[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “Godless.”]
The Old West was a lawless place, where nothing was certain except for dust and hardship. On Netflix’s limited series “Godless,” outlaw Frank Griffin was certain about one thing though: how he wasn’t going to die.
“This ain’t my death,” he says over and over again like a mantra. Whether he has a noose around his neck or a shotgun pointed at his heart, he holds onto that unshakeable belief. “This ain’t my death. I’ve seen my death; this ain’t it.”
Jeff Daniels, who portrays Frank Griffin, spoke to IndieWire about that infamous line. “If it were a song, it’d be a good hook,” he said. “You preface that with, ‘Is this it? No, it’s not it. This ain’t my death. I just checked. Didn’t get the feeling that this was it.’ And that’s kind of all he goes on.
The Old West was a lawless place, where nothing was certain except for dust and hardship. On Netflix’s limited series “Godless,” outlaw Frank Griffin was certain about one thing though: how he wasn’t going to die.
“This ain’t my death,” he says over and over again like a mantra. Whether he has a noose around his neck or a shotgun pointed at his heart, he holds onto that unshakeable belief. “This ain’t my death. I’ve seen my death; this ain’t it.”
Jeff Daniels, who portrays Frank Griffin, spoke to IndieWire about that infamous line. “If it were a song, it’d be a good hook,” he said. “You preface that with, ‘Is this it? No, it’s not it. This ain’t my death. I just checked. Didn’t get the feeling that this was it.’ And that’s kind of all he goes on.
- 11/24/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Check out this brand-new trailer for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, which features the games “big bad”… Kang The Conqueror! An all-new, epic adventure and sequel to the smash hit Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 features an original branching storyline, co-written by comic book veteran Kurt Busiek, which transports players into a cosmic battle across a myriad of Marvel locations ripped from time and space.
Go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in an epic battle across Chronopolis, from Ancient Egypt and The Old West to Sakaar and New York City in 2099. Along the way, gamers will be able to take control of a host of iconic characters, from Cowboy Captain America from the past to Spider-Man 2099 from the future along with Thor, Hulk, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin, and dozens of other Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains.
Go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in an epic battle across Chronopolis, from Ancient Egypt and The Old West to Sakaar and New York City in 2099. Along the way, gamers will be able to take control of a host of iconic characters, from Cowboy Captain America from the past to Spider-Man 2099 from the future along with Thor, Hulk, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin, and dozens of other Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains.
- 7/25/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Check out the full first trailer for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, along with our first look at the games cover art!
Go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in an epic battle across Chronopolis, from Ancient Egypt and The Old West to Sakaar and New York City in 2099. Along the way, gamers will be able to take control of a host of iconic characters, from Cowboy Captain America from the past to Spider-Man 2099 from the future along with Thor, Hulk, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin, and dozens of other Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains.
Go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in an epic battle across Chronopolis, from Ancient Egypt and The Old West to Sakaar and New York City in 2099. Along the way, gamers will be able to take control of a host of iconic characters, from Cowboy Captain America from the past to Spider-Man 2099 from the future along with Thor, Hulk, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin, and dozens of other Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains.
- 5/26/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Check out the teaser trailer for Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 now and mark your calendars for the full-length trailer – which hits the interwebs on May 23rd.
Go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in an epic battle across Chronopolis, from Ancient Egypt and The Old West to Sakaar and New York City in 2099. Along the way, gamers will be able to take control of a host of iconic characters, from Cowboy Captain America from the past to Spider-Man 2099 from the future along with Thor, Hulk, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin, and dozens of other Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains.
Go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in an epic battle across Chronopolis, from Ancient Egypt and The Old West to Sakaar and New York City in 2099. Along the way, gamers will be able to take control of a host of iconic characters, from Cowboy Captain America from the past to Spider-Man 2099 from the future along with Thor, Hulk, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin, and dozens of other Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains.
- 5/16/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Tt Games and WB Interactive have announced the sequel to Lego Marvel Super Heroes, bringing forth an all new story for comic fans to play through with the most iconic characters. Come inside to check out the first trailer and details!
