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Asteroids - The Movie?
2009-07-03 08:15:00 We've seen a whole lot of different games being turned into film franchises. Some are successful, others are not. I liked the Tomb Raider films for example, while the films based on the Street Fighter universe were not that successful (or good). read more &raqu-o;
An Ordinary Looking Actor with an Extraordinary Talent
2009-07-03 00:09:00 For the fourth time since I moved to LA, I trekked up to Hollywood Boulevard to honor a legend who had recently passed by laying flowers on his star on the Walk of Fame. The large wreath is something the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce places over the star of each individual when he dies. Mine ...
By: GayPatriot
In Memoriam Karl Malden
2009-07-02 09:25:00 One of the greatest character actors of all time has died. Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in A Streetcar Named Desire, died of natural causes yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 97. He made up for his ordinary looks by his extraordinary performances, distinguishing himself in three films directed ...
By: GayPatriot
On the estates of eccentric icons
2009-07-01 23:01:00 Back in the late 1970s, just after Howard Hughes passed, people would regularly come forward saying with fantastic stories detailing how they met the reclusive billionaire, with him promising them part–or all–of his fortune. Most, if not all of those stories turned out to be fabrications. As I read the various (and often conflicting) stories on ...
By: GayPatriot
The Tragedy of Michael Jackson
2009-06-26 23:07:00 One day I’ll have to sort out why I always felt for Michael Jackson, but not for his contemporary (born just two weeks before him), the pop star who calls herself Madonna, whose popularity, like his, derives, in large part from her ability to put on a great show. Both have enjoyed tremendous success ...
By: GayPatriot
Opening today in New York and LA:Stoning of Soraya M, Film Detailing Women?
2009-06-26 18:32:00 As the mullahs’ attempts to suppress the popular uprising in Iran makes manifest their brutality to all, it is particularly timely that The Stoning of Soraya M opens today. This movie tells the story of an Iranian women stoned to death because her husband, who wanted out of their marriage accused her of adultery when ...
By: GayPatriot
Movies Opening Today (June 26, 2009)
2009-06-26 09:23:00 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - (PG13) Sam Witwicky again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. (Opened Wednesday June 24, 2009) My Sister’s Keeper - (PG-13) After their daughter is stricken with leukemia, a couple conceives a younger sister who can provide a donor match, but the family is torn apart when, ...
The Cultural Moment of Michael Jackson?s Passing
2009-06-26 05:34:00 When Anna Nicole Smith died, a friend of mine, not himself a fan of the professional celebrity, said he burst out crying. He “couldn’t help” feeling sad. And so I felt earlier today, upoing learning of the passing of Michael Jackson. I did not cry, but felt a certain unfathomable sadness. He was, quite simply, one ...
By: GayPatriot
Michael Jackson, dead?!?
2009-06-26 00:42:00 So reports the AP: AP Source: Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital. UPDATE: Freaky that he would die on the same day as Farah Fawcett, two pop culture icons who rose to national (and international prominence) in the 1970s UP-UPDATE: E! Online has more on the death of the King of Pop. Jackson enjoyed a level of success ...
By: GayPatriot
Is Barack Obama to Politics what Ben Affleck is to Movies?
2009-06-26 00:30:00 This thought occurs in the wake of the ratings bust of the Obama health care infomercial. Both looked good in their early performances before a national audience (Obama in his 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention, Affleck in supporting roles in Dazed and Confused, Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare in Love). But, only when each ...
By: GayPatriot
movies
2009-06-24 04:55:00 Blues del funeralDetengan todos los relojes, corten el teléfono,Eviten el ladrido del perro con un jugoso hueso,Silencien los pianos y con sofocados redoblesTraigan el ataúd, dejen venir a los dolientes.Dejen a los planeadores girar en círculo gimiendoEscribiendo garabatos en el cielo que digan Él ha muerto,Pongan crespones alrededor de los blancos cuellos de las palomas,Dejen a los policías de tránsito usar negros guantes de algodón.Él era mi Norte, mi Sur, mi Este y mi Oeste,Mi semana laboral y el descanso del Domingo,Mi mediodía, mi medianoche, mi charla, mi canción;Creí que el amor duraría para siempre, estaba equivocado.Las estrellas no son deseadas ahora; apaguen cada una de ellas:Envuelvan la luna y desmantelen al sol;Vacíen el océano y derriben los bosques:Porque nada bueno puede ocurrir ahora.W.H. Auden, 1907 York, Inglaterra- Viena 1973de Poem hunterversión © Silvia camerottoFilm: Four weddings and a funeral. Mike NewellFuneral blues:Stop all the clocks, cut off the teleph...
