We're Doomed Nov 17, 2009
Emmerich's latest exercise, "2012," cooks together his usual mix of pseudoscience and human stupidity and venality to create an apocalypse that starts with fire and ends with water. Essentially, the Earth has been microwaved like a sack of Orville Redenbacher's best. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
* NASA on a crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths NASAG@Gw Nov 17, 2009
NASA on a crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths NASAG@Gw. Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009,Page 13. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
With '2012' atop the box office, this is Chiwetel Ejiofor's year Nov 17, 2009
"Keep a survival guide handy, because you never know. And my advice is: canned peaches. Canned peaches are very good. They last a long time and they're very good food to have in the apocalypse. I don't go anywhere without them," he says. Ejiofor, 35, has a dry, understated sense of humor. (USA Today -- Life)
2012 signals apocalypse right now Nov 16, 2009
Apocalypse right now: 2012 and the best disaster movies - CNN.com ... Apocalypse right now: 2012 and the best disaster movies ... Themes do emerge, and often -- as with so many really successful genres -- they reflect society's contemporary concerns: nuclear apocalypse was a fad, and more recently environmental meltdown. (CNN -- International)
Apocalypse Soon: End Days at the Multiplex Nov 16, 2009
" Yes, it's a kind of therapy to see our fictional counterparts die in horrible ways, our cities crumble, our deepest anxieties come to pass. But I worry this obsession with apocalypse is turning into a fetish. It's like we're all so confused about the state of our world, we can't wait to blow it up and start again. David Edelstein Also Endorses: The animated "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Wes Anderson, from the Roald Dahl book: "Endlessly enchanting. " "The Messenger" by Oren Moverman For more info:... (CBS News)
College crisis is a disaster California can'... Nov 16, 2009
Call it the Education Apocalypse ... Although those projections are not quite as dramatic as the silver-screen image of Los Angeles swallowed by earthquakes and tidal waves, the Education Apocalypse could turn out to be a pretty destructive force, potentially demolishing the state's status as a high-tech mecca and eroding the economy ... Right now, the most visible part of California's Education Apocalypse has to do with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts, which have forced colleges to cut... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Doomsday theory Nov 16, 2009
It was also pretty easy to dress up actors as aliens and use miniatures to film things going awry as the world came to the brink of apocalypse. A short while after that, the cold war erupted and filmmakers lived off our fears of dying in a World War 3-induced nuclear holocaust. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
'2012': Audiences might be better off looking, not listening Nov 14, 2009
Audiences with a hankering for the apocalypse shrug off the ridiculous and sit tight for the special effects. In this case, they are worth the wait. (FOX59, IN)
Must-Read Science Fiction Books for... Nov 14, 2009
Classic Post-Apocalypse Science Fiction ... Survival in the post apocalypse won't be easy: there are triffids (poisonous plants which walk) and humans, perhaps just as poisonous, who want to rebuild the world their own special way. (Suite101.com)
The best disaster movies Nov 14, 2009
Themes do emerge, and often -- as with so many really successful genres -- they reflect society's contemporary concerns: nuclear apocalypse was a fad, and more recently environmental meltdown. Pre-millennium fire and rock were in vogue in films like "Dante's Inferno," "Volcano" and "Armageddon." Aliens remain a perennial favorite. (CNN)
Review: Disaster Saves '2012' From Sinking Nov 14, 2009
Woody Harrelson as Frost is actually the sole cast member in this movie that gives you a reason to care about the apocalypse. If this really was the end of the world, and the only person who knew the secret to man's survival was a stoner broadcasting out of a hippy van, now that would make for a good movie. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
The end is near as Hollywood revisits the apocalypse Nov 14, 2009
On the heels of Al Gore's global-warming alarm "An Inconvenient Truth," doomsday is an especially fertile subject today, and current tales of the apocalypse take many forms. Plagues of vampires with Ethan Hawke's upcoming "Daybreakers" and zombies with the horror comedy "Zombieland" and "George Romero's Survival of the Dead.". (Florida Today)
Review: '2012' is too much Nov 14, 2009
