The Notebook is the North American home for Locarno Film Festival Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian's blog. Chatrian has been writing thoughtful blog entries in Italian on Locarno's website since he took over as Director in late 2012, and you can find the English translations here on the Notebook as they're published.Appreciated and admired though he was by the greatest American filmmakers of his time (Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, Ernst Lubitsch), Leo McCarey isn’t held in the same regard today. While far from an obscure director, he isn’t considered a master of comedy by critics and audiences. The man who launched the careers of Laurel & Hardy and Cary Grant, and let the Marx Brothers make their zaniest film (Duck Soup), is not as well known as the performers he worked with. This lack of recognition may be due to the difficulty in finding a through-line in his work. While...
- 12/12/2017
- MUBI
A sad fact of a writer’s life is writer’s block. That’s when you sit down and look at the blank page or the empty screen and go “I’ve got nothin’.” Some form of that can happen every time you start to write. The really bad version can go on for a long time, maybe for years. Not only do you not have an idea, you feel that you can’t write, that you could never write, that you will never write, and what the hell were you thinking when you thought you could write.
There are things you can do when the malady strikes, some less useful than others. Crying, swearing, cursing, screaming are all options but you eventually run out of energy and then you’re back at square one – the damned blank page or screen.
Not all solutions work for all people and what...
There are things you can do when the malady strikes, some less useful than others. Crying, swearing, cursing, screaming are all options but you eventually run out of energy and then you’re back at square one – the damned blank page or screen.
Not all solutions work for all people and what...
- 8/6/2017
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
Ryan Lambie Apr 10, 2017
What's The Shining really about? We delve into the underlying theme of Stanley Kubrick's horror classic...
Few horror films have been as closely studied and intimately dissected as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The simple story of a family ripped apart by the effects of a remote, haunted hotel, Kubrick's film has only grown in mystique since its release in 1980. Clearly, there's far more going on below the surface, but what does Kubrick's imagery and symbolism - much of it unique to the film, and absent from Stephen King's source novel - actually mean?
See related Quiz: Can you recognise these movie cats? Men In Black: David Schwimmer on turning down the lead role
Rodney Ascher's superb 2012 documentary Room 237 pulled together some of the more outlandish theories about The Shining. It's Kubrick's veiled confession that he helped Nasa fake the 1969 Moon landings,...
What's The Shining really about? We delve into the underlying theme of Stanley Kubrick's horror classic...
Few horror films have been as closely studied and intimately dissected as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The simple story of a family ripped apart by the effects of a remote, haunted hotel, Kubrick's film has only grown in mystique since its release in 1980. Clearly, there's far more going on below the surface, but what does Kubrick's imagery and symbolism - much of it unique to the film, and absent from Stephen King's source novel - actually mean?
See related Quiz: Can you recognise these movie cats? Men In Black: David Schwimmer on turning down the lead role
Rodney Ascher's superb 2012 documentary Room 237 pulled together some of the more outlandish theories about The Shining. It's Kubrick's veiled confession that he helped Nasa fake the 1969 Moon landings,...
- 4/4/2017
- Den of Geek
Did Jew Eat Yet?
That’s not my line above; it’s from Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall. Allen told his friend he heard a television exec ask him that in a meeting. His friend said he was paranoid.
August 1991
In the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, a Jewish man accidentally killed one black child and injured another when he lost control of his car. Black residents surrounded and beat the driver. The news reported everywhere. What was not reported is the act of an unidentified black man who led a Jewish passenger to safety.
A privately run Jewish ambulance responded and those paramedics began attending to the surviving child stilled pinned under the car. When an NYC-operated ambulance arrived, the scene coordinator instructed the Jewish team to evacuate the Jewish driver from the accident for his safety.
There was a police car already on the scene. Why didn...
That’s not my line above; it’s from Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall. Allen told his friend he heard a television exec ask him that in a meeting. His friend said he was paranoid.
