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What was the best year in film history? HitFix readers continue the debate
1 May 2015 6:36 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
HitFix's recent spate of "Best Year in Film History" pieces inevitably spurred some furious debate among our readers, with some making compelling arguments for years not included in our pieces (2007 and 1968 were particularly popular choices) and others openly expressing their bewilderment at the inclusion of others (let's just say 2012 took a beating). In the interest of giving voice to your comments, below we've rounded up a few of the most thoughtful, passionate, surprising and occasionally incendiary responses to our pieces, including my own (I advocated for The Year of Our Lynch 2001, which is obviously the best). Here we go... Superstar commenter "A History of Matt," making an argument for 1968: The Graduate. Bullit. The Odd Couple. The Lion in Winter. Planet of the Apes. The Thomas Crown Affair. Funny Girl. Rosemary's Baby. And of course, 2001, A Space Odyssey. And that's only a taste of the greatness of that year. "Lothar the Flatulant, »
- Chris Eggertsen
Movies on Art Hill in St. Louis This July – Jaws, Clueless, Back To The Future, Sound Of Music
30 April 2015 8:26 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
“Here’s to swimmin’ with bow-legged women!”
Everyone knows that Art Hill, in front of the St. Louis Art Museum, is a great place to go sledding in the winter. But did you know it’s a great place to see movies in July?
Their line-up for their annual Friday night film series has been announced and it’s sure to draw thousands. The We Are Movie Geeks gang always goes to these, so if you wanna hang with the cool kids, you should go too. It’s free and they set up a big screen at the bottom of the hill. There are food trucks and beer and wine for sale. You can even go dine in the museum’s restaurant before the show if you got money to burn. If you’re a museum member, you can show your membership card and get free popcorn and ice cream »
- Tom Stockman
Why the opening scene of Back to the Future is pure genius
30 April 2015 1:42 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Back to the Future is rightly regarded as an '80s classic - but have we underestimated just how clever a movie it is?
A new video essay from Vimeo user Must See Films puts the opening scene under the microscope and illuminates it in an entirely new way.
In Back to the Future's 2-minute 52-second opener, a continuous shot prowling through Doc Brown's home, the viewer gets treated to an incredible amount of information in a very short time.
Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown gets set up in immaculate detail (drawing comparisons to Cruella De Vil, of all people!), the film's time theme gets hammered home and there's even a clever foreshadowing thanks to an image from '20s film Safety Last!.
Watch the video above to see just how densely-packed this opening shot is. In the words of Marty McFly, this is heavy! »
Watch: Video Essay Highlights The Smart Storytelling Of 'Back To The Future'
29 April 2015 11:37 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
A new video essay by Vimeo channel Must See Films recalls “Back to the Future” as “a fun-filled adventure, sci-fi masterpiece, and at the same time, a very intimate family drama.” The video’s premise is that Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 classic is a prime example of how to tell a story economically, conveying much with little. It asserts that, “one of the most overlooked achievements of the film is the film’s opening shot. It manages to convey an incredible amount of information to the audience in a very short amount of time, not to mention the technical execution of the shot itself.” Now would be a good time to pause and ask you what “Back to the Future” could possibly have to do with the animated “101 Dalmatians.” If you answered the obvious “nothing,” you’d be wrong — at least according to Must See Films. A pointed, if unexpected comparison, the video asserts that, »
- Zach Hollwedel
New on Blu-ray & DVD: Inherent Vice! Mommy! & More!
29 April 2015 8:39 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Harry Hook's 1990 adapt of Lord of the Flies was a very important film for me growing up. All in, I probably watched it more than Star Wars or Back to the Future, which is saying something. I was just so absolutely mesmerized by the brutality and honesty of the story. Espceially in film, you just don't get children portrayed so honestly.
Book purists balk at screenwriter Jay Presson Allen's attempts to Americanize the story, most notably changing the kids from private school boys to military school cadets, but the story and its themes remain unharmed.
