The controversial and contentious experiment where Warner Bros. has debuted its 2021 slate of feature films on HBO Max will hit a crescendo in October thanks to the releases of “The Many Saints of Newark” and “Dune” on the streaming platform. Both “Many Saints” producer and co-writer David Chase and “Dune” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve have criticized the corporate decision to release films day-and-date in theaters and via HBO Max, but despite the outcry, the two highly anticipated features lead a massive lineup of acclaimed library movie titles and Emmy Award-winning original series coming to the network in October 2021. Highlights include:
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (October): Larry David’s Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 11th season in October and will tackle the coronavirus pandemic in a way that feels organic to the show and its protagonist. “We figured out a way that we are definitely living in a reality where the pandemic has happened,...
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (October): Larry David’s Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 11th season in October and will tackle the coronavirus pandemic in a way that feels organic to the show and its protagonist. “We figured out a way that we are definitely living in a reality where the pandemic has happened,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Dan Kneece, the veteran camera operator and Steadicam expert who worked on films including David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown and Roland Emmerich’s The Patriot, has died. He was 64.
Kneece had heart trouble and died Saturday in his Venice home, where he was found by his longtime friend and first assistant cameraman Steven Mann during a “wellness check,” Mann told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kneece also operated a camera for Joel Schumacher on Dying Young (1991), Phone Booth (2002) and The Number 23 (2007) and for Wes Craven on The People Under the Stairs (1991) and Scream (1996),
“Wes said the opening of ...
Kneece had heart trouble and died Saturday in his Venice home, where he was found by his longtime friend and first assistant cameraman Steven Mann during a “wellness check,” Mann told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kneece also operated a camera for Joel Schumacher on Dying Young (1991), Phone Booth (2002) and The Number 23 (2007) and for Wes Craven on The People Under the Stairs (1991) and Scream (1996),
“Wes said the opening of ...
Dan Kneece, the veteran camera operator and Steadicam expert who worked on films including David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown and Roland Emmerich’s The Patriot, has died. He was 64.
Kneece had heart trouble and died Saturday in his Venice home, where he was found by his longtime friend and first assistant cameraman Steven Mann during a “wellness check,” Mann told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kneece also operated a camera for Joel Schumacher on Dying Young (1991), Phone Booth (2002) and The Number 23 (2007) and for Wes Craven on The People Under the Stairs (1991) and Scream (1996),
“Wes said the opening of ...
Kneece had heart trouble and died Saturday in his Venice home, where he was found by his longtime friend and first assistant cameraman Steven Mann during a “wellness check,” Mann told The Hollywood Reporter.
Kneece also operated a camera for Joel Schumacher on Dying Young (1991), Phone Booth (2002) and The Number 23 (2007) and for Wes Craven on The People Under the Stairs (1991) and Scream (1996),
“Wes said the opening of ...
Joe Johnston’s handsome and thrilling 30s-set adventure was a disappointment on release but in the years since, has found a fervent following
Thirty years ago, The Rocketeer opened in third place at the US box office, well behind Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the juggernaut that had premiered the week before, and a little behind the Billy Crystal comedy City Slickers, which was in its third week. It finished just ahead of Dying Young, but only because it was allotted more screens. The viewing public was genuinely torn between a crackerjack retro adventure about a jetpack-wearing superhero or a drippy, modern-day Love Story in which Julia Roberts falls in love with a terminally ill cancer patient. A humbler fate for this franchise non-starter could not have been imagined.
And yet, here is a 30th anniversary essay on The Rocketeer.
Thirty years ago, The Rocketeer opened in third place at the US box office, well behind Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the juggernaut that had premiered the week before, and a little behind the Billy Crystal comedy City Slickers, which was in its third week. It finished just ahead of Dying Young, but only because it was allotted more screens. The viewing public was genuinely torn between a crackerjack retro adventure about a jetpack-wearing superhero or a drippy, modern-day Love Story in which Julia Roberts falls in love with a terminally ill cancer patient. A humbler fate for this franchise non-starter could not have been imagined.
And yet, here is a 30th anniversary essay on The Rocketeer.
- 6/21/2021
- by Scott Tobias
- The Guardian - Film News
As part of our newly updated survey of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City came in at number 328.
Vampire Weekend hadn’t even finished work on their second album, Contra, when, in June of 2009, multi-instrumentalist and producer Rostam Batmanglij began writing music for Modern Vampires of the City, the group’s career-defining third LP. The genesis was an early version of what would end...
Vampire Weekend hadn’t even finished work on their second album, Contra, when, in June of 2009, multi-instrumentalist and producer Rostam Batmanglij began writing music for Modern Vampires of the City, the group’s career-defining third LP. The genesis was an early version of what would end...
- 9/28/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Late great visual stylist Joel Schumacher’s death-defying science fiction thriller Flatliners (1990) turns 30 today. It’s a classic, positively Frankenstein-ian examination of ambitious innovators prioritizing their careers in science over their own safety.
Five enterprising Chicago medical students push themselves beyond the normal confines of mortality in a series of “flatlining” experiments, wherein one student at a time lets the others level their heart rate for increasingly more insanely extended durations. These arrogant doctors-in-waiting discover that, upon resuscitation, each of them has brought something back with them: a haunting childhood trauma that, though invisible to anyone else, eventually poses a very tangible physical threat to that particular character’s well-being.
For Nelson Wright (Kiefer Sutherland), that trauma manifests itself as a schoolmate (Joshua Rudoy) he and his friends bullied into a horrific accident. For Rachel Manus (Julia Roberts), it’s her father (Benjamin Mouton), a Vietnam War vet who committed suicide in her youth.
Five enterprising Chicago medical students push themselves beyond the normal confines of mortality in a series of “flatlining” experiments, wherein one student at a time lets the others level their heart rate for increasingly more insanely extended durations. These arrogant doctors-in-waiting discover that, upon resuscitation, each of them has brought something back with them: a haunting childhood trauma that, though invisible to anyone else, eventually poses a very tangible physical threat to that particular character’s well-being.
For Nelson Wright (Kiefer Sutherland), that trauma manifests itself as a schoolmate (Joshua Rudoy) he and his friends bullied into a horrific accident. For Rachel Manus (Julia Roberts), it’s her father (Benjamin Mouton), a Vietnam War vet who committed suicide in her youth.
- 8/10/2020
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.
Today we pay our respects to Joel Schumacher, who passed away on June 22, 2020. A costume designer-turned-director, Schumacher made a name for himself with St. Elmo’s Fire and The Lost Boys in the mid-to-late 1980s. As demonstrated in those hit films, the filmmaker had an unparalleled eye for young talent. We examine four of lesser-remembered pictures: Cousins, Dying Young, Flawless, and Veronica Guerin.
There’s plenty of tangents here, as Schumacher was quite an outspoken sort. There are many interviews to reference and admire. We discuss his championing of young star Julia Roberts during her tumultuous rise to fame, the deep love he reveals for his characters (as evidenced in Cousins especially), the passionate failure of Flawless,...
Today we pay our respects to Joel Schumacher, who passed away on June 22, 2020. A costume designer-turned-director, Schumacher made a name for himself with St. Elmo’s Fire and The Lost Boys in the mid-to-late 1980s. As demonstrated in those hit films, the filmmaker had an unparalleled eye for young talent. We examine four of lesser-remembered pictures: Cousins, Dying Young, Flawless, and Veronica Guerin.
