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In the age of the Internet, how this remained a secret, I will never know. But it was announced this morning that Marvel Entertainment would become part of the Walt Disney Co., giving Disney the outlet it needed to appeal to males ages 13-30. It’ll still be a few years before we hear the Touchstone [...]
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Disney buys Marvel
Posted by TheFilmChair on August 31st, 2009
Posted in Movie Comment 
Tags: america's next muppet, bolt, disney, marvel, pixar, the avengers, the muppets, the princess and the frog, toy story 3, up 
1 Comment »In defense of Katherine Heigl?
Posted by TheFilmChair on August 2nd, 2009
EW’s Ken Tucker took it upon himself to write a blog post on why Katherine Heigl doesn’t deserve the negativity that is coming at her from all sides after the release of her disastrous rom-com The Ugly Truth. As someone who has disliked Heigl for some time now, I thought I’d give Mr. Tucker a [...]
The Week in Pirate News: Marshall for ‘Pirates 4′, plus ‘Captain Blood’
Posted by TheFilmChair on July 31st, 2009
I really wasn’t hot on the news that Warner Bros. is updating the 1935 Captain Blood movie and putting the pirate, once played by Errol Flynn, in space. But it looks like that news lit a bit of a fire under the asses of the Disney execs. Variety is reporting that Chicago helmer Rob Marshall [...]
A Trip to the Moon
Posted by TheFilmChair on July 20th, 2009
Forty years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon. A lunar landing was the stuff of myth just 67 years prior, in 1907, when George Melies told the story of a manned trip to the Moon in Le Voyage dans la lune. Going from the Earth [...]
Wall Street should leave the filmmaking to Pixar
Posted by TheFilmChair on July 8th, 2009
I don’t know much about Wall Street, but it’s good to know Wall Street knows even less about Hollywood. Richard Greenfield of Pali Research says he was “dead wrong” when it came to predicting the box office prospects of Disney-Pixar’s hugely successfully Up. Greenfield’s comments from the NY Times: The recent success of Pixar’s ‘Up’ [...]
Katherine Heigl still thinks she’s a movie star
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 27th, 2009
There are good divas (Beyoncé). There are bad divas (Heidi). There are even divas-in-waiting (Miley). And then there’s Katherine Heigl. The actress who once co-starred in the movie that made Seth Rogen famous and also took her name out of Emmy consideration last year because she’s too good for TV of her character’s weak story [...]
The (Streaming) Girlfriend Experience
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 18th, 2009
I’ve been meaning to write about Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, The Girlfriend Experience, for days now after watching the indie on Amazon.com. That’s right, Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh’s latest film hasn’t been released in theaters, but it’s already streaming online for a small rental fee. Okay, a big rental fee. More than the price [...]
Posted in Movie Comment, Movie Review Tags: sasha grey, steven soderbergh, the girlfriend experience No Comments »Another Green Lantern Rumor. Shawn Roberts?
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 9th, 2009
Warner Bros. and Martin Campbell better decide on a Hal Jordan soon because this guessing game isn’t fun anymore. Now Latino Review is reporting that relative unknown Shawn Roberts is up for the lead in The Green Lantern. Sure, he’d be a better Hal Jordon/Green Lantern than Bradley Cooper, the name HitFix decided to throw [...]
Posted in Movie Comment Tags: bradley cooper, brian austin green, chris pine, martin campbell, shawn roberts, the green lantern 1 Comment »Heath Ledger in Doctor Parnassus
Posted by TheFilmChair on May 9th, 2009
Austrian website DVD-forum.at nabbed four stills from Terry Gilliam’s upcoming feature The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a.k.a. Heath Ledger’s last film. The film will premiere at Cannes, but the production company behind Parnassus has been seeking a distribution deal ahead of the French fest. You’d think major buyers would be fighting over the property, but [...]
Posted in Movie Comment Tags: cannes, heath ledger, terry gilliam, the imaginarium of doctor parnassus No Comments »
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Year in Review – Best Films of 2009
I saw fewer new movies this year than in any other since I started putting together my top ten lists. That’s not bad news. I just cut out a lot of… well… crap. No, I didn’t see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and no, I didn’t see Sherlock Holmes. I love movies, but what’s the [...]