Movie City News Archive for October, 2016
Lawyers Say Cosby Registered As Legally Blind; Cannot Recognize Accusers
Lawyers Say Cosby Registered As Legally Blind; Cannot Recognize Accusers
Read the full article »The DVD Wrapup: Hunt for Wilderpeople, Skiptrace, Nerve, Vampire Ecstasy, Gored, Dark Water, The Id, Norman Lear and more
I’ve complained before about the lack of attention given to uniquely entertaining indie movies by distributors, even after being greeted with near-unanimous approval by audiences and critics at festivals. Indulge me while I endorse another film that has broad audience appeal but could easily get lost in the VOD-DVD shuffle. Set in a supremely scenic corner of Peter Jackson’s backyard (a.k.a., New Zealand), Taika Waititi’s coming-of-age Hunt for the Wilderpeople follows a state-raised Maori boy who’s nearly run out of options when it comes to being taken in by foster families and non-penal shelters for abandoned kids. Rotund, lazy and belligerent, Ricky (Julian Dennison) is handed over to a middle-age couple living on the edge of the “bush” – a term not at all representative of the environmentally diverse Tongariro National Park – at the center of the country’s North Island. If Waititi’s name sounds familiar, it’s for his peculiarly Kiwi entertainments as Eagle vs. Shark, “Flight of the Conchords” and What We Do in the Shadows. He’ll get his shot in the Major Leagues with – surprise! – the next chapter in the comic-book epic, “Thor: Ragnarok.” Let’s hope he doesn’t lose sight of the little picture.
Read the full article »Vancouver Sun Leaving Downtown As Postmedia Cuts Accelerate
Vancouver Sun Leaving Downtown As Postmedia Cuts Accelerate
Read the full article »Nate Parker Surfaces In Investigation Of Penn State; Lawyer Says Claim Untrue
Nate Parker Surfaces In Investigation Of Penn State; Lawyer Says Claim Untrue
Read the full article »Media Pharoah Follies: Banks Yank Bucks From Gannett tronc™ Buy
Media Pharoah Follies: Banks Yank Bucks From Gannett tronc™ Buy
Read the full article »“Team Downey” Assembles “Writers’ Room” To Pound Out More Sherlock Holmes
“Team Downey” Assembles “Writers’ Room” To Pound Out More Sherlock Holmes
Read the full article »Anne Bilson Takes A Poke At The Shining
“I became fed up with the ubiquity of the film’s tropes, the endless quotation and recycling, and started seeing its flaws again, particularly Kubrick’s contempt for his characters and his cruelty to women and the underlying sense of an A-list director slumming it in a genre he essentially despises.” Anne Bilson Takes A Poke At…
Read the full article »Blaming Coke And Pepsi For The Advent Of Modern Product Placement
Blaming Coke And Pepsi For The Advent Of Modern Product Placement
Read the full article »Trump Takes Michael Moore In TrumpLand As Endorsement
“You used the ballot as an anger management tool — and now you’re f—ed,” Moore says. “You wanted to send a message. You had righteous anger. And justifiable anger. Well, message sent. Goodnight America. You’ve just elected the last president of the United States.” Trump Camp Selectively Edits Michael Moore In TrumpLand As Endorsement
Read the full article »Glenn Kenny On The Restoration Of Night Of The Living Dead, As Well As Its Copyright
Glenn Kenny On The Restoration Of Night Of The Living Dead, As Well As Its Copyright
Read the full article »Amy Nicholson Characterizes Moonlight
“He’s got gold teeth and muscles on his muscles. He looks like a thug who’s stepped out of a thousand other movies, the kind of one-dimensional character who exists only as a punch line or bogeyman. Suddenly, Moonlight feels like a rebuke to every script that doesn’t see the humanity in a young black man….
Read the full article »Barry Jenkins Talks “Code-Switching” With Peter Howell
“Esthetically, the code doesn’t switch in Moonlight.” Barry Jenkins On Finding His Voice And “Code-Switching” With Peter Howell
Read the full article »George A. Romero Says “The Walking Dead” Basically Slaughtered Any More Living Dead
George A. Romero Says “The Walking Dead” Basically Slaughtered Any More “Living Dead” Pics
Read the full article »Mel Gibson Says It’s Time For People To Move On
“It was an unfortunate incident. I was loaded and angry and arrested. I was recorded illegally by an unscrupulous police officer who was never prosecuted for that crime. And then it was made public by him for profit, and by members of — we’ll call it the press. So, not fair. I guess as who…
Read the full article »DP Tom Krueger On Shooting Iggy Pop For Jim Jarmusch’s Gimme Danger
DP Tom Krueger On Shooting Iggy Pop For Jim Jarmusch’s Gimme Danger
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BREAKING: Tronc shares plummet 21%, Gannett down 17% on report that deal between the two is said to be in doubt as banks withdraw funding — CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) October 27, 2016
Read the full article »Matt Singer Recollects Brooklyn’s Now-Shuttered The Pavilion (Soon To Become A New Nitehawk Cinema)
“It will no longer have to endure customers and their ridiculous complaints about the lack of air conditioning or heat or toilet stall doors.” Matt Singer Recollects Brooklyn’s Now-Shuttered The Pavilion (Soon To Become A New Nitehawk Cinema)
Read the full article »Twitter To Chop Withered Vine Mobile App
Twitter To Chop Withered Vine Mobile App
Read the full article »Guess The Los Angeles-Based Director
“I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing a screenplay, directing, editing, acting, you just name it. I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. They were fairly weak, the last half-dozen of villains in James Bond movies were not that convincing.” Guess The Los Angeles-Based Director
Read the full article »LAPD Dragnet Finds Man Who Jackhammered Trump Star On Hw’d Walk Of Fame
LAPD Dragnet Finds Man Who Jackhammered Trump Star On Hw’d Walk Of Fame
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