(Not So) Bright Future: Iwai’s Returns with Troubling Portrait of Modern Love
At the beginning of Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s latest film, A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, its main protagonist finds herself balking at the ease of getting into a relationship.
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At the beginning of Japanese director Shunji Iwai’s latest film, A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, its main protagonist finds herself balking at the ease of getting into a relationship.
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- 11/10/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Iwai Shunji’s latest film A Bride for Rip Van Winkle opens in U.S. cinemas this Friday. Screen Anarchy has been given an exclusive clip to share with you today, thanks to the U.S. distributor ElevenArts. Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on “Planet,” a new social network service. One day, a young man named Tetsuya messages her and asks to meet in person. The two begin dating and quickly become engaged. When Tetsuya begs Nanami to increase her guest list for the wedding, Nanami reaches out to online-friend, Amuro, a self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades, who hires actors to play Nanami’s guests on her big day. A few weeks following the ceremony, Tetsuya’s mother confronts Nanami with...
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- 11/9/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Upon its initial 2016 release, critics raved about Japanese filmmaker Shunji Iwai’s “A Bride For Rip Van Winkle.” Serving as an adaptation of Iwai’s own novel, “Hana and Alice,” “Bride” tells the story of a lonely woman named Nanami who decides to marry a man she met online. But because of the cavalcade of lies she’s told her new beau, she must then pay people from the Internet to attend the wedding as her friends and family.
The comical, yet crushingly sad film delivers a harsh look into the desperation and lack of genuineness in the age of social media. Iwai has previously dealt with the uglier sides of romance in his previous movies such as “Love Letter” and “All About Lily Chou-Chou,” which also expose the desperation and dishonesty that accompanies the search for love.
“A Bride For Rip Van Winkle” is finally opening in U.S.
The comical, yet crushingly sad film delivers a harsh look into the desperation and lack of genuineness in the age of social media. Iwai has previously dealt with the uglier sides of romance in his previous movies such as “Love Letter” and “All About Lily Chou-Chou,” which also expose the desperation and dishonesty that accompanies the search for love.
“A Bride For Rip Van Winkle” is finally opening in U.S.
- 11/8/2017
- by Raelyn Giansanti
- Indiewire
Dear Japanese cinema fans in the U.S. Distributor ElevenArts is releasing Iwai Shunji’s latest film A Bride for Rip Van Winkle in U.S. cinemas this Friday. Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on "Planet", a new social network service. One day, a young man named Tetsuya messages her and asks to meet in person. The two begin dating and quickly become engaged. When Testuya begs Nanami to increase her guest list for the wedding, Nanami reaches out to online-friend, Amuro, a self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades, who hires actors to play Nanami's guests on her big day. A few weeks following the ceremony, Tetsuya's mother confronts Nanami with allegations of lying and cheating. Heartbroken and despondent,...
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- 11/8/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Jason Derulo's home burglary is looking less like a random crime and more like the perps had some help ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us ... the suspected burglars pried a door open to get into Derulo's pad last month, and made a beeline for his safe. We're told they beat the crap out of it, got it open and escaped -- all while one of Jd's employees slept in the house. Cops...
- 10/16/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Pink is not here for anybody bringing up old beefs.
The 37-year-old singer called out a Twitter user on Thursday for a snarky comment about her receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards this year.
"Let's celebrate @Pink's Vanguard Award with the only relevant video of her career, starring as Xtina backup singer," the Twitter user wrote, with a clip of the 2001 "Lady Marmalade" music video starring Pink, Aguilera, as well as Mya and 'Lil Kim.
Watch: Pink Makes Powerful Statement in Political 'What About Us' Music Video
Pink responded by reiterating that she and Aguilera have since made up.
"Want to point out an awful new phenomenon of the last 10 years. We can no longer be happy for each other," she tweeted. "I ❤ Xtina, we've made amends.... Music brings us all together. The best part of music is -- there's room for everyone to win at the same...
The 37-year-old singer called out a Twitter user on Thursday for a snarky comment about her receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards this year.
"Let's celebrate @Pink's Vanguard Award with the only relevant video of her career, starring as Xtina backup singer," the Twitter user wrote, with a clip of the 2001 "Lady Marmalade" music video starring Pink, Aguilera, as well as Mya and 'Lil Kim.
Watch: Pink Makes Powerful Statement in Political 'What About Us' Music Video
Pink responded by reiterating that she and Aguilera have since made up.
"Want to point out an awful new phenomenon of the last 10 years. We can no longer be happy for each other," she tweeted. "I ❤ Xtina, we've made amends.... Music brings us all together. The best part of music is -- there's room for everyone to win at the same...
- 8/16/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Kong is back, transformed into a ‘MonsteVerse’ colossus suitable for combat with Kaiju-sized foes. The key inspiration is video games but the day is saved by capable performers in mostly amusing roles. Even though the show treats its fantasy halfway seriously, it’s still an infantile guns ‘n’ monsters romp, embellished with impressive visual effects.
Kong: Skull Island 3D
3-D Blu-ray + Digital
Warner Home Video
2017 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 118 min. / Street Date July 18, 2017 / 44.95
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Thomas Mann, Brie Larson, Tian Jing .
Cinematography: Larry Fong
Film Editor: Richard Pearson
Original Music: Henry Jackman
Written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly, John Gatins
Produced by Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Much of genre filmmaking is now being corporatized into interrelated ‘shared universes.’ Universal is struggling to shape its horror icons into a Marvel-like gallery of interchangeable ‘fun’ adventure figures.
Kong: Skull Island 3D
3-D Blu-ray + Digital
Warner Home Video
2017 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 118 min. / Street Date July 18, 2017 / 44.95
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Thomas Mann, Brie Larson, Tian Jing .
Cinematography: Larry Fong
Film Editor: Richard Pearson
Original Music: Henry Jackman
Written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly, John Gatins
Produced by Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Much of genre filmmaking is now being corporatized into interrelated ‘shared universes.’ Universal is struggling to shape its horror icons into a Marvel-like gallery of interchangeable ‘fun’ adventure figures.
- 7/22/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Twenty years after forming the comedy trio Stella, Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain have reunited for a hilarious new sketch titled “Rip Van Winkle.” The trio taped the short back in January while in San Francisco to attend Sketchfest, where it was then shown.
Read More: Tim and Eric Reunite for 10-Year Anniversary Tour — Watch The Crazy Trailer
The sketch sees Showalter, Black and Wain waking up after sleeping since 1997, when they first formed their group. The trio struggles with modern inventions, such as a flat screen TV, and confuse their hotel room thermostat with a transistor radio. They also puzzled when they don’t find Oprah Winfrey on broadcast television.
Read More: Michael Showalter’s Second Act: How the ‘The Big Sick’ Filmmaker Reinvented His Career
Showalter’s latest directorial work, “The Big Sick,” premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Black has focused on writing and acting,...
