The difference between reality, unscripted TV Nov 13, 2008
And so when it branches out, you're bound to get something like "Jurassic Fight Club" (but that's a better choice than "Kath or "Knight Rider" over on NBC). But if simulated dino battles doesn't sound like ambitious programming, thinking about other avenues on the History Channel led to "Modern Marvels" and the new "Extreme Trains. " Nothing wrong with that. With television all but dominated by unscripted programming, it's useless to fret about "all that other stuff" between "Mad Men" and "30... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rockport Film Festival celebrates power of cinema Nov 8, 2008
Upcoming Texas-made projects include The History Channel's animated series Jurassic Fight Club, the feature Stop-Loss, and the animated feature Open Season 2. A panel discussion with filmmakers will be held Saturday, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m. at Main Street Arts. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
VAFF films cross cultural experiences Nov 7, 2008
Written and directed over the course of seven years by former Vancouverite Tetsuro Shigematsu, a CBC radio and TV host and writer, it was originally conceived as an Asian-Canadian Fight Club. By phone from his L.A. home, Shigematsu describes the indie as a spoof of this sort of 60s style fervourof the Black Panthersbut these are the Yellow Panthers, and much less organized. (Georgia Straight)
Darchinyan joins lucrative fight club Nov 3, 2008
Vic Darchinyan has smashed his way into boxing's million dollar fight club. The Sydney-based brawler's world-title unification demolition of Mexican glamour boy Cristian Mijares in Los Angeles on Sunday has two of America's big-paying TV networks, ESPN and Showtime, clamouring to broadcast his next fight. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The stories behind a Tinseltown tell-all Nov 1, 2008
by veteran producer Art Linson, whose 30 years of credits include Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Fight Club, Into the Wild, and several films with De Niro, among them Heat and The Untouchables. All of the absurdities that Ben faces trying to get one movie started, starring Bruce Willis (who plays himself), and another one off to Cannes, starring Sean Penn (also playing himself), while contending with two ex-wives, a movie star who won't cut off his scruffy beard, a talent agent who fears his... (Globe and Mail)
'Faeces in gelato' hotel needs Ramsay to clean up mess: Markson Oct 31, 2008
The creator of Fight Club is back with a sex addict conman. Who can say no. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Lost in faith and faith lost Oct 31, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Eleven years in service to Mother Teresa's order was meant to be God's will, but was "almost like brainwashing" for Colette Livermore, writes Jenny Tabakoff. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Nation exhausted: how US consumers shopped until they dropped Oct 31, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Americans are simply exhausted by the failures of politics initiated by Reagan and trashed by George W. Bush, writes Peter Hartcher. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Next week the Boomers go bust Oct 30, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Miranda DevineOctober 30, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Does this mean Bond's past his sell-by date? Oct 27, 2008
In the film Fight Club, Apple and Volkswagen both paid to have their products featured, only to see Brad Pitt and Ed Norton break into an Apple store and later smash up the headlight of a Volkswagen Beetle. In recent years, product placement has expanded rapidly in both movies and American television. (Scotsman)
'Glory' days for Edward Norton Oct 25, 2008
Woody Allen tapped him for "Everyone Says I Love You." Milos Forman cast him as a dogged first amendment defender in "The People Vs. Larry Flynt," and David Fincher cast him as Brad Pitt's favorite punching bag in the drama, "Fight Club.". In recent years, Norton has branched into producing and directing. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Norton: Loyalty To Blood Or The Force? Oct 24, 2008
(CBS) Academy Award-nominated actor Edward Norton continues to challenge us with complex roles - from "American History X," "Primal Fear," "Fight Club" to "The Incredible Hulk," proving that he has a natural ability to capture the essence of his characters regardless of their caliber. In his latest role, Norton plays a task force investigator in "Pride and Glory," who is is faced with a hefty conflict - whether to be loyal to his family or to the police force. (CBS News)
Brad Pitt "can't sing," not00004000 to star "Fight Club" Oct 24, 2008
