American Film Institute Announces Its Best Films And TV Programs For 2017

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The American Film Institute (AFI) announced its annual list of top ten films and tv shows with critically acclaimed films such as “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “Call Be By Your Name” as well as audience favorite “Wonder Woman” making the cut.

Most of the films recognized by AFI this year has been making the rounds in the awards circuit so far, including “The Post,” “Call Me By Your Name,” “Get Out” and “Lady Bird,” which recently won New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film.

Historically, AFI is a pretty good indicator of the eventual Oscar nominees: last year, AFI named seven of the nine Best Picture nominees in their year end list including Moonlight which won the big prize.

In addition to the movie and TV honorees, Ken Burns’ 10-part documentary series “The Vietnam War” is also being recognized the AFI Special Award.

On the TV side, hit series “Game of Thrones” and “Stranger Things 2,” made the list as expected as well as recent Emmy winners “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Big Little Lies.”

Each year, AFI recognizes the year’s most culturally and artistically significant films and television programs with AFI AWARDS. An almanac documenting works of excellence that defined the storytelling landscape of the past year, AFI AWARDS is the only national honor for the entertainment community’s creative teams as a whole — recognizing the collaborative nature of the art form.

Here’s this year’s AFI list:

Movies

Get Out
Call Be By Your Name
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
The Florida Project
Dunkirk
The Big Sick
Wonder Woman

Television

Big Little Lies
The Crown
Feud: Bette and Joan
Game of Thrones
The Good Place
The Handmaid’s Tale
Insecure
Master of None
Stranger Things 2
This Is Us

Related Link: http://www.afi.com

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Terry Moore Announces Her Retirement And Her Last Film Role As She Stars In “Silent Life” As The Lady In Black

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The Oscar-Nominated actress portrays the mysterious mourner who visited Rudolph Valentino’s grave for several decades and left a single rose every year on the anniversary of his death

BTS of Terry Moore as The Lady in Black in Silent Life


The Ode to the Classic Era of Silent Films and the World’s First Male Sex Symbol also Stars Isabella Rossellini, Franco Nero, and Director Vladislav Kozlov as Rudolph Valentino.

Hollywood, CA (December 6, 2017) – Oscar-nominated (Come Back, Little Sheba) actress Terry Moore, joins the cast of Silent Life as the mysterious Lady in Black, announced writer/director/star of the film, Vladislav Kozlov, who produced the film under his Dreamer Pictures banner. The film will be Moore’s final curtain call as an actress, and she will retire after shooting her scenes, announced Moore.

“The character of ‘The Lady in Black,’ who visits Valentino’s grave each year with a single red rose, the symbol of unspoken love, is dressed in all black not only because she is mourning the death of Rudolph Valentino, but she is mourning the whole classic Hollywood bygone era,” said Kozlov.

Silent Life is a period piece shot in historic Hollywood locations and features Franco Nero and Isabella Rossellini. The film tells the story of Rudolph Valentino, the first Hollywood superstar and male sex symbol, as he ponders the most important philosophical questions of human existence from his deathbed. In the film, Valentino sits in an imaginary empty movie theatre as he, and the audience watches his life flicker like a silent movie on the screen. After Valentino’s unexpected death in 1926, a mysterious Lady in Black continued to visit his grave on the anniversary of his death with a single red rose, her identity hidden by a black veil
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“Have A Nice Day” Trailer And Poster

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Filmmaker Liu Jian cements his place as a pioneering force in independent Chinese animation with whirlwind neo-noir HAVE A NICE DAY.

A hard rain is about to fall on a small town in Southern China.

In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancée’s failed plastic surgery, Xiao Zhang, a humble driver, steals a bag containing 1 million Yuan from his boss.

News of the robbery spreads fast within the town and, over the course of one night, everyone starts looking for Xiao Zhang and his money.

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Marvel partners with Stitcher to launch its first scripted podcast, ‘Wolverine: The Long Night’

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Actors Richard Armitage, Scott Adsit, Bob Balaban and Brian Stokes Mitchell cast in key roles for spring 2018 series

NEW YORK CITY – December 5, 2017 – Marvel New Media and top podcast listening service and content network Stitcher (“Heaven’s Gate,” “Katie Couric,” “The Paris Review”) today announced “Wolverine: The Long Night,” the first-ever Marvel scripted podcast, launching in spring 2018. The 10-episode series will be available exclusively on Stitcher Premium until fall 2018, when it will see a wide release across all podcast platforms.

The show’s cast includes notable actors Richard Armitage (“The Hobbit”), Scott Adsit (“30 Rock”), Bob Balaban (“Moonrise Kingdom”) and Brian Stokes Mitchell (“Mr. Robot”).

