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10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
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- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
- - -
- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
8 November 2009 4:59 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
There are many theories, ideas or should I say 'schools of thought' on how the world would end. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation ranks at the very top. While others argue it will not be man who will destroy the world (directly) but - an epidemic of global proportions (most probably from a potent strain of virus - think: I am Legend) or severe climactic change (another ice age perhaps? That would be Day After Tommorow right?) or mechanical uprising (The Terminator, anyone?) or even attack from the outside - conquering aliens (Mars Attacks!) or perhaps an asteroid. And let's not forget zombies!
- - -
- - - Inspired by the upcoming release of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic 2012, tMF listed down 10 of the most fascinating 'end of the world' movies.
Before looking at the list, you need to know that it's not based »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
The Fourth Kind Movie Review
6 November 2009 9:37 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
It is up to you to decide.
That’s about as far as the creators of The Fourth Kind are really willing to go in confirming the ‘truth’ behind their new film. Ultimately, that’s probably as far as they should go considering all of the events and ‘footage’ presented in this 90-minute treatise on alien abduction and extraterrestrial paranoia. Despite assertions from star Milla Jovovich and director Olatunde Osunsanmi that the film includes actual footage, there’s a surprising lack of supportive evidence found anywhere outside of The Fourth Kind. I personally couldn’t uncover anything that substantiates that there is an actual Abigail Tyler or even any significant reports of UFO phenomena in the area.
Still, The Fourth Kind sets it all up in the same fashion that a TV documentary might; introducing the real Abigail Tyler, a haunted and frail looking woman, and then switching over to »
- Nathan Bartlebaugh
Film Experience Readers Celebrating Halloween
4 November 2009 8:11 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Several readers took up The Film Experience challenge and sent photos from their movie related Halloween costumes this past weekend. Cheers to them. Not only are Tfe readers creative, movie obsessed and participatory... they're totally fetching in Halloween costumes!
Keelay went as a Camp Crystal Lake counsellor. I imagine he was very popular with any holiday revellers who happened to be wearing that infamous hockey mask. Love the tube socks. They scream summer camp.
That's Mickie and Mindy as Dallas (Bruce Willis) and Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) from 90s sci-fi extravaganza The Fifth Element. I recognized those orange-loving Gautier costumes instantly. We can only hope that one of their friends sang some technopera as the movie's best blue tentacled hair lady, the Diva Plavalaguna.
From there we race forward to the cinema of 2009. From top left we've got two Rorschachs from Watchmen. To your left is JoFo (with Lady Gaga in background. »
- NATHANIEL R
'The Office' recap: A fish out of water
30 October 2009 9:14 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
After last week's intense departure, "The Koi Pond" was a return to form, and had all the markers of my favorite kinds of episode: weird character explanations, group activities, and A and B stories that complemented each other without being redundant. Michael got soaked, Pam and Andy got maybed, and Jim got a taste of outsiderness. For me, "The Koi Pond" boiled down to Erin's warning to Michael: "People are asking questions." The questions Michael himself asked this week summed up his character pretty well, starting with "Why is Christmas the only holiday that can have a message?" He wondered »
- Margaret Lyons
50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2
27 October 2009 10:57 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Before I launch into the conclusion of my 50 Influential Scream Queens (read part 1 here), please let me remind you that this list is based upon my personal taste, and my personal taste alone. I didn't poll 100 Fango readers, the Fango staff or any other form of 'industry professionals'. It's all opinion, so if you feel I've wronged a certain actress by excluding them from the list, don't leap to brand the entire Fango crew 'vile'. I probably just don't personally find their work to be that influential. Either that or I'm just ignorant to their accomplishments!
25. Mia Farrow: Mia's genre work may be a bit limited, but that doesn't change the fact that Rosemary's Baby will forever be regarded as one of the creepiest films in history. Farrow's portrayal of Rosemary Woodhouse is harrowing to say the least, and will always remain (in my mind) one of the best performances the genre has seen. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)
French-Belgian Pulp Heroine Gets Movie
26 October 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
If and when another 'Indiana Jones' movie comes out, it should have better competition than 'The Mummy' franchise. Luckily, French director/producer Luc Besson may be attempting his own action-adventure film based on old comic book serials: "Les Aventures Extrodinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec", based on a series of comics by Jacques Tardi.