Read More: Tim and Eric Reunite for 10-Year Anniversary Tour — Watch The Crazy Trailer
The sketch sees Showalter, Black and Wain waking up after sleeping since 1997, when they first formed their group. The trio struggles with modern inventions, such as a flat screen TV, and confuse their hotel room thermostat with a transistor radio. They also puzzled when they don’t find Oprah Winfrey on broadcast television.
Read More: Michael Showalter’s Second Act: How the ‘The Big Sick’ Filmmaker Reinvented His Career
Showalter’s latest directorial work, “The Big Sick,” premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Black has focused on writing and acting,...
- 3/21/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
There’s a new King Kong movie in theaters, and like most previous vehicles for the giant gorilla, it features lots of ape-versus-reptile violence, lots of puny humans cowering in the foliage, and an enormous bug or two. The fun of Skull Island is in the details, from the cosmetic choices meant to bring alive the 1970s setting to John C. Reilly’s seriocomic performance as a Rip Van Winkle in the jungle. Last week, our staff film critics, A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, sat down to talk about what works and what doesn’t in this big-budget monster mash.
Watch the full episode of Film Club below.
Watch the full episode of Film Club below.
- 3/13/2017
- by A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
The award ceremony for the oldest Japanese cinema competition took place on February 5 at the Bunkyo Civic Center, and the list of winners is:
Best Actor: Yuya Yagira (Destruction Babies)
Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa (Her Love Boils Bath Water)
Best Supporting Actor: Pistol Takehara (The Long Excuse)
Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki (Her Love Boils Bath Water)
Best Director: Sunao Katabuchi (In This Corner of the World)
Best Director (Foreign): Clint Eastwood (Sully)
Best Screenplay: Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla)
Best New Actor: Nijiro Murakami (Destruction Babies, Natsumi no Hotaru)
Best New Actress: Nana Komatsu (Oboreru Knife, Destruction Babies)
Best Ten Japanese Feature Films
In This Corner of the World (Sunao Katabuchi)
Shin Godzilla (Shinji Higuchi/Hideaki Anno)
Harmonium (Koji Fukada)
Destruction Babies (Mariko Tetsuya)
Long Excuse (Miwa Nishikawa)
The Bride of Rip Van Winkle (Shunji Iwai)
Her Love Boils Bath Water (Ryota Nakano)
Creepy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Over the Fence...
Best Actor: Yuya Yagira (Destruction Babies)
Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa (Her Love Boils Bath Water)
Best Supporting Actor: Pistol Takehara (The Long Excuse)
Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki (Her Love Boils Bath Water)
Best Director: Sunao Katabuchi (In This Corner of the World)
Best Director (Foreign): Clint Eastwood (Sully)
Best Screenplay: Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla)
Best New Actor: Nijiro Murakami (Destruction Babies, Natsumi no Hotaru)
Best New Actress: Nana Komatsu (Oboreru Knife, Destruction Babies)
Best Ten Japanese Feature Films
In This Corner of the World (Sunao Katabuchi)
Shin Godzilla (Shinji Higuchi/Hideaki Anno)
Harmonium (Koji Fukada)
Destruction Babies (Mariko Tetsuya)
Long Excuse (Miwa Nishikawa)
The Bride of Rip Van Winkle (Shunji Iwai)
Her Love Boils Bath Water (Ryota Nakano)
Creepy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Over the Fence...
- 2/6/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The nominees for the 11th Annual Asian Film Awards were announced last week.
The ceremony is to be held in Hong Kong after a long stint in Macau. The reason for this changeover is to pay homage to the 20th anniversary since the handover of Hong Kong. This year, 34 films received nominations. Out of those 34, 21 are of Chiniese-origin, and 20 are South Korean, making South Korean films the second most nominated.
Some of the best releases of 2016 are up against each other this year. Park Chan Wook’s, “The Handmaiden,” although it did not receive a nod for best film nor best director, it did receive a levy of other nominations including: best supporting actress (Moon So-ri), best newcomer, best screenplay, best editing, best costume design, and best production design. Another strong Korean film up for several awards is “Train to Busan.” This outrageously popular zombie-horror film is up for five...
The ceremony is to be held in Hong Kong after a long stint in Macau. The reason for this changeover is to pay homage to the 20th anniversary since the handover of Hong Kong. This year, 34 films received nominations. Out of those 34, 21 are of Chiniese-origin, and 20 are South Korean, making South Korean films the second most nominated.
Some of the best releases of 2016 are up against each other this year. Park Chan Wook’s, “The Handmaiden,” although it did not receive a nod for best film nor best director, it did receive a levy of other nominations including: best supporting actress (Moon So-ri), best newcomer, best screenplay, best editing, best costume design, and best production design. Another strong Korean film up for several awards is “Train to Busan.” This outrageously popular zombie-horror film is up for five...
- 1/17/2017
- by Lydia Spanier
- AsianMoviePulse
Now Is The Time. Now Is The Best Time. Now Is The Best Time Of Your Life. Written by Michael Levinton, Laura von Holt, and Little Lord Directed by Michael Levinton Presented by Little Lord At Abrons Arts Center, NYC October 19-November 5, 2016
Now Is The Time. Now Is The Best Time. Now Is The Best Time Of Your Life., the world premiere play by Brooklyn's Little Lord theater company, takes its extensive title from "The Best Time of Your Life," written in 1974 as a new theme song for Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress attraction. The Disney portion of this allusion is, on the whole, less important to Now is the Time, which boasts a running time of 300 years, than is the contradiction inherent in the image of a historical progress that is also a circle, endlessly accumulating and endlessly vanishing. The accumulation is made concrete by the set, presided over...
Now Is The Time. Now Is The Best Time. Now Is The Best Time Of Your Life., the world premiere play by Brooklyn's Little Lord theater company, takes its extensive title from "The Best Time of Your Life," written in 1974 as a new theme song for Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress attraction. The Disney portion of this allusion is, on the whole, less important to Now is the Time, which boasts a running time of 300 years, than is the contradiction inherent in the image of a historical progress that is also a circle, endlessly accumulating and endlessly vanishing. The accumulation is made concrete by the set, presided over...
- 10/27/2016
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
The Red Turtle (La Tortue rouge) Why Not Productions Grade: B Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Shockya Director: Michaël Dudok de Wit Written by: Michaël Dudok de Wit, Pascale Ferran Cast: Tom Hudson, Emmanuel Garijo Screened at: Sony, NYC, 10/19/16 Opens: November 18, 2016 (Limited), January 19, 2017 (Wide) The Spanish playwright Calderón de la Barca wrote a drama called “La vida es sueño” (Life is a dream). No one can agree with him more than Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving’s character who slept by a tree and woke up with a long bird twenty years later. The thing is, he really arose the next day, having dreamed about what life [ Read More ]
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- 10/20/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Japan Now showcase to focus on director Shunji Iwai; Animation Focus to spotlight Mamoru Hosoda.
Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, is to open the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 25-Nov 3).
