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The Best of 2008 With One Month to Go
2 December 2008 2:06 AM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Photo: Paramount Pictures Can you believe it? There are only 30 days left in 2008! Every year I get together with my family at Thanksgiving and that realization hits you and you ask, "Can you believe it's Thanksgiving already?" The reply typically comes, "Well can you believe we have less than a month until Christmas?" Time just never seems to slow down allowing any of us to take a break and with the awards season in full swing and top ten lists just around the corner I thought I would take a quick look at the year that has been and what is left. A quick check in the RopeofSilicon movie review archives tells me I have reviewed 118 films so far this year (easily a record for me) and currently have the reviews for Waltz With Bashir, Defiance, The Wrestler, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
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Brad Brevet
Feature: Jason Statham, Working Class (Action) Hero
26 November 2008 10:05 AM, PST | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news
By R. Emmet Sweeney
Jason Statham is a worker. He's released three films in 2008 alone ("Transporter 3" hits theaters today), and his characters are defined by labor, whether he's playing a driver, a thief or an assassin. They have names evocative of union workers and hockey players: Frank Martin, Terry Leather, Chev Chelios. These are single-minded anti-heroes out to complete a mission. Nothing concerns them but the job, whether it's a "Bank Job," an "Italian Job" or a "Transporter" gig. The thrills in a successful Statham film come from this focus -- the hurtling narratives rarely pause for backstory, concerned only with bridging the gap between a plan and its execution.
Statham's route to tough guy stardom was circuitous. For a decade, he toured the world as a member of Britain's national diving squad, finishing 12th on the platform at the '92 World Championships, but amateur sports weren't paying the bills.
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Crank: High Voltage (2009)
20 November 2008 6:37 PM, PST | From The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart
Release Date: April 17, 2009
Studio: Lionsgate
Screenwriter: Neveldine/Taylor
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Plot: In this high-octane sequel, hitman Chev Chelios. (Statham) launches himself on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart. Crank: High Voltage is written and directed by Neveldine/Taylor, the duo behind the 2006 hit film Crank, and the upcoming Game starring Gerard Butler.
Jason Statham (The Transporter, The Bank Job) returns to star as hitman Chev Chelios. Reprising their roles from the 2006 original are Amy Smart (Road Trip, the upcoming Mirrors) as Eve, Dwight Yoakam (Sling Blade) as Doc Miles, and Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite) as Venus. Rounding out the cast are Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote, the upcoming Star Trek prequel) and Bai Ling (Red Corner,
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Adam Green To Write & Direct Frozen!
13 November 2008 7:35 AM, PST | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news
We just received a press release announcing that filmmaker Adam Green (Spiral, Hatchet) will be writing & directing Frozen, a high-concept thriller for Peter Block's "A Bigger Boat" production company. Read ahead for All the details:
A Bigger Boat Launches Frozen At The American Film Market
Santa Monica, CA (November 11, 2008) Peter Block’s A Bigger Boat announced today that it has greenlit the chilling thriller Frozen, written and to be directed by Adam Green (Hatchet, Spiral). The company will produce the picture with Green’s ArieScope Pictures.
GreeneStreet Films International (Gsfi) is selling the film worldwide and has already closed deals at the American Film Market with the United Kingdom’s Momentum, Spain’s Aurum, France’s Metropolitan, the Middle East’s Ecs, Brazil’s Playarte, Israel’s United King, Scandinavia’s Svensk, and Turkey’s Medyavizyon.
The story revolves around three skiers who are stranded on a chairlift and
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Hatchet's Adam Green is Frozen
12 November 2008 8:36 PM, PST | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news
Hatchet Director Adam Green is about to get Frozen with A Bigger Boat. The new shingle headed by ex-Lionsgate exec Peter Block will co-produce with Green's ArieScope Pictures. Read the full PR below.
Santa Monica, CA (November 11, 2008) Peter Block’s A Bigger Boat announced today that it has greenlit the chilling thriller Frozen, written and to be directed by Adam Green (Hatchet, Spiral). The company will produce the picture with Green’s ArieScope Pictures.