There’s plenty of tangents here, as Schumacher was quite an outspoken sort. There are many interviews to reference and admire. We discuss his championing of young star Julia Roberts during her tumultuous rise to fame, the deep love he reveals for his characters (as evidenced in Cousins especially), the passionate failure of Flawless,...
- 7/17/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
I’ll never forget the one time I got to talk to Joel Schumacher, the fluky, baroquely skilled, stylishly protean Hollywood filmmaker who died Monday at 80. It was June 1985, and I was one of the journalists attending the New York press junket for “St. Elmo’s Fire,” the post-teenage soap opera that already felt like a reunion of “The Breakfast Club.” The junket was buzzier than anyone had anticipated, because it coincided with the arrival of the latest issue of New York magazine, with its famous cover headline that christened the film’s stars “the Brat Pack.”
At the time, I was still in the demo for “St. Elmo’s Fire,” and had a real soft spot for it. In hindsight, it’s a quintessential Schumacher movie: a little smart, a little sappy, more than a little in love with its glamorously questing and angst-ridden twentysomething characters. In its glossy ’80s-youth-market way,...
At the time, I was still in the demo for “St. Elmo’s Fire,” and had a real soft spot for it. In hindsight, it’s a quintessential Schumacher movie: a little smart, a little sappy, more than a little in love with its glamorously questing and angst-ridden twentysomething characters. In its glossy ’80s-youth-market way,...
- 6/23/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Joel Schumacher, the director, screenwriter and costume designer with a wide-ranging filmography that includes St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, several John Grisham movies and two Nineties Batman films, died Monday after a year-long battle with cancer, Variety reports. He was 80.
Schumacher’s publicist confirmed the filmmaker’s death, though did not offer any specifics on Schumacher’s cancer diagnosis. The publicist said he “passed away quietly” and “will be fondly remembered by his friends and collaborators.”
Schumacher spent five decades in Hollywood, an openly gay man who moved...
Schumacher’s publicist confirmed the filmmaker’s death, though did not offer any specifics on Schumacher’s cancer diagnosis. The publicist said he “passed away quietly” and “will be fondly remembered by his friends and collaborators.”
Schumacher spent five decades in Hollywood, an openly gay man who moved...
- 6/22/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Joel Schumacher, the outspoken and shameless American filmmaker whose often flamboyant productions have become cult classics, died Monday morning at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer, Schumacher’s representatives confirmed to IndieWire. His last efforts behind the camera were directing two episodes of the Netflix series “House of Cards” in 2013, though he’d since continued to regale with his unfiltered stories of Hollywood lore, most recently in a 2019 profile of the filmmaker in New York Magazine.
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Joel Schumacher, the outspoken and shameless American filmmaker whose often flamboyant productions have become cult classics, died Monday morning at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer, Schumacher’s representatives confirmed to IndieWire. His last efforts behind the camera were directing two episodes of the Netflix series “House of Cards” in 2013, though he’d since continued to regale with his unfiltered stories of Hollywood lore, most recently in a 2019 profile of the filmmaker in New York Magazine.
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Joel Schumacher, costume designer-turned-director of films including “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “The Lost Boys” and “Falling Down,” as well as two “Batman” films, died in New York City on Monday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 80.
Schumacher brought his fashion background to directing a run of stylish films throughout the 1980s and 1990s that were not always critically acclaimed, but continue to be well-loved by audiences for capturing the feel of the era.
Schumacher was handed the reins of the “Batman” franchise when Tim Burton exited Warner Bros.’ Caped Crusader series after two enormously successful films. The first movie by Schumacher, “Batman Forever,” starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman, grossed more than $300 million worldwide.
Schumacher’s second and last film in the franchise was 1997’s “Batman and Robin,” with George Clooney as Batman and Arnold Schwarzenegger as villain Mr. Freeze. For “Batman Forever,...
Schumacher brought his fashion background to directing a run of stylish films throughout the 1980s and 1990s that were not always critically acclaimed, but continue to be well-loved by audiences for capturing the feel of the era.
Schumacher was handed the reins of the “Batman” franchise when Tim Burton exited Warner Bros.’ Caped Crusader series after two enormously successful films. The first movie by Schumacher, “Batman Forever,” starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman, grossed more than $300 million worldwide.
Schumacher’s second and last film in the franchise was 1997’s “Batman and Robin,” with George Clooney as Batman and Arnold Schwarzenegger as villain Mr. Freeze. For “Batman Forever,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
A Christmas Carol is now in previews on BroadwayThe holiday masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, comes to Broadway this holiday season for eight weeks only following critically acclaimed runs at London's Old Vic. Two visionary talents, playwright Jack Thorne Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and director Matthew Warchus Matilda, offer a magical new interpretation of Charles Dickens' classic story, starring Campbell Scott 'House of Cards,' Dying Young as Ebenezer Scrooge. Beginning previews on Thursday, November 7 at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street, with the opening night set for Wednesday, November 20, A Christmas Carol will play a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, January 5, 2020 only.
- 11/7/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Joseph Baxter Feb 28, 2018
Disney’s dormant film franchise, The Rocketeer, will be revived as an animated series, starring a female hero...
The Rocketeer franchise is ready for another liftoff more than a quarter of a century after it was grounded. While rumblings in recent years have teased a reboot movie and even a straight sequel to the original 1991 film, Disney’s family-friendly genre-mixing action brand will soon manifest as an animated series on the Mouse’s youth-aimed cable platform, Disney Junior.
Disney has announced that production on The Rocketeer animated series has already commenced. The franchise-reviving cartoon will – apropos to its platform – be aimed at young children (ages 2-7,) and families, targeting a release in 2019. The story will draw inspiration from The Rocketeer comic book series of Dave Stevens, which adhered to the original film. However, the series will follow the rocket pack-powered exploits of a young female hero. Each...
Disney’s dormant film franchise, The Rocketeer, will be revived as an animated series, starring a female hero...
The Rocketeer franchise is ready for another liftoff more than a quarter of a century after it was grounded. While rumblings in recent years have teased a reboot movie and even a straight sequel to the original 1991 film, Disney’s family-friendly genre-mixing action brand will soon manifest as an animated series on the Mouse’s youth-aimed cable platform, Disney Junior.
Disney has announced that production on The Rocketeer animated series has already commenced. The franchise-reviving cartoon will – apropos to its platform – be aimed at young children (ages 2-7,) and families, targeting a release in 2019. The story will draw inspiration from The Rocketeer comic book series of Dave Stevens, which adhered to the original film. However, the series will follow the rocket pack-powered exploits of a young female hero. Each...
- 2/27/2018
- Den of Geek
Joseph Baxter Alec Bojalad Jul 19, 2019
Disney’s dormant film franchise, The Rocketeer, will be revived as an animated series, starring a female hero, on Disney Junior.
The Rocketeer franchise is ready for another liftoff more than a quarter of a century after it was grounded. While rumblings in recent years have teased a reboot movie and even a straight sequel to the original 1991 film, Disney’s family-friendly genre-mixing action brand will soon manifest as an animated series on the Mouse’s youth-aimed cable platform, Disney Junior.
