Lil Uzi Vert’s long-awaited album, Pink Tape, arrived last week and found the eclectic Mc in decidedly new terrain. With features by everyone from Nicki Minaj to New York electro-pop duo Snow Strippers, Pink Tape is as inventive and untethered by convention as Uzi’s forward-thinking fashion sense. As such, reactions to the record have so far been mixed, with traditional rap fans lamenting Uzi’s forays into unknown genre territory and others celebrating the musician’s daring left turns. Regardless of your feelings, it’s made for one...
- 7/5/2023
- by Jeff Ihaza
- Rollingstone.com
Of all the many sub-genres in horror, the slasher is probably my favorite. There aren’t many good ones, but even the bad ones tend to deliver exactly what we want from the formula. They’re horror movie comfort food, and Shudder is offering an entire buffet this October.
Black Christmas (1973, dir. Bob Clark) In many ways the first modern slasher film, Bob Clark’s holiday horror movie is, to this day, a genre masterpiece. From its chilly Canadian atmosphere to the disturbing obscene phone calls being made to a sorority house, Black Christmas is brilliantly constructed and hugely influential. It’s not just one of my favorite slasher movies, but one of my favorite horror movies of any type, full stop.
Blood Rage (1987, dir. Bruce Rubin) There are slasher movies that are tense and scary and stylish. Blood Rage is not one of them. Shot in 1983 but not released...
Black Christmas (1973, dir. Bob Clark) In many ways the first modern slasher film, Bob Clark’s holiday horror movie is, to this day, a genre masterpiece. From its chilly Canadian atmosphere to the disturbing obscene phone calls being made to a sorority house, Black Christmas is brilliantly constructed and hugely influential. It’s not just one of my favorite slasher movies, but one of my favorite horror movies of any type, full stop.
Blood Rage (1987, dir. Bruce Rubin) There are slasher movies that are tense and scary and stylish. Blood Rage is not one of them. Shot in 1983 but not released...
- 10/20/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Mark Harrison Sep 22, 2017
It first appeared on screen in Mystery Men. But then All Star began to spread...
“Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me...”
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Once upon a time, there was a movie called Shrek. Back in 2001, the world was introduced to the titular ogre, a not-so-jolly green giant, as he literally wiped his arse with the traditional fairytale and burst through his outhouse door. Cue All Star by Smash Mouth, and a generational obsession that ripened with the emergence of mashup culture.
The track was composed two years earlier for Smash Mouth's second album, Astro Lounge, after guitarist Greg Camp was told by their record label Interscope that the new record lacked “a hit single”. Their punk/ska influenced debut, Fush Yu Mang, had yielded Walkin' On The Sun,...
It first appeared on screen in Mystery Men. But then All Star began to spread...
“Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me...”
See related Star Trek Discovery: take our special quiz here! Star Trek: Discovery trailer breakdown & analysis
Once upon a time, there was a movie called Shrek. Back in 2001, the world was introduced to the titular ogre, a not-so-jolly green giant, as he literally wiped his arse with the traditional fairytale and burst through his outhouse door. Cue All Star by Smash Mouth, and a generational obsession that ripened with the emergence of mashup culture.
The track was composed two years earlier for Smash Mouth's second album, Astro Lounge, after guitarist Greg Camp was told by their record label Interscope that the new record lacked “a hit single”. Their punk/ska influenced debut, Fush Yu Mang, had yielded Walkin' On The Sun,...
- 9/11/2017
- Den of Geek
Activision may be gearing up for a grand reveal at E3 next month, but that doesn’t mean the studio can’t grant backstage passes to budding Guitar Hero Live fans in order to tease some details ahead of time.
Part and parcel of the series’ lucrative success a generation ago was the songs featured on the set list, and developer FreeStyleGames – creative minds behind 2009’s spinoff DJ Hero – is ensuring that Live‘s soundtrack is just as memorable, with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy and Rage Against The Machine toplining the game’s early set list.
That said, the music scene isn’t what it was a decade ago when the franchise first debuted, and Guitar Hero Live will reflect the new tones and tastes of 2015, all the while retaining some old school classics for good measure.
Speaking to specialist magazine Rolling Stone, the title’s...
Part and parcel of the series’ lucrative success a generation ago was the songs featured on the set list, and developer FreeStyleGames – creative minds behind 2009’s spinoff DJ Hero – is ensuring that Live‘s soundtrack is just as memorable, with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy and Rage Against The Machine toplining the game’s early set list.
