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Film Film Fridays Film Fridays: Top 5 Actors Who Behave Like Their On-Screen Counterparts

January 28, 2011 - 6:09 pm

*Slightly NSFW (read: use your headphones)
5. Nicolas Cage — Castor Troy, Face/Off: At a nightclub in Romania, Nicholas Cage went on a rant that closely resembled his outbursts in 1997′s Face/Off, where he played psychotic drug lord Castor Troy.

Outside, Cage shouts “You know it! I get in the car and you walk away! Otherwise, you wanna kill me? Don’t fuck with my brothers! I would f*ckin’ die in the name of honor! I would die right now! Want to hit me in the head? Go for it!” Cage walks to his car, then backtracks: “F*ck you! I would DIE in the name of honour!”

Read on for the last 4…

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Film Blue Valentine: A Love Story With Shades of Grey

by Nicole Pajer

January 26, 2011 - 10:21 am

I had the chance this week to see the controversial new Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams movie, Blue Valentine. The film centers upon the fragile marriage of Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams) and the back and forth emotional struggle involved in trying to save what is left of their once passionate romance. The film teeters between the couple’s initial courtship and birth of their relationship and their modern day attempt to reconcile what is left of it. The plot eventually drives Dean and Cindy to check into a hotel for one night where they attempt a to revive the pulse of their love.

For those of you who don’t know the full story surrounding this film, it’s quite a tale. Michelle Williams was first presented with the Blue Valentine script back in 2003, and in 2008 received a phone call from director Derek Cianfrance saying the money for the film production had finally been secured. “I think I was 21 when I read it and I’m 30 now, so almost a third of my life has been devoted to making this movie,” Williams told Nightlife in her first network interview since the tragic death of Heath Ledger.

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Film Film Fridays Film Fridays: Graphic Scenes, Overpaid Stars, and Crackheads

by Jeff Nau

January 7, 2011 - 4:32 pm

BEST FILM

The Fighter: Christian Bale gives the performance of a lifetime as a crackhead who keeps jumping out the back window of his drug den into a garbage bin to avoid his mother when she shows up on his porch. The guy has transmogrified himself both physically and mentally to tackle every one of his roles, from The Machinist to Batman and now this — he’s one of several actors who carry this movie to greatness. Pretty much everyone else in that film deserves an award for best portrayal of white trash-Aqua Net-addled ho.

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Film The 5 Must-see Movies of 2K11

by Shop Keeper

January 5, 2011 - 9:28 am

On average, there are seven new movies released in cinemas every week, that’s roughly 400 a year and clearly nobody has the time (or money) to watch them all. As 2011 dawns and a whole bunch of new cinematic endeavours vie for your attention, we’ve whittled down the list to the real essentials for your viewing pleasure…

127 Hours

A director who has rarely steered us wrong throughout his illustrious career, Danny Boyle follows up the Oscar-baiting Slumdog Millionaire with this based-on-true-life tale. James Franco stars as Aron Ralston, an extreme sports nut who, in 2003, fell into a canyon in the Utah desert and found himself trapped under a boulder for the titular time period. Quite literally caught between a rock and a hard place, he was forced to choose between a slow death or hacking his own arm off. With a helmer and a star both at the top of their game and a compelling premise like this, we can’t think of a better way to kick off the cinematic year… Released January 7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orxtqKeHEOs

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Film Black Swan: A Scary Tale

by Dustin Downing

January 3, 2011 - 11:58 am

In preparation for Natalie Portman’s role as “Nina” in director Darren Afronosksy’s (Pi, The Wrestler) dark take on classic ballet Swan Lake -“Black Swan”, Natalie has quipped that she shed 20 pounds from her already demure 5’3”frame as part of her transformation from “The Other Boleyn Girl” into ballerina. “There were some nights that I thought I literally was going to die,” Portman said. “It was the first time I understood how you could get so wrapped up in a role that it could sort of take you down.”

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Event Film Gallery Bouncing Cats Screening Party in Los Angeles

by Nicole Pajer

November 19, 2010 - 12:23 pm

Tuesday night, a crowd packed into L.A.’s Downtown Independent Theater to show some support for the screening of a very moving documentary titled Bouncing Cats. The inspirational film follows the journey of a young man, known as Abramz, who has utilized his love for hip-hop, breakdancing, and b-boying, to find a way to improve the lifestyle of the troubled youth of Uganda.