The Stephen Frears-directed film, which bowed in the Us in early August, is based on the true story of a wealthy New York socialite who used her family’s money to promote herself as an opera singer, despite the fact she was widely-regarded as not being able to sing well.
The festival will close with Satoshi: A Move For Tomorrow, a biopic about shogi (Japanese chess) master Satoshi Murayama, starring Kenichi Matsuyama.
Director Shunji Iwai, whose films All About Lily Chou-Chou and Hana And Alice generated positive word-of-mouth at arthouse cinemas and festivals overseas in the early 2000s, will be the subject of this year’s Japan Now showcase.
His latest film, A Bride For Rip Van Winkle, was released...
Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, is to open the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 25-Nov 3).
The Stephen Frears-directed film, which bowed in the Us in early August, is based on the true story of a wealthy New York socialite who used her family’s money to promote herself as an opera singer, despite the fact she was widely-regarded as not being able to sing well.
The festival will close with Satoshi: A Move For Tomorrow, a biopic about shogi (Japanese chess) master Satoshi Murayama, starring Kenichi Matsuyama.
Director Shunji Iwai, whose films All About Lily Chou-Chou and Hana And Alice generated positive word-of-mouth at arthouse cinemas and festivals overseas in the early 2000s, will be the subject of this year’s Japan Now showcase.
His latest film, A Bride For Rip Van Winkle, was released...
- 8/23/2016
- ScreenDaily
After making his bones on the acting scene for a dozen years, appearing in films by esteemed directors like Sabu, Takashi Miike and Sion Sono, Ayano Go has finally had a breakthrough. His dramatic range and innate ability to transform himself into any number of roles finally brought accolades over the past three years, with several “newcomer” honours and this year’s Rising Star award from the New York Asian Film Festival. Ayano spoke with me about his latest films, Twisted Justice and A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, working with Japan’s legendary directors, and being a self-confessed otaku. The Lady Miz Diva: How do you feel about receiving the Star Asia Rising Star award? Ayano Go: In receiving this award I don’t consider it my...
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- 7/12/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Chicago – The funniest movie of the summer describes its whole situation through the title – “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.” This hilarious farce features a killer cast, led by Adam Devine and Zac Efron, and brilliant comic direction by Jake Szymanski.
The premise is simple…two brothers, who wreck every social event their family participates in, are chastised by their gruff-but-lovable father (the great Stephen Root) to get some decent dates for their sister’s upcoming wedding. Since each of the bros are between relationships, they solicit the potential dates on Craigslist. Enter two hard partying galpals (Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick), who pretend to be virtuous to get a free vacation to Hawaii (the destination wedding). What could go wrong?
Adam Devine, Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza of ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox Films
Plenty as it turns out, and the...
The premise is simple…two brothers, who wreck every social event their family participates in, are chastised by their gruff-but-lovable father (the great Stephen Root) to get some decent dates for their sister’s upcoming wedding. Since each of the bros are between relationships, they solicit the potential dates on Craigslist. Enter two hard partying galpals (Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick), who pretend to be virtuous to get a free vacation to Hawaii (the destination wedding). What could go wrong?
Adam Devine, Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza of ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox Films
Plenty as it turns out, and the...
- 7/5/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The director of this film, the famed artist and writer Shunji Iwai, started his career doing television films before shaking the entire landscape of Japan with films like Love Letter and Swallowtail Butterfly, and he somewhat goes back to the episodic nature of that medium with his 3-hour film, the strangely titled A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, which could've been divided in a miniseries of three chapters and could've had the same effect on the viewer, as we've become attached and we follow the misadventures of our protagonist, who is confronted by her own shortcomings as well as the unknowable forces of 'the other', who is the one that she is initially sheltering from through her shyness. But even if the main trait that...
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- 6/23/2016
- Screen Anarchy
"I'm the kind of girl who's tried everything once," Valerine Perrine purrs in Lenny. As Mrs. Bruce in the Bob Fosse film, her claim, let's say, contained slightly off-color elements.
Not so for the chanteuse Arlene Wolff, who can make the same assertion and whose career path followed a similar timeline (the 1960s onward). She, however, always took the high road. Yes, her notable achievements are indisputably aboveboard and even more varied. She opened for Jackie Mason in his early days, toured Europe as a singer of standards, and as Assistant to New York City's Mayor Abraham Beame, Wolff devised the Big Apple's now iconic street fairs. If that were not enough, for you sailor buffs, she organized the arrival of the tall ships in New York Harbor for the Bicentennial. Then because she had some free time on her hands, she married Manhattan's then Chief of Police (Mickey Schwartz...
Not so for the chanteuse Arlene Wolff, who can make the same assertion and whose career path followed a similar timeline (the 1960s onward). She, however, always took the high road. Yes, her notable achievements are indisputably aboveboard and even more varied. She opened for Jackie Mason in his early days, toured Europe as a singer of standards, and as Assistant to New York City's Mayor Abraham Beame, Wolff devised the Big Apple's now iconic street fairs. If that were not enough, for you sailor buffs, she organized the arrival of the tall ships in New York Harbor for the Bicentennial. Then because she had some free time on her hands, she married Manhattan's then Chief of Police (Mickey Schwartz...
- 5/24/2016
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
Whether they’re peeping on cheating husbands or reeling in runaway daughters, the cinematic detective, popularized in the ’30s and ’40s, can always be relied upon for a witty line or a sock in the jaw. Often, the detective is a man alone, searching through dark alleys for invaluable clues to some labyrinthine mystery. The detective is often the only soul who will do whatever it takes, no matter how hopeless the circumstances may seem. As Raymond Chandler wrote: “Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean.” In the ’70s, the culture irrevocably changed, but the detective’s job stayed the same — if not perhaps a bit more complex.
The Nice Guys, the newest film from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang writer-director Shane Black, is out in theaters this week. In the film, a luckless private eye and a grumpy hired thug find themselves an unlikely...
The Nice Guys, the newest film from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang writer-director Shane Black, is out in theaters this week. In the film, a luckless private eye and a grumpy hired thug find themselves an unlikely...
- 5/20/2016
- by Tony Hinds
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Go Ayano stars in the film crime drama based on detective Yoshiaki Inaba’s autobiography.
This year’s New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 22-July 9) will open with the world premiere of Kazuya Shiraishi’s Twisted Justice, starring Go Ayano.
Based on Yoshiaki Inaba’s autobiography, the crime epic stars Ayano as Japan’s most corrupt police detective who was eventually imprisoned for drug and gun possession.
Nikkatsu is handling international sales on the film, which opens in Japan on June 25.
Shiraishi will introduce the film on the festival’s opening night with producer Yoshinori Chiba. Ayano, one of three actors being recognised at Nyaff with the Screen International Rising Star Award, will attend the festival later to accept the award.
Nyaff is also honouring Japanese filmmaker Shunji Iwai, who will receive the festival’s Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award for a 20-year career spanning films such as Love Letter (1995), All About Lily Chou-chou (2001) and...