Brad Pitt "can't sing," not to star "Fight Club"_English_Xinhua. Brad Pitt "can't sing," not to star "Fight Club" ... BEIJING, Oct. 24 -- Edward Norton says Brad Pitt "can't sing," so won't be starring in a musical version of "Fight Club.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Scoop: Ed Norton says Brad Pitt cant sing Oct 23, 2008
If youve heard rumors about a Fight Club musical with the music of Trent Reznor, dont expect to see Brad Pitt or Edward Norton appear in any such production, according to a recent interview with Norton. This has been floating around for a while. (MSNBC -- Gossip)
Scoop: Palin's sex appeal Oct 23, 2008
Scoop: Rumor isthat there's a "Fight Club" musical coming, but don't expect Brad Pitt or Edward Norton to appear in it ... Rumor is that there's a "Fight Club" musical coming, but don't expect Brad Pitt or Edward Norton to appear in it. (MSNBC -- News)
Police hope fight night counted out Oct 22, 2008
Officers have been summoned to the 300 block of 26th Avenue three straight weeks to call a break on what has become known as the Wednesday Night Fight Club. The fight club, which got its name from the 1999 feature film Fight Club starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, is a bout the police department is tired of fighting ... Maybe something like "This is done with highly trained professionals - Do not try this at home. Cacher Oct 20, 2008 12:31 PM No Boxing is not against the law, but those... (Beatrice Daily Sun, NE)
Prides odd couple Oct 22, 2008
It seems thats something you both contemplate, whether its you, Colin, in In Bruges or Edward in a film like Fight Club. . (MSNBC -- News)
'Pride And Glory' Star Edward Norton Reveals If 'Hulk' Sequel, 'Fight Club' Musical Are In His Future Oct 22, 2008
Pride And Glory' Star Edward Norton Reveals If 'Hulk' Sequel, 'Fight Club' Musical Are In His Future. I doubt it'll be me and Brad [Pitt],' actor says of possible musical. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Mockery of cubicle life appeals to working stiffs Oct 21, 2008
And while many books (think anything by Kafka) and movies ("Fight Club") have dealt with jobs that can suck the life out of employees, three sources have stood out as the ultimate symbols for everything wrong about the office: "Dilbert"; the movie "Office Space"; and the TV show "The Office," now in its fifth season. "Dilbert," of course, started it all. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Colin Farrell & Ed Norton: `All we did was fight' Oct 21, 2008
It seems that's something you both contemplate, whether it's you, Colin, in "In Bruges" or Edward in a film like "Fight Club.". Norton: You have this aspiration to hit something visceral or masculine or an intensity. (Yahoo News)
What Just Happened? You wont care Oct 19, 2008
Adapting his own book, writer-producer Art Linson (Into the Wild, Fight Club) doesnt really uncover anything about the insanity of Tinseltowns inner workings that other, better movies havent already revealed. (Sixteen years after The Player, its apparently still all about making temperamental British directors change their endings and grappling with the casting of Bruce Willis. (MSNBC -- Politics)
"What Just Happened" Oct 17, 2008
Site Presented By Friday, Oct 17, 2008. "What Just Happened". (Salon)
Industry Buzz Oct 13, 2008
Linson, whose credits include "Into the Wild," "Fight Club" and "The Untouchables," wrote about his misadventures in a memoir that in turn inspired Robert De Niro to produce and star in the comedy of showbiz manners. Linson says, "There's nothing in this movie that's very exaggerated, I'll be honest with you.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Shawshank in Oscar losers poll Oct 12, 2008
Thriller The Sixth Sense was second in Pearl s online poll of 3,000 people, while Fight Club was third ... Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter, was up for a best sound effects editing Oscar in 2000, while Ridley Scott's sci-fi movie Blade Runner was up for best visual effects and art direction in 1983. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Prepare for impact: the cult of Chuck Oct 10, 2008
Anger management Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden in Fight Club, which caused a sensation on its release in 1999 ... Even before his best-known novel Fight Club was adapted by director David Fincher to become one of the biggest cult movies of the new millennium, Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk was something of a phenomenon ... Any film director who dares to take on a Palahniuk book risks, rather as an unknown assailant in Fight Club might, the wrath of Chuck's home-made army. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Choke Film Review Oct 10, 2008