Movies Opening Today (June 19, 2009)
2009-06-19 16:15:00 The Proposal - (PG-13) When high-powered book editor Margaret faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she’s actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew, who she’s tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own. The unlikely couple heads to Alaska ...
Memo to David Letterman: If Fonzie Can do It, So Can You:Say, ?I was wrong?
2009-06-16 20:18:00 In one of her many (all worth your attention) posts on David Letterman, Cynthia Yockey recalls an episode of the 1970s TV series Happy Days which made a “lasting impression” on her: It encapsulates why all of us who are outraged at David Letterman?s vile rape jokes about 14-year-old Willow Palin and his unfunny, degrading remarks ...
By: GayPatriot
Kristen Stewart Joan Jett ?The Runaways?
2009-06-16 07:36:00 Kristen Stewart and Joan Jett carpool to rehearse for the upcoming film “The Runaways”. [Photos: ©BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM] Related Smacks NEW MOON Trailer OFFICIAL [VIDEO] Kristen Stewart...
By: Celebrity Smack!
On the Private Lives of Public Figures
2009-06-16 00:14:00 I just learned that quite recently a detail of the private life of a prominent gay person (very likely not a Republican) was made public. I had always thought it was primarily for political reasons that such things were exposed. But, I guess people’s prurient obsessions transcend politics. It does seem that in this internet age ...
By: GayPatriot
Movies Opening Today (June 12, 2009)
2009-06-12 18:39:00 Imagine That - (PG) Evan Danielson is a successful financial executive who has more time for his blackberry than his seven-year-old daughter. When he has a crisis of confidence and his career starts going down the drain, however, he finds the solution to all his problems in his daughter’s imaginary world. The Taking of Pelham 1 ...
I Blame Cher
2009-06-12 00:59:00 Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono is changing gender from female to male But, then again, Chastity, er, sorry, Chaz, has a Republican father and here in Hollywood, they’re the ones who get blamed for all manner of ills.
By: GayPatriot
9-23-37: Thoughts on Memory
2009-06-10 09:36:00 Perhaps, it happened because in hitting on an idea for a new screenplay, my creative mind had come alive, pushing aside everyday details. On Monday, after working out, while spinning the dial on my lock, I could no longer remember the combination. When I had stopped at 27, I knew that wasn’t the second number, but ...
By: GayPatriot
Inspiration "300" Movies
2009-06-09 16:24:00 On upline mentor is a business consultant and should be followed by the network, network dibisnis upline active life and is the source of inspiration. One inspirastion of the show to us all, taken the positive side of the film "300". If you are watching the film certainly peers may take a little more positive and the benefit to the development of our business.How, a leader with only 300 people a number of soldiers can survive long against the opponent and the number of gempuran many times. Mutually help each other overcome obstacles and without any iota of sense of vibration. Seeing the sense of self esteem and confidence that depth with ability itselfSimilarly in this business, especially with the beginningof this business. The most painful is the " Rejection Rocket" especially the rejection of kin or a friend near us. But trust, we only need to membiasakannya. It's odd, if this business without rejection. Movie "300" with the conditions that face different obstacles that insisten...
The Joy of Having a New Script Idea
2009-06-09 08:27:00 Sunday and Monday were days I used to dream about (and delight in) when I aspired to make it as a screenwriter. It had been a while since I enjoyed the delight of playing with a story idea and seeing the characters come alive in my mind. A few years ago, when I was developing a ...
By: GayPatriot
Miraculous Light Columns Emitted from a Group of Taiwanese Dafa Practitione
2009-06-06 14:57:00 Author: A Dafa practitioner On May 9, 2009, some 6000 Taiwanese Falun Dafa practitioners in Southern Taiwan were preparing to sit in a group formation creating the image of a giant ?Zhuan Falun? book to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day (May 13th). A practitioner took some photos, which it just so happened, captured images of unusual ...
