AllThings:NotWorthStartingANewThreadOver

jerseydevil said:
That's a hella funny article. Yeah Neverending Story is full of sadness...oof the Rock guy with his whole 'you would think these hands could...' scene. And till this point I never had any cause to see Follow That Bird, but I may have to now. And the Hugga Bunch...hey pal, thanks for dredging that suppressed memory up. Good stuff.:15smile:
Click to expand...

The scene in Neverending Story where the horse dies is probably the single most traumatic moment of my entire childhood.

And I watched that movie multiple times.
 
adgy-san said:
The Most Emotionally Scarring So-Called Children's Movies of the '80s | Pajiba: Reviews, News, Cultural Commentary
Click to expand...

i've watched a few of those. disney movies are pretty harsh, too. i mean bambi's mom gets killed? cinderella gets treated like s*** by her stepmother and stepsisters? snow white's stepmom wants to kill her? dumbo??? those are GREAT storylines for children! but honestly, i think movies like these have a way of introducing the real world to kids in a language they can understand and at times, empathize with.
 
lunchbox said:
i've watched a few of those. disney movies are pretty harsh, too. i mean bambi's mom gets killed? cinderella gets treated like s*** by her stepmother and stepsisters? snow white's stepmom wants to kill her? dumbo??? those are GREAT storylines for children! but honestly, i think movies like these have a way of introducing the real world to kids in a language they can understand and at times, empathize with.
Click to expand...

OOOfa Dumbo 'baby mine' and I'm weeping like a schoolgirl.
 
Is Thomas Jane leaving Walter Hill's HEADSHOT?
Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

A very well-placed source says the word in the agency world is that the Walter Hill-directed HEADSHOT, a hitman flick starring Sylvester Stallone, might be losing its co-lead, Thomas Jane.

What I hear is that while Stallone and Hill like Jane for the part (they must since he?s cast already), the film is now with Warner Bros? Dark Castle and the studio wants Jane replaced with someone more ?ethnic? in order to meet an in-house formula-for-success. The word is that Jane's still the favorite for Hill and Stallone, but the studio is insistent on getting a minority in the role.

I?m all for diversity in films, but it?d be a shame if Jane was booted against the wishes of the creative team all in order for the executive branch to meet some pre-determined criteria for success.

I haven?t read the script, but I do know I like the idea of Stallone and Jane on screen together. Stallone would be an older hitman and Jane a New York Cop that have to team up over the course of the film. That feels like an ?80s gritty buddy movie with those two, especially with the great Walter Hill directing.
Click to expand...

This...would suck. I have been loving this idea, and Thomas Jane leaving would really put a damper on that. I don't think that guy gets enough of love. And Hell, Walter Hill basically coming out of retirement...****ing bean counters.
 
Broken Lizard alert!!!!!!

Paul Schneider to Star in Broken Lizard’s THE BABY MAKER; Sienna Miller Reportedly Joins FREAKY DEAKY

We have a couple quick casting notes to report. First up, Paul Schneider (Lars and the Real Girl) will star in Broken Lizard’s new movie The Baby Maker. While Broken Lizard will star and the troupe’s Jay Chandrasekhar will direct, the script was penned by Ice Age: The Meltdown writers Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow. Per Variety, “Story follows a married couple who fail to conceive after months of trying, prompting the husband to enlist his friends’ help to rob a Pasadena sperm bank, where he made a deposit as a young man. All of the Broken Lizard members are expected to co-star, with Kevin Heffernan playing the protag’s crazy best friend, who hooks him up with an Estonian master thief, played by Chandrasekhar. Other Broken Lizard members include Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske.”

Why the sperm bank wouldn’t simply give him back his own seed is beyond me. I’m also surprised that sperm keeps for that long. Logistics aside, Schneider is terrific actor and it will be interesting to see him play against the Broken Lizard gang.
Click to expand...

wow...just noticed this. Oofa the torment he must have endured.
 
