Prior to the debut of "The Powerpuff Girls" in 1998, show creator Craig McCracken had directed a series of tasteless cartoon shorts starring a character named No-Neck Joe. No-Neck Joe appeared regularly at the celebrated annual Spike & Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation, cementing McCracken's underground credentials. The Powerpuff Girls first came into McCracken's repertoire as early as 1992, back when they were called the Whoopass Girls. The juxtaposition between the characters' creepy, ultra-cute, Margaret Keane-like faces and their ultra-violent behavior was the stuff of comedy legend, and McCracken kept the Girls in his back pocket for years.
Throughout the 1990s, McCracken rose in the ranks of the animation world, landing gigs on shows like "2 Stupid Dogs," "Dumb and Dumber," and, most notably, Genndy Tartakovsky's seminal series 1996 "Dexter's Laboratory." McCracken directed many episodes of the show. "Dexter's Laboratory" was one of four new series launched by the Cartoon Network...
Throughout the 1990s, McCracken rose in the ranks of the animation world, landing gigs on shows like "2 Stupid Dogs," "Dumb and Dumber," and, most notably, Genndy Tartakovsky's seminal series 1996 "Dexter's Laboratory." McCracken directed many episodes of the show. "Dexter's Laboratory" was one of four new series launched by the Cartoon Network...
- 3/31/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Joe Turkel, a prolific actor who appeared in “The Shining” and “Blade Runner” and boasted more than 100 credits to his name, has died at 94 at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California.
Turkel was a frequent performer in Stanley Kubrick films; in addition to the seminal 1980 horror flick, he acted in 1956’s “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory” a year later. In “The Shining,” he played the ghoulish bartender named Lloyd at the hotel, opposite star Jack Nicholson. Two years later, he embodied another sinister persona as the eccentric replicant founder Eldon Tyrell in the original “Blade Runner.”
A Brooklyn, New York native, he was born on July 15, 1927. He joined the U.S. Army at age of 17, serving in Europe during World War II. Afterward, he moved to California to pursue acting, and landed his first film credit with “City Across the River” in 1948.
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Turkel was a frequent performer in Stanley Kubrick films; in addition to the seminal 1980 horror flick, he acted in 1956’s “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory” a year later. In “The Shining,” he played the ghoulish bartender named Lloyd at the hotel, opposite star Jack Nicholson. Two years later, he embodied another sinister persona as the eccentric replicant founder Eldon Tyrell in the original “Blade Runner.”
A Brooklyn, New York native, he was born on July 15, 1927. He joined the U.S. Army at age of 17, serving in Europe during World War II. Afterward, he moved to California to pursue acting, and landed his first film credit with “City Across the River” in 1948.
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- 7/1/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
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Margaret Keane, who went to court to prove that her popular paintings of children with large, sad eyes were indeed hers and not her husband’s, a tale that was told in the Tim Burton film Big Eyes, has died. She was 94.
Keane died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Napa, California, her daughter, Jane Swigert, told The New York Times.
Amy Adams portrayed Margaret Keane in Big Eyes (2014) alongside Christoph Waltz as her realtor husband, Walter Keane.
For years starting in the 1950s, Walter Keane persuaded his wife to paint for up to 16 hours a day while promoting her work as his own. Stars including Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Liberace commissioned Keane portraits, and Joan Crawford used one of her for the cover of her 1962 autobiography.
After Margaret and Walter divorced in 1955, she finally revealed in 1970 that she...
Margaret Keane, who went to court to prove that her popular paintings of children with large, sad eyes were indeed hers and not her husband’s, a tale that was told in the Tim Burton film Big Eyes, has died. She was 94.
Keane died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Napa, California, her daughter, Jane Swigert, told The New York Times.
Amy Adams portrayed Margaret Keane in Big Eyes (2014) alongside Christoph Waltz as her realtor husband, Walter Keane.
For years starting in the 1950s, Walter Keane persuaded his wife to paint for up to 16 hours a day while promoting her work as his own. Stars including Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Liberace commissioned Keane portraits, and Joan Crawford used one of her for the cover of her 1962 autobiography.
