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Star Status: Andy Garcia

A recent screening of The Untouchables brought Andy Garcia into the sights of Star Status, and it's a mixed picture. He's actually been in a lot of TV stuff and a lot of stuff that I for one haven't seen - so quite a few of these scores will be coming from the over-generous IBDB voting system. No TV, so his appearance in the pilot of Murder She Wrote won't count I'm afraid.

So, how does Cuban-born Andy Garcia rate in the Chimpomatic Star Status Movie Maths Generator?

It's 10 points for a Hit, 5 for a Maybe and 1 for a Miss... 

The Pink Panther 2 (2009) .... Vicenzo - MISS
City Island (2009) .... Vince Rizzo - HIT
La linea (2008) .... Javier Salazar - MISS
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) (voice) .... Delgado - MISS
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) .... Terry Benedict - HIT
The Air I Breathe (2007) .... Fingers - HIT
Smokin' Aces (2006) .... Stanley Locke - MAYBE
The Lost City (2005) .... Fico Fellove - MAYBE
Ocean's Twelve (2004) .... Terry Benedict - HIT
Modigliani (2004) .... Amedeo Modigliani - MAYBE
The Lazarus Child (2004) .... Jack Heywood - MISS
Twisted (2004/I) .... Mike Delmarco - MISS
Confidence (2003) .... Gunther Butan - MAYBE
Just Like Mona (2003) - MISS
Ocean's Eleven (2001) .... Terry Benedict - HIT
The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) .... Byron - MAYBE
The Unsaid (2001) .... Michael Hunter - MAYBE
Lakeboat (2000) .... Guigliani - MISS
Just the Ticket (1999/I) .... Gary Starke - MISS
Desperate Measures (1998) .... Frank Conner - MISS
Hoodlum (1997) .... Lucky Luciano - MISS
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1996) .... Lorca - MAYBE
Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) .... Sean Casey - MAYBE
Steal Big Steal Little (1995) .... Ruben Partida Martinez/Robert Martin/Narrator - MISS
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) .... Jimmy 'The Saint' Tosnia - HIT
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) .... Michael Green - MAYBE
Jennifer Eight (1992) .... Sgt. John Berlin - HIT
Hero (1992/I) .... John Bubber - HIT
Dead Again (1991) .... Gray Baker - HIT
The Godfather: Part III (1990) .... Vincent Mancini - HIT
A Show of Force (1990) .... Luis Angel Mora - MISS
Internal Affairs (1990) .... Raymond Avilla - HIT
Black Rain (1989/I) .... Charlie - HIT
American Roulette (1988) .... Carlos Quintas - MISS
Stand and Deliver (1988) .... Dr. Ramirez (Educational Testing Service) - MAYBE
The Untouchables (1987) .... Agent George Stone / Giuseppe Petri - HIT
8 Million Ways to Die (1986) .... Angel Moldonado - MAYBE

HIT 11
MAYBE 11
MISS 13

So that's 178 out of a possible 370

Andy Garcia, you have scored a (perhaps surprising) 48.1%

If you dare make a purchase, you can do so here, allowing Chimpomatic to profit from his loss. Check back soon for more Star Status movie maths. Same Chimp Channel, same Chimp Time...

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17th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Cinemash: Sid & Nancy / Zooey & Joseph

500 Days Of Summer (the latest indie romcom by numbers) stars Zooey Deschanel and Joesph Gordon Levitt have a go at Sid & Nany

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Seinfeld Map

It may have been filmed mostly in LA, but Sony have still managed to put together a Google Map of Seinfeld 'locations'.

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MCFC.co.uk

They may not be top of the football league, but Manchester City are streets ahead in the website league - with a new site developed by Poke. Creative Review has more info.

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16th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Promo Promo: Death Cab For Cutie

Interesting story from Atlantic Records regarding the new Death Cab For Cutie promo for - Little Bribes.

The film was put together as a time-lapse showreel piece for film maker Ross Ching, who included a 'looking for work' note on his Vimeo page. Death Cab saw the video and liked it so much they decoded to use it as their official promo.

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V-boot Trailer

Coming to a low-rent channel near you, the no doubt soon-to-be-cancelled reboot of 80s Sci-Fi 'classic' V.

Julliet from Lost takes one for the team.