Land of the Lost: Perfect Popcorn Movie
2009-06-06 02:30:00 Fanny and Alexander it ain’t. If you want to see a movie this weekend that will stimulate you intellectually and remind you of the pains and pleasures of childhood, don’t see Land of the Lost. But, if you grew up in the 1970s and enjoyed the TV shows of Sid and Marty Krofft and want to ...
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Movies Opening Today (June 5, 2009)
2009-06-05 08:55:00 Land of the Lost - (PG-13) Space-time vortexes suck. Has been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, is sucked into one and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world. Sucked alongside ...
Online TV Software: StarP2P
2009-06-02 18:02:00 What is StarP2P? StarP2P is an international, multi-language multimedia network. In a revolutionary application of peer-to-peer file-sharing technology, viewers of online videos are able to share network resources with other users as they watch. All viewers of a given video file simultaneously help to transmit this file to others, meaning that StarP2P collaborates with its viewers ...
At the movies: Cinemark (CNK)
2009-06-02 14:00:00 Cinemark (NYSE: CNK), a leading owner of movie theaters, is a recent buy candidate from Leo Fasciocco, whose Ticker Tape Digest seeks stocks poised for technical breakouts."CNK an excellent intermediate-term play due to the strong profit outlook. The stock came public in 2007 at $20. It fell during the bear market. The stock formed a bottom, rallied and is now in position to breakout to the upside. "With annual revenues of $1.8 billion, Cinemark is the third-largest motion picture exhibitor in the United States, operating 4,568 screens in 37 states and 12 Latin American countries."The key breakpoint is at $11.03. The stock's momentum indicator is slightly bullish; most important the accumulation - distribution line is in a strong up trend and has already broken out to the upside."This year, analysts forecast a 41% surge in net to 68 cents a share from 48 cents a year ago. The highest estimate on the Street is at 81 cents a share...
A Weekend (Almost) Devoid of Politics/Thoughts of Actors & Acting
2009-06-01 10:18:00 Perhaps, it’s because most of our readers know us only as guys who blog primarily about politics that they assume politics is all we do. And sometimes, a lot of news relates to the things we blog about, it sometimes seems that way, to me at least. And yet, Bruce loves his dogs and is fascinated ...
By: GayPatriot
See Up
2009-05-31 08:00:00 And that, my friends, is the essence of what I have to say about the latest release from Disney-Pixar.
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On the Complementarity of Actors & Writers
2009-05-30 03:36:00 Just over ten years ago, as I was outlining my first screenplay, I dreaded having to write a scene near the story’s climax. A middle-aged man would come face to face with the woman he had always loved, but whose affection he rejected for the sake of social propriety, his defining flaw. Given how much needed ...
By: GayPatriot
What Price to Avoid Boredom?
2009-05-30 01:58:00 Oscar Wilde once wrote, “The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.“ That idea came to mind Wednesday when, as my headache was beginning to ease up, I had to run a few errands. I was at the Grove checking out prices and specs of a new Mac while buying a few ...
By: GayPatriot
Big box office expected for "Rookies" movie
2009-05-29 19:49:00 The "ROOKIES" movie, opening this weekend on May 30, is looking to be a smash at the box office, based on advance ticket sales and fan response. Officially titled "ROOKIES -Sotsugyo-," the film continues the popular drama series that aired on TBS last year.To help promote the movie's premiere, an event was held at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Wednesday, attended by the main cast members such as Ryuta Sato and Hayato Ichihara. Said to be the largest such event ever for a Japanese film, all 12,000 tickets (at 3900 yen each) sold out in just two minutes.For the movie's opening, about 240,000 tickets have been sold in advance, surpassing even last year's hit drama-based film "Hana Yori Dango Final." That picture went on to gross 7.75 billion yen during its theatrical run, which was the second highest gross for a domestic film in 2008.Credit: TokyoGraph.com
Movies Opening Today (May 29, 2009)
2009-05-29 15:59:00 UP - (PG) Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Junior Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. Drag Me to ...