After Margaret and Walter divorced in 1955, she finally revealed in 1970 that she...
- 6/29/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Margaret Keane, the artist whose paintings of wide-eyed children inspired the 2014 Tim Burton film “Big Eyes,” died Sunday at her home in Napa, California. She was 94.
Her daughter told The New York Times reported that she died of heart failure.
In “Big Eyes,” Amy Adams played Keane in her protracted fight with her second husband over credit for her life’s work. Though Walter Keane masterfully promoted his wife’s sad, saucer-eyed waifs, it would be revealed years later that his claims to have painted them himself were entirely fraudulent.
In reality, Margaret Keane toiled in the basement for several hours a day while her husband claimed credit during his ambitious promotional efforts, including everything from Hollywood hobnobbing to TV appearances. All the while, the paintings stirred controversy and scorn in the art world as they gained widespread popularity.
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Her daughter told The New York Times reported that she died of heart failure.
In “Big Eyes,” Amy Adams played Keane in her protracted fight with her second husband over credit for her life’s work. Though Walter Keane masterfully promoted his wife’s sad, saucer-eyed waifs, it would be revealed years later that his claims to have painted them himself were entirely fraudulent.
In reality, Margaret Keane toiled in the basement for several hours a day while her husband claimed credit during his ambitious promotional efforts, including everything from Hollywood hobnobbing to TV appearances. All the while, the paintings stirred controversy and scorn in the art world as they gained widespread popularity.
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- 6/29/2022
- by Josh Dickey
- The Wrap
Margaret Keane, whose wildly popular paintings of big-eyed, melancholy children (and later celebrities with deep pockets) became one of the most widely recognized signature artistic styles of the late 20th Century – and whose long battle with her husband over his fraudulent and lucrative claims of authorship inspired the 2014 Tim Burton film Big Eyes starring Amy Adams – died Sunday at home in Napa, California. She was 94.
Her death was reported on her official Facebook page today: “We’re sad to announce that Margaret Keane, ‘The Mother of Big Eyes, our Queen, a Modern Master and Legend’ peacefully passed away Sunday morning at her home in Napa, CA, she was 94.”
Her daughter Jane Swigert told The New York Times that the cause of death was heart failure.
Keane’s instantly recognizable paintings of children, typically portrayed and described as waifs with huge, sad and dinner-plate-sized eyes, became massively popular in the 1950s and ’60s,...
Her death was reported on her official Facebook page today: “We’re sad to announce that Margaret Keane, ‘The Mother of Big Eyes, our Queen, a Modern Master and Legend’ peacefully passed away Sunday morning at her home in Napa, CA, she was 94.”
Her daughter Jane Swigert told The New York Times that the cause of death was heart failure.
Keane’s instantly recognizable paintings of children, typically portrayed and described as waifs with huge, sad and dinner-plate-sized eyes, became massively popular in the 1950s and ’60s,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have created another fascinating off-kilter biopic, “Dolemite Is My Name,” starring Eddie Murphy as cult movie legend Rudy Ray Moore. Alexander and Karaszewski previously wrote such films as “Ed Wood,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “Man on the Moon,” and the series “The People v. O.J. Simpson.”
Alexander and Karaszewski recently spoke with Gold Derby editor Zach Laws about what drew them to Moore’s story, how Murphy got involved, and how moviegoers have reacted to “Dolemite Is My Name.” Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.
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Gold Derby: Scott and Larry, you guys have written films and television shows about people like Ed Wood, Larry Flynt, O.J. Simpson, Margaret Keane, Andy Kaufman. Why Rudy Ray Moore?
Scott Alexander: He sounds...
Alexander and Karaszewski recently spoke with Gold Derby editor Zach Laws about what drew them to Moore’s story, how Murphy got involved, and how moviegoers have reacted to “Dolemite Is My Name.” Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.
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Gold Derby: Scott and Larry, you guys have written films and television shows about people like Ed Wood, Larry Flynt, O.J. Simpson, Margaret Keane, Andy Kaufman. Why Rudy Ray Moore?
