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Cinema connoisseurs of two kinds are in luck this week: Panos Cosmatos’s acid-trip of an arthouse thriller Beyond The Black Rainbow hits shelves as Movieline’s highbrow pick of the week, while the comedy classic Airplane! gets the Blu-ray treatment. Surely you can’t resist? HIGH: Beyond the Black Rainbow (Magnolia Home Entertainment; $26.98 DVD, $29.98 Blu-Ray) Who’s Responsible: Written and directed by Panos Cosmatos; starring Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands. What It’s All About: A young woman (Allan) in 1983 undergoes “therapy” at the mysterious Arboria Institute, although any outside observer would be forgiven for thinking that she’s being mentally tortured by the twitchy and nefarious Dr. Barry Nyle (Rogers). Can she escape? Will her obsessive tormentor allow her to elude his clutches? Why It’s Schmancy: The word “trippy” just scratches the surface of the gorgeous psychedelic freak-out that’s been crafted here by first-time filmmaker Cosmatos. (His father, director George Pan Cosmatos, was the man behind more decidedly mainstream fare like Rambo: First Blood , Part Two and Tombstone .) Beyond the Black Rainbow pays homage to those ’70s thrillers in which dastardly things were happening behind the seemingly sterile walls of coolly impenetrable high-tech companies ( Colossus: The Forbin Project , Parts: The Clonus Horror , Coma , et. al.) with chilly aplomb; Cosmatos gets the period exactly right, from the hypnotically droning and heavily synth-y soundtrack by Jeremy Schmidt to Dr. Nyle’s black-turtleneck-under-tweed-blazer ensemble. The pace is slow, but the wonderfully weird payoffs are worth it. Why You Should Buy It: While a director commentary from Cosmatos would no doubt be illuminating, the auteur apparently prefers to let the work speak for itself; the only extras are the theatrical trailer and some deleted special effects footage where you get to watch a head melt. (Not a bad metaphor for how many audiences will respond to the film.) LOW: Airplane! (Paramount Home Entertainment; $22.98 Blu-Ray) Who’s Responsible: Written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker; starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves. What It’s All About: This frenetic and outrageous satire of disaster movies in general (and 1957’s Zero Hour in particular) features shell-shocked war veteran Ted Striker (Hays) pursuing his stewardess girlfriend Elaine (Hagerty) on a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles; when food poisoning strikes the crew, Ted is the only hope of safely landing the plane, with a little help from a doctor (Nielsen), a jittery airport manager (Bridges) and Ted’s former commanding officer (Stack). Why It’s Fun: Many have tried but few have succeeded in copying the machine-gun-fire barrage of visual gags, puns, reference jokes and flat-out anarchic weirdness that have made this spoof one of the great American comedies of all time. It may be silly and sophomoric, but Airplane! is a miracle of pacing, with more laughs per minute than maybe any feature film ever made. Generations of new audiences unfamiliar with the 1970s disaster epics being parodied here still embrace this movie for its timelessly wacky pleasures. If nothing else, this movie may have succeeded at removing the word “surely” from serious conversation. Why You Should Buy It (Again): The extras — a feature-length commentary, pop-up trivia, and a “Long Haul” version of the film that allows viewers to click on icons to look at deleted scenes and interviews — will be familiar to anyone who purchased the previous “Don’t Call Me Shirley” edition. But Airplane! has never looked or sounded as sharp as it does on this Blu-Ray release (previously a Best Buy exclusive, now on sale everywhere). Previously: High And Low: Slapstick Savant Buster Keaton And (Surprise!) Horror Huckster William Castle Bring The Funny Follow Alonso Duralde on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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High And Low: Arthouse Freak-Out Beyond The Black Rainbow + Comedy Classic Airplane! Hit Home Video
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If you can appreciate a musical that unabashedly uses a 1996 Blackstreet jam as a communal rallying cry, then Pitch Perfect will be the most fun you have at the movies this year. (Also, we can totally be friends.) Producers Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman, joined at an LA screening by cast members Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Alexis Knapp, Hana Mae Lee, Anna Camp, and Ester Dean, revealed how they first saw the potential in a nonfiction book about real life college a capella competitions – or, in the parlance of Pitch Perfect : The a-ca- drama . In a post-screening Q&A with Just Jared founder Jared Eng, Banks and co-producer/husband Handelman