This year’s New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 22-July 9) will open with the world premiere of Kazuya Shiraishi’s Twisted Justice, starring Go Ayano.
Based on Yoshiaki Inaba’s autobiography, the crime epic stars Ayano as Japan’s most corrupt police detective who was eventually imprisoned for drug and gun possession.
Nikkatsu is handling international sales on the film, which opens in Japan on June 25.
Shiraishi will introduce the film on the festival’s opening night with producer Yoshinori Chiba. Ayano, one of three actors being recognised at Nyaff with the Screen International Rising Star Award, will attend the festival later to accept the award.
Nyaff is also honouring Japanese filmmaker Shunji Iwai, who will receive the festival’s Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award for a 20-year career spanning films such as Love Letter (1995), All About Lily Chou-chou (2001) and...
- 5/17/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Footprints Volume 1: Iced
Written by Joey Esposito
Art by Jonathan Moore
Mr. Foot is a sasquatch who lives among humans as a private investigator. His friends The Jersey Devil, The Lock Ness Monster, Le Chupacabra, and Megalodon all form a team of investigators meant to track down other oddities like themselves until a falling out between Mr. Foot and his brother Yeti caused the group to go their separate ways. But then one day in present time, Mr. Foot receives a cryptic letter from his brother, followed by Yeti’s decapitated corpse in the Arctic Wasteland. it’s up to Mr. Foot to bring the team together to solve a mystery that spans several decades and unlocking secrets that could potentially destroy humanity.
Having read Footprints: Bad Luck Charm before reading the subject of this article, (the review of which can be found here), I was intrigued by the...
Written by Joey Esposito
Art by Jonathan Moore
Mr. Foot is a sasquatch who lives among humans as a private investigator. His friends The Jersey Devil, The Lock Ness Monster, Le Chupacabra, and Megalodon all form a team of investigators meant to track down other oddities like themselves until a falling out between Mr. Foot and his brother Yeti caused the group to go their separate ways. But then one day in present time, Mr. Foot receives a cryptic letter from his brother, followed by Yeti’s decapitated corpse in the Arctic Wasteland. it’s up to Mr. Foot to bring the team together to solve a mystery that spans several decades and unlocking secrets that could potentially destroy humanity.
Having read Footprints: Bad Luck Charm before reading the subject of this article, (the review of which can be found here), I was intrigued by the...
- 5/16/2016
- by Jeff Gwinup
- SoundOnSight
The recipients of the Screen International Rising Star Asia awards this year are from Japan, China and the Philippines.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 22 - July 9) has selected Japan’s Go Ayano, China’s Jelly Lin [pictured left] and the Philippines’ Teri Malvar [pictured right] as the recipients of the Screen International Rising Star Asia awards.
Ayano, recognised by Nyaff for his range, has recently played a Machiavellian fixer in A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, Japan’s most corrupt cop in Twisted Justice and one of three suspects of a heinous crime in murder-mystery Rage.
Jelly Lin is being recognised as a gifted comedienne for her debut in Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid. She also stars in two high-profile upcoming films: Guo Jingming’s L.O.R.D. and Tsui Hark’s sequel to Chow’s Journey To The West: Conquering The Demons.
Teri Malvar is being recognised for her performances...
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff, June 22 - July 9) has selected Japan’s Go Ayano, China’s Jelly Lin [pictured left] and the Philippines’ Teri Malvar [pictured right] as the recipients of the Screen International Rising Star Asia awards.
Ayano, recognised by Nyaff for his range, has recently played a Machiavellian fixer in A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, Japan’s most corrupt cop in Twisted Justice and one of three suspects of a heinous crime in murder-mystery Rage.
Jelly Lin is being recognised as a gifted comedienne for her debut in Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid. She also stars in two high-profile upcoming films: Guo Jingming’s L.O.R.D. and Tsui Hark’s sequel to Chow’s Journey To The West: Conquering The Demons.
Teri Malvar is being recognised for her performances...
- 5/14/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Hosoda will be the subject of the festival’s Animation Focus, while Iwai will be the Director In Focus.
This year’s Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff, Oct 25-Nov 3) will be celebrating the work of Japanese filmmakers Mamoru Hosoda and Shunji Iwai.
Hosoda’s work will be the subject of Tiff’s Animation Focus, while Iwai has been selected as the Director In Focus in the festival’s Japan Now section.
Tiff will be screening all of Hosoda’s major films, which include The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2009) and Wolf Children (2012). His most recent film, The Boy And The Beast, became the highest-grossing local film in Japan in 2015 and was sold by France’s Gaumont to around 50 international territories.
Iwai is also internationally renowned with films such as Love Letter (1995), All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), Hana And Alice (2004) and this year’s A Bride For Rip Van Winkle.
“In A Bride...
This year’s Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff, Oct 25-Nov 3) will be celebrating the work of Japanese filmmakers Mamoru Hosoda and Shunji Iwai.
Hosoda’s work will be the subject of Tiff’s Animation Focus, while Iwai has been selected as the Director In Focus in the festival’s Japan Now section.
Tiff will be screening all of Hosoda’s major films, which include The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2009) and Wolf Children (2012). His most recent film, The Boy And The Beast, became the highest-grossing local film in Japan in 2015 and was sold by France’s Gaumont to around 50 international territories.
Iwai is also internationally renowned with films such as Love Letter (1995), All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), Hana And Alice (2004) and this year’s A Bride For Rip Van Winkle.
“In A Bride...
- 5/11/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Rookie lawman Ben Barber (Kevin Hart) aspires to become a detective like James Payton (Ice Cube), his future brother-in-law. James reluctantly takes Ben to Miami to follow up on a lead that's connected to a drug ring. The case brings them to a homicide detective and a computer hacker who reveals evidence that implicates a respected businessman. It's now up to James and Ben to prove that charismatic executive Antonio Pope is actually a violent crime lord who rules southern Florida's drug trade.
*** The following review is written for entertainment purposes. Take off your monocle and let me share some words I thought of.***
I know this statement is unnecessary, but Ride Along 2 offers more action, more laughs, and most importantly a lot more Kevin Hart. The question is: Was that the right thing to do? The answer is a complicated "No." Going in optimistic, my disappointment peaked when...
*** The following review is written for entertainment purposes. Take off your monocle and let me share some words I thought of.***
I know this statement is unnecessary, but Ride Along 2 offers more action, more laughs, and most importantly a lot more Kevin Hart. The question is: Was that the right thing to do? The answer is a complicated "No." Going in optimistic, my disappointment peaked when...
