Caitlin Rose will release the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s The Stand-In later this year. The new project, titled Cazimi, will be released Nov. 18 via Missing Piece Records and includes the atmospheric lead single “Black Obsidian.”
A dramatic mix of baritone guitar and glockenspiel introduces “Black Obsidian,” in which Rose tries to untangle what she could’ve handled differently in an unhealthy relationship. “Tried to be just like water to the touch/Take you everywhere you want to be,” she sings. The chorus heightens the swirling sense of confusion with...
A dramatic mix of baritone guitar and glockenspiel introduces “Black Obsidian,” in which Rose tries to untangle what she could’ve handled differently in an unhealthy relationship. “Tried to be just like water to the touch/Take you everywhere you want to be,” she sings. The chorus heightens the swirling sense of confusion with...
- 8/24/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Having successfully fought off rumors he was abandoning playing Batman, Ben Affleck is leaning hard into championing his participation in the DC Films universe. “Justice League” may be undergoing extensive reshoots, which could change the tone of the picture, but the actor doesn’t seem to worried about how it will all turn out.
While he admits that the process has been “unorthodox,” with original director Zack Snyder stepping down in the wake of a family tragedy, and Joss Whedon taking over, Affleck believes “Justice League” is getting the best from two very distinct filmmakers.
Continue reading Ben Affleck Talks ‘Justice League’ Reshoots, Says DC Films “Hitting Their Stride” & “Getting It Right” at The Playlist.
While he admits that the process has been “unorthodox,” with original director Zack Snyder stepping down in the wake of a family tragedy, and Joss Whedon taking over, Affleck believes “Justice League” is getting the best from two very distinct filmmakers.
Continue reading Ben Affleck Talks ‘Justice League’ Reshoots, Says DC Films “Hitting Their Stride” & “Getting It Right” at The Playlist.
- 8/11/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Yahoo Movies has a first look behind the scenes at Patriots Day. The title Getting It Right sums up the efforts of cast and crew as they explain how they...
- 11/2/2016
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
Joel Kinnaman isn’t starring in the most beloved blockbuster of the summer. But even if “Suicide Squad,” the latest entry into the burgeoning DC cinematic universe, doesn’t really work — and the majority of critics agree that’s the case — Kinnaman remains its main voice of reason, both onscreen and off. He plays super-solider Rick Flag, a highly skilled military man who, unlike the members of the supervillain squad he’s expected to control and lead into battle, doesn’t have any special abilities to fall back on.
No matter what audiences think about it, director David Ayer’s first foray into the world of big screen superhero battles serves as a bridge between moody, dark DC properties like “Batman v Superman” and the promised “fun” of the upcoming “Justice League” feature — and Kinnaman is eager to defend its aspirations.
Getting It Right
In a recent conversation, the actor was gracious and engaged,...
No matter what audiences think about it, director David Ayer’s first foray into the world of big screen superhero battles serves as a bridge between moody, dark DC properties like “Batman v Superman” and the promised “fun” of the upcoming “Justice League” feature — and Kinnaman is eager to defend its aspirations.
Getting It Right
In a recent conversation, the actor was gracious and engaged,...
- 8/3/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
What do Ryan Gosling, Harry Styles, Miss Piggy and Jimmy Fallon have in common? They've all recreated that iconic lift scene from Dirty Dancing, which celebrates its 28th birthday today, with varying degrees of success.
Getting it right in reality, though, is another challenge entirely. There's the run-up, the leap, the hold and the dismount - if any of these are off-kilter, you'll be banished to the corner with Mr and Mrs Houseman.
But before you too get in the anniversary mood and make like Swayze and Baby at home, shuffling excitedly in your socks across the kitchen, first watch the finest celebrity wannabes who've emulated the finale for tips on how to have the time of your life (or at least pretend to).
1. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
2011's very good rom-com Crazy Stupid Love saw Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone do a stellar job of mimicking the lift.
Getting it right in reality, though, is another challenge entirely. There's the run-up, the leap, the hold and the dismount - if any of these are off-kilter, you'll be banished to the corner with Mr and Mrs Houseman.
But before you too get in the anniversary mood and make like Swayze and Baby at home, shuffling excitedly in your socks across the kitchen, first watch the finest celebrity wannabes who've emulated the finale for tips on how to have the time of your life (or at least pretend to).
1. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
2011's very good rom-com Crazy Stupid Love saw Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone do a stellar job of mimicking the lift.
- 8/20/2015
- Digital Spy
WWE.com
It goes without saying that storylines are the foundations of which WWE is built on.
If the scenes and utter tomfoolery that plays out on our television screens each and every week isn’t either compelling, humorous and just down right awesome, the product receives negative reviews from the paying customer.
Conversely, if it hits the mark then no one can be left complaining. Pretty simple when you think about it, right?
The characters that WWE’s creative team come up with are judged in the same way.
If they suck, they are canned. However, if they are great, they can stick around for a long time. Pretty simple when you think about it, right?
So getting the personas spot on for their debuts is pretty much essential. Look at The Undertaker. When he debuted back in 1990, there was nothing to compare him to. He was like nothing we had seen before.
It goes without saying that storylines are the foundations of which WWE is built on.
If the scenes and utter tomfoolery that plays out on our television screens each and every week isn’t either compelling, humorous and just down right awesome, the product receives negative reviews from the paying customer.
Conversely, if it hits the mark then no one can be left complaining. Pretty simple when you think about it, right?
The characters that WWE’s creative team come up with are judged in the same way.
If they suck, they are canned. However, if they are great, they can stick around for a long time. Pretty simple when you think about it, right?
So getting the personas spot on for their debuts is pretty much essential. Look at The Undertaker. When he debuted back in 1990, there was nothing to compare him to. He was like nothing we had seen before.
- 4/23/2015
- by Ross Tweddell
- Obsessed with Film
As Ariana Grande proved during this meet and greet with her fans, hugs are hard. But sometimes weird hug can be the best hugs. So along with Ariana's meet and greet, let's look at what happens when friendly embraces get super awkward.
Here's to all the weird huggers!
News: Ariana Grande Says She "Almost Died" The First Night of Her Tour
We all know the struggle.
Awkward hug of the evening. pic.twitter.com/pMF0tkEcNv
— Mark Holland (@RiffRaff41) January 26, 2015
Even King James and the Duchess of Cambridge can't quite get it right.
This is like 1st junior high dance awkward. Mt @STN_Sports: .@KingJames meets Prince, Duchess http://t.co/IZ2ZkcnOVn pic.twitter.com/JvhtTgPey6
— Michael Cronin (@TMichaelCronin) December 9, 2014
Some don't line up quite right.
Commercial break flashback to this perfectly awkward red carpet moment. #ETOscars #Oscars pic.twitter.com/RgawpU3h0i
— EntertainmentTonight (@etnow) February 23, 2015
Some line up a little too well.
That awkward...
Here's to all the weird huggers!
News: Ariana Grande Says She "Almost Died" The First Night of Her Tour
We all know the struggle.
Awkward hug of the evening. pic.twitter.com/pMF0tkEcNv
— Mark Holland (@RiffRaff41) January 26, 2015
Even King James and the Duchess of Cambridge can't quite get it right.
This is like 1st junior high dance awkward. Mt @STN_Sports: .@KingJames meets Prince, Duchess http://t.co/IZ2ZkcnOVn pic.twitter.com/JvhtTgPey6
— Michael Cronin (@TMichaelCronin) December 9, 2014
Some don't line up quite right.
Commercial break flashback to this perfectly awkward red carpet moment. #ETOscars #Oscars pic.twitter.com/RgawpU3h0i
— EntertainmentTonight (@etnow) February 23, 2015
Some line up a little too well.
That awkward...
- 3/4/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
Is Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Stephane Ceretti ("Guardians of the Galaxy") nervous for the big show? Nah. After all, the hard part's already over. "I was nervous before when I was supposed to do something about it, you know," Ceretti told me during a recent sit-down to discuss his first-ever Academy Award nod. "Like when I had to do a presentation at the [studio]. That makes you a bit nervous. But then once it’s done there’s nothing more I can do really." Indeed, the Marvel tentpole was a daunting task for the French-born Ceretti, who cut his teeth on films ranging from the last two "Matrix" films to "X-Men: First Class" but had perhaps never taken on a project as effects-heavy as "Guardians." By his own estimation, "ninety-five" percent of the film features some kind of digital effect. "When you just get the script, you read it the first...
