Posts Tagged ‘It Came From My Archives’
It Came From My Archives…The Saddest Paragraph We’ve Read Today: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
I’ve recently decided to get all my old clips together as I suffered the loss of all my old posts on the original Spout Blog. These are reposts of the original posts on my personal blog so there’ll be a properly formatted version.
The saddest paragraph we’ve read comes from MTV Movies Blog today about the sequel to Alvin and the Chimpmunks. Take it away, MTVMB!
Ever since we broke the news (1) that the sequel to the smash flick “Alvin and the Chipmunks” would be introducing the Chipettes, we’ve been working to uncover (2) the top-secret identities of the girlfriend trio that will make sweet music alongside Alvin, Simon and Theodore. Recently, Justin Long revealed (3) to us that two of the gals will be voiced by Anna Faris and Christina Applegate. Now, we finally know the identity of that mysterious third Chipette.
Why is the above so sad? Let us break it down for you.
- MTV considers a casting notice news.
- That someone was paid to be handed a PR notice at a red carpet event.
- Apparently, the difficulty of finding Justin Long to help you out with something is akin to flipping a light switch.
Even worse, not even Jason Lee is coming back for the Squeakquel. He had the grace to run away as fast as he could and rest comfortably in his My Name Is Earl DVD royalties. Still, we bet the horrible offense to our eyes that is this film won’t indulge us in a creepy anthropomorphic snake/chipmunk pedophilia like the original did.
But who is the brand new third female CGI chimpmunk? Who cares.
It Came From My Archives…Small Film Production to Osoyoos: Droop Dead, Eh.
I’m re-collecting most of my old blog posts here. It’s an attempt to gather most of what I like in one space. This merely amused me.From the Current_Movies Blog.
There are times in every newspaper’s existence that failure simply happens. No matter how valiantly you struggle, hard you push the subject or attempt to get the scoop; you will inevitably fail.
Or if you’re a small-town paper where an uninteresting/Canadian film is shooting and you’re denied access on set, you let your readers know that you’ve failed them. In an editorial titled: DEAR READERS: WE’RE VERY, VERY SORRY
Because we’re only a small, community newspaper without as much clout as large daily newspapers run by big corporations or nightly entertainment shows, we weren’t able to bring you the full story on the movie shoot taking place west of town.
For that, we’re sorry.
It gets better.
…or that, when cameras began to roll last week, we were given a watered down media release and a photograph of Paul Gross while a provincial daily newspaper received access to the set, interviews with the director and producer and a chat with the film’s star.
Now, it’s wonderful this film is being produced on our doorstep.
Cast and crew members are giving a boost to our hospitality industry, local trades people are being employed for the production and Osoyoos is getting some well-deserved attention.
This was a good news story that the Osoyoos Times was ravenous about sharing with curious readers who now know about as much about the production as we do.
Some might say that this argument is coming across as whining in that we didn’t get the same treatment and attention from the production as other media sources.
But this is something happening in our backyard and we played by the rules to keep good relations with the people making this film.
So, this leads me to a very important question: how in the fuck do you pronounce Osoyoos?
It Came From My Archives…Stupid Questions Asked By A Real Person: The Wolverine Edition
I’ve recently decided to get all my old clips together as I suffered the loss of all my old posts on the original Spout Blog. These are reposts of the original posts on my personal blog so there’ll be a properly formatted version. Again, I really hate stupid questions and junket fodder. From Current_Movies Blog.
Sometimes there are moments in the world that beg the question, “How could someone do that?”
These occur with frightening regularity in the world of film junkets and press days with directors, actors and other talent. These are routinely asked at press/online film junkets where talent is delivered into a room filled with all types of people, recorders at the ready, waiting to ask the most mundane, ass-kissing-ist questions known to man.
Unless you’re doing a one-on-one. Those tend to be fine.
It Came From My Archives…How To Correspond With Robert Rodriguez’ Publicist
I’ve recently decided to get all my old clips together as I suffered the loss of all my old posts on the original Spout Blog. These are reposts of the original posts on my personal blog so there’ll be a properly formatted version. I’m also a huge fan of attacking poorly designed interviews. From the Current_Movies Blog.
Hot on the word that Robert Rodriguez managed to turn an important press event into his important press event, the close-knit cats at Aint It Cool managed to get some neatly scripted PR responses from the Hard R director that funds his CGI-galas off goofy kids’ movies.
So let’s get into the tough questions! Maybe he’ll elaborate more on Rodgriguez’ next film, Nervewracker? Or maybe Rodriguez will explain why he’s doing The Jetsons? Or…
It Came From My Archives…Director That Made A Vampire Film Attached to Successful Vampire Franchise
I’ve recently decided to get all my old clips together as I suffered the loss of all my old posts on the original Spout Blog. These are reposts of the original posts on my personal blog so there’ll be a properly formatted version. I still like this best for my “round-up.” From the Current_Movies Blog.
