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Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film | Into That Good Night | We Are Family | Comedy Showcase: The Amazing Dermot | Watch this
3 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film | Into That Good Night | We Are Family | Comedy Showcase: The Amazing Dermot
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
7.15pm, TCM
The director Ron Howard got his first break in Hollywood at the age of four, starring against Yul Brynner in The Journey before graduating to The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days. It all prepared him for an adult life as a filmmaker. He talks about each of his films eloquently here, and among the stinkers (he describes Far and Away as "misunderstood") Howard also predicted reality television with Ed TV, and brilliantly captured Richard Nixon's exile and hubris with Frost/Nixon. A good insight into the director's craft.
Into That Good Night
7.30pm, Channel 4
The disparate group interviewed for this doc are united by something so fundamental that it overrides their differences: they're all going to die. This statement could, of course, »
- Will Hodgkinson, Andrew Mueller, Julia Raeside, Phelim O'Neill
Reliance Big Entertainment inks creative partnership with Ron Howard
2 December 2009 8:24 PM, PST | BusinessofCinema | See recent BusinessofCinema news »
Reliance Big Entertainment has signed a development/production financing deal with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment. The first project under the deal will be the comedy Mofos, which is about two 20-something best friends who are unemployed, strapped for cash, down on their luck and decide to start up a business as Los Angeles' most unlikely male escorts. Mofos will be produced by Grazer, written by Josh Berghaus and Jay Shore and overseen by Karen Kehela Sherwood and Sarah Bowen at Imagine Entertainment. ... »
Blu-Ray Review: Wordy ‘Angels & Demons’ Fails to Illuminate
2 December 2009 5:45 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Give Ron Howard an intimate character study like “Frost/Nixon,” and he’ll knock it out of the park. Give him a sprawling plot-driven thriller like…well, let’s face it: anything written by Dan Brown, and he’ll be consumed by the enormity of his subject. Yet while Howard’s “The Da Vinci Code,” failed on a human level, it did succeed in highlighting the tantalizing questions raised by Brown’s text, particularly the implications of historical distortion throughout the centuries. When the characters were allowed to simply analyze the story’s inherent mysteries, the film took flight.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
Unfortunately, “Angels & Demons” never has a chance to truly engage, which is partly due to the fact that the material itself is less philosophical, and more on the level of a conventional thriller. That isn’t to say that Brown’s story (which was originally the prequel to »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Reliance Big inks deal with Hollywood filmmakers
2 December 2009 6:50 AM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Los Angeles, Dec 2 (Ians) Reliance Big Entertainment, the media and entertainment arm of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has signed a development-production financing deal with Hollywood filmmakers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment.
Their first project, titled “Mofos”, will be a comedy revolving round a group of youngsters who are unemployed, strapped for cash, down on their luck and decide to start a business as Los Angeles’ most unlikely male escorts.
“Ron and I are very pleased to have signed this deal with our friends at Reliance,” said Grazer.
“With their huge expertise in one of the most exciting film industries in the world, they bring a wholly. »
- realbollywood
Reliance Big Ent. inks deal with Hollywood filmmakers
2 December 2009 6:35 AM, PST | Bollywoodworld.com | See recent BollywoodWorld news »
Los Angeles, Reliance Big Entertainment, the media and entertainment arm of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has signed a development-production financing deal with Hollywood filmmakers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment. Their first project, titled “Mofos”, will be a comedy revolving round a group of youngsters who are unemployed, strapped for cash, down on [...]Posted from: Bollywood World »
- BW Team
Paul Greengrass Officially Leaves Jason Bourne Franchise
1 December 2009 8:27 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Yesterday we posted that Paul Greengrass was being rumored as leaving the fourth Bourne film and now its being confirmed by the director himself.
