“The Handmaid’s Tale” showrunner Bruce Miller knows the show triggered “thousands of discussions” in its inaugural run — and as production continues on Season 2, Miller said he and his team have been paying attention to those conversations.
One major issue for the Emmy-winning Hulu series — nominated Monday for three Golden Globes — was that how to approach racial issues. While Margaret Atwood’s original novel took place in an all-white world (due to the ethnic purging orchestrated by the nightmare nation of Gilead), Miller and Atwood ended up making the decision to incorporate a diverse cast and focus on the treatment of women within this society.
“There was discussion and praise and criticism for how we integrated or dealt with race in Gilead,” he said. “It brought up a lot of questions that just didn’t come up in the stories in Season 1, that we were able to put it in...
One major issue for the Emmy-winning Hulu series — nominated Monday for three Golden Globes — was that how to approach racial issues. While Margaret Atwood’s original novel took place in an all-white world (due to the ethnic purging orchestrated by the nightmare nation of Gilead), Miller and Atwood ended up making the decision to incorporate a diverse cast and focus on the treatment of women within this society.
“There was discussion and praise and criticism for how we integrated or dealt with race in Gilead,” he said. “It brought up a lot of questions that just didn’t come up in the stories in Season 1, that we were able to put it in...
- 12/13/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
The 1985 Smackdown is coming, so Chris looks at that year's iconic track from The Breakfast Club...
Is there a better era for films defined by a single song (and vice versa) than the 80s, particularly those from John Hughes? Hughes was more than a master of understanding the teenage disposition, and music was always a part of his equation. But the pillar of this kind of definitive relationship of song and subject in his films is The Breakfast Club and “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds. You can’t separate one from the other: hear the song and suddenly you’re monologuing an “athlete, basket case, princess, etc.” piece; see its iconic poster and you’ll hear a “hey hey hey Hey” in your head.
Is there a better era for films defined by a single song (and vice versa) than the 80s, particularly those from John Hughes? Hughes was more than a master of understanding the teenage disposition, and music was always a part of his equation. But the pillar of this kind of definitive relationship of song and subject in his films is The Breakfast Club and “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds. You can’t separate one from the other: hear the song and suddenly you’re monologuing an “athlete, basket case, princess, etc.” piece; see its iconic poster and you’ll hear a “hey hey hey Hey” in your head.
- 9/27/2017
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
For the first time ever, the 2017 Primetime Emmys will hand out an award for Outstanding Music Supervision, acknowledging the creative contributions made by the music supervisors on TV series. It’s an award that’s long overdue; music supervision is an often misunderstood art form thought to be as simple as pulling songs off an iPod. “There’s so much work that goes into it that you don’t see on the screen,” says Amanda Krieg Thomas,...
- 6/23/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Now nine episodes into its first season, The Handmaid’s Tale has firmly established itself as one of the best shows of 2017.
Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, the Hulu original series tells the story of women placed in servitude -- and subjected to ritualized rape in order to stave off infertility -- shortly after the fall of the U.S. government to a totalitarian and Christian fundamentalist government known as Gilead. At the center of this near-future dystopian saga (and the audience’s narrator) is Offred (Elisabeth Moss), a woman caught while trying to flee to Canada and eventually forced to become a handmaid in the household of Commander Fred Waterford and his wife, Serena Joy (played by Joseph Fiennes and Yvonne Strahovski).
Since its premiere, The Handmaid’s Tale has earned critical praise for its effective (and horrifying) storytelling led by showrunner Bruce Miller, as well as its chilling timeliness as it relates to the...
Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, the Hulu original series tells the story of women placed in servitude -- and subjected to ritualized rape in order to stave off infertility -- shortly after the fall of the U.S. government to a totalitarian and Christian fundamentalist government known as Gilead. At the center of this near-future dystopian saga (and the audience’s narrator) is Offred (Elisabeth Moss), a woman caught while trying to flee to Canada and eventually forced to become a handmaid in the household of Commander Fred Waterford and his wife, Serena Joy (played by Joseph Fiennes and Yvonne Strahovski).
Since its premiere, The Handmaid’s Tale has earned critical praise for its effective (and horrifying) storytelling led by showrunner Bruce Miller, as well as its chilling timeliness as it relates to the...
- 6/7/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Louisa Mellor Jun 4, 2017
The Handmaid’s Tale slows down its pace in episode two to give us a long, discomfiting look at motherhood in Gilead…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Broken episode 1 review How Jimmy McGovern's Common challenged injustice Accused: Tracie’s Story review
1.2 Birth Day
It’s common to hear the phrase ‘there are no words’ these days to express extreme disbelief or grief. In the Republic of Gilead, there really are none. Books are restricted only to the ruling elite and pictograms have replaced written language in public. Graphic symbols designate the crimes of the hooded bodies hanging in the streets—a Star of David, a foetus—and the items of food for which paper tokens are exchanged in supermarkets. Literacy is one of several rights the Handmaids are no longer permitted. When you’re a womb on two legs, you don’t need words.
The Handmaid’s Tale slows down its pace in episode two to give us a long, discomfiting look at motherhood in Gilead…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Broken episode 1 review How Jimmy McGovern's Common challenged injustice Accused: Tracie’s Story review
1.2 Birth Day
It’s common to hear the phrase ‘there are no words’ these days to express extreme disbelief or grief. In the Republic of Gilead, there really are none. Books are restricted only to the ruling elite and pictograms have replaced written language in public. Graphic symbols designate the crimes of the hooded bodies hanging in the streets—a Star of David, a foetus—and the items of food for which paper tokens are exchanged in supermarkets. Literacy is one of several rights the Handmaids are no longer permitted. When you’re a womb on two legs, you don’t need words.
- 6/1/2017
- Den of Geek
Need to catch up? Check out the previous The Handmaid’s Tale recap here.
Meet the new Ofglen, decidedly not the same as the old Ofglen.
Just when we’d fallen in love with Offred’s subversive new pal, Episode 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale yanks her away. While I’d love to envision Moira and Ofglen and any other Gilead escapee possibly rallying help up north, you just know they’re probably enduring something painful somewhere awful.
Whatever excruciating fate befalls the Mia ‘maids, however, I’m sure it’s nowhere near as weird as what transpires in Commander...
Meet the new Ofglen, decidedly not the same as the old Ofglen.
Just when we’d fallen in love with Offred’s subversive new pal, Episode 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale yanks her away. While I’d love to envision Moira and Ofglen and any other Gilead escapee possibly rallying help up north, you just know they’re probably enduring something painful somewhere awful.
