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Galaxy Quest Blu-ray Review

24 November 2009 9:30 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

When you talk about the year of cinema that was 1999, there are the films that come immediately. Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, Eyes Wide Shut. I love The Insider, have a soft spot for eXistenZ and Three Kings and then it starts getting complicated, as films like American Beauty, Girls Don’t Cry, and The Green Mile haven’t exactly weathered as well, while films like Office Space have only grown in estimation.  At the time, most wouldn’t have listed Galaxy Quest as one of the great films of 1999, and yet ten years later, someone like David Mamet can call it a perfect movie. And it is. By Grabthar’s Hammer, my review of Galaxy Quest after the jump.

The premise is simple: what if aliens watched Star Trek and thought it was real? Tim Allen plays Jason Nesmith who plays Peter Quincy Taggart, the Kirk character »

- Andre Dellamorte

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Sneak Peek Nine

24 November 2009 6:10 AM, PST | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Nine is the new musical feature directed by Rob "Chicago" Marshall : 1. From a screenplay by Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin; 2. Based on author Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name; 3. Derived from an Italian play by Mario Fratti; 4.Inspired by director Federico Fellini's autobiographical film 8½. Maury Yeston composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the songs. Principal cast includes actors Daniel "There Will Be Blood" Day-Lewis, Nicole "Eyes Wide Shut" Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Sophia Loren with Kate Hudson and Grammy Award winner Fergie in supporting roles. "...Having reached the age of forty, director 'Guido Contini' (Day-Lewis) is facing a midlife crisis that is stifling his creativity and leading him into a variety of complicated romantic involvements. As he struggles to complete his latest film, he is forced to balance the numerous formative women in his life, »

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Nicole Kidman Says Robert Pattinson is a Fine Actor

17 November 2009 9:01 AM, PST | Reel Empire | See recent Reel Empire news »

We're still not exactly sure what Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut) meant when she said Robert Pattinson was a 'fine' actor. Was she referring to his talent or was she referring to his drop-dead gorgeous looks? Nobody will ever know for sure, but for now, we'll assume she was complimenting the actor on his movie performances. In any case, Kidman told MTV News that she and the "Twilight" hunk were in talks to star together  in the film about journalist Georges Duroy (Pattinson) and his rise to the top of Parisian high society in the 1890s. Kidman would have played Madeline Forestier, Duroy’s onetime mentor. “Bel Ami” is the title of the film and it looks as if Kidman won't be starring in the flick after all. Read on for the full scoop!

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- Michelle Thorton

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Why Richard Kelly's The Box could be the best film of the year

12 November 2009 10:36 AM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Year: 2009

Directors: Richard Kelly

Writers: Richard Kelly

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: agentorange

Rating: 9 out of 10

Richard Kelly channels no less than the ghost of Stanley Kubrick to turn Richard Matheson's blip of a Twilight Zone idea into one of the most astounding pieces of cerebral science fiction cinema I have ever seen. Yes, The Box is that good. It dares to scale the same intellectual heights as 2001: A Space Odyssey and it revels in the potent, restrained formalism of The Shining without ever leaving its two main characters or plot too far behind. In fact, Kelly is so self assured in executing this delicious layer-cake of a movie that The Box is now a front runner for my choice of best film of the year (yep, move over Moon) and I absolutely can't wait to see it again so I can dig even deeper into its box of mysteries. »

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Nicole Kidman Burned Her Journals When She Married Keith Urban

4 November 2009 8:55 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Unlike many of her Hollywood peers, Nicole Kidman says she prefers to keep an air of mystery about her life. So that means no tell-all memoir, no blogging, and no Tweeting. "If you know what is going on inside somebody's head all the time that's not a good place," the actress, 42, tells the December issue of British GQ. "You can't read somebody's diary. You shouldn't read it. I burnt most of my journals after I remarried ... You're only going to find out bad things." In the interview, however, Kidman gives a hint about the adventurousness that infused her romances over the years. »

- Simon Perry

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Matthew Modine: The Hollywood Interview