- 2/10/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Gotham, The Flash, Arrow... Why do the current crop of geek TV shows have such trouble creating a central romance fans want to root for?
Contains spoilers for The Flash, Arrow, Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Supernatural, Gotham and Smallville.
At the moment, a fair amount of geek TV shows seem to be producing particularly poor depictions of love and romance. The problem is only confounded by the fact that, with fandom as vocal as it is nowadays, any negative element of a show is sure to be rigorously reanalysed. As a result, love interests come into a lot of criticism from the online community.
In an attempt to find a fix, we had look through some of our favourite shows to deduce which ones get it right, and which struggle horribly. Hopefully, we can uncover the secret to getting romantic writing right in nerdy TV…
Nowadays, the term ‘love interest’ seems a bit old hat,...
Contains spoilers for The Flash, Arrow, Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Supernatural, Gotham and Smallville.
At the moment, a fair amount of geek TV shows seem to be producing particularly poor depictions of love and romance. The problem is only confounded by the fact that, with fandom as vocal as it is nowadays, any negative element of a show is sure to be rigorously reanalysed. As a result, love interests come into a lot of criticism from the online community.
In an attempt to find a fix, we had look through some of our favourite shows to deduce which ones get it right, and which struggle horribly. Hopefully, we can uncover the secret to getting romantic writing right in nerdy TV…
Nowadays, the term ‘love interest’ seems a bit old hat,...
- 1/15/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
WWE Studios is resurrecting the demon Kane as Jacob Goodnight in See No Evil 2, the upcoming sequel to See No Evil, but before speaking with the mammoth monster himself, we had the opportunity to sit with stars Danielle Harris and Kaj-Erik Erikson as well as directors Jen and Sylvia Soska.
"In the movie I play Amy," Harris (pictured) tells us of her character. "Amy works at the morgue and loves her job, dropped out of Med School to pursue it because she feels like at the end of the day we all end up here anyway."
"She’s got some family issues, issues with her brother, issues with her mother … not too far from real life. *laughs* I just so happen to be working, on my character's birthday, the night that … we pick up where the last one left off and there’s all these bodies … I’m always...
"In the movie I play Amy," Harris (pictured) tells us of her character. "Amy works at the morgue and loves her job, dropped out of Med School to pursue it because she feels like at the end of the day we all end up here anyway."
"She’s got some family issues, issues with her brother, issues with her mother … not too far from real life. *laughs* I just so happen to be working, on my character's birthday, the night that … we pick up where the last one left off and there’s all these bodies … I’m always...
- 7/25/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Los Angeles, Sep 8: British musician Julian Lennon spent 10 years crafting his latest album, "Everything Changes", to ensure it was perfect.
The 50-year-old, who is the son of late Beatles musician John Lennon, spent a long time in the studio perfecting the tracks to ensure they were perfectly in line with his artistic vision, reports contactmusic.com.
"This album has been written over 10 years. I consider writing, singing and producing a creative endeavour, not a commercial one. Getting it right is more important to me. It sort of emerges. You think of a song and then start by putting it down over a cup of tea. Musicians.
The 50-year-old, who is the son of late Beatles musician John Lennon, spent a long time in the studio perfecting the tracks to ensure they were perfectly in line with his artistic vision, reports contactmusic.com.
"This album has been written over 10 years. I consider writing, singing and producing a creative endeavour, not a commercial one. Getting it right is more important to me. It sort of emerges. You think of a song and then start by putting it down over a cup of tea. Musicians.
- 9/7/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
To be honest, when Alberto Del Rio won the World Heavyweight Championship from Dolph Ziggler at Payback, I was very much against it. Alberto Del Rio has had a number of title reigns before but none of them have lived long in the memory… primarily because they never lasted long at all. Del Rio’s first WWE Title reign lasted a month, his second one lasted just over a month and his first World title reign lasted about 3 months. Del Rio was never able to prove himself as a strong world champion losing each of the belts so easily and so quickly. It was starting to be hard to believe that he would become a strong heel main-eventer for years to come. There was only the prestigious Royal Rumble victory in 2011 and his announcer Ricardo Rodriguez that was making Del Rio relevant in WWE anymore.
So I was a little...
