Sure, Baby Driver has bank robbers and shootouts and plenty of car chases, but the action flick also revolves around a love story -- and that romance would not have worked if Baby (played by everyone’s favorite multihyphenate actor-singer-dj, Ansel Elgort) and his diner waitress paramour, Debora (Lily James), didn't have electric chemistry.
In this clip from the bonus materials on Baby Driver's home video release, debuting on Et, Elgort and James develop their characters and onscreen connection during a costume test, sweetly dancing to "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" by The Detroit Emeralds, off the film's ace soundtrack.
Photo: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Baby Driver, available now digitally and on DVD, 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, hails from visionary director Edgar Wright and co-stars Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx and The Punisher's Jon Bernthal.
The home video release boasts more than two hours of bonus material, which, in addition...
In this clip from the bonus materials on Baby Driver's home video release, debuting on Et, Elgort and James develop their characters and onscreen connection during a costume test, sweetly dancing to "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" by The Detroit Emeralds, off the film's ace soundtrack.
Photo: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Baby Driver, available now digitally and on DVD, 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, hails from visionary director Edgar Wright and co-stars Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx and The Punisher's Jon Bernthal.
The home video release boasts more than two hours of bonus material, which, in addition...
- 10/10/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Looking back on this still-young century makes clear that 2007 was a major time for cinematic happenings — and, on the basis of this retrospective, one we’re not quite through with ten years on. One’s mind might quickly flash to a few big titles that will be represented, but it is the plurality of both festival and theatrical premieres that truly surprises: late works from old masters, debuts from filmmakers who’ve since become some of our most-respected artists, and mid-career turning points that didn’t necessarily announce themselves as such at the time. Join us as an assembled team, many of whom were coming of age that year, takes on their favorites.
Declaring 2007 to be the year mumblecore came of age would be equally as fair as labeling it the year mumblecore collapsed. The signs of ascendance and coalescence—group coverage in high-profile publications, series programmed at art houses,...
Declaring 2007 to be the year mumblecore came of age would be equally as fair as labeling it the year mumblecore collapsed. The signs of ascendance and coalescence—group coverage in high-profile publications, series programmed at art houses,...
- 8/22/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
“Dunkirk” is finally upon us after months of anticipation, and it’s clear the long wait has been worth it. IndieWire has named the WWII epic the best movie Christopher Nolan has ever made and a certain Oscar contender in the months ahead. As audiences nationwide get to discover why the film is such a monumental war epic, questions as to who exactly is in the cast are bound to come up.
Read More: ‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made
Unlike Nolan’s recent star-driven efforts like “Inception” and “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers, Oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators. Getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for Nolan, as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story. In following mostly fresh faces, Nolan is...
Read More: ‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Monumental War Epic Is The Best Film He’s Ever Made
Unlike Nolan’s recent star-driven efforts like “Inception” and “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk” features an eclectic mix of relative newcomers, Oscar winners and the director’s reliable collaborators. Getting a blend of known and unknown talent was crucial for Nolan, as including too many stars would’ve distracted from the urgent nature of the story. In following mostly fresh faces, Nolan is...
- 7/19/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.NEWSThe great avant-garde filmmaker and musician Tony Conrad has died at the age of 76.If you're sending mail in Austria, now you can creep your family and friends out with an image of austere art-house task-master Michael Haneke on your stamps.A terrific-looking new book "by" Jean-Luc Godard is out via Contra Mundum Press: Phrases features the texts contained within several of Godard's films, including Germany Year 90 Nine Zero, Forever Mozart and In Praise of Love. After his feature documentary Junun and music video for Joanna Newsom, Paul Thomas Anderson is returning to the music world, having reportedly shot a video for Radiohead.Recommended VIEWINGFilmmaker (Traveling Light, Here's to the Future!) and Notebook contributor Gina Telaroli has shared online an exquisite new video work, Starting Sketches: Theresa and Jeanne.
- 4/13/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Winners for the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Saturday night at the Shine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, in a ceremony that was simulcast on TNT/TBS.
RelatedGolden Globes: Mr. Robot and Mozart Win Big; Taraji P. Henson, Lady Gaga, Jon Hamm, Rachel Bloom Grab Gold
How to Get Away With Murder‘s Viola Davis marked broadcast TV’s lone winner, while streamers Netflix and Amazon combined for four total wins. Orange Is the New Black grabbed two prizes, for comedy ensemble and actress Uzo Aduba.
