Thursday, January 8th, 2009
STAFF REPORTS
The Southeastern Film Critics Association named “Milk” as the Best Picture of 2008 in the 17th annual voting. Directed by Gus Van Sant, “Milk” stars Sean Penn as slain activist Harvey Milk who fought for gay rights and was the first openly gay man who served in public office.
SEFCA is made up of reporters from nine Southeastern states. This year 38 members participated in voting.
SEFCA’s top 10 films of 2008 include …continue reading SEFCA Awards for 2008 films
Monday, January 5th, 2009
By TS Ross, tsross@modernfilmzine.com
For the last few nights now, I’ve been wondering, where did my movie taste come from? Does it start from a young age? Does it develop during puberty? From what you read of other critics? Or is it from a friend who takes a look at your collection and comments, “Dude, you need to see some Godard.” I really don’t know.
I loved ‘Wall-E’ but my grandparents hated it, on the flip side they enjoyed ‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ and though I haven’t seen it, cute singing dogs isn’t really my thing.
Yet without my grandparents, I doubt I would have such an enthusiastic love for film as I do now. I remember when we finally got satellite television and my grandparents shared with me the films they loved as they grew up. Little did they know, this became the basis of my film education. It was at the time that AMC still showed actual American movie classics without all the commercial interruptions, and TCM was being added to our channel list.
…continue reading Where does your film taste come from?
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
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By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
Cheech and Chong fans will get a chance to see their favorite characters animated in a feature film and it’s a project that at least one of the actors is feeling he can be relaxed about.
“It’s great to be doing a movie where Cheech and I never have to get out of bed or be on-camera,” Tommy Chong stated in a news release. “The fans have already shown us they love the material, and the animated bits play funnier by being able to see the character reactions. I highly suggest watching it while smoking a big fattie!”
Chong’s comedy partner, Cheech Marin, agreed.
“During this age of feature animation everywhere, it’s about time that we got animated because we’ve been doing animation without the animation for years” Marin said in a news release. “Whether you watch it smokin’ a fattie or stone cold sober, it’s just plain funny!”
…continue reading Cheech and Chong get animated