Scott Alexander: He sounds...
- 12/30/2019
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Although many biopics are formulaic enterprises, hitting familiar beats as the subject rises and falls and falls in love and writes that really popular song, they’re a vital element of entertainment industry. Biopics allow filmmakers to humanize our myths, mythologize our contemporaries, re-evaluate history at a fundamentally human level, and catalogue our present so that future generations can understand what the hell we are going through. It’s been an entire decade full of great biopics, too many to fit in a conventional list, but when all is said and done, we have to call these the ten absolutely essential films in the genre from the 2010s.
Runners-Up: “127 Hours,” “Behind the Candelabra,” “A Dangerous Method,” “Dolemite is My Name,” “Jackie,” “Mr. Turner,” “Rocketman,” “Southside With You,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “The Wind Rises”
10. “Stan & Ollie” (2018)
Earnest, bittersweet and oh, so very funny, Jon S. Baird’s biopic about famed...
Runners-Up: “127 Hours,” “Behind the Candelabra,” “A Dangerous Method,” “Dolemite is My Name,” “Jackie,” “Mr. Turner,” “Rocketman,” “Southside With You,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “The Wind Rises”
10. “Stan & Ollie” (2018)
Earnest, bittersweet and oh, so very funny, Jon S. Baird’s biopic about famed...
- 12/12/2019
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
A version of this story about “Dolemite Is My Name” writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
Over the last 25 years, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have become known for writing a string of artful and entertaining films about unusual people: hapless B-movie director Ed Wood (“Ed Wood”), porn publisher-turned-First Amendment-crusader Larry Flynt, (“The People vs. Larry Flynt”), comedian Andy Kaufman (“Man on the Moon”) and artists Walter and Margaret Keane (“Big Eyes”) among them.
(After those, they also did the award-winning “The People v. O.J. Simpson” miniseries.)
Their latest is “Dolemite Is My Name,” the outrageous chronicle of pioneering African-American comic and blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore, whose ragged but successful attempt to turn himself into a movie star seems unbelievable but isn’t.
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Over the last 25 years, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have become known for writing a string of artful and entertaining films about unusual people: hapless B-movie director Ed Wood (“Ed Wood”), porn publisher-turned-First Amendment-crusader Larry Flynt, (“The People vs. Larry Flynt”), comedian Andy Kaufman (“Man on the Moon”) and artists Walter and Margaret Keane (“Big Eyes”) among them.
(After those, they also did the award-winning “The People v. O.J. Simpson” miniseries.)
Their latest is “Dolemite Is My Name,” the outrageous chronicle of pioneering African-American comic and blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore, whose ragged but successful attempt to turn himself into a movie star seems unbelievable but isn’t.
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- 12/6/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“We concentrate on people that are extremely passionate about what they want to do,” explains “Dolemite is My Name” screenwriter Larry Karaszewski about the subjects he and writing partner Scott Alexander choose to tackle. “Usually their passion is in something that society in general thinks is wrongheaded,” but “they have a belief in themselves” that carries them through. Watch our exclusive video interview with Karaszewski and Alexander above.
That’s certainly the case with Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy), a struggling standup comedian who struck gold by throwing everything he had into a Z-grade blaxploitation movie that turned into a huge hit: “Dolemite” (1975). For the men who penned biopics on such offbeat American figures as Ed Wood (“Ed Wood”), Larry Flynt (“The People vs. Larry Flynt”), Andy Kaufman (“Man on the Moon”) and Margaret Keane (“Big Eyes“), Moore was the perfect protagonist.
See ‘Dolemite is My Name’ could bring writers...
That’s certainly the case with Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy), a struggling standup comedian who struck gold by throwing everything he had into a Z-grade blaxploitation movie that turned into a huge hit: “Dolemite” (1975). For the men who penned biopics on such offbeat American figures as Ed Wood (“Ed Wood”), Larry Flynt (“The People vs. Larry Flynt”), Andy Kaufman (“Man on the Moon”) and Margaret Keane (“Big Eyes“), Moore was the perfect protagonist.
