MOVIE TRENDS 2013
film trends 2013: sequels. super heroes. sci-fi films reboots. action girls. grey-power action films. ensemble youth casts. class wars sci-fi films.
kiwi humor: what’s on at the movies? chur chur. :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.2.13~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN 6TH FEBRUARY 2013
Boarding. A Michael Cunningham photo.
The Horiwood Top Ten are:
3. Spitfire
7. The politics of weather-modification economies
8. Cultural motivation & Belief System – Dr Hinemoa Elder
9. instant heat: the look of the web of the newspaper: Feb6th2013NZ
10. Senna Kowhai
movie still: Mt Zion, an indie-comedy of when reggae meets potatoes.
world politics: washington eyes up NZ’s resources, us-nz news: tahi. rua. toru. wha. rima.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 6.2.13~
OPEN EYES, NFL-HOLLYWOOD MOVIES FAMILIES
we all believe in miracles, or we should. miracles are the light piercing through (more…)
ENTOURAGE: THE MOVIE GETS GREENLIT 2013
movie development: It’s on: Entourage: The Movie is in the works. Nice one.
photo: adrian grenier.
–my own.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.1.13~
POPCORN FRIDAYS AT THE MOVIES, NEW ZEALAND MOVIE THEATRES
A new movie buddy was made today.
I plan on going to the movies more in 2013.
It will be surreal to see what the talented Hollywood kids are up to 2013… a big ask to be unbiased… while viewing the silver screen…
this side of heaven… in New Zealand at the flicks.
Oh well… I’ll try. :)
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And: To see what the fun Kiwi kids are up2 to: hone in.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.1.13~
ON TINSEL TOWN’S LISTS
“It’s definitely not going to help my box-office record.” slj on tinsel town’s movie prizes lists nods or snubs, in an $11b grossing movie career.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 27.1.13~
DAVE GROHL FILM “SOUND CITY” DEBUTS AT SUNDANCE, IN THEATERS FEB 1 2013
Film Focus: Sound City. dir: Dave Grohl.
Venue: Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Premieres; Variance Films)
Production companies: Roswell Films, Therapy Content, in association with Diamond Docs
Screenplay: Mark Monroe; story by Dave Grohl
Producers: John Ramsay, James A. Rota, Dave Grohl
Executive producers: John Silva, John Cutliffe, Gaby Skolnek, Kristen Welsh
Director of photography: Kenny Stoff
Editor: Paul Crowder
No rating, 108 minutes
Opens: North America Feb 1, 2013.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 24.1.13~
MOVIE NEWS HOT IS SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PRESS
Hot in the movie world is Sundance Film Festival Press:
Read: HR’s Sundance coverage.
Also check out: Sundance Video Diaries.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 21.1.13~
jOBS TIME
Movies News: is it ‘jOBS’ time yet?…
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.1.13~
OSCARS 2013 BUZZ
Oscars coverage 2013: Obviously The LA Times could possibly be doing the best.
Photo: Director Michel Hazanavicius.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.1.13~
SUNDANCE, YOUR SURVIVAL GUIDE 2013
Surviving Sundance is always fun to clue up on at this time of year. Click on pic for a Survival Guide.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 17.1.13~
SUSAN KING & RENEE LYNCH’S GOLDEN GLOBES NEWS COVERAGE LINKS 2013
Susan King & Renee Lynch and team did LA Times Golden Globes news coverage. Links can be found here: ‘Argo,’ ‘Les Mis’ win best films. Photos. Jodie Foster is honored. Complete list of winners.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.1.13~
ARGO GOLD FOR GOLDEN BEN 2013
So, Ben Affleck wins best director for Argo.
–USA Today’s Golden Globe live blog
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.1.13~
BILL CLINTON ON SLAVERY ABOLITIONIST LEADERS FILMS
“unsavory deal… struggle to abolish slavery… enduring… enduring progress is forged in a cauldron of both principle and compromise… brilliant hope we can do it again.”
–President Bill Clinton at the 70th Golden Globes, on the film about the slavery abolitionist President. Photo: Paul Drinkwater. AP.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 14.1.13~
JOE LETTERI NEWS 2013
Joe Letteri kept it pretty humble and real giving an interview on his recent Oscars nomination for the 85th Academy Event.
A Wellington friendly website writes up the results:
Makeup and Hairstyling Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Production Design Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
Visual Effects Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White. (more…)
LA – FILM, MUSIC – OSCARS13 + GRAMMYS13
Movies: LA Times hones in for Oscars race 2013. Has to be “Lincoln” for best pic.
Grammys 2013: 1st announced performers Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Mumford & Sons. Feb 10 (US) live.
Rewind: The Academy Awards through the years.
Update: 85th Academy Awards Nominations Announced. Best picture 2013 includes these film nominees:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Congrats to all the nominees.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 11.1.13~
INDIE FILMMAKERS, THE NEW CROP 2013
A new crop of indie filmmakers are being discovered. Read: The independent film breakout stars of 2012.
