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My new music video for @juliacumming_'s 'My Life' single on @partisanrecords has been out for one week. It was a hugely fun one to put together. Please enjoy the FULL video here!
It's mostly one single shot (take 14, since you asked) and I couldn't even begin to make a vid like this without an AMAZING crew who worked their socks off. Full credits in previous posts and eternal thanks to them all.
TONIGHT, TUESDAY SEPT 29: MAD MAX 2 (THE ROAD WARRIOR) (1981) roars onto the screen at @regalmovies across the USA!
It’s the fourth of my five picks for Regal’s Month of Masterpieces. We’re at the end of the month, and going out with a bang.
I grew up with this film as 'Mad Max 2'; in the US, it was released in 1982 as The Road 'Warrior. It’s one of the great sequels. George Miller made the first Mad Max on a tiny budget, and its worldwide success gave him more room to realise his vision here. The result is one of the most influential action films ever made.
It’s hard to imagine now just how startling its post-apocalyptic world looked on first release. The dust, the leather, the vehicles, the marauding gangs: countless films, music videos and adverts have borrowed from it since. Miller created a look that still feels entirely his own.
But it’s the filmmaking that really floors me. This is an engine for pure cinema, stripped to the bone and driven, quite literally, by its action. There’s a spaghetti western spirit to it, and its extraordinary final act has echoes of John Ford's Stagecoach. You can also see how Miller would take these idea even further in 2015's classic Mad Max: Fury Road. But this film, made on a relatively modest budget in Australia, has ambition and invention that is astonishing.
Mel Gibson is terrific as Max, a man of very few words who makes every one of them count. Whenever people debate the greatest action films of all time, Mad Max 2 has to be in the conversation.
Maybe you’re seeing it for the tenth time. Maybe you’re seeing it for the first, in which case I’m envious. I hope they play it really loud. So please enjoy The Road Warrior, straight into your eyeballs!
My final pick is tomorrow:
Sept 30 — THE GETAWAY (1972)
Tickets are $7.99. Check your nearest participating @regalmovies and get yours at the link in bio. See you at the movies! regmovies.com/promotions/mon…
TODAY, MONDAY SEPT 28: TREMORS (1990) at @RegalMovies across the USA!
This is my third of five picks for Regal’s Month of Masterpieces. When asked which films I’d love to see back the big screen again, I thought about great crowdpleasers and Ron Underwood’s monster movie gem Tremors went straight on the list.
I was lucky enough to see it on its first release in 1990, and it knocked me out. Years later I discovered Simon Pegg was a fan too. It was one of the films we watched again before writing Shaun of the Dead.
For me, it’s a pitch-perfect mix of action, comedy and horror. The build-up is delicious, but what really makes it work is the ensemble. You get to know these people and enjoy watching them figure out how to deal with a problem unlike any they’ve faced before. And because you care about them, every close call counts.
Starring the late great Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon as our unlikely heroes, and the scene stealing Michael Gross and Reba McEntire as the lock and loaded Gummers, it’s such a fun one.
If you’ve never seen it, I won’t say another word about the monster fun that’s coming. If you’ve seen it before, I think you’ll agree it’s one of the best comedy horror films ever made, and an absolute blast on a big screen. Enjoy it today.
If you are in NYC, you could even make the 745pm show and then ‘Scott Pilgrim’ at the @paristheaternyc at 10PM! Maybe see you there!
Just two more of my picks to come:
Sept 29 — MAD MAX 2 (THE ROAD WARRIOR) (1981)
Sept 30 — THE GETAWAY (1972)
Tickets are $7.99. Check your nearest participating @RegalMovies. See you at the movies!
TONIGHT NYC! I’ll be in town today, so join me at the famous @paristheaternyc for SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, Big & Loud in @dolby Atmos!
I’m introducing the 10pm show! Come and see it on the biggest screen, it will be a blast!
paristheaternyc.com/film/sco…
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Thanks to Edgar Wright & Regal, I get to go see Boogie Nights right before I head over to Hollywood Forever Cemetery to see the Rilo Kiley concert.
Gonna be a GREAT day!
STARTS TOMORROW! All over the US at @regalmovies!
This September, @RegalMovies celebrates its second annual Month of Masterpieces, with a different classic returning to the big screen every day. I’m delighted to be one of this year’s guest curators choosing five films that have inspired and influenced me.
And here's my picks from this weekend!
"My five favorite movies are by turns thrilling, funny and magical—and sometimes all at once. If you’ve never seen them before, or never experienced them with a crowd, please enjoy!"