Disney has announced that production on The Rocketeer animated series has already commenced. The franchise-reviving cartoon will – apropos to its platform – be aimed at young children and families, targeting a release in 2019. The story will draw inspiration from The Rocketeer comic book series of Dave Stevens, which adhered to the original film. However, the series will follow the rocket pack-powered exploits of a young female hero.
Disney’s dormant film franchise, The Rocketeer, will be revived as an animated series, starring a female hero, on Disney Junior.
The Rocketeer franchise is ready for another liftoff more than a quarter of a century after it was grounded. While rumblings in recent years have teased a reboot movie and even a straight sequel to the original 1991 film, Disney’s family-friendly genre-mixing action brand will soon manifest as an animated series on the Mouse’s youth-aimed cable platform, Disney Junior.
Disney has announced that production on The Rocketeer animated series has already commenced. The franchise-reviving cartoon will – apropos to its platform – be aimed at young children and families, targeting a release in 2019. The story will draw inspiration from The Rocketeer comic book series of Dave Stevens, which adhered to the original film. However, the series will follow the rocket pack-powered exploits of a young female hero.
- 2/27/2018
- Den of Geek
“Everything, Everything” is an updated, gender-reversed and more engaging version of “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.” Hollywood loves stories of young pretty people with terminal illnesses. Think “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” “The Fault in Our Stars,” “Dying Young,” “Love Story,” and many more. So it’s no surprise that Nicola Yoon’s 2015 Ya novel was adapted for the screen. The lead actors are attractive and charismatic and give nuanced performances. Unfortunately, the dialogue they are given to speak is often trite and too many plot strands are unconvincing. Amandla Stenberg (“The Hunger Games”) brings an appealing openness to.
- 5/18/2017
- by Claudia Puig
- The Wrap
Tuesday, November 8th is a big day for politics, but on the home entertainment side of things, it’s a relatively quiet week for Blu-ray and DVD releases, as we have only a few bright spots to look forward to. Scream Factory has given Don Coscarelli’s modern classic Bubba Ho-Tep the Collector’s Edition treatment, and for you cult cinema fans out there, both The Initiation and Night Has a Thousand Desires receive a much-needed HD upgrade as well.
Other notable releases for this Tuesday include Halloweed, Bleed, Amigo Undead, and Gorgasm.
Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness) "gives his greatest and most entertaining performance to date", (Premiere) as an aging and cantankerous "Elvis", in this "zinger-filled crowd-pleaser", (The Hollywood Reporter) from writer-director Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, John Dies At The End)! When mysterious deaths plague a Texas retirement home,...
Other notable releases for this Tuesday include Halloweed, Bleed, Amigo Undead, and Gorgasm.
Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness) "gives his greatest and most entertaining performance to date", (Premiere) as an aging and cantankerous "Elvis", in this "zinger-filled crowd-pleaser", (The Hollywood Reporter) from writer-director Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, John Dies At The End)! When mysterious deaths plague a Texas retirement home,...
- 11/8/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
This November, Arrow Video offers horror fans a wide variety of thrills and onscreen kills with their respective Blu-ray releases of C.H.U.D., The Initiation, and The Driller Killer, and the full release details for all three Blu-rays have now been revealed.
Press Release: Mvd Entertainment Group furthers the distribution of Arrow Video in the Us with three great new titles in November. The month kicks off with The Initiation on Blu-ray, one of the best of the college-based slasher movies of the 1980s. One of the later entries into the genre, it had horror fans hooked with its tense stalk 'n' slash scenes and it's surprising twist of an ending.
The horror continues with C.H.U.D., the classic 80s horror featuring the Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers making their long-awaited debut on Blu-ray with a brand new restoration from original film elements.
Last but by no means least comes Arrow Video's...
Press Release: Mvd Entertainment Group furthers the distribution of Arrow Video in the Us with three great new titles in November. The month kicks off with The Initiation on Blu-ray, one of the best of the college-based slasher movies of the 1980s. One of the later entries into the genre, it had horror fans hooked with its tense stalk 'n' slash scenes and it's surprising twist of an ending.
The horror continues with C.H.U.D., the classic 80s horror featuring the Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers making their long-awaited debut on Blu-ray with a brand new restoration from original film elements.
Last but by no means least comes Arrow Video's...
- 10/19/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Arrow Video has now given horror fans several big reasons to look forward to November, as they will keep the scary spirits alive post-Halloween with Us / UK Blu-ray releases of The Initiation and The Driller Killer, a Us Blu-ray / DVD release of C.H.U.D., and a UK Blu-ray / DVD release of Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf.
From Arrow Video’s official Facebook page: “New Us Title Announcement: C.H.U.D Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD
The ultimate underground movie experience
North American Blu-ray pre-order link should be live soon!
They’Re Not Staying Down There, Anymore!
From the subterranean depths it crawls! Finally making its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray, director Douglas Cheek’s cult ‘80s favorite C.H.U.D. is the ultimate underground movie experience.
In downtown Manhattan, a police captain’s hunt for his missing wife leads to the discovery of a series of mysterious disappearances in the area.
From Arrow Video’s official Facebook page: “New Us Title Announcement: C.H.U.D Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD
The ultimate underground movie experience
North American Blu-ray pre-order link should be live soon!
They’Re Not Staying Down There, Anymore!
From the subterranean depths it crawls! Finally making its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray, director Douglas Cheek’s cult ‘80s favorite C.H.U.D. is the ultimate underground movie experience.
In downtown Manhattan, a police captain’s hunt for his missing wife leads to the discovery of a series of mysterious disappearances in the area.
- 8/12/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
As the fifth season of The Walking Dead lumbered toward the finish line, the Internet was abuzz with speculation about who’d kick the bucket next. The smart money was on Noah. (Back in January, portrayer Tyler James Williams signed on for the Criminal Minds spinoff.) But was it the teen who met his maker in “Spend”? Read on and find out!
RelatedIs Rick Grimes Out of Line? And More TV Questions!
Top Of The Morning | The episode kicked off with Gabriel becoming so upset over a gift of strawberries left for him in his makeshift Alexandria chapel that he...
RelatedIs Rick Grimes Out of Line? And More TV Questions!
Top Of The Morning | The episode kicked off with Gabriel becoming so upset over a gift of strawberries left for him in his makeshift Alexandria chapel that he...
- 3/16/2015
- TVLine.com
The best-selling book The Fault in Our Stars, narrated by a 16-year-old cancer patient, has been banned from Riverside Unified School District middle schools in California over sexual content, but it is still allowed in high schools. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that a district committee voted Monday to ban the 2012 novel by John Green that was made into a movie starring Shailene Woodley. The newspaper says parent Karen Krueger challenged the book at Frank Augustus Miller Middle School in Riverside, California, over the sex and crude language in the love story involving terminally ill teens. The committee voted 6 to 1 to...
- 9/24/2014
- by Associated Press and Kelli Bender, @kbenderNYC
- PEOPLE.com
Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, responded to Lana Del Rey’s comments that seemed to glorify the idea of dying young.
Frances Bean Cobain Says Dying Young Isn't 'Cool'
Earlier this month, Del Rey was promoting her newest album Ultraviolence when she claimed to wish she were dead in an interview with The Guardian. "I wish I was dead already," Del Rey said after naming both Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain as her musical heroes and responding, “I don’t know. Ummm, yeah,” when asked if she thought early death was glamorous. When the interviewer protested, Del Rey insisted that she truly did wish she were dead already.