Here is the statement from Greengrass presented by the studio:
“You won’t find a more devoted supporter of the Bourne franchise than me. I will always be grateful to have been the caretaker to Jason Bourne over the course of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. I’m very proud of those films and feel they express everything I most passionately believe about the possibility of making quality movies in the mainstream. My decision to not return a third time as director is simply about feeling the call for a different challenge. There’s been no disagreement with Universal Pictures. The opportunity to work with the Bourne family again is a difficult thing to pass up, but we have discussed this together and they »
- Kevin Coll
Exclusive Interview: Possesion(s) star Laurence Fuller
1 December 2009 3:51 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Possession(s), a new Australian short, featured one of the most notable launches in recent memory. To coincide with the film’s release a famous Peter Booth artwork, Painting (Man With Bandaged Head), was sold off in The Deutscher and Hackett Important Fine Art Auction.
The tie-in between the film and the auction comes in the shape of actor Laurence Fuller who used the painting, which he owned, as inspiration for the dark, brooding short. His character Frank, upon seeing the Peter Booth work, becomes embroiled with a sense of obsession; he simply has to own the piece and will do anything to make it so. However, it soon becomes clear that Frank is not the only one consumed by the desire to possess.
Laurence Fuller shines in the lead role and it is easy to see why he is a much sought after young actor. Having attended the Method »
- Kieron
Imagine Joins Ranks of Reliance's 'Creative Partnerships'
1 December 2009 1:08 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Wrap Staff
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment has joined the list of Hollywood production companies who have signed development/production financing deals with Reliance Big Entertainment.
Reliance is the media and entertainment arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-adag).
The first project under the deal will be the comedy "Mofos," about two unemployed 20-somethings who decide to start a business as Los Angeles' most unlikely male escorts.
Grazer will produce "Mofos," which is written by Josh Berghaus and Jay... »
- Lisa Horowitz
Bollywood Courts Helen Mirren, Tom Hanks For Biopic to End All Biopics
1 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
· Helen Mirren, Tom Hanks and Tommy Lee Jones are among the Oscarrific stars reportedly in talks to join Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story, a long-gestating, Bollywood-produced biopic of the former Indian prime minister who was assassinated in 1984. Mirren would reprise her signature role as Queen Elizabeth II, while Hanks and Jones would take on the roles of -- deep breath -- Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Respectively. Emily Watson and Albert Finney may also drop in as Margaret Thatcher and Peter Ustinov, the latter of whom was awaiting an audience with Gandhi when she was killed. "Queen of Bollywood" Madhuri Dixit is attached to the title role, having narrowly edged out this year's ambitious awards-season lock Sandra Bullock. [Telegraph via The Wrap]
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard makes their own Indian deal, the new My Fair Lady picks up a director and more Hollywood Ink after the jump. »
No Fourth Bourne Film for Paul Greengrass
30 November 2009 9:00 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Paul Greengrass who directed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum and has been set to direct a fourth Bourne film is no longer interested in directing the next installment of the Ludlum series.
The Playlist is reporting that director Paul Greengrass has left the production of the fourth Jason Bourne film, which is currently in development at Universal Pictures.
It was said that there are currently two scripts for the project, one by The Bourne Ultimatum co-writer George Nolfi and another by Josh Zemuter. It seems that no one cares much for Nolfi’s script and Greengrass wasn’t happy when Zemuter was hired without consulting with him first. Greengrass is currently working on post-production of his latest film with star Matt Damon, The Green Zone, which was said to be in a bit of trouble itself with the budget escalating to $150 million, from its original $100 million budget.
If »
- Kevin Coll
[TV] Moonshot
30 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
The format of the History Channel’s Moonshot is a strange one. Similar to their prior Manson, the film contains both authentic documentary footage (interviews in that film, and verite footage of actual events in this one) and fictionalized re-enactments, but unlike that film, this one has the distinct disadvantage of following in the footsteps of many, many well-produced films and television shows about Nasa in the 1960s, whereas nothing comparable had really been produced about Manson. That’s not always a liability (Lord knows they’ll always be enough room in national consciousness for another television movie about Hitler), but Moonshot turns it into one, taking too many cues from prior films to make its pseudo-documentary style feel like anything other than a cost saving gimmick.