August 1991
In the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, a Jewish man accidentally killed one black child and injured another when he lost control of his car. Black residents surrounded and beat the driver. The news reported everywhere. What was not reported is the act of an unidentified black man who led a Jewish passenger to safety.
A privately run Jewish ambulance responded and those paramedics began attending to the surviving child stilled pinned under the car. When an NYC-operated ambulance arrived, the scene coordinator instructed the Jewish team to evacuate the Jewish driver from the accident for his safety.
There was a police car already on the scene. Why didn...
- 11/8/2016
- by Michael Davis
- Comicmix.com
Dating is messy enough as is, but the Internet complicates it even more. (How can you definitely know who a person is before you meet them Irl? What if they secretly have a face tattoo? Etc, etc.) These 15 stories of online dating disasters will feed your biggest paranoias. 1. "We met at a local pub for a few drinks, and we got chicken fingers. The conversation was terrible, but I noticed she was taking the chicken fingers and ripping them up in her hands and putting the breading in her huge purse. So naturally I called her out on it. She smiled and said,...
- 7/26/2016
- by Maria Yagoda, @mariayagoda
- PEOPLE.com
Dating is messy enough as is, but the Internet complicates it even more. (How can you definitely know who a person is before you meet them Irl? What if they secretly have a face tattoo? Etc, etc.) These 15 stories of online dating disasters will feed your biggest paranoias. 1. "We met at a local pub for a few drinks, and we got chicken fingers. The conversation was terrible, but I noticed she was taking the chicken fingers and ripping them up in her hands and putting the breading in her huge purse. So naturally I called her out on it. She smiled and said,...
- 7/26/2016
- by Maria Yagoda, @mariayagoda
- PEOPLE.com
Who knew late-night TV politics were this dramatic?
Jimmy Fallon stars in a hilarious new sketch for the Tonight Show called "Jimpire" – which is basically the greatest Empire parody ever.
The hit Fox series' first season kicked off with family patriarch Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) discovering that he is ill and must choose a replacement for his successful record label. On Tuesday night's sketch, Fallon follows suit: The late-night host, with his injured finger, spends the 10-minute segment deciding who will be the heir to his Tonight Show empire.
"I've been telling jokes since I was 9 years old in Brooklyn,...
Jimmy Fallon stars in a hilarious new sketch for the Tonight Show called "Jimpire" – which is basically the greatest Empire parody ever.
The hit Fox series' first season kicked off with family patriarch Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) discovering that he is ill and must choose a replacement for his successful record label. On Tuesday night's sketch, Fallon follows suit: The late-night host, with his injured finger, spends the 10-minute segment deciding who will be the heir to his Tonight Show empire.
"I've been telling jokes since I was 9 years old in Brooklyn,...
- 9/23/2015
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- People.com - TV Watch
Martin Rickett/Pa Wire/Press Association Images
The teams are in, and once again it looks like Alan Pardew has got it wrong.
This is how the team will line up against Swansea City:
Starting XI: Krul; Janmaat, Coloccini (c), Williamson, Dummett; Colback, Tiote, Sissoko; Obertan, Cisse, Gouffran.
Subs: Elliot, Haidara, Anita, Ameobi, Cabella, Riviere, Perez.
Dropping Emanuel Riviere for Papiss Cisse is not wrong, and even bringing in Gabriel Obertan for Remy Cabella isn’t all that bad (even if he won’t make it to the end of the game). The issue is the decision to apparently change the system to a 4-3-3, with Obertan and Gouffran playing in wide attacking positions.
The truth of the formation Pardew has put out is that it is a dynamic 4-3-3, designed to adapt when the team doesn’t have the ball. In other words, it is going to...
The teams are in, and once again it looks like Alan Pardew has got it wrong.
This is how the team will line up against Swansea City:
Starting XI: Krul; Janmaat, Coloccini (c), Williamson, Dummett; Colback, Tiote, Sissoko; Obertan, Cisse, Gouffran.
