The website to upcoming 3D Giant Screen film, Ultimate Wave Tahiti, has launched.
Featuring nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, the film will immerse audiences in the story of an ocean wave and the lives it impacts and transforms. From astounding surfing action to the chaos of ocean storms, the film leads audiences on a quest to understand one of this planet’s most intriguing and dramatic phenomena.
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Kathryn Bigelow's expertly told and thrillingly taut war drama The Hurt Locker took the top prize at the Gotham Awards tonight. Does this bode well for Oscar? No one can yet say but its loyal fanbase certainly can't hurt. Even if I didn't love the movie as much as I do, I'd be proud of it because I admire longevity when it comes to awardage and the movie has been out for months. In fact, it's now been a factor in two awards seasons (it had Indie Spirit nominations last year). Career tributes for actors Stanley Tucci and Natalie Portman, director Kathryn Bigelow and producers Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner were also part of the ceremony.
And the 6 winners were... Best FeatureThe Hurt Locker Best DocumentaryFood Inc. Breakthrough DirectorRobert D. SiegelBig Fan (Siegel broke out just last year as the screenwriter of The Wrestler) <--- Breakthrough Actress Catalina Saavedra The Maid Best Ensemble Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse and Evangeline Lilly in The Hurt Locker Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near YouYou Won't Miss Me
I love the title of that last competitive prize but, snarkily, I can't help but add that the title applies to 90% of the movies that get made nowadays if you live anywhere but in a massive city.
Last week, we brought you RPattz's thoughts on romances, both onscreen and off. Now, as those Thanksgiving leftovers wear thin, we're happy to dish out part two of that interview, featuring some yummy tidbits on Rob's 90-year-old fans, jealousy over Taylor's bod, and his New Year's resolution to be less self-deprecating.
FROM SPLASH PAGE: If you're anything like me, there are very few deals enticing enough to brave the Black Friday crowds at various retailers. (In fact, the image at right is what comes to mind when I think about what awaits me at stores' Black Friday sales.) Heck, with the amount of Cyber Monday offers flying around the 'Net today, you no longer have to leave your desk to snag a good price on various comics and comics-related swag.
After spending the first half of the day crawling through the Interwebs and getting suggestions from Splash Page readers about their favorite Cyber Monday comics deals, I've compiled a list of some of the most notable deals I've discovered from the comics side of Cyber Monday madness. From best-selling comics and comic book collections to digital comics, movies, games and assorted merch, it's great to be a comics fan this Cyber Monday.
Sometimes you have to ask the tough questions. Questions for which the American public demands answers. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for the greater good. Which is why, with these weighty journalistic notions on my conscious, I found myself asking Natalie Portman about her rumored girl-on-girl love scene with Mila Kunis in "Black Swan."
Directed by Darren Aronofsky ("The Wrestler"), "Black Swan" stars Portman and Kunis as rival ballet dancers, the twist being that Portman's character can't really tell if her competitor is real or some kind of delusion. Rumors have been floating around the web that, at some point during the film, Portman and Kunis will go in for a no-holds-barred sex session. I had to get to the bottom of this! Is it true, not true, none of our business?
"It's a very extreme movie," she answered. "It's like very extreme situations. But it's not explicit in any way."
Artfully, gracefully put, Miss Portman. And I'm going to take that non-denial denial as confirmation that there will indeed be a lesbian scene in "Black Swan." Of course, that'll just be one element—one sure-to-be highly publicized element—yet only one element in Aronofsky's first film since his Oscar-nominated "The Wrestler." Portman said she's due to start filming in early December, but could only offer a bare bones plot summary.
"It's a psychological thriller about what happens when you reach the top," she said. "My character starts being paranoid that she's going to be unseated."
What are you expecting from Aronofsky's "Wrestler" follow-up? More than a Kunis/Portman hook-up? Is it me, or does this sound like "Fight Club" with ballerinas?
Shh — be very, very quiet. Guy Pearce is hunting wabbits. Or jumping for them, at least.
Pearce, the actor behind such hits as "The Proposition" — not to be confused with the Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds rom-com "The Proposal" — and "The Time Machine" — which is, sadly, the atrocity you're thinking of — has joined the cast of "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps," the thriller starring Nicolas Cage and January Jones of "Mad Men" fame. Roger Donaldson is the director.