Swaths of the park have been cordoned off by armed guards, while a local wacko (Woody Harrelson) pontificates over the airwaves about the imminent apocalypse. They get back to Los Angeles just in time for a hair-raising race against streets that crack, splinter and fall away right beneath their feet. (CNN)
IGN Daily Fix Nov 14, 2009
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Metal Gear Solid Movie Buzz Nov 14, 2009
Resident Evil helmer to bring new version of swashbuckling tale to big screen. Saw director signs on to videogame adaptation. (IGN FilmForce)
Can We Apply the Lessons of Y2K to Swine Flu? Nov 14, 2009
Apocalypse Then:a two-part series on the lessons of Y2K. (2) - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine ... By Farhad ManjooPosted Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at 4:58 PM ETApocalypse Then: How our response to Y2K reveals what we'll do about global warming and swine flu. (Slate)
Director Emmerich destroys the earth - again - in ‘2012’ Nov 13, 2009
John Cusack (top, with Lily Morgan) is the regular guy trying to avoid the apocalypse ... Call it Apocalypse Really Soon, or, better yet, Airport 2012 ... In the wake of 9/11 (whose iconography this movie toys with in the form of collapsing skyscrapers and ash-covered faces), the need for entertainment apocalypse seems weirdly keener. (Boston Globe)
Common sense a casualty of anti-war script Nov 13, 2009
Foster, trying to be all Martin Sheen at the beginning of "Apocalypse Now" (lots of 00004000 wall-punching and sleeping on floors -- he's miffed at his girlfriend for being engaged to someone who isn't a rageaholic), is unaware that sergeants don't mouth off to captains (nor do captains chauffeur sergeants around) ... Foster, trying to be all Martin Sheen at the beginning of "Apocalypse Now" (lots of wall-punching and sleeping on floors -- he's miffed at his girlfriend for being engaged to... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Hasan's Treason Nov 13, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
'2012' is no disaster Nov 13, 2009
Pressed further, he replies: "Did I believe in aliens What's opening in theaters next week Opening Nov. 13: 2012 (PG-13) - Disaster magnet Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow") returns to destroy our planet - again. John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton and Amanda Peet are among the humans trying to make sense of the impending apocalypse. Remember when Irwin Allen made those star-studded disaster flicks in the 1970s? Those were awesome. Emmerich's, not so much.... (Fresno Bee)
'Pirate Radio' is an ocean of rockin' fun Nov 13, 2009
John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton and Amanda Peet are among the humans trying to make sense of the impending apocalypse. Remember when Irwin Allen made those star-studded disaster flicks in the 1970s. (Fresno Bee)
Scientist: CO2 not causing global warming... Nov 13, 2009
" Lie. Richard Willaims on November 12, 2009 at 08:23 PM 00004000 Modern environmentalists are simply the remnants of old-line communist sympathizers dejected by the unequivocal repudiation of the central-state. Having readily adopted the dogma of environmentalism to supplant their disdain for the concepts of democracy and free-market capitalism, they championed ;man-made; global warming as the ideal ruse to selectively impose new taxes on the ;rich and greedy; nations who consume CO2. The fact... (The Drudge Report)
End of the world and Hollywood feels fine Nov 13, 2009
End is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse - Movies- msnbc ... End is near as Hollywood does the apocalypse ... On the heels of Al Gore's global-warming alarm An Inconvenient Truth, doomsday is an especially fertile subject today, and current tales of the apocalypse take many forms. (MSNBC -- News)
Apocalypse (and how!) in '2012' Nov 13, 2009
When he isn't monitoring the apocalypse, government scientist Adrian flirts with the president's daughter (Thandie Newton), who has been tasked with saving the world's "culture," a process that inadvertently triggers the Princess Diana-like death of the head of the Louvre ... When he isn't monitoring the apocalypse, government scientist Adrian flirts with the president's daughter (Thandie Newton), who has been tasked with saving the world's "culture," a process that inadvertently triggers the... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Oh, Maya! Is 2012 the end? Probably not Nov 12, 2009
The film joins cable TV and Internet speculation about the apocalypse based on the Mayan calendar ... Science writer Lawrence Joseph, author of Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation Into Civilization's End, says solar scientists believe the next peak of solar-flare activity is due at the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013, and that it could coincide with a weakening of the Earth's magnetic field protecting it from the sun's power. (USA Today -- Life)