Subs: Elliot, Haidara, Anita, Ameobi, Cabella, Riviere, Perez.
Dropping Emanuel Riviere for Papiss Cisse is not wrong, and even bringing in Gabriel Obertan for Remy Cabella isn’t all that bad (even if he won’t make it to the end of the game). The issue is the decision to apparently change the system to a 4-3-3, with Obertan and Gouffran playing in wide attacking positions.
The truth of the formation Pardew has put out is that it is a dynamic 4-3-3, designed to adapt when the team doesn’t have the ball. In other words, it is going to...
- 10/4/2014
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
That’s right folks, it’s a brand new episode of The Flickcast. And just like last week, you thought nothing good was gonna happen this week. Wrong again. On this week’s show, Chris and Joe discuss and debate the major announcements from Comic-Con in San Diego, including all the scoop on Marvel, DC and their respective […]
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- 7/30/2014
- by The Flickcast
- The Flickcast
*Please note that this review will contain spoilers. If you want to be 100% shocked by Afflicted, please turn away now and watch this breathtaking bit of indie horror gold.
Every once and a while an inventive film comes along that redefines a genre. For me, that movie was Chronicle, a “found footage” superhero movie mixing elements of psychological suspense with astounding camera work and truly gripping storytelling – a welcome curveball amidst so many spandex wearing super-humans. People scoffed at another “found footage” flick, but Josh Trank and Max Landis proved haters wrong.
Question of the day – could the horror genre ever see such an equally mesmerizing affair? Spoiler alert – yes. Enter filmmakers Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, two friends with some pro camera equipment and a hatred for current vampire boredom – fanged saviors fighting the horror good fight.
Following Derek (Lee) and Cliff (Prowse) on a year-long international vacation, the...
Every once and a while an inventive film comes along that redefines a genre. For me, that movie was Chronicle, a “found footage” superhero movie mixing elements of psychological suspense with astounding camera work and truly gripping storytelling – a welcome curveball amidst so many spandex wearing super-humans. People scoffed at another “found footage” flick, but Josh Trank and Max Landis proved haters wrong.
Question of the day – could the horror genre ever see such an equally mesmerizing affair? Spoiler alert – yes. Enter filmmakers Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, two friends with some pro camera equipment and a hatred for current vampire boredom – fanged saviors fighting the horror good fight.
Following Derek (Lee) and Cliff (Prowse) on a year-long international vacation, the...
- 3/20/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
We kick things off for "The Bachelor: After the Final Rose" with Chris Harrison saying that the "I like you a lot" part of Juan Pablo's non-proposal to Nikki got quite the audience reaction. Um, what's wrong with that?
Honestly, all the crappy Juan Pablo stuff aside, what is wrong with saying that? Why does this show have to end with a proposal? Why do we act like after seven weeks couples are going to be madly in love season after season? If Juan Pablo hadn't been such a cad, the ending of this season would have been awesome. It was refreshing to see, at least.
Clare's Hot Seat
Clare is still hurt about what happened and she still won't repeat what Juan Pablo said to her in the helicopter (though she kind of said it during the finale). This is where Clare loses a little -- she...
Honestly, all the crappy Juan Pablo stuff aside, what is wrong with saying that? Why does this show have to end with a proposal? Why do we act like after seven weeks couples are going to be madly in love season after season? If Juan Pablo hadn't been such a cad, the ending of this season would have been awesome. It was refreshing to see, at least.
Clare's Hot Seat
Clare is still hurt about what happened and she still won't repeat what Juan Pablo said to her in the helicopter (though she kind of said it during the finale). This is where Clare loses a little -- she...
- 3/11/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Eric Draper/AP/Press Association Images
The UFO phenomenon, whether for believers or survivors, tends to be relegated to small town hicks, paranoid university stoners and their dropout brethren. The simple truth is, critical thinking in the information age has refined our suspension of disbelief into a sharply honed skepticism and natural scoff. The very notion that we’ve been visited by intelligent lifeforms from another world is, along with myths of Norse Gods and witchcraft, consigned to Hollywood films and teen fan fiction, and that’s okay, right?
