To begin, we mark the passing of Paul Newman with a trio of posts.First, Riley of ALL RILEYED UP has a quick post about the late actor and has a list of his better films.
M of MS. SMARTY PANTS likewise has a list of his films.
Finally, Madeleine Begun Kane tells us of her possible close encounter with the man on her blog MAD KANE'S HUMOR BLOG.
Next up, Gregory McNammee of BRITANNICA BLOG offers a wonderful post on Lew Wasserman, the "Prince of Hollywood," who “lifted show business to the world stage, where it dominates global pop culture.”
...and now for something completely different:
What's better that a good ol' vintage movie poster? Well, actually there's tons of things that are better, but they're still dang cool. If you're interested in vintage Hitchcock posters go check out Dan Wright's THE VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER BLOG site. He's got the info. you need.
Over at OBSERVATIONS FROM MISSY'S WINDOW, Missy has a great post offering her thoughts on the tendency for actors to offer their thoughts. Do actors ruin their films by being openly political or too revealing of their personal lives?
...and now for some intrusive commentary from your host:
The answer is yes. The answer used to be no, but that was before a bunch of people in the industry started identifying themselves as conservative. Now, all the sudden, it's bad form to spout off.
That and the personal issue deal, please we don't need to know about your personal life - you're actors, you're all screwed up. That's why you were drawn to a career where you pretend to be other people - the "real" you stinks. Please, let us cling to the illusion you're not a complete messed-up dolt (Jim Carrey, I'm looking at you).
Back to the posts.
Speaking of using film as a social marketing tool, apparently plenty of actors were paid to smoke in movies in order to promote the habit to audiences. For more on the smoking debate click over to ARE YOU SCREENING? There Marc Eastman tackles the subject in light of a L.A. Times story. He also revisits the movie Down with Love.
Let's get into the movie reviews for this week.
Getting us started with reviews this week is The Reviewer who has a review on his site THE REVIEW which reviews the new Greg Kinnear film Flash of Genius.Also taking on the movie about the guy who invented windshield wipers is MANNY THE MOVIE GUY. Manny has interviews for Flash of Genius (Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Director Mark Abraham) as well as Beverly Hills Chihuahua (George Lopez, Piper Perabo, Manolo Cardona, and Director Mark Abraham). He offers reviews of both movies.
Dr. Rus Jeffreys comes in this week with a review of the Diane Lane/Richard Gere flick Nights in Rodanthe. He also covers the new Iraq War vet rod film The Lucky Ones. Click over to his site FRAME BY FRAME for more.
Reviewing what I personally think is the most compelling movie out there right now, Appoloosa, is Alex Villalba of TODAY'S SHENANIGANS gives a full look of the movie.
Next, over at NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS, Nigel Beale gives us a post about Marina Zenovich's documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.
SLY PARADOX's Kate Andrews has high praise for Jared Leto's performance in the Mark David Chapman biopic Chapter 27.
The Forbidden Kingdom a.k.a. "Jet Li and Jackie Chan Resuced by the Awkward Caucasian Teen" is reviewed by Chris over at the site MARTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
CHASOGONE presents a bad trailer for a good movie. Which movie? Well, that would be Vantage Point. Why is it good? Well, click on the link and find out for yourself.
Due to it's frank portrayal of a girl being raped, Hounddog has gotten a great deal of flak. Holly Ord says of the film "Hounddog is a movie that exudes hope and infuses survivors with a resonating voice that says 'I understand, it isn't your fault, now take back what is yours." If you're interested in learning more head on over to HEALING YOURSELF HEALS THE WORLD.
Bringing this week's movie reviews to a close, we have a pair of opinions on the new film Eagle Eye.Sean Kelly is first up with a post to let you know if Shia LaBeouf should be renamd Shia LaBore. Head over to SEAN KELLY ON MOVIES for his review.
For another look at the McMovie, check out what BloggingFun has to say on the site MOVIES, WORK & RANDOM THOUGHTS.
Stepping away from the reviews, let look at a trailer.
GrrlScientist has a "an amusing and thoughtful trailer for the soon-to-be released film, Religulous, by comedian, Bill Maher." on her site LIVING THE SCIENTIFIC LIFE.
It ain't over until the
CONAN STEVENS returns to the Carnival this week with a post where he claims "I read through my posts and too many of them sound like it is all fun and games with famous people on a movie set. This is not the case. Following is a more realistic view of what happens on set when you are starting out." He then lays it out for you, what's it like on a low budget (read no budget) set?
...and CUT and PRINT!
Thanks to everyone who submitted this week. If you have a cinema-related post you'd like to get into next week's edition of the carnival FOLLOW THIS LINK.
Other carnival editions:
Carnival of Cinema: Episode II
Carnival of Cinema: Episode III
Carnival of Cinema: Episode XI
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