreserved. »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
"Lost" Angelina Jolie Flick Unearthed! Daddy Jon Voight Releases Director's Cut!
21 March 2009 8:31 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
27 years later, Angelina Jolie's first movie role is getting a big-screen debut!
The film, co-written by Jolie's dad, Jon Voight, is called "Lookin' to Get Out" and is directed by Hal Ashby ("Shampoo" and "Being There"). Voight also co-stars in the film as Alex Kovac.
Jolie was just an itsy-bitsy 4-year old when she appeared in the film. And apparently, her part was cut. Now, her daddy's re-releasing the film after finding out that Ashby re-cut the movie before his death in 1988.
"Lookin' to Get Out" will debut at the Sarasota Film Festival in April, or you can wait for the DVD release on June 20th. »
- Manny
Lost Jolie Film Set For Director's Cut Release
20 March 2009 6:25 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Angelina Jolie's first movie role in a forgotten 1982 comedy is set for release - 27 years after it was made.
Jolie was just four when she appeared alongside her actor father Jon Voight in cult Shampoo and Being There director Hal Ashby's Lookin’ To Get Out, but her part was cut and the film only had a limited release.
Ashby re-cut the film before his death in 1988 and his family and Voight, who starred in the director's Coming Home, have worked tirelessly to get the new film a release.
Voight, who also co-wrote the film, says, "We had all sorts of drama in the making of it and in the final stages, Hal was not able to finish the film, so there was some damage done to the film and it came out in a crippled form. Unfortunately, nobody saw the film in a proper state."
The actor had no idea Ashby had re-cut the film - and handed the finished product to film archivists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Voight only learned of the existence of the director's cut when he was approached by Ashby's biographer Nick Dawson two years ago.
Dawson introduced the actor to Lee Ashby McManus - the daughter Ashby never met - and she revealed Lookin' To Get Out was her favourite film, because she felt sure Jolie's role at the end of the movie was based on her.
Voight tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "She said, 'I think the little girl at the end, who was played by Angelina Jolie... was me.' I thought about it and I said, 'It is very possible it was you.' I remember discussions we had and it was supposed to be a little boy, and Hal wanted a little girl."
The Oscar winner is thrilled the film will eventually be seen as his director friend intended: "It's a big deal to me... I like this film very, very much."
The director's cut of Lookin' To Get Out, which also features Ann Margret and Rocky star Burt Young, will debut at the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida next month, ahead of the movie's DVD release on 20 June. »
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