Pop quiz. When was the last time that Alex Gibney did not bring a film to the annual snowflake friendly fest? Even in years where he hasn’t presented a film, it feels as if he has been a mainstay bringing docu items such as Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, Magic Trip and We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. Mentions of the project date back to 2012 and knowing Gibney’s breakneck work ethic, Finding Fela! is probably the next after his Lance Armstrong portrait. Since Park City’s Main Street music events are sometimes directly tied to a music-docu quota, this would certainly be a must have for the fest.
Gist: A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, in his own words, this looks...
Gist: A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, in his own words, this looks...
- 11/19/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
In 2009, cyclist Lance Armstrong wanted to prove his naysayers wrong. He came back from retirement, and touted that he’d win the Tour de France in order to prove to the world that his past seven wins were not boosted by any illegal enhancements. As with other chapters of his fascinating life, this comeback provided a great narrative, one made into a nearly-finished documentary project called “The Road Back,” which had director Alex Gibney and his crew following Armstrong around as he hustled for another Tour de France victory. Matt Damon was signed on to do voiceover, and the project was co-produced by Spielberg’s key producer Frank Marshall.
“The Road Back” was then remodeled into The Armstrong Lie when the truth about Armstrong’s doping began to make its way to the surface in 2012, both through teammate testimonies and a few select moments from Armstrong himself. Initially crafting what...
“The Road Back” was then remodeled into The Armstrong Lie when the truth about Armstrong’s doping began to make its way to the surface in 2012, both through teammate testimonies and a few select moments from Armstrong himself. Initially crafting what...
- 11/13/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
In recognition of the "trick" side of the Halloween tradition, Indiewire's latest curated selections for Hulu's Documentaries page highlights films that expose corruption, lies, and the manipulation of truth. Watch these and other docs now for free!Alex Gibney's "Casino Jack and the United States of Money," focuses on notorious DC conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his central role in the 2006 corruption scandal that implicated powerful members of Congress.Gibney's also contributes another film to the list with his Oscar-nominated "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," exploring the rise and fall of the infamous corporation.Corporate malfeasance is also at the core of Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes' "We're Not Broke," an investigation into corporate tax shelters and the government collusion that allows profits to trump civil society.Vikram Gandhi's "Kumare" finds the filmmaker taking on the role of a fictional Indian guru to expose the absurdity of blind.
- 10/31/2013
- by Basil Tsiokos
- Indiewire
Documentarian Alex Gibney has practically become an industry unto himself, cranking out a series of politically incendiary documentaries like Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side, and Casino Jack and the United States of Money. Next up is We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, an investigation of the non-profit hacker-espionage organization — fronted by Julian Assange — which published terrifying footage from a Baghdad airstrike and several thousand top-secret government documents in 2010. The doc will apparently cover the ensuing furor, along with the legal problems of Assange, who’s currently avoiding a European arrest warrant while...
- 3/22/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW - Inside Movies
No stranger to the Sundance Film Festival, over the recent years, Alex Gibney has premiered Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Sundance ’05), Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Sundance ’08), and Casino Jack and the United States of Money (Sundance ’10). Currently on tap, Gibney has four projects - Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, Finding Fela!, an untitled WikiLeaks Doc, and is producing an untitled Eagles Project (visit his site), but we think the one docu (recently updated by IndieWIRE’s Anne Thompson to be in the final stages of completion) that we might see next is Lance Armstrong: The Road Back, which is currently in need of a new title and perhaps a different climax than the one that was originally anticipated.
Gist: This is an exposition of cyclist Lance Armstrong as he trains for his eighth Tour de France victory.
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Gist: This is an exposition of cyclist Lance Armstrong as he trains for his eighth Tour de France victory.
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- 11/20/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Don't you need a intelligent respite from yesterday's debauchery? We thought so. A bunch of top-flight docs -- including "Casino Jack and the United States of Money," "Super Size Me," "Bukowski: Born Into This," "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" and "Jesus Camp" -- are currently available for free viewing at SnagFilms.com (Indiewire's parent company). And, for that matter, right here: We've embedded a handful of our favorites below. They're free through the end of the month; enjoy. ...
- 3/18/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Alex Gibney has directed some of the most acclaimed documentaries of the last decade - among them Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and Taxi to the Dark Side, which won him an Academy Award. An incredibly prolific documentarian, Gibney now turns his attention to Magic Trip, a collaboration with Alison Ellwood, his editor on Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Here Ellwood handles editing, producing and co-writing duties while Stanley Tucci provides his professional cadence as the narrator/interviewer. Magic Trip covers a 1964 roadtrip undertaken by Ken Kesey, best known as the author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Joining Kesey are an group of recreational drug users (and much more) who would soon be called the Merry Pranksters. Neal Cassady, Kerouac's inspiration for Dean Moriarty,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
Beverly Hills, CA . Contemporary documentarians will explore the rapidly-changing landscape and increasing profile of documentary filmmaking in “The Rise of Nonfiction Movies,” the latest installment of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Huston Lecture series, on Wednesday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will be moderated by R.J. Cutler, producer-director of “The September Issue” (2009) and producer of “The War Room” (1993).
While information may be spreading faster and distribution choices are evolving at a dizzying pace, non-fiction filmmakers continue to find cutting-edge solutions and storytelling forms to prove that truth is often better than fiction. Despite the significant hurdles their producers and distributors often face, theatrical documentaries have gained a newfound popularity, in many cases because of their willingness to challenge the status quo and delve into the drama, humor and fascination of real life.
Panelists for the evening include Amir Bar-Lev,...
While information may be spreading faster and distribution choices are evolving at a dizzying pace, non-fiction filmmakers continue to find cutting-edge solutions and storytelling forms to prove that truth is often better than fiction. Despite the significant hurdles their producers and distributors often face, theatrical documentaries have gained a newfound popularity, in many cases because of their willingness to challenge the status quo and delve into the drama, humor and fascination of real life.
