Nov 15
That Tarantino / Weinstein / DeNiro / Jackie Brown Phone call
Nov 11
Voodoo in London
Oct 27
Happy birthday John Cleese
Happy Birthday JohnJohn Marwood Cleese (IPA:/?kli?z/; born 27 October 1939) is an English |
Oct 1
Touch of Evil
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I was thrilled when I found my favorite movie ever on Veoh today.
Comments are off for this postSep 27
Paul Newman
Paul Newman: ‘A pretty boy actor, but a hell of a good one’, says film critic Barry Norman . |
| With Paul Newman gone maybe only Clint Eastwood, five years his junior, is left of a generation of movie stars who defied the years to become and remain icons of the cinema screen.You don’t have to be much of an actor to become a film star - looks and personality often do it for you — but you have to be a very good one to remain a star and Newman was an extremely fine actor. Ironically, though, it was his looks, those chiselled cheekbones, those startlingly blue eyes, that initially held him back. Even after a remarkably good performance as the boxer Rocky Graziano in Somebody Up There Likes Me, his breakthrough movie, people tended to write him off as just a pretty boy. Lee Strasberg, who trained him at the Actors Studio, once said that he could have been as great an actor as Marlon Brando if he had not ‘relied too heavily on his looks and coasted through roles’. But Strasberg was wrong. Newman might not have been as good as Brando (who is?) but as he said himself: ‘I may have looked And so he was. In his day he was an even bigger sex symbol than Cruise, Pitt, Depp or any of the present lot, but in his best films - such as The Hustler, Hud and Cool Hand Luke - there is one He’s probably mostly remembered as Butch Cassidy and the lovable conman in The Sting, but a lot of his best performances were in far more complex roles - a cynical chancer in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, a rapist in The Outrage, a bandit turned lawman in The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean and, his last significant role, the gangster boss in Road To Perdition. His peers, his fellow actors, recognised his gifts and nominated him ten times for Oscars but he won only once, for The Color Of Money, an award which he maybe didn’t deserve. I believe the Oscar voters gave this one to Newman out of a sense of guilt, a belated recognition that they had overlooked him far too often and that, since he was already 61, they might not get another chance. Well, at least he won the Oscar, not that he would have bothered too much if he hadn’t. He didn’t even turn up that night when, finally, they gave him the award. Newman never took himself too seriously. In later life he even urged people to catch reruns of himself in one of his earliest movies, The Silver Chalice, in which, as a beskirted Greek slave, he gave a performance that he cheerfully acknowledged to be quite appalling. But by then he must have known how good he really was, that he had the ability granted to very few movie stars to become completely the character he was playing while retaining the attractive, charismatic persona of Paul Newman. I met him many years ago when he was a young actor. I remember he was utterly charming but his eyes were slightly less blue than they appeared on screen. I once asked Joanne Woodward, his wife of 50 years, how he retained his enviable looks. She said he would plunge his face into cold water |
| Tribute to Paul Newman, one of my all time favourite actors and the star of the first movie I ever saw in a cinema, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. |
Sep 6
Long Weekend Trailer (1978)
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Couldn’t resist this, not with a tagline like that. It reminded me so much of my camping holiday recently: Tag: “They came for a holiday…now they’re running for their lives…” (Love it!) Plot: When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn’t in an accommodating mood. This amazing film is available from SynapseFilms with loads of extra features. It is currently available from any reputable DVD seller or online e-tailer! Sounds like my sort of deal! I’ll pop right over!! You want the trivia? Here it is:
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Aug 17
McCain: California Will Be in Play
