The Lousy Politics of the Roots May 23, 2008
Getty Images Are artists like The Roots really sparking a revolution ... This, we might think, is what will spark a revolution. (Slate)
Industry Buzz Mar 23, 2008
Next up for Radford: He hopes to direct "A Dream of Red Mansions," featuring Ken Watanabe ("Memoirs of a Geisha") and set during the China's Cultural Revolution. That project would represent yet another opportunity to channel a story through the vulnerabilities of his actors. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Berkeley Repetory Theater, at 40, holds true to its rebel roots Mar 5, 2008
Fifty-one Cuban artists pay homage to the American refrigerators which pre-date the communist revolution. This. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
What Beowulf Means For The Convergence Of Movies And Games Nov 20, 2007
Game industry watchers who have long predicted that the revolution in video games would be about games evolving and becoming movies, as it turns out, had it all backwards. It'll be because movies are becoming video games. (Wired News)
Road to the Emmys reports Sep 15, 2007
publication date: 2/16/07 ~ Nominees borrow unscripted techniques ~ The nominees: How we got here ~ Morricone composes music revolution ~ Hosting can be a tricky duty -- DeGeneres aims to be the balm, not da bomb. publication date: 2/15/07 ~ How to win auds, subvert genres ~ Quadriplex of 'Babel' ~ 'Sunshine' in high gear on low funds ~ War stories from a non-vet. (Variety)
Love and Monogamy - Need better PR? Sep 14, 2007
Our parents generation took that and ran with it, they had the sexual revolution and the invent of birth control. Their biggest worry was the glass ceiling (which caused many women to stay for stability) instead of AIDS.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 2 Sep 2, 2007
Bawdy segments include the dawn of man, Moses, Nero, an empress, the Inquisition and the French Revolution ... The Matrix Revolutions ... U.S. journalist John Reed and wife Louise Bryant witness the Russian Revolution. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The week's best films on TV Jul 23, 2007
RAF airman David Niven bales out of his blazing bomber and survives, but headless Marius Goring, a fatality of the French Revolution, is unimpressed: he is dispatched from heaven to tell the flier he should not have missed his date with death. This is one of Pttiest, funniest and most involving fantasies. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
50 Cent Doing Time With DeNiro, Pacino... Jun 27, 2007
The headliners of this year's Projekt Revolution tour are anticipating a particularly hard-rocking run when they hit the road July 25 in Auburn, Wash. "We're all rock bands; we want to put on cool light shows and blow sh*t up and have as much going on visually as we can," Linkin Park's Chester Bennington said during a teleconference today that also included members of My Chemical Romance and Taking Back Sunday. (Billboard.com)
Movie review: ‘Oceans’ entertains Jun 13, 2007
Then there s the fixing of the dice at a plastic factory in Mexico, where Virgil (Affleck) and the Turk (Caan) incite revolution against the oppressor in pure Zapatista fashion. All come back to the grand third act climax, where Ms. Barkin gets a bit more cosy with Mr. Damon, and things get a little shaken up for Mr. Bank. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Review: 'Ocean's Thirteen' one to enjoy Jun 10, 2007
Everyone gets his shot: Basher (Don Cheadle) makes the earth move and the Malloy brothers (Casey Affleck and Scott Caan) even ferment revolution in Mexico, perhaps in anticipation of Soderbergh's planned Che project. But if anyone can stake a claim to this third outing, it's Matt Damon's Linus, by a nose -- the outrageously false one he wears to seduce Banks' personal assistant, an improbably eager Ellen Barkin. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Al Pacino: AFI Life Achievement Award Jun 7, 2007
That period, between the misguided period epic "Revolution" (1985) and "Sea of Love" (1989), is often referred to as Pacino's lost years. In the wake of "Bobby Deerfield" (1977), "Cruising" (1980) and "Scarface" (1983) -- Pacino had seemingly gone from invincible to vulnerable, and the controversy the latter two films generated only added fuel to his detractors. (Variety)
'Ocean's 13' out Friday Jun 7, 2007
The morning after, I can't remember why Casey Affleck was leading a Mexican factory worker's revolution from behind a handlebar mustache, but I'm not sure it much matters. What does matter is that for two hours, life as you drearily know it is effectively suspended and a summery delirium takes over. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
50: SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALGolden movie, gilded party kick off festival's 50th year Apr 29, 2007
" San Francisco International Film Festival TODAY Kabuki: The Reel Youth Revolution Noon. Crisis tunity 12:30 p.m. Colossal Youth 1:15 p.m. Slumming 1:30 p.m. Bamako 3 p.m Bliss and Ignorance 3:30 p.m. The Island 4:15 p.m. Hana 4:30 p.m. Panel: Picturing Development With Danny Glover 5:30 p.m. The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music 6:15 p.m. The Caiman 6:45 p.m. Carved Out of Pavement: The Work of Rob Nilsson 7 p.m. Once 7:15 p.m. Jindabyne 9 p.m. Cecil B. DeMille... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Best on-screen battles: Your views Apr 4, 2007
