RIPPA Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Quote Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson (Room) and screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), Oscar-nominated actress Meg Ryan, Get Out producer Jason Blum, Sony Classics co-chief Michael Barker, DreamWorks Animation chief Bonnie Arnold, former Academy president Sid Ganis (who left the board after his presidency came to an end in 2009) and the producers of the last two Oscars telecasts, Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd, are among the finalists for open seats as the Academy conducts its annual board elections, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Some of the board leaving including Tom Hanks, Kathleen Kennedy and Michael Mann The full list of finalists. Poor poor Alfred Molina... apparently not a big enough name anymore to make the actual story. Quote What follows is a list of each branch's finalists. (For branches that fielded fewer than four candidates, all candidates advanced to the next found.) Actors Brie Larson Alfred Molina Lou Diamond Phillips Meg Ryan Casting Directors Kerry Barden Ilene Starger Bernard Telsey [incumbent] Cinematographers Michael Goi Guillermo Navarro Daryn Okada [incumbent] Newton Thomas Sigel Costume Designers Marie France Jeffrey Kurland Deborah Nadoolman Landis [incumbent] Designers Tom Duffield Marcia Hinds Geoffrey A. Kirkland Melissa Stewart Directors Haiffa Al-Mansour John Badham Susanne Bier Shawn Levy Documentary John Battsek Kate Davis Karen Goodman Rory Kennedy [incumbent] Executives Pam Abdy Michael W. Barker Jim Gianopulos [incumbent; also the sitting treasurer] Mike Medavoy Film Editors Maryann Brandon Dody J. Dorn Carol Littleton [incumbent] Mary Sweeney Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Michele Burke Lois Burwell [incumbent; also the sitting first vice president] Bill Corso Ve Neill Music Alan Bergman Charles Fox Lisa Gerrard Michael Giacchino [incumbent] Producers Jason Blum Michael De Luca Jennifer Todd Janet Yang Public Relations Tony Angellotti Terry Curtin Rob Friedman Sid Ganis Short Films and Feature Animation Bonnie Arnold Brenda Chapman Bob Kurtz Marlon West Sound Gary C. Bourgeois Christopher D. Jenkins Scott Millan [incumbent] Kevin O’Connell VFX John Knoll [incumbent] Robert Legato Theresa Ellis Rygiel Bill Taylor Writers Amy Holden Jones Billy Ray [incumbent] John Ridley Dana Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Action Park opens this weekend and will probably blow goats. UPGRADE IS 86% FRESH~!!! FUCK YEAH~!!! I owe Curt an apology for doubting the awesomeness of Upgrade. I know what I am going to see this weekend if I make it to the movies. Upgrade probably would've fucked up a lot of ballots if it had been in the Blockbuster Pool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 It was Rainer Werner Fassbender’s birthday yesterday and it reminded me that I’ve never seen any of his films. Any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 There hasn't been a lot of ad presence for Upgrade though which makes me wonder. I think the studio might be laying it out there to sink or swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Upgrade looked interesting to me till I realized it's from the guy behind the Saw series.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Saw Action Point this morning and really liked it. Then again I'm a sucker for Johnny Knoxville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Upgrade was fucking awesome! I'm glad it rained all weekend which forced us to gravitate towards inside entertainment to avoid cabin fever. On 6/1/2018 at 12:16 PM, Keep Calm, Akira Hokuto On said: Upgrade looked interesting to me till I realized it's from the guy behind the Saw series. You're forgetting that the first Saw movie was awesome and then the studio tried to turn it into a cash chow franchise and fucked things up. Same for Insidious. There used to be a brilliant essay at Leigh's personal blog when it was still being updated about the perils of being a professional writer and doing things because a contract says you have to and not because you wanted to. It's easy to see that Upgrade was something that Leigh wanted to do, rather than something he did to keep the lights on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 https://boingboing.net/2018/06/05/rot-the-eyes-right-out-of-your.html bunch of free online film noir pictures, including DOA, Detour and more ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Oh yikes, I always thought Leigh Whannell was a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 minute ago, S.K.o.S. said: Oh yikes, I always thought Leigh Whannell was a woman. LOL What's funnier is, if you've seen Insidious or Saw, you've seen him since he has prominent roles in both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 When Leigh had an active blog, he used to joke about how he thought about using a screen name since people would see his first name and assume he was a woman. Lin Shaye said in an interview that techs on the set of Insidious use to greet her with "Mrs. Whannell" and they used to greet Leigh with "Mr. Shaye." They thought that Lin was a man's name and didn't know that Lin was short for Linda. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I was sad to stumble across I Kill Giants in the library's DVD section today. I had no idea it had already been in and out of theaters already. Sigh. I was kinda hoping it would get a decent pr push. Guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I had no idea it had come out already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Me neither. When I picked it up, I figured it'd be some other movie with a similar title. Nope. It appears to have a blink-and-you-missed-it theatrical run, though it didn't play anywhere near me. RT score is 80%, 52 reviews so it doesn't sound awful. Dunno. KInda disappointed it didn't get more of a chance. Haven't watched it yet. Going to watch it this weekend. Did watch the Villainess late last night. Not what I expected. The reviews had me expecting some sort of bloody, non-stop actionfest, sort of like Battle Royale or some wire-fu flick. And it does have it's share of long, energetic, hyperviolent set pieces, but it also has 20 minutes of talking in between each action sequence. I welcomed the talking about as much as I want a 20 min Authority promo to start off Raw. I was in the mood for a Korean version of Battle Royale and I got a Korean La Femme Nikita. I would have had to try to care less about the main character's kid, or her gaslighting relationship with her second husband, or anything else. The action pieces are quite good if you like bloody hyperviolence. The opening beatdown is well shot. The knife fight on motorcylces is cool, and the end sequence is so over the top, it's worth the price of admission. I actually think the dramatic scenes in between were probably very good. Just not what I was in the mood for. End sequence was great, possibly for the wrong reasons. The high-speed chase where a character chases down a bus by blocking the car's gas pedal against the floor, then steering the car by sitting on the hood and reaching behind her to grab the steering wheel with one hand, was both exhilarating and absurd. And during the final fight - a long, bloody knife-and-gun fight inside the bus, I couldn't take my eyes off the bus driver. The scene starts with a knife-wielding woman rope-swinging through a window, a bloody ultraviolent fight ensures between half a dozen people armed with guns and knives.... the the M*****F****** bus driver not only doesn't slow down, he also doesn't bother to turn around and look at the carnage behind him. When people start getting thrown through the windows of the bus, leaving gaping holes in the side, you'd think he'd pay some attention. Nope. He keeps driving, keeps his eyes on the road. Right up until someone stabs him. That's dedication. Anyway, worthwhile action flick that wants to be a serious drama on a night when I just wanted to see choreographed fake fighting. Not what i expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Christopher Nolan by Honest Trailers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 My copy of The Black Hood / Kaiketsu Kurozukin (1981) should arrive next week! FUCK YEAH~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 On June 1, 2018 at 8:00 AM, Control said: It was Rainer Werner Fassbender’s birthday yesterday and it reminded me that I’ve never seen any of his films. Any recommendations? I think I've only seen 'Ali:Fear Eats the Soul' which is super good and depressing and infuriating with an older woman falling in love with an Algerian immigrant who is much younger and how her family and everyone else rejects their relationship. I remember seeing a clip of it in a second year film studies class and the puzzled looks and nervous laughter from people in the class when they saw the woman's family yell at her for dating a black man. People just weren't used to seeing that sort of almost casual understated racism versus the usual over-the-top blatant racism one sees, if that makes any sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivpvideos Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Saw Hotel Artemis a few days ago. Such an odd movie. Previews makes the story seem one way and then they don’t even follow up on any of it. Batista was fantastic in it but I left dissapointed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 On 6/9/2018 at 6:42 AM, J.T. said: My copy of The Black Hood / Kaiketsu Kurozukin (1981) should arrive next week! FUCK YEAH~! Shit, where’d you track that down? Movie doesn’t even have an IMDB rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Saw Hereditary this morning. Excellent movie. Only noise in the entire theater during the movie was a guy sitting a few seats away from me dropping a coin on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Oceans 8 was fun. Better than the other sequels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 14 hours ago, Control said: Shit, where’d you track that down? Movie doesn’t even have an IMDB rating. From the wonderful people at kurotokage.com aka my new slightly shady internet distributor of Asian cinema. Click on the Samurai icon when you get to the website and look for The Black Hood. I did not realize that The Black Hood is actually a reboot of a two movie franchise first made in 1955 (The Black Hooded Man 1 and 2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 10 hours ago, driver said: Saw Hereditary this morning. Excellent movie. Only noise in the entire theater during the movie was a guy sitting a few seats away from me dropping a coin on the floor. I am going to try to see it on Wednesday afternoon on my last day of night duty. Graveyard shift is kicking my ass right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 The weather is kicking my ass right now or else I would have already been out to see Upgrade. I'm aiming at Tuesday or Wednesday for that. Hereditary will have to wait, because I also want to catch Blue Collar (!!!) playing at the Art this upcoming Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Saving my Hereditary viewing for my birthday on Thursday. There are currently no theaters showing Upgrade or American Animals anywhere in the greater Toronto area. Sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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