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“Prince of Broadway” is a very small film, even by indie standards. Director Sean Baker, presumably out of financial necessity, used largely non-professional actors with limited range. The story is tiny, whatever the opposite of universal is. And the cinematography and sound are largely uneven.
Yet the film is compelling, and it is easy to see why it attracted the attention of Lee Daniels -- it’s officially “Lee Daniels Presents the Prince of Broadway” -- the award winning producer/director of “Precious.” It is centered in the same milieu as his film, an underclass environment most folks are rarely exposed to.“Prince of Broadway” is a very small film, even by indie standards.... more
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Lee Daniels' torture/ghetto porn has won everyone over, save for a few cynical idiots who refuse to see his film on principal. Especially after having sit through Shadowboxer and The Woodsman. But as the Golden Globes overlooked him for a director nod, the reason to see Precious remain herself (actress Gabourey Sidibe) and Mo'nique's performance as her abusive mother.
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We're a day away from a new Rotten Tomatoes Show, so we've decided to fufill all your newsy needs. Click on.
-Lee Daniels is leaping from Precious to Selma. Oh, how I long for Shadowboxer. [Variety]
-The Tim Burton series as MOMA premiered last night. Read up on it. [Current]
-The Nic Cage excerpts from the Bad Lieutenant press conference are rolling out. They're fun. [Collider]
-Fun Side Note: To angle for a Cage 1:1's you had to "like" the film. Publicists trolled twitter and Facebook to make sure you did. Welcome to your new media!
-Jennifer Hudson will play Winnie, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, in an upcoming...cash-in? Biopic? Whatever. [Variety]
-Guy who almost directed Alien prequel will direct remake of Japanese Morality Play starring Keanu Reeves so people will fund his film. [Variety]
-Remember my Fun Side Note? Ditto for a 1:1 with Herzog. [Collider]
-The BNAT Poster will make your day. [AICN]
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If you're unsure about Lee Daniels' Precious, keep in mind it is still third in overall box office while being on 173 screens nationwide. Best of all, Precious expands further next Friday. So check out what Brett, Ellen and our webcam reviewers had to say about it.
If you're unsure about Lee Daniels' Precious, keep in mind it is still... more
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If it is Thursday, then you bet your sweet ass there's news worth reading about. So let's check it:
-Tony Scott will helm a biopic about Steve Banerjee "with a tone similar to...True Romance." Uh, ok. [Variety]
-Once again, great minds think alike! A hack sci-fi story is similar to James Cameron's Avatar. [io9]
-Five out of five Hollywood pundits agree: Precious is fucking Oscar bait. GENIUS OBSERVATION. [The Envelope]
-Willem Dafoe was almost Batman. Ironically, Paul Reubens was almost Willem Dafoe in The Boondock Saints. [Current]
-This clip from Joe Dante/Roger Corman Splatter proves the old guys finally discovered iMovie. [AICN]
-Liz Smith reveals Lee Daniels' secret to success: he's begs and begs and people finally give in, award him an Oscar. [Variety]
-Sean Penn is going to interview Fidel Castro. Why? Clearly because of his weepitude. [Current]
If it is Thursday, then you bet your sweet ass there's news worth reading... more
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The Rotten Tomatoes Show sets our sights on the Best Director category with this 90 Second Oscar Pick. The nominees include:
- "Avatar" James Cameron
- "The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow
- "Inglourious Basterds" Quentin Tarantino
- "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Lee Daniels
- "Up in the Air" Jason Reitman
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesThe Rotten Tomatoes Show sets our sights on the Best Director category with this 90... more
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In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson talks about the upcoming Academy Awards with openly gay Filmmaker Stu Maddux and Vanessa Domico, Founder and President of Outcast Films, a distribution and production company which is dedicated to the fair and equal representation of media made by or about our LGBT community. Lee Daniels has become the first openly gay African American director to receive a nomination for “Precious” and Tom Ford’s “A Single Man” has also been nominated for Best Film which received a combined 7 Oscar nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards to be aired this Sunday at 8PM on ABC. When asked what he thought about mainstream Hollywood’s representation of our LGBT community, Maddux stated, “I think we’re doing better. You know there’s always room for improvement. You look back ten years ago and this is a question you wouldn’t even be asking me. I think “Precious” and “A Single Man” are really important films. The fact that we have two Best Picture nominations by openly gay folks, I get a lot of encouragement as a filmmaker from that.” When asked about casting actors in gay roles, Domico stated, “I remember the day when no straight actor actually wanted to take a gay role because they would be forever cast as a gay man and not able to get anymore roles. It seems it’s just the opposite now.” For The Full List of 2010 Oscar Nominees
Jarrett Barrios President of The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) had this to say about the nominations for Lee Daniels “Precious” & Tom Ford’s “A Single Man”, “These films tell inclusive and diverse stories of our community which grow awareness understanding of the lives of gay & transgender people.” OUTTAKE VOICES™ will be on the Red Carpet covering the New York City GLAAD Media Awards on March 13th.