See ‘Dolemite is My Name’ could bring writers...
- 12/4/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
MaltinFest is taking place this weekend at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood and we have details on a special screening of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. Taking place this Sunday at 8:30pm, the screening is an ultra-rare 35mm print that was donated to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by Bela Lugosi Jr. Here's what Leonard Maltin had to say about the under-seen film:
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is one-of-a-kind… a patently terrible movie that I find utterly fascinating. It features the great Lugosi playing a mad scientist opposite a nightclub duo named Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, who were the poor man’s Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis—at a time when Martin and Lewis were the hottest act in show business! It was directed by B-movie specialist William Beaudine and features Charles Gemora in his world-famous gorilla suit. It will only cost...
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is one-of-a-kind… a patently terrible movie that I find utterly fascinating. It features the great Lugosi playing a mad scientist opposite a nightclub duo named Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, who were the poor man’s Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis—at a time when Martin and Lewis were the hottest act in show business! It was directed by B-movie specialist William Beaudine and features Charles Gemora in his world-famous gorilla suit. It will only cost...
- 5/10/2019
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
After a number of TV appearances early in her career, Amy Adams has made a glorious return to television in HBO’s eight-episode limited series “Sharp Objects.” The series is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing another heralded HBO mini, “Big Little Lies.” In this project, Adams portrays troubled reporter Camille Preaker, who just having been released from a psychiatric hospital for harming herself, returns to her hometown to investigate a double murder.
Adams, of course, is most known for her film work, having earned two Golden Globe Awards (from seven nominations), won a Screen Actors Guild Award (also from seven nominations) and has been nominated for five Academy Awards. Those Oscar nominations have been for “Junebug” (2005), “Doubt” (2008), “The Fighter” (2010), “The Master” (2012) and “American Hustle” (2013).
In recognition of Adams’ return to TV, let’s take a tour in our photo gallery above of her 15 greatest movie performances,...
Adams, of course, is most known for her film work, having earned two Golden Globe Awards (from seven nominations), won a Screen Actors Guild Award (also from seven nominations) and has been nominated for five Academy Awards. Those Oscar nominations have been for “Junebug” (2005), “Doubt” (2008), “The Fighter” (2010), “The Master” (2012) and “American Hustle” (2013).
In recognition of Adams’ return to TV, let’s take a tour in our photo gallery above of her 15 greatest movie performances,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
David E. Kelley and Michelle Pfeiffer, married a quarter of a century and, hence, one of Hollywood’s more unusually enduring pairs, are asking $29.5 million for their sprawling estate in the rustic and wildly prosperous unincorporated Northern California community of Woodside, about 35 miles south of San Francisco. As our celebrity real estate compatriot Yolanda Yakketyyak reported, the Hollywood power couple, who unsurprisingly maintain a much more modestly proportioned if still prodigiously pricey pied-a-terre in L.A.’s Pacific Palisades, purchased the two parcels that comprise the 8.67-acre spread in two separate transactions about four years apart, the first in 2004 and the second in 2008, for a combined cost of $20.6 million.
Secured by gates and sequestered amid lush gardens down a long driveway at the tail end of a pin-drop quite cul-de-sac, the main house, an ivy-covered semi-Tuscan villa that dates to the early 1940s, has four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in 6,379 square feet.
Secured by gates and sequestered amid lush gardens down a long driveway at the tail end of a pin-drop quite cul-de-sac, the main house, an ivy-covered semi-Tuscan villa that dates to the early 1940s, has four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in 6,379 square feet.
- 4/18/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
Alec Baldwin is Tina Fey's number one fan.
In his upcoming memoir, Nevertheless, the 58-year-old actor reflects on his long history with NBC's Saturday Night Live and opens up about meeting Fey for the first time and instantly falling in love with her.
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"When I first met Tina Fey—beautiful and brunette, smart and funny, by turns smug and diffident and completely uninterested in me or anything I had to say—I had the same reaction that I'm sure many men and women have: I fell in love," Baldwin reveals in an adapted portion of his memoir, published by Vanity Fair on Tuesday.
