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10 articles from 2008
Asian Cinema Scene: 'Sideways' Remake in Japan
8 November 2008 8:03 AM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
I'm constantly grumbling about Americans remaking Asian films -- the idea of Steven Spielberg trying to redo Park Chan-wook's Oldboy with Will Smith is potentially the most cringe-worthy of them all -- so, to be fair, I suppose I should be complaining that a Japanese remake of Alexander Payne's Sideways recently started filming in Napa Valley, California, according to Variety. But an unrelated comic book may hold the key to the remake's appeal.
Payne's superb tale of romantic yearning and mid-life anxiety famously centers on wine snob Paul Giamatti (he praised pinot noir and derided merlot) and his much coarser buddy Thomas Haden Church as they wine, dine, and romance Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh. The movie's success caused a strong surge in sales of pinor noir in the Us.
Japan doesn't seem to have an equivalent wine culture; owing to weather, soil, and scarcity of land, the country is not well-suited to viticulture,
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Peter Martin
Thomas Haden Church is Joe Six Pack
29 October 2008 12:58 PM, PDT | From www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news
While we do everything possible to avoid politics on CanMag -- besides, do you really need another opinion from Hollywood? -- a new video has surfaced starring Thomas Haden Church that was just too good to pass up.
Thomas Haden Church is Joe Six Pack
Forget all about the now-famous Joe the Plumber. In a political-neutral video from Funny or Die, Thomas Haden Church stars as Joe Six Pack, and it just so happens that he hates Joe the Plumber's quick rise to fame.
Besides, nobody can drink to the likes of Joe Six Pack. What's his beer of choice? Pabst Blue Ribbon! In the words of Jason Bateman: They don't just hand those ribbons out to anybody.
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Melissa Leo boards ‘Welcome to the Rileys’
2 October 2008 5:13 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news
Actress Melissa Leo has joined James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart in Jake Scott’s indie drama “Welcome to the Rileys,” according to Variety.
The trade says the story revolves around a couple (Gandolfini, Leo) driven apart by the death of their daughter but brought back together when they meet a troubled young woman (Stewart).
Scott is directing a script by Ken Hixon, writer of “City by the Sea.” “Rileys” heads into production this month.
Leo most recently starred in “Frozen River” and “Righteous Kill.” She’s currently filming Jake Goldberger’s “Don McKay,” about a man (Thomas Haden Church) who returns to his hometown only to find his long-lost love on the verge of death.
Stewart will next be seen in Catherine Hardwicke’s anticipated vampire romance “Twilight.” As for Gandolfini, watch out for him in Tony Scott’s remake of “The Taking of Pelham 123.”
Franck Tabouring
On DVD Today: August 12, 2008
21 August 2008 1:18 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Not much at all to tell you about today. However, there is a pretty big deal going on right now for the first four seasons of HBO's "The Wire". You can buy them for the next couple of hours for just $95.49, which is $54.50 off the regular price. If you are interested click here, if not check out the small selection of new stuff coming out this week. South Park - The Complete Eleventh Season I finished watching this just a day ago and this article here may need to serve as my review since there isn't a ton to say. I think by now you either know you like "South Park" or you hate it. I am actually surprised, and happy, the show has stayed on the air this long and this eleventh season has some pretty good stuff in it,
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Brad Brevet
Thomas Haden Church Gets Dark and Dramatic with 'Don McKay'
20 August 2008 5:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
Filed under: Drama, Independent, Casting, Cinematical Indie
Once you get a taste of Smart People, deal with Eddie Murphy's Nowhereland, take on a stalkerific Sandra Bullock, and then steal Kate Hudson's work, it's time to get into some dark drama.
Variety reports that Thomas Haden Church has signed on to star in a new indie film called Don McKay, with the likes of Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo, M. Emmet Walsh, and Keith David. Coming from writer/director Jake Goldberger and shielded by a Screen Actors Guild waiver, the $5 million project just started production in Boston. The film focuses on a man who leaves his hometown after a tragedy forces him to do so. Twenty-five years later, he comes back when he hears that "his long-lost love is dying." Not surprisingly, his return spins "a web of confusion, deceit, and murder." Old secrets never die in the movie world.
