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Cinematical's Friday Night Double Feature: It's Just a Game!

Posted Mar 28th 2008 9:02PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Games and Game Movies, Friday Night Double Feature

Everything is coming up parties and games this week. I've been busy making a kickass birthday cake for a friend, planning for the party, and finally picking up a belated gift of Scrabble for another friend. Top that off with news stories about Kevin Kline and chess, and getting sent pictures of really cool Blue Velvet cakes, and, well, I've got games and parties on the brain.

Picking this week's films was a bit of a challenge, but it all depended on the angle. Did I just want movies with games in them? Did they have to be performed at parties? Would I consider the likes of Bobby Fischer or Jumanji? Nah. Instead, we've got two films that boast insanely great ensemble casts, have some pretty fierce competition, and yet are wonderful for completely different reasons: The Anniversary Party and Clue.

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The Climate Crisis Strikes Again with 'Son of Mourning'

Posted Nov 20th 2007 10:02AM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Comedy, Independent, Casting, Scripts, Cinematical Indie

I feel the need to channel Juice Newton: Just call me angel of the morning, Angel! (Sidenote: The song was written by the brother of Jon Voight.) I just can't get this song out of my head with this latest news bit, and luckily it's a satire, so it's not completely inappropriate. Variety has reported that there's a new indie on the way called Son of Mourning, and it's pulling together a pretty tasty cast thus far. Joseph Cross, the kid who ran with scissors as Augusten Burroughs, Felicity Shagwell -aka- Heather Graham, Oscar nominee Barbara Hershey, and the Transsexual King Arthur Tim Curry are set to star.

This will be the feature directorial debut for Yaniv Raz, who has two short films under his belt -- Portishead - Cowboys and Things Fall Apart, plus some brief acting stints in shows like The District. Written by Raz as well, the film is set "amid an international climate crisis, [and] centers on a dissatisfied ad copywriter (Cross) who returns home to a resort town in Florida to meditate on his parents' divorce. While there, he is mistaken for the Messiah and must decide whether to use his newfound celebrity to indulge his own selfish desires, or to do some good in the world." I imagine Curry and Hershey will play the parents, but I'm not sure what Graham's character will be. Maybe she'll get back to her early roots and play a woman who lives/lived at a convent (like her Twin Peaks character, Annie Blackburn). Production will gear up in early 2008 in the Sunshine State.

Dakota Blue Richards Nabs Her Second Big Role

Posted Oct 1st 2007 4:02PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Scripts, Family Films

Her first film, The Golden Compass, hasn't come out yet, but young star Dakota Blue Richards has grabbed her next fantastical starring role. Variety reports that the young, 13-year-old actress will head The Secret of Moonacre, Gabor Csupo's (of Rugrats fame) next film. Our Christopher Campbell hoped it would be AnnaSophia Robb, but Richards is getting the part. See, this is the adaptation of Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse... which was then renamed The Moon Princess when Colin Firth was cast... and now it's The Secret of Moonacre. I'm not quite sure why they keep changing the name.

I wonder if Firth is still in this film, since he's not mentioned on Variety's cast list. They say that the young actress will be joined by Ioan Gruffudd, Tim Curry, Natascha McElhone, and Juliet Stevenson. From an adaptation penned by Lucy Shuttleworth and Graham Alborough, Moonacre is about a young orphan named Maria (Richards) who is sent to Moonacre Manor to live with her uncle. "There she enters a world of magical creatures, and discovers that she is the only person who can undo an ancient curse and save Moonacre Valley." Basically, the regular family fare. The production starts today in Budapest, and meanwhile, you can catch Richards in The Golden Compass on December 7.

Tim Curry and Jim Belushi Head to 'Snowyville'

Posted Aug 6th 2007 12:02PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Animation, Music & Musicals, Casting, Deals, Scripts

One thing we can always be sure of are new Christmas movies -- not just ones released during the season of lights, egg nog and presents under pine trees, but ones that focus on the holiday itself. The next in the long line of jolly flicks is a feature-length animated musical called Snowyville, which is based on director Michael Attardi's animated short, Once Upon a Christmas Village. Could this be instigated by the increasing deluge of musicals lately? Sweeney Todd. Hairspray. Footloose. Repo. I think so!

The premise for the flick is a bit...strange: "Santa Claus drops his magical watch under a Christmas tree, bringing to life a miniature village at the base of the tree." Magical watch!? That must be one hell of a time piece, because I can't see any normal watch being useful for the man who travels across the world, delivering millions of presents, in one short night. Voices have already been lined up -- headlined with Tim Curry and Jim Belushi. (Am I the only one who misses Curry's risque, transvestite days?)

Dream Balloon Productions is developing the feature and celeb artist Nicolosi is going to collaborate with the film's art director, Paul "Kit" Stolen, and Attardi (who is writing and producing the feature) on both the art design for the feature and marketing. Considering the fact that Nicolosi has a whole Warhol aesthetic going, I wonder if this means the animation will be done in black and white and then be colorized with bright, unrealistic color? If so, that could make for a funky film that's different than your everyday holiday fare.

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Cinematical's Friday Night Double Feature: It's Just a Game!

The Climate Crisis Strikes Again with 'Son of Mourning'

Dakota Blue Richards Nabs Her Second Big Role

Tim Curry and Jim Belushi Head to 'Snowyville'

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