Whatever excruciating fate befalls the Mia ‘maids, however, I’m sure it’s nowhere near as weird as what transpires in Commander...
- 5/1/2017
- TVLine.com
Who could possibly forget about the kids of Hawkins, Indiana?!
In an epic new mashup video, the cast of Stranger Things — including the Demogorgon — sing the hit ’80s song “Don’t You Forget About Me” and it’s glorious.
The music video features footage from the Netflix drama’s first season mashed together perfectly with the words to Simple Minds’ 1980s classic — time well spent.
The cast is currently filming season 2 of the Duffer Brothers’ hit series which will feature a batch of fresh new faces, ’80s icon Sean Astin, former Mad About You‘s star Paul Reiser, and actress Linnea Berthelsen.
In an epic new mashup video, the cast of Stranger Things — including the Demogorgon — sing the hit ’80s song “Don’t You Forget About Me” and it’s glorious.
The music video features footage from the Netflix drama’s first season mashed together perfectly with the words to Simple Minds’ 1980s classic — time well spent.
The cast is currently filming season 2 of the Duffer Brothers’ hit series which will feature a batch of fresh new faces, ’80s icon Sean Astin, former Mad About You‘s star Paul Reiser, and actress Linnea Berthelsen.
- 12/22/2016
- by brittanyking22
- PEOPLE.com
No doubt about it: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton‘s Thanksgiving was one for the books.
The happy couple celebrated the holiday this year with a large crew — including Stefani’s sons, Kingston, 10, Zuma, 8, and Apollo, 2; her father, Dennis Stefani; and Shelton’s mother, Dorothy Shelton.
Stefani, 47, documented much of the big day on social media, showing off their well-stocked bar and place settings, which included painted pumpkins, fall leaves and mismatched china.
In one clip, country crooner Shelton, 40, candidly sang along to “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds, and later playfully posed with his turkey — which...
The happy couple celebrated the holiday this year with a large crew — including Stefani’s sons, Kingston, 10, Zuma, 8, and Apollo, 2; her father, Dennis Stefani; and Shelton’s mother, Dorothy Shelton.
Stefani, 47, documented much of the big day on social media, showing off their well-stocked bar and place settings, which included painted pumpkins, fall leaves and mismatched china.
In one clip, country crooner Shelton, 40, candidly sang along to “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds, and later playfully posed with his turkey — which...
- 11/25/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
John Hughes' iconic Ferris Bueller's Day Off turns 30 Saturday. The film, which has become a beloved totem of teenage rebellion and a wonderful 1980s time capsule, is also an ode to Chicago - a teenage Hughes moved around the city's suburbs with his family. To celebrate, here are 21 things you (probably) never knew about the film. 1. Ferris' parents got married in real lifeLyman Ward, who played Ferris' father, was married to his onscreen wife Cindy Pickett, from 1986 to 1992. They met on the set of the film and eventually had two children. 2. Hughes pitched the film with one sentence… "I called Ned Tanen [then-head of Paramount films] and said,...
- 6/11/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
John Hughes' iconic Ferris Bueller's Day Off turns 30 Saturday. The film, which has become a beloved totem of teenage rebellion and a wonderful 1980s time capsule, is also an ode to Chicago - a teenage Hughes moved around the city's suburbs with his family. To celebrate, here are 21 things you (probably) never knew about the film. 1. Ferris' parents got married in real lifeLyman Ward, who played Ferris' father, was married to his onscreen wife Cindy Pickett, from 1986 to 1992. They met on the set of the film and eventually had two children. 2. Hughes pitched the film with one sentence… "I called Ned Tanen [then-head of Paramount films] and said,...
- 6/11/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
On this day in movie related history...
1152 King Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Their romance is later fictionalized in the ever popular play/movie The Lion in Winter which we've written about several times
1897 Frank Capra is born in Italy. He'll immigrate to the Us at five years old and become one of the most famous film directors of all time. Across the ocean in London a public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel "Dracula, or, The Un-dead" is staged. Frank Capra never makes a movie influenced by Dracula but everyone else does.
Meredith Wilson writing music1902 There's trouble right here in River City Mason City when Meredith Wilson is born. He'll later write The Music Man but not before accruing Oscar nominations for film scoring (The Little Foxes, The Great Dictator)
1912 The first Indian film Shree Pundalik is released in Mumbai. Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of...
1152 King Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Their romance is later fictionalized in the ever popular play/movie The Lion in Winter which we've written about several times
1897 Frank Capra is born in Italy. He'll immigrate to the Us at five years old and become one of the most famous film directors of all time. Across the ocean in London a public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel "Dracula, or, The Un-dead" is staged. Frank Capra never makes a movie influenced by Dracula but everyone else does.
Meredith Wilson writing music1902 There's trouble right here in River City Mason City when Meredith Wilson is born. He'll later write The Music Man but not before accruing Oscar nominations for film scoring (The Little Foxes, The Great Dictator)
1912 The first Indian film Shree Pundalik is released in Mumbai. Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of...
- 5/18/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Taylor Swift and Molly Ringwald are most definitely going to bake cookies together in the near future. The two hit it off at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday after Molly introduced Simple Minds's performance of the 1985 Breakfast Club theme song "Don't You (Forget About Me)." The performance was in celebration of the film's 30th anniversary, and cameras caught Molly and Taylor adorably jamming out together in the audience. Taylor then whipped out her phone and the two appeared to exchange numbers. And if a friendship happens to blossom, Molly will be the latest star to join Taylor's famous entourage. She showcased her endless amount of recognizable girlfriends when she premiered the music video for her hit "Bad Blood" at the beginning of the award show, which included cameos by Lena Dunham, Gigi Hadid, and Hailee Steinfeld. Keep reading to see more photos of the pair's cute exchange,...
- 5/18/2015
- by Caitlin-Hacker
- Popsugar.com
In a word? Goals. Molly Ringwald got up on stage to pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of The Breakfast Club when she confessed the No. 1 thing that we all can relate to: she wants to be Taylor Swift's Bff. The actress gushed that she wants to "join the club" and let's just say, after seeing T.Swift's star-studded "Bad Blood" music video, we want to join too! And it looks like Ringwald's dreams came true—within a matter of seconds, no less—when the two ladies were spotted dancing along to Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" in the front row at the MGM Grand's Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Not only were Ringwald and Swift seen...