Fun (?) fact: Excluding the TV-movie categories, William H. Macy was the...
RelatedGolden Globes: Mr. Robot and Mozart Win Big; Taraji P. Henson, Lady Gaga, Jon Hamm, Rachel Bloom Grab Gold
How to Get Away With Murder‘s Viola Davis marked broadcast TV’s lone winner, while streamers Netflix and Amazon combined for four total wins. Orange Is the New Black grabbed two prizes, for comedy ensemble and actress Uzo Aduba.
Fun (?) fact: Excluding the TV-movie categories, William H. Macy was the...
- 1/31/2016
- TVLine.com
Read More: Memo to Distributors: Buy These 10 SXSW 2015 Movies Take a journey with director Adam Bhala Lough and Hot Sugar as they discover new kinds of sounds from random objects all over the world. The inspiration behind this film was in creating new kinds of sounds to use in modern music. From the trailer, this documentary looks like a fun adventure of musical proportions. The film is executive produced by David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Jody Hill. The official synopsis reads: "'Hot Sugar’s Cold World' is a fly-on-the-wall look into the life of a modern-day Mozart, Nick Koenig (Hot Sugar), as he creates one-of-a-kind music made entirely out of sounds from the world around him. Nick lives every young musician’s dream, but when his internet-famous girlfriend goes on tour and they split, he flies to Paris where he grew up to move on with his life, while...
- 10/13/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Why is it that the idea of a child seeing an adult rated movie is bad, but games are not seen as a problem?
The games industry often suffers attacks from the media, taking the blame for various horrible incidents that happen out in the world. As soon as a youth perpetrates some kind of heinous act, it seems that there's no shortage of blame to be slapped onto videogames. GTA, Call of Duty, Street Fighter, Mass Effect and many others have been blamed for everything from murders and drunk driving, to bullying and even rickets (yes, really). Even the harmless sandboxer, Minecraft, has been a scapegoat for school-related violence.
Games are an easy target for this kind of social blame, and they're just the latest in a long line of hobbies, interests and media to take the flak. Movies, music, comics, books, they've all had their fair share of whipping boy duty,...
The games industry often suffers attacks from the media, taking the blame for various horrible incidents that happen out in the world. As soon as a youth perpetrates some kind of heinous act, it seems that there's no shortage of blame to be slapped onto videogames. GTA, Call of Duty, Street Fighter, Mass Effect and many others have been blamed for everything from murders and drunk driving, to bullying and even rickets (yes, really). Even the harmless sandboxer, Minecraft, has been a scapegoat for school-related violence.
Games are an easy target for this kind of social blame, and they're just the latest in a long line of hobbies, interests and media to take the flak. Movies, music, comics, books, they've all had their fair share of whipping boy duty,...
- 9/4/2014
- by aaronbirch
- Den of Geek
With BBC2 making a big success of screening Buffy The Vampire Slayer on British terrestrial TV in the late 1990s and early Noughties, Channel 4 promptly snapped up the rights for its spin-off show, Angel. Friday teatimes would now be enlivened by the antics of Angel and his newly assembled Fang Gang, fighting the good fight in La.
There was one little problem, though. While Buffy was generally geared towards a family audience (and even then, notable cuts for violence, language and sexual references were made on a frequent basis to meet watershed rules), Angel wasn't so much. The spin-off show was, by and large, tailor made for a more grown-up audience, with its uncompromising violence and darker, adult themes. So poor old C4 had initially made a meal of the supposedly vaunted 6pm TV slot. Some of the stuff wasn't really geared towards the youngsters who might have tuned in out of curiosity,...
There was one little problem, though. While Buffy was generally geared towards a family audience (and even then, notable cuts for violence, language and sexual references were made on a frequent basis to meet watershed rules), Angel wasn't so much. The spin-off show was, by and large, tailor made for a more grown-up audience, with its uncompromising violence and darker, adult themes. So poor old C4 had initially made a meal of the supposedly vaunted 6pm TV slot. Some of the stuff wasn't really geared towards the youngsters who might have tuned in out of curiosity,...