- 1/13/2016
- by Tyler Richardson
- LRMonline.com
Our hosts for tonight are Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Actual Goddesses Whom We Do Not Deserve. If you find yourself in a Rip Van Winkle situation in which you fell asleep in 1999 and just woke up, I’ll catch you up on who these two ladies are (also, yes, that Donald Trump is running for President, and we’re all just as confused about it as you are). Tina Fey joined the writing staff of SNL in 1997 and went on to become its head writer, Weekend Update anchor, and beloved star. Amy Poehler joined her in 2001, later co-hosting Weekend Update with Fey and also being all around great. The two went on to write/produce/star in two of the best sitcoms in television history (you can check them out on this thing called Netflix, which is on computers that look very different than you remember). They can currently...
- 12/20/2015
- by Emilie Sowers
- Hitfix
Appearing onstage, Santa beard and all, at his alma mater, Ball State University, David Letterman presented us with a gift not made by little elves when he interviewed Spike Jonze (Her) and Bennet Miller (Foxcatcher) about filmmaking. Letterman may appear retired (and like he's been Rip Van Winkle–ing), but the man hasn't lost his touch. After asking the two filmmakers about sexism in Hollywood, Miller replied, "I tense up when this subject is broached. It is a hot issue. I’m not a studio executive.” Letterman responded in the best way possible: “Having been very, very successful, now, can’t you devote your career to help others who struggle to be successful?” Miller said he finds that approach "patronizing." Nah. Add this to Top 10 Reasons Dave Still Has Our Hearts.
- 12/1/2015
- by Emma Barrie
- Vulture
Interviewing filmmaker Michael Dougherty about his Christmas-themed horror film "Krampus" opening December 4th, IGN briefly spoke with him about his work on crafting the story for Bryan Singer's upcoming "X-Men: Apocalypse".
Singer, Dougherty, and writer-producers Dan Harris created "X2: X-Men United" over a decade ago and re-teamed for this entry with Simon Kinberg - a process that Dougherty very much enjoyed:
"It was great because it felt like a reunion. Bryan essentially got the band back together. It was myself, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg, and we just became this little team."
Asked about their approach to the villain of Apocalypse, Dougherty says:
"It was interesting because, the way that Bryan approaches the X-Men franchise is making it as realistic as possible and as grounded as possible. With someone like Apocalypse, it's tricky because he's literally such a giant character. What was fun was talking about, let's say the...
Singer, Dougherty, and writer-producers Dan Harris created "X2: X-Men United" over a decade ago and re-teamed for this entry with Simon Kinberg - a process that Dougherty very much enjoyed:
"It was great because it felt like a reunion. Bryan essentially got the band back together. It was myself, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg, and we just became this little team."
Asked about their approach to the villain of Apocalypse, Dougherty says:
"It was interesting because, the way that Bryan approaches the X-Men franchise is making it as realistic as possible and as grounded as possible. With someone like Apocalypse, it's tricky because he's literally such a giant character. What was fun was talking about, let's say the...
- 9/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It's nonsensical that actress Michelle Monaghan isn't a bigger name in Hollywood. She is an excellent foil to Robert Downey Jr. in cult dark comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and inspires Jake Gyllenhaal in Source Code. She was even in the lauded first season of True Detective (which I didn't watch). Fort Bliss, a film written and directed by Claudia Myers, is a special treat for Monaghan fans. Instead of supporting an A-list actor onscreen, Monaghan gets her chance to lead a film.
She plays Staff Sgt. Maggie Swann, recently returned from service in Afghanistan. Maggie is an army medic, quick to respond to injuries in the field, yet thrown by the changes that have occurred while she's been abroad. Her young son Paul (Oakes Fegley, This Is Where I Leave You) has lived with Maggie's ex-husband Richard (Ron Livingston, Office Space) and grown extremely close to Richard's new wife Alma (Emmanuelle Chriqui,...
She plays Staff Sgt. Maggie Swann, recently returned from service in Afghanistan. Maggie is an army medic, quick to respond to injuries in the field, yet thrown by the changes that have occurred while she's been abroad. Her young son Paul (Oakes Fegley, This Is Where I Leave You) has lived with Maggie's ex-husband Richard (Ron Livingston, Office Space) and grown extremely close to Richard's new wife Alma (Emmanuelle Chriqui,...
- 4/15/2015
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Project Name: Classic Alice
Asking For: $60,000 on Indiegogo
Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $22,117
Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 15
Description: As with many other web series inspired by The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Classic Alice takes a modern approach to classic literature. Its protagonist, Alice, is portrayed by series creator Kate Hackett and is obsessed with books. Over the course of the first 30 episodes, Alice dives into a number of famous novels and begins imitating the characters she reads, acting out their mannerisms in her own life.
The first season of Classic Alice began in 2014 and covered a number of different English class favorites, including Crime and Punishment, Macbeth, and Rip Van Winkle. Along the way, it picked up a decent-sized following and a pack of dedicated fans known as "Ocelittles."
Now, Hackett and her team are looking to #SaveAlice. Should they raise the money they are asking for,...
Asking For: $60,000 on Indiegogo
Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $22,117
Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 15
Description: As with many other web series inspired by The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Classic Alice takes a modern approach to classic literature. Its protagonist, Alice, is portrayed by series creator Kate Hackett and is obsessed with books. Over the course of the first 30 episodes, Alice dives into a number of famous novels and begins imitating the characters she reads, acting out their mannerisms in her own life.
The first season of Classic Alice began in 2014 and covered a number of different English class favorites, including Crime and Punishment, Macbeth, and Rip Van Winkle. Along the way, it picked up a decent-sized following and a pack of dedicated fans known as "Ocelittles."
Now, Hackett and her team are looking to #SaveAlice. Should they raise the money they are asking for,...
- 2/3/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Snow White was a risk that could have finished Disney. Ryan looks at how the world's first animated feature changed the landscape of cinema
In 2013, Walt Disney Animation Studios released Frozen, its 53rd animated feature. With takings of well over $1bn and counting, it ranks as the most successful animated film of all time, eclipsing the previous title holder - Pixar's Toy Story 3 - by around $200m.
For a generation who've grown up with such films as The Lion King and Tangled, Disney probably seems like an immovable cultural force: as recognisable and unchanging as Mount Rushmore or the American flag. But Disney has survived a series of peaks and troughs since its founding in the 1920s, from its decline in the 1970s and early 80s, its revival in the 90s, and its second burst of creative energy in the 2000s.
From its inception, Disney Animation Studios has moved with the times,...
In 2013, Walt Disney Animation Studios released Frozen, its 53rd animated feature. With takings of well over $1bn and counting, it ranks as the most successful animated film of all time, eclipsing the previous title holder - Pixar's Toy Story 3 - by around $200m.
For a generation who've grown up with such films as The Lion King and Tangled, Disney probably seems like an immovable cultural force: as recognisable and unchanging as Mount Rushmore or the American flag. But Disney has survived a series of peaks and troughs since its founding in the 1920s, from its decline in the 1970s and early 80s, its revival in the 90s, and its second burst of creative energy in the 2000s.
From its inception, Disney Animation Studios has moved with the times,...
- 11/24/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Whither Buck ?