- 5/18/2015
- E! Online
You guys, can you believe that it has been 30 years since The Breakfast Club hit theaters? Nope, neither can we. The cult classic's star Molly Ringwald took to the stage at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards tonight to honor the film's anniversary along with a very, very special performance. That's right, Simple Minds performed the massive hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and the entire star-studded audience rose to their feet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Scottish band's hit single was made famous by the 1985 John Hughes-directed movie which starred Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Paul Gleason—just to name a...
- 5/18/2015
- E! Online
Billboard and dick clark productions announced today superstar duet performances by Nicki Minaj featuring David Guetta, Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth and Lindsey Stirling, and a special tribute performance by Imagine Dragons, have been added to the lineup at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. Nicki Minaj will be performing her new single “The Night Is Still Young” and Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs No. 1 hit “Hey Mama,” featuring David Guetta, while Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth are set to sing their hit off of the “Fast and Furious 7” soundtrack, “See You Again.” Imagine Dragons will perform “Stand By Me” in tribute to the soul and R&B legend, Ben E. King, who passed away earlier this year. These stars join previously announced musical performers Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, Hozier, Nick Jonas, Tori Kelly, Ed Sheeran, Van Halen, along with special duet performance by “Empire” recording artists Jussie Smollett...
- 5/12/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
College in the movies is all about toga parties, keggers, epic pranks, and going streaking... who has time to actually get an education? Serious learning is for dramas (hello, "Good Will Hunting") but a few life lessons usually get passed along with the laughs.
For example, in "Pitch Perfect," Beca (Anna Kendrick) learned the importance of teamwork and the power of Simple Minds, while we learned about crushing it.
While you wait for May 15th when "Pitch Perfect 2" opens, please review this list of the best college comedies of all time. Yes, there will be a quiz.
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For example, in "Pitch Perfect," Beca (Anna Kendrick) learned the importance of teamwork and the power of Simple Minds, while we learned about crushing it.
While you wait for May 15th when "Pitch Perfect 2" opens, please review this list of the best college comedies of all time. Yes, there will be a quiz.
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- 5/12/2015
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Marvel's Agents of Shield: Channel 4, 8pm
Calvin Zabo (Kyle MacLachlan) returns, leading a gang of gifted individuals with grudges against Shield.
Meanwhile, May (Ming-Na Wen) tracks down her ex-husband for help with Skye's (Chloe Bennet) new-found abilities, and some of Mack (Henry Simmons) and Bobbi's (Adrianne Palicki) secrets come to light.
Have I Got News For You: BBC One, 9pm
Paul Merton and Ian Hislop return to take a punt at the week's headlines in the new series of the panel show.
Presenting this evening is boy wizard Daniel Radcliffe, while guests include Diane Morgan (aka Philomena Cunk on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe) and satirist Armando Iannucci.
Biggest Band Break-Ups and Make-Ups: BBC Four, 9pm
Presenter Mark Radcliffe takes a look inside the music industry to reveal the tensions that lie between artists and their producers.
Featuring interviews with Simple Minds' Jim Kerr and archive footage...
Calvin Zabo (Kyle MacLachlan) returns, leading a gang of gifted individuals with grudges against Shield.
Meanwhile, May (Ming-Na Wen) tracks down her ex-husband for help with Skye's (Chloe Bennet) new-found abilities, and some of Mack (Henry Simmons) and Bobbi's (Adrianne Palicki) secrets come to light.
Have I Got News For You: BBC One, 9pm
Paul Merton and Ian Hislop return to take a punt at the week's headlines in the new series of the panel show.
Presenting this evening is boy wizard Daniel Radcliffe, while guests include Diane Morgan (aka Philomena Cunk on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe) and satirist Armando Iannucci.
Biggest Band Break-Ups and Make-Ups: BBC Four, 9pm
Presenter Mark Radcliffe takes a look inside the music industry to reveal the tensions that lie between artists and their producers.
Featuring interviews with Simple Minds' Jim Kerr and archive footage...
- 4/10/2015
- Digital Spy
Last week the Internet had a collective heart attack as it became apparent that the anniversary of the day that "The Breakfast Club" is supposed to take place happened 31 years earlier. Of course, "The Breakfast Club" is a movie and not a historical document (one that came out 30 years ago), but that doesn't matter. Because talking about John Hughes's immortal classic is fun and people will do it at every conceivable juncture.
"The Breakfast Club," of course, starred Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy, as a group of disparate teens united for a Saturday's worth of detention (Paul Gleason very memorably essayed the role of the meddling principle -- "I make over $30,000 a year!"). Recently, to celebrate the movie's anniversary and commemorate the newly released (and truly incredible deluxe edition Blu-ray package), the film held a pair of screenings in Austin, Texas, as...
"The Breakfast Club," of course, starred Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy, as a group of disparate teens united for a Saturday's worth of detention (Paul Gleason very memorably essayed the role of the meddling principle -- "I make over $30,000 a year!"). Recently, to celebrate the movie's anniversary and commemorate the newly released (and truly incredible deluxe edition Blu-ray package), the film held a pair of screenings in Austin, Texas, as...
- 3/31/2015
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
The ’80s are the one decade that never seems to go out of style. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of John Hughes’ classic teen dramedy “The Breakfast Club,” released Feb. 15, 1985, Las Vegas video editor Robert Jones has cut together some of the period’s most iconic films and shared the fruits of his labor on YouTube. See Photos: 17 Actors Who Turned Down Career-Changing, Iconic Roles Set to Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” the mashup features an array of A-list actors in breakout ’80s roles, including Tom Cruise in “Risky Business,” Michael J. Fox in “Teen Wolf” and “Back to the Future,...
- 2/18/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
30 years ago today, John Hughes's teen movie The Breakfast Club opened in the Us, and although it wasn't a runaway box office hit, in the years since it has rightly claimed a place as a screen classic.
Buoyed by brilliant performances, a sharp script and direction from Hughes and that Simple Minds track, this is a film we return to again and again. But what happened to its stars? We go then and now with the cast to find out what happened to the brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal.
Anthony Michael Hall - Brian Johnson
A staple of John Hughes movies in the '80s, Hall brought endearing geeky charm to National Lampoon's Vacation , Sixteen Candles and Weird Science.
As he grew out of child star roles, Hall sought to shed his established screen persona with a diverse selection of character parts across film and TV.
Buoyed by brilliant performances, a sharp script and direction from Hughes and that Simple Minds track, this is a film we return to again and again. But what happened to its stars? We go then and now with the cast to find out what happened to the brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal.
Anthony Michael Hall - Brian Johnson
A staple of John Hughes movies in the '80s, Hall brought endearing geeky charm to National Lampoon's Vacation , Sixteen Candles and Weird Science.
