20 Travelling Films

I've decided i'm gonna do this more often, create lists of movies on a given theme, from the list of DVD's that I own! So here goes, first up, 20 films that are either road movies, or movies with lots of travelling in them:
28 Days Later
The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
Julia
Monster
Thelma & Louise
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Borat
Kill Bill: Vol.1
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar
Where The Wild Things Are
Children Of Men
Little Miss Sunshine
Rat Race
Toy Story 3
The Wizard Of Oz
Finding Nemo
Twister
Romy And Michele's High School Reunion
Up In The Air

Lovelace vs. Lovelace

''We admit that the Snow White movie standoff brewing next year has gotten the lion's share of our attention, but we're happy to report that we have yet another film competition to track: The battle of the Linda Lovelace movies is back on! When last we checked in, Matthew Wilder had replaced Lindsay Lohan with Malin Akerman for his Lovelace biopic Inferno, while directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman were wooing Kate Hudson and James Franco for Lovelace, their own take on the famous porn star. The latter project appeared to fall by the wayside when Hudson became pregnant, but Olivia Wilde tells E! that she may assume the title role: "It would be a tremendous honor. It's such a cool role. She was a fascinating woman — with where she came from to Deep Throat to then working with Gloria Steinem and Nora Ephron." If Franco is still attached to play Lovelace's manager-husband Chuck Traynor, this version will have the other beat on cheekbones alone.''
-E!
I only have two words to say about this: MALIN AKERMAN, the woman is an amazing actress, and she has that round face that Linda had. Inferno all the way! (Although it would have been fun to see Lohan try to do this...)

Cowboy Fails

Here are the 10 least realistic cowboy movies of all time, according to IFC.com:
10. The Terror Of Tiny Town (1939)
09. Shanghai Noon (2000)
08. Undead Or Alive: A Zombedy (2007)
07. Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
06. Wild Wild West (1999)
05. Westworld (1973)
04. Back To The Future Part III (1990)
03. The White Buffalo (1977)
02. Billy The Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
01. El Topo (1970)

2012 Oscar Hopefuls

Here are the 50 big films vying for Oscar's attention this year, according to the UK's Guardian newspaper. If you're like me you're gonna watch out for these titles, and try to see as many as you can before oscar season begins so that you know what you're talking about when the discussions start:
My Week With Marilyn, The Iron Lady, The Ides Of March, J Edgar, The Tree Of Life, Young Adult, A Dangerous Method, The Deep Blue Sea, On The Road, The Whistleblower, Like Crazy, Coriolanus, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Beginners, The Artist, Midnight In Paris, Jane Eyre, Super 8, Take Shelter, The Myth Of The American Sleepover, Wuthering Heights, 50/50, The Debt, This Must Be The Place, We Bought a Zoo, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Descendants, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, War Horse, Carnage, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close, Albert Nobbs, Hugo, The Rum Diary, W.E., The Help, Moneyball, Shame, Contagion, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Drive, The Woman In Black, Haywire, Melancholia, Natural Selection, Tyrannosaur, The Thing, Bridesmaids, The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn, Dream House.

Next Big Things

Flickeringmyth.com lists 10 hot young actors destined to be the next big thing (or currently the next big thing):
01. Saoirse Ronan
02. Logan Lerman
03. Chloe Moretz
04. Emma Stone (duh)
05. Jennifer Lawrence
06. Jamie Campbell Bower
07. Elle Fanning
08. Hailee Steinfeld
09. Josh Hutcherson
10. Jaden Smith

Spotlight: Glenn Close

Glenn Close has always been one of my favorite actresses, and i've recently fallen back in love with her in ''Damages''! I'm obsessed with the show now!
Here is a selection of Glenn's work:
The World According To Garp, The Big Chill, Jagged Edge, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Reversal Of Fortune, Hamlet, Hook, The Paper, Mary Reilly, 101 Dalmatians, Mars Attacks!, Air Force One, Cookie's Fortune, 102 Dalmatians, South Pacific, The Safety Of Objects, ''Will & Grace'', Le Divorce, The Lion In Winter, ''The West Wing'', The Stepford Wives, ''The Shield'', Evening, ''The Simpsons'', ''Damages'', Albert Nobbs.

