Archie Comics' "Jughead: The Hunger" #2 reimagining 'Jughead Jones' as a werewolf, is written by Frank Tieri and illustrated by Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy, Joe Eisma, Bob Smith, Matt Herms and Jack Morelli, with covers by Adam Gorham and T. Rex, available December 13, 2017:
"...the life of 'Jughead Jones' fugitive grows deadlier, with 'Betty' and 'Archie' closing in. And they're not alone.
"...as the werewolf hunting relatives of Betty, may spell the end for good ol' Jug..."
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"...the life of 'Jughead Jones' fugitive grows deadlier, with 'Betty' and 'Archie' closing in. And they're not alone.
"...as the werewolf hunting relatives of Betty, may spell the end for good ol' Jug..."
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- 12/12/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Kyle Written by Hollis James, Directed by Emily Owens Presented by Hot Tramp Productions at Under St. Marks, NYC March 11-25, 2017
Kyle is the first play from Hot Tramp Productions, which promises "darkly comic" shows as part of its mission to create "pre-apocalyptic theatre for a post-Bowie world." Written by Queens native Hollis James, Kyle mines comedy from the depths of addiction and marks an impressive debut both for James as a playwright and for his and director Emily Owens' newly-founded production company.
Kyle (Hollis James) may feature in the title, but it is Jack (Nat Cassidy) who pays the rent for the apartment in which they live amidst bottles of whiskey and posters of Robert Smith and Minor Threat. When we first meet Jack, a writer and vinyl-collecting music nerd, he has just returned from a concert with his girlfriend, Crystal (Tricia Alexandro), and the two have decided...
Kyle is the first play from Hot Tramp Productions, which promises "darkly comic" shows as part of its mission to create "pre-apocalyptic theatre for a post-Bowie world." Written by Queens native Hollis James, Kyle mines comedy from the depths of addiction and marks an impressive debut both for James as a playwright and for his and director Emily Owens' newly-founded production company.
Kyle (Hollis James) may feature in the title, but it is Jack (Nat Cassidy) who pays the rent for the apartment in which they live amidst bottles of whiskey and posters of Robert Smith and Minor Threat. When we first meet Jack, a writer and vinyl-collecting music nerd, he has just returned from a concert with his girlfriend, Crystal (Tricia Alexandro), and the two have decided...
- 3/19/2017
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
[[tmz:video id="0_6ocdeky0"]] Rodney Harrison is Full Of Crap when he says he didn't know Colin Kaepernick was mixed race ... so say NFL Pro Bowlers Brendon Ayanbadejo & Robert Smith ... who ain't buying Harrison's excuse. Robert and Brendon came on the "TMZ Sports" TV show and talked about Harrison's comments on Kaepernick, and the apology in which Rodney said he had no clue Kaepernick was mixed. The two stars ... both mixed themselves ... totally called Bs on Harrison's excuse with...
- 8/30/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Right before being allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, police say a Pennsylvania woman managed to activate a smartphone program that ended up capturing chilling audio of the incident, People learns. Authorities in Pennsylvania's Chester County are refusing to release the audio file containing 40-year-old Wesley Webb's final moments but confirm they've charged Keith Robert Smith, Webb's 43-year-old boyfriend, with murder. According to a police statement, Smith allegedly fired a single shotgun blast into Webb's chest during a May 2 domestic dispute, killing her instantly. He then allegedly turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the face, but did not...
- 5/12/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Right before being allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, police say a Pennsylvania woman managed to activate a smartphone program that ended up capturing chilling audio of the incident, People learns. Authorities in Pennsylvania's Chester County are refusing to release the audio file containing 40-year-old Wesley Webb's final moments but confirm they've charged Keith Robert Smith, Webb's 43-year-old boyfriend, with murder. According to a police statement, Smith allegedly fired a single shotgun blast into Webb's chest during a May 2 domestic dispute, killing her instantly. He then allegedly turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the face, but did not...
- 5/12/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
With a spring in his step, director John Carney again explores the relationship between man and music in Sing Street, an ‘80s-set ode to high school jam bands and their eternal pursuit of the opposite sex via after school song-smithing and carefully tousled hair. Once and Begin Again, Carney’s previous almost-musicals, were touching and enjoyable enough, but Sing Street is his most red-blooded artistic statement yet, with dynamic visuals that catch the eye as much as the new-wavey tunes catch the ear.
Carney’s gift is his ability to celebrate life’s disasters as much as its glories, and while Sing Street may be his most winsome, joyful effort yet, it isn’t shy about putting its hero through hard times. When we meet teenage Dubliner Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), he’s strumming on his acoustic in an attempt to drown out the screaming match his mom (Maria Doyle Kennedy...
Carney’s gift is his ability to celebrate life’s disasters as much as its glories, and while Sing Street may be his most winsome, joyful effort yet, it isn’t shy about putting its hero through hard times. When we meet teenage Dubliner Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), he’s strumming on his acoustic in an attempt to drown out the screaming match his mom (Maria Doyle Kennedy...
- 4/25/2016
- by Bernard Boo
- We Got This Covered
Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel bring the benefit of age and experience to a misfiring tragi-comedy
Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino’s first English-language feature This Must Be the Place (which preceded the Oscar-winning The Great Beauty/La Grande Bellezza) was an awkward affair that cast Sean Penn as a Robert Smith goth-a-like living in Ireland, embarking upon an American road trip in pursuit of a Nazi war criminal. Really. Youth is altogether more assured, although nonetheless strange – a hazy meditation on love and death interspersed with weirdly melancholic celebrity cameos. It plays out in a glamorous hotel-cum-health-spa at the foot of the Alps, where retired composer Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) refuses a royal invitation to conduct his popular score Simple Songs, while film-maker Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel) assembles a group of young writers to compose his film “testament”, the ominously entitled Life’s Last Day.