explained that they were inspired by GQ editor Mickey Rapkin’s nonfiction book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Capella Glory . Based on the ups and downs of real a cappella college teams they developed the feature about Beca ( Anna Kendrick ), a loner college freshman and wannabe mash-up DJ who reluctantly joins the Bellas, a floundering all-girls singing group struggling to sing their way to the top. (Jason Moore, nominated for a Tony for the raunchy Broadway comedy-musical Avenue Q , directs; the script is by 30 Rock scribe Kay Cannon.) Musical numbers abound as the Bellas and their all-male rivals, the Treble Makers, compete through the a capella season and face off on campus. In addition to producing, Banks also provides comic relief in the film as a seasoned a capella competition commentator alongside John Michael Higgins. “The part was meant for Kristen Wiig,” Banks admitted. The film brings Kendrick full circle back to her musical roots; years before making her film debut in the 2003 musical Camp – after which she earned fans from Rocket Science and the Twilight movies and earned an Oscar nomination for Up in the Air — she got her start on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony at the age of 12. Skylar Astin, another Broadway-born talent best known for starring alongside Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff in the original cast of Spring Awakening , makes a big screen splash as Jesse, the classmate/rival who sings his way into Beca’s heart. Being on set was “like an all-star theater camp,” he said, before granting an audience member’s request for a song by belting the theme to The Gummi Bears . As the plus-sized foreign student who introduces herself as “Fat Amy,” Rebel Wilson ( Bridesmaids ) steals scenes left and right (“I’m the best singer in Tasmania… with teeth”). Casting the character presented a unique challenge. “In the script the character is called ‘Fat Amy,’ so it’s really hard to send it to actresses,” Banks said. “Rebel recognized what an iconic character Fat Amy would be.” Chart-topping songwriter/singer Ester Dean, who’s written for Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, and Britney Spears, shared her own unusual Pitch Perfect casting story: After lobbying for a voice part in Universal’s The Lorax , Dean was sent to audition for the role of Cynthia Rose, the tomboyish maybe-lesbian member of the Bellas with a booming voice. She got the part and wrote Rihanna’s “Where Have You Been” during the three-month shoot in Baton Rouge. (In a funny twist of fate she “covers” “S&M” in Pitch Perfect — a song she wrote herself. ) Meanwhile, co-star Brittany Snow, who tapped into her musical talents in Hairspray , plays one of two senior Bellas leaders who take a capella very seriously . Her favorite number? Singing Blackstreet in an empty pool during Pitch Perfect ‘s riff-off, though she was envious that it’s Kendrick who gets to perform the rap intro. No diggity, no doubt. Pitch Perfect opens on September 28. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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Glee Meets Bring It On In Pitch Perfect: Elizabeth Banks & Co. Preview The Mash-Up Musical
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‘The main focus was to continue to encourage the underdog, which is what I’ve always been good at,’ MGK tells MTV News. By Rob Markman, with reporting by TKTKTK Machine Gun Kelly Photo: Machine Gun Kelly relishes the underdog role. In 2010 he fought to catch hip-hop’s attention with his Lace Up mixtape, and last year he signed with Diddy’s Bad Boy Records. But still he raps as if the world is against him, and maybe it is, so in his new video for “Invincible” MGK continues to rep for the misfits. “The main focus was to basically just continue to encourage the underdog, which is what I’ve always been good at,” Kells told MTV News during the “Invincible” video shoot. The video, which dropped last week on Vevo, tells a number of different stories. MGK himself stars in one storyline that sees him rushing to the hospital to be by the side of his daughter, who is sick. The scene is loosely based on his life. “It’s basically a play off of real-life situations that I’ve been involved in,” he said. The entire video tells the stories of people from all walks of life who fight adversity. There is a couple in distress because they are unable to get pregnant; another storyline involves a young man who unfairly gets beaten down by a number of attackers. The odds are clearly not in his favor, but still he fights on. The fact is that in the past year, MGK has racked up a considerable number of wins; still, he remains the same. Rather than let his rising star go to his head, the Cleveland spitter stays as connected to his roots as humanly possible, and his fans love him for it. What do you think of MGK’s “Invincible” video? Let us know!
