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DVD Playhouse--November 2009

5 hours ago | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—November 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Watchmen—The Ultimate Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Duncan Jones Grabs Jake Gyllenhaal For ‘Source Code’

18 hours ago | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Duncan Jones’ Moon was one of the best debut films from a young and talented director to have been released in quite a while. He got an amazing performance out of Sam Rockwell and the film looked like a mash-up of Kubrick, Aronofsky and The Twilight Zone. And while his next project, Mute (said to be inspired heavily by Blade Runner) has been put on the backburner due to budgetary constraints, he’s got another project lined up.

His next film will be called Source Code, and will star the Prince of Persia himself, Jake Gyllenhaal. The film will center “on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to live and relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it.” Sounds very intriguing and quite a bit like the mystery that was unraveled in Moon. Hopefully he »

- John Cooper

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[Exclusive Interview] Jarred Hess on Gentlemen Broncos

19 hours ago | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Jarred Hess is the man behind the much-loved Napoleon Dynamite and the Jack Black wrestling comedy Nacho Libre. It’s been over 3 years since Libre and he’s finally back to bring another offbeat comedy to the big screen. His latest Gentlemen Broncos deals with a young writer’s ambitions, crappy science fiction and an at-the-end of his career sci-fi writer. To help promote his latest film I was given the more than fantastic opportunity of interviewing Mr. Hess to discuss Broncos and here’s the result. Gentlemen Broncos is currently in theaters.

I always like how your films carry an underdog theme. What is it exactly that appeals to you about that?

Jarred Hess: You know, I guess… I moved around a lot growing up and I guess I just identify with the outsider guy — trying to fit in and pursuing his dream. I don’t know, it’s »

- JackGiroux

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Hardware (Review)

9 November 2009 12:41 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

You Can't Stop Progress. Hardware Directed by Richard Stanley In a post-apocalyptic future somewhere in a radioactive desert, terminally ill Moses Baxter (Dylan McDermott) has just returned from scavenging for whatever waste he may find that could be of use to him either back home or for sale. Along his journey he discovers some robotic parts from some unknown android which he brings to his dope-smoking sculptor girlfriend Julie (Stacey Travis) as a Christmas present. She incorporates it into her latest piece, but neither of them is aware that the hardware is actually a robot programmed to kill humans. After settling in and reconnecting following his long absence, their reunion is cut short when the robot awakens, reassembles itself and resumes its original purpose as a government-sponsored population control droid. Despite few similarities, Hardware was dismissed by most as a rip-off of The Terminator. In fact, the film was heavily »

- Ricky

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Duncan Jones Find the Source Code

8 November 2009 8:12 PM, PST | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »

Fans of sci-fi have been looking forward to Duncan Jones’ follow up to his cerebral thriller “Moon”, and recently he’s been talking up the “Blade Runner”-ish film called “Mute”. As it turns out, that may not be his next film after all. THR reports that Duncan has been attached to direct a new sci-fi movie called “Source Code”, and Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star. The article doesn’t say that Duncan is in negotiations to direct, they say he’s already “attached”, which makes a big difference. What little we know of the plot for “Source code” is a bit cryptic, but I suspect that’s the point: The project centers on a soldier who wakes up in the body of a commuter and must solve the mystery of a train explosion. Philippe Rousselet and Mark Gordon will produce, while Summit Entertainment has already lined up to distribute the film. »

- Nix

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Duncan Jones Will Direct ‘Source Code’ With Jake Gyllenhaal

8 November 2009 5:45 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

There's been plenty of speculation recently as to what director Duncan Jones would be doing for a follow-up to his excellent film Moon. It appeared for a time that it would be a film in the vein of Blade Runner, called Mute, that would be written by Jones as well. It seems that project, which Jones is still writing, will be postponed as the director has officially been announced to helm the new thriller Source Code. Also attached to the film is the Prince of Persia himself, Jake Gyllenhaal. Source Code is about a soldier named Colter (Gyllenhaal) who awakens on a passenger train in another man's body with no idea how he got there. He begins to explore his surroundings and finds a bomb... which blows up, killing him and everyone else on board. The end. Kidding... after the explosion Colter awakens in darkness, strapped to a harness with a monitor in front of him. He »

- Rob Hunter

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Jake Gyllenhaal to crack Source Code for Moon director Duncan Jones

8 November 2009 3:41 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Duncan Jones, the writer/director of Moon, which comes out on DVD and Blu-ray next week, is to helm sci-fi thriller Source Code.

Jake Gyllenhaal is now in talks to star in the feature for Vendome Pictures and The Mark Gordon Co, with production set to begin early next year, says Variety.

The project had originally been set up at Universal early in 2007 with Topher Grace in the lead role. Shane Abbess had been attached to direct last year.

Source Code centres on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown commuter and is forced to repeatedly relive a harrowing train bombing until he can determine who is responsible for it. The Ben Ripley screenplay has been reworked by Bill Ray (State of Play).

