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More JoBlo reviews!

5 November 2009 5:31 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Wow, it's almost over, folks. After weeks of adding reviews to my Movie Fan Central profile page, all of which came from my 2002 book entitled "The 50 Coolest Movies of All-Time", we're down to the final 12-13, which I'll be posting in the next two weeks. For now, check out my most recent reviews which include The Lost Boys, The Matrix, Mad Max, Point Break, The Professional, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Robocop and more! -- click to read reviews -- For... »

- JoBlo

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Late Actor Swayze's "Black Dog" Released On DVD

15 October 2009 1:26 PM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The Patrick Swayze film "Black Dog" is currently available on DVD from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Released on Sept. 22, the 1998 action film, co-starring country music star Randy Travis and rock singer Meat Loaf, focuses on a longtime trucker who finds himself in dire straits and in need of cash.

Swayze plays ex-convict Jack Crews, who turns the highway into a war zone with his partner (Travis) as they struggle to escape from a psychotic rival (Meat Loaf) while delivering their final haul. The stakes get higher and higher as Jack's family is taken hostage and federal agents get thrown into the mix. The PG-13 film also features performances by Gabriel Casseus, Charles S. Dutton and Stephen Tobolowsky and is directed by actor Kevin Hooks. Hooks's directorial filmography includes the Wesley Snipes action movie "Passenger 57," the Laurence Fishburne/Stephen Baldwin vehicle "Fled," and episodes of both the Fox crime drama »

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Celebrity Surfers Warned About Great White Shark Sighting

12 October 2009 12:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Celebrity surfers including Matthew McConaughey, Adam Sandler and Cameron Diaz have been warned to stay out of the water at a Santa Monica, California beach after a shark was spotted in the sea.

The stars have been put on high alert after a great white shark, measuring between eight and 10 feet (2.4 to 3 metres) long, was recently snapped leaping out of the water off the California coast.

Surfer John Philbin, who appeared in Point Break alongside the late Patrick Swayze, tells People.com, "People are taking this seriously. It's kept more than a few people out of the water this week."

Actress Helen Hunt and Mad Men star John Slattery are also regulars on the stretch of beach. »

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Warning: Shark Sighting at Celebrity Surf Beach

12 October 2009 8:55 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Dramatic photos of a 8-to-10-ft.-long great white shark snapped leaping out of the water at a Santa Monica beach frequented by surf-boarding celebrities has plenty of Los Angeles surfers shaking in their wetsuits. "People are taking this seriously," says longtime surfer John Philbin, who appeared in Point Break with the late actor Patrick Swayze and taught Kate Bosworth to ride for Blue Crush. "It's kept more than a few people out of the water this week." Photos: Off-Duty Hollywood!Local surf shop owner Randy Wright captured a series of photos of the shark while kayaking Oct. 3 off Sunset Beach, »

- Johnny Dodd

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10 Great Films You Didn’t Know Were Directed By Women

8 October 2009 3:17 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

From decrying a severe lack of female filmmakers to satirically mocking the concept of judging actresses by how much return on investment they offer, it seems like we've been balls-deep in feminism lately. We realize that you, dear reader, believe that only men are allowed to direct movies, but that's just not true! Women have a long and storied history with the art of filmmaking, and even though it will probably upset your precious little chauvinist default settings, we're here to tell you that some of your favorite explosions, quotable comedies and fight scenes are directed by the fairer sex. In fact, some of your very favorite films had women at the helm. Leave your Neanderthal preconceived notions about woman filmmakers at the door, and prepare for your mind to be blown. 10. Real Genius (1985) The Director: Martha Coolidge The Pitch: In addition to creating Introducing Dorthy Dandridge and Valley Girl, Martha Coolidge »

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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Hollywood Film Festival Honors Kathryn Bigelow with "Hollywood Director Award"

30 September 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, have announced that director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Near Dark, Strange Days) will be honored with the "Hollywood Director Award."

Kathryn Bigelow recently directed the The Hurt Locker, a film that has received great acclaim. It stars Jeremy Renner, Brian Geraghty and Anthony Mackie in a riveting portrait of three members of the Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (Eod) squad battling insurgents in Iraq. Bigelow's remarkable work has alternated between edgy and art-house fare (The Loveless, Near Dark, The Weight of Water) and action products (Point Break, Strange Days, K-19: The Widowmaker) throughout a highly regarded career spanning more than 25 years...

The ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 26, 2009. »

- Superheidi

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Some People You Might Know (And Some You Might Not) Are Receiving Awards!

25 September 2009 12:47 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Glenn here from Stale Popcorn here. Nathaniel is still sick (I know what he's got, I had it a couple of months back and it lasted weeks!) and when the going gets sick the sick get to bed. Or something. Let's move on.

