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The Wackness Movie Trailer #3

post from /Film on 15 May 2008 11:45:53 PM. © /Film

When I first saw The Wackness in January at Sundance, I proclaimed that it was one of my favorite films of the year so far. (...)

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Hidden Treasures - Guest Contributors for May

post from Row Three on 15 May 2008 10:46:50 PM. © Row Three

Welcome to the first edition of what will become a monthly article, where I open up Hidden[...]

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New Terminators Look Retro in Terminator 4

post from /Film on 15 May 2008 10:46:46 PM. © /Film

Character designer Miles Teves explained how the new Terminator 4 will go back to the future in the design of the new Terminators. (...)

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Vin Diesel Demonstrates How To Breakdance

post from Movie Moron on 15 May 2008 10:05:00 PM. © Movie Moron

Vin Diesel’s virtually disappeared since being hailed as the upcoming star six years ago. His summer release Babylon A.D. has got about as much buzz as a glass of coke that’s been in the garden since last summer, and he’s recently agreed to star in Fast And The Furious… 4. But if the movie career [...]

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New Twilight Photos: Bella and Edward Sitting in
a Tree

post from /Film on 15 May 2008 10:04:01 PM. © /Film

David Strick has 24 new photos from the set of the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer?s bestselling novel Twilight. (...)

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Sean McCourt on the SFIFF Golden Gate Awards
Ceremony

post from Hell On Frisco Bay on 15 May 2008 09:48:00 PM. © Hell On Frisco Bay

It's impossible to attend everything at a large film festival like the San Francisco International Film Festival that ended last week, and which can have as many as six ticketed screenings and events running at the same time -- that doesn't include the more informal gatherings that crop up all the time in the hubbub of the Frisco Bay film community's biggest celebration of the year. Read this for a little perspective on the valiant struggle to see just about every film in the program.

So I'm very thankful that Sean McCourt has been another set of eyes and ears for Hell on Frisco Bay at the SFIFF, contributing articles like this one and the following article on the Golden Gate Awards ceremony in which most of the festival prize-winners were announced. Here's Sean:

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The winners of the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Awards were announced last Wednesday night at a ceremony that exemplified the independent attitude and outlook of San Francisco, with the actual announcements and formalities of the evening taking up a very short amount of time?no more than about 25 minutes?while the rest of the night was dedicated to socializing and enjoying the complimentary food and drinks. Imagine that taking place on Oscar night.

Guests arrived at the California Culinary Academy's Careme Room starting at 7 PM, and were greeted by a four-lamp rotating spotlight parked out front, marking the location and lending the affair a bit of that glamorous Hollywood premiere feeling ?- though it was still a little too light outside at that point for the full effect to be seen in the sky overhead.

Once inside the high-ceilinged room, filmmakers, festival staff, media and film buffs mingled to the sounds of a live jazz trio while sampling some of the tasty foods that Academy students had whipped up for the occasion. Alcohol was flowing quite liberally as well, thanks to sponsoring brands Grey Goose vodka and Stella Artois beer?and based on the volume of excited chatter filling the room when SFFS Executive Director Graham Leggat stepped up to the podium to speak, it was clear that everybody was fairly relaxed and enjoying themselves.

After getting the crowd to settle down a bit, Leggat went through the expected motions of thanking everybody involved with the festival, and other such customs before reading through the list of winners for various categories not on the top of the bill for the evening. For the last few awards, however, there was the traditional naming of the nominees, then the announcement of who had actually won.

The winners were:

New Directors Award: Vasermil, Mushon Salmona

FIPRESCI Prize: Ballast, Lance Hammer

Chris Holter Humor in Film Award: Time to Die, Dorota Kedzierzawska

Documentary Feature: Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang (pictured above)

Bay Area Documentary Feature: Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, Dawn Logsdon

As Lolis Eric Elie, co-director of Faubourg Tremé, accepted the award, he told the cheering audience, "Winning this award is a statement that our message is
being heard, even as far away here in San Francisco."

Aside from the awards, the other announcement that was made during the night?s festivities was that starting in June the San Francisco Film Society will start programming and showing films on one screen at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in San Francisco, keeping Bay Area film aficionados supplied with quality cinema throughout the year.

--Sean McCourt

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New Kids, The

post from Shiny Movie Guide on 15 May 2008 09:48:00 PM. © Shiny Movie Guide

The New Kids (1985)
Dir: Sean S. Cunningham

A brother and sister move to a new town only to be terrorised by a local street gang.
A decent thriller with some solid performances from a recognisable young cast. The story is pretty simple and it's got its fair share of cheesy moments, but it also manages to be very entertaining. It also gets very violent towards the end and though it doesn't have any scares, there are some impressive death scenes.

Story: 5
Acting: 6
Directing: 6
Scares: 2
Gore: 7
Overall: 6

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ABC Invites You To Sell Out Your Kid Sister For
Cash And Prizes [Short Ends]

· OK, we think we can officially say we're excited about a new fall show: That would be Opportunity Knocks on ABC, Ashton Kutcher's contribution to the, "Hey—let's throw a block party game show!" genre. So much to love here, from the kid-sister diary hunt, to the whack-a-pottery challenge, to the identify-your -infant-brother's -screams quiz round. And just think how awesome it will be when they pack up the show and move it to the ghetto! [TV Week]
· Why yes, we do think we've seen this halo-effect used to great success on previous comedy one-sheets. [/Film]
· Jessica Alba radiates the unmistakable, bird-flipping glow of a woman nearing childbirth. [celebslam]
· An anonymous bidder paid $15 million for Takashi Murakami's jizz-vortex manga sculpture: someone who sounded a whooooole lot like Kanye West affecting a matronly British accent. [Gawker]
· Want to kill a few hours? Thighs Wide Shut collected the mother of all Indy ephemera link dumps, including a listing of every person ever really named Indiana Jones. (They were all born in the 19th century.) [thighswideshut.org]
· Stumble along with the ANTM finalists as they attempt to plug CoverGirl's new Westshlicksfritzsprtizer! (Congratulations, Whitney.) [B-Side Blog]