So I was a little...
- 9/1/2013
- by Thomas Robinson
- Obsessed with Film
Justin Norrie of The Conversation suggests that Fairfax Media’s websites will need to move back upmarket if they want to attract paying subscribers once their paywalls are introduced
The radical shift by Fairfax Media to a digital-first model must be accompanied by a sharp improvement in the quality of journalism on its websites if the paywall plan is to succeed, media analysts agree.
The country’s oldest media business announced yesterday it would move to a metered-subscription model similar to the one used by The New York Times website, which grants viewers a limited amount of free access before requiring them to pay depending on how much content they view.
The Times has enjoyed early success with the model, which has been in place for more than a year. But the website embraces a more dry approach to news – and a closer relationship to its parent newspaper – than either...
The radical shift by Fairfax Media to a digital-first model must be accompanied by a sharp improvement in the quality of journalism on its websites if the paywall plan is to succeed, media analysts agree.
The country’s oldest media business announced yesterday it would move to a metered-subscription model similar to the one used by The New York Times website, which grants viewers a limited amount of free access before requiring them to pay depending on how much content they view.
The Times has enjoyed early success with the model, which has been in place for more than a year. But the website embraces a more dry approach to news – and a closer relationship to its parent newspaper – than either...
- 6/20/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Like much of the planet right now, I'm obsessed with HBO's fantasy series, Game of Thrones. I think about it pretty much every waking minute, but there was a moment in last Sunday's episode that has really stuck with me. It even puts a lump in my throat.
Robb Stark, the honorable King of the North, is remembering his father, the brave Ned Stark, who was so loved before getting unjustly beheaded for trying to save his family and the people of Winterfell.
Robb's speech went like this:
He was the best man I ever met.... He once told me that being a lord is like being a father, except you have thousands of children. And you worry about all of them: The farmer plowing the fields is yours to protect, the charwomen scrubbing the floors, yours to protect, the soldiers you order into battle. He told me he woke...
Robb Stark, the honorable King of the North, is remembering his father, the brave Ned Stark, who was so loved before getting unjustly beheaded for trying to save his family and the people of Winterfell.
Robb's speech went like this:
He was the best man I ever met.... He once told me that being a lord is like being a father, except you have thousands of children. And you worry about all of them: The farmer plowing the fields is yours to protect, the charwomen scrubbing the floors, yours to protect, the soldiers you order into battle. He told me he woke...
- 5/25/2012
- by Jaimal Yogis
- Aol TV.
DVD Playhouse—February 2012
By Allen Gardner
To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Robert Mulligan’s film of Harper Lee’s landmark novel pits a liberal-minded lawyer (Gregory Peck) against a small Southern town’s racism when defending a black man (Brock Peters) on trumped-up rape charges. One of the 1960s’ first landmark films, a truly stirring human drama that hits all the right notes and isn’t dated a bit. Robert Duvall makes his screen debut (sans dialogue) as the enigmatic Boo Radley. DVD and Blu-ray double edition. Bonuses: Two feature-length documentaries: Fearful Symmetry and A Conversation with Gregory Peck; Featurettes; Excerpts and film clips from Gregory Peck’s Oscar acceptance speech and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award; Commentary by Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 2.0 mono.
Outrage: Way Of The Yakuza (Magnolia) After a brief hiatus from his signature oeuvre of Japanese gangster flicks,...
By Allen Gardner
To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Robert Mulligan’s film of Harper Lee’s landmark novel pits a liberal-minded lawyer (Gregory Peck) against a small Southern town’s racism when defending a black man (Brock Peters) on trumped-up rape charges. One of the 1960s’ first landmark films, a truly stirring human drama that hits all the right notes and isn’t dated a bit. Robert Duvall makes his screen debut (sans dialogue) as the enigmatic Boo Radley. DVD and Blu-ray double edition. Bonuses: Two feature-length documentaries: Fearful Symmetry and A Conversation with Gregory Peck; Featurettes; Excerpts and film clips from Gregory Peck’s Oscar acceptance speech and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award; Commentary by Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 2.0 mono.
Outrage: Way Of The Yakuza (Magnolia) After a brief hiatus from his signature oeuvre of Japanese gangster flicks,...