That said, the music scene isn’t what it was a decade ago when the franchise first debuted, and Guitar Hero Live will reflect the new tones and tastes of 2015, all the while retaining some old school classics for good measure.
Speaking to specialist magazine Rolling Stone, the title’s...
- 5/12/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Gamers have been keeping a close eye on Mortal Kombat X since it's initial announcement last year, and next week we'll finally get a chance to play it. To get gamers even more ready for the release, the developers have released one final trailer. Come inside to check it out!
Mortal Kombat X looks to be a huge game. From the crazy Dlc characters, over 100 different Brutalities and a story that doesn't look half bad, this could be the game Mortal Kombat fans have been waiting for. Next week, April 14th, we'll get to see if it all pays off, but until then, we can enjoy this launch trailer to get us ready for it:
Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released the Mortal Kombat X Official Launch Trailer, preparing fans and gamers for the epic narrative of Mortal Kombat X to unfold on April 14. The launch trailer, directed by System Of A Down...
Mortal Kombat X looks to be a huge game. From the crazy Dlc characters, over 100 different Brutalities and a story that doesn't look half bad, this could be the game Mortal Kombat fans have been waiting for. Next week, April 14th, we'll get to see if it all pays off, but until then, we can enjoy this launch trailer to get us ready for it:
Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released the Mortal Kombat X Official Launch Trailer, preparing fans and gamers for the epic narrative of Mortal Kombat X to unfold on April 14. The launch trailer, directed by System Of A Down...
- 4/7/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Mortal Kombat X arrives next week, and here's the launch trailer to hose the blood off...
Fighting fans are eagerly awaiting the latest Mortal Kombat after the series went through a renaissance of sorts with the ninth release. With its excellent story mode, and a new, brilliant fighting engine, it was the best Mk yet, and number ten looks like it's going to up the stakes even more.
We've seen plenty of details about the game throughout the lead up to the game's arrival, including the new class system that endows each character with multiple variations and move sets, and the notorious, and downright gross fatalities, which should be the most graphic yet. It's also going to boast a new online component, in the form of a persistent online contest.
The story is also clearly going to be a big focus, as you can see from the launch trailer below,...
Fighting fans are eagerly awaiting the latest Mortal Kombat after the series went through a renaissance of sorts with the ninth release. With its excellent story mode, and a new, brilliant fighting engine, it was the best Mk yet, and number ten looks like it's going to up the stakes even more.
We've seen plenty of details about the game throughout the lead up to the game's arrival, including the new class system that endows each character with multiple variations and move sets, and the notorious, and downright gross fatalities, which should be the most graphic yet. It's also going to boast a new online component, in the form of a persistent online contest.
The story is also clearly going to be a big focus, as you can see from the launch trailer below,...
- 4/7/2015
- by aaronbirch
- Den of Geek
And Tso It Goes: Cheney’s Cuisine Opts for Sugar over Spice
It should go without saying that cuisines considered Chinese in the United States are hardly authentic recipes from the mother region from whence they came, and, at best, are pale echoes of inspiration. The same can be sad for that annoyingly middlebrow terminology referring to dishes that are “Tex Mex,” or any number of bastardized Italian dishes. In the great American melting pot, international cuisines have assimilated into the acceptable cultural fabric more so than the people responsible for creating them, and so starts the slightly evasive culinary documentary The Search for General Tso from documentarian Ian Cheney. Eventually, we get around to the actual dish that is the subject matter of the film, but it necessitates a more intriguing examination of the inherent racism of a dominant culture that had a helping hand. A crash course in...
It should go without saying that cuisines considered Chinese in the United States are hardly authentic recipes from the mother region from whence they came, and, at best, are pale echoes of inspiration. The same can be sad for that annoyingly middlebrow terminology referring to dishes that are “Tex Mex,” or any number of bastardized Italian dishes. In the great American melting pot, international cuisines have assimilated into the acceptable cultural fabric more so than the people responsible for creating them, and so starts the slightly evasive culinary documentary The Search for General Tso from documentarian Ian Cheney. Eventually, we get around to the actual dish that is the subject matter of the film, but it necessitates a more intriguing examination of the inherent racism of a dominant culture that had a helping hand. A crash course in...