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Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino’s first English-language feature This Must Be the Place (which preceded the Oscar-winning The Great Beauty/La Grande Bellezza) was an awkward affair that cast Sean Penn as a Robert Smith goth-a-like living in Ireland, embarking upon an American road trip in pursuit of a Nazi war criminal. Really. Youth is altogether more assured, although nonetheless strange – a hazy meditation on love and death interspersed with weirdly melancholic celebrity cameos. It plays out in a glamorous hotel-cum-health-spa at the foot of the Alps, where retired composer Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) refuses a royal invitation to conduct his popular score Simple Songs, while film-maker Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel) assembles a group of young writers to compose his film “testament”, the ominously entitled Life’s Last Day.
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- 1/31/2016
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
I’m not overly familiar with The Cure’s work, but maybe I need to start paying slightly more attention. As noted by Post-Punk.com, Brazilian graphic artist Butcher Billy is certainly well-versed in the musical stylings of Robert Smith and company. He… Continue Reading →
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- 1/11/2016
- by Todd Rigney
- DreadCentral.com
Paolo Sorrentino makes movies the way musicians create music—lingering themes swirl together with short spurts of philosophical flirtation and bawdy jokes, placid imagery routinely collides with florid representation and the occasional heavily laden visual metaphor. But they also have an ephemeral quality which suggests a certain resistance to the rigidity of interpretation, that the experience of the way the images and sounds come together (or don’t) is the primary attraction. And it’s all seemingly colored by an underlying suspicion that whether it’s the devil or the divine in the details, to resist luxuriating in them would be to risk missing the overarching emotional pull Sorrentino’s movies are capable of, which for all their intellectual dabbling is what ends up being their most potent and meaningful quality.
A movie like The Great Beauty seems itself to sing, its techno-blasted party-at-the-edge-of-eternity vibe in contrapuntal balance with the...
A movie like The Great Beauty seems itself to sing, its techno-blasted party-at-the-edge-of-eternity vibe in contrapuntal balance with the...
- 12/4/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Autumn is here, and I got reviews up the rear!
Monster Mansion Memories
• Release Date: Available Now on DVD
• Written By: Andy Wolf
• Directed By: Andy Wolf
• Starring: Alan Milair, Bill Lape
Anyone that has read this column even briefly knows that I try and keep the spirit of classic horror movie TV hosts undead and un-well. Morgus, Zacherle, Vampira… I love them, one and all! But as much as I adore and try to emulate these greats of the preternatural past, I’m always amazed at how many more exist that I’ve ne’er heard of. Case in point: the subject of the doc Monster Mansion Memories, Dr. E. Nick Witty and his faithful servant Epal.
A low budget, regional horror program (based out of Syracuse, New York), Monster Movie Matinee still had a sense of lore, not to mention production value that was unheard of in programs of its kind.
Monster Mansion Memories
• Release Date: Available Now on DVD
• Written By: Andy Wolf
• Directed By: Andy Wolf
• Starring: Alan Milair, Bill Lape
Anyone that has read this column even briefly knows that I try and keep the spirit of classic horror movie TV hosts undead and un-well. Morgus, Zacherle, Vampira… I love them, one and all! But as much as I adore and try to emulate these greats of the preternatural past, I’m always amazed at how many more exist that I’ve ne’er heard of. Case in point: the subject of the doc Monster Mansion Memories, Dr. E. Nick Witty and his faithful servant Epal.
A low budget, regional horror program (based out of Syracuse, New York), Monster Movie Matinee still had a sense of lore, not to mention production value that was unheard of in programs of its kind.
- 10/5/2015
- by DanielXIII
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Round two! Model, healthy living advocate, and fashion editor Hope Dworaczyk Smith and her husband, investor Robert Smith, are expecting baby No. 2 following their summer wedding, Us Weekly can exclusively report. A rep for the couple confirms to Us they’re due this spring. Robert, the founder, chairman, and CEO of the investment firm Vista Equity Partners, 52, and Hope, 30, tied the knot in a lavish July 2015 wedding and are already proud parents to son Hendrix, 10 months. In an adorable photo supplied to Us, [...]...
- 9/28/2015
- Us Weekly
Singing the praises of lozenges! “I always have pastilles to keep my throat moist. I also have Throat Coat tea and manuka honey,” says the performer, starring in Broadway’s Chicago through June 21. “It’s all so I won’t get hoarse. Doing eight shows a week, you’ve got to keep your voice right!” What else does the mom of Sy’rai, 12 (with producer ex Robert Smith), store in her Lululemon backpack? Transit Tech “I’m a gadget girl! I cannot live without my iPad and iPhone 6. I play soft [...]...
- 5/27/2015
- Us Weekly
Grammy nominated producer and composer Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie Xl is launching a new YouTube tutorial series “Studio Time with Junkie Xl.” The series will give aspiring composers, producers, and musicians a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a Hollywood composer.
The tutorial topics will range from technical advice, such as string and drum arrangements, to programming tips and advice on how to channel your musical influences. “Studio Time with Junkie Xl” launches today (Tuesday, May 26) at youtube.com/junkiexlofficial.
In addition to music, teaching has always been one of Holkenborg’s passions. He was an associate professor at Artez, the Dutch music conservatorium where he developed and taught a four year music program based on all of the elements of his career. His latest teaching endeavor is an online video series that will allow him to reach a broad audience directly from his home studio and share his knowledge of composing.
The tutorial topics will range from technical advice, such as string and drum arrangements, to programming tips and advice on how to channel your musical influences. “Studio Time with Junkie Xl” launches today (Tuesday, May 26) at youtube.com/junkiexlofficial.
In addition to music, teaching has always been one of Holkenborg’s passions. He was an associate professor at Artez, the Dutch music conservatorium where he developed and taught a four year music program based on all of the elements of his career. His latest teaching endeavor is an online video series that will allow him to reach a broad audience directly from his home studio and share his knowledge of composing.