Panelists for the evening include Amir Bar-Lev,...
- 10/11/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ted Streshinsky/Corbis Ken Kesey, October 1966, San Francisco, Calif.
In 1964, author Ken Kesey and an entourage known as the Merry Pranksters lit out from La Honda, Calif., bound for New York, on what would become one of the longest, strangest trips of all time. Armed with 16mm video cameras, musical instruments and copious quantities of LSD, they traveled in a 1939 International Harvester school bus painted day-glow colors and driven by beat generation icon Neal Cassady.
Filmmakers Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood...
In 1964, author Ken Kesey and an entourage known as the Merry Pranksters lit out from La Honda, Calif., bound for New York, on what would become one of the longest, strangest trips of all time. Armed with 16mm video cameras, musical instruments and copious quantities of LSD, they traveled in a 1939 International Harvester school bus painted day-glow colors and driven by beat generation icon Neal Cassady.
Filmmakers Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood...
- 7/29/2011
- by Rachel Dodes
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
George W. Bush said after bin Laden's killing that he wanted to stay out of the public eye. But Peter H. Stone of the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News says 43's becoming a high-profile figure on the buck-raking circuit.
When George W. Bush declined President Obama's invitation to a ceremony at New York's ground zero after Osama bin Laden was killed, the former president cited his desire to keep a low public profile.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Democrats' Negotiator in Chief
But Bush has been raising his profile in a different, and lucrative, way: He has raked in millions of dollars since leaving office by making scores of speeches that typically earn him six figures a pop.
In the week after Obama's May 5 ground zero event, the 43rd president made time for three separate speeches to hedge-fund executives, a Swiss bank sanctioned for keeping secret bank accounts,...
When George W. Bush declined President Obama's invitation to a ceremony at New York's ground zero after Osama bin Laden was killed, the former president cited his desire to keep a low public profile.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Democrats' Negotiator in Chief
But Bush has been raising his profile in a different, and lucrative, way: He has raked in millions of dollars since leaving office by making scores of speeches that typically earn him six figures a pop.
In the week after Obama's May 5 ground zero event, the 43rd president made time for three separate speeches to hedge-fund executives, a Swiss bank sanctioned for keeping secret bank accounts,...
- 5/20/2011
- by Peter H. Stone
- The Daily Beast
Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney just doesn’t stop. After winning the Oscar for Taxi to the Dark Side in 2008 he has released Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, My Trip to Al-Qaeda, Freakonomics, and Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer.
He recently premiered Magic Trip at Sundance and then his latest film, Catching Hell debuted at Tribeca just a few weeks ago. We now have the trailer for the former film, who he co-directed with Alison Ellwood. The film follows the 1964 expedition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest author Ken Kesey on his drug-fueled road trip. It didn’t garner strong reviews at Sundance, but one can see the trailer below via Apple and the film later this summer on VOD and in theaters.
Synopsis:
In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One...
He recently premiered Magic Trip at Sundance and then his latest film, Catching Hell debuted at Tribeca just a few weeks ago. We now have the trailer for the former film, who he co-directed with Alison Ellwood. The film follows the 1964 expedition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest author Ken Kesey on his drug-fueled road trip. It didn’t garner strong reviews at Sundance, but one can see the trailer below via Apple and the film later this summer on VOD and in theaters.
Synopsis:
In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One...
- 5/18/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Chicago – While Alex Gibney’s enraging 2010 documentary “Casino Jack and the United States of Money” brought cinematic immortality to the life of recently imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, George Hickenlooper’s narrative re-telling transforms the cinema-obsessed criminal into the larger-than-life movie hero of his dreams. I have a sneaking suspicion that Abramoff may love this picture.
Consider the memorable pre-title sequence. Abramoff brushes his teeth in the mirror of a public bathroom, while harboring a stare to rival that of Jake La Motta. It’s not long before he launches into an impassioned and defensive monologue, justifying his outrageous actions while voicing his contempt for the majority of humanity, resigned to living honest yet “mediocre” lives. Like him or not, he is who he is, though the levels of self-deception fueling his self-righteousness are dizzying to say the least.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
Since Abramoff’s words are practically indiscernible from those of Scorsese’s mobsters in “GoodFellas,...
Consider the memorable pre-title sequence. Abramoff brushes his teeth in the mirror of a public bathroom, while harboring a stare to rival that of Jake La Motta. It’s not long before he launches into an impassioned and defensive monologue, justifying his outrageous actions while voicing his contempt for the majority of humanity, resigned to living honest yet “mediocre” lives. Like him or not, he is who he is, though the levels of self-deception fueling his self-righteousness are dizzying to say the least.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
Since Abramoff’s words are practically indiscernible from those of Scorsese’s mobsters in “GoodFellas,...
- 4/19/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The next presidential race will be driven by more money than ever before-and the Gop is already besting the Dems' fundraising. Peter H. Stone of the Center for Public Integrity reports on the tactics behind the furious money grab.
At a Washington hotel and a building blocks from the White House, the smell of money-big money-was in the air.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
In a speech Wednesday to some 500 top Democratic fundraisers, President Obama focused on what's he's accomplished so far and the serious challenges ahead such as energy, the red-ink budget and the Middle East.
Across town, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers were toasted at a fundraiser hosted by the lobbying shop Bgr Group, founded by potential Gop presidential candidate Haley Barbour. Bgr was picketed by liberal groups furious over the state's gutting of collective bargaining for public employee unions.
It was a curious juxtaposition...
At a Washington hotel and a building blocks from the White House, the smell of money-big money-was in the air.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's War on Schools
In a speech Wednesday to some 500 top Democratic fundraisers, President Obama focused on what's he's accomplished so far and the serious challenges ahead such as energy, the red-ink budget and the Middle East.
