By Erin V. The music of last year’s animated masterpiece, Coraline was one of the elements that really helped make the film work as well as it did. I had the pleasure of speaking with the composer of the music, Bruno Coulais, just over a week ago. The music ofCoraline is nominated for Best Score… Read More Interview: “Coraline” Composer Bruno Coulais
Mary and Max – A Mongrel Media Release http://www.maryandmax.com/ Release Date: November 20th, 2009 DVD Release Date: January 26th, 2010 Rated G Running time: 96 minutes Adam Elliot (dir.) Adam Elliot (writer) Dale Cornelius (music) Toni Collette as Mary Daisy Dinkle (voice) Philip Seymour Hoffman as Max Jerry Horovitz (voice) Eric Bana… Read More DVD Review: Mary and Max
Whip It – A Fox Searchlight Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/whipit/ Release Date: October 2nd, 2009 DVD Release Date: January 26th, 2010 Rated PG for language, not recommended for young children Running time: 111 minutes Drew Barrymore (dir.) Shauna Cross (writer) Shauna Cross (novel – Derby Girl) The Section Quartet (music) Ellen Page as Bliss… Read More DVD Review: Whip It
Little Ashes – An E1 Films’ Release http://www.littleashes-themovie.com/ Release Date: May 22nd, 2009 DVD Release Date: January 26th, 2010 Rated 18A for coarse language, nudity and sexual content Running time: 112 minutes Paul Morrison (dir.) Philippa Goslett (writer) Miguel Mera (music) Javier Beltrán as Federico García Lorca Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dalí… Read More DVD Review: Little Ashes
Compiled from over three thousand hours of colour footage, this documentary series, made for The History Channel, gives a unique and fascinating look into to what it would have been like to actually live through the war. Though it was illegal for U.S. soldiers to carry diaries, many of them still wrote down their experiences.… Read More Blu-ray Release: WWII in HD
Released October 2009 Page count: 195 pages Size: 11” x 7” Film Editing (Text) By Gael Chandler Published By Michael Wiese Productions http://shop.mwp.com/products/film-editing – This review is in a series running this week and next, leading up to the Oscar nominations on Feb. 2nd. The series includes a profile of 8 books relating… Read More Book Review: Film Editing
By John C. Last week I had an idea. The “brilliant and beloved” Richard Crouse, who has interviewed so many celebrities, would make a good subject for an interview. I posed this question to him last Thursday, asking if it would be okay to send over some questions. He gave me his phone number, and… Read More Interview: Film Critic Richard Crouse
Released November 2009 Page count: 160 pages Size: 9” x 12” Star Trek: The Art of the Film (Text) By Mark Cotta Vaz Foreword By J.J. Abrams Published By Titan Books http://www.titanbooks.com – This review is in a series running this week and next, leading up to the Oscar nominations on Feb. 2nd.… Read More Book Review: Star Trek: The Art of the Film
Released October 6th, 2009 Page count: 336 pages Size: 10” x 12” James Bond Enclyclopedia – Revised Edition (Text) By John Cork and Collin Stutz Foreword By Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli Published By Dorling Kindersley http://www.dk.com/ – This review is in a series running this week and next, leading up to… Read More Book Review: James Bond Encyclopedia
Today, E1 Films is releasing both parts of Steven Soderbergh’s epic bio-pic about Ernesto “Che” Gueverra, on DVD and Blu-ray. This is the first time that both films are available to buy as a set. We reviewed Che: Part 1 – The Argentine and Che: Part 2 – Guerrilla when they originally came out on DVD on… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Che: Collectors Edition
By John C. Don’t get me wrong, Avatar is an amazing movie in nearly every aspect. It’s a complete and entertaining package of breathtaking 3D visuals and a beautiful musical score. But it’s not the best movie of 2009 as The Golden Globes announced last night. I loved it and had a great time watching… Read More If it Weren’t for Ties to Titanic, Would it Still be the Talk of the Town?
Looks like the HFPA went with the obvious. The Hangover for Comedy/Musical, and Avatar for Best Picture – Drama. Shows how much these choices are influenced by the public. But I’m very glad that both Up and Crazy Heart won both of their awards. Very much deserved. Up in the Air was one of the best screenplays of 2009,… Read More Golden Globes Wrap up
The 67th Annual Golden Globe awards start at 8:00 EST. We will be updating this post periodically throughout the night as the winners in the 14 film categories come in. For now, check out the complete list of nominees, here. The film categories will be added as they are announced, and the winners will be in bold.
Below are two of our writers predictions for what will win tonight at the Golden Globes. Check back tonight night for live coverage of the telecast. EDIT: Those that took home awards are now in bold. Here are my predictions for what will win at tomorrow night’s Golden Globe awards. Please note that these are… Read More Predictions for the 67th Annual Golden Globes
By Erin V. With the Golden Globes tomorrow, here is an interview with one of the five nominees in the Best Original Score category, Marvin Hamlisch. The interview includes a question about the song in the film, ‘Trust Me’, as well, a question which was answered by both Marvin Hamlisch, as well as the… Read More Interview: The music from The Informant!
Today, E1 Films is releasing the beautiful and incredibly moving Japanese film Departures on DVD. The unexpected winner for Best Foreign Language film at last year’s Oscars, this was every bit deserving of the gold. We reviewed the film when it opened in theatres on June 12th, please read our full thoughts on the film here. We… Read More DVD Release: Departures
Crazy Heart – A Fox Searchlight Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/crazyheart/ Release Date: January 15th, 2009 Rated 14A for coarse language and substance abuse Running time: 111 minutes Scott Cooper (dir.) Scott Cooper (writer) Thomas Cobb (novel) Stephen Bruton (music) T-Bone Burnett (music) Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake James Kean as Manager Ryan Bingham as Tony Maggie Gyllenhaal… Read More Movie Review: Crazy Heart
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the complete 20th season of The Simpsons on DVD and Blu-Ray. The collection includes a total of 21 episodes, and features a preview of Academy Award winning director Morgan Spurlock’s documentary titled The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3D! on Ice! As the documentary already aired on Sunday night,… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Simpsons: Complete Twentieth Season
By John C. Though I avoided a Sandra Bullock “romantic-comedy” (All About Steve), that was advertised by cringe-inducing trailers, and Roland Emerich’s latest disastrous disaster-pic, (need I say what it is?), I still managed to see enough lousy films to make up a ten-worst list, that goes to eleven. Though I didn’t see every bad… Read More Top 11 Worst Movies I saw in 2009
On September 15th, E1 released the second season of Little Mosque on the Prairie to DVD. Today, they are releasing the 3rd season of the show. This three-disc set includes 22 episodes, plus bonus material. It’s available to buy at most stores. Although the show never reached a level of greatness, it was a reliably pretty… Read More DVD Release: Little Mosque On The Prairie: Season 3
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