- 5/26/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino knows his contemporary indie music, and even in a movie like “The Great Beauty,” filled with sonorous opera, vocal ensemble, and classical music, he still manages to sneak in some Esg, Damien Jurado, Decoder Ring, and Gui Boratto’s Kompact Records version of “Take My Breath Away.” The director also clearly has affection for classic post-punk influenced music. His 2011 film, “This Must Be the Place” (named after a Talking Heads song), featured Sean Penn in a role that appeared to be a thin disguise for The Cure’s Robert Smith, and its soundtrack featured artists like David Byrne, Will Oldham, Jonsi from Sigur Ros, Iggy Pop, and more. His latest film, “Youth,” which just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (read our review here), has its own hip score. The film features Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, and Paul Dano and centers on two aging friends,...
- 5/21/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
A 35-second snippet of a previously-unreleased Kurt Cobain song has been made available.
The track features on Brett Morgen's documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, which is out in cinemas now.
Kurt Cobain filmmaker: Jared Leto could play the Nirvana frontman
"Once I stepped into Kurt's archive, I discovered over 200 hours of unreleased music and audio, a vast array of art projects - oil paintings, sculptures - countless hours of never-before-seen home movies, and over 4,000 pages of writings," Morgen said of the vault of material available to him.
Morgen confirmed to Digital Spy last week that the tracklisting of any CD soundtrack for Montage of Heck had not yet been confirmed.
He added: "I felt like I would have approached the film in the same way if this was a film about a guy named Bob Smith who left the same material behind.
"I felt a responsibility to [Kurt's daughter and the film's executive producer] Frances [Bean Cobain]. And to be quite honest,...
The track features on Brett Morgen's documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, which is out in cinemas now.
Kurt Cobain filmmaker: Jared Leto could play the Nirvana frontman
"Once I stepped into Kurt's archive, I discovered over 200 hours of unreleased music and audio, a vast array of art projects - oil paintings, sculptures - countless hours of never-before-seen home movies, and over 4,000 pages of writings," Morgen said of the vault of material available to him.
Morgen confirmed to Digital Spy last week that the tracklisting of any CD soundtrack for Montage of Heck had not yet been confirmed.
He added: "I felt like I would have approached the film in the same way if this was a film about a guy named Bob Smith who left the same material behind.
"I felt a responsibility to [Kurt's daughter and the film's executive producer] Frances [Bean Cobain]. And to be quite honest,...
- 4/13/2015
- Digital Spy
Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen has said that Jared Leto could play Kurt Cobain in a biopic about the singer.
However, the filmmaker added to Digital Spy that he was not sure if anyone should make a dramatised version of the late Nirvana frontman's life.
"Jared Leto - he did an audition for it years ago too," said Morgan, referencing Leto's 2011 performance video where he sings Nirvana track 'Pennyroyal Tea'.
"I never watched his audition, he might be too old right now, but he's a musician who I think looks kind of... I think I would buy him as Kurt."
He added: "But I don't think anybody should play Kurt. I don't think there should ever be a fiction film of Kurt.
"Why? What's the point? You have Montage of Heck. Why would you need to dramatise it?
"Who knows? I felt the same way about making a documentary...
However, the filmmaker added to Digital Spy that he was not sure if anyone should make a dramatised version of the late Nirvana frontman's life.
"Jared Leto - he did an audition for it years ago too," said Morgan, referencing Leto's 2011 performance video where he sings Nirvana track 'Pennyroyal Tea'.
"I never watched his audition, he might be too old right now, but he's a musician who I think looks kind of... I think I would buy him as Kurt."
He added: "But I don't think anybody should play Kurt. I don't think there should ever be a fiction film of Kurt.
"Why? What's the point? You have Montage of Heck. Why would you need to dramatise it?
"Who knows? I felt the same way about making a documentary...
- 4/10/2015
- Digital Spy
It.s certainly looking like Kevin Smith.s recent tease of a tweet regarding a sequel to 1995.s absurd but adored comedy, Mallrats was on the level. Smith.s latest tweet may finally confirm what fans have been recently approaching with cautious optimism. With Smith depicting a mini cast reunion and a bold pronouncement, Mallrats 2 clearly isn.t just an optical illusion caused by gratuitous magic eye poster ogling. Goin' back to the Mall, ya'll! @TheRealStanLee, @JayMewes @RookerOnline & me make a # 2. A pre-review of the movie? pic.twitter.com/vKOeotK2I1 . KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) March 20, 2015 Yes, it doesn.t get more real than what we.re seeing above in Smith.s latest tweet. The photo reunites the Silent Bob Smith with his fellow Mallrats alumni in his stoner sidekick, Jay (Jason Mewes); the overbearing consumer of ass-pretzels, Jared Svenning (Michael Rooker); and the film.s dispenser of unsolicited sage advice, Stan...
- 3/20/2015
- cinemablend.com
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Watch a quick montage of Framestore's work on Rocket Racoon for Guardians of the Galaxy in this awesome video (via Slashfilm): Now watch an even cooler video and go deep inside Framework's designs for Knowhere for Guardians of the Galaxy (via Devour): What if Morissey was in The Avengers? See more '80s post punk icons as Marvel superheroes, including Robert Smith as Nightcrawler and Siouxie Sioux as Scarlet Witch at Billy the Butcher (via Popped Culture) Love Star Trek and sushi? You'll have to get this set, in which the Starship Enterprise is a chopstick holder and a place to put your soy sauce (via Design...
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- 3/20/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Grammy nominated producer and composer Junkie Xl provides the raw, gritty score for Warner Bros. crime thriller Run All Night starring Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, and Joel Kinnaman.
Directed by Jaume Collett-Sera, the film follows Brooklyn hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), who finds himself haunted by the sins of his past when his estranged son becomes a target of his longtime best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris).
The film opens in theaters nationwide March 13th, 2015. The Run All Night original motion picture soundtrack will be available on Water Tower Music on March 10th, 2015.
Junkie Xl‘s recent credits include the box office hits Divergent and 300: Rise Of An Empire. Junkie Xl’s upcoming projects include the highly anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road in theaters on May 15.