“I don't want to have to keep doing this. But I am,” she said. Clarifying what she no longer wants to be doing, she added, “Everything. That's just how I feel. If it wasn't that way,...
Frances Bean Cobain Says Dying Young Isn't 'Cool'
Earlier this month, Del Rey was promoting her newest album Ultraviolence when she claimed to wish she were dead in an interview with The Guardian. "I wish I was dead already," Del Rey said after naming both Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain as her musical heroes and responding, “I don’t know. Ummm, yeah,” when asked if she thought early death was glamorous. When the interviewer protested, Del Rey insisted that she truly did wish she were dead already.
“I don't want to have to keep doing this. But I am,” she said. Clarifying what she no longer wants to be doing, she added, “Everything. That's just how I feel. If it wasn't that way,...
- 6/23/2014
- Uinterview
Author: Si Spurrier
Artist: P.J. Holden
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
Hardcover: 90 pages
Publisher: Titan Comics
Isbn-10: 1782760040
Isbn-13: 978-1782760047
Synopsis:
From the smash-hit writer behind X-Men Legacy! Dying young, a brilliant Mathematician discovers a way to cheat the terrifying Divine Calculator. He schemes to be endlessly reincarnated in the life of the woman he loves, no matter how often the violent bailiffs of the Karmic Accountancy cut short each life. It falls to one such Karmic agent – the surly Bastard Zane – to put a stop to the time-twisting romance once and for all, before the Mathematician can pull off his greatest trick and escape Existential Justice forever!
Trailer: Numbercruncher
I’ll admit that I haven’t read a whole lot of graphic novels. In fact, the majority of graphic novels I’ve read, I’ve reviewed on this site. I’ve probably even thought they were “good” or even “5 stars.
Artist: P.J. Holden
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
Hardcover: 90 pages
Publisher: Titan Comics
Isbn-10: 1782760040
Isbn-13: 978-1782760047
Synopsis:
From the smash-hit writer behind X-Men Legacy! Dying young, a brilliant Mathematician discovers a way to cheat the terrifying Divine Calculator. He schemes to be endlessly reincarnated in the life of the woman he loves, no matter how often the violent bailiffs of the Karmic Accountancy cut short each life. It falls to one such Karmic agent – the surly Bastard Zane – to put a stop to the time-twisting romance once and for all, before the Mathematician can pull off his greatest trick and escape Existential Justice forever!
Trailer: Numbercruncher
I’ll admit that I haven’t read a whole lot of graphic novels. In fact, the majority of graphic novels I’ve read, I’ve reviewed on this site. I’ve probably even thought they were “good” or even “5 stars.
- 1/14/2014
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Written by Si Spurrier | Drawn by Pj Holden | Colours by Jordie Bellaire | Published by Titan Books
I’m a little biased going into this book because, as anyone with a passing familiarity with our Panel Discussion posts can tell you, I’ve kind of got a thing for Si Spurrier’s writing. His cynical sense of humour, unbridled invention (not to mention joyful wordplay) and infectious sincerity always has me hooked, whether in turning the Merry Marvel Mutantverse on its head in X-Men: Legacy or delivering so-bonkers-it’s-brilliant sci-fi-western shenanigans in Six-Gun Gorilla, so I was pretty excited to hear that I could get to read his latest creator-owned book, Numbercruncher, a few days early.
For economy’s sake, here’s the plot synopsis from the book’s solicitation:
Dying young, a brilliant Mathematician discovers a way to cheat the terrifying Divine Calculator.
He schemes to be endlessly reincarnated in...
I’m a little biased going into this book because, as anyone with a passing familiarity with our Panel Discussion posts can tell you, I’ve kind of got a thing for Si Spurrier’s writing. His cynical sense of humour, unbridled invention (not to mention joyful wordplay) and infectious sincerity always has me hooked, whether in turning the Merry Marvel Mutantverse on its head in X-Men: Legacy or delivering so-bonkers-it’s-brilliant sci-fi-western shenanigans in Six-Gun Gorilla, so I was pretty excited to hear that I could get to read his latest creator-owned book, Numbercruncher, a few days early.
For economy’s sake, here’s the plot synopsis from the book’s solicitation:
Dying young, a brilliant Mathematician discovers a way to cheat the terrifying Divine Calculator.
He schemes to be endlessly reincarnated in...
- 7/16/2013
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Sneak Peek director Joel Schumacher's 1991 romantic drama "Dying Young", now available on DVD from Anchor Bay, starring Julia Roberts, Vincent D'Onofrioand Campbell Scott:
"...with little money, a poor education and no luck when it comes to love, 'Hilary O’Neil' (Roberts) answers a want ad and finds her whole world suddenly changed.
"Hired as the caretaker to an ill young man (Scott), she unexpectedly discovers they have much in common. Their growing friendship quietly develops into a deep and powerful romance that ultimately tests the boundaries of true love..."
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"...with little money, a poor education and no luck when it comes to love, 'Hilary O’Neil' (Roberts) answers a want ad and finds her whole world suddenly changed.
"Hired as the caretaker to an ill young man (Scott), she unexpectedly discovers they have much in common. Their growing friendship quietly develops into a deep and powerful romance that ultimately tests the boundaries of true love..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Dying Young"...
- 6/4/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Chicago – At its worst, ABC’s “Mistresses” feels like “Nicholas Sparks: The TV Series” with all the horrendous plotting and melodrama that implies. At its best, it feels like a “Desperate Housewives” knock-off, in which the charisma of its leading ladies get viewers past the writing flaws. It’s mostly the former - a cliched, surface-level soap opera more reminiscent of a Lifetime mini-series than what used to qualify for network TV.
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0
“Mistresses” opens with a sex scene and then shots of Alyssa Milano walking in slo-mo to a bar. They know what you’re here for. “Meeting someone?” “Well, I thought I was. But now that you’re here, I’m changing plans.” Ooooh, sexy. Of course, it’s immediately revealed to be a faux sexiness as the couple is revealed to be a married one role-playing and the sex scene turns to a discussion of ovulation.
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0
“Mistresses” opens with a sex scene and then shots of Alyssa Milano walking in slo-mo to a bar. They know what you’re here for. “Meeting someone?” “Well, I thought I was. But now that you’re here, I’m changing plans.” Ooooh, sexy. Of course, it’s immediately revealed to be a faux sexiness as the couple is revealed to be a married one role-playing and the sex scene turns to a discussion of ovulation.
- 6/3/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This week: Something otherworldly is tormenting the poor Barretts in "Dark Skies," the sci-fi horror film starring Josh Hamilton, Keri Russell, Dakota Goyo and Kadan Rockett as a suburban family under siege by nasty alien visitors.
Also new this week is the 2010 Irish road-trip indie film "My Brothers" and the compelling drama "Lore" starring young Saskia Rosendahl as a German girl wandering post-wwii Europe with her siblings after their Nazi parents are interred by the Allies.