Are You Ready for Dec. 21, "2012"? Nov 12, 2009
"It will be the birth of a new era," says Lawrence Joseph, author of "Apocalypse 2012," a book based, like the movie, on the Mayan prophecy. "And like any other birth it will be accompanied by joy and blood and pain.". (CBS News -- Early Show)
Hollywood gets in the holiday spirit Nov 12, 2009
Also on the apocalypse front. The Road - Author Cormac McCarthy's starkly poetic vision of doom comes to the screen in this adaptation starring Viggo Mortensen as a father on a desperate road trip across the wreckage of America, seeking hope of a future for his son. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Thai Spicy Fish McDippers, and other examples of fast-food you cant get in the United States Nov 11, 2009
There's a pub in the New Forest called The World's End - seemed like quite a pleasant spot really, without a cliff or an apocalypse in sight. I have been to the last drop. (Harper's Magazine)
The end not soon enough for 2012 Nov 11, 2009
When the apocalypse comes, Gordon, for a time, proves quite useful as an amateur pilot. But its no spoiler to say Gordon is not long for this world after all, he stands in the way of Jacksons redemption. (MSNBC -- Movies)
John Cusack likes disaster Nov 11, 2009
He said: "Stories about the apocalypse imagine a time when there's a kind of an event that makes everything equal and all people equal and wipes out all of the divisions between people and the illusions of all those divisions. "There are still rich and poor until the very end, but there's no Chinese and Americans and Russians and Christians and Jews and Muslims. Everybody's in the same boat, and all the countries are in the same boat. (iAfrica.com)
Gears of War Video Game or Sci-Fi... Nov 11, 2009
Some video games have made fairly decent movies, with Resident Evil and Hitman topping the list but by no means excellent films ... Double Dragon, two Street Fighter movies, two Mortal Kombat movies, Wing Commander, two Final Fantasy films (both animated), House of the Dead (and its made-for-TV sequel), Alone in the Dark, two Tomb Raider flicks, Doom, Dead or Alive, two awful, awful BloodRayne movies, Silent Hill, the Resident Evil sequels, and Max Payne, to name a few are just plain terrible... (Suite101.com)
Michael StarrStarr report Nov 11, 2009
Last, but not least:* "Apocalypse: The Second World War," narrated by ... "Apocalypse: The Second World War," narrated by Martin Sheen, premieres to night (8 p.m./Smithsonian Channel). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
2012 looms but don't panic Nov 11, 2009
With the Hollywood apocalypse blockbuster 2012 about to hit cinema screens across the world, NASA has taken the unusual step of using official websites to assure people the end of the world is not nigh. The Armageddon theory, explored in the film and covered extensively by a variety of books and websites, claims the ancient Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012 - heralding the destruction of life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
'No apocalypse coming' Nov 10, 2009
No apocalypse coming ... Scores of internet postings and books delve into the supposed disaster, including "Apocalypse 2012" and "How to Survive 2012". (iAfrica.com)
2012 Prophecies Sparking Real Fears, Suicide Warnings Nov 10, 2009
" His book, , is one of several attempts by experts to dispel the myths of the Maya apocalypse and instead focus attention on the facts about the ancient culture. "It's a teaching moment," Aveni said. "If we allow people to fear 2012 and miss a great opportunity to learn about the Maya and their amazing culture, then we're not doing our job. " LATEST NEWS VIDEOS SOURCES AND RELATED WEB SITES ADVERTISEMENT LATEST PHOTOS IN THE NEWS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S PHOTO OF THE DAY NEWS FEEDS Get our news... (National Geographic)
VETERANS DAY TV: History, horror and humanity on view Nov 10, 2009
Apocalypse: The Second World War(Smithsonian Channel, Wednesday, 8 ET/PT) ... Apocalypse includes footage from amateur filmmakers, much of it seen through the eyes of civilians and soldiers on the front lines. (USA Today)
Hollywood films like constructing pyramids Nov 9, 2009
And many are badly managed - "Heart of Darkness" on the making of "Apocalypse Now" is still a good example, or any Terry Gilliam movie. $100million-plus still sounds expensive, but compare that to all the billion-plus construction projects that really make the world run, need real management & emply millions & millions of people. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
2012 UK Review Nov 9, 2009