He is also re-teaming with Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer to score the upcoming film Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Junkie Xl...
Directed by Jaume Collett-Sera, the film follows Brooklyn hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), who finds himself haunted by the sins of his past when his estranged son becomes a target of his longtime best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris).
The film opens in theaters nationwide March 13th, 2015. The Run All Night original motion picture soundtrack will be available on Water Tower Music on March 10th, 2015.
Junkie Xl‘s recent credits include the box office hits Divergent and 300: Rise Of An Empire. Junkie Xl’s upcoming projects include the highly anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road in theaters on May 15.
He is also re-teaming with Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer to score the upcoming film Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Junkie Xl...
- 2/25/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
And the best is yet to come! Playboy model Hope Dworaczyk and her fiance Robert Smith welcomed their first child at home this morning on Friday, Dec. 19, her rep exclusively confirms to Us Weekly. "Baby is doing great!" Dworaczyk tells Us. "I'm doing great too. I can't believe I did that. And at home. It's all a big blur right now. Kinda trippy to say the least!" The couple's baby boy, Hendrix Robert Smith, arrived at 7:51 a.m. He weighed in at 7 lbs., 12 oz., [...]...
- 12/19/2014
- Us Weekly
Leave it to a Playmate to announce her pregnancy like this.2010 Playmate of the Year and former "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Hope Dworaczyk just unveiled her baby bump ... and almost everything else ... for the first time on her Bombette website."It’s true. We’re having a baby. My growing waistline is proof and I love every bit of being pregnant! I know I’ve kept it quiet (Since Spring!) but I wanted time for Robert and I to soak it all in and appreciate this blessing," she says, referring to baby daddy and fiance Robert Smith. "It was a long process and finally getting a positive pregnancy test, after trying to conceive for a couple years, made us want to keep it all to ourselves for a while.""I’ve never been more proud of my body and am in awe I am creating life. Feeling the baby move inside...
- 10/10/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Minnie Driver releases her third album, “Ask Me To Dance,” on Oct. 7. The Rounder/Zoe release, Driver’s first since 2007’s “Seastories,” is a carefully curated selection of covers, including The Cure’s “Close To Me,” Neil Young’s “Tell Me Why,” Stevie Wonder’s “Master Blaster,” the Killers' “Human,” Neil Finn’s “Better Be Home Soon,” and even going back to the Sinatra standard, “Fly Me To The Moon.” A few weeks ago, HitFix premiered a snippet of Driver singing the late Elliott Smith’s “Waltz No. 2.” Today, we have the world premiere of Driver singing The Cure’s “Close To Me,” a song very close to her heart. “So when I was a girl, the only songs I would get asked to dance to were the faster ones and that was always The Cure songs,” Driver says. We wonder if she’s recalling her teen years or those...
- 8/10/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
After co-writing the material for her first two albums, actress Minnie Driver decided to turn to songs that others first made famous for “Ask Me To Dance,” out Oct. 7. The Rounder/Zoe release, Driver’s first album since 2007, features her interpretations of such tunes as The Cure’s “Close To Me,” Neil Young’s “Tell Me Why,” Stevie Wonder’s “Master Blaster,” the Killer’s “Human,” Neil Finn’s “Better Be Home Soon,” and even going back to the Sinatra standard, “Fly Me To The Moon.” In this exclusive clip, HitFix premieres Driver singing “Waltz #2,” from the late Elliott Smith. As movie fans know, Smith’s “Miss Misery” was featured in one of Driver’s earlier film’s, “Good Will Hunting,” and the two were friends until his death. She prefaces the performance by talking about being in the studio with Smith when he recorded the vocal for the haunting,...
- 7/29/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
Brandy and Ryan Press have called it quits.
According to Us Weekly, the singer/actress and the music executive have ended their engagement.
"They are no longer together. The engagement is off, but the friendship is still on," the singer's rep told the mag.
Photos: Stars Who Split In 2014
"They decided to take a step back and reevaluate the relationship," the rep continued. "Brandy is 35 now - that's what her whole #35 on Twitter is about, becoming her own woman."
Despite the split, Brandy (who has a 12-year-old daughter with ex Robert Smith) and ...
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According to Us Weekly, the singer/actress and the music executive have ended their engagement.
"They are no longer together. The engagement is off, but the friendship is still on," the singer's rep told the mag.
Photos: Stars Who Split In 2014
"They decided to take a step back and reevaluate the relationship," the rep continued. "Brandy is 35 now - that's what her whole #35 on Twitter is about, becoming her own woman."
Despite the split, Brandy (who has a 12-year-old daughter with ex Robert Smith) and ...
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 4/15/2014
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
Brandy is back on the market!The singer and her fiance Ryan Press have called off their engagement, according to Us Weekly."They are no longer together. The engagement is off, but the friendship is still on," her rep said in a statement. "They haven't ended things on a bad note and they still speak all the time.""They decided to take a step back and reevaluate the relationship," the rep explained. "Brandy is 35 now -- that's what her whole #35 on Twitter is about, becoming her own woman."The now-estranged couple got engaged back in December 2012. It would have been the first marriage for "The Game" actress, who has a 12-year-old daughter Sy'rai with ex Robert Smith."Brandy has a daughter and she still wants to be married and have more kids but she is working on so many other things right now," the rep added. Are you surprised by the news?...
- 4/15/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Now that the Kiss Army has gotten its due and their heavy metal heroes will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tonight at Brooklyn's Barclays Center (along with Nirvana, Cat Stevens, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Linda Ronstadt, and Peter Gabriel), here are 10 more acts that are definitely worthy of inclusion. Some have been nominated numerous times (like Chic) and never gotten voted in, while others, as impossible as it seems, have never even made it onto the ballot. These 10 are presented in alphabetical order: Bon Jovi: Say what you will and there are just as many people vying to keep Bon Jovi out as are fighting to get them in (if not more), but after Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi is the biggest musical act to come out of New Jersey. Bon Jovi, who was on the ballot in 2012, has dominated the world for...