Similar to the majority of Uganda’s adolescents, Abramz experienced a tough childhood. After losing both of his parents at a very young age, he looked to art, dance, and music as a way to distract him from the troubles of everyday life. Driven by his personal experiences, Abramz formed Breakdance Project Uganda (B.P.U.), an organization that strives to use breakdance and other elements of hip-hop to promote positive social change and responsibility.

Prior to the screening, I had the opportunity to sit down with Nabil Elderkin (Director), Abramz (B.P.U. Founder), Jolly (Invisible Children/H.E.A.L.S), and Crazy Legs (Rock Steady Crew) to hear fist hand about their experiences with the film. Here is a brief synopsis of my encounters with each of them:

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Film Film Fridays: How to Survive the 3D Plague

by Jeff Nau

November 12, 2010 - 11:17 am

After seeing the latest Saw — and sitting through soon-to-be AFI classics like Beowulf and Clash of the Titans — I’ve realized that the 3D movie experience is not unlike, well, some good sex: the act can actually prompt some deep philosophical pondering, though it comes with that pesky side effect of unmitigated honesty.

I admit proudly that I had no more than one thought for each of the 4 acts in Saw 3D, and in this order:

1. I will never get this hour and a half back. Must… leave now… before it is too late. For God’s sake — hey, cleavage! OK, leave after this part.

2. I’d last two minutes in these traps, just cause I’d have to keep rewinding the f*%king instructional tapes.

3. 3D my ass! I’m never going to sit through one of these again. Definitely not another Saw movie. Or at least not another Sean Patrick Flannery movie. Unless they make another Boondock Saints film.

4. Hey, you know what movie would look cool in 3D? Boondock Saints, that’s what.

And after all, who wants it to look too realistic? Look what happened with Avatar. When we have to leave, WE WANT TO KILL OURSELVES.

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Film The Social Network

by Mike Bucher

September 21, 2010 - 11:28 am

The phenomenon known as Facebook was created in a Harvard dorm room in 2003 by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Since then, the online social networking giant has expanded to over 500 million users, and yep your mom is probably logged in now, updating her profile pic as we speak.

The Social Network is the story of how Facebook came to be.

According to the movie, it wasn’t all flowers and sugar cookies along the road to success for Facebook founders Mark and Eduardo. The Ivy league-rs faced lawsuits, broken friendships, betrayals, and greed but hey, “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.”

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Film Dealing with Ramona’s Evil Exes in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

by Carter Jung

August 20, 2010 - 1:33 pm

Before we begin, in the unlikely chance a pre-Gen X/Baby Boomer is reading this, a bit of advice: This movie, and truncated review, is not for you. The references in both the movie and text might be a bit too low-brow and beneath your scope. But hey, there’s always The Expendables!

That being said, now back to your regular programming.

Ever wished for a film that was part Japanese manga and part 8-bit Nintendo video game? Neither did we. That’s like cooking an omelet with Pocky Sticks and Pokemon. Each is great in their own right, but blended together? Not so much.

Luckily, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz), is able to blend both pop arts seamlessly, infusing a healthy dose of comedy and rock and roll, while delving headfirst into one of life’s biggest taboos.

When it comes to dating, successfully, things naturally start to turn a bit serious and a few things happen with this transition. Bases are rounded, respective friends are met, and conversations turn towards the past, at which the inevitable talk will happen. No, not the one involving the birds and the bees. That comes from your parents or the strange, grope-y uncle who reeks of cheap bourbon.

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Film A Family Portrait with ‘The Walking Dead’

by Dustin Downing

July 26, 2010 - 7:51 pm

Comic Con 2010 is over and I have cast my vote for the fictitious “Bad Ass Mamma-Jamma Booth of the Year” award. Since I am the only voter in said academy, the winner is booth #2010! AMC television’s The Walking Dead set (a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman). It’s not every day you can take the kids out for a stroll and pop in somewhere to have a lovely photo taken with your choice of:

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