- 1/7/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Damn you, Ian Cheney! Even though The Search For General Tso clocks in at a brisk 71 minutes, I dare any one of you to avoid salivating a minimum of 10 separate times whenever the famed “Chinese” delicacy is shown, or start gnawing on the pillow you were holding while stuck in some enchanting dream where the world is made out of fried, saucy nuggets of perfection – not that I had to clean up any drool puddles, or anything. Yes, documentarian Ian Cheney decided to embark on a sleuthy quest to uproot General Tso’s culinary legacy, traveling around the globe in search of an origin story, but what’s discovered paints a broader picture of Chinese immigration and their assault on American cuisine. Talk about the most delicious infiltration in American history!
Cheney’s biggest accomplishment isn’t discovering the inventor of America’s favorite General-themed chicken dish. Rather, it’s...
Cheney’s biggest accomplishment isn’t discovering the inventor of America’s favorite General-themed chicken dish. Rather, it’s...
- 1/4/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
As if Jordan Belfort's office speeches in Wolf of Wall Street weren't ridiculous enough, someone combined 30 seconds of the movie with System of a Down's "Chop Suey"—and the two go together perfectly. The mash-up, created by Marca Blanca and discovered by the A.V. Club, features Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) screaming into a microphone, wildly beating his chest, and, of course, showing off his dance moves all to the not-so-sweet sounds of System of a Down's 2001 Grammy-nominated hit.
- 10/14/2014
- by Ariana Bacle
- EW.com - PopWatch
Some mash-up clips combine two pop-culture entities to such a beautiful extent that they actually elevate them. And that.s exactly what Marca Blanca.s combination of System Of A Down.s 2001 track Chop Suey and Martin Scorsese.s The Wolf Of Wall Street does. Don.t believe me? Check it out below. It.s a wonderful way to spend 30 seconds of your day. God bless the internet. There.s something delightfully tribalistic about both the heavy metal track and Marty.s ode to capitalism gone sour that means they perfectly entwine together. Of course Leonardo DiCaprio, who played Jordan Belfort in the 2013 drama, takes center stage as his whelping and barbaric screams to encourage his Wall Street troops makes them all look like a hoard of gorillas preparing for war. The clip manages to make Leo look as if he.s screaming System Of A Down lead singer Serj...
- 10/14/2014
- cinemablend.com
Chop Suey Sookie! This week's True Blood opened with a Kung Pow!
"Gone, Gone, Gone" was great, great, great from the jump, where we saw Sookie deliver the true death to Mike Spencer with a side of white rice. Talk about "no more and then!" Sookie has been through so much this season, I was glad to see her assert herself like that. The whole wanting to suck her toes in the line at the bank thing was forgivable, but when Mike came knocking to make a withdraw from her femoral artery, our girl had to vehemently deny that transaction and deny it she did.
Jason, meanwhile, delivered one of his best episodes to date.
While speaking with Kristin Bauer van Straten earlier this week, she mentioned how Ryan Kwanten's amazing skill as an actor often is overlooked because of the comedic nature of his character, but tonight we...
"Gone, Gone, Gone" was great, great, great from the jump, where we saw Sookie deliver the true death to Mike Spencer with a side of white rice. Talk about "no more and then!" Sookie has been through so much this season, I was glad to see her assert herself like that. The whole wanting to suck her toes in the line at the bank thing was forgivable, but when Mike came knocking to make a withdraw from her femoral artery, our girl had to vehemently deny that transaction and deny it she did.
Jason, meanwhile, delivered one of his best episodes to date.
While speaking with Kristin Bauer van Straten earlier this week, she mentioned how Ryan Kwanten's amazing skill as an actor often is overlooked because of the comedic nature of his character, but tonight we...
- 8/13/2012
- by cfohara4@hotmail.com (Chris O'Hara)
- TVfanatic
When Drake, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and French Montana throw a pool party for a music video, two things are definitely going to be involved. There's bound to be a bevy of scantily clad women (that song is called "Pop That," after all) and more than enough product placement. Each of them has their products to push: Rozay rides hard for Ciroc, Lil Wayne drops a horribly unsubtle reference to his clothing line, Truck Fit, and someone is seen smoking a hookah that's made from a bottle of Moet.
Also present are Drake's unusual glasses. He also wore unconventional spectacles in the video for "No Lie," so maybe they're replacing sweaters to become his new "thing."