"Tina was then the head writer at Saturday Night Live, and I was hosting that week's show," he continues. He then recalls attending a meeting at Lorne Michael's office with the show's writers and producers, where he bluntly...
In his upcoming memoir, Nevertheless, the 58-year-old actor reflects on his long history with NBC's Saturday Night Live and opens up about meeting Fey for the first time and instantly falling in love with her.
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"When I first met Tina Fey—beautiful and brunette, smart and funny, by turns smug and diffident and completely uninterested in me or anything I had to say—I had the same reaction that I'm sure many men and women have: I fell in love," Baldwin reveals in an adapted portion of his memoir, published by Vanity Fair on Tuesday.
"Tina was then the head writer at Saturday Night Live, and I was hosting that week's show," he continues. He then recalls attending a meeting at Lorne Michael's office with the show's writers and producers, where he bluntly...
- 3/28/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey go way back — but you’ll never guess how their first meeting went down.
Baldwin, 58, appears on the cover of Vanity Fair‘s April issue, on newsstands Thursday. In an adaption from his forthcoming memoir, Nevertheless, the actor reflects on his Saturday Night Live history — and the very first time he was introduced to his future 30 Rock costar Fey.
“When I first met Tina Fey — beautiful and brunette, smart and funny, by turns smug and diffident and completely uninterested in me or anything I had to say — I had the same reaction that I’m...
Baldwin, 58, appears on the cover of Vanity Fair‘s April issue, on newsstands Thursday. In an adaption from his forthcoming memoir, Nevertheless, the actor reflects on his Saturday Night Live history — and the very first time he was introduced to his future 30 Rock costar Fey.
“When I first met Tina Fey — beautiful and brunette, smart and funny, by turns smug and diffident and completely uninterested in me or anything I had to say — I had the same reaction that I’m...
- 3/28/2017
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Orphanages conjure up images of the hard-knock life and servings of gruel. This tough, deeply moving, Céline Sciamma-penned, 66-minute stop-motion gem from France shows the flipside. Sure, harsh realities are inevitably encountered — sometimes in a more uncompromising fashion than you’ll ever see in what is ostensibly a children’s film — but Claude Barras’ feature-directing debut has heart enough to show.
Cinema tells us children want to escape from schools and institutions – Barras name-checks The 400 Blows and The Chorus among his influences here — but in My Life as a Courgette, it’s the outside world that needs escape. That’s where we meet Icare, nicknamed “Courgette” (French for “zucchini”; voiced by Gaspard Schlatter) by his alcoholic maman, who’s amassed stacks of beer cans that he plays with while she watches TV soaps, occasionally screeching at her son when she’s disturbed from her slumber. Before long, her...
Cinema tells us children want to escape from schools and institutions – Barras name-checks The 400 Blows and The Chorus among his influences here — but in My Life as a Courgette, it’s the outside world that needs escape. That’s where we meet Icare, nicknamed “Courgette” (French for “zucchini”; voiced by Gaspard Schlatter) by his alcoholic maman, who’s amassed stacks of beer cans that he plays with while she watches TV soaps, occasionally screeching at her son when she’s disturbed from her slumber. Before long, her...
- 10/11/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
A bitter feminist fairy tale about a woman betrayed by love and trust and crafted by culture to be vulnerable to the charms of a con-artist husband. I’m “biast” (pro): love Amy Adams and Tim Burton
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s like a feminist parable, except it’s true. Margaret Keane created and painted all those sentimental waifs with the huge eyes that stared out of kitschy posters and greeting cards in the 60s and 70s (and I seem to recall them being hugely popular right into the 80s, too), but her husband, Walter, took all the credit for them until… well, check out the delightful Big Eyes to find out how it ended. This is director Tim Burton’s (Frankenweenie) most down-to-earth movie ever — his only down-to-earth movie, really — and yet the always exquisite Amy Adams...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s like a feminist parable, except it’s true. Margaret Keane created and painted all those sentimental waifs with the huge eyes that stared out of kitschy posters and greeting cards in the 60s and 70s (and I seem to recall them being hugely popular right into the 80s, too), but her husband, Walter, took all the credit for them until… well, check out the delightful Big Eyes to find out how it ended. This is director Tim Burton’s (Frankenweenie) most down-to-earth movie ever — his only down-to-earth movie, really — and yet the always exquisite Amy Adams...