Wrong.
Spoiler alert: If you think you’re safe at home, behind locked doors, think again. The next time you open your eyes, you might find yourself naked in the woods, missing three weeks of memories and carrying a whole new set of nightmares.
To celebrate the “revelation” Russia’s known about the existence of Alien civilisations since 1969 “http://ufos.about.
The UFO phenomenon, whether for believers or survivors, tends to be relegated to small town hicks, paranoid university stoners and their dropout brethren. The simple truth is, critical thinking in the information age has refined our suspension of disbelief into a sharply honed skepticism and natural scoff. The very notion that we’ve been visited by intelligent lifeforms from another world is, along with myths of Norse Gods and witchcraft, consigned to Hollywood films and teen fan fiction, and that’s okay, right?
Wrong.
Spoiler alert: If you think you’re safe at home, behind locked doors, think again. The next time you open your eyes, you might find yourself naked in the woods, missing three weeks of memories and carrying a whole new set of nightmares.
To celebrate the “revelation” Russia’s known about the existence of Alien civilisations since 1969 “http://ufos.about.
- 1/10/2014
- by Guillaume Parisien
- Obsessed with Film
“That tricky motherf**ker”! Tis the season of amazing one liner’s and we were treated to some of the best in the latest episode of True Blood. That particular little gift was thrust upon us by Jason in an attempt to keep up the pretence of him actually caring that Eric had escaped, true Lavtf soldier style. Of course, Jason doesn’t care and his little charade seems to be working in his favour so far, he managed to get close to Jessica and help her to oh wait she has the hots for someone else… never mind. Unlucky Jason, it seems you don’t always get the girl but we can’t fault you for putting together your flawless plan to break Jessica out of Vamp Camp. You know who doesn’t have the hots for Jessica right now, me. She is spiralling out of control through her...
- 7/31/2013
- by Holly Thomas
- Obsessed with Film
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Right? Wrong. In 1940, John Ford was pressured to adapt John Steinbeck’s classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, into a film version just one year after the book was published. That was all too soon and it couldn’t possibly have been a success, right? Wrong again. With the help of Henry Fonda, the film went on to win two of the seven Academy Awards for which it was nominated. Now, 73 years later, a remake is expected from DreamWorks with legendary director and producer Steven Spielberg attached to the project. Deadline reports that...
- 7/3/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Yesterday, X-Men and Star Trek star Patrick Stewart tweeted that he was eating his “first ever pizza ‘slice,’” complete with a photo. Because it was Patrick Stewart or because it was pizza, people went all-caps crazy: “What? How can this be your first ever sir?” one follower wrote back, a variation on the same.
Wrong again, world.
“People misunderstood,” the actor tells New York. “There was a school of thought that I had eaten my first pizza, but of course how could that possibly be true? I would have had to have stayed locked up in a cellar. But nevertheless,...
Wrong again, world.
“People misunderstood,” the actor tells New York. “There was a school of thought that I had eaten my first pizza, but of course how could that possibly be true? I would have had to have stayed locked up in a cellar. But nevertheless,...
- 5/30/2013
- by Adam Carlson
- EW.com - PopWatch
Mindy McCready has been laid to rest. Nine days after being found dead, the country star's family and friends gathered today to honor the late singer during funeral services held at the Crossroads Baptist Church in Fort Myers, Fla. "It was a very nice, simple service," an eyewitness who was in attendance during the ceremony tells E! exclusively. "The whole family was there. [Mindy's mother] Gayle officiated and spoke at the service and I left inspired." Before the funeral started, four of McCready's songs played in rotation, including "Wrong Again," "Ten Thousand Angels," "I'm Still Here" and "I'll See You Yesterday." A...
