Kings of the Evening
Friday, March 9, 2012
Exclusive: Elfie Hopkins Poster
Winstones Assemble!If this new Elfie Hopkins quad poster is anything to go by, all is assuredly not well in the Winstone household. Dad Ray and daughter Jaime have their hands full dealing with the film's sinister woodland goings-on. The last time Winston Sr. looked this focused he was being sucked into the space between spaces in The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. At least this time he's armed, which is more than it looks like Elfie herself (Jaime Winstone) is boasting. The 22 year-old wildlife-loving amateur sleuth has to get by on wits dampened by a spliff or two as she sets to work uncovering bloody work afoot in her dormant hunting village. Well, wits and probably some shotguns. {Elfie Hopkins poster}Written and directed by Ryan Andrews, a previous collaborator with Jaime Winstone, Elfie Hopkins promises to showcase the younger Winstone's skills. Her character is inspired in her crime-solving mission by noirs like Chinatown and The Maltese Falcon and aided by geeky pal Dylan (Aneurin Barnard).Together, they get busy investigating the suspicious Gammon family, fresh from the big city and - we'd wager - not especially friendly.Elfie Hopkins makes her big-screen bow on April 20.
Friday, March 2, 2012
VIDEO: Ellen Pompeo Addresses Rumors About Katherine Heigl's Grey's Return
Hayden Panettiere Heroes alum Hayden Panettiere has landed one of the leading roles in ABC's Nashville pilot, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Deadline first reported the news. The drama is a family soap set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene that follows two musicians, one who's already a star and the other who's on the rise (Panettiere). As previously announced, Jonathan Jackson, Powers Boothe, Robert Wisdom, Clare Bowenand Sam Palladio will also star. Pilot Season: Get the scoop! While Panettiere is best known for playing the impervious cheerleader on Heroes, she also recently starred in Lifetime's Amanda Knox: Murder On Trial In Italy and in the film Scream 4. Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise) and RJ Cutler will write and executive-produce Nashville.
Watch Taylor Kitsch's MTV First At This Time!
Obvious eyes, full hearts, must watch: "MTV First: John Carter" begins the following, at this time! Tune in to the video below to determine Taylor Kitsch within an exclusive clip from "John Carter," his new Disney sci-fi adventure. Keep watching for a lot of actor's ideas on his latest flick, plus updates on his other approaching projects like "Battleship" and "Savages." Join the conversation on Twitter by utilizing #MTVFirst or #AskKitsch. Everything begins present, only on MTV.com.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Talkback: After Billy Crystal's Tepid Turn, Who'd Increase the risk for Ultimate Oscar Host?
Many people available may have loved Billy Crystal's ninth outing as host in the Academy awards last evening, but his turn was as tepid as James Franco's 2011 "performance" was bizarre. Crystal's Oscars-designed song and dance routine? Dated. The weak banter and soft barbs at Hollywood's collected illuminati? Snoozeville. Thinking about the formerly and often great Very was upstaged with the night's random moments (Angelina Jolie's leg, J. Lo's boob, people Cirque du Soleil acrobats) and youthful, really funny presenters (the Bridesmaids crew and Emma Stone) you are prepared to start anew and refresh what's already known to as fussiest evening inside the film calendar. Basically: Who'd increase the risk for ultimate, charming, amusing, non-sucky Oscar host? Let's start by taking anyone who already situated the Oscars in the board, for freshness' sake including 2005 host Chris Rock, who provided last night's telecast getting a significantly-needed jolt of real talk hilarity while he presented Best Animated Feature. Or, say, Ellen Degeneres, Emmy-nominated on her behalf 2006 turn, who was simply nonetheless all over the tube Oscar evening in people movie-designed JC Penney ads. The tradition utilizing comics to host can be a historic the one that paid out off in spades fathers and moms of Bob Hope (who situated accurate documentation 18 shows). But nowadays probably the most daring, subversive stand-ups (read: the funny ones) run facing the stifling sense of decorum perpetuated with the older-skewing Academy it seems you may either come with an "edgier and more personal and much more personal" host who dares to push the envelope and attract the coveted youthful demographic -- Bieber alone can't work, even if the ill-advised blackface can get press -- otherwise you use a safe host who'll not get caught up and bore everyone to dying. In justness to Very, he was saddled by getting an awfully boring script. The pair of sparks of existence only showed up the odd ad-lib or because he roasted stars inside the audience, but even that devolved into easy mean jokes. (Leave Nick Nolte alone!) Another past Oscar trend wound up being to cast a slew of famous stars to host the evening -- charming personas who split hosting duties and attract diverse audiences. In 1974 it absolutely was the eclectic combination of John Huston, Burt Reynolds, David Niven, Diana Ross yearly later the Academy attracted on Sammy Davis Junior, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, and Shirley MacLaine. Why not obtain present just like a b --lister superteam to host? I'm not speaking Hathaway As Catwoman and James Franco, but George Clooney! Robert Downey Junior.! Sandra Bullock! Cute little Emma Stone, for goodness sake! However, maybe you'll find stars available who could reinvigorate the Oscars solo: The famous host the famous host oprah, for starters? The talk show titan was batted around a year ago just like a potential Oscar host for now-telecast co-producer Brett Ratner hired Eddie Murphy (who'd also probably prosper, if he'd return). I'd watch an entire telecast situated by Zach Galifianakis, even if it absolutely was a 3-hour parade of weirdness on componen along with his and may Ferrell's crash cymbals gag. Once the Academy's older membership and demographic understood who the hell he was, Louis C.K. might be fantastically entertaining. Then there's Sacha Baron Cohen... I'll change it for you, Movieliners -- who'd are a fantastic audience-getting, attention-holding non-snoozeworthy Oscar host... and would the Academy ever bite?