The “Wolverine: The Long Night” story is a captivating hybrid of mystery and the larger-scale fantasy of the Marvel Universe. It follows agents Sally Pierce (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and Tad Marshall (Ato Essandoh) as they arrive in the fictional town of Burns, Alaska, to investigate a series of murders and quickly discover the town lives in fear of a serial killer. The agents team up with deputy Bobby Reid (Andrew Keenan-Bolger) to investigate their main suspect, Logan (Richard Armitage). Their search leads them on a fox hunt through the mysterious and corrupt town.

The process behind the making of “Wolverine: The Long Night” brings Marvel’s storytelling expertise into the podcasting world, breaking new ground for the medium. To provide listeners a sense of immersion into the story, outdoor scenes will be recorded in realistic-sounding locations including forests and a cabin. In the studio, actors will be recorded in an ambisonic — or fully surround-sound — environment, allowing them to move, interact with one another and fully inhabit their characters.
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“The Shape Of Water” Looks Magical: International Trailer

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Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy drama has garnered plenty of accolades lately so its only fitting that everyone gets a peek at what the fuss is about as Fox Searchlight Pictures releases the international trailer for “The Shape Of Water.”

Critics are loving the film: currently rated with a score of 85 by Metacrtic indicating “universal acclaim” while it received 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. “The Shape of Water doesn’t disappoint,” praises Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Nashawaty. “It’s both weird and wonderful.”

So far, that buzz is translating well at the boxoffice: the film was last weekend’s best performer in limited release, grossing $166,800 from just two theaters in New York for a very potent $83,400 per-theater average.

Here’s the official synopsis of The Shape Of Water:

From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER – an other-worldly fable, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.

The Shape Of Water is currently in limited release in New York City and is scheduled for wide release on December 8.

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Finding A Space: Interview with Composer Nathan Whitehead

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Composer Nathan Whitehead

What do you expect from the composer of Keanu, the hilarious animal-friendly film starring two of the most recent breakthrough comedians of the era, Key and Peele? Would you expect the same things from the composer of The Purge series, which recently made waves not only for its inhumane storyline, but currently rather the political messages in it- or even the person who also did work for Desperate Housewives?

Nathan Whitehead happily lives in a contradiction of music creation. While he mentions that he does have more of a comfortability for horror films, his intention to consistently learn and adapt to new genres is what has helped his sounds thrive in various forms of media, whether it be video games, major films or even reality television.

In the sequel to the blockbuster hit Beyond Skyline, Nathan has found a way to cleverly create a space of unique (and we do mean incredibly unique) soundscapes fit for action movies, without the assistance of big budgets, but rather with the help of an elk bugle, of all things. Tiny breakthroughs like this show the real tenacity of a musician, whether they are in control of the music or not. Looks like the guy who had an identity crisis in his pop punk band has truly made a lane for himself.

Q: How did you get interested in film music, and who inspired you?

N: I got interested in film music I think in just always being a big movie fan and I started experimenting with music at an early age. Just playing the family piano. And that led to guitar. So I played guitar for years and wrote songs, got interested in punk rock and played in a pop punk band, but all of this time I think, the idea of just creating my own music-writing music rather than learning covers off songs, was much more appealing to write stuff. And it probably set me back in a way because as soon as I learned three chords on a guitar, I started writing music instead. I would rather write material with those 3 chords than practice some new chords.

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It was through the punk band that I got introduced to working in a recording studio. We recorded like a 6 song ep- I was fresh out of high school actually, and shortly after that it sort of clicked that if I wrote music for movies or tv shows, or anything like that I -would get to be in my studio all the time. I really loved the studio process and I really loved writing.

And another thing that always popped up when I was in the band was sort of this identity crisis, like what is this band gonna be and what are we feeling? For whatever reason I felt like I had to figure out what the band was, which I don’t think was really important,but you know.

Q: Did that cause a lot of problems for you and the band members, or do you think that it made you guys stronger in a sense and more connected?

N: I wouldn’t say it caused problems, sometimes it caused mild disagreements, mostly it just made our songs all over the place style-wise [laughs], but that was that- it clicked- writing music for film, I could write in tons of genres. Maybe whatever the film needs. That’s easier said than done. You never know what opportunity you’re gonna get. I’ve done a lot of horror music, Beyond Skyline is this big action score. I’ve done big-band music . And back in my assistant days I wrote on Desperate Housewives for 2 and a half years.
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Satellite Award: “Dunkirk”, “The Shape of Water”, “Lady Bird” Lead Nominees

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The International Press Academy (IPA) announced their nominees for 22nd Annual Satellite™ Awards in Motion Pictures and it was Christopher Nolan’s war epic film “Dunkirk” emerged as the top nominee with 11 nominations, while and Guillermo del Toro’s romantic fantasy “The Shape of Water” was close behind with 10.

Also well represented in the nominations list are “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and “Lady Bird,” all of which received six nods each, while “Darkest Hour,” “War for the Planet of the Apes,” “Get Out,” and “Blade Runner 2049” received four each.

The International Press Academy (IPA) is an entertainment media association with voting members worldwide who represent domestic and foreign markets via print, television, radio, blogs, and other content platforms for virtually every notable outlet.