- 4/10/2014
- Hitfix
Wikipedia Commons
The Cure recently sold out two nights at the Royal Albert Hall to support Teenage Cancer Trust and have also announced vague details of a new album and tour. So, it seems appropriate to celebrate the career of one of Britain’s best alternative rock bands by outlining 20 of their greatest songs.
Formed in 1976 The Cure have been through many phases – many of which casual fans may be unaware of. They’ve been described as Post-Punk, Gothic, Pop-Goth and everything in-between, but in reality, no single one of these categories fit the band as their musical output over the years has been so varied. How many other bands write pop-songs like Friday I’m In Love or The Lovecats (neither of which are on this list) and also form beautiful albums like Disintegration or terrifying songs like One Hundred Years (featured later on)?
So back-comb your hair, put...
The Cure recently sold out two nights at the Royal Albert Hall to support Teenage Cancer Trust and have also announced vague details of a new album and tour. So, it seems appropriate to celebrate the career of one of Britain’s best alternative rock bands by outlining 20 of their greatest songs.
Formed in 1976 The Cure have been through many phases – many of which casual fans may be unaware of. They’ve been described as Post-Punk, Gothic, Pop-Goth and everything in-between, but in reality, no single one of these categories fit the band as their musical output over the years has been so varied. How many other bands write pop-songs like Friday I’m In Love or The Lovecats (neither of which are on this list) and also form beautiful albums like Disintegration or terrifying songs like One Hundred Years (featured later on)?
So back-comb your hair, put...
- 3/7/2014
- by Beau Jones
- Obsessed with Film
Reigning music queen Lorde opened her U.S. tour in Austin last night and the prevailing sentiment among reviewers is that the “Royals” singer ruled over the audience. Below is a review round-up, following by Lorde’s upcoming tour dates. If you don’t have already tickets, be aware the shows are already sold out. Rolling Stone: Lorde began the opening night of her first full-fledged U.S. tour completely alone. With only a solitary microphone at center stage of the sold-out Austin Music Hall, the pop sensation slinked out front while funereal synth tones set the mood before the opening lines of "Glory and Gore."It was a move that put every bit of focus on the 17-year-old New Zealander and served as something of a template for the whole of the 70-minute show; the singer writhing and occasionally convulsing in time with the punishing beats of her gothic pop songs,...
- 3/4/2014
- Hitfix
Brazilian designer Butcher Billy created a fantastic project called The Post-Punk/ New Wave Super Friends. The project consists of several famous post punk and new wave rock stars as some of DC most famous superheroes straight out of the comics. Some of these are just great to say the least. Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) as The Flash Robert Smith (The Cure) as Plastic Man John Lydon (Sex Pistols, PiL) as Firestorm Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banshees) as Wonder Woman Morrissey (The Smiths) as Superman Billy Idol as Aquaman Ian Curtis (Joy Divison) as Batman...
- 2/19/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Legendary English rockers The Cure, led by Robert Smith, have announced their first new album in six years, tentatively titled “4:14 Scream.” The band also plans to revive its “Trilogy” shows, in which it plays three albums in their entirety, and release a live concert DVD. According to a press release, The Cure recorded the new material at the same time as 2008′s “4:13 Dream.” “4:14 Scream” will mark the band’s 14th studio album and is expected to be released in the first half of the year. In late 2014, The Cure will make select stops around the world to present...
- 2/4/2014
- by Whitney Phaneuf
- Hitfix
If you took James (of “Laid” fame), mixed him with Robert Smith and added a dash of Ian Curtis, you’d have Michael Cullen. Easily the darkest artist I’ve gotten to review yet, Cullen’s tunes are loaded with melancholy and dripping with loss. Oddly enough, there are underpinnings of hope, too, but those notes seem lost amid the darkness of the tracks themselves.
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- 12/23/2013
- by Robert Ottone
- JustPressPlay.net
"You two sons-a-bitches are going to college," Ice Cube barks at Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the red-band trailer for the sequel to 21 Jump Street. As it happens, the first film's "Jump Street" program – in which Tatum and Hill's cop characters went back to high school to catch a drug dealer – is renewed in the sequel, with a few twists. For one, instead of resuming work in their familiar Korean church, the cops move their HQ across the street to a new address that also serves as this movie's title: 22 Jump Street.
- 12/16/2013
- Rollingstone.com
The final ballot for the 2013 Harvey Awards is now available. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. The 26th Annual Harvey Awards will be presented Saturday, September 7th, 2013 as part of the Baltimore Comic-Con.
If you are a comics professional, you can vote online at harveyawards.org/2013-final-ballot/. This will enable easier and faster methods for the professional community to submit their nominees. Ballots are due by Monday, August 19, 2013.
And the nominees are…
Best Letterer
Chris Eliopoulos, Cow Boy: A Boy And His Horse, Archaia
Joe Caramagna, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
Todd Klein, Fables, DC Comics
Jack Morelli, Archie, Archie Comics
Chris Ware, Building Stories, Pantheon
Best Colorist
Laura Allred, Ff , Marvel Comics
Matt Hollingsworth, Hawkeye, Marvel Comics
Tito Pena, Archie, Archie Comics
Ed Ryzowski, Gutters, http://www.the-gutters.com/
Fiona Staples,...
If you are a comics professional, you can vote online at harveyawards.org/2013-final-ballot/. This will enable easier and faster methods for the professional community to submit their nominees. Ballots are due by Monday, August 19, 2013.
And the nominees are…
Best Letterer
Chris Eliopoulos, Cow Boy: A Boy And His Horse, Archaia
Joe Caramagna, Daredevil, Marvel Comics
Todd Klein, Fables, DC Comics
Jack Morelli, Archie, Archie Comics
Chris Ware, Building Stories, Pantheon
Best Colorist
Laura Allred, Ff , Marvel Comics
Matt Hollingsworth, Hawkeye, Marvel Comics
Tito Pena, Archie, Archie Comics
Ed Ryzowski, Gutters, http://www.the-gutters.com/
Fiona Staples,...