Hola Gente, tis I Señor Fenix, he who must be obeyed!
In the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy I started to reflect on the pop culture landscape. At a recent visit to Midtown Comics I noticed a pile of Dynamite Comics. Dynamite is a label that publishes a few cool new titles and some really old licenses. They were the ones that noticed that John Carter of Mars was public domain in the United States and thus we were treated to dozens of covers with large breasted naked Dejah Thorises. Because of course, that’s what the comic book fans supposedly want.
So anyway….
One of the comics they publish is Buck Rogers. This is based on the old newspaper comic strip that was a big deal in the 1930s and 40s. Baby Boomers remember the Daffy Duck parody "Duck Dodgers" and later the 1970s Star Wars...
Hola Gente, tis I Señor Fenix, he who must be obeyed!
In the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy I started to reflect on the pop culture landscape. At a recent visit to Midtown Comics I noticed a pile of Dynamite Comics. Dynamite is a label that publishes a few cool new titles and some really old licenses. They were the ones that noticed that John Carter of Mars was public domain in the United States and thus we were treated to dozens of covers with large breasted naked Dejah Thorises. Because of course, that’s what the comic book fans supposedly want.
So anyway….
One of the comics they publish is Buck Rogers. This is based on the old newspaper comic strip that was a big deal in the 1930s and 40s. Baby Boomers remember the Daffy Duck parody "Duck Dodgers" and later the 1970s Star Wars...
- 11/19/2014
- by Latino Review
- LRMonline.com
For his upcoming supernatural actioner The Last Witch Hunter, Vin Diesel is joining the Rip Van Winkle club, judging from the looks of some new photos from the flick. Posted to Diesel’s Facebook page, as per usual for his projects, the images give us our first look at Kaulder, the titular witch hunter who attempts to prevent a sorceress-sparked apocalypse in modern-day New York City.
If the images give you pause, keep in mind that it looks like Diesel will only be bearded for the parts of the film that take place in the 13th Century. Before long, that familiar chrome-dome makes an entrance, as it is wont to do.
Breck Eisner (The Crazies) is directing The Last Witch Hunter, which follows a semi-immortal man (Diesel) who has made it his life’s work to rid the world of evil witches. In the modern age, he uncovers a massive...
If the images give you pause, keep in mind that it looks like Diesel will only be bearded for the parts of the film that take place in the 13th Century. Before long, that familiar chrome-dome makes an entrance, as it is wont to do.
Breck Eisner (The Crazies) is directing The Last Witch Hunter, which follows a semi-immortal man (Diesel) who has made it his life’s work to rid the world of evil witches. In the modern age, he uncovers a massive...
- 9/23/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
One of televisions biggest surprise hits from the Fall lineup of 2013 has to be Fox’s Sleepy Hollow. It had a fun yet crazy premise of blending Washington Irving’s stories of Rip Van Winkle with Sleepy Hollow and arming the headless horseman with a machine gun. As off the wall as the series seemed to be, the show was able to find a grounded reality with its incredible cast, led by Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane and Nicole Beharie as Detective Abbie Mills. This series is a perfect example of great chemistry in casting allowing for a crazy supernatural premise, which features a headless horseman as one of the four horseman of the apocalypse, to have footing for a mass audience appeal.
The new season hints at an upcoming war against evil supernatural forces that may mean the apocalypse, but it looks like the Sleepy Hollow team isn’t...
The new season hints at an upcoming war against evil supernatural forces that may mean the apocalypse, but it looks like the Sleepy Hollow team isn’t...
- 9/13/2014
- by Jean Pierre Diez
- SoundOnSight
Sundance TV is combining Mad Men's Don Draper with Rip Van Winkle. The cable network is developing Crack in the Sky, a drama about a Don Draper-type who falls asleep in 1962 and wakes up in 2012, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The drama hails from E. Max Frye (Band of Brothers, Where the Money Is), who will pen the script and exec produce alongside Deborah Spera (Army Wives, Criminal Minds) and Maria Grasso (Ricochet). The Sony Pictures Television drama will be produced by Marshall Persinger (Army Wives, Rectify) via Spera and Grasso's Sony Pictures Television-based One-Two
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- 5/13/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (finally!) hits U.S. Theaters this Friday. (You can read my review here. Spoiler: I loved it.) A couple of weeks ago I sat down with directors Joe and Anthony Russo to talk about how they felt like scientists in a lab, what Cap's been up to for the last two years, and their unabashed man-crush on Kevin Feige.
GeekTyrant: This is the first time we’ve really seen Cap deal with his time jump. That part of his storyline was sort of suspended in The Avengers, and he’s pretty lost at the beginning of the movie. Like, really lost. How important and how difficult was it for you guys to balance that with the demands of telling an action/espionage kind of thriller?
Joe Russo: Well, there was a lot of thought put into that, because, for us, character is paramount. Coming...
GeekTyrant: This is the first time we’ve really seen Cap deal with his time jump. That part of his storyline was sort of suspended in The Avengers, and he’s pretty lost at the beginning of the movie. Like, really lost. How important and how difficult was it for you guys to balance that with the demands of telling an action/espionage kind of thriller?
Joe Russo: Well, there was a lot of thought put into that, because, for us, character is paramount. Coming...
- 4/1/2014
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
If you've always been fascinated by that story about Walt Disney's cryogenically frozen head — and/or the tale of Rip Van Winkle — then we have a Ya book for you: "Noggin," by John Corey Whaley. Whaley gave MTV News an exclusive look at the book's trailer Thursday (March 13), and the cheerfully creepy clip will definitely leave your head spinning. "Noggin" tells the tale of Travis Coates, a former cancer patient and current recipient ...
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- 3/13/2014
- MTV Movie News
"Ichabod is the hardest part I've played," Tom Mison, star of the freshman fantasy-drama "Sleepy Hollow," airing Mondays on Fox, tells Zap2it. "There's so much that we need to balance with him. To slightly veer in any one direction a little too much, and it will collapse."
"Sleepy Hollow" can be described as a combination of author Washington Irving (in particular, his stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"), the film "National Treasure" and the biblical book of Revelation.
Mison's Ichabod Crane was a spy for Gen. George Washington during the Revolutionary War, when he beheaded the Hessian Horseman and apparently perished. But, he survived and slumbered underground for over two centuries, only to emerge in present-day Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Stalked by the now-Headless Horseman and facing a variety of deadly supernatural forces, Ichabod has partnered with local police Lt. Abby Mills (Nicole Beharie...
"Sleepy Hollow" can be described as a combination of author Washington Irving (in particular, his stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"), the film "National Treasure" and the biblical book of Revelation.
Mison's Ichabod Crane was a spy for Gen. George Washington during the Revolutionary War, when he beheaded the Hessian Horseman and apparently perished. But, he survived and slumbered underground for over two centuries, only to emerge in present-day Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Stalked by the now-Headless Horseman and facing a variety of deadly supernatural forces, Ichabod has partnered with local police Lt. Abby Mills (Nicole Beharie...