Odds are good that if you went through an American high school at some point in the last forty years, you are at »
- Anders Nelson
Angels & Demons Blu-ray Review
29 November 2009 6:13 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
One of the rules in the mystery thriller genre is that if you want to find your suspect for the killings, it’s probably not the obvious answer. One should be suspicious of the nice, the genteel, the physical unthreatening, and often the sexual repressed/fey types. If the idea is surprising your audience, the person in the first act cutting the brushes will probably not be the killer, unless he never shows up again, and the camera lingers (the Hunt for Red October rule). As mystery/thrillers go, Angels & Demons is perfectly competent, but never much more, and the person most likely to be the ringleader is evident if the rules above are paid attention to. My review of the Angels and Demons Blu-ray after the jump.
Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon, called to the Vatican to help after the illuminati have shown their hand and threaten to »
- Andre Dellamorte
Beloved Turkey: Vibes
28 November 2009 8:24 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Alexa from Pop Elegantiarum here to share a turkey for Thanksgiving. When Vibes arrived in theaters in 1988, I was predisposed to like it for a number of reasons. First, there was Cyndi Lauper in her first starring role. In the great Madonna/Cyndi debate of the mid-80s, I was firmly in Cyndi's camp. (Keep in mind that I was 12 years old at the time.) Second was her co-star, Jeff Goldblum, on whom I'd harbored a crush since watching his Seth Brundle awkwardly woo Geena Davis at the beginning of The Fly. (I chose to ignore the gallons of puss he spewed later in the film.) As an added bonus there was Julian Sands, whom I'd also mooned over since he swung from a tree in A Room with a View. Finally, add a zany Peter Falk, pathologically lying à la Vincent Ricardo, and you had the stuff of my cinematic dreams. »
- Alexa
Revenge of the shlockmeister: Roger Corman gets his due
25 November 2009 4:57 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Roger Corman's output through the years may not be immediately familiar, but he's been a wide conduit for emerging talent and raw creativity. That's why he's finally been given an Oscar
"Ok, so, November 14th 2009, Roger Corman receives an Oscar. People … what took you so long?" The words of Jonathan Demme in his speech before handing over the statuette to Corman on that fateful evening.
Don't worry, you've not missed the Oscar ceremony (something surprisingly easy to do since Sky swiped the TV rights). This was the inaugural Governors awards, part of the new-look Academy that will see the number of nominees greatly expanded come March, where the board issue honorary Oscars to deserving talents who they missed out or ignored over the years. It's a shame this was such a sidelined event as we were denied the opportunity to see Hollywood's brightest and best politely clapping at a »
- Phelim O'Neill
This Week on DVD: Funny People, Angels & Demons, Gomorrah
24 November 2009 9:48 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Tom Hanks is back as the almighty all-knowing symbologist Robert Langdon this week as Ron Howard's Angels & Demons hits DVD and Blu-ray, along with Judd Apatow's underperforming Funny People and the Robert Rodriguez family adventure flick Shorts. Also this week, Criterion releases the acclaimed mafia film Gomorrah, Uwe Boll's Far Cry video game adaptation goes direct to DVD, and Spike Lee's Kobe Bryant doc Kobe: Doin' Work finally hits stores. On Blu-ray we have Fred Dekker's The Monster Squad, Jackie Chan's New Police Story, and the first season of The Sopranos. What will you be renting or buying this week? Angels & Demons [1] (DVD, Blu-ray [2]) Four Christmases [3] (DVD, Blu-ray [4]) Funny People [5] (DVD, Blu-ray [6]) Shorts [7] (DVD, Blu-ray [8]) Gomorrah: Criterion Collection [9] (DVD, Blu-ray [10]) The Golden Age of Television: Criterion Collection [11] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [12] Far Cry [13] Three Monkeys [14] Santa Buddies [15] (DVD, Blu-ray [16]) Taking Chances [17] National »
- Sean
Bloggers' Reviews: 2012
24 November 2009 4:51 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Here at Screenrush, we're all about getting voices heard. So, in the first of a series of features, we're giving you the chance to find out what's on the collective minds of the greatest bloggers the information superhighway has to offer.