Seeing Double

Inspired by next year's Snow White showdown, New York Magazine takes a look at some other very similar movies that came out the same year:
Deep Impact (may 8th 1998) - Armageddon (July 1st 1998)
A Bug's Life (nov. 20th 1998) - Antz (oct. 2nd 1998)
Saving Private Ryan (july 24th 1998) - The Thin Red Line (dec. 25th 1998)
Mission To Mars (march 10th 2000) - Red Planet (nov. 10th 2000)
Tombstone (dec. 24th 1993) - Wyatt Earp (june 24th 1994)
The Illusionist (aug. 18th 2006) - The Prestige (oct. 20th 2006)
Dr.Strangelove (jan. 29th 1964) - Fail Safe (oct. 7th 1964)
Capote (sept. 30th 2005) - Infamous (oct. 13th 2006)
Gordy (may 12th 1995) - Babe (aug. 4th 1995)
Center Stage (may 12th 2000) - Save The Last Dance (jan. 12th 2001)
The Haunting (july 23rd 1999) - House On Haunted Hill (oct. 29th 1999)
Troy (may 14th 2004) - Alexander (nov. 24th 2004)
The Fast And The Furious (june 22nd 2001)
Gone In 60 Seconds (june 4th 2000)
Driven (april 27th 2001)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (jan. 16th 2009) - Observe And Report (april 10th 2009)
United 93 (april 28th 2006) - World Trade Center (aug. 9th 2006)
Dante's Peak (feb. 7th 1997) - Volcano (april 25th 1997)
Prefontaine (jan. 24th 1997) - Without Limits (sept. 11th 1998)

The Other Snow White

We got a first look at the Snow White from ''The Brothers Grimm: Snow White'' a couple days ago and now we get to see Kristen Stewart as the Snow White from ''Snow White and The Huntsman'' and Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen. I still can't believe 2 Snow White films are coming out at the same thing. Ridiculous! ''Snow White and The Huntsman'' also stars:
Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Ian McShane, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Ray Winstone, Lily Cole, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Marsan & Stephen Graham. Directed by Rupert Sanders.

Snow White 2012

First picture of one of the 2 snow white movies scheduled for 2012. Lily Collins, from ''The Brothers Grimm: Snow White'', currently shooting in Montreal. The movie also stars:
Sean Bean, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham & Michael Lerner.
The film is directed by Tarsem Singh.

Spotlight: John Goodman

John Goodman is one of my favorite character actors. He always chooses great roles, in great films and his TV work is superb also. Here is some of his work:
Revenge Of The Nerds, The Big Easy, Raising Arizona, ''Moonlighting'', Arachnophobia, Barton Fink, Matinee, ''Grace Under Fire'', The Flintstones, ''Roseanne'', Fallen, Blues Brothers 2000, ''Soul Man'', The Big Lebowski, ''Saturday Night Live'', Bringing Out The Dead, ''The Simpsons'', ''Futurama'', ''Now And Again'', What Planet Are You From?, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Coyote Ugly, ''Normal, Ohio'', ''Ed'', One Night At McCool's, Monsters Inc., Masked And Anonymous, The Jungle Book 2, ''The West Wing'', Beyond The Sea, Cars, ''Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip'', ''King Of The Hill'', Evan Almighty, Bee Movie, Speed Racer, Confessions Of a Shopaholic, You Don't Know Jack, ''Treme'', ''Damages''.

Auteur Fail

From indieWire: When celebrated directors lose the plot: Interesting left turns and failures in an auteur's oeuvre:
1941 - Steven Spielberg
At Long Last Love - Peter Bogdonavich
Bonfire Of The Vanities - Brian De Palma
Buddy Buddy - Billy Wilder
Deal Of The Century - William Friedkin
Death Becomes Her - Robert Zemeckis
Dune - David Lynch
Elizabethtown - Cameron Crowe
The Island Of Dr.Moreau - John Frankenheimer
Krull - Peter Yates
New York, New York - Martin Scorsese
One From The Heart - Francis Ford Coppola
Pirates - Roman Polanski
Saturn 3 - Stanley Donen
Popeye - Robert Altman
The Wiz - Sidney Lumet
The Lovely Bones - Peter Jackson
Village Of The Damned - John Carpenter
Zabriskie Point - Michelangelo Antonioni
Zerdoz - John Boorman

Top 10 College Movies

Here are the top 10 college movies, according to huffington post:
-The Social Network
-A Beautiful Mind
-Legally Blonde
-Good Will Hunting
-The Good Shepard
-Love Story
-Rudy
-Old School
-Animal House
-Drumline