Across town, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers were toasted at a fundraiser hosted by the lobbying shop Bgr Group, founded by potential Gop presidential candidate Haley Barbour. Bgr was picketed by liberal groups furious over the state's gutting of collective bargaining for public employee unions.
It was a curious juxtaposition...
- 3/17/2011
- by Peter H. Stone
- The Daily Beast
Roswell, N.M. - The aliens have returned! Maybe not returned so much as finally arrived on home video with the release of Dark Skies: The Declassified Complete Series on DVD. Startling enough, the show only lasted a season on NBC in 1996. It gained a large cult with an alternative history of America in the ’60s. “History as we know it is a lie” was the startling series slogan. John Loengard (Eric Close) went from plucky congressional aide to a member of the ultra creepy Majestic 12 run by Frank Bach (J.T. Walsh) to battle the alien menace. An equally bizarre transformation happens to his girlfriend, Kimberly Sayers (Megan Ward). She gets alien abducted and returned. The perky perfect sixties gal goes to dark side. Can he bring her back?
Megan Ward called up the Party Favors hotline for a brief chat about the series, being covered in cow guts,...
Megan Ward called up the Party Favors hotline for a brief chat about the series, being covered in cow guts,...
- 2/4/2011
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Universal Pictures has picked up a documentary from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The film will be the first project involving Marc Shmuger since he left the chairman post at Universal. Shmuger and Gibney are producing. Shmuger is expected to reemerge as a producer at Universal.
Gibney has directed such films as Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, and Casino Jack and the United States of Money. Gibney typically uses input from his subjects of his documentaries. This sparks the question of whether or not Assange will be cooperating?
Universal confirmed the deal but did not go into details on the project. As you can expect, there are a number of book and picture deals surrounding the WikiLeaks founder. This deal comes right on the heels of a deal announced yesterday by feature producers who optioned an upcoming book.
Gibney has directed such films as Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, and Casino Jack and the United States of Money. Gibney typically uses input from his subjects of his documentaries. This sparks the question of whether or not Assange will be cooperating?
Universal confirmed the deal but did not go into details on the project. As you can expect, there are a number of book and picture deals surrounding the WikiLeaks founder. This deal comes right on the heels of a deal announced yesterday by feature producers who optioned an upcoming book.
- 1/22/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Oscar-winning documentary director Alex Gibney is set to helm a documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for Universal Pictures reports Deadline.
Gibney helmed such acclaimed docos as "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room," "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer" and "Casino Jack and the United States of Money". His films usually feature interviews or input from his subjects, it's "inconclusive" though if Assange will co-operate.
Former Universal chairman Marc Shmuger and Gibney are producing. This is not to be confused with the feature thriller film announced yesterday based on an upcoming book about Assange.
Gibney helmed such acclaimed docos as "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room," "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer" and "Casino Jack and the United States of Money". His films usually feature interviews or input from his subjects, it's "inconclusive" though if Assange will co-operate.
Former Universal chairman Marc Shmuger and Gibney are producing. This is not to be confused with the feature thriller film announced yesterday based on an upcoming book about Assange.
- 1/22/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Being one of the more polarizing public figures of the modern era kid of puts you on a fast-track to a movie about your life, either in the form of a documentary or biopic. But, if you’re extra special, like Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, you get both.
According to Deadline, the founder of the document-leaking, politician-infuriating organization has caught the attention of both Alex Gibney and Universal Studios, who’ve agreed to fund a documentary for him to direct. His past work, which includes Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer and Casino Jack and the United States of Money makes him a great fit for the headline-occupying material (I love hyphens!).
The big question is at the moment is Assange’s involvement; in the past the filmmaker has often gotten his reviled subjects to tell their side of the...
According to Deadline, the founder of the document-leaking, politician-infuriating organization has caught the attention of both Alex Gibney and Universal Studios, who’ve agreed to fund a documentary for him to direct. His past work, which includes Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer and Casino Jack and the United States of Money makes him a great fit for the headline-occupying material (I love hyphens!).
The big question is at the moment is Assange’s involvement; in the past the filmmaker has often gotten his reviled subjects to tell their side of the...
- 1/22/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
I'm pretty sure Alex Gibney does not sleep. I couldn't tell you how he never sleeps -- maybe a cybernetic implant or possibly a enormous intake of NoDoz -- but there's no way this guy could taking eight hours a night off and crank out this many movies. In the last twelve months he's premiered three documentaries -- "Casino Jack and the United States of Money," "My Trip to Al-Qaeda," and "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer" -- and he contributed a segment to the anthology doc "Freakonomics" and he's debuting a new film he co-directed, Magic Trip," this week at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. This guy makes Ryan Seacrest look like an early Richard Linklater movie.
And he's not done. Deadline just reported that Gibney has just sold another documentary to Universal Pictures, this one about the controversial founder of the controversial website, Julian Assange. Deadline...
And he's not done. Deadline just reported that Gibney has just sold another documentary to Universal Pictures, this one about the controversial founder of the controversial website, Julian Assange. Deadline...
- 1/21/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
One of the first big pieces of news out of Sundance is that Universal will fund a documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, directed by Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money). Together with the biopic of Mr. Assange that is about to go into development at a different company, that would make him quite the man of the moment -- if he hadn't already been the man of the moment thanks to the actions of WikiLeaks over the past months. [Update: Deadline [1] says that HBO is also developing a film about Mr. Assange. This one would be a co-production with the BBC based on Raffi Khatchadourian's June 7, 2010 New Yorker article [2] called No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency.] More detail on each film after the break. Deadline [3] confirms the deal with Universal but isn't able to say whether...
- 1/21/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Oscar-winning documentary director Alex Gibney has found his next hot-button film subject. Universal Pictures has just acquired a documentary that Gibney will direct about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The film will be the first project involving Marc Shmuger since he left the chairman post at Universal. Shmuger and Gibney are producing. Whether it’s Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, or the Jack Abramoff documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money, Gibney usually tells his stories with input from his subjects. Will Assange cooperate? I'm told it's inconclusive. Universal confirmed the deal but wouldn't elaborate. The WikiLeaks docu follows a deal announced yesterday by feature producers who optioned an upcoming book about Assange. There are plenty of those in the works, including a memoir Assange is writing to defray his massive legal fees. The Gibney/Shmuger documentary...
