I’m not exactly sure what this means. Unlike every other announcement so far, AMPAS has unveiled today that Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe will make “special appearances” at the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony. Not presenters. Not performers. Just… appearances. Anyone else care to take a gander at what they could be involved in? Maybe something to do with the introduction? Sometimes the host likes to go into the crowd and embarrass a few stars, though normally it involves the nominees. Perhaps they are doing a musical number together (since that is their theme this year)? I really don’t know. Have a look at the press release after the jump, then leave your best guess at what they might be involved with at the ceremony in the comments.
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 Terence Johnson and Joey Magdison
The Park City Dispatch is back, reporting all of the day’s events and shenanigans. Joey and I had our first multiple film screening day at the Sundance Film Festival and we recap some the movies we saw including the first festival hit Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan, Matthew McConaughey’s newest film Mud, and a few documentaries about Cambodia and abortion. You also get to hear a firsthand account (from me) about what happens when a fire extinguisher explodes in a tent housing the line for the biggest theater. Check it out after the jump!
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Categories: Festivals Tags: Austin Bunn, Ben Foster, Dane DeHaan, daniel radcliffe, film review, Jack Huston, Joey Magidson, John Cullum, John Krokidas, Kill Your Darlings, Kyra Sedgwick, Matthew McConaughey, Michael C. Hall, Mud, Park City Dispatch, Sundance Film Festival, Terence Johnson, upcoming projects
 Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry Kill Your Darlings is a perfect example of how one can tell a familiar story in a unique, fascinating way. Many are familiar with the Beats generation, but the way debut director Johnathan Krokidas and co-writer Austin Bunn see it you haven’t seen the definitive version of the tale till you see their film. Kill Your Darlings is a fascinating sojourn into the origin story of the Beats, kind of like The Avengers: Beats Edition set in the backdrop of the suffocating rigidity of 1944 Columbia University with a sharp script filled with an incredible social commentary. In short, it’s one of the best films I’ve seen so far at Sundance.
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Categories: Festivals, Film Reviews Tags: Austin Bunn, Ben Foster, Dane DeHaan, daniel radcliffe, film review, Jack Huston, John Cullum, John Krokidas, Kill Your Darlings, Kyra Sedgwick, Michael C. Hall, Sundance Film Festival, Terence Johnson
 The alternate title for this post was going to be “Daniel Radcliffe is horny… in new movie role” but that’s neither here nor there, the first still from Daniel Radcliffe’s newest role in Horns has arrived online. The movie is based on the book of the same name about Ig Perrish (Radcliffe), a lost young man who wakes up one day with devilish horns growing out of his forehead. The horns give off certain powers, like causing people to open up and reveal their innermost secrets (he can also apparently communicate with snakes, a new requirement for a Radcliffe role?). Perrish decides to use these powers to discover who really raped and murdered his girlfriend. On paper this sounds like a fun movie and a great change of pace for Radcliffe, who has been choosing varied roles since the end of the Harry Potter franchise. Check out the full size image after the jump!
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 One of the bits that I forgot to share when I wrote up my interviews with the cast and crew of ‘Ruby Sparks’ was that directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris really hoped that the film would help get more people to discover Zoe Kazan, something I’ve championed for a few years now. At least to some degree, they’ve already been successful, as The Playlist is reporting here that Kazan has scored the lead role in ‘The F Word’, a highly regarded script that was once set up at Fox Searchlight with Casey Affleck in one of the main roles and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Deborah Ann Woll, Rose Byrne, and Rebecca Hall duking it out for the other. It’s finally gotten the green light and will go before the cameras. After the jump you can get the details on the project, but it’s certainly one I’m interested in seeing.
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 And so it begins. Daniel Radcliffe’s move away from Harry Potter, and his first leading role in a post-Potter world comes in the form of The Woman In Black, a well-intentioned and impressively mounted amusement park ride of scares and tension. The subject matter is decidedly grim and will serve as tonally unpleasant to some viewers, but The Woman In Black is a film which takes great delight in reinventing the tired old jump scares that have ruined many a suspenseful horror film and coasts by on a solid performance by Radcliffe and strong supporting performances from Janet McTeer and Ciaran Hinds among others.
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 As you can see, I was there first hand at the 38th Annual People’s Choice Awards, and oh boy, was it a surprising and crazy awards night indeed. There were some serious surprises, some incredible frustrations, and even some refreshing love sent out to the most underrated stars in the business. It was as well very entertaining to be a part of a live audience. I have never experienced being on live television before, and even though I was not showcased (I was sitting in the first level Loge floor near the back, but I had a decent view, especially with the help of my binoculars), it became a surreal experience hearing the stage manager count down to being live; then finally the cameras were rolling, and you realize you are being broadcast to millions of viewers at home. Crazily spectacular! You could tell that the people that were attending this show were diehard fans who definitely had voted numerous times, and knew exactly who was going to win except for a few surprises I will discuss later. Also, it felt a bit strange knowing there were so many television fans who went out of their way to vote for CW series programs, which are usually the lowest rated programs on television. It was as if all the viewers of the CW were gathered at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live for one very special convention where their shows were being awarded. Based on who won the majority of awards, I can pretty much narrow down the demographics to young voters as well as older viewers who specifically watch CBS shows (an older demographic channel network). Since CBS owns the CW network, it seemed these two channels monopolized this awards show with relative ease. Read more on On-Site Report From The People’s Choice Awards…
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