More "Gokusen" cast details
2009-05-28 07:24:00 With "Gokusen: The Movie" less than a couple months away, a new announcement has revealed that six more actors from the drama's earlier seasons will be returning, including Shun Oguri and Mocomichi Hayami.The movie is already known to focus on the cast of the show's third season, which aired in 2008. It was previously announced that Yuya Takaki, Haruma Miura, and Yuta Tamamori are part of the main cast. At the end of last month, it was also revealed that the second season's Kazuya Kamenashi was added to the cast.Now, the number of returning alumni has again increased, adding three students each from the drama's first two seasons. Oguri will represent the first season, along with Yuma Ishigaki and Hiroki Narimiya. From the second season, Hayami will be joined by Teppei Koike and Keisuke Koide.Although all six played delinquent students in their respective seasons, they have grown up to become respectable members of society. Together with Kamenashi's character, who has become a t...
Movie time: The Green Helmet from 1961
2009-05-28 03:27:00 After trying to find this film for many years, courtesy of TCM, we finally got to see it. It stars Bill Travers and Ed Begley, as well as Jack Brabham appearing as himself! Based on a book of the same name. This is a terrific racing film. The central theme is the development of new tires for a Jaguar racing car, then their application on race tracks. The film opens at LeMans, and with the famous running start. The secondary theme is the death of several racers and the lives of the people surrounding them. Actual historic footage is used. It's fascinating - and it's scary. You'll like this film for it's historical historical footage of LeMans, Silverstone, Sebring, and especially the Mille Miglia. The original Mille Miglia was one of the all-time greatest racing events on the planet, in our humble opinion. Although this film does show why it had to be canceled in it's original form. This is a very obscure film and is not listed in many film databases. It's very rarel...
Akiko Itoyama's "Bakamono" gets a movie
2009-05-26 02:18:00 The love story "Bakamono," by award-winning author Akiko Itoyama, is being turned into a movie starring Hiroki Narimiya (26) and Yuki Uchida (33). The film will be directed by Shusuke Kaneko, who recently helmed the live-action "Death Note" films.Itoyama, who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2006, published "Bakamono" in September of last year. In the story, Narimiya plays Hide, a college student who meets an older woman named Gakuko (Uchida) through his part-time job. He is deeply into her, but one day she suddenly tells him that she's getting married, and they go their separate ways. Hide eventually graduates and finds a job, but the emptiness he feels leads him to alcoholism. Gakuko, on the other hand, gets into an accident and suffers a life-changing injury. Years after their initial parting, the two happen to meet again, but they are both very different from how they once knew each other.Narimiya and Uchida will be portraying their characters over a span of roughly ten years in the ...
Watch Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009-05-25 04:27:00 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (named Night at the Museum 2 in other countries) is a 2009 American adventure comedy film and the sequel to the 2006 adventure comedy film Night at the Museum. The film stars Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Alain Chabat, and Christopher Guest, and features numerous voice cameos and appearances by characters from the first film. It was released in theaters on May 22, 2009, and is rated PG for mild action and brief language.Synopsis?When the Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Washington Museum. The centrepiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world?s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capon...
Movies Opening Today (May 22, 2009)
2009-05-22 15:52:00 Terminator Salvation - (PG-13) John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must ...
Chace Crawford Footloose Official
2009-05-20 17:41:00 Chace Crawford has officially signed on for the remake of Footloose, Paramount Pictures has confirmed. Rumors of the actor playing the lead role of Ren McCormack had been swirling, but nothing had...
By: Celebrity Smack!
New Moon Poster [Photo]
2009-05-19 09:36:00 The official poster for “Twilight Saga : New Moon” movie has been leaked. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner are all featured on the poster. Dakota Fanning is also in...
By: Celebrity Smack!
Watch Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009-05-18 01:40:00 A comedy movie directed by Mark Waters the story of a bachelor who goes to his younger brother's wedding, where he is visited by the ghosts of his past girlfriends. Opens in theater May 1st, 2009.Plot:Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women... in that order. A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well wishers on the eve of Paul's wedding. Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on a revealing and hilarious odyssey through his failed relationships--past, present and future. Together they attempt to find out what turned Connor into such an insensitive jerk and whether there is still hope for him to find true love...or if he really is the lost cause everyone thinks he is.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jen...
Watch Dance Flick
2009-05-17 05:20:00 From the Wayans brothers present parody movies like "Step Up" and "Save the Last Dance." A comedy film Directed by Damien Dante Wayans and Starring Craig Wayans, Shoshana Bush, Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett, and Shawn Wayans.A dance film about a rich, suburban girl named Megan White (Shoshana Bush) who gets into a series of misadventures when she moves to the inner-city. Street-smart Thomas (Damon Wayans Jr.) helps her along the way.Dance Flick TrailerVideo Credit: blacktreemedia
Movies Opening Today (May 15, 2009)
2009-05-15 19:59:00 Angels & Demons - (PG-13) When Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati — the most powerful underground organization in history — he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization’s most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the ...