If you recognize the crass refrain of the song, it's because it's been used a number of times before. Luke (aka 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell) released a song called "I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo...
Also present are Drake's unusual glasses. He also wore unconventional spectacles in the video for "No Lie," so maybe they're replacing sweaters to become his new "thing."
If you recognize the crass refrain of the song, it's because it's been used a number of times before. Luke (aka 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell) released a song called "I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo...
- 7/10/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The Season Of Goodwill has come and gone like a freezing winter cloud. The long, dark nights, crass commercialism and horrible weather drew in quickly to put all that sunny good cheer to the test.
Mind you a good goodwill killer was that truly wretched BBC Christmas trailer - very probably the worst Christmas Trailer Ever - and that includes the crappy 1993 one with badly Chromakeyed BBC celebs superimposed onto a tacky fake winter wonderland. In case you hadn't seen the latest model, basically what happens is that a clutch of smug BBC celebrities sing some old Oliver dirge in a short but gaudy advert which I suspect would have cost several thousand pounds to make (a fact that's even more galling when the BBC have still had to cut Doctor Who Confidential for budgetary reasons). I can understand the likes of Skeleton Steptoe Forsyth, Humour Free Zones McIntyre and...
Mind you a good goodwill killer was that truly wretched BBC Christmas trailer - very probably the worst Christmas Trailer Ever - and that includes the crappy 1993 one with badly Chromakeyed BBC celebs superimposed onto a tacky fake winter wonderland. In case you hadn't seen the latest model, basically what happens is that a clutch of smug BBC celebrities sing some old Oliver dirge in a short but gaudy advert which I suspect would have cost several thousand pounds to make (a fact that's even more galling when the BBC have still had to cut Doctor Who Confidential for budgetary reasons). I can understand the likes of Skeleton Steptoe Forsyth, Humour Free Zones McIntyre and...
- 1/6/2012
- Shadowlocked
Ready to kill hordes of zombies in a consequence-free environment? Of course you are! In Dead Rising 2: Off the Record's new sandbox mode, you can take on legions of the undead without having to worry about the series’ trademark time limit or story missions. Join intrepid wartime photojournalist Frank West as he wades into a sea of the living dead with a camera in one hand and literally anything else in the other!
From the Press Release:
Photojournalist and original hero of Dead Rising’s Willamette incident, Frank West, takes center stage once again in Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. Forget what you know about Dead Rising 2, as players will experience a reimagining of the Fortune City outbreak.
The new “Off the Record” storyline means an all new Dead Rising 2 experience. Frank will face off against more twisted enemies, build more outrageous combo weapons, follow his own...
From the Press Release:
Photojournalist and original hero of Dead Rising’s Willamette incident, Frank West, takes center stage once again in Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. Forget what you know about Dead Rising 2, as players will experience a reimagining of the Fortune City outbreak.
The new “Off the Record” storyline means an all new Dead Rising 2 experience. Frank will face off against more twisted enemies, build more outrageous combo weapons, follow his own...
- 8/26/2011
- by JTMosh
- DreadCentral.com
Dead Rising fans have been looking for a time limit-free mode since the first game was released, and Capcom has officially announced that Dead Rising 2: Off The Record will have a sandbox mode:
“Players can explore the casinos, restaurants, malls and new Uranus Zone that comprise Fortune City without the obstacle of time. Challenges placed throughout the city offer players the chance to earn additional cash for use in the pawn shops and vending machines around Fortune City. Ranging from collection style challenges to vehicle-based challenges to zombie massacre challenges; the higher the rank of the player, the more cash they win.
Available from the outset and supporting both single and co-op modes, players can now explore all Fortune City has to offer without having to worry about the clock. In addition, Sandbox mode offers a selection of gruesome and unique challenges such as ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, ‘Chop Suey...
“Players can explore the casinos, restaurants, malls and new Uranus Zone that comprise Fortune City without the obstacle of time. Challenges placed throughout the city offer players the chance to earn additional cash for use in the pawn shops and vending machines around Fortune City. Ranging from collection style challenges to vehicle-based challenges to zombie massacre challenges; the higher the rank of the player, the more cash they win.
Available from the outset and supporting both single and co-op modes, players can now explore all Fortune City has to offer without having to worry about the clock. In addition, Sandbox mode offers a selection of gruesome and unique challenges such as ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, ‘Chop Suey...