2 November 2009 10:20 AM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Matthew Modine: Better Angels

By

Alex Simon

Matthew Modine has been something of an iconoclast most of his working life. After being groomed for ‘80s teen idol status in early films such as Private School and Vision Quest, Modine was also one of the first actors of his generation, along with Sean Penn, to take on riskier projects, such as Robert Altman's Streamers, Alan Parker’s Birdy, Gillian Armstrong’s Mrs. Soffel, and Alan J. Pakula’s Orphans. It was his lead role as the cynical Marine Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam epic Full Metal Jacket that put Modine into the pantheon of young actors who were more than just pretty faces and knowing winks at the camera. This, after all, was the young man who turned down the lead in Top Gun, arguably the prototypical ‘80s blockbuster, due to its cold war politics. From the beginning, »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Cheadle & Gleeson Join Forces For 'The Guard'

29 October 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Principal photography for a new Irish comedy thriller, 'The Guard', has commenced in Spiddal, Co. Galway. The feature is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (Ned Kelly) and stars Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm) and Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda). Announced today by Martin Cullen Td, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, the film sees Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson playing an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with Don Cheadle's straitlaced FBI agent in a bid to take on an international drug-smuggling gang. Other Irish acting talents featured includes Ifta winners Liam Cunningham (Hunger), Fionnula Flanagan (Lost, Transamerica), Pat Shortt (Garage) and David Wilmot (Intermission, The Clinic). Director of photography for the project is Larry Smith (Eyes Wide Shut) and production designer is John-Paul Kelly (Venus). 'The Guard's costume designer is Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (Brideshead Revisted) and the film's editor is Chris Gill (28 Days Later). »

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Katie Holmes to Star in 'Cocktail: The Musical'?

27 October 2009 4:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Are you ready for another hippie, hippie shake? The New York Post reports that Cocktail is getting turned into a Broadway musical by producer Marty Richards, and Heywood Gould, the pen behind the book and film, will write it. But that's not all. Gould told them: "I am writing it as we speak. Marty Richards is on board and he's working on the score. It's far too early to talk about casting. We haven't approached anybody yet. But I do like Katie Holmes." Yes, original star Tom Cruise's wife. Gould might not be the end-all on decisions, but since he's involved with all the story's incarnations, I bet he has some sway.

The 1998 film focuses on a young guy (Cruise) who drops out of school and becomes a famous bartender. Eager to have his own bar, he heads to Jamaica to earn enough money. While there, he must choose »

- Monika Bartyzel

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What are Your Favorite Winter Holiday Themed Movies?

26 October 2009 2:39 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

I wasn't quite sure how to properly word the headline for this post considering I want to make sure you understand I am talking about the season pretty much running from Thanksgiving to Christmas, but I also want to make sure you know the film itself doesn't have to necessarily be about the holidays.

Take Die Hard for instance, it's set during Christmas time, but it isn't a Christmas film. However, it fits in with what I am looking for here. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Eyes Wide Shut, Fanny and Alexander, Batman Returns, Gremlins, The Thin Man and When Harry Met Sally are other examples. Hell, I would even say Rocky IV and Lethal Weapon count. As a matter of fact, I would say the non-Christmas, Christmas movies are the more interesting additions. How about The Shining or even Psycho?

Then, of course, I personally love films such as Love, »

- Brad Brevet

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Bronson Review (5/5) - Ultra-stylish, ultra-violent 'Bronson' is fall's standout art film.

8 October 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

The highlight of the fall art-house movie season is Danish-born director Nicolas Winding Refn's ambitious, brutally beautiful “Bronson," a high-energy biopic about Britain's most violent prisoner, Michael Peterson Aka Charlie Bronson, brought to audacious life by Irish actor Tom Hardy. Working with cinematographer and former Stanley Kubrick collaborator Larry Smith (he lit "Eyes Wide Shut" and worked on "The Shining" as well as Refn's "Fear X") and production designer Adrian Smith, Refn creates a sensational experience, the psychological and physical journey of the one-in-a-million Bronson, a crook who discovers his artistic talent during his many years in prison. Granted Charlie's art is not for the squeamish. »

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OneRepublic Get Baroque In 'All The Right Moves' Video

7 October 2009 10:59 PM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Gilded clip reflects band's new status as pop royalty.