Even more Fast & Furious coverage... and Cars
2009-05-15 14:18:00 And you thought our coverage of Fast & Furious had ended? And you were wondering why we never covered the movie Cars? Here, in one fell swoop, is coverage of both:
Watch Angels and Demons
2009-05-14 20:37:00 The movie Angels & Demons, based upon the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Starring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, and Stellan Skarsgaard.When Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati -- the most powerful underground organization in history -- he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church.When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican's only hope for survival.The movie is released on May 15th, 2009.Angels and Demons TrailerVideo Credit: SonyPictures
What I did
2009-05-13 13:34:00 So I've been quite busy the last few weeks. I went to watch two movies in the last three weeks, which has got to be some kind of record for me. First off, I watched the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie on release day and then last night, I went to watch the new Star Trek movie. First off, if you haven't seen these movies, don't read on, there are potential spoilers ahead. I will try not too delve into too much detail. read more &raqu-o;
Rope as a measure of gays? cinematic progress
2009-05-11 10:28:00 Not in the mood for large crowds this weekend, I was pretty much a homebody, reading a lot and watching the latest movies to arrive from Netflix. All three I had seen before, one holding up better than the other two, perhaps, in part, because it was shorter, but largely because it provided a window ...
By: GayPatriot
Ode to the greatest Pontiac Trans Am ever
2009-05-09 16:51:00 Yes, it's Smokey and the Bandit - a terrible film that... somehow actually worked out well. Burt Reynolds and long time pal Jerry Reed were at their peak. Gleason went over the top with a very politically-incorrect performance that finally tires the audience. And of course Sally Fields was a sweetheart. The film was extremely popular, and originally grossed approx. $66M dollars. The total gross has risen since then to over double that. Sequels Smokey and the Bandit 2 and 3 were so unbelievably terrible that we won't mention them here. Just remember the first and the best. Here's the original trailer:
Megan Fox has a great tongue
2009-05-08 19:24:00 Megan Fox is ready for the launch of her new movie Transformers 2 - or as many prefer The Megan Fox Bending Over a Motorcycle in Daisy Dukes Adventure. She was spotted out and about getting some coffee with Brian Austin Green and from the looks of it she was in need of a beverage. ...Please note that if you are reading this on another site and not in a valid news reader it is being used without permission from Celebridiot. Please visit the actual creator of this content at Celebridiot.com and report the thief to me using my contact page. Thank You Megan Fox has a great tongue
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My sort-of review of Star Trek
2009-05-08 10:36:00 If I had become a film buff in my youth instead of my adulthood and pursued an educational and career trajectory similar to that of my film-loving peers in this town, I might have learned to become more critical about the films I see and far more cynical about the industry than I actually am. Long ...
By: GayPatriot
Watch Zac Efron's 17 Again
2009-05-04 21:26:00 What would you do if you got a second shot at life? Class of 1989, Mike O'Donnell is a star on his high school basketball court with a college scout in the stands and a bright future in his grasp. But instead, he decides to throw it all away to share his life with his girlfriend Scarlett and the baby he just learned they are expecting.Almost 20 years later, Mike's glory days are decidedly behind him. His marriage to Scarlett has fallen apart, he has been passed over for a promotion at work, his teenage kids think he is a loser, and he has been reduced to crashing with his high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire- best friend Ned. But Mike is given another chance when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17. Unfortunately, Mike may look 17 again, but his thirtysomething outlook is totally uncool in the class of 2009. And in trying to recapture his best years, Mike could lose the best things that ever happened to him. --yahoo moviesStarring Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Matt...
Angela Lansbury: From Venomous Vamp to Lovable Aunty
2009-05-04 09:08:00 Actually, from my experience it’s the other way ’round. I just watched the Harvey Girls where the woman I first knew as a lovable witch played Judy Garland’s vampish rival for John Hodiak’s affection. Probably because I had first seen her in Bedknobs and Broomsticks where I was a very young’un, she always had that aunt-like ...
By: GayPatriot
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