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Monika Bartyzel
Thomas Haden Church is 'Don McKay'
20 August 2008 9:24 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news
Thomas Haden Church is currently filming Jake Goldberger's upcoming indie drama "Don McKay" for Animus Films, according to Variety. Elisabeth Sue, Melissa Leo, Keith David and M. Emmet Walsh are also on board.
Written by Goldberger, the film centers on a man who left his hometown after suffering from a tragedy. When he returns home 25 years later, he finds his long-lost love on the verge of death and is consequently thrust into a bunch of troubles.
"McKay" is produced on a modest budget and is currently shooting in the Boston area.
Church's acting credits include "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3." He most recently starred alongside Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page in "Smart People." Future projects of his include "Big Eyes," a drama in which he co-stars with Kate Hudson.
Goldberger recently penned the teen horror flick "Homecoming," which stars Mischa Barton and Jessica Stroup.
Franck Tabouring
Blu-ray Review: Smart People
13 August 2008 4:18 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Here we have a film that could have been far better than it actually was. Average is the best way to describe it, but it is nice to see Dennis Quaid in a role once again not relying on him scowling at the camera like an angry Neanderthal. Quaid is actually a good actor when he isn't playing the tough guy and even though he plays a disgruntled widower in Smart People he manages to keep the sour puss stares in check and actually do a little acting. Smart People centers on the college English professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) a man who lost his wife three years prior and has become something of a pompous ass. He treats his students as morons and goes about his predictable day-to-day activities with hardly a care in the world as he tries to peddle his egotistical book on publishing houses. He lives at
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Brad Brevet
Smart People
10 April 2008 2:02 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news
Even without Thomas Haden Church's familiar presence as a grubby ne'er-do-well, Smart People would still strongly recall Alexander Payne's Sideways, with its story of an unloveable, acerbic, pretentious middle-aged clot tentatively pursuing redemption through the love of a good woman. But even more so than in Sideways, there's a question of whether he actually deserves either redemption or love. Dennis Quaid's arrogant professor character isn't just the cinematic stereotype of a mildly off-putting geek who needs a wardrobe change and some dancing lessons to become a suave hero; he's an obnoxious, self-absorbed ass, the kind of guy who deliberately parks his beat-up old Saab across two parking spots, and who covers his bad behavior with sloppy lies, then gets angry at anyone who isn't fooled. He could stand in for Jeff Daniels' similarly toxic snob in The Squid And The Whale, if only he were a little smarter and a.
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Tasha Robinson
Opening This Week
7 April 2008 6:10 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news
By Neil Pedley
Prom queens and street kings hold court this week at the multiplexes while the college professors of "Smart People" and "The Visitor" preside at the art houses.
Talk show legend Phil Donahue hands over the mic to Iraqi war veteran Tomas Young in this hard-hitting documentary that contrasts Young's struggle to re-enter civilian life as a paraplegic and anti-war activist with archival footage of an overeager U.S. Congress and what the filmmakers view as their hasty decision to greenlight the invasion. Although the film, co-directed by Donahue and Ellen Spiro, was named best documentary of 2007 by the National Board of Review, "Body of War" has earned equal attention for its soundtrack led by two tracks from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, with all proceeds going to the non-profit organization Iraq Veterans Against The War. (Check out our interview with Spiro and Donahue.)
Opens in New York.
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Neil Pedley
Church Loves To Show Off 'His Sticky Fruit'
4 April 2008 10:30 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Sideways star Thomas Haden Church has developed a reputation for flashing his genitals to male co-stars on the sets of his films.
The actor admits he did it for laughs on the Sideways set and ruined Dennis Quaid's composure on the set of new film Smart People.
Church reveals he uses nude scenes to surprise his co-stars.
In Smart People, he's supposed to be lying naked on his belly but he rolled over for one hilarious take.
He says, "I did one that was frontally nude to Dennis. Dennis and the cameraman enjoyed that... Dennis whirled in disgust and left the set.
"I did the same thing in Sideways too but they're never big fans of your sticky fruits flopping around back at the studio. They're never big fans of that activity."
Church and Quaid's co-star Sarah Jessica Parker regrets the fact she was not on the set that day: "I was not privileged to be there for the sticky fruit alert."
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