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Robert Gives Thanks

25 November 2009 11:01 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

I love slow movies. Really slow. For the longest time I thought everyone else considered that word to signify the worst in movies. Slow meant bad enough to put you to sleep. I love movies that put me to sleep. I’ve a whole collection of movies that I can pop in the DVD player whenever I can’t sleep and they’ll do the trick. If we can agree that music peaceful enough to put you to sleep can still be great, why not movies?

So this year I’m thankful for slow movies. But I’m also thankful for others who love them, because together we inspire filmmakers to keep making them. Great modern films like Goodbye, Solo and The Assassination of Jesse James..., and The Band’s Visit and Silent Light.

I’m thankful that cinema hasn’t been completely overrun by the desire to make anything »

- Robert

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The Movie Club Podcast #15: A.I. and Prince of Darkness

20 November 2009 11:12 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

The Movie Club Podcast [1] is a monthly roundtable podcast where we select two movies to dissect, analyze and discuss with a group of fellow movie bloggers and film fans. After four long months of scheduling difficulties, Jay and I finally managed to sit down with Kurt and Andrew from Row Three [2] to record the latest episode of The Movie Club Podcast. This time around, we engage in a pretty lengthy discussion about Steven Spielberg's A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness, two movies that aren't really related in any way, aside from the fact that they're both a lot of fun to talk about! In order to listen, head over to The Movie Club Podcast website (linked below) to grab the MP3, or simply update your feed in iTunes. Don't forget to join in the conversation by leaving your thoughts in the comments over there, and also »

- Sean

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Decade in Review: 2001 Top Ten

17 November 2009 8:41 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

What follows is my original top ten list of 2001. We'll discuss each year of the decade over the next month or two (we already did 2000). I do this because I am curious about which films "stick" and which fade and why and maybe you are too? Best year of the decade I think. The top five films would all be valid #1 film choices in some years. New comments are in red.

Note: This list references films released in NYC in 2001, not year of production or year in which they first the hit festival circuit or whatnot.

Runners Up (in descending order): Sexy Beast, Ali, Series 7: The Contenders, The Others, Last Resort and Waking Life. I don't remember loving Ali that much... and more than The Others? I don't remember that at all. I mean Nicole Kidman was the shit Twice Over in 2001.

In my round up of the »

- NATHANIEL R

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What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #17

15 November 2009 1:17 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

This week I'm on time and have more than just one movie to discuss as I finally finished watching both Terrence Malick and Paul Weitz's filmography, caught another Christmas film I had not seen and refreshed my memory on a Spielberg sci-fi.

As always, remember you can keep tabs on my personal Netflix queue right here. I now have 51 friends on the movie rental site and would love to have a few more if those of you out there with accounts are interested. Now, here's the recap of my week in movies...

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) Quick Thoughts: For no real reason whatsoever other than the fact this film had landed on my radar over the past few months, I finally decided to watch A.I. since first watching it back in 2001. I remember not being blown away after seeing it the first time and again I wasn't bowled over, but »

- Brad Brevet

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Top Ten Working American Directors

7 October 2009 2:18 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Top Ten Working American Directors

A list like this is tricky to the point of madness. However, I'm going to save you the trouble by saying it right here, right now: Most of the choices on this list are obvious. There's a reason why certain names continually pop up whenever conversation drifts toward great American films. So there. I said it.

Yet, how do you weigh the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, a genius who delivered some of the all-time greatest films, but fizzled out 25 or so years ago, against a filmmaker like Woody Allen who has worked consistently for decades churning out both brilliant gems and disposable time wasters? How do you compare either of these directors against an auteur such as Spike Jonze who has only opened two films so far, but both are masterpieces?

In the end I just went with my gut. I knew there were »

- David Frank

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Best Movie Title Punctuation Marks: Go!