As he grew out of child star roles, Hall sought to shed his established screen persona with a diverse selection of character parts across film and TV.
- 2/15/2015
- Digital Spy
The Breakfast Club opened in theaters on Feb. 15, 1985. It has since become a classic, celebrated not only for capturing the decade from which it originated but also for nailing the hapless, yet hopeful angst of teenage life in any decade. Even thirty years later, there's a lot to learn from this story of five disparate teens - Andy the Jock (Emilio Estevez), Brian the Brain (Anthony Michael Hall), Bender the Criminal (Judd Nelson), Claire the Princess (Molly Ringwald) and Allison the Basket Case (Ally Sheedy) - forced to spend Saturday detention together. Here's our take on the thirty best lessons.
- 2/14/2015
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
It's hard to imagine it today, when movies are in and out of theaters in a week or two, to be replaced by the next much-hyped blockbuster, but there was a time, back in the '80s, when movies were so pervasive that their soundtracks sold in the millions, making them ubiquitous in theaters, on the radio, and on MTV all at once. The high point of the soundtrack era may have come this week 30 years ago, with the release of Prince's autobiographical film "Purple Rain" on July 27, 1984.
The movie itself was just okay -- except during the performance sequences, which were electrifying and remain so today -- but the soundtrack was mindblowing. And for the latter half of 1984, you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing one of its tracks -- "When Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy," "I Would Die 4 U," or the epic power ballad that was the title track.
The movie itself was just okay -- except during the performance sequences, which were electrifying and remain so today -- but the soundtrack was mindblowing. And for the latter half of 1984, you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing one of its tracks -- "When Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy," "I Would Die 4 U," or the epic power ballad that was the title track.
- 7/24/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Finally, the first trailer for Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings" is here, and boy oh boy, it promises to be epic! Like Cecil B. DeMille epic! Like a gargantuan "Gladiator!"
Take a look at the Red Sea parting! Listen to the cover of Simple Minds' "Belfast Child!" It's all glorious!
The film brings back to mind Darren Aronofsky's "Noah," but then again, did anyone see the movie? Hopefully, "Exodus" will not suffer the same fate so have faith all ye heathen!
In this adaptation, Christian Bale stars as Moses who dukes it out with Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton barely recognizable) so he can free the slaves and escape Egypt's plagues. So "Ten Commandments" here we come! But, according to Bale, there will be shocking stuff so Scott and company may be a bit liberal in adding or subtracting passages from the bible. Yup, just like "Noah.
Take a look at the Red Sea parting! Listen to the cover of Simple Minds' "Belfast Child!" It's all glorious!
The film brings back to mind Darren Aronofsky's "Noah," but then again, did anyone see the movie? Hopefully, "Exodus" will not suffer the same fate so have faith all ye heathen!
In this adaptation, Christian Bale stars as Moses who dukes it out with Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton barely recognizable) so he can free the slaves and escape Egypt's plagues. So "Ten Commandments" here we come! But, according to Bale, there will be shocking stuff so Scott and company may be a bit liberal in adding or subtracting passages from the bible. Yup, just like "Noah.
- 7/9/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Following on from the first trailer release for "Exodus: Gods and Kings" yesterday, the film's director Ridley Scott has done a breakdown of it with Empire and spoken about various aspects of the big-budget Biblical epic.
Scott's done some big films, but is this the biggest? "In terms of the metaphorical aspects, yes. Even budgetarily it's probably the biggest, yeah. But I didn't approach it as my biggest. I never do that. I always approach it from the point of view of the characters, of the story."
Indeed, the subject matter and how it's handled is tricky with a story like this: "In this one the characters are conventionally historic. There have always been discussions about Moses. Was he in fact one of the princes of Egypt? I've accepted the conventional story on the origin of Moses. As I do more and more movies I get more and more centralised on the characterisation.
Scott's done some big films, but is this the biggest? "In terms of the metaphorical aspects, yes. Even budgetarily it's probably the biggest, yeah. But I didn't approach it as my biggest. I never do that. I always approach it from the point of view of the characters, of the story."
Indeed, the subject matter and how it's handled is tricky with a story like this: "In this one the characters are conventionally historic. There have always been discussions about Moses. Was he in fact one of the princes of Egypt? I've accepted the conventional story on the origin of Moses. As I do more and more movies I get more and more centralised on the characterisation.
- 7/9/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
I talk in pictures, not in words
-- "And Through the Wire" by Peter Gabriel
Welcome to Sounds Like Film, Slackerwood's new monthly feature on music in local and independent film.
Music plays an integral role in film. Whether it's a well-placed song with lyrics to enhance a mood or scene or a film score that evokes an emotional response, the audience's experience is heightened by music. Studies have demonstrated that music stimulates several areas of the brain: the auditory, limbic and motor regions as well as the less-understood orbitofrontal cortex which is thought to be key in sensory integration.
This concept relates to our movie experience in many ways, as familiar songs or scores can evoke a particular emotion or memory. In my own experience, there are many film-related compositions that can do just that -- Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me" in The Breakfast Club, Ennio Morricone...
-- "And Through the Wire" by Peter Gabriel
Welcome to Sounds Like Film, Slackerwood's new monthly feature on music in local and independent film.
Music plays an integral role in film. Whether it's a well-placed song with lyrics to enhance a mood or scene or a film score that evokes an emotional response, the audience's experience is heightened by music. Studies have demonstrated that music stimulates several areas of the brain: the auditory, limbic and motor regions as well as the less-understood orbitofrontal cortex which is thought to be key in sensory integration.
This concept relates to our movie experience in many ways, as familiar songs or scores can evoke a particular emotion or memory. In my own experience, there are many film-related compositions that can do just that -- Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me" in The Breakfast Club, Ennio Morricone...
- 5/20/2014
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
John Hughes's teen angst classic "The Breakfast Club" may have been released in 1985, but it's today, March 24, that marks the 30th anniversary of the date the group first met, during Saturday detention in 1984 at Shermer High.
The fivesome at the heart of the film -- a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal -- were thrown together for an afternoon that starts off hostile and winds up being seriously therapeutic, as they slowly learn to understand each other and realize that those stereotypes don't really define them. Plus, there's dancing in the library.
"The Breakfast Club" is easily one of the most beloved films of the '80s, with its cast -- Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, and Judd Nelson -- and its soundtrack -- featuring the Simple Minds anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)" -- still standing as iconic symbols of the decade.