- 2/27/2013
- E! Online
Mindy McCready was laid to rest on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Family and friends gathered at Crossroads Baptist Church in her hometown of Fort Myers, Fla. to honor the late country singer. "It was a very nice, simple service," an eyewitness told E! News. "The whole family was there. [Mindy's mother] Gayle officiated and spoke at the service and I left inspired." McCready died of an apparent suicide on Feb. 17 at her home in Arkansas. She was 37. Her songs "Wrong Again," "Ten Thousand Angels," "I'm Still Here" and [...]...
- 2/26/2013
- Us Weekly
News.
La Furia Umana's first print issue (their 15th online) is now shipping all over the world. Much of the content is available online (excluded are 24 "love letters" from filmmakers to their favorite artists), but we're excited to get our hands on this nearly 300-page tome. Among the table of contents: a handful of pieces on Roberto Rossellini including one by Toshi Fujiwara on Voyage to Italy, Celluloid Liberation Front provides one article among several on Joseph H. Lewis, Emmanuel Herbulot on the intersection between Michelangelo Antonioni and Edward Ruscha, a selection of reviews (which I'm proud to be a part of), and far too much more to mention here. More from Berlin: news of their "Forum Expanded" section, which includes various exhibits by visiting artists, including one by Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor, which leads into our next piece of news... Cinema Scope unveiled their top ten of 2012, topped by Paravel and Castaing-Taylor's Leviathan.
La Furia Umana's first print issue (their 15th online) is now shipping all over the world. Much of the content is available online (excluded are 24 "love letters" from filmmakers to their favorite artists), but we're excited to get our hands on this nearly 300-page tome. Among the table of contents: a handful of pieces on Roberto Rossellini including one by Toshi Fujiwara on Voyage to Italy, Celluloid Liberation Front provides one article among several on Joseph H. Lewis, Emmanuel Herbulot on the intersection between Michelangelo Antonioni and Edward Ruscha, a selection of reviews (which I'm proud to be a part of), and far too much more to mention here. More from Berlin: news of their "Forum Expanded" section, which includes various exhibits by visiting artists, including one by Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor, which leads into our next piece of news... Cinema Scope unveiled their top ten of 2012, topped by Paravel and Castaing-Taylor's Leviathan.
- 1/24/2013
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
With the Mayan scare behind us, we can finally focus on the holiday season completely. And for you doomsdayers out there… Wrong again! The next film in the Slays of Christmas collection was recommended by none other than The Woman in Black herself: the Dutch holiday nightmare Sint.
Sint (aka Saint, aka Saint Nick) was written and directed by Dick Maas (keep your chuckles to yourself, please) and takes a couple of liberties with the Sinterklaas traditions of the Netherlands. Instead of being a fun-loving, gift-giving guy, Sint's portrayal of Sinterklaas is initially that of a murderous, looting gang leader in 1492 and then as a murderous zombie-like beast as the film moves into Amsterdam in the present time. According to the film, whenever there is a full moon on December 5 (the day Sinterklaas is traditionally celebrated), he arises and basically kills as many people as gruesomely as he can.
Sint (aka Saint, aka Saint Nick) was written and directed by Dick Maas (keep your chuckles to yourself, please) and takes a couple of liberties with the Sinterklaas traditions of the Netherlands. Instead of being a fun-loving, gift-giving guy, Sint's portrayal of Sinterklaas is initially that of a murderous, looting gang leader in 1492 and then as a murderous zombie-like beast as the film moves into Amsterdam in the present time. According to the film, whenever there is a full moon on December 5 (the day Sinterklaas is traditionally celebrated), he arises and basically kills as many people as gruesomely as he can.
- 12/22/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
The "Survivor: One World" reunion special is largely Colton-focused, which is annoying.
The first part of the reunion show is pretty firework-free. Even Leif and Troyzan are not seeming mad that Kim won (they were the two votes for Sabrina). Everyone seems to agree that Kim is a deserving winner. Which is true.
