3 articles from 2008
8 July 2008 3:06 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | Rss Feed Well, as you can see I am attempting a new layout this week and I have a feeling it will be changing over the next month or so as I am working on ways to make this column a little easier on me by having the database do most of the work. I can say this week was easier, but I think I still have a little something up my sleeve to speed up the process a little more and perhaps add a few more bells and whistles to the presentation below. Enough of that though, let's see what's out there this week. Van Helsing (2-Disc Collector's Edition) I actually have this here in the lab, and I couldn't bring myself to watch it again. I tried giving it another go around way back when I received the HD DVD version and I just couldn't.
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Brad Brevet
27 June 2008 8:49 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news
By Stephen Saito
As McA of the Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch has rapped about "Three MCs and One DJ," but as a filmmaker, he's had to learn to go solo. With his latest documentary "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot," Yauch is continuing the tradition of musicians who crossed over to direct movies, something that started all the way back when Frank Sinatra sat in the director's chair for 1965's World War II drama "None But the Brave." From documentaries to narratives, here's a list of modern musicians who have become filmmakers in one form or another in recent years.
Madonna
It seems as though the one place Madonna has never been able to reinvent herself is on the big screen, but that might change. Although she's had an almost disastrous track record as an actress (particularly when working with whomever was her significant other at the time), one forgets that Madonna
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Stephen Saito
23 March 2008 6:18 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Father and son rap duo Master P and Romeo are teaming up to star in a movie inspired by The Blair Witch Project.
The pair, who both starred in Nickelodeon TV show Romeo, has been lined up for forthcoming film The Pig People, which tells the story of five students who take a trip into a haunted forest to shoot a documentary for a school project.
Master P - real name Percy Miller - is no stranger to movies having landed roles in a variety of pictures including Gone In Sixty Seconds and Dark Blue with Kurt Russell.
But this will be his first silver screen outing with his 18-year-old son Romeo - real name Percy Romeo Miller, Jr. - who will take up a place at the University of South Carolina once filming is complete.
The Pig People is due for release in 2009.
3 articles from 2008