The fivesome at the heart of the film -- a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal -- were thrown together for an afternoon that starts off hostile and winds up being seriously therapeutic, as they slowly learn to understand each other and realize that those stereotypes don't really define them. Plus, there's dancing in the library.
"The Breakfast Club" is easily one of the most beloved films of the '80s, with its cast -- Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, and Judd Nelson -- and its soundtrack -- featuring the Simple Minds anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)" -- still standing as iconic symbols of the decade.
- 3/24/2014
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
ABC's Grey's Anatomy has always been a launch pad for new music and now the veteran medical drama has embarked on a new tune: modern covers of 1980s hits. The brainchild of showrunner Shonda Rhimes, the '80s Covers project started with the Feb. 27 season 10 midseason premiere and Sleeping at Last's cover of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." The Covers project continued with Episode 14, which featured four more songs: The Wind & The Wave's cover of Simple Minds' "Don't You Forget About Me"; Sleeping at Last's version of Cyndi Lauper's "All Through the Night"; J2
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- 3/13/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Glee, Season 5, Episode 10, “Trio“
Written by Rivka Sophia Rossi
Directed by Ian Brennan
Airs Tuesday 8pm Et on Fox
Glee‘s “Trio” leaves fans asking question after question. This is clearly a filler episode with just a few little bits of foreshadowing sprinkled in. Perhaps the writers and producers are beginning to regret extending McKinley’s school year across multiple seasons. Here are just some of questions we’ve been asking ourselves:
Why doesn’t Sue fire Will and Emma after a student walked in on them having sex in the bathroom? If you shuddered at the all too graphic details Emma and Will felt should be shared, you were amongst friends. That scene, only complete with Sue waxing poetical about Michael Bolton’s… umm… musical abilities, goes on for far too long.
Why did they wait so long to do the iconic Breakfast Club song? “Don’t You Forget...
Written by Rivka Sophia Rossi
Directed by Ian Brennan
Airs Tuesday 8pm Et on Fox
Glee‘s “Trio” leaves fans asking question after question. This is clearly a filler episode with just a few little bits of foreshadowing sprinkled in. Perhaps the writers and producers are beginning to regret extending McKinley’s school year across multiple seasons. Here are just some of questions we’ve been asking ourselves:
Why doesn’t Sue fire Will and Emma after a student walked in on them having sex in the bathroom? If you shuddered at the all too graphic details Emma and Will felt should be shared, you were amongst friends. That scene, only complete with Sue waxing poetical about Michael Bolton’s… umm… musical abilities, goes on for far too long.
Why did they wait so long to do the iconic Breakfast Club song? “Don’t You Forget...
- 3/8/2014
- by Rachel Brandt
- SoundOnSight
Emi
Heavy metal was always about rebellion. From the beginning, it was a haven for the maladjusted and misanthropic. If flowers had no power over you, there was Black Sabbath. If four on the floor made you snore, there was Kiss. (At least until they did that disco song.) Even when Poison and Whitesnake were acceptable to the MTV mainstream, there were the louder, faster avenues of thrash and death metal.
Today, it’s hard to find anyone under a hundred years old who doesn’t at least tolerate metal. Satan’s favorite sounds are heard on the radio and at sporting events, and are even used to sell cars and energy drinks. Faster than you can say, “Jack Black in a kids’ movie,” metal went from underground to mainstream.
It’s fitting, therefore, that mainstream acceptance of metal has coincided with that of another subculture: the nerd. Of course,...
Heavy metal was always about rebellion. From the beginning, it was a haven for the maladjusted and misanthropic. If flowers had no power over you, there was Black Sabbath. If four on the floor made you snore, there was Kiss. (At least until they did that disco song.) Even when Poison and Whitesnake were acceptable to the MTV mainstream, there were the louder, faster avenues of thrash and death metal.
Today, it’s hard to find anyone under a hundred years old who doesn’t at least tolerate metal. Satan’s favorite sounds are heard on the radio and at sporting events, and are even used to sell cars and energy drinks. Faster than you can say, “Jack Black in a kids’ movie,” metal went from underground to mainstream.
It’s fitting, therefore, that mainstream acceptance of metal has coincided with that of another subculture: the nerd. Of course,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Forrest Gabitsch
- Obsessed with Film
Listen, I’ve seen a lot of magical things in my short time at the EW offices; it’s a cool place. David Blaine straight up proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a sorcerer by making a deck of cards disappear from my bare hands a few months ago. And I don’t want to get anyone worked up, but maybe the most magical thing I’ll ever see here, I saw today: Pentatonix came to our office and sang, amongst other things, their Beyoncé medley. I laughed; I cried; I wouldn’t blame them if...
- 12/19/2013
- by Jodi Walker
- EW.com - PopWatch
A collection of original music, the game's score, and tracks featured in the game's radio stations make up the massive "Grand Theft Auto V" music collection, out now on iTunes.
Oh, I get it--69 tracks. Clever, Rockstar.
The three volumes are available now as either separate purchases at $9.99 each or as a single download for $24.99 via iTunes. The collection includes original music from artists like Twin Shadow and Neon Indian on "Vol. 1: Original Music," to the incidental music and score of "Vol. 2: The Score," and remixed and licensed songs on "Vol. 3: The Soundtrack."
The release of the soundtrack continues Rockstar's media domination following the billion dollar launch of "GTA V" last week for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It's also not the first time they've had a major launch for one of the game's soundtracks: fans of "Vice City" may recall the lavish soundtrack for that game which...
Oh, I get it--69 tracks. Clever, Rockstar.
The three volumes are available now as either separate purchases at $9.99 each or as a single download for $24.99 via iTunes. The collection includes original music from artists like Twin Shadow and Neon Indian on "Vol. 1: Original Music," to the incidental music and score of "Vol. 2: The Score," and remixed and licensed songs on "Vol. 3: The Soundtrack."
The release of the soundtrack continues Rockstar's media domination following the billion dollar launch of "GTA V" last week for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It's also not the first time they've had a major launch for one of the game's soundtracks: fans of "Vice City" may recall the lavish soundtrack for that game which...
- 9/24/2013
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
Molly Ringwald has proven she's more than an '80 teen queen. On an episode of “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” airing Sunday, cameras caught up with Ringwald at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, where she performed songs from her new jazz quartet album, "Except Sometimes."
In the video clip, Ringwald comes full circle from "The Breakfast Club" by singing a jazz rendition of the movie’s theme song, "Don’t You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds.
Ringwald says her roots in jazz run deep. "I've always been drawn to jazz because it reminds me of home," she says in the video. "I find it very comforting."