- 8/26/2011
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Charlie Chan definitely has a place among the pantheon of famous fictional detectives. He is certainly one of the more controversial ones. Although Chan is undoubtedly a hero, many Asians resent the character as an ethnic stereotype. Chan is polite and soft spoken, never lacking an appropriate old Chinese proverb to suit the occasion.
The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1923 as a rebuttal to the “Yellow Peril” stereotypes so common in literature of the day, such as Fu Manchu. Biggers lived in Hawaii and resented the unflattering Asian clichés so he invented a benign Chinese Investigator working for the Honolulu Police Force. He wrote several Chan novels. The honorable Chinese Detective became so popular that he was soon adapted into film. There were many Chan films, starting in the silent film era. Early films actually starred Chinese actors but the Audience didn’t respond to Asian Leading men.
The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1923 as a rebuttal to the “Yellow Peril” stereotypes so common in literature of the day, such as Fu Manchu. Biggers lived in Hawaii and resented the unflattering Asian clichés so he invented a benign Chinese Investigator working for the Honolulu Police Force. He wrote several Chan novels. The honorable Chinese Detective became so popular that he was soon adapted into film. There were many Chan films, starting in the silent film era. Early films actually starred Chinese actors but the Audience didn’t respond to Asian Leading men.
- 6/5/2010
- by Rob Young
- JustPressPlay.net
Merry Christmas, gentle readers! Today is a day for spending time with loved ones, yelling at those loved ones, giving them gifts, refilling their drinks. It's also a day for popping in a DVD in the living room while working through a food coma. What will it be? The list of movies that have explored this eggnog-drenched holiday is nearly as long as Santa's own. Now action, now rom-com, now satire and thriller!
With some strong 'nog in hand, we took a look back at some of the very best and very worst a big screen Noel has to offer and plucked out our favorite elements from each. Gather the family round the computer screen and take in MTV News' Christmas Movie Awards.
Best Santa – Dan Aykroyd in "Trading Places"
When Louis Winthorpe III hits rock bottom, he soars to the highest ranks of cinematic Santas. Booted from his cushy...
With some strong 'nog in hand, we took a look back at some of the very best and very worst a big screen Noel has to offer and plucked out our favorite elements from each. Gather the family round the computer screen and take in MTV News' Christmas Movie Awards.
Best Santa – Dan Aykroyd in "Trading Places"
When Louis Winthorpe III hits rock bottom, he soars to the highest ranks of cinematic Santas. Booted from his cushy...
- 12/25/2009
- by Eric Ditzian
- MTV Movies Blog
Seattle Theatre Group (Stg) presents Needtobreathe with special guests Serena Ryder & The Alternate Routes on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9:00pm at Chop Suey.
Atlantic recording group Needtobreathe makes a powerful homecoming with their eagerly anticipated second album, "The Heat." Co-produced by the band alongside Rick Beato (Shinedown, Jump Little Children) and Collective Soul mastermind Ed Roland, the record sees the South Carolina- based rock outfit digging into their down-home roots to create a remarkably passionate and personal new collection. Songs such as the acoustic-tinged "Again" and the rejoiceful "Signature of Divine (Yahweh)" see the band melding warm, organic textures to their powerful brand of skyscraping, heartfelt rock. With "The Heat," Needtobreathe blazes a new musical trail, revealing not just the depth of its spirit, but the far reaches of its soul.
Upon signing to Atlantic, Needtobreathe headed to the UK to record their debut album, "Daylight," with British producer Andy Green (Keane,...
Atlantic recording group Needtobreathe makes a powerful homecoming with their eagerly anticipated second album, "The Heat." Co-produced by the band alongside Rick Beato (Shinedown, Jump Little Children) and Collective Soul mastermind Ed Roland, the record sees the South Carolina- based rock outfit digging into their down-home roots to create a remarkably passionate and personal new collection. Songs such as the acoustic-tinged "Again" and the rejoiceful "Signature of Divine (Yahweh)" see the band melding warm, organic textures to their powerful brand of skyscraping, heartfelt rock. With "The Heat," Needtobreathe blazes a new musical trail, revealing not just the depth of its spirit, but the far reaches of its soul.
Upon signing to Atlantic, Needtobreathe headed to the UK to record their debut album, "Daylight," with British producer Andy Green (Keane,...
