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Entries in Joaquin Phoenix (3)

Sunday
18Jan2009

Daily news dose: Affleck to helm Phoenix biopic; J.K. Simmons back for 'Spider-Man 4'

DateSunday, January 18, 2009 at 11:23PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

Here's your dose of quick news bits for Jan. 19, 2009...

• Believe it or not, but Casey Affleck will direct a documentary about retired actor Joaquin Phoenix's music career. I'm sure by now you've all heard Phoenix quit acting to become a - guess what - rapper. He's currently working on an album produced by Sean Combs. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• In a recent interview with MTV, actor J.K. Simmons said he would return as J. Jonah Jameson in "Spider-Man 4," which will shoot in 2010 for a 2011 release. “We’ve definitely brainstormed ideas for Triple-J, but I have no desire to make Triple-J more of the focus of those movies. The amount that I did in 1, 2 and 3, is just exactly right," he said.

• Roland Emmerich will direct the big-screen version of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi trilogy "Foundation," which Columbia recently acquired. Variety says the story follows a "psycho-historian who can scientifically read the future sees an imminent empire collapse and prepares to save the knowledge of mankind."

• Antoine Fuqua is planning a biopic about Gregory Scarpa Sr., an FBI informant and chief enforcer for the Colombo crime family. "It's called 'Scarpa' with Morgan Creek, and it's New York again, Brooklyn, FBI, Italian gangsters, it takes place from the '60s to the '90s, and we're talking to Sean Penn," he told ComingSoon.

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Wednesday
29Oct2008

Joaquin Phoenix done with acting for good!?

DateWednesday, October 29, 2008 at 5:31PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

If you hate Joaquin Phoenix, you probably don’t care about this anyway and should stop reading. But if you’re a fan, here some sad news for you: Phoenix announced he’s retiring from acting.

Yeah, I still don’t know whether to really believe it, but that’s what the Oscar-nominated actor said in the interview you can check out just below. He said he’s pretty much done it all at this stage, and he would like to focus more on his music.

As you can see in the clip after the jump, the reporter conducting the interview acted quite unprofessionally, laughing at Phoenix and asking him if he was really serious about this. Well, Phoenix was obviously not pleased.

Phoenix’s last film is “Two Lovers,” a James Gray-directed drama opening Feb. 13, 2009. Well Joaquin, good luck with the music.

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Wednesday
30Jul2008

Great Movie Moments #1 – ‘The Village’

DateWednesday, July 30, 2008 at 8:56PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

Welcome to the very first edition of The Screening Log’s “Great Movie Moments” series, a selection of specific scenes that caught my attention and left a long-lasting impression on me. Most of the scenes you will see here are taken from flicks already released on DVD, but you may occasionally stumble across one from a current theatrical release.

For this first edition, I picked M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 mystery “The Village.” Although it’s certainly not one of my favorite films, there’s one scene in the movie that really gave me the chills, not because it’s scary, but rather because of how beautifully it is set up, shot and edited.

In this scene, Joaqun Phoenix prevents Bryce Dallas Howard from being attacked by one of these creatures the villagers are so afraid of. The camera angles in this scene really work for me, and Hilary Hahn’s musical piece goes wonderfully with the footage. You may not find this scene exciting at all, but I have to admit it gave me goose pimples. Enjoy.

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