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23 hours ago | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Every seven years, 30 of the world’s most deadly assassins take over a random city and compete for a ten million dollar prize. The rules are simple. The contestants have twenty-four hours to be the sole survivor, if not a tracking device implanted in their abdomen will detonate. Let the game begin.
If you’re a fan of action blockbusters like Transporter or Crank than The Tournament should excite you. The film is ninety minutes of explosions, slow-motion, 300-style fight sequences, and shoot-em-up action. But what really sets The Tournament apart from most films in this genre is the gratuitous gore, hence the appeal to fright fans. There are plenty of exploding heads/dismemberments and because the tournament takes place in a random city, there is no shortage of civilian casualties. The body count is high and unlike cartoonish films like Transformers, the mayhem is bloody and visceral.
But if you’re like me, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Rich Mallery)
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
5 November 2009 9:07 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – When a New York subway dispatcher finds himself locked in a tense battle of the wits with a deranged criminal onboard Pelham 123, he’s offered this bit of advice from a seasoned hostage negotiator: don’t enter his world. The same warning could be issued to viewers intent on entering the world of Tony Scott. It is a cinematic landscape that is alternately marred and enhanced by Add.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
With his ever-changing frame rate and rapid editing, Scott speeds through his story until he lands on a part that sparks his interest; often a moment of physical or emotional violence. This plays out in extreme slo-mo, halting the movement and blurring the action to such an extent that the audience feels like they have been punched in the head.
The Taking of Pelham 123 was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on November 3rd, 2009.
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Home »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
1 November 2009 1:48 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Oscar winning writer/director Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe) may be Tweeting about his experiences in jail.
Avary started his one year of incarceration on October 25 after pleading guilty to felony manslaughter. The charges stemmed from a January 2008 DUI crash that resulted in the death of a passenger. He’s reportedly serving time through the work furlough program, which allows him to leave the jail, go to work, and return to his cell by a night curfew.
Four days later came a post on his Twitter account possibly critiquing the architecture of his Ventura County Jail. “The building is an imposing example of the Brutalist architectural movement. The windows are designed so as to not let too much light in.”
This is followed up the next day by this Tweet, “The channels on the Rec Room television cannot be changed, and it’s inexplicably always tuned to Fox.” Obligatory »
- Jeff Leins
30 October 2009 1:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Oscar winners Kirk Douglas, Quentin Tarantino and Anjelica Huston will hand out statuettes to the Hollywood greats who will become honorary Academy Award winners at a ceremony next month.
Screen idol Lauren Bacall is among the recipients set to receive an honorary Oscar for their achievements in the movie industry.
Meanwhile, producer/director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis will also pick up the famed golden statues.
Tarantino, Douglas and Huston will be on hand to present the awards at the inaugural Governors Awards gala event on 17 November.
Tarantino picked up an Oscar in 1995 for his Pulp Fiction screenplay, Huston won Best Supporting Actress for 1985's Prizzi's Honour and in 1996, Douglas was handed an honorary prize by the Academy. »
28 October 2009 4:35 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
I'm not sure where someone even found the inspiration for something like this, never mind the patience to gather and assemble the necessary elements, but the result is pretty fascinating. In the below clip (which seems to have originated with this Youtube user), tiny pieces of the crime classic Pulp Fiction are blended and looped, with the audio of tasty beverage slurping, ball-gag mumbles, submachinegun fire and Gimp drumming all combining in an unexpected but impressive way. You'll dig it the most. »
- Dave Davis
28 October 2009 12:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Some super-fan made a crazy audio/video remix of scenes and sounds from Pulp Fiction that you have to check out. It's so good that it could be confused with an underground techno mash-up. The remix uses multiple split-screens with the sounds from the scenes remixed to a beat, like Jules's delicious shake, Butch's getaway, Jimmie Dimmick slapping soap into Jules's hand, Zed slapping the Gimp's head and shushing his victims, and Marsellus Wallace grunting behind a ballgag.
The detail on this is impressive, especially the remixing of the different scenes. The person's YouTube channel is otherwise made up of music performances, so I'm very curious if there's a collaborator involved or what. There's a lot of Pulp Fiction mashups on YouTube that pale in comparison, although this one is pretty cool. The music mashup culture is a fascinating one; it seems more underground than the video mashups, probably because »
- Jenni Miller
27 October 2009 3:47 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
Congratulations on everybody who entered MovieSet’s “Elite Director Sweepstakes - Taratino Classics” sweepstakes! It’s really cool to be able to ship these prizes to fans of this renegade director. Don’t worry if you didn’t win, there will be Many more opportunities to score great movie prizes in upcoming sweepstakes and contests.