In my eyes, this is the best scre [Continued ...] »
The top 25 underappreciated films of 1989
28 April 2015 11:45 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
From a crazy early Nic Cage role to a lesser-known film starring Robert De Niro, here's our pick of 25 underappreciated films from 1989...
Ah, 1989. The year the Berlin Wall came down and Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest. It was also a big year for film, with Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade topping the box office and Batman dominating the summer with its inescapable marketing blitz.
Outside the top 10 highest-grossing list, which included Back To The Future II, Dead Poets Society and Honey I Shrunk The Kids, 1989 also included a plethora of less commonly-appreciated films. Some were big in their native countries but only received a limited release in the Us and UK. Others were poorly received but have since been reassessed as cult items.
From comedies to thrillers, here's our pick of 25 underappreciated films from the end of the 80s...
25. An Innocent Man
Disney, through its Touchstone banner, had high hopes for this thriller, »
- ryanlambie
Why 1980 Was the Best Year in Movie History
27 April 2015 12:06 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. How to decide in the grand scheme of things which film year stands above all others? History gives us no clear methodology to unravel this thorny but extremely important question. Is it the year with the highest average score of movies? So a year that averages out to a B + might be the winner over a field strewn with B’s, despite a few A +’s. Or do a few masterpieces lift up a year so far that whatever else happened beyond those three or four films is of no consequence? Both measures are worthy, and the winner by either of those would certainly be a year not to be sneezed at. But I contend the only true measure of a year’s »
- Richard Rushfield
MPAA Highlights Unity With Tech, Not Divisions, at Creativity Conference
24 April 2015 11:41 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Washington — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was a featured speaker at the MPAA’s Creativity Conference on Friday, and very diplomatically spoke about issues important to Hollywood (anti-piracy) and Silicon Valley (net neutrality).
But given the political environment, the event delved into the way that Hollywood is increasingly portraying women in positions of power, even as president, making it less of a novelty and more as a matter of fact.
“Women are great collaborators,” she declared, citing examples in which “it’s not [about] ego for women, it’s just how they get the job done….Let someone else take the lead. It’s easier for women to do.”
Pelosi suggested that the image of a woman as president should highlight that role as “a collaborator [who] is respectful of many other opinions, and has many other women in a collaboration. That doesn’t mean women’s thinking is any better than men. »
- Ted Johnson
Round-Up: Evan Peters Joins American Horror Story: Hotel, Wes Craven Executive Producing The Girl in the Photographs, Scream Queens Photos
24 April 2015 11:32 AM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Evan Peters is taking a room in Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story: Hotel. Also included in our latest round-up are details on The Girl in the Photographs, starring Kal Penn and executive produced by Wes Craven, as well as recently revealed photos from Fox's Scream Queens.
American Horror Story: Hotel: Ryan Murphy announced on Twitter today that Evan Peters has officially joined the cast of FX's American Horror Story: Hotel. Peters, a frequent American Horror Story actor, joins a cast that includes Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley, and Chloë Sevigny.
This season, Evan Peters will be waiting for you in Room 64. #Ahshotel
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) April 24, 2015
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The Girl in the Photographs: Press Release -- "Los Angeles, CA (April 23, 2015) – Al-Ghanim Entertainment (Age), a specialty financing and production company founded by Kuwaiti industrialist Nawaf Alghanim, has announced today that Kal Penn »
- Derek Anderson
May the fourth be with you: Star Wars Secret Cinema announces plans for London event
22 April 2015 3:06 PM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Calling all rebels… Star Wars Secret Cinema has announced plans for its London event next month.
'The Empire Strikes Back' is to take place at a secret 'rebel base' location in support of the refugee council, at 6pm on May the force - wait, did we say "May the force"? We meant May the fourth...
DJ Yoda will "create an intergalactic, audiovisual experience", while Nightmares on Wax and a secret artist will also be performing.