Jones is currently writing his next film, Mute, which he will also direct. Set in a future Berlin, it's described by Jones as »

- David Bentley

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Back from the Dead: Movie Classics that Began as Box-Office Bombs

30 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

If there is one thing Hollywood likes, it's a comeback story, and no one seems more poised for that right now than writer-director Troy Duffy. Politics may have sunk his The Boondock Saints initially, but word of mouth and DVD sales proved co-star Billy Connolly right when he said, "The kids will find it! It's rock 'n' roll!"

Now the saints have been resurrected in a sequel, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. In honor of this achievement, we look at six movies that surprisingly failed in theaters in Back from the Dead: Movie Classics that Began as Box-Office Bombs.

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Link | Posted 10/30/2009 by reelz

The Boondock Saints | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Blade Runner | The Wizard of Oz | Office Space | The Gods Must Be Crazy | Alice in Wonderland »

- reelz reelz

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Charlotte Rampling, Souleymane Cissé, Ridley Scott: London 2009

30 October 2009 1:03 AM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Malinese filmmaker and BFI Fellowship recipient Souleymane Cissé poses with his BFI Fellowship. Veteran actress and presenter Charlotte Rampling is standing next to him at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Mexican filmmaker and award presenter Alfonso Cuarón arrives at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony at Inner Temple on October 28. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Filmmaker Ridley Scott, best known for Alien, Blade Runner, and Thelma & Louise, and Giannina Facio arrive for the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival Awards Ceremony. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) »

- Joan Lister

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Between Dimensions: Chrysalis is Cops and Robbers Metaphysicalized with Panache

29 October 2009 9:39 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Between Dimensions [1] is a continuing feature that examines science-fiction on the screen in all of its forms: big or small, good or bad. The recent Bruce Willis film Surrogates reminded me of a French film called Chrysalis. Their shared idea – what makes up our identity – can play out many ways. (All the films based on Pkd stories are testament to that). My advice? Just skip Surrogates. Rent Chrysalis. Julien Leclercq has directed a smoothly styled film noir (more correctly, un very slick filme bleu-noire) of French cops searching for the abductors of young women who, as illegal aliens, are highly vulnerable to exploitation. Expertly threaded into this somewhat generic story is a dramatic neurological breakthrough. It gives the film its energy by spinning in and out of the basic cops and crooks with inventiveness and a lot of visual elan. The backbone of Chrysalis’ story is tough-minded cops doing their job in a futuristic Paris. »

- Curt

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Exclusive Video: Edward James Olmos Gets Fired Up About Battlestar Gallactica: The Plan!

28 October 2009 6:30 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Edward James Olmos is an actor who has always commanded an unbelievable amount of gravitas. Whether it was in the classic film Blade Runner as Gaff, on TV's Miami Vice as Lt. Castillo, in Stand and Deliver as inspirational teacher Jaime Escalante or his most recent role as Admiral William Adama in Battlestar Galactica, Edward James Olmos is always completely believable in every role he takes. His four-year run as the leader of the human resistance on Sci-Fi Channel's hugely popular Battlestar Galactica came to an end last spring with the finale of the series but now fan's can rejoice as the long awaited Battlestar Galactica: The Plan comes to DVD and Blu-Ray on October 27th. We had a chance to speak with Edward James Olmos about the new film, which he also directed, the end of the popular series and what's next for this incarnation of Battlestar Galactica. To »

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7 Directors Who Could Handle ‘Dune’

28 October 2009 5:38 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

With the riveting news that Peter Berg is hopping off Dune and with Paramount's search for a new director come the names Neill Blomkamp and Neil Marshall being tossed around. Clearly, Paramount is contractually obligated to hire a director named Neil (which explains why Berg probably left). However, we here at Fsr are never content with the obvious. Instead, we'd like to throw out a few directorial talents we think could turn the new adaptation of Dune and make it something special. Hopefully, a few of the names will surprise, and you should be warned that we haven't consulted the Bene Gesserit with any of these names. So here they are, in no particular order: 7. Martin Campbell The Pitch: Despite not being named Neil, Campbell blew everyone away with Casino Royale. So much so that he nabbed the job directing Green Lantern, and people still don't realize he directed GoldenEye. He's »

- FSR Staff

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Casting Tidbits: Ron Perlman, Val Kilmer, January Jones & More

28 October 2009 9:37 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Hot off the presses, we've got a huge load of casting news for you! First up, January Jones (of AMC's "Mad Men") is two-for-two as in this update THR reports that the beautiful actress has nabbed the lead female role opposite Nicolas Cage in the Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job) directed action-thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps. The film tells the story of "a man who, after a crime is perpetrated on his wife (Jones), gets more than he bargained for when he enlists a vigilante group to help him settle the score." Tobey Maguire's Maguire Entertainment, James Stern, and Ram Bergman are planning to begin shooting in early December. Second, THR announced a trio of cast members who are joining Charles de Lauzirika (who produced the new Blade Runner box set) for his directorial debut with the indie thriller Crave.Josh Lawson ($quid: The Movie), Emma Lung (The Boys Are Back »

- Ethan Anderton

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Red Carpet: Underworked, Overworked, Erratically Co-Worked

27 October 2009 4:30 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Did you miss red carpet lineup? Too bad, it's back anyway! Here's a random sampling of celebrities who've been working the red this past week. As always, it's chosen based on who I wanna talk about.

