Archive for Movies
July 20, 2008 at 11:48 am by Ultradamno · Filed under General, Movies
Humboldt County co-director Darren Grodsky wrote a few days ago at their blog that the MPAA has found (or likely to find) their current poster to be unacceptable on the grounds that “references to drugs/drug paraphernalia” are not allowed in advertising (evidently falling under the category vaguely defined on their website as “other material that most parents would find unacceptable for their younger children to see or hear”) So the MPAA is an inscrutable star chamber, no news there, rather than gnashing teeth Mr. Grodsky suggests:
“And so, should we be forced by the MPAA to change our poster to a more “subtle” version, I suggest to each and every one of you who encounters this blog:
Let’s pepper the world & the world wide web with our “Smoking Joint” poster, which may soon become a limited edition piece. We’ll do our part to include it everywhere (When you check out the promos we recently shot, you’ll notice we managed to fit it in a few different places). See if you can find ways to show off the smoking joint poster. This will turn out to be win-win as both a way to stick it to the “man” and also a way to promote the film, a task in which we need all the help we can get…”
Being well sympathetic to the cause, we here at Quiet Storm are prepared to do our part
July 3, 2008 at 11:10 am by Ultradamno · Filed under General, Movies
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ms. Balk has just made an enemy of Abel Ferrara, the director of Bad Lieutenant (who recently said of all involved in the remake of the film “I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they’re all in the same streetcar, and it blows up” which was met with a “I have no idea who he is. Is he Italian? Is he French? Who is he?” from the difficult to faze Herzog - this is, after all, a man who brushed off being shot with an air rifle with a nonchalant “It was not a significant bullet. It does not surprise me to be shot at.”) by signing on for an as yet unknown role in Herzog’s film. Val Kilmer and Brad Dourif who have appeared alongside Ru in The Island of Dr. Moreau and Humboldt County respectively are also on board. Now just stay offboard those streetcars.
June 13, 2008 at 8:38 am by Ultradamno · Filed under Movies, TV
Variety has reported what first appeared in the director’s blog about Humboldt County being sold to Magnolia Pictures and what appeared in an HD Net press release about the film’s premiere to be by video on demand and that plans are then for a theatrical release in September starting in Austin, TX and, of course, Eureka, CA (the director’s blog doesn’t quite jibe with this saying the opening weekend will be San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Chicago and Austin)
Update: Official Press Release at the directors blog
January 11, 2008 at 7:50 am by Ultradamno · Filed under Movies
http://www.humboldtcountymovie.com/ now has a snazzy new look, some new pics of Ru, many pictures of a mysterious green weed of some sort about which I know nothing, a synopsis and the promise of a trailer to come.
UPDATE: Trailer now up at the above link.
January 8, 2008 at 2:30 am by Ultradamno · Filed under General, Movies
ITV Inter Medya, the distribution company for the film, have put up a Grindstone Road page that gives a few more details. For one the movie is directed by Melanie Orr and co-stars Greg Bryk (Shoot ‘Em Up, Weirdsville, A History of Violence), Joan Gregson (Hollywoodland, The Good Shepherd) and Walter Learning (His official site). There is also a more detailed synopsis and this poster:
September 20, 2007 at 12:28 am by Ultradamno · Filed under General, Movies
According to a press release from Peace Arch Entertainment Group Fairuza is to star in a film called Grindstone Rd. about “a young mother who moves her family into a newly purchased farmhouse, where the seemingly friendly neighbors next door may have sinister motives”
Read the full article here
May 27, 2007 at 12:25 am by Ultradamno · Filed under Movies
Cam Archer’s Wild Tigers I Have Known has been set for DVD release on July 10. Click here to preorder and see the attractive cover graphic. Read more about the movie in the forum here.
October 23, 2006 at 3:11 pm by Nathaniel · Filed under Movies, Uncategorized
Ever vigilant forum lurker Morgoth tipped us about this article, explaining a bit of the background to the new movie Humboldt County, starring our own Fairuza Balk. Although IMDB makes no mention of her involvement, it seems pretty confirmed that she will play a major part in this movie.
June 15, 2006 at 3:23 pm by Nathaniel · Filed under Fairuza, Interviews, Movies
Fairuza talking about her long awaited comeback to the big screen:
“I just try to do things that I think will be good, it’s that simple,” Balk revealed in January at the Sundance Film Festival where Don’t Come Knocking screened prior to its U.S. theatrical release. “When I’m an old lady and I look back at my life, not just my work, but my life, I want to say, ‘Good, I did do the best that I could and I tried to make decisions for the right reasons.’”
Be sure to read the article over at reel.com.
December 22, 2005 at 3:29 pm by Nathaniel · Filed under Fairuza, Movies
According to the filmography on imdb.com, Fairuza is still working the showbiz and is acting in a couple of new movies as we speak. Currently, there are atleast 2 movies out this year (”Don’t Come Knocking” and “A Year and a Day”), and another one set for 2006 release (”Wild Tigers I Have Known”).
In other news, the redesign of the site is moving along smoothly. All the pages are done, the design is finished and I’m currently working on a simple guestbook (I promise, I WILL finish it this time :D).