"From: John C. Suart, Kingston, Ontario Date: 2 April 2007 Comment: I'm a war movie buff. Here's my picks.BESTGettysburgh, 1993, Action at Little Round TopJeff Daniels gives a great performance of this battle at Gettysburg that nearly lost the Union the war. Gritty and non-stop, the fighting shows just how close the battle was and the determination that saved the day. Very realistic.All Queit on the Western Front, 1979, Trench BattlesThis TV version of the famous black and white movie was... (CNN -- Showbiz)
The best -- and worst -- movie battle scenes Mar 31, 2007
Any battle scene from the movie Revolution was awful. Al Pacino gives a whispering performance throughout the American Revolution as the bodies fall comically around him ... Among the worst has to be the Matrix Revolutions final battle. (CNN -- Showbiz)
A trashing return: Punk's glory years slam back onto the scene Nov 20, 2006
"We weren't looking for a Maoist revolution. It was more like an ethical code: Do it yourself, question authority, do things because they feel right. It's a 'Just go for it' mentality, which I think is a very American way of thinking.". Indeed, punk veterans of the scene blanch at the idea of political underpinnings for hard-core. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Hoo-Ah! AFI Honoring Pacino Oct 23, 2006
We'll conveniently forget about 1985's Revolution and 2003's Gigli ... Pacino's next film was anything but legendary: 1985's Revolution , a historical drama about the American Revolutionary War, was such a critical and commercial stinker that Pacino took a four-year hiatus from moviemaking to return to the theater (he owns two Tony Awards). (E! Online)
AFI Gives Godfather Some Respect Oct 22, 2006
Selected Filmography: "The Panic in Needle Park" (1971) "The Godfather" (1972) "Scarecrow" (1973) "Scorpio" (1973) "The Godfather Part II" (1974) "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975) "Bobby Deerfield" (1977) "And Justice For All" (1979) "Cruising" (1980) "Author! Author!" (1983) "Scarface" (1983) "Revolution" (1985) "Sea of Love" (1989) "Dick Tracy" (1990) "The Godfather Part III" (1990) "The Local Stigmatic" (1990) "Frankie and Johnny" (1991) "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992) "Scent of a Woman" (1992)... (CBS News)
SHOOTING STARS: Rob and Amber invade Las Vegas Sep 11, 2006
Two-wheel deal: A new biker build-off series, "Metric Revolution," rolls into town Tuesday following a 114-day, 10,000-mile tour promoting the 22 custom motorcycles competing for top honors. In addition to several events at the new Hooters casino, locals can check out the bikes -- and vote for their favorites in the cruiser, sportbike and rookie categories -- from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Fremont Street Experience. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
What's happening June 30-July 6? Jul 1, 2006
THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE: Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-727-0950; $12 ... Here's the next best thing: ZOSO (named after Led Zeppelin's technically untitled fourth album -- the one with Stairway To Heaven) channels the late, great British rock band Saturday night at Revolution ... THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE: Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-727-0950; $12. (Miami.com, FL -- Entertainment)
Page turners and seat fillers Jun 2, 2006
Julie Christie and Omar Sharif were the great lovers, whose romance unfolds against the background of the Russian revolution. It did rip-roaring business but had some sniffy notices in its day, mainly on account of an allegedly sentimentalised view of Pasternak's interpretation of history, and also because of Lean's fondness for vast, intricate and beautiful sets. (Guardian Unlimited)
CHILLOUT-FILM May 27, 2006
Omar Sharif plays a very married Russian physician and poet who pursues an affair with the wife of a political activist amid the Bolshevik Revolution. Talk about giving your wife the cold shoulder. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
In Godfather, the thrills are savage and stylish Mar 27, 2006
The producers could have called this game Grand Theft Vito -- that's how much it owes to the nonlinear gaming revolution pioneered by those amoral geniuses at Rockstar Games. You can play out the plot of the film, with yourself as a Corleone family enforcer, but you can also get plenty of action on the side -- extorting protection money from local businesses, robbing banks, the occasional freelance assassination. (Boston Globe)
People: Ceramic bowl painted by Richard Pryor nets $7,000 for benefit Mar 22, 2006
Havel, 69, a dissident playwright, became president after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution" toppled the communist regime in then Czechoslovakia. He retired from politics in 2003 after completing his second and final term as Czech president. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
So You Want A Revolution? Mar 13, 2006
So You Want A Revolution ... So You Want A Revolution ... With its mix of revolutionary symbols from history, literature, painting, and film, the Wachowskis push a lot of buttons. (CBS News)
Small is powerful Mar 4, 2006
Stephanie Bunbury salutes the filmmaking revolution that toppled the big budget behemoths. They're as gay as the Mardi Gras; if Joe behind the bar at the corner pub knows nothing else about the 2006 Oscars, he must know that by now. (The Age)
No ordinary Joe Feb 12, 2006
He believed in constant revolution. And like Mao, Joe tended to decorate his changes of direction with speeches of justification, mostly delivered from a reclining chair behind the desk in his spacious office on Lafayette Street, and some of an almost Castro-like length and energy. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