- 10/24/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Seattle Theatre Group (Stg) presents Ten Out of Tenn on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 9:00pm at Chop Suey.
Nashville. Music City USA. Most people think cowboy hats and honky tonks. However, those who really know Nashville know it's one of the best emerging artist scenes in the country. A community of artists making their own unique brands of diverse, organic pop music in The Shadows of today's slick commercial country music industry. At the forefront of this community are ten artists who have banded together to form Ten Out Of Tenn, a collective of incredibly talented friends who, as individual artists, have released over thirty albums, had song placements in countless television programs & films and shared the stage with musicians such as Rem, Sarah McLachlan and John Mayer.
Ten Out Of Tenn Volume II is comprised of Katie Herzig, Andy Davis, Tyler James, Trent Dabbs, K.S. Rhoads, Andrew Belle, Matthew Perryman Jones,...
Nashville. Music City USA. Most people think cowboy hats and honky tonks. However, those who really know Nashville know it's one of the best emerging artist scenes in the country. A community of artists making their own unique brands of diverse, organic pop music in The Shadows of today's slick commercial country music industry. At the forefront of this community are ten artists who have banded together to form Ten Out Of Tenn, a collective of incredibly talented friends who, as individual artists, have released over thirty albums, had song placements in countless television programs & films and shared the stage with musicians such as Rem, Sarah McLachlan and John Mayer.
Ten Out Of Tenn Volume II is comprised of Katie Herzig, Andy Davis, Tyler James, Trent Dabbs, K.S. Rhoads, Andrew Belle, Matthew Perryman Jones,...
- 10/19/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Brooke White's music video for her new single called "Radio Radio" has just come out. In the video, she is captured sitting behind the piano in a recording booth. It also includes several scenes where people turn on their radios and listen to their favorite songs.
"Radio Radio" is a song appearing in "High Hopes and Heart Break", Brooke's first album since she was eliminated from "American Idol" season seven. The track has been released in late June, while the effort will be made available for digital purchase on iTunes on July 14.
In support of the album, Brooke White will embark on a joint tour with fellow Idol alum Michael Johns this August. She will kick off the roadshow at Glass House in Pomona, CA on August 16 and continue to hit the road at least until August 30.
Brooke White's "Radio Radio" music video
Brooke White's summer tour...
"Radio Radio" is a song appearing in "High Hopes and Heart Break", Brooke's first album since she was eliminated from "American Idol" season seven. The track has been released in late June, while the effort will be made available for digital purchase on iTunes on July 14.
In support of the album, Brooke White will embark on a joint tour with fellow Idol alum Michael Johns this August. She will kick off the roadshow at Glass House in Pomona, CA on August 16 and continue to hit the road at least until August 30.
Brooke White's "Radio Radio" music video
Brooke White's summer tour...
- 7/16/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, is proud to present the World Premiere of a new musical comedy cabaret, Three Joisey Tenors, on Thursday, January 29, at 2 p.m. Performances continue Thursdays at 2 p.m. on February 12, March 12, March 19 and March 26. Moving from the waiting room at the NJ Dept. of Motor Vehicles to the grand concert stage of the Suds & Studs Launderama & Chop Suey Parlor, these Garden State guys prove they're willing to "let it all hang out" as they hilariously entertain with the best of Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Engelbert Humperdinck, and showstoppers from Les Miserables, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Anything Goes, Pippin, Man of La Mancha, and much more. Three Joisey Tenors opens the Bickford Theatre's 2009 A La Carte Series and stars Christopher Budinich, David Scott Miller, and Michael St. John. All performers are NJ...
- 1/18/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Bruce Weber's third full-length documentary (after "Broken Noses" and "Let's Get Lost") is a film of extraordinary beauty and singular vision.
Its originality also defies classification, which might make it a difficult sell to moviegoers, though the film will attract fans of Weber's earlier work and his renowned fashion photography.
"Chop Suey" is about why an artist creates -- the various influences, obsessions and loves that compel him to work. Weber's 1999 monograph "The Chop Suey Club" featured pictures (many nude) of model Peter Johnson, and fans of that book might expect the film to be a live-action recapping of those modeling sessions. The striking Johnson is featured prominently, but the film is something different, something more. Weber redefines "Chop Suey" to mean all the bits and pieces of life that go into creating a sensibility and an aesthetic.