Lego is back at it with an all new game featuring the expansive unverise (and cast of characters) from Marvel Comics. As they did with the first Lego Marvel Super Heroes, the sequel will feature an all new story (nothing based of the films) that will bring together all of your favorite heroes and villains. Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One November 14, 2017, but Switch fans will have to wait until a little closer to Christmas.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Tt Games, The Lego Group and Marvel Entertainment today announced Lego® Marvel Super Heroes 2, an all-new, original adventure and sequel to the smash hit, Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
Lego is back at it with an all new game featuring the expansive unverise (and cast of characters) from Marvel Comics. As they did with the first Lego Marvel Super Heroes, the sequel will feature an all new story (nothing based of the films) that will bring together all of your favorite heroes and villains. Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One November 14, 2017, but Switch fans will have to wait until a little closer to Christmas.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Tt Games, The Lego Group and Marvel Entertainment today announced Lego® Marvel Super Heroes 2, an all-new, original adventure and sequel to the smash hit, Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
- 5/15/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Author: Hannah Woodhead
The Old West is having a bit of a moment right now – from HBO’s incredible Westworld to the hotly anticipated film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, audiences can’t get enough Americana. Quietly slipping into the spring television schedule is AMC’s The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan in his first television role since Remington Steele ended in 1987. It’s quite a comeback for Brosnan, who to modern audiences is best known as Bond – or Meryl Streep’s boyfriend in Mamma Mia.
The Son fills the western void in AMC’s roster left by Hell on Wheels, which finished last summer, but unfortunately, it doesn’t have much in common with its predecessor. Whilst Hell on Wheels was praised for its emotion and nuance, as well as stellar cast performances and intriguing political commentary, The Son lacks such heart – and like Hell on Wheels,...
The Old West is having a bit of a moment right now – from HBO’s incredible Westworld to the hotly anticipated film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, audiences can’t get enough Americana. Quietly slipping into the spring television schedule is AMC’s The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan in his first television role since Remington Steele ended in 1987. It’s quite a comeback for Brosnan, who to modern audiences is best known as Bond – or Meryl Streep’s boyfriend in Mamma Mia.
The Son fills the western void in AMC’s roster left by Hell on Wheels, which finished last summer, but unfortunately, it doesn’t have much in common with its predecessor. Whilst Hell on Wheels was praised for its emotion and nuance, as well as stellar cast performances and intriguing political commentary, The Son lacks such heart – and like Hell on Wheels,...
- 4/18/2017
- by Hannah Woodhead
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"The Furniture" is our weekly series on Production Design. Here's Daniel Walber...
The Old West has been dead since well before the dawn of cinema, and so the best Westerns are parables of a way of life in decline. Yet despite the history, there are plenty for whom the mythology of the cowboy and the outlaw isn’t extinct. That’s why the Western has lived on, well after the death of even the oldest Americans who could remember those days. It’s also what drives films like Hell or High Water, which use symbols to chronicle the last days of the Old West’s cultural descendants.
It takes place in a nearly empty West Texas, now being picked over by banks. Taylor Sheridan’s script is insistent in its reminders of this context. “No wonder my kids won’t do this shit for a living,” says an anonymous cattle rancher fleeing an encroaching fire.
The Old West has been dead since well before the dawn of cinema, and so the best Westerns are parables of a way of life in decline. Yet despite the history, there are plenty for whom the mythology of the cowboy and the outlaw isn’t extinct. That’s why the Western has lived on, well after the death of even the oldest Americans who could remember those days. It’s also what drives films like Hell or High Water, which use symbols to chronicle the last days of the Old West’s cultural descendants.
It takes place in a nearly empty West Texas, now being picked over by banks. Taylor Sheridan’s script is insistent in its reminders of this context. “No wonder my kids won’t do this shit for a living,” says an anonymous cattle rancher fleeing an encroaching fire.