Before she was ever in front of a camera as an actor, Ringwald was on stage as a singer. "I did start singing with my father's jazz band when I was about 3," she says. "I think that was the first time I...
In the video clip, Ringwald comes full circle from "The Breakfast Club" by singing a jazz rendition of the movie’s theme song, "Don’t You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds.
Ringwald says her roots in jazz run deep. "I've always been drawn to jazz because it reminds me of home," she says in the video. "I find it very comforting."
Before she was ever in front of a camera as an actor, Ringwald was on stage as a singer. "I did start singing with my father's jazz band when I was about 3," she says. "I think that was the first time I...
- 8/31/2013
- by Lynn Okura
- Huffington Post
Everyone seems just as pumped for the Jay-z-produced soundtrack for "The Great Gatsby" as they are for the flick itself. But before we look ahead at what The Hova has in store for what we can only imagine will be the coolest-ever soundtrack to something you were forced to read in high school, let's look back at some of the all-time great movie songs.
Feature by Adam D'Arpino
20. Three 6 Mafia: 'Hard Out Here For a Pimp' ('Hustle & Flow')
Three 6 Mafia took home the Oscar for Best Original Song for this jam that confirmed what we had all already suspected: Pimpin' ain't easy. Terrence Howard and Taryn Manning's performances in "Hustle & Flow" were stellar, but there's little doubt that Three 6 Mafia's Oscar appearance, combined with host Jon Stewart's verbal Oscar tally ("Three 6 Mafia 1, Martin Scorcese 0") is what everyone remembers most about the movie.
Feature by Adam D'Arpino
20. Three 6 Mafia: 'Hard Out Here For a Pimp' ('Hustle & Flow')
Three 6 Mafia took home the Oscar for Best Original Song for this jam that confirmed what we had all already suspected: Pimpin' ain't easy. Terrence Howard and Taryn Manning's performances in "Hustle & Flow" were stellar, but there's little doubt that Three 6 Mafia's Oscar appearance, combined with host Jon Stewart's verbal Oscar tally ("Three 6 Mafia 1, Martin Scorcese 0") is what everyone remembers most about the movie.
- 5/7/2013
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
Review Emma Matthews 6 May 2013 - 13:00
It's almost over, and Emma's yet to warm to Community's fourth season. Here's her review of flashback episode, Heroic Origins...
This review contains spoilers.
4.12 Heroic Origins
The end of term is almost upon us, making this week's Community episode the penultimate episode, possibly ever. Would Heroic Origins continue to shoot for the middle, and keep up season four's recent run of mediocrity? Or would the lunatics once again be allowed to run riot, leaving us with more incomprehensible puppetry?
Thankfully, Heroic Origins sat squarely in the mediocre camp. Focussing on a wholly unnecessary blurring of the group members' individual reasons for ending up at the ass-end of education, the episode attempts to prove, via the medium of the Quilt of Destiny, that the group is very special indeed, and was always meant to be together. Unfortunately, what the quilt actually proves is that a) frozen yoghurt has,...
It's almost over, and Emma's yet to warm to Community's fourth season. Here's her review of flashback episode, Heroic Origins...
This review contains spoilers.
4.12 Heroic Origins
The end of term is almost upon us, making this week's Community episode the penultimate episode, possibly ever. Would Heroic Origins continue to shoot for the middle, and keep up season four's recent run of mediocrity? Or would the lunatics once again be allowed to run riot, leaving us with more incomprehensible puppetry?
Thankfully, Heroic Origins sat squarely in the mediocre camp. Focussing on a wholly unnecessary blurring of the group members' individual reasons for ending up at the ass-end of education, the episode attempts to prove, via the medium of the Quilt of Destiny, that the group is very special indeed, and was always meant to be together. Unfortunately, what the quilt actually proves is that a) frozen yoghurt has,...
- 5/6/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
One day when the light is glowing, you’ll be in your castle golden. But until then, how about rocking out to the latest additions to TVLine Mixtape?
We’ve pulled together a collection of songs from recent TV episodes, complete with artist and album information in case you want to add them to your permanent collection. Spoilers abound, and we chose songs we liked – but we always want to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
So peruse our playlist, and then hit the comments with your favorite TV jams! And remember: You can always submit questions or suggestions about TV music on Twitter @kimroots.
We’ve pulled together a collection of songs from recent TV episodes, complete with artist and album information in case you want to add them to your permanent collection. Spoilers abound, and we chose songs we liked – but we always want to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
So peruse our playlist, and then hit the comments with your favorite TV jams! And remember: You can always submit questions or suggestions about TV music on Twitter @kimroots.
- 5/5/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Birthday shoutouts go to Brett Claywell (above), who is 35, Joel Grey is 81, and Lisa Stansfield is 47. Here's my favorite Lisa song.
NHL Announces Groundbreaking Support For Gay Rights. Uruguay Legalizes Gay Marriage. I'd love to hear from our South American readers. Was this a surprise? In ratings news, Modern Family was down a bit this week. See what happens when Lily only gets one line? "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" Rockets Up The UK Music Chart In The Wake Of Margaret Thatcher’s Death.Facts About Queers The 40 dirtiest jokes from Rocko's Modern Life
Infuriating!
Below you can see the Nsfw trailer for Filth, with James McAvoy as a dirty cop.
Kellan Lutz eating watermelon.
Introducing our new feature - The Weekly ShoutOUT™. Each week we're going to focus on one out athlete/performer and feature a daily pic and career timeline. We'll be showcasing the big names,...
NHL Announces Groundbreaking Support For Gay Rights. Uruguay Legalizes Gay Marriage. I'd love to hear from our South American readers. Was this a surprise? In ratings news, Modern Family was down a bit this week. See what happens when Lily only gets one line? "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" Rockets Up The UK Music Chart In The Wake Of Margaret Thatcher’s Death.Facts About Queers The 40 dirtiest jokes from Rocko's Modern Life
Infuriating!
Below you can see the Nsfw trailer for Filth, with James McAvoy as a dirty cop.
Kellan Lutz eating watermelon.
Introducing our new feature - The Weekly ShoutOUT™. Each week we're going to focus on one out athlete/performer and feature a daily pic and career timeline. We'll be showcasing the big names,...
- 4/11/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Congratulations, Molly Ringwald — you may yet out-Franco James Franco. Over the past 12 months, the beloved Brat Pack actress has released her first novel, completed filming the final season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and won the Internet over with a classic Reddit Ama. Now she’s celebrating the release of her first album, a collection of jazz standards called Except Sometimes that dropped yesterday. (Yes, Ringwald sings — don’t you forget that The New Mickey Mouse Club launched her career.)