GreeneStreet Films International (Gsfi) is selling the film worldwide and has already closed deals at the American Film Market with the United Kingdom’s Momentum, Spain’s Aurum, France’s Metropolitan, the Middle East’s Ecs, Brazil’s Playarte, Israel’s United King, Scandinavia’s Svensk, and Turkey’s Medyavizyon.
The story revolves around three skiers who are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life or death choices that prove more dangerous than even freezing to death.
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Ron Perlman Joins Nic Cage For ‘Season of the Witch’
22 October 2008 2:01 AM, PDT | From MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news
Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media, LLC and Atlas Entertainment announced today that Ron Perlman will join Nicolas Cage in the upcoming film Season of the Witch. The supernatural thriller, from writer Bragi Schut, Jr, will be directed by Dominic Sena (Gone in Sixty Seconds, Swordfish). Golden Globe®-winning and Emmy®-nominated actor Perlman is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the Hellboy franchise. The film will be produced by Charles Roven and Alex Gartner. Season of the Witch tells the story of 14th-century knights transporting a girl suspected of being the witch who has spread the Black Plague. Production is scheduled to commence in early November 2008 in Austria and Hungary. Perlman will play the role of “Felson.” Additional casting for the film includes Stephen Campbell Moore (The Bank Job) as “Debelzaq,” Claire Foy (the BBC’s Little Dorrit) as “The Girl,” and Robbie Sheehan (Independent Television’s Rock Rivals) as “Kaylan.
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DVD Spotlight: 10/14.
15 October 2008 4:22 PM, PDT | From GreenCine | See recent GreenCine news
"Monty Python clearly owes a lot to this team." Susan Stewart on The Best of... What's Left of... Not Only... but Also..., a collection of the remaining eight episodes of Dudley Moore and Peter Cook's late-60s show for the BBC.
Steve-o's double feature at Noir of the Week: The Bank Job (2008) and Armored Car Robbery (1950).
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Marsan joins 'Sherlock Holmes' cast
29 September 2008 11:03 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Hancock villain Eddie Marsan has been cast opposite Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes. Marsan will portray Inspector Lestrade, a Scotland Yard detective and ally of Holmes in Guy Ritchie's revamped story of the Baker Street sleuth. The actor, whose credits also include Happy-Go-Lucky, Miami Vice and Mission: Impossible III, said: "I'm doing Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. I play Inspector Lestrade. Holmes describes him as a man with no imagination." Speaking (more)
By Simon Reynolds
Confirmed, Mark Ronson and Daisy Lowe Split Up
16 September 2008 1:26 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
Amidst reports that Mark Ronson and Daisy Lowe have split up, a representative for the English fashion model has confirmed the couple are no longer together. "Yes it's true. They've split," her spokeswoman stated. "However, this is a private matter between Daisy and Mark. There is nothing more to add."
The Daily Mirror which broke the news reported that the pair decided to end their relationship after a heated argument in New York last week, during which Daisy is believed to have told the musician she "had enough" and was leaving him. To that Mark reportedly simply told her, "Fine, leave." The twosome have since then had no contact.
No words on the reason for their split, but rumor has it, their separation was triggered by their 14-year age gap. "Daisy is a girl about town just finding her feet on the party scene and loving every minute of it.
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24 hours in the life of a drug dealer - Shifty
29 August 2008 11:19 AM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news
From the same micro-budget backers that helped bring us the much talked about Mum & Dad comes a film that covers 24 hours in the life of a charismatic Muslim crack dealer. "Riz Ahmed (Britz, The Road to Guantanamo) takes the title role of Shifty, a thriller charting an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young crack cocaine dealer on the outskirts of London. The sudden return home of his best friend sets in motion a chain of events that see Shifty’s life quickly spiral out of control. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, played by Jason Flemyng (Stardust, Layer Cake), intent on setting him up. As his long time friend Chris, played by Daniel Mays (The Bank Job, Atonement), confronts the dark past he left behind him,
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'Knight' spends third week at Oz No.1
6 August 2008 2:38 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
The Dark Knight has spent a third week at number one in Australia. Christian Bale and Heath Ledger's action film beat off competition from assassin movie Wanted, which debuted at two. Elsewhere, Jason Statham's The Bank Job entered at four, while The X Files slipped three places to seventh. The top ten in full: 1. (1) The Dark Knight - $$4,576,178
2. (-) Wanted (more)
By Alex Fletcher
21 Is No. 1
31 July 2008 10:38 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
Sony's 21 debuted at the top of the DVD sales charts, rental charts, and Blu-ray charts last week. The film, which earned $81.2 million when it was released in theaters earlier this year, yanked Disney's Step Up 2 the Streets off its perch on the sales charts and Lionsgate's The Bank Job off its perch on Home Media magazine's rental charts. Riding the tails of The Dark Knight, a limited-edition gift set of Batman Begins remained at No. 3 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart.