- 11/28/2016
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmExperience
There’s a new version of The Magnificent Seven currently in theaters, this time directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington. The film’s racially diverse cast, a distinct departure from the white-dominated 1960 version directed by John Sturges, has garnered a great deal of attention, with some accusing Fuqua of politically correct pandering or even tokenism. But in an eye-opening new article for The Atlantic entitled “How Hollywood Whitewashed The Old West,” writer Leah Williams reveals that this new Magnificent Seven may actually present a much more accurate version of America’s frontier past than its predecessor ever did. In fact, audiences have come to think of cowboys as being all but exclusively white because of the conventions of Hollywood filmmaking. It has no real basis in historical fact. The real West was diverse, even if no one at the time would have used that term to describe ...
- 10/6/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
By John M. Whalen
When the “hardware widow” (Allyn Ann McClerie) asks Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) if he’d gotten used to the idea of his long-time partner Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) and her being married, Monte says: “I never had so many things to get used to in my whole life, as now.” That line of dialogue in the middle of William Fraker’s “Monte Walsh” (1970) pretty much sums up this first and best film adaptation of Jack Schaeffer’s novel about the end of the Old West in general and the cowboy life in particular. It’s a true classic and even though it features two of the toughest tough guy actors of the sixties and seventies, it’s not a melodramatic shoot-em-up, full of violence, sound and fury. Rather it’s an elegiac portrait of the way it must have really happened, presented in a style as...
When the “hardware widow” (Allyn Ann McClerie) asks Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) if he’d gotten used to the idea of his long-time partner Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) and her being married, Monte says: “I never had so many things to get used to in my whole life, as now.” That line of dialogue in the middle of William Fraker’s “Monte Walsh” (1970) pretty much sums up this first and best film adaptation of Jack Schaeffer’s novel about the end of the Old West in general and the cowboy life in particular. It’s a true classic and even though it features two of the toughest tough guy actors of the sixties and seventies, it’s not a melodramatic shoot-em-up, full of violence, sound and fury. Rather it’s an elegiac portrait of the way it must have really happened, presented in a style as...
- 9/13/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Start your morning (or afternoon) off with a Q&A with the director of Blood Moon, Jeremy Wooding. Also: a new trailer from the horror video game Until Dawn and an update on the Blood Rage Blu-ray / DVD due out at the end of September.
Blood Moon: Press Release: "Los Angeles, August 4 - Referee the ultimate showdown between gunslinger and lycanthrope when acclaimed western-horror Blood Moon hits DVD and Digital September 1 from Uncork’d Entertainment.
The old west howls when a town is overtaken by skinwalkers. Knowing they’ve got to combine forces if they want to survive the night, the passengers of a stagecoach unite with a heroic gunslinger and a couple of outlaws to battle the beastly enemy under the blood moon.
Only the second ever western to be filmed in the UK, the award-winning film stars The Woman in Black’s Shaun Dooley, George Blagden (TVs...
Blood Moon: Press Release: "Los Angeles, August 4 - Referee the ultimate showdown between gunslinger and lycanthrope when acclaimed western-horror Blood Moon hits DVD and Digital September 1 from Uncork’d Entertainment.
The old west howls when a town is overtaken by skinwalkers. Knowing they’ve got to combine forces if they want to survive the night, the passengers of a stagecoach unite with a heroic gunslinger and a couple of outlaws to battle the beastly enemy under the blood moon.
Only the second ever western to be filmed in the UK, the award-winning film stars The Woman in Black’s Shaun Dooley, George Blagden (TVs...
- 8/10/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Hopefully, there won't be a need for paramedics at the Mile High Horror Film Festival which will host, alongside Fangoria, a screening of The Return of the Living Dead. Also: a behind-the-scenes video for From Dusk Till Dawn Season 2, Blood Moon release details, and Kickstarter details for Claymation project, Dagon.