Before that, Gregg at least skirts the dramatic and satirical subtexts of macho malaise that are a hallmark for Palahniuk (who also authored Fight Club) ... Choke begins in the same sterile-lighting support-group environment featured in David Fincher s Fight Club film ... Even if Choke lacks the gut-punch immediacy of Fight Club, it s filled with hearty slit-com laughter as you d find on, say, F/X s Rescue Me. (Suite101.com)
Growing pains on Kami Oct 6, 2008
I did my research by watching movies like Fight Club. This is my debut in movie acting and I play such a nasty character. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Don't expect much with 'Zohan' Oct 5, 2008
When he's so good as the counter-culture lead (think: "Water Boy," "Happy Madison," "The Wedding Singer"), this is a bit like trying to take on Brad Pitt in "Fight Club." Why bother. Also: 'The Happening. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Entertainment Oct 3, 2008
The Villanovan interviews 'Choke' and 'Fight Club' author Chuck Palahniuk about his famously cynical demeanor, his dark novels and his beliefs on insanity. by. (The Villanovan, PA)
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Choke': A subversive comedy with zipless sex at its core Oct 3, 2008
To visit the absurdist world of "Choke," the second film adapted from a novel by the "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk, requires that you dive through the looking glass into a labyrinth where personal identity is fluid ... "Fight Club" focused on ritualized extreme fighting and its homoerotic subtext; "Choke" focuses on zipless sex, which the movie convincingly portrays as compulsive coupling without an iota of joy. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Exclusive Chuck Palahniuk News Sep 25, 2008
Survivor, Lullaby, Rant, Haunted and Diary updates from Fight Club author ... UK, September 24, 2008 - IGN recently caught up with Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk to discuss the latest film to be based on one of his books, Choke ... He comes from a history of television commercials and music videos, a bit like [Fight Club helmer] David Fincher. (IGN FilmForce)
The Godfather is the don of Empire's top 500 film poll Sep 25, 2008
The rest of the top 10 was filled by Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, Singin' in the Rain, Pulp Fiction and Fight Club, the success of the latter suggesting that David Fincher's 1999 film continues to grow in stature as the years go by. Empire polled more than 150 directors, including Quentin Tarantino and Mike Leigh, as well as 50 film critics and more than 10,000 members of the public. (guardian.co.uk)
The Godfather named 'best movie' Sep 25, 2008
Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, Singin' in the Rain, Pulp Fiction and Fight Club made up the rest of the top 10. The latest Batman film, The Dark Knight, was the only 21st Century film to make the top 20, and all three instalments of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy secured top 60 spots. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Choke does what the title suggests Sep 25, 2008
The novel from Fight Club writer Chuck Palahniuk, about a sex addict who pretends hes choking in restaurants to make money to pay for his demented moms hospital care, wasnt exactly great literature. But the characters felt vaguely real beneath the weirdness or perhaps because of it and the story had glimmers of poignancy at which writer-director Clark Greggs film hints only rarely. (MSNBC -- Movies)
The First Rule Of Chuck Sep 21, 2008
FIGHT CLUB NOVELIST SEES ANOTHER BOOK HIT BIG SCREEN WITH 'CHOKE ... In Victor's case, it's sex addiction; in his earlier "Fight Club," it was every group under the sun. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Brad Pitt: Sexy and silly Sep 13, 2008
Sometimes he even combines the two, as in "Fight Club," where he played Edward Norton's sexually charged, anti-establishment feather boa-wearing alter ego. And in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," scheduled to open Dec. 25, we'll see him as a man who is born as an aged adult and gradually gets younger. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Burn After Reading review: Actors really tied the film together Sep 13, 2008
Between Monkeys, Fight Club, Snatch and that stoner cameo in True Romance, this is a guy with genuine charisma, not just tabloid charisma. Perhaps the biggest surprise is Richard Jenkins (part of my Six Feet Under family) as sweet, wonderful Ted, Linda and Chads manager at Hardbodies. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
More than a cop flick Sep 11, 2008
" Norton, 39, trained in the theatre and first made his mark in film in 1996 with Primal Fear. He has been nominated twice for an Oscar. His two dozen movies include Everyone Says I Love You, American History X, Fight Club, The People vs Larry Flynt, The Illusionist, Down in the Valley, Frida, Red Dragon, The Illusionist, The Painted Veil and, most recently, The Hulk. Norton knew from childhood what his work would be. He lives in New York and protects his privacy in order to lead as normal a... (Toronto Sun)
