Posts Tagged ‘Michael Shannon’

Bad-Ass Teaser Trailer for HBO’s BOARDWALK EMPIRE

Posted: March 16th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

If you liked yesterday’s trailer for David Simon’s Treme, you’re gonna love the teaser trailer HBO just premiered for their upcoming prohibition-era crime drama Boardwalk Empire.  The trailer only features two lines of dialogue (and I won’t spoil them because they’re great), and the rest is set to some slick music.  The visuals look great, the cast is strong, and I can’t wait to check this show out.  The wait will be somewhat excruciating as the show won’t premiere until this fall.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer and read the full synopsis for Boardwalk Empire.

7 Movie Clips and a New Featurette for THE RUNAWAYS Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

Posted: March 10th, 2010 at 10:33 am

With The Runways getting released on March 19 (in limited release), Apparition has provided us with 7 clips from the movie and a cool new featurette.  Here’s part of my review of the film from Sundance:

With fantastic performances from Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon, The Runaways delivered the goods at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  Based on the book Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story by Cherie Currie, The Runaways tells the coming-of-age story of the teenage rock band The Runaways and how they came together in the mid 1970’s.  Kristen Stewart stars as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning is Cherie Currie, and Michael Shannon stars as the über-eccentric Kim Fowley - the man who put The Runaways together.

If you’d like to get a taste of the film, hit the jump to check out the clips and the new featurette.  And look for my video interview with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning next week:

6 New High Resolution Images from THE RUNAWAYS Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

Posted: March 3rd, 2010 at 5:35 pm

With The Runaways set to be released on March 19, we’ve landed 6 new high resolution images from the film.  Since we’ve been covering the film extensively the last few months, I’d like to think most of you know what it’s about.  But for the three people just joining the party:

The Runaways follows two friends, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. They fall under the Svengali-like influence of rock impresario Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon), who turns the group into an outrageous success and a family of misfits. With its tough-chick image and raw talent, the band quickly earns a name for itself-and so do its two leads: Joan is the band’s pure rock’ n’ roll heart, while Cherie, with her Bowie-Bardot looks, is the sex kitten.

Hit the jump to check out the new images.  And if you missed our previous coverage…here’s 8 high resolution images, here’s my review from Sundance, and here’s my interview with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning:

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning Sundance Interview THE RUNAWAYS

Posted: January 25th, 2010 at 9:00 pm

With The Runaways premiering last night at the Sundance Film Festival, the cast, writer/director Floria Sigismondi, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie met with reporters yesterday afternoon.  Thankfully, I was invited to participate in the roundtable interviews and after the jump you can either read or listen to the interview with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.

As I said in my review of The Runaways:

With fantastic performances from Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon, The Runaways delivered the goods at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  Based on the book Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story by Cherie Currie, The Runaways tells the coming-of-age story of the teenage rock band The Runaways and how they came together in the mid 1970’s.  Kristen Stewart stars as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning is Cherie Currie, and Michael Shannon stars as the über-eccentric Kim Fowley - the man who put The Runaways together.

During the interview, Stewart and Fanning discussed making the film, really playing and singing their parts, being at Sundance, their kissing scene, and I asked Stewart about playing a part that features  adult subject matter with her very large teenage fanbase.  If you’re a fan of Kristen Stewart or Dakota Fanning, you’ll love the interview:

THE RUNAWAYS Movie Review - Sundance 2010

Posted: January 24th, 2010 at 7:00 pm

With fantastic performances from Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Michael Shannon, The Runaways delivered the goods at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  Based on the book Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story by Cherie Currie, The Runaways tells the coming-of-age story of the teenage rock band The Runaways and how they came together in the mid 1970’s.  Kristen Stewart stars as Joan Jett, Dakota Fanning is Cherie Currie, and Michael Shannon stars as the über-eccentric Kim Fowley - the man who put The Runaways together.

While there was a lot of debate if the film would show a no-holds-barred account of what The Runaways really went through back in the 70’s - like the drug use and the in-band make-out sessions - not only does the film show a warts-and-all look at what happened to the band - at times you’ll feel like you’re watching documentary footage from the era as Stewart and Fanning are really playing and singing in the film, and they both deliver inspired performances.  For more of my thoughts on the film, hit the jump:

Teaser Poster for THE RUNAWAYS Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

Posted: January 22nd, 2010 at 12:51 pm

I loves me a subtle yet effective teaser poster and so I loves me this teaser poster for The Runaways (and I’ve heard good things about the film), which MTV debuted today.  The image is a literal take on the The Runaways’ hit single, “Cherry Bomb”, written by Joan Jett (played by Kristen Stewart) and Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon).  And since The Runaways were an all-girl rock band, that cherry is dripping for a reason: because it was recently washed and now safe to eat.  Or they did it as sexual innuendo.  I personally think they’re just trying to promote food safety.

Hit the jump to check out the full poster along with the officially synopsis.  We also have hi-res images, the teaser trailer, and a clip from the film all for your viewing pleasure.  The Runaways will debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and hit theaters nationwide on March 19th.

8 New High Resolution Images from THE RUNAWAYS Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

Posted: January 20th, 2010 at 3:41 pm

Earlier this morning I posted a high resolution image from The Runaways.  It was an image that had been previously released, but I figured some of you might not have seen it in high res.  While I figured that would be it for The Runaways until this Sunday when I hopefully see the movie at Sundance, I was just provided eight new images from film and not only are most of them new…they’re all super high resolution.  So if you’ve been looking forward to seeing Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett…hit the jump to check out the new images.