24 September 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Today is National Punctuation Day, the most important non-religious nerd holiday that doesn't involve talking like a pirate.  Just think how different our lives would be without the comma, not to mention the semi-colon; we'd be lost without the period. Or the exclamation point! What about the question mark? (Seriously, we'd be screwed: see here.) To celebrate, we've assembled a list of our favorite punctuation marks in movie titles. Call them the Punctuaties (pronounced "Punk-shoe-Ay-shees" [on second thought, don't call them anything]). Best use of a comma in a bad movie by a great director White Hunter, Black Heart Lust, Caution Best use of a comma in a great movie by a great director Sex, Lies, and Videotape One, Two, Three Best use of a comma in the weirdest movie ever: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Best use of a possessive apostrophe: Schindler's List Jacob's LadderAdam's RibPrizzi's Honor Ocean's 11 Best use of a colon: Dr. Strangelove: »

- Darren Franich

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The Hollywood Film Festival Announces Craft Honorees

8 September 2009 5:59 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce their craft honorees for this year's Hollywood Awards. The festival and awards will mark their return on October 21 for a weeklong series of screenings, competitions and awards.

Cinematographer Roger Deakins, A.S.C., will receive the "Hollywood Cinematographer Award," Composer Alexandre Desplat, Bmi, will be given the "Hollywood Film Composer Award," editor Dana Glauberman, A.C.E., will be honored with the "Hollywood Editor Award," production designer Rick Carter, A.D.G., will receive the "Hollywood Production Designer Award" and costume designer Colleen Atwood, C.D.G., will be honored with the "Hollywood Costume Designer Award."

The Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 26, 2009.

"We are honored to have these exceptionally talented artists honored for their outstanding work and creative vision at this year's festival, »

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Steven Spielberg to Complete Crichton’s Last Work on Film

27 August 2009 6:08 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Steven Spielberg has a rare form of Hollywood sway, with the ability to develop pretty much any project he’d like to see come to the screen. It’s the sway that comes with a career of absolute blockbusters with failures few and far between. Sometimes, as in the case of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, he uses it to fulfill the wishes of his friends like Stanley Kubrick, finishing a project from beyond the grave.

Now, he’s working on development for author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Timeline), a film version of his posthumously released novel Pirate Latitudes. The script will be written by David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), while the actual novel will be available on November 24th.

Spielberg is producing the film, and may also direct.

The description of the book is actually a very detailed glimpse into what we’ll be seeing on screen:

“The Caribbean, »

- John Cooper

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Nanovor, a New Game That Will Lunch on Kids Everywhere

3 August 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »

Caveat parentis: Nanovor is coming. Something akin to the Pokemon phenomenon, it may soon sweep the world, seizing kids in its grip and voraciously sucking cash from your wallet. The secret sauce is in the game's online/real world mashup.

Developed by Smith & Tinker, which was founded by Seattle game producer Jordan Weisman (creator of the artificial reality promos for A.I. and the MechWarrior video game franchise), Nanovor centers on nanoscopic silicon dust mites that inhabit your PC. Taking the core of Pokemon, and mixing in a healthy dash of Spore, the main idea is that kids will collect different versions of Nanovor each with its own strengths and set them into battle with each other because, as the promo video puts it, "these little buggers love to fight."

Technology has moved on from the days of Pokemon, so Nanovors live in the online world, but also cross over into the handheld one. »

- Kit Eaton

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In Honor Of 'Orphan,' MTV Salutes The Creepiest Kids In Hollywood

24 July 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

“Orphan.” Whether or not you plan on seeing this fright fest about a girl who terrorizes her newly adoptive parents, one thing is indisputable: that is one freaky lookin’ little girl. The dark, hooded eyes, the thick red ribbon bound across her neck, the do-you-feel-lucky-punk stare—this orphan named Esther is a shining example of the supreme creepitude that some pop culture children exude without saying a word.

In creepiness, if not narrative, "Orphan"'s little orphan Esther comes from a long line of hair-raising fictional youngsters. Here’s our list of the kiddies who, intentionally or not, get the chills running up and down our spines.