- 1/21/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
You can’t always go by your first impressions. When the story of uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff first hit the news, the media seemed to rejoice in having a hiss-able bad guy. The cable news channels loved running the video of his “perp walk” complete with wardrobe by Boris Badenov ( matching black fedora and trench coat ). Early last year we got to know more of the full story with Alex Gibney’s documentary Casino Jack And The United States Of Money. And now the feature drama based on the true story of D.C. corruption has arrived at movie theatres: George Hickenlooper’s Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey in the title role. With this telling we learn much more about the real man behind the scandals ( and late night TV monologue jokes).
The film opens with a tribute to the first few minutes of Raging Bull. Abramoff stares into a mirror...
The film opens with a tribute to the first few minutes of Raging Bull. Abramoff stares into a mirror...
- 1/7/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Some people love reading critics' reviews of movies, while other people hate them, but I think we can all unanimously agree that Rotten Tomatoes' aggregation of certified critics' reviews is one of the best movie resources on the web. The site's just listed the top 20 best-reviewed movies of 2010 (with a minimum of 60 reviews required), and the majority of them shouldn't be too surprising.
"Toy Story 3" took the top spot with 99 percent of the film's 247 reviews being positive. It's fitting, for once, that the top reviewed film of the year is also the highest grossing film of the year, and one of two movies in 2010 to gross over one billion dollars worldwide (the other is "Alice in Wonderland"). But what might surprise some people (especially those who didn't see it) is that another animated film, "How To Train Your Dragon," placed second on the list with 98 percent of its 156 reviews being positive.
"Toy Story 3" took the top spot with 99 percent of the film's 247 reviews being positive. It's fitting, for once, that the top reviewed film of the year is also the highest grossing film of the year, and one of two movies in 2010 to gross over one billion dollars worldwide (the other is "Alice in Wonderland"). But what might surprise some people (especially those who didn't see it) is that another animated film, "How To Train Your Dragon," placed second on the list with 98 percent of its 156 reviews being positive.
- 12/30/2010
- by Terri Schwartz
- MTV Movies Blog
Top movie review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes’ Best Reviewed Movies of 2010 (courtesy of SlashFilm), along with my one-word thoughts in parentheses:
* Toy Story 3 – 99% with 247 reviews (Yawn)
* How to Train Your Dragon – 98% with 156 reviews (Skipped)
* Exit Through the Gift Shop – 98% with 94 reviews (Fun)
* The Social Network – 97% with 258 reviews (Snappy)
* Restrepo – 97% with 101 reviews (Visceral)
* Inside Job – 97% with 91 reviews (Skipped)
* A Prophet (Une Prophete) – 97% with 142 reviews (Grim)
* The King’s Speech – 96% with 142 reviews (Missed)
* Animal Kingdom – 96% with 108 reviews (Missed)
* True Grit – 95% with 173 reviews (Missed)
* The Town – 94% with 201 reviews (Overrated)
* The Kids Are All Right – 94% with 192 reviews (Sitcom)
* Winter’s Bone – 94% with 142 reviews (Overrated)
* Blue Valentine – 94% with 64 reviews (Skipped)
* 127 Hours – 93% with 146 reviews (Grueling)
* The Tillman Story – 93% with 80 reviews (Cautionary)
* Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work – 92% with 90 reviews (Sad)
* The Father of My Children (Le Pere De Mes Enfants) – 91% with 54 reviews (Missed)
* Fish Tank – 90% positive with 127 reviews (Missed)
* Casino Jack And The United States Of Money...
* Toy Story 3 – 99% with 247 reviews (Yawn)
* How to Train Your Dragon – 98% with 156 reviews (Skipped)
* Exit Through the Gift Shop – 98% with 94 reviews (Fun)
* The Social Network – 97% with 258 reviews (Snappy)
* Restrepo – 97% with 101 reviews (Visceral)
* Inside Job – 97% with 91 reviews (Skipped)
* A Prophet (Une Prophete) – 97% with 142 reviews (Grim)
* The King’s Speech – 96% with 142 reviews (Missed)
* Animal Kingdom – 96% with 108 reviews (Missed)
* True Grit – 95% with 173 reviews (Missed)
* The Town – 94% with 201 reviews (Overrated)
* The Kids Are All Right – 94% with 192 reviews (Sitcom)
* Winter’s Bone – 94% with 142 reviews (Overrated)
* Blue Valentine – 94% with 64 reviews (Skipped)
* 127 Hours – 93% with 146 reviews (Grueling)
* The Tillman Story – 93% with 80 reviews (Cautionary)
* Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work – 92% with 90 reviews (Sad)
* The Father of My Children (Le Pere De Mes Enfants) – 91% with 54 reviews (Missed)
* Fish Tank – 90% positive with 127 reviews (Missed)
* Casino Jack And The United States Of Money...
- 12/30/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
In case you were wondering what the best reviewed movies of 2010 were, here they are! Here are the results from movie review sites, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Each site has a different way of calculating their scores, but in the end the majority of the films that ended up on each list are the same. Check out the list of films below and tell us what you think!
Rotten Tomatoes – Best Reviewed Movies of 2010
“Toy Story 3″ – 99% with 247 reviews “How to Train Your Dragon” – 98% with 156 reviews “Exit Through the Gift Shop” – 98% with 94 reviews “The Social Network” – 97% with 258 reviews “Restrepo” – 97% with 101 reviews “Inside Job” – 97% with 91 reviews “A Prophet” (Une Prophete) – 97% with 142 reviews “The King’s Speech” – 96% with 142 reviews “Animal Kingdom” – 96% with 108 reviews “True Grit” – 95% with 173 reviews “The Town” – 94% with 201 reviews “The Kids Are All Right” – 94% with 192 reviews “Winter’s Bone” – 94% with 142 reviews “Blue Valentine” – 94% with 64 reviews “127 Hours” – 93% with 146 reviews “The Tillman Story...
