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John Mayer, Michael Moore, Simon Pegg And Others Respond To 'Avatar' In This Twitter-Wood Early Edition

4 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

As you all know quite well, "Avatar" hit theaters this weekend. And while celebrities have ways of finagling themselves tickets to official premieres -- I think there's a secret handshake or something -- plenty of them turned out to "slum it" with their adoring public for public screenings of the movie. Or at least, that's what it seems like based on the influx of tweets on our Twitter-Wood feed.

The tone has been mostly positive on the Hollywood insider front. Hell, last week superstar actor Ben Stiller appeared on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" with only one thing in mind: pimping James Cameron's sci-fi epic! "Oh, I'm here to talk about 'Avatar.'" he said. "I'm really excited about it, Conan. It's gonna be... it's just going to be an amazing movie." Hit the jump for more from celebs on "Avatar," fresh from the Twitter-Wood feed.

@johncmayer …

- Adam Rosenberg

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Best films of the noughties No 10: Fahrenheit 9/11 | Andrew Pulver

9 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

It's Michael Moore's most significant film, and one whose effects are still being felt today

It seems strange to reflect that, drowning as we are these days in campaigning documentary films, when he started out, Michael Moore was one of a kind. Ever since his 1989 film Roger & Me, in which he harassed the CEO of General Motors over the closure of car plants employing some 30,000 people in his home town of Flint, Michigan, Moore has pioneered a new kind of cinema: activist, articulate, passionate, funny – but above all, engaging. Plenty of documentarists knew more history, or were more politically committed, but Moore's special abilities lay in putting a human face on hot-potato issues. Moore pulled off the same trick with Bowling for Columbine, his 2002 film which sought to excoriate America's gun culture and place on it considerable responsibility for the high-school massacre.

But it was his decision to explore …

- Andrew Pulver

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Decade in Review: 2002 Top Ten

2 December 2009 7:58 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

As with 2000 and 2001, I'm reprinting my original top ten lists and commentary. If I've got something new to say, it'll be in red below.

Please note: This list was based on NYC release dates in the year 2002. Some movies are listed as different years at the IMDb based on when they were produced or released in their home country or in La or whatnot.

Undervalued: Morvern Callar, Roger Dodger, About a Boy, White Oleander, Panic Room and Kissing Jessica Stein Top 10 Runners Up: Chicago, Monsoon Wedding, Punch Drunk Love and Spirited Away I still am glad I championed most of these movies though I am sad that some of them aren't in the top ten... particularly Morvern, Monsoon and the Miyazaki. The MMMs. Though I'm not sure I'd know what to remove to make room for them.

10. 8 Women (François Ozon)

Ever since I a French teacher took my friends and …

- NATHANIEL R

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Gold Derby nuggets: Hit docs left off Oscars long list | Crazy journey for 'Crazy Heart' | 'Lost' returns Feb. 2

19 November 2009 6:55 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

• Only 15 of the 89 feature-length documentaries eligible made it onto the academy's long list that will now be winnowed down to a final five by members of the documentary branch. Among those widely distributed docs that failed to make the cut were Oscar champ Michael Moore's ("Bowling for Columbine") latest effort "Capitalism: A Love Story" -- which merited just 61 at Metacritic -- as well as "The September Issue" (Mc score of 69), Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim's ("An Inconvenient Truth") rock doc "It Might Get Loud" (Mc score of 70), "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" (Mc score of 82) and "Tyson" (Mc score of 83). Each of the sub-themes of those snubbed docs …

- tomoneil

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Academy Selects 15 Documentary Hopefuls to its Shortlist

18 November 2009 8:38 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

The AMPAS has chosen 15 films from the qualifying 89 documentaries to its shortlist. The hopefuls, vying for a final spot in the Documentary Feature category of the 82nd Academy Awards, are listed below, but the list is not without a bit of controversy. Some prominent omissions include the acclaimed smash Anvil! The Story of Anvil, James Toback's Tyson, and, most notably, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. Moore's previous film Sicko was nominated in 2008 and his documentary Bowling for Columbine won an Oscar in 2003. However, the 15 documentaries listed below are still all more than deserving of a selection. The Beaches of Agnes - Directed by Agnes Varda Burma VJ - Directed by Anders Ostergaard The Cove - Directed by Louie Psihoyos Every Little Step - Directed by James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo Facing Ali - Directed by Pete McCormack Food, Inc. - Directed by Robert Kenner Garbage Dreams …

- Brandon Lee Tenney

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Can the "Yes Men" and Michael Moore Fix Capitalism?

