If you haven't noticed as of yet, we decided to shift our Eurospy show to early September because of time considerations - we still need more research time.
But now, this weeks' Hero Heat premiere may be in jeopardy and may not appear until later in the week. After fighting some minor throat irritation most of this week, I woke up this morning with a 100 degree temperature, no voice whatsoever, and a head that felt like it was full of cotton...
I took some meds and went back to bed for a few hours to try and sleep some of it off. But I wanted to give you a heads up that Sunday's installment of Subject:CINEMA - this year's Hero Heat launch - may be moved back to mid-week next week. I'm hoping to feel good enough by Sunday morning to try and get it done, but I can't promise anything. Although I think my fever has broken a bit, I still have NO VOICE at all. So we'll play things by ear. I'll update you as the weekend progresses.
Thanks for your understanding as always when these things hit...we love you guys!
Hollywood Reporter has an excellent piece this morning on the woes at MGM costing James Bond his audience...if you're a fan, this tells you what you need to know!
This week, we look at the impact of clowns in the movies...YES, that
kind of clown - the kind with facepaint. Whether good or bad, clowns
have a rich movie history, and we explore it today!
Also,This week's entertainment news, a 2010 Theater Near You tour
review, your E-mail...all of ONE LETTER (geez, come on guys, write to
us!), The 2010 Constellation Award winners, a calendar update, and
reviews of THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE KILLER INSIDE ME, and BEST WORST MOVIE!
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! After over 30 years of being involved in the music, TC
finally brings his expert opinon (!?) back to the web!
Loads of commentary, and the weekly TKR Top 50. Check it out
today at http://thekirkhamreport.com !
If you're a Dancing With The Stars fan, check out PNR's
latest podcast, Mirrorball Mayhem! Each week, TC and Kim
bring to DWTS coverage the same irreverent humor that
they've honed for almost four years on Subject:CINEMA.
Check it out every Tuesday night, approximately one hour
after the results show at http://mirrorballmayhem.com !
If it's more of Kim you want, then Platinum Roses' Garden
is the place to go! Finally back from her three month
hiatus, Kim is back with more observations on the world,
her popular indepth coverage of the CW series
Supernatural, and more! Check it out today at http://platinumrosesgarden.com !
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For more on the infamous, never completed Jerry Lewis film The Day The Clown Cried, visit our friends over at Subterranean Cinema. As we noted in the podcast, they have an amazing collection of info on this film, including the original and final draft scripts, video and more!
This week, we launch a new continuing series, What A
Character!, focusing on character actors. We kick it off with
one of the best - the inimitable Bruce Campbell!
Also,The
Bonehead of The Week, a few passings of note, coverage of the 7th
Annual Trailer Treats show at Cambridge MA's Brattle Theatre, and
complete reviews of WINNEBAGO MAN and INCEPTION!
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Check out TC's brand new music
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years of being involved in the music, TC finally brings
his expert opinon (!?) back to the web! Loads of
commentary, and the weekly TKR Top 50. Check it out today
at
http://thekirkhamreport.com !
If you're a Dancing
With The Stars fan, check out PNR's latest podcast,
Mirrorball Mayhem! Each week, TC and Kim bring to DWTS
coverage the same irreverent humor that they've honed for
almost four years on Subject:CINEMA. Check it out every
Tuesday night, approximately one hour after the results
show at
http://mirrorballmayhem.com !
If it's more of Kim
you want, then Platinum Roses' Garden is the place to go!
Finally back from her three month hiatus, Kim is back with
more observations on the world, her popular indepth
coverage of the CW series Supernatural, and more! Check it
out today at
http://platinumrosesgarden.com !
Subject:CINEMA's
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Remember, you can find the complete calendar of upcoming
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available on our main site, and you can add us to your
Google Calendar as well! And as always, even more complete
show notes are available on our website at
http://popcornnroses.com and
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BONUS! BONUS! BONUS! Exclusive to PopcornNRoses.Com!
Here are the trailers we mentioned during the Trailer Treats coverage - first up - NORWEGIAN NINJA!
Next Up - It's RUBBER!
Next, it's the 2008 Brattle Smackdown contest winner - "86"!
Here's the 2009 Brattle Smackdown contest winner - "Union Street"!
And I FOUND IT - the 2007 Brattle Smackdown winner - "Miranda"!
Hope you all enjoy these extras! And thanks once again to Ned Hinkle and Ivy Moylan and the staff of the Brattle Theatre for making the annual Trailer Treats something AWESOME! And Congrats to the annual winners of the Trailer Smackdown!!!