Back to the good old ways Sep 7, 2008
The final lineup: director David Fincher ("Fight Club," "Zodiac"), writer Eric Roth ("The Insider," "Munich"), stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. We're in. (Boston Globe)
Burn after reading Sep 6, 2008
No matter how the film turns out, the buzz on Brad Pitt--who was impressive in the Fincher Tribute scenes from Seven and Fight Club-- is getting louder ... After an impressive montage of commercials and music videos of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Iggy Pop and others, plus clips of Seven, The Game, Fight Club, Panic Room and Zodiac, Todd McCarthy did an in-depth career interview with Fincher. (Variety)
Liddell highlights Atlanta Ultimate Fighting event Sep 6, 2008
While no longer the light heavyweight champion of the most recognized fight club in the world, Liddell, 38, still is the face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. His feet, however, are pure Junior League. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Mini movie reviews Sep 5, 2008
Fight Club - Tate Theatre: 8 p.m. Thursday. Fly Me to the Moon 3-D - A well-intentioned exercise at blending education and family entertainment, this 3-D animated tale ends up being only mildly educational and not all that entertaining. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Choke to open Raindance Festival Sep 4, 2008
The UK premiere of Choke, based on the book written by Fight Club author Chuck Palahnuik, will open the Raindance Film Festival in London next month. The film, about a man who cons people into paying for his ailing mother's medical bills, stars Sam Rockwell and Angelica Houston. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
New Regency Further Expands and Enhances Motion Picture Production Division Sep 4, 2008
New Regency Productions, which was founded in 1991, has produced such high-profile films as JFK, Under Siege, Free Willy, A Time To Kill, Tin Cup, Devil's Advocate, Heat, L.A. Confidential, City Of Angels, The Negotiator, Entrapment, Fight Club, Big Momma's House, Don't Say A Word, Unfaithful, Daredevil, Man On Fire, Guess Who, Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Date Movie And Alvin And The Chipmunks. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Critic's corner Sep 3, 2008
Jurassic Fight Club 10 p.m., History ChannelNo McCain campaign-slogan jokes allowed. Bones 8 p.m., Channel 25They flirt in London for two hours. (Boston Globe)
Fall film preview (23) Aug 31, 2008
I don't know, but I'm willing to trust the always reliable Fincher ("Fight Club," "Se7en") to make the best of a bizarre premise. Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in "Quantum of Solace." (Courtesy photo). (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Your Turn: Library of the floating cloud Aug 29, 2008
You don't talk about Fight Club ... You don't talk about Fight Club. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
IF YOU LIKE ... : Something for everyone this fall Aug 29, 2008
Based on a novel by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk, it features a sex addict (Sam Rockwell) who schemes his way through life by pretending to gag in restaurants and bilking the good Samaritans to pay hospital bills for his mother. estrogen-rich. (USA Today -- Life)
Survivor: Rita glossed out Aug 27, 2008
The Reward Challenge was Fiji Fight Club. The first rule of Fiji Fight Club is: don't talk about Fiji Fight Club. (iAfrica.com)
Brangelina qualifies for $ 2,500 child benefits Aug 27, 2008
Angelina, 33, Brad and their children are to appear on the cover of W magazine in November in pictures taken at their French home by the "Fight Club" actor. The couple previously posed together in the July 2005 issue of the magazine for a shoot entitled "Domestic Bliss," which featured them in a series of poses as a married couple to promote their movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Bourne again action stars Aug 24, 2008
The choreographer, Jeff Amada -- he's done films such as "The Crow", "Fight Club", "Blade," "Lethal Weapon" -- was one of my favourite choreographers, so working with him was great. The choreography itself was brilliant, but it's also how you fill it out with reactions. (CNN -- International)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Aug. 24) Aug 24, 2008
Which would be fine - the film's physical scenes feel like a grounded version of "Fight Club," bristling with tension, and giving Mamet's fondness for word repetition a new purpose: coaching exhortation. But sit tight, and watch your wallets - Joe Mantegna and Ricky Jay get into the mix eventually. (Boston Globe)
Fred Durst, family film director? Seems a longshot Aug 23, 2008