The film was projected from video at the San Francisco International Film Festival (Weber and his producers have yet to strike a 35-mm print) and uses as sources a variety of film and video stocks. Yet it has a cohesive, consistent look. It's as if we're viewing an artist's scrapbook, and we see the color, form and motion that informs his work.
The movie is a swirl of music, models, celebrities, artists and art. A good portion is dedicated to the late singer Frances Faye. Her lover, Teri Shepherd, reminisces about Faye, and Weber shows clips of her appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other variety shows and concerts. It's clear that he admires the freedom and exuberance with which she lived her life and sang her music.
The Fletcher family, who became friends of Weber's when he photographed their son Christian, a professional surfer, for Interview magazine, brings fearless and aggressive energy to the screen, and we see the attraction they hold for Weber, even as they discuss the dark side of all that masculine daring. (Christian's drug use caused the family intense pain.)
Weber discusses his photo collection and the photographers who've affected him: Larry Clark, Alfred Stieglitz, the Westons, David Bailey, George Platt Lynes. Displaying a picture of Alain Delon and Luchino Visconti, he explains that for him, the picture is about the photographer being in love with his subjects, a theme he comes back to repeatedly.
Explaining his notorious shots of Johnson frolicking in the shower with other young men, Weber talks about his loneliness as an adolescent and his sense of unease with his own body: "We sometimes photograph things we can never be."
Weber's earlier films and photos often featured a tension between the innocent and the erotic. In "Chop Suey", Weber makes the erotic innocent. This is a stunning film.
CHOP SUEY
Just Blue Films
Producer: Nan Bush
Director: Bruce Weber
Screenwriter: Bruce Weber, Maribeth Edmonds
Directors of photography: Lance Accord,
Douglas Cooper, Jim Fealy
Music: John Leftwich
Costume designer: William Ivey Long
Editor: Angelo Corrao
Black and white and color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Its originality also defies classification, which might make it a difficult sell to moviegoers, though the film will attract fans of Weber's earlier work and his renowned fashion photography.
"Chop Suey" is about why an artist creates -- the various influences, obsessions and loves that compel him to work. Weber's 1999 monograph "The Chop Suey Club" featured pictures (many nude) of model Peter Johnson, and fans of that book might expect the film to be a live-action recapping of those modeling sessions. The striking Johnson is featured prominently, but the film is something different, something more. Weber redefines "Chop Suey" to mean all the bits and pieces of life that go into creating a sensibility and an aesthetic.
The film was projected from video at the San Francisco International Film Festival (Weber and his producers have yet to strike a 35-mm print) and uses as sources a variety of film and video stocks. Yet it has a cohesive, consistent look. It's as if we're viewing an artist's scrapbook, and we see the color, form and motion that informs his work.
The movie is a swirl of music, models, celebrities, artists and art. A good portion is dedicated to the late singer Frances Faye. Her lover, Teri Shepherd, reminisces about Faye, and Weber shows clips of her appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other variety shows and concerts. It's clear that he admires the freedom and exuberance with which she lived her life and sang her music.
The Fletcher family, who became friends of Weber's when he photographed their son Christian, a professional surfer, for Interview magazine, brings fearless and aggressive energy to the screen, and we see the attraction they hold for Weber, even as they discuss the dark side of all that masculine daring. (Christian's drug use caused the family intense pain.)
Weber discusses his photo collection and the photographers who've affected him: Larry Clark, Alfred Stieglitz, the Westons, David Bailey, George Platt Lynes. Displaying a picture of Alain Delon and Luchino Visconti, he explains that for him, the picture is about the photographer being in love with his subjects, a theme he comes back to repeatedly.
Explaining his notorious shots of Johnson frolicking in the shower with other young men, Weber talks about his loneliness as an adolescent and his sense of unease with his own body: "We sometimes photograph things we can never be."
Weber's earlier films and photos often featured a tension between the innocent and the erotic. In "Chop Suey", Weber makes the erotic innocent. This is a stunning film.
CHOP SUEY
Just Blue Films
Producer: Nan Bush
Director: Bruce Weber
Screenwriter: Bruce Weber, Maribeth Edmonds
Directors of photography: Lance Accord,
Douglas Cooper, Jim Fealy
Music: John Leftwich
Costume designer: William Ivey Long
Editor: Angelo Corrao
Black and white and color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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