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Friday, September 14, 2012
Film / Film News Weekend Film Reviews: For a Good Time, Call...; The Cold Light of Day; Finding Nemo
Posted By Matt Brunson on Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Focus Features
- For a Good Time, Call...
Click on the title to be taken directly to the review.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Film / Film News Summer Cinema: Hits & Misses
Posted By Matt Brunson on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:28 PM
With summer behind us, we take a last look at what excited audiences (both mainstream and art-house) and what kept them away in droves.
Top Moneymaking Films
1. The Avengers - $621 million
2. The Dark Knight Rises - $437 million
3. The Amazing Spider-Man - $260 million
4. Brave - $233 million
5. Ted - $216 million
6. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted - $215 million
7. Men in Black 3 - $179 million
8. Ice Age: Continental Drift - $157 million
9. Snow White and the Huntsman - $155 million
10. Prometheus - $126 million
11. Magic Mike - $113 million
12. The Bourne Legacy - $103 million
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- CBS Films
- The Words
Branded - Ed Stoppard, Max von Sydow
The Cold Light of Day - Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver
Unforgivable - André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet
The Words - Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons
Monday, September 3, 2012
Film / Democratic National Convention 2012 10 great political quotes in movies
Posted By Matt Brunson on Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:33 AM
- Columbia
- Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove
(Listed alphabetically by title)
1. “Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” — Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook) in All the President’s Men (1976)
- Columbia
- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd in The American President
2. “Let me see if I got this. The third story on the news tonight was that someone I didn’t know 13 years ago when I wasn’t president participated in a demonstration where no laws were being broken in protest of something that so many people were against, it doesn’t exist anymore. Just out of curiosity, what was the fourth story?” — President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) in The American President (1995)
3. “Lyndon Johnson is a politician. You know the ethics those guys have? It’s like a notch underneath child molester.” — Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) in Annie Hall (1977)
4. “Governor, what do you think of the crisis in the Middle East?” “I was saying just this morning at the weekly prayer breakfast that it behooves both the Jews and the Arabs to settle their differences in a Christian manner!” — A reporter and the governor (Charles Durning) in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
5. “In those days, we poured God over everything like ketchup.” — President Art Hockstader (Lee Tracy) in The Best Man (1964)
6. “We got kids with submachine guns/ We got militias throwing bombs/ We got Bill just getting all weepy/ We got Newt blaming teenage moms.” — A rapping Senator Jay Billington Bulworth (Warren Beatty) in Bulworth (1998)
7. “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!” — President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
8. “Fellow members of the Roman Senate, hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?” “Fuck the poor!” — The leader of the Senate (John Myhers) and the Senate’s unified response in History of the World: Part I (1981)
9. “I wouldn’t give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn’t have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.” — Senator Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
10. “You politicians have stayed professionals only because the voters have remained amateurs.” — Mary Matthews (Katharine Hepburn) in State of the Union (1948)
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Film / Democratic National Convention 2012 Knife Fight set for DNC Week
Posted By Matt Brunson on Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- IFC Films
- Rob Lowe in Knife Fight
Charlotteans are invited to a special film screening to be held this upcoming week at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Knife Fight stars Rob Lowe as a hotshot political strategist who suddenly finds himself providing damage control for both a senator and a governor.
The event will held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, with writer-director Bill Guttentag, co-writer Chris Lehane and co-stars Eric McCormack and Richard Schiff all in attendance. The movie will be followed by a VIP cocktail reception and a Q&A session with the filmmakers.
Admission is free, but an RSVP is required (the RSVP does not guarantee a seat, as entry is based on a first-come, first-served basis). To RSVP, go here.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Film / Film News Opening This Week
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- LD Entertainment
- Killer Joe
Wednesday:
Lawless - Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy
Friday:
Celeste and Jesse Forever - Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg
Killer Joe - Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch
The Possession - Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick
Red Hook Summer - Clarke Peters, Nate Parker
Robot & Frank - Frank Langella, Peter Sarsgaard
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Film / Arts Screening of The Hedgehog
Posted By Anita Overcash on Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:00 AM
What looks like a fuzzy pre-teenybopper flick dabbled with mystery proves to be quite the opposite in The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson). Based on author Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog and directed by Mona Achache, the film pricks at life and all its absurdities, hardships and happiness. Paloma (Garance Le Guillermic) is soon to be 12 and has big plans for her birthday. These have nothing to do with eating cake or acquiring gifts, but rather ending her own life. The overly pessimistic and oddly brilliant child is a stranger to her family: a sister who is preoccupied with her pet goldfish, a mother with psychological and substance-abuse problems and a father who is too busy as a politician to truly be dutiful to his fatherly roles.
But when Paloma begins filming random scenes of hypocrisy among her family and other tenants in the building where she lives, a strange thing happens. She discovers that some of her fellow neighbors aren't exactly the people she thought they were. Two of the most fascinating are the building's stern concierge (Josiane Balasko), who is deeply well-read, and a rich Japanese man (Togo Igawa), who shares her literary interests and finds companionship in her company. In French and Japanese with English subtitles. A discussion, led by Roger Baumgarte, follows the screening. $5-$8. Aug. 25, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Theatre Charlotte, 501 Queens Road. For more information, visit www.charlottefilmsociety.com.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Film / Film Reviews Weekend Film Reviews: Premium Rush; The Expendables 2
Posted By Matt Brunson on Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:08 PM
- Lionsgate
- The Expendables 2
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Film / Film News Opening This Week
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:45 PM
- Page 124 Productions
- Bill W.
Wednesday
Hit and Run - Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell
Friday
The Apparition - Ashley Green, Tom Felton
Bill W. - Documentary about the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Cosmopolis - Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche
Premium Rush - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon
Friday, August 17, 2012
Film / Arts Add some structure to your evening
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Once you're familiar with architect Frank Gehry (and you will be after watching Sketches of Frank Gehry at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art), identifying his deconstructivist buildings becomes pretty simple. The biggest giveaway: an unconventional structure that exceeds your ideas of far out. We're talking: "Who designed that?!?!" Take the non-traditional Dancing House in Prague — designed by Gehry with architect Vlado Milunić. Its whimsical shape stands out from the overabundance of Art Noveau, Baroque-styled structures that distinctively make up the historic city.
More of Gehry's famous works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, in addition to his own home — an oddity wrapped up in metal, steel, plywood and chain fencing. For a closer look at Gehry, check out Sketches of Frank Gehry screening at the Bechtler as part of its ongoing Architecture and Film series. The 2005 documentary, directed by Sydney Pollack examines Gehry's personality while deconstructing the architectural wonders he's responsible for designing. Event reception begins at 6 p.m. in the Bechtler lobby and is followed by a presentation and screening at 7 p.m. Cash bar is available, in addition to free light bites. $8-$10. Aug. 17, 6 p.m. Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, 420 S. Tryon St. 704-353-9200. www.bechtler.org.
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Question the Queen City: The haunting of Love’s Pass
The railroad pass has claimed at least 14 lives
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Eight (possible) things overheard in Patrick Cannon's prison visitation room
Who goes to see him on weekends? What do they talk about? We have no idea, but we're creative.
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Listen Up: VS Guitar Duo Shreds on 'Local Vibes'
Episode 35