Keep tuned in throughout the week at PNR for the
latest news and commentary, and we'll see you again next
weekend!
Deadline:HOLLYWOOD's Nikki Finke has posted news of an Associated Press report that Roman Polanski has been released from a Swiss jail and is no longer facing extradition to the US on a 1977 conviction for statutory rape. Apparently the Swiss were less than pleased with the American response. Check out the full story at Deadline Hollywood above.
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dozens of other internet services. And we've got several
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All the top name brands - Volcom, Burton, Vans, DC, and
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what ELSE we've got for you:
eBags.com, where you can get any kind of bag and
accessories you want for the best prices on the internet. Be it a
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you may need, eBags has it for less!
And now,
eBags is teaming up with Subject:CINEMA and the PNR
Networks to bring you some fantastic deals!
Subject:CINEMA welcomes Zazzle US, where
you can purchase millions of items about any number of fantastic things
- from shirts and shoes to skateboards and bags, plus hundreds of
other items!
Use our special code,
subjectcine1, at check out and get 10% off any order $50 or more! And
watch for more specials from Zazzle US at http://zazzle.com!
***
Check out TC's brand new music
site, The Kirkham Report ! After over 30
years of being involved in the music, TC finally brings his
expert opinon (!?) back to the web! Loads of commentary,
and the weekly TKR Top 50. Check it out today at
http://thekirkhamreport.com !
If you're a Dancing
With The Stars fan, check out PNR's latest podcast,
Mirrorball Mayhem! Each week, TC and Kim bring to DWTS
coverage the same irreverent humor that they've honed for
almost four years on Subject:CINEMA. Check it out every
Tuesday night, approximately one hour after the results
show at
http://mirrorballmayhem.com !
If it's more of Kim
you want, then Platinum Roses' Garden is the place to go!
Finally back from her three month hiatus, Kim is back with
more observations on the world, her popular indepth coverage
of the CW series Supernatural, and more! Check it out
today at
http://platinumrosesgarden.com !
Subject:CINEMA's
brand-new Swag Shop launches with this great new tee! Show off
your love for Subject:CINEMA today!
*** E-mail us at
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C With you? Now you can - SC is now Mobile via iPhone!
Check us out today - all the latest S:C podcasts plus
EXCLUSIVE features coming soon!
Call us with your
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Wanna hear us anywhere? Now you CAN!
Subject:CINEMA Mobile for iPhone is now here! Get it at iTunes NOW!
PLEASE VOTE for
Subject:CINEMA on Podcast Alley!
We hope you'll spread the word
about Subject:CINEMA to your friends - we love having
all the listeners we can get!
Remember, you can find the complete calendar of upcoming
shows on our websites! Our BRAND NEW Google Calendar is
available on our main site, and you can add us to your
Google Calendar as well! And as always, even more complete
show notes are available on our website at
http://popcornnroses.com and
http://subjectcinema.com !
Keep tuned in throughout the week at PNR for the
latest news and commentary, and we'll see you again next
weekend!
Actor Josh Hutcherson and actress Mia Wasikowska took the honors as the #1 male and female rising star on the fifth annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list as announced on Sunday, July 4.
Hutcherson just edged out actor Logan Lerman for the top spot on the male side, with actor Kyle Gallner in the #3 position. On the women’s side, Wasikowska is the first non-American female to top the annual list. She is followed by actress Chloe Grace Moretz at #2 and actress Emma Stone at #3.
Since 2006, the Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list has been one of the most-watched of its kind in the internet film community. In past years, Popcorn N Roses has been first in naming some of the fastest rising stars around, including Michael Angarano, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Anton Yelchin, and Ellen Page.
The fifth annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list was announced on a special edition of the website's popular film podcast Subject:CINEMA, Sunday, July 4 at 6 PM Eastern; You can download the full show here.
The Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list has had an impressive track record with over 70% of the list honorees jumping into the Hollywood spotlight within the following 12 months.
It's time for another Subject:CINEMA!
And this week -- it's a BIGGIE!
Join Kim And TC as they unveil
the 20 actors and actresses they think will hit the big time in the next
year or so...and they have a 70% accuracy rate so far...
THE FIFTH ANNUAL PNR RISING STARS LIST!!!
Plusour review of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE!
The full lists will be available on the full site (http://popcornnroses.com) tomorrow afternoon!
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and by visiting http://emusic.com/cinema
, you will get 35 FREE DOWNLOADS during your 14 day
trial! Check it out today!
AND BY
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can get the best prices on domains, web space, and
dozens of other internet services. And we've got several
great deals for you:
CCS.COM , your source for all the best prices on
skateboarding and snowboarding clothes and equipment!