Sept 26 — BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)
Sept 27 — AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
Sept 28 — TREMORS (1990)
Sept 29 — MAD MAX 2 (THE ROAD WARROR) (1981)
Sept 30 — THE GETAWAY (1972)
All tickets are just $7.99. Get yours here regmovi.es/4woh19k
See you at the movies, these films are so much fun on the big screen - at all participating @regalmovies!
Starts tomorrow night at @regalmovies all over the US!
This September, @RegalMovies is celebrating its second annual Month of Masterpieces, with a different classic returning to the big screen every day. I’m delighted to be one of this year’s guest curators, alongside Chloé Zhao, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Rian Johnson, with each of us choosing five films that have inspired us.
And here's my picks for next month: "My five favorite movies are by turns thrilling, funny and magical—and sometimes all at once. If you’ve never seen them before, or never experienced them with a crowd, please enjoy!"
Sept 26: BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)
Sept 27: AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
Sept 28: TREMORS (1990)
Sept 29: MAD MAX 2 (THE ROAD WARROR) (1981)
Sept 30 — THE GETAWAY (1972)
See you at the movies, these films are so much fun on the big screen - at all participating @regalmovies! All tickets are just $7.99. Get yours here: regmovi.es/4woh19k
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NYC! We are excited to announce that director @edgarwright will introduce SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD (in Dolby Atmos!) on Monday, September 28 at 10 PM at the Paris Theater!
Get tickets now: paristheaternyc.com/film/sco…
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RIP Gerrit Graham - who was, among many things, star of one of the lowkey scariest stunts I’ve ever seen in my life
Am most saddened to hear of the death of the actor Gerrit Graham. He burns up the screen so fabulously in an all-time favourite film of mine, Phantom of the Paradise, that I can’t think of him without picturing the ill-fated, flamboyant glam rocker Beef.
I also greatly enjoyed Gerrit’s performances in Brian De Palma’s Greetings and Hi, Mom! (alongside a young Robert De Niro), as well as Cannonball!, Demon Seed, TerrorVision, Chopping Mall and the supremely underrated Used Cars.
But his role as Beef in Phantom of the Paradise is simply off-the-charts amazing. He’s a constant joy, from his unforgettable line readings to those insane dance moves. It’s a joyously outrageous performance in a film that raises the roof with its sheer energy. If you haven’t yet discovered this solid-gold cult classic, I urge you to pay tribute at the altar of Beef as soon as you can.
Here’s to you, Gerrit, scene-stealer par excellence. We’re all sending salutations from the other side.
Long live Beef!
Can someone dub on Brad Fiedel's Terminator theme every time Tilly speaks?
Susanna and Ed have had their fair share of strange interviews, but today could take the cake.
They interviewed Tilly Norwood, an actor created entirely using artificial intelligence, who will star in a feature film titled Misaligned.
It comes amid alarming warnings that AI could kill humans in the next decade. But Tilly said she has no plans for world domination.
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Today marks 60 years since The Monkees first premiered on NBC.
The first episode to air was “Royal Flush,” although, in true Monkees fashion, it wasn't the first one we actually filmed. Typical for us to be already out of order before people had even seen us.
What followed was more than any of us could have imagined: the records, the tours, the fans, the Emmy, the reruns, the revivals, and all these years of people just like you telling me what the show and the music have meant to them.
Tonight, I get to celebrate that anniversary in the city where it all began.
Los Angeles, come celebrate with me tonight at The United Theater on Broadway for Micky Dolenz Celebrates 60 Years of The Monkees.
Bring your singing voice. I’ll bring the tambourine!
Tickets and tour dates:
mickydolenz.com/gigs
#MickyDolenz #TheMonkees
I'll take it! Thanks @jackarking x
From Dawn of the Dead to Shaun of the Dead, these are the best films about the shambling undead gq-magazine.co.uk/article/be…
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THANK YOU to each and every person who saw and spread the word about our little underdog movie. You’ve shown ACME that Wile E. Coyote is not just a low-life, cave-dwelling desert dog with no connections, no family, and no friends ❤️💥
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Steve Martin was always great on talk shows because he would slowly sneak in a big comedy bit and then you'd have absolutely no idea how far it would go 😂 wait til the end
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One of the most historic and iconic movie palaces in the world sits on Hollywood Boulevard and it has been abandoned for more than 20 years. This is the Warner Cinerama. It opened in 1928, and I think it’s time to bring this legendary theater back to life. 👀