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Archive for December, 2007

Q&A Exclusive: John Hurt on ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’

Premiere: Features
December 20th, 2007 / Premiere

The Inaugural LION Awards

Fletch
December 20th, 2007 / Movies Blogs, The LIONs, Top Films of 2007, site news

A few days ago, I asked my fellow LAMBs to give me their top five films (released) for 2007. Well, the results are in, and they might shock you. There were 16 total entries (including my own), and though I like all of the top five entries that I’ve seen, I’m a bit surprised at how commercial they are (though it should be noted that a few LAMBs specialize in DVD reviews, thereby taking a number of films out of consideration). Another possible big factor? A total of 51 different films were listed - with 16 entries, the total possible field is 80, which means there weren’t a lot of shared films. Therefore, a number of films that might have made one or two people’s top spot didn’t even sniff the top 5. Without further ado:

1. Hot Fuzz
The Simon Pegg/Nick Frost vehicle was the shocking winner, earning two 1st place votes, one 2nd, one 3rd, and one 4th. Total points earned: 19 (5 points awarded for 1st, 1 point for 5th)

2t. Knocked Up
Judd Apatow strikes again! Off the heels of The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up tied with the next entry for the runner-up spot, but get top billing by way of earning one first place vote, also taking one 2nd, two 4ths and a 5th place vote. Total points: 14

2t. Grindhouse
This wasn’t anyone’s best film of the year, but still to nab the runner-up spot, earning one 2nd, two 3rds and two 4ths. Total points: 14

4t. 3:10 to Yuma
One 1st, one 2nd and one 3rd were enough to vault the Western remake into the fourth spot. Meanwhile, American Gangster picked up one 2nd place vote and nothing else. Christian Bale > Denzel Washington? Hmm… Total points: 12

4t. Superbad
Judd Apatow might as well just stop making movies - it’ll be hard to top his 2007. Don’t forget - he’s also involved with Walk Hard, which is hitting theaters soon. Hit or miss? Wait and see. Same scoring here. Total points: 12

Just to make this post really, really long, I now give you every LAMBs Top 5, in order of the time I received them. Please pardon the lack of italics used here - it would take a day:

http://sirjorgemacabredvd.blogspot.com/
1. Superbad
2. We Own The Night
3. The Simpsons Movie
4. The Condemned
5. Saw IV

Note from Sir Jorge: “I saw only 5…so here are my top 5.”

http://sheaofthedead.blogspot.com/
1. Eastern Promises
2. The Mist
3. The Host
4. Sunshine
5. No Country For Old Men

http://insightintoentertainment.blogspot.com/
1. Hot Fuzz
2. Knocked Up
3. 3:10 to Yuma
4. Live Free or Die Hard
5. Waitress

http://afrazier.blogspot.com/
1. Into the Wild
2. Black Snake Moan
3. Eastern Promises
4. Grindhouse
5. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

http://boomstickreviews.blogspot.com/
1. 3:10 to Yuma
2. Hot Fuzz
3. Black Snake Moan
4. 28 Weeks Later…
5. I Am Legend

http://www.invasionofthebmovies.com/
1. Knocked Up
2. Grindhouse
3. Superbad
4. Hot Fuzz
5. The Darjeeling Limited.

http://joesmoviecorner.blogspot.com/
1. Ratatouille
2. The Lives of Others
3. Paprika
4. Across the Universe
5. No Country for Old Men

http://www.inthespoon.com/
1. In the Shadow of the Moon
2. 3:10 to Yuma
3. Grindhouse (primarily Planet Terror)
4. Knocked Up
5. 300

http://www.watchitmovies.blogspot.com/
1) The Darjeeling Limited
2) American Gangster
3) Fugitive Pieces
4) Into the Wild
5) The Bourne Ultimatum

http://www.ferdyonfilms.com/
Marilyn Ferdinand’s picks
1. Once
2. Black Book (Zwartboek)
3. Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile)
4. The Host (Gwoemul)
5. Comedy of Power (L’ivresse du pouvoir)

Rod Heath’s picks
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Zodiac
3. Michael Clayton
4. Amazing Grace
5. The Simpsons Movie

http://dcmoviegirl.blogspot.com/
1. Hot Fuzz
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Talk To Me
4. Once
5. Knocked Up

http://www.mikemachacon.blogspot.com/
1. 300
2. Stardust
3. Enchanted
4. Transformers
5. Seraphim Falls

http://mattehavoc.blogspot.com/
1. Michael Clayton
2. Across The Universe
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. Reign Over Me
5. Girl 27

http://reelwhore.blogspot.com/
1. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
2. Superbad
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Grindhouse
5. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

http://blogcabins.blogspot.com/
1. Paris, Je t’aime
2. In the Valley of Elah
3. Grindhouse
4. Knocked Up
5. Southland Tales

I think that just about does it. Email me or comment here if I’ve made any egregious errors or anything like that. Also, feel free to copy this post to paste on your own site. This was fun, and I look forward to doing it with many more LAMBs next year.

Composer Patrick Doyle: The RT Interview

Rotten Tomatoes: Special Features
December 19th, 2007 / Uncategorized

The Harry Potter and Henry V scorer reminisces.

Walk Hard

Premiere: Latest Movie Reviews From Premiere
December 19th, 2007 / Premiere

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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December 19th, 2007 / Premiere

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

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December 19th, 2007 / Premiere

Charlie Wilson’s War

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December 19th, 2007 / Premiere

Critic’s Choice: Best of 2007

Premiere: Best, Most, and Greatest
December 19th, 2007 / Premiere

Max von Sydow Discusses ‘The Diving Bell’

Premiere: Features
December 18th, 2007 / Premiere

LAMB #20 - Matte Havoc

Fletch
December 18th, 2007 / Matte Havoc, Movies Blogs


URL: http://mattehavoc.blogspot.com/

Site Name: Matte Havoc

What is the main focus of your site (reviews, editorials, news, lists, etc.)?
The main focus for every article must be relevant to the film industry. I cover editorials about industry news, film reviews, and eventually I’ll start publishing short “lectures” about various industry terms (such as what does a gaffer do exactly?). I had started this blog as a personal venture to keep myself busy by creating a hobby from my own personal interests in watching movies. It’s all I do in my own spare time that I love doing as often as I can.

What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
In the future if I ever were able to expand the hobby into a professional career I’m sure I wouldn’t mind earning a yearly income from my blogging, but in the meantime my goal is to work on the site as a personal hobby.

Do you prefer an interactive ‘community’ for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers are the students?
The site will continue to serve primarily as a one way tunnel. I don’t have any knowledge in computer programming to create an interactive website, but I do look forward to having several comments posted on the site so that I can get feedback on the types of articles that the readers are interested in.

How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
Since August of 2007. My goal is to update the site with an average of 15 to 20 articles every month that cover a range of different styles.

Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
My three all time favorite movies (and I feel restricted to list only three definitive films) would be 1) Requiem for a Dream (2000), 2) Clue (1985), and 3) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).

How did you hear about the LAMB?
I had heard about LAMB from the blog site Blog Cabins when I read the site’s article about the five great things about Being John Malkovich.

Any additional comments.
None.
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