I am not familiar with the work of Tardi, but the film takes place in pre-World War I Paris, and involves a hatched pterodactyl terrorizing the carefree city from the skies. Adele Blanc-Sec is described as "an intrepid young reporter," who will "go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes."
The character was first serialized in 1972, and her career has included tackling crime and the occult.
Besson, meanwhile, is no slouch as a director, as his resume includes Le Femme Nikita, Leon, and The Fifth Element. »
Sarandon And Besson Land Stockholm Film Festival Honours
21 October 2009 12:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon and French filmmaker Luc Besson are due to accept high honours at the Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden next month.
Sarandon, 63, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the event - with organisers hailing the star for the "reflection, seduction and rebellion" she has portrayed on the big screen throughout her career.
Her most famous roles include rebellious waitress Louise in 1991's Thelma and Louise and her Oscar-winning performance as Sister Helen in 1995 film Dead Man Walking.
Meanwhile, The Fifth Element director Besson, 50, has landed the festival's visionary award for his "relentless" exploration of film.
The 20th Stockholm International Film Festival will take place from 18 to 29 November. »
Sitges '09: My Sitges Story - Part 2
5 October 2009 10:05 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Sunday, October 4
So I do my best to get to bed early the night before my first full day at Spain’s Sitges film festival (see first entry here), but after only five hours, I’m wide awake and unable to sleep another wink. Nonetheless, I will do my darnedest to persevere through at least three movies today.
First film on my line-up is the premiere of director Andrew Monument’s documentary Nightmares In Red, White & Blue: The Evolution Of The American Horror Film, which is screening at one of the festival’s secondary venues, the Prado, located in town. With none of the filmmakers on hand, including writer Joseph Maddrey, whose book served as the basis of the film, I’ve been asked to moderate the screening, as I am one of the interviewees in the production. Although it is 10 a.m. and no one in Sitges seems to hit the sack until 7 a. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)
In Profile: Bruce Willis
1 October 2009 4:22 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Bruce Willis is not a bad actor. He just occasionally acts in bad movies. It’s not entirely his fault either. Shall we put it down to “bold choices” that didn’t work out? If in a charitable mood, sure. There has always been a touch of uncertainty about Willis. He does not appear to be a natural storyteller.
Let’s say acting is an egotistical, ridiculous career option for anybody. Consider it. Even before the lucrative potential is taken into account – pretending to be other people is rather odd. Actors take up a lifetime of lying and fantasying in some vainglorious search for truth (fame and wealth too, if we are being cynical). Is it completely stupid or brave? Actors as pathological liars or sociopaths is a salient thought.
The American studios created the film star and it destroys them. Maintaining a lifelong and popular career in such a fickle, »
- Martyn Conterio
The Professional Comes to Bluray
27 September 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
For the first time on high definition Blu-rayâ„¢, the suspense-laden thriller Léon: The Professional is unleashed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on November 17, 2009 for the Slp of 24.95. The Blu-ray will include the “International Version” which features 23 minutes of footage not included in the original U.S. theatrical version. Written and directed by acclaimed French filmmaker Luc Besson (Arthur and the Invisibles, The Fifth Element), Léon: The Professional is a no-holds-barred tension-fraught flick full of bloodlust and deceit, driven by a fri... »
MovieSet Spotlight: Bruce Willis in ‘Surrogates’
24 September 2009 5:22 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
Check out Bruce Willis new movie ‘Surrogates‘. Bruce always provides a good action movie and this one looks particularly interesting. The last time I remember Mr. Willis doing a sci-fi action movie was ‘The 5th Element’, and we all know how that turned out (really well). So check out the trailer, and if it peaks your interest then check out all the other videos below or at the ‘Surrogates‘ Sitelet. Enjoy!
‘Surrogates’ Trailer
People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates—sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer (Bruce Willis) discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.