- 7/15/2013
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! Sure it’s a few days late, but it’s still technically the same week… As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. This Must Be the Place Cheyenne (Sean Penn) was a rock star many years ago, but these days he lives a quiet life in a big house with a wife (Frances McDormand), two dogs and an empty swimming pool. He’s a bit slow in his mobility and speech, and his appearance is still modeled on The Cure’s Robert Smith. When his father falls ill Cheyenne heads to NYC to reconcile with the old man, but instead he finds himself on a quest for revenge against a Nazi. Obviously. Paolo Sorrentino‘s film is more than a little odd. Between Penn’s performance and the script’s insistence on couching a traditional narrative in strange, character-filled...
- 3/16/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
After making its world premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and playing U.S. theaters this past November, "This Must Be The Place" comes out on DVD and Blu-ray this week. The film is the English-language follow-up to Paolo Sorrentino's critically lauded "Il Divo," which was nominated for the Palme d'Or and earned Sorrentino a Jury Prize at Cannes in 2008. The film stars Sean Penn as Chayenne, a vengeful, aging Robert Smith-style rock star, complete with teased black mane and gothy makeup, who embarks on a mission to track down the Nazi war criminal who tormented his father in a concentration camp. Frances McDormand co-stars as Penn's loving and patient wife of 35 years in the oddball road trip movie, which also features performances by David Byrne, Harry Dean Stanton, Eve Hewson, Judd Hirsch and Shea Wigham. Read our Cannes review here. With its home video release this week,...
- 3/12/2013
- by The Playlist Staff
- The Playlist
Moviefone's New Release of the Week "Life of Pi" What's It About? The best-selling novel about Pi, a 16-year-old boy who survives a shipwreck and is stranded in the ocean with a hyena, orangutan, wounded zebra, and Bengal tiger, is finally brought to the screen by Ang Lee. See It Because: While an ambitious undertaking, Lee's masterful storytelling and spellbinding cinematography made believers out of even the most devout "Pi" fans -- and it's easy to see why Lee and the movie's visual artists were rewarded with heaps of Oscars. Watch Ang Lee talk about working with a real tiger, in an exclusive clip from "Life of Pi" (video at the top of this post). Moviefone's Blu-ray of the Week "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" 25th Anniversary Edition What's It About? Disney's landmark Hollywood noir -- set in 1940s "Toon Town" -- is just as madcap and amazing to watch now...
- 3/11/2013
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
Blimey… We knew Loki took it hard when his big plan to conquer the Earth was soundly trounced by those meddling Avengers, but we didn’t think it would A) see him dressing like The Cure’s Robert Smith and B) finding solace in the arms of Tilda Swinton. What’s that? He didn’t? It’s actually the first image from Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, and comes courtesy of Indiewire? That’s okay then. Panic over, Hiddlestoners.Yes, the “crypto-vampire” love story finds Mr Hiddleston as Adam, a mysterious underground musician (who has lived for centuries) sinking deep into depression at the endless cruelty and suffering present in humanity.Looking to jolt himself out of the funk, he reunites with long-term lover Eve (Swinton), but his hopes for romantic calm are spoiled by her wild younger sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska). Tch. Kids today…With John Hurt...
- 1/31/2013
- EmpireOnline
BFI Southbank, London
Breton became a band by default. Originally a squat-dwelling south London movie-making collective, they formed a musical offshoot as a consequence of finding it difficult to gain any significant exposure for the cinematic offerings they produced under the name BretonLABS.
They are now attempting to straddle both genres, and this one-off show under the aegis of the London short film festival sees their four musical members join forces with a string quartet to supply a soundtrack to a series of their own silent shorts, as well as reworking tracks from last year's debut album, Other People's Problems.
It's an involving yet fitful evening, with Breton's mash-up of samples and warped, glitch-heavy electronica simultaneously complementing and subverting the equally cut-up movies. Their hooded and intense frontman, Roman Rappak, is a compelling focus, with his strained vocal yelp on portentous tracks such as The Commission evoking the Cure's Robert Smith.
Breton became a band by default. Originally a squat-dwelling south London movie-making collective, they formed a musical offshoot as a consequence of finding it difficult to gain any significant exposure for the cinematic offerings they produced under the name BretonLABS.
They are now attempting to straddle both genres, and this one-off show under the aegis of the London short film festival sees their four musical members join forces with a string quartet to supply a soundtrack to a series of their own silent shorts, as well as reworking tracks from last year's debut album, Other People's Problems.
It's an involving yet fitful evening, with Breton's mash-up of samples and warped, glitch-heavy electronica simultaneously complementing and subverting the equally cut-up movies. Their hooded and intense frontman, Roman Rappak, is a compelling focus, with his strained vocal yelp on portentous tracks such as The Commission evoking the Cure's Robert Smith.
- 1/16/2013
- by Ian Gittins
- The Guardian - Film News
In a few short hours, many of us will finally be celebrating 2013. However, the year 2012 for Rupert Grint and his fans has been a fantastic one. First came the premiere of Into The White in which Rupert played Gunner Robert Smith to much praise in the Norwegian press. The film is currently out on DVD in many countries. In the UK it is known as Cross of Honour, and for those with a blu-ray player you'll be able to see the film without any region restrictions on it. He also took on the role of Carl in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman opposite Shia Labeouf which will premiere in January at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. He also signed on to play in the Beach Boys drummer Brian Wilson biopic The Dummer as Stan Shapiro opposite Aaron Eckhart and Chloe Grace Moretz. He also recently completed the film Cbgb...
- 12/31/2012
- by Tao
- Rupert-Grint.us/
Here's the big reveal! Brandy showed off her engagement sparkler on Instagram Saturday when she shared a photo of herself and fiancé Ryan Press poolside in Hawaii. Besides getting engaged, the couple has been soaking up the sun in the Aloha State and sharing photos - lots of photos - on social media. "Hawaii sun all in my face :) Having a great time with my love @ryanpress215," Brandy wrote on Instagram earlier in the week. The former Dancing with the Stars contestant, 33, and music executive first went public with their romance last New Year's Eve when they were spotted cuddling in Las Vegas.
