Celebrity Hairstyles at 2009 MTV Movie Awards
Heres your uptominute report on the hottest celebrity hairstyles from the 18th Annual MTV Movie Awards held on May 31 2009 in California Mixing up textures in one hairstyle is the latest trend ...
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2012,' Clash of the Titans' tops newest Blu-ray releases
An edge-of-your-seat disaster movie, "2012" (Sony, 2009, $39.95), and a Ray Harryhausen classic, "Clash of the Titans" (Warner Brothers, 1981, $34.99), lead the list of the latest titles arriving on Blu-ray.
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Bong Joon-ho’s MOTHER Production Notes
New Murder Mystery from the Director of THE HOST
Source: Magnolia Pictures
Official Movie Site: motherfilm.com (US), mother2009.co.kr (Korea)
Special Thanks to Marina Bailey
US poster for MOTHER, the new film from writer/
director Bong Joon-ho. Photo courtesy of Magnolia
Pictures. © 2009 CJ Entertainment and Barunson
MOTHER (Madeo, 2009), the latest film from award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho (THE HOST) is a unique murder mystery about a mother's primal love for her son. The movie has been picked up for release in the United States by Magnolia Pictures and begins its theatrical run on March 12th. Check magpictures.com/dates for theaters and screening times.
Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded twenty-seven-year-old son, Do-joon. Often a source of anxiety to his mother, Do-joon behaves in foolish or simply dangerous ways. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a school girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and Do-joon is accused of her murder. An inefficient lawyer and an apathetic police force result in a speedy conviction. His mother refuses to believe her beloved son is guilty and immediately undertakes her own investigation to find the girl’s killer. In her obsessive quest to clear her son’s name, Mother steps into a world of unimaginable chaos and shocking revelations.
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FANTASTIC MR FOX: Review
Remember how this page was once filled with Fantastic Mr Fox reviews. Well, the film finally landed in Belgium. So even if this review seems royally late, for many of us the film is just barely available in the legal circuit. Consider this review a quick reminder for those people to go out and catch this film in the nearest theater.
Looking back, 2009 was the year that stop-motion
animation found its way back to the masses. Selick's Coraline
and Elliot's Mary and Max paved the way, but it's probably Wes Anderson's Fantastic
Mr. Fox that holds the power to reach the biggest audience. Not my
favorite of the three I mentioned here, but still a mighty fine film
alright.
One thing is certain, in Belgium they had the promotion of this film
completely wrong. We sat in an almost empty movie theater, being treated
to horribly (Dutch!) dubbed trailers of How To Tame A Dragon and Nanny
McPhee 2. They've promoted Fantastic Mr Fox as a typical children's film
here, while Anderson's latest is so much more than that. But I guess
animation (and especially stop-motion animation) still has that kind of
effect on people.
Anderson's Mr Fox is based on Roald Dahl's book but has some added
spike in the form of Anderson's rather typical sense of humor. I can't
really remember reading Dahl's book (it's also a bit more complex for me
as the area I'm from has its very own fox legend - Reinhaert The Fox)
but I must've read or seen Fantastic Mr Fox is some or other form
before, because the story felt extremely familiar to me.
Mr Fox is a family man. At least, he was turned into a family man by
his wife, who made him promise to leave behind his wild days of chicken
hunting in favor of raising a young cub. A good 12 years later Mr Fox
can't take it any more and decides to pick up his old habits, determined
to take on the meanest farmers in the neighborhood. Needless to say he
lands his tail into a bucket-load of trouble, dragging the whole animal
community in a battle of life and death.
Anderson's choice to pursue a retro style works like a charm, but I
still feel that he could've done more with it. The puppets and settings
sure look neat enough, that's definitely not the issue. Lots of brown
and red colors give the film a very warm and earthy atmosphere, the
retro designs do the rest. Sadly, the animation itself isn't up to par.
Often too stilted and stiff, Anderson never really finds the right
balance between oldskool and visually attractive. There are some 2-frame
animation sequences that do work, like the cider flood, but in general
it does detract a little from the pleasure.
The soundtrack is very typical and only works because it's an Anderson
film. Old pop songs and golden classics are littered throughout the
film, adding to the somewhat dry and musky atmosphere it tries to
create. Normally I would hate this kind of soundtrack, can't really
enjoy this type of music outside of film either, but Anderson just makes
it work. Magically. The voice acting is pretty good too, with a strong
performance of Clooney and a superb selection of side characters. Dafoe,
Murray, Schwartzman and Owen Wilson all add something to make the
puppets truly come to life. The downside is that some of the voices are a
little too recognizable, but that's just a minor quirk.
Fantastic Mr Fox is a rather short film, making sure that it never
becomes slow or boring. There's always something to look at, something
to look forward to and some joke to keep close for further enjoyment.
It's one of those rare film where I wouldn't have minded if the director
had added another 15 minutes or so. That said, Dahl's story isn't all
that strong or elaborate to warrant any more plot scene, so I'm sure
Anderson did good to keep it as short and concise as it is now.
If you like (stop-motion) animation this film is a definite
recommendation. The animation itself could've been better, but the whole
setting is just too much fun to pass on. It's a strong film in just
about every department, only missing that little extra to make it a true
classic (Mary and Max is still my definite winner of 2009). So far my
favorite Wes Anderson film, here's to hoping he'll keep a close
connection to Clooney. I'm pretty sure the two of them can make a truly
outstanding live action comedy.
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