6 November 2009 2:40 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

With billions of taxpayer dollars propping up the largest financial institutions amid news stories about record bonuses on Wall Street and forecasts for a "jobless recovery" at best, there are a lot of good reasons to doubt the core promises of the capitalist system these days. Populist anger abounds and two movies in theaters now are helping bring the evils of capitalism into focus; The Yes Men Fix The World by the "Yes Men," (opening in Los Angeles this weekend) and Michael Moore's Capitalism, A Love Story. Perhaps you haven't seen Michael Moore's latest film about capitalism because you've seen some of Moore's other works -- Roger and Me about the demise of Gm's auto plants in Flint Michigan, Fahrenheit 911 about September 11, 2001 and the buildup to the Iraq War, Bowling for Columbine about gun violence and …

- Sheri and Allan Rivlin

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TV Review: Showtime’s ‘Lock ‘N Load’ Wastes Opportunity

21 October 2009 10:21 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The new reality series “Lock ‘N Load,” debuting tonight, October 21st, 2009, on Showtime, is a completely wasted opportunity to add something unique and interesting to the debate over gun control. Completely leaving political or personal viewpoints on controversial weapons issues out of my opinion, the show simply isn’t interesting or entertaining.

Television Rating: 1.0/5.0

“Lock ‘N Load” stars Josh T. Ryan, an actor who has been paying the rent by working at a Denver area gun store called “The Shootist”. He’s billing himself as a “gunslinger,” a man who sells guns to average Americans, but he’s really just an out-of-work actor trying to make TV gold out of his customers, who are being taped on hidden cameras set up around the store. In today’s reality TV world, everyone gets their fifteen minutes of fame, whether they ask for it or not.

Josh T. Ryan in Lock ‘N Load. …

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Win It! Trump Pays Your Bills!

14 October 2009 1:11 PM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »

Real estate mogul Donald Trump is here to help out one "Extra" friend who needs a financial boost -- by paying their bills!

Donald Trump is helping one winner pay their bills by giving them $5,000! The winner must live in New York, provide their own transportation to Trump Tower, and be willing to meet Donald on-camera to accept his check. The winner's meeting with Trump will be featured on an episode of "Extra."

Sign up to become an "Extra" friend, …

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Box Office Goes To Zombieland

5 October 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

The undead hordes swept the box office in the Us this weekend, with rom-zom-com Zombieland marching straight to the top with a pretty respectable $25 million opening weekend. In its wake was Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, falling off the top after two weeks, and the re-released double-bill of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D in third. The moral of this story? If you're not in 3D, you better have zombies.The Invention of Lying came in fourth with $7.35m, which was better than Gervais' Ghost Town but down on similar 'what if' comedies like Liar Liar. Surrogates followed, with a 50% drop on last week, and then was Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, which expanded to wide release but still made only $4.85m, less even than Sicko nevermind Fahrenheit 9/11 or Bowling for Columbine.New release Whip It!, about a girl rollerskating team, followed that with a …

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Movie Review: Capitalism: A Love Story

3 October 2009 12:42 PM, PDT | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »

Oct 03, 2009

Michael Moore’s has always taken on some pretty meaty social issues in his films. He started with an exploration of the vanishing American middle class in Roger & Me, continued with a rather rudimentary look at evil of corporate America in The Big One, seemed to hit his creative stride with the superb indictment of America’s affinity for firearms – Bowling for Columbine, then called for action against the Bush administration’s questionable practices in Fahrenheit 9/11, until finally trying to dissect and reinvent American health care with ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com …

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Capitalism: A Love Story

2 October 2009 8:24 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Capitalism: A Love Story

Directed by: Michael Moore

Cast: Michael Moore, Wallace Shawn

Running Time: 2 hrs 5 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: October, 2 2009

Plot: This documentary tackles capitalism in America and how we’ve gone from the American dream to corporate dominance.