I didn't used to think much of Eva Green, who was looking smashing in movie star red in London for the premiere of her new film Cracks, but two things changed my mind. First, her chemistry with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and two, the shot of her flying through the air in The Golden Compass. I'm sad we'll never see more of witchy Serafina Pekkala. The further we get away from that movie the more I'm bummed that it didn't quite work. The book was so terrific but studios and filmmakers should never take on source material that's bolder than they are (this is one of the many reasons that Peter Jackson's »

- NATHANIEL R

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DVD producer gets his Crave on

27 October 2009 12:49 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

DVD producer Charles de Lauzirika has started filming his first feature film where he gets to call the shots. The Alien Quadrilogy, Spider-Man 2, Blade Runner, 4-disc Kingdom of Heaven set and special edition Gladiator mastermind wowed cinephiles with the depth of special features and content on these five DVD sets and many others; now we get to see what his idea of a film is like when the thriller Crave gets released in the next year or two.

Written by de Lauzirika and Robert Lawson, the film is about a photographer (Josh Lawson) who has strange visions. The second sight causes him to lose his girl (Emma Lung, The Boys Are Back) and also be followed by a detective (Ron Perlman, Hellboy). Filming just got underway in Detroit last Friday.

Crave is an indie and doesn't have any studio behind it yet. »

- Patrick Sauriol

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Josh Lawson, Ron Perlman, and Emma Lung to Star in Charles de Lauzirika’s Feature Debut Crave

26 October 2009 10:09 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Ron Perlman (”Hellboy”), Josh Lawson (”$quid: The Movie”), and Emma Lung (”The Boys Are Back”) have all signed on to Charles de Lauzirkia’s indie thriller, “Crave”.  According to THR, the story “centers on a troubled photographer (Lawson) whose dangerous visions wreak havoc when his romance with a young woman (Lung) ends and he is pursued by a world-weary detective (Perlman).”  I love the “troubled photographer” character because I always like to imagine him down at Sears about to take a family’s Christmas photo and suddenly he screams, “The demons are coming to rape us all!”  And isn’t that really what Christmas is all about?

This is de Lauzirkia’s feature debut which he also co-wrote the script with Robert Lawton (”Sex & Sushi”).  If you don’t know who de Lauzirika is, take a look at the DVDs and Blu-rays on your shelf.  You see the ones with the greatest extra content? »

- Matt Goldberg

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Trio Boards Indie Thriller Crave

26 October 2009 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Charles de Lauzirika, who has worked on DVDs such as "The Alien Quadrilogy," "Blade Runner: The Final Cut," "Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition" and "Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut," will make his directorial debut on a psychological thriller titled Crave . Josh Lawson, Emma Lung and Ron Perlman lead the cast of the film which centers on a downtrodden photographer (Lawson) who is haunted by the urban violence and decay around him causing him to retreat into an inner world of dark fantasies. When his intoxicating new romance with a beautiful young woman (Lung) goes sour, those dangerous visions explode into reality with deadly consequences. Perlman will play the role of a veteran detective... »

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Charles De Lauzirika Craves Ron Perlman For Feature Debut

24 October 2009 3:18 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

The king of DVD is expanding his realm to the big screen. Charles de Lauzirika is the man responsible for creating a number of beloved DVD boxsets and special editions including the Alien Quadrilogy and Blade Runner: The Final Cut. De Lauzirika is highly praised for his DVD supplement work, but it.s time to go big and he.ll do so with a psychological thriller called Crave. According to Shock Till You Drop, the film .centers on a downtrodden photographer who is haunted by the urban violence and decay around him causing him to retreat into an inner world of dark fantasies. When his intoxicating new romance with a beautiful young woman goes sour, those dangerous visions explode into reality with deadly consequences.. The broken photog will be played by Josh Lawson and the young woman by Emma Lung. Also in the film is Ron Perlman who.ll »

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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)

24 October 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

In Part 2 of our 20 Most Anticipated Period Films, we're listing down another 10 up and coming period movies. But this time, a lot of the movies' release dates are still unavailable.

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More about these flicks, stills and their trailers after the jump!

# 10 - Black Death

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Timeline: The 14th Century

Director: Christopher Smith

Stars: Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne

The Plot: In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)

24 October 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

In Part 2 of our 20 Most Anticipated Period Films, we're listing down another 10 up and coming period movies. But this time, a lot of the movies' release dates are still unavailable.

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- - - However, these period flicks have generated a lot of buzz and obviously, there's a lot of excitement in their upcoming release. With stars such as Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, James McAvoy, among others, how can they not create excitement?

More about these flicks, stills and their trailers after the jump!

# 10 - Black Death

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Timeline: The 14th Century

Director: Christopher Smith

Stars: Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Eddie Redmayne

The Plot: In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the Black Death, a young monk called Osmund is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric and his group of mercenaries to a remote marsh. Their quest is to »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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