For More Info & To Hear the Full Audio Interviews: OUTTAKE VOICES™
http://voices.outtakeonline.com/2010/03/gay-filmmakers-2010-oscar-contenders_05.htmlIn this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson talks about the... more
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The Rotten Tomatoes Show shares our own 90 Second Oscar Picks for this year's Best Picture nominees, which include:
-"Avatar" James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
- "The Blind Side" Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
- "District 9" Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
- "An Education" Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
- "The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
- "Inglourious Basterds" Lawrence Bender, Producer
- "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
- "A Serious Man" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
- "Up" Jonas Rivera, Producer
- "Up in the Air" Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesThe Rotten Tomatoes Show shares our own 90 Second Oscar Picks for this year's... more
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The Academy held its traditional luncheon for this year’s Oscar nominees at the Beverly Hilton – and what better opportunity for this sometime-actress to ask the world’s best actors about… acting.
Unlike Brett’s experience at the Oscar Nominations ceremony, it was pretty easy for me to snag a third row seat between a Japanese reporter and a freelancer for BET.
Yes! At my very first Oscar luncheon press conference, I, Ellen Fox, was going to geek out and gather the pearls of wisdom from what I saw as an impromptu Master Class – and for that, Woody Harrelson, I do apologize. First up was Gabourey Sidibe, who immediately loosened thing up by sassing:
After sharing that her role as a sexually-abused teen in Precious has inspired many people to confide in her, she was asked which of her scenes from the film she’d like shown at the Oscars:
Ah! Proof that Sidibe’s knack for humor is what saved Precious from becoming the downer we were expecting it to be. Then we swung from Sidibe's charm to the arrival of Certified Movie Star, Sandra Bullock. In person, she comes across way more savvy and Type-A (like her character in The Proposal) than America’s Sweetheart. I was surprised how candid she was talking about the business end of show biz:
Lee Daniels, director of Precious,was a love: emotional when fielding Frenchy questions about the power of art and ebullient when lauding the “bad-ass” actresses who brought the film’s classroom scenes to life:
Vera Farmiga looked the frickin’ Hollywood knockout in a blue dress, updo and red lipstick! There's talk of Madonna directing her in the role of Wallis Simpson. Here’s how she responded to my question about playing Up in the Air’s frequently frisky flyer, Alex:
Carey Mulligan popped in with a golden pixie cut a la Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby. She seemed relaxed but kept herself in check:
Jeff Bridges strolled in and the room, and probably the world, smiled. When I asked how he was able to make Crazy Heart’s country singer Bad Blake so toxic but so likeable, the word “adorable” just popped out, I swear!
Now, here’s what happened to Woody Harrelson when I decided to ask him about craft.
Now who wants Burrito?
The Academy held its traditional luncheon for this year’s Oscar nominees at... more
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Ellen's Year-Endie of the Year Award: Fresh Faces
Brett's Year-Endie of the Year Award: Goin' For It
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesEllen's Year-Endie of the Year Award: Fresh Faces
Brett's Year-Endie of... more
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In this podcast analysis of PRECIOUS and FANTASTIC MR FOX issues of race and class are confronted head on.In this podcast analysis of PRECIOUS and FANTASTIC MR FOX issues of race and class are... more
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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen critics to review "Precious."
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesBrett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen... more
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You can tell just by looking at someone if they enjoyed a movie. And that's what Review Face is all about!
Take a picture of your reaction to the movie you just saw and upload it below in the comments.
Show us your face after you saw Precious or The Men Who Stare At Goats.
If we like them, who knows, they could end up on The Rotten Tomatoes Show. Just make sure they're real and not digitally altered. It also doesn't hurt to be a little lit.You can tell just by looking at someone if they enjoyed a movie. And that's what... more
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Director Lee Daniels. Producers Oprah and Tyler Perry plus the amazing cast revel at the film they made at the AFI Fest as Daniels introduces them and the film.
http://www.afi.com/default.aspxDirector Lee Daniels. Producers Oprah and Tyler Perry plus the amazing cast revel at... more
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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox take a peek at what's coming up this weekend including A Christmas Carol, The Men Who Stare at Goats, & Precious. Also, new on DVD, is G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, I Love You, Beth Cooper, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and The Dead.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show visit: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/movies.Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox take a peek at what's coming up this weekend including... more
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Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” has taken top honors at the Toronto International Film Festival, becoming the first film in history to win audience awards at both Toronto and Sundance.Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by... more
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