Colton's Shot at Redemption
But then. Colton time. He owns what he said and he says it made him uncomfortable. And he says he saw himself being a very, very mean person. Jeff presses him whether he's the racist bigot we saw on the show. His defense is that he would make out with Shemar Moore faster than any woman. Um, that doesn't make you not a racist dude. Notice how Bill was not laughing at that? Saying any kind of "I have a black friend" type thing does not make you not a racist.
The first part of the reunion show is pretty firework-free. Even Leif and Troyzan are not seeming mad that Kim won (they were the two votes for Sabrina). Everyone seems to agree that Kim is a deserving winner. Which is true.
Colton's Shot at Redemption
But then. Colton time. He owns what he said and he says it made him uncomfortable. And he says he saw himself being a very, very mean person. Jeff presses him whether he's the racist bigot we saw on the show. His defense is that he would make out with Shemar Moore faster than any woman. Um, that doesn't make you not a racist dude. Notice how Bill was not laughing at that? Saying any kind of "I have a black friend" type thing does not make you not a racist.
- 5/14/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Early Monday morning, TMZ reported that Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend Justin Theroux were scouting locales for a possible July wedding.
"Sources connected with the Elounda Beach Hotel in Crete (where Aniston's dad was born, located about 230 miles south of Greece) tell TMZ ... Aniston was there recently, scoping the place out," the site claimed. (Earlier this month, the National Enquirer similarly proclaimed, "it’s a Greek Wedding for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux!")
But it looks as if TMZ's sources didn't have their story straight. "Wrong again!" Aniston's longtime publicist, Stephen Huvane, told The Huffington Post in an email, regarding the report of Aniston's would-be nuptials.
TMZ also lists the details of a wedding package offered by the hotel and quotes one of its "bigwigs" as noting that "Aniston hasn't settled on his hotel." Hopefully, said bigwig isn't holding his breath.
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"Sources connected with the Elounda Beach Hotel in Crete (where Aniston's dad was born, located about 230 miles south of Greece) tell TMZ ... Aniston was there recently, scoping the place out," the site claimed. (Earlier this month, the National Enquirer similarly proclaimed, "it’s a Greek Wedding for Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux!")
But it looks as if TMZ's sources didn't have their story straight. "Wrong again!" Aniston's longtime publicist, Stephen Huvane, told The Huffington Post in an email, regarding the report of Aniston's would-be nuptials.
TMZ also lists the details of a wedding package offered by the hotel and quotes one of its "bigwigs" as noting that "Aniston hasn't settled on his hotel." Hopefully, said bigwig isn't holding his breath.
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- 4/23/2012
- by Naughty But Nice Rob
- Huffington Post
What better to lighten the post-Oscars gloom than a superfluous follow-up to 2010's 3D disaster Clash of the Titans?
Awards season might be over for another year, but it has made way for my favourite segment of the movie calendar: the dreck dump. It's when all the films either not prestigious for the Oscars or spectacular enough to cut it among the summer blockbusters are quietly wheeled out to widespread sighs of disappointment.
And nothing fits that category better than Wrath of the Titans, the unwanted sequel to an unnecessary remake remembered only for its poor 3D effects and abysmal tagline ("Titans Will Clash"). Wrath of the Titans is released next month, but what actually happens in it? Let's have a poke through its newest trailer to find out:
Wrath of the Titans is set a decade after whatever was supposed to have happened in the first film, and that...
Awards season might be over for another year, but it has made way for my favourite segment of the movie calendar: the dreck dump. It's when all the films either not prestigious for the Oscars or spectacular enough to cut it among the summer blockbusters are quietly wheeled out to widespread sighs of disappointment.
And nothing fits that category better than Wrath of the Titans, the unwanted sequel to an unnecessary remake remembered only for its poor 3D effects and abysmal tagline ("Titans Will Clash"). Wrath of the Titans is released next month, but what actually happens in it? Let's have a poke through its newest trailer to find out:
Wrath of the Titans is set a decade after whatever was supposed to have happened in the first film, and that...
