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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes

4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.

The Godfather (1972)

“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.

On the Waterfront (1954)

“You don’t understand! »

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Matt Bomer and Tim Dekay Talk White Collar

12 October 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The USA Network is welcoming some new characters to its successful cable fold with the new series White Collar, which will premiere on Friday, October 23 at 10 Pm Et on the USA Network. The two stars of the show are Matt Bomer, who portrays the criminal Neal Caffrey, and Tim Dekay, who plays Peter Burke, the FBI agent who catches him and forms a unique partnership with, using Caffrey's criminal mind to help put away other criminals. Bomer and Dekay recently held a conference call where they discussed their new series, and here's what they had to say.

Matt, I was wondering, what made you want to be a part of this show?

Matt Bomer: I think I wanted to be a part of this show because when I read the role I thought the writing was incredibly intelligent and I thought Jeff Eastin had a really excellent handle on all the characters. »

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New Robin Hood movie to be set in futuristic London

10 August 2009 6:59 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

The 25th Robin Hood Festival in Nottingham has just come to a close after a week of celebrations in Sherwood Forest, proving the enduring power of the legendary outlaw.

And the hero will definitely live on, with the latest project taking him into a setting that is more Robin in da hood, or maybe even Robin hoodie.

While Robin may have fired his final arrow in the BBC TV series, we have an upcoming historical movie from Universal with Ridley Scott directing and Russell Crowe wielding the bow and arrow - and now a futuristic makeover from Warner Bros and the producers of The Dark Knight and 300.

Danish commercials director and photojournalist Nicolai Fuglsig, who pitched the latest project, has signed on to direct, says The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog.

Jason Hall, who penned the upcoming Ashton Kutcher dramedy Spread, will write the screenplay.

Forget Sherwood Forest and merry men with bows and arrows, »

- David Bentley

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Dvds: New Miss Marple Doesn't Slay Me and More

5 August 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

I never imagined Basil Rathbone would ever be surpassed when it came to playing Sherlock Holmes. But surely now Jeremy Brett is the definitive detective. For some, Margaret Rutherford holds the same place of honor when it comes to Miss Marple, the deceptively sweet and mild-mannered little old lady with a keen eye for clues. Others give TV's Joan Hickson first place of honor. But we can all agree the recent relaunch of Miss Marple with the excellent actress Geraldine McEwan was a flop. Miss Marple with a long-lost love? One shudders. They've started from scratch (again) because they know mystery buffs will line up and watch anything with stately homes, British accents...and murder. But surely they're pushing it with the desultory batch of episodes in Agatha Christie Marple Series 4 ($59.99; Acorn). The new Miss Marple is Julia McKenzie, of... »

- Michael Giltz

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Warner Bros. Remaking ‘Captain Blood’…In Space

3 August 2009 1:37 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

I’m going to throw out the name of a movie that most of our readers have never heard of, much less seen - Captain Blood. It isn’t some indie flick or a PETA documentary on the killing of whales. No, the reason you probably haven’t heard of it is because unless you were a teenager in the 1930’s (which would put you in the late 80’s or early 90’s age range), went to film school or just really love old black and white movies, in all likelihood you’ve never come across the Warner Bros. classic film.

It looks like all that might change soon though as Warner Bros. studios have chosen brothers Michael and Peter Spierig to direct a remake of Captain Blood based on a  John Brownlow script. After producer Bill Gerber (Gran Torino) and Warner Bros hired Brownlow to do a first draft of Captain Blood, »

- Paul Young

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Captain Blood To Return To Screen

31 July 2009 3:00 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Avast there, me hearties! Buckle that swash, set phasers on stun and set sail for Alpha Centauri, as classic pirate story Captain Blood prepares for a space-set remake. Yes, the Errol Flynn hit of 1935 is being remade as a sci-fi pirate movie, an idea so batshit-crazy that it might just work.The story of the original saw British Dr Blood (Errol Flynn) convicted of treason and shipped out to the Caribbean as a slave. There, he fell in love with the plantation owner's daughter (Olivia de Havilland) before escaping to a life of piracy. But when the object of his affections is kidnapped by a rival captain (Basil Rathbone) Blood must find a way to win her back. Cue the grappling hooks and rapiers!The new film will stay faithful to the story, except for the small detail of moving all the action into space (and perhaps replacing the rapiers »

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Spierig Brothers to Remake Captain Blood … in Space!