Rotten Tomatoes – Best Reviewed Movies of 2010
“Toy Story 3″ – 99% with 247 reviews “How to Train Your Dragon” – 98% with 156 reviews “Exit Through the Gift Shop” – 98% with 94 reviews “The Social Network” – 97% with 258 reviews “Restrepo” – 97% with 101 reviews “Inside Job” – 97% with 91 reviews “A Prophet” (Une Prophete) – 97% with 142 reviews “The King’s Speech” – 96% with 142 reviews “Animal Kingdom” – 96% with 108 reviews “True Grit” – 95% with 173 reviews “The Town” – 94% with 201 reviews “The Kids Are All Right” – 94% with 192 reviews “Winter’s Bone” – 94% with 142 reviews “Blue Valentine” – 94% with 64 reviews “127 Hours” – 93% with 146 reviews “The Tillman Story...
- 12/29/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
As the end of the year nears, Rotten Tomatoes have released the tallies for the best reviewed movies of 2010. I thought we'd compare the list with the other movie review compilation site Metacritic. Both sites have their advantages. Rotten Tomatoes includes a larger sample of reviews, while Metacritic features a smaller more-selected grouping of film critics. Rotten Tomatoes calculates critic scores using a positive or negative score for each review. One movie could be 100% fresh with all the critics giving the movie a 7/10 grade. Metacritic attempts to gauge the score of each critic's review (not just a positive or negative, but a number 0 to 100) averaged together, giving you a better indication of what the response is to any given film, and not just a percentage of positive reviews. For example, How To Train Youyr Dragon is ranked #2 for the year on Rotten Tomatoes with a 98% fresh rating based on 146 reviews.
- 12/29/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
So far I've collected six separate 2010 compilation videos looking back at the this year's collection of films. To the best of my knowledge, these six videos include clips from 303 films and together they total 34:34. I have included the complete list of films on the second page if you are interested. Let me know if I'm missing any, but I think it's pretty safe to say if you liked a film in 2010 one of these following videos will feature it.
So, have a watch and leave your thoughts on which one is your favorite in the comments below and if you find another one online that I should add to the collection shoot me an email.
By: Zack Young
By: The Sleepy Skunk
By: Matthew Shapiro
By: Gen I
By: Kees van Dijkhuizen
On the next page is one final compilation piece, but it plays automatically once the page is...
So, have a watch and leave your thoughts on which one is your favorite in the comments below and if you find another one online that I should add to the collection shoot me an email.
By: Zack Young
By: The Sleepy Skunk
By: Matthew Shapiro
By: Gen I
By: Kees van Dijkhuizen
On the next page is one final compilation piece, but it plays automatically once the page is...
- 12/22/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
When you come across a newsworthy item that strikes your creative fancy and feeds the instinct to turn it into some sort of screenplay is that you are not the only supplicant sipping from this particular muse's font. Jack Abramoff himself would fully appreciate this, both as an unsuccessful Hollywood screenwriter/producer and as a functionally-intellectual piece of human shit. If an idea is good, someone else is probably going to have it, and so you're gonna have to be the first to the finish line with the finished product, or else you're going to be considered derivative and lesser than. A Bug's Life trumped Antz, Dante's Peak edged out Volcano, Capote outcapoted Infamous, Armageddon aerosmithed Deep Impact, Tombstone made Wyatt Earp its huckleberry -- the streets of Hollywood are paved with the corpses of lesser flicks that were released within months of similar tales. Alex Gibney, who has been...
- 12/22/2010
- by Brian Prisco
“Washington is like Hollywood, only without the pretty faces.” This, according to Kevin Spacey’s idealistic, wise-cracking super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff on the two-faced, backstabbing nature of capitol hill.
In 2006, Abramoff, who, by many accounts, was one of the most powerful men in Washington, pled guilty to defrauding four American Indian tribes of tens of millions of dollars, and to illegal dealings with SunCruz Casinos. His indictment led to a widespread corruption investigation that resulted in the convictions of top White House officials, U.S. Representative Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and Congressional aides, shaking the right-wing establishment to its core. And George Hickenlooper’s “Casino Jack” aims to tell the tale.
Spacey charges into the role full force, attacking the essence and nuances of his character with all the voracity and gusto with which Abramoff himself laid waste to the idea of ethics in politics. After twice winning Hollywood’s most coveted acting award,...
In 2006, Abramoff, who, by many accounts, was one of the most powerful men in Washington, pled guilty to defrauding four American Indian tribes of tens of millions of dollars, and to illegal dealings with SunCruz Casinos. His indictment led to a widespread corruption investigation that resulted in the convictions of top White House officials, U.S. Representative Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and Congressional aides, shaking the right-wing establishment to its core. And George Hickenlooper’s “Casino Jack” aims to tell the tale.
Spacey charges into the role full force, attacking the essence and nuances of his character with all the voracity and gusto with which Abramoff himself laid waste to the idea of ethics in politics. After twice winning Hollywood’s most coveted acting award,...
- 12/22/2010
- by Eric M. Armstrong
- The Moving Arts Journal
2010 was a particularly compelling year for documentaries, even if there wasn't a break-out, "March of the Penguins"-type success story in there. We got stories about street art ("Exit Through the Gift Shop"), Facebook ("Catfish"), the financial crisis ("Inside Job") and the general fucked-up-ness of the American educational system ("Waiting for 'Superman'"). All of these stories are amazing, for sure, but one of the more incredible stories of the year, in terms of documentaries, was that one filmmaker, the Oscar-winning Alex Gibney, created two of the year's very best - "Casino Jack and the United States of Money" and "Client…...