The secret location will be revealed on April 29. Tickets are available now.
Secret Cinema is also planning a separate one-off gathering on May 4 which appears to tie in with its forthcoming Star Wars screenings.
The #RebelX hashtag has previously been superimposed on buildings around London to hint at the as-yet-unnamed location and build anticipation for the Empire Strikes Back event.
Secret Cinema Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back screenings will begin »
Cool Stuff: Andy Fairhurst’s ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Posters
21 April 2015 8:53 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Hot off the biggest Star Wars weekend of the year (so far), the Bottleneck Gallery is releasing a beautiful set of official posters based on the original trilogy. The artist is Andy Fairhurst, who did this incredible set of Back to the Future posters a few months back. As he did with those, Fairhurst gives these […]
The post Cool Stuff: Andy Fairhurst’s ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Posters appeared first on /Film. »
- Germain Lussier
Billy Zane confirmed to appear in Zoolander 2
21 April 2015 5:09 AM, PDT | National Ledger | See recent National Ledger news »
Billy Zane is to make an appearance in 'Zoolander 2'. The 49-year-old actor, who's previously starred in 'Titanic' and 'Back to the Future', has been cast in the eagerly-awaited sequel to the 2001 comedy film, in which Ben Stiller plays dimwitted male model Derek Zoolander. Billy made a cameo as himself in the original film and his appearance in the sequel has been confirmed in the latest on-set teaser for 'Zoolander 2', which shows Ben Stiller appearing to approach his co-star Owen Wilson and saying: ''Hey Hansel, wouldn't it be cool if Billy Zane was in Zoolander 2?'' At that stage, the blonde-haired man turns around to reveal himself as Zane, who responds: ''Yeah, that'd be great.'' Other big-name stars rumoured to appear in the much-hyped sequel include Naomi Campbell, Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn, as well as rap star Kanye West. »
23 specially-shot movie teaser trailers
21 April 2015 4:34 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
From Psycho to Jurassic Park, here are 23 teaser trailers that don't show a frame of footage from the movies they're advertising...
These days, we're used to the marketing hype for a major film building up about two years ahead of release. Visitors to Comic-Con got a preview of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, for example, more than two years ahead of its due date. Our collective hunger for a first look at major forthcoming films is such that, it seems, studios are keen to show off their work-in-progress earlier and earlier.
But there are ways of teasing a forthcoming movie without showing a frame of the finished product, which is where the following list comes in. They're all examples of promos that manage to get across the flavour of a future film without going into story details. Some of them were made before a foot of celluloid was exposed, »
- simonbrew
Ten Thoughts I Had While Staring at The Walk Poster
20 April 2015 5:00 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Manuel, who is deathly afraid of heights, here to discuss the newest poster for Robert Zemeckis's upcoming film The Walk.
1. This looks like a dolly zoom waiting to happen.
2. I miss Death Becomes Her/Back to the Future Zemeckis. Heck, I even miss Cast Away/What Lies Beneath Zemeckis. Might this be the film that restores my faith in his kinetic filmmaking after over a decade of losing him to performance capture (and that Denzel film which everyone seemed to warm up to but which left me cold)?
3. Oh, this is giving me vertigo.
4. The poster doesn’t really draw attention to it, but the blue-eyed, strawberry-blond Joseph Gordon-Levitt from the trailer still haunts me.
5. God, my palms are sweaty. And this is just a poster! Bring back that gorgeous minimalist teaser!
6. Can this live up to Man on Wire, James Marsh’s Oscar-winning documentary about this very “walk »
- Manuel Betancourt
New Posters for Jurassic World, The Walk, and Tomorrowland Released
19 April 2015 4:19 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
We have a few new posters (not from CinemaCon) for you this afternoon. First up, there’s the latest Jurassic World poster, which features Chris Pratt riding on his motorcycle and group of raptors who have made the controversial decision to run alongside him rather than rip him apart. Come back tomorrow to see the new trailer. Jurassic World opens in 3D on June 12th, and also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D’Onofrio, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy and Judy Greer. Next up, Sony has tweeted out a new poster for Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk, which is a nice image coupled with the ridiculously lame tagline “Every dream begins with a single step.” The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, Clément Sibony and César Domboy. The Walk opens in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on October »
- Matt Goldberg
New poster for Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk
18 April 2015 2:13 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
A new poster has arrived online for Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk, which is based on the true story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit (played by Jospeh Gordon-Levitt) and his walk between the towers of The World Trade Centre in 1974.
