Gabriela Cedillo, a 24-year-old Chicago bank teller, was thrilled to appear as an extra in Transformers 3 until she suffered a serious injury on set. She sustained critical head injuries from a metal object that flew through her windshield on Wednesday night. Medical staff rushed Cedillo to Loyola University Hospital where she was listed in critical condition. According to Chicago’s Red Eye, the object hit Cedillo’s vehicle around 7pm. More after the break.
Filed Under:movie news, Transformers3Auteur Television: Bryan Fuller and Beautiful Ennui
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Like many TV watchers today, I find myself gravitating toward certain shows which I will watch happily, even in syndication. M*A*S*H, The Simpsons, South Park;really any show that gives me a laugh or something to think about. For each of these examples there is a powerful individual or team working to create something that is fundamentally and totally theirs. Alan Alda took M*A*S*H from a pretty straight situational comedy to a politically-charged cultural phenomenon that outlasted the conflict it depicted by seven years. Matt Groening is responsible for the best loved and recognized TV family since the tube entered homes and Trey Parker and Matt Stone have shown that television characters can cause a global ruckus. There is another man who I think should be recognized for his contributions to television greatness, Bryan Fuller. He is the man behind the two season long ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies and the equally short lived Showtime original Dead Like Me. While both shows were axed before they were given a real chance, they each demonstrate amazing care and maturity in their storytelling and overall production value.
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‘Between Two Ferns’ w/ Seth Galifianakis and Sean Penn
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If you haven’t already, you should really start catching up on Zach Galifianakis’ interview web series on Funny of Die, Between Two Ferns. He sits down with A-list actors and asks them completely awful and inappropriate questions, to which they usually get upset about and hilarity ensues. All the guests are completely in on it, but the back-and-forth between Zach and the A-listers feels very real at times, thus making it funny as hell. Recently Zach sat down with Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn, but in character as his “twin brother” Seth Galifianakis.
Filed Under:Funny Business
Many of you may have seen the trailer and movie poster (profiled by Barrett) for the upcoming flick Black Swan. The movie is from the twisted mind of Darren Aronofsky, the man who brought us The Wrestler, The Fountain, Pi, and the well-known Requiem for a Dream. His movies always seem to have a demented angle to them, and Black Swan looks no different if you have seen the preview. Even though Aronofsky pushes the envelope with each of his projects, audiences usually respond well to the message he is trying to convey.
Filed Under:Black Swan, Buzz, darren aronofsky, Natalie PortmanWhy We Love Em’: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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In my movie production classes at the University of Minnesota I was trained how to look for those more subtle details which contribute to scene building aesthetics. While some of this background mechanics might not make sense to all but a few rabid movie connoisseurs, I still think it is a good read and might help you catch some of the finer nuances of the craft as you watch. I’m offering this piece because I love to examine key dynamics in powerful scenes in great film. One movie I have a passion for and have seen more times than I can count is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I personally think it is David Fincher’s crown jewel, but that can be debated.
Filed Under:Brad Pitt, david fincher, The Curios Case of Benjamin Button, Why We Love Em'‘Zoolander 2’ Not Dead After All
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Way back in May of last year we reported Ben Stiller’s comments on Zoolander 2, to which the actor said he’d been working on the script for on and off over the past decade, and that he was trying his darnedest to get it made. Flash forward a year later and it seemed as though Paramount had passed on Zoolander 2, as well as a sequel to Anchorman because of budget constraints. Now, there appears to light at the end of the tunnel due to a recent tweet from Stiller in response to the question “Is Zoolander 2 still happening?” He replied:
Filed Under:Ben Stiller, movie news, rumor, Zoolander 2Yes. Working on it now with my buddy Justin.
Sarah’s Review: ‘Jeux D’Enfants’ (Love Me If You Dare)
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All of us know that the French do romance the right way with Paris making all its love magic. The French hone the most romantic city on earth, while the rest of the world helps glorify it. The rest of the world helps uphold its image as THE place to find love through romance film after romance film. The Eiffel Tower gets old, don’t you think? If you are looking for a simple “love in Paris” flick, you won’t find it in this French foreign film Love Me if You Dare that was released in 2003. Love Me if You Dare, originally titled Jeux D’Enfants, shows that the French are just as confused with love as the rest of us. The film is a diamond in the rough when it comes to dark comedy. Yann Samuell has mixed dark comedy and romance into a film both genders can enjoy. Gentlemen, don’t run away just because the word romance is being thrown around here. I recommend Love Me if You Dare to anyone with a love for foreign film and a sense of humor.
Filed Under:Jeux D’Enfants, Love Me If You Dare, movie reviewThe Movie Mash Welcomes Two New Writers
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The Movie Mash is proud to announce two new additions to our writing staff, with Sarah Williams and Sam Portz. This website has grown significantly over the past year, and with more readers comes a larger demand for consistent, original content, so this felt like the right time to bring aboard some additional talent to help. Sarah and Sam will provide you with the traditional news, Netflix This and movie reviews that you’ve come accustomed to, but they’re also going to shake things up a bit by bringing you original features that focus on film scores/music, foreign films and analytical essays. Go to the About Us page to check out more on Sarah and Sam, and please feel free to welcome them in the comments section after the break.
‘Toy Story 3′ Cracks the $1 Billion Mark
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Yesterday, Toy Story 3 crossed the $1 billion mark for worldwide ticket sales. The latest Pixar creation is only the seventh movie of all time to cross that threshold. Strangely enough, Toy Story 3 marks the second time this year that a Disney owned film has earned a billion dollars at the box office. Earlier this year, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland also scored worldwide earnings over $1 billion. With those films both grossing more than a billion dollars, Disney becomes the first studio ever to have two films reaching those astronomical earnings in one year.
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