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Bound for Glory (1976) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – David Carradine

blake — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:05:43 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Sunday, February 21, 2010

In memory of David Carradine.

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Official poster artwork that was used in the original Japanese release of the film.

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The Runaways (2010) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – Dakota Fanning & Kristen Stewart

blake — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:55:01 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Monday, January 25, 2010

Dakota Fanning is Cherie Currie and Kristen Stewart is Joan Jett in The Runaways, which is currently screening at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival (listing).

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Official still that was used in the original international release of the film.

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The Alamo (1960) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – John Wayne the Director

blake — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:55:30 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Saturday, January 16, 2010

There are variations of this particular moment floating out there in pictures of actor turned director John Wayne on the set making, The Alamo. I’m glad to finally have a restored still of this moment posted up here on Cinema is Dope! Please be sure to comment if you would like to see more restored images from this film posted including more behind the scenes restored images as well.

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Official still that was used in the original USA release of the film.

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Ip Man (2008) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Donnie Yen is Ip Man

blake — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:20:22 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Donnie Yen as Ip Man in one of the better Hong Kong and kung fu films in recent memory.

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Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film.

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Polytechnique (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Official Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Selection 2009

blake — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:26:11 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

I’m not a fan of school rampage movies or those that dwell on its subject matter at all. Having said that Denis Villeneuve’s black and white film , Polytechnique, serves as a torch in the form of cinema to offer remembrance and a deep soulful look at the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre and the lives it ended, touched and changed forever. It’s a very powerful film and easily the most moving one I’ve seen this year. Films that deal with tragic events and especially those that deal with this type are really impossible to pull off or bring about anything worthwhile, yet here we get this torch given to us by Villeneuve our own lives are forever changed and moved by watching it. With this torch he allows us to experience this event and lives lost while prompting reflection in how we will live out our days before our own curtain comes down. In so many films death is treated rather emotionally innocuous and here each death carries weight and sadness that you feel. It’s a very harrowing and soul searching film that understands the weight of the story its carrying. By no means is this the easiest film to sit through but it’s one of the most important films of 2009.

Villeneuve weaves some non-conventional narrative choices into it that at first have you scratching your head wonder what is going on before he starts to connect everything in very inspired fashion, just beautifully done.

I saw this in the official Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (link) section and do believe it will be one of the films selected for the Academy Awards’ foreign-language film selection.

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SYNOPSIS:

Based on the true events that occurred on December 6, 1989, at Montreal’s Polytechnique School…

The movie tells us about that specific day through the eyes of two students, Valerie and Jean-Francois, whose lives were changed forever when a young man entered the school with one idea in mind: to kill himself and take with him as many women as possible.

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Official stillsthat were used in the original international release of the film.

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