- 2/29/2012
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Just when you thought it was safe to put away your tankini and stop sucking in your belly while girl-watching from behind your Ray Bans, Shark Night 3D slips into theaters today like a Great White into a seal pup convention.
Brought to you by the same gentle souls who gave us Hostel and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Shark Night 3D will probably scare the bejeezus out of you. You may not even know where your bejeezus are, but prepare to lose them anyway.
Anywho. A while back, we interviewed professional stuntwoman Jessica Harbeck, who had recently finished shooting Shark Night in Louisiana. With the film opening today, we thought it would be fun to follow up on all things sharky.
AfterEllen: The last time we talked, you mentioned working on Shark Night 3D. What stunts did you do for the film?
Jessica Harbeck: I doubled Katharine McPhee for the greater part of the film.
Brought to you by the same gentle souls who gave us Hostel and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Shark Night 3D will probably scare the bejeezus out of you. You may not even know where your bejeezus are, but prepare to lose them anyway.
Anywho. A while back, we interviewed professional stuntwoman Jessica Harbeck, who had recently finished shooting Shark Night in Louisiana. With the film opening today, we thought it would be fun to follow up on all things sharky.
AfterEllen: The last time we talked, you mentioned working on Shark Night 3D. What stunts did you do for the film?
Jessica Harbeck: I doubled Katharine McPhee for the greater part of the film.
- 9/2/2011
- by Dara Nai
- AfterEllen.com
Which judge do newly crowned American Idol Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Aliana love the most? Randy Jackson? No way, dawg. Jennifer Lopez? Wrong again. And we'll save you the time—it's not Steven Tyler, either. Instead, it's Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marjorie Steinberg, who had the task of approving the winner and runner-up contracts for this season's American Idol finalists ahead of last night's show, an unusual tactic, but a necessary one this year as both remaining competitors were minors. But enough about that—how much are Scotty and Lauren taking home for their Idol runs? As expected, 17-year-old McCreery gets the title and the most pocket ...
- 5/26/2011
- E! Online
Is Germany the greatest European art nation of the 20th century?
Which country leads Europe in contemporary art? Britain, of course, you answer. Look at all those people flocking to Tate Modern. Wrong. The best artists in Europe today are German. The towering geniuses Gerhard Richter and Anselm Kiefer radically contrast in how they conceive art yet both, from their divergent perspectives, one super-cool, the other romantic, achieve a profundity that makes most British art look trite.
But to widen the question – which was the greatest European art nation of the 20th century? France? Wrong again. It was Germany. Only Germany has been at the forefront of modern art from the early 20th century right up until today. Paris declined as a creative capital after 1939, but German artists have been revolutionary for 100 years without missing a beat. The passion of expressionist painting and cinema, the fragmentation grenades of Dada, the...
Which country leads Europe in contemporary art? Britain, of course, you answer. Look at all those people flocking to Tate Modern. Wrong. The best artists in Europe today are German. The towering geniuses Gerhard Richter and Anselm Kiefer radically contrast in how they conceive art yet both, from their divergent perspectives, one super-cool, the other romantic, achieve a profundity that makes most British art look trite.
But to widen the question – which was the greatest European art nation of the 20th century? France? Wrong again. It was Germany. Only Germany has been at the forefront of modern art from the early 20th century right up until today. Paris declined as a creative capital after 1939, but German artists have been revolutionary for 100 years without missing a beat. The passion of expressionist painting and cinema, the fragmentation grenades of Dada, the...
- 11/29/2010
- by Jonathan Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
One of the things that has to be the worst about the Internet for films in general is the rumors that spread. You think it was bad when rumors spread about popular people in high school, it's just a hundred times worse. One such example is the word that's been going around that "The Hurt Locker" star Jeremy Renner would be taking on the role of Snake Plissken in the "Escape From New York" remake. Wrong again people. New Line Cinema hasn't approached the popular actor at all, there's no deal or anything of that sort in place at the moment. Sure, it might have been cool to see Renner sport an eye patch and everything, but this deal is nothing more than a figment of our imagination. That doesn't mean New Line won't approach Renner in the future if they so choose. However, there's not much else going on...