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Trio of photos top ACE Eddie Honours
'The Descendants'"The Descendants," "The Artist" and "Rango" needed feature film kudos since the American Cinema Editors gave out their ACE Eddie Honours."The Descendants" and editor Kevin Tent won to find the best-edited dramatic feature. "The Artist" editor Anne-Sophie Brion and editor-author-director Michel Hazanavicius won for comedy or musical feature. "Rango's" Craig Wood won for animated feature. The award for Tent and "The Descendants" spurred an especially noisy ovation, since it came in just minutes following a ACE had saluted the pic's helmer, Alexander Payne, having its Golden Eddie filmmaker of year award, and Payne had shipped a wry speech explaining how he works together Tent.Payne, who always recognized to Tent by his full title and affiliation, referred to he stops watching dailies after about 2 days of shooting and trusts Tent's set of how the dailies look. "Highly attuned over time towards the subtlest nuances inside the mellifluous voice of Kevin Tent, A.C.E., I am in a position to readily discern because he lies then when he notifies the truth.In . "On set I alone am everyone else,In . mentioned Payne, "psychologically checking this raw material for believability, rhythm, vividness and cutting points. But Kevin Tent, A.C.E., is my audience, which i hunger to thrill him." Payne offered three ideas about editing itself: "One, editing might be the continuing technique of disguising how bad the film is actually. 2, each day we edit, we increase the risk for film suck less. And # 3, editing might be natural condition of guy."Inside the TV groups, Steven Rasch needed the half-hour series award for "Curb Your Enthusiasm - Palestinian Chicken." Rasch, who was simply also nommed with an espisode of "Modern Family" quipped that "Of my fellow nominees, I am in a position to say one or more was very worthy." "Breaking Bad - Face Off" and editor Skip Macdonald won for hourlong for commercial television. The "Homeland" pilot and editors Jordan Goldman & David Latham needed non-commercial hourlong honors. The "Cinema Verite" team of Sarah Flack & Robert Pulcini" won for miniseries or TV movie. "Anthony Borudain: No Reservations - Haiti" and editor Eric Lasby won for reality series. "Freedom Riders" editors Lewis Erskine and Aljernon CQ Tunsil needed documentary honors. Anne V. Coates, editor of "Lawrence of Arabia" among other classic films, possess a noisy standing ovation as she found the podium use a student award to Eric Kench. Two editors received Career Achievement Honours: Doug Ibold and Joel Cox. Dick Wolf introduced Ibold, recalling an instalment of "Miami Vice" Ibold edited which were directed by Don Manley. "It went half-million dollars over budget, that was 1986," appreciated Wolf. "The episdode made no sense." Within the climax, Ibold intercut a scene of Manley making love to guest star Melanie Griffith getting a scene of drug retailers killing guest star Vanity. "You'll find in the last 26 years nobody has intercut sex and violence on network TV," quipped Wolf. Ibold noted it absolutely was 2 decades since the ACE made a decision to upgrade the Eddie Honours. In 1992, he mentioned "Clint Eastwood was our first filmmaker of year and Joel Cox won an Oscar for editing 'Unforgiven.' And guess what happens? Many of us are here tonight."Eastwood introduced Cox, who received another Career Achievement Award. Eastwood mentioned "Joel which i were here 2 decades ago. We've frequently wondered the reasons you haven't requested us back." Fast-paced ceremony happened within the Beverly Hilton. Contact David S. Cohen at david.cohen@variety.com
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Kyle Chandler Hunts Bin Laden
Clear eyes, fully loaded rifle...After scoring plenty of acclaim (not to mention a well-deserved Emmy) for his performance as Coach Eric Taylor on TV's Friday Night Lights, Kyle Chandler has seen his career start to hit the next level. And now it would seem Kathryn Bigelow has noticed, since she's cast him in her new, still-untitled film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.Chandler will join a cast that already boasts Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Edgar Ramirez and Mark Strong.Yet according to Deadline, the casting for the movie is still shrouded in some secrecy, with no official confirmation on any of the names attached. But then, what do you expect from a movie that features CIA operatives and Navy SEAL characters? Still, if it turns out to be accurate, Chandler will be playing an agent.Bigelow's film, which features Hurt Locker collaborator Mark Boal on script duty, has run into some controversy recently with the US Congress and the Pentagon investigating charges that the Obama administration somehow leaked information about the mission to kill Bin Laden to the filmmakers, which caused them to redraft the movie to reflect the man's death.There's no indication yet on whether that will affect the release schedule, but Sony still wants the thing in US cinemas by December 19.Chandler will next be seen in Ben Affleck's Argo (out here October 5) and has just finished work on Broken City opposite Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe.
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Exorcist Porn Parody Better-Examined Than Phantom Menace
I am talking about, clearly: "Now, anybody who's have you been made in hindsight through the large smooch Leia gives Luke inside a New Hope (whose renaming here's far too hysterical for all of us to give up) be advised: The incestuous high-jinks go way, way further within this version. For just one, in order to earn her freedom, Leia (Allie Haze) blows dad-o Darth Vader (Lexington Steelespeaking which, when exactly did Anakin turn bla ... let alone). For 2, Luke (Seth Gamble) joins Han in double-joining Sis as celebration of coming in the Dying Star. [...] And also the effects! Yes, we have seen lots of highly impressive effects in adult productions during the last many years, but this undeniably and positively sets a brand new bar. The lightsabers, the fight ships, the droids, the Dying Star ... should you did not know much better, you'd think someone from Lucasfilm really were built with a submit crafting this." [AVN, link NSFW]
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