You may have heard the news on Current.com/Movies, but a director has been attached to the third film in the Twilight franchise: David Slade. Best known for Hard Candy and adapting 30 Days of Night, Slade will tackle fangs once again with the third film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
[Side Note: wtf is up with that title?]
It Came From My Archives…Not Not How A Song About Shade Tippin’ Is Born
I’ve recently decided to get all my old clips together as I suffered the loss of all my old posts on the original Spout Blog. These are reposts of the original posts on my personal blog so there’ll be a properly formatted version. This would be the first attempt at documenting the behind-the-scenes on The Rotten Tomatoes Show. It was a learning experience solely because I thought the best way to do it was without telling anyone–whoops. From Current_Movies Blog.
http://current.com/e/89987761/en_US
We won’t tell you how we got our hands on this footage or where it’s exactly from. But if you were to expect a song about the fine art of shade tipping at some point on The Rotten Tomatoes Show, then this would be how the magic starts: when Jonah Ray and Brett Erlich get together with an acoustic guitar and a Flickr album.
It Came From My Archives…Great Moments in How Online Media Works: The Heathers Edition
I’ve recently decided to get all my old clips together as I suffered the loss of all my old posts on the original Spout Blog. These are reposts of the original posts on my personal blog so there’ll be a properly formatted version. I love media. From the Current_Movies Blog.
A sequel to Heathers, the 1988 Michael Lehmann/Dan Waters film about teenage angst, murder and explosions, is likely going to happen, or so says returning actress Winona Ryder. We’d verify it, but a quick search proves everyone is out-meta-reporting each other already.
Instead, we scoured through the material and found our single favorite bit of text that accurately describes how a majority of online sites–including us–function for material.
Dread Central? Play yourself off:
According to Us Magazine, in an interview that will be published in the July issue of Empire, Ryder had this to say about that:
So. What is wrong with this statement? Thematically, nothing at all. In fact, this is text book on how one acredits and gives props to other sites for their exclusive material and reporting. The thing that kills me is that Empire Online doesn’t have a teaser for this interview. Instead, it was leaked via their PR team in snippets to US Magazine as a means of generating hype to buy a print edition of the paper.
And it works.
Even PerezHilton came out with his claws ready. But the meat of the matter: there’s no interview. It’s speculation regurgitated about an interview nearly a month away that had only one cosmetic nut to pop: that Winona Ryder may or may not be working on an unconfirmed sequel to a film she made with the same writer (Dan Waters_ and director. And it’s pretty apparent all three are desperate for the same remake after Sex and Death 101 and Flakes, which were pathetic attempts at retaining a culturally defining film with zero idea how.
Hell, Flakes even had Zooey Deschanel and was able to flop like Nemo on a hot plate. There’s no reason to make a sequel. There’s no reason not air the full interview at Empire. And this is how Online Media Works in an attempt to further “Print Media.”
See you tomorrow!
It Came From My Archives…Why We Like: Jason Statham
I’ve recently decided to get all my old clips together as I suffered the loss of all my old posts on the original Spout Blog. These are reposts of the original posts on my personal blog so there’ll be a properly formatted version. The Why We Like was the first in a tentpole blog series I tried out for the Current_Movies/Rotten Tomatoes Show blog. From Current_Movies Blog.
Most know Jason Statham for his ability to instantly make any film incredible, but few are aware the man can actually–when he wants to–act. The Reeler spoke to Statham a while back with the idea that maybe it was time for him to continue the break-out work that got him noticed in Snatch.
“It’s nice to branch out…I don’t want to put the same record on the record player. People get too tired of that; it’s like eating the same food for dinner every day. It gets bland. For the sake of my own interests and the sake of expanding on my ability as an actor, I want to do roles like this and roles like London but not forget the bread and butter for me and the stuff that plays to a different strength of mine. That’s the action genre, and I love that, and I’ve always loved it.”
Of course, Statham was talking about his then-recent release The Bank Job. This was followed by clearly meaty thespian roles he found inDeath Race, Transporter 3 and now this Friday with the release of Crank: High Voltage. At the same time, he has made a complete mockery of his action roles by showing up as a bit cameo in The Pink Panther remake to simply be shot.
The shocking trick with Statham is that he is utterly captivating, whether it is running around shirtless covered in oil or–in the clip above–with a full head of hair as he comes to terms with being so “masculine.” He has a keen eye and a sense of self that comes across in his roles that allow the viewer to understand that they are watching something horribly gaudy. But at the same time, it is earnest and clearly he is vested in the role–even as the overtly pushed Ladies Man of The Italian Job remake, Jason Statham is perfect driving in fast cars and charming those around him.
To be quite frank, we’re the most excited about him participating in 13, Géla Babluani’s remake of his 2005 film 13 Tzameti. Sure, it may involve a gun and countless games of Russian Roulette, but it’ll bring us something even better: Statham’s wild intensity that is usually wasted on over-the-top action sequences instead of the close-quarters sequences where he once dominated in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
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