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Lukas Podolski bagged a brace with subs Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla also on target as Arsenal breezed past cash-strapped League One team Coventry City in the Fa Cup fourth round.
The hosting Gunners were dominant from the first whistle. Podolski made that pay on the quarter hour rounding Sky Blues keeper Joe Murphy to complete a fine team move. Jack Wilshere won possession, fed Mesut Ozil and he slipped it across to his fellow German international in the left channel.
Coventry captain Carl Baker then brought a fine one-handed stop out of Lukasz Fabianski with a long range left-footed effort after running from his own half. Young Serge Gnabry blazed over, but before half an hour Arsenal were two up.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, on his first start since returning from a knee injury, won a corner. Per Mertesacker flicked Gnabry’s delivery on to the back...
Lukas Podolski bagged a brace with subs Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla also on target as Arsenal breezed past cash-strapped League One team Coventry City in the Fa Cup fourth round.
The hosting Gunners were dominant from the first whistle. Podolski made that pay on the quarter hour rounding Sky Blues keeper Joe Murphy to complete a fine team move. Jack Wilshere won possession, fed Mesut Ozil and he slipped it across to his fellow German international in the left channel.
Coventry captain Carl Baker then brought a fine one-handed stop out of Lukasz Fabianski with a long range left-footed effort after running from his own half. Young Serge Gnabry blazed over, but before half an hour Arsenal were two up.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, on his first start since returning from a knee injury, won a corner. Per Mertesacker flicked Gnabry’s delivery on to the back...
- 1/24/2014
- by Jamie Clark
- Obsessed with Film
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Date: Friday, 24 January 2014; Venue: Emirates Stadium, London; Kickoff: 19:45 GMT
Third tier team Coventry City travel to Premier League leaders Arsenal in the Fa Cup fourth round on Friday with only one win against the Londoners in 20 years in all competitions.
Robbie Keane, who went on to play for the Gunners’ bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur, scored the winner at Highfield Road in December 1999 as the Sky Blues emerged victorious 3-2. You have to go back to 1993 for the last time Coventry won at Arsenal by the handsome scoreline 3-0. Micky Quinn’s hat-trick in half an hour at Highbury did the damage.
The Sky Blues’ have a dismal Fa Cup record against the Gunners too. Arsenal have never lost to Coventry in the world’s oldest knockout football competition. In all cup competitions full stop the West Midlands outfit have recorded a single win.
Were it...
Date: Friday, 24 January 2014; Venue: Emirates Stadium, London; Kickoff: 19:45 GMT
Third tier team Coventry City travel to Premier League leaders Arsenal in the Fa Cup fourth round on Friday with only one win against the Londoners in 20 years in all competitions.
Robbie Keane, who went on to play for the Gunners’ bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur, scored the winner at Highfield Road in December 1999 as the Sky Blues emerged victorious 3-2. You have to go back to 1993 for the last time Coventry won at Arsenal by the handsome scoreline 3-0. Micky Quinn’s hat-trick in half an hour at Highbury did the damage.
The Sky Blues’ have a dismal Fa Cup record against the Gunners too. Arsenal have never lost to Coventry in the world’s oldest knockout football competition. In all cup competitions full stop the West Midlands outfit have recorded a single win.
Were it...
- 1/24/2014
- by Jamie Clark
- Obsessed with Film
There is no convincing argument against the statement that John Lasseter - founder of Pixar Animation Studios, director of the seminal Toy Story and currently Chief Creative Officer of all Disney animation – is a living legend. Under his direction, Pixar have spent the last two decades redefining the way animated movies are made in the Us and, to some extent, who they are made for. He has even managed to resurrect Disney Animation Studios after a decade of irrelevance to rival the 1980s, overseeing the production of The Princess and the Frog and, recently, Tangled.
But the original Cars, released in 2006, has divided people – with the film widely cited as Pixar’s one artistic misstep. With that in mind it’d be easy to dismiss Cars 2 as a cynical cash-in (certainly Disney have made no secret of the brand’s ability to shift huge amounts of merchandise), yet, as...
But the original Cars, released in 2006, has divided people – with the film widely cited as Pixar’s one artistic misstep. With that in mind it’d be easy to dismiss Cars 2 as a cynical cash-in (certainly Disney have made no secret of the brand’s ability to shift huge amounts of merchandise), yet, as...
- 7/21/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
With roles in such films as Match Point, Redbelt and Shutter Island, Emily Mortimer can certainly lay claim to having worked with some of the most acclaimed living American auteurs. Whilst performances in the Steve Martin Pink Panther movies and hard-edged revenge thriller Harry Brown (not to mention a memorable turn on TV comedy 30 Rock) ensure she is widely recognised by audiences. However, it was her experience working with John Lassester and Pixar, as the voice of the elegant heroine Holly Shiftwell (above) in Cars 2, that was the topic of conversation when I spoke to with her at Pixar Animation Studios last month.
