Posts Tagged ‘Requiem for a Dream’
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 47 – Million Dollar Podcast
The 47th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast is taking a Dark Turn. That’s right, our Featured Topic of the Week is Films that take you to dark places... Also, discussed in the News is Jamie Foxx‘s casting in Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Warren Beatty and Christopher Nolan‘s “dueling” Howard Hughes projects, and the premiere episode of Falling Skies. Listen in to hear just how dark The Filmdogs Podcast is willing to go..
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Crossover | When Actors Wanna Sing
Oh the fickle mind of the artist…
The idea of actors/actresses entering the music industry or musicians entering the film industry is nothing new, but it has always interested me for some reason. I don’t know if its the fact that many of the transitions are rough and don’t really pan out well, proving the artist, who could be very solid in their native career, sub-par to mediocre in their new “career”. Either way, I’m always pleased to see an Actor/Actress who can pull their own weight both musically and as a Thespian.
Don't Hassle the Hoff
Lets take a look at a few music projects, brought to the table by relevant actors/actresses, that you may have never known existed. And no, there will be no David Hasselhoff in this conversation.
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Why directing Wolverine 2 isn’t a good idea for an established director.
Yawn...
When in the hands of a great director a comic book franchise can transcend it’s genre. Look no further than Christopher Nolan’s classic The Dark Knight for proof of such. Unfortunately, most of the time these properties don’t turn out the way fans hoped they would. The later X-Men films are good example of rushed productions, bad scripts, and studio interference. While Brett Ratner’s X-Men 3 was bad, the schlockiness really came to a head with the laughable X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie may be regarded as completely terrible by most sentient beings, but general love of the character Wolverine was enough to put butts in the seats. The film made $373,062,864 million worldwide, a sequel was greenlit, and the search for director to helm it has begun.
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The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 20 – Podcast 2000
The Filmdogs Podcast is back and it’s our Twentieth Anniversary! This week we discuss the end of the Star Wars live action TV show and Kevin Smith‘s new horror flick Red State in the News. Then our episode takes a look back into the year 2000…It’s Mission to Mars vs. Red Planet in VS. In our Featured Topic we discuss the films from the Millennium and end with a One-Liner of the Week from one of it’s best. So wish us a Happy Anniversary and listen in.
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