A groovy story.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aoteaora New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 4.1.13~
THINK jOBS – ASHTON KUTCHER FILM TO PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE JAN 27th 2012, IN THEATERS APRIL
Playing the life of a billionaire entrepreneur in a movie biopic is always going to come with a fair bit of pressure. Yet for one actor, the film is almost done and dusted and ready for its close up at a premiere.
The biopic jOBS, starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, will hit theaters in April.
Open Road Films will release the film on behalf of Mark Hulme‘s Five Star Feature Films, which is putting up the marketing money. On Jan. 27, jOBS makes its worldwide premiere as the closing-night film of the Sundance Film Festival this month.
Directed by Joshua Michale Stern, jOBS chronicles Jobs’ ascension from college dropout to one of the most revered entrepreneurs of the 20th century. Matthew Whitely penned the script. The film also stars Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons and Matthew Modine.
Source: HR.
The films no.1 message so far: THINK jOBS. Can’t wait to see it. :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 4.1.13~
TEN FILMS WITH PRODUCERS PGA NOMINEES CRED 2013
Producers Guild of America have listed ten films the posse think were well produced stories of the screen.
They are:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Argo (Warner Bros.) Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Company) Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher
Les Misérables (Universal Pictures) Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi (Fox 2000 Pictures) Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
Lincoln (Touchstone Pictures) Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Moonrise Kingdom (Focus Features) Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company) Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Skyfall (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Zero Dark Thirty (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 3.1.13~
CNN MOVIE CRITICS SELECT A LIST OF FILMS CNN WANTS TO SEE 2013
With news that the global economy is expecting to “limp” through 2013 (except for the most wealthiest citizens, buying up all they can)… CNN turns to the movies. Take a look at their line up.
The last movie I saw was Sam Mendes Skyfall. It was really good. Expect the movies to have a boom year 2013. Matt Damon has Elysium at the flicks 2013. A film about extreme inequality, that is set in the future.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 3.1.13~
IN HARSH TIMES, THE PEEPS PEACE OUT TO THE FLICKS – BOX OFFICE IS UP
Box Office Mojo reports US movie cinemas takings were$10.7 billion in theaters. Outside of Canada + USA, international box office trebled takings, from US$8.1 billion in 2001 to US$22.4 billion in 2011. Last years US figures are a record for North America too. (more…)
FC POLITICS. HARD HIT MILITARY & FAMILIAR HOLLYWOOD STABILIZER FILMS
ObamaDrama – The Latest: So Hollywood movies (aka the Lincoln film) via Spielbergland are now being cited by Senators, when explaining a lead is needed to close the ‘fiscal cliff’ scenario in Washington DC.
On the ‘fc,’ the latest is raising taxes is not a compromise. Otherwise, how else will the $1 trilli vanillis of the Obamacare tax hike on Jan 1 get paid for?
Meanwhile the US military have found it rough in 2012. And could do with better caterers too.
Back in Spielbergland, it’s pretty lazy, low risk stuff. 2013 is another year of the sequel, prequel, remake, reboot.
The hood has been advised to keep things as familiar and stable as. That means, new talent finds it harder to get through a studio rigged gridlock. Good? Bad? Or the hegemony protectionism situation, again? The ingenuity of Hollywood must not stagnate – the city’s X factor. Then again a lot of good drama has moved to pay TV now, so perhaps the reboot path is a sound path for studios to take right now too?
[bonus: the fc gallup poll].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoablog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 29.12.12~
THE TEEN WHO ROCKS THE NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE 2013
Once upon a time, a Mormon housewife, conservative mother sat down at her family table and wrote some books. Her vision would re-introduce a cast of Native American Indian actors into a film franchise series. Americans would be conscious of these stars again.
The franchise would need its own studio to spring up in Los Angeles to house the new stars’ talent and make the author’s books into the films.
Two stars in particular would stand tall, years later. This year Taylor Lautner has been named the sixth highest bankable star of the North American box office by Forbes magazine. When I see Taylor, I don’t know whose more amazing. His family, Taylor, or Stephenie Meyer for writing him into a visible presence in cinema. A cool story.
Pretty cool. Photo: STV.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 28.12.12~
POP WATCH NEWS 31.1.13
show biz + pop culture:
up close with sci-fi geek producer kathleen kennedy–t.h.r
tem morrison (pictured left) on twitter + f.b can still make me smile.
fox + graham yost‘s zany producing style–t.h.r
news corp shares reach record high.
tim mcgraw is off the bourbon–people
of course katie couric‘s talk show is a hit–t.h.r
napster mogul documentary features at SXSW film festival–d.l
ridley scott‘s crimes of the century to air on cnn–d.l
timbaland signs with jay-z‘s roc nation record label–m.t.v
lima h fanshares pix–nyc
agent jim toth‘s family day–us mag (more…)
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