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Decade in Review: 2002 Top Ten
17 hours ago | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
As with 2000 and 2001, I'm reprinting my original top ten lists and commentary. If I've got something new to say, it'll be in red below.
Please note: This list was based on NYC release dates in the year 2002. Some movies are listed as different years at the IMDb based on when they were produced or released in their home country or in La or whatnot.
Undervalued: Morvern Callar, Roger Dodger, About a Boy, White Oleander, Panic Room and Kissing Jessica Stein Top 10 Runners Up: Chicago, Monsoon Wedding, Punch Drunk Love and Spirited Away I still am glad I championed most of these movies though I am sad that some of them aren't in the top ten... particularly Morvern, Monsoon and the Miyazaki. The MMMs. Though I'm not sure I'd know what to remove to make room for them.
10. 8 Women (François Ozon)
Ever since I a French teacher took my friends and »
- NATHANIEL R
Peter Jackson Updates The Hobbit and Tintin
25 November 2009 5:38 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
With his Lovely Bones opening next month, writer-director Peter Jackson spent some time talking with the British press about a few of his upcoming producing projects. One of the most-anticipated is The Hobbit, the sequel to Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Jackson told In The News that an initial script has been delivered to the studio.
The Hobbit will be two movies and we've written the first script and delivered it to the studio who seem to be happy with it. We're now halfway through the second script and Philippa [Boyens], Fran [Walsh], Guillermo [Del Toro] and myself are doing the scripts and having great fun. It was an interesting experience because eight or nine years have passed since we wrote the Lord of the Rings screenplays and I was worried it'd be weird or hard or uncomfortable to go back there, but as soon as we started writing the scripts it was fun, »
- Ryan Gowland
Karl "Bones" Urban on Star Trek 2
20 November 2009 11:40 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
After a notable role as Eomer in the second and third chapters in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Karl Urban went on to star in the ill-fated Pathfinder, Marcus Nispel's Vikings-versus-Native Americans action film.
Urban followed up his little-seen Pathfinders starring role with the supporting role of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in J.J. Abrams' revamped Star Trek, a role that promised to put him back in the spotlight. However, Abrams' film focused primarily on the relationship between James T. Kirk (played by Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), rather than on the the Kirk-Spock-Bones trinity that served as the basis for the original series. In a recent interview with IGN, Urban said that he hopes that his role gets beefed up for Star Trek 2, if only to pay homage to the original.
The structure [of the new film] wasn't really the traditional triumvirate that you've seen on the television show. »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Just What Kind of Monster Is Guillermo del Toro?
18 November 2009 6:49 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
While everyone else was trolling around for hints about whom he might pick to play Bilbo, The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro dropped an unexpected casting bombshell: That he will appear in his own movie. As a monster, no less. Coming from someone who takes his monsters so seriously — heck, he even takes them home as decorations — this promises to be a treat.
Del Toro won't be one of the major monsters; certainly not the dragon Smaug, whom he has spent the better part of a year designing. Like Alfred Hitchcock, he will only make a brief cameo in his movie. Here's what he says about the part:
I had a hand on the design of the creature and I will personally sculpt the appliances that will be applied on my face and hands.... I will have a line or two and die quickly.
So with that in mind, what are the options? »
- reelz reelz
Big Surprise: Top Grossing Movies of the Decade Are Basically All Franchise Films
17 November 2009 3:14 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Here's another list for you to digest as we approach the end of the decade. Jason Kottke [1] recently took a look at the list of highest-grossing films from 2000-2009 courtesy of Wikipedia [2], and makes the observation that only one movie in the top 20 is based on an original screenplay. The rest of the movies are all adaptations of books or sequels to existing franchises. Now, it's pretty easy to jump on this list and whine and moan about how it means there is nothing original in Hollywood anymore. While I agree that there is a problem with studios valuing brand over concept, don't forget, we are talking about the movies that made the most money here. Of Course familiar characters and titles are going to attract more viewers than strange and unfamiliar ones... doesn't that make sense? A lot of people don't even see movies at the theatre, so they »
- Sean
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand! »
John Rhys-Davies Has "Ruled Out" Playing a Dwarf in The Hobbit
1 November 2009 3:39 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
With all of the legal troubles MGM has been going through, it was beginning to look like The Hobbit, the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, would never get made. However, in early October, MGM announced that it had secured funds from "key lenders" to move forward with the production and that filming would begin in Spring 2010.
Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed that the production is on track and that he will be returning as Gandalf, but said that "there won't be many of the actors going back." Now, at least one of those actors in question has said that he isn't interested in returning to Middle Earth. John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli the dwarf, told Empire that he was asked about the possibility of playing Gimli's father, Gloin, but that he has "completely ruled it out." There's a sentimental part of me that would love to be involved again. »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Michael Jackson's This Is It takes on Lord of the Rings
12 October 2009 1:07 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
The power of Michael Jackson lives on - and it's proving enough to conquer the mystical might of the Lord of the Rings.
