Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'clinteastwood'
February 29, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Check out this sweet poster for Takashi Miike's latest project, Sukiyaki Western Django. Here's hoping they manage to get a copy of this one for the Philadelphia Film Festival... We think we've already said this before, but each successive trailer for Iron Man makes us exponentially more excited about seeing the film, and the latest one is no exception. Hot damn, this movie......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"October 17, 2007
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Holy crap, people! Stephen Colbert is running for president! He announced his candidacy on his show last night. Colbert has said he'll run as both a Republican and a Democrat, so he can lose twice, and that he will run in South Carolina, and South Carolina alone (that being his home state - and the home to one of the key,......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"July 26, 2007
We'll probably feature this again in tomorrow's CinePhillyist column, but we wanted to give it a quick mention today because it starts tonight: it's the International House's three-day double feature program, Beyond Leone – Lost Spaghetti Western Classics! "Spaghetti Western" is a term used to describe the series of low-budget Westerns shot in other countries - usually Italy - during the '60s and '70s. The most popular and well known entries in the genre are......
Continue Reading "Mmm... Spaghetti!"April 30, 2007
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Joel Silver's trying to make a Sgt. Rock movie, but for some reason there's some kind of hold-up. We don't know why. It's a comic book! Hollywood loves the comic book movies these days. Sadly, Lee Marvin is dead, and Clint Eastwood is too old, so casting the Sarge will be hard. Who else could possible be tough enough?? Ooh, another......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"January 12, 2007
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Most Likely to Rule: Pan's Labyrinth - Ofelia and her pregnant mother move in with the girl's stepfather, a Fascist officer named Captain Vidal, in Navarra in post-Civil War Spain. As Vidal works to get rid of the rebels, Ofelia retreats into a fantasy world: a labyrinth behind the mill, which harbors a creature named Pan who claims to know her secret destiny. Directed by the......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist"October 20, 2006
When I heard about Clint Eastwood's latest film project - to create two different movies about the Battle of Iwo Jima, one from the American perspective (Flags of Our Fathers), and one from the Japanese perspective (Letters from Iwo Jima) - I was very intrigued. Because, first of all, I like Clint Eastwood. I've liked him since seeing him first as an actor in old Spaghetti Westerns, and I only liked him more when I......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist Reviews...Flags of Our Fathers"October 20, 2006
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Most Likely to Suck: Domestic Import - Set in Philadelphia (although filmed in California), this film tells the supposedly true story of a couple - Marsha and David - who decide to hire a live-in maid, and the wackiness that results. Marsha is pregnant, messy, and obsessed with taking in strays; David has a neatness obsession. Oh, they're mismatched! The comedy! Marsha's parents convince them to......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist"August 16, 2006
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Finally, a movie about pro fishing! No, seriously. It's called Fishing on the Edge: The Mike Iaconelli Story, and it's on its way to theaters near you! Apparently Iaconelli is a local boy (from New Jersey) and co-wrote the film. But, yeah, we're still not excited. A fishing movie? How could this possibly be interesting in any way? If you haven't......
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