'Dark Skies'
Box Office: $17 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 34% Rotten
Storyline: Daniel (Josh Hamilton) and Lacy Barrett (Keri Russell) have a fairly ordinary life in the 'burbs with their two sons until some mysterious break-ins and disturbing activity — including blackouts, "Poltergeist"-like stacking of objects and sleepwalking — cause the family to suspect that something otherworldly is trying to get into their house. As the parents do research on alien abduction and try to protect...
Also new this week is the 2010 Irish road-trip indie film "My Brothers" and the compelling drama "Lore" starring young Saskia Rosendahl as a German girl wandering post-wwii Europe with her siblings after their Nazi parents are interred by the Allies.
'Dark Skies'
Box Office: $17 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 34% Rotten
Storyline: Daniel (Josh Hamilton) and Lacy Barrett (Keri Russell) have a fairly ordinary life in the 'burbs with their two sons until some mysterious break-ins and disturbing activity — including blackouts, "Poltergeist"-like stacking of objects and sleepwalking — cause the family to suspect that something otherworldly is trying to get into their house. As the parents do research on alien abduction and try to protect...
- 5/27/2013
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
Kristen Stewart movies: Snow White and the Huntsman
Swath Box Office Pt.2: Chris Hemsworth / Charlize Theron Star Power
Of course, one could argue that the Twilight franchise doesn’t consist of Kristen Stewart movies, but ensemble pieces like The Avengers or Prometheus. In a sense, that would be a correct assessment. But it would be more correct to affirm that at the very core of Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight, Chris Weitz’s New Moon, David Slade’s Eclipse, and Bill Condon’s Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and the upcoming Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is Stewart’s Bella Swan. Everything revolves around her.
True, when Twilight came out in fall 2008, Stewart was merely "the actress who plays Bella" — much like Chris Hemsworth to a certain extent remains "the actor who plays Thor." But things have changed quite radically since then. Kristen Stewart has become a global celebrity and, quite possibly, a strong...
Swath Box Office Pt.2: Chris Hemsworth / Charlize Theron Star Power
Of course, one could argue that the Twilight franchise doesn’t consist of Kristen Stewart movies, but ensemble pieces like The Avengers or Prometheus. In a sense, that would be a correct assessment. But it would be more correct to affirm that at the very core of Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight, Chris Weitz’s New Moon, David Slade’s Eclipse, and Bill Condon’s Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and the upcoming Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is Stewart’s Bella Swan. Everything revolves around her.
True, when Twilight came out in fall 2008, Stewart was merely "the actress who plays Bella" — much like Chris Hemsworth to a certain extent remains "the actor who plays Thor." But things have changed quite radically since then. Kristen Stewart has become a global celebrity and, quite possibly, a strong...
- 6/13/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
I kept fearing "50/50" would take a left turn onto Sappy Boulevard, plod past Preachy Junction and come to a rest in a town populated by "Dying Young," "Autumn in New York" and "Sweet November," where everyone learns pat lessons and becomes better people (except for those who die; those unfortunate folks just help us learn something about ourselves before they pass into the Great Cheesy Beyond).
"50/50" is a movie about cancer, after all, about a young man with the disease. At a certain point star Seth Rogen would have to cease being Seth Rogen, and the whole film would become some Ya version of "Beaches," right?
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Based on writer Will Reiser's own experiences and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young radio producer suffering from a rare form of cancer, "50/50" pulls off the magic trick of staying consistently funny, sweet, affecting and real — and never, ever cheesy.
"50/50" is a movie about cancer, after all, about a young man with the disease. At a certain point star Seth Rogen would have to cease being Seth Rogen, and the whole film would become some Ya version of "Beaches," right?
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Based on writer Will Reiser's own experiences and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young radio producer suffering from a rare form of cancer, "50/50" pulls off the magic trick of staying consistently funny, sweet, affecting and real — and never, ever cheesy.
- 12/15/2011
- by Eric Ditzian
- MTV Movies Blog
'Cancer comedy' proves you don't have to resort to Hollywood cliches when it comes to death on film, says John Patterson
At the movies, Death never gets any respect. Among the diverse fates and dooms available to any movie's characters, he's always the last guy anyone wants to hang out with. But, in a nice karmic turnaround, he is indeed the very last guy they'll get to hang out with. Always the party-pooper, always a drag, ever the least welcome guest at any table he sups at, people flee for the far horizon fearing the touch of his scythe or, more often, the very notion that he actually exists, that he's coming …
Hollywood is in America, where the point of life is that it must never be allowed to end, and so it mostly practises the mealy-mouthed approach to death favoured by many of its citizen-ticket buyers. No one ever actually dies,...
At the movies, Death never gets any respect. Among the diverse fates and dooms available to any movie's characters, he's always the last guy anyone wants to hang out with. But, in a nice karmic turnaround, he is indeed the very last guy they'll get to hang out with. Always the party-pooper, always a drag, ever the least welcome guest at any table he sups at, people flee for the far horizon fearing the touch of his scythe or, more often, the very notion that he actually exists, that he's coming …
Hollywood is in America, where the point of life is that it must never be allowed to end, and so it mostly practises the mealy-mouthed approach to death favoured by many of its citizen-ticket buyers. No one ever actually dies,...
- 11/19/2011
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Chicago – Vincent D’Onofrio has had a career that is rich and diverse. He has worked with directors as distinct as Stanley Kubrick (”Full Metal Jacket”) and Tim Burton (”Ed Wood”), and has starred in the legendary TV franchise “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” He presents his directorial debut, “Don’t Go in the Woods,” on November 12th in Chicago at the “Tribeca Film Festival on the Road.”
Vincent D’Onofrio began his career in the early 1980s, and quickly built an impressive resume from there. He played opposite Julia Roberts in “Dying Young” (1991), had character parts in “JFK” (1991) and “The Player” (1992), and famously played Orson Welles in “Ed Wood” (1994). He practically stole the showy film, “Men in Black” (1997) as Edgar, and portrayed Abbie Hoffman in “Steal This Movie” (2000). From 2001-2011, he also made waves on television, memorably taking on the persona of Detective Robert Goren in “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Vincent D’Onofrio began his career in the early 1980s, and quickly built an impressive resume from there. He played opposite Julia Roberts in “Dying Young” (1991), had character parts in “JFK” (1991) and “The Player” (1992), and famously played Orson Welles in “Ed Wood” (1994). He practically stole the showy film, “Men in Black” (1997) as Edgar, and portrayed Abbie Hoffman in “Steal This Movie” (2000). From 2001-2011, he also made waves on television, memorably taking on the persona of Detective Robert Goren in “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
- 11/12/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"Dying young is no laughing matter," writes Sean Burns in the Philadelphia Weekly. "Except in the case of 50/50, an awkward, heartfelt and extremely funny picture directed by Jonathan Levine, from a script by Will Reiser that has the rough, pants-kicking sting of real life at its (slightly compromised) core. Reiser, a television writer for Da Ali G Show as well as assorted dreck like Garage Band Makeover, was diagnosed with a rare, operable form of cancer in his early 20s. His best friend during this ordeal was the kind of slovenly loudmouth that you'd usually find played in a Hollywood movie by Seth Rogen. Wait, scratch that. Because Reiser's best friend really was Seth Rogen, who always seems to turn up in movies as some sort of variation of himself in the first place, and now does so for real this time as Kyle, an Army-jacket clad, slob-ovian with a...