- 1/6/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Best of 2013 (Behind the Scenes): How 'Sleepy Hollow' dreamed up Ichabod's talk with the OnStar lady
Sleepy Hollow hooked scads of viewers with its balls-to-the-wall crazy pilot episode, which established in quick succession that a) American Revolutionary War hero Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) was Rip Van Winkle’d into a 200+ year slumber, then b) awoken to fight the evil Headless Horseman, who c) happens to be one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Also, his wife’s a witch. Also also, he’s destined to team up with Sleepy Hollow cop Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie), who herself is still haunted by a demon she spotted when she was just a girl. Oh, and then there’s Zombie John Cho…...
- 12/9/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
Last week’s episode of Sleepy Hollow began with Abbie Mills extolling the virtues of baseball for Ichabod Crane. Of course, Sleepy Hollow being Sleepy Hollow, where subtext is as conspicuous as a catcher flashing signs, Abbie wasn’t only talking about the American Pastime. She was talking about America, too. Or America as it should be. “For me, baseball is about three things,” she told the 18th-century Rip Van Winkle, recently awakened from a 232-year-long dirt nap. “First, tradition. Rules never change. You can always count on the grass to be green, the lines to be white. No matter how crazy the world gets,...
- 11/11/2013
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW - Inside TV
In 1972, a couple of years after the Velvet Underground imploded, Lou Reed, struggling to latch onto his identity as a solo artist, kicked off a period of rapid-fire image transformation roughly parallel to the more high-profile one that David Bowie was enacting. For three or four years, Reed tried on his outlaw personas like costumes from hell (Iggy-ish gutter hunk, kohl-eyed leather-bar rock & roll animal, cropped-blond ambisexual mannequin). It was his way of tapping into the liberating boundary-bashing of the post-’60s wasteland. During that period, Reed tried to live up to the ideal of being a “transformer” (the title of his second,...
- 10/30/2013
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW.com - PopWatch
Chiara Mastroianni as Raphaelle: "It's the real love scene."
Claire Denis' sinister and irradiating Bastards (Les salauds), with superb performances by an impressive cast including Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, and Lola Créton tells a story of corruption, vengeance, family, and hellish traces of unspeakable deeds.
During my conversation with Claire Denis we discussed the influence of Toshiro Mifune with Akira Kurasowa shoes, William Faulkner's Sanctuary, going in circles, Rip Van Winkle, and in-between places.
Anne-Katrin Titze: I am still in a slight shock after just watching Bastards (Les salauds). Your film moved me deeply.
Claire Denis: The film for me is a little bit like a shriek.
Akt: A shriek? A scream?
CD: A scream. Yeah.
Akt: The position of the women how you show them here is not often seen in cinema. The women are not merely victims. You show over and over again that not...
Claire Denis' sinister and irradiating Bastards (Les salauds), with superb performances by an impressive cast including Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni, and Lola Créton tells a story of corruption, vengeance, family, and hellish traces of unspeakable deeds.
During my conversation with Claire Denis we discussed the influence of Toshiro Mifune with Akira Kurasowa shoes, William Faulkner's Sanctuary, going in circles, Rip Van Winkle, and in-between places.
Anne-Katrin Titze: I am still in a slight shock after just watching Bastards (Les salauds). Your film moved me deeply.
Claire Denis: The film for me is a little bit like a shriek.
Akt: A shriek? A scream?
CD: A scream. Yeah.
Akt: The position of the women how you show them here is not often seen in cinema. The women are not merely victims. You show over and over again that not...
- 10/7/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sleepy Hollow, Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot″
Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Phillip Iscove
Directed by Len Wiseman
Airs Mondays at 9:00 Pm Et on Fox
Sleepy Hollow‘s pilot is an exercise in dualities. The premise of the show is a mix between Washington Irving’s two famous short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”. It features Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and the Headless Horseman as protagonist and antagonist, but in this version of Crane has been sleeping for centuries like Rip Van Winkle and also wakes up to a very different world than the one he formerly inhabited. There also shifts and dualities in genre. There are shifts from action to police procedural to horror and even fish out of water comedy. The transitions between genres can be a bit jarring, and the writers have the characters solve the mystery quickly through an...
Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Phillip Iscove
Directed by Len Wiseman
Airs Mondays at 9:00 Pm Et on Fox
Sleepy Hollow‘s pilot is an exercise in dualities. The premise of the show is a mix between Washington Irving’s two famous short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”. It features Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and the Headless Horseman as protagonist and antagonist, but in this version of Crane has been sleeping for centuries like Rip Van Winkle and also wakes up to a very different world than the one he formerly inhabited. There also shifts and dualities in genre. There are shifts from action to police procedural to horror and even fish out of water comedy. The transitions between genres can be a bit jarring, and the writers have the characters solve the mystery quickly through an...
- 9/17/2013
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Tom Mison has gotten his first big American-tv break with, rather appropriately, his role as an English expatriate in America in the fantasy drama "Sleepy Hollow," premiering Monday, Sept. 16 on Fox.
In this mash-up of Washington Irving''s "Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," along with some bits from the biblical Book of Revelation and a dose of "National Treasure," 31-year-old Mison plays Revolutionary War soldier Ichabod Crane.
After beheading the now-Headless Horseman in battle and getting impaled for his trouble, Crane slumbers for a couple centuries or so and wakes up -- along with the Horseman -- in modern-day Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. There he gets embroiled in supernatural mysteries while trying to keep a good head on his shoulders.
In real life, Mison might need a good back massage and a ride home after he downs his three favorite alcoholic beverages (but don't suggest coffee in Swansea...
In this mash-up of Washington Irving''s "Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," along with some bits from the biblical Book of Revelation and a dose of "National Treasure," 31-year-old Mison plays Revolutionary War soldier Ichabod Crane.
After beheading the now-Headless Horseman in battle and getting impaled for his trouble, Crane slumbers for a couple centuries or so and wakes up -- along with the Horseman -- in modern-day Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. There he gets embroiled in supernatural mysteries while trying to keep a good head on his shoulders.
In real life, Mison might need a good back massage and a ride home after he downs his three favorite alcoholic beverages (but don't suggest coffee in Swansea...
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Love RPGs? Been pulling a Rip Van Winkle for the last ten years? Bethesda has your back, it seems, as the publisher-developer has just announced a massive anthology for its bread and butter Elder Scrolls series. Appropriately titled The Elder Scrolls Anthology, the set will run you $79.99 and include every bit of Elder Scrolls known to man, starting with Arena and moving all the way up through Morrowind and, of course, Skyrim. The official “what’s inside” list from Bethesda can be seen below.
The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes:
§ The Elder Scrolls Arena
§ The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
§ The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
o Tribunal
o Bloodmoon
§ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
o Knights of the Nine
o Shivering Isles
§ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
o Dawnguard
o Hearthfire
o Dragonborn
§ Five Physical Maps detailing the lands of Tamriel, Iliac Bay, Morrowind, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim.
