"We are the people you do not see. We are the ones who drive your cabs. We clean your rooms. And suck your cocks." -Chiwetel Ejiofor in Dirty Pretty Things
03 October 2007
Today in Great Movie Quotes
"We are the people you do not see. We are the ones who drive your cabs. We clean your rooms. And suck your cocks." -Chiwetel Ejiofor in Dirty Pretty Things
Blindness Set Photos
Thanks to 'anonymous' in the comments section of a post on The Film Experience who provided a link to a batch of set photos from Fernando Meirelles' new movie Blindness, based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago and starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal, Sandra Oh, and Alice Braga of City of God playing 'Girl with the dark glasses'.
The photos are all on a street made to look, I guess, bombed out and/or deserted. I've never read the book, but I'd imagine there's some dystopian elements involved, making this Julianne's second journey to a less than perfect future in recent years (the excellent Children of Men being the first).
I'm a big fan of Meirelles-both City of God and The Constant Gardener are among my favorite films-and it's hard to imagine this going wrong with such a great cast involved. Count me among those who can't wait to see this in 2008.
The rest of the pictures can be found here
The photos are all on a street made to look, I guess, bombed out and/or deserted. I've never read the book, but I'd imagine there's some dystopian elements involved, making this Julianne's second journey to a less than perfect future in recent years (the excellent Children of Men being the first).
I'm a big fan of Meirelles-both City of God and The Constant Gardener are among my favorite films-and it's hard to imagine this going wrong with such a great cast involved. Count me among those who can't wait to see this in 2008.
The rest of the pictures can be found here
Bad Idea Jeans
Hey, do you guys remember when Rob Zombie's Halloween remake was announced and everyone was up in arms about it? Do you also remember when it came out, and everyone was proven wrong because it was scary as hell, leading critics to declare it a horror classic that even improves over the original? No?Well Michael Bay does!
Due to the success of Halloween, Michael Bay is now working on a MUCH NEEDED reimagining of Friday the 13th. And even better, he's hired the guys who wrote Freddy vs. Jason, the movie that FINALLY got Kelly Rowland in front of a film camera where she so desperately belongs!
A STAR IS BORN!
Finally this is being remade! Screw Mrs. Voorhees! She killed people, sure, but she had motivation! Who wants horror villains to have character traits? Michael Bay knows what the public wants, and what we want is Jason randomly chopping Megan Fox in half and senselessly skewering Alexis Bledel with a javelin while Rihanna and Zac Efron have PG-13 appropriate sex in a canoe. I, for one, can not wait!
Story here.
Due to the success of Halloween, Michael Bay is now working on a MUCH NEEDED reimagining of Friday the 13th. And even better, he's hired the guys who wrote Freddy vs. Jason, the movie that FINALLY got Kelly Rowland in front of a film camera where she so desperately belongs!
A STAR IS BORN!
Finally this is being remade! Screw Mrs. Voorhees! She killed people, sure, but she had motivation! Who wants horror villains to have character traits? Michael Bay knows what the public wants, and what we want is Jason randomly chopping Megan Fox in half and senselessly skewering Alexis Bledel with a javelin while Rihanna and Zac Efron have PG-13 appropriate sex in a canoe. I, for one, can not wait!
Story here.
02 October 2007
A Must See: Matt Singer and Alison Wilmore
I know this is the second time I've told people to stop reading my crap and go enjoy something else, but this one is definitely worth it AND has nothing to do with Tyra Banks. I swear.
All this week, Matt Singer and Alison Wilmore of the IFC News Podcast (which everyone should listen to religiously) have been doing live video reports from the New York Film Festival and have been discussing their thoughts on films that they have seen. Some they have liked (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and some they have....not (Redacted). They broadcast live at 1:00 pm US Eastern time, but you can swing by at anytime to watch the video of the broadcast. Anyone who does tune in live, however, can ask them questions.
Ok, enough selling.
Click here to watch.
God I love these guys...
Listen to their podcasts if you like what you see. The ones still online can be found here.
All this week, Matt Singer and Alison Wilmore of the IFC News Podcast (which everyone should listen to religiously) have been doing live video reports from the New York Film Festival and have been discussing their thoughts on films that they have seen. Some they have liked (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and some they have....not (Redacted). They broadcast live at 1:00 pm US Eastern time, but you can swing by at anytime to watch the video of the broadcast. Anyone who does tune in live, however, can ask them questions.
Ok, enough selling.
Click here to watch.
God I love these guys...
Listen to their podcasts if you like what you see. The ones still online can be found here.
Nicolas Cage Confuses Me
I came across this on Joe's Movie Corner and something about it just struck me.
Now, maybe it's just me, but how hard is this poster trying to make Nicolas Cage look like The Statue of Liberty? Well, the statue of liberty with a bad hair piece...but still. Seriously?
But I guess it makes sense because, to me anyway, nothing says 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...' like a movie in which Nicolas Cage teams up with Diane Kruger and the mentally retarded guy from Gigli and kidnaps the president in order to clear his ancestor of aiding in the assasination of Abraham Lincoln.
Now, maybe it's just me, but how hard is this poster trying to make Nicolas Cage look like The Statue of Liberty? Well, the statue of liberty with a bad hair piece...but still. Seriously?
But I guess it makes sense because, to me anyway, nothing says 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...' like a movie in which Nicolas Cage teams up with Diane Kruger and the mentally retarded guy from Gigli and kidnaps the president in order to clear his ancestor of aiding in the assasination of Abraham Lincoln.
A Must Read: ANTM Recaps
If you aren't already, I beg you to read the hillarious recaps of America's Next Top Model posted on Four Four every Monday. Click here for the newest one.
Apparently, this cycle is smoke free, which I guess means all the models who have to quit smoking are going to get fat as they go through withdrawl and eat everything in sight.
Even if you hate the show, you'll laugh your ass off. Tyra Banks is crazier than a whole room full of Tom Cruises.
Want proof?
Need I say more?
There's PLENTY more where that came from over at Four Four. It's definitely worth a look.
P.S. I PROMISE I have good taste. My interest in ANTM is more like the interest you might have driving by a three car pile up on the highway...only this pile up includes Twiggy and the word 'fierce' 300 times.
Apparently, this cycle is smoke free, which I guess means all the models who have to quit smoking are going to get fat as they go through withdrawl and eat everything in sight.
Even if you hate the show, you'll laugh your ass off. Tyra Banks is crazier than a whole room full of Tom Cruises.
Want proof?
Need I say more?
There's PLENTY more where that came from over at Four Four. It's definitely worth a look.
P.S. I PROMISE I have good taste. My interest in ANTM is more like the interest you might have driving by a three car pile up on the highway...only this pile up includes Twiggy and the word 'fierce' 300 times.
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