The late singer's upcoming concert movie Michael Jackson's This Is It has overtaken Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the first film in Peter Jackson's trilogy - in a league table of films with the highest advance ticket sales of all time.
MovieTickets.com said This Is It had knocked The Fellowship of the Ring of the 25th place in the chart.
The Jacko film documents the star's preparations for his planned 50-date concert series and will be released on October 28. Sony Pictures edited hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage to create the movie after paying $60million for the film rights.
A Michael Jackson single and album with the same title are also set to be released.
The highest grossing concert film »
- David Bentley
'Fellowship of the Ring' at Radio City Music Hall: High-class geekery
10 October 2009 8:47 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Last night, NYC's Radio City Music Hall played host to a screening of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. Which would've been awesome enough by itself, given that Radio City is a fantastic place to see a film, and I haven't seen Fellowship on a big screen since its initial 2001 release. But what made it super special was that Howard Shore's score was performed, live, by a 300-person orchestra, along with a massive choir. The movie remains as majestic as it ever was -- but watching it with a crowd who knew »
- Marc Bernardin
The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #4
4 October 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | SCOREcastOnline.com | See recent SCOREcastOnline.com news »
#4 - The Lord Of The Rings trilogy
Howard Shore's Oscar-winning, Golden Globe-nominated, and Grammy Award-winning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was just the beginning of an epic 12-hour long The Lord Of The Rings saga that would push Shore into the immediate consciousness of not only film music fans, but music lovers the world over.
Throughout our "Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade" series, a lot of discussion has been raised about the importance of "themes". Well, if themes is what you want, then look no further than Shore's Lotr music, because there are over 40 themes fleshed out in the series. The three main themes (the ones you'll hear incessantly in trailers, TV commercials, and even during pre-flight instruction videos for Jet Blue Airlines) are the Fellowship, Rohan, and Shire themes, but there are so many variants on these »
- noreply@blogger.com (SCOREcast Admin)
Will Titanic Collide With 3D? What About Other Mega-Blockbusters?
22 September 2009 8:18 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The up and coming rereleases of “Toy Story” 1 and 2 in the 3-D format have the industry abuzz in regards to the potential of hitting up popular library titles of the different studios to also give the 3-D treatment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lightstorm Entertainment is claiming that a 3-D release of the world’s most successful box-office film “Titanic” is itself less than a year away. With that in mind, the eventual consideration of your favorite mega-action blockbusters to get revisited seems more of a forecast now than just wishful thinking. Click the jump to daydream about Rivendell, the Death Star, and/or Keanu Reeves in the third dimension.
This news in regards to “Titanic,” while huge in its own right (how much bigger can you get than the most successful box-office draw in film history?), gets one excited more about the potential of other releases than it does »
- Adam Charles
Plummer, Dourif Calling for 'Priest'
21 September 2009 1:20 AM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
If the trailer for the upcoming Legion proved anything, it’s that director Scott Stewart has a good eye for casting. Now comes news about his follow-up, an adaptation of the Tokyopop graphic novel "Priest"; it appears two more actors have just signed on, and both are solid character players.
According to a tweet attributed to Stewart, Christopher Plummer and Brad Dourif have joined the cast of Priest, which revolves around humanity’s battle against 12 fallen angels. Plummer has been a Hollywood veteran for over 50 years, but has also appeared in such genre fare as Dracula 2000, and most recently lent his voice to the Disney/Pixar animated feature Up.
The same could be said of Dourif, who earned an Oscar nomination for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975, but is also recognizable for small, but memorable roles in Halloween (the Rob Zombie one) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. »
Big Brother 11: Hairy Potter & the Order of the Doofus.
5 September 2009 2:59 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own. Which is most faint... ... Now I want, Spirits to enforce, art to enchant, And my ending is despair." - Prospero, The Tempest. "He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice, 'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry, Saruman fell back and crawled away." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter X, "The Voice of Saruman." Dorothy Gale: "You're a very bad man." The Wizard: "Oh no, my dear! I'm a very good man; I'm just a very bad wizard." Oz, The Great & Terrible, & Dorothy, The Small & Meek, The Wizard of Oz. Before we get underway, in case we have any newbies joining us at. »
- Tallulah Morehead
Karl Urban Dons a Black Hat for Priest
20 August 2009 11:13 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Well before he hit the big time as Eomer in Lotr: The Two Towers and Lotr: Return of the King, Karl Urban caught our eye in a little Kiwi flick called The Irrefutable Truth About Demons. And now it looks like he'll be returning to his horror roots in Screen Gems' Priest as he was cast to play the film's big bad known as Black Hat.
THR describes Priest, directed by Scott (Legion) Stewart, as a post-apocalyptic horror thriller set in a world ravaged by war between man and vampires. Paul Bettany stars as a warrior priest and vampire fighter who teams with a sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and warrior priestess (Maggie Q) to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece.