- 9/30/2011
- MUBI
Filed under: Moviefone Canada, The Rundown
You'd think a movie about a young man battling a terminal disease would be a huge downer -- a la 'Dying Young' -- but '50/50' isn't your average death's door tearjerker. The funny new flick offers plenty of laughs along with the tender moments, and manages to find humor in an incredibly depressing situation.
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You'd think a movie about a young man battling a terminal disease would be a huge downer -- a la 'Dying Young' -- but '50/50' isn't your average death's door tearjerker. The funny new flick offers plenty of laughs along with the tender moments, and manages to find humor in an incredibly depressing situation.
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- 9/29/2011
- by Annette Bourdeau
- Moviefone
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Chicago – Gus Van Sant’s “Restless” is an undeniably twee and hipster film that will annoy some viewers about as much as bad performance art, but I found the film’s commitment to a unique tone and world view refreshing as so few directors even know what those words mean. It may not be grounded enough to be emotionally effective, but another strong performance from the stellar Mia Wasikowska and a consistency to its vision make “Restless” worth a look.
“Restless” is a film about two people facing death. It is not just an unknown quantity in their lives, as it is for so many people. It is something that has forever impacted one of them and will soon take another. In many ways, Jason Lew’s script feels like an attempt to offer a different take on the common love-through-illness tale. It’s like “Dying Young” as remade by The Decemberists.
Chicago – Gus Van Sant’s “Restless” is an undeniably twee and hipster film that will annoy some viewers about as much as bad performance art, but I found the film’s commitment to a unique tone and world view refreshing as so few directors even know what those words mean. It may not be grounded enough to be emotionally effective, but another strong performance from the stellar Mia Wasikowska and a consistency to its vision make “Restless” worth a look.
“Restless” is a film about two people facing death. It is not just an unknown quantity in their lives, as it is for so many people. It is something that has forever impacted one of them and will soon take another. In many ways, Jason Lew’s script feels like an attempt to offer a different take on the common love-through-illness tale. It’s like “Dying Young” as remade by The Decemberists.
- 9/23/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Filed under: Movie News
Joel Schumacher's latest film, the home-invasion thriller 'Trespass,' has gotten a lot of bad buzz around the Web lately, mostly, it seems, because of an uninspired one-sheet and the announcement this summer that the film would go to DVD only a few weeks after it was to open this fall (It can't be good if it goes to DVD too soon, right?).
Anyhow, the film, starring Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn, Cam Gigandet and Liana Liberato, was pretty much under the radar for months until Millennium Films picked it up this June. Now -- just prior to its unspooling at the Toronto International Film Festival -- Millennium has released the first trailer for the film ... and some bloggers think it's downright bad.
Has Schumacher -- whose career has included such diverse outings as 'St. Elmo's Fire,' 'The Lost Boys,...
Joel Schumacher's latest film, the home-invasion thriller 'Trespass,' has gotten a lot of bad buzz around the Web lately, mostly, it seems, because of an uninspired one-sheet and the announcement this summer that the film would go to DVD only a few weeks after it was to open this fall (It can't be good if it goes to DVD too soon, right?).
Anyhow, the film, starring Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn, Cam Gigandet and Liana Liberato, was pretty much under the radar for months until Millennium Films picked it up this June. Now -- just prior to its unspooling at the Toronto International Film Festival -- Millennium has released the first trailer for the film ... and some bloggers think it's downright bad.
Has Schumacher -- whose career has included such diverse outings as 'St. Elmo's Fire,' 'The Lost Boys,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Harley W. Lond
- Moviefone
It's the first of April! A day of pranks, pratfalls and poetry. Poetry? Yes, poetry, verse, balladry, poesy, doggerel. Poetry. April is National Poetry Month (donchaknow) and instead of trying to prank you today, I thought I would take a moment and look at the best uses of poetry in film. We're going to pretend that film where Cameron Diaz learned to read and then stumblewept her way through e.e. cummings never happened. If I missed your favorite, let me know. . .mayhap in meter and rhyme? Is that asking too much? Then a haiku will do.
1. John Hannah--"Four Weddings And A Funeral
Poem: W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues"
Best Lines: He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest.
2. Sarah Polley--"The Sweet Hereafter"
Poem: Robert Browning's "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
Best Lines: It's dull in...
1. John Hannah--"Four Weddings And A Funeral
Poem: W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues"
Best Lines: He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest.
2. Sarah Polley--"The Sweet Hereafter"
Poem: Robert Browning's "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
Best Lines: It's dull in...
- 4/1/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Black Best Friends in FilmThe Bbf PhenomenonThe cherished Black best friend -- a legendary figure in Hollywood that was once a mammy ("Gone with the Wind"), then became a maid ("Imitation of Life") and eventually emerged as the diversity token to attract Black audiences ("Sex and the City"). Sometimes the Black best friend is an unknown actress on their grind. The Black bestie could also be A-list in the Black film scene. She offers gems of wisdom with a little urban or southern flair and sometimes she has magical powers to save the day.Check out some of American cinema's black Best friends -- White Hollywood's greatest accessory.Meagan Good as Romy in 'The Unborn' (2009)Being a Black Bff in a horror film is no easy task.You are guaranteed to be axed off, especially if it is in one of the worst films of the yea,like 2009's "The Unborn.
- 3/31/2011
- Essence
In the final part of Carley’s Joel Schumacher retrospective, she looks at his most recent film, the period horror Blood Creek. But is it a return to form after the disastrous The Number 23...?
"Those who came before rule the blood. And when you rule the blood, death is no longer the end." - Richard Wirth
The Recap
After the disaster that was The Number 23, director Joel Schumacher's next film would again be another huge step away from anything else in his back catalogue and he went about making a proper honest to goodness horror movie.
At the start of World War II, a German family, the Wollners, who are based in rural Maryland, agree to take in Professor Richard Wirth (Michael Fassbender), a Nazi scientist who is described to the family as a visiting scholar. Desperate for money, they agree to host him, unaware that the...
"Those who came before rule the blood. And when you rule the blood, death is no longer the end." - Richard Wirth
The Recap
After the disaster that was The Number 23, director Joel Schumacher's next film would again be another huge step away from anything else in his back catalogue and he went about making a proper honest to goodness horror movie.
At the start of World War II, a German family, the Wollners, who are based in rural Maryland, agree to take in Professor Richard Wirth (Michael Fassbender), a Nazi scientist who is described to the family as a visiting scholar. Desperate for money, they agree to host him, unaware that the...
- 8/18/2010
- Den of Geek
Following his middling take on The Phantom Of The Opera, Joel Schumacher turned to the suspense thriller genre with The Number 23. Carley looks back in anger...
"Twenty-fucking-three." - Suicide Blonde
The Recap
After staking a claim in the world of musical films, Schumacher's next movie would see him dipping his toes into the widely popular suspense thriller with a twist genre. Unfortunately for Schumacher, what he would produce can only be described as one of the most awful examples of the genre I have seen to date.
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is an animal enforcement officer who is celebrating his birthday with wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) and son Robin (Logan Lerman). He receives a call about a stray dog that has been caught in the basement of a restaurant. When he arrives to catch it, he is temporarily blinded by the dog's tag, which allows the dog to bite him and run away.