- 12/20/2010
- The Playlist
Until he was convicted in 2008, Jack Abramoff was a wearer of many hats: Washington lobbyist supreme, bedfellow of right-wing creeps like Tom DeLay and Ralph Reed, bilker of Indian nations, sometime film producer, restaurateur, observant Jew. Within the past year, he also became the star subject of two movies: First the sharp, complex Alex Gibney documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and now the more straightforwardly titled Casino Jack, directed by the late George Hickenlooper and starring Kevin Spacey in the title role. If Abramoff fancies himself a charming scamp, he'll be a lot happier with how he's portrayed in the latter movie -- and that's the problem with it.
- 12/16/2010
- Movieline
When reviewing movies that are based on true stories, film critics – myself included – often lament that a documentary on the same subject matter would have been much more interesting. With “Casino Jack,” we can finally prove that statement, since this year’s non-fiction treatment of the Jack Abramoff story, Alex Gibney’s “Casino Jack and the United States of Money” crackles and engages where this docudrama falls flat. Kevin Spacey – whose performance feels like a greatest-hits compendium of every big-screen a-hole Spacey has ever portrayed – stars as Abramoff, a cheeseball Hollywood producer (his biggest credit was the Dolph Lundgren...
- 12/15/2010
- by Alonso Duralde
- Hitfix
As the end of the year looms closer, it's time to look back at this year in cinema with the traditional montage of films from 2010. While retrospective videos from years past have been impressive, this one from YouTube user Genrocks (via The Daily What) might blow them all out of the water. Using clips from blockbusters like Iron Man 2 and Inception, great indies like Howl and Catfish, documentaries like Casino Jack and the United States of Money and Waiting for Superman and hundreds more, Filmography 2010 is phenomenally edited and really makes you want to watch all your favorite movies from 2010 all over again. Filmography 2010 looks back at this past year in motion pictures: What separates this video from the others is the seamless editing between visuals and dialogue as opposed to just finely tuned cuts to different music. Of course, the music creates a perfect tone in ...
- 12/15/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Each year around this time we get a mash-up of the best (and worst) cinematic offerings of the past 12 months. First out of the gate is YouTube’s Genrocks, with a great video mix. See it below and then check out the long list of films it uses, in order from Iron Man 2 to Hubble 3D, as well as the musical choices.
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network
03. Saw 3D
04. Tron: Legacy
05. Never Let Me Go
06. Legion
07. The Book of Eli
08. Easy A
09. The Runaways
10. Farewell
11. Kick-Ass
12. Jonah Hex
13. Harry Brown
14. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
15. Percy Jackson & The Olympics: The Lightning Thief
16. Despicable Me
17. Stone
18. Dinner For Schmucks
19. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
20. Hereafter
21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network
03. Saw 3D
04. Tron: Legacy
05. Never Let Me Go
06. Legion
07. The Book of Eli
08. Easy A
09. The Runaways
10. Farewell
11. Kick-Ass
12. Jonah Hex
13. Harry Brown
14. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
15. Percy Jackson & The Olympics: The Lightning Thief
16. Despicable Me
17. Stone
18. Dinner For Schmucks
19. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
20. Hereafter
21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
- 12/14/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
If you were trapped under a rock this year (it happens) take six minutes to watch this YouTube short. Half music video, half trailer remix, “Filmography 2010″ cuts together the year’s hits, flops and everything in between to catchy music.
Even if you’re a jaded movie buff who hates year end schmaltz, the recap should pluck your heartstrings. So many great and touching moments this year, it’s enough to make you wonder how the Golden Globes managed to totally blow their nominations.
But we digress. Check out the video after the jump.
How many films do you recognize? Below is full list of the films in the order that they appear. Enjoy!
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network...
Even if you’re a jaded movie buff who hates year end schmaltz, the recap should pluck your heartstrings. So many great and touching moments this year, it’s enough to make you wonder how the Golden Globes managed to totally blow their nominations.
But we digress. Check out the video after the jump.
How many films do you recognize? Below is full list of the films in the order that they appear. Enjoy!
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in Order of Appearance:
01. Iron Man 2
02. The Social Network...
- 12/14/2010
- by Chris Plante
- NextMovie
Every December these ‘best of the year’ video montages make the last 12 months of cinema seem infinitely more pleasant to sit through than they actually were. Here’s the first of many that are sure to be made before the sand in the hourglass runs out on 2010, this one from a gal going by the name of Gen I, who sent in this effort to /film.
There’s 270 movies in this montage below ranging from all the well known blockbusters, to smaller docs, foreign fare and even some Japanese anime! I can’t begin to imagine how long or how much skill it takes to put something as high-quality as this together…
Full list of the tracks and films shown are below;
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in...
There’s 270 movies in this montage below ranging from all the well known blockbusters, to smaller docs, foreign fare and even some Japanese anime! I can’t begin to imagine how long or how much skill it takes to put something as high-quality as this together…
Full list of the tracks and films shown are below;
Music:
1. Ratatat – Nostrand
2. Kanye West – Power
3. Rooney – Not In My House
4. Apartment – Fall Into Place
5. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky
6. Sunbears! – Little Baby Pines
Filmography 2010
Films in...
- 12/14/2010
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Now that we're about two weeks till the end of 2010, the film industry will be looking back to figure out the best movies of the year and will pick winners during the many awards shows. Today, we have a video that captures 2010 pretty well by showing scenes from the year's 270 films, including some that have yet to hit theaters. There will likely be plenty more of these montages in the next few weeks, but the video is definitely one of the better ones that I have seen. Check out the six-minute video below, in addition to a full list of all the films that were used. Questions: How many of the films listed did you actually see in full? Video: Films in Order of Appearance: 1. Iron Man 2 2. The Social Network 3. Saw 3D 4. Tron: Legacy 5. Never Let Me Go 6. Legion 7. The Book of Eli 8. Easy A 9. The Runaways 10. Farewell 11. Kick-Ass...