- 12/30/2012
- by Maggie Coughlan
- PEOPLE.com
The holidays were doubly special for Brandy this year.
The "Right Here With Me" singer is engaged to music executive Ryan Press, her rep confirmed to Us Weekly.
Brandy and Ryan first went public with their relationship one year ago, at a New Year's Eve bash in Las Vegas.
Back in March, a giddy Brandy told People she was head over heels for Ryan, and revealed he'd earned the favor of her 10-year-old daughter, Sy'rai (whom she had with ex Robert Smith).
"My daughter Sy'rai loves Ryan, and he loves me for me," she told the ...
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The "Right Here With Me" singer is engaged to music executive Ryan Press, her rep confirmed to Us Weekly.
Brandy and Ryan first went public with their relationship one year ago, at a New Year's Eve bash in Las Vegas.
Back in March, a giddy Brandy told People she was head over heels for Ryan, and revealed he'd earned the favor of her 10-year-old daughter, Sy'rai (whom she had with ex Robert Smith).
"My daughter Sy'rai loves Ryan, and he loves me for me," she told the ...
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 12/28/2012
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
The boy is hers!
Us Weekly reports that 33-year-old actress/R&B singer Brandy Norwood is engaged to music executive Ryan Press.
But the former "Moesha" star wasn't exactly blindsided by the reported proposal.
In August, Norwood told Sister 2 Sister magazine, "I keep hearing about a ring. People keep calling me, hinting to me about it, but I don't know...I'm going to be patient and let it happen and just let it be."
This will be the first marriage for the singer, although she previously claimed she was married to Robert Smith -- the father of her child -- because she was concerned about the social perception of having a child out of wedlock. In 2008, Norwood came clean about the fact that the pair never formally tied the knot.
In the October issue of Vibe Vixen magazine, the singer even admitted that she thought about giving up on love...
Us Weekly reports that 33-year-old actress/R&B singer Brandy Norwood is engaged to music executive Ryan Press.
But the former "Moesha" star wasn't exactly blindsided by the reported proposal.
In August, Norwood told Sister 2 Sister magazine, "I keep hearing about a ring. People keep calling me, hinting to me about it, but I don't know...I'm going to be patient and let it happen and just let it be."
This will be the first marriage for the singer, although she previously claimed she was married to Robert Smith -- the father of her child -- because she was concerned about the social perception of having a child out of wedlock. In 2008, Norwood came clean about the fact that the pair never formally tied the knot.
In the October issue of Vibe Vixen magazine, the singer even admitted that she thought about giving up on love...
- 12/27/2012
- by Kelsey Borresen
- Huffington Post
Love is in the air! Brandy is now engaged to her music executive beau Ryan Press, though the proposal was one she saw coming.
"I keep hearing about a ring. People keep calling me, hinting to me about it, but I don't know," Brandy told Sister2Sister magazine in August. "I'm going to be patient and let it happen and just let it be ... I guess it will happen when it's the right time."
It turns out Christmas was the right time, as Press popped the question when the holiday season was in full swing. A source close to the couple tells Us Weekly that "they are thrilled and happy and Brandy feels this is so right."
This is Brandy's first marriage, though she has a 10-year-old daughter, Sy'rai, with her ex-boyfriend Robert Smith.
"[Press] just loves me for who I am," Brandy told Us prior to the engagement. "I don't...
"I keep hearing about a ring. People keep calling me, hinting to me about it, but I don't know," Brandy told Sister2Sister magazine in August. "I'm going to be patient and let it happen and just let it be ... I guess it will happen when it's the right time."
It turns out Christmas was the right time, as Press popped the question when the holiday season was in full swing. A source close to the couple tells Us Weekly that "they are thrilled and happy and Brandy feels this is so right."
This is Brandy's first marriage, though she has a 10-year-old daughter, Sy'rai, with her ex-boyfriend Robert Smith.
"[Press] just loves me for who I am," Brandy told Us prior to the engagement. "I don't...
- 12/27/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Brandy Norwood is reportedly engaged to her boyfriend Ryan Press. The R&B singer was 'thrilled' when the music executive - who she has been dating for two years - popped the question this festive season, and the pair can't wait to become husband and wife. A source told Us Weekly: 'They are thrilled and happy and Brandy feels this is so right.' It will be the 33-year-old 'Full Moon' hitmaker's first real marriage. She pretended to be married to her ex-boyfriend Robert Smith for two years after having daughter Sy'rai, now 10, because she worried people would think she was a bad role model for having a child out of wedlock. Brandy came clean in 2008, confessing: 'I lied...
- 12/27/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Brandy Norwood is reportedly engaged to her boyfriend Ryan Press. The R&B singer was ''thrilled'' when the music executive - who she has been dating for two years - popped the question this festive season, and the pair can't wait to become husband and wife. A source told Us Weekly: ''They are thrilled and happy and Brandy feels this is so right.'' It will be the 33-year-old 'Full Moon' hitmaker's first real marriage. She pretended to be married to her ex-boyfriend Robert Smith for two years after having daughter Sy'rai, now 10, because she worried people would think she was a bad role...
- 12/27/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Just when we had imagined Kate Middleton couldn’t feel worse, between the constantly vomiting and the tragic suicide of the nurse pranked by those Australian DJs attempting to contact Middleton, Morrissey steps in to rake her over the coals. Yes, the singer Morrissey. Why? Aw, it’s sweet you still think these things have to have a why. “It wasn’t because of two DJs in Australia that this woman took her own life — it was the pressure around her,” the singer told New Zealand’s 3News, declaring that Kate “feels no shame about the death of this woman. She’s saying nothing about the death of this poor woman. The arrogance of the British royals is absolutely staggering.” Whaaaaaa?
