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‘Lil Bub & Friendz’ Is Cat’s Meow At Tribeca Film Festival Awards

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Unless you count the viral video cat named Lil Bub , the winners of the Tribeca Film Festival ‘s annual awards ceremony are not a glitzy lot, despite the event’s reputation as a celebrity-studded affair.   Lil Bub & Friendz , Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner’s documentary about the walleyed cat with the perpetually protruding tongue and other famous Internet felines won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film , which was chosen by presumably human visitors to the festival’s website. Other winners announced at the awards ceremony at the Conrad New York Hotel on Thursday, included Dan Krauss’ The Kill Team . The documentary about a rogue group of U.S. soldiers charged with murdering Afghan civilians, took the festival’s Best Documentary Feature award. Here’s a complete list of winners: The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature:   The Rocket ; director: Kim Mordaunt (Australia) Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film:   Sitthiphon Disamoe in  The Rocket  (Australia) Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film:  Veerle Baetens as Elise Vandevelde in  The Broken Circle Breakdown ;  director, Felix van Groeningen (Netherlands, Belgium) Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film:   Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen , for  Before Snowfall;  director: Hisham Zaman (Germany, Norway) Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film:   The Broken Circle Breakdown ,  written by Carl Joos and Felix van Groeningen Best New Narrative Director:   Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais , for Whitewash  (Canada) Best Documentary Feature:   The Kill Team;    director:  Dan Krauss (USA) Best Editing in a Documentary Feature:   Let the Fire Burn , edited by Nels Bangerter ;     director: Jason Osder (USA) Best New Documentary Director: Sean Dunne , for  Oxyana  (USA) Best Narrative Short:   The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars ; direct0r: Edoardo Ponti (Italy) Best Documentary Short:   Coach ;   director: Bess Kargman (USA) Student Visionary Award:   Life Doesn’t Frighten Me , director: Stephen Dunn (Canada) Bombay Sapphire Award for Transmedia:   Sandy Storyline , created by Rachel Falcone , Laura Gottesdiener , and Michael Premo (USA) Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film:   Lil Bub & Friendz  (chosen by visitors to the festival’s official website); directors: Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner (USA) Tribeca Online Festival Best Short Film   (chosen by visitors to the festival’s official website) :  A Short Film About Guns ; director: Minos Papas (USA, UK) Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter.

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INTERVIEW: Zac Efron & Dennis Quaid Stick With Independent Film ‘At Any Price’

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The studios want him, but, these, days Zac Efron only has eyes for indie film.  After making a splash at the New York Film Festival with  The Paperboy last fall , Efron is back in the Big Apple, at the Tribeca Film Festival, with  At Any Price .  What’s the deal? “Y’know, Dennis [Quaid] says that the only rule he sort of had for himself in his career is to do as many different types of movies as possible, and never stop stretching and trying something new,” Efron told when I talked to him about the project. I also talked to Quaid who said that he and At Any Price  director Ramin Bahrani drew inspiration from Arthur Miller’s classic play:  Death of a Salesman . “We talked about Death of a Salesman and the Willy Loman character a lot…[my character] is a man who’s really trying to do the best for his family but he’s corrupted himself in the process,” the actor told me. The buzz on At Any Price is that Efron will get you into the theater, but you’ll leave it talking about Quaid. Check out my full in-depth interview below: Follow Grace Randolph on  Twitter . Follow Movieline on  Twitter . 

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Monsters University Trailer: Released!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Monsters University, the animated prequel to Monsters Inc., will again features the voices of John Goodman and Billy Crystal as monsters Sully and Mike. Check out the new extended  Monsters University trailer : Monsters University Trailer – Extended The film centers around the two monsters as they meet in college, on their way to becoming Scarers at  Monsters, Inc. Helen Mirren, Steve Buscemi, Alfred Molina, Dave Foley, Sean P. Hayes, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, John Krasinski and John Ratzenberger also lend their voices. Monsters University will hit theaters June 21.  