High Resolution RUNAWAYS Image of Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

Posted: January 20th, 2010 at 8:45 am

With Sundance starting tomorrow in Park City, Utah, I’m being bombarded with images, clips and posters from the films playing at the Festival.  While I still have to get a lot of stuff ready for my trip, I’m going to try and get a lot of the assets I’ve been given online today.  Saying that, over the next week, expect a ton of updates from the Festival as I’ve landed interviews with some great people and I’ll be seeing a lot of movies.

Anyway, while the image of Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning from The Runaways (premiering at Sundance) has already been online, I’ve just been given a super high resolution version.  Hit the jump to check it out.  Also, the first screening of The Runaways is this Sunday, so expect plenty of reviews to hit the net that night.

Apparition to Release THE RUNAWAYS, Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, on March 19, 2010

Posted: December 14th, 2009 at 9:40 pm

According to EW, New York-based Apparition will distribute Floria Sigismondi’s The Runaways to US theaters on March 19, 2010.  Making its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Runaways focuses on the eponymous all-female rock goup led by Joan Jett (played by Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (played by Dakota Fanning) and their rise under their abusive manager (played by Oscar-nominee Michael Shannon).

When asked by Risky Buisness about what he found appealing about the film, Apparition chief Bob Berney said the following:

Floria made a film that is really about the relationship, so there’s more to it than just a typical rock bio. It’s really a story of the two girls, Joan and Cherie. She did it really stylized, and it’s done in a real indie spirit, which I think is the spirit of the original group and Joan’s group.

Hopefully, we’ll be hearing a lot of good buzz on the film when it plays at Sundance.  As for now, hit the jump to see a larger, better-quality image of the one we showed you a couple days ago plus a photo of director Sigismondi.

First Image from THE RUNAWAYS Starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

Posted: December 12th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

With the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on the horizon, another film releases its first photos.  This time it’s the Runaways, the story of the all-chick rock band starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherrie Currie.  The film co-stars Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development), Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween), and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road).  For those just tuning in, here’s the official Sundance synopsis:

Of all the bands to come out of the 1970s Los Angeles music scene, The Runaways are by far the most uniquely fascinating. This is partially due to their music but more so to the fact that they were teenage girls whose wild and reckless lifestyle was the stuff of legend.

Focusing on the duo of guitarist/vocalist Joan Jett and lead vocalist Cherie Currie as they navigate a rocky road of touring and record-label woes, the film chronicles the band’s formation as well as their meteoric rise under the malevolent eye of an abusive manager.

Click on the thumbnail on the right to see the full image.  The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31st.

Michael Stuhlbarg talks about Martin Scorsese’s HBO Show BOARDWALK EMPIRE

Posted: September 24th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

HBO makes great television. We all know that. Every year the cable channel produces series and mini-series that go on to win Emmys and create intense conversations about the latest episodes. And right now, the network is hard at work producing what’s sure to be a massive television event, “Boardwalk Empire”.

If you haven’t yet heard of the show, don’t panic. The network only shot the pilot a few months ago and the full series begins shooting next month. But the reason you should care is one name: Martin Scorsese. Yes, one of the greatest directors in Hollywood directed the pilot and he’s producing the show along with a few people that made “The Sopranos”. The show is a look at the origins of Atlantic City’s boardwalk and is based on the book “Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City” by Nelson Johnson. I recently got to speak to one of the stars of the show, Michael Stuhlbarg, and after the jump you can read what he had to say:

Three TIFF ‘09 Films That Came Up Short - MY SON, MY SON WHAT HAVE YE DONE?, THE GOOD HEART, and HARRY BROWN

Posted: September 20th, 2009 at 9:01 pm

As a movie fan, there are times that I wish I could say “once more, with feeling,” and watch films with interesting premises and paths suddenly replay with the feeling and intrigue that they’re sorely lacking - the missing ingredient that could make them thrive. It’s easy to disregard a film with a faulty premise and delivery, but it’s not so easy to stomach the films with promise not met, like “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?,” “The Good Heart,” and “Harry Brown.”

Hit the jump for more on these three TIFF films.

HBO Walks Martin Scorsese’s BOARDWALK EMPIRE With Steve Buscemi

Posted: September 1st, 2009 at 10:10 pm

HBO has picked up the Scorsese-produced “Boardwalk Empire” for 11 episodes.  The series will be set in 1920 at the dawn of prohibition and chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster. If this news doesn’t make you say “fuck yes!”, especially after reading that little plot synopsis, then you really,really suck. You can get the full details after the jump.

First Trailer for Werner Herzog’s MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE

Posted: August 17th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

The other day Steve posted the first images from “Werner Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done”, which is set to premier at the Toronto Film Festival next month, and now a trailer for the film has gone online (link after the jump).  The film stars Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, and Michael Pena.

First Images from Director Werner Herzog’s MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

Posted: August 14th, 2009 at 11:17 pm

With the Toronto Film Festival taking place next month, I’ve landed a ton of new movie images from all the films that are premiering at the Festival. Since I have so much to post, I’m going to keep all the intros pretty brief. So if you’d like to see the first 5 images from Werner Herzog’s “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done”, take a look after the jump. The film stars Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, and Michael Pena:

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Blu-ray Review

Posted: June 17th, 2009 at 10:58 am

There was quite a bit of buzz around this film when it first came out and I just couldn’t bring myself to go to the theaters and watch a suburban couple rip each other a new one for two hours.  So I waited, let the buzz die down a bit and then attempted to watch it with a clean slate perspective upon its Blu-ray release.  I’m really glad I did this.  The film’s buzz had raised my expectations, but by giving myself time to forget all the critical hoopla I was able to sit back and appreciate it from my own perspective, not anyone else’s that had been crammed down my throat during awards season.  Although bleak and pretty damn depressing, is a very well made and interesting portrait of suburban married life in the 50’s.

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