Though most of the album’s tracks wouldn’t seem out of place on a record by Ella Fitzgerald or Susannah McCorkle,...
Though most of the album’s tracks wouldn’t seem out of place on a record by Ella Fitzgerald or Susannah McCorkle,...
- 4/10/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Listen: Molly Ringwald Sings a Jazzy Version of 'The Breakfast Club''s 'Don't You (Forget About Me)'
I'm not one of those people that are vehemently opposed to jazz music — the kind of person that simply hears the words and their entire body coils in horror. Would jazz be more palatable to the haters if someone like Molly Ringwald were crooning a version of Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)?" The actress covered the song for her new album Except Sometimes. The track was featured in John Hughes' The Breakfast Club — a movie that helped make Molly a 1980s teen idol. "When I recorded the album… it was really soon after John Hughes passed away. And he was in my mind a lot," the star told Vulture. "I felt like I wanted to sing a tribute to him. And also, I wanted to incorporate who I was...
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- 4/10/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Is there anything this lady can't do? You know, besides make a comeback like Demi Moore did after ... wait, no. No, Ok. Never mind. We all love Molly Ringwald like we love very few people, so we'll just appreciate this song for what it is -- pure, unadulterated joy. This is Molly Ringwald's new-ish song, a spin on Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and truth be told, it's a pretty rocking thing that she did here, and frankly, you'd be "simple" if you missed out on it, har har har. --Sarah Taylor Read more...
- 4/10/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Did you know that Molly Ringwald is a jazz singer? It's a safe bet that the answer is no -- most people didn't know anything about the '80s star's musical aspirations until she announced her jazz album, "Except Sometimes."
One of the featured songs on the album may be familiar to Ringwald's fans. She sings a jazzy cover of Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from "The Breakfast Club."
Granted, fans of the original song might have some trouble recognizing Ringwald's version. It's full-on jazz -- the kind you'd expect as background music in one of those fancy restaurants that have live singers and a small band. This isn't a bad thing. Ringwald is quite enjoyable in this and has a sufficiently interesting voice to work for jazz.
It's just different. Sometimes, it's hard to handle "different."
Fortunately, long before she brought us a jazz album, Molly Ringwald...
One of the featured songs on the album may be familiar to Ringwald's fans. She sings a jazzy cover of Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from "The Breakfast Club."
Granted, fans of the original song might have some trouble recognizing Ringwald's version. It's full-on jazz -- the kind you'd expect as background music in one of those fancy restaurants that have live singers and a small band. This isn't a bad thing. Ringwald is quite enjoyable in this and has a sufficiently interesting voice to work for jazz.
It's just different. Sometimes, it's hard to handle "different."
Fortunately, long before she brought us a jazz album, Molly Ringwald...
- 4/10/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Here's something we didn't even know that we wanted until we got it: Molly Ringwald, she of The Breakfast Club fame, has covered the film's theme song, "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (originally by Simple Minds). On her just-released jazz album, Except Sometimes, Claire Standish herself puts a new spin on the infamously catchy song. And the snippet floating around the Internet is quite nice! "When I recorded the album...it was really soon after John Hughes passed away. And he was in my mind a lot," Ringwald told Vulture when asked why she decided to record the track. "And, I don't know, I felt like I wanted to sing a tribute to him. And also, I...
- 4/9/2013
- E! Online
It's hard to believe that freckle-faced redhead Claire, the spoiled beauty from John Hughes' 1985 classic The Breakfast Club, is 45 years old but Molly Ringwald is not only all grown up but a mother, to nine-year-old Matilda, and a singer who's just released a debut album of jazz songs with one track that references her big-screen past.
Recording a cover of Simple Minds'' "Don't You (Forget About Me)," that would be the theme to The Breakfast Club, Ringwald shows she's not afraid to reference her past and even told Vulture that it was her idea when she spoke with NYMag's blog: "[The song] really has fond memories for me. I remember when it was written and recorded, and I remember how exciting that was, and I remember the first time I heard it on the radio the weekend before The Breakfast Club came out. You know, it has a lot of fond memories.
Recording a cover of Simple Minds'' "Don't You (Forget About Me)," that would be the theme to The Breakfast Club, Ringwald shows she's not afraid to reference her past and even told Vulture that it was her idea when she spoke with NYMag's blog: "[The song] really has fond memories for me. I remember when it was written and recorded, and I remember how exciting that was, and I remember the first time I heard it on the radio the weekend before The Breakfast Club came out. You know, it has a lot of fond memories.
- 4/9/2013
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
Molly Ringwald gave us The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty in Pink, so when she releases a jazz album (Except Sometimes, out today), everyone had better listen to it. That's called respect. Also, the music is fun! And she covers "Don't You (Forget About Me)." Vulture spoke to Ringwald, who started singing as a toddler with her jazz musician father, about recording the Simple Minds classic, watching Pretty in Pink with her 9-year-old daughter, and accidentally glorifying teen pregnancy — first with For Keeps, then with The Secret Life of the American Teenager. (Side note: Ringwald does watch Homeland, and she personally appreciates all the jazz.)Whose idea was it for you to record “Don't You (Forget About Me)”? That was mine. Really? I’m surprised.Why? Well, it's not that you’ve distanced yourself from The Breakfast Club, but I’d just imagine you’d get, I don’t know,...
- 4/9/2013
- by Patti Greco
- Vulture
Molly Wingwald, the biggest teen queen the 1980s ever did see, decided to do her very own rendition of Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" recently. Known as the theme song for Breakfast Club (and sadly my prom song) Ringwald let the Huffington Post in on her experience singing the track.
"I really think the reason why we did it was because when we recorded the album, it really wasn't that long after John Hughes had passed away and he was on my mind a lot," she reveals. "I thought it would be interesting to just hear that song in such a different way. The song was meaningful to me. I remember the first time I heard it, when I first heard the demo when they brought it when we were filming in Chicago and when Simple Minds agreed to record it. It was really exciting. So that's...
"I really think the reason why we did it was because when we recorded the album, it really wasn't that long after John Hughes had passed away and he was on my mind a lot," she reveals. "I thought it would be interesting to just hear that song in such a different way. The song was meaningful to me. I remember the first time I heard it, when I first heard the demo when they brought it when we were filming in Chicago and when Simple Minds agreed to record it. It was really exciting. So that's...