If that wasn’t harsh enough, Moz also accused Kate of having an eating disorder. “Does she have a health condition?” he mused. “Is it anorexia or is it pregnancy?...
If that wasn’t harsh enough, Moz also accused Kate of having an eating disorder. “Does she have a health condition?” he mused. “Is it anorexia or is it pregnancy?...
- 12/12/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
This Must Be the Place
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Harry Dean Stanton
Running Time: 1 hr 58 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Plot: A former goth rocker named Cheyenne (Penn) living in Dublin travels to America to kill a former Nazi who humiliated his father decades ago.
Who’S It For? Though inhabitants of the art house might be able to something of it, this movie will be best enjoyed by Penn cynics. If you’ve ever laughed at one of his many unsubtle moments as an actor, here is a full film of Penn falling apart.
Overall
It seems like all Hollywood actors play the clown at least once. Such often undeniably bad decisions come in the shape of integrity-questioning comedies, like when Stallone did Rhinestone or Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, or when Eastwood did Pink Cadillac (in which Eastwood actually...
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Harry Dean Stanton
Running Time: 1 hr 58 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Plot: A former goth rocker named Cheyenne (Penn) living in Dublin travels to America to kill a former Nazi who humiliated his father decades ago.
Who’S It For? Though inhabitants of the art house might be able to something of it, this movie will be best enjoyed by Penn cynics. If you’ve ever laughed at one of his many unsubtle moments as an actor, here is a full film of Penn falling apart.
Overall
It seems like all Hollywood actors play the clown at least once. Such often undeniably bad decisions come in the shape of integrity-questioning comedies, like when Stallone did Rhinestone or Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, or when Eastwood did Pink Cadillac (in which Eastwood actually...
- 11/20/2012
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
More news from the 2012 Afm: distro deals for Nicholas McCarthy's Home and Benni Diez's killer bee thriller Stung plus early info on new witch tale Blood Shed and new vamp flick Dracula: The Dark Prince.
Celluloid Nightmares has struck a multi-territory deal with Wild Bunch on Home, Nicholas McCarthy’s follow-up to Sundance hit The Pact. Wild Bunch will distribute Candlewood Entertainment’s horror film in France, Germany and Spain. Sonny Mallhi is financing and will produce the story of a young woman who investigates mysterious goings-on at a house where she learns the previous tenant unwittingly summoned the devil. UTA Independent Film Group handles North American sales. Xyz Films and Celluloid Nightmares’ Nate Bolotin and Sarah Gabriel negotiated the deal with Wild Bunch.
Bolotin and Celluloid Nightmares have also announced a multi-territory deal with eOne on killer bee thriller Stung covering the UK, Canada, South Africa and Scandinavia,...
Celluloid Nightmares has struck a multi-territory deal with Wild Bunch on Home, Nicholas McCarthy’s follow-up to Sundance hit The Pact. Wild Bunch will distribute Candlewood Entertainment’s horror film in France, Germany and Spain. Sonny Mallhi is financing and will produce the story of a young woman who investigates mysterious goings-on at a house where she learns the previous tenant unwittingly summoned the devil. UTA Independent Film Group handles North American sales. Xyz Films and Celluloid Nightmares’ Nate Bolotin and Sarah Gabriel negotiated the deal with Wild Bunch.
Bolotin and Celluloid Nightmares have also announced a multi-territory deal with eOne on killer bee thriller Stung covering the UK, Canada, South Africa and Scandinavia,...
- 11/5/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
This Must Be the Place
Written by Umberto Contarello and Paolo Sorrentino
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Italy/France/Ireland, 2011
“Something’s wrong here. I don’t know exactly what it is, but something’s wrong here.” Repeated by its protagonist throughout This Must Be the Place, the line captures the baffling quality of Paolo Sorrentino’s English language debut. An erratic merging of different forms and tones, it is a difficult film to describe and one even harder to discuss in regards to why much of it succeeds. It is certainly schizophrenic conceptually and stylistically, but it also never feels disjointed or packed with too many strands.
Sean Penn plays a wealthy former rock star of around 50 years of age, Cheyenne, bored and jaded while in long-implemented retirement in Dublin. Perpetually slathered in the make-up and attire of his goth rock career, as well as frequently wielding cat eye glasses and a shopping trolley,...
Written by Umberto Contarello and Paolo Sorrentino
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Italy/France/Ireland, 2011
“Something’s wrong here. I don’t know exactly what it is, but something’s wrong here.” Repeated by its protagonist throughout This Must Be the Place, the line captures the baffling quality of Paolo Sorrentino’s English language debut. An erratic merging of different forms and tones, it is a difficult film to describe and one even harder to discuss in regards to why much of it succeeds. It is certainly schizophrenic conceptually and stylistically, but it also never feels disjointed or packed with too many strands.
Sean Penn plays a wealthy former rock star of around 50 years of age, Cheyenne, bored and jaded while in long-implemented retirement in Dublin. Perpetually slathered in the make-up and attire of his goth rock career, as well as frequently wielding cat eye glasses and a shopping trolley,...
- 11/2/2012
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
The initial first glimpses for "This Must Be the Place" promised disaster, with a pitch of Sean Penn playing a burned-out post-punk rocker on the hunt for Nazis, and advance photos where Penn's jet-black corona of hair and dour made-up jowls made him look less like someone who had imitated The Cure's Robert Smith and more like someone who had killed, skinned and eaten Smith before donning his coiffure and face in celebration. And that level of preliminary expectation-lowering was confounding; this was the follow-up from Paolo Sorrentino after the acclaimed political epic "Il Divo," which was nominated for the Palme d'Or and earned Sorrentino a Jury Prize at Cannes in 2008. It seemed like the kind of directorial hubris that would be a prelude to both wonderment and bewilderment -- like a cartoon car crash, or the mass demolition of a model train set, where no one is actually hurt...
- 11/1/2012
- by James Rocchi
- The Playlist
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