- 11/12/2010
- LRMonline.com
To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, it appears as though the Tiff Cinematheque is set to pull out all the stops.
According to Criterion, the Tiff, formerly known as the Cinematheque Ontario, will be bringing out a rather superb and cartoonishly awesome summer schedule, that will include films ranging from Kurosawa pieces, to films from Pier Paolo Pasolini. Other films include a month long series dedicated to James Mason, Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales, a tribute to Robin Wood, and most interesting, a retrospective on the works of one Catherine Breillat.
Personally, while the Kurosawa, Pasolini, and Rohmer collections sound amazing, the Breillat series is ultimately the collective that I am most interested in. Ranging from films like the brilliant Fat Girl, to the superb and underrated Anatomy of Hell, these are some of the most interesting and under seen pieces of cinema of recent memory, and are more than...
According to Criterion, the Tiff, formerly known as the Cinematheque Ontario, will be bringing out a rather superb and cartoonishly awesome summer schedule, that will include films ranging from Kurosawa pieces, to films from Pier Paolo Pasolini. Other films include a month long series dedicated to James Mason, Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales, a tribute to Robin Wood, and most interesting, a retrospective on the works of one Catherine Breillat.
Personally, while the Kurosawa, Pasolini, and Rohmer collections sound amazing, the Breillat series is ultimately the collective that I am most interested in. Ranging from films like the brilliant Fat Girl, to the superb and underrated Anatomy of Hell, these are some of the most interesting and under seen pieces of cinema of recent memory, and are more than...
- 5/26/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Previously On... Survivor Fade In: Russell lies back in his homemade bed of palm fronds and coconut husk. He takes one last puff before on his imaginary Survivor cigarette before extinguishing it into the imaginary mud. He puts his arms behind his head and smiles as he traces back the thoughts of last night... Flashback: Jeff ... the seventh person voted out... Boston Rob. Russell turns to Parvati, who is of course not really there. Russell (deep sigh) Ahh. That was really good. He gives her a peck on the cheek and effortlessly pops to his feet. With a flash he...
- 4/9/2010
- by Jeff Probst
- EW.com - PopWatch
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Everything changes – fashions, interest rates, the fortunes of nations – but there will always be low-budget horror films. And most of them will be terrible. Every now and then, though, along comes a movie with a little ambition and originality. Director Chris Smith's previous two movies – tube-train shocker Creep and team-building terror Severance – were worthy efforts, but here all the pieces fall into place and Smith delivers something cryptic, accessible and more than a little terrifying. It's not a film to be assessed as it progresses, rather one to consider as a whole, before rewatching it to marvel at its smart assembly. It starts off unpromisingly with a small group gathering for a nice day out yachting. Single mum Jess (Melissa George, supplying the movie's meagre star power) seems shaken and distracted. A storm capsizes the boat. Then, just as you think you know what kind of movie this is,...
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Everything changes – fashions, interest rates, the fortunes of nations – but there will always be low-budget horror films. And most of them will be terrible. Every now and then, though, along comes a movie with a little ambition and originality. Director Chris Smith's previous two movies – tube-train shocker Creep and team-building terror Severance – were worthy efforts, but here all the pieces fall into place and Smith delivers something cryptic, accessible and more than a little terrifying. It's not a film to be assessed as it progresses, rather one to consider as a whole, before rewatching it to marvel at its smart assembly. It starts off unpromisingly with a small group gathering for a nice day out yachting. Single mum Jess (Melissa George, supplying the movie's meagre star power) seems shaken and distracted. A storm capsizes the boat. Then, just as you think you know what kind of movie this is,...
- 2/27/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
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