I like to consider myself a fairly good follower of awards season, but there are organisations that I admit I have to plead ignorance over. The Gotham Independent Film Awards is one such example. I don't think, in the eight years (or so) that I've been following the Oscars, that I have ever actually figured out who these people are. And yet year after year they seem to throw up such a wonderful, varied and oft left-of-centre list of nominees for their annual awards. Misunderstood or just-not-loved-enough titles like Margot at the Wedding, Marie Antoinette, Frozen River, Me & You & Everyone We Know and others have had the Gotham's spotlight shined on them, »

- Glenn Dunks

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Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009

24 September 2009 6:03 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009

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Alex Simon

All films buffs have guilty pleasures. You know, those movies that high-minded cineastes love to turn their noses up at, especially critics for The New York Times, people with MFAs in some sort of film-related field, or just plain snobs who refuse to acknowledge anything released on celluloid that doesn’t have English subtitles and at least one reference to death, either as a character or a metaphor (and oftentimes both). Patrick Swayze was the undisputed King of the Guilty Pleasure. From his screen debut in Skatetown, USA in 1979, to his final appearance on television’s "The Beast" as a take-no-prisoners cop, Swayze was an unapologetic good ol’ boy who happened to be a classically-trained dancer, student of martial arts and Eastern philosophy, and possessor of an Iq that was nothing to sneeze at. In fact, he closely resembled Dalton, his character in »

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2009 Gotham Awards Announce Career Tributes

23 September 2009 11:40 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Kathryn Bigelow, actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Monday November 30th in New York. Ifp also announced it has moved the gala awards ceremony to Monday, November 30 at Cipriani Wall Street, from the previously announced date of Tuesday, December 1st.

Signaling the official kick-off to the film awards season, the Gotham Independent Film Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film. Anchoring the evening's six competitive awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, are four Tributes to film community icons.

This year's Tribute selection represents a range of individuals - »

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Exclusive: Director Nicholas W. Refn Discusses Keanu Reeves and 'Jekyll'

21 September 2009 7:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Not everyone has confidence in a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adaptation starring Keanu Reeves as the infamous split personalities; just picture the erstwhile Neo/Ted Logan/Johnny Utah emoting on two different extremes of the acting spectrum, and you might concur. But if there's one person we think might be able to make it work, it's Danish virtuoso director Nicholas Winding Refn (Bronson, The Pusher Trilogy), who spoke exclusively with Cinematical to update the status of the 2011 Universal project and share why he thought Reeves would make the perfect Jekyll.

In Los Angeles to promote his upcoming British prisoner biopic Bronson, Refn divulged that his Jekyll project will not be his next directorial effort. In addition to stumping for Bronson, Refn's got another completed film to shepherd - the brutal Viking actioner Valhalla Rising, which recently debuted at the Toronto Film Festival - and doesn't have the time or »

- Jen Yamato

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Patrick Swayze is Dead at 57

20 September 2009 11:45 AM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

After 20 months of battling pancreatic cancer, Patrick Swayze died Monday, September 14 at the age of 57.  According to his publicist, his family was at his side including his wife of 34 years, his brother Dan, and his mother.

Swayze was the star of 1987’s Dirty Dancing and romance classic Ghost both of which earned him an Golden Globe nomination.  He also played a lead in Red Dawn and Point Break.  Most recently Swayze starred in the A&E original series “The Beast,” which was not renewed for a second season.

He chose to announce his diagnosis in March 2008 and his continued treatment played out publicly, a rarity among celebrities but an inspirational struggle of hope and determination.

Because the disease does not cause symptoms until later stages, it is rarely diagnosed early and the treatment is extremely aggressive.  Swayze was treated for stage IV, the most widespread extent, while continuing to work. »

- Jeff Leins

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You Pick The Hottest Story of the Week

18 September 2009 3:41 PM, PDT | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »

Another week down, another five fantastical stories to choose from in our ever-growing, Oscar-nominated (not really) weekly feature: You Pick The Hottest Story of the Week! This week’s stories are all over the map – from Swayze to Superman to Spielberg to board games to basketball – there’s truly something for every film fan to be interested in, so let’s get started … Patrick Swayze Dies – This week The Swayze lost his battle with cancer, and the world mourned an actor who’s been entertaining us for over 20 years in a wide range of films. While he’s most known for movies like Dirty Dancing and Ghost, I’ll always remember him for his great performances in The Outsiders and the epic action flick Point Break. He will be...

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Keanu Reeves Remembers Patrick Swayze: 'He Just Lit Up A Room'

16 September 2009 10:14 PM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Swayze's 'Point Break' co-star said he 'brought light to wherever he went,' when we caught up with him at the Toronto International Film Festival.

By Eric Ditzian

Keanu Reeves

Photo: MTV News

Bodhi and Johnny Utah are hands-down the best one-two combo ever in a surfer-dude crime thriller. That they're likely the only one-two combo ever in a surfer-dude crime thriller should not diminish that superlative nor the achievement of Patrick Swayze (Bodhi) and Keanu Reeves (Utah) in 1991's "Point Break."

