Wednesday, July 15
It's been 20 years this month since Seinfeld first hit the airwaves, and we still miss seeing our favorite characters in new predicaments. Given the number of movie remakes and sequels Hollywood's been cranking out as of late, it got us to thinking: What movies would we like to see recast with Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, or another member of their motley social circle? Here are 10 movie-reboot ideas we offer up to the remake gods.
Posted 7/15/2009 by reelz
Related: Mel Gibson | Larry David | A Few Good Men | Grumpy Old Men | The English Patient | The Godfather | Jerry Seinfeld | The Silence of the Lambs | My Best Friend's Wedding | Braveheart | Love Story | Jason Alexander | A League of Their Own | Michael Richards | Wayne Knight | Julie & Julia | Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Wednesday, July 1
"Okay, we know Transformers: Return of the Fallen is out," you say, "but what blockbuster is there for me, someone who’s already seen Megan Fox’s rack and isn’t a racist?" Into that breach steps Public Enemies, recounting the pursuit of legendary pirate Willy Wonka Dillinger by noted law-and-order type The Batman. Here are the top 10 gangster movies you should watch to psych yourself up for Johnny Depp rocking out with his Tommy gun.
Posted 7/1/2009 by reelz
Related: Johnny Depp | Boyz N the Hood | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Scarface | Pulp Fiction | The Godfather | The Godfather, Part II | GoodFellas | Once Upon a Time in America | The Departed | Eastern Promises | Public Enemies
Friday, May 1
The things you get fired for when you're young are the same things you win awards for when you're old.
Tomorrow, ReelzChannel TV broadcasts the US premiere of the new series Hollywood's Best Film Directors. We're kicking it off with six back-to-back half-hour episodes starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. If you're up early enough, get a sneak peak with an episode of Francis Ford Coppola at 9:30 a.m. ET/PT and again at 12:30 p.m. ET/PT. In it, Coppola recounts the first time he introduced The Godfather to Marlon Brando in a private meeting that involved a tray of deli meats, black shoe polish, boxes of Italian cigars, and a Japanese robe.
In the back-to-back block, directors Chris Columbus, Barry Levinson, Richard Donner, Joel Schumacher, and Rob Reiner divulge their tales of movie making. Tune in and get to hear who said:
No, it's about love, friendship; it's about hope, it ends high, it ends great. Couldn't get anybody to make it. Did it with independent money.
How television became this thing that has moved in and has rearranged everything in terms of how we think.
These two wannabe movie stars meet on a dead set…There's the glamour of Hollywood except the lights are off so it's not quite a movie set, it's a dead set with two people that will never be actors.
It was basically born out of my life experience as a person who was making an utter mess of my dating life.
It's like having sex for the first time, it feels good but you don't know if you're doing it right.
Watch our six back-to-back episodes starting with director Chris Columbus this Saturday, May 2nd, starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. And be sure to catch Hollywood's Best Film Directors at its regular time every Thursday night, 8-9 p.m. ET/PT.
Posted 5/1/2009 by reelz
Related: Hollywood's Best Film Directors | Chris Columbus | Joel Schumacher | Marlon Brando | Richard Donner | Rob Reiner | Barry Levinson | The Godfather | Francis Ford Coppola
Tuesday, September 23
Fix yourself a cosmo and slip into a pair of ManoloBlahniks, because the Sex and the City movie leads offthis week's crop of new DVD releases. Also arriving on DVD today: Leatherheads,George Clooney's comic look at the early days of professional football; Deception,the blink-and-you-missed-it thriller starring Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, andMichelle Williams; Friends alum David Schwimmer's directorial debut Run,Fat Boy, Run, starring Simon Pegg; and the horror flick Pathology,featuring the lovely Alyssa Milano.
Our DVD pick of the week is a no-brainer: FrancisFord Coppola's newly-restored Godfather trilogy, available for the first time on sparklingBlu-ray. Buy it today and remember fondly the days when Pacino and De Niro were more thanjust tired self-caricatures.
Posted 9/23/2008 by reelz
Related: The Godfather | Pathology | Run, Fat Boy, Run | Leatherheads | Sex and the City | Deception
Friday, October 12
Film Blog Daily Film Dose has put their own twist on AFI's revised Top 100 American Films as released earlier this year. Using their own semi-scientific formula similar to the guidelines applied in AFI's own voting, Daily Dose has determined what they believe to be "The Fanboy 100."
The Godfather takes over the top spot followed by Psycho and Pulp Fiction. Psycho makes a decent jump from 14th to 2nd, while Pulp travels all the way up the list from 94th to 3rd place. Casablanca drops a spot from 3rd to 4th and Citizen Kane drops all the way from the top spot to number 5 in fanboy land.
Check out the full list from Daily Dose right here.
Posted 10/12/2007 by reelz
Related: Psycho | Pulp Fiction | The Godfather | Casablanca | Citizen Kane