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Shoot 'Em Up

(dir. Michael Davis)

New Line

The clue is in the title here, in fact most of the script is even in the title. Lone gunman Clive Owen attempts to save a baby from a well-armed arms dealer, as a series of set-pieces run one after another - seemingly contrived around the simplest of premises. Scene 2: gun drops in toilet before hand dryer heats bullets just in time to shoot bad guy. Scene 14: bad guys interrupt Clive getting jiggy, so he keeps at it by multi-tasking. Monica Belluci also stars - dressed down as a lactating wet-nurse hooker. Don't ask.

The plot is thinner than a video game and the action even more pointless. Characters can be a crack shot one minute then run through a hail of bullets unscathed the next. With Paul Giametti hamming it up more than Groucho Marx, and Clive Owen doing little to overcome his one-dimensional reputation, the action is all that's left to sell this film and unfortunately that's not exactly deftly handled.

While John Woo or Xiang Zimou might use too much balletic slow motion, there's at least some thought behind it all - where as this is just a blurry mess. Like a Van Damme movie without 'plot' and Clive Owen in the driving seat, 'Michael' Owen could have done a better job saving this turkey.

Soundtracked like an installment of Guitar Hero, the likes of Wolfmother, Motorhead and Nirvana make up the never-ending stream of rock music (the baby loves it apparently), which attempts to smooth out the faux emotion and misogynistic, sexist, shocking, dull, cartoon violence.

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15th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet

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BNP = Bad Graphics

Charlie Brooker asks why the BNP cant get themselves a decent graphic designer. 

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14th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet

E99500

Lovely short film up at Vimeo, with the colour E99500.

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My MAD mentor

Terry Gilliam explains the genius of Harvey Kurtzman, who as creator of MAD magazine, inspired a generation of satirists.

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Pimp My Sith Lord!

The Vader Project - because not every evil ruler of the galaxy has to wear black

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Extended Johnson

Antony & The Johnsons have a new double-A side out - featuring Aeon and a cover of Crazy In Love, which is sure to become a downbeat party favourite.

‘Aeon’ is one of the glowing highlights taken from the hugely acclaimed album The Crying Light which debuted at #1 on the European chart. The band recently appeared on Jonathan Ross and The Late Show with David Letterman in the US. Antony and the Johnsons’ audacious and impassioned cover of Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love”, a long time live favourite, is being released officially for the first time.

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Sunset Rubdown On Tour

I was going to make some lewd innuendo about getting a Rubdown in Europe or something, but with this supplied press shot it's just too easy.

Sunset Rubdown play the following venues in support of their excellent Dragonslayer.

September 10 Glasgow, Stereo 7.30pm, £9 adv
September 11 Belfast, Spring And Airbrake 9pm, £12.25 adv
September 12 Dublin, Crawdaddy 8pm, €14 adv
September 13 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 7pm, £9 adv
September 14 Manchester, The Deaf Institute 7.30pm, £9 adv
September 15 London, Garage 7pm, £10 adv
September 16 Cardiff, The Globe 8pm, £9 adv

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You're Just Too Darn Loud

While often noted as the 'loudest band in the world' in the 90's, it seems like Dinosaur Jr may have mellowed in their old age.

As reported on The Guardian, due to a mastering problem which bumped the sound level up by 3 decibels, the band have recalled European copies of new album Farm (review here).

You can exchange your CD on this website. Wimp.

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10th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet

Deerhunter

Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Not soon after I sunk my teeth into the promo of Deerhunters recent Microcastle, bonus disc Weird Era Cont. turned up, so it's no surprise given the generosity of this band that we should be treated to this little EP so soon after those last two.

Very little from this band could be described as 'non-essential', their records are so meticulously conceived that you doubt that there was a surplus heap of discarded songs waiting in the wings and this 5 track EP is no exception. With a format like this there really isn't time for Bradford Cox's usual atmospheric experimentations so every song here has the brisk trot that I have come to love about Deerhunter's music. The title track introduces the record gently but soon evolves into a narcotic rhythm that leads us seductively into Disappearing Ink, which would stand it's ground admirably on Microcastle. With a driving guitar structure that keeps its eyes set firmly on the middle distance and pounds its way there, all the time being accompanied by Cox's effect laden vocals. Game Of Diamonds plays out like a 50's high school prom slow jam and sees some beautifully delicate melodies being coaxed gently out of their shell.

Although none of these songs quite match the power and might of songs like Nothing Ever Happened - Microcastle's finest moment - collectively they display this bands versatility, and for that reason it is a worthy small step in this bands progression.

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10th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Iller Communication

The Beastie Boys re-release-a-thon continues. Ill Communication is now available, with 12 bonus tracks and rarities....

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8th Jul 2009 - Add Comment - Tweet

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