By James Montgomery

OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder in the "All The Right Moves" video

Photo: Interscope

There is a gilded feel to OneRepublic's "All the Right Moves" video, and it makes sense the band would go that way.

After all, the song could almost be described as electro-charged chamber music, with its pealing organ and trilling strings and Ryan Tedder's gold-leaf falsetto (so that explains the masked ballroom dancers). And there's no denying the fact that OneRepublic have entered the triumphant, downright baroque portion of their career: their upcoming Waking Up album (due November 17) follows the success of 2007's Dreaming Out Loud, which turned the band into pop royalty, so the trappings and formalities of the clip can be understood, too.

Still, what the video is actually most reminiscent of is one of Panic! at the Disco videos — with all its shimmery ephemera, »

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1999: A Year In Review (Part One)

7 October 2009 9:07 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Many films come out every year with critics and fans alike, compiling lists of their bests and worsts. There are also many films that fall between the cracks, only to be discovered years later. Many critics believe that one of the best years in cinema was 1939, when Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz were released alongside many other classic gems.

Personally, I’ve always felt that 1999 was an epic year for movies, providing us with so many interesting films. In fact, 1999 was such a good year for movies that even some of the bad ones are still worth watching!

So, please sit back and put your memory caps on as Screen Rant takes on a retrospective of 1999 in the world of film.

 

In 1999, the world was a very different place. We were on the cusp of a new millennium and 9/11 was something that nobody - not even »

- Niall Browne

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Martyn’s Top Ten Disturbing Films

17 September 2009 4:40 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

It is rarely highlighted what a strange habit and practice cinema-going is. Off we go to sit in a darkened room, usually with complete strangers, and watch something akin to a dream unfold before us. After all, Hollywood in particular, has been known as “The Dream Factory”. Why restrict it to Hollywood? Cinema = dreams. And as the subconscious plays havoc; dreams can turn into nightmares.

Audiences can laugh, cry and scream together. Each person maybe processing information in a variety of differing ways, yet, filmmakers employ a bag of tricks to invoke particular responses, at particular times.

Film experiences have a habit of becoming cherished, personal memories. It can achieve an ambiguous effect. Millions were astounded by Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, just as they were terrified by Jaws, seventeen years earlier. Alfred Hitchcock devised the infamous shower sequence in Psycho relying on suggestion, chocolate sauce, rapid editing and shrieking »

- Martyn Conterio

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Party Favors: Leno’s Long Goodbye

14 September 2009 9:50 PM, PDT | Quick Stop | See recent Quick Stop news »

Burbank – Chat Fatigue is coming.

Forget swine flu (or H1N1); Chat Fatigue will be the sickness that will overtake millions this fall. The group most susceptible to this are NBC viewers. Now that Jay Leno will be taking over the 10 p.m. slot from Monday to Friday (starting Sept. 14) on the Peacock network, viewers will get four hours of people sitting behind desks and talking directly to the camera.

Can the average viewer really handle going from Leno to local news to Conan O’Brien to Jimmy Fallon to Carson Daly? How many guys in suits and ties sitting behind a desk do you want to experience after an 8 hours of work day with guys in suits and ties sitting behind desks? They’re all going to stare at you through the boob tube and jibber jabber. Kinda like the doofus with the desk next to you at work. »

- UncaScroogeMcD

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Jennifer Lopez Works With Pharrell Williams

14 September 2009 9:42 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Jennifer Lopez gets helping hands from Pharrell Williams in the making of her new single called "Lola", Pitbull said. While attending the Sunday ceremony of 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio Music City Hall, the song's featured guest opened up that Pharrell serves as the producer of the new track.

Furthermore, Pitbull who tweeted about having a duet with Jennifer earlier this year revealed he and Jennifer have filmed a music video aimed to promote the soon-to-be-released single. He described the video as "an upscale Eyes Wide Shut - where my role is being taken advantage of by these beautiful women who are, like, massaging me."

