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Scenes We Love: Immortal Beloved
4 December 2009 3:03 PM, PST
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I've written briefly about this scene before, a few years ago, when I retro reviewed Immortal Beloved. Gary Oldman plays a young Beethoven, struggling to keep his descending deafness a secret from those around him. Unbeknownst to him, his student and passion, Guilietta, has schemed up a deal with her father so that he will accept Beethoven's proposal of marriage. A piano will be placed into the room, and while the composer thinks everyone is away, father and daughter will hide and listen to see if there is still music left in the man. If there is, Guilietta can marry Ludwig.
While they hide behind a wall, Beethoven walks over to the piano with trepidation, sits down, and hammers out some jarring notes. It looks like he has, indeed, lost it -- that her father was right. But then a few notes hesitantly flow from Beethoven's fingers. He
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- Monika Bartyzel
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Comparing 'Twilight' And 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' With MTV's Gore Girls
20 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST
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Welcome to Gore Girls! MTV contributor Terri Schwartz doesn't know crap about the horror genre, and she's volunteered to be our Movies Blog guinea pig. She has a good guide too. Fellow contributor Jenni Miller is a bonafide horror enthusiast, and she's willing to walk Terri through her formative experiences with blood, guts, monsters and maniacs. Together, this dynamic duo are The Gore Girls!!! Good luck Terri... you're definitely going to need it.
Today brings another special Friday edition of MTV's Gore Girls. With "New Moon" freshly arrived in theaters, we decided to try something a little bit different. Instead of Jenni and Terri discussing a single movie, they watched "Bram Stoker's Dracula" -- a romance-focused vampire story, albeit with quite a bit more horror than Stephenie Meyer's works -- and discussed it in relation to "Twilight." For those who haven't seen it, "Dracula" is a pretty straightforward adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 book.
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Mr. Nice Trailer Online
21 July 2009 12:46 AM, PDT
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Here's a lengthy trailer for Mr. Nice, starring the charismatic Welsh actor Rhys Ifans as the charismatic Welsh drug smuggler and possible spy Howard Marks.The film is directed by Bernard Rose (Candyman, Immortal Beloved) and based on Marks' autobiography: a collection of tall tales taking from his childhood in South Wales, to his university life at Oxford, to his world-renown as a cannabis dealer and smuggler, and master of the absurd disguise. At one time or another he was supposedly connected to the CIA, MI6, the Ira, the Mafia, and the Mexican secret service.If there is the occasional unfortunate resemblance to The Boat That Rocked in the trailer (the music, the period setting, Ifans getting it on with assorted ladeez), that should surely only be cosmetic. There's a lot of mileage for globetrotting drama, adventure and big laughs in Marks' version of his life story, and Ifans seems jawdroppingly well cast.
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Watch This: Ever See Gary Oldman, Little Person?
1 May 2009 9:45 AM, PDT
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One day I was strolling alongside bins of super-cheap used DVDs when I spotted Gary Oldman's face. The DVD in question: Tiptoes, directed by the writer/director of Freeway, Matthew Bright. Naturally, I picked it up, wondering how I'd never heard of this movie before. I flipped it over, and started reading:
No couple could be more in love than Steven (Matthew McConaughey) and Carol (Kate Beckinsale). But Steven has a little secret he's been keeping to himself. He has a twin brother (Gary Oldman), who just happens to be a dwarf. In fact, with the exception of Steven, his entire family is made up of little people.
Oldman as a dwarf? There was no way I could refuse such a thing, and rushed home to watch it. As the below trailer shows, this is far from a stellar movie, even if they say the film is filled with
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- Monika Bartyzel
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Twilight Music Month: Bella Rocks! (Day Three)
25 March 2009 1:01 PM, PDT
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If you can believe it it is already day three in the fourth week of our Twilight Music Month! Today weve got an exclusive interview with the lovely Katie Parr of the Twilightinspired band Bella Rocks!Of the four books in the Twilight saga which is your favorite and why? What about your favorite character?Br!I have to say that of all the books in the Twilight saga my favorite has to be ahh dont kill me! New Moon. I dont know what it was about that book but I loved how epic it was compared to the first one especially the Volterra scenes. Then again I liked Eclipse because of all the background information we got about the Quileute tribes and Rosalie and Jaspers back stories. As for my favorite characterOMG! Carlisle Cullen for sure! has fangirl moment The milliondollar question Team Edward or Team Jacob?Br!You
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Twilight Music Month: Bella Rocks! (Day One)
23 March 2009 1:03 PM, PDT
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I cant believe how quickly its gone by but its already the fourth week in our Twilight Music Month! Today were happy to introduce you to our fourth and final band Bella Rocks! In addition to reading a bit about the band we also have details on our new contest sponsored by Bella Rocks! From the age of 2 Katie Parr solo member of Bella Rocks! has been no stranger to performing on stage. With church musicals a variety of school and community theatre productions and special music groups Katie found her passion for music acting and the creative arts. When she got her first guitar at 14 years old a sadlooking 30yearold 4stringed guitar she immediately started writing songs about typical teen circumstances. Little did she know that her hobby would turn into something more.After seeing her first wizard rock concert in 2007 Katie persuaded her younger sister to join her
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