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Zach Braff Introduces Kickstarter For Garden State Follow-Up: Wish I Was Here

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It has been almost 10 years since  Garden State first hit theaters, and Braff hasn’t returned to the role of writer/director since. Until now. Braff, citing frustrations with the traditional Hollywood funding system, has taken to Kickstarter to crowdfund his new film,  Wish I Was Here . The new film will act as a follow-up in tone, though not in story, to  Garden State . In the very well-done and funny video, Braff explains that he was inspired by the incredible support fans showed for the  Veronica Mars  Kickstarter effort, and decided to take his own project to the site. Braff wrote the script, and will also direct and star. Head to the Kickstarter page to see the video, check out the pledge rewards, and donate to his cause.

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Justin Bieber Neighborhood Reality Show: Coming Soon?!?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This would certainly be a new one… With The Situation reality show apparently still on tap, and with Vanilla Ice Goes Amish actually headed for DIY, word is now spreading that a series based around Calabasas, California is now in the works. Why Calabasas, California? That’s where Justin Bieber resides. And where Kourtney Kardashian , Travis Barker and other celebrities live. According to TMZ sources, the docu-series would center on a gated community known as “The Oaks” and the goal would be to provide fans with “an inside look at the true Calabasas life and all that it entails,” according to a letter from the producer. As you might expect, residents are not happy about the proposed intrusion into their lives and a legal battle may be brewing. The working title, meanwhile? Calabasas 91302 . The show should be sued for that uncreative idea alone.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Villain Update: Lee Pace to Play the Role?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Lee Pace is in talks with Marvel to star as the villain in the upcoming  Guardians of the Galaxy movie. The character is still unknown, though rumors have been swirling that The Collector could be the main antagonist in the upcoming Marvel Phase 2 film. The Collector is a scientist who also possesses the power of mind control. Pace, best known for his role on the TV show Pushing Daisies , would join Chris Pratt as Star-Lord (a role Pace himself tested for), as well as Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, and Michael Rooker. Guardians of the Galaxy has a release date set for August 1, 2014.

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WATCH: ‘Man Of Tai Chi’ Trailer − Keanu Reeves Is The One Who Directs

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Here’s a glimpse of Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut, and, is it me, or does Reeves look a little sweaty in the final shot? It’s just one of the off-putting moments in this Man of Tai Chi trailer . The bare bones of a plot are revealed via Reeves odd voiceover: to take a “pure-hearted, good natured man of Tai Chi and turn him into a killer,” he says, before adopting the cadence (but thankfully not those long-drawn-out  ‘r’ sounds) of Ben Kingsley’s The Mandarin and concluding. “Let. The Games…Begin.”  Dra. Ma. Tic! Meanwhile, the footage, which comes via Twitch , is almost entirely of martial-arts fighting — not surprising since Reeves told MTV that there are 18 fights in the movie totaling 40 minutes. He also said that he plays the , including a few scenes of Reeves, who has said he plays the movie’s villain, channeling Neo from The Matrix . Alas, the rest of the movie does not appear to aspire to that sci-fi classic’s standards. As for that sweaty look, maybe Reeves was feeling the pressure of directing his first picture. [ MTV , Twitch ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on  Twitter. Follow Movieline on  Twitter. 

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X-Men: Days of Future Past Storm Set Photo Drops

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Halle Berry is Storm in this new photo from the set of  X-Men: Days of Future Past . Take a look: Berry returns to the franchise with this seventh installment, which uses the cast from both the original trilogy and the prequel film,  First Class . James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence , Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Fan Bingbing, Peter Dinklage, and Nicholas Hoult also star. X-Men: Days of Future Past is directed by Bryan Singer, and will premiere July 18, 2014.

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Lance Gross Says Tyler Perry Doesn’t Hate Dark Skinned Men [EXCLUSIVE]

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Actor Lance Gross has been the fudge in plenty of women’s chocolate sundae fantasies since getting his big break as Calvin on “Tyler Perry’s House…

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After Earth Release Date Moved Forward One Week

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

  After Earth will now premiere on May 31, one week earlier than originally scheduled. The new release date will give M. Night Shyamalan’s new sci-fi thriller an extra week in theaters before it has to compete with Man of Steel , which comes out on June 14. Real life father-and-son Will Smith and Jaden Smith take the screen together, playing Cypher and Kitai, a father and son who return to Earth after humans abandoned it 1000 years prior. When their ship crashes and Cypher is injured, it is up to Kitai to traverse the dangerous planet, filled with newly-evolved creatures, and send a distress signal home.

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