30 July 2009 10:26 PM, PDT | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »

It sounds like the punchline to a joke, but it’s not: According to Variety, Warner Bros. has attached Australian siblings Michael and Peter Spierig to direct a space version of the classic 1935 swashbuckling pirate movie “Captain Blood”. They’ve also hired John Brownlow to pen the script, which will follow the plot of the original closely, except, er, you know, that whole space thing. The 1935 original starred Errol Flynn as Peter Blood, a wrongly imprisoned British doctor who escapes to become a pirate in the Caribbean. He teams up with a French pirate name Levasseur (played by Basil Rathbone), but as is always the case, a woman from his past (played by Olivia De Havilland) eventually comes between them. According to the trade, the space remake will be very faithful to the original plot, except the Caribbean will now become space, and instead of ships, they’ll have, well, »

- Nix

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Warners is taking Captain Blood into space

30 July 2009 10:11 PM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

We've known for a while that Warners has been working on a new version of 1935 pirate tale Captain Blood. But now the studio, working from an intriguing new idea from directing brothers Peter and Michael Spierig (both below), who made Undead and the upcoming Daybreakers, have decided to greenlight a reboot set... in space. The original, which starred Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone in the tale of a doctor who signs on with a pirate crew, only to clash with his skipper over the love of a woman - is very firmly set on Earth. Well,...

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- James White

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Spierig Brothers Set to Bring Us 'Captain Blood' in Space?

30 July 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Last December it was announced that Phillip Noyce would be directing a remake of the 1935 swashbuckler pirate classic Captain Blood. Variety announces that Noyce is off the project and has been replaced by Michael and Peter Spierig, the two Australian brothers behind the upcoming Daybreakers movie. But there's a twist - the Spierig's Captain Blood will be set in space. Warner Brothers heard numerous tired pitches off and on, but "when I took a look at [the Spierig's] animatic depiction of a pirate battle in space, it had such a distinctive visual look to it that I said, 'Great, I get it'," producer Bill Gerber explained. Read on! Gerber says that despite the radical period and venue switch, the film will be fairly faithful to a plot in which the doctor, Peter Blood, joins up with a French pirate (played in the original by Basil Rathbone), only to clash with ... »

- Alex Billington

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Michael and Peter Spierig to Direct Captain Blood

30 July 2009 8:02 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Warner Bros. has signed on Michael and Peter Spierig to direct and John Brownlow to write an updated version of Captain Blood, the 1935 swashbuckler pirate classic that starred Errol Flynn as a wrongly imprisoned British doctor who escapes to become a pirate in the Caribbean, according to Variety.

The Spierig brothers got hired because of their innovative idea to set the pirate film in space.

After WB and producer Bill Gerber dusted off the library title and had Brownlow do a faithful first draft, they sought out pitches from filmmakers. The Spierig siblings won the gig with a bold animatic presentation, Gerber said.

Gerber said that despite the radical period and venue switch, the film will be fairly faithful to a plot in which the doctor, Peter Blood, joins up with a French pirate (played in the original by Basil Rathbone), only to clash with the buccaneer when the woman »

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Portland’s Rooftop Cinema Summer Schedule

9 July 2009 12:17 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

There is something insanely romantic about a movie on a city rooftop. And I’m not just talking taking a hold of your girl’s hand. It’s the night air, the hint nostalgia for drive-in movies, and hopefully stars in the sky as well as the screen.

Here is Portland’s schedule thanks to the Northwest Film Center …

The Northwest Film Center presents: Top Down: Rooftop Films July 16-August 27 This summer the Northwest Film Center’s Top Down rooftop cinema event is back for a fifth season. Warm starry nights in downtown Portland are filled with entertaining films, culinary treats, live music and spectacular city views, all atop the panoramic parking rooftop at the Hotel deLuxe (Sw 15th at Yamhill). The evenings begin at 8pm with local music and refreshments. Gracie’s Restaurant will offer easy-to-juggle meals, snacks and cocktails, and additional beverages will be available from Tazo and BridgePort Brewing. »

- Jeff Bayer

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The Terrible Secret Of Space

24 June 2009 10:28 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Body Count: Volume 12 Some of my earliest horror movie memories are in the early 80's. I was a cartoon junkie like most kids my age and you know how it goes on any saturday morning. Or maybe you know how it used to go. Get up wicked early, pour a massive bowl of cereal and hunker down for a good five solid hours of cartoon programming. From 7am to noon you could find all manner of colorful adventure but like most communities, noon time rolled around and it was time for kids to go outside and play so the grown ups could catch the weekend edition of the news or candlepin bowling. At least that's how it was around these parts, except for one thing. Back in the early 80's, we still had a holdout saturday afternoon monster movie show. Ours was Wlvi's Creature Double Feature, a show so patently »

- Ricky

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Sherlock Holmes - Trailer

19 May 2009 4:39 AM, PDT | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »

First trailer for Guy Ritchie's take on the classic detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film simply titled Sherlock Holmes is due for a boxing day release.