- 6/2/2014
- Shadowlocked
The Love and Theft country musician and his beautiful fiancee welcomed their first child together in Nashville, Tenn. on Dec. 2. Congrats to the happy couple!
Stephen Barker Liles and his fiancee Laura Kennedy welcomed a baby boy named Jett Barker Liles on Dec. 2! Stephen’s country duo shared Jett’s first photo with his dad across social media on the same day of his birth — and he is just too precious!
Stephen Barker Liles Baby Born: Love & Theft Musician Welcomes A Boy
The Love and Theft family is growing, because Stephen is now a dad! “Arriving at 8:40 a.m. in Nashville, Jett … weighed in at 7 lbs., 7 oz. and measures 20.5 inches long,” Stephen confirmed to Country Weekly. Stephen said that his son already has dad’s nose but mom’s lips!
Love & Theft tweeted out little Jett’s first picture with dad!
Jett Barker Liles is here! Congratulations to Stephen and Jenna!
Stephen Barker Liles and his fiancee Laura Kennedy welcomed a baby boy named Jett Barker Liles on Dec. 2! Stephen’s country duo shared Jett’s first photo with his dad across social media on the same day of his birth — and he is just too precious!
Stephen Barker Liles Baby Born: Love & Theft Musician Welcomes A Boy
The Love and Theft family is growing, because Stephen is now a dad! “Arriving at 8:40 a.m. in Nashville, Jett … weighed in at 7 lbs., 7 oz. and measures 20.5 inches long,” Stephen confirmed to Country Weekly. Stephen said that his son already has dad’s nose but mom’s lips!
Love & Theft tweeted out little Jett’s first picture with dad!
Jett Barker Liles is here! Congratulations to Stephen and Jenna!
- 12/2/2013
- by Kristine Hope Kowalski
- HollywoodLife
It was ladies' night on The Voice last night, as seven out of 10 performers were female when Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green went head-to-head with the second half of the top 20 artists competing for America's vote.
In the same way Adam Levine’s team dominated the first night, part two of the three-night event – which concludes on Thursday when the top 12 is revealed during a special elimination episode – found Christina's team coming out on top. Even so, the morning after the second show, Team Adam's James Wolpert still...
In the same way Adam Levine’s team dominated the first night, part two of the three-night event – which concludes on Thursday when the top 12 is revealed during a special elimination episode – found Christina's team coming out on top. Even so, the morning after the second show, Team Adam's James Wolpert still...
- 11/6/2013
- Rollingstone.com
Benjamin Franklin spent his mornings naked. Patricia Highsmith ate only bacon and eggs. Marcel Proust breakfasted on opium and croissants. The path to greatness is paved with a thousand tiny rituals (and a fair bit of substance abuse) – but six key rules emerge
One morning this summer, I got up at first light – I'd left the blinds open the night before – then drank a strong cup of coffee, sat near-naked by an open window for an hour, worked all morning, then had a martini with lunch. I took a long afternoon walk, and for the rest of the week experimented with never working for more than three hours at a stretch.
This was all in an effort to adopt the rituals of some great artists and thinkers: the rising-at-dawn bit came from Ernest Hemingway, who was up at around 5.30am, even if he'd been drinking the night before; the strong coffee was borrowed from Beethoven,...
One morning this summer, I got up at first light – I'd left the blinds open the night before – then drank a strong cup of coffee, sat near-naked by an open window for an hour, worked all morning, then had a martini with lunch. I took a long afternoon walk, and for the rest of the week experimented with never working for more than three hours at a stretch.
This was all in an effort to adopt the rituals of some great artists and thinkers: the rising-at-dawn bit came from Ernest Hemingway, who was up at around 5.30am, even if he'd been drinking the night before; the strong coffee was borrowed from Beethoven,...
- 10/5/2013
- by Oliver Burkeman
- The Guardian - Film News
Title: The Artist and the Model (El artista y la modelo) Cohen Media Group Director: Fernando Trueba Screenwriter: Jean-Claude Carrière, Fernando Trueba Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Jean Rochefort, Aida Folch Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 7/23/13 Opens: August 2, 2013 I suspect that first-rate artists have more wisdom than the rest of us, and that we, members of the great majority, should feel lucky if we can at least appreciate their offerings. Mozart gave us great music, Tolstoy terrific literature, and Matisse wonderful, inventive paintings. People like these seem to know more about life than most. Take for example Marc Cros (Jean Rochfort), the principal performer in Fernando Trueba’s Spanish film [ Read More ]
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- 8/22/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The battle lines have all been drawn and the fandoms have been essentially locked in for several weeks now on Season 4 of The Voice. So the question entering tonight’s Live Finals was this: Would (or could) any voters be swayed to switch allegiance?