The Return of the Living Dead Screening: Press Release: "August 4th, 2015 -- Denver, Co -- For over 35 years, Fangoria has been a trusted institution in the horror community, offering unique insights into every aspect of horror culture. And in spreading its brand, Fangoria has sought to bring fright fans the latest and greatest in the world of horror, which is why the Mile High Horror Film Festival is proud to announce our media partnership with Fangoria. For our first announcement with this partnership, Fangoria will present the 30th Anniversary Screening of The Return Of The Living Dead with star and...
The Return of the Living Dead Screening: Press Release: "August 4th, 2015 -- Denver, Co -- For over 35 years, Fangoria has been a trusted institution in the horror community, offering unique insights into every aspect of horror culture. And in spreading its brand, Fangoria has sought to bring fright fans the latest and greatest in the world of horror, which is why the Mile High Horror Film Festival is proud to announce our media partnership with Fangoria. For our first announcement with this partnership, Fangoria will present the 30th Anniversary Screening of The Return Of The Living Dead with star and...
- 8/5/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
A24/Lionsgate
Rating: ★★★★
Ah, the Western. The gift we love to pretend has stopped giving. Periodically, a movie set in the 1800s featuring cowboys and quick-fire gun action comes along and everyone makes big statements about how it used to be a cinematic cornerstone and now, well, isn’t (for an answer to why that happened, see Toy Story).
The thing is, while the Western did decrease in prominence and certainly went away from the mainstream, it is still fighting strong. How would the annual (or, for 2015 it seems, bi-monthly) tradition of commenting on the genre’s long-past heyday still exist otherwise?
What is worth remarking on in regards to the Western is how pretty much every noteworthy recent entry in the genre (even, to a degree, the dire Cowboys And Aliens) has been about the “End of an Era”; True Grit juxtaposed growing up with the death of the...
Rating: ★★★★
Ah, the Western. The gift we love to pretend has stopped giving. Periodically, a movie set in the 1800s featuring cowboys and quick-fire gun action comes along and everyone makes big statements about how it used to be a cinematic cornerstone and now, well, isn’t (for an answer to why that happened, see Toy Story).
The thing is, while the Western did decrease in prominence and certainly went away from the mainstream, it is still fighting strong. How would the annual (or, for 2015 it seems, bi-monthly) tradition of commenting on the genre’s long-past heyday still exist otherwise?
What is worth remarking on in regards to the Western is how pretty much every noteworthy recent entry in the genre (even, to a degree, the dire Cowboys And Aliens) has been about the “End of an Era”; True Grit juxtaposed growing up with the death of the...
- 6/30/2015
- by Alex Leadbeater
- Obsessed with Film
Director: John Maclean; Screenwriter: John Maclean; Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius; Running time: 84 mins; Certificate: 15
The Old West becomes a distant dreamland as seen through the eyes of Kodi Smit-McPhee, playing a Scottish lad who crosses an ocean and navigates hostile territory to find the girl he loves. Substance doesn't quite match up to the high style of this ethereal western, but Michael Fassbender lends weight as the gruff gunslinger who rides along with the kid, shooting holes through his romantic view of the world.
Jay Cavendish is only 16, fresh-faced (almost a blank canvas in McPhee's rendering) and ripe for a kicking in the backwoods of Colorado where he finds himself in 1870. He strays into the crossfire when a local tribe of Indians are hunted like animals through the trees, a situation that clearly offends Silas (Fassbender) who appears from nowhere to put an end to...
The Old West becomes a distant dreamland as seen through the eyes of Kodi Smit-McPhee, playing a Scottish lad who crosses an ocean and navigates hostile territory to find the girl he loves. Substance doesn't quite match up to the high style of this ethereal western, but Michael Fassbender lends weight as the gruff gunslinger who rides along with the kid, shooting holes through his romantic view of the world.
Jay Cavendish is only 16, fresh-faced (almost a blank canvas in McPhee's rendering) and ripe for a kicking in the backwoods of Colorado where he finds himself in 1870. He strays into the crossfire when a local tribe of Indians are hunted like animals through the trees, a situation that clearly offends Silas (Fassbender) who appears from nowhere to put an end to...
