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Roger Ebert's Top Films of 2009
20 hours ago
We're all entitled to our own opinions, and here are Roger Ebert's. He has 20 films on his Best of 2009 countdown, ten he calls "mainstream" films and ten that are "independent." Seven of Ebert's top ten mainstreamers are in the Oscar hunt in the major categories, and another one could wind up the Best Foreign Language Film winner. Makes me wonder why it's in the mainstream category, but whatever.
So that leaves two movies that would be unexpected at best. And, curiously, both star Nic Cage. And, curiously, Ebert may have really overestimated them.
Here are his top ten "mainstream" films of the year, in alphabetical order: …
- Colin Boyd
'Clash of the Titans' Gets Re-Shoots, The Good Kind
22 hours ago
Even though the Clash of the Titans trailer(s) debuted this week and showed us quite a bit, there is still work to do be. That's according to Sam Worthington, star of Avatar and the Clash remake's Perseus, who tells The Los Angeles Times that the re-shoots aren't a result of the studio being unhappy. Quite the contrary.
"We're going to be going back and shooting more scenes for it; they cut loose with some money so we can add to it," Worthington said. Who knows when the decision was made, but the actor says the shooting will happen in January, cautioning, "so we're going to be right up against it -- the movie comes out in March."
Yep, March 26th, in fact. Worthington did acknowledge that Clash of the Titans had "some creaky parts," which he says the studio was fully aware of going in, and now the new …
- Colin Boyd
First 'Toy Story 3' Clip
20 December 2009 6:15 PM, PST
Disney and Pixar have released the first clip from next summer's Toy Story 3, which we just reported a couple of days ago will be in standard format and IMAX theaters on June 18th. It's hard to believe that the original Toy Story is now 15 years old, and with all this talk about Avatar being a game-changer and all that, Toy Story fully ushered in the digital animation revolution and established Pixar as not just a powerful filmmaking force but also a big brand name audiences have identified with ever since.
This new clip is referenced in the trailer for Toy Story 3, so it's not like we're seeing something wholly new. But it's a much longer version, introduced by director Lee Unkrich. The reason for that is because this clip is premiering during an ABC Family presentation of The Incredibles, and this is an added bonus. Or was, I guess, …
- Colin Boyd
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