The Satellite Awards will take place on Feb. 10, 2018 in Los Angeles.

Best Motion Picture
Call Me by Your Name
The Big Sick
Dunkirk
Get Out
God’s Own Country
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

To see the full list of nominees, go to pressacademy.com.

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2017 L.A. Film Critics Association Names ‘Call Me by Your Name’ As Best Pic

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‘Call Me By Your Name’ was named best picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics and the award season comes into full swing. Its star Timothée Chalamet best actor, just a few days after New York Film Critics Circle bestowed him the same accolade, while the film’s director Luca Guadagnino tied for best director with The Shape of Water’s Guillermo del Toro.

After missing the top awards New York, del Toro’s fantasy drama film seem to be gaining steam again as “The Shape of Water” also scored three wins. In addition to the aforementioned best director, the film also scored wins in cinematography and best actress for Sally Hawkins.

Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” landed only one award from the Los Angeles critics as Laurie Metcalf won best supporting actress, though the critics group also gave Gerwig its “new generation” award for her directorial debut. “Lady Bird” was named best film by New York Film Critics Circle.

Another award that matched with the critics’ New York counterparts is the best supporting actor award given to Willem Dafoe as manager of The Magic Castle Motel Bobby Hicks.

LAFCA has had a pretty solid record in terms of predicting eventual Oscar winners. During the last decade the group awarded best actress accolades to Helen Mirren, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, and Patricia Arquette, and best actor to Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, Colin Firth, all of which ended up winning top acting wins at the Oscars.

The awards will be handed out at an annual dinner on Jan. 13, at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles. The association earlier announced that actor Max von Sydow will be recognized with a career achievement award.

To see the full list of winners of Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, go to lafca.net

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First Pic Of Brenton Thwaites As Robin Revealed

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It looks like Robin is getting ready to step on his own spotlight sans crime fighting partner Batman. On Friday, Warner Brothers released the first image of the Boy Wonder as played by Aussie actor Brenton Thwaites.

The moody character photo shows a side profile of Robin with the dark clouds on the background and his bo staff weapon resting on his shoulder.

From what is shown on the image, the iconic costume is faithful to the comics overall, somewhat a combination of the classic look from the animated Teen Titans and the modernized version we see in Arkham video games.

Designed by Laura Jean Shannon (who is also credited for Black Lightning, Iron Man and The Jingle Book), the stylized outfit incorporates the red and green with the yellow R badge, color palettes that followed the character’s costume since its introduction in 1940 by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson.

The actor is clearly excited about his new role. “Here we go!!! First fight scene with my R Kicking ass in a downtown Gotham alleyway. #robinrevealed #titans,” says Thwaites on Twitter. Thwaites recently appeared in this summer’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and in 2016’s Gods of Egypt.

Based on various incarnations of the characters from DC Comics, the upcoming tv series follows the young group of superheroes known as Titans, with Thwaites’ Robin as the leader of the band of heroes which also includes Starfire (Anna Diop), Raven (Teagan Croft), Garfield “Gar” Logan / Beast Boy (Ryan Potter), Hank Hall / Hawk (Alan Ritchson), Dawn Granger / Dove (Minka Kelly), and Amy Rohrbach (Lindsey Gort).

Titans is set to launch in 2018 on DC Comics new digital service.

Here we go!!! First fight scene with my R Kicking ass in a downtown Gotham alleyway. #robinrevealed #titans

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Marvel Announces The Return of The NEW MUTANTS

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Members of the New Mutants and X-Factor join together in this terrifying tale

Who are the best heroes to bring together when paranormal events need investigating? Fans will find out in NEW MUTANTS: DEAD SOULS, a six-issue limited series debuting this March from superstar creative team Matt Rosenberg (Phoenix: Resurrection, Secret Warriors) and Adam Gorham (Rocket).

“To me, The New Mutants exemplify everything I love about a superhero team,” said series writer Matt Rosenberg. “They are true underdogs, doubted and dismissed, but always ready to prove themselves. They’re the weirdos, the outcasts, the leftovers, and the misfits, but they are there for the people who need them.”

NEW MUTANTS: DEAD SOULS finds Magik, Wolfsbane, Rictor, Boom Boom, and Strong Guy attempting to figure out why strange events are occurring in the universe. But there’s more to their mission than meets the eye…and a bigger mystery is brewing, as the team realizes Karma – the mind-controlling mutant who has brought them together — may not be telling them the entire story. With each issue serving as a standalone tale, the mutants will try to uncover the truth behind these paranormal events – no matter who they have to battle.

“They’re constantly in way over their heads, but always rise above. Our series takes all of that, collects some of the best New Mutants alongside some oddballs better known for their time with X-Factor and X-Force, and throws them into a mission they aren’t at all ready for. We pack it full of nods to the history of the team and hints about their future, and enough creepy moments, epic battles, offbeat humor, and dysfunctional family dynamics to make a book worthy of the title The New Mutants,” continues Rosenberg.

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