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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
And now: ‘Hannah Montana’ the 3-D concert movie
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Miley Cyrus fans need to mark their calendars for Saturday. That’s when tickets go on sale for Disney’s “Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert,” a digital 3-D film on the performer’s sold-out, 54-city singing tour.
The film will play in theaters for one week beginning Feb. 1. The movie will involve three concerts held recently in two cities.
Beginning Saturday, tickets can be purchased online at the movie’s official website: www.Disney.com/HannahMontana3D.
Tentative theaters in metro Atlanta include Mansell Crossing, Barrett Commons 24, Discover Mills, Southlake Pavilion, Riverstone 15, the Carmike Crossing in Conyers, Carmike 10 in Newnan, Carmike 12 in Snellville, Hollywood 24, Mall of Georgia in Buford, Arbor Place 18 and Medlock Crossing.
The movie’s director of photography is Mitch Amundsen, who recently did “Transformers.” Editor Michael Tronick (“Hairspray”) is also involved. The concert film director is Bruce Hendricks.
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Indie Spirit noms get one thing right — Don Cheadle
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The awards season’s first nominations — the Independent Spirit Awards — were announced today, and the best news is that Don Cheadle’s great performance in “Talk to Me” (below) didn’t get left out.
Most of the best feature film nominees haven’t even played Atlanta yet. “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “Juno” and “Paranoid Park” won’t be seen here till later. The multi-actor Bob Dylan biopic “I’m Not There” opened here last week and Angelina Jolie’s “A Mighty Heart” played here earlier.
Among the nominations’ good news: Lead acting nods to Ellen Page for “Juno,” Parker Posey for “Broken English” and Cheadle, plus supporting nods for Cate Blanchett for “I’m Not There,” Jennifer Jason Leigh for “Margot at the Wedding” and Chiwetel Ejiofor for “Talk to Me.”
What’s weird is that Nicole Kidman’s blistering lead performance in “Margot at the Wedding” is out and, yet, Sienna Miller of the little-seen “Interview” is in.
Here are the major nominees:
Female lead: Angelina Jolie (“A Mighty Heart”), Sienna Miller (“Interview”), Ellen Page (“Juno”), Parker Posey and Tan Wei (“Lust, Caution”).
Male lead: Pedro Castanda (“August Evening”), Don Cheadle (“Talk to Me”), Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Savages”), Frank Langella (“Starting Out in the Evening”) and Tony Leung (“Lust, Caution”).
Supporting female: Cate Blanchett (“I’m Not There”), Anna Kendrick (“Rocket Science”), Jennifer Jason Leigh (“Margot at the Wedding”), Tamara Podemski (“Four Sheets to the Wind”) and Marisa Tomei (“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”).
Supporting male: Chiwetel Ejiofor (“Talk to Me”), Marcus Carl Franklin (“I’m Not There”), Kene Holliday (“Great World of Sound”), Irfan Khan (“The Namesake”) and Steve Zahn (“Rescue Dawn”).
Director: Todd Haynes (“I’m Not There”), Tamara Jenkins (“The Savages”), Jason Reitman (“Juno”), Julian Schnabel (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) and Gus Van Sant (“Paranoid Park”).
Screenplay: Ronald Hardwood (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”), Tamara Jenkins (“The Savages”), Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner (“Starting Out in the Evening”), Adrienne Shelly (“Waitress”) and Mike White (“Year of the Dog”).
Foreign film: “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” “The Band’s Visit,” “Lady Chatterley,” “Once” and “Persepolis.”
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Is Terrence Howard the face of the holidays?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Few actors appear on the big-screen this holiday season more than Terrence Howard.
He plays a child advocacy agent in “August Rush” (below), which debuted last week. On Friday, he appears in in the thriller “Awake” with Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba.
Just around the corner, Howard will show up Dec. 12 as Mr. Bah Humbug opposite super-nice Queen Latifah in supporting roles in the very-holiday movie “The Perfect Holiday.”
Already this year we’ve seen Howard in “The Brave One,” “The Hunting Party” and “Pride.”
Is he challenging Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson to be in the most movies ever? This year alone, Caine’s been in two movies and Jackson’s been in five TV and movie projects. Howard’s been in seven on TV and in the movies.
I usually don’t mind seeing Howard so many times because he’s almost always excellent.
Here are my favorite Howard performances:
1. “Hustle & Flow” — He more than deserved the Oscar nomination he got for playing a pimp trying to reconstruct his life.
2. “Crash” — He was a standout in a large ensemble cast of standouts.
3. “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” — A lot didn’t work about this drama, but Howard was on fire.
4. “The Best Man” — He seemed to be acting in a different movie than all the other performers. And, trust me, Howard’s movie was better.
Do you like Terrence Howard? Why? And what are your favorite movies starring this prolific actor?
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