Last night was THE WOLFMAN; now am off to take kids to see the movie version of one of Thing1's favorite Young Adult book series.
Film
Dear Benicio del Toro: Stop being a pussy and fucking grab Raul Julia's mantle
I need to get this off my chest before I go on to write about your new movie, The Wolfman. Yes I liked the movie and highly recommend it; but I still want to smack you upside the head.
I love you baby, but who the fuck do you think you are?
You are playing a 19th Century, British-born but upper-class New York City raised SHAKESPEARIAN ACTOR and when you open your mouth you gave us Pennsylvania? Hay que tener cojones to pull such an arrogant stunt. And no, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF LON CHANEY DID THE ORIGINAL IN AN AMERICAN ACCENT. He still sounded mildly waspy, which is what you failed to at least nail.
I can't even ...
How in the hell do you go into a role like that without asking yourself WWRJD? If the answer to "What Would Raul Julia Do?" is that he wouldn't be caught dead playing a 19th century Shakespearian actor with nary a Britishy accent, then ¡cojones! that's exactly what you have to do.
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El Papi Chulo on The Wolfman
The Wolfman is opening in theaters this week in the United States and El Papi Chulo to end all papi chulos, Benicio del Toro, has been in full force promoting the movie. This video is from 20minutos, in Spain.
So y'all know he's not just that gruffy voice and killer bedroom eyes, he's got producer credits for this little cinematic beast. From Benicio Del Toro - Wolfman Inspired By Del Toro's Memorabilia Collection - Contactmusic News:
We went to Universal with the idea. That is how you do stuff. You go to the studio."
And Del Toro is convinced his hairy appearance when he went to meet movie bosses persuaded them he was the right man for the lead role.
He adds, "I was in the middle of getting ready to do the Che movie. So I looked pretty much like a Wolfman! I looked either like The Wolfman or a smaller version of (Star Wars character) Chewbacca."
In this video, El Papi Chulo talks about approaching Universal with the Wolfman idea, watching old horror classics in Puerto Rican TV and identifying with the misunderstood monsters more so than their killers.
Awww!
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Oscar Nominations (as they are coming via the #oscars twitterstream) and official list of nominees
Gaborey Sibide gets a Best Actress nomination for Precious. Take that Vanity Fair!
Best Supporting Actress nods: Penelope Cruz, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Mo'nique and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Best Picture: Up, District 9, Avatar, Blind Side, Hurt Locker, Education, Inglorious Basterds, Precious, Serious Man, Up in the Air
Christoph Waltz gets a Best Supporting Actor nod for Inglorious Basterds. Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Plummer and Stanley Tucci round out the category.
Sandra Bullock Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren were also nominated for Best Actress.
The Best Actor category gives nods to George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeff Bidges and Jeremy Renner.
Best Director nods go to James Cameron (Avatar), Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds).
Complete list of nominations via Oscars.Go.Com:
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore has been irritating me with his "Roger & Me" shitck: It's funny to go once to try to do a drop-by interview or citizen's arrest of the CEO once. It's not funny the fifth or sixth time around.
That said, am so totally watching this documentary if only for Marcy Kaptur, the best US Congresswoman New York never had. What her in all her glory:
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Salma Hayek + Javier Bardem + Benicio Del Toro + Victoria Abril (Gabriel Garcia Marquez + movie) = EPIC!
Gabriel García Márquez ha participado activamente en la elección del elenco. “La semana pasada, Gabriel recibió el guión completo y ahora estamos a la espera de sus comentarios para terminar de elegir al elenco," comentó Constantini hace unos días durante una entrevista.
Y aunque aún falta completar el elenco, Salma ya es de las confirmadas, así como el novio de su mejor amiga Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Benicio del Toro, Victoria Abril y Pablo Pedro Ibarra.
There is still no confirmation at IMBD.com that the adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez' "Notas de un secuetro" is going to happen. Still, it would be not just totally hot but epic if this movie had this cast. So let's keep our fingers crossed.
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