The question exiting it, though, was quite different: Why did one of the three competing acts get a hefty advantage by scoring two out of the last three solo performance slots on the telecast? (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t The Swon Brothers or a member of Team Usher.)
Look, I know Danielle Bradbery is as easy...
The question exiting it, though, was quite different: Why did one of the three competing acts get a hefty advantage by scoring two out of the last three solo performance slots on the telecast? (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t The Swon Brothers or a member of Team Usher.)
Look, I know Danielle Bradbery is as easy...
- 6/18/2013
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
From a grumpy Ariel Sharon to a splenetic Tracey Emin, some of the most entertaining, controversial – and cringe-making – encounters from the Guardian's daily features section, G2
Thora Hird
Simon Hattenstone
12 April 1999
She introduces me to Scotty by way of a photograph on her sideboard. "That is the best picture of my husband and my grandson. He was a good man." The picture is taken in Beverly Hills where her daughter, the former child movie star Janette Scott, used to live. "We had 54 years together. It was a wonderful life. And you see, Simon, I was ashamed that I didn't know it was a stroke he'd had. I was getting ready to go to work in the back, and we've got two bedrooms, and I was in one and he was in the other, not because we didn't speak to each other, because my arthritis, well, with all this you wouldn't...
Thora Hird
Simon Hattenstone
12 April 1999
She introduces me to Scotty by way of a photograph on her sideboard. "That is the best picture of my husband and my grandson. He was a good man." The picture is taken in Beverly Hills where her daughter, the former child movie star Janette Scott, used to live. "We had 54 years together. It was a wonderful life. And you see, Simon, I was ashamed that I didn't know it was a stroke he'd had. I was getting ready to go to work in the back, and we've got two bedrooms, and I was in one and he was in the other, not because we didn't speak to each other, because my arthritis, well, with all this you wouldn't...
- 10/17/2012
- by Simon Hattenstone, Emma Brockes, Decca Aitkenhead
- The Guardian - Film News
I seem to have struck a nerve on my debut What Culture article, as I explained that the reason most people continue to buy Call Of Duty titles aren’t because of quality but because of it simply being a household name. I can’t help that mediocrity sells in an Adhd generation, I only look on in disappointment as games with genuine quality get passed up for the same old same old. If gamers are insisting on arguing that sales numbers alone determine quality in the modern era then Justin Bieber and Britney Spears must be the verifiable modern day Mozart and Beethoven.
While it infuriates me that Activision is merely slapping their customers in the face every year with little to no updates to their franchise, and these consumers are happily taking it with a smile, don’t think I’m a complete negative Nancy. I enjoy Fps...
While it infuriates me that Activision is merely slapping their customers in the face every year with little to no updates to their franchise, and these consumers are happily taking it with a smile, don’t think I’m a complete negative Nancy. I enjoy Fps...
- 10/15/2012
- by Luke Schlosser
- Obsessed with Film
Today sees the latest film from director Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom," hit theaters, and consistent with the music-obsessed filmmaker's work, it's as much a treat for the ears as it is for the eyes. 'Moonrise' boasts another soundtrack of unexpected cuts assembled with the great music supervisor Randall Poster, including Francoise Hardy, Hank Williams, and for the first time, a significant amount of classical music including Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein. And if that's not enough, there's also additional pieces by Alexandre Desplat and drum percussion by old musical cohort Mark Mothersbaugh.
But as is the case with most films, not everything's on the official soundtrack release, which is in stores now: the movie features three additional Hank Williams songs, and pieces by Mozart and Schubert that aren't included on the disc. Given that Anderson's films are so replete with music, the soundtracks have quite often left out key songs for licensing or other reasons,...
But as is the case with most films, not everything's on the official soundtrack release, which is in stores now: the movie features three additional Hank Williams songs, and pieces by Mozart and Schubert that aren't included on the disc. Given that Anderson's films are so replete with music, the soundtracks have quite often left out key songs for licensing or other reasons,...