All the top name brands - Volcom, Burton, Vans, DC, and
all the rest - we've got 'em all right here! And look at
what ELSE we've got for you:
eBags.com, where you can get any kind of bag and
accessories you want for the best prices on the internet. Be it a
handbag, a backpack, a computer case, or anything else
you may need, eBags has it for less!
And now,
eBags is teaming up with Subject:CINEMA and the PNR Networks
to bring you some fantastic deals!
Subject:CINEMA welcomes Zazzle US, where
you can purchase millions of items about any number of fantastic things -
from shirts and shoes to skateboards and bags, plus hundreds of other
items!
Use our special code, subjectcine1, at
check out and get 10% off any order $50 or more! And watch for more
specials from Zazzle US at http://zazzle.com!
***
Check out TC's brand new music
site, The Kirkham Report ! After over 30
years of being involved in the music, TC finally brings his
expert opinon (!?) back to the web! Loads of commentary, and
the weekly TKR Top 50. Check it out today at
http://thekirkhamreport.com !
If you're a Dancing
With The Stars fan, check out PNR's latest podcast,
Mirrorball Mayhem! Each week, TC and Kim bring to DWTS
coverage the same irreverent humor that they've honed for
almost four years on Subject:CINEMA. Check it out every
Tuesday night, approximately one hour after the results
show at
http://mirrorballmayhem.com !
If it's more of Kim
you want, then Platinum Roses' Garden is the place to go!
Finally back from her three month hiatus, Kim is back with
more observations on the world, her popular indepth coverage of
the CW series Supernatural, and more! Check it out today
at
http://platinumrosesgarden.com !
Subject:CINEMA's
brand-new Swag Shop launches with this great new tee! Show off
your love for Subject:CINEMA today!
*** E-mail us at
subjectcinema@popcornnroses.com
Want to take S:
C With you? Now you can - SC is now Mobile via iPhone!
Check us out today - all the latest S:C podcasts plus
EXCLUSIVE features coming soon!
Call us with your
comments! 1-888-214-9311 TOLL FREE in the US and Canada!
Wanna hear us anywhere? Now you CAN!
Subject:CINEMA Mobile for iPhone is now here! Get it at iTunes NOW!
PLEASE VOTE for
Subject:CINEMA on Podcast Alley!
We hope you'll spread the word
about Subject:CINEMA to your friends - we love having
all the listeners we can get!
Remember, you can find the complete calendar of upcoming
shows on our websites! Our BRAND NEW Google Calendar is
available on our main site, and you can add us to your
Google Calendar as well! And as always, even more complete
show notes are available on our website at
http://popcornnroses.com and
http://subjectcinema.com !
Keep tuned in throughout the week at PNR for the
latest news and commentary, and we'll see you again next
weekend!
FIFTH ANNUAL POPCORN N ROSES RISING STARS LIST TO BE ANNOUNCED JULY 4
Since 2006, the Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list has been one of the most-watched of its kind in the internet film community. In past years, Popcorn N Roses has been first in naming some of the fastest rising stars around, including Michael Angarano, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Anton Yelchin, and Ellen Page.
The fifth annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list will be announced on a special edition of the website's popular film podcast Subject:CINEMA, this Sunday, July 4 at 6 PM Eastern.
The format has changed this year. Rather than each selecting their own list, Subject:CINEMA hosts TC Kirkham and Kim Brown have pooled their resources to come up with one.
Also, for the first time, the list will be ranked from #10-1 in both male and female categories. Previously they have named only a #1 Rising Star with the rest unranked. Past #1 male and female winners have been Michael Angarano and Keira Knightly (2006), John Robinson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (2007), Anton Yelchin and Olivia Thirlby (2008), and Michael Welch and Kristen Stewart (2009).
The Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list has had an impressive track record with over 70% of the list honorees jumping into the Hollywood spotlight within the following 12 months.
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Popcorn N Roses will begin tweeting clues to the identities of the 20 young actors and actresses on the 2010 Rising Stars list Sunday Morning, July 4 2010 at 10 AM ET. We would like to ask all our PNR Followers on Twitter to please remember to RETWEET these to your followers using the RETWEET button - we are trying to track how far the tweets go this way.
Also, now is the time to sign up for the PNR Newsletter - you can use the subscription box on any page of the site. We will be sending out a special "rising stars" edition of the newsletter on Monday, July 5th, so you need to sign up before the issue goes out in order to get it.
Don't get me wrong about this. I loved Garfield in Boy A, and I think he's a really fantastic young performer.