George Clooney's Ex: I'm Staying Single
26 July 2008 1:55 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Even though Sarah Larson is no longer jetting around the world and hitting red carpets with George Clooney, single life is treating her just fine. "It's working for me," she told People of being single Friday before hosting a party at Tao Las Vegas. Having split from Clooney in May following a year-long whirlwind romance, Larson is now spending most of her time modeling in Los Angeles. As far as jumping into a relationship, no thanks, she says. "I'm staying single," said Larson, who wore a Black Halo dresss to the event. "I'm not dating anyone right now."Her dating
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Mark Gray
On DVD Today: July 15, 2008
15 July 2008 12:39 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest There isn't a whole lot to say about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest that hasn't already been said. You can look back at just about every single Jack Nicholson performance and find reason to call one or the other his best. Cuckoo's Nest is without a doubt one of his best. Warner didn't send me a review copy of this film so I can't tell you how the transfer looks, how it sounds or what the special features are like, but knowing them it's going to be impressive. Very rarely am I ever not impressed by a Warner special edition release and I highly doubt they would mess this one up. I still remember the first time I watched this movie and there is one line that gets me still to this day, "Hit me,
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Brad Brevet
Thomas and Roven, the Producers Talk 'Dark Knight'
15 July 2008 12:38 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures Names many people seem to forget are those of the producers and while at the press junket for The Dark Knight we spoke with Emma Thomas and Charles Roven, both producers of the film with plenty to say about the cast, the crew, the locations, the ups and the downs. Thomas is not only a producer on the film she also doubles as director Chris Nolan's wife and has produced all of Nolan's films including Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins and The Prestige. Roven has produced several films you would have heard of as well, including the recently released Get Smart and The Bank Job as well as Twelve Monkeys and is currently set to bring The Flash to the big screen should it ever come to pass. Check out what they had to say. Can you
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Brad Brevet
Top Ten Best Movies Midway Through 2008
8 July 2008 3:07 PM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Top Ten Best Movies Midway Through 2008 Figuring out the ten worst films over the course of the first six months of 2008 was difficult because there were so many. Unfortunately, figuring out the best films of the first six months wasn't nearly as difficult as it turns out there was really only one film left on the outside along with one major exception. First off, Cloverfield didn't make the list and for what I believe are obvious reasons. As much as Cloverfield is a fun movie to watch the first time you see it there isn't much to enjoy after that. The first 18 minutes or so are worthless set-up pieces that you never want to watch again and the last 60 minutes of the film are still a bit fun, but the mystery behind the film has already been revealed and the unexpected deaths are no longer unexpected and you begin to
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Cohen, Ferrell cast in 'Sherlock Holmes'
2 July 2008 3:16 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Columbia has signed Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell for a comedy version of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Cohen will play the famous Baker Street detective, with Ferrell taking on the role as his sidekick Watson. Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller will produce the film with Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) on scripting duties. Columbia's Matt Tolmach said: "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh. (more)
By Simon Reynolds
21 Aces No. 1
1 April 2008 10:32 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