News surrounding Jennifer Lopez's new album has emerged since June. During an interview, she revealed that her new album will be put out for purchase sometime in January 2010. Although she didn't mention about Pitbull's involvement, the wife of singer Marc Anthony indeed said »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Marshall Tunes Into The Musical Nine

2 September 2009 2:58 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Nine is a new musical feature directed by Rob "Chicago" Marshall, from a screenplay by Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin, based on author Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name, derived from an Italian play by Mario Fratti and inspired by director Federico Fellini's autobiographical film 8½. Maury Yeston composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the songs. Principal cast includes actors Daniel "There Will Be Blood" Day-Lewis, Nicole "Eyes Wide Shut" Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Sophia Loren with Kate Hudson and Grammy Award winner Fergie in supporting roles. "...Having reached the age of forty, director 'Guido Contini' (Day-Lewis) is facing a midlife crisis that is stifling his creativity and leading him into a variety of complicated romantic involvements. As he struggles to complete his latest film, he is forced to balance the numerous formative women in his life, »

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Cruise Just Cooler than Pitt

26 August 2009 11:42 AM, PDT | newser.com | See recent newser news »

A Brad Pitt rep says the Inglourious Basterds star didn’t actually make fun of Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie , as one German magazine reported. But just in case he did, Joal Ryan of E! wants to you to know that Cruise is way cooler anyway. Why? Eye patches are interesting—mustaches not so much. Brooke Shields is cool. She's cool with Cruise. We have no idea where she stands on Pitt. Mr. & Mrs. Smith , Pitt’s movie with future lover Angelina Jolie, didn’t stick with you—or have the nudity—of Cruise and then-wife Nicole Kidman’s Eyes Wide Shut. In the early ... »

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Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds

21 August 2009 6:39 AM, PDT | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »

Aug 21, 2009 He's done it again. Quentin Tarantino has delivered. Unlike anything you will see the rest of this year or even the next few movie seasons, his Inglourious Basterds is a daring, inventive, genre-defying film that has already polarized viewers. One of the elements missing from this season (and many in recent years) has been a movie worth arguing about. Remember how people ridiculed or adored films like A.I., Eyes Wide Shut, or even The Blair Witch Project? Whatever side of the debate you fall on, doesn't it feel like there are fewer and fewer ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »

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Vanessa Hudgens got naked on the internet again

6 August 2009 2:31 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

You know what happens when High School Musical hottie Vanessa Hudgens stands in front of a mirror, has a digital camera in her hand and easy access to a broadband line is in the room? She acts like she's Nicole Kidman filming a scene for Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Something tells me that if Vanessa's camera also recorded sound we'd hear Chris Isaac's "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" playing in the background.

Yesterday an assortment of photos showing an alleged Hudgens standing in front of a bedroom mirror and wearing something very tiny and gold around her waist hit the web, the kind of thing you'd see a lady wear on the stage in a gentleman's club or at a Michael Bay pool party. While gossip blogs and celeb fansites wondered if it was the real Gabriella or just a very close approximation, their minds also drifted »

- Patrick Sauriol

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'Twilight' Fans Celebrate With Saga's Stars At TwiCon

3 August 2009 3:31 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'You establish a rapport with them. It's so sweet,' Jackson Rathbone says of fans at the convention.

By Larry Carroll

Jackson Rathbone at TwiCon

Photo: MTV News

Dallas — As fans learned from Bella's birthday bash in "New Moon," celebrations with the Cullen clan aren't always the best idea. But over the weekend, thousands of people attended a sold-out event in the Lone Star State, eager to prove that Twilighters know how to party.

"TwiCon '09 is a 'Twilight' convention," explained actress Christian Serratos, who plays Angela Weber in the series, looking around at all the Twilighters bearing "Team Edward" T-shirts, "I Drive Like a Cullen" bumper stickers and, most importantly, smiles. "We're meeting fans, signing autographs, taking pictures and doing all that jazz. And we're having a good time."

Downtown Dallas was transformed into Forks West during the four-day convention at the Sheraton hotel, across the street from a »

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