- 12/14/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
It's getting closer and closer to the end of the year, and we've already seen a couple top 10 lists and critic choice awards announced. Since we began posting "best of the year" video montages a few years back, it seems a lot of new wannabe video editors have emerged. Maybe the software has become cheaper or more accessible, or maybe the coverage on sites like /Film and other movie blogs garnered interest in the task. Last year I received a dozen or so best of videos, most of them were not anything we would share on the site. I think we posted three in total last year, two of which were created by video editors we've featured in previous years [1]. Today I was sent the first "best of 2010" video montage of the season, from a video editor named Gen I. I'll admit that while I was expecting the worst, I came out pleasantly surprised.
- 12/14/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Best Picture
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, R, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, PG-13, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, R, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, Tbd, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, R, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, R, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, G, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, Tbd, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, Nc-17, trailer)
Major Threats
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, R, trailer)
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, PG, trailer)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, R, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, PG-13, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, PG-13, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, 12/17, Tbd, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, 12/29, PG-13, trailer)
Possibilities
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, R, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, R, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, R, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, R, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, PG, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, PG-13, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics,...
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, R, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, PG-13, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, R, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, Tbd, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, R, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, R, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, G, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, Tbd, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, Nc-17, trailer)
Major Threats
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, R, trailer)
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, PG, trailer)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, R, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, PG-13, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, PG-13, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, 12/17, Tbd, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, 12/29, PG-13, trailer)
Possibilities
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, R, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, R, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, R, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, R, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, PG, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, PG-13, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics,...
- 11/15/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Alex Gibney just may be the most important documentarian in America, and Casino Jack and the United States of Money certainly doesn’t do anything to diminish that standing. It’s a story so juicy that Kevin Spacey signed on to play the lad role in the narrative film version (entitled, confusingly enough, Casino Jack) as Jack Abramoff, liar, cheater, and all-around bad guy (or, as we call him in America, a lobbyist). It’s difficult to imagine how a narrative film could have been any more intriguing or exciting than Gibney’s treatment here. He’s an expert in the art of pastiche, weaving...
- 11/12/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
Best Picture
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, R, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, PG-13, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, R, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, Tbd, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, R, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, Tbd, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, G, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, R, trailer)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, R, trailer)
Major Threats
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, PG, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, 12/17, Tbd, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, PG-13, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, PG-13, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, R, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, Nc-17, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, R, trailer)
Possibilities
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, R, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, 12/29, PG-13, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, PG-13, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, R, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, PG, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, PG-13, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features,...
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, R, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, PG-13, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, R, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, Tbd, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, R, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, Tbd, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, G, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, R, trailer)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, R, trailer)
Major Threats
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, PG, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, 12/17, Tbd, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, PG-13, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, PG-13, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, R, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, Nc-17, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, R, trailer)
Possibilities
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, R, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, 12/29, PG-13, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, PG-13, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, R, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, PG, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, PG-13, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features,...
- 11/8/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
"This year was kind of a fluke and a freak," Alex Gibney said of 2010, the first 11 months of which have seen the release of three of his documentaries -- "Casino Jack and the United States of Money," "My Trip to Al-Qaeda" and his portion of "Freakonomics" -- and will usher in another this week with "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer," an investigation into the New York governor whose triumphs as a public official were quickly erased by his private indiscretions. If that description of Gibney's latest sounds vague when nearly every American could recount some of the most sordid details of Spitzer's sex life by heart, it's because "Client 9" unfurls a narrative that barely resembles the one laid out by the mass media in their rush to make a star out of prostitute Ashley Dupré and a goat out of the man some predicted would become...
- 11/4/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer is another in a growing line of documentary audits of the run-up to New York's annus horribilis, and the second offered by director Alex Gibney this year alone (Casino Jack and the United States of Money, about the Jack Abramoff scandal, was released this spring). If you can turn your mind back to 2008, you'll recall that it was the year New York governor Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a good old-fashioned sex scandal, right before the economy finally collapsed and the country was delivered into a sequel to the Great Depression. No wonder retro's all the rage!
- 11/2/2010
- Movieline
November brings us deeper into Oscar season, seeing a few notable contenders as well as a blockbuster or two. Check out the must-see list below and matinee recommendations on the next page.
See:
10. Morning Glory (Roger Mitchell; Nov. 10th)
Synopsis: A hotshot television producer (McAdams) is set the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program, despite the constant feuding of its high-profile anchors (Keaton and Ford).
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Originally slated for the summer, this marks the first outside-the-action-box feature from J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot. Notting Hill director Roger Mitchell helms what looks to be a harmlessly entertaining rom-com with a great cast.
9. Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (Alex Gibney; Nov. 5th)
Synopsis: An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Trailer
Why You Should See It:...
See:
10. Morning Glory (Roger Mitchell; Nov. 10th)
Synopsis: A hotshot television producer (McAdams) is set the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program, despite the constant feuding of its high-profile anchors (Keaton and Ford).
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Originally slated for the summer, this marks the first outside-the-action-box feature from J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot. Notting Hill director Roger Mitchell helms what looks to be a harmlessly entertaining rom-com with a great cast.
9. Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (Alex Gibney; Nov. 5th)
Synopsis: An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Trailer
Why You Should See It:...
- 11/1/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Best Picture
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
Major Threats
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, 12/17, trailer)
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, trailer)
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
Possibilities
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics, 11/19, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, 12/29, trailer)
Outside Shots
“Fair Game” (Summit, 11/5, trailer)
“Country Strong” (Screen Gems,...
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
Major Threats
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, 12/17, trailer)
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, trailer)
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
Possibilities
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics, 11/19, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, 12/29, trailer)
Outside Shots
“Fair Game” (Summit, 11/5, trailer)
“Country Strong” (Screen Gems,...