Here are the winners and there enthusiastic commentary:
Grand Prize:
Geoff K. of Columbus, Oh scored this massive list of Qt goods:
1 “Inglourious Basterds” art-photo signed by Director Quentin Tarantino 1 “Reservoir Dogs” 15th Anniversary DVD 1 “Pulp Fiction” 2-disc ollector’s edition DVD 1 “From Dusk till Dawn” collector’s series DVD 1 “Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof” - extended & unrated 2-disc special edition DVD
Geoff shared these enthusiastic sentiments:
“Wow, thanks so much — I’m thrilled to have won! You guys have some amazing giveaways for movie lovers, but this is the one I really hoped to win, »
- Dave
26 October 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – From producer Bryan Singer (“X-Men,” “Superman Returns”), “Trick ‘r Treat” is a fantastic horror anthology film that has inexplicably been rolling around the Warner Bros. offices for years, having initially been scheduled for release back in 2007. Finally getting a Halloween-tied Blu-Ray release, this is one of the best straight-to-dvd horror flicks in years, a consistently clever and enjoyable genre entry that will have horror fans screaming in glee this holiday season.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
I will never understand why junk like “The Stepfather” and “Saw VI” get national, heavily-marketed releases but something like “Trick ‘r Treat,” which has won festival awards and been buzzed about since it first started screening, won’t be playing on a screen near you this Halloween. This is one messed-up genre. I think if WB had found a way to market this film, especially with the star power of Anna Paquin coming off “True Blood, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
25 October 2009 11:04 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
As twilight descends on Quentin Tarantino’s contribution to nineties American cinema, fewer filmmakers are writing scripts with a copy of Pulp Fiction’s in hand for reference. A new filmmaker might reason that Tarantino is so successfully parodying himself these days that they’d be making a copy of a copy and it’s hardly worth it. But for those still in thrall to the magpie’s ouveur and determined to make knock off versions of the movies that electrified 90’s audiences, there’s still one man in Hollywood who’s willing to back them – er, Quentin Tarantino.
Hell Ride is such a movie – a low rent affair produced by Tarantino and the Weinsteins and featuring Dennis Hopper, the late David Carradine and Michael Madsen in parts so slight that you can imagine their participation was gained for a modest outlay of girls, grams and glug, probably at a »
- Ed Whitfield
24 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
With Halloween on the horizon, a lot of people might be planning a shindig of some sort to celebrate. Most will have costume parties, which is terrific, as they usually involve scantily clad females pretending to be something ordinary like a prison guard or dental hygienist, but really sexy. These parties will also most likely contain disturbing, horror-themed food-stuffs, and an increasingly gory display of body parts strewn across the premises like something out of a bad crime scene.
(I tell you, if I had money, I would invest in a Halloween store, as they seem to make mint and only have to work 3 months of the year).
There are also large groups of nerds out there (myself included) who enjoy subjecting their friends to horror movies they may have not yet seen, or seen with a group of people, which is the best way to experience most horror flicks. »
24 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
This is an ingenious update of the movie trailer mash-up craze – mashed movie posters created by English newspaper The Daily Telegraph. Dr Strangelove Actually made me chuckle seeing Peter Sellers tied up in that cutesy Richard Curtis bow. The joy is in the details -- Tinkerbell with a Pulp Fiction cigarette, the Alien head on E.T.’s moon. The unlikeliest combo is Kes (Ken Loach’s classic tearjerker about a working-class schoolboy and his bird) crossed with actioner Transporter 3. Hmmm...I’d love to see Sex and The City done Breakfast at Tiffany’s style…or how about »
- Wendy Mitchell
23 October 2009 3:46 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
John Travolta's family has been brought closer together by the tragic death of 16-year-old son Jett earlier this year.
The Hollywood actor was left devastated when his beloved boy died in January following a seizure but it has made him appreciate the importance of wife Kelly Preston and nine-year-old daughter Ella.
The 'Pulp Fiction' star's assistant and friend Ronnie Zupancic said: "They think about Jett every day, they never stop. They recognise the fragility of life, and they all hold each other a little tighter now.
"It doesn't wear off. Jett is still with them. It's like it was yesterday. He's got a heavy heart. There is a hole."
On Wednesday (21.10.09), Travolta's extortion case - in which two men were accused of trying to get £18 million from the star following the death of Jett - ended in a mistrial, leaving him "upset" as the family is keen to move on. »
- Paul
23 October 2009 2:24 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
John Travolta's family has been brought closer together by the tragic death of 16-year-old son Jett earlier this year. The Hollywood actor was left devastated when his beloved boy died in January following a seizure but it has made him appreciate the importance of wife Kelly Preston and nine-year-old daughter Ella. The 'Pulp Fiction' star's assistant and friend Ronnie Zupancic said: "They think about Jett every day, they never stop. They recognise the fragility of life, and they all hold each other a little tighter now. "It doesn't wear off. Jett is still with them. It's like it was yesterday. He's got a heavy heart. There is a hole." On Wednesday (21.10.09), Travolta's extortion case - in which two men »
22 October 2009 11:07 PM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
John Travolta's family has been brought closer together by the tragic death of 16-year-old son Jett earlier this year.