He takes this news to White House chief-of-staff Carl Anheuser (), who in turn delivers the information to President Thomas Wilson () and before you can say 'apocalypse now', Helmsley has become the President's chief science advisor, making him pretty much the most important man on the planet. Cue foreboding scenes of the world's leaders discussing the imminent 'end of days' at the G8 summit, an unspecified plan-of-action being put into place, and shady Sheiks making mysterious deals involving... (IGN FilmForce)
Apocalypse now and then: Tracing disaster films from ‘2012’ to ‘When Worlds Collide’ Nov 8, 2009
Apocalypse now and then: Tracing disaster films from 2012 to When Worlds Collide - The Boston Globe ... The director who blew up the White House in Independence Day - and unleashed a new Ice Age in The Day After Tomorrow - goes for the gold, apocalypse-wise, in 2012. (Boston Globe)
I Like to Watch Nov 8, 2009
Editor: Updated: Today Topic. Sunday, Nov 25, 2007 04:00 PST. (Salon)
The indie star who came in from the cold Nov 7, 2009
On screen we witness what apocalypse entails: tidal waves, volcanos, perfectly decent actors delivering dialogue of excruciating tedium. Cusack plays a dishevelled author who is camping with his estranged children when disaster strikes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Keepin' It Reel, Ep. 66 Nov 7, 2009
We also pow-wow on the recent trailer, a potential sequel to , the possibility of Khan showing up in Star Trek 2 and, of course, the almost-real, next-generation apocalypse movie, Mad Max 4. Add to that some speculation on and you've got yourself a handful of cinematic topics. (IGN FilmForce)
Review: 'Fourth Kind' Alienates Audience Nov 7, 2009
Milla Jovovich ("Resident Evil") plays Alaskan psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler who, as the actress tells the camera, is a real person. Of course she is: We keep seeing "actual" videotapes of her in television interviews and in sessions with patients. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
IGN's Ultimate Games-to-Film Guide Nov 7, 2009
We've seen more than a few successes -- Mortal Kombat, and the Resident Evil and Tomb Raider movies all worked fairly well ... Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) has been attached to the Castlevania movie for many years now. (IGN FilmForce)
Peak oil? Don't worry -- Obama's on the job Nov 6, 2009
Today's Paul Reveres of "peak oil" aren't waiting for Washington to save us from apocalypse. They're already planting gardens and drafting city plans for the days when oil is gone. (Salon)
The Men Who Stare At Goats Review Nov 6, 2009
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* Golden Horse seeks new pastures Nov 6, 2009
These range from the popular Rock n Roll Apocalypse section to this years expanded Wonderland segment featuring movies that are outrageous, weird and X-rated. Wen says the segments are a way to create niche markets within a comprehensive film festival so festivalgoers can easily find movies that interest them. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Tech Products We Should Have Had By Now Nov 6, 2009
Today, a few hot new titles such as Resident Evil 5 and Batman: Arkham Asylum plus a pretty good selection of DirectX games support the $199 kit, but it hasn't been a blockbuster. Even as HDTV sets increasingly boast 120Hz or 240Hz technology, the list of 3D Vision hardware includes the same two Samsung and ViewSonic monitors it did to begin with. (HardwareCentral)
Scrooge Rings in Holiday Movie Season Nov 4, 2009
Also on the apocalypse front. "The Road" - Author Cormac McCarthy's starkly poetic vision of doom comes to the screen in this adaptation starring Viggo Mortensen as a father on a desperate road trip across the wreckage of America, seeking some hope of a future for his young son. (CBS News)
In ‘Lady,’ friends grapple over controversial war Nov 4, 2009
Kenny runs a T-shirt emporium but prefers to spend his days smoking weed and watching Vietnam movies like Rambo and Apocalypse Now. As played by Costello, Kenny is an overgrown kid seeking refuge from the grim realities of adulthood, including his wife s battle with cancer. (Boston Globe)
LOL NYC!‘Comedy is my mistress, and I’m having dalliances with her every... Nov 3, 2009
Speaking of volcanic magma, does fellow comic Patton Oswalt still want to die in the Apocalypse. (His famous bit goes: If the Apocalypse happens, that s how I want to die, because that s the way to go ... In the motherf - - - ing Apocalypse. (New York Post -- News)
Carrey's Scrooge Rings In Hollywood Holiday Spirit Nov 3, 2009
" Also on the apocalypse front: "The Road" -- Author Cormac McCarthy's starkly poetic vision of doom comes to the screen in this adaptation starring Viggo Mortensen as a father on a desperate road trip across the wreckage of America, seeking some hope of a future for his young son. INSPIRATION ON THE PLAYING FIELD: Clint Eastwood taps "Million Dollar Baby" and "Unforgiven" co-star Morgan Freeman to play Nelson Mandela in "Invictus," a post-apartheid drama about the South African president... (KIRO TV, WA)
