For the first time ever, a film composer is to be honoured for environmental contribution. For work on such films as Winged Migration, Microcosmos, and most recently, Oceans, Bruno Coulais will receive the Fimucité Green Award from Al Gore’s Climate Project Foundation and the Tenerife International Film Music Festival (Fimucité) on July 9th. The Tenerife… Read More Composer Bruno Coulais to Receive Fimucité Green Award Next Month
The Book of Eli – A Warner Home Video Release http://thebookofeli.warnerbros.com/dvd/ DVD Release Date: June 15th, 2010 Rated 14A for coarse language and brutal violence. Running time: 118 minutes Albert Hughes (dir.) Allen Hughes (dir.) Gary Whitta (screenplay) Atticus Ross (music) Leopold Ross (music) Claudia Sarne (music) Denzel Washington as Eli Gary Oldman as Carnegie… Read More DVD Review: The Book of Eli
Youth in Revolt – An Alliance Films Release http://www.youthinrevolt-themovie.com/ DVD Release Date: June 15th, 2010 Rated 14A for sexual content, coarse language, and substance abuse. Running time: 90 minutes Miguel Arteta (dir.) Gustin Nash (screenplay) C.D. Payne (novel “Youth in Revolt: the Adventures of Nick Twisp”) John Swihart (music) Michael Cera… Read More DVD Review: Youth in Revolt
By John C. People’s initial feelings for the film Cyrus, opening June 25th from Fox Searchlight, will likely be mixed, feeling that the film walks a fine line between funny and creepy. And that is true. These are the feelings I had throughout the first part of the film. But there is a certain sweetness to… Read More Cyrus – A Q&A With The Duplass Brothers
The Karate Kid – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.karatekid-themovie.com/ Release Date: June 11th Rated PG for violence Running time: 139 minutes Harald Zwart (dir.) Christopher Murphey (screenplay) Robert Mark Kamen (story) James Horner (music) Jaden Smith as Dre Parker Jackie Chan as Mr. Han Taraji P. Henson as Sherry Parker Wenwen Han as Meiying Rongguang… Read More Movie Review: The Karate Kid
The A-Team – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.ateam-movie.com/ Release Date: June 11th Rated PG for violence, and language may offend Running time: 117 minutes John Carnahan (dir.) Joe Carnahan (writer) Brian Bloom (writer) Skip Woods (writer) Frank Lupo (TV series) Stephen J. Cannell (TV series) Alan Silvestri (music) Liam… Read More Movie Review: The A-Team
Released June 1st, 2010 Page count: 350 pages Size: 7” x 10” Producer to Producer By Maureen A. Ryan Published By Michael Wiese Publications http://www.mwp.com/ http://www.producertoproducer.com/ ______________________________________________ Producer to Producer Book Review By Erin V. The best place to start, is at the beginning… But where is the beginning when you’re new to producing a… Read More Book Review: Producer to Producer
From the makers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, comes Life – now available (since June 1st) as a Blu-Ray 4-disc box set. Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, this is an 11-part mini-series, that if you’ve enjoyed the others in the BBC Earth line, you’ll want to add to your collection.… Read More Blu-ray Release: BBC/Discovery Channel series ‘Life’
By John C. As many of you know, the Ashton Kutcher/Kathrine Heigl vehicle Killers opened this past Friday. The Canadian distributor, Maple Pictures, followed the lead of the American distributor, Lionsgate, and did not screen the film for press in advance of release. I found out about this 3-weeks ago, before the official announcement was… Read More “Killers” Wasn’t Screened, So Critics Couldn’t Kill It
Marmaduke – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.themarmadukemovie.com/ Release Date: June 4th Rated G Running time: 87 minutes Tom Dey (dir.) Tim Rasmussen (writer) Vince Di Meglio (writer) Brad Anderson (comic) Phil Leeming (comic) Christopher Lennertz (music) Owen Wilson as Marmaduke (voice) Emma Stone as Mazie (voice) George Lopez as… Read More Movie Review: Marmaduke
Released May 2010 Page count: 477 pages Size: 6” x 9” Film + Video Budgets, 5th Ed. By Deke Simon Published By Michael Wiese Publications http://www.mwp.com/ __________________________________________________ Film + Video Budgets, 5th Ed. Book Review By Erin V. Especially for those just starting out, the information here is invaluable. One of the most overwhelming aspects… Read More Book Review: Film + Video Budgets, 5th Ed.
Today, a day that could be considered frabjous, Disney has released Tim Burton’s most curiouser and curiouser film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland on DVD and Blu-Ray. We reviewed this strangely wonderful film when it opened in theatres on March 5th, all giving it a most excellent review. You can read our reviews of the… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Alice in Wonderland
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing Clint Eastwood in The Man With No Name Trilogy on Blu-Ray. This definitive 3-disc set includes director Sergio Leone’s classic spaghetti westerns A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Arriving just in time… Read More Blu-ray Release: Clint Eastwood: The Man With No Name Trilogy
Leap Year – A Universal Pictures’ Release http://universalpictures.com/leapyear/ DVD Release Date: May 4th, 2010 Rated PG for violence, language may offend, and mature theme Running time: 101 minutes Anand Tucker (dir.) Deborah Kaplan (writer) Harry Elfont (writer) Randy Edelman (music) Amy Adams as Anna Brady Matthew Goode as Declan Adam Scott as Jeremy John Lithgow… Read More DVD Review: Leap Year
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