- 4/9/2013
- by Stephanie Webber
- Celebsology
One of the most indelible moments from John Hughes's high school classic "The Breakfast Club" was when the various teenage weirdos were walking away from their unforgettable day in detention, with their voiceover reminding us of what a profound experience they had all gone through. The song that played over this moment was Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)," which besides being incredibly on-the-nose, totally worked. Now one of the stars of "The Breakfast Club," Molly Ringwald, has produced a jazz cover of the song for her new album, "Except Sometimes." Ringwald told a Huffington Post blogger that: "I really think the reason why we did it was because when we recorded the album, it really wasn't that long after John Hughes had passed away and he was on my mind a lot," she said. (For those playing at home, Hughes also directed Ringwald in "Sixteen Candles...
- 4/9/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
Molly Ringwald, erstwhile 1980s teen queen, has returned with a new jazz album called "Except Sometimes." Included among the many standards covered on the new record: Ringwald's smokey take on Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)," the theme song from her breakout 1985 movie "The Breakfast Club."
"I really think the reason why we did it was because when we recorded the album, it really wasn't that long after John Hughes had passed away and he was on my mind a lot," Ringwald said in an interview with HuffPost blogger Mike Ragogna. Hughes directed Ringwald in "The Breakfast Club," as well as "Sixteen Candles." (He also wrote "Pretty in Pink.")
"I thought it would be interesting to just hear that song in such a different way," she said. "The song was meaningful to me. I remember the first time I heard it, when I first heard the demo when...
"I really think the reason why we did it was because when we recorded the album, it really wasn't that long after John Hughes had passed away and he was on my mind a lot," Ringwald said in an interview with HuffPost blogger Mike Ragogna. Hughes directed Ringwald in "The Breakfast Club," as well as "Sixteen Candles." (He also wrote "Pretty in Pink.")
"I thought it would be interesting to just hear that song in such a different way," she said. "The song was meaningful to me. I remember the first time I heard it, when I first heard the demo when...
- 4/9/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
This fall, the music of Pitch Perfect joined a crowded field of soundtracks that cover well-loved songs, but even with shows like Glee, Smash, American Idol and The Voice hitting the scene well before it, the movie that put the spotlight on collegiate a cappella made its mark. EW talked to director Jason Moore and music supervisors Julianne Jordan and Julia Michels about getting together the music for the film about an all-girls a cappella group determined to achieve national music competition glory. For more stories behind this year’s top TV and movie moments, click here for EW.com...
- 12/14/2012
- by Emily Rome
- EW - Inside Movies
Tony Fletcher/Tom Hingley 26 November 2012 Waterstones Deansgate, Manchester
Just around the corner from this evening's Manchester proceedings, I once saw an elderly British actor make an early afternoon appearance in the hallowed arena known as the Royal Exchange Theatre. The thespian in question was Dirk Bogarde, who was promoting one of his self-seeking, closeted novels, with which he interspersed his equally closeted and self seeking volumes of autobiography. Bogarde wasn't averse to selling himself, although he was very particular about the parts he chose to throw into the marketplace.
Bogarde admitted that in his days as a matinee idol in the 1950s he had to resort to sewing up the button flies of his sharp suits with dark cotton. In the ensuing scrum of over-heated ladies, whose varnished fingernails immediately went for the area they weren't supposed to access, this was his only means of preventing over-exposure, although it didn't...
Just around the corner from this evening's Manchester proceedings, I once saw an elderly British actor make an early afternoon appearance in the hallowed arena known as the Royal Exchange Theatre. The thespian in question was Dirk Bogarde, who was promoting one of his self-seeking, closeted novels, with which he interspersed his equally closeted and self seeking volumes of autobiography. Bogarde wasn't averse to selling himself, although he was very particular about the parts he chose to throw into the marketplace.
Bogarde admitted that in his days as a matinee idol in the 1950s he had to resort to sewing up the button flies of his sharp suits with dark cotton. In the ensuing scrum of over-heated ladies, whose varnished fingernails immediately went for the area they weren't supposed to access, this was his only means of preventing over-exposure, although it didn't...
- 11/29/2012
- by robert cochrane
- www.culturecatch.com
The following is an excerpt from Dylan Jones's The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music [Picador, $25.00]:
They are often redundant, frequently pointless, and rarely remembered. Some are little more than cheap photocopies, with someone hitherto unknown (or, increasingly, far too well known) colouring in the original and trying not to go outside the lines. Some can be transformative, but often they are nothing but corruptions of your favourite memories (I feel ambiguous towards it, but I would imagine if you had formative experiences with, or fond memories of, New Order's “True Faith”, you would probably think George Michael's cover is rather redundant; ditto Robbie Williams' live version of Blur's “Song 2”, or Simple Minds' frankly confusing version of Prince's “Sign O’ The Times”). Others are just plain perverse: does anyone really want to hear William Shatner cover Pulp's “Common People”? Maybe Shatner’s agent and Jarvis Cocker's publishers,...
They are often redundant, frequently pointless, and rarely remembered. Some are little more than cheap photocopies, with someone hitherto unknown (or, increasingly, far too well known) colouring in the original and trying not to go outside the lines. Some can be transformative, but often they are nothing but corruptions of your favourite memories (I feel ambiguous towards it, but I would imagine if you had formative experiences with, or fond memories of, New Order's “True Faith”, you would probably think George Michael's cover is rather redundant; ditto Robbie Williams' live version of Blur's “Song 2”, or Simple Minds' frankly confusing version of Prince's “Sign O’ The Times”). Others are just plain perverse: does anyone really want to hear William Shatner cover Pulp's “Common People”? Maybe Shatner’s agent and Jarvis Cocker's publishers,...
- 11/1/2012
- by Madeleine Crum
- Huffington Post
In the new movie Pitch Perfect, a boy (Skylar Astin) introduces a girl (Anna Kendrick) to The Breakfast Club. It’s a believable scene, on it’s own. Even if I don’t necessarily think the 27-year-old John Hughes film, classic status notwithstanding, is a hugely important thing to the generation currently heading into college, I can accept that the guy is a movie soundtrack dork who seemingly loves only titles from before his birth and that she genuinely has never seen it. But it is a bit much that the signature Brat Pack film’s ending, with its iconic Simple Minds tune and Judd Nelson freeze-framed fist thrust, is played over and over, and the film figures so prominently into the romantic plot throughout. It all just feels like something from out of the mind of a thirty-something screenwriter rather than that of these modern-day teen characters. And the movie’s writer, Kay Cannon...
- 10/7/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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