But Spider-Man?
In a word...no.
The age factor is just ridiculous. Sony and director Marc Webb are on record several times as having said that they wanted to cast a teenager so they could grow into the role. Then they decide to get coy, obnoxious, and downright ruthless and totally ignore the will of the american fans (gee, sounds like politics, doesn't it? BINGO!) and instead of casting one of about a dozen actors who the fans liked that fit the age range, they decide to cast a 26 year old who is almost a complete unknown and who at best might be able to pass for 22 or so...but definately NOT 16.
Why does Hollywood always play this game? The age factor is such a damn joke. There are hundreds if not THOUSANDS of actors who are actually 16 or 17 years old that could (and possibly would) make a better Peter Parker.
And yet...and yet...Hollywood has a long and dubious history of making an ass of itself in this area...
What's that, my readers? You want a few examples? Sure! Let's start with the REALLY OBVIOUS one, shall we?
Two Words - Nicholas Hammond.
Hammond was the ORIGINAL Spider-Man, in the gawd-awful CBS series The Amazing Spiderman. He was WAY too old for the part, but the real blame for this series was its writing and execution. About the only thing that was Spidey about this show was the name, and the costume.
Want more examples? Here we go...
GREASE- No one is gonna deny that Grease is one of the best musicals of all time. But in order to really enjoy it, you need to forget that John Travolta is in his mid 20s and Olivia Newton-John in her EARLY 30s, and both were playing 17 years old. Did they look it? NOT EVEN CLOSE....
THE POWERS OF MATTHEW STAR - The most infamous example of 20-and-30-somethings trying to play teenagers... and coming off looking RIDICULOUS. The youngest member of the cast of this sci-fi turkey was Amy Steel, and while she was a great actress, she was also 25 years old, playing 17. Peter Barton was 28 playing 17.
HEAD OF THE CLASS - while this TV Show was closer to the correct age range in most areas, could one REALLY believe that 27 year old Dan Frischman was 16 when the show started? How about 24 year old Dan Schneider? Co-star Tony O'Dell was WAY more convincing playing 16...and he was just a few months younger than Frischman...
Now, let's go the other direction, shall we?
What would have happened if the powers that be at Warner Brothers had decided to cast a 15 year old American actor as 11 year old Harry Potter in the first Potter film? Do you REALLY think this idea would have worked? Nope, and Sorcerer's Stone would have been the first AND last Harry Potter film.
And now we know at little more TRUTH about WHY Sony has been dragging it's heels when it came to casting...
It's now come out that Sony was offering a paltry $500K for the first film, $1M for the second, and $2M for the third. For a young and hungry performer like Garfield, that payday for a role as iconic as Spider-Man probably looks too good to pass up. But to seasoned and more in-demand performers, like Logan Lerman, Michael Angarano, Josh Hutcherson, Anton Yelchin, et al - that offer had to seem like somewhat of an insult. Does Sony REALLY believe that the actors don't know how much the studio is likely to make on these films if they're successful? The truth of the matter is that Sony is a cheap-ass company who doesn't want to pay top talent for the roles that will bring the studio the most money. In other words - typical corporate greed.
The truth will play out at San Diego's annual Comic-Con. If fans react negatively - and I think they're going to - things may change yet again. Hopefully, Marvel's Avi Arad, who has always been one smart cookie, will realize what Sony is about to do with one of their most lucrative properties and try to stop it. If not, who knows? With more rumors already surfacing on various sites about planned changes to the script to accommodate Garfield's age, when they've been so adamant from day one about the film being about the high school days of Peter Parker, one wonders why they're even bothering to try this at all.
But I have to wonder...if this film bombs, the film rights are likely to revert back to Disney and become a lucrative part of their Marvel division. And in all honesty, if Sony is going to deliberately antagonize the fans just to get internet buzz, they will have a massive failure on their hands, and best of all, no one to blame but themselves because they didn't listen to the fans. As a wise robot once said, "it's YOUR dishwashing liquid, YOU soak in it!" .
Having checked fan reaction on some 35 different sites with the news since it broke, so will the MAJORITY of Spider-Man fans...about 70% of whom do not approve of the idea of a "reboot" for the franchise in the first place...and about 60%of whom are not happy AT ALL with Sony's choice for the role...of the top three choices leaked last night - NONE of whom were teenagers - only Jamie Bell had fan approval, and I still don't know why, when as I've stated he's also too old for the role...
Them's not good odds...so mark my words, peeps...I'm betting that the Spider-Man saga isn't over yet...in fact, I'm thinking it may be far from over....but we'll see...stay tuned.
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