This week, our friends from Movie Reviews By Captain D, Battle Royale With Cheese and Heyuguys give their verdict on Roland Emmerich's disasterific new flick, 2012...
Movie Reviews By Captain D
After the silly but fun Independence Day and bloated climate warning epic wannabe The Day After Tomorrow, Robert Emerich is back trying to destroy the planet again. In 2012, he chooses, rather than spaced out aliens or freaky weather conditions, the effect of a gigantic solar flare on the earth's core.
Click here to read on...
Battle Royale With Cheese
The end of the world - It is something that no one wants to come to pass in real »
This Week In DVD: November 24th
23 November 2009 10:34 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves standing in line at the unemployment office. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. So join us each week as he takes a look at new DVD releases and gives his highly unqualified opinion as to which titles are worth BUYing, which are better off as RENTals, and which should be AVOIDed at all costs. Click on any of the titles below to magically head over to Amazon.com and pick up the DVD. And don't forget to check out Neil Miller's hilariously titled This Week In Blu-ray column for reviews on the latest high definition Blu-ray releases! Nothing new worth buying this week! Instead, I’ll be renting a bunch and saving my $$ for next week when I pick up Paper Heart and Criterion's A Christmas Tale. Angels »
- Rob Hunter
Screenwriters J. Michael Straczynski and Matthew Sand on Brothers In Arms, Forbidden Planet, Shattered Union, Red Star, Silver Surfer, Wwz, and Lensmen
22 November 2009 9:27 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
At this weekend’s press junket for Ninja Assassin, I participated in a roundtable interview with screenwriters J. Michael Straczynski and Matthew Sand. While some screenwriters are lucky to have one project in developement, these two have tons. In fact, the list of projects they’re working on or have been on is rather impressive. Here’s some of them: Brothers in Arms, Red Star, Forbidden Planet, Lensmen, Silver Surfer, Wwz, and Shattered Union.
While we didn’t get to spend a lot of time on any one project, what we did get was updates on all of them. So if you’re curious what’s up with any of these movies, hit the jump to read what they had to say.
And if you’d like to know about Ninja Assassin, here’s a bunch of movie clips.
Q: How does the economy affect your upcoming projects?
Ms: Gosh, »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Exclusive Video: Brand New Angels & Demons Special Feature Clip
20 November 2009 11:14 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
We have a new exclusive special feature clip from the summer blockbuster Angels & Demons, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 24. Click below for our exclusive peek at the special features, which features Tom Hanks, author Dan Brown and director Ron Howard discussing the character of Robert Langdon.
In Ron Howard's thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals' lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and the most secretive vault on Earth!
Special Features:
- Rome Was Not Built In A Day
- Writing Angels & Demons
- Characters In Search Of The True Story
- Cern: Pushing the »
Directors Pay Tribute To Roger Corman
19 November 2009 3:13 PM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Corman in London, photographed by Cinema Retro's Mark Mawston.
Entertainment Weekly columnist Chris Nashawaty has done yeoman work in soliciting comments from some top-name directors, actors and writers who recall their memories of working for producer Roger Corman. The B movie king is finally being shown the respect he deserves, culminating with a special Oscar being bestowed on him for his remarkable achievements in film. Corman gave crucial first breaks to many directors and actors who went on to have great careers. In this article, homage is paid to Corman by Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Joe Dante, Jonathan Demme, Sylvester Stallone, Dennis Hopper, William Shatner, Richard Matheson and others. Click here to read »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
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