- 5/25/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
File this under: for completist nerd soundtrack obsessives only (which we sadly fall into quite snugly). Ok, you've seen the tracklist for Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," which features artists like Benjamin Britten, Françoise Hardy, Hank Williams and more. And based on various accounts from Cannes this morning, including our own very positive revew from the Croisette, "Moonrise Kingdom" is certainly Anderson's live-action return to form. We can't wait.
But for soundtrack completists and Wes Anderson obsessives (of which there are many), many will note and know that every soundtrack disc is rarely ever complete. There are always a handful of songs featured in the movie that aren't on the official soundtrack for various myriad reasons; sometimes it's a rights issue and or sometimes it's simply aesthetical CD space (sometimes you want to curate a nice little disc that doesn't go on forever too).
So with "Moonrise Kingdom" screening comes...
But for soundtrack completists and Wes Anderson obsessives (of which there are many), many will note and know that every soundtrack disc is rarely ever complete. There are always a handful of songs featured in the movie that aren't on the official soundtrack for various myriad reasons; sometimes it's a rights issue and or sometimes it's simply aesthetical CD space (sometimes you want to curate a nice little disc that doesn't go on forever too).
So with "Moonrise Kingdom" screening comes...
- 5/16/2012
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Sex-crazed business man? Gay icon? Drug addict or anti-imperialist cipher? The many faces of Don Giovanni
In the Don Giovanni that has just opened in Paris, the eponymous hero has become an irredeemable sex pest of a businessman. Too much power and sex has corroded his soul. Perhaps you work with him. Perhaps you are him. At the end, in his nocturnal office, Giovanni is stabbed through the heart by the co-worker he sexually assaulted in act one, thrown through a window by a crowd of downtrodden cleaners, at least one of whom he tried to grope, and then accompanied to hell by the rotting corpse of the CEO he murdered at the outset. Twenty-first century moral? Don't stay late at the office.
The desperate Don's comeuppance, though, strikes me as unfair. As Kierkegaard noted in Either/Or, Don Giovanni is the opera's erotically animating presence. "His passion resonates everywhere...
In the Don Giovanni that has just opened in Paris, the eponymous hero has become an irredeemable sex pest of a businessman. Too much power and sex has corroded his soul. Perhaps you work with him. Perhaps you are him. At the end, in his nocturnal office, Giovanni is stabbed through the heart by the co-worker he sexually assaulted in act one, thrown through a window by a crowd of downtrodden cleaners, at least one of whom he tried to grope, and then accompanied to hell by the rotting corpse of the CEO he murdered at the outset. Twenty-first century moral? Don't stay late at the office.
The desperate Don's comeuppance, though, strikes me as unfair. As Kierkegaard noted in Either/Or, Don Giovanni is the opera's erotically animating presence. "His passion resonates everywhere...
- 4/12/2012
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
Everett A scene from “Rhapsody in Blue,” 1945.
Some sounds come at you through your innards before they reach your ears. Like the subway rumble half felt underfoot on a Manhattan street, certain instruments announce themselves first as a physical sensation: a low timpani roll, a pulsating tuba beat, a quiet sustained tremolo note in the double basses.
On April 1, Yale in New York, an innovative concert series curated by clarinetist David Shifrin, celebrates the multi-faceted repertoire of works written for low instruments.
Some sounds come at you through your innards before they reach your ears. Like the subway rumble half felt underfoot on a Manhattan street, certain instruments announce themselves first as a physical sensation: a low timpani roll, a pulsating tuba beat, a quiet sustained tremolo note in the double basses.
On April 1, Yale in New York, an innovative concert series curated by clarinetist David Shifrin, celebrates the multi-faceted repertoire of works written for low instruments.
- 3/27/2012
- by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
There have been plenty of creepy songs over the last thousand or so years. (Mozart‘s Requiem anybody? Well everybody, eventually.) We’ve decided to compile The 88 Creepiest Song Titles Of All Time. To be fair, we left out pretty much every death metal title because, frankly, they’re all pretty creepy. Click on the names of each artist to hear the selection. And feel free to weigh in on any song titles we may have left out in the comments. 88. “My Ding-a-Ling” Chuck Berry A no-brainer. It’s a song about a little boy discovering his penis, and it’s sung by a man well into his 40s. Perverted Justice’s favorite tune. 87. “Two Lovely Black Eyes” Charles Coborn What’s lovelier than a woman who was beaten in the face twice? According to Charles Coborn, nothing! 86. “With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm” Stanley Holloway A song about Anne Boleyn,...