- 2/26/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Universal keen to move forward with follow-up to 2011 hit despite reluctance of star and co-writer Kristen Wiig
It was 2011's undisputed comedy top dog and may yet even cause an upset at the Oscars. But those who found themselves entertained by Bridesmaids' lively combination of 30-something singleton malaise and over-the-top gross-out grimness may be in for something of a shock: studio Universal is planning a sequel without star and writer Kristen Wiig.
Bridesmaids took more than $280m worldwide on a budget of just over $30m last year, the kind of figures to have even the least avaricious of Hollywood executives dreaming of follow-ups. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Universal is determined to move forward with a second instalment as quickly as possible. "We are over the moon with the success of Bridesmaids, and if we do a sequel we want to get it right," a spokesperson told the trade bible.
It was 2011's undisputed comedy top dog and may yet even cause an upset at the Oscars. But those who found themselves entertained by Bridesmaids' lively combination of 30-something singleton malaise and over-the-top gross-out grimness may be in for something of a shock: studio Universal is planning a sequel without star and writer Kristen Wiig.
Bridesmaids took more than $280m worldwide on a budget of just over $30m last year, the kind of figures to have even the least avaricious of Hollywood executives dreaming of follow-ups. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Universal is determined to move forward with a second instalment as quickly as possible. "We are over the moon with the success of Bridesmaids, and if we do a sequel we want to get it right," a spokesperson told the trade bible.
- 1/5/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
With the possible exception of Steven Spielberg, no 1980s filmmaker was responsible for more watershed Generation X films than Randal Kleiser: starting with "Grease" in 1978, Kleiser created a seemingly neverending series of coming-of-age films, including "Summer Lovers," "The Blue Lagoon," "Flight of the Navigator" and "Big Top Pee Wee," that continue to entertain and resonate with audiences. Recently, MGM's DVD-on-demand service released "Getting It Right," another of the director's films from that era, and although it was set in London and featured decidedly more R-rated content than its predecessors, it too was another tale of a young person finding his footing in an adult world.
IFC caught with Kleiser to talk about the release of "Getting It Right"; additionally, the accomplished filmmaker offered some insights into how he managed to make so many terrific, iconic '80s films, and reflected on his history as one of Hollywood's great purveyors of films about growing up.
IFC caught with Kleiser to talk about the release of "Getting It Right"; additionally, the accomplished filmmaker offered some insights into how he managed to make so many terrific, iconic '80s films, and reflected on his history as one of Hollywood's great purveyors of films about growing up.
- 12/16/2011
- by IFC
- ifc.com
Last October, Valve finally revealed that they were, in fact, working on a sequel to the "Warcraft 3" mod, "Defense of the Ancients." Based on what's been discussed so far, it sounds like most of the changes between "DotA" and "DotA 2" are in Valve's graphical improvements over the original, free mod. Meanwhile, during Blizzard's BlizzCon 2010, the company announced that "Blizzard DotA" was an internally developed "StarCraft 2" mod, built using that game's map editor. While "DotA 2" had a presence during GamesCom last week, it sounds like Blizzard are going back to the drawing board on "Blizzard DotA."
The entire "Defense of the Ancients" situation is a bit weird. If you've never played, the original mod is basically a tower-defense title, but includes much deeper character development and customization than what is normally seen in the genre. Given that the title was an off-shoot of "Warcraft 3," developed by Blizzard, it makes complete sense...
The entire "Defense of the Ancients" situation is a bit weird. If you've never played, the original mod is basically a tower-defense title, but includes much deeper character development and customization than what is normally seen in the genre. Given that the title was an off-shoot of "Warcraft 3," developed by Blizzard, it makes complete sense...
- 8/22/2011
- by Matt Clark
- MTV Multiplayer
An interview with James McAvoy, X-Men: First Class
By Kate Atherton
The comic book legacy and following in the footsteps (sort of) of Sir Patrick Stewart
“I was really aware of the cartoon when I was growing up. When I was about 12 years old they started showing it on Alive and Kicking, I think, and I would do that thing of watching the first half of the cartoon and then they’d make you wait an hour and 15 minutes before they showed you the second half of the cartoon, which is really unfair. Anyway I was a big fan of that, and then the first couple of films I was really into too.”