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Machine Gun Kelly Reps For The Underdogs In ‘Invincible’ Video
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‘The main focus was to continue to encourage the underdog, which is what I’ve always been good at,’ MGK tells MTV News. By Rob Markman, with reporting by TKTKTK Machine Gun Kelly Photo: Machine Gun Kelly relishes the underdog role. In 2010 he fought to catch hip-hop’s attention with his Lace Up mixtape, and last year he signed with Diddy’s Bad Boy Records. But still he raps as if the world is against him, and maybe it is, so in his new video for “Invincible” MGK continues to rep for the misfits. “The main focus was to basically just continue to encourage the underdog, which is what I’ve always been good at,” Kells told MTV News during the “Invincible” video shoot. The video, which dropped last week on Vevo, tells a number of different stories. MGK himself stars in one storyline that sees him rushing to the hospital to be by the side of his daughter, who is sick. The scene is loosely based on his life. “It’s basically a play off of real-life situations that I’ve been involved in,” he said. The entire video tells the stories of people from all walks of life who fight adversity. There is a couple in distress because they are unable to get pregnant; another storyline involves a young man who unfairly gets beaten down by a number of attackers. The odds are clearly not in his favor, but still he fights on. The fact is that in the past year, MGK has racked up a considerable number of wins; still, he remains the same. Rather than let his rising star go to his head, the Cleveland spitter stays as connected to his roots as humanly possible, and his fans love him for it. What do you think of MGK’s “Invincible” video? Let us know!
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Machine Gun Kelly Reps For The Underdogs In ‘Invincible’ Video
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For the ambitious, those chasing a dream, every new year feels like THAT YEAR. Sadly, that’s not quite how it turns out for most. Especially in the world of sports and entertainment. But, for a lucky few, 2012 really does happen to be their year. It took some work, but BOSSIP has narrowed that list of lucky few to 20 artists, actors and athletes who we believe will make noise this year. And we’re not the only ones who think so. Hit the flip and check out the first half of that list, in no particular order. Then check back tomorrow for part 2.
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Class Of 2012: The 20 [Mostly] New [Mostly] Black Kids On The Block To Keep An Eye On This Year (Part 1)
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Singer/Song-writer Ester Dean has written hits for celebs like Brittney Spears and Chris Brown. The 24- year old is Grammy nominated and currently basking in Billboard success with singles she wrote for Rihanna and Katy Perry. Ester admits to living in poverty-like conditions saying “Three years ago I was dead broke,” Ester jokes to the LATimes about not being able to afford Fruit Loops (“Not being able to afford Fruit Loops and having to buy the Fruity O’s in the white box, or the mac and cheese that’s not in the blue box,”). She goes on to say ‘Drop It Low,’ honestly, was for Ciara, but she didn’t come get the song. And then Britney [Spears] wanted it,” she said. “During the demo [Polow] kept telling me, ‘You’ve gotta believe it’ as I was singing it. A week later he asked if I wanted to hear my new single.” Click here , to read the full interview at LATimes.com Ciara Sex Tape With 50 Cent?! Chris Brown Makes Ester Dean “Drop It Low”
Ester Dean Talks About Her Success & “Drop It Low” Originally Being For Ciara
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Singer/Song-writer Ester Dean has written hits for celebs like Brittney Spears and Chris Brown. The 24- year old is Grammy nominated and currently basking in Billboard success with singles she wrote for Rihanna and Katy Perry. Ester admits to living in poverty-like conditions saying “Three years ago I was dead broke,” Ester jokes to the LATimes about not being able to afford Fruit Loops (“Not being able to afford Fruit Loops and having to buy the Fruity O’s in the white box, or the mac and cheese that’s not in the blue box,”). She goes on to say ‘Drop It Low,’ honestly, was for Ciara, but she didn’t come get the song. And then Britney [Spears] wanted it,” she said. “During the demo [Polow] kept telling me, ‘You’ve gotta believe it’ as I was singing it. A week later he asked if I wanted to hear my new single.” Click here , to read the full interview at LATimes.com Ciara Sex Tape With 50 Cent?! Chris Brown Makes Ester Dean “Drop It Low”
Ester Dean Talks About Her Success & “Drop It Low” Originally Being For Ciara
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