Honestly, this much gameplay for...
The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes:
§ The Elder Scrolls Arena
§ The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
§ The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
o Tribunal
o Bloodmoon
§ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
o Knights of the Nine
o Shivering Isles
§ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
o Dawnguard
o Hearthfire
o Dragonborn
§ Five Physical Maps detailing the lands of Tamriel, Iliac Bay, Morrowind, Cyrodiil, and Skyrim.
Honestly, this much gameplay for...
- 8/2/2013
- by Griffin Vacheron
- We Got This Covered
When "Sleepy Hollow" arrives on Fox this fall, audiences will be introduced to a whole new take on the classic tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.
Using Washington Irving's iconic short story as the basis for a weekly drama may seem limiting, but co-creator Roberto Orci ("Fringe") told journalists at TCA's summer press tour the creative team views it as a "great starting point."
To begin with, the premise borrows from another classic Irving story, "Rip Van Winkle," as Ichabod (Tom Mison, "Parade's End") starts off in the Revolutionary War era, gets injured on the battlefield and inexplicably wakes up in the present day. That's where he meets local cop Abbie (Nicole Beharie, "42") and together they're ensnared in a supernatural mystery with ties to U.S. history, the Bible and forces beyond their imaginations.
"I think there's something really fun about taking imagery we're already familiar with...
Using Washington Irving's iconic short story as the basis for a weekly drama may seem limiting, but co-creator Roberto Orci ("Fringe") told journalists at TCA's summer press tour the creative team views it as a "great starting point."
To begin with, the premise borrows from another classic Irving story, "Rip Van Winkle," as Ichabod (Tom Mison, "Parade's End") starts off in the Revolutionary War era, gets injured on the battlefield and inexplicably wakes up in the present day. That's where he meets local cop Abbie (Nicole Beharie, "42") and together they're ensnared in a supernatural mystery with ties to U.S. history, the Bible and forces beyond their imaginations.
"I think there's something really fun about taking imagery we're already familiar with...
- 8/1/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Los Angeles, July 15: Musician-composer Nile Rodgers survives on only two or three hours sleep a night and says he doesn't need to sleep.
When he was five, the doctors thought he was suffering from insomnia and was treated for it, but the doctors soon realised that Rodgers was not sleep deprived at all, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"I only sleep two to three hours a night, maybe if I'm exhausted I'll sleep four, and the rare occasion I sleep five. I feel like Rip Van Winkle. I just don't sleep, I don't need it - I've never needed it. I function very well, I'm 60-years-old and I feel great," Bang Showbiz quoted the 60-year-old as saying.
He recalls tests being done on him at the sleep clinic and says he always felt.
When he was five, the doctors thought he was suffering from insomnia and was treated for it, but the doctors soon realised that Rodgers was not sleep deprived at all, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"I only sleep two to three hours a night, maybe if I'm exhausted I'll sleep four, and the rare occasion I sleep five. I feel like Rip Van Winkle. I just don't sleep, I don't need it - I've never needed it. I function very well, I'm 60-years-old and I feel great," Bang Showbiz quoted the 60-year-old as saying.
He recalls tests being done on him at the sleep clinic and says he always felt.
- 7/14/2013
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
Who doesn’t love The Twilight Zone? Well, I don’t know, but I know I don’t want to meet them. It’s safe to assume that most horror fans of any form of advance age(I’m 35) grew up, at the very least, watching re-runs of The Twilight Zone on syndicated television. Some of the creepiest moments in television history are thanks to this series. Hell, I remember as a kid, when I was falling asleep to the sound of the TV playing in the background, just the sound of the opening theme chilled me to my core. I have so many fond memories of watching this show as a child, and as an adult.
Collectors of media are aware, The Twilight Zone has been available on various formats, in various packages for us to consume. But, they’ve always been a bit on the pricey side. I...
Collectors of media are aware, The Twilight Zone has been available on various formats, in various packages for us to consume. But, they’ve always been a bit on the pricey side. I...
- 6/13/2013
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Image Entertainment, of Rlj Entertainment, has released The Twilight Zone: The Complete Second Season on DVD, this June 4th, 2013. For $29.98 you can get the entirety of the second season of Rod Serling’s classic sci-fi series, including appearances by William Shatner, Don Rickles, Art Carney and a ton more in what are some of the most indelible moments of the series. Check out the press release below, and stay tuned for a review by yours truly.
Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, announces the release of the second season of Rod Serling’s groundbreaking, science fiction anthology The Twilight Zone: The Complete Second Season, available on DVD on June 4, 2013 at an Srp of $29.98. Season two features an incredible list of guest stars including Agnes Moorehead, Art Carney, Bill Mumy, Buddy Ebsen, Burgess Meredith, Dick York, Don Rickles, Rod Serling, Sydney Pollack, William Shatner and more!
The Twilight Zone...
Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, announces the release of the second season of Rod Serling’s groundbreaking, science fiction anthology The Twilight Zone: The Complete Second Season, available on DVD on June 4, 2013 at an Srp of $29.98. Season two features an incredible list of guest stars including Agnes Moorehead, Art Carney, Bill Mumy, Buddy Ebsen, Burgess Meredith, Dick York, Don Rickles, Rod Serling, Sydney Pollack, William Shatner and more!
The Twilight Zone...
- 6/4/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
A little over six months ago I had absolutely no faith in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.s post-apocalyptic co-directorial debut This is the End, but it has now become my must-see comedy of the summer. Assuming This is the End is as good as it looks, optimism will carry over to Rogen and Goldberg.s next project, which The Wrap reports will be an adaptation of the four-part New Yorker novella Sell Out, penned by former Saturday Night Live writer Simon Rich. Granted, the duo are only producing the Sony-acquired novella through their Point Grey Pictures imprint (with Rich as an executive producer), but Rogen has yet to produce a movie he doesn.t star in or write, so there.s a really good chance he.ll get another credit on this thing. Inspired by time travel stories and Washington Irving.s Rip Van Winkle, Rich wrote a fictionalized...
- 5/30/2013
- cinemablend.com
It's a little weird to watch a trailer for an upcoming Disney cartoon like "Planes" and hear among the characters the voice of Dane Cook. What's a typically adults-only comic like Cook doing in the G-rated world of a Disney animated feature?
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
Gallery | Unlikely...
Well, maybe it's not that weird. After all, the family-friendly studio has a history, going back 60 years, of casting performers from the world of grown-up entertainment in its cartoons, and most have proved they can be fun and kid-safe in fantasy worlds far from smoky nightclubs. In fact, Disney and Pixar's classic cartoons are full of unlikely voice actors -- not just blue comics but also performers cast radically against type, and even people not considered actors at all.
Cook, then, joins a distinguished list of stars you'd never have expected to find in a Disney cartoon feature, as you can see from the gallery below.
Gallery | Unlikely...
- 5/28/2013
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
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