Last edited:
’50/50′ Trailer and First Official Images

5050-pic2_720-550x365.jpg


[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeh5YXotTTM&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - ‪50/50 Movie Trailer (2011)‬‏[/nomedia]
 
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbIlLmCID5g&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - ‪The 100 Greatest Movie Threats of All Time‬‏[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IezWgqg_-cQ&feature=related"]YouTube - ‪100 Greatest Horror Movie Quotes of All Time‬‏[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiAS7cdsYc&feature=related"]YouTube - ‪The 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All Time‬‏[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNz0POlwQP0&feature=related"]YouTube - ‪The Evolution of Nicolas Cage's Hair‬‏[/nomedia]
 
James Gray Casts Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix & Jeremy Renner in ‘Low Life’

[Marion] Cotillard will play a woman attempting to immigrate from Poland. Her American dream turns into a nightmare. While sailing to Ellis Island and a new start, her sister grows deathly ill and she is forced to trade sexual favors for medicine and food to keep her sister alive…she falls prey to a charming sleazebag (Phoenix), who persuades her to turn tricks in New York. Renner is close to signing on to play the sleazebag’s cousin, a magician who sweeps the young woman off her feet and is her best chance to escape the nightmarish life she has fallen into.
Click to expand...
 
Buffy Alums vs. Katee Sackhoff’s Sexy Evil Genius | BeyondHollywood.com

dd two more names to the awesome sounding Katee Sackhoff indie drama (though it sounds more like a black comedy to me) “Sexy Evil Genius”. “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” co-stars Seth Green and Michelle Trachtenberg have joined the cast of the Shawn Piller-directed movie, which will star Sackhoff, along with Billy Baldwin and Harold Perrineau Jr.

The plot goes thusly:

Genius centers on a group of strangers brought together in a downtown Los Angeles bar by their mutual ex-girlfriend (Sackhoff). The woman is mysterious about her intentions, but by the night’s end, according to the movie’s makers, revenge will be had, romance kindled and the wronged woman will have delivered on her reputation as the sexy evil genius at the center of all their lives.
Click to expand...

This project had me at Katee Sackhoff, but this casting announcement don't hurt, either. :)
 
Focus Features Sets TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY for November 18th

If you were wondering whether or not Tomas Alfredson?s adaptation of John Le Carre?s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was being set up for an awards run, you now have your answer. Variety reports that Focus Features has set the spy thriller for November 18th. The story centers on ?George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a veteran spy pulled out of semi-retirement to ferret out a Soviet agent in MI6.? Oldman is already receiving early buzz on his performance and he?s bolstered by a strong supporting cast that includes Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Ciar?n Hinds, Stephen Graham, and Benedict Cumberbatch. I wouldn?t be surprised to see the film premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September, but nothing has been announced on that front.
Click to expand...

It Is Time to give the man a little gold statuette already.
 
lunchbox said:
didn't joaquin phoenix retire from acting...? to rap and be eccentric instead...?
Click to expand...

That was a carefully crafted hoax perpertrated by him and Casey Affleck. See...I'm still here...a documentary of the whole misguided venture. You are the third or fourth person(on LGK) who missed all this, which makes it even more obvious that it was an Andy Kaufman like gag that just misfired entirely. I like Joaquin, dude is a good actor. But this was a fail.
 
jerseydevil said:
That was a carefully crafted hoax perpertrated by him and Casey Affleck. See...I'm still here...a documentary of the whole misguided venture. You are the third or fourth person(on LGK) who missed all this, which makes it even more obvious that it was an Andy Kaufman like gag that just misfired entirely. I like Joaquin, dude is a good actor. But this was a fail.
Click to expand...

that was a tongue in cheek post. i'd heard about that docu-(mocku)-mentary. i haven't watched it though (nor do i plan on it) so i wasn't 100% sure. you just confirmed it for me though, thanks! too bad, i really like casey affleck. i looked phoenix up on imdb a while ago though and saw he had a bunch of acting projects lined up after "i'm still here" so i figured he hadn't been serious, but i wasn't completely sure what was up with that "phase" of his.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Now Chirping

Share this page

Back
Top