Movie City News Archive for February, 2014
Stone Reports Publicist Peggy Siegel Sez Oscar Voters Wouldn’t Even Watch 12 Years
Stone Reports Publicist Peggy Siegel Sez Oscar Voters Wouldn’t Even Watch 12 Years
Read the full article »Foundas Thinks To Harold Ramis Only With His Eyes
“When I walked out of a screening Monday morning to the news that Harold Ramis was dead at 69, I got the feeling that some part of my childhood had died with him—a feeling not unlike the one, five years ago, that came with the death of that other towering figure of 1980s American screen…
Read the full article »Ted Hope Sez Go Right Ahead And Build That System That Deals With The Abundance Of Creativity That’s Out There
Ted Hope Sez Go Right Ahead And Build That System That Deals With The Abundance Of Creativity That’s Out There
Read the full article »Jane Fonda Is Crying
Jane Fonda Is Crying
Read the full article »Cliff Bole, 76, Directed At Least 40 Episodes Of Various “Star Trek” Series
Cliff Bole, 76, Veteran TV Helmer Directed At Least 40 Episodes Of Various “Star Trek” Series
Read the full article »“I am more bullish about the future of the news industry over the next 20 years than almost anyone I know. You are going to see it grow ten to a hundred times from where it is today,” Sez Marc Andreesen
“I am more bullish about the future of the news industry over the next 20 years than almost anyone I know. You are going to see it grow ten to a hundred times from where it is today,” Sez Marc Andreesen
Read the full article »It’s Different
I want to let movies breathe. I want to breathe. I want to believe in the ambitions of most everyone who does something along the lines of what I do. I want to be challenged smartly, beaten as appropriate, and made better by my failures. I want to love things without cynicism.
I love so much of what I have had the privilege to do for a very nice living for a very long time. But I do feel these days like I am being moved around the chess board in a way that stifles growth.
For the first time in my journalistic career, I have to remind myself to play the game.
I hate that.
Read the full article » 22 Comments »Manager Marty Thau, 75, Facilitated NYC Punk, Including The Ramones, New York Dolls And Suicide
“Loud and hard ghetto music about girls, sex, drugs, loneliness, heartbreak and the rites of teenage romance. In other words… real rock ’n’ roll.” Manager Marty Thau, 75, Facilitated NYC Punk, Including The Ramones, Blondie, New York Dolls, Richard Hell, Suicide As Well As Bubblegum “Yummy, Yummy,Yummy” And “96 Tears”
Read the full article »“‘We must get this shot. We must get this shot.’ A young woman, Sarah Jones, 27, was killed on set of ‘Midnight Rider,’ after being struck by a freight train. God dammit. 27. That’s a year older than me.”
“‘We must get this shot. We must get this shot.’ A young woman, Sarah Jones, 27, was killed on set of ‘Midnight Rider,’ after being struck by a freight train. God dammit. 27. That’s a year older than me.”
Read the full article »And The Oscar Presenters Are…
And The Oscar Presenters Are…
Read the full article »And the Oscar presenters are…
STARS COME OUT TO CELEBRATE ON OSCAR® SUNDAY
Read the full article »Noel Murray Relishes Disagreeing With Filmmakers About What Their Work Means
Noel Murray Relishes Disagreeing With Filmmakers About Their Work
Read the full article »A Disinterested Critique Of NYMag’s Oscar Blogger Takeout
A Semi-Disinterested “Biblical” Critique Of NYMag’s Oscar Blogger Takeout
Read the full article »Variety Stunts Its Own Award With 150 Unnamed “Film Pros”: Gravity Elevates Above American Hustle And Blue Is The Warmest Color
Variety Stunts Its Own Award With 150 Unnamed “Film Pros”: Gravity Elevates Above American Hustle And Blue Is The Warmest Color
Read the full article »Reitman On Ramis
Reitman On Ramis
Read the full article »George Lucas And Mellody Hobson Gift University Of Chicago Lab School With $25 Million Gordon Parks Arts Hall
George Lucas And Mellody Hobson Gift University Of Chicago Lab School With $25 Million Gordon Parks Arts Hall
Read the full article »Roger Hill, 65, Was “Cyrus” In The Warriors
Roger Hill, 65, Was “Cyrus” In The Warriors
Read the full article »What Stephen Tobolowsky Learned From Harold Ramis
What Stephen Tobolowsky Learned From Harold Ramis
Read the full article »For Oscar, Strauss Munches On Puck
For Oscar, Strauss Munches On Puck
Read the full article »Foundas Embraces Pompeii, The “Vulgar Auteur” Rubric And Paul W. S. Anderson
Foundas Embraces Pompeii, The “Vulgar Auteur” Rubric And Paul W. S. Anderson
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