The Hollywood actor was left devastated when his beloved boy died in January following a seizure but it has made him appreciate the importance of wife Kelly Preston and nine-year-old daughter Ella.
The 'Pulp Fiction' star's assistant and friend Ronnie Zupancic said: "They think about Jett every day, they never stop. They recognise the fragility of life, and they all hold each other a little tighter now.
"It doesn't wear off. Jett is still with them. It's like it was yesterday. He's got a heavy heart. There is a hole." On Wednesday (21.10.09), Travolta's extortion case - in which two men were accused of trying to get £18 million from the star following the death of Jett - ended in a mistrial, leaving him "upset" as the family is keen to move on. »
22 October 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
As writer-director Troy Duffy recalls it, the cast and crew of The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day were more than a tad nervous when they began work on their Boston-set, vigilante-action sequel. “Everybody was terrified to be the guy that screwed it up,” he says of the Toronto shoot for his movie, which is released October 30. “They knew the fans would find out where they lived and burn their f—-ing house to the ground." If you've never heard of Troy Duffy or his films you’re not alone. The Boondock Saints, a violent slice of Tarantino-esque Irishsploitation, was »
- Clark Collis
22 October 2009 2:00 AM, PDT | Momlogic | See recent Momlogic news »
When asked if she reads any mommy blogs -- like, for instance, this very site -- Uma Thurman says, "I feel a little guilty." Here's why.
Single Mom Seeking: Although Thurman plays a mommy blogger in the new film "Motherhood," she explains: "I didn't get a chance to get into the blogging world -- and I feel so badly telling you that. I apologize."
Thurman -- who received an Academy Award nomination for "Pulp Fiction" -- plays Eliza Welch, a former fiction writer-turned-mom-blogger with her own site, "The Bjorn Identity."
Eliza's dilemma might hit home for many of you: She has put her writing aspirations on hold to raise her two children.
In the meantime, her good-natured but absent-minded husband (played by Anthony Edwards, best known for his character Dr. Mark Greene on "ER") seems tuned out to his wife's conflicts, not to mention basic domestic reality. Her best friend »
21 October 2009 1:31 AM, PDT | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
Universal has announced that we can expect to see Inglourious Basterds on DVD (and Blu-ray) just in time for Christmas!
Inglourious Basterds DVD Release
Cinematic icon and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction) helms one of the most audaciously inventive, eagerly-anticipated films of the year, Inglourious Basterds, coming to Blu-ray(Tm) Hi-Def and DVD on December 15, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Starring Academy Award® nominee Brad Pitt in an audacious, adrenaline-packed, high-octane World War II revenge fantasy, Inglourious Basterds has been hailed as one of Tarantino's most stylish and entertaining films to date. From its deceptively bucolic opening scenes to its incendiary final moments, Inglourious Basterds delivers a heady combination of fact and fantasy that never fails to surprise. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds is available on Two-Disc Blu-ray(Tm) Hi-Def, Two-Disc DVD Special Edition, Single-Disc DVD and download to own. Both the »
19 October 2009 7:10 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The story behind Trick ‘r Treat is almost as interesting as the film itself. Finished in 2007, the film got caught up in some politicking and marketing concerns. Not a very expensive movie - after being sneaked in La, and shown at Butt-Numb-a-Thon - it’s just now coming out on DVD and Blu-ray. Somewhat unfairly. My review after the jump.
The internet has done a good job of hyping the film if you’re in those circles, and the film is modest but entertaining. It intercuts a number of different Halloween tales, like if somehow Creepshow had interconnecting narratives. It starts with a family (headed by Leslie Bibb) taking down their Halloween decorations, only for it all to end in violence. There’s a group of girls (featuring Anna Paquin) making their way to a Halloween party in the woods, a group of young teens who go to where a »
- Andre Dellamorte
19 October 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
One of the horror genre's most recognizable faces, Sid Haig has graced the big and small screens in over 400 projects. Recipient of a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for "Best Supporting Actor" in Rob Zombie's House Of 1000 Corpses, Haig would later receive a "Best Actor" Award for reprising his role as Captain Spaulding in The Devil's Rejects.
The busy actor and Horror Hall Of Famer recently took the time to chat with Fangoria about his long career and the love of his craft.
Jason Anders/Fangoria: So after having appeared in over 50 films and 350 television shows, what do you feel is the role that first defined you as an actor? Also, going back to your childhood, tell me about your decision to go into the industry as a professional actor, and what originally inspired you.
Sid Haig: I really don't know what defining oneself as an actor means, but »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jason Anders)
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