"Twenty-fucking-three." - Suicide Blonde
The Recap
After staking a claim in the world of musical films, Schumacher's next movie would see him dipping his toes into the widely popular suspense thriller with a twist genre. Unfortunately for Schumacher, what he would produce can only be described as one of the most awful examples of the genre I have seen to date.
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is an animal enforcement officer who is celebrating his birthday with wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) and son Robin (Logan Lerman). He receives a call about a stray dog that has been caught in the basement of a restaurant. When he arrives to catch it, he is temporarily blinded by the dog's tag, which allows the dog to bite him and run away.
- 8/4/2010
- Den of Geek
Was bringing Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom Of The Opera to the big screen a good career move for director Joel Schumacher? Er...
"Can you even dare to look or bear to think of me?" - The Phantom
The Recap
After failing to impress audiences with his biopic of the life of Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin, Joel Schumacher decided to go back to what he knew best, which is beautiful, over the top cinema. And what better subject to take on than The Phantom Of The Opera, one of the most famous and over the top musicals of all time?
The movie begins in Paris in 1919, where the old Paris Opera House is selling off final items in an auction. An old man, Raoul (Patrick Wilson) awaits an old music box with a monkey on top to come up for sale. After he buys the item, his attention is caught by a huge chandelier,...
"Can you even dare to look or bear to think of me?" - The Phantom
The Recap
After failing to impress audiences with his biopic of the life of Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin, Joel Schumacher decided to go back to what he knew best, which is beautiful, over the top cinema. And what better subject to take on than The Phantom Of The Opera, one of the most famous and over the top musicals of all time?
The movie begins in Paris in 1919, where the old Paris Opera House is selling off final items in an auction. An old man, Raoul (Patrick Wilson) awaits an old music box with a monkey on top to come up for sale. After he buys the item, his attention is caught by a huge chandelier,...
- 7/28/2010
- Den of Geek
Versatile director Joel Schumacher followed up his thriller Phone Booth with the gritty biopic Veronica Guerin. But was it a creative stretch too far?
"You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same."- Veronica
The Recap
Riding high on the wave of success of Phone Booth, Joel Schumacher's next film would see him taking on the tricky biopic genre. While not the obvious choice for such a project, he steamed ahead regardless, enlisting the help of über producer Jerry Bruckheimer (known mostly for action films). The finished piece probably wasn't what either of them were expecting.
Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) was a crime reporter for the Irish Sunday Independent. Aware of how badly the illegal drugs trade in Dublin was effecting the lives of everyday people, especially the city's youth, she decided to investigate the problem further and expose those responsible.
"You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same."- Veronica
The Recap
Riding high on the wave of success of Phone Booth, Joel Schumacher's next film would see him taking on the tricky biopic genre. While not the obvious choice for such a project, he steamed ahead regardless, enlisting the help of über producer Jerry Bruckheimer (known mostly for action films). The finished piece probably wasn't what either of them were expecting.
Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) was a crime reporter for the Irish Sunday Independent. Aware of how badly the illegal drugs trade in Dublin was effecting the lives of everyday people, especially the city's youth, she decided to investigate the problem further and expose those responsible.
- 7/22/2010
- Den of Geek
After the misfire of Bad Company, director Joel Schumacher went back to basics with the real-time thriller, Phone Booth...
"Stu, if you hang up, I will kill you." - The Caller
The Recap
After the horror show that was Bad Company, Joel Schumacher again had to try to find a way of surviving a flop, and much like the fallout after Batman & Robin, he decided to take a turn in a different direction, making his next movie on a small budget and an even smaller cast.
New York City publicist Stu Shepherd (Colin Farrell) thinks he has it all and knows it all. About to embark on an affair with an actress called Pam (Katie Holmes), he calls her from a phone booth to keep his contact untraceable by his wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell).
While in the phone booth, a pizza delivery guy attempts to give him a pizza. Stu dismisses him rudely.
"Stu, if you hang up, I will kill you." - The Caller
The Recap
After the horror show that was Bad Company, Joel Schumacher again had to try to find a way of surviving a flop, and much like the fallout after Batman & Robin, he decided to take a turn in a different direction, making his next movie on a small budget and an even smaller cast.
New York City publicist Stu Shepherd (Colin Farrell) thinks he has it all and knows it all. About to embark on an affair with an actress called Pam (Katie Holmes), he calls her from a phone booth to keep his contact untraceable by his wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell).
While in the phone booth, a pizza delivery guy attempts to give him a pizza. Stu dismisses him rudely.
- 7/15/2010
- Den of Geek
After the critically praised Tigerland, Joel Schumacher returned with the action misfire Bad Company. Carley looks back with a shudder...
"You got the wrong guy. I don't even have a brother. That's just a picture of me in a suit. You could've got that off the internet. I saw a picture of Bill Gates with three titties on the net." - Jake
The Recap
After gaining back some credibility with the war-driven Tigerland, Joel Schumacher then decided it was time to return to the action genre, and surely you can't go wrong with a movie that had a huge comedy star and an Oscar winner as its leads?
After a mission to retrieve a suitcase with a deadly bomb inside goes horribly wrong, CIA agent Kevin Pope (Chris Rock) is killed. Not wanting to blow his cover and wanting to complete the mission, the CIA recruits Kevin's twin brother, Jake Hayes (also Chris Rock.
"You got the wrong guy. I don't even have a brother. That's just a picture of me in a suit. You could've got that off the internet. I saw a picture of Bill Gates with three titties on the net." - Jake
The Recap
After gaining back some credibility with the war-driven Tigerland, Joel Schumacher then decided it was time to return to the action genre, and surely you can't go wrong with a movie that had a huge comedy star and an Oscar winner as its leads?
After a mission to retrieve a suitcase with a deadly bomb inside goes horribly wrong, CIA agent Kevin Pope (Chris Rock) is killed. Not wanting to blow his cover and wanting to complete the mission, the CIA recruits Kevin's twin brother, Jake Hayes (also Chris Rock.
- 7/1/2010
- Den of Geek
Joel Schumacher followed up his oddball 1999 movie Flawless with an equally uncharacteristic disection of the Vietnam war. We take a look back at 2000's Tigerland…
"‘Well, the fellas say that if you don't wanna go to Nam, you better pray to Jesus or talk to Roland Bozz." - Soldier
The Recap
After failing to light up the box office with the more indie feeling Flawless, Joel Schumacher's next movie would hark back to the days of his work on Falling Down more than anything he made during the latter part of the 90s, looking at the darker side of life and how it affects the people in it.
In 1971 it had become clear to the majority of the American public that the Vietnam War, for all intents and purposes, had been lost. This, however, did not stop the Us government from enlisting more of its young men and training them to fight.
"‘Well, the fellas say that if you don't wanna go to Nam, you better pray to Jesus or talk to Roland Bozz." - Soldier
The Recap
After failing to light up the box office with the more indie feeling Flawless, Joel Schumacher's next movie would hark back to the days of his work on Falling Down more than anything he made during the latter part of the 90s, looking at the darker side of life and how it affects the people in it.
In 1971 it had become clear to the majority of the American public that the Vietnam War, for all intents and purposes, had been lost. This, however, did not stop the Us government from enlisting more of its young men and training them to fight.