This adaption see's the titular hero revamped in a vain similar to the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Sadly the film version and not Alan Moore's fantastic comic. The reactions across the net for this trailer have been very positive. I personally don't feel that excited, sure Basil Rathbone style fog and deerstalkers has been done to death and would not fly today. However I'm a bit surprised Richie and the screenwriters have taken it to such safe blockbuster action comedy ground. One would have hoped for a little touch of snatch / Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels infused to give it just a little more edge. After all Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are meant to be »

- Leigh

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[DVD Review] Walt Disney Animation Collection: Volume 5: The Wind in the Willows

16 May 2009 9:37 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

There’s a mixed bag waiting for Disney fans with Volume 5 of the Disney Classic Short Films collection. On one hand you have the unforgettable The Wind in the Willows with the awesome J. Thaddeus Toad and a genuinely touching version of The Ugly Duckling. But then you have four more cartoons all on the older spectrum making it hard to say whether or not the younger ones in your life will be able to sit still. This volume has the highest concentration of older cartoons as well as a newer cartoon that most kids won’t really latch onto – so I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that older children will get more out of this volume than the youngest ones.

The Wind in the Willows (1949)

Directed by James Algar & Jack Kinney, Written by Winston Hibler & Kenneth Grahame

God, what can really be said about this incredible classic. »

- Lex Walker

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A Tale Of Two Cities d: Jack Conway

16 April 2009 7:22 PM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Direction: Jack Conway Screenplay: W. P. Lipscomb and S. N. Behrman; from Charles Dickens’ novel Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Donald Woods, Lucille La Verne, Henry B. Walthall, H. B. Warner, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, Isabel Jewell, Tully Marshall, Mitchell Lewis, Robert Warwick     Although not as widely known as other big Old Hollywood productions, David O. Selznick’s film adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, set during the time of the French Revolution, is far, far better than most of the other period dramas made during the studio era. Starring former silent-screen heartthrob Ronald Colman; featuring respected supporting players such as Edna May Oliver, H. B. Warner, and Basil Rathbone; directed by MGM’s reliable and unfairly forgotten Jack Conway (by then a 20+-year film veteran, among whose credits were the saucy »

- Andre Soares

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Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet Movie Review

20 March 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

If you're into the classicly "bad" B-sci-fi movies from the fifties, then you'll probably enjoy "Voyage To the Prehistoric Planet" from 1953. It's all elementary that Basil Rathbone of Sherlock Holmes movie fame would star in such a film (pun intended) as this was to be one of his last film features I believe (what a way to go). Bad as these movies are, classic B-sci-fi movies like "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" are still fun to watch; even though in terms of development, they are about as interesting to watch as a paint drying on a bathroom room (and we all know how much fun that is, do... »

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Tim Roth: The Hollywood Interview

6 March 2009 12:30 AM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Actor Tim Roth

Tim Roth Is Telling No Lies

By

Alex Simon

Editor's Note: This article appears in the March issue of Venice Magazine.

One of the film world’s great chameleons, Tim Roth was born in London May 14, 1961, the son of a journalist and a school teacher. After dropping out of art school, Roth was discovered by maverick British director Alan Clarke, and cast in his incendiary 1982 study of the skinhead movement in the UK, Made in Britain. Tim Roth hasn’t stopped working since, with over 70 feature and TV roles to his credit including such iconic titles as The Hit, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Vincent and Theo, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Woody Allen’s Everyone Says I Love You, and most recently, the lead in Francis Coppola’s first feature in ten years, Youth Without Youth.

Roth stepped behind the »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Join the Revolt of ‘Captain Blood’

22 February 2009 12:44 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Every week, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: Captain Blood (1935) Errol Flynn. Olivia de Havilland. If I haven't sold you on this movie yet, I'll throw in Basil Rathbone as ... »

- Cole Abaius

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