Box office forecasters crapped out over the weekend as the film they had bet on to lead the competition came in third and a film they had expected to flop wound up at the top. In fact, Sony's gambling movie 21 far surpassed predictions, taking in $24.1 million over the weekend. Fox's Horton Hears a Who!, meanwhile, continued to take advantage of the kids' Easter break from school and slid just $27 percent to $17.4 million, putting its three-week total well above the $100-million mark. But Superhero Movie clearly did not have the kind of muscle analysts thought it did, winding up with just $9.5 million in its debut -- a far cry from the $15-20 million that had been predicted for it. Paramount's Stop-Loss -- despite generally strong reviews -- was not expected to do well, and it didn't. It came in eighth with just $4.6 million. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. 21, Sony/Columbia, $24,105,943, (New) ); 2. Horton Hears a Who!, Fox, $17,740,106, 3 Wks. ($117,589,254); 3. Superhero Movie, Mgm/The Weinstein Co., $9,510,297, (New) ); 4. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Lionsgate, $7,481,508, 2 Wks. ($32,549,825); 5. Drillbit Taylor, Paramount, $5,713,585, 2 Wks. ($20,487,226); 6. Shutter, Fox, $5,221,016, 2 Wks. ($18,998,604); 7. 10,000 B.C., $4,947,174, 4 Wks. ($84,992,525); 8. Stop-Loss, Paramount, $4,555,117, (New) ); 9. College Road Trip, Disney, $3,457,756, 4 Wks. ($38,322,829); 10. The Bank Job, Lionsgate, $2,780,168, 4 Wks. ($19,521,672).
21 Blackjacks Its Rivals
31 March 2008 10:29 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
Defying analysts' odds, the gambling flick 21 topped the box office over the weekend with $23.7 million. Superhero Movie, which most industry forecasters had picked to win the competition, wound up with just $9.5 million to place third. The third week of Horton Hears a Who turned out to be music to the ears of Fox executives as it wound up with $17.4 million, taking it well past the $100-million mark to $117.2 million. Meanwhile, Stop-Loss, the best-reviewed new film, became the latest anti-Iraq-war movie to be shot down at the box office, as it opened in eighth place with just $4.5 million. Not even making the top-ten list was the Picturehouse comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run, which barely got off the blocks with $2.4 million in ticket sales. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:1. 21, $23.7 million; 2. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, $17.4 million; 3. Superhero Movie, $9.5 million; 4. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, $7.8 million; 5. Drillbit Taylor, $5.8 million; 6. Shutter, $5.3 million; 7. 10,000 B.C., $4.9 million; 8. Stop-Loss, $4.5 million; 9. College Road Trip, $3.5 million; 10. The Bank Job, $2.8 million.
Whoville Comes In Loud And Clear
25 March 2008 10:18 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
The sound of $24.6 million being plunked down at the box office greeted theater owners showing Horton Hears a Who! over the Easter weekend. According to final figures released by Media by Numbers, the animated Fox film based on the Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) children's book, the movie has taken in $86 million since it opened on March 14. Coming in second was Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, which opened with $20.1 million. But from those two leaders, the box office dropped off sharply. The horror film Shutter placed third with $10.4 million, about $100,000 ahead of Drillbit Taylor, starring Owen Wilson. Rounding out the top five was 10,000 B.C., which took in $8.9 million. Also making the top-ten was the Spanish-language Under the Same Moon from Fox Searchlight and The Weinstein Co. Playing in just 266 theaters, the film earned $2.8 million, the biggest opening ever for a Spanish-language movie. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who!, 20th Century Fox, $24,590,596, 2 Wks. ($86,010,517); 2. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Lionsgate, $20,082,809, (New); 3. Shutter, 20th Century Fox, $10,447,559, (New); 4. Drillbit Taylor, Paramount, $10,309,986, (New); 5. 10,000 B.C., Warner Bros., $8,934,064, 3 Wks. ($76,401,302); 6. Never Back Down, Summit Entertainment, $4,827,250, 2 Wks. ($16,790,361); 7. College Road Trip, Disney, $4,697,683, 3 Wks. ($32,073,003); 8. The Bank Job, Lionsgate, $4,191,773, 3 Wks. ($19,521,672); 9. Vantage Point, Sony/Columbia, $3,805,541, 5 Wks. ($65,300,784); 10. Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna), Fox Searchlight/Weinstein Co. $2,770,000, 1 Wk. ($34,967,10 -- Since Wednesday).
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