Against the backdrop of a giant replica Luxo lamp and bouncy ball, Mortimer discussed how working with the best of live-action compares to working with the best of the animation world, and you can hear what she had to say on the subject by watching the...
Against the backdrop of a giant replica Luxo lamp and bouncy ball, Mortimer discussed how working with the best of live-action compares to working with the best of the animation world, and you can hear what she had to say on the subject by watching the...
- 7/20/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
If being a producer is a misunderstood, even maligned, profession then being an animation producer is perhaps doubly so. I’ll admit, I didn’t know what a producer’s role in the making of a Pixar movie would entail, especially in an environment of unparalleled creative freedom in which Wall-e director Andrew Stanton likened artists to “free range chicken”. Though it turns out that, even at the Berkeley-based animation studio, the producer’s role is that of a tight hand on the reins, ensuring budgets are adhered to and deadlines are met – a job that often involves telling people “no”. One person with such a responsibility is Denise Ream - producer of Cars 2.
Another of the many Pixar employees to have worked at Industrial Light & Magic, she served as visual effects producer on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith before...
Another of the many Pixar employees to have worked at Industrial Light & Magic, she served as visual effects producer on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith before...
- 7/19/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
Last month What Culture – then still Obsessed With Film – was invited to the San Francisco Bay Area to visit the airy, concept art covered halls of legendary animation studio Pixar, with the company eager to promote upcoming sequel Cars 2. Over the course of this week we’ll be letting you in on our conversations with producer Denise Ream, actress Emily Mortimer and the film’s director (and all round modern animation legend) John Lasseter. First up though, we had the pleasure of speaking to character animator Jude Brownbill and first assistant editor Kevin Rose-Williams, both of whom hail from the UK.
For aspiring animators on these shores, the prospect of getting a job at Pixar might seem like the stuff of wildest fantasy, with the Berekely-based studio an ocean (and then an entire continent) away. Yet Kevin Rose-Williams, originally of Bristol, just got done with working as first assistant...
For aspiring animators on these shores, the prospect of getting a job at Pixar might seem like the stuff of wildest fantasy, with the Berekely-based studio an ocean (and then an entire continent) away. Yet Kevin Rose-Williams, originally of Bristol, just got done with working as first assistant...
- 7/18/2011
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
On Tuesday morning, Wamg was invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ special press preview of John Ford’s Upstream (1927), one of 75 films recently found in the New Zealand Film Archive and repatriated to the U.S. with the cooperation of the National Film Preservation Foundation.
The 1927 silent film, that was thought lost for decades, had it’s re-premiere Wednesday night, September 1, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Many of the VIP’s on hand included Silent Film Historians and those involved with the restoration, as well as the general public.
Having seen the film on Tuesday, I must say the transfer is absolutely beautiful. I was so impressed by the special care taken with the film’s clarity and how vibrant the tinting is on the multiple color frames throughout. The smoky special effects combined with the subtle transitions made me forget I was...
The 1927 silent film, that was thought lost for decades, had it’s re-premiere Wednesday night, September 1, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Many of the VIP’s on hand included Silent Film Historians and those involved with the restoration, as well as the general public.
Having seen the film on Tuesday, I must say the transfer is absolutely beautiful. I was so impressed by the special care taken with the film’s clarity and how vibrant the tinting is on the multiple color frames throughout. The smoky special effects combined with the subtle transitions made me forget I was...
- 9/2/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ardden Entertainment announced The Stand-In, a new title to be written by Jim Krueger (Avengers/Invaders). Described as a four-issue spy thriller mini-series, the project twill be illustrated by Alex Cal (The Amazing Spider-Man Family).
The new title will chronicle the adventures of Dexter Laumb, a talented but troubled and out-of-work actor who's desperate for money. When he's offered a job to "stand in" for a low level Senator who has double-booked two events for the same evening, Dexter is excited by the prospective paycheck and thinks the job will be a breeze. Hair dye and make-up transform Laumb into a virtual double of Senator Joe Murphy. However, he soon realizes that he's bitten off more than he can chew when he's partnered with one of the Senator's senior aides, beautiful but acid-tongued Jennifer Forsythe. The two quietly go at it like cats and dogs while Dexter acts the part of the Senator,...
The new title will chronicle the adventures of Dexter Laumb, a talented but troubled and out-of-work actor who's desperate for money. When he's offered a job to "stand in" for a low level Senator who has double-booked two events for the same evening, Dexter is excited by the prospective paycheck and thinks the job will be a breeze. Hair dye and make-up transform Laumb into a virtual double of Senator Joe Murphy. However, he soon realizes that he's bitten off more than he can chew when he's partnered with one of the Senator's senior aides, beautiful but acid-tongued Jennifer Forsythe. The two quietly go at it like cats and dogs while Dexter acts the part of the Senator,...
- 11/25/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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