- 6/24/2015
- Digital Spy
For the sixth consecutive year, thousands of movie lovers from around the globe descended upon Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival. The 2015 festival took take place Thursday, March 26 – Sunday, March 29, 2015 and no matter your favorite genre, attendees were treated to an extensive lineup of great movies, appearances by legendary stars and filmmakers, fascinating presentations and panel discussions, special events and more.
Friday night’s screening of Apollo 13 was definitely one of the most exciting events of the festival. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Ron Howard’s impressive telling of the nearly doomed mission of the 3 astronauts aboard Apollo 13 looked as spectacular as the first time audiences saw it 20 years ago.
Host and long-time Nasa enthusiast Alex Trebek was on hand to introduce the film, as well as introduce fans in attendance to the real Captain Jim Lovell (played in the film by Tom Hanks). Also joining them on...
Friday night’s screening of Apollo 13 was definitely one of the most exciting events of the festival. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Ron Howard’s impressive telling of the nearly doomed mission of the 3 astronauts aboard Apollo 13 looked as spectacular as the first time audiences saw it 20 years ago.
Host and long-time Nasa enthusiast Alex Trebek was on hand to introduce the film, as well as introduce fans in attendance to the real Captain Jim Lovell (played in the film by Tom Hanks). Also joining them on...
- 3/30/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today, Dark Horse announce from Emerald City Comic Con a new creator-owned work from a concept by Joe Lansdale (Batman Tas) and written by Mark Miller for an October release date: Steam Man. It’s a crazy wild-west premise with some beautiful art by Piotr Kolwaski that blends multiple genres. The Old West (but not as we know it): […]...
- 3/27/2015
- by Zac Thompson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Hollywood will come alive with The Sound of Music (1965) this spring as the beloved, Oscar®-winning classic returns to the big screen to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala opening-night screening on Thursday, March 26 at the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival. Legendary stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer will join Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne at the world-famous Tcl Chinese Theater IMAX to introduce the beautifully restored film and kick off the sixth annual festival, which will run March 26-29, 2015, in Hollywood.
The film is being presented in collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox, in celebration of their Golden 50th Anniversary Blu-ray release arriving on March 10, 2015.
The Sound of Music is the story of the Von Trapp family, whose lives are forever changed by the arrival of Maria, the warmhearted young governess who brings joy and music to the Captain (Plummer) and his children. The film earned Andrews her second...
The film is being presented in collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox, in celebration of their Golden 50th Anniversary Blu-ray release arriving on March 10, 2015.
The Sound of Music is the story of the Von Trapp family, whose lives are forever changed by the arrival of Maria, the warmhearted young governess who brings joy and music to the Captain (Plummer) and his children. The film earned Andrews her second...
- 1/20/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has landed four film restorations set to make their world premieres during the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival, taking place March 26-29, 2015, in Hollywood. The movies, each from a different era in cinema history, including Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 (1995), Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960), William Dieterle’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928). The Keaton comedy will be accompanied by legendary silent film composer Carl Davis conducting the world premiere performance of his new score for the film.
Earlier this month, TCM announced that the theme for the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival will be History According to Hollywood:
The Old West. Medieval England. Ancient Rome. Hollywood has found endless inspiration in re-creating historical moments and bringing to life the heroes and villains of the past, creating a form of time travel for audiences through the ages and around the world.
Earlier this month, TCM announced that the theme for the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival will be History According to Hollywood:
The Old West. Medieval England. Ancient Rome. Hollywood has found endless inspiration in re-creating historical moments and bringing to life the heroes and villains of the past, creating a form of time travel for audiences through the ages and around the world.
- 11/3/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Pretty Deadly Volume One: The Shrike (#1-5)
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art and covers by Emma Rios. Colours by Jordan Bellaire.
