Former roadie Joel Miller reflects on art and commerce in his debut feature The Still Life. He discusses the making of the film, his thoughts on the business and his police encounters with TheFilmChair.com TheFilmChair: When I looked on IMDB.com I saw that you did all your filming in L.A. Is that right? Joel Miller: [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Ingmar Bergman 1918-2007
A true film artist has left us. Ingmar Bergman has died. His final film was released in the States last year, a 2003 telefilm titled Saraband. As one of the few living film masters, Bergman was a rare, consistent revelation and the world of cinema is less without him. From The Seventh Seal [youtube anvRFJFUnRE]
‘Pirates of the Caribbean 3′ DVD Date Announced
Disney announced that the third Pirates of the Caribbean film At World’s End will be released on DVD on Dec. 4, just in time for the holidays! The “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” 2-disc Disney DVD set immerses users in hours of behind-the-scenes content and pirate lore from the four corners of the [...]
‘Watchmen’ adds one more at Comic-Con
After the rest of the major cast was leaked onto the Internet, only one question was left in terms of casting Watchmen: “Who is going to play The Comedian?” A few names were thrown around including Snyder’s 300 star Gerard Butler and The Punisher Tom Jane. In the end we get….a guy from Grey’s Anatomy. [...]
‘Watchmen’ Cast So Far
Someone behind the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel Watchmen has been slowly and quietly leaking the film’s cast onto the Internet over the last few days. Watchmen is an unfilmable graphic novel, and the adaptation can only appear hollow in comparison. Still, I can’t take my eyes off of the production news. [...]
Quickie: Hairspray
Hairspray (2007)–***1/2 Quickie Review Pleasantly plump teen Tracy Turnblad dances her way onto the Corny Collins Show and aids social change in 1960s Baltimore. A rousing and rebellious musical treat, this film adaptation of a Broadway production, in turn based on a 1988 John Waters’s film, captures the essence of the Hollywood musical for the [...]
Pathfinder – Unrated Edition on DVD July 31
I live by a simple rule: there’s no such thing as bad publicity. With that in mind, let’s see what the metacritics.com critics had to say about Pathfinder, which debuts on DVD at the end of the month. The 0/100 reviews: “No more than a minute into this, and it becomes obvious that the next [...]
‘Heroes’ Returns Sept. 24
Heroes fans only have to wait 10 more weeks until the premiere of the NBC superhero drama. The Peacock announced its fall schedule today with Heroes premiere date set for Monday, Sept. 24 at its usual 9 p.m. time slot. Heroes will provide the lead-in for the Alex Graves/Ken Falls sci-fi drama The Journeyman, which [...]
Vid Pick: Slythoar’s ‘Attack of the Luna Moth’
Slythoar, a.k.a. Ben Folstein, is a revelation. His newest short recently popped up in my MySpace comments, and I must say, there is no better day than a day when a Slythoar film shows up unexpectedly on MySpace. It was even better than that day found a sack full of money and won a free [...]
The Dark Knight: Joker, Scarecrow and Two-Face?
Christopher Nolan and his writers appears to be going bat shit crazy when it comes to stuffing villains in the new Batman sequel. Aaron Eckhart, who plays, Harvey Dent in the new film told MTV’s Movie Blog that he will in fact appear as Two-Face in The Dark Knight: “I play Harvey Dent. Harvey Two-Face. [...]
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