Urban portrays the evil leader of the bloodsuckers who was once a priest and hunter but now fancies himself a god of vampires.
There's »
- The Woman In Black
Top 15 Films of the New Millennium
19 August 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
IMDb has the famous Top 250 page that lists the highest-rated films of all time, according to the site's users. To make it a bit more interesting, IMDb put together the top 15 movies of the new millennium (since the year 2000). The list is quite interesting, containing four foreign films, two Pixar entries, and arguably the most depressing movie of all time. And coming in at No. 1 is "The Dark Knight." Take a look full list below and let us know if you agree or disagree with some of the film that made it into the top 15. 1. The Dark Knight 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 3. City of God 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5. Up 6. Memento 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 8. Wall-e 9. Amelie 10. The Departed 11. The Lives of Others 12. The Pianist 13. Spirited Away 14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 15. Requiem »
'The Lord Of The Rings' Extended Edition Blu-Ray Discs Still More Than A Year Away
28 July 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Peter Jackson said it might take awhile to get support for converting "The Lord of the Rings" into 3D, though that's exactly what he wants to do. Now we learn that Blu-ray adopting "Rings" fans have a wait of their own in store, for hi-def versions of Jackson's extended editions. Tolkien fans should be getting an HD "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in time for Christmas this year, but the word from Jackson is that extended edition cuts of the three films won't be out on Blu-ray for at least another year.
Jackson has been talking to the studio about doing some new extras for the Blu-ray extended editions, according to Collider, but those discs will be in a separate release, not likely to appear until a year after the November 3 launch for the theatrical editions. Jackson didn't reveal what new material might be included, but it sounds like extended »
- Brian Warmoth
From ‘Deadpool’ To ‘Green Lantern,’ From ‘Harry Potter’ To ‘Twilight’: Franchise Double Dips
13 July 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
History was made on Friday when Ryan Reynolds officially became the first actor to star as both a Marvel and DC Comics character. Fresh off of his spin-off spinning turn as Deadpool in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” Reynolds is now getting to headline a “Green Lantern” film.
The “Van Wilder” star is just one of many actors who have made the smart –- and profitable –- choice to double-dip in the biggest and the best film franchises. Here is a look at a few of Hollywood’s other famous double-dippers.
Harrison Ford: Arguably the most iconic double-dipper, Harrison Ford managed to star as two of the biggest nerd-culture icons ever within a four year period. The debate over who is cooler, Han Solo or Indiana Jones, still rages on (my ball’s in Han’s court -– he has the Millennium Falcon and a Wookiee best friend!) across the Internet. »
- Terri Schwartz
Iranian Protestors Inspired By 'Lord of the Rings'
26 June 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Ever since it was first published in 1954-1955, J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings has been embroiled in politics, much to the dismay of its author. Proponents of the political left and the right have taken turns deriding or laying claim to the fantasy epic. Peter Jackson's film adapation didn't escape political scrutiny either. Time magazine's Richard Corliss did a rather famous review of The Two Towers claiming that the film now evoked the War On Terror, and that Saruman looked "eerily" like Osama bin Laden, and USA Today's Michael Medved insisted Viggo Mortensen had tainted the role of Aragorn because he openly declared his anti-war sentiments.
The latest political controversy that the series finds itself embroiled in is the Iranian electoral protests. Time has a piece from an anonymous Iranian resident reporting that the government is using film to try and quell public unrest. "In normal times, »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Date and Details
25 June 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
The details are starting to fill in on the much-anticipated The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray box set from New Line and Warner Home Video. First, we can now confirm via retailers and a trade magazine advertisement that the finalized release date for the set is November 3. That is about a month earlier than initially expected so good news on that front. As you may already know, this box set is strictly the theatrical versions of each film: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King. The extended cuts previously released on DVD are being held back for a separate box set release expected to time with Guillermo del Toro's first The Hobbit film's theatrical or home video release. Bonus features for this first Lotr Blu-ray set have also been revealed and, as expected, contain no new material. The newness will come from the »
David Yates Teases 'Deathly Hallows' Split
24 June 2009 2:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
With so many disappointments this summer, it's easy to forget that we'll finally get to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and that we'll finally start hearing more about the final chapter as it makes its way to the big screen.
But of course, the biggest question about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows still centers on where they'll make the split between Film 1 and Film 2. Director David Yates dropped a hint to the La Times, and if you haven't read the book, here be spoilers:
"We're here in the forest, we've just finished the scene where Harry, Hermione and Ron are captured by the Snatchers after being chased through the woods. The Snatchers are brutal and scary but they aren't the most intelligent of creatures.They're trying to figure out exactly who it is they've caught ... Things can change when you edit, of course, but the »
- Elisabeth Rappe
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