Vicki from “Small Wonder”: The unsettlingly cheery intro masks the horror that awaits in this half-hour ‘80s sitcom. The flesh on Vicki’s back pops open to reveal a tangle of wires, batteries, microchips and blinking lights. She’s a robot devoid »

- Eric Ditzian

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Interview: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar

24 June 2009 10:20 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, opening June 24th, is the second film in the series based on the Hasbro toy/cartoon. Scott Farrar, whose long career has roots in the first “Star Wars”, supervised all the complex visual effects.

HollywoodChicago.com spoke to Farrar, who gave a precise overview of the challenges and proven results in upping the ante from the first Transformers film.

The Human Element: Megan Fox and Shia Labeouf in ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Photo credit: ©2009 Paramount Pictures HollywoodChicago.com: First things first for the geeks…What will be the most noticeable difference between the look of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen versus the first Transformers film?

Scott Farrar: The lighting is better, also the texturing on the robots and we’ve made big strides forward with more realism. There are sequences shot on IMAX so the resolution is 8 times higher than the first one, »

- PatrickMcD

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Tuesday Top Ten: Robots in Disguise

23 June 2009 5:30 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Tuesday Top Ten Returns

My friend txt critic sent me this note yesterday: Any interest in coming with me to tues midnight Transformers 2 on IMAX? Only drawbacks:

1. It's $20

2. We'd have to get there early

3. It's Transformers 2 After I recovered from the Lol'ing following #3, I said no. No way am I giving $20 to Michael Bay. I assume Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will beat Up to steal that #2 box office hit of the year position and I weep for the (safely assumed) qualitative drop in that switcheroo. I don't understand the Transformers phenom. A lot of movies are good at blowing shit up and some of them actually have narrative and visual coherency to go with the pretty fireballs and lovely dust clouds. Why not line up for those? And as I bitched when the first Transformers picture rolled around, the only reason I ever enjoyed the robots in »

- NATHANIEL R

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May 22: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

21 May 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

We all know how it is. You'd like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but you fear leaving your underground bunker will draw the attention of the machines. But you can have something close to that multiplex experience at home with the proper application of rental DVDs. In fact, you might even be able to one-up everyone else at the watercooler come Monday, because while they're saying, "Hey, did you see that new Terminator flick?" you can respond, "No, I watched all the movies McG stole from to make it instead." Instead Of: Terminator Salvation, the latest installment in the long-running saga of humanity’s last great battle, against the very machines we created... Rent: Director McG and his screenwriters steal from so many sources for their killer-robot blow-’em-up that the only way to even come close to replicating the experience at home is with a whole bunch of DVDs. »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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Max & Haley

10 April 2009 11:31 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Today marks the 80th birthday (80th!) of cinema legend Max von Sydow. This year, a fan site points out, retrospective celebrations of his work seem highly probable. I bring this birthday up because my interview with him a year and half ago is still one of my favorite events from my Film Experience journey. He was so interesting to talk to. Consider the diversity of his resume: The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, Awakenings, The Virgin Spring, Flash Gordon, Three Days of the Condor, Judge Dredd, Hannah and Her Sisters. He's worked with everyone from Ingmar Bergman to Steven Spielberg. If I could have tied him up for hours with more questions, I would have, believe me. His next film is Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (previously discussed) and then we might see him in the Ww II resistance fighter drama, Truth & Treason. He's not in the trailer so we assume »

- NATHANIEL R

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Hugo Sampling

20 March 2009 9:37 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Though you wouldn't know it from my Knowing and Watchmen reviews (I meant them to be funnier but they're closer to grouchy), recently I've been newly devoted to genre material. Sci-fi and fantasy please. It started with a mad spree of fantasy paperbacks last year (including The Curse of Chalion discussed here) and television's sci-fi block on Friday really ramped it up with that Terminator / Dollhouse / Battlestar cluster-frak. So let's discuss a few nominees for the latest Hugo Awards which were announced yesterday.

Yes Virginia, people are still giving out awards for 2008.