- 11/1/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
ComingSoon.net has interviewed documentary director Alex Gibney more than a few times going back to his Oscar-nominated doc Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room five years ago, and 2010 has been a particularly busy year with the release of his Jack Abramoff doc Casino Jack and the United States of Money , the HBO film "My Trip to Al-Qaeda" and a segment for the doc anthology Freakonomics . The year culminates with the release of Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer , a look at the former New York Attorney General and Governor who ended his political career in scandal after being caught having dalliances with high-priced escorts. Working again with Peter Elkind, co-writer of the book on which Gibney's "Enron" movie was based, Gibney has assembled...
- 11/1/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Best Picture
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
Major Threats
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, Tbd, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
Possibilities
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, Tbd, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Country Strong” (Screen Gems, 12/22, trailer)
Outside Shots
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics,...
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
Major Threats
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, Tbd, trailer)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
Possibilities
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, Tbd, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Country Strong” (Screen Gems, 12/22, trailer)
Outside Shots
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics,...
- 10/23/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Best Picture
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
Major Threats
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, Tbd, teaser)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, Tbd, trailer)
Possibilities
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, trailer)
“For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate, 11/5, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics, 11/19, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Country Strong” (Screen Gems, 12/22, trailer)
Outside...
Frontrunners
“The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, trailer)
“The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company, 11/26, trailer)
“Inception” (Warner Brothers, 7/16, trailer)
“127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, trailer)
“True Grit” (Paramount, 12/25, trailer)
“The Fighter” (Paramount, 12/10, trailer)
“Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, trailer)
“Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight, 12/1, trailer)
“Another Year” (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/31, trailer)
“The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, trailer)
Major Threats
“Waiting for ‘Superman’” (Paramount Vantage, 9/24, trailer)
“Secretariat” (Disney, 10/8, trailer)
“Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate, Tbd, teaser)
“Love and Other Drugs” (20th Century Fox, 11/24, trailer)
“Hereafter” (Warner Brothers, 10/22, trailer)
“Inside Job” (Sony Pictures Classics, 10/8, trailer)
“The Town” (Warner Brothers, 9/17, trailer)
“Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, trailer)
“The Way Back” (Newmarket, Tbd, trailer)
Possibilities
“How Do You Know” (Columbia, 12/17, trailer)
“For Colored Girls” (Lionsgate, 11/5, trailer)
“Shutter Island” (Paramount, 2/19, trailer)
“Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions, 12/17, trailer)
“Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company, 12/31, trailer)
“Made in Dagenham” (Sony Pictures Classics, 11/19, trailer)
“Somewhere” (Focus Features, 12/22, trailer)
“Country Strong” (Screen Gems, 12/22, trailer)
Outside...
- 10/17/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Note: Stay tuned for further coverage of the Woodstock Film Festival (Wff).
The private sex lives of American politicians, both past and present, has grown more and more public with each passing technological advancement. From the slumming John F. Kennedy to the shameful John Edwards to the embarrassing Mark Souder, the American people are drowned in congressional infidelity on a near daily basis.
None of the names above took a greater career blow from their respective scandals than Eliot Spitzer, the New York Governor who would promptly become the Former New York Governor directly because of his dealings within an exclusive prostitution ring.
Sexual blunders aside, however, Spitzer would be alarmingly right about a lot of what would go wrong with our country (and with New York) only months after his resignation. This plus the knowledge that nearly all legal action taken against prostitution rings resolve around condemning the Madam and leaving the clients alone,...
The private sex lives of American politicians, both past and present, has grown more and more public with each passing technological advancement. From the slumming John F. Kennedy to the shameful John Edwards to the embarrassing Mark Souder, the American people are drowned in congressional infidelity on a near daily basis.
None of the names above took a greater career blow from their respective scandals than Eliot Spitzer, the New York Governor who would promptly become the Former New York Governor directly because of his dealings within an exclusive prostitution ring.
Sexual blunders aside, however, Spitzer would be alarmingly right about a lot of what would go wrong with our country (and with New York) only months after his resignation. This plus the knowledge that nearly all legal action taken against prostitution rings resolve around condemning the Madam and leaving the clients alone,...
- 10/3/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Magnolia Pictures has released the first three minutes of the documentary adaptation of the bestselling nonfiction book series Freakonomics online. Even though the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April to mixed reviews (60% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes), I'm still interested to see this film based purely on the filmmakers involved. The documentary anthology features segments from the filmmakers behind Super Size Me, Jesus Camp, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Why We Fight, and The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Watch the first few minutes after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Official Plot Synopsis: Alex Gibney (Enron:The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money) delivers a visually arresting look at the crumbling façade of Sumo wrestling and exposes searing and violent truths about this ancient and revered sport. Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) offers...
- 9/28/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Carlsbad - LEGOs…those colorful blocks that snap together so easily. Many view them as a childhood toy, but they’re serious fun among collectors and adult builders. They can vacation at the American LEGOland. They can get those rare pieces at Lego stores across the country in malls. Lego video games featuring Star Wars, Batman and Indiana Jones are all the rage. Keeping up with what’s happening in Lego is about as foreboding a task as your mother keeping up with your LEGOs.
Joe Meno organizes the Lego universe through BrickJournal magazine. The periodical announces upcoming products, events and how-to articles by top buildings. It’s a coffeetable magazine featuring all the Lego pieces your kids lost under the sofa. The pages are addictive even for someone mildly interested in Lego with illustrations that show how the plastic building blocks can snap into amazing works of art. For...
Joe Meno organizes the Lego universe through BrickJournal magazine. The periodical announces upcoming products, events and how-to articles by top buildings. It’s a coffeetable magazine featuring all the Lego pieces your kids lost under the sofa. The pages are addictive even for someone mildly interested in Lego with illustrations that show how the plastic building blocks can snap into amazing works of art. For...
- 9/24/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
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