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Capone of Ain’t It Cool News cornered makeup effects artist Rick Baker at Comic-Con yesterday to discuss the upcoming Benicio Del Toro starrer “The Wolf Man.” It’s a dream project for the prosthetics wizard behind films such as “The Nutty Professor,” “Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Planet of the Apes” and Capone […]
Entries from July 2008
Rick Baker talks ‘Wolf Man’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:43 pm · July 27th, 2008
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Robert Duvall: the screen’s greatest, ignored too often
Posted by John Foote · 5:18 pm · July 27th, 2008
“There are two greats in America right now. The first is Brando, whose best work is behind him, and the other is Robert Duvall.” Legendary acting guru Sanford Meisner said those words in the 1960s. He trained Robert Duvall at the Nieghborhood Playhouse in the late 1950s and early 1960s before the actor’s screen debut […]
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Stop the insanity!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:36 pm · July 27th, 2008
Too much.
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The ‘W’ trailer…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:33 pm · July 27th, 2008
Sorry, this looks like amateur night at the local children’s theater. Eesh.
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Comic-Con round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:14 pm · July 26th, 2008
I’m heading out the door to hit the Wrath of the Con party tonight, but before I go, I thought I’d link out to the news items worth reading from Comic-Con this weekend. At Cinematical, Elisabeth Rappe writes up the “Wolf Man” panel, which included the revelation of the film’s first trailer. She also calls […]
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Peter Finch and the posthumous Oscar
Posted by John Foote · 2:05 pm · July 26th, 2008
Peter Finch’es wide-eyed, frantic performance as newsman Howard Beale in Sidney Lumet’s “Network” became a touchstone for North America in 1976 because we too were “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.” Vietnam was over, though the vets were struggling with their various personal horrors. Nixon had resigned, leaving a mistrustful America […]
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Andrew Klavan, bastion of subtext, calls ‘Knight’ pro-Bush
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:07 pm · July 25th, 2008
The first I heard of this Andrew Klavan op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal was over at Awards Daily. I blew off the pathetic stretch for a parallel between Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” and the disastrous administration of George W. Bush as just that, pathetic. This is, after all, the author of such seminally […]
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Wolverine meets his maker
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:41 pm · July 25th, 2008
I came across this photo from Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood and just had to pass it on. As a comic geek, it’s so cool to see Hugh Jackman shaking hands with the creator of Wolverine, writer Len Wein. Check out the look of appreciation in Jackman’s eyes. Indeed, without Wein, Jackman would probably still be […]
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Zack Snyder at odds with WB over ‘Watchmen’ running time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:25 pm · July 25th, 2008
Variety’s Anne Thompson is hitting the turf as always, this time down in San Diego for the annual Comic-Con International. She snagged “Watchmen” director Zack Snyder for some quick dishing prior to today’s Warner Bros. panel in Hall H (probably the most anticipated panel of the weekend). She pressed Snyder about running time concerns, content […]
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More hope…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:08 pm · July 24th, 2008
I don’t want to post “The Dark Knight” producer Emma Thomas’s quote in this space. Spoilers and all. But suffice it to say, this IGN story gives us all hope.
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What’s the worst Best Actor choice of all time?
Posted by John Foote · 9:40 pm · July 24th, 2008
With the Bat frenzy settling down, and the Toronto Fest looming just ahead, I thought I’d get back to, well, complaining about the Academy’s more lame-brained calls over the years! What has been the group’s single worst choice for Best Actor in its 80 year history? My choice: Roberto Benigni for “Life is Beautiful” in […]
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More records for ‘Dark’ dollars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:10 am · July 24th, 2008
“The Dark Knight” raked in $20 million on Tuesday, breezing past “Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest” to claim the record for fastest to $200 million. By the way, it destroyed the previous number by three days. Sitting at $203 million at the end of Tuesday, the film also seized the 5-day opening record. […]
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Jeff Wells says it’s Downey Jr. vs. Ledger
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:16 pm · July 23rd, 2008
In a review of Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder” this afternoon, Jeffrey Wells has brought the “O” word into the conversation, specifically for Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as an actor who undergoes a pigmentation makeover to play an African American in the Vietnam film-within-the-film. Here’s what he has to say: It also feels to me like […]
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It’s WENN, I know…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:12 pm · July 23rd, 2008
But… Aaron Eckhart would reprise his role from The Dark Knight – because working with Christian Bale is “phenomenal”. Eckhart, who plays District Attorney Harvey Dent in the sequel, confesses he “absolutely” would star in a third Batman film. He tells WENN, “To work with Christian (Bale) all over again, and the cast, would be […]
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This I like…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:28 am · July 23rd, 2008
If you anticipate any sort of Comic-Con coverage fatigue in the next few days, I’d like to point you to our friends John Campea and Doug Nagy over at The Movie Blog. The boys say they’re going to be covering the festivities from an on-the-ground perspective, rather than flooding the readership with “boring Round Table […]
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Jim Carrey’s ‘Yes Man’ gets a trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:58 am · July 23rd, 2008
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfsa20F9bI8
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Coming attractions
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:49 am · July 23rd, 2008
With the massive summer tent poles behind us and the last gasps of the season right around the corner, it’s becoming apparent that the contentious months of Oscar are just across the horizon. Here’s a look at our upcoming preparations for the season: Monday, August 4: “Off the Carpet” Oscar Season Preview Tuesday, August 5: […]
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Siskel and Ebert review Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:09 am · July 23rd, 2008
In pouring through loads of old “Siskel & Ebert” review clips for this morning’s “At the Movies” post, I came across this dispute over Tim Burton’s “Batman,” and I just had to post it here. Obviously it goes hand in hand with the Bat hype of the last five days, but it also provides a […]
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