Published by Image Comics
Now is the perfect time to catch up one of the biggest surprise hits of 2013: Kelly Sue DeConnick’s and Emma Rios’ Pretty Deadly. The series is currently on a hiatus after the completion of its first five issue story arc (#6 does not appear on the Image Comics solicitations for June, July or August, so hopefully its return will be made this September).
Pretty Deadly is a major work; the result of an equally phenomenal writer and artist duo coming together in perfect harmony to create a literary and visual experience unlike any you’ll get in other comics on the stands today. It’s difficult to imagine DeConnick’s enigmatic prose not accompanied by Rios’ exquisitely detailed illustrations as well as Bellaire’s washed out colours,...
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art and covers by Emma Rios. Colours by Jordan Bellaire.
Published by Image Comics
Now is the perfect time to catch up one of the biggest surprise hits of 2013: Kelly Sue DeConnick’s and Emma Rios’ Pretty Deadly. The series is currently on a hiatus after the completion of its first five issue story arc (#6 does not appear on the Image Comics solicitations for June, July or August, so hopefully its return will be made this September).
Pretty Deadly is a major work; the result of an equally phenomenal writer and artist duo coming together in perfect harmony to create a literary and visual experience unlike any you’ll get in other comics on the stands today. It’s difficult to imagine DeConnick’s enigmatic prose not accompanied by Rios’ exquisitely detailed illustrations as well as Bellaire’s washed out colours,...
- 6/15/2014
- by Trevor Dobbin
- SoundOnSight
According to the new Seth MacFarlane film, there are a million ways to die in the West. While that may be true, we think only 10 of these ways were really worth worrying about and present them now with accompanying movie clips to really help the message hit home. The old West was very dangerous indeed. Be careful, time travelers! Stampede These days, people get hit by cars. Back in the old West they got trampled by horses or huge groups of frightened cattle. We imagine that getting squished by a hundred muddy hoofs rates pretty low on the list of "fun ways to meet your maker." But we haven't actually tried it, either. Hanging Frontier justice was a cruel activity, which often found accused criminals handling at the end of a rope...
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- 5/30/2014
- by Evan Saathoff
- Movies.com
The old west was alive in Westwood on Thursday night with an all-starred carpet lineup at the premiere of ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West.’ This is Seth MacFarlane’s first bow since the hugely successful ‘Ted’ and the crowdsturned out to see the star studded fest. Charlize Theron and Sean Penn, who’ve been dating for four months,were the talk of the night as the couple canoodled down the carpet, setting offa media tizzy. Charlize wore a delicately embroidered black cocktail frockoffset by chunky diamond studs and a ruby red pout. Seth MacFarlane played it cool in black, dodging questionsabout a ‘Ted’ sequel. MacFarlane, who directs, produces, co-writes and plays therole of a cowardly sheep farmer in the new film, wanted the night to stay focusedthe old west comedy. Sarah Silverman, who came arm-in-arm with Michael Sheen (‘TheQueen’), delighted the fans that lined the boulevard by...
- 5/17/2014
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Before The Lego Movie could hit theaters last Friday, some assembly was required.
Correction: A lot of assembly.
Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s incredibly entertaining “block”buster is a hyperkinetic Frankenfilm, cobbled together from a variety of sources both huge (the classic “hero’s journey” monomyth) and teeny (does a certain dolphin noise sound familiar?). The movie is also filled with casting in-jokes, snippets of dialogue borrowed from other movies, and callbacks to the directors’ past work. All in all, it’s enough to make your head spin, Lego minifigure-style — there’s no way for one person to catch...
Correction: A lot of assembly.
Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s incredibly entertaining “block”buster is a hyperkinetic Frankenfilm, cobbled together from a variety of sources both huge (the classic “hero’s journey” monomyth) and teeny (does a certain dolphin noise sound familiar?). The movie is also filled with casting in-jokes, snippets of dialogue borrowed from other movies, and callbacks to the directors’ past work. All in all, it’s enough to make your head spin, Lego minifigure-style — there’s no way for one person to catch...
- 2/14/2014
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
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