See Also: Watch the trailer for The Walk here
Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man—Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)—has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump and Back to the Future, again uses advanced technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. The Walk is true big-screen cinema, »
- Gary Collinson
Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd for Back to the Future reunion event
17 April 2015 2:13 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd are to appear at a special Back to the Future reunion event in London.
Several cast members from the classic 1985 film will mark its 30th anniversary at Showmasters London Film and Comic Con in July.
Also attending are Lea Thompson (Lorraine), James Tolkan (Strickland), Claudia Wells (Jennifer), Marc McClure (Dave), Harry Waters Jr (Marvin Berry), Donald Fullilove (Goldie), Jeffrey Weissman (George McFly in II and III), Frances Lee McCain (Stella) and Ricky Dean Logan (Data).
Fans will also be able to take photos with the 1885 clock tower, 1955 clock tower, Gibson amp and guitar, Doc Brown tombstone and, of course, the DeLorean itself.
The cast will take part in a special Q&A session with a moderator with questions from the fans.
Showmasters has also created an initiative titled Up to 88!, which aims to raise $88,000 to support the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. »
Steve Carell Joins Robert Zemeckis' Adaptation of 'Marwencol' Doc
16 April 2015 6:09 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Back in 2013 we learned that Cast Away and Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis was going to be at the helm of Marwencol, an adaptation of the documentary of the same name which played South by Southwest and won the Best Documentary award. At the time, Zemeckis was hoping to get Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role as Mark Hogancamp, a man who decides to build a a one-sixth scale model of a World War II-era town called Marwencol in his backyard. However, The Wrap reports it will be Steve Carell signing on for the lead role in the film written by Edward Scissorhands scribe Caroline Thompson. So what's so special about a movie following a guy who builds a model? Well, Hogancamp had his memory erased due to a vicious assault that included several sever blows to the head. The model was a coping mechanism as he found »
- Ethan Anderton
Steve Carell to Lead Robert Zemeckis Drama Marwencol
16 April 2015 3:48 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Fresh off his stellar turn in Foxcatcher last year, it appears that Steve Carell is game to lead another drama from a prestigious filmmaker. The Wrap reports that the actor is signing on to lead Forrest Gump and Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis’ feature adaptation of the 2010 documentary Marwencol for Universal Pictures. The original documentary, directed by Jeff Malmberg, revolves around Mark Hogancamp, a man who was assaulted by five teens and sent into a nine-day coma. When he awoke, he had no memory of his life, family, or friends. In an effort to cope with the trauma, he began building a 1/6 scale model of a WWII-era Belgian village in his backyard. The figures were made in the image of him, his friends, and surprisingly his attackers, and “allowed him to escape into a fantasy world in which he creates his various scenarios with the dolls.” Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands) penned the screenplay, »
- Adam Chitwood
Michael J. Fox Has Fashion Flashback With David Letterman (Video)
15 April 2015 9:30 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Michael J. Fox has been a frequent visitor on CBS’s “The Late Show With David Letterman” but Wednesday’s appearance was his final one. “Over 41 times, I can’t believe this will be the last time. I want to thank you for everything you’ve done for me and for television,” the “Back to the Future” star told David Letterman. “You are better at doing what you do than I am at doing what I do,” said the veteran host, to which the the 5’4” actor quipped, “You’re taller. You’ve got that going for you.” Also Read: David Letterman »
- Debbie Emery
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