All ‘Surrogates’ Videos! Surrogates Clip »
- Kyle Zahar
New Pics from 2012
23 September 2009 10:50 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
The folks over at First Showing pointed us to some new images from the upcoming Roland Emmerich (10,000 BC) “Humanity faces extinction and we gotta do something about it!” flick, 2012. Nice to see so many familiar faces, including Danny Glover as the President (adding a bit more evidence to that theory connecting this film to Deep Impact and The Fifth Element) and the apparently crazy-as-ever Woody Harrelson.
The film’s ensemble cast struggles to survive the global cataclysm predicted by the Mayans and at least one other dismissed prophet (Harrelson!). I myself have seen some interesting advertisements for the film around New York, purportedly funded by the (faux) governmental agency “The Institute for Human Continuity“, which ask creepy questions about where I’ll be in 2012 and come pre-graffitied with that “the end is nigh” style tagging, always in red, which I feel like I’ve seen 50 times already (the best of which, »
- Scott Miller
DVD release inspirations including Angels and Demons
14 September 2009 5:11 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
Good morning Boxwishers, we hope you’ve had a good, film-filled weekend with new releases like Adventureland, Dorian Gray and Julie and Julia. Or maybe you’ve just been very excited, like us, to see the brand new The Twilight Saga: New Moon trailer premiere yesterday! If all of that’s got you in the movie mood then why not treat yourself to a couple of new DVD’s while you wait for Friday’s cinema releases? New to DVD today are two sequels; complicated mystery Angels and Demons, the sequel to Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code, and the adrenaline fuelled Crank: High Voltage. And new to Blu-Ray is the iconic Léon.
If you see… Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) return to decipher codes and follow clues to solve a murder and protect the Vatican in Angels and Demons.
Why Not Take the official Angels and Demons tour in Italy, »
Resident Evil Series Getting a Semi-Reboot
8 September 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Bloody Disgusting has confirmed that the Resident Evil franchise will be getting a slight reboot after the next film, Resident Evil 4: Afterlife. Tentatively titled Resident Evil Begins, the new project will take us away from the increasingly convoluted adventures of Milla Jovovich's Alice, and will potentially retread the events of the first film by focusing on a military unit tasked with taking down a rampaging supercomputer, while also fighting off former-scientist zombies. I'm honestly surprised that they were able to keep Jovovich in the series for so long, but I suppose being married to original Resident Evil director (and now writer/producer) Paul W.S. Anderson helped---not to mention that the series ended up being a great vanity franchise for Jovovich. As a fan of her ass-kicking since The Fifth Element, I'm glad to hear that the Re series will be moving on without Jovovich---if only because it »
- Devindra Hardawar
Gerard Butler Gets His 'Gamer' On
6 September 2009 9:15 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Gamer plays like a film co-directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Death Race) and Luc Besson (The Fifth Element)—if both filmmakers had sustained massive head injuries. It's a schizophrenic, illogical mess of a movie that definitely gets a few points for its energetic style and fast pace, but immediately loses those for making viewers feel like they're having their head repeatedly slammed into concrete by one of its mumbling, muscle-bound characters.
There's fantastic — if dizzying — camerawork, and the action sequences don't lack for excitement or style, but a lack of logic and an abundance of stupidity reign. Plot points don't stand up to a moment's scrutiny, characters are added and dispatched with little thought, and a number of threads are forgotten amongst the carnage. Directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are like two creative little boys playing with some very expensive toys. It's fun for awhile, but everything ends up broken in the end. »
Exclusive: Milla Jovovich, Escaping from the Norm
6 August 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
We clearly saved the best for last with ShockTillYouDrop's interviews for David Twohy's A Perfect Getaway , since actress Milla Jovovich is certainly a fan favorite of genre lovers from her memorable appearances in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element , Ultraviolet and of course, the "Resident Evil" trilogy, which she'll be returning to next month. Her role in A Perfect Getaway is slightly more subdued, as she plays Cydney, the new wife of a screenwriter played by Steve Zahn, the two of them on their honeymoon in Hawaii where they meet a couple of survivalists, played by Timothy Olyphant and Kielle Sanchez, who may or may not be responsible for a series of brutal murders they hear about on the news. On the day of our interview, the lovely Ms. Jovovich was wearing... »
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