- 9/30/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
Congratulations to The Starship! "We Built This City" is no longer the worst rock song ever written!
White Stripes insano-genius Jack White has teamed with Detroit horror-rappers Insane Clown Posse on what they are calling a "cover" of a lost Mozart work. Take a moment and read that sentence again if you need to. We'll wait.
The "song" -- yes, song is in quotes, is called "Leck Mich Im Arsch." Go ahead and Babelfish that if it isn't enough of a cognate for you to figure out. Here's a hint -- the title plays off of Mozart's well-documented ribaldry.
You can stream the song here, if you must. You've been warned.
P.S. A quick 10-second play and the collective rage of the Zap2It staff confirms how terrible "We Built This City" really is...
White Stripes insano-genius Jack White has teamed with Detroit horror-rappers Insane Clown Posse on what they are calling a "cover" of a lost Mozart work. Take a moment and read that sentence again if you need to. We'll wait.
The "song" -- yes, song is in quotes, is called "Leck Mich Im Arsch." Go ahead and Babelfish that if it isn't enough of a cognate for you to figure out. Here's a hint -- the title plays off of Mozart's well-documented ribaldry.
You can stream the song here, if you must. You've been warned.
P.S. A quick 10-second play and the collective rage of the Zap2It staff confirms how terrible "We Built This City" really is...
- 8/31/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
By Zachary Swickey
Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock has been busy in the studio working on his group’s latest album – with Outkast’s Big Boi producing some tracks – but the enigmatic singer has just tacked another project on to his to-do list: scoring a film.
Brock has signed on to provide the audio accompaniment to a western comedy film (don’t see those very often) called Queens of Country. The movie is to be directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke – the same fellas who brought us Blood Into Wine, a wine documentary starring Tool’s Maynard James Keenan. Rather appropriate since the singer is set to appear in the film as the antagonist – a bigger role than the cameos he’s used to.
Meanwhile, the lead actors are Ron Livingston, Sex and the City’s Jack Berger and star of the cult classic Office Space, and Lizzy Caplan of my favorite canceled show,...
Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock has been busy in the studio working on his group’s latest album – with Outkast’s Big Boi producing some tracks – but the enigmatic singer has just tacked another project on to his to-do list: scoring a film.
Brock has signed on to provide the audio accompaniment to a western comedy film (don’t see those very often) called Queens of Country. The movie is to be directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke – the same fellas who brought us Blood Into Wine, a wine documentary starring Tool’s Maynard James Keenan. Rather appropriate since the singer is set to appear in the film as the antagonist – a bigger role than the cameos he’s used to.
Meanwhile, the lead actors are Ron Livingston, Sex and the City’s Jack Berger and star of the cult classic Office Space, and Lizzy Caplan of my favorite canceled show,...
- 6/29/2011
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Chicago – When “Thor” hits theaters this Friday, it will be 22nd Marvel Comics movie to make it to the big-screen since “Blade” rebooted Marvel’s box office potential back in 1998. There have been more Marvel movies if you count such Marvel-owned properties as “Men in Black” or “Kick-Ass” (or if you count the cheesy straight-to-vhs Marvel movies of the 80s and 90s), but “Blade” was the first “modern” Marvel superhero flick. Since it debuted, Marvel has been increasingly aggressive in bringing its superheroes to the big screen. This summer gives us three new entries into the Marvel canon – “Thor”, “Captain America”, and “X-Men: First Class” – and with “The Avengers” and the “Spider-Man” reboot currently filming, the Marvel movie library will be 30, 40, heck, 50-movies strong any day now.
In fact, there are so many Marvel superhero films in existence now, it’s practically its own genre – the Marvel Comics Movie. And,...
In fact, there are so many Marvel superhero films in existence now, it’s practically its own genre – the Marvel Comics Movie. And,...