Before we get to the movies here are the Best Novel competitors which one might add to one's kindle, library request or shopping list if one knows how to read.

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman the awesome.

Little Brother (download free) by Cory Doctorow. It's post-terrorist attack speculative sci-fi about a 17 year old in San Francisco, »

- NATHANIEL R

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Celebrity Birthdays - 03/20/09

20 March 2009 4:32 AM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »

We have some pretty famous birthdays to report to you today! Can you guess who they are based on the following facts? You can catch him playing in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen playing the role of Saul Bloom. He's quite the Harry Potter star, first appearing in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Perhaps he was the prisoner? He may not be with us any longer, but he certainly left his mark on generations of children in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! She was a witch of a woman in Little Black Book who partially redeemed herself through Saving Grace. He's nothing if not a hottie! He started out on The O.C. before playing a recurring role on Smallville, but his most recent role is Charlie Hogan in Privileged. From Boston Public to The War at Home to Prison Break, he's a familiar face on television. Sued a »

- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)

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Celebrity Birthdays - 03/20/09

20 March 2009 4:32 AM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »

We have some pretty famous birthdays to report to you today! Can you guess who they are based on the following facts? You can catch him playing in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen playing the role of Saul Bloom. He's quite the Harry Potter star, first appearing in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Perhaps he was the prisoner? He may not be with us any longer, but he certainly left his mark on generations of children in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! She was a witch of a woman in Little Black Book who partially redeemed herself through Saving Grace. He's nothing if not a hottie! He started out on The O.C. before playing a recurring role on Smallville, but his most recent role is Charlie Hogan in Privileged. From Boston Public to The War at Home to Prison Break, he's a familiar face on television. Sued a »

- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)

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Celebrity Birthdays - 03/20/09

20 March 2009 4:32 AM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »

We have some pretty famous birthdays to report to you today! Can you guess who they are based on the following facts? You can catch him playing in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen playing the role of Saul Bloom. He's quite the Harry Potter star, first appearing in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Perhaps he was the prisoner? He may not be with us any longer, but he certainly left his mark on generations of children in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood! She was a witch of a woman in Little Black Book who partially redeemed herself through Saving Grace. He's nothing if not a hottie! He started out on The O.C. before playing a recurring role on Smallville, but his most recent role is Charlie Hogan in Privileged. From Boston Public to The War at Home to Prison Break, he's a familiar face on television. Sued a »

- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)

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SxSW Coverage: Day 1

13 March 2009 9:59 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

The South by Southwest Film Festival is officially underway and I’m camped right in the center of the action.  This is my first festival, but I feel comfortable in saying it is my favorite one so far.  I made the trek from North Austin (where I live) to downtown Austin where I’ll be staying for the full week and a half of screenings, panels, and general mayhem.

I have to say the badge system makes it pretty awesome to get tickets or stroll into a world premiere.  I never knew how fun it was to flash a laminated printout of a bad picture at random strangers, but I’ve been doing it for a few hours now and I think I’m already addicted.  A crowd formed on 6th Street as I was making my way across town, I showed them my badge, and they parted like the Red Sea. »

- Jeff Leins

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A Look Back at "The Dark Knight"'s Marketing... Featuring Me!

26 February 2009 1:54 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Last night, someone informed me that my photo is featured on the official website for Nine Inch Nails. Of course, my immediate response was, "Why?" I mean, did I black out and downloaded their album sixty times?

As it turns out, it's not exactly true—I'm just on a webpage linked on the Nin site's front page. Whew. Remember the Alternate Reality Game that was based on their album Year Zero? It was created by the marketing company 42 Entertainment. They are also the geniuses behind The Dark Knight's "Why So Serious?" Arg campaign. These guys are up for the People's Choice at this year's SXSW Web Awards for that campaign, and Trent Reznor wants to make sure people vote for them.

If you remember, back in 2007 Jpp went to Comic-Con and yours truly inadvertently participated in something that would later become ground zero for The Dark Knight's entire marketing ploy. »

- Arya Ponto

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