- 4/6/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
“If you look at the projects that Scott and I have chosen to do over the years,” says screenwriter/producer Larry Karaszewski, “whether it’s Ed Wood or Larry Flynt or Andy Kaufman or Bob Crane or Margaret Keane, these are all fairly fringe, odd….” “You think so?” interrupts Scott Alexander. “You think, Larry?” Read More: "How 'American Crime Story' Explains Our Obsession with the O.J. Simpson Trial" There’s a slight difference with "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson" (FX), though. “Odd” certainly applies more than ever with these characters; we’ll take your Tor Johnson and raise you one Kato Kaelin. But “fringe”? Not so much. The writing duo had the luxury of assuming that every real-life detail in "Ed Wood" or "Big Eyes" would come as a freshly absurd revelation to 99 percent of a mainstream audience. But the Simpson trial had a cult fandom...
- 3/6/2016
- by Chris Willman
- Thompson on Hollywood
Ray guns! Space armadas! Storm troopers! Toei's manga became a pricey 3-D animated motion capture epic just three years ago, but was denied a release stateside. This collector's disc set gives us rude 'n' raucous space battles, along with a pirate's bounty of original Japanese extras. Don't worry, the 3-D visuals are excellent. Harlock: Space Pirate 3-D 3-D + 2-D Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 2013 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 115 (Japanese) 111 (International) min. / Kyaputen Harokku / Ship Date January 19, 2016 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 34.95 Original Music Tetsuya Takahashi Written by Harutoshi Fukui, Kiyoto Tareuchi from the manga by Leiji Matsuimoto Produced by Joseph Chou, Yoshi Ikezawa, Rei Kudo (Toei Animation) Directed by Shinji Aramaki
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Suppose they had a space war and nobody came? Toei Animation's 3-D extravaganza Harlock: Space Pirate 3-D was prepped and primed to take the world by storm, but like too many foreign super-productions it didn't even get a U.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Suppose they had a space war and nobody came? Toei Animation's 3-D extravaganza Harlock: Space Pirate 3-D was prepped and primed to take the world by storm, but like too many foreign super-productions it didn't even get a U.
- 2/6/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Though producer Roger Corman’s contributions to independent cinema are arguably unparalleled, the enduring quality of his directorial efforts is another story. By the end of the 1950s, Corman had directed about two dozen of his own films in roughly five years, many of these derivative genre efforts rivaling the quality of Ed Wood. But 1959 found Corman trying to switch things up a bit, and he delivered two of his more flavorful works. Besides unleashing the Susan Cabot headliner The Wasp Woman (which remains a fun, eccentric commentary on feminine standards of beauty), Corman would skewer the pretentiousness of self-important artists and the hypocrisy of what defines art in A Bucket of Blood, a much more salacious title than the material warrants. Written by Charles B. Griffith, (who would go uncredited next to Corman on his The Little Shop of Horrors a year later), the film is an early lead...
- 12/29/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
★★☆☆☆ Released today on DVD, Tim Burton's Big Eyes (2014) stars Amy Adams as Margaret Keane (née Ulbrich), a woman we first encounter on the brink of divorce. It's the late 1950s and, with her daughter in tow, Margaret forsakes the colour-coded conformity of suburbia for a new life in the big city, painting furniture during the week and selling her own art at weekends. It's at an art fair that she first meets Brian Keane, played by Christoph Waltz, a charming charismatic salesman full of the giddy enthusiasm of art, the happy amateur brimming over with his time on the Left Bank in Paris and vaguely ashamed of his day job as a successful realtor.
- 4/20/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Big Eyes (Tim Burton-directed drama about artist Margaret Keane; Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston; rated PG-13) The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (WWII-set horror sequel; Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine; rated PG-13) Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Unedited) (comedy; Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott; unrated) Far from Men (drama; Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb; premieres 4/14 on Mod to coincide with the Tribeca Film...
