Month: September 2010 | FilmBuffOnline

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September 30, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Social Network (Sony/Columbia, 2,771 Theaters, 121 Minutes, Rated PG-13): If you asked me several years ago if there would be a movie about Facebook, let alone one written by Aaron Sorkin and directed [click for more]

Plummer Joins DRAGON TATTOO Remake

September 30, 2010 Rich Drees

Christopher Plummer has joined the cast of David Fincher’s adaptation of Stig Larsson’s novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Plummer will be playing Henrik Vanger, the man who hires disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel [click for more]

Arthur Penn, 88

September 30, 2010 Rich Drees

Arthur Penn, director of the ground breaking Bonnie And Clyde, died in his Manhattan home on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. He was 88. Drawing on the influence of the French New Wave, whose films he [click for more]

Tony Curtis, 85

September 30, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Actor Tony Curtis has died of cardiac arrest early Wednesday morning in his Las Vegas home. He was 85. Curtis, born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, was a rare mix of mantinee idol [click for more]

Tarantino’s Editor, Sally Menke, Found Dead

September 29, 2010 Rich Drees

Sally Menke, the film editor best known for her collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino, was found dead yesterday in Bronson Canyon, outside of Los Angeles, CA. Menke had disappeared while hiking Monday and the police [click for more]

Verbinski May Direct LONE RANGER

September 28, 2010 Rich Drees

It’s been a while since we’ve heard any news on Walt Disney’s attempt to bring the classic western hero the Lone Ranger to the big screen. We’ve long known that Johnny Depp has long been [click for more]

Gloria Stuart, 100

September 27, 2010 Rich Drees

Gloria Stuart, the actress who appeared in numerous films in the 1930s and 1940s before having a career revival five decades later in director James Cameron’s Titanic, has passed away on September 26, 2010 at [click for more]

Script Review: REVENGE OF THE OLD QUEEN

September 27, 2010 Rich Drees

At one point it looked like Richard O’Brien and company were gearing up to the Time Warp again. Here’s how it would have gone.

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Stephen Fry Playing Mycroft in SHERLOCK HOLMES 2

September 26, 2010 Rich Drees

British actor Stephen Fry announced over the weekend on BBC radio that he will be playing Sherlock Holmes’ brother Mycroft in the upcoming sequel to director Guy Ritchie’s 2009 hit Sherlock Holmes. For those unfamiliar [click for more]

Friday Flashback: REMembering Audience Participation

September 24, 2010 Rich Drees

We continue our salute to the 35th anniversary of the American release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it’s impact with this vintage piece of television news reporting. As the midnight screening audience participation [click for more]