* PLANET POP Nov 2, 2009
The star of Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and the TV series Crash would be forced to miss an exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne called Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood, a collection of his artwork and photos, Mayhew added. Nicole Richie and her children are getting some court-ordered space from a pair of celebrity photographers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Casablancas: 'Phrazes' Nov 2, 2009
The most compelling detour is the 6/8 Memphis soul of "Four Chords of the Apocalypse," where Casablancas channels Otis Redding's greatest hits while promisingm "I'll take you shopping. I'll take you dancing too. . . . And I'll give you diamonds and I'll give you space.". And then, in case he didn't have you at "I'll take you shopping," there's a twin-guitar lead fit for Brian May. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer Nov 1, 2009
The 73-year-old Academy Award winner is known for his roles in "Rebel Without a Cause," "Hoosiers," "Apocalypse Now" and "Easy Rider" -- the latter of which he also directed -- among scores of other films. Hopper recently finished shooting the second season of the Starz drama "Crash," based on the 2006 Oscar-winning film. (CNN)
Famous American director honored with Medal of City of Athens Oct 31, 2009
The American director, who has won five Oscars and various other awards for films such as "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now", is a special guest at the film festival, which ends Sunday evening, when he will present his latest movie "Tetro". It has a few autobiographical clues, he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Holiday films roll out some heavy subjects Oct 30, 2009
But cheer up: For every apocalypse, there's family animation. Published online on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (Fresno Bee)
Outrage as terrorist game lets players massacre civilians Oct 30, 2009
Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
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Outrage as terrorist game lets players massacre civilians. Video will begin in 5 seconds. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Art house cinema part of Boston's scene again Oct 29, 2009
Named for the old 57 Restaurant that adjoined the theater off the hotel lobby, the Sack 57 opened in late 1971 and was perhaps the final jewel in local exhibition tycoon Ben Sack s crown, a house that showed 70mm first-run engagements of Grease, A Clockwork Orange, the reserved-seat premiere of Apocalypse Now, and many others. Alfred Hitchcock personally appeared at the Sack 57 in 1972 with the US premiere of his Frenzy. (Boston Globe)
On Demand picks Oct 29, 2009
A group of film students flee the undead while trying to shape the apocalypse into a suitable webumentary. It s schlock Brecht, with thin characters and italicized dialogue, but Romero has delivered a merry, blood-soaked kick in the Facebook. (Boston Globe)
Zombie Films - An Alternative Renta... Oct 27, 2009
Yet it was George A. Romero's decision to break the walking dead free from their primitive jungle environments and set them loose on rural Pennsylvania, and his low-budget 1968 classic Night Of The Living Dead spawned the notion of a full-blown zombie apocalypse. With a modern pop-culture saturation of all things zombified and flesh-hungry, perhaps it's time to dig deeper into cinematic soil and revel in those post-Night nightmares left rotting on video store shelves for ages. (Suite101.com)
Video games as couples therapy Oct 27, 2009
Do you need to prepare for the inevitable zombie apocalypse ... And ever since I saw the The Road Warrior as a kid, Ive had this thing for the post-apocalypse ... And unlike the boring life you led pre apocalypse, life aprs apocalypse is one thrilling adventure after another. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Netflix movies coming to PlayStation 3 Oct 27, 2009
Do you need to prepare for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Then this zombie gift guide is for you. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Musicians Institute Goes Electronic! Grammy Nominated Electronic Music Innovator Patrick Gleeson, Who Has Worked With Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison and Francis Ford Coppola, Set To Conduct Seminar At MI Thursday, October 29 Oct 27, 2009
Gleeson was the master synthesist and arranger for the film Apocalypse Now, and his analog synthesizer realization of Holsts Planets received a Grammy nomination for Technical Achievement. Gleeson will discuss the engineering aspects of his work with artists as diverse as Hancock, Devo, Francis Ford Coppola, Van Morrison, Patti LaBelle and the Kronos Quartet. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