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- 4/14/2015
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are releasing director Tim Burton’s Big Eyes on DVD, Blu-ray™, and On Demand on April 14, 2015.
The critically acclaimed film is also available for digital download now.
Featuring an all-star cast including 2015 Golden Globe® winner for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her stunning and powerful portrayal of Margaret Keane, Amy Adams, Academy Award® winner Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman and Terence Stamp.
Watch this exclusive clip featuring Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman speaking about their favorite day on set working with Tim Burton.
From director Tim Burton, Big Eyes tells the outrageous true story of one of the most epic frauds in history. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, painter Walter Keane (Waltz) had reached success beyond belief, revolutionizing the commercialization of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes.
The bizarre...
The critically acclaimed film is also available for digital download now.
Featuring an all-star cast including 2015 Golden Globe® winner for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her stunning and powerful portrayal of Margaret Keane, Amy Adams, Academy Award® winner Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman and Terence Stamp.
Watch this exclusive clip featuring Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman speaking about their favorite day on set working with Tim Burton.
From director Tim Burton, Big Eyes tells the outrageous true story of one of the most epic frauds in history. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, painter Walter Keane (Waltz) had reached success beyond belief, revolutionizing the commercialization of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes.
The bizarre...
- 4/14/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Big Eyes"
Amy Adams won a Golden Globe for her performance as Margaret Keane, the true 1950s artist of big-eyed waif portraits, with Christoph Waltz playing her husband, Walter, who took all the credit. Tim Burton's drama was released as a digital download on April 3 but it's on DVD, Blu-ray and On Demand as of April 14. The DVD and Blu-ray releases include "The Making of Big Eyes," and the Blu-ray also includes Q&A Highlights.
"Maps to the Stars"
Director David Cronenberg's satire of the Hollywood film industry was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.K. and France last year and Germany in March, but it's finally getting a U.S. release on April 14. Julianne Moore leads the dark comedy's all-star cast,...
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Big Eyes"
Amy Adams won a Golden Globe for her performance as Margaret Keane, the true 1950s artist of big-eyed waif portraits, with Christoph Waltz playing her husband, Walter, who took all the credit. Tim Burton's drama was released as a digital download on April 3 but it's on DVD, Blu-ray and On Demand as of April 14. The DVD and Blu-ray releases include "The Making of Big Eyes," and the Blu-ray also includes Q&A Highlights.
"Maps to the Stars"
Director David Cronenberg's satire of the Hollywood film industry was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.K. and France last year and Germany in March, but it's finally getting a U.S. release on April 14. Julianne Moore leads the dark comedy's all-star cast,...
- 4/13/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Interstellar"
The Blu-ray edition of Christopher Nolan's sprawling space pic is packed with featurettes about the making of "Interstellar," including a 50-minute special narrated by Matthew McConaughey about the scientific research behind the story.
"The Imitation Game"
Benedict Cumberbatch's star turn as Alan Turing doesn't quite elevate this pic above Oscar bait, but it's big and glossy and worth a look.
"Wild"
Reese Witherspoon stars in the big-screen adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Witherspoon was nominated for an Oscar for her performance, as was Laura Dern, who has an extra-special role as Cheryl's late mom.
TV Worth Watching
"The Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber" (Monday on Comedy Central at 10 p.m.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Interstellar"
The Blu-ray edition of Christopher Nolan's sprawling space pic is packed with featurettes about the making of "Interstellar," including a 50-minute special narrated by Matthew McConaughey about the scientific research behind the story.
"The Imitation Game"
Benedict Cumberbatch's star turn as Alan Turing doesn't quite elevate this pic above Oscar bait, but it's big and glossy and worth a look.
"Wild"
Reese Witherspoon stars in the big-screen adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Witherspoon was nominated for an Oscar for her performance, as was Laura Dern, who has an extra-special role as Cheryl's late mom.
TV Worth Watching
"The Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber" (Monday on Comedy Central at 10 p.m.
- 3/30/2015
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
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