Who’S It For? Moore lovers, though I would say I was close to that group beforehand. Anyone that needs to wake up and pay attention to the struggles that the majority of the middle and lower class are going through … unfortunately they probably won’t be willing to see this film. I actually can’t recall why this film would be rated R. Maybe it was language.

Expectations: I have read one Moore book, and I’ve happily gobbled up his previous documentaries. I really liked Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 … I loved Sicko. Moore tackling the economy is something I (and many Americans) was ready for.

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- Jeff Bayer

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Movie Review: Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

2 October 2009 5:11 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Michael Moore in Capitalism: A Love Story

Photo: Overture Films / Paramount Vantage I was telling a friend the hardest thing about reviewing a Michael Moore documentary is that I agree with so much of what he says, if not everything. As a result I find myself nodding my head at all the right moments and throwing my hands up in disgust at equally affecting turns. Does this mean he's fashioned a film of quality or just one that appeals to my sensibilities? To me that's a hard question to answer, especially considering we are talking about serious societal issues when it comes to Moore's docs.

As far as Capitalism: A Love Story is concerned I look at it as a return to the likes of Roger and Me and Bowling for Columbine, and this is without a doubt in my mind the unofficial sequel to Roger and Me simply on a much grander scope. …

- Brad Brevet

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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Passes to Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ in Chicago

1 October 2009 1:05 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two run-of-engagement Chicago passes up for grabs to the new Michael Moore film “Capitalism: A Love Story”! “Capitalism: A Love Story” is written and directed by Michael Moore. Moore has also helmed “Sicko,” “Fahrenheit 9/11,” “Bowling for Columbine” and “Roger & Me”.

To win your free pass to “Capitalism: A Love Story” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is tell us what you think about U.S. capitalism in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2009. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The movie poster for Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story”.

Image credit: Overture Films

Here is the plot description for “Capitalism: A Love Story”:

On the 20-year anniversary of his groundbreaking masterpiece “Roger & Me, …

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Another Cool Poster for Michael Moore's 'Capitalism'

30 September 2009 9:58 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Michael Moore is real hit-and-miss with me. I've only liked three of his films, Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, and Sicko, and in general, I find that his personality annoys me a great deal. He would no doubt say the same thing about me.

But when he's on his game, he is the one of the best documentarians going, in part because of that personality. He makes first person documentaries, as opposed to the off-camera style of Errol Morris or just about every other practitioner of what we call non-fiction film, even though such a thing is virtually impossible to achieve.

His latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, opens in most of America this weekend. Moore tries to get to the bottom of the current financial crisis in order to show us what he believes is the best way out. We really liked the first poster, a mustard yellow throwback, …

- Colin Boyd

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Biggest Doc Ever?

28 September 2009 4:20 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Jose here with some box office news. Reuters is reporting that Michael Jackson's This Is It has broken advance ticket records all over the world.

The documentary/concert film spans the rehearsals of Jackson's eponymous "comeback" that would've taken place in London before the entertainer's sudden death.

In cities like Los Angeles and New York, fans waited outside in line for days before the tickets went on sale yesterday morning. In Tokyo, the film sold $1 million in advance tickets. With the undying passion of Jackson fans could this eventually become the highest grossing documentary of all time? This genre hasn't been particularly lucky in the money making department.