In Toronto for the international film festival, Reeves spoke with MTV News about Swayze, who passed away on Monday after a protracted battle with pancreatic cancer. "I got to work with him many moons ago," Reeves said. "We ran into each other a few times. We had a great experience together making 'Point Break.' He was such a great actor and just really brought light to wherever he went. »

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Encore Pays Tribute To Patrick Swayze With Three Films

16 September 2009 7:25 PM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Encore celebrates the late Patrick Swayze (The Beast, Ghost, Road House) with three films on Saturday, September 19 beginning at 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. – City of Joy - Swayze plays a disenchanted American surgeon who arrives in Calcutta seeking enlightenment - instead he’s mugged and taken to a free clinic in the slums, where he finds a new purpose for his life. 6:15 p.m. – Youngblood - As young hockey hotshots, Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze make an unbeatable team in a film that counterpoints a tender love story with thrilling, on-ice action. 8:10 p.m. – Point Break - An FBI agent goes undercover to [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Discuss: What Kind of Patrick Swayze Fan Are You?

16 September 2009 3:45 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

When I first heard the news that Patrick Swayze had passed away at age 57, my first two thoughts were as follows: Point Break (1991) and Donnie Darko (2001). Those were my two personal Patrick Swayze cult classics, the ones I own on DVD, the ones I can watch again, anytime. But the next thing I saw was a tribute on morning television, and the main clips came from Swayze's biggest hits, Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), two films I do not own on DVD and do not particularly care to see again. Then I looked him up and saw a cornucopia of other titles, ranging all over the map, including a bunch of stuff I had never heard of. There were two I reviewed as a critic, the awful Green Dragon (2001) and the very cool 11:14 (2003).

There was an early appearance, along with a handful of other rising stars in Francis Ford Coppola »

- Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Patrick Swayze Is A 'Ghost' In This Week's Sick Day Stash!

16 September 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | 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.

From "Road House" to "Point Break," there's no shortage of highly watchable Patrick Swayze films on display, but the actor's most poignant work -- particularly given recent events -- is undoubtedly "Ghost," the story of a man who had to die to learn about life.

In the film, Swayze plays Sam Wheat, who is killed when he and his girlfriend Molly (Demi Moore) are robbed at gunpoint. Sam's soul lingers on earth, unable to communicate with »

- Josh Wigler

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Nobody Puts Swayze In The Corner: A Retrospective

16 September 2009 11:30 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

The death of Patrick Swayze from pancreatic cancer, aged 57, closed the book on an Eighties icon. Ed Whitfield stands on a rain swept beach, watches the waves break and knows that although he’s not coming back, his place in movie lore is secure.

For millions of women of a certain age, Patrick Swayze was the Eighties. For a time in the period 1987-91, the bountiful years of his career, his indelible mark on hormonally doped teenage girls was indisputable. Movie stardom of this kind is not dissimilar to first love, though the difference is marked for the rest of us. Whereas mere men can and do retrospectively tarnish their reputation in the mind’s of those first girlfriends by virtue of being emotionally retarded, sexually disappointing and selfish, men like Swayze would always be above such mediocrity. He’d never be an embarrassment to those that remembered Johnny Castle »

- Ed Whitfield

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Patrick Swayze (1952-2009)

16 September 2009 9:32 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

When I heard tonight that Patrick Swayze had died, losing his battle with cancer at 57, my mind leapt immediately to Ghost (1990). Before Demi Moore's famous tear even finished falling in that movie theater of the mind the image was cross dissolving with scenes from other movies. I kept returning to Point Break (1991) in which Swayze played an improbable combo of surfing guru and bank robber and from which I nabbed this blurred screen shot.

I found it difficult to find a frame where Swayze wasn't in motion. Which, if you stop to think of it, is more than fitting. Dancing was his lifelong passion and rather serendipitously he became a household name by teaching it to the world (Dirty Dancing, 1987). His most famous roles smartly capitalized on his physicality whether he was throwing punches (bad movie classic Road House) fighting wars (the miniseries North and South) girlishly rethinking that »

- NATHANIEL R

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Patrick Swayze to Be Cremated

16 September 2009 5:11 AM, PDT | newser.com | See recent newser news »

Patrick Swayze’s ashes will be spread across his New Mexican Rancho de Días Alegres (Ranch of Happy Days), which he called his favorite place in the world, a source tells Radar. The actor’s body, currently in Los Angeles, will be cremated within 48 hours. More Swayze news: The Time of My Life , the actor's book written with wife Lisa Niemi, is still set for a Sept. 29 release; Access Hollywood has a first look at the cover. Swayze’s co-stars continue to offer tributes, with Keanu Reeves recalling their time on Point Break . “There was some skydiving sequences in this film... »

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The Wisdom of Patrick Swayze

15 September 2009 10:26 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

On Monday, September 15th, 2009, that dancer of the dirty kind, Patrick Swayze, passed away. After a very memorable two-decade career and a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer, we will no longer have a man bold enough to chase a 50-year storm, or chivalrous enough to stop people from putting Baby in a corner.

There’s no need to be sad, though. Swayze stared cancer down and kept on high-kicking until the very end. We also got to learn from the wisdom of the characters he played. You might not realize this, but Swayze left us with some life-lesson gems in his diverse array of movies.

Here are ten quotes you may want to take to heart...

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“Well, pumpkins, it comes down to that age-old decision. Style... or substance?” - To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

“If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. »

- Arya Ponto

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