“The comic book history and the comic book lore is very different from all of the X-Men movies that have come before and even the cartoon to a certain extent. In the comic books, my character is...
By Kate Atherton
The comic book legacy and following in the footsteps (sort of) of Sir Patrick Stewart
“I was really aware of the cartoon when I was growing up. When I was about 12 years old they started showing it on Alive and Kicking, I think, and I would do that thing of watching the first half of the cartoon and then they’d make you wait an hour and 15 minutes before they showed you the second half of the cartoon, which is really unfair. Anyway I was a big fan of that, and then the first couple of films I was really into too.”
“The comic book history and the comic book lore is very different from all of the X-Men movies that have come before and even the cartoon to a certain extent. In the comic books, my character is...
- 5/26/2011
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Jacob Cohl A scene from “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.”
In 1997, I was in the lobby of the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, where the Broadway musical of “The Lion King” had just begun previews. As one of the producers, I was talking to a friend when the director of the show, Julie Taymor, approached us. “I think it’s going well,” she told me. As she walked away, I turned to my friend and said, “Well, that’s...
In 1997, I was in the lobby of the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, where the Broadway musical of “The Lion King” had just begun previews. As one of the producers, I was talking to a friend when the director of the show, Julie Taymor, approached us. “I think it’s going well,” she told me. As she walked away, I turned to my friend and said, “Well, that’s...
- 3/11/2011
- by Peter Schneider
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Debra Granik, director of Winter's Bone, is putting her true feelings about Hollywood aside
There's a scene in Winter's Bone, Debra Granik's award-winning "country noir" thriller, in which the teenage heroine, Ree Dolly, teaches her younger siblings how to skin a squirrel. It only takes a minute, from Ree asking, "You guys want these fried or stewed?", to her brother Sonny tugging out the intestines and wondering if they're good to eat.
Granik is an authenticity freak, so it troubled her when people from the Ozark forests in southern Missouri, where the film is set, complained the scene misrepresented their way of life. One blogger pointed out that no one goes to a supermarket in the movie, as if people in this insular community only eat animals they've killed themselves. Others griped that the incision was too small and the skinning too quick.
"There's a family up the street from where we shot,...
There's a scene in Winter's Bone, Debra Granik's award-winning "country noir" thriller, in which the teenage heroine, Ree Dolly, teaches her younger siblings how to skin a squirrel. It only takes a minute, from Ree asking, "You guys want these fried or stewed?", to her brother Sonny tugging out the intestines and wondering if they're good to eat.
Granik is an authenticity freak, so it troubled her when people from the Ozark forests in southern Missouri, where the film is set, complained the scene misrepresented their way of life. One blogger pointed out that no one goes to a supermarket in the movie, as if people in this insular community only eat animals they've killed themselves. Others griped that the incision was too small and the skinning too quick.
"There's a family up the street from where we shot,...
- 2/25/2011
- by Andrew Purcell
- The Guardian - Film News
French robot disco duo score soundtrack to Tron: Legacy (plus a cameo), as pop artists start to take top billing from actors
At the end of the trailer to forthcoming movie Somewhere, we are given just two pieces of information: 1) that the film was written and directed by Sofia Coppola; 2) that it features music by Phoenix. A soundtrack being billed above the star is, it's fair to say, unusual. And the fact that Thomas Mars, singer with the French group, is married to Coppola and is the father of her two daughters, has less to do with it than you'd think.
Movie soundtracks, even scores, lovingly crafted by stars of rock and pop, are all the rage right now. That other prominent French outfit, Daft Punk, also hit the big screen this month, having provided the music for green screen extravaganza Tron: Legacy. Not only do the world's greatest exponents...
At the end of the trailer to forthcoming movie Somewhere, we are given just two pieces of information: 1) that the film was written and directed by Sofia Coppola; 2) that it features music by Phoenix. A soundtrack being billed above the star is, it's fair to say, unusual. And the fact that Thomas Mars, singer with the French group, is married to Coppola and is the father of her two daughters, has less to do with it than you'd think.
Movie soundtracks, even scores, lovingly crafted by stars of rock and pop, are all the rage right now. That other prominent French outfit, Daft Punk, also hit the big screen this month, having provided the music for green screen extravaganza Tron: Legacy. Not only do the world's greatest exponents...