- 6/23/2010
- Den of Geek
Ugo.com has up a fun gallery of game-show hosts and the movie roles they’ve played, both as themselves and — in some cases — in dramatic acting roles you might never have envisioned them in. (Dick Clark as a robber in 1968′s Killers Three? Ack!) What’s most notable to me, though, is the regularity with which Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek once popped up in various movies, from quick drive-bys in 1991′s Dying Young and 2000′s Charlie’s Angels to — my favorite — a hefty subplot in White Men Can’t Jump concerning Rosie Perez’s trivia savant character. (Jeopardy! announcer...
- 6/21/2010
- by Kerrie Mitchell
- EW.com - PopWatch
Joel Schumacher recruited Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman for his lower-key 1999 movie Flawless. We continue our look back at the man's career right there...
"Well life's a bitch, so I became one honey!" - Rusty
The Recap
As the 90s drew to a close, Joel Schumacher could look back to a mixed bag of success and failure. Having managed to hit the nail on the head with projects such as Falling Down and A Time To Kill, he also hit some huge bum notes in the shape of the Batman franchise.
Having gone back to a more dramatic style of filmmaking with 8Mm, he continued the trend with his last film of the decade, which looks at the unlikely relationship between a homophobic cop and a transsexual.
Walt ‘The Wall' Koontz (Robert De Niro) is a retired security guard who left his job being well liked and respected.
"Well life's a bitch, so I became one honey!" - Rusty
The Recap
As the 90s drew to a close, Joel Schumacher could look back to a mixed bag of success and failure. Having managed to hit the nail on the head with projects such as Falling Down and A Time To Kill, he also hit some huge bum notes in the shape of the Batman franchise.
Having gone back to a more dramatic style of filmmaking with 8Mm, he continued the trend with his last film of the decade, which looks at the unlikely relationship between a homophobic cop and a transsexual.
Walt ‘The Wall' Koontz (Robert De Niro) is a retired security guard who left his job being well liked and respected.
- 5/12/2010
- Den of Geek
We continue our look back at the work of Joel Schumacher, with his Batman & Robin follow-up, 8Mm...
"He's a producer-slash-director-slash weirdo. He's like the Jim Jarmusch of S&M." - Max
The Recap
After the horror that was Batman & Robin, you couldn't blame Joel Schumacher from stepping away from that genre of filmmaking completely and going down a road of drama/thriller. After all, he had success with it in the past. Nothing could go too wrong, right?
Following the death of her husband, wealthy widow Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter) comes across an 8mm film in his safe, depicting the murder of a teenage girl by a man in amask. Unsure as to the origin of the tape or if it is, in fact, real, she instructs her lawyer, Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald), to hire the services of private investigator, Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage), to find out the truth.
After searching through missing persons files,...
"He's a producer-slash-director-slash weirdo. He's like the Jim Jarmusch of S&M." - Max
The Recap
After the horror that was Batman & Robin, you couldn't blame Joel Schumacher from stepping away from that genre of filmmaking completely and going down a road of drama/thriller. After all, he had success with it in the past. Nothing could go too wrong, right?
Following the death of her husband, wealthy widow Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter) comes across an 8mm film in his safe, depicting the murder of a teenage girl by a man in amask. Unsure as to the origin of the tape or if it is, in fact, real, she instructs her lawyer, Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald), to hire the services of private investigator, Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage), to find out the truth.
After searching through missing persons files,...
- 5/5/2010
- Den of Geek
Our look back at the work of Joel Schumacher arrives at easily his most infamous film. Carley braves the horrors of Batman & Robin...
"Ice to see you!"- Mr. Freeze
The Recap
By 1997, Joel Schumacher must have felt on the top of the world. With two hugely successful John Grisham adaptations under his belt and capping that off with successfully taking over the Batman franchise, he must have felt invincible as he started up work on the next Batman sequel.
Little did he know that this revisit would not only kill the franchise dead in the water for many years, but would lead to his reputation being left with a huge stain that, to this day, he has been unable to shake off.
Set directly after the events in Batman Forever, the audience is thrown directly back into the action with Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O'Donnell) trying to...
"Ice to see you!"- Mr. Freeze
The Recap
By 1997, Joel Schumacher must have felt on the top of the world. With two hugely successful John Grisham adaptations under his belt and capping that off with successfully taking over the Batman franchise, he must have felt invincible as he started up work on the next Batman sequel.
Little did he know that this revisit would not only kill the franchise dead in the water for many years, but would lead to his reputation being left with a huge stain that, to this day, he has been unable to shake off.
Set directly after the events in Batman Forever, the audience is thrown directly back into the action with Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O'Donnell) trying to...
- 4/28/2010
- Den of Geek
Joel Schumacher followed up Batman Forever with a march back into the world of John Grisham. We look back at A Time To Kill...
"Until we can see each other as equals, justice is never going to be even-handed. It will remain nothing more than a reflection of our own prejudices." - Jake
The Recap
After having huge box office, if not critical success with Batman Forever, Joel Schumacher's next film would see him going back to his more dramatic roots, adapting another of John Grisham's bestsellers for the big screen.
Set in rural Mississippi, two white supremacists come across Tonya Hailey (RaeVen Larrymore Kelly), a 10-year-old black girl making her way home. The two brutally attack and rape her before trying to hang her from a tree. After the hanging fails, the two dump her body in a nearby river hoping that the elements will take their toll and kill her.
"Until we can see each other as equals, justice is never going to be even-handed. It will remain nothing more than a reflection of our own prejudices." - Jake
The Recap
After having huge box office, if not critical success with Batman Forever, Joel Schumacher's next film would see him going back to his more dramatic roots, adapting another of John Grisham's bestsellers for the big screen.
Set in rural Mississippi, two white supremacists come across Tonya Hailey (RaeVen Larrymore Kelly), a 10-year-old black girl making her way home. The two brutally attack and rape her before trying to hang her from a tree. After the hanging fails, the two dump her body in a nearby river hoping that the elements will take their toll and kill her.
- 4/21/2010
- Den of Geek
Our Joel Schumacher retrospective arrives at one of his commercial highs and critical lows - it's the pretty woeful Batman Forever...
"Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?" - The Riddler
The Recap
After back-to-back successes with the gritty Falling Down and the tense thriller The Client, Joel Schumacher's next project was slightly off the bat (sorry, we'll get our own taxi). Taking over the reins from Tim Burton, he was about to change the direction and tone of the series, as well as start a downward spiral that would lead to the end of the franchise and almost-certain death knell to any future Batman movies.
Following on directly from Batman Returns, the audience is flung straight into the action as soon as the movie starts with Batman (Val Kilmer) facing Harvey ‘Two-Face' Dent (Tommy Lee Jones), Gotham City's ex-city District Attorney, who,...
"Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?" - The Riddler
The Recap
After back-to-back successes with the gritty Falling Down and the tense thriller The Client, Joel Schumacher's next project was slightly off the bat (sorry, we'll get our own taxi). Taking over the reins from Tim Burton, he was about to change the direction and tone of the series, as well as start a downward spiral that would lead to the end of the franchise and almost-certain death knell to any future Batman movies.
Following on directly from Batman Returns, the audience is flung straight into the action as soon as the movie starts with Batman (Val Kilmer) facing Harvey ‘Two-Face' Dent (Tommy Lee Jones), Gotham City's ex-city District Attorney, who,...
- 4/14/2010
- Den of Geek
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