But Durst, at 38, is now comfortable enough to reveal a receding hairline and wants to go beyond what he calls "the rock star, Tyler Durden in me," a reference to the alpha male in "Fight Club.". "I never thought I'd be singing in a band. I'm not a singer," Durst says. (Los Angeles Times)
Fall 2008 movie preview: I can't wait to see... Aug 23, 2008
Fincher and Pitt made Se7en and Fight Club together so, in my book, they can do no wrong. In Burn After Reading, Pitt reteams with Swinton in a Coen Brothers production, also starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand and John Malkovich. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Hot. Hotter. Hottest! Aug 21, 2008
Without Shiloh, Maddox et al., expect a little of the old Pitt swagger, circa Fight Club. JENNIFER ANISTON. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Helena Bonham Carter - just a Jewish mum (no corset, cauldron) Aug 18, 2008
For his part, Gregg Sulkin, making his film debut as the woebegone Bernie, could not believe he was being cast opposite the witch Bellatrix Lestrange from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," or the hot anti-heroine from "Fight Club." He grew up on Bonham Carter, so to speak, and there he was, having been talked into the tryout by a cousin just two months after his own bar mitzvah at Israel's Wailing Wall, about to perform alongside someone who has been a staple of British film since... (Boston Globe)
Don BanksINSIDE THE NFL Aug 13, 2008
If they were to ever make a movie of the Philadelphia Eagles 2008 training camp, there would be only one logical working title: Fight Club II.. More so even than most summers, the Eagles have been a feisty, disagreeable bunch on the practice fields at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
View from the Cop: Time to 'man up' Aug 9, 2008
Fight Club is a great movie because of the mental struggle. Not because of the teeth that get dropped down the drain. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bonham Carter Talks T4 Aug 6, 2008
Bonham Carter went on: "I've been in big movies before, like Apes, and Fight Club was big in a different way, and Charlie and Sweeney Todd were big, but I've never been in this kind of big popcorn action movie, a male one, an action one.". Reviews. (IGN FilmForce)
Music review: Merola's stunning 'Don Giovanni' Aug 6, 2008
Catherine Malfitano, now making the transition to stage director after a brilliant career as a theatrically canny soprano, plotted out individual scenes efficiently but also included some ill-judged fillips - an extensive pantomime for the overture (almost never a good idea), a weird "Fight Club" interlude and the excision of Leporello's catalog of Don Giovanni's amorous conquests. But the splendor of the afternoon lay in the singers' performances, all of them impressive and some pointing... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pitt says his son looked like Putin Aug 5, 2008
The Fight Club actor who welcomed twins Knox and Vivienne Marcheline with partner Angelina Jolie into the world on July 12 was surprised by his childrens unique looks. He said: I dare to say that Vivienne is proving to resemble Angelina in spirit, attitude and physicality. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Brangelina twins debut Aug 5, 2008
Pitt, who starred in the violent 1999 film 'Fight Club' and won plaudits in 2007 as the train-robbing outlaw Jesse James, joked he was coming to sound like his own parents when it came to disciplining his gang. "Using the phrase: 'Because I said so,' is extremely satisfying," he admitted. (iAfrica.com)
Movie tryouts in Cedar Falls Sunday Jul 27, 2008
CEDAR FALLS Independent filmmaker Beau Batterson will hold a casting call Sunday for his latest film, "Hellcats," a tongue-in-cheek actioner about an underground all-cheerleader fight club ... Batterson, who calls the short feature "Fight Club" meets "Mean Girls," is seeking girls that can play between 16-18, as well as men and women in their 40s. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Comic-Con: All the Saturday scoop Jul 27, 2008
I can't tell you that made me go back and watch Fight Club. " On The Avengers: "Right now, we're [he and Marvel Entertainment] planning a bigger Avengers movie that will tie all of the movies together, and it's going to bring in a lot of the comic book authors. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Paparazzi too close for comfort Jul 26, 2008
It sounds like a scene from "Fight Club." French police say camouflaged paparazzi who managed to get onto the grounds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateau in southern France on Thursday fought with the Hollywood couple's guards. Both the paparazzi and the Jolie-Pitt head of security confirmed the confrontation but gave widely different versions of events. (Boston Globe)