Variety reports on the casting news but neglects to mention the specific role that Pearce has in the film. Given the premise of the movie and Pearce's talents, however, it's likely — not definite, but more than possible — that he'll play one of the movie's multiple antagonists.
In October, MTV News spoke with James D. Stern, one of the film's producers. He described "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps" as a vigilante-centric thriller.
"It's a thriller about a guy who has something quite untoward happen to his wife," Stern said of the premise. "He's approached by a vigilante group and they can take care of it, because it doesn't look like the police will be able to. In exchange, he'll have to owe them a favor. He mistakenly takes them up on it and finds himself in a bind that's hard to get out of."
My guess is that Pearce is either the guy that does something untoward to the occasional Betty Draper, or perhaps he's one of the members of the vigilante group. Either way, Pearce is fantastic and tends to do well with gritty material just like this — see "Memento" and "L.A. Confidential" for further proof — so I'm looking forward to his performance opposite Cage and Jones, no matter the role.
What do you think of Pearce's casting in "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps" and what do you make of the movie's premise? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter!
In case you missed anything in November here are some highlights from the 11th month of a year that is just whizzing by, as if time can't wait to bring us a new decade already.
Darren Aronofsky Robert's "Director of the Decade" series took on the man behind all those desperate addicts (to love, fame, drugs) Oh, Suzanne-ah Meryl, Shirley and Dennis in Postcards From the Edge Dolph 'the biggest one' Lundgren the kick off to the "birthday suit" series was a fun reminder of Showdown in Little Tokyo ...so bad it's good. 2001 Top Ten the year of Nicole Kidman and Mulholland Dr remembered "Honey You'll Hurt Yourself" Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7 Word Reviews brief expressions of disappointment in Oscar fare Beauty Queen Jose's beautiful ode to Julia as Erin Brockovich as we look back over each year of the Aughts Landscape No. 2 Slovenia's Oscar entry Curio Alexandra's series is making me wish my pockets were deeper. I must have those director coasters and those movie-fied barbies in particular Nine You're forgiven if you think the Weinsteins have been paying me this year. So many posts. So much free advertising. I'm a desperate addict (to musicals, fame, actresses)
Coming in December: I'm not promising anything. We'll just try and keep up with all the precursor madness, top ten listings and continue the decade in review business... which will definitely stretch into 2010. Deal with it. Patience is good for you.Nessun tag per questo post.
I hate to make comparisons, but they are exceedingly apt in this case. One of the best movies of the year, in my book at least, was "District 9." The unconventional alien "invasion" sci-fi flick started as a made-for-Internet short under the direction of Neill Blomkamp. Producer Peter Jackson partnered up with the fledgling filmmaker, a collaboration which resulted in the feature-length "District 9."
The moral of the story? There's a lot of untouched talent out there, waiting to be found. Case in point: Fede Alvarez. The Uruguayan filmmaker is making waves on the Internet today with "Panic Attack!," a sci-fi short featuring a giant robot alien invasion. It's a clever piece of film, made for just a few hundred dollars but gorgeous all the same. There are already easy comparisons to be made and you haven't even heard the crux of the news.
Sam Raimi and his Ghost House Pictures has signed a deal for Alvarez to "develop and direct an original genre project" under their banner, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. A deal said to be in the "six- against seven-figure range." Ghost House will take on the task of hiring a writer to bring Alvarez's vision to life. And speaking of that vision, why don't you take a look:
This has been quite a year for newcomers in the land of blockbuster filmmaking. Blomkamp shocked the world with his best-event-of-the-summer offering, with large thanks in order to his similarly green star (and one-time producer) Sharlto Copley. Then there's Oren Peli, and the unparalleled success of his genre-breaking horror/suspense flick "Paranormal Activity."
Now we have Alvarez. His vision may not feel as unique or as fresh given what's preceded the arrival of "Panic Attack!" this year, but it smacks of quality for me in a way that 90% of the blockbuster fare out there does not. I am excited to see what this pairing with Raimi will bring.
What do you think of the short? Who would be best to flesh out this idea into a full script? What do you make of the year's unusual discoveries?
Shh — be very, very quiet. Guy Pearce is hunting wabbits. Or jumping for them, at least.
I hate to make comparisons, but they are exceedingly apt in this case. One of the best movies of the year, in my book at least, was "
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