- 5/4/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The 2011 Grammy Awards were big for the ladies -- country trio Lady Antebellum took home the most awards with five, while Lady Gaga earned three. Eminem had two honors, but Alternative Rock group Arcade Fire won the coveted Album of the Year.
Here is the full list of winners:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire
Recovery -- Eminem
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream -- Katy Perry
Record Of The Year
"Nothin' On You" -- B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie" -- Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Forget You" -- Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" -- Ray Lamontagne, songwriter (Ray Lamontagne And The...
Here is the full list of winners:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire
Recovery -- Eminem
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream -- Katy Perry
Record Of The Year
"Nothin' On You" -- B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie" -- Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Forget You" -- Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" -- Ray Lamontagne, songwriter (Ray Lamontagne And The...
- 2/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
As 2010 draws to a close and the year’s films are placed into Top Tens and Best Of lists, it’s always good to take an alternative perspective on a year in cinema.
To this end HeyUGuys presents for your edification our movie awards – The Truffles. We asked our writers to sift through the movie mayhem of the past twelve months and come up with the awards they would want to see handed out.
We will be posting Part 1 of The Truffles today and we’ll be saving Part 2 for next Monday, so check back then for more awards.
Drum roll…
Craig Skinner
Best ‘difficult second album’ of 2010: The Brothers Bloom
Released in the UK this year, far too long after its initial Us release, Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom provided me with two of the most enjoyable hours I spent at the cinema this year with its...
To this end HeyUGuys presents for your edification our movie awards – The Truffles. We asked our writers to sift through the movie mayhem of the past twelve months and come up with the awards they would want to see handed out.
We will be posting Part 1 of The Truffles today and we’ll be saving Part 2 for next Monday, so check back then for more awards.
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Craig Skinner
Best ‘difficult second album’ of 2010: The Brothers Bloom
Released in the UK this year, far too long after its initial Us release, Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom provided me with two of the most enjoyable hours I spent at the cinema this year with its...
- 12/17/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Oh Hellz Yeahhh! DJ Angelina Trashbagz from the Jersey Shore bought herself a mic, an autotuner, and some Dope Ass lyrics to put together a new song that’s sure to be blasted in your local clubs while you’re getting slizzered with your homeboyzzz! (I’m old.) And if they rhymes in this song are any indication, it appears to have been penned by one Mr. Shooter McGavin of Happy Gilmore fame. Take this lyrical run from the heavens: People diss me, try to dismiss me, Wait for me then say they miss me Girls get jealous, boys wanna kiss me, Damn their eyes are keepin’ busy (Unintelligible) try to rap my case, Match my pace and run the race You can’t replace or crowd my space so step off bitch or I’ll punch your face. What else do you need to hear? Oh, right, the song: Listen!
- 11/19/2010
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
The most poignant moment at the Vimeo Festival + Awards ceremony was when Casey Neistat (half of the famous lo-fi filmmaking duo known as the Neistat Brothers) accepted the Digital Maverick Award and quoted Francis Ford Coppola from the behind-the-scenes Apocalypse Now documentary, Hearts of Darkness: To me, the great hope is now that these little 8mm video recorders have come around, some people who wouldn't normally make movies are going to be making them. Suddenly, one day, some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart, you know, and make a beautiful film with her little father's camcorder. And for once, the so called "professionalism" about movies will be destroyed forever, and it will really become an art form. The words weren't revelatory in regards to a democratized production process. We all know that with low cost production tools and virtually no-cost distribution mechanisms, anyone with a vision,...
- 10/11/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
This, for the benefit of future rock historians, is the transscript of a screenplay I wrote in the summer of 1977. It was tailored for the historic punk rock band the Sex Pistols, and was to be directed by Russ Meyer and produced by the impresario Malcolm McLaren. It still carried its original title, "Anarchy in the U.K.," although shortly after I phoned up with a suggested title change, which was accepted: "Who Killed Bambi?" I wrote about this adventure in my blog entry McLaren & Meyer & Rotten & Vicious & me. Discussions with Meyer, McLaren and Rene Daalder led to this draft. All I intend to do here is reprint it. Comments are open, but I can't discuss what I wrote, why I wrote it, or what I should or shouldn't have written. Frankly, I have no idea.
 
    The Sex Pistols in Anarchy In The U.K.
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    The Sex Pistols in Anarchy In The U.K.
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- 4/27/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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