The highest grossing documentaries stand as follows:

1. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore) $119,194,771

2. March of the Penguins $77,437,223

3. Earth $32,011,576

4. Sicko (Michael Moore) $24,540,079

5. An Inconvenient Truth $24,146,161

6. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore) $21,576,018

7. Madonna: Truth or Dare $15,012,935

8. Religulous $13,011,160

9. Winged Migration $11,689,053

10. Super Size Me $11,536,423

(numbers courtesy of Box Office …

- Jose

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Michael Moore's influence is undeniable. But is he helping his causes — or his enemies?

26 September 2009 9:52 AM, PDT | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »

Whatever you think of Michael Moore -- whether you love him, hate him, or (like me) believe that he's an ingeniously captivating big-picture muckraker who can truly be great when he sticks to reality (which he often does), but is anything but great when he proves overly willing to bend it -- few would deny that he's the most prominent, incendiary, and headline-grabbing, the most influential feature documentary filmmaker of our time. (I would say that the other pre-eminent nonfiction Big Cheese is Ken Burns, who works on PBS in what is by now almost a form of his own. …

- Owen Gleiberman

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Michael Moore Administers "Capitalism" Punishment

25 September 2009 8:24 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

It's been 20 years since Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore -- then just a regular working-class Joe from Flint, Mi -- effectively and literally changed the face of documentaries today with his masterful debut, "Roger and Me." Armed with a camera, a microphone and a liberal agenda to confront the greedy capitalist swine responsible for devastating the auto industry workforce in his hometown, Moore went from being the little guy to the most well-known personality in nonfiction cinema today. He entertainingly set his aims on the firearms debate in "Bowling for Columbine," won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for taking George W. Bush to task in "Fahrenheit 9/11" and sought a cure for the horrors of the health care biz in "Sicko."

Though his man-and-bullhorn techniques haven't changed drastically in his latest bit of muckraking, "Capitalism: A Love Story," Moore moved quicker than ever to expose a subject that's hurting every American: the economic crisis. …

- Aaron Hillis

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Review: ‘Beer Wars’

24 September 2009 8:53 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

After watching Anat Baron’s new documentary, ‘Beer Wars,’ you are sure to want a cold one.  An expert of the business and former general manager of Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Baron has an insider’s mindset when it comes to the world of alcoholic beverages and the corporate environment that surrounds them.  Her film not only covers the big corporations of the beer industry, Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors, it sets its sights on the little guys, the companies that are struggling to survive in a market that is completely swamped.  And, what’s more, she does so with a confident eye for filmmaking that makes ‘Beer Wars’ every bit as entertaining as it is eye-opening.

Baron utilizes several different techniques to get her points across, but none of them feel forced.  She incorporates talking heads, found footage and even animation to express her ideas to the audience, and it all …

- Kirk

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Tiff: Capitalism: A Love Story

24 September 2009 6:06 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Plot: In Michael Moore.s latest documentary, he takes on corporate culture, and the way it.s seeped into the fabric of American life, leading to the current financial crisis. Review: I have some issues with Michael Moore. For the most part, I agree with him politically- but I find his tactics questionable. His ambush interview of Charlton Heston- who turned out to be suffering from Alzheimer.s, in Bowling For Columbine was revolting, and his rosy idealization of Canadian Medicare in …

- Chris Bumbray

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When Moore is Less

23 September 2009 7:13 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

In "Capitalism: A Love Story," Michael Moore takes on his biggest target yet, and his most elusive. Buttonholing reluctant CEOs is one thing; pinning down an abstract principle quite another. With "Bowling for Columbine" and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore's seventh documentary completes a loosely affiliated conspiracy trilogy whose films rely on emotional logic and rhetorical sleight of hand to fuse superficially unrelated incidents into evidence of larger, more alarming social currents.

Arriving just as the economy is showing a flicker of life, Moore's movie risks lagging behind the times. Much of the evidence he offers to support his contention that the lust for profit is wildly out of control has been widely reported already, like the case of two Pennsylvania judges who funneled undeserving juvenile offenders into a private treatment facility while taking kickbacks from its owners.

Other assertions Moore makes stand up only in the heat of the moment. Drawing an …

- Sam Adams

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