- 12/4/2010
- by Paul Lester
- The Guardian - Film News
"Tangled"; with Mandy Moore (voice) and Zachary Levi (voice). Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard.
By Kevin Bowen - November 26, 2010
Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair …
Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen …
As a friend of mine noted we are entering an age of collective amnesia. We no longer have to remember anything anymore. There are no long debates over beers about factual details. If there’s a disagreement, the conversation ends and someone pulls up Wikipedia.
For example as I get older I no longer remember the storylines of fairy tales. I want to know: can I trust Wikipedia? If Wikipedia is wrong, is it possible to tell the wrong story, impart the wrong meaning, and misteach a child?
Getting it right might be especially important with Rapunzel. As fairytale-styled sexual metaphors go, the story of a certain hairy girl rides to the top of a very phallic tower.
By Kevin Bowen - November 26, 2010
Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair …
Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen …
As a friend of mine noted we are entering an age of collective amnesia. We no longer have to remember anything anymore. There are no long debates over beers about factual details. If there’s a disagreement, the conversation ends and someone pulls up Wikipedia.
For example as I get older I no longer remember the storylines of fairy tales. I want to know: can I trust Wikipedia? If Wikipedia is wrong, is it possible to tell the wrong story, impart the wrong meaning, and misteach a child?
Getting it right might be especially important with Rapunzel. As fairytale-styled sexual metaphors go, the story of a certain hairy girl rides to the top of a very phallic tower.
- 11/26/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a story suggesting the powers that be at Facebook were unhappy with the way they and the founding of their company are being portrayed in David Fincher's forthcoming "The Social Network."
Monday, the NY Post's Lou Lumenick called the piece out for biased reporting (it quotes David Kirkpatrick, whose "The Facebook Effect" was a rival to "The Social Network"'s primary source, Ben Mezrich's "The Accidental Billionaires"), and Tuesday the Hollywood Reporter noted that one of the scenes that was apparently being argued over, taking place "at a party while two young women offer lines of cocaine from naked breasts," would not be cut.
"Honestly, I wish that when people try to do journalism or write stuff about Facebook that they at least try to get it right," Mark Zuckerberg apparently said in a recent onstage interview. But it's this...
Monday, the NY Post's Lou Lumenick called the piece out for biased reporting (it quotes David Kirkpatrick, whose "The Facebook Effect" was a rival to "The Social Network"'s primary source, Ben Mezrich's "The Accidental Billionaires"), and Tuesday the Hollywood Reporter noted that one of the scenes that was apparently being argued over, taking place "at a party while two young women offer lines of cocaine from naked breasts," would not be cut.
"Honestly, I wish that when people try to do journalism or write stuff about Facebook that they at least try to get it right," Mark Zuckerberg apparently said in a recent onstage interview. But it's this...
- 8/25/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
Even by the colourful standards of her own family's public profile and professional achievements, Lynn Redgrave, who has died of breast cancer aged 67, was an exceptional personality. Her death seems particularly cruel after the loss of both her niece, Natasha Richardson, after a skiing accident last year, and her brother, Corin Redgrave, last month. The third child of the actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lynn was a gifted comedian who received her first Oscar nomination for a delightful, clownish performance in the title role of Georgy Girl (1966), one of the defining movies of the so-called swinging 60s. She went on to spend many years living and working in America. Less politically engaged than her older siblings, Vanessa and Corin, she was no less a remarkable talent.
Her 1991 television remake of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? with...
Her 1991 television remake of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? with...
- 5/3/2010
- by Michael Coveney
- The Guardian - Film News
Focused Favorites is an ongoing taste of my personal favorites, narrowed down with a fine-tooth comb, into very specific categories and topics. It’s a way I can share some of my personal choices in film and hopefully introduce others to films they may not have otherwise seen or even heard of. Enjoy!
I’m doing something a bit different this time for Focused Favorites and I’m focusing on a single film. Why, you may ask? Well, this particular film exists amongst a category that is thin with options to begin with, but “good” ones are even more scarce. In other words, I might subtitle this Getting it Right.
Phoebe In Wonderland is a film that truly shocked me, not in a bad way, but in a way that spoke to me and connect with the story. Part of this was certainly due to my own personal connection to the story,...