Photo: John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harry Sloan.John McCain told a crowd of some 300 supporters at the home of MGM chief Harry Sloan that if he is the Republican nominee, California will be in play. The event, held as the Democrats were debating at Hollywood & Highland on Thursday, was McCain’s first major Hollywood fund-raiser since his phoenix-like rise to GOP front-runner. According to sources who were there, McCain vowed to campaign in the state — unlike the past four election cycles, when the GOP has largely ceded California in the general election to the Democratic nominee. It may not be rhetoric, as McCain’s maverick status and his stances on global warming and immigration could help him draw independent voters. There’s also the enthusiastic backing of Arnold Schwarzenegger,who also was at Sloan’s home and also addressed McCain supporters. Back in 2004, Schwarzenegger campaigned for President Bush — but in Ohio, not the Golden State. Even if McCain doesn’t win the state, he could force the Democratic nominee to spend precious time here, robbing them of what has been a solid firewall in general election contests. Sloan’s event drew a crowd that included politicos likeJack Kemp and industry types like Tim Allen, Jerry Bruckheimer and Bruce Ramer. Also there were Kelsey Grammer and Jon Voight, big backers of Rudy Giuliani. Sloan introduced McCain and noted that “Now that he is risen from the ashes, the only thing left for him to perform is for him to walk on water.” It was a fitting comment, as the Arizona senator spoke atop a piece of see-through plexiglass that covered a jacuzzi. |
Aug 16
Loose Change - 2nd Edition
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Loose Change is an internet film written and directed by Dylan Avery, produced by Korey Rowe with researcher Jason Bermas. The film presents a 9/11 conspiracy theory to set forth the claim that elements within the United States government planned and executed the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. The film was released through the creators’ company, Louder than Words, and received wide attention after Loose Change 2nd Edition was featured on a Binghamton, New York local FOX affiliate, WICZ-TV (FOX 40).[1] It is one of the most watched films on the Internet, with over 10 million viewers in 2006.[2]The accuracy and fairness of Loose Change has been disputed by Popular Mechanics, media outlets and independent researchers. On September 11, 2006 Dylan Avery and Jason Bermas appeared on “Democracy Now! the War and Peace Report”, to debate James Meigs and David Dunbar,[3] two editors of Popular Mechanics and the book Debunking 9/11 Myths.[4] The film has been edited and re-released in a second edition, then recut again removing some of the inaccuracies that were in previous editions. A further “final cut” version was originally planned for release on September 11 2006, but was delayed and is now pushed back to February or March 2007. |
Jul 28
Yes, I do have a film career, dwarling!!
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I know I’m concentrating on the photography right now but that doesn’t Yes, hard to believe isn’t it but alas true as I’m laying here typing this up. As well as being an extra on a couple of Looks like another draft of the latter is due soon anyway so I’ll have to keep you posted on that one. Always good to hear from other filmmakers about any new developments concerning I am with 3 agencies as an actor and extra and have a manager and lawyer for my |
May 19
Critics cheer return of Indiana Jones in new film
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May 5
Iron Man hits $100 Million over weekend
Iron Man became a blockbuster in one weekend, opening to $100.8 million, according to studio estimates from box office trackers Nielsen EDI.
Comments are off for this postApr 23
Cannes Line-Up + Kelly’s single
Movie icon Clint Eastwood
will be among U.S. directors showing their work at this year’s Cannes International
Film Festival next month, BBC News reports. The 61st festival runs from 14-25 May in the south of France.
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Eastwood’s latest directorial outing is a 1920s thriller, called “Challenging,” and it stars Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich and Amy Ryan. Quentin Tarantino will attend the festival, where he will give a film directing masterclass. No British films have been announced as part of the Cannes Festival’s line-up which is no surprise. Kelly’s singleThankfully Kelly Brook has finally come to her senses and dumped that awful American wanker Billy Zane. Keen-eyed fans spotted Kelly arriving at this weekend’s TV Baftas without her engagement ring, sparking rumours of a rift between |
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Apr 22
Happy Birthday Jack
Apr 22
Lakeview Terrace Trailer
Trailer for Lakeview Terrace Starring Samuel L. Jackson Budget: $22,000,000 Directed by Neil LaBute Lakeview Terrace hits theaters on September 19th. |