I’m doing something a bit different this time for Focused Favorites and I’m focusing on a single film. Why, you may ask? Well, this particular film exists amongst a category that is thin with options to begin with, but “good” ones are even more scarce. In other words, I might subtitle this Getting it Right.
Phoebe In Wonderland is a film that truly shocked me, not in a bad way, but in a way that spoke to me and connect with the story. Part of this was certainly due to my own personal connection to the story,...
- 1/11/2010
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Story: "Army@Love" by Rick Veitch (W/A) & Gary Erskine (A) - DC/Vertigo
What It's About: A New Jersey National Guard unit in the fictional country of Afbaghistan becomes a petri dish for new military marketing and morale-boosting strategies, mostly thanks to the office for Motivation and Morale (Momo), run by a toothy-grinned man named Col. Healey. In an over-the-top acidic satire about modern warfare and the efforts that drive military PR and recruitment, Veitch's story follows two soldiers, Flabbergast and Switzer, who get frisky in a war zone and christen their new derivative of the Mile High Club to be the Hot Zone Club.
Affairs, political power plays and absurd ringtones pepper the series as it explores the unsavory overlap that can occur amid corporate interests, modern war and media over-saturation.
Why It Works: "Army@Love" is an R-rated modern update of "M*A*S*H" for the age of cell phones,...
What It's About: A New Jersey National Guard unit in the fictional country of Afbaghistan becomes a petri dish for new military marketing and morale-boosting strategies, mostly thanks to the office for Motivation and Morale (Momo), run by a toothy-grinned man named Col. Healey. In an over-the-top acidic satire about modern warfare and the efforts that drive military PR and recruitment, Veitch's story follows two soldiers, Flabbergast and Switzer, who get frisky in a war zone and christen their new derivative of the Mile High Club to be the Hot Zone Club.
Affairs, political power plays and absurd ringtones pepper the series as it explores the unsavory overlap that can occur amid corporate interests, modern war and media over-saturation.
Why It Works: "Army@Love" is an R-rated modern update of "M*A*S*H" for the age of cell phones,...
- 11/18/2009
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Splash Page
Who? What? Where? When?
Any company looking to share its message with the public needs to ask these questions first. But you already knew that, right?
It's crucial these days that marketing dollars are used in the most effective ways possible. So companies must try to determine beyond a shadow of a doubt who to target, what message works, where the most effective medium will be and when to share it. After all, you'll get a bigger bang for your buck if you get it right the first time.
The key to getting it right is gaining a deep understanding of your customer through proper data-capture and analysis. From there, with the right tools, you should be able to extrapolate the key points, creative elements, offers and media that will produce a positive return on investment.
Many companies are now using data tools to help them make the most informed marketing decisions possible.
Any company looking to share its message with the public needs to ask these questions first. But you already knew that, right?
It's crucial these days that marketing dollars are used in the most effective ways possible. So companies must try to determine beyond a shadow of a doubt who to target, what message works, where the most effective medium will be and when to share it. After all, you'll get a bigger bang for your buck if you get it right the first time.
The key to getting it right is gaining a deep understanding of your customer through proper data-capture and analysis. From there, with the right tools, you should be able to extrapolate the key points, creative elements, offers and media that will produce a positive return on investment.
Many companies are now using data tools to help them make the most informed marketing decisions possible.
- 7/23/2009
- by Melinda Partin
- Fast Company
By Subhash K Jha
Who says Katrina can’t speak proper Hindi? She’s been practising constantly with friends and in her dubbing, so much so that Katrina has almost lost her voice.
The dubbing for Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has taken its toll on her throat. Raj Kumar Santoshi is always known to be very particular about his actors’ lamguage. For Ranbir in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani who has a lot of colloquial Hindi to speak, he has personally been supervising the dubbing.
But Ranbir is a very skilled dialogue deliverer. And getting.
Who says Katrina can’t speak proper Hindi? She’s been practising constantly with friends and in her dubbing, so much so that Katrina has almost lost her voice.
The dubbing for Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has taken its toll on her throat. Raj Kumar Santoshi is always known to be very particular about his actors’ lamguage. For Ranbir in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani who has a lot of colloquial Hindi to speak, he has personally been supervising the dubbing.
But Ranbir is a very skilled dialogue deliverer. And getting.
- 6/20/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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